Chapter 44: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (44) |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
“So that means it was artificially made? Vice Chairman Theo, get rid of it.”
If it were a natural raincloud, Park Sejun had no intention of interfering. Who knows what kind of butterfly effect could happen on the other side of the planet if he removed the cloud just to stop the rain?
But if it was artificially created, that changed everything.
“Puhuhut. Leave it to me, great hybrid Chairman Park, I, Vice Chairman Theo, will handle it, meow!”
Stepping on the falling rain, Theo dashed up toward the sky as if climbing against a waterfall, and within seconds,
Flash.
Within a 1km radius centered on Theo, the rainclouds instantly disappeared, and sunlight began to shine down on the ground.
The moment the sun came out and Sejun looked down from Namsan at Seoul bathed in sunlight, the scene was truly spectacular, and he couldn’t help but gasp in admiration.
Because of the round hole in the middle of the rainclouds, the surrounding area remained dark while only the sunlit part was illuminated, which made it look even more dramatic.
As the area brightened,
“Wow. The sun’s out!”
“The sun came out!”
“Let’s play tag now!”
The children ran around joyfully, beaming with big smiles. They loved the rain, but they loved the sun just as much.
However,
“Kids, let’s go back.”
It was time to head home.
Unfortunately, now that the sun was out, it became harder to play outside. When the rain stops, many people who couldn’t come out due to the weather would emerge, increasing the chances of accidents with the kids.
“Aileen and Iona, take the kids and go to Mom’s house first and eat some jeon.”
“Okay.”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes.”
Sejun asked Aileen and Iona to escort the kids.
He could have sent Aileen alone, but Iona was needed to make sure Aileen wouldn’t use magic in case of any unexpected situations. Also, the water in the flooded neighborhood had to be drained.
“Wow! We’re gonna eat jeon at Teecher-nim’s mom’s house!”
“Heeheehee. So exciting!”
“Hehehe. It’s made by Taecho’s grandmother, so say thank you to Taecho too! Mom, but what’s jeon?”
The children’s disappointed expressions at having to return home quickly brightened up again when they heard they were going to eat jeon.
Once Aileen and Iona left with the kids,
“Let’s go, guys!”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Kueng!
Kking!
Sejun took Theo and Blackie and climbed onto Cuengi’s back.
Then,
“Let’s begin.”
He started removing the rainclouds.
“Release! Whoosh!”
Sejun released the flames that the Flame Devourer had absorbed so far.
“Meow meow meow! Meow meow meow!”
Theo used his Meow-meow Storm Fist.
Kueng!
Whoosh.
Cuengi followed Sejun and created a massive blaze to remove the rainclouds.
In terms of raincloud removal capacity: Cuengi > Theo >>>>>>> Sejun.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Great Blackie will help too! Go! Mubalchil and Sipdeokgu!]
Mumu!
Hehe!
Following Blackie’s command, Mubalchil and Sipdeokgu also created flames the size of a lighter’s flame to help remove the clouds.
Of course, the amount of rainclouds they could remove with their firepower was so tiny it was barely noticeable.
Haha. I’m at least better than those guys.
Thanks to that, Sejun could maintain his confidence.
While Sejun and his party were quickly clearing the rainclouds over Korea,
“Ice Wall!”
“Dry Wind!”
“Heat Wave!”
The hunters on the ground were also working hard to prevent flooding. People say Earth’s hunters are weak, but within Earth, they are beings beyond human.
No need to worry about that side then.
Thanks to that, Sejun only had to focus on the rainclouds.
After completely removing the rainclouds over Korea, Sejun expanded the area clockwise from Korea as the center and continued removing rainclouds.
And when he reached the skies over Beijing, China,
Gather. Gather.
The rainclouds suddenly gathered and began to transform into human shapes. As many as 500 of them.
The raincloud soldiers immediately launched an attack toward Sejun and his party.
And the best defense is offense.
“Puhuhut. As long as I, Vice Chairman Theo, am here, great hybrid Chairman Park cannot be touched, meow!”
Kueng!
[If you touch Dad, Cuengi will punish you!]
Theo and Cuengi quickly launched attacks on the raincloud soldiers.
Kking!
[Butler! Great Blackie will protect you!]
From inside the sling bag, Blackie boldly barked with only his eyes peeking out.
Hehehe. As expected of Sunfish Park Blackie.
Not reliable at all.
