Episode 236 strengthen one’s power
Episode 236 strengthen one’s power
Made in Bukhan, Korea.
“Let’s quickly take a picture of Baekundae and come down and have a drink!”
“Wow. It’s good. good.”
Two hikers excitedly entered the beginning of the trail, thinking about having a drink after sweating a lot from hiking.
After walking a few steps like that,
“Huh?!” Isn’t that the Black Tower?”
“uh?! That’s right. “Why is that on Bukhansan Mountain?”
Their eyes saw a towering black tower on Bukhansan Mountain. It was the 101st tower built as the status of the Black Tower rose.
Then,
“I’m sorry. “It is a restricted area from here on.”
“yes?!”
The Awakened Association employees who were guarding the hiking trail stopped them. The 101st tower that has never appeared in the world. They were controlling the entry and exit of civilians out of concern that something might come out of the tower.
“It can’t be helped. take care.”
“take care.”
The hikers obediently retreated after being restrained by the staff.
“no way. “It’s no wonder there’s a tower here…”
“I mean… I was going to have a drink without sweating… but I guess I should just drink it.”
“Hehehe. So there’s nothing we can do.”
The hikers smiled at the thought of drinking in the morning and headed straight to the store at the beginning of the trail.
Korea now owns three towers. Neighboring countries were envious, but did not pay much attention. This was because the three towers were clustered in a very small area and the tower had no special abilities other than allowing hunters to enter and exit.
The incident that led to the creation of the 101st black tower in Korea quickly disappeared from people’s attention.
***
“ruler. here.”
Sejun willingly handed 500 million Top Coins to Theo, who asked for a loan. As the saying goes, “goodwill comes from the treasure,” and Sejun’s goodwill also became generous as he had two fat money pouches in each hand.
But
“Thank you!” “I just need this much!”
Of the money Sejun gave, Theo returned only 100 million Top Coins to Sejun. This is because the maximum amount of money that can be burned at one time is 100 million Top Coins.
Plus, once you burn the money, you need time to adjust to your increased abilities. These were things I realized after burning Yuren’s money.
“Are you really okay?”
“That’s right!”
“okay. okay.”
When Sejun puts the money he gave Theo back into his purse,
[The tower manager suggests buying power with your money.]
“Power? Oh, that’s right!”
When I thought about it, I realized that there was a way for me to become stronger by burning money.
“How much is there?”
Sejun started counting the money in the money bag that Kaiser gave him. The money bag given by Kaiser contained 1.4 billion Top Coins, minus the 100 million Top Coins given to Theo.
Combined with the 1 billion Top Coins given by Kelion, Sejun’s money is 2.4 billion Top Coins. It was a huge amount.
“Aileen, what powers can I receive with 2.4 billion Top Coins?”
[The tower manager asks you to wait a moment.]
After a while,
[Power that can be granted]
<Power: Strong Strength> <Power: Strong Agility>
[Power that can be strengthened]
<Power: Great Stamina> <Power: Great Magical Power>
Eileen Sejun Lee showed the power that could be granted and strengthened with the money he had.
“You can strengthen the power you already have. “Aileen, is it possible to grant and strengthen all the powers here?”
Sejun was full of confidence because he had 2.4 billion Top Coins.
In addition, since he knew that the cost of granting strong strength and strong agility was 100 million Top Coins, Sejun thought that strengthening his powers would be expensive at most, about 500 million Top Coins.
However,
[the tower manager says that it is difficult.]
[The tower manager says that <Power: Great Stamina> and <Power: Great Magic> require 2 billion Top Coins each to strengthen.]
The next step to ‘strong’ In the case of ‘Gangdaehan’, it was much more expensive than Sejun thought.
“okay? Then, I will do it with great stamina, strength, and agility.”
Sejun, who values survival, naturally chose strong physical strength first, which would lengthen his lifeline, and used the remaining money to choose other powers.
[The tower manager says then they will start with empowering.]
[The tower manager says it might be a little painful.]
