Chapter 75

TL: Hanguk

Inside a warehouse full of treasures collected by Izrael throughout his lifetime.

Swoosh.

Theo was scanning the items in the warehouse with his front paw.

“Representative Theo, what are you doing?”

Iona asked, watching Theo moving his front paw around.

“I’m looking for something that attracts me, meow.”

“Attracts you?”

“That’s right, meow. I’m searching for an item that my front paw is attracted to, meow!”

“Ah!”

Iona remembered what Sejun had told her about Theo’s golden front paw.

And then,

‘Humph. It’s just an intuition after all. It’s no match for my high-dimensional magic.’

Feeling jealous of Theo receiving Sejun’s praises, Iona’s competitive spirit as a wizard was aroused.

“Representative Theo, let’s have a contest!”

“What kind of contest, meow?”

“The one who finds a higher-grade item wins!”

“Alright, meow!”

Even though his opponent was the Chairman of the Wizard’s Association, Theo was not intimidated at all. The source of Theo’s confidence was not himself but Sejun.

‘Puhuhut. The victory will be mine, meow! Because Park Sejun said my front paw is amazing, meow.’

And so, the treasure hunting competition between Theo and Iona began.

***

Tower 75th Floor, Zenka Lake.

Swoosh.

[You have arrived at the Zenka Lake on the 75th floor of the tower.]

[From now on, find and eliminate the cause that threatens the extinction of the Blue Carp.]

Sejun, Black Rabbit, and Cuengi appeared.

“Wow! It’s a different floor!”

Squeak!!!

Kruong!!!

Neither Sejun, Black Rabbit, nor Cuengi were paying any attention to their mission. All three of them were newbies who had just left the 99th floor of the tower for the first time. Everything was fascinating to them.

“What’s this?”

Sejun began to examine the grass around the lake,

Squeak!

Kruong!

The Black Rabbit and Cuengi, intrigued by the wide, blue lake they had never seen before, jumped right into the lake.

While Sejun was strolling around the lake and exploring the plants, he noticed a plant with a very familiar appearance.

A fruit shaped like a giant bell in the middle of wide-spread leaves, and a green crown growing above it! It was a pineapple.

“Hehehe. Why is there a pineapple here?”

Snip.

Sejun, excited, drew his dagger and cut the pineapple.

And then,

Thud.

He removed the crown and stored it in his bag. He planned to plant the crown back at the 99th floor of the tower, which would allow him to grow more pineapples.

Seukuk.

He quartered the pineapple and took a bite from one of the slices.

“Ugh!”

Initially, the sour taste sent shivers down his spine, but the more he chewed on the pulp, the less sour it became and the sweetness intensified.

“Wow! It’s delicious!”

Sejun, who had quickly devoured a whole pineapple, rose from his seat in admiration. He got up to count how many pineapples were there.

However,

“There are only 12 in total.”

There weren’t that many.

Snip. Snip.

Sejun harvested all the pineapples first.

And while he was enjoying the second pineapple,

Thud. Thud.

Something was approaching from behind Sejun.

“Huh?!”

As Sejun turned around,

Ribbit. Ribbit.

A 3-meter-tall upright walking frog was drooling at the sight of Sejun.

[Prog]

Why is a frog walking on two feet?! While Sejun was in a state of confusion,

Ribbit.

Swish.

Prog opened its mouth and attacked Sejun with its tongue.

“Humph! Even though I may not look like it, I’ve trained at the 99th floor of the tower!”

Sejun dodged Prog’s tongue and threw his hand ax at Prog.

Thunk!

The hand ax hit Prog right in the head.

[You have defeated the Prog.]

[You gained 500 experience points.]

“Hmph. This is too easy for me. Retrieve!”

Although he already had a considerable advantage dealing with an aquatic monster on land, Sejun was still proud of himself.

When Sejun was feeling triumphant,

[Subordinate 1 has defeated the Prog.]

