Chapter 438: Alright! I'll Do It for my Butler!
Earth.
A Korean TV program dealing with strange happenings, <There’s Such a Thing in the World>.
But,
“Who would win in a fight between a cat and a bear? If you asked such a foolish question, everyone would laugh. Obviously, the bear would win. But after watching this video, you’ll change your mind.”
Today, unlike usual, the program covered content from somewhere other than Korea.
Along with the host’s words, the screen showed huge cat and bear footprints found in China and the United States.
“The beings that left these traces are Theo Park and Cuengi Park, the companions of Korean hunter Park Sejun. As you can see, they are a cute cat and a baby bear.”
Next, the screen switched to show CCTV footage of Theo and Cuengi.
“Who do you think will win?”
“Of course, Theo!”
“No way! Cuengi is just a baby! Cuengi might not win now, but in a year, he’ll definitely win 100%!”
“Is our Theo playing around? Theo will get stronger too in a year. And our Theo will still be cute even after a year!”
“I can’t agree! Cuengi will also be cute in a year!”
At the host’s question, the guests fervently supported either Theo or Cuengi, engaging in a battle over who was cuter.
The opinions were almost 50-50.
However, it wasn’t just the guests who were divided in their opinions.
Korea. No, people all around the world were divided into Team Theo and Team Cuengi, sharing their opinions on who was cuter.
“We… we have Paespaes too…”
Of course, there were also a few supporting Paespaes.
Perhaps because they resembled Paespaes, those cheering for Paespaes also preferred to stay inconspicuous and didn’t receive much attention.
***
After the Minotaur King dealt with the Apostle of Destruction fragments,
Kking?
[Guys, are you okay?]
Blackie hurried to check the condition of his subordinates.
Kiki!
Most of the surviving Destruction Devourers were unharmed. However, that was not necessarily a good thing.
The Apostle of Destruction fragments’ power was so strong that the Destruction Devourers who were attacked all died.
At that moment,
Kiki…
Kiki…
The Destruction Devourers brought a dying Destruction Devourer with half its head severed in front of Blackie.
It was the Destruction Devourer that couldn’t close its eyes out of concern for its leader and had told Blackie to run away.
Ki… i… ki… i.
Leader, it’s a glad… you’re safe…
Although they couldn’t communicate verbally, Blackie understood the dying Destruction Devourer’s final words.
So, he was sad and furious at the fact that as a noble wolf and a great leader, there was nothing he could do.
Kking! Kking!
[Hey! Get up! Your leader is giving you an order!]
What he could do was nothing more than a futile order disguised as a command.
I guess I have to step in.
As the oldest one here, the Minotaur King was about to explain to the sorrowful Blackie that some realities must be accepted,
Sssssrk.
The energy of creation, which was faintly scattered around, began to gather at the head of the dying Destruction Devourer.
It responded to Blackie’s words.
Just as dragons have Dragon Speech, Blackie had a similar power called Destruction Speech (滅言霊). (TL: The actual translation of ‘滅言霊’ would be somthing like ‘Destruction of the Power of Words’ which is quite long so I have translated it simply as ‘Destruction Speech’)
The power to infuse words with the power of destruction, ignoring the laws of the world and imposing one’s will.
Until now, Blackie couldn’t use Destruction Speech due to the lack of destructive power.
However, overcome with emotion, he unconsciously moved the energy of creation to use Destruction Speech.
And then,
Ki… ki?!
The head of the dying Destruction Devourer returned to normal.
Huh?! How is this possible?
Blackie himself couldn’t understand what he had done.
But,
That’s not important right now!
Kihihit. Kking?! Kking!
[Hehe. Did you see that?! The leader’s command are absolute!]
What mattered now was showing the Destruction Devourers the leader’s dignity.
Kiki!
Kiki!
The Destruction Devourers lifted Blackie up and celebrated him.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Lift me higher! As high as your respect for the great Blackie!]
Blackie was delighted as the Destruction Devourers treated him like a leader.
‘This guy was hiding his abilities too.’
The Minotaur King nodded as he looked at Blackie.
As expected, all of Sejun’s companions are exceptionally capable.
Theo, Flamie, Cuengi, Black Rabbit, and others.
