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nTL: Hanguk

nAs midnight approached,

n“Everyone, to your posts!”

nSqueak!

nSqueak!

nSqueak!

nAt Sejun’s command, the rabbits scattered throughout the field.

nThis was because the field had grown too large for Sejun to check the crops imbued with the energy of the Blue Moon alone.

nShortly after,

nRoar!

nAs the Blue Moon rose, the Mother Crimson Giant Bear was the first to be affected and began to get excited.

n“Aileen!”

nAs Sejun hurriedly called for Aileen,

nThe Tower’s Administrator says confidently that you trust them.

nWith Aileen’s message, a black dragon appeared in the sky.

nAnd then,

nRoar-!

nThe roar of the black dragon echoed, and the monsters on the 99th floor of the tower came to their senses.

n“The moon is pretty.”

nToday, there was no need to worry about monsters or the location of crops imbued with the energy of the Blue Moon, so for the first time since he’d been stranded, Sejun was able to enjoy the leisure of watching the Blue Moon in the sky and the black dragon Aileen flying.

nGlup, glup.

nHe even had the luxury of drinking coffee.

n“Stroke me more, meow.”

nTheo was annoying, constantly asking for attention while on his lap. However, thanks to Theo’s warmth and soft fur, he didn’t mind it.

nAfter a while,

nRustle.

nThe crops began to be imbued with the energy of the Bluemoon.

nAnd then,

nSqueak!

nSqueak!

nThe rabbits pointed at the crops that had turned blue and called for Sejun.

n“Alright. Let’s start harvesting.”

nSejun, guided by the rabbits, harvested the crops imbued with the energy of the Bluemoon.

nAnd as he went down to the cave to harvest,

nMaster! I’ve grown!

nFlamie had grown up to Sejun’s waist by absorbing the energy of the Blue Moon.

nFurthermore, the leaves of Flamie, which had turned to white and yellow by using the Flames of Purification and Affinity, had absorbed the energy of the Bluemoon and turned half green.

n“What happened?”

nWhen I received the energy of the Blue Moon, I felt my strength growing!

nThe energy of the Blue Moon caused Flamie to grow and shortened the cooldown time of Flamie’s flame buff.

nAh! Master! I found out the ability of the third leaf!

n“Oh. Really? What’s the ability?”

nWait a moment! Ta-da!

nThe last leaf that was still green turned blue, and the blue flame seeped into Sejun’s body.

nThe Flame of Protection seeps in for 3 hours.

nThe Flame of Protection protects the target.

nA small blue flame floated around Sejun like a will-o’-the-wisp.

n“Is this the Flame of Protection?”

nSejun touched the blue flame, but it wasn’t hot.

nYes! The Flame of Protection will protect you, Master!

n“”Alright. Thanks.”

nSejun praised Flamie while petting its leaves.

nHehehe, it feels good!

nAfter receiving the Flame of Protection buff from Flamie, Sejun continued harvesting the remaining crops imbued with the energy of the Blue Moon.

nAs a result, he was able to harvest 52 magical cherry tomatoes and 2 Stamina Corns from the cornfield that was ready for harvest.

nThe harvested magical cherry tomatoes were shared and eaten with the animals, and Sejun took all the corns as he was low on stamina.

n“Aileen, take the corn.”

nSejun gave one of the two corns to Aileen, who could not eat the crops that increased her magic power for a while for the sake of stabilizing the Dragonheart.

nThe Tower’s Administrator is moved by your thoughtfulness to remember and take care of them.

nAfter sharing the harvested crops,

n“I should eat too.”

nSejun ate the last remaining ten magical cherry tomatoes imbued with Blue Moon’s energy and one corn imbued with Blue Moon’s energy. As a result, his magic power increased by 3 and his stamina by 0.3.

n“Huh? The Blue Moon has ended?”

nBefore they knew it, the blue moonlight had disappeared and the sunlight was shining again on the ground. Thanks to Aileen, they safely got through the ninth Blue Moon.

n“Aileen, thank you.”

nThe Tower’s Administrator says that all you have to do is trust them.

nThere was still some time left until morning, so everyone took a short nap.

nAnd…

nFwoosh.

n“Ah! What the heck, meow?!”

nThe protective blue flame aggressively attacked Theo, who jumped happily onto Sejun’s stomach. It was the flame of protection.

n“Meow?”

nSwoosh.

nThe flame of protection would attack whenever someone tried to get close to Sejun.

