Part 2 Chapter 148: Don't Blame Me Later. / 872
TL: Hanguk
"As expected of Uren, never one to miss a meal."
Sejun spoke in a calm voice as he watched Uren being chased by the Necrium.
"Puhuhut. My Left Front Paw and Golden ATM, Uren, welcome, meow!"
Theo greeted him cheerfully. The sight of Uren in this state was so familiar to them that they just took it in stride.
Meanwhile,
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. It's a delicious Necrium! Can't let it get away!]
Bang!
Cuengi's eyes sparkled as he flew at the Necrium and delivered a powerful blow,
[Supreme Herbalist Park Cuengi has slain The End of Calamity, Necrium.]
and the Necrium flew about a hundred meters in the opposite direction of where it had been running, never to rise again.
"Huh? Eok-Samchiri, didn't you say that Calamities die when they cross over into another world?"
Sejun asked, suddenly curious.
[Yes. They should definitely be dying… but it seems Necrium's death was postponed for the sake of Uren's misfortune.]
"…If it's Uren, that could happen."
Just as Sejun was nodding along to System Eok-Samchiri's explanation,
"Sejun-nim, hello. Uhehehe. Were you in the middle of a meal? I'm hungry…"
Uren spoke to Sejun, his eyes locked on the food.
"Yeah. You're hungry, right? Hurry up and eat."
"Uhehehe. Thank you!"
At Sejun's words, Uren hurried to sit in front of the food and began wolfing it down,
"Uhehehe. Sejun-nim, this is so delicious!"
heaping praise on the food the whole time.
And then,
Piyo! Piyo!
[Sejun-nim, Theo-nim, hello! Thank you for saving us!]
"Mohehehe. Hello."
Kkaung!
Nyongnyone!
Ppokppok!
Jjaekjjaek!
Piyot's party, who had arrived right after, greeted Sejun.
"You all must be hungry too, right? We were in the middle of eating, so come and join us."
Sejun offered them food, and
"Heheheh. Guys, let's break down the Necrium."
"Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow!"
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Sounds good!]
Cuengi butchered the Necrium carcass he had just killed and stored it in the Void Storage.
As they were packing away the Necrium carcass,
'Come to think of it, if we just had Uren around, wouldn't we be able to encounter Necriums easily?'
Sejun thought about how he might be able to make use of Uren.
He couldn't come up with a good idea on his own,
"Eok-Samchiri, isn't there some way to use Uren as bait to gather Necriums?"
so he asked System Eok-Samchiri.
[Hmm. No matter how strong Uren's misfortune is, that would be difficult.]
"What's the difference? Either way, it's Uren who's getting unlucky."
Sejun spoke recklessly, since it wasn't his own misfortune.
[The result might look the same, but the process is different. Uren's misfortune draws in the negative side of Causality, whereas Necriums emerge from the flow of Causality when…]
While System Eok-Samchiri was giving a detailed explanation about the reason for Uren's misfortune and the principle behind Necrium's generation,
"Uhehehe. So delicious! This is delicious and that is delicious! It's the first time I've ever eaten such delicious food! I'm so happy!"
Uren, eating Sejun's cooking made from Necrium, grew more and more excited as he basked in his happiness.
And then,
Piyo?!
Kkaung?!
Nyongnyone?!
Ppokppok?!
Jjaekjjaek?!
His companions were horrified by Uren's words.
......
Everyone held their breath, anxiously waiting for whatever was about to happen, but
Ppihyu. Piyo. Piyo.
[Phew. Looks like it's still fine. Let's keep eating.]
thankfully, nothing happened. Uren's misfortune cooldown still hadn't expired.
"Moeng… Uren-nim is getting less tasty. Oh well. I'll just have to settle for Sejun-nim's misfortune…"
On the other hand, when the sweetness disappeared from Uren's body, Poyo started looking for another meal.
At that moment,
Pssh.
A faint pink light began to emanate from Uren's body. Since Uren was as unfortunate as he was, the Positive Causality he produced when he felt happiness was stronger than that of an ordinary person. So strong it was visible to the eye.
