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Chapter 492: Chairman Park, Meow?
Chapter 492: Chairman Park, Meow?
Chapter 492: Chairman Park, Meow?
TL: Hanguk
Seed Shop Headquarters.
“Is this it?”
Dark, the God of Darkness, glanced around and spoke.
His first impression of the Seed Shop Headquarters was…
‘It’s terrible.’
It was utterly disappointing.
The walls were made of mud, and the roof was thatched with grass.
It seemed to be a building crafted by a reasonably skilled artisan, but since the materials were subpar, it couldn’t help but look shabby.
As Dark surveyed the Seed Shop Headquarters with a frown,“Trust-in-Park~ Trust-in-Park~ Oh?! Aren’t you Dark?!”
Pearl, the God of Pearls, was humming to the rhythm of “Trust-in-Park” as she passed by, and then she spotted Dark, looking startled.
“Hey. Good to see you. Where should I stay?”
Dark greeted her coolly and confidently asked where he would be staying.
“Um… you’re staying here?”
Pearl asked, looking at Dark. After all, Dark was a combat god.
“Of course.”
“I see. Follow me.”
As Pearl led the way, Dark quietly followed her.
At that moment,
“…Miracle! Maker! Warrior is! Warrior Park Sejun! Fight with your life on the line!”
The battle song of the combat gods could be heard from beyond the wall.
In response,
“Trust-in-Park…”
“Trust-in-Park…”
The non-combat gods, resisting in their own way, muttered as if they couldn’t bear to lose Sejun.
Am I really in the right place with these guys?
Dark started to have second thoughts about choosing the Seed Shop Headquarters.
***
Silver Tower, 82nd Floor.
[You have acquired 100 slaves.][Due to the effect of <Title: Slave King>, all your stats increase by 1.]
As the number of employees increased after receiving Theo’s stamp, Sejun’s stats also rose.
[Sejun Company employees, feel free to eat as much as you want!]
Following this, Pose granted permission to the residents of the Silver Tower who had become employees.
[You have fed 1,000 people to their heart’s content.][With the effect of <Title: Saint of Feeding>, all your stats increase by 100.]
Once again, his stats surged.
“Hehehe. This is honey.”
Kuehehehe.
Kihihit.
Sejun, holding Cuengi and Blackie in his arms, laughed as he checked the messages.
Nom.
While eating the seedless, plump green grapes made by Phoebe.
“But it’s still not enough.”
Sejun frowned. Although his stats had increased significantly, he still hadn’t received the praises he needed to boost his Mental Strength, one of his goals.
Clang.
“Sejun No.1, deploy.”
Sejun opened his Void Storage and set Sejun No. 1 to start cooking.
“Hap!”
As soon as Sejun No. 1 finished cooking, Sejun imbued the dishes with magic and began mass-producing the meals made by Sejun No. 1.
Then, he ordered Sejun No. 2 through Sejun No. 5 to deliver the dishes.
[Your soul is filled with overflowing praise.][Mental Strength increases by 1.]
[Your soul is filled with overflowing praise.]
[Mental Strength increases by 1.5.]
…
..
.
Soon, the responses started coming in.
“Nice. This is it.”
Hehehe. With this momentum, let’s keep raising my Mental Strength stat!
Sejun’s stats were rapidly increasing.
A short while later…
Stats: Strength (5723/5723) Stamina (6197/6197) Agility (5522/5522) Magic Power (7107/7107) Mental Strength (1501/3000) Divinity (12.3054/100)The growth of his four main stats stopped. This was because they had reached their potential limit.
Even though his number of employees had surpassed 100,000…
“Theo Vice Chairman, let’s stop here for today.”
Since any further stats gained would be wasted, Sejun regretfully stopped recruiting more employees.
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow…”
In response to Sejun’s words, Theo answered in a slightly deflated voice, clinging to Sejun’s lap.
Due to the effect of <Title: Slave Hunter>, Theo’s all stats increased by 1 for each employee.
In short, it meant Theo’s total stats had skyrocketed by more than 400,000 in a short time.
Theo’s stats had risen by about 50% all at once, and he was using all his mental strength just to control that power.
I can’t let Chairman Park get hurt, meow!
It was all to protect Sejun.
That’s why he was so exhausted.
Usually, he would need to step away from Sejun’s side to recover, but…
If I recharge on the great hybrid Chairman Park’s lap, I’ll be fine, meow!
