Part 2 Chapter 136: Oh Right, This Existed. / 860
TL: Hanguk
[You have arrived at the 66th floor of the Great Black Tower.]
"Urgh...."
"Chairman Park, the Wizard's Association is just a little further, meow! Hang in there, meow!"
Today wasn't a day for Magic Control lessons with Ute, but Sejun was heading to the Wizard's Association with his companions regardless.
During Dongdong's first world creation party last time, Sejun had fed a great number of guests until they were full, and all of his stats had risen by nearly 500,000, with his magic power exceeding 1.5 million.
He could manage some degree of control with the Magic Control technique he'd learned from Ute, but
"Hey! Park Blackie!"
This afternoon, when Sejun had yelled at Blackie for tearing the kitchen apart trying to find the Roasted and Dried Sweet Potatoes he'd hidden,
Slosh.
"Huh...?"
His magic power surged violently, dealing damage to Sejun's body.
"Urgh. Something's wrong with my body...."
After that, Sejun's condition took a turn for the worse.
Kking... kking!
[Butler, I'm sorry... The great Blackie will lick you better!]
Blackie licked Sejun fervently, but it was no use.
"Chairman Park, this isn't working, meow! Let's hurry to Master Ute, meow!"
And so they were rushing to find Ute.
A short while later.
"Sejun-nim, what's... please, have a seat first."
Ute had been puzzled by the sudden visit, but upon noticing that Sejun's condition, or more precisely, his magic power fluctuations, were far from normal, he quickly sat Sejun down.
"Master Ute, hurry and treat our great hybrid Chairman Park, meow!"
"Yes. Leave it to me. I'll begin now."
He placed both hands on Sejun's shoulders and began pushing his own magic power into Sejun's body, working to bring Sejun's magic under control.
The moment Sejun's magic power detected Ute's, some of it rushed in to attack while the rest fled.
Ho ho ho. It's been a while.
Having controlled Sejun's magic several times in the past, Ute wasn't flustered and slowly guided his own magic power toward Sejun's Magic Hearts.
He was struck by attacks from other strands of magic along the way, but the magic power Ute had cultivated over 1,000 years was small yet sturdy.
Ute's steadfast magic pressed forward silently along its path, and at some point, Sejun's magic began moving in step with Ute's. The magic that fled from Ute's power moved ahead, while the magic that attacked it followed from behind.
Moving as Ute led them, Sejun's strands of magic grew weaker with each pass through a Magic Heart, and after five full circuits through Sejun's eight Magic Hearts, they had calmed down completely.
"Phew."
Having finished controlling Sejun's magic, Ute opened his eyes, his entire body drenched in sweat.
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Ute-nim, thank you for your hard work."
"Puhuhut. Master Ute, good job, meow! As a special reward, I, Vice Chairman Theo, will fan you, meow!"
Kuehehehe. Kueng! Kueng!
[Hehehe. Master Ute, thank you! Have some cool honey water!]
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Master Ute, thanks! As a reward for fixing my butler, the great Blackie will give you Roasted and Dried Sweet Potatoes!]
"Heehee. Grandpa Master Ute, thank you for treating my frail dad. Taecho will give you a massage as a reward!"
Each of the companions expressed their gratitude to Ute in their own way for his hard work.
"Ho ho ho. It's quite alright. If anything, I should be the one thanking Sejun-nim. I gained no small amount from treating him."
Ute answered, feeling the increase in his own magic power. During the process of controlling Sejun's magic, some of it had been absorbed into Ute's, causing his magic power to rise.
The amount of magic power Ute had absorbed was roughly 10. Compared to Sejun's total magic power, it was a minuscule amount, but for Ute, whose Magic Heart had been cracked and whose magic power hadn't grown in 1,000 years, it was an enormously significant gain.
Normally, magic power gained this way would gradually scatter and dissipate over time, but perhaps due to Sejun's sunfish-like tendency to die easily, the magic power absorbed from him had an extraordinary will to survive and refused to scatter.
"Puhuhut. If you're grateful, stamp the contract, meow!"