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"So you're saying Necriums don't appear because of misfortune, but rather when Positive Causality overflows?"
[Wow. As sharp as ever. You've understood it perfectly.]
System Eok-Samchiri was busy flattering Sejun.
So a Necrium drive-hunt isn't going to work, huh.
Just as Sejun, having heard the explanation, was reluctantly giving up on his plan,
[Huh?! Sejun-nim, a Necrium has appeared.]
System Eok-Samchiri announced the appearance of a new Necrium.
"Yeah? Where do I need to go?"
[It's at <Uman>! And it's not just one.]
"Oh! There are several? Guys, let's…!"
Sejun hurriedly tried to move out.
"Huh?! Eok-Samchiri, Uman is right here, isn't it?!"
Then he realized there was no need to go anywhere.
[Yes. It seems the Necrium drive-hunt using Uren is working out after all. Uren is producing massive amounts of Positive Causality.]
"What?!"
At System Eok-Samchiri's words, Sejun quickly turned to look at Uren.
"Uhehehe."
Uren was eating away, glowing with a faint pink light.
And then,
"Oh! How many of those are there?"
"Puhuhut. One, two… a hundred, meow!"
Around Uren, who was unleashing a storm of Positive Causality, a hundred small Necriums were swarming in.
Because of Uren, an excessive amount of Positive Causality had built up in <Uman>, and to balance the scales of Causality, a full hundred Necriums had appeared.
"Heheheh. First, let's catch them."
"Puhuhut. Got it, meow!"
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. O Power of Dimensions…."
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Got it!]
At Sejun's word, Theo and Cuengi went to catch the Necriums, and Iona used Parallel World Magic to contain them.
Kkehem! Kking! Kking! Kking!
[Ahem! I am the one who used to be the First Seat Apostle of Destruction, the God-hunting Wolf Fenrir, but received a new name from a naming-genius butler, the Great Blackie! If you think you might be one of mine, gather before the Great Blackie at once! Otherwise, I'll have to give you Mental Education!]
"Hehe. Come over to Taecho and I'll give you lots of food!"
Blackie and Taecho also pitched in to call the Necriums in their own way.
A short while later.
Kkehem! Kking?! Kking!
[Ahem! Butler! You saw that, right?! That's the power of the Great Blackie!]
Having forced ten Necriums to submit before him, Blackie barked with a smug expression.
Perhaps because of Blackie's origins, some of the Necriums had bowed to his words. Only seven, though.
"Sure. Our Park Blackie is talented, isn't he. So then…"
Sejun thought Blackie was so endearing that he tried to give him some Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato, but
Kking! Kking!
[The butler! He just said the Great Blackie's full name! Run!]
"What?"
Even though he hadn't done anything wrong, the moment Sejun called him by his full name "Park Blackie", Blackie's first reaction was to flee.
"Blackie, I'm not angry. Let's eat some Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato."
When Sejun took out a Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato and waved it,
Kking?! Kking?!
[Really?! Butler, you're really not angry?!]
Blackie barked while looking at Sejun with a suspicious expression.
"I said I'm not angry. Hurry over and eat your Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato."
Kking?! Kking! Kking!
[Really?! The Great Blackie is super sharp! If you're trying to trick me, I'll get angry!]
Blackie kept barking, still suspicious and not coming any closer.
Sharp my foot, what's so sharp about him?
"If you don't come, I'll take it that you don't want the Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato."
Slightly annoyed now, Sejun moved to put the Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato away.
Kking! Kking!
[You can't! That's the Great Blackie's!]
"Then hurry up and come."
Kking?!
[What if the butler is trying to trick me again?!]
"Then don't eat it."
Sejun's blood pressure was steadily rising as he looked at Blackie.
As Sejun's voice grew louder and his expression changed,
Kking! Kking! Kking!
[Butler, your voice got louder! Your face is angry too! As I thought, no one can fool the Great Blackie!]
Blackie barked as if to say he'd been right all along.
"I said I'm not angry! I told you to come and eat!"
Sejun was now genuinely angry at what Blackie had said,
"Hey, brat! I told you I'm not angry!"
