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Chapter 620: Hehehe, No Negotiations with Sunfish
"Hehehe. When the Golden Tower becomes a Great Tower, Yuto and Marin will each get an extra vote, and if I can sway the heads of the Silver and Brown Towers..."
While Theo, who had received Crisela and Gravos’s permission to stamp approval for the Silver and Brown Towers if the Great Tower growth succeeded, was cheerfully calculating impeachment votes—
"Sejun, here are the conditions for the Silver Tower’s Great Tower growth."
"Yes."
Sejun looked at the paper Crisela handed him, reviewing the growth conditions for the Silver Tower.
[Silver Tower Growth Conditions (1/8)]
"Hmm."
Just one…
Out of eight conditions, only one had been achieved.
The other conditions were barely even close. The situation was much worse than it had been with the Violet Tower.
"This situation is looking pretty bad."
Sejun spoke honestly to Crisela.
"Sejun, you’re not thinking of giving up, are you?"
Crisela sounded worried that Sejun might abandon the request.
"Come on, giving up isn’t in my dictionary."
Sejun’s resolve was unbreakable, despite how he might appear.
"But... I’ll need a bit more sincerity."
And a lot of money.
"Haha! Crisela, show some more sincerity, meow!"
Theo, catching on to Sejun’s tone, eagerly pushed for more money.
"Understood."
Crisela quickly prepared funds and handed them to Sejun.
"Hehehe. Thank you. Then, let’s get started. Vice President Theo, bring me eight Sacred Items."
Sejun instructed Theo to gather the Sacred Items.
"Haha! Understood, meow!"
Gods, our great Hybrid Chairman Park needs eight Sacred Items, meow! Send them over quickly, meow!
Theo relayed Sejun’s request through the employee network.
[Vice President Park Theo’s Urgent Quest for 8 Sacred Items Begins!]
And so, the gods promptly sent Theo eight Sacred Items.
[Sapling God Bud]: Missed it again... 😢
Bud failed again because he was distracted.
"Haha! Chairman Park, here you go, meow!"
When Theo handed Sejun the eight Sacred Items—
"Here, Crisela."
Sejun passed the Sacred Items to Crisela.
"So, does that mean we’ve exceeded the requirement of possessing seven Sacred Items?"
Crisela nodded in response to Sejun’s question.
"Already?"
"That easily?"
Artemis and Gravos, who had been watching, expressed their amazement at Sejun’s efficiency.
In such a short time, Sejun had already exceeded one of the Great Tower growth conditions.
"Next..."
After looking at the paper thoughtfully, he said, "I’ll leave the rest for today. The other conditions will take time."
He dismissed the dragons.
Then, he moved toward the dimensional portal connecting to <Earthworm>.
"Follow me shortly."
Leaving his companions behind, Sejun entered <Earthworm>.
"Hey, guys."
He greeted the three new Sejuns of Destruction, noting that only seven of the original Sejuns remained. The other eight had transformed into eight drops of the immature Creation God’s tears.
Haha!
One of the Destruction Predators handed him a leaf containing the eight drops.
"Thank you. Here you go."
As soon as Sejun received the tears, he sent them to Emila.
[You have completed eight quests.]
[Quest completion rewards: 40 drops of the Elixir of Great Growth.]
He had received his reward.
Calculating the elixir needed for his companions—
"Haha! Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!"
"Quack!"
"Squeak!"
His party rejoined him through the portal.
"Alright. Vice President Theo, open your mouth."
Time to take the elixir.
Sejun tried to give the elixir to Theo first.
"Haha! Weak Chairman Park should drink it, meow!"
Theo flatly refused, his expression showing no compromise.
Sejun, feeling slightly irritated, was determined to make him drink it.
"Oh? If you drink this, I’ll let you have exclusive lap rights for a week."
Can he refuse this?
Sejun used his ultimate move to tempt Theo.
"Meow?! Hurry, give it to me, meow! My mouth’s open, meow!"
Theo immediately gave in, opening his mouth wide.
Hah. He’s going to drink it anyway…
With a victorious expression, Sejun dripped three drops of the elixir into Theo’s mouth.
"So, Chairman Park, how long can I have exclusive lap rights now, meow?!"
Theo asked after swallowing the elixir.
"With the extra week, that’s now 10 years, 8 months, and 24 days."
Sejun calculated the time for him.
Theo’s accumulated lap rights were substantial by now.
"Haha! I’m so happy, meow!"
Grinning, Theo clung to Sejun’s lap with a blissful expression.
"Alright, next is Kuengi."
When Sejun turned to him—
"Quack! Quack!"
[Kuengi’s fine! The weak dad should drink it!]
True to his loyal nature, Kuengi insisted Sejun take the elixir instead.
Kuengi wasn’t going to give in as easily as Theo.
"Don’t worry. I have some for myself too. Let’s both take it."
Sejun tried to persuade Kuengi again, but—
"Quack! Quack! Quack!"
[No! Even if Dad drank 5,000 drops of the elixir, Kuengi would still be stronger! So Dad should drink it!]
Kuengi firmly refused, saying the largest number he knew.
Somewhat hurt but unable to argue, Sejun accepted the reality.
Thankfully, Kuengi’s largest known number was only 5,000. Otherwise, Sejun might have been even more stung.
Resistant Kuengi.
There was only one thing left to do.
"Fine, Kuengi, let’s have some honey instead."
