Part 2 Chapter 22: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (22) / 746
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
Black Tower, 75th floor.
As soon as he heard that the honey thief had been caught,
“Puhuhut. I want to stamp quickly, meow! Great hybrid Chairman Park, let’s hurry and go to Jeras, meow!”
Theo urged Sejun, and Sejun and the group moved to the Wandering Merchant Association headquarters.
And then,
“Puhuhut. The price for stealing the honey of my Cuengi, the little brother of Vice Chairman Theo, is severe, meow! From now on, you’ll work at Sejun Company until your bones turn to dust, meow!”
Press.
He stamped the back of Honey Badger Loony.
“Yes....”
Loony replied with an expression that seemed resigned. However, it was different from the emotions of others who had been stamped by Theo.
At that moment,
“Huh?”
Loony made a face full of confusion and pain.
Bwoooong.
At the same time, he released a yellow gas around him. It was a thick fart bomb.
“Ugh! Gas!”
“It’s gas, meow!”
While the group hurried to put on gas masks,
Wooong.
Loony disappeared with a teleportation spell, and Jeras quickly opened the window for ventilation.
But then,
“Aaack!”
“What is this smell?!”
It only created more victims.
Of course, the biggest victim was Jeras. Because of the fart bomb that spread in his office, he gained the nickname Fart Bomb Jeras.
Anyway, that happened a bit later.
“That bastard! He farted and ran away?!”
“Haak! Haak! Haak!”
“Kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-”
Kuueng-!!!
Grrrng.
Because of Loony who ran away after releasing a fart bomb, Sejun and the group were extremely enraged.
However,
Yolyol.
I like him. I’ll raise him.
Only Fart Captain Kabulto showed sympathy and affinity toward Loony, feeling a sense of camaraderie.
Three minutes later.
"Kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-I extracted the coordinates! Power of dimensions...."
Iona extracted the coordinates from the traces of the teleportation spell and created a portal.
Since it hadn’t been long since Loony used teleportation, the traces were clear, and because enraged Iona was hyper-focused, the coordinate extraction was completed quickly.
“Guys, let’s go!”
I won’t let this go!
Thus, angry Sejun and his party crossed the portal
[You have arrived on the 77th floor of the Red Tower.]
They arrived at the Red Tower.
And then,
Snore.
They found Loony sleeping boldly, snoring away without even trying to escape.
What the hell is with this guy?
Just as Sejun was dumbfounded,
Kking?!
[How dare you try to run away after receiving the mental training of great Blackie?!]
Thud.
Blackie headbutted Loony and began the second round of mental training.
However,
Kihihit.
Blackie got up again after just one minute of training and grinned,
Kihihit. Kking! Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! He didn’t run away! He’s under a curse! As expected, great Blackie’s mental training never misses!]
He excitedly told Sejun what he had seen in Loony’s mental world.
Blackie's explanation was like this.
Loony had accidentally entered the temple of Dimena, the God of Space, which had been abandoned.
Kking!
[Dimena offered Loony to become his follower, but he refused! So...]
Angered by Loony’s rejection, Dimena cursed him with the Curse of Wandering, which made him roam the Nine Towers for life.
So regardless of his will, Loony had been wandering the Nine Towers for decades, unable to go home because of the teleportation spell that activates randomly.
On top of that, due to the side effects of the teleportation magic, he suffers from extreme hunger and drowsiness each time he uses it.
“Honey is so delicious and nutritious that it’s something I really need... I’m sorry for stealing it.”
Loony, now recovered, apologized.
“Then the poop smell is part of the curse too?”
“Huh? No. That’s just a natural trait of honey badgers. They emit fart bombs when they’re in danger or embarrassed.”
“I see....”
It turned out he was a pitiful fellow.
Looking at Loony, Sejun felt a bit of sympathy and came up with one good business idea.
Irregular transport service between towers.
Give Loony a Void Storage and pack it full of crops, then deliver needed items to the towers Loony happens to go to.
“If I leave the calculations to Eok-Samchiri....”
