Chapter 61: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (61)/ 785 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
Forest of Creation.
The World Tree School and the Dimensional Tree School were busy with the birth of fifteen new World Trees and one new Dimensional Tree.
[Hohoho. Newbies, welcome!]
[Huhut. Nice to meet you!]
[We are the Five Elixirs! We’re the senior trees who will relentlessly train you from now on!]
The five Elixirs, who took over disciplinary duties for the World Trees in place of Sausage, who left the World Tree School to become a Dimensional Tree.
Ginseng, He Shou Wu, Extreme Ice Herb, Extreme Flame Herb, and All-Poison Herb welcomed the new World Trees raised by the Children of Destruction.
[Great! Welcome! I am your senior, Sausage-nim, who will train you! Now, begin by taking 100 supplements!]
At the Dimensional Tree School, Sausage gave Sweet Potato Dimensional Tree a warm welcome.
And then,
[Hehe. I’m so happy. With more trees to take supplements, I might be able to go on another trip with Sejun-nim soon.]
Flamie, excited at the thought of going on vacation with Sejun again.
At that moment,
“Now that there’s a new candidate for Tree of Creation, Flamie, you must work even harder.”
The Statue of Trial spoke up.
[Huh? A new candidate for Tree of Creation?]
“Yes. You didn’t know? Podori has finally become a candidate for Tree of Creation and gained the right to take the trial. Hahaha. Two candidates for Tree of Creation being born, what a joyful event.”
While the Statue of Trial rejoiced,
[Podori, why did you hide the fact that you became a candidate for Tree of Creation?]
Flamie went to confront Podori. She was furious that such important news had been kept from her.
If she had known, she would’ve made Podori take the trial one second sooner.
“Uh. How could someone like me possibly become a Tree of Creation…”
Even now it was hard, and the thought of being a Tree of Creation was unbearable!
Podori, flustered by Flamie’s interrogation, quickly made excuses, but they lacked sincerity and clearly showed his reluctance.
[Shut up! Before I burn you down!]
[Yes…]
Which only fueled Flamie’s anger further.
[Hurry up and prepare for the first trial!]
Flamie quickly pushed Podori to prepare for the trial.
[I refuse! I’m now an equal candidate for Tree of Creation like you, Flamie-nim, so stop ordering me around!]
Podori made a desperate final outburst.
Once the trial starts, there’s no turning back. He would have to keep working without rest until he became a Tree of Creation with Flamie’s support.
That would’ve been fine if that were the end.
But it wasn’t the end.
Podori knew. Even if he became a Tree of Creation, he couldn’t surpass Flamie.
Becoming a Tree of Creation only meant more work than now, and an even heavier supplement intake.
Podori absolutely did not want to live like that.
Fwoooosh.
But the moment Flamie created the Primordial Flame that could burn anything,
[Podori, do you want to become ashes?]
[No! I must’ve gone crazy for a moment! I’ll diligently take the trial!]
Podori’s attitude changed 180 degrees in an instant.
Being near his younger sibling, Taecho, Flamie had unknowingly absorbed bits of the “Primordial Power” and gained the ability to wield a faint Primordial Flame.
[Alright. Then pass up to the third trial to become a Tree of Creation within one month.]
[Yes!]
So Podori approached the Statue of Trial to take the first trial.
“Then I shall begin the first trial. Bring me a Magic Power Stream Seed within 10 days.”
[What?!]
How am I supposed to get that?
The moment Podori heard the trial content, he went into panic mode.
Flamie had passed easily thanks to Sejun’s support, but the original difficulty level of the Tree of Creation trials was hell-level.
Podori was normal, and Flamie was abnormal.
‘Hahaha. That’s right. Only when they struggle and ponder like this does setting the trial become enjoyable.’
The Statue of Trial looked on with satisfaction at the panicking Podori, pleased by the normalization of the abnormal.
However,
“Huh? What’s this? You already have it. First trial passed!”
Podori betrayed even the expectations of the Statue of Trial.
[Me?]
Even Podori himself was confused and dumbfounded.
[Huh?]
Why is this in my root?
