Chapter 56: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (56) / 780 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
[The evolution of <Earth> has been completed, and it has become a level 6 world.]
[All physical abilities of level 6 residents have increased by 20%, and their potential has increased tenfold.]
[Due to the level increase of their home world, all stats of Tower Farmer Park Sejun from the Black Tower have increased by 10%, and potential has increased by 30%.]
As Earth reached level 6,
“This time for sure, we’re taking over the first-floor market of the Tower!”
“Yeah! We’re now level 6 world Hunters!”
“Black Bear, come out!”
Puh-buh-buk!
“5 minutes?!”
“What?! Why?!”
They were crushed in 5 minutes at level 5, leaving Earth’s Hunters demoralized.
“Oh! I feel powerful!”
“This time, we can do it!”
“Let’s get back to a 10-minute match!”
Energized by their strength, they regained confidence and threw down the gauntlet once again.
But
Puh-buh-buk!
“30 seconds?!”
This time, it ended even faster.
The only difference was.
Huff. Huff.
Black Bear No. 999, who had fought the Hunters, was breathing a bit heavily.
Now this is finally starting to feel like exercise.
Earth’s Hunters had become strong enough to survive light attacks, allowing Black Bear No. 999 to finally fight properly.
“Next.”
Black Bear No. 999 grinned and called out to the next group of Hunters, who were hesitating whether to run or not.
***
[The evolution of <Earth> has been completed, and it has become a level 6 world.]
…
..
“Heh. I’ve gotten stronger.”
But I’m humble, so I don’t act recklessly.
It was wisdom gained through many brushes with death, but Sejun wrapped it up as if it had always been part of his nature, hiding his pride.
But pride, like a cold, cannot be concealed.
“Meow….”
Theo stared closely at Sejun’s face and then
“Puhuhut. The face of the great hybrid Chairman Park has rotted a lot, meow! Everyone, step on Chairman Park’s face, meow!”
He threw himself at Sejun’s face and
“Hey?! Wait! Ugh!”
“Refusal is refused, meow!”
Poke. Poke. Poke.
Sejun was getting poked by Theo’s soft pink jelly paws.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
Kueng!
Kking!
“Dad, Taecho will take care of it!”
The rest of the group joined in and stepped on Sejun’s face.
“As expected, Vice Chairman Theo is diligent. He takes care of our Sejun at least once a week. Fufufu.”
Aileen watched with a content smile.
“Guys, go easy on him.”
“Puhuhut. No can do, meow! It won’t be effective that way, meow!”
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Stay still! Great Blackie is healing you cleanly!]
“Ugh! Hey! Park Blackie! Don’t sit with your butthole on my mouth!”
While Sejun was surrounded by his companions and having his face stepped on,
A midsize car entered Neverland.
When the car stopped,
“President-nim, we’ve arrived.”
Thud.
A man appearing to be in his 40s got out as the driver opened the door for him.
“Wow. This just needs to be completely razed. Hahahaha.”
President of Hanseong Hotel, Han Sang-sik, looked at the heavily destroyed Neverland and Never Water Park and smiled brightly.
Uncle Tae-jun had promised to cover all repair costs and even compensate for the revenue loss while Neverland was under repair.
On top of that, if he padded the construction costs a bit, he could even build a slush fund…
“Gasp! That won’t do.”
Han Sang-sik, who had naturally been planning to create a slush fund, snapped back to his senses in shock.
If Uncle caught him…
If things went badly, he might even get beaten in front of the employees at his age. Might even have a few bones broken…
Chairman of the Korean Awakeners Association, Han Tae-jun’s fiery and tough personality was famous enough for all Koreans to know.
Once, in response to a National Assembly member’s claim that Awakeners should be controlled by the state,
“…You bastard who didn’t even serve in the military! State control?! Wanna die?!”
Han Tae-jun, having lost it, beat the National Assembly member badly enough to put him in the hospital for 10 weeks.
Thanks to Han Tae-jun’s use of force(?), no National Assembly members had messed with Awakeners for a while.
“Hunter Park Sejun is also a citizen of the Republic of Korea. A 90% tax should be imposed on the crops he sells!”
This time, a news panel brought up Sejun, and
“Shut up! Sejun-nim saved Earth, and instead of being grateful, what?! 90% tax?! So what, you evaded 2 billion in taxes?!”
Han Tae-jun exposed the panelist’s criminal acts at the press conference.
However, no one could sue Han Tae-jun. In South Korea, Han Tae-jun’s power was absolute and unchecked.
And that power was something he had built himself.
