TL: Hanguk
20th Floor of the Black Tower.
Hey, youngest. Do you know why I, a lower bone rank, aid to overthrow the bone rank caste system?
Koto, the leader of the Crying Skeleton Gang and the master of the Shoddy Skeleton Castle on the 20th floor, asked the King of Farming.
Chuk.
As he gently placed his right hand on the sword handle.
No I dont know.
How would I know that? The King of Farming shrank his neck, intimidated by Kotos actions.
Honestly, he wasnt curious at all.
He is a priest tasked with following the orders of the Goddess of Abundance, Leah. He didnt have ti to casually join a revolution right now.
Just let go.
The King of Farming swallowed what he really wanted to say. After all, a sword could fly towards his neck if he did.
Of course. Youre the youngest. You wouldnt know.
Then why did you ask when you knew
Listen carefully, youngest.
Koto began to explain with a voice filled with nostalgia.
It was exactly 77 days ago
On the 99th floor of the Black Tower, the Wizard tower opening ceremony was held.
Since Iona, the destructive wizard, invited them, most of the nad monsters in the Black Tower attended.
They couldnt refuse, for fear of what might happen later.
Koto wasnt personally invited, but he attended the ceremony to serve Ker, the ruler of the 93rd floor of the tower, and his son Ber, who were nobles.
And
Thats where I t him
Ordered by higher-ranking skeletons, Koto commanded a common bone to offer bones.
However, during a scuffle, I ended up losing my right arm bone to that common bone, and I was severely beaten with my own arm bone. (TL: If you dont rember the bone caste is like this -> Sacred Bone True Bone Noble Bone Common Bone Mixed Bone and True Bone and above are called nobles)
Later, other noble and higher bones intervened, but they ended up pulverized by a bear following the common bone and are still recovering.
At first, I was angry about being hit by the common bone but seeing other noble and higher bones turned to dust opened my eyes.
Koto said he realized then.
Ah. What does it matter if hes a common bone? If one is strong, thats all that matters Such an outdated bone rank system is unnecessary.
Thus, after returning to the 20th floor, Koto ford the Crying Skeleton Gang and began gathering like-minded comrades.
That common bone was him. He executed the noble and higher bones and then vanished. And this right arm is the glorious arm he swung then. Would you like to touch it?
Clatter.
Koto proudly extended his right arm.
He wanted to say no, but saying no would surely provoke Koto to draw his sword, so the King of Farming rely pretended to touch Kotos right arm.
How is it?
Koto asked with anticipation.
What? What is it?
Doesnt it ignite your passion for overthrowing the bone rank system?
Yes
The safe answer was predetermined.
Thus, the King of Farming learned the story behind the founding of the Crying Skeleton Gang.
Soon, we will attack noble Dors Skeleton Castle on the 76th floor to overthrow the bone rank system.
Koto shared his future ambitions.
At that mont,
Koto~nim, floor-climbers are approaching!
A lookout from the Crying Skeleton Gang reported the approach of hunters.
Great! Lets show the skills of our Crying Skeleton Gang!
Yes!
Clatter. Clatter.
Following the shout, Koto and the other four subordinates collapsed their bodies. They were pretending to be dead.
Clatter. Clatter.
The King of Farming hurriedly followed suit and pretended to be dead as well.
And
Ah. Who beat him up?
He resented the common bone who walked around with a bear, making Koto harbor such odd thoughts of overthrowing the bone rank system.
***
99th Floor of the Black Tower.
[You have harvested 20 Power Sweet Potatoes.]
[Your job experience increases slightly.]
[Your proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 has increased slightly.]
[You have gained 1400 experience points.]
Sejun finished harvesting walnuts and was now harvesting sweet potatoes.
And next to him, Black Rabbit and Cuengi sat on the ground with a thud, wrapping the sweet potatoes Sejun had harvested with leaves and putting them into the campfire.
They were in the process of making more roasted sweet potato snacks as their supply had run out.
Kyihihit. Kking!
Heheh. Im also making the yellow and chewy thing!
To help make roasted sweet potato snacks, Fenrir also pulled on a sweet potato vine planted in the ground with all his might.
However,
Snap.
The vine snapped before the sweet potato could co out, and Fenrir, unable to control his own strength, rolled around for a while.
Kking!
I wont give up!
Fenrir refused to give up. Fenrir rolled on the ground a few more tis.
Kking!
Im good at digging too!
Thinking this wouldnt do, he started digging up sweet potatoes from the ground. His whole body turned completely black from the dirt. A bath was definitely in order.
As everyone was busy with their tasks,
Gurgle.
Kueng!
[Dad, Cuengi is hungry!]
Cuengis stomach clock signaled it was lunchti.
Well have so roasted sweet po
Just as Sejun was about to suggest eating roasted sweet potatoes,
[10 plump drought-inducing waterlons have been stored in the temporary storage of the Blue Tower.]
[The temporary storage of the Blue Tower is full.]
A ssage appeared. It seed that Zelga had harvested the drought-inducing waterlons.
Given that the storage was full with just 10 waterlons, they must be quite heavy.
Waterlons
Transport.
Curious about their taste, Sejun imdiately transported them. Transporting them from the Blue Tower, which was as far as the Green Tower, cost him 8 million Tower Coins.
Shortly after,
Poof.
A bright pillar of light fell in front of Sejun, and ten huge waterlons appeared.
Wow. Theyre really big.
Sejun was startled by the waterlons that were 3 ters in size.
But the surprise was brief.
Crack.
Sejun brought over the Amplifying Greatsword and sliced one of the waterlons in half.
Though the length of the sword was 2m long, the sword energy effectively compensated for the lack of length and cut through the waterlon. It was the effect of Interdiate Swordsmanship Lv. 5.
