Chapter 323: Won't You Answer?
TL: Hanguk
On the way down the tower.
Meow meow meow.
Piyo?
[Theo~nim, but who will you visit first?]
Piyot asked Theo, who was humming a tune.
Puhuhut. First, Ill be keeping an eye on Manager Bill, meow!
Theo answered.
The eight cat interns working under Theo.
They had made their achievements and were promoted; Bill became a manager, Jeff and Mark became assistant managers, and the other five became employees from intern.
Piyo?! Piyo!
[Ah! So youre checking the most senior first?! As expected, Theo~nim, you are excellent!]
Puhuhut. Of course, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, am excellent, meow!
Theo smiled pleasantly at Piyots flattery.
At that moment,
Vice Chairman Theo, why did Piyot come so late?
Sejun appeared in front of them.
Piyo!
[Theo~nim, its Sejun-nim!]
Piyot, without any doubt, tried to approach Sejun.
However
Piyot! Stay away, meow!
Theo was wary of the Sejun in front of him. No. He denied the Sejun in front of him. Thats not Chairman Park, meow!
His Sejun knee detector was still pointing unwaveringly to the 99th floor of the tower.
Who are you, meow?
Theo asked the Sejun in front of him.
Vice Chairman Theo, what are you talking about? Its me!
Sejun said, feeling wronged.
Lie not, meow! You are not Chairman Park, meow!
Vice Chairman Theo, look closely. Its me.
With that,
Sejun pointed to his face.
Then, Sejuns face brightened a bit more, his features became clearer, and he looked more handsome.
Piyo
[Sejun-nim]
Piyot tried to approach Sejun as if enchanted.
However
Hah! Hah! Hah! Chairman Parks face wasnt that handsome, meow! Dont change it at will, meow!
That only provoked Theos anger. Only I can fix Chairman Parks rotten face, meow!
Piyo?!
[Theo~nim made the Hah sound three times in a row?!]
Piyot shivered in fear as he watched Theo.
I am angry, meow!!!
With a snap!
An enraged Theo pulled out one of his dragon claws,
With a flick.
He pointed it at the Sejun in front of him,
Thump.
The magic claw shot from Theos claw pierced through a spot about 1m above Sejuns head.
At the same time, Sejuns figure disappeared.
-Kuh-huk! How?!
In place of the disappeared Sejun, a giant spider with ten eyes and a fist-sized hole in its head was gaping its mouth open.
After showing its prey illusions with its ten eyes,
Hunting its off-guard prey was the hunting method of the the 9th seat of the Apostle of Destruction, the Deceptive Spider, Alice.
-You bastard, next time
Thud.
Alices fragment could not continue speaking and fell, turning into black ash and disappearing.
And
Clink.
Only five silver coins, engraved with a spider with ten eyes and eight legs, remained in that spot.
Puhuhut. You cant fool me, Vice Chairman Theo, meow! Piyot, lets go, meow!
Piyo!
[Yes!]
Piyot hurriedly picked up the coins and followed Theo.
The Apostle of Destruction, the 9th seat, the Deceptive Spider, Alice. She met her invincible natural enemy.
Meow meow meow.
Piyo! Piyo!
Humming a tune, Theo and Piyot continued on their way down.
When they had gone down about ten floors,
Meow?!
Piyo!
[Theres a fork in the road!]
A fork in the road appeared in front of them.
Puhuhut. This way, meow!
Theo took the lead without hesitation.
And
Vice Chairman Theo, please save me!
Puhuhut. Alright, meow! Give me money, meow!
Here it is!
As if it was only natural, he met Uren, who had been stranded inside a fragment of Jrmungandr, and collected money from him.
It seemed like Uren, who was too eager to give money to Theo, had been waiting for him.
Vice Chairman Theo, where are you going?
Uren, who had been rescued from the Jrmungandr fragment, asked.
Puhuhut. Im going to supervise the employees, meow!
Oh! Can I come with you too?!
Uren said he would follow because it seemed like it would be fun. Of course, he also didnt want to move alone and get stranded again.
Good, meow!
