Chapter 47. No Waypoint

Chapter 47. No Waypoint

When Sejun said he was going to find the boss of the 99th floor, King Uma,

Huh!

Kweong!

The Black Rabbit and Kweong stepped forward. "We'll protect you!"

And then,

"Teo, get ready."

"Huh? Am I going too?"

Teo, the pack carrier, was forced to go on a business trip.

"Guide us."

Eum!

At Sejun's words, Woocheonsam and Woocheonsa took the lead.

But,

Boom. Boom.

"Hey! If you run that fast, what will we do?!"

In a moment, Woocheonsam and Woocheonsa had quickly moved away.

"O great black dragon, I will serve you."

Elka bowed before Sejun, and the other wolves carried the Black Rabbit and Teo on their backs.

However,

Kweong! Kweong!

Kweong was held by the paw of her mother, the Crimson Giant Bear. As a mother, she couldn't send her cub to the dangerous place where King Uma was.

"Kweong, it's dangerous, so wait here."

Even though Sejun tried to calm her,

Kweong!

Sejun, Teo, and the Black Rabbit, with Kweong's cries of wanting to go along, set off on the wolves toward the Waypoint guarded by King Uma.

Dada.

The wolves moved at a speed of almost 70 km/h, which was very fast.

Whoosh.

As Sejun rode the wolf, the vast wasteland passed by quickly.

How long had they been riding? Soon, the endless wasteland ended, and red earth began to appear. Was it mud? The image of mud bricks came to Sejun's mind.

"We can build structures with bricks."

While Sejun was thinking about building structures with mud bricks,

"Huh?!"

He saw more than a thousand Black Minotaurs in the distance.

But,

"What are they doing?"

The Black Minotaurs were seen clumping mud and putting it in their mouths.

"Maybe eating that makes them excited when they see grass?"

Sejun suddenly felt sorry for the Black Minotaurs.

***

Eum!

Uil ran over, hurriedly calling King Uma.

What is it?

King Uma, who had been sleeping in front of the Waypoint, opened his eyes and asked.

Woocheonsam and Woocheonsa have returned!

What?! Woocheonsam?!

Boom!

Upon hearing that Woocheonsam, who had ignored his orders and was only interested in love, had returned, King Uma kicked the ground and stood up.

Where is he?!

But they brought outsiders.

Outsiders? Bring them all here.

Yes!

Thus, Sejun and his party, guided by Uil, met King Uma with Woocheonsam and Woocheonsa.

Next to King Uma was a red bone club and a white horn trumpet stuck in the ground.

And then,

"So, that's the Waypoint."

Sejun looked at the red crystal behind King Uma.

Eum?

"Why did you come here?"

Teo translated King Uma's words.

"Tell him we came to receive the payment for what happened three days ago."

"Understood! King Uma, we came to receive the payment from three days ago!"

Teo confidently relayed Sejun's words. He had nothing to be afraid of because he was the lethal yellow cat, a subordinate of the great black dragon.

'Hehe. This will add a great scene to my life story.'

While Teo was imagining a great story to tell others later,

Eum!

King Uma was furious at the bold attitude of demanding payment.

"Nya-nya."

Startled by King Uma's roar, Teo began to hiccup.

"Calm down."

Sejun stroked Teo's head to calm him down and approached King Uma.

Then,

Thud.

Sejun placed his hand on King Uma's leg.

"Black Minotaurs are said to be warriors of honor, but I guess that's an old story. You don't even feel ashamed of what you did and instead get angry... So, it's fine if I tell your other subordinates that their leader stole food from others?"

Just as Sejun was about to remove his hand after delivering his message,

Eum!

[Wait!]

King Uma urgently grabbed Sejun.

'I knew it.'

Sejun forced down his rising smile and asked,

"What is it?"

In a cold voice.

Eum! Eum. Um...

[I am a great warrior of honor among the Black Minotaurs! I intended to come back and compensate later. As payment for the grass I ate last time...]

Just as King Uma was about to offer compensation,

"Wait! I'll decide the payment. First, let me use the Waypoint as payment."

Sejun interrupted King Uma and stated the payment he had in mind.

Eum?

[The Waypoint, you say?]

"What do you think?"

Sejun's words made King Uma think for a moment.

Then,

Eum. Eum...

[Alright. I permit it. It may seem useless to you, but...]

King Uma moved aside to let Sejun approach the Waypoint.

Done!

Sejun didn't hear King Uma's last words as he approached the Waypoint.

"Finally..."

Sejun placed his hand on the floating red crystal.

[The Waypoint of the 99th floor has been saved.]

[Loading other saved Waypoints.]

[No other saved Waypoints except the 99th floor, so you cannot move to other floors.]

"What?!"

Sejun, who had started on the 99th floor, had no other saved Waypoints. He had nowhere to go.

Usually, other hunters start from the 1st floor, save the Waypoint, and then climb the tower.

Typically, saving a Waypoint creates a portal to the next floor.

This was possible regardless of boss strategies. The locations of the bosses and Waypoints on different floors often varied.

However, he had never heard of a portal to go down. There was no need since you could use the Waypoint to go down.

While Sejun was disappointed,

Eum.

King Uma was relieved to have protected his beloved weapon. As much as he valued his own honor, he was willing to give his beloved red bone as compensation to maintain the honor of a great warrior.

The red bone was a club that had turned red from absorbing the blood of countless monsters, rated as a legendary item. There were only three legendary items in the tower.