No. Maybe I could have Eok-Samchiri modify the curse to teleport Loony through the towers in order once every five days? Ah. I also need to remove the side effects.
Then Loony wouldn’t have to worry about when the teleportation spell would activate, and deliveries could be made without any uncertainty.
Not bad.
“Eok-Samchiri, can you modify the curse? To activate once every five days....”
Sejun called [System Eok-Samchiri] and told it what he wanted.
[Allow me to analyze it.]
[Please touch the target you wish to modify the curse for, Sejun-nim.]
Tap.
Following [System Eok-Samchiri]’s instructions, Sejun placed his hand on Loony’s body.
[Analysis is complete.]
[To change the curse according to Sejun-nim’s wishes, the required resources are 10 billion Tower Coins, 10 times the magic power you possess, and 100 million Divine Power.]
“Really? That’s not as much as I thought? Iona, can you lend me some magic power? About 10 times what I have?”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Of course. I’ll lend it to you.”
Iona responded readily to Sejun’s request.
An amount equivalent to ten times Sejun’s magic power was less than 1/100 of the magic power needed to cast a Black Hole spell, so it was a very small amount to Iona.
Tap.
Iona also placed her hand on Loony’s body,
[Modifying the curse of Honey Badger Loony.]
[System Eok-Samchiri] began modifying Loony’s curse.
But there was one thing Sejun didn’t know.
[The Curse of Wandering has been modified.]
[Instead of suffering side effects, the teleportation spell will now activate once every five days, but a payment of Tower Coins will be required each time.]
A payment system was added where Loony had to pay [System Eok-Samchiri] each time the teleportation spell activated.
[System Eok-Samchiri], diligently earning money to pay off interest.
“Thank you, Sejun-nim! I’ll work hard from now on!”
Naturally, Loony was happy. That amount of money could be paid anytime. As long as he knew when the teleportation spell would activate, he wouldn’t have to live in anxiety.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. The transfer of the Void Storage is complete.”
In the meantime, Iona transferred part of her Void Storage to Loony,
“Well then, see you next time!”
Wooong.
The teleportation spell activated, and Loony disappeared. Perhaps because the anxiety was gone, he didn’t fart as he left.
Once Loony disappeared,
“Eok-Samchiri, you’re amazing. Good work.”
Sejun praised [System Eok-Samchiri].
[I am simply doing my best to follow Sejun-nim’s orders.]
“Hehehe. Good. Just keep doing it like this from now on.”
Thus, [System Eok-Samchiri] completely deceived Sejun.
However.
“Meow....”
Something feels off, meow!
Theo, whose intuition about Sejun was unbelievably sharp, sensed something suspicious.
And then,
Eok-Samchiri, are you plotting something, meow?
As he raised his front paw to the system terminal, trying to interrogate [System Eok-Samchiri],
Kkaung!
“Haaak!”
Due to the sudden appearance of Baektang aiming for Sejun’s lap, Theo couldn’t pursue his suspicion toward [System Eok-Samchiri]. Because there was nothing more important to Theo than Sejun’s lap.
Lucky [System Eok-Samchiri].
Thanks to that, the embezzlement of [System Eok-Samchiri] would remain undiscovered a little longer.
However.
Thud!
Kkaung...
Baektang, who had brought luck to [System Eok-Samchiri], was struck on the back of the head by Theo and once again faced the unfortunate result of failing to claim Sejun’s lap today.
Piyo!
[Hello!]
“Uhehehe. Hello!”
Following behind Baektang, Piyot’s party appeared.
“Hyungs, how have you been!”
"Youngest Forin, pays his respects!"
Golt and Forin quickly greeted Blackie, worried that they might get scolded and dragged in for mental training.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Great Blackie just solved a case, want to hear about it?!]
They were caught by Blackie and had to listen to the story 'Detective Kapang Catches the Honey Thief'. It was phrased like a question, but it was not a request for their opinion. Refusing meant asking for mental training.
