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Chapter 658: Heh. Won't You Do Me a Favor?
<Dren>
“Enjoyed eating, didn’t you? Kamangi, move faster.”
Squeak… squeak…
[It’s… hard…]
Kamangi, who had secretly eaten 20 dried roasted sweet potatoes, was struggling to climb a mountain of treasure under Sejun’s strict watch. This was his punishment and a forced diet for sneaking food from the subspace warehouse.
Meanwhile, the rest of the group was busy storing treasure in the subspace warehouse. Iona connected it to the subspace they had found in <Uen>, ensuring there was plenty of room.
At that moment:
“Quack?”
Something feels strange.
Iona tilted her head, releasing her magic to survey the surroundings.
Then:
“Quack? Why is there a dimensional rift here?”
She discovered a cleverly concealed tear in the dimension.
“Quack quack quack. No matter how I look at it, this is suspicious. I need to investigate.”
Out of curiosity, Iona infused her magic into the rift, widening it. Soon, she uncovered a large subspace.
The dimensional rift served as an entrance to a hidden subspace.
Inside the subspace floated a single red sword, hovering in the air. It had been stored separately because its presence would melt any jewels kept alongside it.
And then:
“Oh, it’s warm. Is it because of this sword?”
Sejun, who had suddenly appeared behind Iona, commented as he looked at the sword.
[Surt’s Flame Sword]
However, he made no move to approach it. Or rather, he couldn’t.
[The Orb of Discernment warns of impending death.]
When he tried to approach, a red warning message appeared.
Guess I’ll have to give Carrer some dried roasted sweet potatoes later.
Stepping back, Sejun thought of compensating Carrer and moved away from the sword.
And now:
What should I do about this?
He contemplated various methods as he stared at the sword—destroying it, leaving it alone, or trying to subdue it.
Just then:
“Huh?!”
Would that work?!
A brilliant idea struck Sejun.
“Iona, can you connect this place to my subspace warehouse?”
“Quack quack quack. Of course. Should I do it now?”
“Hold on a bit. First, let me try persuading the sword.”
In situations like this, Sejun had a skilled trainer specializing in mental discipline and fire resistance.
“Valchil!”
At Sejun’s call, Valchil flew over.
Flap!
Alive!
Valchil, who had been secretly pushing Kamangi up the treasure mountain at Kamangi’s command, quickly flapped his wings and flew to Sejun.
Meanwhile:
Squeak?!
[Hey! Where are you going?!]
As Valchil disappeared, Kamangi tumbled down the treasure mountain, rolling all the way to the bottom.
Fortunately, Sejun was too focused on the sword to notice, and Kamangi hurriedly scrambled back up the treasure mountain.
When Valchil landed on Sejun’s shoulder:
“Valchil, go talk to that guy.”
Sejun pointed at Surt’s Flame Sword and instructed Valchil.
Flap flap?
[Talk?]
“Yeah. You know, that kind of talk.”
Flap flap!
[Ah! That kind of talk! Leave it to me!]
Valchil, understanding Sejun’s intent, grinned wickedly as he flew toward the sword.
Tap.
As Valchil collided with the sword, his body fell to the ground.
Then:
Fwoosh!
The sword resisted Valchil, emitting a brief wave of heat. However, the resistance didn’t last long and quickly subsided.
A moment later:
Flap flap!
[Sejun, I talked to it thoroughly!]
Valchil returned with a confident voice and a bright demeanor.
“Really?”
Step. Step.
Sejun slowly approached the sword. Thanks to Valchil’s thorough “education,” no warning message appeared.
After successfully persuading the sword:
“Iona, connect it to the subspace warehouse.”
“Quack quack quack. Okay!”
Iona cast a spell to link the space containing the sword to Sejun’s subspace warehouse. Now, Sejun’s warehouse had two separate rooms.
A little while later:
“Let’s head back.”
Sejun and his group returned to the first floor of the White Tower in <Dren>.
