Chapter 398: Paespaes, Sorry.

Chapter 398: Paespaes, Sorry.

TL: Hanguk

[You have arrived at the 68th floor of the Black Tower.]

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[Due to the effect of <Title: Retrogressor>, all stats increase by 31.]

Park Sejun arrived at the 68th floor of the tower.

No room for complacency.

As he quickly checked his surroundings to ensure there were no dangers,

Clank.

“Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”

Theo popped out of the Void Storage and clung to Sejun’s face.

Hey! I can’t see!

Sejun was about to scold Theo, who was blocking his view at this critical moment,

“Puhuhut. There’s nothing around that could threaten Chairman Park, meow!”

“Bubububu.”

Sejun blew air into Theo’s belly to give a belly fart in response to his comment.

“Puhuhut! It tickles, meow!”

While Sejun was playing with Theo,

“But why aren’t the others coming out?”

Curious, Sejun peered into the Void Storage.

Kurorong.

Kkirorong.

Pirorong.

Yurorong.

The rest of the party was sound asleep on the golden floor of the storage. They must have been exhausted from the arduous task of finding the thumb bones and stamping them yesterday.

“Vice Chairman Theo, cover them with a blanket.”

“Understood, meow!”

Sejun ordered Theo to cover them with blankets,

Clank.

And closed the Void Storage so they could sleep comfortably.

At that moment,

[A fragment of Fenrir’s Core (0.5%) has been detected 270 km to the south.]

A message appeared indicating that a fragment of Fenrir’s Core had been detected.

Thanks to the additional 1% Fenrir’s Core he had absorbed, the detection range had increased, and he could sense the power contained within the core fragments.

Hehehe. How convenient.

Now, Sejun didn’t need to wander around until Fenrir’s Core fragments were detected, allowing him to leisurely inspect the farm.

There were 500 trees on the farm, each bearing an abundance of bright red fruits, smaller than a bottle cap.

“What kind of fruit is this?”

Pluck.

When Sejun harvested a fruit,

[You have harvested a cherry.]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

[Your proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 has slightly increased.]

[You have gained 1 experience point.]

Messages appeared.

“Ah. So they’re cherries.”

This was a cherry tree farm.

“These are delicious.”

Pluck. Pluck.

Sejun harvested the cherries, ate the flesh, and put the seeds in his pocket to plant later on the 99th-floor farm.

Since he had 15 drops of the Harvest Elixir received as a quest reward, growing a cherry tree would be easy.

Right! I should also use one drop on the sausage tree. Hehehe.

“Delicious~ Sausage~”

As Sejun sang a song while thinking of a delicious recipe with sausages,

Chairman Park is excited, meow! I’m excited too, meow!

“Delicious~ Meow~ Grilled fish~ Meow~”

Theo also sang his favorite food song following Sejun.

While Sejun and Theo sang and harvested cherries,

Clank.

Kueng!

[Cuengi is awake!]

Cuengi emerged from the Void Storage and clung to Sejun’s back, who was picking cherries.

“Cuengi, did you sleep well?”

Kuehehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. Yes!]

Cuengi, who had just woken up, rubbed his face against Sejun’s back in a good mood.

Piyo!

[I just took a short nap!]

“Sleeping on gold, huh, it must have been a sweet nap. I’ll have to sleep on gold from now on.”

Following Cuengi, Piyot and Uren also woke up and came outside.

At that moment,

Kking! Kking!

The sound of Fenrir crying came from inside the Void Storage.

“What is it?”

Sejun entered the storage,

Kking?!

‘Why won’t this come off?!’

Fenrir was struggling to remove a golden bracelet decorated with jewels stuck around his waist.

How do you sleep to get that stuck on your waist?

“Is our Blackie flexing?”

[A quest has occurred.] [Herbalist Cuengi has killed Kog, the Predator King of Lake Uran.]

Sejun praised Theo and glanced at Fenrir. He was sure Fenrir would demand it.

However, Fenrir showed no interest in the core fragment.

‘Hehe. I’ll have him eat that later.’