At Ute's words, Theo immediately pulled out a blank contract.
"Ho ho ho. Shall I?"
Ute stamped it without a moment's hesitation. He had received so much from Sejun that he wouldn't have minded giving everything he had.
On top of that,
"Hello there."
"Puhuhut. Ugugamsal, it's been a while, meow!"
Thanks to Sejun, his student who had undergone a name change had rediscovered his original passion and was devoting himself to magic, his skills improving rapidly.
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Ugugamsal, your magic skills have improved considerably."
Iona spoke up, sensing the energy emanating from Ugugamsal's body.
"You flatter me. I'm still far from reaching your level, Iona-nim."
Ugugamsal replied with a humble demeanor.
How nice to see.
Iona nodded at the sight of Ugugamsal, who had changed so completely from the past, when
"Puhuhut. Ugugamsal, how impudent, meow! How dare you compare yourself to our Iona's magical skills!"
"Ah. I'm sorry! That's not what I meant...."
"Puhuhut. If you're sorry, stamp the contract, meow!"
"Pardon?"
At Theo's words, Ugugamsal made a troubled expression and sent a pleading look toward Iona, but
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot."
Theo-nim got upset on my behalf!
Iona was so moved that Theo had stood up for her that she didn't notice Ugugamsal's pleading gaze.
"Mmm."
"Chairman Park, you're awake, meow?!"
Kueng!
Kking!
"Dad!"
Fortunately, Sejun came to his senses, saving Ugugamsal from the crisis of having to stamp a contract.
"Master Ute, thank you."
"Ho ho ho. It's a bit embarrassing, but I am called your master, after all, so of course it's my duty. Shall we begin Magic Control training then? After all, now that your magic is calm is the best time to train."
"Sure."
Sejun expressed his gratitude to Ute and began his Magic Control training.
Three hours later.
"Master Ute, thank you. I'll be heading out now."
"Ho ho ho. Well done, Sejun-nim. Safe travels."
Ute's lesson was over, and Sejun and his companions left the Wizard's Association.
On the way to the Waypoint after the lesson ended,
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Let's go find land deeds! The great Blackie will find them for you!]
For once, Blackie was barking about going to find land deeds. Probably because he felt bad that Sejun's condition had worsened because of him. Of course, he wouldn't actually be any help, but still.
That little rascal Blackie, how endearing...
Sejun was already happy just knowing how Blackie felt.
"Hehehe. Then shall we? But where should we go to find land deeds?"
"Puhuhut. Chairman Park, just go wherever you want, meow! No matter where we go, I, Vice Chairman Theo, can find them all, meow! Trust in my Golden Front Paw, meow!"
"Should we? Then today... let's go to the Great Golden Tower, floor 23."
And so Sejun picked a tower and floor off the top of his head.
A short while later.
[You have arrived at the 23rd floor of the Great Golden Tower.]
Sejun and his companions arrived at the 23rd floor of the Great Golden Tower.
And then,
Clatter clatter clatter.
"Huh? That's...?"
"Puhuhut. That's my automatic cart, meow!"
Before Sejun and his companions stood the [Automatic Cart Wandering Between the Black Tower and Golden Tower], in the middle of traveling for business.
After Sejun and his companions approached the automatic cart,
"Has it been almost half a year?"
"Puhuhut. Seems like it, meow! Let's hurry and check how much it earned, meow!"
"Sure."
They checked inside the cart.
"It didn't sell much, huh?"
Sejun spoke with an expression that said he had expected as much. About two-thirds of the items placed inside for sale still remained in the cart.
This situation had been going on for quite some time now. The abundant lightning energy that had once filled the Great Golden Tower had dissipated, so lightning no longer struck.
With the elves able to come outside and farm, the food shortage problem had been resolved.
As a result, the automatic cart's sales had plummeted. On top of that, the Great Golden Tower's specialty products like lightning-struck wood and thunderstones had flooded the market, driving prices down so that profits were nowhere near what they used to be.
So Sejun had gradually lost interest in the automatic cart and had set it to return only after selling everything, but...
