TL: Hanguk
99th Floor of the Black Tower.
“I’ll feed them quickly before Sejun-nim arrives!”
Flamie once again seized the opportunity of Sejun’s absence to visit the 99th floor of the tower.
[Flamie-nim, welco!]
Podori greeted Flamie much more enthusiastically than usual.
[Flamie-nim, hello…!]
Next to Podori was another tree.
[Oh?! Sausage?!]
It was Sausage, who had been caught while attempting to escape from Sejun’s farm.
[Flamie-nim, Sausage tried to escape from Sejun-nim’s farm in secret!]
Podori, who had been waiting for Flamie to arrive, imdiately tattled on Sausage’s misdeed.
[You tried to escape from Sejun-nim’s farm?! Sausage! Is this what I taught you?!]
[I… I’m sorry!]
Flamie exploded in fury and scolded Sausage with fiery reprimands.
And then,
Puhehe. Good.
Watching Sausage getting scolded, Podori was in a great mood.
A little while later.
[There’s no ti! Eat quickly!]
[Yes!]
[Understood!]
After finishing her scolding, Flamie began feeding nutrients to both Podori and Sausage.
If it were any other day, Podori would have complained about feeling full after eating just a little.
It’s more bearable when eating with soone else.
With a companion eating the nutrients alongside him, Podori consud the nutrients without any complaints.
[Nom. Nom.]
Sausage ate well, too.
[Oh! Podori, you’re eating well today!]
Flamie looked on in satisfaction as Podori ate properly without her nagging
Bzzzing.
Suddenly, Flamie felt a strong sense of foreboding.
[Oh?!]
Where is it?!
Flamie quickly sharpened her senses.
Sejun-nim?!
At the end of her heightened senses was Sejun.
Flamie had cast a tree spell on Sejun when they went on vacation so that she would know if he was in danger.
‘Sejun-nim is in danger!’
I won’t let anything that threatens Sejun-nim get away with it!
Flamie hurriedly moved her roots.
***
Outskirts of Destruction.
Bang!
‘Just a little more!’
Bang!
‘Almost there!’
Jǫrmungandr was desperately struggling to break through his barrier and ascend to the next level of power.
Originally, he had planned to break through the barrier in one go, using the trendous power he gained by absorbing the remaining strength of the Hydra and the .
I need to break through this barrier right now!
Unlike his usual lazy appearance, he beca impatient due to the dragons approaching him while frantically shooting breaths toward Destruction.
With his current strength, he wouldn’t lose as easily as before, but the damage was already severe.
And if he were to die…
This ti, Destruction wouldn’t revive him, making it even more critical.
As Jǫrmungandr struggled to break through the barrier with all his might,
Crunch.
‘What the hell is that now?!’
Whoosh.
From afar, a massive tree root slowly approached, burning the Dust of Destruction in its path.
The intense, murderous intent radiating from the root was far more dreadful than that of the dragons and made it clear, it wasn’t on his side.
If that thing arrives, there’s no way I can win!
Jǫrmungandr grew even more desperate.
Please!
With a desperate heart, he pushed his energy harder, attempting to break through the barrier.
Boom!
Boom!
Even with his increased desperation, the wall of the barrier wouldn’t budge.
And then,
…!
There was a different sensation this ti, and Jǫrmungandr felt a faint crack forming in the barrier.
It’s working!
Seeing a glimr of hope, Jǫrmungandr doubled down on his effort to break through the barrier.
BOOM!
Finally, the barrier wall broke apart.
“Kukuku! Finally, I too!”
Crack.
Jǫrmungandr’s eyes glowed red, and his body began to grow rapidly.
Of course, it wasn’t just his body that expanded.
Breaking through the barrier ant transcending his limits.
Having already reached the absolute final stage of his kind, Jǫrmungandr transcended once more, surpassing even the limits of his species.
Crack.
A horn sprouted from Jǫrmungandr’s head.
“I am now Jǫrmungandr, the Greed that Devours the World!”
Having ascended to a higher state, Jǫrmungandr roared as he proclaid his new na.
His overwhelming presence dominated the surroundings.
Wherever Jǫrmungandr’s presence reached, his greed began to sap the strength of those within range.
“Our power is being drained!”
“Retreat!”
The mighty dragons hurriedly withdrew from Jǫrmungandr’s area of influence.
[The enemy will only grow stronger in this state!]
Flamie also quickly withdrew her roots and began encircling Jǫrmungandr with them.
