Part 2 Chapter 145: Nice Try. Golden Poop. / 869
TL: Hanguk
"What do I do?"
This meant they were way too short on ingredients...
Sejun gazed forlornly at the empty rooms of his Void Storage.
Causality had returned to normal, but when it had been twisted, every last Calamity creature being raised on the farm had been sucked away, leaving not a single one behind.
On top of that,
"What a waste...."
It definitely would have been delicious...
Despite its hideous appearance, the Necrium had been a fusion of Tasties, so as an ingredient, it was guaranteed to taste amazing...
But it had been struck by Theo's fully charged front paw and cleanly obliterated.
What was even more remarkable was that despite such a powerful blow, there had been zero damage to the surroundings.
'The more I watch Theo's abilities, the more incredible they are....'
"......."
Sejun thought this while looking at Theo, who was clinging to his knee, deep in sleep. It seemed he had overexerted himself just moments ago.
And Theo wasn't the only one who had pushed too hard; Cuengi and Iona had as well. Iona was curled around Theo's tail, and Cuengi was latched onto Sejun's side like a koala, both fast asleep.
Pat. Pat.
Sejun stroked Theo's and Cuengi's heads a few times, then,
Since we're short on ingredients now, we'll have to eat this ourselves and substitute other dishes...
he began thinking of a plan. At a party where everyone was participating, having only certain people eat a special dish wasn't Sejun's style of hosting.
"If I use mushrooms with a meaty texture, I can substitute the seaweed soup and the sweet-and-sour pork...."
Just as Sejun was mulling over how to rework the menu,
[Sejun, I have good news and bad news.]
System Eok-Samchiri spoke up.
"Good news and bad news?"
If his current mood was at negative one, then hearing good news followed by bad news would bring him to zero and back down to negative one. But hearing bad news first and then good news would drop him to negative two before climbing back to negative one, so...
'No reason to taste an even worse mood.'
"Eok-Samchiri, I'm not in a great mood right now, so give me the good news first."
[Yes. There is a way to obtain the lost ingredients.]
"Really?! How?!"
[That's the bad news....]
System Eok-Samchiri's explanation went like this:
When Sejun had connected to the twisted Causality with Creator God's Authority, an enormous suction force had been generated.
Because of that, the Calamities had been pulled into the flow of Causality and became one with it. No, to be precise, it was more accurate to say they had become part of Causality.
[As a result, when an excessive amount of positive Causality occurs in a world, Causality has begun generating Calamities on its own to restore balance.]
"What? Then can't we just go capture those Calamities and raise them again?"
When Sejun's worries vanished and his face lit up at System Eok-Samchiri's answer,
[That would be difficult. These Calamities are...]
System Eok-Samchiri launched into another enthusiastic explanation.
The Calamities born from Causality were similar to the original ones, yet different. They were beings born as adversaries to worlds overflowing with positive Causality.
He said they would die the instant they crossed into another world. It was a restriction Causality had imposed as a safeguard against the Calamities spreading to other worlds.
"That's too bad. So does that mean we can never get final evolution forms anymore?"
Sejun said with a disappointed expression.
For Calamities to reach their final evolution, their population had to be increased enormously, and controlling that was next to impossible.
Even if it were possible, a single moment of carelessness would let the Calamities spread and destroy that world in the blink of an eye, which was far too risky.
"Well, I guess we just catch whatever's there and...."
Just as Sejun was about to give up on premium-grade ingredients,
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Sejun-nim, I have a good idea."
Iona, now awake, spoke up.
"A good idea?"
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes. I'll need to go and try it to be sure, but if I use Parallel World Magic, we should be able to evolve the Calamities into their final forms and then wipe them all out at once. A Parallel World creates a copy of that same world, after all."
"Oh! Then let's go try it right now! Eok-Samchiri, where do we need to go?"
When Sejun asked,
[A quest has been issued.]