Han Tae-jun had once been the most likely successor in the heir race of Korea’s top conglomerate, Hanseong Group.
Disgusted by the in-fighting among blood relatives over succession, Han Tae-jun left home, becoming a kite with a severed string.
But that kite rose on its own and soared beyond Hanseong Group.
After awakening, Han Tae-jun believed it was his mission to protect the rights of Korean Awakeners and established the Korean Awakeners Association.
As he nurtured the Korean Awakeners Association, Han Tae-jun’s standing naturally rose to match that of Hanseong Group’s chairman.
Later, with the emergence of Sejun, the Korean Awakeners Association gained more power than even the main Awakener Association in the United States, and now far surpassed Hanseong Group.
At that moment,
“Hm. It’s quite broken.”
“It’s not just broken, it’s basically a ruin.”
Just arriving, Han Tae-jun and Kim Dong-sik got out of the car and were taken aback by the sight the Sejun Family had created.
“Hohoho. We’ll really have to rebuild it from scratch.”
Han Tae-jun had come today to determine how much to compensate his nephew’s company for the damage the Sejun Family had caused to the facilities.
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His talk with Sejun about remodeling was a lie, he hadn’t wanted to make him feel pressured.
“Should I chip in a little?”
Kim Dong-sik, who had come along to assist Han Tae-jun, grinned and asked.
“No need. It’s not even that much.”
Han Tae-jun chuckled in reply.
Though he had always been wealthy due to his chaebol background, the money he earned directly from the Tower and various businesses amounted to about 20% of Hanseong Group’s annual revenue.
While the two were exchanging lighthearted jokes,
“Uncle, hello. I should’ve been here 30 minutes ago waiting, but I had a meeting and couldn’t make it early.”
Han Sang-sik ran up to greet Han Tae-jun.
“It’s fine. Let’s go in.”
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
Han Tae-jun took the lead, with Kim Dong-sik and Han Sang-sik following behind.
A short while later.
They saw the collapsed Ferris wheel.
The fact that it had collapsed wasn’t all that surprising, but
“Huh?! Is this gold?!”
The Ferris wheel and its supporting pillars were glowing golden, which was shocking. Sejun had ordered Uren to transmute them into gold as compensation for the facility destruction.
“Oh?! Master, there’s gold over here too!”
Kim Dong-sik, having discovered the golden glow, shouted from the bumper car area.
A golden Ferris wheel and ten golden bumper cars.
And on top of that.
“Uncle, over here too!”
Ten golden horses on the carousel.
For reference, the golden carousel horses weren’t entirely gold, since Taecho had created them by imitating Uren, but they were still about 50% gold.
Even just the gold here was more than enough to cover repair costs and the losses from the park’s closure.
But that wasn’t all.
“Why is this one intact?”
Between the collapsed slides, Han Tae-jun examined one slide that was completely undamaged.
Then.
[Slide imbued with Enhancement Magic and Acceleration Magic]
Item information appeared. Iona had cast various spells, infusing it with so much magic power that it became an item.
“Acceleration magic?”
Just how fast does it get?
Curious, Han Tae-jun plucked a button from his sleeve and placed it on the slide.
Swish.
With no incline at all, the button zoomed down the slide and then,
Shoosh! Bang!
Shot off, accelerating to 300km/h, and punched straight through a wall.
“Dong-sik.”
“Yes.”
Scrape.
At Han Tae-jun’s order, Kim Dong-sik cut the wall with his sword to inspect it, revealing the intact button embedded about 10cm into the wall. It seemed the enhancement magic also applied to accelerating objects.
“Wow. At this level, it could be used as a weapon.”
Kim Dong-sik was impressed.
“If we turn this into a ride, it’ll be the fastest in the world! Uncle, can I use this?”
Han Sang-sik, a businessman to his core, was thrilled. He could practically smell the money.
“First, get Sejun-nim’s permission.”
“Huh? But everything here belongs to my company.”
“Hohoho. Nephew, are you daring to talk back to me?”
“N-no! Of course not!”
Han Sang-sik vigorously shook his head in response to Han Tae-jun’s words.
“Be careful from now on.”
“Yes, sir!”
From that point on, he followed quietly.
While inspecting Neverland,
“Hm? There’s a deep pit ahead, be careful.”
Han Tae-jun, who was walking in front, stopped and warned Kim Dong-sik and Han Sang-sik.
It was a pit that Taecho had created while practicing swimming and breathing.
“Hm.”
What’s down there?
Han Tae-jun noticed a faint light coming from the bottom of the pit and followed the slope downward.
