Chapter 630: Get Rid of That Thing, Quickly!

 

Black Tower Cooking Area

“Humming, soaking leech seaweed~”

(Bae-Bae~ Frying slime meat with garlic and adding sesame oil~)

Sejun was up early, making seaweed soup with Bae-Bae while singing a seaweed soup song they’d created together.

“Seaweed from Gijang~”

(Bae-Bae~ But ours is leech seaweed~)

Sejun threw in some quirky lines here and there, but Bae-Bae kept up with him perfectly.

The reason Sejun was suddenly cooking seaweed soup at dawn was to help the dragons recover their blood faster after donating it.

That way, they can donate even more frequently. Hehehe.

As Sejun and Bae-Bae sang and cooked the soup,

Grrrrumble.

Theo, Sejun’s constant companion, was snuggled on his lap, sleeping.

Meanwhile, the Kamangi family sprawled across the bed, each taking up as much space as possible.

After a while,

“It’s done.”

With the soup ready, a massive pot full of milky broth had been made.

“Time to replicate.”

Using the ingredients he’d prepared, Sejun started duplicating the seaweed soup.

In an instant, he had hundreds of large pots of seaweed soup.

“Aileen, starting today, make sure each dragon who donates blood or scales gets a bowl of seaweed soup.”

He sent the seaweed soup over to Aileen.

[The tower administrator says understood.]

[The tower administrator then cautiously asks if she can also have some.]

“Of course! Oh, hold on a sec.”

For our Aileen, I’ll add extra meat with love!

Sejun quickly made a bowl with a generous amount of meat and sent it to Aileen.

After sending off all the seaweed soup,

“Oh? The sun’s rising now.”

Morning had come.

(Bae-yawn. Sejun-nim, I’m off to sleep now. Let’s make another song next time. Bae-heehee.)

Yawning widely, Bae-Bae suggested they create another song together. It seemed like Bae-Bae had really enjoyed making and singing the song with Sejun.

“Sure, let’s make a cabbage soup song next time.”

(Bae-heehee. Okay!)

“Goodnight, Bae-Bae.”

(Bae-Bae. Yes!)

As soon as Bae-Bae climbed onto Sejun’s shoulder,

Bae-rooong.

He immediately fell asleep, snoring.

Just like Sejun, every member of Sejun’s family could fall asleep the moment their heads touched something soft.

With Bae-Bae asleep,

Step. Step.

Sejun began his usual morning walk around the farm.

“Look at him, still swinging that sword.”

He watched as Sejun-3 continued his relentless sword practice.

Sejun-3 had only two days left to live.

It made Sejun feel a bit sentimental.

“Swing to your heart’s content.”

After watching him for a while, Sejun continued his walk.

Roar.

Soon, Pink Fur arrived, dropping off Kuengi before heading off again.

A while later,

“Alright, time to go. Summon door.”

After breakfast, Sejun, along with his companions, went to the 10th Tower.

Hehehe. Squeak!

[Hehe. Hey everyone, the great Chief Kamangi is here!]

Kamangi announced his grand arrival to his subordinates.

Clack.

Meanwhile, Sejun opened his subspace storage.

A blue aura of creation energy began to flow into the subspace storage.

To be precise, the energy was being absorbed by the Creation God's Monument stored within.

Sejun had placed the monument in his subspace storage for easier tribute collection.

While the Creation God's Monument absorbed the surrounding creation energy,

Poke. Poke.

[You Are the Field (Master) has activated.]

[The Seed of Calamity Cultivator has been planted in the body of the Apostle of Doom, Leviathan, the Serpent Summoning the Tides of Destruction.]

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Sejun planted a seed.

Hehehe. Squeak!

[Hehe. Yesterday, the great Chief Kamangi secretly snuck a roasted sweet potato slice from the lunchbox!]

Kamangi proudly shared his tale of stealthy snacking with his followers, even though he had forgotten about the rest of the lunchbox.

The way he boasted, you’d think it was a grand accomplishment.

Chitter! Hehehe!

His subordinates cheered him on with admiration in their eyes, eager to catch every word.