Then, he cut the half waterlon into smaller, bite-sized pieces. Due to its enormous size, he had to cut it into hundreds of pieces.
Though there was an option that said consuming it would raise all stats by 20, it was far too much for him to eat alone.
He decided to make waterlon punch later, and with that cooking skill will allowed him to gain effects proportionate to the amount eaten, but today he simply enjoyed the natural taste of the waterlon.
Cuengi, eat this.
Sejun gave an uncut half of the waterlon to Cuengi, who could eat a lot.
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Good!]
Crunch. Crunch.
Cuengi happily dug into the waterlon following Sejuns suggestion and went inside the waterlon.
Lets eat too.
Sejun shared the bite-sized waterlon pieces with Black Rabbit and Fenrir.
Ppyak!
[Uncle, its super sweet and refreshing!]
Kking! Kking! Kking!
Sweet! Refreshing! Delicious!
Try so too, Aileen.
Sejun sent a whole waterlon to Aileen and enjoyed the delicious waterlon with his companions.
After filling up their stomachs with waterlon,
Please try this.
He gifted one drought-inducing waterlon each to Kaiser, Ramter, and Tier. It was ant as a suggestion to use these in the future.
-Oh! Is this only for VIPs?
-As expected, Being a VIP sure is nice.
-Hahaha. Poor Kellion.
Kellion was nowhere to be found, so he only gave it to the three of them, but he didnt bother to ntion it.
Ill have to send so through Ajax later.
After giving the dragons the waterlons,
Now. Lets take a bath!
Sejun took his group to the bathhouse.
Black Rabbit, Cuengi, and Fenrir had all eaten waterlons, getting their fur sticky with juice, making it clump together and look ssy.
Kking!
Hey! Look at the majestic swimming of the noble Fenrir!
Thanks to that, they could watch Fenrir dog paddle joyously splashing water everywhere.
***
35th Floor of the Tower.
Theo~nim, we are here.
Uren brought Theo to a tree growing atop a sharp cliff.
Uren, where is the scamr, ow?
Theo looked around and asked.
Ah I dont know where the scamr is, so we ca here. This is the tree I was scamd with.
Uren pointed at the tree and explained.
Still, the fruit tastes quite good. Uhehe.
Despite being scamd out of 300 billion Tower Coins because of the tree, Uren praised the taste of its fruits with a laugh.
It seed like having an ultra-positive mindset might be one of the essential conditions for being a sucker.
Then,
Puhuhut. Uren, thats the spirit, ow! Because the culprit is bound to co back to the cri scene, ow!
Theo, following what he learned from detective Sherlock Sejun, exclaid as he recited this.
So, search the area, ow!
Theo ford round glasses with his front paws and searched the tree, and
Piyo!
[Yes!]
Yes!
Piyot and Uren, taking the lead from Theo, also ford glasses with their wings and hooves to search the tree.
However, Uren hadnt ntioned one thing. It had been about 10 years since he was scamd.
Even if the culprit had co, they would have long gone by now.
So, there was nothing to find by searching the tree.
But,
Puhuhut. Found it, ow!
Theo, luckily, discovered the use of this tree.
Chairman Park will like this, ow!
Theo enthusiastically started collecting the jujubes from the jujube tree into his bundle.
As Theo picked the jujubes, Piyot and Uren also stopped searching and followed Theo in picking them.
While they were all happily picking jujubes from within the tree,
Look! This is the tree that bears gold!
A cunning voice ca from beneath the tree.
A tree that bears gold? This is a jujube tree, ow!
When Theo looked in the direction of the voice, a gray skunk appeared.
Theo~nim, thats the guy who sold this tree!
Seeing the skunk, Uren signaled to Theo with his foot.
10 years. It was the right ti for a scamr who had scamd Uren and disappeared to co out of their hiding to scam once again.
Puhuhut. Just as Sherlock Sejun said, the culprit ca back to the cri scene, ow!
Theo confird once again that Sejuns words were the truth.
Then,
But where is the gold, baa?
A familiar voice was also heard. It was Mimyr, the Legendary rchant Golden Sheep.
Thats because its not yet the season for the gold to bear. Youll have to wait a year.
Is that so? Then lets talk again when the gold grows.
Wait a minute
Although the scamr called out, Mimyr left the cliff without any hesitation, her footsteps sounding in retreat.
As expected, shes not easily fooled. That pig back then paid right away
It seed the scamr knew that fools like Uren, who are easily deceived, are valuable.
As the scamr was acknowledging Urens value,
Kwuik!
Thump!
Uren, who had been hiding in the jujube tree, leaped to the ground.
Found you! Siron! You scamr!
He shouted towards the gray skunk Siron.
Ah? Uren~nim, its good to see you!
Siron, a skilled scamr, was briefly flustered but soon embraced Uren as if truly pleased to see him.
What?! Pleased to see ?! You dare say that after scamming like that?!
Uren pushed Siron away as he yelled.
Ah Im sorry. Actually, I mistakenly sold you another tree at that ti and have been looking for you.
Siron said in an apologetic tone.
Really?
Yes. Instead, Ill give you this tree that bears gold. You must have heard just before, but gold will grow in just one year from now.
Siron spoke as if he was giving Uren the tree, even though Uren had already paid for it.
And,
But I didnt ntion it to Mimyr~nim earlier, but there is a way to make it bear gold tomorrow.
Oh? Really? What is it?
You bury 1 ton of gold in the ground.
He began a new scam.
Puhuhut. Hes good, ow!
Theo cheered for Siron from atop the jujube tree, who was raising his commission.
Swish.
Next to him, Piyot also pulled out a slave contract.
*****
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