Theo naturally agreed when the sponsor who would give him money said he would come along,
Meow meow meow.
Piyo! Piyo!
Oink! Oink!
Thus, Theo, Piyot, and Uren hummed a tune as they moved to the 42nd floor of the tower where Manager Bill was.
***
The next morning.
Alright!
Sejun woke up from sleep and got out of bed.
Then
Gororong.
Kkiiing
With Ajaxs snoring and Fenrirs moaning were heard. What was that?
When Sejun looked towards the source of the noise,
He saw Fenrir trapped under Ajaxs head. It seemed Ajax mistook Fenrir for a pillow while sleeping.
Chuk.
Sejun lifted Ajaxs head and carefully removed Fenrir,
Swipe.
And placed a pillow under Ajaxs head.
Kurorong.
Thanks to him, Fenrir could sleep comfortably.
Gororong.
Kurorong.
Chuk.
Leaving behind the snoring sounds of Ajax and Fenrir, Sejun went outside.
First, I need to check on the black beans.
Click.
Sejun opened the void storage and went inside,
Click.
He opened the Golden Box of Abundance, took out two of the three black beans, and then closed it again.
[Transcendence Black Bean(+2)]
That makes six.
Chuk.
Sejun said as he put the 2-enhanced black beans into a leather pouch.
After collecting the black beans,
Suk.
Sejun split the side of the Sundried Red Pepper and carefully extracted the seeds with his fingers.
[You have obtained Sundried Red Pepper seeds.]
[Your job experience have slightly increased.]
[Your proficiency of Seed Harvesting Lv. 8 has slightly increased.]
[You need to use the Seed Harvesting skill 494,829 more times to complete the job quest.]
..
.
Sejun obtained about 200 Sundried Red Pepper seeds.
He went to the empty land of the farm and
Puk.
Dug the ground and carefully planted one Sundried Red Pepper seed.
And
Pong!
He opened the bottle containing the Harvest Elixir and
Drop.
Dropped the last drop of the Harvest Elixir onto the Sundried Red Pepper to quickly grow it and secure many seeds.
Ppudeuk.
The Sundried Red Pepper sprout rapidly grew as it absorbed the Harvest Elixir.
Good. Ill have breakfast and then harvest the Sundried Red Peppers
Sejun smiled contentedly as he slowly looked over the farm.
[The Stamina Corn are grateful for the farmers footsteps and lend their strength.]
[The potential of the Stamina stat has risen from 1397 to 1398.]
As he was raising his potential by letting the crops hear his footsteps,
Huh?
Sejun was enveloped in a golden glow.
***
[Podori, are you ready?]
[Yes! Flamie-nim!]
Podori answered solemnly to Flamies question.
Podori was at an important moment of its life.
That was the evolution into the World Tree.
Now, if I just eat this and become the World Tree, I wont need to take nutrients anymore!
Podori thought while looking at the thumb-sized golden apple held in Flamies roots.
For Podori, not having to take nutrients anymore was more important than becoming the World Tree itself.
[Okay. Here I go!]
[Yes!]
With Podoris response, Flamies roots sent the golden apple to Podori.
Then, the golden apple was absorbed into Podoris body like melting water.
And starting from Podoris roots, it turned golden and moved upwards through its body,
And as Podoris body was fully colored golden,
Pah!
The golden light began to explode.
***
Black Tower Administrator Area.
Keeheehee. Our Sejun is managing the crops from the morning again. As expected, so diligent.
Nom nom.
Aileen watched Sejun through the crystal ball while eating an elixir-grade tomato Sejun gave her.
Then
[One of the growth conditions for the Black Tower has been achieved.]
An alarm appeared as Sejuns surroundings were dyed in dazzling golden light.
Keehing? Whats this?
Aileen, puzzled, checked the growth conditions for the Black Tower,
[Black Tower Growth Conditions (4/8)]
-Tower Farmer (A): Achieved
-Create more than 10 new varieties: Exceeded (19/10)
-Cultivate more than 330 million square meter of farmland: Unachieved
-Grow a World Tree: 1 (Podori)/?
