Chapter 70

TL: Hanguk

As midnight approached,

“Everyone, to your posts!”

Squeak!

Squeak!

Squeak!

At Sejun’s command, the rabbits scattered throughout the field.

This was because the field had grown too large for Sejun to check the crops imbued with the energy of the Blue Moon alone.

Shortly after,

Roar!

As the Blue Moon rose, the Mother Crimson Giant Bear was the first to be affected and began to get excited.

“Aileen!”

As Sejun hurriedly called for Aileen,

[The Tower’s Administrator says confidently that you trust them.]

With Aileen’s message, a black dragon appeared in the sky.

And then,

Roar-!

The roar of the black dragon echoed, and the monsters on the 99th floor of the tower came to their senses.

“The moon is pretty.”

Today, there was no need to worry about monsters or the location of crops imbued with the energy of the Blue Moon, so for the first time since he’d been stranded, Sejun was able to enjoy the leisure of watching the Blue Moon in the sky and the black dragon Aileen flying.

Glup, glup.

He even had the luxury of drinking coffee.

“Stroke me more, meow.”

Theo was annoying, constantly asking for attention while on his lap. However, thanks to Theo’s warmth and soft fur, he didn’t mind it.

After a while,

Rustle.

The crops began to be imbued with the energy of the Bluemoon.

And then,

Squeak!

Squeak!

The rabbits pointed at the crops that had turned blue and called for Sejun.

“Alright. Let’s start harvesting.”

Sejun, guided by the rabbits, harvested the crops imbued with the energy of the Bluemoon.

And as he went down to the cave to harvest,

[Master! I’ve grown!]

Flamie had grown up to Sejun’s waist by absorbing the energy of the Blue Moon.

Furthermore, the leaves of Flamie, which had turned to white and yellow by using the Flames of Purification and Affinity, had absorbed the energy of the Bluemoon and turned half green.

“What happened?”

[When I received the energy of the Blue Moon, I felt my strength growing!]

The energy of the Blue Moon caused Flamie to grow and shortened the cooldown time of Flamie’s flame buff.

[Ah! Master! I found out the ability of the third leaf!]

“Oh. Really? What’s the ability?”

[Wait a moment! Ta-da!]

The last leaf that was still green turned blue, and the blue flame seeped into Sejun’s body.

[The Flame of Protection seeps in for 3 hours.]

[The Flame of Protection protects the target.]

A small blue flame floated around Sejun like a will-o’-the-wisp.

“Is this the Flame of Protection?”

Sejun touched the blue flame, but it wasn’t hot.

[Yes! The Flame of Protection will protect you, Master!]

“”Alright. Thanks.”

Sejun praised Flamie while petting its leaves.

[Hehehe, it feels good!]

After receiving the Flame of Protection buff from Flamie, Sejun continued harvesting the remaining crops imbued with the energy of the Blue Moon.

As a result, he was able to harvest 52 magical cherry tomatoes and 2 Stamina Corns from the cornfield that was ready for harvest.

The harvested magical cherry tomatoes were shared and eaten with the animals, and Sejun took all the corns as he was low on stamina.

“Aileen, take the corn.”

Sejun gave one of the two corns to Aileen, who could not eat the crops that increased her magic power for a while for the sake of stabilizing the Dragonheart.

[The Tower’s Administrator is moved by your thoughtfulness to remember and take care of them.]

After sharing the harvested crops,

“I should eat too.”

Sejun ate the last remaining ten magical cherry tomatoes imbued with Blue Moon’s energy and one corn imbued with Blue Moon’s energy. As a result, his magic power increased by 3 and his stamina by 0.3.

“Huh? The Blue Moon has ended?”

Before they knew it, the blue moonlight had disappeared and the sunlight was shining again on the ground. Thanks to Aileen, they safely got through the ninth Blue Moon.

“Aileen, thank you.”

[The Tower’s Administrator says that all you have to do is trust them.]

There was still some time left until morning, so everyone took a short nap.

And...

Fwoosh.

