Chapter 200: Who Dared To Mess With Our Cuengi?

Tower’s 99th Floor Waypoint.

Thump, thump, thump, thump!

From afar, the Minotaur 1003 rushed over.

“Minotaur 1003, what’s all this commotion?”

The Minotaur King, who was guarding the waypoint, asked with a displeased look.

“Your Majesty Minotaur King! Sejun is angry!”

“What?! Sejun is angry?”

The Minotaur King was taken aback. He had never heard of Sejun getting angry before.

While Sejun never dared show anger towards the terrifying creatures of the 99th floor, the other animals misunderstood it as Sejun’s patience and thought he seldom got mad.

“Yes! And he even cursed with such rage.”

“Who dared to anger Sejun to the point of cursing? I’ll have to go see for myself!”

To them, Sejun was a benevolent being who provided delicious grass when they were only eating dirt.

Emuoo!

Thump, thump!

The Minotaur King, wielding his legendary weapon, the Red Bone, dashed more frantically than anyone else towards Sejun’s farm.

***

[The Tower’s Administrator says she will hunt down and devour whoever dared to harm your family.]

Upon hearing that his family was threatened, Aileen became agitated.

“Aileen, calm down. Otherwise, you might strain your Dragon Heart.”

Kaiser, concerned, tried to soothe the agitated Aileen.

While Aileen had become powerful with immense magic power despite her young age, she still lacked control. When her emotions surged, her magic power could become unstable.

[The Tower’s Administrator is furious, asking how she could remain calm knowing someone threatened Sejun’s family.]Yôur favorite stories on n/o/(v)e/lbin(.)com

-Well... I understand, but still...

“Relax, Aileen, Kaiser is right. Calm down. I don’t want to see you get hurt.”

[The Tower’s Administrator says if you put it that way, she’ll calm down.]

While Aileen disregarded Kaiser’s words, she immediately listened to Sejun.

“Aileen, for now, find the Three Head Society inside the tower.”

[The Tower’s Administrator tells you to leave it to her.]

Upon Sejun’s request, Aileen started searching for the Three Head Society through the crystal orb.

-When this old man speaks, she gets angry, but when Sejun speaks...

While Kaiser was mumbling out his frustrations jealously,

Thump! Thump!

Creating a massive dust storm, the Minotaur King arrived.

Then,

Emuoo?

Kruong!

Emuoo!!!

Upon hearing why Sejun was furious, Pink-Fur began raging at the Three Head Society.

Then,

“Minotaur King, may I borrow the Black Minotaurs?”

Sejun asked the Minotaur King if he could borrow his subordinates.

Emuoo! Emuoo!

[Use them as you see fit! No, this time, I shall personally join!]

Clank.

In response to Sejun’s request, the Minotaur King, with his Red Bone weapon slung over his shoulder, declared his participation.

The Minotaur King, who had guarded the waypoint for 300 years, felt it was time to reestablish the tower’s discipline.

“Thank you, Minotaur King. So, with your help...”

Sejun began crafting a plan to completely obliterate the Three Head Society with the help of the Minotaur King.

There was another being here, simmering with rage.

[How dare they target Master’s family! I won’t let them go!]

Flamie, shaking its leaves seethed with anger.

***

-Hmm... I’ve been underestimating him too much.

Watching Sejun give orders to the animals, Kaiser spoke. Busy with farming and being sidelined by the neighboring animals had led them to disregard the power Sejun possessed.

Thinking about it, no world since the tower’s inception had ever managed to fend off the first calamity, the Locusts, so effortlessly, and without major casualties.

Currently, Sejun’s Sturdy Blade Green Onions were effectively fending off the locusts outside the tower. The Apostle of Destruction would have been significantly taken aback since they had never faced such an opponent before.

It was only natural for the Three Head Society, which had ties to the Apostles of Destruction, to target Sejun’s family. On the contrary, he had become so accustomed to worlds disappearing that he failed to notice these changes.

At some point, the dragons had given up on protecting the world itself and focused solely on accepting survivors inside the tower and maintaining it.

How did it come to this?

When the dragons first started managing the tower, they fought and strategized to protect the worlds. However, after repeated failures, a pervasive sentiment among the dragons emerged, thinking that fighting was futile.

They had grown accustomed to failure.

-We’ve grown accustomed to failure?!!!

Swoosh.

Sejun disappeared as he unfolded the Land Deed.

***

[You have arrived at the lake on the 44th floor of the Black Tower.]

[You have moved from the top floor, the 99th floor, to the 44th floor.]

[You have descended 55 floors.]

[Due to the effect of <Title: Retrogressor>, all stats have increased by 55.]

His stats increased by a whopping 220 in an instant.

“Wow!”

Sejun felt an overwhelming surge of strength and surveyed his surroundings. As mentioned in the land deed, there was a lake in front of him.

“Huh? Is that ice?”

The odd thing was the presence of an ice island in the center of the lake.

Clank.

“Come on out, guys.”

Sejun called out Theo and Cuengi.

“Understood, meow!”

Snap.

Upon Sejun’s call, Theo immediately emerged and clung to Sejun’s knee.

However,

Krueng!

[Cuengi will come out a bit later!]

Cuengi, whose snack pouch wasn’t yet full, refused to come out.

“Alright, take your time.”

Leaving the void storage open, Sejun looked around.

Then,

[A quest has been triggered.]

[Quest: Lower the raised temperature of the lake and reclaim the lake’s rights.]

Reward: Recognition as the rightful owner of the Land Deed.

As expected, a quest to obtain the land’s rights appeared again this time.

“So, is there always a quest like this in order to gain Land Deed rights? Ice Cube.”

Sejun wondered briefly before freezing the water and moving to the ice island in the lake’s center. He had a feeling the ice island held the clue.

Thud.

And so, Sejun set foot on the Ice Island.

“Theo, do you hear anything?”

“I hear a knocking sound from inside, meow!”

“Really? Where is it coming from?”

“Over there, meow!”

Following where Theo pointed,

“Stairs?”

Sejun saw stairs descending, made of ice. Clearly, someone was definitely there.

As he descended,

Clang! Clang!

Sejun also began to hear a sound as if something was being struck. It was the sound of metal being hit.

“What’s that?”

Sejun continued to follow the sound.

“Huh? Penguins?”

Sejun saw small blue penguins busily striking at the metal, creating something.

What was truly fascinating was that they weren’t heating and striking the metal, but that

Drip, drip.

they were freezing the metal with ice before striking it.

“That’s Kona, meow!”

Theo cried out when he saw Kona among the penguins, crafting some equipment.

Then,

“Huh? Theo?”

Kona looked up at the familiar voice and spotted Theo.

Zing. Zing. Zing.

With joy, Kona rushed towards Theo.

But then,

Kruuueng!!!

A furious roar filled with rage from Ceungi echoed from outside.

“Who dared to mess with our Cuengi?”

Messing with Cuengi... such bad luck. Sejun prayed for the offender’s soul as he headed outside.