He discovered a red seed wrapped around his root.
[What are you doing? Hurry and hand over the Magic Power Stream Seed.]
Flamie urged Podori from the side.
Flamie had prepared a Magic Power Stream Seed in advance in case a Dimensional Tree candidate appeared later.
And she quietly placed that seed into Podori’s root.
If Flamie had Sejun’s support, then Podori had Flamie’s top-class support.
[Statue of Trial, let’s start Podori’s second trial right away.]
Flamie urged the Statue of Trial. Though she had told Podori he had a month,
A whole month is too long!
She planned to finish it within two weeks.
“Very well. Then I shall begin the second trial. Grow one thousand World Tre-”
[Podori, follow me! I already found trees that can become World Trees!]
[Ack! Flamie-nim, please go slower! My root is going to tear!]
Before the Statue of Trial could even finish presenting the trial, Flamie dragged Podori by his root and moved.
[It’s this tree! Now. Feed it this and raise it into a World Tree!]
[Yes!]
With Flamie’s guidance and supplements, Podori successfully grew one thousand World Trees in just five days.
And immediately began the third trial to become a Tree of Creation.
The trial was to raise one Dimensional Tree.
[Five Elixirs siblings, from now on you’ll take elixirs. Until when? Until you become Dimensional Trees.]
[Podori-nim, why are you doing this to us?]
[Did we do something wrong?]
[Just eat! I need you to eat so I can survive!]
The senior Five Elixirs of the World Tree School ate the elixirs given by Podori, and seven days later, they all became Dimensional Trees together.
***
<Earth>
“Guys, let’s eat lunch!”
When Sejun, having finished cooking, called his group and the Children of Destruction,
[The Green Tower has been established on Earth.]
A message appeared before Sejun.
‘White Tower, Red Tower, Purple Tower, and now Green Tower. That makes five towers arrived on Earth.’
And Earth’s level was 6.
At level 6, it could accommodate up to eight towers, so there was still plenty of room.
With five towers now present on Earth,
[For the convenience of tower entrants, the identical floors of the Black Tower, White Tower, Red Tower, Purple Tower, and Green Tower will now be interconnected.]
A message appeared before the Hunters stating that the floors of the towers were now linked. One also appeared in front of Sejun.
[You have achieved the great feat of establishing five towers on <Earth>.]
[As a reward for accomplishing the great feat, you have acquired the <Title: One Who Challenges the Summit of Five Towers>.]
[As you already possess the higher title <Title: One Who Has Reached the Summit of All Towers>, the reward will be changed to something else.]
[All stats have increased by 30.]
The details were quite different. Perhaps because the great dragons had followed Sejun to Earth, this too was acknowledged as his achievement.
“Will this be okay?”
Sejun worried about the Hunters on Earth.
The environments and dispositions of the residents of the other towers were very different from those of the Black Tower.
At that moment,
Grrrumble-
A loud sound came from Sejun’s stomach.
Kueng? Kueng!
[Dad, why aren’t you eating? Eat this!]
Cuengi pushed into Sejun’s mouth a piece of garaetteok dipped in honey, which he had prepared for himself.
“Wow. Cuengi giving it to me makes it taste even better?!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Then Cuengi will give you more!]
At Sejun’s words, Cuengi dipped another piece of garaetteok heavily in honey and pushed it into Sejun’s mouth again.
“Puhuhut. Great hybrid Chairman Park shall also eat the grilled fish of me, Vice Chairman Theo!”
Kihihit. Kking!
[Butler! Eat the roasted and dried sweet potato of great Blackie too!]
“Hehe. Daddy, Taecho will give you some corn too!”
The rest of the group also began feeding Sejun.
Well, I’m sure they’ll handle things just fine.
As he chewed the food being stuffed into his mouth, Sejun let go of his worries about the Hunters.
And then.
“Hey! Park Blackie! Why are you giving me something you already chewed?!”
Kking!
[Great Blackie only chewed it twice!]
“That’s exactly the problem, why are you giving me something you already chewed?!”
And once again, he scolded Blackie.
