Chapter 468: From Now On, There Will Be No More Slaves at Se

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nTL: Hanguk

n“Sejun~nim, thank you for the meal. This is the seventh time in my life I’ve eaten this much! I will never forget this kindness!”

n“This is my third time. I will never forget this kindness!”

n“For me, it’s my first time…”

nWhile Bayon and his subordinates, who had eaten their fill of samgyeopsal, bowed and expressed their gratitude to Sejun,

nYou have fed 10 Foxes of the Red Tower to their hearts’ content.

nDue to the effect of , all stats have increased by 2.

nYour soul is filled with satisfaction from the outpouring of praise.

nMental Strength has increased by 8.

n‘Hehehe. This is great.’

nSejun checked the messages and smiled.

nAt that moment,

nPiyo!

nSejun~nim, we’re back! We also got some slaves on the way!

n“Sejun~nim, hello! By the way, can we have some samgyeopsal too?”

nPiyot and Uren arrived, bringing with them some Foxes of the Brown Tower who were gloomy because they had become slaves.

n“Wait a minute. Piyot, let’s get you something to eat.”

nSizzle.

nAfter placing the samgyeopsal on the grill, Sejun prepared some peanuts and walnuts for Piyot to eat.

nPiyo!

nThank you!

nPeck. Peck. Peck.

nWhile Piyot was busily eating 5 peanuts and 1 walnut,

n“It’s ready now. You can eat.”

nAs Sejun cut the grilled samgyeopsal and put it on a plate,

n“Uhehehe. Thank you for the meal!”

nUren, who had already prepared the lettuce ssam, immediately placed three pieces of samgyeopsal inside, shoved it into his mouth, and began chewing as he prepared the next ssam.

nA battle-like meal befitting a food fighter.

nWhile Uren was busy stuffing his third wrap into his mouth,

nSsss.

nGulp.

nSejun noticed the Foxes of the Brown Tower standing nearby, staring intensely at the samgyeopsal and swallowing their saliva.

n‘Why aren’t they eating?’

nSejun hadn’t specifically told them to eat because he assumed that anyone who entered the kitchen would naturally join the meal.

n‘These cruel bastards, isn’t this going too far?!’

nBut the Foxes of the Brown Tower thought Sejun and Uren were deliberately torturing them by making them stand and watch.

n‘It won’t taste good if it gets cold… Maybe they’re vegetarians?’

n‘If we even touch the food, they’ll probably make an example of us with some really severe torture.’

nSejun and the Brown foxes were having completely opposite thoughts.

nAt that moment,

n‘I don’t care anymore. I’d rather just eat and die!’

nSwoosh.

nA young Brown Fox, unable to resist the hunger any longer, quickly snatched up a piece of samgyeopsal and began eating.

nAnd then,

n‘Ah! They weren’t eating because I didn’t give them forks!’

n‘Sena, you brat, I told you to hold back! What should we do?!

nBoth Sejun and the Brown Foxes were surprised at the same time, albeit for different reasons.

n‘Wow! It melts in my mouth! It’s so delicious!’

nIn the meantime, Sena had devoured one piece of pork belly in an instant and was already grabbing another.

nShwik.

nAs Sejun hurriedly pulled out several forks to give to the Brown Foxes,

n‘Could he be planning to torture us with those?!’

nThe Brown Foxes quickly moved to hide Sena behind them and took defensive stances.

n‘What’s going on?’

nSejun found the behavior of the Brown Foxes strange as they cowered in fear of him.

n“Here, use these to eat.”

nPoke. Poke.

nWith a gentle tone, Sejun, like a friendly staff member at a food sampling booth, used the fork to pick up samgyeopsal and handed one to each of the Brown Foxes.

n“Th-thank you.”

n“Thank you for the food…”

nDespite their confusion, the Brown Foxes hurriedly accepted the forks Sejun offered and shoved the food into their mouths.

n‘It’s delicious!’

n‘So tasty!’

nOverwhelmed by the flavor of the greasy, rich meat they hadn’t tasted in so long, the Brown Foxes frantically began devouring the pork belly with both front paws.

nIf they hadn’t eaten at all, it might have been easier to resist. But after one bite, they couldn’t stop.

nThough the samgyeopsal eventually ran out and was replaced by other cuts like pork neck and pork jowl,

nChomp. Chomp.

nThe Brown Foxes were so focused on filling their stomachs that they didn’t even notice the change in the type of meat.

nA little later,

nPiyihihi. Piyo!

nHehe. I’m full!

n“Uhehehe. I’m stuffed.”

n“To think I’d eat meat until I’m full…”

nUren and the Brown foxes, who had depleted Sejun’s pork supply, were patting their stomachs and feeling happy with their fullness, and

nYou have fed 130 Foxes of the Brown Tower to their hearts’ content.

nDue to the effect of , all stats have increased by 26.

nYour soul is filled with satisfaction from the outpouring of praise.