[Quest: Please exterminate the Calamity of Causality, Locusts, that have appeared in the level 6 world Sable. (Time until destruction: 10 hours)]
Reward: 23 seconds credited to Unique Power: Temporary Creator God.
[A quest has been issued.]
[Quest: Exterminate the Calamity of Causality, Slimes, that have appeared in the level 2 world Nephra... (Time until destruction: 3 hours)]
[A quest has been issued.]
[Quest: Exterminate the Calamity of Causality, Petrification Spiders, that have appeared in the level 9 world Lisis... (Time until destruction: 101 hours)]
Dozens of quests appeared.
[Hehehe. Since you're going to do it anyway, I figured it'd be nice to have some rewards... so I pulled a few strings.]
System Eok-Samchiri, eager not to get impeached, had read the room, created the quests on his own, and dutifully presented them to Sejun.
Since these weren't Proxy Creator God quests, the rewards were modest, but something was better than nothing. And every little bit adds up.
"Eok-Samchiri, but didn't you say Causality sent the Calamities to restore balance? Is it really okay to exterminate them all? What if messing with this causes bigger problems?"
Sejun asked in a worried voice. Causality was pickier and far more complicated than one might think; even trivial things could come back as a hurricane later.
[There is no need for concern. I have only listed as quests those worlds where the Calamities have already tipped the balance of Causality completely to the other side.]
"Really? That's a relief then. But there are way too many worlds to visit?"
Considering it would take at least several hours per world to create final evolution forms, saving every world seemed impossible.
[Sejun, then why not dispatch Sejun Company employees? Since Sejun Company employees are essentially extensions of you, you can still receive the rewards even if they complete the quests. Although you would need to provide separate compensation to the employees.]
"Really?! Oh, Eok-Samchiri, what's gotten into you? Coming up with solutions on your own like this."
"Puhuhut. Eok-Samchiri, well done, meow!"
[Hahaha. I shall continue to work hard on devising solutions for you, Sejun-nim!]
System Eok-Samchiri immediately began buttering up Sejun and Theo, who had just woken up, the moment they praised him.
"Eok-Samchiri, then we'll head to Nephra to deal with the Slimes, so you go ahead and issue quests to the employees on my behalf for the worlds that don't have much time left."
[Yes. Leave it to me!]
Following Sejun's orders, System Eok-Samchiri began issuing quests to Sejun Company employees.
[A quest has been issued.]
[Quest: On behalf of Sejun Company Chairman Park Sejun, travel to the level 5 world Tomir and exterminate the Fire Moths, then collect the carcasses. (Time remaining: 7 hours)]
Reward: Meal ticket for Grass Porridge made by Sejun Company Chairman Park Sejun, 100 Tower Coins
Moo?! Moo!
[A meal ticket for Sejun's Grass Porridge?! I'm going right now!]
[A quest has been issued.]
[Quest: On behalf of Sejun Company Chairman Park Sejun, travel to the level 5 world Tomir and...]
Reward: Meal ticket for meat soup made by Sejun Company Chairman Park Sejun, 10 Tower Coins
"What?! A meal ticket for meat soup made by Sejun?! All Black Wolves and Silver Wolves, assemble! Awooo~"
[A quest has been issued.]
[Quest: On behalf of Sejun Company Chairman Park Sejun, travel to the level 5 world Tomir and...]
Reward: Meal ticket for Pollen Rice Cake made by Sejun Company Chairman Park Sejun, 1 Tower Coin
Whirr?! Whirr!
[A meal ticket redeemable for Sejun's Pollen Rice Cake?! We're on our way right now!]
The Black Minotaurs, Black Wolves and Silver Wolves, and Poison Honey Bees of the Great Black Tower all mobilized for the quests.
The reason for collecting carcasses was to maintain the supply quantities that Sejun Company was providing to the Great Towers.
The volume of Calamity meat that Sejun Company supplied to the nine Great Towers was substantial, so if the supply were cut off, it could trigger a food shortage.