[Hehe! Yes, please!]
Kuengi eagerly accepted the honey.
But—
[Wait! Why does it say I drank the Elixir of Great Growth?!]
Hehehe. I mixed it into the honey.
With that, Sejun managed to get both Theo and Kuengi to take the elixir.
"Heehee! Servant! The Great Kamangi demands ten roasted sweet potato chips before opening his mouth!"
Watching his brothers, Kamangi tried to leverage a demand. Clearly, he had learned some peculiar things.
But—
"Hehehe. I don’t negotiate with sunfish."
[Why just us…?]
Without negotiation, Sejun forced Kamangi’s family’s mouths open and gave them the elixir.
After giving his companions the Elixir of Great Growth—
Gulp.
Sejun swallowed the remaining 25 drops himself.
[You have ingested 25 drops of the Elixir of Great Growth.]
[Gained 250 million experience points.]
[Strength, your lowest stat, has increased by 2,500.]
[Seed Store Lv. 5 proficiency has increased.]
[Harvest Lv. 9 proficiency has increased.]
[Harvesting skill has reached Master level.]
This time, his Harvest skill level increased, reaching the Master level.
"Oh! Master level! So the effect…"
The Master level effect for Harvest granted an increase in crop grade every 1,000 harvests.
With this, he could obtain more than ten SS-grade crops daily.
"Hehehe. The SS-grade green onions were delicious, so I wonder about the others…"
Excited at the thought of eating SS-grade crops, Sejun summoned Kwin, the farmer of the Silver Tower.
[Summoning Silver Tower Honorary Staff Member, Kwin Beretta.]
"Oh! Hello, Mr. Sejun."
Kwin greeted Sejun as he was summoned.
"Hey, nice to see you."
Sejun greeted him back.
"Here."
Sejun handed Kwin a Destruction Predator seed.
"What’s this for?"
"You’ll be working with me until you become an A-grade farmer."
"Huh?"
The reason Sejun summoned Kwin was to promote him to an A-grade farmer, thereby exceeding the B-grade requirement for the Great Tower.
He calculated that they might fall short otherwise.
Hehe. I’ll work him hard.
Smiling at Kwin, Sejun began planting the Destruction Predator seeds.
"Hey! Can’t you see our master is working?! Hurry up and help!"
Kamangi barked at Kwin, urging him on.
After about two hours of planting seeds—
Flash.
A blue light briefly shone from Kwin’s body and faded.
Kwin had reached A-grade farmer status.
"Already?"
This wasn’t the news Sejun had wanted, as he’d planned to keep Kwin working longer.
"Wow! Mr. Sejun, thank you for making me an A-grade farmer!"
Kwin expressed his gratitude to Sejun.
"Heehee! Of course, it was bound to be quick with the Great Kamangi on the job."
Kamangi proudly puffed up.
"Ahem. Kwin, congratulations on becoming an A-grade farmer. You can go back now."
Feigning nonchalance, Sejun congratulated Kwin and sent him back to the Silver Tower.
"Alright, everyone, let’s go."
Upon returning to the Black Tower—
"Sejun, thank you! We’ve just surpassed one of the growth conditions! Thanks to you, four of the eight Great Tower growth conditions have been met!"
"What?! So half of them are done? And you said it would take time… but that was just two hours?!"
"Sejun, if you ever want to borrow Orik, you’re welcome to."
Excitedly, the lower-ranking dragons acknowledged Sejun’s capabilities once again.
"Our Sejun must be tired, so let’s stop bothering him and go now."
After Crisela finished speaking to the other two dragons—
"Sejun, these are the Golden Tower’s growth conditions."
"And these are the Brown Tower’s…"
Artemis and Gravos slipped Sejun pieces of paper listing their growth requirements.
"Follow the order, you two! Sejun, don’t accept them!"
Crisela, fearing interference with the Silver Tower growth, protested.
"I’ll just hold onto them for now."
Sejun took the papers, knowing it would be helpful to review them in advance.
Once the dragons left, Sejun went to the cooking hall, prepared dinner, and ate.
After finishing his meal—
"Heehee! Servant, the Great Kamangi is ready!"
Kamangi carried a piece of World Energy, urging Sejun to follow.
This meant they’d be making apologies together.
"Got it. Kuengi, take this to your mom."
Sejun took the drowsy Kuengi to Pink Fur.
Then—
"Pink Fur, here."
He handed the sleeping Kuengi to Pink Fur. Kuengi had fully dozed off on the way.
[Thank you, Sejun. You worked hard.]
Pink Fur gently took Kuengi, speaking softly.
What?
Sejun was surprised by Pink Fur’s newfound aura. Despite only a day of training, she had grown significantly stronger while maintaining her gentle nature.
And so, the residents of the 99th floor continued to grow apart from Sejun.
"See you tomorrow."
Leaving Pink Fur behind, Sejun returned to his bed and lay down, falling asleep immediately.
Then—
"Would you forgive my kids if I gave you these sweet potato chips?"
Kamangi’s family extended their apology.
As dawn approached—
Swoosh.
The [World Energy, Cleansed of Corruption] that Kamangi carried had transformed.
"Hehehe."
"Haha."
"Heehee."
Sejun and his companions drifted into happy dreams.
"Hehehe. Kneel before me, all of you."
In his dreams, Sejun enjoyed making countless Sejuns of Destruction kneel before him.