“Cabas.”
[Moving to <Cabas>.]
Using a dedicated passageway, they immediately moved to the Level 8 world, <Cabas>.
<Cabas>
Peep?
[Where is this?]
Piyot, who had followed Yuren through a hole, looked around after traveling for some time. The surroundings appeared to be made of wood, and everything seemed to be moving in one direction. It felt like they had ended up in a strange place.
What if I can’t see Sir Theo anymore?
Piyot’s anxiety about not being able to see Theo mounted.
Meanwhile:
“Uh, heh heh. I have no idea.”
Yuren, the cause of this predicament, scratched his head and grinned foolishly.
Lick. Lick. Lick.
“Ho ho heh. Yuren’s misfortune has sweetened again!”
Poyo, with a cheerful expression, was happily licking Yuren.
Ah, this is infuriating!
Piyot’s small chest swelled with frustration.
Just then:
Step. Step.
The sound of approaching footsteps made the group hurriedly hide and hold their breath.
A moment later:
“Our next target is Earth?”
“Yeah. Since it’s a Level 1 world, let’s raid it quickly and return to the base.”
“Good. We’ve been on this ship for too long.”
Snippets of conversation drifted from the passing figures.
This is a ship? And they’re planning to raid Earth?
The place where Piyot and the others had landed turned out to be a dimensional pirate ship targeting Earth.
As the voices faded away:
Earth? That sounds familiar…
Piyot tried to recall.
Peep?!
[Earth?! That’s where Sejun is from!]
Realizing that Earth was Sejun’s birthplace, Piyot made up his mind.
Peep!
[How dare they target Sejun’s world! I won’t stand for this!]
“Heh heh. Yeah! Let’s teach them a lesson!”
“Ho ho heh. Sounds good!”
With that, Piyot, Yuren, and Poyo sprang into action, defeating the pirates and taking over the pirate ship.
Peep!
[If Sir Sejun and Sir Theo find out I stopped pirates from raiding Earth, they’ll definitely praise me!]
Piyot glowed with happiness at the thought of receiving praise.
“Heh heh heh. Sejun will cook us lots of delicious food!”
Yuren was also thrilled.
And:
“Ho ho heh. But why does Yuren’s misfortune keep sweetening?”
I don’t mind, though.
Poyo continued licking the ever-sweetening misfortune off Yuren as the pirate ship, now laden with misfortune, sailed toward Earth.
[You have arrived in <Cabas>.]
“Everyone, let’s start by catching the fire moths.”
To test his new idea, Sejun decided to capture some fire moths.
His plan was to raise fire moths in the subspace warehouse. From his long observations, he knew that fire moths needed intense heat for breeding and growth, and Surt’s Flame Sword could provide just that.
“Heh heh. I, Vice Chairman Theo, will catch the fire moths quickly!”
Hee hee hee. Quack!
[Hee hee hee. I’ll take care of this side!]
“Quack quack quack. Then I’ll take the north.”
Giggle. Squeak!
[Hehe. The Great Kamangi will guard the master!]
With that, Theo, Queng, and Iona scattered in different directions to capture fire moths.
Meanwhile:
“Let’s go, too.”
Squeak!
[Let’s go!]
“Sure. You’re coming. On foot.”
Squeak?!
Sejun lifted Kamangi from his sling bag and placed him on the ground.
“It’s exercise time.”
A little while later:
Squeak… wheeze. Wheeze.
[The Great Kamangi is already slim… wheeze.]
“What slim? You’re wheezing even now.”
Squeak! Wheeze. Squeak! Wheeze.
[No! The Great Kamangi really lost weight! Wheeze.]
As Sejun bantered with the wheezing Kamangi, they headed south.
As Sejun and Kamangi moved south:
“Heh heh. The great hybrid Vice Chairman Theo has caught the fire moths!”
Theo appeared in front of Sejun, carrying two fire moths, one in each paw.
