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nTL: Hanguk

nThwack!

nYou have defeated the large branch scout of the Corrupted Ent.

nYou have gained 500 experience points.

nYou have leveled up.

nYou have gained 1 bonus stat.

n“Phew. Finally, it’s over.”

nSejun defeated the last remaining branch scout and leveled up.

n“Status.”

nSejun increased his magic power with the bonus stat and checked his status for the first time in a while.

nPark Sejun Lv. 25

n→ Talent: Ordinary, Friend of Nature, Landlord

n→ Stats: Strength(15.6), Stamina(16.1), Agility(13), Magic(17.25) .

n→ Job: Tower Farmer(C)

n→ Skills: Seed Sowing Lv. 4, Harvesting Lv. 4, Seed Shop Lv. 2, Seed Harvesting Lv. 2, Beekeeping Lv. 4, Rain Thunder Lv. 1, Cooking Lv. 3

n“Wow…”

nSejun proudly looked at his status. His talents had increased by two and his stats had grown considerably. On top of that, he now had 7 skills.

nSejun was overjoyed to have such an impressive status while possessing the lowest-tier talent, Ordinary.

n“You’ve grown well, Park Sejun.”

nJust as Sejun was praising himself,

nThwack.

n“I also did well, meow!”

nTheo, who had defeated the branch scout, returned to Sejun’s lap, appealing for recognition of his contribution.

n“That’s right. Good job.”

nWhen Sejun stroked Theo’s head,

nLeap.

nWham!

nThis time, the black rabbit jumped onto his shoulder, sticking out its buttocks and asking for praise.

n“That’s right. Black Rabbit, you’ve worked hard too.”

nPat pat.

nJust as Sejun was praising Theo and the black rabbit,

nKrrung!

nFrom far away, Cuengi came running fast. It seemed unfair that only its older brothers were getting praise. Cuengi tried to throw its body at Sejun like its brothers.

nHowever,

n“Cuengi! Stop!”

nSejun hurriedly stopped Cuengi’s charge in order to survive.

nAlthough Cuengi had shrunk its body as it ran, its mass remained the same. The kinetic energy of Cuengi, which is the mass of Cuengi times the square of its speed, was enough to send Sejun to the afterlife.

nWhimper..

nWhen Sejun made it stop, Cuengi started to tear up, looking aggrieved. Daddy’s mean…

n“Cuengi also did well. Let’s eat honey.”

nSejun quickly consoled Cuengi before it started to cry.

nKryng!

nCuengi, whose face brightened up at the mention of honey, enlarged its body.

nAnd then,

n“Huh?”

nIt grabbed Sejun’s arm, put him on its back, and ran to the brick house. That’s because there was honey at Sejun’s house.

nGlug. Glug

nWhen they arrived home, Sejun poured honey into a wooden bowl made exclusively for Cuengi and gave it to him.

nPlop.

nSlurp. Slurp.

nKrrung!

nWhile Cuengi was dipping its front paw in the bowl and licking the honey, saying “Yummy!” repeatedly,

nZzzz.

nSnooze.

nSnooze.

nSejun, Theo, and the black rabbit quickly fell asleep.

nAnd then,

nSnooze.

nAfter finishing all the honey, Cuengi climbed onto Sejun’s chest and fell asleep. That night, Sejun had a nightmare about being buried alive.

n***

n“Wow! We’ve arrived…”

n“Phew. That was tough.”

n“I want to eat something right now…”

nOren and his followers, who hadn’t been able to eat anything while climbing up to the 99th floor of the tower, were looking around for food. However, there was nothing around.

n“Let’s find the Minotaur King first and sell these items.”

nThey can earn money and buy food. Oren shouldered the bag filled with items from outside the tower.

n“It’s this way.”

nOne of his minions checked the map given by Skaram and led the way. Like that, nine cats carrying bags entered the territory of the Black Minotaurs.

nThen

nHmm!

nMinotaur 3008, the youngest of the Black Minotaurs, who had been waiting for the cats at the border of their territory as directed by Minotaur King, spotted the cats and sent a signal.

n***

n“Ugh… What?”

nSejun, who had had a terrible nightmare, woke up, feeling a dull pain in his right leg.

n“Huh? What’s this?”

nSejun looked down as he felt a heavy weight on his right leg.

nDangling.

nTheo was hanging on Sejun’s knee, sleeping.