Roughly five Black Minotaurs, a hundred Black Wolves and Silver Wolves, and around ten thousand Poison Honey Bees to track down the Calamities formed a single squad dispatched to each world, and they carried out their quests splendidly.
System Eok-Samchiri also issued quests to Time Debtors, offering to forgive a small portion of their borrowed time in exchange.
For once, System Eok-Samchiri was actually doing his job properly.
"Eok-Samchiri, I've figured out about 70% of the main system's structure now! I'm doing great, right?"
"Hahaha. What's the rush? Take it easy, have some fun along the way."
"No way! I need to study hard so I can support Sejun!"
It seemed System Eok-Samchiri was feeling an enormous sense of crisis from System SJC's rapid growth.
[The Fire Moths of the level 5 world Tomir have been exterminated.]
[The quest has been completed.]
[As a quest completion reward, 33 seconds have been credited to Unique Power: Temporary Creator God.]
[The quest has been completed.]
[The quest has been completed.]
...
...
.
While Sejun Company employees were diligently completing quests on Sejun's behalf,
"Good. It's turned dark brown now, so we just need one more transformation."
"Puhuhut. Eat lots, meow!"
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Eat up and become a yummy Gold Slime!]
"Hihit. Eat lots and become delicious meat!"
Sejun and his companions were feeding the Slimes to increase their numbers.
"Iona, are you okay?"
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes. I'm fine for now."
They were inside a Parallel World created by Iona.
Fortunately, the Parallel World seemed to count as the same world, so the Calamities didn't die.
Just then,
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! The great Blackie also wants to eat lots of Dried Roasted Sweet Potato and become the great and glorious Gold Blackie!]
Blackie, never one to miss an opportunity, cracked a joke.
"Yeah. Nice try. Golden poop."
Sejun fired back with a poop joke of his own.
Kking?! Kking!
[What?! The great Blackie doesn't poop!]
"Liar. Do you have any idea how many of your poops I've found digging in the garden?"
Kking... Kking!
[That's... Butler, you're mean!]
Having no comeback, Blackie turned his back on Sejun and flopped down, pretending to sleep, but
Rustle.
The moment Sejun pulled something out,
...!
Blackie immediately perked his head up and stared at Sejun. Unfortunately, it wasn't Dried Roasted Sweet Potato meant for him, but sweet potato vines for the Slimes.
Hmph... Butler, you're mean! The great Blackie would forgive you right away if you just gave him some Dried Roasted Sweet Potato...
Blackie resented Sejun for not appeasing his anger.
But Sejun was always one step ahead of Blackie.
Heh. You think I don't see through your little scheme, pretending to sulk just to get Dried Roasted Sweet Potato?
Sejun had Blackie's thoughts completely figured out.
But no can do. You've put on way too much weight.
Blackie still needed to lose at least one kilogram to get back to a healthy weight.
A short while later.
"Done! Everyone, get them!"
The dark brown Slimes began turning golden, and Theo and Cuengi started hunting the Gold Slimes.
And then,
Kking! Kking?! Kking?!
[Butler! The great Blackie is working hard carrying them! Isn't the great Blackie good?! Don't you want to give him a reward?!]
Having changed tactics, Blackie demanded Dried Roasted Sweet Potato from Sejun through a different approach.
"Hehehe. Good boy. I think I'll feel like giving a reward once you carry exactly one hundred."
Kking?!
[Really?!]
Kking-cha! Kking-cha!
Spurred on by Sejun's words, Blackie threw himself into carrying Slimes. Thanks to that, after getting a good workout,
"Here. Good work. Here you go."
Kking?! Kking!
[Butler! Why only half?! Give me a whole Dried Roasted Sweet Potato!]
"When did I ever say I'd give you a whole one? If you don't want it, don't eat it."
Kking! Kking!
[No! It's the great Blackie's!]
And so he was able to receive half a Dried Roasted Sweet Potato.
*****
Join our Discord for announcements or to report any mistakes.