Theo, a devoted fanatic of Sejun’s lap, was invincible as long as he was with it.
And then…
“Puhuhut. I’m recharged meow!”
Theo quickly regained his energy. His recovery mechanism was something no other being could ever understand.
As Theo clung to Sejun’s lap and the employee recruitment came to an end,
“Sejun-nim, we also want to join Sejun Company as employees!”
“Please accept us as employees!”
The residents of the Silver Tower who hadn’t become employees urgently shouted. If Sejun left, they would go hungry again.
The winds had weakened enough that they could try to cultivate something, but they had no seeds to plant. Even if they had seeds, they would need food to survive until the seeds grew enough to be harvested.
“Hm. Pose, give the residents who aren’t employees 3 grapes for every 1000 bunches of grapes they pick.”
[Yes! Understood!]
Thus, Sejun gave the non-employee residents of the Silver Tower simple tasks and solved their food issues.
Pose’s grapes were not only delicious but also had good effects, so he was thinking of selling them to other towers.
And
“Kwin, for now, plant these with the employees to restore the soil’s fertility. The land’s too barren.”
“Yes, thank you!”
Sejun gave Kwin and the employees some Kidney Bean of Soil Fertility to plant.
Once the tasks in the Silver Tower were mostly wrapped up…
Step. Step.
Sejun approached the withered grapevine that had allowed the Silver Tower’s residents to participate in the Harvest Festival.
This was because he still hadn’t completed the Land Deed Quest.
The grapevine was so dried up and twisted that it looked devoid of life.
It’s okay. I’ll heal you soon.
Swish.
Sejun stroked the grapevine while using his skill.
If I heal this vine, I’ll be recognized as the rightful owner of the land, right?
Based on Sejun’s experience completing dozens of Land Deed Quests, he was confident in this.
But…
[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 8 has been activated.][Healing is impossible as there is no life left in the grapevine.]
The grapevine was so close to death that Sejun’s skill couldn’t heal it.
At that moment…
[A quest has appeared.][Quest: The grapevine that has protected the vineyard alone for centuries wishes for a name before it dies. Please give the grapevine a name.]
Reward: Recognition as the rightful owner of the 82nd-floor vineyard in the Silver Tower.
A quest appeared.
“A name…”
The thought of having to name the grapevine that had stood here alone for hundreds of years made Sejun feel heavy-hearted.
Uri. (TL: Meaning “Our” or “We”.)
Hoping that from now on, it wouldn’t be alone, Sejun named it “Uri”.
“Your name is Uri. Uri, thank you for protecting the vineyard all this time.”
As Sejun gave the grapevine its name,
(Thank you.)
The grapevine crumbled away, leaving only the name “Uri” behind before vanishing.
[You have completed the quest.]…
..
.
“……”
Even though the quest was completed, Sejun didn’t feel happy at all.
Sigh.
Feeling down, Sejun let out a sigh as he stood up and gazed at the sky.
Drop.
“Chairman Park, meow?”
“I’m not crying.”
“Really, meow? Then is it raining, meow?”
Theo curiously wondered about the identity of the droplet that fell on his head.
***
[You have arrived at the 99th floor of the Silver Tower.]Sejun arrived on the 99th floor, setting the Dragon Horn’s Return Bracelet to relative coordinates to register the 99th floor waypoint.
“Welcome! Sejun-nim! We’ve been waiting for you!”
[99th Floor Boss of the Silver Tower: Giant Silver Monkey Darius]Darius, the boss of the 99th floor, greeted Sejun with utmost respect.
‘Kaiser-nim said he had already talked with Crisella-nim…’
I’ll have to gift him some Samyangju later.
Sejun felt grateful to Kaiser as he looked at Darius waiting for him, but he was mistaken.
In reality, Crisella had agreed to help Sejun under the condition that Flamie would deliver updates about Stella to her. The reason Kaiser had been able to bring Kwin along was also due to Crisella, the administrator of the Silver Tower, wanting to assist Sejun.
“Yeah. Good to see you, Darius.”
Tap.
After greeting Darius, Sejun placed his hand on the red crystal.
[Congratulations!][You have achieved the feat of clearing the Silver Tower in addition to the Black Tower, White Tower, Green Tower, and Gold Tower.]