The opportunity to obtain a legendary club was lost due to the useless Waypoint. Of course, if not controlled properly, it could turn the user into a bloodthirsty madman, so it wouldn't have been good for Sejun even if he had obtained it.

"The next payment..."

Sejun asked for a few more things from King Uma.

When Sejun looked at Teo, Teo took out a pile of leeks from the pack.

"This is a gift to become friends."

It was more of a promotion for leeks to the Black Minotaurs, implying, "We have this, so if you're interested, come work for us."

Swallow.

King Uma swallowed, looking at the leeks. He already felt like he had hired a worker.

***

Three days had passed since meeting King Uma.

Several things had happened in between. The biggest was that his wife, the rabbit, was pregnant again. It was because of the grilled eel.

"Ever since I sent the baby rabbits to the older children's den... I'll give them grilled eel from now on."

Sejun felt a bit resentful.

And through the deal with King Uma, the entire wasteland area was recognized as Sejun's land, and every day, ten Black Minotaurs came to work on the wasteland.

According to Woocheonsam, the Black Minotaurs were competing fiercely to come here every day.

"Well, they lived eating mud every day..."

Finally, Sejun had obtained another queen cocoon from the venomous bees yesterday, making it possible to create a triple hive.

"Still, the Blue Moon is coming soon. Will it be okay?"

Sejun recalled an incident about a month ago while looking at the fields on the ground.

When the fields on the ground were destroyed by Woocheonsam during the Blue Moon, Sejun was in a dilemma.

"If this keeps happening, there's no point in planting crops on the ground."

If the Blue Moon passed without monsters, it would be fine, but if the monsters came and destroyed the fields, all the farming efforts would be in vain.

Since there was no way to prevent this, Sejun even considered giving up on the fields on the ground.

Then,

[If the tower manager is worried about the rampaging monsters during the Blue Moon, he can leave it to me.]

"Leave it to you? What do you mean?"

[The tower manager is asking if you didn't see him subdue the monsters during the Blue Moon.]

"Oh..."

Thinking about it, Sejun remembered that the first Blue Moon, when he was stranded, the black dragon had appeared and the monsters had calmed down. That was Aileen.

"Got it. I'll trust you, Aileen."

[The tower manager says to plant crops confidently, trusting only him.]

Believing Aileen's words, Sejun planted crops enthusiastically, but as the Blue Moon approached, he felt a bit uneasy.

"Will it be okay?"

Since he had decided to trust, Sejun decided to trust Aileen until the end.

Today, the Crimson Giant Bear and the Black Minotaurs didn't come because of the Blue Moon.

The wolves also went down to the lower floor last night, saying they didn't want to cause any damage.

"Is it because the big guys are gone? It feels empty."

Sejun said, looking at the vast fields.

Then,

Chur chur chur.

"What's empty?! The lethal yellow cat, Teo, is here!"

Teo, who was resting on Sejun's knee and eating a churu, patted Sejun's chest with his front paws to show his presence.

"Right. You're here... Sorry."

Where did he learn such phrases... Sejun quickly stroked Teo's back to calm him down. He needed Teo's labor today to finish work early in preparation for the Blue Moon.

After hurriedly finishing the work, everyone prepared for the Blue Moon.

Sejun turned off the lights and removed the smell, the rabbits went into their dens, and the venomous bees blocked the entrance to their hives.

Then,

"See you in the morning!"

Teo went into his pack.

After everyone went into their homes, the cave became eerily quiet.

"It's cold."

Although it wasn't that cold, Sejun felt a chill due to loneliness and wrapped himself in a blanket.

A while later, the Blue Moon rose.

***

"Hehe. The human should trust the great black dragon, Aileen Fritannia."

Aileen was excited at the thought of helping the human.

A while ago, to celebrate the 200th day of the human's residency in the tower, Aileen, who always owed the human, made a soup for the human's health by simmering all the medicinal herbs in the warehouse for several hours.

However,

"Cooking is not my forte."

Honestly, cooking was too difficult.

Aileen worried that if the human said it was delicious and asked for more, what would she do? But the human, knowing her efforts, didn't ask for more.

Moreover, the human even asked her not to make it again.

"Hehe. What a considerate human, worrying about me to that extent."

Sejun was worried about his life, but Aileen thought he was worried about her.

Thinking about the considerate human, Aileen moved to the rooftop of the manager's space in the tower.

There, a cylindrical object about 5 meters in diameter and 1 meter thick, resembling a searchlight, was placed.

"Kur. Kur. Kur."

Puff. Puff.

Aileen hummed a tune while diligently polishing the front part of the cylinder with a black dragon drawn on it.

Then, the surroundings turned bluish, and the Blue Moon rose.

"Hehe. Is it time for me to step in?"

Click.

When Aileen pressed the switch on the side of the cylinder,

Flash!

Like the batman symbol on the moon, light emerged from the cylinder, and the black dragon drawn on the front part of the cylinder began to move, and its shadow started flying in the sky above the Blue Moon.

When the shadow of the black dragon reached the peak of the sky,

Boom!

Aileen roared loudly from behind the cylinder.

Boom-!

The cylinder amplified Aileen's voice with magic and spread it throughout the 99th floor of the tower.

This cylinder was a magical tool made by Aileen's grandfather, Kaiser Fritannia, for his granddaughter. It was made for her to use occasionally when managing the tower was difficult, as she couldn't leave the manager's space.

"Hehe. The human will think that's me."

Aileen proudly looked at the black dragon floating in the sky and roared again.

Boom-!

The roar of the great black dragon calmed the monsters on the 99th floor of the tower, who had gone mad due to the Blue Moon.