Combat Shop Headquarters.
“There isn’t a warrior to my liking.”
Thunder, the God of Storms, grumbled as he surveyed the warriors who had entered the tower.
Unlike other gods of war, Thunder, who was especially proud, only sold weapons and skills to warriors he approved of.
A message appeared before Thunder.
They obtained on their own?!
Blackie immediately started laughing.
Sejun also smiled as he continued eating, giving Theo some Churu.
Merchant passage connecting the 70th and 80th floors of the Black Tower.
-I must find Fenrir~nim quickly!
Unlike other Apostles of Destruction, Krueger’s fragment had infiltrated again to inform that the Apostles of Destruction were targeting Fenrir.
But no matter how much he searched the tower, he couldn’t find any clues about Fenrir.
Piyot and Uren, singing happily, passed by Krueger who was disguised as a rock.
The two were tracking down those who had swindled Uren’s money again today.
‘They’re Fenrir~nim’s companions!’
If I follow them, I should be able to meet Fenrir~nim, right?
Krueger, recognizing the two, cautiously tailed them.
‘What’s with that guy?’
Krueger, who was following the two, was greatly surprised by Uren, who seemed to find only places with robbers, traps, and other Apostles of Destruction.
-An incredible talent.
If that guy was thrown into a normal dimension, it seemed he could easily destroy a planet by attracting all sorts of misfortunes without even having to send calamities.
‘Should I recruit him as an Apostle of Destruction?’
Later, Krueger thought to recommend Uren as a candidate for Apostle of Destruction while continuing to follow the two.
Unable to get a rest for a moment, the two disappeared into Jǫrmungandr’s mouth.
-As expected, he’s a talent.
Krueger hid himself and waited for the two to come out.
Seed Shop Headquarters.
“Finally, it’s complete!”
Leah, God of Abundance, cheered as she finished creating the divine relic.
She called the ungrateful believer King of Farming, who hadn’t been praying often lately, and made him go find Sejun to deliver the relic.
Although there were other ways to send the divine relic, Leah deliberately sent the King of Farming to the 99th floor of the tower.
She absolutely didn’t have any ill feelings.
“Hehehe. It’s only through such hardships that faith grows. Indeed, that’s right.”
Well, maybe just a little bit.
Thus, Leah imposed the tremendous ordeal of going to the 99th floor of the tower on the King of Farming.
“Shall I go see Hel after all these years?”
Leah left her quarters and went to a secluded corner of the Seed Shop Headquarters.
In the corner was a small side door. When Leah opened the side door and stepped outside, she saw a splendid building made of gold.
A small, splendid building nestled between the large, magnificent Combat Shop Headquarters and the large, shabby Seed Shop Headquarters.
When Leah opened the door of the building made of gold and went inside,
“Aack! Why do you keep offering money?! Theo, you fool!”
She saw a blonde woman fuming with anger.
“Hel, what’s going on?”
Leah hurriedly asked Hel, recognizing the familiar name.
“Leah? What brings you here? Did you come to borrow some divine power?”
“Hehe. No, we are now earning our own divine power!”
“Really?! Congratulations!”
“But how are you earning it?”
Leah explained the process by which she obtained the divine power.
“What?! That rascal Park Sejun is building temples for you?!”
“Yes. Hel, do you know Park Sejun?”
“Of course I know him! He’s the wicked guy exploiting the naive Theo!”
“What?! Park Sejun is exploiting Theo?!”
“Yeah! Leah, listen to me! That rascal Park Sejun…”
Hel, her face red with anger, started to complain to Leah.
Hel, God of Merchants, cherished talented merchants.
To Hel, Theo was an oddball.
Initially, she thought Theo had no talent, but soon he began making money with remarkable skill.
At first, she found it endearing that Theo, who seemed untalented, grew into an excellent merchant.
However, seeing Theo offering all his earnings to Sejun, a farmer, made her uncomfortable.
She was sure that the rascal Park Sejun was exploiting Theo by sweet-talking him.
Otherwise, it didn’t make sense for a merchant to give all his money away.
Moreover, she became even more enraged seeing him use Theo to exploit Uren and Mimyr, whom she cherished, as subordinates.
Thus, during the Legendary Merchant exam, she even interfered by making them obtain impossible ingredients to prevent further exploitation, but
But Park Sejun, showing off, provided Theo with the necessary ingredients, ultimately making Theo a Legendary Merchant.
He was now extending his evil clutches to other towers and exploiting even more severely.
Hel didn’t like how Sejun was exploiting the Legendary Merchants.
“Hel, you’re misunderstanding. Park Sejun is a kind and capable farmer. And it would be good for you to side with Park Sejun too?”
“What?! Park Sejun, a kind guy?! That can’t be true, but even if it were, I’m the God of Merchants! I have my pride. How can I, the God of Merchants, side with a farmer?!”
“Does pride put food on the table? As the God of Merchants, you should know better. Helping during tough times brings greater rewards. Park Sejun is someone who will become great! He’s still in the baby steps stage! You have to grab to him before he takes off!”
Leah strongly defended Sejun and tried to persuade Hel. If Hel stepped in, it would be a great help to Sejun.
I’ll have to tell Park Sejun later that I persuaded her.
Leah, hoping to receive an even larger temple from Sejun, spoke more fervently.
It seemed Leah’s persuasion was working as Hel began to ponder.
“Yes. Trust me and invest in him a little.”
“Hmm. If Leah is so insistent…maybe I’ll invest a little.”
The god of abundance is the one who governs prosperity. If she was this insistent, it was worth doing.
“A farmer, huh? This should be good.”
Hel took a glass vial containing the Harvest Elixir from the items displayed on the wall.
“Yes! That would be great!”
Leah nodded with a smile.
The Growth Elixir Hel possessed was an item Leah had pawned while borrowing divine power, but had failed to reclaim on time.
The wall was full of items that other gods had put up as collateral and lost for failing to repay divine power.
“Legendary Merchant Theo, receive my item and deliver it to Park Sejun!”
Hel sent 10 drops of the Harvest Elixir to Theo.
“This guy is too shameless.”
Was he really being exploited by Park Sejun?
Hel, who had felt sorry for Theo, began to doubt him.