“But what are you guys doing here? Don’t tell me....”
Is it Uren again?
When Sejun looked at Uren,
Piyo! Piyo. Piyo.
[No! This time, we came here for business. Moelli, the Purple Lightning, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ditto, the God of Ruin, is here.]
Piyot explained the situation.
“Uhehehe.”
At Piyot’s response, Uren puffed out his belly proudly as if he had been praised.
Uren, that wasn’t a compliment.
Sejun looked at Uren with pity and thought,
“Really?”
Anyway, if he meets Moelli, a hole will open under Uren again, and he’ll end up at the Kindergarten of Destruction, right?
He fell into brief contemplation.
And then.
If that happens, we might have to come all the way back here... wouldn’t it be better to deal with Moelli together and go home?
“Let’s go together.”
He decided to go with Piyot’s party to wrap things up neatly and head home.
As soon as Sejun made his decision,
Piyo! Piyo!
[Theo-nim, you’re coming with us! I’ll take good care of Theo-nim and Iona-nim along the way!]
“Puhuhut. I’m counting on you, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. I’m counting on you.”
Piyot assisted Theo and Iona.
“Uhehehe. Sejun-nim, do you happen to have any leftover food?”
Uren asked Sejun with a desperate expression.
“Leftover food? Want to eat this?”
Sejun served Uren some leftover baby food from breakfast.
“Uhehehe. Thank you!”
Uren happily ate the baby food.
[A quest has occurred.]
...
..
.
Uhehehe. It’s Sejun-nim’s food, of course I’ll pay. I’m a pig with a conscience, after all.
Once again, [System Eok-Samchiri] had scammed him.
A moment later.
Once Uren finished eating,
“This way.”
Sejun and the group followed the youngest, Forin, as he guided them to where the orb containing the sealed Moelli, the Purple Lightning was kept.
Moelli’s sealing orb was placed on the altar in a grand temple.
Forin picked up the orb.
“Hey. Moelli, come out.”
He injected magic power and called Moelli.
However.
“.......”
Moelli didn’t respond.
What is this? Moelli’s afraid.
Sensing the emotion from the orb, Forin was flustered. Who could possibly make a member of the Four Heavenly Kings tremble in fear?
Ah. There are plenty.
Forin thought of the ones standing behind him.
At that moment.
“To enter the sacred temple of the God of Battle, Battler, who are you people?”
A barbarian, three meters tall, equipped with a massive axe and shield, entered the temple.
“Huh?! This is Battler-nim’s temple?”
“That’s right! You must be here to test your own strength, yes? Come at me! I, Krekan, Apostle of the God of Battle, Battler-nim, shall test you!”
Without waiting for Sejun’s response, Krekan rushed at him. His instincts told him: Sejun looked like the easiest target here.
However.
“Puhuhut.”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
Kuehehehe.
Kihihit.
To reach Sejun, he would have to get past Sejun’s companions.
And.
Piyihihi. This is my chance to show Theo-nim how capable I am!
Uhehehe. I’m full right now, so I’m bursting with energy!
To get to Theo, he’d also have to get past Piyot and Uren, Theo’s right and left front paws.
Piyo!
[Messenger Bird Secret Technique...]
Just as Piyot was about to launch an attack on Krekan,
-My follower, Krekan. Stop.
A voice echoed inside Krekan’s mind.
“Ah! I greet you, Battler-nim!”
At Battler’s voice, Krekan immediately stopped running,
Thud.
With a moved expression, he hurriedly knelt down with his eyes closed to converse with Battler.
Meanwhile.
“Puhuhut. If you’re a subordinate of Battler-nim, then you’re obviously an employee of Sejun Company, meow!”
Press.
Theo smiled brightly and stamped Krekan’s forehead.
“Hehehe. Serves you right for bullying me every day.”
Before they knew it, Moelli had emerged from the orb and laughed at Krekan.
Hehe. Those guys also need to be trained by great Blackie.
Unaware that he would soon be receiving mental training along with Krekan from the Blackie Family.
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