Black Tower’s Administrator Zone.

[Mid-level Administrator of the Black Tower and Tower Farmer Park Sejun’s contribution have increased by 1 point.]

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“Kekekeke. It’s rising well.”

Aileen watched with delight as Sejun’s contribution points continued to accumulate.

Munch.

Moreover, eating the Sotteok-sotteok skewer that Sejun had given her made her feel like she had the whole world.

At that moment,

“Aileen, what’s that?”

“It looks delicious.”

Voices were heard from behind.

“Kuh?”

As Aileen hurriedly turned around, she saw six hatchlings drooling at the Sotteok-sotteok skewer next to her.

When did they get here?

It seemed she was too absorbed in the crystal orb to hear them approaching.

She was eating slowly to savor it, but…

Hiding it from the hatchlings who had already seen it would be foolish. It could easily lead to bad feelings.

“Unnie, Oppas. This is something my Sejun made. Try it.”

So, Aileen handed out a Sotteok-sotteok skewer to each of the hatchlings, promoting Sejun’s new food.

“Oh! Really?!”

“Is it called Sotteok-sotteok skewer? That’s an interesting name.”

“If it’s Park Sejun’s food, we can trust it.”

“I’m looking forward to it!”

The excited hatchlings each received a Sotteok-sotteok skewer from Aileen and began to eat.

And then,

“This is really delicious! Aileen, I want to buy this!”

“Me too! How much is it?”

The hatchlings, having tasted the Sotteok-sotteok skewer, enthusiastically expressed their desire to purchase it.

“It’s 10 Tower Coins each.”

Aileen quoted a price that was neither too high nor too low for the dragons.

“10 Tower Coins? Got it! Mom!”

“Dad!”

The hatchlings ran to their parents to pester them to buy the Sotteok-sotteok skewers. No, one hatchling remained behind.

“Sylvia Unnie, why aren’t you going?”

When Aileen asked the still Sylvia,

“Aileen, tell Park Sejun that Sylvia wants to marry him. Sylvia will marry Park Sejun and eat delicious food for the rest of her life!”

How’s that?! Isn’t Sylvia a genius?!

Sylvia, painting a grand picture, looked at Aileen with a smug expression.

“What?! W-Who do you want to marry?!”

Aileen was greatly flustered by Sylvia’s bombshell declaration and asked again.

“Sylvia wants to marry Park Sejun!”

Sylvia shouted again in a loud voice.

“Sylvia Unnie, come here with me for a second?”

“Oh! Is Park Sejun already waiting? Hehe. Sylvia is shy.”

“Just follow me for now.”

As Aileen dragged Sylvia to a secluded spot,

[Theo Park, the subordinate of Black Tower’s tower farmer Park Sejun, says that Chairman Park is in danger.]

“What?! Why is our Sejun in danger?!”

Aileen hurriedly ran to the crystal orb to find Sejun.

“Grandpa!”

She urgently called for Kaiser.

***

‘Hehe. Finally, I’ll get my core!’

Fenrir lunged toward the black orb embedded in the staff, confident that this time he wouldn’t fail.

Sejun was focused on reading the message.

Cuengi was sitting next to Sejun, counting the pocket money he would use for shopping.

Theo was looking only at Sejun’s face, waiting for praise.

Iona was looking warmly at Theo.

Everyone was completely unconcerned about Fenrir and the core fragment.

‘Now, I’ll show you the true face of me, Fenrir, the noble wolf who hunts gods and the 1st Seat of the Apostle of Destruction…’

When Fenrir was just 10 cm away from the core fragment,

Puk.

Kking!

Fenrir’s head collided with something pink, and he fell to the ground.

Kking?!

‘What is this?!’

As Fenrir hurriedly lifted his head,

“Puhuhut. No way, meow! This belongs to Chairman Park, meow!”

Theo, the expert thief catcher, was blocking the staff with his front paw, forming an iron defense.

Kking!

‘That’s mine!’

Fenrir growled fiercely, trying to intimidate Theo, but

“The youngest is misbehaving, meow!”