“What?!···.”
Could it hurt?! You didn’t say that?! Before Sejun could finish speaking, the empowerment began.
[200 million Top Coins deposited in the seed bank are paid.]
[The tower manager grants <Power: Strong Strength> and <Strong Agility> to the tower’s middle manager token.]
[Effects of <Power: Strong Strength> Strength increases by 50.]
[Due to the effect of <Power: Strong Agility>, agility increases by 50.]
[Later, you can use contribution points or top coins to strengthen <Power: Strong Strength> and <Power: Strong Agility> .]
As Eileen said, two powers were granted first.
But
“Huh? “It doesn’t hurt?”
Contrary to what Eileen said, there was no pain.
“Whew. thank god.”
Sejun was relieved.
Then,
wow.
The Black Tower middle manager symbol on the back of Sejun’s right hand began to move.
Slur.
A black dragon tattoo that disappears as if seeping under Sejun’s skin.
[You have acquired all the most basic and lowest-level powers.]
[Your body is too weak to handle the next level of power.] [Your body will begin to be remodeled to be able to handle the next level of power.]
At the same time, your body will be able to handle the next level of power.
A message appeared indicating that the . No… body modification?! Whose will it be?! This is not it…!!!
Crack.
Contrary to Sejun’s wishes, his body was forcibly remodeled and his muscles began to twist.
“Ugh!”
My whole body was shaking from the pain that felt like being stabbed by a needle.
“Chairman Park, why are you like that?! “Where does it hurt?!”
Hold. Hold.
When Sejun was in pain, Theo hurriedly started massaging Sejun’s body with his front paws.
Crack.
The body modification lasted for about a minute and then disappeared.
Wow.
Meanwhile, Sejun, who had already passed out, snored and fell asleep.
Hold. Hold.
“But what kind of smell is this?!”
Theo, who was massaging Sejun’s body, noticed a foul smell that stung his nose and looked around to find the source of the smell.
And
“Got it!” “This smells like Chairman Park’s poop!”
I found out where the bad smell was coming from. The source of the bad smell is Sejun. As the body was remodeled, the bad waste in Sejun’s body was excreted along with sweat, creating a foul odor. I never pooped. No!
If it stinks like this, I would usually wash it or get away from Sejun, but
it’s okay.
For the sake of Sejun’s knees, Theo can easily overcome the bad smell. Theo chose to just endure the stench.
Theo lay down on Sejun’s lap, holding back the bad smell, and baked bread in the loaf position
.
I buried my face in Sejun’s lap and fell asleep.
***
The top floor of the Magic Tower in Black Gak.
“Pfft. “Because I have this, things are going well.”
In the main room of the Mage Tower, Iona was watching the work of the Mage Tower while hugging Theoball made from Theo’s fur.
Then,
knock, knock.
Pren, the vice tower lord of the Magic Tower, came into the black gourd. Frenn is a rat panda and was originally an elder at the Magic Tower of Destruction, but after being absorbed into the Magic Tower by the Black Gourd, he became one of the three vice tower lords who manage the Magic Tower under Iona.
“Fren, what’s going on?”
“This time, I came to get Ma Topju’s signature on the payment document for the cherry tomatoes I purchased from Sejun’s farm.”
“Pfft. Here you go.”
Normally, Iona would ask a lot of questions before signing, but she
took it easy.
Today, I quietly looked at the documents and signed them right away. He seemed to be in a really good mood today.
“right! “Did you hear the rumor, Magic Tower Lord?”
So, Frenn spewed out a rumor that he would not normally have said.
“What rumor?”
“These days, a rumor is spreading that the magic tower lord and a merchant are dating. Isn’t that absurd?! “How dare you come with a mere merchant, Nabulaengi…”
As I was talking, Fran, who was on his own, started talking excitedly.
And
cattails. cattails.
Iona also trembled as if she were angry.
‘I thought the Magic Tower Lord would be angry too!’
