Chapter 572: Chapter 572
Outskirts of Destruction.
A crimson-red eye, forced wide open by four black fingers gripping the Black Moon door, rolled wildly as it scanned the outside.
“What have you two done?!”
After grasping the situation outside, Destruction angrily shouted at Jǫrmungandr and Hydra.
It was no wonder. Destruction only had two Apostles left, and the remaining forces consisted of just one ogre and two planet-destroying turtles.
‘These guys with the “Brown” descriptor given by the Great Brown Dragon attacked me!’
If he reported this to the Four Dragons Council, the matter would be resolved instantly.
“Since I’m an adult who can handle things alone, I should solve this like an adult.”
Sejun decided to handle it amicably(?) by himself first.
To start, he called for Orik, the Tower Farmer of the Brown Tower.
“Kelkelkel. Sejun-nim, you called for me?”
The Red Goblin Orik responded to Sejun’s summons, arriving with his laughter.
“Orik, tell Grave-nim. Tell him that Hot Brown Warriors tried to mess with me and ask how he plans to compensate me.”
“What?! The ‘Hot Brown Warriors’ dared to mess with Sejun-nim?!”
Kelkelkel. This is perfect.
Hearing Sejun’s words, Orik let out a wicked laugh.
The Great Brown Dragon Grave Renma was already displeased with the Hot Brown Warriors.
The reason? The honor of using the descriptor “Brown” had been granted to the Hot Warriors by Grave’s own son.
Even though Rekron caused chaos in the Tower, Grave couldn’t personally intervene because of the “Brown” descriptor bestowed by his son.
It had been reckless, but a Great Dragon’s promise was sacred, and breaking it was unthinkable.
But what if the Hot Brown Warriors provoked a being who possessed dragon bones?
That would give the dragon-bone-bearing individual a legitimate cause. While the descriptor “Brown” was important, it couldn’t compare to dragon bones.
In other words, Sejun now held the power of life and death over the Hot Brown Warriors.
When Orik reported what he had heard from Sejun to Grave,
“Great Brown Dragon Grave-nim says he will send 5,000 scales and 100 kilograms of claws as compensation. He also says you may deal with the Hot Brown Warriors however you please, Sejun-nim.”
Grave’s judgment was delivered.
“Hehehe. Is that so? Orik, then go capture the leader of the Hot Brown Warriors.”
“Kelkelkel. Yes! I’ll beat him like a dog and bring him to you!”
Orik, subtly mixing his personal vendetta into Sejun’s order, showed how much resentment he had built up against Rekron.
Sejun turned a blind eye to Orik’s words.
And so, Orik left with a sly laugh after receiving Sejun’s command.
Ganess, who had been watching from the sidelines, was utterly baffled.
With just a few words, Sejun had caused the Great Brown Dragon to send scales and claws as compensation, and the Hot Brown Warriors had been turned into criminals.
This one’s a demon too. A black demon.
Ganess shuddered in fear as he looked at Sejun.
“Ganess, by the way, where’s the best place to do business on the 34th floor of the Tower?”
Sejun asked Ganess for information about the 34th floor. Treasures were great, but he needed to do business to keep earning money afterward.
“Hmm… there’s a village called ‘Wegil’ to the west. It’s the most active commercial hub on the 34th floor.”
Sejun repeated the name to commit it to memory.
“Oh, and when you head to Wegil Village, you’ll come across areas with red ground. Those are quicksand. Don’t try to cross them; go around.”
Ganess warned him about the quicksand along the way.
Theo, who had been grooming himself enthusiastically while clinging to Sejun’s knee, suddenly had his ears perk up involuntarily.
“Ganess, say that again, meow!”
Theo, sensing something, urged Ganess to repeat himself.
“Huh?! Again? Oh, um… I was saying, when you go to Wegil Village, you should avoid the quicksand…”
Ganess repeated his earlier words.
Again, Theo’s ears perked up involuntarily.
Puhuhut. It feels similar to a pull, meow!
Theo realized what was happening.
He had developed a new ability, a Twitch Radar that responded to clues about places he was drawn to based on the information he heard.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, we need to go to the quicksand, meow!”
“That’s right, meow! My ears keep reacting every time I hear the word quicksand, meow!”
If Theo said so, Sejun trusted Theo’s words without hesitation.
No. I absolutely won’t believe you when you say my face is ugly!
Sejun trusted Theo about almost everything else.
After completely looting both the treasure vault and a smaller stash Ganess had pointed out, they headed toward Wegil Village, where the quicksand was said to be.
Sejun looked at the patches of red ground, large and small, and spoke.
He picked up a stone nearby and tossed it onto the red ground.
The stone sank slowly.
It was definitely quicksand.
“Puhuhut. Great hybrid Chairman Park, my front paws are being pulled, meow!”
Even Theo’s front paws were being drawn downward, as if magnetized.
The 100-meter-tall, gigantified Cuengi dug up the quicksand with his massive front paw and pulled out a gray stone tablet, placing it on the ground.
[Creator God’s Tablet.]
The Creator God’s Tablet, buried within the Brown Tower, had finally revealed itself.
“Cuengi, great job finding the tablet! Vice Chairman Theo, you did great figuring this out too!”
“Puhuhut. Of course, meow! I worked hard, meow!”
When Park Sejun praised Theo and Cuengi for discovering the Creator God’s Tablet,
[Butler! What about me?!]
Blackie barked fiercely, demanding praise for himself too.
“Alright, Blackie, you’ve done a great job of eating well and sleeping well, looking cute as always.”
Sejun, despite having nothing specific to praise Blackie for, found a way to compliment him in his own way.
Blackie was very happy.
Kihihit. Kking?! Kking!
[Hehe! Hey, everyone, did you hear what the butler said?! From now on, eat even better and sleep even more!]