: ALL THE SWOLLEN CORN IS FOR SEJUN.
TL: Hanguk
[You have achieved the great feat of commanding all Tower Farmers from other towers.]
[As a reward for the great feat, you have obtained the
[With the effect of
[With the effect of
[With the effect of
[As a reward for the great feat, the cost of staying on the 0th floor of the Black Tower is reduced by 5%.]
Sejun had thought it strange that he didn’t get a title even after commanding all the Tower Farmers from the other eight towers, excluding himself…
“So this was the reason.”
There was also a Tower Farmer on the 10th Tower.
Looking at the message, Sejun now understood why he hadn’t obtained the title when he had led Udon.[You have achieved the great feat of commanding Hamer, the God of Farming.]
[As a reward for the great feat, you have obtained the
[With the effect of
[As a reward for the great feat, the cost of staying on the 0th floor of the Black Tower is reduced by 0.3%.]
Next, by commanding Hamer, the God of Farming, Sejun achieved another great feat and earned a new title.
Now that his stay cost was reduced by 32%,
“Hehehe. If I reduce it by another 68%, it’ll be a free pass?”
While Sejun imagined happily going to Earth for free,
[You have 2 titles similar to
[
[You have obtained
A new message appeared.
“Huh?!”
Combining titles?!
Sejun quickly checked the combined title.
→ For every god you lead, all your stats increase by 50, and your divinity increases by 2.
→ Gods who face you become greatly intimidated.
→ The effect of
Well, it’s not like he’d have many occasions to kill gods, so it didn’t matter if that effect was gone.
‘I couldn’t kill them even if I wanted to.’
Sejun still didn’t know how he had managed to kill a god.
But what’s this ‘One Who Glimpsed the Beginning’?
It suddenly appeared and now combined the titles.
Maybe something has changed?
When Sejun checked the title ‘One Who Glimpsed the Beginning’,
→ Can combine 3 similar titles into one.
······
Only one line had been added.
Will more explanations appear automatically when conditions are met?
After checking the title, Sejun.
“Hehehe. Hamer-nim, let’s get along well from now on.”
He spoke to Hamer, who had fallen into despair, with an mischievous smile.
“Y-Yes… sir.” (TL: Hamer isn’t actually saying ‘sir,’ but he’s using a respectful way of speaking in Korean, which doesn’t have a direct equivalent in English. So, I’m adding ‘sir’ to convey that respect.)
What?! What’s with Park Sejun’s atmosphere?!
Hamer suddenly felt intimidated when facing Sejun and ended up addressing him respectfully without realizing it.
“Hamer-nim, by the way, do you not have any stats?”
Sejun asked because there had been no message saying he could borrow Hamer’s stats when he started commanding him.
“I had them… but not anymore… sir. I’m currently in a spiritual form, so I don’t have a body.”
“You don’t have a body?! Oh! You’re right.”
When Sejun heard Hamer’s words and touched him, his hand just passed through Hamer.
Then does that mean Patrick-nim, too?
Touch.
···?
Contrary to Sejun’s expectations, Patrick could be touched with his hand.
“Hahaha. Thanks to you, Park Sejun, for building me a temple, I was able to create a body with divine power. Of course, it’s not perfect because I lack sufficient divine power.”
As soon as he returned, it seemed he needed to build a monument for Hamer’s achievements.
That way, Hamer could create a body using divine power, and Sejun would be able to borrow his stats.
Having finished exploring the second floor, Sejun said,
“You guys wait here.”
Upon returning to the first floor of the tower, Sejun was about to leave behind Melpheus’s body and half of the Destruction Pioneers and Destruction Devourers when…
Kiki!
Kya-kya!
The Destruction Pioneers and Destruction Devourers went into a frenzy at the thought of being left behind.
Kking! Kking!
[Don’t worry! Your Boss will definitely come back!]
Blackie tried to calm them down.
At that moment…
Mumu?
(Great Blackie-nim, should I stay here and command them?)
Melpheus, who had been waiting for a chance to command, stepped forward.
However…
Kking!!!
[Didn’t I tell you to stop thinking about commanding!!!]
Puk.
Mumu…
(I-I’m sorry…)
Blackie, already aware of how terrible Melpheus was at commanding, immediately stomped him with his front paw and began a stern mental education session.
Then…
“Well, I’ll be going now.”
Kyurorong.
Murorong.
In the meantime, Sejun picked up the sleeping Blackie and Melpheus into his sling bag and said,
“Summon door.”
Creaaak.
He returned home. Luckily, the door back didn’t require him to have 100,000 strength, as it could simply be pushed open.
Thus, Sejun left the first floor of the 10th tower.
“I’m a Tower Farmer… Me, under Park Sejun…”
Still unable to believe the reality, Hamer muttered to himself for a while before being dragged off by Patrick to start making the Enhancing Elixir.
***
Black Tower Administrator’s area.
“Hello, Mother!”
“Aileen, have you been well?”
“Of course! And how have you been, Mother?”
“I’m doing well. Shall we get started? Today we’ll be boiling corn.”
“Yes!”
Recently, after finally mastered making soft-boiled fried eggs, Aileen had started learning new recipes from Kim Mi-ran.
Though she was still a novice at cooking, the fact that she could now control the heat to some extent was a significant improvement.
A little later…
“Good job, Aileen.”
“Yes…”
Aileen answered in a gloomy voice.
She had steamed the corn, but instead of being chewy, all the kernels had swollen up and burst open.
“Cheer up. At least it’s still edible. Sejun likes swollen corn, so it’s fine.”
“Really?! I’ve never seen Sejun eat swollen corn before.”
“Well… that’s because Sejun doesn’t know how to make swollen corn. So, Aileen, you should make a lot for him.”
