Chapter 70: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (70) / 794 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
[Purple Tower Legendary Merchant, Poison Immunity Master, Choba, has purchased three Sejun Company Bonds (100 billion Tower Coins, 100-year maturity, fixed interest rate of 1%).]
[Silver Tower Legendary Merchant, Black Money, Oba, has purchased three Sejun Company Bonds (500 billion Tower Coins, 100-year maturity, fixed interest rate of 1%).]
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Sejun Company bonds are selling like hotcakes again today.
What should I do……?
Until now, there was hope that interest could be covered using Uren, but Uren had lost his misfortune and also lost the ability to produce gold, and [System Eok-Samchiri] suddenly had no way to prepare the interest payments.
One might say that since Uren is still a sucker, couldn’t the money just be extorted? But if Uren’s wealth when he used to make gold was 100%, his current wealth is about 0.000001%.
Even if Uren inherited all of the Daemon family’s assets, 0.00003% would be the best.
The amount of money that could be squeezed out of Uren had drastically decreased.
And the time remaining until the next interest payment date was 273 days.
The total amount of bonds sold on the first day of issuance was about 300 trillion Tower Coins, and just the interest that needed to be paid exceeded 3 trillion Tower Coins.
However,
[Current Funds Held: 1,000,314 Tower Coins]
The money [System Eok-Samchiri] had was extremely low.
It had extorted a lot from Uren so far, but
Hehehe. For now, let’s use this money to score points with Sejun-nim. I’ll just squeeze Uren for the bond interest again.
It had spent freely, relying solely on Uren, so it had no money left on hand.
“Ah. What should I do?!”
Should I tell Sejun-nim the truth?
Or cover the interest with the money from selling more bonds?
While [System Eok-Samchiri] was agonizing,
“Uhehehe. Home is definitely the best.”
Uren, who had arrived at the Daemon family estate, was enjoying a happy life, eating full meals and sleeping soundly every day.
No random portals to other worlds appeared, nothing fell from the sky, and he didn’t even trip over anything.
For the first time, he was enjoying an extremely peaceful daily life.
After five days of this long peace, Uren suddenly realized,
“But nothing happening is kind of boring.”
It lacked spectacle.
He realized that peace was boring to him.
***
<Earth>
“So you want me to come with you to pick up a capable new employee to plant sweet potatoes?”
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe! Yep! Butler! Let’s hurry!]
Blackie spun around Sejun, urging him.
“Alright.”
It wasn’t just anything, it was about hiring a worker for the sweet potato farm, so he couldn’t refuse.
So he entered the 10th Tower and said,
“Paespaes, open a dimensional gate.”
(Pip-pip. Yes!)
Whoosh.
A dimensional gate to the world called <Golak> opened.
As Sejun crossed through the gate,
[You have arrived in Level 7 World <Golak>.]
A message appeared.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe! Guys, hurry and guide us!]
Excited about hiring a new employee, Blackie barked energetically, urging the Four Heavenly Kings.
“Yes! This way!”
Moelli the Purple Lightning, who knew the location of the White Magma Korin, took the lead and moved swiftly.
Soon after,
“This is the place.”
They arrived in front of a massive temple where the White Magma Korin was sealed.
At that moment,
-You stupid fools! If you were freed, you should have come to find me right away! Hurry and break the seal! Ditto nim is in danger!
A booming voice came from the crystal orb where Korin was sealed.
“What?! Ditto nim?!”
“Got it!”
“Golt, touch quickly!”
Upon hearing that their deity, Ditto, the God of Ruin, was in danger, the three of them hurriedly placed their hands on the crystal orb sealing Korin and infused it with magic power.
And so, released from the seal, a white-haired man appeared.
“Hurry!”
Korin paid no attention to Sejun’s group, hurriedly opened a new dimensional gate, and stepped inside.
“Korin, wait for us!”
The rest of the Four Heavenly Kings also rushed in after him.
“What’s going on?”