n“Hey, wake up.”

nAs Sejun shook his knee to wake Theo up,

n“I’m awake, meow.”

nTheo replied with his eyes closed.

nFor now, Sejun went down to the cave with Theo hanging on his leg.

nAs he descended into the cave,

nMaster! Good morning!

nFlamie, which had grown three leaves, cheerfully greeted him in the morning.

n“Right. Good morning.”

nSwoosh.

nSejun replied and added one more line to the wall, completing 8 正 in the fifth row, marking the 240th day. The morning of the 240th day began.

n“The ninth Bluemoon isn’t far away.”

nThe next Bluemoon would occur from midnight on the 242nd day. there are less than 40 hours left. However, Sejun was not overly concerned because of Aileen.

nSejun had suggested to Aileen, who revealed herself during the Bluemoon, to have a meal together in his farm. He intended to pay them back in person.

nHowever,

nThe Tower’s Administrator says that their energy is so strong that if you see them in person, you might faint or even die.

nThe Tower’s Administrator tells you to get stronger quickly.

nAileen, who couldn’t leave the Tower Administrator’s area, lied with good intentions. And Sejun completely eliminated his worries about the Bluemoon with Aileen’s words.

nHis current abilities were not so weak as to faint from the roar of the Crimson Giant Bear mother or Minotaur King.

nBut to faint or even die from a roar… Sejun misunderstood that Aileen was overwhelmingly stronger than other monsters.

nSssaa.

nSejun filled a wooden water jug and gave it to Flamie. He had been taking extra care of Flamie, because he felt sorry for not being able to do so before.

n“Grow big and strong, Flamie.”

nHehehe. Master! Thank you!

nGulp, gulp.

nIn this way, Sejun who watered Flamie, watched the flame produced by Flamie while eating dried sweet potato for breakfast.

nAnd then,

nLick, lick, lick.

nTheo closed his eyes and eagerly savored his treats, only moving his tongue.

nSo while Sejun was zoning out, looking at the flames that Flamie was making,

nMaster! You don’t look so good!

n“Ah. Maybe it’s because I didn’t sleep well, I feel a little sluggish.”

nOh… Master! I’ll make you feel refreshed!

n“Huh?! Refreshed?”

nOne of Flamie’s three leaves turned white and sent a white flame to Sejun’s body.

nSwoosh.

nThe white flame seeped into Sejun’s body without any resistance.

nThe Flame of Purification seeps in for 3 hours.

n“Purifying Flame?”

nThe Flame of Purification burns impurities and improves your body’s condition.

nRumble.

n“What?!”

nSejun started to burn, surrounded by the white flame. But it didn’t hurt or feel hot at all. Instead, the impurities that had accumulated in his body were burning away, making his body feel lighter.

nSnore.

nTheo, who had fallen asleep at some point while eating his treat, didn’t even notice the flames arising around Sejun’s body.

n“Flamie, you’re…incredible?!”

nFlamie. This guy had an amazing ability.

nHehehe. I’m so happy that I could help, you Master!

n“Do you have any other abilities?”

nYes!

nOne of Flamie’s leaves turned yellow and a yellow flame seeped into Sejun’s body.

nThe Flame of Affinity seeps in for 3 hours.

nThe Flame of Purification disappears.

nIt seemed that the flames could not be used concurrently.

nThe Flame of Affinity helps the user control the fire and enhances the power of the fire.

nFlamie had a different flame ability for each leaf.

nThe first leaf had the Purifying Flame, which burns impurities.

nThe second leaf had the Affinity Flame, which helps the user use fire.

nAnd the last, third leaf…

nI’m not sure what the ability of the last leaf is yet.

nThe most recently acquired leaf, Flame didn’t seem to know what its ability was yet.

n“For now, shall we test the Flame of Affinity?”

nSejun wanted to try using the Flame of Affinity. So he decided to go to the western forest, where there were many things to burn. He also thought about burning all the branch scouts so he could sleep soundly at night.

nSo the Western Forest Expedition was formed.

nThe members were Sejun, Theo, Black Rabbit, Cuengi. And their protector, Mother Crimson Giant Bear.

nRoar!

nSejun and the animals, riding on the back of Mother Crimson Giant Bear, arrived at the entrance of the Western Forest in 30 minutes.

n***

nEum-muh!

nEum-muh!