[Subordinate 2 has defeated the Prog.]

Black rabbit and Cuengi were also fighting underwater.

[You’ve found one cause of the extinction of the blue carps in Zenka lake on the 75th floor.]

[A Mid-level Administrator quest has been triggered.]

“I should have brought some salt...”

Sejun felt a little regretful.

Then

“Grrrr, You can’t do that!”

Five black wolves came running, shouting.

“What’s going on?”

Kroung!

Squawk!

Sejun and the animals raised their weapons in caution against the black wolves.

“There’s poison in prog meat.”

“That’s right! You need to vomit right away!”

The black wolves looked at them with worried expressions.

“Oh! Thanks. But this one is detoxified. Do you want to try one too?”

Sejun said to the black wolves while taking a bite of the prog-green onion roll.

“......”

As Sejun ate the third prog-green onion roll,

Gulp.

“Um... I’ll just have one.”

“Me too...”

“Here.”

The black wolves got the prog-green onion rolls from Sejun and ate them.

And then,

“Huh?! It says it makes moving in water comfortable?”

The black wolves were surprised to see the message that appeared after eating the prog-green onion roll.

“In that case...”

In order to check the effect mentioned in the message, the black wolves jumped into the Zenka Lake. If this was the case, they might be able to easily accomplish the tasks they had been working on.

After a while,

The black wolves, who had successfully hunted the progs, came up to the ground with the progs in their mouths.

Awwoo!

A black wolf called its comrades.

“Where’s the good food?!”

Tadada.

The black wolves flocked to eat Sejun’s dish.

***

“This is...”

Hegel couldn’t continue his sentence while watching the spectacle unfolding at the Zenka Lake.

The wolves hunted the progs in the pond and brought them to a black-haired man, who then killed the progs.

And the wolves, having received meat from the man, went back into the water.

Then,

“Chief Hegel!”

Tribe vice chief Falca ran up to him.

“Vice-Chief Falca, what’s happening?”

“First, try eating this.”

Falca handed over the prog-green onion roll he had been holding to Hegel.

Chew chew.

“Oh! This meat is delicious!”

Hegel said while eating the prog-green onion roll. It felt like the first time he was eating proper meat since he came here to do the mission.

Gulp.

And then, a message appeared.

“Could it be?! Is it because of this dish that our wolves are able to hunt the progs?”

“Yes. Thanks to that man’s cooking, it seems like we will be able to successfully finish the mission.”

Falca pointed at Sejun.

“Is that so? Then I should thank him.”

“Yes, let’s go.”

Falca guided Hegel to Sejun.

And then,

“Mr. Sejun, this is our Black Wolf tribe’s chief, Hegel.”

‘Sejun?’

Upon hearing Falca’s words, Hegel’s mind went blank.

The prestigious name of the Great Black Dragon, Park.Se.Jun, which Elka had told him.

And the black dragon tattoo visible on Sejun’s right hand back.. That tattoo was only allowed to the Black Dragon’s tribe.

It’s the Great Black Dragon!

“I greet the Great Black Dragon!!!”

Hegel quickly prostrated himself in front of Sejun.

And then,

“We greet the Great Black Dragon!!!”

The other black wolves also followed Hegel and prostrated themselves in front of Sejun.

Yawn.

Grrr.

Despite the loud shouts of the black wolves, the exhausted Black Rabbit and Cuengi did not care and took a nap.

***

“Meow?!”

Theo, who had been inspecting the items in the warehouse, felt something strange.

‘I feel Park Sejun’s lap nearby, meow!’

Even though it was incomprehensible, Theo believed in his ability to sense Sejun’s lap.

“Iona, I have to go check it out, meow!”

Theo quickly ran out of the warehouse.

“Heeheehee. It’s my victory.”

Iona raised the B-grade item she had found in the warehouse, claiming her victory. Who the real winner was would only be known as time passed.

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