“Hehehe. Everyone, let’s eat now.”
As the coconut crab dishes were completed, Sejun called his companions.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, is my grilled fish ready too, meow?”
“Of course, it’s done. That’s why I called.”
When Sejun placed a plate of perfectly golden-brown grilled fish in front of Theo,
“Puhuhut. Excellent, meow!”
Theo grinned widely as he looked at the grilled fish.
Sejun then continued placing plates of steamed coconut crab and butter-grilled coconut crab in front of the others,
Theo and Cuengi also settled down on Sejun’s lap and by his side to sleep.
Piyot and Uren found spots to sleep on Theo’s right and left.
“Moohehe. This is a delicacy, too.”
Only Poyo stayed awake, licking the misery off the discarded coconut crab shells while ensuring the campfire didn’t go out.
A beautiful sky, layered with shades of blue and pink.
Countless shooting stars fell from the sky, and as they touched the ground, they transformed into majestic dragons and gods who roamed the earth.
As Sejun’s gaze followed the shooting stars to the ground,
he saw vast golden fields stretching endlessly, colorful farmland planted with a variety of crops,
a blue river cutting through the farm, a small hut beside the river, and the farm members huddled together playing joyfully.
“This is my mental world.”
Sejun realized this was his own mental world.
Since he had visited a few times before, he recognized it immediately.
Ah. Blackie fed me his core.
“That rascal, Blackie! He should’ve told me it’d hurt before making me eat it!”
As Sejun recalled the situation before he passed out and felt indignant toward Blackie,
-Sejun, you’ve grown a little stronger.
Once again, the brightly glowing being appeared before Sejun, speaking in a warm voice.
Unlike before, when it appeared as a simple round sun, this time its silhouette faintly resembled a figure with arms and legs.
“Are you perhaps… that person from before?”
Sejun asked, looking at the light.
When the Creator God answered in a kind voice,
“Hello. But why are you here…?”
Sejun asked cautiously, his tone laced with a hint of wariness.
After all, last time they clearly tried to give him work and ended up getting angry by themselves at the end.
“As I said before, I’m not going to work hard.”
Before the Creator God could even start speaking, Sejun preemptively cut him off.
-Yes, Sejun. Just keep doing exactly as you are now. And take this.
The Creator God sent a glowing blue orb of light toward Sejun.
The orb of light was absorbed into Sejun’s body.
[All stats have increased by 1000.]
[Job Skill: Transplanting Lv. 5 has been acquired.]
A series of messages appeared before Sejun.
Because Sejun had grown slightly stronger, the skill was granted at level 5 from the start.
The expression on Sejun’s face, after receiving the gift, was far from pleased.
“Keep doing exactly as I am now?! Does that mean you have no expectations for me at all?”
Sejun was upset because the Creator God had said, “Just like now”, implying no particular hope for his improvement.
“I can do even better! Why are you looking down on me?!”
-No, I didn’t mean it like that…
What is with this contrarian brat? He didn’t want to work hard when I told him to, so I said he could just stay as he is, and now he’s mad? What do you even want?!
The Creator God was flustered.
-Ahem. Well then, see you next time!
Sensing that he might lose his temper if he stayed any longer, the Creator God quickly vanished.
Determined to come better prepared to deal with Sejun the next time.
As the radiant figure, the Creator God, disappeared,
“Hmph! So you have zero expectations of me, huh? Just wait and see! I’ll show you the untapped potential od the unscratched lottery ticket Park Sejun!”
Fueled by his wounded pride, Sejun burned with motivation all by himself.
Wiggling his toes, he enjoyed the cozy warmth of his companion blanket before checking out the power and skill he had gained yesterday.
→ This is a core that Blackie and his seven subordinates painstakingly designed over a long time for Black Tower’s Tower Farmer Park Sejun.
→ To ensure the body could handle it, the powerful core was split into two parts.
→ All options are applied at 2x the effect.
The options remained the same, but with two cores now, all option effects were doubled.
An extraordinary growth.
Sejun became furious at the words nestled between the options.
“Blackie, you little rascal!”
Sejun grabbed the cheek of the soundly sleeping Blackie and pulled on it, venting his anger, before checking the Transplanting skill he had received in his unconscious state.
→ You can carefully uproot crops without damaging their roots.
→ Even if crops are uprooted from the ground, their state will remain stable for 5 hours.
For Sejun, who had already been planning to visit Simon Village, where Olivo was, to dig up a few cinnamon trees and bring them back, it was the perfect skill.
Come to think of it, they looked down on me!
Seeing the skill reminded Sejun of how he had been looked down upon in his unconscious state.
“Alright, everyone, wake up!”
Sejun hurriedly woke up his companions and had breakfast with them.
After finishing breakfast,
Hehehe. Keep your chest warm and your head cool.
Leaning back leisurely, Sejun sipped the hot coffee Cuengi had brewed for him.
The thought of proving himself to the being who had looked down on him had long since vanished.
Why is an unscratched lottery ticket an unscratched lottery ticket?
Because it hasn’t been scratched.
With that, Sejun and his companions leisurely enjoyed their post-meal coffee time.
“Alright, let’s head out now.”
They moved to the waypoint.
When Sejun and his companions arrived at the waypoint,
“Who are you to dare hold your head high in the presence of Lord Haeta, son of Haerova?!”
The boss of the 63rd floor of the Black Tower, who was guarding the waypoint, picked a fight with them.
[Black Tower 63rd Floor Boss: Stone Lizardman Haeta]
The Stone Lizardman, with gray stone scales instead of green ones, was a rare and powerful type among the Lizardmen.
“Don’t you dare disrespect our great Hybrid Chairman Park, meow!”
The moment Haeta picked a fight with Sejun, Theo’s front paw flew straight to the back of his head without hesitation.
A stamp was pressed onto his forehead.
While Theo was busy making Haeta a permanent employee of Sejun Company,
Sejun placed his hand on the red crystal and saved the waypoint.
Sejun appeared in Simon Village, where Olivo resided.
Meanwhile, at the outskirts of Destruction,
Four black fingers forcibly pried open the Black Moon, and crimson eyes peered outside.
“Where have all the Apostles of Destruction disappeared to?!”
A furious Destruction roared.