Kking!
[Buthler! I'm thorry!]
In the end, Blackie got his cheek flesh grabbed by Sejun and was subjected to the Dangling Punishment.
While Sejun was busy disciplining Blackie like that,
"Puhuhut. Chairman Park, the number of Necriums has gone up even more, meow!"
"Oh. Really?!"
Theo brought happy news. Fifty more Necriums had appeared inside the Parallel World Iona had created.
"Puhuhut. That's right, meow! My Left Front Paw, Uren, is putting in some serious effort, meow!"
Theo pointed at Uren, who was still happily devouring Sejun's food.
"Heheheh. Uren, is there anything else you'd like to eat?"
Sejun tried to make more food so that Uren would put in even more effort, but
"Uhehehe. I'm full now."
Uren patted his bulging belly and declined.
What a shame. If I'd known, I would have fed him something even tastier…
Just as Sejun was feeling regretful,
Crackle.
The boundary of the Parallel World Iona had created split open, and
-What a delicious smell.
through the crack, a pair of red square pupils could be seen peering through.
It seemed Uren's misfortune cooldown had ended, and a new misfortune had triggered.
Soon, sharp claws emerged from the crack,
Kiiik.
and began tearing the space apart, widening the gap.
"Who is it this time?"
"Puhuhut. No idea, meow!"
Kuehehehe. Kueng! Kueng!
[Hehehe. Daddy doesn't need to worry! Cuengi will take care of it quickly!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! The Great Blackie will handle it with Mental Education!]
"Hehe. Big brothers, fighting! Taecho is in charge of cheering!"
Sejun and his companions were of course not the least bit nervous,
"Uhehehe. I'm so glad I'm with Sejun-nim. It would have been hard to run on a full stomach."
Piyo!
[Today is really lucky!]
Kkaung!
Nyongnyone!
Ppokppok!
Jjaekjjaek!
Piyot's party, too, just sat there patting their bellies and watched to see who would come out.
With Theo, who became absurdly strong whenever he was with Sejun, and Cuengi, the Demonic Beast of the End, on their side, there was nothing to worry about.
I'm not getting an opening, am I?
Of course, Baektang continued to look for an opening to claim Sejun's lap, and
"Mohehehe. Sweet!"
Poyo, busy licking Uren now that he had finally turned sweet, didn't even realize an enemy had appeared.
While everyone was waiting for the start of what was sure to be an anticlimactic battle,
[Heretic Demon, Baphomet]
Kung. Kung.
a goat-headed monster with a muscular body and pure white fur revealed itself.
-Hm? I've definitely felt this somewhere before…
Baphomet started looking around, searching for something,
Kung. Kung.
and stopped in front of Blackie.
-Melpix, it's been a while!
Baphomet addressed his old comrade-in-arms.
Mumu.
[Baphomet, it's been a while.]
Mubalchil, who hadn't wanted to acknowledge him because he didn't want to show his shrunken form, had no choice but to greet him back. Mubalchil and Baphomet had once fought together on the same side during the Demon War in the past.
And then,
Mumu. Mumu.
[Baphomet, this is advice from your old comrade. Turn around and go right now.]
That way he wouldn't end up getting stamped by Theo-nim.
Out of consideration for old times, he gave Baphomet a piece of advice.
However,
-What?! Did I just hear that wrong? Melpix, I can't even understand your current state, but I understand what you just said even less. I am the Heretic Demon, Baphomet, who slaughtered a thousand High-grade Demons in the Demon War of the past! I am not the kind of being who goes when told to go, nor stays when told to stay!
Baphomet ignored Mubalchil's advice.
Mumu. Mumu.
[I gave you a clear warning. Don't blame me later.]
-Hmph! Such a thing won't happen! First, let me deal with these whelps, and then we'll continue our talk…
Just as Baphomet was scoffing at Mubalchil's words,
Kkung.
Blackie headbutted Baphomet.
And then,
"You're talking to Mubalchil first, with the Great Blackie standing right in front of you?! Are you ignoring the Great Blackie?!"
"I-I'm sorry!"
Blackie's Mental Education had begun.
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