4th floor of the Black Tower.
“Hello. By the orders of Theo~nim…”
When the slaves sent by Theo arrived at the grape farm,
“Welcome, newbies! I am Koto, the instructor! Down with the bone caste system!”
Senior slave Koto greeted the new slaves.
After a brief training to help the slaves adapt to the grape farm, they would be sent out to fight against the Flesh Eaters.
The new slaves were confused by Koto’s final shout. What was that about?
“Most of them are less than 0.01%.”
After checking the power contained in the core fragments, Sejun carefully hid them in the Void Storage.
Then, he had a pleasant meal while chatting with his group.
‘Butler, I’m so full…’
Fenrir, who had eaten a lot of corn cheese and had a bulging belly, lay down in front of Sejun and asked for help.
Sejun helped Fenrir digest by rubbing his belly.
A little while later,
Fenrir, who was being petted by Sejun, fell asleep.
“Hehehe. I made him sleep.”
Sejun laid Fenrir on the bed and went out, burying the Fenrir’s Core Fragments that Iona had brought in the field.
[All stats increase by 20.]
[Your lifespan increases by 3 months.]
[You have consumed a bitter medicinal herb.]
[The Talent: A Medicine That’s Bitter is Good for Stamina is activated.]
[Stamina increases by 9.]
“Ugh. I still can’t get used to this…”
He passed out after eating the Medicinal Mugwort.
On the 395th day of Sejun’s stay in the tower, which could have been a big problem because of Battler, he safely passed the day thanks to Theo.
Austin, the capital of Texas, USA.
– Citizens are advised to follow the soldiers’ instructions to evacuate the city.
The roads were completely jammed with vehicles fleeing Austin to escape the approaching Flesh Eaters.
While Austin’s roads were paralyzed with refugees,
“Check if there are any gaps!”
Three hundred hunters urgently dispatched from nearby cities prepared to fight the Flesh Eaters at Austin’s perimeter.
They created sturdy barricades by lying cars down and stacking them several layers thick where there were solid walls.
Their plan was to hold the line for about three days to give the refugees time to escape the city.
As they were checking their positions and waiting for the enemy,
The Flesh Eaters began to appear.
After about 10 minutes, the Flesh Eaters reached the hunters’ barricades.
The Flesh Eaters were naturally blocked by the barricades and couldn’t advance.
“Attack! Those things have high resistance to fire magic, so magicians, use wind magic!”
“Do not overexert yourselves! We just need to buy time!”
Hunters armed with swords and spears climbed onto the barricades to lure the Flesh Eaters away from other areas.
Hunters using bows or magic attacked from tall buildings, occasionally dealing with those that tried to bypass the barricades.
The ground in front of the barricades was stained red with the fluids from the slain Flesh Eaters.
“Soren, at this rate, we could hold out for a week!”
A hunter, who had precisely shot a stalk connecting a Flesh Eater’s head to its body, separating them, spoke to his colleague.
“Right. Maybe evacuating the people was unnece…”
The fluids from the dead Flesh Eaters in front of the barricades suddenly started to gather.
With the accumulation of the Flesh Eaters’ corpses, Halphas had sent additional calamities.
The mass soon transformed into a giant leech.
“What?! A leech! Ret…”
Before Soren could warn the hunters guarding the barricades, the giant leech attacked the barricade.
Hunters were swallowed by the giant leech, drained of their blood, and turned into mummies in an instant.
“Without grapes… Retreat.”
The hunters hurriedly got into the cars they had prepared and abandoned their position.
A giant leech emerged from beneath the ground, swallowing the car. There wasn’t just one giant leech.
Thus, the Flesh Eaters and giant leeches entered Austin together.
And there were still 2 million citizens in Austin who hadn’t evacuated.
Black Tower, 99th Floor.
As the night deepened,
(Pip-pip! Good evening, everyone!)
The golden bat, Paespaes, started its activities.
As soon as Paespaes woke up,
It went to the kitchen and began eating the fruit Sejun had prepared.
(Pip-pip! The grapes are so delicious!)
After finishing its meal, Paespaes stirred the still-cooking soup on behalf of Sejun,
“Hello, I’m Paespaes. Nice to meet you.”
and greeted the sausage tree that hadn’t even sprouted yet.
Then, it headed to the eastern cave for training. As usual, it was to practice the skills of its seniors.
Today, it was having quite a tough time.
(Pip-pip… Brother Cuengi’s new technique is difficult…)
It was due to Cuengi’s new technique, Cuengi’s Step Punch. No matter how much it practiced, accurately hitting a distant target was challenging.
(Pip-pip! But I won’t give up!)
With a determined shout, Paespaes started its training from step one.
(Pip-pip. I succeeded up to 1,200 steps!)
Paespaes, who had completed the Paespaes One Thousand Two Hundred Step Punch, flew home with a satisfied face.
[Paespaes, are you fully charged?]
Flamie had come looking for Paespaes as the situation on Earth had become urgent. Although Flamie could go herself, the enemy was too small in size.
(No. But how far is the distance?)
[Distance? Roughly 12,000 km?]
(Pip-pip. Then I think I can do it.)
(Pip-pip. I just practiced a new technique!)
Paespaes’ step was quite different from Cuengi’s.