Fenrir had decided to leave the weaker cores to Sejun from now on.

“Let’s go back now.”

With his level up, Fenrir’s core fragment, and something for dinner secured, Sejun was returning to the cherry tree farm when

‘Pip-pip. They’re here!’

The cherry destroyers appeared in front of Paespaes, who was in hiding.

Caw! Caw!

Their identity was revealed to be crows.

The crows would peck at a cherry once, then move on to another, repeating the process.

They really only pecked. Enough to make the cherries hold a grudge.

While the crows were eating the cherries,

(Pip-pip. How dare they touch Sejun-nim’s fruit. I’ll teach them a lesson.)

Speaking in a frequency no one could hear, Paespaes used his Pip Step to quickly move.

In an instant, Paespaes moved behind the crows and knocked them out by striking their heads.

Thud thud thud.

In the blink of an eye, 500 crows were knocked out and fell to the ground due to Paespaes’s attack.

When the crows were subdued,

“Paespaes, we’re here.”

Sejun called out to Paespaes upon arriving at the farm.

(Pip-pip! You’re back!)

Paespaes appeared on Sejun’s shoulder and greeted him.

“Yes. Nothing happened... Huh?! What is all this?”

Sejun, greeting Paespaes, was startled at the sight of the unconscious crows on the ground.

Piyot and Uren had said there was no commotion at the cherry tree farm.

That meant the enemy had no chance to resist...

“Paespaes, who did this?”

(Pip-pip! I did it!)

Paespaes puffed out his chest and looked at Sejun with eyes that said, ‘Didn’t I do well?’ but

Our Paespaes is strong too...

Sejun’s eyes were filled with disappointment.

While Sejun was realizing Paespaes’s combat prowess and feeling disheartened,

[You have knocked out all the cherry peckers.]

[You have completed the quest.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, you have been recognized as the rightful owner of the land deed for the cherry tree farm on the 68th floor of the Black Tower.]

[Land Deed Skill: Farm Information Lv. Max is activated.]

A quest completion message appeared.

“Puhuhut, Piyot, let’s get the stamp, meow!”

Piyo!

[Yes!]

In the meantime, Theo and Piyot got the crows’ footprints on the contract.

Like that, the crows became the caretakers of the cherry tree farm under the condition of receiving ten peanuts daily.

“Take good care of it.”

Leaving the cherry tree farm behind, Sejun

[Waypoint on the 68th floor of the Black Tower has been saved.]

Arrived at the waypoint. The boss on the 68th floor was a general from the Lizard Kingdom who knew Theo, so they comfortably passed for free.

“Chairman Park, it’s finally time, meow!”

Theo handed Sejun the land deed for the 75th floor of the tower.

“Yes.”

Let’s make our Vice Chairman Theo a legendary merchant.

Sejun nodded at Theo and put his companions into the Void Storage, then unfolded the tower document.

[You have arrived at the 75th floor of the Black Tower.]

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Thus, Sejun arrived at the farm on the 75th floor of the tower.

[You have been recognized as the rightful owner of the Acacia Tree Farm on the 75th floor of the Black Tower.]

[Land Deed Skill: Farm Information Lv. Max is activated.]

This time, he became the owner of the farm without any quests.

“Acacia?”

Did it bear any fruit?

While Sejun was pondering how to utilize the acacia trees,

Clank.

“Chairman Park, I missed you, meow! Iona, let’s go, meow!”

Theo came out of the Void Storage and called Iona.

“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Yes! Power of Space... Teleport.”

With Iona’s magic, they arrived in front of the chairman’s office at the headquarters of the Wandering Merchant Association.

And then,

“Fail.”

Theo, who had visited Mason with Sejun, Cuengi, and Iona, failed to pass the first stage of the promotion exam.

“Why, meow?!”

“Do you really not know?”

“I don’t know, meow!”

“Phew. There are two individuals with no reputation, aren’t there?”

Mason said, looking at Sejun and Cuengi. Sejun and Cuengi didn’t have much reputation in the Black Tower.

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