The Minotaur King thought that Sejun had an excellent talent for finding capable individuals.
While Sejun was being recognized by the Minotaur King for abilities he didn’t even possess,
Munch. Munch.
Uren was hastily filling his empty stomach after using ‘Turn to Gold’.
Piyo!
[We’ve hit the jackpot!]
Piyot was collecting coins dropped when the Apostle of Destruction fragments disappeared.
At that moment,
Kking!
[Surround that pig!]
Blackie, from atop the Destruction Devourers, pointed at Uren and shouted.
I can smell it!
Because he could sense his core fragment from Uren’s body.
He intended to show his subordinates the leader’s dignity once more by finding the core fragment.
Kiki!
Kiki!
When the Destruction Devourers, following Blackie’s command, surrounded Uren,
kkuik?
Uren, who was eating, was taken aback.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Hand over my core fragment!]
As Blackie lunged at Uren’s pouch,
What should I do?
Uren hesitated between the food in both hands and his pouch.
Munch. Munch.
Uren naturally chose the food, and
Kihihit. Kking?! Kking?!
[Hehe. Did you see that?! The great Blackie is so fast that he couldn’t even react!]
Blackie, having snatched Uren’s pouch, proudly pulled out his core fragment.
Don’t get cocky!
He subdued his own consciousness embedded in the core fragment.
And then,
Kking!
[Eat this!]
When he showed the core fragment to the Destruction Devourers,
Kiki!
Kiki!
Chomp. Chomp.
The Destruction Devourers cheered for Blackie and then began to feast in earnest.
Kihihit.
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Blackie felt proud watching this.
Kking…
[But I’m sleepy…]
His eyelids grew heavy. He had overexerted himself using a lot of power all of a sudden.
Thud.
When Blackie collapsed on the ground,
Grab.
The Minotaur King picked him up by the scruff of his neck.
Moo.
[Let’s go back.]
Piyo!
[Yes!]
“Yes!”
Piyot and Uren moved to the 99th floor of the tower.
Kiki!
Kiki!
The Destruction Devourers followed behind the Minotaur King, trailing after Blackie who was dangling from the Minotaur King’s hand.
***
The 99th floor of the Black Tower.
“Blackie!”
“Where are you, Blackie, meow?!”
Kueng?
[Blackie?]
While Sejun, Theo, and Cuengi were searching for Blackie,
[Sejun~nim, I know where Blackie went!]
Podori shook its branch and spoke to Sejun.
“Really?! Where did Blackie go?”
[He went that way earlier, riding on the Destruction Devourers.]
Podori pointed in the direction Blackie had gone with its branch.
“Oh?! That direction is…”
It was the direction of the merchant passage that go down the tower.
“Don’t tell me Blackie ran away because he was upset about getting mental education?!”
A rebellious Blackie?
“This won’t do.”
No matter what, running away is not okay!
“Guys, let’s go catch Blackie!”
“Got it, meow!”
Kueng!
[Understood!]
Sejun and his companions, who had just returned to the farm, set out again to bring back the runaway Blackie.
At that moment,
Thud. Thud.
Kking!
[Let go of me!]
Moo.
[No.]
Blackie, held by the scruff of his neck by the Minotaur King, could be seen struggling to break free from the Minotaur King’s grip.
“Oh?! Blackie!”
When Sejun called out to Blackie,
Kking?! Kking! Kking!
[Oh?! Butler! I missed you!]
Blackie barked happily when he saw Sejun.
However,
Kking?!
Contrary to the warm welcome Blackie had expected, he found himself surrounded by Theo and Cuengi.
“Blackie, you still haven’t come to your senses, meow! Follow us, meow!”
Kueng!
[Follow us! You need more disciplining!]
Blackie was in danger of being taken back for more mental education by Theo and Cuengi.
Kking! Kking! Kking!
[I’ve become stronger now! I won’t receive mental education! Don’t stop me!]
As Blackie tried to slip between the two by drawing on the power of creation,
“Puhuhut. What are you doing, meow?”
Grab.
Kking?!
He was easily caught by Theo. With such a small amount of energy of creation, Blackie couldn’t overcome Theo and Cuengi.