***
Black Tower, 1st floor.
“Huh?! What’s this?”
The Hunters discovered a suddenly appeared transparent barrier. Beyond the transparent barrier, they could see unfamiliar buildings and residents they had never seen before.
“Can we go past this?”
The Hunters carefully passed through the barrier,
[You have arrived on the 1st floor of the White Tower.]
and were transported to the White Tower.
“Oh! We’re in a different tower!”
The Hunters had now gained the ability to move to new locations.
That news quickly spread to Earth as well.
“We’ll take over this zone!”
Several factions that had failed to seize control of the shopping district because of Kueng faction’s youngest, Black Bear No. 999, targeted the shopping districts of other towers.
Of course, those places weren’t easy either. Because Sejun’s crops had spread across all the towers, drastically raising the residents’ overall level.
All Hunters who attempted a challenge failed.
The only fortunate part was that no one lost their lives.
[White Tower 1F Shopping District Manager White Tiger Butterfly: I see people here who look like Sejun-nim. Are they his family?]
[Red Tower 1F Shopping District Manager Red Bear Flower: I see them here too. Can someone please answer quickly? They keep hitting me saying they’ll take over the shopping district, but I don’t feel pain, they just look like they’re struggling.]
[Black Tower 49F Shopping District Manager Kueng Faction’s Youngest, Black Bear No. 999: They’re not Sejun-nim’s family. Just beat them moderately and chase them off. Oh. They’re the same race as Sejun-nim, so don’t kill them. But to avoid killing them, you’ll really have to hold back.]
Thanks to the information that Black Bear No. 999 provided in advance via the full-time employee communication network, things were handled smoothly.
And then.
[Green Tower 1F Shopping District Blacksmith/Green Tower 99F Boss Fire Demon, Agni: Guys, you saw that, right? Just don’t kill them.]
[Green Tower 1F Shopping District Guard/Green Tower 98F Boss Demon Hound, Cerberus: Yes. But I’m worried whether I can properly control my strength.]
[Green Tower 1F Shopping District Healer/Green Tower 97F Boss Saintess of Destruction, Egel: Cerberus-nim, if anything gets chopped off, I can heal it cleanly, so don’t feel too pressured.]
The Hunters who challenged the Green Tower’s 1st floor shopping district returned completely unharmed, unlike with other towers, but none of them ever challenged the Green Tower again.
While major and minor incidents were occurring due to the interconnection of the five towers,
“Well, actually…”
Sejun was facing a massive crisis.
“Haak! Humans are singing the song created by great hybrid Chairman Park without permission! Unforgivable! We must collect the usage fee and stamp them too, meow!”
Kueng! Kueng! Kueng!
[Big bro is right! Cuengi is mad because they sang Dad’s song without permission! Cuengi will punish them!]
Grrrr. Kking! Kking!
[Grrrr. Yeah! Great Blackie will bite too!]
While watching TV for a moment, Sejun saw a singer performing the song he usually claimed to have written himself, which made everyone furious, insisting the singer must pay for singing Sejun’s song without permission.
“Guys, calm down. I gave them permission to use it.”
Sejun tried to defuse the situation with a quick excuse, but
Pang. Pang.
The sound of Cuengi’s Thunderbolt Staff struck Sejun’s conscience.
“Guys, I’m sorry. Actually, it’s not my song….”
In the end, Sejun confessed the truth.
And once Sejun admitted to plagiarism,
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“Puhuhut. So that’s what happened, meow? Then let’s start composing and make them pay for real, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. That sounds fun!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe! Butler! Leave the bell performance to our Kkobangi!]
Jingle!
[I’ll do my best!]
The group encouraged Sejun to make a new song.
“Guys….”
Sejun was deeply touched.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Somehow, great Blackie always felt like it wasn’t your original song! Those guys sing it better than you do anyway!]
“You little-!”
Thanks to Blackie, that touching moment was instantly ruined.
And then.
Kking…
[Buutlllllller… let’s talk about this…]
As punishment for ruining Sejun’s touching moment, Blackie had his cheeks pinched and was left dangling by Sejun.
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