“Aaargh!”

“Ugh!”

A little further away from the Black Minotaurs, Oren and his followers were busily scooping mud into brick molds.

Their once-clean fur was now covered in mud, making them look like beggars. It took all of them sticking together to barely make ten mud bricks a day, so they didn’t even have time to groom themselves.

“Ugh. How did I end up making bricks...”

Oren whimpered in misery.

When they woke up from their sleep after eating grilled fish sold by the Grey Rabbits to their heart’s content,

“Huh?”

“What?!”

Suddenly, the grey rabbits had disappeared, and instead, terrifying Black Minotaurs started approaching them, giving them orders to work.

Thus, the ten cats became slaves at a mud brick factory.

“We will go home and bring money! Please let us go!”

Oren and the cats appealed to the Black Minotaurs,

Moo~

But they just responded that it wasn’t within their power.

As the cats were barely surviving, making mud bricks, on the third day,

Moooo~

“What?! An expert who can appraise items has arrived?!”

The cats were thrilled at the thought of escaping this mud brick labor.

And then, Sejun appeared before them.

“First, bring out the items.”

Sejun stepped forward and spoke.

“Yes.”

Truthfully, there was nothing worth looking at, but it was a step to torment them with hope again.

Trembling.

The cats brought out the items from their bags.

“All these items are trash.”

“What?!”

At Sejun’s casual words, the cats despaired.

“They’re all worthless. You probably heard they were magic items, didn’t you? You’ve been scammed.”

‘Pffft. How is it, meow? Do you like the sharp tongue of Sejun? Start wailing!’

Theo, who was hanging on Sejun’s back and overhearing the conversation, shivered with the pleasure of revenge.

And then,

“Sniff sniff.”

As Theo expected, the cats began to cry.

But the revenge was just beginning.

“You guys probably know this, but according to the contract you signed, you have to make 100,000 mud bricks to pay for the grilled fish. But think about it, how many bricks can you make in a day?”

“Ten bricks...”

Oren weakly replied.

“That’s right. So, it will take you at least 10,000 days to make 100,000 bricks. But can you just work without eating anything during that time?”

“No...”

“That’s right. So, your debt will increase and you’ll have to make even more bricks. You’ll probably have to keep making bricks here until you die.”

The cats’ faces turned pale. If what Sejun said was true, their lives were over here.

“But I’ll give you an opportunity.”

Sejun held out eight new contracts.

“An opportunity?!”

“For 10,000 days, you will work as interns in our farm’s distribution department and repay your debt.”

The cats carefully examined the contract. The content was okay. For 10,000 days, they would transport goods as porters and even get one grilled fish every day.

“We’ll do it.”

Afraid that this good opportunity would disappear, the cats quickly stamped their paw prints.

“What...what about me?”

Oren, who had not received a contract, called Sejun in desperation, fearing that he might be left alone.

“Here.”

Sejun offered Oren a contract. There was an additional clause in Oren’s contract.

The representative of the distribution department has the right to take three items of his choice from Oren’s home.

Sejun added this clause, trusting Theo’s golden paw, knowing that Oren’s house was rich.

“Here you go.”

Oren stamped his paw print on the contract and handed it to Sejun.

There were plenty of expensive items in his home. There would be no significant decrease in his family’s wealth just because he gave away three items. If Sejun had asked for a large sum of money, he might have hesitated.

As the cats stamped their paw prints and handed over the contracts to Sejun,

“Interns! Welcome, meow! I’m Theo, the representative of the distribution department, meow!”

Theo, climbed onto Sejun’s shoulder, crossed his arms and said arrogantly.

“Huh?! You’re Theo?!”

Oren, surprised to see Theo, pointed at him with his front paw.

“Intern, don’t you know how to behave in front of the representative, meow?!”

Whack! Whack! Whack!

Theo hit Oren with his front paw, getting angry.

“Interns, follow me, meow! We have a lot of work to do, meow!”

Theo’s exciting revenge had begun. And Sejun was able to escape from his drooping knees.