nThe Black Minotaurs surrounded the cats in several layers to prevent them from escaping.

n“Uh… we are wandering merchants who have come to sell rare items from outside the tower to Minotaur King.”

n“Don’t… don’t hurt us!”

n“Please spare us!”

nOren and his followers cried out in fear. They knew in their heads that the Black Minotaurs wouldn’t harm the wandering merchants, but with the Black Minotaurs in front of them, their bodies just started to shudder with fear.

nIt was the natural reaction of the prey in front of the predator. Theo, who boldly caught Woocheon Sam (1003) as a thief and took him to Sejun, was not normal. Although he probably wouldn’t admit it himself.

nEummu!

nBlack Minotaurs surrounded the cats and led them to the Minotaur King.

n“Phew. Thank goodness.”

n“I know, right? I thought we were going to die.”

n“Finally, our hard times are over.”

nThe cats followed the Black Minotaurs with relief, thinking their hard times were over, but their true hardship hadn’t even begun yet.

nIf they knew that meeting the Minotaur King was just the beginning of their hardship, they might have descended the tower right away. But they weren’t that lucky.

n***

nAt the entrance of the western forest, dried branches were spread out like obstacles.

n“Why are there so many branches?”

nAs Sejun stepped forward to cut the branches,

nThud.

nThe mother Crimson Giant Bear blocked Sejon with her giant paw.

nRoar! Roar.

nBe careful! It will attack if you get too close.

n“Does that thing move?”

nRoar.

nYes.

nAs the mother Crimson Giant Bear moved her paw close to the branches,

nSnap.

nSuddenly, the dried branches moved and started to wrap around the paw of the mother Crimson Giant Bear. At the same time, a name that was not visible before appeared.

nDecayed Branch Watchman of the Corrupted Ent

nIt can camouflage…

nThe mother Crimson Giant Bear shook off the Branch Watchmen that had stuck to her paw.

nIn that short period of time, dozens of nearby Branch Watchmen intertwined their bodies with the fur, forcing the mother Crimson Giant Bear to rip out her fur along with them.

n“That’s annoying.”

nThey were not powerful, but they were incredibly annoying monsters.

nClink!

nSejun struck his dagger and hand axe together after examining the Decayed Branch Watchman demonstrated by the mother Crimson Giant Bear.

nAnd when the sparks flew, Sejun used his flame control ability from the Flame of Affinity to amplify the fire.

nA flame the size of a golf ball was created above Sejun’s hand.

n“Burn it.”

nAs Sejun threw the flame towards the Branch Watchmen,

nWhooosh.

nFire started to burn the Branch Watchmen vigorously.

nYou have defeated the Decayed Branch Watchman of the Corrupted Ent.

nYou have gained 10 experience points.

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n..

n.

n“Go.”

nSejun controlled the fire to move deeper into the forest. The fire moved little by little towards the west, following Sejun’s will.

nHowever, the speed of the fire’s movement was extremely slow. At this rate, they wouldn’t even get a glimpse of the inside of the western forest if they burnt it all day.

nThen

nWhooosh.

nThe mother Crimson Giant Bear understood Sejun’s intentions and swung her paw lightly to create wind.

nWhooosh.

nWith the help of the wind, the fire quickly expanded its influence, devouring the Branch Watchmen.

nThe Branch Watchmen didn’t react to the fire and just burned to death. Thanks to that, a massive fire completely covered the outskirts of the western forest and Sejun leveled up twice.

nAnd as he chose magic power as the bonus stat, controlling the fire became easier. It was an extremely comfortable hunt where he didn’t have to lift a finger.

nRoar.

nSqueak

nGrrr.

nSoon, Theo, Black Rabbit, and Cuengi, who came with them, were comfortably sleeping on the back of the mother Crimson Giant Bear.

nAfter a while since they started burning the western forest,

nHsssss.

nFog began to spread from within the western forest.

nFssssh.

nThe fire, upon encountering the fog, quickly lost its strength and went out. It seemed it was not ordinary fog.

nThen

nThe Flame of Affinity is disappearing.

nThe Flame of Affinity that he received from the Flamie, disappeared after 3 hours.

n“Guys, let’s get out of here!”

nSejun climbed on the back of the mother Crimson Giant Bear and boldly fled.

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nTL Note:

nTerm Change

nMediocre All-Rounder (used in chapter 6) -> Ordinary

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