Kking!
[Help Blackie!]
In the end, Blackie was dragged away to receive mental education again, and he learned firsthand that strong resistance is met with strong punishment.
While Blackie was receiving mental education,
Chomp. Chomp.
The Destruction Devourers diligently absorbed the energy of destruction from the Fenrir’s core fragment that Blackie had dropped for their leader’s sake.
Burp!
Burp!
They emitted the energy of creation, but,
Kkik!
Blackie’s screams did not stop.
Kii…
The Destruction Devourers realized that it was difficult to save their leader with their own strength.
Leader, we will quickly increase our numbers!
Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey.
They spat seeds in front of Sejun.
Three days later,
[You have planted a Destruction Devourer Seed in magic-infused soil.]
…
..
.
Crack.
As the seed Sejun planted rapidly grew and a Destruction Devourer emerged,
Kking!
[Subordinate! Come over here! There’s plenty to eat here!]
Blackie called out while showing the core fragment with both his front paws,
Kiki!
The Destruction Devourer moved towards Blackie at his call.
And then,
[You have successfully increased the number of Destruction Devourers to 1 million.]
[Quest completed.]
[Received 100 drops of Growth Elixir as a quest completion reward.]
[As a quest completion reward, Destruction Devourers are designated as Calamity Guardians.]
A message indicating the completion of the quest appeared before Sejun, who had tirelessly planted Destruction Devourer seeds for three days.
“Hehehe. Great.”
Sejun laughed as he looked at the glass bottle in his hand containing 100 drops of Growth Elixir.
And then,
But what is a Calamity Guardian?
He looked at the Destruction Devourers, who were cheering for being designated as Calamity Guardians. There didn’t seem to be much of a difference.
At that moment,
[Appointing Blackie Park, who has control over the Destruction Devourers, as the Third Apostle of Creation.]
Kking!
[How dare you!]
Blackie was furious as he saw the message in front of him.
I’m the great Blackie who was once the First Seat of the Apostle of Destruction! How can I be the third?!
He wasn’t pleased with being the third.
I don’t want to!
Just as he was about to refuse to become the Apostle of Creation,
[You have acquired the <Title: The Noble Wolf Protecting Black Tower’s Tower Farmer Park Sejun>.]
A message appeared following it.
‘The Noble Wolf Protecting Black Tower’s Tower Farmer Park Sejun?’
That sounds tempting.
Kking! Kking!
[Alright! I’ll do it for my butler!]
Thus, without anyone realizing Blackie become the third Apostle of Creation and,
“Hehehe. Blackie, I’m going ahead first.”
Gulp.
[You have consumed the Growth Elixir.]
[You have gained 1 million experience points.]
[Your lowest stat, Agility, increases by 10.]
[Your proficiency in Seed Harvesting Lv. 8 increases significantly.]
Sejun swallowed a drop of the Growth Elixir.
And then,
Gulp.
Swallowed another drop of the Growth Elixir.
Sejun’s current level was 99.
Upon reaching level 100, Sejun could no longer gain experience points due to the job quest, so he carefully drank the elixir drop by drop.
I can’t afford to waste even a single drop!
After Sejun swallowed five drops of the Growth Elixir,
[You have consumed 10 drops of Growth Elixir.]
[All stats increased by 100.]
An additional effect of the Growth Elixir appeared.
“Hehehe.”
Now the gap between me and Blackie has widened even more.
Sejun was pleased that the gap between him and Blackie had grown larger.
Gulp.
Sejun continued to drink the Growth Elixir, and after consuming 80 drops,
[You have leveled up.]
[You have gained 1 bonus stat.]
[Strength increased by 10.]
[A quest has been triggered.]
[Job Quest: Receive recognition from Hamer, God of Farming, Patrick, God of Earth, and Leah, God of Abundance, and upgrade the Tower Farmer rank to S.]
Reward: All job skill levels +1, 1 job new skill.
Finally, upon reaching level 100, Sejun’s job quest appeared.
And then,
[Leah, God of Abundance, acknowledges Park Sejun, the Black Tower’s Tower Farmer, as the first.]
Leah, God of Abundance, quickly acknowledged Sejun as the first.
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