Frenn, who had always liked Iona, was happy at Iona’s reaction.
‘After all, rumors are just rumors! There’s no way Iona would like a cat like that!’
When Fren was relieved,
“Kyu-Kyu-Kyu-What’s wrong with you, Theo?!!!”
Iona shouted. Contrary to expectations, the direction of the anger was not at the cat named Theo but at himself. Stage 3 of anger! If I say something wrong here, the floating pagoda and everything else will disappear along with the pagoda.
“No… I’m not saying I did that, it’s a rumor…”
In the end, Frenn desperately had to explain himself in order to survive.
***
An hour after Sejun fainted,
“Uhm…what?!”
Sejun opened his eyes and moved his body around in wonder. I fainted, feeling the pain of my entire body’s muscles being twisted, but now my whole body felt so cool.
Sniff. Sniff.
“Ugh! But what smell is this?”
Sejun frowned at the stench creeping up from his body and said,
“Nyan…”
He hurriedly took Theo, who was sleeping on his lap, and headed to the fountain.
Kueng
? Kueng!
[Where are you going, Dad? Kuengi dug up some good arrowroot roots for Dad
!]
Kuengi, who returned from taking care of herbs in the western forest, found Sejun and approached him, taking out a green arrowroot root from his snack bag.
But
Kueng?
Kkueng’s speed gradually slows down.
Kueng…
[Dad, my body smells like poop…]
Kueng plugged his nose with his front paw, kept Sejun as far away from him as possible, and handed him an arrowroot root. Are you doing this so shamelessly?
“I’m going to take a bath. Do you want to take a bath too?”
Kueng!
[I like it!]
I know why, but Sejun was upset and tempted Kueng, who likes to play in the water, into a bath.
After a while, Sejun arrived at the fountain and immediately washed himself to get rid of the bad smell.
Just right.
Grumbling.
As a talented friend of fire, he made fire with his fingers, turned the fountain into hot water, and enjoyed a half-body bath.
And
plop. plop.
Kuhehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. It’s fun!]
Kueng had fun splashing in the fountain.
“Kyaa. Cool.”
When Sejun said with a happy expression while looking at Kuengi like that,
[The tower manager said that he had worked hard and would now strengthen his powers.]
Eileen, who had been busy doing other things for a while and only now realized that Sejun had woken up, said.
“what?! “Why not?”
Sejun remembers the pain from a moment ago.
[The tower manager says that there will be no pain this time because the body has already changed to withstand the next level of power.]
“Really? “Then I will do it.”
Upon hearing that there was no pain, Sejun immediately strengthened his powers.
[The 2 billion Top Coins deposited in the seed bank will be paid.]
[The <Power: Strong Stamina> given to the tower’s middle manager token by the tower manager is strengthened to <Power: Strong Stamina>.] [
<Power : Stamina increases by an additional 100 due to the effect of “Strong Stamina”.]
Paat.
Along with the message that the power was strengthened, the power strengthening ended with the eyes of the black dragon tattoo on the back of the right hand briefly shining brightly.
And
bubbling. bubbling.
Theo used his water attribute to hang on to Sejun’s lap while diving.
‘Chairman Park just burned a lot of money! So now Chairman Park has no money! Fuhehehe. It’s time for Vice President Te to step forward!’
Theo decided to get up immediately and go down to the 65th floor of the tower where the pink pig, Hogu, was.
But
‘It’s so warm… I feel like my body is melting…’
The hot temperature of the boiling water hindered Theo’s decision.
Gororong.
In the end, Theo fell asleep in the warm boiling water.
The next morning.
“Chairman Park, I’m going to make a lot of money!”
“Don’t cause an accident.”
“Fuhuhu. Just trust me!”
Theo waved his front paw at Sejun, who was seeing him off, and ran quickly.
Do you believe me when I tell you not to cause accidents?
“I’m anxious…”
Sejun felt anxious as he watched Theo’s back as he excitedly left for the 65th floor of the tower.