Instead, Theo raised his paw, ready to discipline Fenrir.

Thump. Thump.

Kking!

‘Butler! He’s hitting me!’

Fenrir hurriedly hid behind Sejun, seeking help.

As Fenrir hid behind Sejun,

“Blackie, that’s dirty. Let’s play with this.”

Sejun handed a purified core fragment to Fenrir.

But,

Kking!

‘That’s yours! I want that one! Core! Come to me!’

Fenrir barked fiercely at the core fragment embedded in the staff, refusing the purified core fragment Sejun offered.

Thud.

Reacting to Fenrir’s outcry, the core fragment detached from the end of the staff.

The separated core fragment fell to the ground,

Crack.

A crack appeared.

Kking?

‘There’s no way the core could crack like this?’

As Fenrir was puzzled,

Woooom.

A large amount of red energy began to emanate from the crack in the core fragment, forming a huge figure.

And then,

-I am Fenrir, the wolf who hunts gods and the 1st Seat of the Apostle of Destruction. Who summoned me?

A voice echoed from the giant figure.

As the core fragment had been separated from Fenrir for a long time and broken into several pieces, Fenrir’s control had weakened significantly.

As a result, the core containing great power and having Fenrir’s residual thoughts began to assert themselves as Fenrir and developed their own will.

Kking? Kking!

‘What? I am Fenrir, I’m the wolf who hunts gods and the 1st Seat of the Apostle of Destruction! You’re just my core!’

When Fenrir barked at the core fragment impersonating him,

“W-What is that…”

What is this?!

Sejun felt suffocated by the overwhelming pressure.

“Aileen noona, it’s big trouble, meow! Chairman Park is in danger, meow!”

Theo quickly sought Aileen’s help as when faced with an opponent beyond their capability.

Kueng!

[Everyone, retreat!]

Meanwhile, Cuengi used telekinesis to gather the group and quickly distance themselves from the red energy.

And then,

“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Power of gravity, tear the enemy apart! Triple Mega Black Hole!”

Iona used her most powerful spell, opening three massive black holes around the red energy to buy time.

As Sejun and the group fled from the red energy,

-Cuengi, thank you. Now Master Sejun won’t be able to see this far, right?

Flamie sighed in relief and started to exert its full strength.

Crunch. Crunch.

Massive roots emerged from the ground and began to widely wrap around the red energy.

It was to prevent any harm to Sejun and the group in the upcoming battle.

In an instant, a 100-meter-tall wall of roots surrounded the red energy.

Though the red energy tried to annihilate everything around it, it couldn’t affect Flamie’s roots.

This was thanks to the reward Sejun received for driving the locusts to extinction on Earth.

While Flamie blocked the red energy, the amassed red energy took on a complete form.

It was a giant wolf resembling Fenrir.

-Awooooo!

When the wolf howled,

Kwagwang!

The shockwave burst through Flamie’s encircling roots,

-You can’t escape from here!

Fortunately, behind them were dozens of layers of roots, a testament to Flamie’s determination to protect Sejun.

Crunch. Crunch.

New roots grew quickly, filling the gaps.

At that moment,

“You bastard! How dare destruction set foot here!”

Kaiser descended before the giant wolf Fenrir.

-Dare? You insolent dragon! You dare be rude before me, Fenrir, the wolf who hunts gods!

“Hmph! You’re not even worth me fighting seriously!”

-What?!

When Kaiser’s words enraged the giant Fenrir,

“Disappear quickly! You’re hurting our Sejun!”

Kuoooo!

Kaiser fired a breath attack at giant Fenrir.

Thanks to Flamie, the energy did not leak out, but Flamie couldn’t hold on forever.

As Kaiser’s breath attacked the giant Fenrir,

Crunch. Crunch.

The roots grew rapidly, covering the ceiling.

Moments later,

Kuwoong.

The roots swelled, then turned to dust and vanished, leaving nothing but a massive hemispherical crater where the giant Fenrir had been.