Once they were done at the 10th Tower, Sejun returned to the Black Tower with his group, had lunch, and took a break.

Then,

“Alright, guys, come in a little later.”

Purr. “Got it, meow!”

Squeak!

Leaving his companions behind, Sejun entered the dimensional gate connecting to Jormungandr’s stomach.

Then,

Wriggle. Wriggle.

The Tears of Destruction started transforming into Destruction Sejuns.

“How many are there this time?”

This time, the number was too great to count at a glance. Fireball had drawn in a large crowd of Tears of Destruction.

“One, two…”

Sejun began counting the Destruction Sejuns.

“Ninety-eight. Finished.”

A total of 98 Destruction Sejuns.

“Alright. Go harvest those crops.”

Sejun directed the Destruction Sejuns to harvest the crops he had planted earlier.

Just then,

Purr. “Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”

Squeak!

Hehehe.

Theo, Kuengi, and Kamangi dashed over and clung to Sejun.

Meow?! “Chairman Park, there are way too many rotting versions of you!”

It’s dizzying, meow!

Theo, upon noticing nearly a hundred Destruction Sejuns, made a big decision.

It’s time to fix the original, meow!

With all the money he’d been earning lately, Theo figured he could afford to give Sejun’s face an upgrade, maybe make it look a bit less... decayed.

But,

Meow?! “Where did all the money go, meow?!”

The coins Sejun had stored in the subspace storage were gone.

It was because Sejun had already offered it all to the Creation God's Monument, to prevent Theo from burning through it all.

Meow…

Disappointed, Theo settled for using his meager 100 billion Tower Coins to give his front paw a golden shine and pressed it against Sejun’s face.

Still not enough, meow…

For Theo, it was far from satisfactory.

While Theo was busy molding his face,

Chitter!

“Thank you.”

Sejun collected 20 immature Tears of the Creation God left by the previous batch of 20 Destruction Sejuns.

Then,

“Here you go.”

He immediately sent them to the Creation God’s First Apostle, Emila, in exchange for 100 drops of the Elixir of Great Growth.

“With 100 drops… I’ll split it four ways today.”

Four drops each for the others, 40 drops for me.

“Everyone, open wide.”

Once again, using a mix of persuasion and gentle force, Sejun fed the Elixir of Great Growth to his companions.

Gulp.

Then he drank the remaining 40 drops himself.

[You have consumed 40 drops of the Elixir of Great Growth.]

[You gained 400 million experience points.]

[Your lowest stat, Agility, has increased by 4,000.]

[Your Farming Tool Mastery Lv. 2 proficiency has increased.]

[Your Farming Tool Mastery Lv. 2 has leveled up.]

[Your Warm Hands of the Farmer Lv. 8 proficiency has increased.]

[Your Warm Hands of the Farmer Lv. 8 has leveled up.]

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“Hehehe. Two skill levels went up today.”

Delighted with the notifications, Sejun said,

“Time to get back to work.”

[You Are the Field (Master) has activated.]

[The Seed of Destruction Devourer has been planted in the body of Jormungandr, the Serpent that Swallows the World.]

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Sejun planted the Destruction Devourer seed.

This time, he didn’t open the subspace storage.

Since Jormungandr’s body was surrounded by destructive energy, it would be dangerous without the presence of creation energy.

While Sejun was busy planting seeds,

Thunk.

“Huh?!”

The ground beneath him suddenly gave way.

As Jormungandr’s life force dwindled, the durability of his body weakened, and Sejun had the misfortune of stepping on a weakened spot that broke apart.

Squeak!

Fortunately, Kuengi used telekinesis to catch Sejun before he fell further.

“Huh?!”

But Sejun’s body was now outside Jormungandr’s body.

And then,

“Wow.”

So that’s the Black Tower…

For the first time, Sejun could see the majestic Black Tower from the outside. He could also see the other towers.

From his nearly central vantage point, the Nine Towers seemed to encircle something ominous, and below, the 10th Tower also looked like part of this formation.

Unbeknownst to Sejun, he was over a light-year away from the towers, which meant they were even more massive than they appeared.

“Oh, that’s Black Moon.”