n“How dare you try to steal Sejun’s lap, meow?!”

nTheo was furious at the appearance of a new competitor for Sejun’s lap.

n“Meow!”

nFwoosh.

nThe standoff between Theo and the flame of protection continued.

nHowever,

nFwoosh…

nAs time passed, the buff time of the protective flame ended and the blue flame began to fade.

n“Pfuhuhut. It’s my victory, meow!”

nTheo, lifting his chin and tail high, celebrated his victory and stepped on Sejun’s lap. He then climbed up to Sejun’s chest.

nThen,

nTap. Tap.

nTheo gently hit Sejun’s cheek with his front paw a few times.

n“Pfuhuhut. President Park, it’s revenge, meow.”

nIt was Theo’s timid revenge. Having taken his revenge, Theo settled back down on Sejun’s stomach and fell asleep.

nGrrr.

nFortunately, no tree branch scouts disturbed their sleep until morning.

n***

n“Alright!”

nAfter sleeping for four hours, Sejun got up and started his day.

n“President Theo, get off me! You’re making me sweaty!”

n“I don’t want to, meow!”

nSejun, who was harvesting tomatoes, said in annoyance. For some reason, Theo’s obsession with his lap was more intense today.

nHe used to move around from time to time, but today he clung to Sejun’s lap for hours without letting go.

n“Sigh. Then move to the left knee.”

n“Okay, meow!”

nWhen Sejun sighed and proposed a compromise, Theo finally moved to the opposite knee.

nAs Sejun was harvesting tomatoes while carrying Theo,

n“Mr. Sejun, we’re here.”

nElka arrived with five wagons full of Red Locust corpses, accompanied by nine wolves. Elka had been helping with transportation, going back and forth between the 67th floor of the tower with other wolves, until Theo left for trade.

n“You’ve worked hard. Let’s eat first. Cuengi, bring the carts to the front of the house.”

nKrueong!

nAt Sejun’s command, Cuengi increased its size and carried two carts in each hand to the front of the house.

nThen, Sejun scooped out some soup from the 24-hour soup kitchen and served it to the wolves.

n“Thank you, Sejun. we will enjoy the meal!”

nWhile the wolves were having their meal,

n“How’s the 67th floor of the tower lately?”

nSejun asked about the situation on the 67th floor of the tower.

n“Well, lately, the Red Locusts have changed their movement patterns, causing the Lizardmen and the free mercenaries to struggle.”

nThe Red Locusts had been deploying many more troops than before as most of their kind had been killed by sturdy blade onion leaves before they could even fight.

nAnd the Red Locusts covered the Sturdy Blade Onion Leaves with their own corpses. It was a mass battle tactic that the Red Locusts specialized in.

nThis made the Red Locusts unbothered by the sturdy blade onion leaves, and the allied forces of the 67th floor of the tower had to fight a tough battle again.

nDue to this, the demand for sturdy blade onion leaves increased, and recently, the wolves were bringing in Red Locust corpses in carts in the morning and evening, and taking away sturdy blade onion leaves and SeP’s soup, creating a cycle.

n“Here’s the money for selling the sturdy blade onion leaves and SeP’s soup.”

nElka handed Sejun the money. Even when Theo was not trading, Sejun’s account balance was increasing thanks to the wolves. Not having a place to spend the money was the problem, though…

n“You guys aren’t in danger, are you?”

n“You don’t need to worry. So far, the Red Locusts haven’t invaded near the waypoint.”

n“That’s a relief, do you want to have another bowl?”

n“Yes, thank you!”

nAt Sejun’s question, the wolves happily wagged their tails and replied.

nThen,

n“We’ll head back down now.”

n“Alright, take care.”

nAfter eating another bowl of soup, the wolves loaded sturdy blade onion leaves and SeP’s soup into the carts and went back down to the 67th floor of the tower.

n“President Theo, move to the other side.”

n“Okay, meow!”

nAfter seeing off the wolves, Sejun moved Theo to the other knee and went to find Woocheon Sam (1003). He had initially planned to make the Oren and his followers work a little more, but his mind changed.

n***

nThe mud field of the 99th floor of the tower.

nMoooo~

nMoooo~

nThousands of Black Minotaurs were happily singing and scooping mud into brick molds measuring 2m wide, 1m long, and 1m high to make mud bricks.

nThey were excited because if they made just ten of these and brought them to Sejun, they could eat a pile of tasty green onion leaves instead of tasteless mud.