“Master, I’m coming too!”
Kim Dong-sik also followed Han Tae-jun down.
As the two descended to the bottom, they saw that water from the pool had trickled down and formed a shallow puddle.
And then.
[Lake of Healing]
An item appeared.
No, should this even be called an item? It was the first time the two of them had seen a place on Earth being named by the system like in the Tower.
It was because the power of Taecho had passed through, embedding the power of healing into the ground. Thankfully, it wasn’t a destructive power.
If they had been unlucky, this area could have become uninhabitable for humans.
“Could this be?”
Han Tae-jun scooped some water.
[Advanced Healing Potion.]
A description of the water appeared.
“Master, it’s a healing potion!”
Kim Dong-sik also confirmed it and shouted excitedly. A lake that produces advanced healing potions!
“We’ll need Sejun-nim’s permission for this Lake of Healing too, right?”
“Of course!”
And just like that, Neverland, which had been wrecked by the Sejun Family, became a place of astronomical value.
Years later, it would grow into the most famous amusement park in the world.
Especially iconic were Uren’s golden Ferris wheel and Taecho’s Lake of Healing, visited by injured Hunters for recovery.
However, the most famous spot in the amusement park was somewhere else entirely.
It was the Goddess Descent Zone, where the legendary goddess of Instagram descended.
It was said to be a clearing formed by Aileen when she performed a superhero landing.
***
Ten days later.
Morning at the Kindergarten of Destruction.
“Okay, kids, are you ready to win today?”
“Yes!”
“Pasha! Today’s sports day will be carried by Pangpang!”
“No way! Shoongshoong will carry today’s sports day!”
With the sports day against Hwanggung Kindergarten ahead, Sejun and the kids were full of spirit.
Then.
Ding dong.
The doorbell rang.
Hehehe. Have our prey for victory finally arrived?
“Welcome!”
Clack.
Sejun smiled brightly and hurried to open the door.
But.
“Waaah! Waaah!”
Instead of children from Hwanggung Kindergarten, there was a baby in a basket at the door. Along with a note from the Creator God requesting that this one be named Cervantes.
The Creator God had pulled another bell-and-run.
“Oh, come on! Him again!”
Even Sejun couldn’t keep his language clean anymore.
It was understandable that Sejun was angry, but from the Creator God’s point of view, it was incredibly unfair. Why did a Child of Destruction always end up wherever he went…
“What? Cervantes?”
No chance!
“From now on, you’re not ‘Waaah,’ you’re ‘Aaeeng!’”
“Waaah! Waaah!”
Sejun, in his rebellious mood, named the baby Aaeeng.
“Kids, let’s welcome our new friend! His name is Aaeeng!”
While Sejun brought Aaeeng inside to greet the children,
Ding dong.
The doorbell rang again.
“Yes!”
Sejun rushed out once more and,
Clack.
Opened the door.
But.
“Huh?!”
It still wasn’t the kids from Hwanggung Kindergarten.
“Puhuhut. Tae-jun and Dong-sik, good to see you, meow!”
It was Han Tae-jun and Kim Dong-sik.
“Sejun-nim, greetings. Theo, good to see you too.”
“Hello. Good to see you, Theo.”
“What brings you two here?”
“We wanted to talk about Neverland.”
“Ah.”
Did we break too much?
It looked like they had come to deliver an additional repair bill due to the excessive damage.
“Come on in, for now.”
“Yes.”
“Yup.”
As Sejun led the two inside,
“By the way, did you see any gold around here? I left some… or maybe the gold price dropped and it wasn’t enough?”
Sejun asked while searching the gold market on his smartphone.
“Ah, not at all. We didn’t come to collect repair costs.”
“Huh? Then what?”
“Thanks to you, Sejun-nim, Neverland’s value has skyrocketed. So, as a token of gratitude, we’ve come to give you a share of Neverland, now separated from Hanseong Hotel.”
They could’ve come sooner, but it had taken time to sort out the shares for the company’s separation.
“Shares? How much?”
Hehehe. Am I finally getting shares in a company?
Until now, Sejun had no interest in other companies because he had Sejun Company, but now that they were offering, he was intrigued.
“Roughly 50 percent. To be exact, 50.1 percent.”
“What?!”
That basically means they’re giving me the company?!
Sejun was shocked by Han Tae-jun’s words.
“Meow?! That’s too little, meow! Tae-jun, I’m disappointed, meow! Give more, meow!”
Theo threw a tantrum at Han Tae-jun, demanding a larger share of the company.
*****
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