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nMental Strength has increased by 13.

n“Hehehe.”

nSejun, who had traded his meat for stat boosts, was also content.

nAs the meal came to an end,

n“Hehehe, I’m full.”

n“Sena, wasn’t it delicious?”

n“Yes! It was really tasty!”

nSejun struck up a conversation with Sena, who seemed the least guarded.

n“But why didn’t you eat at first?”

nThe Brown Foxes hadn’t used the forks Sejun had provided, instead grabbing the meat with their bare paws, so it clearly wasn’t a problem with the forks.

n“Well… because we’re slaves… If a slave recklessly eats their master’s food, it’s a big problem. Wait! Are you going to punish us because we ate a lot of meat?!”

nSena suddenly asked Sejun in a terrified voice, looking at him with fearful eyes.

n“No! No! Absolutely not! Why would I punish you for eating a lot of meat?!”

nSejun strongly denied her assumption and reassured her.

nThe others around him didn’t seem to mind being slaves, so he hadn’t given it much thought until now…

nWell, the term “slave” does carry a very negative connotation.

nI’ll need to revise the policy a bit.

nDetermined to improve the image of Sejun Company, Sejun decided to change the policy.

nBut where did Theo go?

n“Piyot, can you find Theo for me?”

nPiyo!

nYes!

nSejun sent Piyot to find Theo so they could discuss how to adjust the company policy.

nThen,

nShwik.

nAs Sejun lay down on the bed, waiting,

n‘I shouldn’t fall asleep yet…’

nThere was something he needed to say to Theo…

nI haven’t even taken the medicinal mugwort…

nSnore.

nUnable to resist the pull of sleep, Sejun dozed off.

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nOutskirts of Destruction.

nRumble.

nAs J?rmungandr arrived with the Kraken and Hydra to rescue Leviathan,

nJ?rmungandr~nim, you came! Thanks, guys!

nLeviathan mentally expressed his gratitude to the Apostles of Destruction.

nAt that moment,

n“Oh! Welcome, J?rmungandr! Kraken! Hydra!”

nHalphas greeted the Apostles of Destruction with excitement.

n“Halphas, why did you call us?”

nJ?rmungandr asked Halphas, wondering the reason for the gathering since they had come all this way.

nHowever,

n“Hmm, why did I call them?”

nIn his anger over the Apostles of Destruction not showing up earlier, Halphas had forgotten why he had summoned them.

n“…Then, we’ll be going.”

n“Alright.”

nWith that, J?rmungandr left, taking the snake faction’s Apostles of Destruction with him.

n“What was I trying to do again?”

nHalphas looked around, scratching his head.

n“Ah! Right, I need to destroy the worlds.”

nWith his blood-red eyes glowing even more intensely, Halphas resumed his mission to bring destruction to the world.

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n99th Floor of the Black Tower, at dawn.

nKihihit. Kking!

nHehe. Butler, swallow it!

nThis will make you a little stronger!

nBlackie placed a purified fragment of Violet’s core into Sejun’s mouth and

nThump.

nPressed it down with his front paw.

nSwoosh.

nGulp.

nThe core fragment smoothly slid down Sejun’s throat.

nNormally, mixing two different core fragments would be disastrous, but,

nAbsorb it my core!

nThe core of Fenrir, the noble wolf who hunts gods, had the ability to devour any kind of energy.

nAfter feeding Sejun the core fragment,

nFlop.

nBlackie nestled on Sejun’s chest.

nThump. Thump.

nHehe. Butler’s heart is beating well today too.

nKkirorong.

nListening to Sejun’s heartbeat, Blackie fell back asleep.

nThus, as everyone slept peacefully through the dawn,

n“Hurry, hurry up!”

n“If we don’t sell all the tickets by tomorrow, we’ll be out of time!”

nMason and Jeras were selling the Harvest Festival tickets on every floor using the distribution network of the Wandering Merchant Association.

n“Puhuhut. Sell each ticket for 100 million Tower Coins, meow! And I’ll give Mason 10,000 Tower Coins commsion for each one you sell, meow!”

nAlthough the profit split was 99.99% to 0.01%, the ticket price was so high that the wage was still substantial.

nOn top of that, being able to exclusively sell tickets to the Harvest Festival, where the great Black Dragon was participating, would significantly boost the reputation of the Wandering Merchant Association.

nIt was a highly profitable deal.

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nAnd so, throughout the night, residents who bought the Harvest Festival tickets sold by the Wandering Merchants began climbing the tower to attend the festival.

