Chapter 96

TL: Hanguk

Thud.

When Iona used magic, the ground started to shake. Then the cave slowly began to sink.

After a while,

[You have completed the Mid-level Administrator Quest.]

[You have gained 3 million experience points as a reward for completing the Mid-level Administrator Quest.]

[You have earned 50,000 Tower Coins as a reward for completing the Mid-level Administrator Quest.]

He received the original quest rewards as the quest completion message appeared. The locusts were all wiped out at once by Iona’s mini black hole magic.

[You have fulfilled your duty as an Mid-level Administrator.]

[You will return to the 99th floor of the tower in 30 seconds.]

A message appeared announcing his return to the 99th floor of the tower now that the mission was over.

“Iona, I’m going first.”

Sejun hastily bid farewell to Iona.

“Huh?”

Unfortunately, Iona, who had not been designated as a subordinate, couldn’t come with him.

Squeak!

Kreong!

Pi Ppi...

The animals waved their hands to bid farewell to Iona. The greetings from the black rabbit and Cuengi were cheerful, while ChuChu was sad to part with her master.

Then,

“Puhuhuhut. Iona, take care. President Park’s lap is now mine!”

Theo, who got to monopolize Sejun’s lap, disappeared, making a taunting comment to Iona.

“Kyoo-Kyoo-Kyoo-Kyoo-My sweet nap!!!”

Iona, now deprived of her sleep place, entered the 4th stage of her anger.

Kyooooooo!

The black hole grew larger in response to Iona’s anger. Only after she erased the entire Navia Swamp did Iona, who had come to her senses, moved quickly.

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The Administrator’s Area of the Tower.

[The population of Yellow Locusts on the 67th floor of the tower has exceeded 3 billion.]

[The population of Yellow Locusts on the 67th floor of the tower has met the evolution conditions.]

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[The population of Blue Locusts on the 67th floor of the tower has exceeded 5 billion.]

...

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[Red Locusts on the 67th floor of the tower are evolving into Purple Locusts.]

“What?!”

Aileen was taken aback as the dwindling number of locusts suddenly increased rapidly.

“Did something happen to our Sejun?!”

She was worried, although she had given him powerful power to protect him, as he was still relatively weak.

Just when Aileen’s anxiety level was skyrocketing,

[Mid-level Administrator Park Sejun has completed his quest.]

[Returning to the 99th floor of the tower.]

“Hehehe. Trying to get a higher reward, huh? Indeed a remarkable human! I knew you could do it!”

Aileen hurriedly searched for Sejun through the crystal orb. She had missed him terribly after not seeing him for several days.

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[You have arrived at the 99th floor of the Tower.]

Sejun finished his mission on the 67th floor and returned to his home on the 99th floor of the Tower.

Kreong!

As soon as they arrived, Cuengi rushed to his mother.

Squeak!

Pi Ppi.

The rabbits also went to see the other rabbits.

“Maybe I should check the farm too.”

“You’re going to work again, meow? Rest for a while, meow!”

Theo, who was now comfortably resting on Sejun’s lap, was irritated when Sejun said he was going out to work again.

“It’ll be over soon.”

Sejun, who had now fully become a farmer, only wanted to quickly check if there was anything wrong with the farm while he was absent.

Then,

[The Tower’s administrator says you’ve worked very hard.]

“Yep. And thanks for the power. I was able to save my life thanks to you, Aileen.”

[...The Tower’s administrator says that there’s no need to thank her as she...she was worried and gave it to you because you were weak.]

Aileen, flustered by the compliment, uttered something she didn’t mean.

“But, when I thought that I might die, I really missed Aileen.”

To be precise, he wanted to see her at least once before he died, but the atmosphere got strange because of the weird way Sejun was speaking.

[......]

“Aileen?”

Upon hearing Sejun’s words, the flustered Aileen hid herself.

Mason was furious. The situation was already beyond repair.

“Tariq fed the red locusts on the 67th floor of the tower, increasing their numbers. That’s a threat to the safety of the tower. As the Chairman of the Wizard’s Association, I have the authority to make an immediate judgment. Everything is stored in the necklace, so check it out.”

“Is that true?”

Mason quickly started checking the video. The video showed Tariq giving several bribes and throwing away monster corpses. And even trying to get away by mentioning Landlord Grid

In the meantime, Iona quickly went up to the 99th floor of the tower.

‘With this, I can even involve Grid.’

Everything always depends on the justification. And the justification for executing a being that tried to endanger the tower was just too perfect.

‘If I do well, I can finish off Grid with this video.’

Then a video that Iona had additionally stored at the end of the video came out.

-Chairman Mason, confiscate the wealth of the Chow Group and use them to compensate for the expenses of the Wandering Merchant Association, the Freelance Mercenary Association, and the Wizard’s Association. And the remaining money will be entrusted to the intermediate wandering merchant Theo to be used for the reconstruction of the 67th floor of the tower.

“Theo?”

Mason called his subordinate and ordered him to bring information about Theo.

***

“Alright.”

Sejun woke up from his sleep.

And then

Zzzz.

Zzzz.

“Hmm? Iona?”

Sejun hurriedly looked at his knee at the sound of Iona’s snoring.

And then

“When did she get up here?”

Iona was visible, covered with Theo’s tail on his knee.

Iona, who quickly traveled through the light-speed merchant route as soon as Sejun left, was fortunately able to finish her work and arrived an hour ago, was able to have a quick nap on Sejun’s knee, using Theo’s tail as blanket.

Just then,

Flap. Flap.

The golden bat appeared in front of Sejun.

(Sejun! What do you think about this? It has a good grip, so I was attracted to it!)

The golden bat, who took Theo’s advice, handed Sejun the item it brought.

“Is this a wireless microphone? Don’t tell me you went outside the tower?”

(Yes! This time I brought something that attracted me, as per Big Brother Theo’s advice!)

The golden bat looked at Sejun with hopeful eyes.

‘Am I also going to be praised?’

It was because Theo had boasted about bringing something attractive and getting affection from Sejun, which was why.

However,

“Golden bat, that only works for Theo.”

Theo was gifted.

(Oh...)

The golden bat was disappointed by Sejun’s words.

“It’s okay. At least now I know that you appear in the karaoke room with this wireless microphone. Let’s start by learning letters first.”

Sejun was planning to teach the golden bat the letters so it could bring back information that could identify the places it appeared.

(Yes! I will learn diligently!)

“Now, this is ‘Giyeok’.”

Swoosh.

Sejun picked up a twig and drew a ‘ᄀ’ on the ground.

Swoosh.

(‘Giyeok.’)

The golden bat also picked up a twig and copied the letter Sejun wrote and read it out.

On the 264th day of being stranded, Sejun began teaching Hangul1 to the golden bat.

***

At a coin karaoke in Seoul.

“Black limo...Huh?!”

Suddenly, the microphone disappeared from the hand of the man who was singing passionately.

A moment later,

“There’s nothing to steal here, so you stole a microphone! Compensate quickly! Or I’m going to report it to the police!”

“No, I really didn’t steal it! Check the CCTV!”

In response to the bar owner’s accusation, the man insisted on checking the CCTV in his defense.

And then,

“Huh?!”

“See?! I told you I didn’t steal it!”

In the CCTV footage, the microphone suddenly disappeared from the man’s hand.

And when they rewound the footage slowly, they could see something golden moving fast, taking the microphone from the man’s hand.

“Let’s send this to ‘There’s Such a Thing in the World’.”

“Should we?”

By coincidence, both were avid viewers of ‘There’s Such a Thing in the World’.

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TL Notes:

1) Hangul, alphabetic system used for writing the Korean language.

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