And then,

-Kahahaha. Is our Sejun okay?! I’ve dealt with Fenrir, so you can rest easy!

Kaiser moved the Black Dragon statue to find Sejun, who had taken refuge in a cave, and brought a huge amount of money with him.

“Here.”

-Kahahaha. Thank you.

With the money obtained from defeating the giant Fenrir, Kaiser bought ten Transcendence Black Beans (+2) from Sejun.

Kaiser also made a contract to let Sejun handle the next dragon meeting, paying an advance of 1.5 trillion Tower Coins.

Khuhuhu. I’m almost a VVIP at the Dragon Market now.

Kaiser, determined to be the first to become a VVIP this time, returned to the fountain.

Once the transaction was complete, Sejun moved back to the place where the giant Fenrir had been with his party.

Since he couldn’t witness the fight, he at least wanted to see the remnants.

“Wow.”

As Sejun marveled at the traces left by Kaiser’s breath attack,

Kking!

‘My core!’

Fenrir emerged from the sling bag and ran towards the crater. He couldn’t believe it. His core had vanished.

However, even though the slope of the crater was not that great of an angle, it was a challenging climb for Fenrir.

Kking?

Fenrir, running to getting out of the crater, tripped and rolled down to the center.

There, at the center of the crater,

Srrrrk.

Kking?!

Something started to be absorbed into Fenrir’s body.

As the core shattered from Kaiser’s breath attack, the center point disappeared and the power begin scattering, when Fenrir with familiar power appeared.

It was a minuscule amount of power compared to what was originally contained in the core fragment, but

‘It’s the power of my core!’

To Fenrir, who had almost given up, it was a delightful surprise.

As Fenrir rejoiced, having recovered some of his power,

“Blackie, are you okay?”

Sejun reached the center of the crater following Fenrir.

Then,

[Remnants of Fenrir’s core fragment around you are being absorbed.]

[The power is merging with the existing Fenrir’s core fragment.]

[1.0021% of Fenrir’s power is accumulated in your body.]

“Huh?!”

A message appeared before Sejun.

“Looks like something was left behind.”

Sejun, without knowing the details, absorbed the power along with Fenrir.

[2.0029% of Fenrir’s power is accumulated in your body.]

The power accumulated faster in Sejun than in Fenrir, thanks to the core fragment Sejun possessed.

As Sejun absorbed Fenrir’s power,

“Puhuhut. Found it, meow!”

Theo used his golden front paw to dig up fragments of the staff buried in the ground.

The staff was broken, but

[Yeti’s Heart]

[King Giant Worm’s Heart]

[Albatross’s Heart]

Fortunately, the gems embedded in the staff were intact.

“Let’s go now!”

Sejun stood in the crater until the messages stopped appearing, then headed to the waypoint.

And,

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

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Moving to the 75th floor of the Tower, Sejun sought out Mason to obtain the Golden Tower land deed.

But,

“I-I’m sorry. We did our best…”

The wandering merchant association could only procure land deeds from for the 21st floor of the Brown Tower, the 12th floor of the Blue Tower, and the 1st floor of the Green Tower.

“Well, just give me those for now.”

Sejun thought that if Theo traded with other towers through the wandering merchant’s bag, there might be a chance for him to visit those places.

“How much?”

“Huh?! It’s fine. Just take them!”

Sejun tried to pay for the land deeds, but Mason adamantly refused.

“Alright then. I’ll come back next time.”

Sejun bid Mason farewell and left the headquarters of the wandering merchant association.

As they entered the shopping district after leaving the headquarters,

Kking!

[Hey! I’m hungry! Give me food now!]

Fenrir’s voice echoed in everyone’s mind. Having partially regained his strength, he could now send his thoughts to others.

‘Ah. That feels better.’

As Fenrir rejoiced at finally escaping the frustrating situation where he couldn’t communicate,

“Blackie, it’s disrespectful to talk to Chairman Park like that, meow!”

Kueng!

[Blackie needs to learn manners from Cuengi!]

The two older brothers approached Fenrir with stern expressions.

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