Oh right, this existed.
He had completely forgotten about the [Automatic Cart Wandering Between the Black Tower and Golden Tower].
"The automatic cart's efficiency is terrible...."
"That's right, meow! The automatic cart can't earn any money, meow!"
"Can't we use it for something else?"
Sejun pondered ways to generate more profit with the automatic cart, then
Just going back and forth between the Great Black Tower and the Great Golden Tower probably won't make much money...
"Eok-Samchiri, got any good ideas?"
He asked [System Eok-Samchiri].
Then,
[Sejun-nim, how about upgrading the [Automatic Cart Wandering Between the Black Tower and Golden Tower] and deploying it for the Reconstruction Project?]
[System Eok-Samchiri] suggested deploying the automatic cart for the Reconstruction Project.
"For the Reconstruction Project?"
[Yes! Worlds on the brink of collapse typically have food shortages but an excess of valuables, so favorable trades are possible!]
"Oh. That's great! Let's upgrade it right away!"
[Yes. But there are a few things we'll need.]
"Things we need? Upgrade materials?"
[Yes. Upgrade materials are needed too, but first, before the upgrade, you need to fully obtain ownership of the [Automatic Cart Wandering Between the Black Tower and Golden Tower] from Legendary Merchant Uren.]
"Huh? What ownership?"
[Well... the ownership transfer of the [Automatic Cart Wandering Between the Black Tower and Golden Tower] wasn't completed properly in the past, so you need to obtain complete ownership from its original owner, Uren.]
"Meow?! What are you talking about, meow?! The automatic cart belongs to me, Vice Chairman Theo, meow! Uren handed it over to me, meow! Where's the system access device, meow?! I'm going to impeach Eok-Samchiri right now, meow!"
Theo threw a fit, outraged that [System Eok-Samchiri] was saying his property wasn't actually his.
"Vice Chairman Theo, calm down. Eok-Samchiri, how do we get the ownership?"
Sejun lifted the agitated Theo with both hands to calm him down and asked Eok-Samchiri.
[For some reason, Hel, the God of Merchants, made the ownership transfer irregular, but if Uren-nim simply says that he's handing the [Automatic Cart Wandering Between the Black Tower and Golden Tower] over to Theo-nim, I can take care of it right away!]
"Really? Got it. Vice Chairman Theo, you heard that? We just need to call Uren and have him say he's giving it to you again."
"Puhuhut. Understood, meow! If I, Vice Chairman Theo, ask for it, Uren will hand it over immediately, meow! And Hel-nim is getting impeached, meow!"
Theo immediately calmed down at Sejun's words and, wearing a wicked grin, began an impeachment vote.
[Legendary Merchant of the Great Black Tower, Park Theo, is attempting to impeach Hel, the God of Merchants.]
...
..
.
[Hel, the God of Merchants, loses her Divinity as God of Merchants for one month.]
[Unable to remain in Hel's Pawnshop without Divinity.]
[Relocating to temporary quarters.]
And so, Hel was evicted from her own pawnshop.
[Hel, God of Merchants. You will serve as a tester for the next month.]
"Huh? A tester?"
Before the [Automatic Cart Wandering Between the Black Tower and Golden Tower] could be put into operation, she had become a tester, wandering dimensions buying and selling goods.
Kueng?
[Dad, then are we going to find Uren now?]
"No. We'll wait for Uren here. While eating."
Kueng! Kueng?
[Yay! Dad, what are you cooking?!]
Cuengi cheered and celebrated at the mention of food, then trotted along after Sejun as he headed to the kitchen.
Hehehe. Based on all my experience so far, Uren will almost certainly show up when we're eating.
To lure Uren in, Sejun began making Uren's favorite, Gold Slime Duruchigi, filling a massive pot to overflowing.
And then,
Kuehehehe.
Is it all Cuengi's?
Cuengi watched Sejun's back as he cooked, wearing a blissful expression.
A short while later.
Kkuik-!
The sound of Uren's scream echoed from the distance. It seemed Sejun's hunch had been right.
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