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n“Alright.”

nSejun woke up from his sleep.

nYou have forcibly consumed a purified fragment of Violet’s core.

nFenrir’s core fragment devours 0.003% of Violet’s power.

n0.002% of power is absorbed into Fenrir’s core fragment.

nFenrir’s power accumulates in your body, reaching 0.0149%.

nWas this Blackie’s doing again?

n“Good job, you little rascal.”

nSejun patted Blackie’s bottom, who was sleeping on his chest.

nThough his chest was wet with drool, Sejun decided to let it go since Blackie had done something commendable.

nKihihit.

nBlackie chuckled in his sleep as Sejun patted him.

nWhile listening to Blackie’s laughter, Sejun checked the next message.

nThe seal of the Earth’s Jewel has been broken.

n…

nCleaning, the God of Cleanliness, teaches you the skill – Maintain Cleanliness Lv. 1 to repay your kindness.

nSejun blinked and reviewed the skill.

n“…Maintain Cleanliness?”

nSejun rubbed his eyes and checked the skill.

nMaintain Cleanliness Lv. 1

n– Cleans the area within a 10cm radius around the hand using the skill.

n“Hm…”

nSo it keeps the area around your hands clean?

nKihi… King…

nSejun picked up Blackie, who was drooling in his sleep on his chest.

n“Maintain Cleanliness.”

nHe used the skill on his drool-soaked shirt.

nIn an instant, the shirt was spotless.

nSniff. Sniff.

nEven Blackie’s faint musky smell was gone.

n“Oh! This is nice! Maintain Cleanliness. Maintain Cleanliness.”

nSejun began using the skill, focusing on the primary sources of dirt—Blackie and Theo.

nWell done, Cleaning~nim. 5 points.

nSejun generously rated the excellent life skill as he even used Maintain Cleanliness to wash his face.

nShwik.

nHe marked the date on the wall and started the 445th day morning.

nAs he stepped outside,

nThey’re here again, huh.

nHe saw temporary structures near the Grape Altar.

nThe Raccoon Tribe, that followed the Harvest Festival and set up markets, had returned.

n“But the scale’s pretty big this time?”

nPreviously, there were only five stalls, but now, at a glance, there were over 20.

nIt was thanks to the increased scale of the harvest festival.

nAs Sejun walked slowly toward the market,

n“Hurry up! Customers will be swarming soon!”

nEmil, the elder of the raccoon tribe, was seen giving instructions to the raccoons.

nAnd then,

nGrrr…

nThe foxes licked their lips as they eyed the Raccoons hungrily.

nThe foxes of the Silver Tower, Red Tower, and Brown Tower had been fed by Sejun, but the rest of the foxes had gone hungry all night and were now starving.

nThis could turn into a problem.

nAs Sejun was thinking about how to handle the situation,

nKueng!

nDad, good morning!

nCuengi, who had enjoyed a great night’s sleep, ran up to Sejun and greeted him happily.

nScurry.

nAt Cuengi’s appearance, the foxes quickly scattered and hid.

nBecause they had seen Bayon being beaten nearly to death by Cuengi yesterday.

nAnd then,

n“Oh! Cuengi~nim, good morning! Did you sleep well?”

nBayon, who had been beaten nearly to death yesterday due to his weak-to-strong and strong-to-weak act, hurried over to Cuengi, trying to act friendly as he greeted him.

nKueng!

nYes! I slept well!

n“Of course! I slept well too! As expected, we red-furred ones have a connection!”

nBayon extended his front paw to Cuengi, waiting for a high-five, but… freёwebnovel.com

nKueng!

nCuengi doesn’t have red fur, it’s crimson fur!

nCuengi ignored him.

n“Absolutely! That’s right! Hah… compared to Cuengi~nim’s splendid and luxurious crimson fur, my fur is just a dull red.”

nHis flattery was quite fluent.

n‘This won’t be good for Cuengi’s education.’

n“Bayon, guard the area around the market.”

nSo Sejun assigned Bayon a task to keep him away from Cuengi.

nAnd then,

n“Vice Chairman Theo.”

n“Meow?!”

n“I think it’s time we clean up Sejun Company’s image. From now on, there will be no more slaves at Sejun Company.”

nSejun shared the new company policy that he had briefly considered the night before.

n“Meow?! Does that mean we have to release all the slaves, meow…?”

nTheo’s face fell at the thought of having to free the slaves they’d worked so hard to capture.

n“No. We just need to call them something different.”

n“Puhuhut. As expected from Chairman Park, meow! Understood, meow! So what will we call the slaves from now on, meow?!”

nTheo, excited by the idea that they wouldn’t actually have to release the slaves, asked in a cheerful voice.

n“From now on, slaves with a fixed term will be called temporary employees, and permanent slaves will be called regular employees.”

n“Puhuhut. As expected, Chairman Park is truly great, meow! ‘Employee’ sounds much better than ‘slave,’ meow!”

n“Hahaha. From now on, call me the Master of Image Makeovers.”

nSejun, pleased with Theo’s words, puffed up with pride.

n“Then, we should change this name too, meow!”

nHel~nim, please change the name of this, meow!

nTheo requested Hel, the God of Merchants, to rename the Five Towers’ Slave Seal.

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