Episode 204 picking barnacles
Episode 204 picking barnacles
“Theo, just trust me!”
If it’s for Theo! Kona jumped onto the lake turtle’s back with a solemn expression.
Eight arms.
with a splash.
Kona dived into the water, fluttering her short limbs in the air and extending the distance as much as possible. I swam hard and climbed onto the back of the lake turtle.
“Is this the shell of a lake turtle?”
Kona said, looking at the lake turtle’s red back. The shell was filled with crater-like holes. Sizes ranged from small to huge.
I guess I’ll have to refine it first to find out, but it looks solid and seems like a good material to make equipment.
At that time,
it was crazy.
Kueng?
[Kona came to get this too?]
Kuengi, who had already settled down on the lake turtle’s back, spoke up. Kueng was tearing off the shell of a lake turtle and putting it into his snack bag.
“yes!”
Kona, thinking that Kueng had also come to dig up the lake turtle’s shell, responded and started digging out the lake turtle’s shell with a pickaxe.
Kang! Kang!
When Kona used a pickaxe for 10 minutes to dig up a lake turtle’s shell,
“Peng?”
A real shell made of smooth material appeared underneath.
“Then what is this?”
When Kona is embarrassed when she looks at the stone she dug up,
pwaaan!
[My back feels refreshed!]
The lake turtle made a pleasant cry.
“etc? uh?! Hey guys what are you doing there?”
Sejun, who was making ice for the lake turtle, looked at Kuengi and Kona on the lake turtle’s back and asked.
Kueng!
[Dad, Kuengi dug oysters!]
In response to Sejun’s question, Kuengi held the oysters he dug from the back of a lake turtle in both hands and waved them, boasting to Sejun.
“cave?!”
At first glance, it wasn’t an oyster, but from Kueng’s knowledge, the closest thing to it was an oyster.
“wait for a sec. “Ice Cube.”
In order to explain things properly to Kueng, Sejun made a bridge out of ice and moved to the lake turtle’s back to look at the things on the shell.
“This is a barnacle. “You said you were hot because of this.”
Sejun said while touching the red barnacle. When you touch the outer shell of a barnacle, you can feel a slight heat. The area that touches the lake turtle’s back will be hotter.
At that time,
[We found out why the lake turtle can’t sleep.]
[Quest is renewed.]
[Quest: Remove all the barnacles living on the lake turtle’s body!]
Reward: 130,000 experience points, 13,000 Top Coins for 100 years Afterwards, the quest for lake turtles, an endangered species to thrive,
was renewed and the reward increased slightly.
“good.”
A quest that even motivates Sejun, who works hard to pick barnacles and think about how to eat them to make them delicious.
“Kueng, this is a barnacle.”
Sejun told Kueng the name of the creature on the lake turtle’s back.
Kueng?! Kueng?
[It’s not an oyster?! So that means I can’t eat it?]
Kueng is shocked by Sejun’s words. I became depressed at the thought of not being able to eat delicious food.
“no. You can eat this too. And it’s very delicious.”
Kueng?!
[Is it true?!]
“Yes. So, let’s work hard to win!”
Kueng! Kueng!
[I understand! Kueng will win the most!]
“Fuhuhuhu. As long as Vice President Dragonclaw Te is there, nothing like that will happen!”
That’s how the barnacle picking competition began. Sejun did not stop them this time. Since it wasn’t causing any harm to those around it, there was no reason to stop it.
“Call me Kona and the other penguins.”
“yes!”
Sejun even brought in penguins to pick the barnacles on the turtle’s back.
***
“Just try to get caught!”
Eileen was searching around with her crystal ball to find the Three Heads Society.
[A being with the energy of destruction has invaded the Black Tower.]
“Huh? “Aura of destruction?”
The alarm that appeared to Eileen. Eileen immediately checked where the alarm went off and was able to find Mr. One, the boss of the Three Heads Society, with the number 1 written on his mask on the first floor of the tower.
