Combat Shop Headquarters.

“Ugh.”

Wanting to say something but unable to, the frustration was overwhelming.

Having realized over the past few days that talking to Sejun would only get him blocked, Bev, the God of Courage, sighed in frustration.

“Trust-in-Park!!!”

“Trust-in-Park!!!”

Voices of the non-combat gods echoed from beyond the wall.

Once again, they were shouting the strange words “Trust-in-Park”.

For a moment, Bev felt annoyed, but then,

‘No, they must be frustrated too, having to shout quietly. I should be a bit more understanding.’

With a heart of empathy, Bev tried to generously overlook it, but then,

“Hey! Can’t you be quiet?! Cuengi Park! Give me a response!”

Thunder, the God of Storms, who had been blocked by Cuengi for the fifth time, took out his anger on the non-combat gods beyond the wall.

“Trust-in-Park….”

“Trust-in-Park….”

The voices of the non-combat gods became smaller, frightened by this.

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“Thunder, just getting angry won’t make the block go away. I’ll tell you a special way to avoid being blocked.”

Even though Bev had also been blocked by Sejun and had taken his frustration out on the non-combat gods, he scolded Thunder.

“Bev~nim! Is there really such a way?!”

Thunder, enticed by the words of Bev, one of the five top executives of the Combat Shop Headquarters, asked eagerly.

“Indeed. But I’m feeling thirsty.”

“Bev~nim, how about we go to the tavern and have a cold beer! It’s on me!”

“Ahem. Shall we?”

And so, the two headed to the tavern.

“Ahh. Refreshing. It’s simple. If you don’t speak, you won’t get blocked.”

Bev, after downing a large ice-cold mug of beer in one go, opened his mouth.

“What?! But isn’t that too frustrating?!”

“Thunder, you foolish warrior. A warrior must also know how to endure. If you wait, the time will come.”

“So, has the time come for you, Bev~nim?”

Thunder asked, looking at Bev with eyes full of disbelief.

And then,

“Ahem. I’m still waiting…”

Bev answered in an embarrassed voice.

[Black Tower’s Tower Farmer Park Sejun is facing an unapproachable enemy.]

A message appeared in front of Bev.

What?!

Bev hurriedly checked Sejun’s opponent, and

‘Park Sejun, you rascal!!! Are you fighting Delia, the Demon of Corruption and 8th Seat Apostle of Destruction?!’

Bev was astonished to see who Sejun was up against.

Park Sejun, so you had this all planned! You blocked me on purpose just to surprise me. Clever boy!

Bev, caught up in his own delusion, smiled in satisfaction.

“Hahaha! Park Sejun! I knew I could trust you! You are indeed very courageous! Park Sejun, I acknowledge your courage!”

He officially acknowledged Sejun’s courage.

“See? If you wait, the time will come. Can I have another drink here?”

Bev, showing off to Thunder, ordered another beer.

***

Golden Tower, 35th Floor.

Chiiik.

The energy of creation was quickly burning up and fading away as it came into contact with the energy of corruption emanating from Delia.

Only about 1 cm thick energy of creation remained.

“Kyoot. Power of dimensions. Power of magic! By my command, block everything! Dimension Shield!”

Iona tried to buy time by sealing Delia with a Dimension Shield.

But,

“Kyoot?!”

Crack.

The overwhelming power of Delia was too much to bear. Cracks began to form in the Dimension Shield.

“Chairman Park is in danger, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, Chairman Park’s loyal right hand man, will protect him, meow!”

Flash.

Theo hurriedly blocked Sejun’s path, holding a money pouch in his left paw and preparing to use Energy Diversion and Energy Absorber with his right.

Kueng!

[Cuengi, Dad’s left hand man, will also protect Dad !]

Boom.

Cuengi released the calm state of <Power: Calm Before the Storm> and ascended into the sky, charging the Thunder Staff to the max in preparation to attack the power of destruction heading towards Sejun.

As the two were busy preparing to protect Sejun, they failed to notice the person they were supposed to be protecting.

[You have been recognized for your bravery by Bev, the God of Courage, three times.]

[You can now use the Heart of Courage.]

[Information about the skill: Courageous Roar (Master) have been unlocked.]

[The Heart of Courage is being absorbed into your heart.]

The Heart of Courage that was in Sejun’s possession turned red and forcefully absorbed into Sejun’s chest.

Clang.

Meanwhile, the Dimension Shield that had been containing Delia shattered easily, and the energy of corruption that had been trapped within Delia devoured the energy of creation like a wave.

