TL: Hanguk
Recia
Kueng-foooooo!
As the shockwave of Kueng-fooo, fired by Cuengi towards the calamity, came surging forward,
[Intermediate Herbalist Cuengi Park has defeated the First Calamity, Locust.]
[You’ve gained 50 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points earned by Intermediate Herbalist Cuengi.]
...
..
.
The calamities vanished in an instant.
Kuaaargh!
An ogre, who had been commanding the calamities, appeared next.
“Meow!”
Thud!
He was knocked out cold, struck on the back of the head by Theo.
“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, it’s safe now, meow!”
Theo, precisely spotting Sejun hidden with camouflage, waved his front paw.
“Vice Chairman Theo, good job.”
“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! I, the Hybrid Vice Chairman Theo, worked overtime today, meow!”
At Sejun’s praise, Theo quickly clung to Sejun’s lap, looking quite proud. It was a right he fully deserved after his hard work.
With Theo perched on his lap, Sejun arrived in front of the ogre.
“I’ll help you. Come this way.”
Swish.
He placed his hand on the unconscious ogre’s body and absorbed the battle aura.
“Done. Vice Chairman Theo, finish him off.”
“Puhuhut. Understood, meow! Meow!”
Puk!
At Sejun’s command, Theo defeated the ogre with a single strike of One Meow Slash.
Then, the ogre’s body turned transparent and faded away. The dead ogre left nothing behind except for the battle aura.
With the disappearance of the last ogre in Recia,
[You have exterminated the sixth calamity sent by Destruction, the ogre.]
[You have achieved a great feat that no one has accomplished before.]
[As a reward for the great feat, the sixth calamity ogre can no longer invade Recia.]
[As a reward for the great feat, future stay fees for the 0th floor of the Black Tower will be reduced by 0.5%.]
Messages appeared.
“Hehehe. You just keep giving me things.”
Sejun chuckled as he looked at the messages.
So far, he had leveled up three times while defeating the calamities, and the Earth stay fee had been reduced by a total of 2.1%.
In addition,
[You have exterminated all the calamities that threatened the five remaining Blue Towers in Recia.]
[You have completed the Mid-level Administrator Quest.]
[As a reward for completing the Mid-level Administrator Quest, all stats increase by 100.]
[As a reward for completing the Mid-level Administrator Quest, you have acquired 10 billion Tower Coins.]
Even the rewards for completing the Mid-level Administrator Quest were received.
However,
“Hehehe. Guys, no time to waste! Let’s gather quickly!”
In Sejun’s opinion, the biggest gain was the corpses of the calamities.
The familiar taste of the Locust, the giant blood-sucking leech, and the slime were naturally precious.
But who would have guessed that the Fire Moth and the Petrifying Spider could yield such unique flavors?
Upon trying them in cooking, it turned out that the third calamity, the Fire Moth, and the fourth calamity, the Petrifying Spider, also made excellent ingredients. ṝ
The Fire Moth had a texture and taste similar to squid, and with the effect of the <Title: One Who Cooks Calamities>, it granted an ability that enhanced fire attacks.
The Petrifying Spider, on the other hand, was a true gem. Its eight thick legs tasted like crab, while its body meat tasted like lobster.
With the Petrifying Spider, Sejun gained the ability to petrify opponents upon receiving an attack, thanks to the effect of the <Title: One Who Cooks Calamities>.
Thrilled with the new ingredients he obtained the previous night, Sejun had whipped up various calamity dishes: squid sashimi, parboiled squid, fried squid, spicy seasoned squid, steamed crab legs, lobster with butter, and more, along with Locust, leech, and slime-based calamity dishes.
He ate heartily with the 10,000 frogs who joined after defeating three of the five calamity forces targeting the five Blue Towers.
Thanks to this, Sejun increased all his stats by 500 with <Title: Saint of Feeding>, and he also received praise that boosted his mental strength by around 150.
Of course, the frogs who ate Sejun’s cooking also grew significantly stronger.
It was natural as eating Locust-based dishes naturally boosted their stats, and some frogs even awakened talents or acquired skills similar to the effects of the other calamity dishes.
Why don’t I get any?!
As Sejun watched the frogs acquiring new talents and skills, he, too, ate eagerly, driven by jealousy. But sadly, all he got was frequent trips to the bathroom.
Back to the present.
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Kueng!