[You have obtained the title <The One Who Reached the Summit of Five Towers> as a reward for this achievement.]
[With the effect of <The One Who Reached the Summit of Five Towers>, the waypoints of the 99th floors of the five towers are now linked.]
[With the effect of <The One Who Reached the Summit of Five Towers>, the effect of the <Title: Retrogressor> increases fivefold in conquered towers.]
[With the effect of <The One Who Reached the Summit of Five Towers>, you gain 1 second of invincibility when descending from the tower.]
A series of messages appeared.
The Retrogressor effect multiplied by five and 1 second of invincibility after descending a floor?
“Hehehe.”
Sejun laughed as he read the effects of <The One Who Reached the Summit of Five Towers>.
It would have been perfect if it ended there, but…
[The reputation of Park Sejun of the Black Tower has greatly increased.][The name of Park Sejun of the Black Tower is starting to spread across the Nine Towers.]
[Future rewards for achievements will be reduced.]
More messages followed.
As Sejun’s reputation grew, expectations about his future achievements in the towers naturally increased, leading to a reduction in rewards.
You damn system! Another unfair scheme?!
Of course, Sejun didn’t see it that way.
And then…
“Meow! The great hybrid Chairman Park is being bullied again, meow! I’m going to punish the system, meow!”
I need to raise my impeachment power, meow!
Theo, angered by the system just like Sejun, began thinking of ways to punish it.
While Theo was thinking of how to punish the system,
“I’ll be going now.”
“Goodbye!”
Sejun, receiving Darius’s polite farewell, returned to the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
***
10th Tower Administrator’s Area.
“Patrick-nim! I’ve found both pieces of the door leading to the 10th tower!”
Thud.
Hamer shouted as he put down the huge soul pressing stone he was carrying.
“Who told you to put that down?”
“Pardon?”
“Pick it back up.”
“Ah… Y-yes… Ugh!”
Under Patrick’s cold gaze, Hamer hurriedly lifted the soul pressing stone again.
“Quickly inform Park Sejun of the locations of the two pieces.”
“Yes! Park Sejun…”
Following Patrick’s orders, Hamer quickly informed Sejun of the locations of the two pieces leading to the 10th Tower and issued a quest.
And then…
“Uh… Patrick-nim, can I put this down now?”
Hamer, trying to sneakily put down the soul pressing stone, looked to Patrick for permission.
But…
“No. Keep holding it until Park Sejun finds both pieces.”
Patrick didn’t give him the go-ahead.
“What?!”
Park Sejun! Hurry up! Quick! Quick!
Eager to put down the soul pressing stone, Hamer became anxious and began urging Sejun to hurry.
[Park Sejun, the Black Tower Farmer, has blocked all communication for 3 days.]But Sejun, annoyed by the pressure, had already blocked Hamer’s communication, resulting in the opposite effect.
***
Black Tower, 99th Floor.
“Arrived!”
Sejun cheerfully announced as he arrived home.
“Thankfully, I made it before the Blue Moon starts. Cuengi, can you make some coffee?”
Kueng!
[Got it!]
Slurp.
“Puhuhut.”
Kuehehehe.
Kihihit.
As Sejun and his companions enjoyed coffee under the starlit night sky, waiting for the Blue Moon to rise,
[A quest has been generated.][Quest: Hamer, the God of Farming, informs you about the locations of the two pieces of the door leading to the 10th tower that haven’t been found yet. Find the remaining two door pieces and complete the door leading to the 10th tower.]
Black Tower 59th Floor 0/1
Black Tower 94th Floor 0/1
Reward: None
A quest window appeared before Sejun.
“What’s this?”
There’s no quest reward?!
This was the first time he’d encountered such a quest since Aileen.
“Ah well. I’ll do it later if I feel like it.”
Slurp.
Disappointed, Sejun closed the quest window and continued drinking his coffee.
At that moment,
[Hamer, the God of Farming, urges you to hurry up and complete the quest.][Hamer, the God of Farming, urges you to complete the quest quickly! Quickly!]
Hamer began pestering Sejun to hurry up with the quest.
Even though there’s no reward, now you’re rushing me?
I had a weird feeling about this before…
“Block Hamer-nim.”
As Sejun blocked Hamer,
“Ah… Hello. I’m Uri, the newly appointed God of Loneliness.”
For the first time since the Seed Shop Headquarters was established, a newly born god had appeared.
*****
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