“Okay! Hihi. I’ll make a lot for him!”
At Kim Mi-ran’s words, the previously gloomy Aileen’s face immediately lit up with joy.
“All the swollen corn is for Sejun.”
So, Aileen carefully piled up the swollen corn neatly, leaving out the intact ones.
I’m sorry, my son.
Watching the pile of swollen corn reach 30 layers high, Kim Mi-ran silently apologized to Sejun in her heart.
After attending Kim Mi-ran’s cooking class and improving her cooking skills once again today, Aileen,
“Khihihi. I wonder how happy Sejun will be when he sees this later?”
She chuckled imagining Sejun being happy to receive the swollen corn she gave him.
“I need to store this carefully.”
She placed the plate of corn into her void storage and said,
“I’ll take care of these.”
Nom nom.
She ate the intact corn deliciously.
At that moment…
“Aileen, we’re here!”
“Aileen, Pobi oppa is here!”
“Silvia unnie is here too!”
The hatchlings came to visit Aileen with their parent dragons.
Swoosh swoosh.
“Sis and brothers, welcome!”
Aileen quickly wiped her mouth and greeted the hatchlings.
Then…
“Aileen, you must’ve been bored without Silvia unnie! Now, let’s play together!”
“What are you talking about?! Aileen wants to play with me more!”
“No way! Aileen wants to play with me, Silvia Hisron, more!”
The six hatchlings clung to Aileen, each insisting that she should play with them, and a fight soon broke out.
“Big brothers and sisters, let’s all play together!”
Once again, the 200-year-old youngest, Aileen, stepped in to mediate between the hatchlings.
“You just need to match the same cards…”
Aileen explained the rules of Go-Stop that she had learned from Sejun to the hatchlings.
“The stakes are roasted and dried sweet potato slices. If you use magic, you’ll lose a hand!”
At Aileen’s words, a few hatchlings flinched and instinctively touched their wrists.
“Then, let’s begin!”
Shwaaak.
Aileen started shuffling the cards.
A little later…
“Silvia, I’ve got a set! Stop! Each of you owes me three pieces of dried sweet potato~.”
“Silvia, Three Go! Hocus oppa, you got a penalty, so it’s double for you!”
“Silvia won again!”
The game was dominated by Silvia.
“Aileen, I’ll buy 100 pieces of dried sweet potato slices!”
“Me too! This time, I’ll win!”
When the losers ran out of dried sweet potato slices, they went to their dragon parents to get more money and bought dried sweet potatoes from Aileen.
Aileen only participated in the first few rounds and afterward focused on selling dried sweet potatoes.
“Aileen, give me one cup of golden Samyangju, ten bottles of grape wine, and ten dried squid.”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“I’ll take ten bottles of Samyangju and three watermelons.”
In between rounds, other dragons continuously came to buy goods, keeping Aileen busy.
Somehow, without realizing it, Aileen was running her own little shop.
Recently, in the Black Tower, buying food from Sejun had become a significant affair for the dragons.
It wasn’t just about the taste, but also about getting stronger.
At first, when they ate Sejun’s crops, the strength increase was so minuscule that they didn’t think much of it aside from the flavor. But…
Like gathering specks of dust into a mountain, the effects accumulated over time and started to show.
The dragons first noticed this change during a duel between the black dragon Gaaks and the golden dragon Raon, who were of the same age.
Though they called it a duel, it wasn’t a physical fight. Instead, it was a peaceful dueling method passed down from ancient times where they pulled each other’s bodies using pure magic power, and the one who got pulled first lost.
The reason for the duel?
Raon had mocked Gaaks, who often ate Sejun’s crops, saying, “What’s so great about that lowly human’s food that you eat so much of it?”
What?! How dare you insult something made by our brother-in-law Park Sejun?!
Angered by Raon’s words, Gaaks immediately challenged him to a duel, and Raon accepted right away.
Since exciting events like this were rare, maybe once every thousand years, many dragons gathered to watch the duel.
And the result of the duel…
Boom.
Contrary to the dragons’ expectations that the two, being of similar age, would be evenly matched for at least 10 minutes, the duel ended in just 10 seconds with Gaaks emerging as the victor.
After the duel, curious dragons closely examined the magic power of both Gaaks and Raon to figure out what caused the result.
“Gaaks has 5,000 more magic power than Raon?!”
They discovered that Gaaks had 5,000 more magic power than Raon.
While a difference of 5,000 magic power was small for dragons with over 1,000,000 magic power, in a duel, it made a big difference.
Even the slightest difference, like 0.001 grams, can tip the scales.
And so, the fact that Sejun’s crops helped with strength spread quickly among the dragons.
To avoid falling behind other dragons, they started competitively eating Sejun’s crops to enhance their strength.
Thanks to this, the average abilities of the dragons steadily increased.
“If we buy this and give it to the hunters, it will help stop the Destruction.”
“Really? Then, give me that too.”
Following Theo’s example, Aileen sold Sturdy Blade Green Onions and Detoxifying Green Onions to the dragons, significantly slowing the pace of the Destruction’s invasion.
Of course, the biggest contributor to their success was the clumsy but surprisingly effective Melpheus.
Additionally, Flamie had begun cultivating at least one World Tree in each tower, and some towers had already achieved one or two of the growth conditions.
The small snowball Sejun had started was growing larger and larger, having a positive impact on the dragons, the towers, and the world.
“I’m so busy. I wonder if Sejun has arrived back?”
During a rare quiet moment when no dragons were around, Aileen checked her crystal orb to look for Sejun.
“Silvia! Four Go!”
Meanwhile, next to her, Silvia was sweeping up the other hatchlings’ dried sweet potato slices.
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