“Puhuhut. I don’t know, meow! But it looks like we got one more employee, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng! Kueng!
[Hehehehe. Blackie is lucky! Got two employees at once!]
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. This is the grand plan of Great Blackie! Butler! Let’s go quickly and recruits the newbies!]
“Congrats, oppa Blackie!”
Sejun and his companions congratulated Blackie and crossed through the dimensional gate.
[You have arrived in Level 0 World <Poh>.]
A message appeared before Sejun.
“Level 0 World?”
A Level 0 world meant it was in the process of being extinguished…
And the God of Ruin Ditto was here?
“Ah! So that’s why Uren’s misfortune disappeared!”
“Meow?! Chairman Park, what do you mean, meow?!”
“Hahaha. Let me, the genius, explain. The God of Ruin Ditto had placed a curse on Uren. But as the Level 0 World <Poh> is being extinguished, Ditto, who was sealed in <Poh>, is also disappearing. So the curse on Uren disappeared along with it.”
In response to Theo’s question, Sejun answered with a slightly smug expression, just before Theo started his foot massage.
Hehehe. Finally found the line.
Sejun, pleased.
However.
“Meow?! So that’s what it was?! As expected of Chairman Park, you’re a genius, meow!”
“Fuhut. From now on, call me Genius Chairman Park.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow! But Genius Chairman Park, did you know this, meow?!”
“What?!”
“Puhuhut. Genius Chairman Park’s face is rotting, meow!”
At Theo’s compliment, Sejun’s self-control crumbled, and his face was already reaching the peak of smugness.
“Step on him, everyone, meow!”
Kueng!
Kking!
“Dad, hold still! That way Taecho can step on you!”
As Sejun paid the price for his smugness,
[A quest has occurred.]
[Quest: Please evolve the Level 0 World <Poh> into a Level 1 World and save the God of Ruin Ditto. If the God of Ruin Ditto disappears, the balance of the world will collapse, and the entire world will be extinguished.]
Reward: Peace in <Poh>, 3% Evolution EXP for <Earth (Lv. 6)>, and <Poh> will be incorporated as a satellite world of <Earth>
We found the reason Uren’s misfortune disappeared!
[System Eok-Samchiri] cheered and created the quest.
If Ditto disappears, there’s no way for it to cover the money, and eventually, it would go bankrupt and the world would be destroyed. Even if not, the world would be destroyed someday. So there were no lies in the quest contents.
“Huh?! Guys, wait! A quest popped up! It says to evolve the Level 0 World into a Level 1 World and save Ditto!”
Luckily, Sejun didn’t notice the loophole in the quest because he was being trampled.
“Puhuhut. Then let’s raise the level quickly, meow!”
“Got it. Eok-Samchiri, how much Earth’s evolution EXP is needed to raise Poh’s level to 1?”
[Currently, <Poh (Lv. 0)> has 5.5% Evolution EXP.]
[If <Earth (Lv. 6)> uses 1.4776% of its evolution EXP, it can raise <Poh> to the next level.]
“Great. Evolve it.”
[Yes!]
[Then, I will use 1.4776% of <Earth>’s evolution EXP to raise <Poh>’s level.]
[<Poh> has completed its evolution and has become a Level 1 World.]
As <Poh> became Level 1,
[You have completed the quest.]
[As a reward for completing the quest…]
[As a reward for completing the quest…]
[As a reward for completing the quest, <Poh> has been incorporated as a satellite world of Earth.]
[<Earth> has gained one Level 1 satellite world, and all beings living on <Earth> have had all their stats increased by +10.]
The quest completion message appeared.
“With this, if we raise the world level four more times, Flamie can become a Tree of Creation.”
The Statue of Trials acknowledged this as Flamie’s contribution.
[Yes……]
Thanks to that, Flamie became sullen. Sejun being too competent was also a problem.
““Ditto nim, thank goodness you’re safe!””