“Oh, Vice Chairman Theo, good job.”
“Heh heh. Of course! I, Vice Chairman Theo, always work hard for Chairman Sejun!”
Theo, who knew no humility, tilted his head proudly and pressed it against Sejun’s hand, wearing a smug expression.
“Wait a second. Let me put the fire moths away first.”
Clink.
Sejun opened his subspace warehouse and stored the fire moths.
Clink.
Then, he opened the door to the room containing Surt’s Flame Sword.
“Vice Chairman Theo, put them in here.”
“Heh heh. Got it!”
Following Sejun’s instructions, Theo released the fire moths into the room.
“Valchil, tell the sword to turn its fire to maximum.”
Flap!
Valchil, obeying Sejun, increased the intensity of Surt’s Flame Sword’s fire.
The fire moths, now exposed to the blazing flames, began to absorb the heat. Their fiery wings burned brightly, causing sparks to fly.
Fwoosh!
The sparks grew larger and transformed into new fire moths.
The two fire moths Theo had caught multiplied rapidly, becoming over 10,000 in a matter of moments.
“Heh heh. It worked.”
Sejun smiled, pleased with the success of his fire moth breeding plan.
At that moment:
“Quack quack quack. Sejun, I’ve brought the fire moths!”
Iona arrived, carrying an enormous number of fire moths caught using wind magic. The number seemed to be around a million.
As the moths were gathered, some began to evolve, transforming into white flame fire moths.
“Iona, put them in here.”
“Quack quack quack. Got it!”
“Well done, Iona!”
As Theo patted Iona’s head in praise:
“Quack quack quack.”
Iona smiled with satisfaction.
Soon after:
Hee hee hee. Quack!
[Hee hee hee. Dad Queng has brought fire moths!]
Queng appeared, carrying more fire moths using telekinesis. Among them were several black flame fire moths, indicating an impressive haul.
“Queng, put them in here too.”
Hee hee hee. Quack!
[Hee hee hee. Got it!]
The room containing Surt’s Flame Sword was now filled with fire moths.
[You have achieved the great creative feat of safely breeding the third calamity, the fire moths.]
[As a reward for achieving this great creative feat, you have earned the title: Owner of the Fire Moth Farm.]
[As a reward for achieving a great destruction-related feat, your Level 0 floor residence cost has been reduced by 5%.]
Achievement messages appeared. Thanks to this, Sejun’s residence cost was now 61.3%.
“Owner of the Fire Moth Farm?”
Curious, Sejun checked the title.
<Title: Owner of the Fire Moth Farm>
A title granted to those who successfully breed the third calamity, the fire moths.
“What?”
The flavor and texture of fire moths would improve even more? On top of that, breeding speed and experience points were doubled.
At this rate, I’ll have enough black flame fire moths ready for the dragon council.
‘Could I make farms for other calamities too?’
Sejun felt greedy. If he created farms for locusts, giant bloodsucking leeches, petrifying spiders, and slimes, he could obtain even tastier ingredients.
“Heh heh. I need to capture more calamities and build farms.”
For that, he would need more subspaces.
“Iona, can you create and connect new subspaces of this size to my warehouse?”
“Quack quack quack. I can, but it will take a long time if I do it alone. It requires a lot of magic.”
“Oh, because of the magic? What if Vice Chairman Theo helps?”
“That wouldn’t work either. Subspace creation magic becomes unstable if other magic mixes in.”
“Is that so?”
Sejun wasn’t too disappointed. Back home, there were plenty of magic-rich, idle dragons capable of creating subspaces.
“I’ll just ask the dragons to make them for me.”
Heh. Won’t they do it if I ask nicely?
Sejun, wearing a smug expression, finished dealing with the remaining calamities in <Cabas> and returned to the Black Tower.
“Quack quack quack. Sejun, I’ve connected everything!”
Nine new subspace rooms were added to Sejun’s warehouse.