Following Sejun’s orders, Theo and Cuengi quickly packed the corpses of the calamities into the Void Storage.
Kihihit! Kking! Kking?!
[Hehe. Big Bro! Hurry up and load the delicious stuff! Are we going home now?!]
“Blackie, stop lurking around here.”
Kking...
The Blackie family, who were frantically running around, only managing to get in the way of their brothers, were caught by Sejun and tucked into his sling bag.
[You have completed your duty as a Mid-level Administrator.] [Black Tower’s Tower Farmer Park Sejun has achieved the great feat of being the first to exterminate the Sixth Calamity Ogre in Recia, the world protected by the Blue Tower.] [The last remaining Red Tower of Kanos will accept Kanos refugees for 1 hour.] [Red Tower Administrator Ramter Zahir, you may descend upon Kanos.] [You will be transported to Kanos in 1 minute.] [You have arrived in Kanos.] [Red Tower Administrator Ramter Zahir, your permitted descent time has ended.]
Sensing their leader’s defeat to Destruction through his roar, the other Red Dragons also bellowed in anger.
At that moment,
Shhh.
An unseen, ominous energy slithered up from the shadows of the Red Dragons, attempting to infiltrate their bodies.
But,
Zzzzt.
The moment the energy touched the Red Dragons, it dissipated instantly.
This was thanks to the curse-breaking effect of the golden Samyangju the dragons had consumed.
Unbeknownst to them, the Curse of Destruction cast upon the dragons was growing stronger each time a world met its end.
Had the dragons remained unaware of the curse, they would have eventually fallen into serious peril.
And,
“Phehehe. Delicious.”
The cursed energy tried to invade the body of the Red Dragon hatchling, Perion Zahir, who was cheerfully sipping on a drink with floating rice grains.
Too young to drink the golden Samyangju, Perion hadn’t consumed any.
However,
Fzzzt.
The cursed energy that attempted to climb up Perion’s round body slowly disintegrated.
This was thanks to the Sikhye, a traditional rice drink, Sejun had specially prepared as a curse-breaking drink for the hatchlings.
And so, without even realizing it, the red dragons achieved one small but perfect victory against Destruction.
***
[You have arrived on the 99th floor of the Black Tower!]
Sejun returned home after just one day away.
“Home!”
Though he’d only been gone for a day, he was still overjoyed to be back.
And then,
Clank.
“Puhuhut. I missed you, Chairman Park, meow!”
Kuehehehe!
Kihihit!
This time, Theo, who had gotten rid of the synchronization time by threatening Hel early, rushed toward Sejun along with Cuengi and the Blackie Family.
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To them, Sejun was someone they missed terribly even after just one second apart.
“I missed you guys!”
Of course, Sejun felt the same way.
While Sejun and his companions were having their emotional reunion
“Ugh.”
Sejun felt a heavy weight pressing on his shoulders, to the point of discomfort.
It was a weight that wasn’t physically present but felt very real.
It was the battle auras he had absorbed.
When he’d taken in one battle aura, it hadn’t been noticeable, but with five battle auras in his body, the burden was now significant.
I need to deliver these quickly.
Sejun decided he needed to transfer the battle auras to Ogre King Les as soon as possible.
“Guys, we’re going to have to part again.”
“Meow?!”
Kueng?!
Kking?!
He immediately transported to the 99th floor of the White Tower.
“Sejun-hyung!”
Sejun was welcomed warmly by Ajax upon arriving at the White Tower.
“Ajax, here, eat this.”
He handed Ajax some dishes he’d prepared from the five calamities, then went to find Les.
“Les, here, take these battle auras.”
He transferred the five battle auras that had been burdening his body over to Les.
“Thank you for returning my people, Sejun-nim!”
Les expressed his gratitude to Sejun, carefully accepting the five battle auras.
The battle auras would absorb the unique energy exuded by Ogre King Les and eventually reconstruct their bodies.
“Alright, I’ll be going.”
As Sejun was about to step back onto the waypoint to return,
“Sejun-nim, wait a moment!”
Les called out to Sejun.
“What is it?”
“Your battle aura level has increased. Why are you leaving just like that?”
“Huh?! My battle aura level increased? Didn’t you say I would just know when the level increases?”
“Yes, that’s normally the case, but...”
“But I didn’t know.”
It’s your fault.
Sejun stared at Les with an accusatory look, not considering his own low talent.