“It’s coming, meow!”

Kueng!

The area where Sejun and his companions were standing was engulfed.

“Meoow!!!”

This is bad, meow! The energy is too powerful, meow!

Kueng!!!

This is bad. At this rate, Dad will die!

The power of Delia, the Apostle of Destruction, who had released the 4th seal, was far greater than they had anticipated.

However,

“Hehe. Don’t worry, guys.”

Contrary to their fears, they heard Sejun’s calm voice from behind.

<Power: The Courageous One>

→ The Courageous One does not succumb to the enemy’s aura.

→ The greater the disparity between you and your enemy, the more your resistance increases. (Up to 1000%)

<Power: The Courageous One> activated, increasing Sejun’s resistance.

Of course, Sejun’s resistance increased to the maximum of 1000%.

Thanks to this, Theo alone was sufficient to protect Sejun.

“Guys, attack!”

Sejun used the Skill: Courageous Roar and ordered his companions to attack.

[Skill: Courageous Roar] is a buff skill that increases the abilities of allies by up to 100% with a roar.

However,

[You are using the Skill: Courageous Roar.]

[The roar is not courageous enough.]

[The abilities of your allies will increase by 10% for 2 minutes.]

If the roar wasn’t courageous enough, the effect was reduced.

I didn’t know it judged the roar to grant buffs.

Sejun decided to use it again after 10 minutes.

“Meteor Shower!”

While Iona dropped dozens of meteors and

Kueng!

[New Technique: Kueng’s Thousand Thunderbolts!]

Cuengi unleashed 1,000 bolts of lightning from the fully charged Thunder Staff to attack Delia’s main body from a distance.

[You’re a Field Lv. 6 has been activated.]

[You have planted the Destruction Devourer Seed in the body of Krueger, the Destroyer of Mountains and 7th seat of the Apostle of Destruction.]

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He diligently planted the Destruction Devourer seeds in the Void Storage.

Since he couldn’t get close due to the corrupting energy spread by Delia, he planned to surround the area.

The strategy involved gradually absorbing the power of destruction with the Destruction Devourers and use the energy of creation to eliminate the corruption energy.

After 5 hours of planting seeds while using Courageous Shout every 10 minutes,

Growl.

Cuengi’s stomach growled.

Should we eat before continuing?

-Kekeke. You will all rot away!

Oddly enough, Delia just stayed in one place, spreading corruption energy and only making threats, not seeming threatening at all.

It should be fine.

“Guys, let’s eat first and then continue!”

Sejun hurriedly started preparing the meal.

***

How did it come to this?

Delia, the Demon of Corruption and 8th Seat Apostle of Destruction, lamented as she pondered where things had gone wrong.

The foolish Magin simply believed that breaking this stone would destroy the land on the 35th floor of the Golden Tower, but the Navel of the Earth was a place connected to the earth of all towers.

So, Delia planned to annihilate Patrick, the God of Earth, and corrupt the earth of all towers.

And by sending fragments of her here one by one, she finally succeeded in bringing her entire main body.

Everything was going smoothly until…

Sejun and his companions showed up, throwing everything into disarray.

With the sudden attacks from Theo, Cuengi, and Iona, the Lightning Protection Magic Circle was destroyed, forcing Delia to hurriedly gather the fragments back together and return to her original form.

As a result, she had to endure the full brunt of the lightning strikes falling from the sky.

To make matters worse, Patrick was tormenting her with flames that burned the power of destruction, forcing her to fight on all fronts—above, below, inside, and outside.

‘These vicious bastards!’

It’s all because of you!

Delia seethed with rage as she watched Sejun and his companions, who had the audacity to calmly eat their meals in front of her for several days.

But,

– You bastards, rot away!

Due to the flames from Patrick, she couldn’t move and could only fume in anger.

***

Slurp.

Sejun sipped his morning coffee after finishing breakfast.

– You bastards, rot away!

“It’s already been 10 days since we started fighting Delia.”

He spoke, listening to Delia’s shouts, now surrounded by the blue energy of creation.

The distance between them and Delia had gradually decreased from 5 km to 1 km.

Before they knew it, ten days had passed as they repeated the cycle of eating when hungry, fighting, sleeping when drowsy, waking up to fight again, and eating.

While Delia couldn’t eat or sleep, Sejun and his companions continued to do so, attacking from a distance. It was no wonder Delia thought they were despicable.

At that moment,

[1,000 great dragons under the curse of forgetfulness drank the golden Samyangju and broke the curse.]