nThese huge mud bricks had been in production for a few days now, meant to build a wall to defend against the attacks of the Corrupted Ents.

nThen,

n“Aaargh!”

n“Ugh!”

nA little further away from the Black Minotaurs, Oren and his followers were busily scooping mud into brick molds.

nTheir once-clean fur was now covered in mud, making them look like beggars. It took all of them sticking together to barely make ten mud bricks a day, so they didn’t even have time to groom themselves.

n“Ugh. How did I end up making bricks…”

nOren whimpered in misery.

nWhen they woke up from their sleep after eating grilled fish sold by the Grey Rabbits to their heart’s content,

n“Huh?”

n“What?!”

nSuddenly, the grey rabbits had disappeared, and instead, terrifying Black Minotaurs started approaching them, giving them orders to work.

nThus, the ten cats became slaves at a mud brick factory.

n“We will go home and bring money! Please let us go!”

nOren and the cats appealed to the Black Minotaurs,

nMoo~

nBut they just responded that it wasn’t within their power.

nAs the cats were barely surviving, making mud bricks, on the third day,

nMoooo~

n“What?! An expert who can appraise items has arrived?!”

nThe cats were thrilled at the thought of escaping this mud brick labor.

nAnd then, Sejun appeared before them.

n“First, bring out the items.”

nSejun stepped forward and spoke.

n“Yes.”

nTruthfully, there was nothing worth looking at, but it was a step to torment them with hope again.

nTrembling.

nThe cats brought out the items from their bags.

n“All these items are trash.”

n“What?!”

nAt Sejun’s casual words, the cats despaired.

n“They’re all worthless. You probably heard they were magic items, didn’t you? You’ve been scammed.”

n‘Pffft. How is it, meow? Do you like the sharp tongue of Sejun? Start wailing!’

nTheo, who was hanging on Sejun’s back and overhearing the conversation, shivered with the pleasure of revenge.

nAnd then,

n“Sniff sniff.”

nAs Theo expected, the cats began to cry.

nBut the revenge was just beginning.

n“You guys probably know this, but according to the contract you signed, you have to make 100,000 mud bricks to pay for the grilled fish. But think about it, how many bricks can you make in a day?”

n“Ten bricks…”

nOren weakly replied.

n“That’s right. So, it will take you at least 10,000 days to make 100,000 bricks. But can you just work without eating anything during that time?”

n“No…”

n“That’s right. So, your debt will increase and you’ll have to make even more bricks. You’ll probably have to keep making bricks here until you die.”

nThe cats’ faces turned pale. If what Sejun said was true, their lives were over here.

n“But I’ll give you an opportunity.”

nSejun held out eight new contracts.

n“An opportunity?!”

n“For 10,000 days, you will work as interns in our farm’s distribution department and repay your debt.”

nThe cats carefully examined the contract. The content was okay. For 10,000 days, they would transport goods as porters and even get one grilled fish every day.

n“We’ll do it.”

nAfraid that this good opportunity would disappear, the cats quickly stamped their paw prints.

n“What…what about me?”

nOren, who had not received a contract, called Sejun in desperation, fearing that he might be left alone.

n“Here.”

nSejun offered Oren a contract. There was an additional clause in Oren’s contract.

nThe representative of the distribution department has the right to take three items of his choice from Oren’s home.

nSejun added this clause, trusting Theo’s golden paw, knowing that Oren’s house was rich.

n“Here you go.”

nOren stamped his paw print on the contract and handed it to Sejun.

nThere were plenty of expensive items in his home. There would be no significant decrease in his family’s wealth just because he gave away three items. If Sejun had asked for a large sum of money, he might have hesitated.

nAs the cats stamped their paw prints and handed over the contracts to Sejun,

n“Interns! Welcome, meow! I’m Theo, the representative of the distribution department, meow!”

nTheo, climbed onto Sejun’s shoulder, crossed his arms and said arrogantly.

n“Huh?! You’re Theo?!”

nOren, surprised to see Theo, pointed at him with his front paw. 𝘪𝘳.𝘤𝑜

n“Intern, don’t you know how to behave in front of the representative, meow?!”

nWhack! Whack! Whack!

nTheo hit Oren with his front paw, getting angry.

n“Interns, follow me, meow! We have a lot of work to do, meow!”

nTheo’s exciting revenge had begun. And Sejun was able to escape from his drooping knees.

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