***
Inside Jǫrmungandr’s Stomach.
Sejun, who had been eating als and planting the Destruction Devourer Seeds, noticed a change.
At that mont,
Sssss!
The white snakes that were digestive cells grew horns on their heads and beca stronger.
“ow!”
Of course, they still weren’t a match for Sejun and his group.
[Guard Park Theo has defeated the digestive cells of Jǫrmungandr, the the Greed that Devours the World and 3rd seat of the Apostle of Destruction.]
[You’ve gained 1 million experience points, 50% of the experience points earned by Guard Park Theo.]
“Oh?! Experience points increased!”
While the snakes had grown stronger, the experience points gained from defeating them had doubled.
Hehehe. This is totally sweet.
Sejun smiled contentedly as he observed the increased experience points.
The outside world might have been a hellish battlefield, but inside this hellish stomach, it was a paradise.
Three days passed like this.
Thump! Thump!
The energy of creation overflowed into , strengthening the defensive walls so much that the white snakes could no longer easily breach them.
“Hey everyone, ti to eat!”
“Puhuhut. Good, ow!”
Kueng!
Kking!
“Yes, hyung!”
Thanks to this, Sejun and his group now had the leisure to gather for breakfast, lunch, and dinner together.
Ppuu!
[Sipdeokgu, water!]
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Bebe!
[Sipdeokgu, milk!]
Ppuu!
[Sipdeokgu, refill!]
Of course, the youngest, Sipdeokgu, was kept busy running errands for Mukbupal and Besugu.
A little while later.
After lunch was over
Kueng!
[Dad, here’s your coffee!]
“Yes! Thank you!”
Slurp.
“Ahh.”
Sejun sipped the coffee that Cuengi had prepared for him.
“Puhuhut. Even I, Vice Chairman Theo, also drink coffee, ow! Churu coffee, ow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe, Cuengi drinks Choco Milk Coffee!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Cuengi-hyung, thanks for making Sweet Potato Milk Coffee!]
“Uhehehe. I’ve got Tomato Juice Coffee with honey!”
Following Sejun’s example, the others each grabbed their own version of “coffee” and settled themselves around Sejun.
“Keuow!”
Kue.
Kkii.
“Kyaaa.”
After taking a big sip of their coffee, they all mimicked the sound Sejun made.
They enjoyed their coffee ti together.
Purr.
Gororong.
Kurorong.
Kkirorong.
Arorong.
After taking a nap, Sejun and his group started their afternoon work again.
The afternoon tasks weren’t anything special.
Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax patrolled alongside the Earth Dragons around , defeating white snakes that tried to breach the defensive walls.
[You’re a Field! Lv. 9 has been activated.]
[You’ve planted a Destruction Devourer Seed in the body of Hydra, the Nine-headed snake and 10th seat of the Apostles of Destruction.]
…
..
.
Sejun continued planting seeds.
When he ran out of Destruction Devourer Seeds, he planted other seeds or harvested the fruits from crops he had already planted.
It was almost no different from the life he had back in the Black Tower.
If there was one thing he missed, it was the lack of conversations with Aileen.
“It’s been so long since I last talked to Aileen.”
I really want to talk to her.
As Sejun missed conversations with Aileen,
Since I’m feeling down, I should eat sothing spicy for dinner tonight.
Pluck. Pluck.
He began harvesting well-ripened peppers.
At that mont,
[You have harvested a Cheongyang Chili Pepper of Calmness.]
[You’re a Field! Lv. 9 has been activated, inflicting additional damage.]
[You’re a Field! Lv. 9 has been activated, harvesting the stats of Hydra, the Nine-headed snake and 10th seat of the Apostles of Destruction.]
[Strength 10, Stamina 12, Agility 15, Magic Power 5.]
Stat harvesting was triggered.
Hydra had weakened, so not many stats were harvested.
Thus, Sejun continued harvesting chili peppers.
[You’ve defeated Hydra, the Nine-headed snake and 10th seat of the Apostles of Destruction, who has been weakened and lost his soul.]
[You have gained 430 billion experience points.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have obtained 1 bonus stat point.]
[Strength increases by 30.]
[Strength potential increases by 1%.]
Hydra’s body disappeared as its life force ran out.
And then,
[A job quest has been triggered.]
[Job Quest: Improve the soil quality of 3.3 million square ters of land to the highest grade.]