[You have completed the quest.]

[You have obtained 3 drops of the Growth Elixir as a quest reward.]

A message appeared in front of Sejun.

“Hehehe. Aileen is selling well.”

Contrary to Sejun’s worries, Samyangju was selling like hotcakes after the first glass was sold for 50 billion Tower Coins.

This was already the fifth quest completion message he had received.

Sejun checked the message.

“But I’ve really gathered a lot of Growth Elixirs.”

He remarked as he looked at the glass bottle containing hundreds of drops of Growth Elixir.

Recently, thanks to planting a large number of Destruction Devourer seeds, he had received 5 drops of Growth Elixir as a quest reward for every 1 million seeds planted.

“Well then, let’s fight again today!”

When Sejun shouted while using the Skill: Courageous Roar,

[You are using the Skill: Courageous Roar.]

[It’s a slightly lacking CourageousRoar.]

[The abilities of your allies will increase by 80% for 2 minutes.]

The skill activated.

Through numerous attempts, Sejun had realized that the key to Courageous Roar was a high decibel level.

However,

I can’t hit those high notes…

80% was the best he could manage.

As Sejun’s roar spread,

“Good, meow!”

Theo, who had energetically responded, continued to use Energy Diversion on Sejun’s lap and absorbing the remaining energy as usual, and

Kueng!

Kyoot!

Cuengi and Iona attacked Delia hard.

Those unable to perform ranged attacks collected lightning-struck wood and lightning stones from around them.

Kihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. Guys, keep it up! Quickly make Delia my subordinate number 3!]

Blackie, excited at the prospect of making Delia his subordinate, enthusiastically commanded the Destruction Devourers. Of course, it was just words.

Because of the energy emanating from Delia, physical attacks were impossible.

As each member went about their tasks,

[You’re a Field Lv. 7 has been activated.]

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Sejun entered the Void Storage and diligently planted the Destruction Devourer seeds.

Thanks to his consistent use of the skill, the level of You’re a Field had increased.

At that moment,

[You have reached 100 million Calamity Guardian Destruction Devourers.]

[You have completed the quest.]

[You have acquired a new variety Destruction Pioneer seed as a reward for completing the quest.]

[The quest content has been updated.]

[Quest: Plant 100 Destruction Pioneer Seeds.]

Reward: 1 drop of Growth Elixir for every 100 Destruction Pioneer Seeds planted.

With the quest completion message, the previous quest of planting 1 million Destruction Devourer seeds was updated.

[Destruction Pioneer Seed]

→ The Magical Cherry Tomato of Park Sejun, the Black Tower’s Tower Farmer, evolved into a mutant Cherry Tomato under the influence of chemicals…

→ It harbors an even greater hatred for the power of destruction than the Destruction Devourer.

→ Although it cannot directly devour the power of destruction, it plants Destruction Devourer seeds to directly pioneer destruction.

→ It has some combat capabilities.

→ The Destruction Pioneer seed cannot plant themselves.

→ Grade: D

“Oh.”

It directly plants Destruction Devourer seeds?

Out of curiosity, Sejun immediately planted the seed.

[You’re a Field Lv. 7 has been activated.]

[You have planted the Destruction Pioneer seed in the body of Krueger, the Destroyer of Mountains and 7th seat of the Apostle of Destruction.]

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Then,

Crunch.

Kya-kya!

The Destruction Pioneer, making a different sound from the Destruction Devourers, quickly grew. It was about 1.2 times larger than the Destruction Devourers.

Kya-kya!

Ptooey! Ptooey!

The Destruction Pioneer began collecting seeds around the Destruction Devourers and then

Puk.

It started planting the Destruction Devourer seeds into the ground with its branches.

Five days later.

Kya-kya!

Around Sejun, who was planting Destruction Devourer seeds, 50 Destruction Pioneers were diligently planting more seeds.

“Hehehe. They’re reliable.”

Sejun smiled contentedly as he watched the Destruction Pioneers.

Kihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. Finally, it’s time for the Great Blackie to step in! Charge!]

“The great Blackie-nim commands us to charge!”

Kkiruk!

Kiki!

Kiki!

Now that they were close enough to headbutt Delia, Blackie, riding a Destruction Devourer, charged forward.

Kihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. The great Blackie will end this battle!]

With only 10 cm of unpurified energy left, Blackie launching himself at Delia.

Thud.

Headbutting Delia and

Kkirorong.

Eomdorong.

Kkirurong.

Then, along with his subordinates, he fell asleep.

*****