-Acquire More than 10,000 Worlds Energy Pieces: Unachieved
-Own more than 5 relics: Unachieved
-Achieve 3 great achievements: Unachieved
-Increase the number of Black Tower entrances to 120: Unachieved
The name Podori appeared next to the number 1 under the condition of growing a World Tree.
Huh?! When did Podori become a World Tree? As expected, thats our Sejun!
Aileen praised Sejun, although it was Podori who had become the World Tree.
I have to tell Grandpa!
Aileen reported Sejuns achievement(?) to Kaiser.
***
Ugh! What was that?
As the golden light disappeared, Sejun removed his hand covering his eyes.
Thud, thud.
Huh?!
Sejun saw the Ents guarding around Podori bowing towards it.
Whats going on?
As Sejun approached Podori,
Hop.
[Master! Podori~nim has become a World Tree!]
Flamie, who was going to call Sejun, found him and jumped onto Sejuns shoulder to tell him.
A World Tree? Then, should I bow too?
Sejun said in a slightly deflated voice. Isnt a World Tree supposed to be really powerful?
[No way! Absolutely not! Dont be scared!]
Flamie firmly said in response to Sejuns words. How dare any tree receive a bow from my master?!
[Master, lets go see Podori~nim!]
Okay.
Sejun, accompanied by Flamie, approached Podori.
Whats this?
Podori was incredibly bewildered seeing Flamie.
Having become a World Tree itself, Podori thought it was now on the same level as Flamie. It even planned to rebel a bit.
But
What?! This is Flamie~nim?!
Becoming a World Tree made Flamie even more terrifying.
Flamies size and power were immense to the extent that Podori, now with the intelligence of a World Tree, couldnt comprehend why it had ever bothered with someone like itself.
I must tell Sejun-nim!
Podori thought it had to tell Sejun about Flamies terror.
However
[Heheh. Master, will Podori~nim now produce even tastier grapes for you? Right, Podori~nim?]
[]
Seeing Flamie speaking in honorifics to deceive him, Podori felt a chill down its branch and was paralyzed with immense fear.
If I speak, it will surely kill me with nutrient overdose
[Podori~nim, no response? Seems like becoming a World Tree has made you a bit tired? Heheh.]
Flamies voice was gentle to Sejuns ears,
Wont you answer?
But the leaves of Flamie, unseen by Sejun, gestured a throat-slitting motion.
[No Not at all! I am very full! I will produce even tastier grapes for Sejun-nim!]
Prompted by Flamies action, Podori hurriedly responded and began producing grapes.
Then
Podo-do.
In front of Sejun, a large cluster of golden grapes with sizable grapes quickly grew.
Oh!
Thud.
Mesmerized, Sejun broke off the twig from the end of the grape cluster.
Then
[You have harvested 1 cluster of Fragrant Golden Grapes imbued with the World Trees energy (30 grapes).]
[Your job experience have slightly increased.]
[Your proficiency of Seed Harvesting Lv. 8 has slightly increased.]
A message appeared. The name was as impressive as its color.
I wonder if the effects are also tremendous?
Click.
Sejun picked up a golden grape to examine its options.
[Fragrant Golden Grapes Imbued with the World Trees Energy]
Grapes created by the World Tree infusing its own energy.
The taste is excellent, and the fragrant aroma of the grape spreads far and wide.
Upon consumption, all stats increase by 5.
Consuming more than 10 grapes will make you emit a fragrant scent for 10 days that attracts the opposite sex.
Both the skin and the seeds must be consumed for the effect to occur.
Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Sejun
Shelf Life: 180 days
Grade: A+
Indeed, the options are excellent.
Each grape eaten increases all stats by 5.
Plus, although its embarrassing to admit, eating more than 10 has the effect of attracting the opposite sex. Heh.
For Sejun, who had never been popular in his life, it was an ability he wanted to experience at least once.
Then
[The Towers Administrator says to absolutely prevent Sejun from eating more than 10 grapes!]
Kueng!
[Daddy will only eat 9!]
Sejun hyung is only allowed to eat 9!
Cuengi and Ajax, tasked with a special mission by Aileen, quickly flew towards Sejun.
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