“This is the guy who messed with our Sejun’s family. “Go to the foggy area on the 59th floor of Iona Tower, and there is the Triumvirate’s hideout.”
Eileen kept an eye on Mr. One, whom she found by chance, and had Iona take care of the hideout that Mr. One passed by.
And, befitting her name as a wizard of great destruction, Iona completely erased the existence of the Triumvirate’s hideout from the tower along with its members.
Eileen was watching Mr. One like that. When Mr. One entered the cave on the 47th floor of the tower and did not move,
he said, “North cave on the 47th floor of the Iona Tower. “I marked it so go and deal with it.”
Thinking that this was the last hideout of the Three Heads Society, they decided to deal with Mr. One.
“Keuuuu. “It’s over!”
Eileen, who had been sore from looking at the crystal ball for a while, stretched.
At that time,
“Huh?! “What about that?”
The leather vest that Sejun had asked me to appraise caught my eye. I forgot to turn on the light in my eyes and search for the Three Heads Society.
“Heeheehee. “I need to get it appraised quickly and give it to Sejun.”
Eileen used emotional magic on the leather vest.
***
2 hours later.
“It’s gotten a lot cleaner.”
Sejun, who was freezing the island, said as he saw that about a quarter of the barnacles on the lake turtle’s back had been removed.
“I have to have lunch soon.”
Sejun moved to the lakeside, picked up tree branches from around the area, and piled them up on the ground. Today’s lunch menu is grilled barnacles. I took out the barnacles I had stored in the subspace warehouse and poured them on the tree branches.
Just right.
Grumbling.
Sejun, who created fire by snapping his fingers, ignited a tree branch and started roasting the whole barnacle. Barnacles basically have a high heat and a lot of fire resistance, so Sejun created a high heat with his talent: Full of Fire.
Kueng!
[It smells delicious!] When
the barnacles were cooked to a certain extent, Kuengi, who caught the smell, started wandering around, and other penguins also quietly settled in nearby.
“Fuhuhuhu! “This body is a victory!”
I stayed on the back of a Teoman Lake turtle that was not interested in barnacles and diligently picked barnacles.
“It’s ripe. “Guys, let’s eat!”
When Sejun took out one of the roasted barnacles and ate it, he said to the animals,
“Queng!”
[I will eat well!]
“I will eat well!”
Kuengi and the penguins picked up the barnacles one by one and started eating them.
But
“Peng!”
Unlike the Kuengi, which enjoyed eating the barnacles, the penguins who caught the barnacles left the barnacles in a hurry and hurried into the lake to cool their hands by putting them in the lake. The barnacles were too hot.
Unlike Kuengi’s skin, which can be easily ignored, the penguins were fragile.
“Guys, let it cool down here and eat it.”
Sejun, who felt sad seeing the penguins in the same situation as him, made ice with an ice cube and placed barnacles on it to cool it down.
While everyone was happily eating barnacles,
suddenly.
A fist-sized red bead rolled out of the flesh of the giant barnacle that Kuengi was eating
.
It stopped in front of Sejun.
“This?”
The inner edges of the barnacles were clear.
‘Did you write this too?’
When Sejun tried to pick up Naedan with a nervous expression,
Kueng!
[It’s definitely dad’s!]
Kueng confirmed Sejun’s thoughts. There is a bitter taste in my stomach.
chuck.
Sejun picked up his inner bundle and looked at the options.
[Barnacle Naedan of Heat]
This is a barnacle that lives on the body of a lake turtle and has grown by absorbing the energy of the lake turtle for 1,000 years.
When consumed, increases Strength by 20 or Strength Potential by 10.
When consumed, slightly enhances fire-related talents.
It has a strong bitter taste.
Usage restrictions: Lv. 30+ Strength 20+
Grade: B
Yum.
Sejun put the inner end of the barnacle into his mouth without hesitation. I was going to eat it anyway, so it was easier to eat it this quickly than to waste my energy worrying about whether to eat it or not.