Above the place where the God of Ruin Ditto was sealed, the Four Heavenly Kings, who had been at a loss as they watched Ditto fading away, finally sighed in relief.
Ditto had escaped the crisis of disappearance.
At that moment.
Wooong.
A purple energy began to emanate from the place where Ditto was sealed.
“Di… Ditto-nim?!”
“Ditto-nim, it’s me, Heavenly King Forin!”
“Ditto-nim, please spare us!”
“Why are you taking our power…?”
He began to absorb the power of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Though he had avoided the crisis of extinction, his weakened power had not returned.
I need power to get out of here!
Your powers were given by me in the first place. Offer them all! Even your lives!
Ditto tried to take the power of the Four Heavenly Kings who had followed him, just to break free from the seal. It was a cruel price for loyalty.
And then.
Grrrr! Kking?!
[Grrr. How dare you try to kill the employees of the great manager Blackie?!]
An enraged Blackie charged at the purple energy.
Swoosh.
Kkirorong.
Blackie passed out the moment he touched the energy.
At the same time, the purple energy stopped absorbing the powers of the Four Heavenly Kings.
“Ditto-nim was trying to… kill us…?”
“Let’s just get out of here for now…”
“Yeah…”
104.28.193.250
The Four Heavenly Kings left the scene with expressions as if their country had fallen.
***
Mental world of the God of Ruin Ditto.
“How dare you interfere in my work!”
I’ll make you beg me to kill you!
Ditto, enraged by the being who interfered with him, waited for them to enter his mental world.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Heavy footsteps began to echo.
“What… is that?”
He was the God of Ruin. Weak beings would disintegrate and become nourishment just by entering his mental world, and even those who could endure it would shrink in size, none could make such heavy footsteps.
Ditto realized something was wrong.
But it was already too late.
“Grrr. Was it you? Who dared to target the employees of the great manager Blackie?”
“Great manager Blackie-nim, please just observe. Stone Fist Eomdol will take care of this!”
“No! Stone Fist Eomdol-nim stepping in is too good for that bastard! Please leave it to me, the youngest of the Blackie Family, Bell-ringer Kkobangi!”
The twelve Apostles of Destruction and one commander of the Apostles were arguing over who would beat up Ditto.
Gulp.
He was dead.
The God of Ruin Ditto instinctively gulped dryly and stepped back, but this was his own mental world. There was nowhere to run.
“Alright. Let’s see what the youngest can do.”
“Thank you for entrusting me, great Blackie! I will make it very clear what happens when someone touches an employee of the Extreme Flavor Sweet Potato Farm!”
At Blackie’s words, Kkobangi began to sway side to side, moving his massive body.
Jingle. Jingle.
The bell rang just like in the real world, but the atmosphere was completely different, likely due to the murderous glare in Kkobangi’s eyes and his enormous physique.
A moment later.
Pow! Pow! Pow!
Kkobangi began beating Ditto thoroughly.
However.
“Hmph. The youngest still has a long way to go.”
To Blackie’s eyes, it was still lacking. Kkobangi was excellent, but from the perspective of Blackie, who had once held the top Apostle seat, it wasn’t enough.
“Great Blackie-nim, I’m sorry! Hey! Youngest, is that how I taught you?! Don’t just hit randomly, target the painful spots!”
“I will correct myself!”
Kabulto hurried to retrain the youngest.
As the Blackie Family punished Ditto,
“Should I ask Ditto to curse Uren again?”
Sejun fell into deep thought. Uren having misfortune benefited everyone, but it also meant Uren would be unhappy.
“Yeah, let’s not.”
Sejun decided to wish for Uren’s happiness.
However.
[Would you like to escape the dull routine of peaceful daily life? Craving a more spectacular lifestyle?]
[A one-day only, special deal just for customers like you! A choice you won’t regret!]
[Right now, get an Extra-Large Misfortune Curse for only 1 Tower Coin.]
[System Eok-Samchiri], desperate for money, could not afford to wish for Uren’s happiness.
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