Land with top-grade soil (0/3,300,000 square ters)
Reward: Level 151 unlocked, 100 billion Tower Coins, All Stats 300
Sejun received a job quest upon reaching level 150.
“This is easy.”
The quest was nothing more than what Sejun did every day while feeding the Earth Dragons, so it wasn’t difficult for him.
Each ti he fed the Earth Dragons, he improved about 660,000 square ters of land to top-grade soil.
As ti passed,
“Puhuhut. Ti to clock out for the day, ow!”
Starting with Theo, Cuengi and Ajax returned to Sejun, clinging to his lap and sides. Together, they had dinner and fell asleep.
Late at night.
(Pip-pip. Good night, everyone!)
Paespaes woke up, ate the fruit lunchbox Sejun had prepared, and flew around ’s skies on patrol to check for any breaches by the white snakes.
(Pip-pip. All clear!)
After completing its patrol,
(Pip-pip!)
Whoosh.
Paespaes quickly flew and created a dinsional gate.
However, since they were inside Jǫrmungandr’s stomach, the dinsional gate attempts kept failing.
(Pip-pip! I won’t give up!)
Sejun-nim wants to see Aileen-nim!
Paespaes refused to give up.
Whoosh.
It kept trying to open the dinsional gate.
(Pip-pip! Success~!)
When a familiar location ca into view, it cheered in excitent!
(Sejun-nim! I did it!)
Paespaes returned through the dinsional gate to and inford Sejun.
“Oh?! It’s ho!”
Sejun led his companions through the dinsional gate and returned to the 99th floor of the Black Tower. Finally, they slept at ho.
***
The next morning.
“Alright.”
When Sejun opened his eyes,
[The Tower’s Administrator asks in a happy voice when you returned]
[The Tower’s Administrator says tearfully that she thought she would never see you again after was eaten by Jǫrmungandr.]
[The Tower’s Administrator…]
[The Tower’s Administrator…]
Aileen, who had been waiting for Sejun to wake up, bombarded him with rapid-fire words.
“Aileen, calm down.”
Sejun soothed Aileen and continued the conversation.
“Really? Jǫrmungandr got stronger?”
So that’s why the digestive cells got stronger too.
[The Tower’s Administrator says that’s right.]
[The Tower’s Administrator says that’s why the grandfathers were making plans to rescue you and Ajax oppa.]
“Ah. Does Kellion-nim know Ajax is back too?”
[The Tower’s Administrator says he doesn’t know yet.]
“Really? Then let him know quickly.”
Given how much Kellion loves his grandson, he must be out of his mind right now.
[The Tower’s Administrator says she will.]
[The Tower’s Administrator says she’ll be back quickly after telling him, so don’t go anywhere.]
“Okay, got it.”
After answering Aileen,
“Hehehe.”
Since Aileen told him not to go anywhere, Sejun stayed in bed, wiggling his toes under the blanket and relaxing.
Ah, this is nice.
In his arms were Theo, Cuengi, the Blackie family, and Ajax, all held tightly.
As Sejun was enjoying his healing morning ti,
-Sejun! Are you hurt anywhere?!
-My grandson! Are you okay?!
-Aigo! Sejun, you’re alive!
-It’s such a relief that both Sejun and Ajax are safe!
The dragons of the Four Dragon Council, inford by Aileen of Sejun and Ajax’s return, stord into Sejun’s bedroom.
The dragons thoroughly inspected Sejun and his companions, checking every corner of their bodies to ensure there were no injuries. Once they confird that nothing was amiss, they hurriedly left.
They needed to inform the other dragons of Sejun and Ajax’s safe return and prepare counterasures against the suddenly strengthened Jǫrmungandr.
After the dragons departed,
Kuooong!
Kueng!
[It’s mom!]
Even Pink-fur ca by to check on the condition of Sejun and Cuengi before leaving.
Once all the parents’ visits were over
“I’m hungry.”
Sejun and his companions ate breakfast.
And then,
“Aileen, we’ll be back.”
“Puhuhut. Aileen noona, we’ll be back, ow!”
[The Tower’s Administrator tells you to be careful.]
With Aileen sending them off, Sejun, his companions, and Paespaes used the dinsional gate to head back to for work.
As Sejun spent fulfilling days in , defeating white snakes to gain experience, farming, and completing quests,
“Why can’t I digest it yet?! I can’t eat anything else because of this!”
Jǫrmungandr had indigestion and couldn’t swallow anything.
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