‘Pain is temporary, stats are forever!’
Sejun consoled himself by gritting his teeth and enduring the bitter taste that was creeping up.
gulp.
Sejun, who endured the bitter taste, swallowed Naedan.
[You have consumed the Barnacle Naedan of Heat.]
[Strength potential increases by 10.]
[Your fire attribute talents are strengthened.]
“Good.”
My mouth was sore, but my heart was strong. Chuck
then
.
“huh?”
Dadada.
A penguin left a red marble in front of Sejun and ran away. He gave Se-jun the inside of a barnacle he had eaten.
Stare.
The penguin watched from afar to see if Sejun was eating the naedan he had given as a gift. Very burdensome.
Seeing the burdensome look in his eyes, Sejun immediately swallowed Naedan. I thought it was better to eat it with the bitter taste remaining in my mouth.
“Ugh…”
gulp.
[You have consumed the barnacle of heat.]
[Strength increases by 10.]
[Your fire attribute talents are slightly strengthened.]
There was no difference in bitterness from the first time you ate it, but this time, the option was whether it was a young barnacle or it was the first time you ate it. It wasn’t better than that.
When Sejun, who had swallowed two of the barnacles, was cutting the flesh into bite-size pieces to start eating the barnacles, he said,
“Huh?!”
I felt something solid inside, shaped like a bead. Is it Naedan again?
When Sejun put his hand into the barnacle’s flesh without any suspicion, he shouted,
“Chairman Park! “No way!”
Theo, who was diligently picking barnacles off the back of a lake turtle, sensed that Sejun’s knees were in danger and quickly moved.
But
hot.
Sejun has already caught the marble.
[You have come in contact with the essence of fire.]
[The body has suffered a fatal wound.]
[<Power: Unbreakable Body> is activated.]
[Consumes magic power to protect the body from breaking.]
[The magic power is too high. It’s not enough.]
[Balara skill – Dragon Skin is activated.]
[The scales of the great black dragon Kaiser are destroyed.]
“Ugh!!”
Sejun felt burning pain in his hand.
And
boom!
The explosion from the marble sent it flying into the lake.
“Chairman Park! Are you okay?”
Theo quickly pulled Sejun out of the lake and examined Sejun’s body. Fortunately, other than his entire body being as hot as fire and a slight burn on his right hand, there seemed to be no major injuries.
Hold. Hold.
Theo pressed Sejun’s right hand with his front paw and used a healing skill.
Kyuueng! Kyuueng!
[Dad… My body is hot. Dad, wake up quickly!]
Kueng came to me urgently and massaged Sejun’s legs while crying, not knowing what to do.
“Don’t worry Kueng! I will fix Chairman Park! “Kkueng, fetch water to cool Chairman Park’s body!”
Kueng!
[I understand!]
Kueng brought water into a barnacle shell and continued to wet Sejun’s body.
When Theo and Kkueng knead Sejun for over an hour, cooling his body,
[The tower manager is furious, asking why Sejun fainted.]
[The tower manager asks why Sejun’s body is filled with fire energy. I ask if it is full.]
Eileen, who was about to deliver the appraised leather vest to Sejun, became angry and asked Theo. Sejun’s body was so full of fire that it wouldn’t be surprising if it caught fire right away.
“Aileen’s sister, Chairman Park, got hurt while touching the beads over there! But Chairman Park isn’t waking up!”
Grumbling.
Theo said, pointing to the red orb that had been creating strong flames ever since it exploded.
Sreuk.
Eileen hurriedly collected the beads. If you know the identity of the beads, you can find out why Sejun fell.
But
“Oh, it’s hot!”
The red beads were so hot that even Eileen could not touch them.
“Grandpa! Help me!”
Eileen hurriedly asked Kaiser for help.
When everyone was worried about Sejun,
[He absorbed a little bit of fire energy.]
[His fire attribute talent was strengthened.]
Sejun was strengthening his fire attribute talent by absorbing the fire energy that entered his body little by little.