He could also see the Black Moon at the center of the destruction.

Although it was black like the Black Tower, its aura felt vastly different.

Incidentally, Fireball had quickly removed its roots from Jormungandr’s body the moment Sejun entered, to avoid accidentally harming him.

Is there no top?

Sejun looked up.

“Huh?!”

Boom.

He saw a massive part of Jormungandr’s body.

Its size was beyond comprehension.

“Kuengi, let’s step back and get a better look.”

Squeak!

[Understood!]

Kuengi moved to a spot where they could view Jormungandr’s body more clearly.

After traveling several kilometers, Sejun could finally take in the sight of the enormous, pure-white serpent.

“Wow, it’s really huge.”

Sejun marveled at the sight of Jormungandr’s body.

While he’d seen Kabbulto’s true form in the mental realm, seeing this in reality felt entirely different.

Squeak…

[Normally, I’d be bigger…]

Screech!

[If only I had my body...]

Kamangi and Karrar regretted not being able to show Sejun their original massive forms.

Yol-yol!

Ahem! This is me!

On the other hand, the youngest, Kabbulto, felt incredibly proud of his size, showing off for the first time in ages.

Then,

Pooooof.

With a thunderous sound, blue gas burst out from Jormungandr’s mouth and tail.

It was the creation energy gathered in his stomach, now released all at once.

While it didn’t smell,

“Ew!”

“Meow!”

Squeak!

Squeak!

Instinctively, everyone pinched their noses, reacting to the massive burp and fart gas they had just witnessed.

And then,

Yol-yol…

[In front of everyone… a burp and a fart...]

Get rid of that quickly!

The previously proud Kabbulto now wanted to disappear out of sheer embarrassment.

 

Temple of the Creation God

“There’s so much more this time.”

Emila commented as she observed the numerous drops that had formed during the process of converting immature Tears of the Creation God into the Elixir of Great Growth.

Compared to before, the number of drops had increased several times over.

This was due to the drops absorbed from other Tears of Destruction as the mighty dragons hunted them.

With the drops collected,

“Here you go, Creation God.”

Emila presented them to the Creation God.

“Good work.”

The Creation God poured the drops onto the ground.

“Find your match.”

Clack.

The drops began moving rapidly across the ground, merging with other drops already laid out.

The completed picture was around 10% finished.

While the full image wasn’t yet clear, one could deduce its location.

“This place…”

It was here.

The image depicted the very temple of the Creation God.

More precisely, it showed one of the many rooms within the temple, where the two often played with puzzles.

“What are you trying to tell me?”

The picture remained too incomplete for the Creation God to grasp its full meaning.

 

Outskirts of Destruction

“Kuengi, over there.”

Squeak!

Exploring the surroundings, Sejun and Kuengi moved around,

Wriggle.

and captured a Destruction Sejun in person.

This time, rather than the smallest-sized Tears of Destruction, Fireball had lured in ones that were slightly larger, at 1.5 times the size.

After transforming into a Destruction Sejun,

Squeak!

Kuengi used telekinesis to place him back inside the hole where Sejun had fallen, turning him into a diligent worker.

Despite his low level, this Destruction Sejun was still capable of using the “You Are the Field” skill, making him a capable worker.

“Kuengi, let’s catch that one next.”

Squeak!

Excited, Sejun continued wandering around, transforming manageable-sized Tears of Destruction into Destruction Sejuns when,

Pooooof.

Once again, blue gas burst from Jormungandr’s mouth and tail.

Hehehe. Squeak?!

[Hehe. Kabbulto farted again?!]

“No manners.”

Screech!

Jingle!

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Kamangi’s family seized the opportunity to playfully tease the youngest, Kabbulto.

“It’s settled. From now on, Kabbulto is the Fart Chief!”

Sejun joined in.

Purr. “I think Fart Chief Kabbulto sounds perfect, meow!”

Squeak!

Squeak!

And, as usual, Theo, Kuengi, and Kamangi sided with Sejun.

Despite the ominous destructive energy all around, Sejun’s family was as lively as ever.

Yol-yol…

Well, Kabbulto was probably feeling a little less cheerful.