Sejun smiled warmly at such a Blackie. But there was something Sejun didn’t know. Blackie’s words were no bluff.
Hehe. If the butler gets attacked, the great Blackie will pop out! And protect him right away.
Inside the sling bag, Blackie was holding the Core Fragment, ready to absorb its power at any moment. He simply didn’t become stronger because being weak made playing with Sejun more fun.
Hehe. Great Blackie is secretly strong!
Blackie had also gained the same insight as the children through the Snail Groom tale.
While the cloud soldiers, struck by Theo and Cuengi’s attacks, were disappearing,
“Huh?! What’s that?”
Sejun discovered small black orbs floating where the cloud soldiers had vanished.
“Shari, bring those over.”
Ppiyak!
[Yes!]
He ordered Shari to fetch the orbs.
Ppiyak!
[Sejun-nim, here you go!]
[Fragment of a Raincloud Soldier]
They were the fragments left behind after the cloud soldiers had dissipated.
‘Fragment of a Raincloud Soldier?’
When Sejun picked up the orb with his fingers,
[You can absorb the [Fragment of a Raincloud Soldier] to increase proficiency of the Rain Thunder skill.][Would you like to absorb it?]
A message appeared.
So I can level up the Rain Thunder skill?
“Yes. I’ll absorb it.”
As Sejun answered, the Fragment of a Raincloud Soldier turned into black smoke and was sucked into his mouth and nose.
[You have absorbed a [Fragment of a Raincloud Soldier].][Your proficiency of Rain Thunder Lv. 6 has greatly increased.]
[Your proficiency of Rain Thunder Lv. 6 is full and has leveled up.]
At the same time, Sejun’s Rain Thunder skill level increased.
“Oh! Everyone, bring all the orbs!”
Excited after leveling up the Rain Thunder skill, Sejun had the flying members of the Blackie Family collect the Fragments of Raincloud Soldiers.
[You have absorbed a [Fragment of a Raincloud Soldier].][Proficiency of Rain Thunder Lv. 7 has greatly increased.]
…
..
.
His Rain Thunder skill proficiency rose rapidly.
After about an hour, Sejun’s Rain Thunder skill reached level 8.
“Huh? It’s over already?”
“Puhuhut. Looks like it, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. We won!]
There were no Raincloud Soldiers left nearby.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! We won because great Blackie was here!]
Blackie barked loudly, bragging.
“Yeah. Blackie barked really hard.”
Sejun gave a soulless response to Blackie’s words, then said,
“Let’s move again.”
He and his party moved out to find remaining rainclouds.
The nearby rainclouds had disappeared while forming cloud soldiers, so they had to travel quite a bit before spotting more rainclouds.
Gather. Gather.
As Sejun and the others approached, the rainclouds clustered and transformed into Raincloud Soldiers, and the battle resumed.
Thanks to that, Sejun continued absorbing fragments of Raincloud Soldiers.
…..
.
[You have absorbed a [Fragment of a Raincloud Soldier].]
[Your proficiency of Rain Thunder Lv. 9 has greatly increased.]
[Your proficiency of Rain Thunder Lv. 9 is full and has leveled up.]
He mastered the Rain Thunder skill.
[You have mastered the Rain Thunder skill.][As an effect of the Rain Thunder skill, you have gained the ability to control other rainclouds.]
[As an effect of the Rain Thunder skill, you have gained the ability to infuse poison, lightning, and ice attributes into raindrops.]
[As an effect of the Rain Thunder skill, you have gained the ability to absorb other lightning attribute attacks.]
Since the Rain Thunder skill consisted of <Create Raincloud>, <Rainfall>, and <Throw Thunder>, its master effects also came in three.
I can control other rainclouds?
Sejun decided to try the master effect of the Rain Thunder skill that could be immediately used.
“Come here.”
Sejun gave a command to a nearby Raincloud Soldier.
However,
[The Raincloud Soldier resisted.]It failed. Although he could control rainclouds, it didn’t mean they wouldn’t resist.
Is that one too strong?
“Then what about that one? Come here.”
Sejun gestured toward a raincloud that hadn’t transformed into a soldier.
Gather. Gather.
A small piece broke off from a large raincloud, forming to the size of a backpack, and slowly floated toward Sejun.
“Come here.”
Using the same method, Sejun called the surrounding rainclouds toward his location.
“Disappear.”
Sejun reversed-summoned the rainclouds that obeyed his commands. The rainclouds melted away like cotton candy and vanished.
Since the rainclouds were now under Sejun’s control through the Rain Thunder skill, reverse summoning them was also possible.
And then,
[Rainclouds have been stored.]A message appeared in front of Sejun.
“They can be stored too?”
After that, Sejun traveled across Earth, storing every raincloud he saw on sight.
A few hours later,
“Huh? What’s that?”
“Puhuhut. Rainclouds are coming out from there, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Dad, if we close that, it’ll probably be over!]
Sejun and his group could see a massive hole in the sky above the North Atlantic from which rainclouds were pouring out.
The Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction had cried and created a rift connected to another world, and from that rift, the rainclouds were flowing out. The end was finally in sight.
And then,
Kking… kking…
[Butler… the great Blackie is sleepy… Let’s finish quickly and go home…]
Having played hard since morning, Blackie suddenly got tired and began whining.
“Alright.”
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Sejun also wanted to go home just as badly.
“Cuengi, can you close it?”
Kueng! Kueng!
[Ok! Leave it to Cuengi!]
Cuengi enlarged his body through gigantification.
Crunch.
He grabbed the hole with both hands.
Kueng!
And began forcibly closing it.
As Sejun watched Cuengi closing the hole,
“Huh?!”
This energy is?!
Sejun felt a familiar energy lurking beyond the hole.
At that moment,
[You have discovered remnants of destruction.]
A message appeared before Sejun.
“Remnants of destruction?
There’s still Destruction energy left?!”
It was too clear to deny, the vivid red energy of Destruction could be felt.
Though the main body of Destruction was gone, its remnants hadn’t been completely erased.
There were still worlds where the remnants of Destruction remained. Such worlds were still facing the threat of Destruction.
This place has already been destroyed…
As Sejun examined the situation beyond the rift,
Boom!
Cuengi completely closed the hole. At the same time, the world where the Remnant of Destruction existed was extinguished.
They bothered Cuengi and Dad! They deserved punishment!
It was because Cuengi had used a bit of Apocalypse energy to close the hole.
Once the situation ended,
[You have removed all the rainclouds that brought Earth to the brink of Destruction.][As a quest completion reward, the peace of <Earth> has been maintained.]
[As a quest completion reward, the arrival of the Green Tower on Earth has been delayed by 5 days.]
A quest completion message appeared.
Thus, Sejun and his group had once again protected the peace of Earth today.
“Everyone, let’s go home now.”
“Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow!”
Kueng!
At Sejun’s words, Theo and Cuengi replied energetically.
Kkirorong.
Unable to resist his drowsiness any longer, Blackie fell asleep and couldn’t answer.
On the way back home,
Bzz.
Bzz.
Several long text messages arrived from Dong-sik.
To summarize: presidents from various countries had invited Sejun to meals, thanking him for eliminating the rainclouds on Earth.
Since Sejun and his group weren’t the type to hide their actions and had certainly made a show of it, there was no way the other countries wouldn’t have noticed.
“Oh! The U.S. President is even sending a private jet.”
Hehehe. Park Sejun, you’ve made it. The U.S. President is even sending a plane.
After checking the messages, Sejun unknowingly smiled with pride.
If he weren’t so weak, he wouldn’t need a private jet, he could ride on the backs of those world leaders pampering him…
And then.
“Meow?!”
Kueng?!
Kking?!
The moment his party sensed Sejun’s smug expression, they reacted.
“Huh? Guys, we’re in the sky right now.”
Sejun belatedly realized his mistake and tried to stop them.
“Puhuhut. Doesn’t matter, meow! Everyone, step on Chairman Park’s rotten face, meow!”
Kueng!
It was no use.
Kking?!
[Butler’s face is rotten?!]
At the mention of Sejun’s rotten face, even Blackie opened his eyes wide and joined in.
As Sejun was happily stepped on by his companions in the sky above the Pacific Ocean, a giant rainbow appeared across the Pacific.
“Oh. It’s a rainbow.”
“Puhuhut. It has seven colors, meow!”
Kueng!
[So pretty!]
Sejun and his group paused to admire the beautiful seven-colored rainbow.
And then.
“They say there’s treasure at the end of the rainbow.”
“Meow?! Really, meow?! Let’s go find the treasure right now, meow!”
Kueng!
Kking!
At Sejun’s one comment, a new adventure began for his companions.
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