Chapter 60 of 100
Chapter 60. Moved by Filial Piety.
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Chapter 60. Moved by Filial Piety.
The number of enemies was too great.
Fortunately, the enemies came from the west where crops had not been planted, and they were weak enough for him to handle, being mere wooden monsters.
And he only needed to hold out until morning. When morning came, the Crimson Giant Bear and the Black Minotaurs would start their shifts.
'I need to buy some time.'
"Kids, prepare the torches!"
As Sejun shouted into the cave's opening,
Whoosh!
Squish!
Beep!
The rabbits hurriedly loaded the torches they had prepared into baskets and attached them to ropes.
"Black Rabbit, bring fire from the kitchen!"
Sejun said to Black Rabbit while pulling up the torches, thinking that since the enemies' bodies were made of wood, they would be weak against fire.
Crack!
Black Rabbit quickly brought fire from the brick house's kitchen.
At that moment,
Crunch. Crunch.
A few wooden branch scouts approached.
Crack!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Black Rabbit, standing on Sejun's shoulder, protected him and eliminated the enemies.
Whoosh.
In the meantime, Sejun arranged the torches in a circle with the heads facing inward and set them on fire. He then threw a burning torch with all his might at the enemies.
Whoosh. Whoosh.
As the torch flew 50 meters and hit the enemy's front,
Whoosh.
The fire spread to the enemy's body. Fortunately, it burned well.
Thud.
The wooden branch scout, whose body was on fire, fell after taking a few steps.
[You have defeated a Fallen Ent's Small Wooden Branch Scout.]
[You have gained 25 experience points.]
The other wooden branch scouts moved to avoid the fire.
"Kids, keep making more torches!"
Sejun instructed the rabbits inside the cave to make more torches,
Whoosh. Whoosh.
and threw more torches at the wooden branch scouts.
As Sejun threw dozens of torches, the number of burning and falling wooden branch scouts increased, naturally forming a wall of fire.
And
Crack!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The wooden branch scouts that approached through the gaps in the wall of fire were eliminated by Black Rabbit.
"Good."
By throwing torches, he only needed to hold out for a few more hours until morning. Sejun threw another torch and attacked the enemies.
Whoosh.
[You have defeated a Fallen Ent's Small Wooden Branch Scout.]
[You have gained 25 experience points.]
[You have defeated a Fallen Ent's Small Wooden Branch Scout.]
[You have gained 25 experience points.]
...
..
.
As he burned the wooden branch scouts, experience points poured in like a flood.
Moreover,
[Your crops have eliminated a pest.]
[You have gained 1 experience point.]
[Your crops have eliminated a pest.]
[You have gained 1 experience point.]
...
..
.
The Red Locusts moved again, adding to his experience points.
A little while later,
[You have leveled up.]
[You have gained 1 bonus stat point.]
Sejun leveled up to level 22.
"Good. I'll invest the bonus stat point in magic..."
He even had the leisure to invest the bonus stat point.
'At this rate, I might finish them off before morning.'
Just as Sejun began to feel confident of victory,
Crunch. Crunch.
"Huh?"
As if mocking Sejun's thoughts, creatures over 2 meters tall approached from the enemy's rear.
[Fallen Ent's Large Wooden Branch Scout]
The large wooden branch scout leaped over the wall of fire with its long legs.
"So what. It's just wood!"
Sejun threw a torch at the large wooden branch scout, but
Thud!
The large wooden branch scout swatted away the torch Sejun threw, as if it were swatting a mosquito. It seemed to have strong resistance to fire.
"Oh..."
Sejun was taken aback when the torch didn't work.
At that moment,
Crack!
Black Rabbit rushed forward and struck the large wooden branch scout's leg.
Bang!
When the wooden branch scout's leg broke and it lost its balance,
Crack!
Black Rabbit, who had jumped high, swung its hammer down with full force at the large wooden branch scout's body.
Bang!!!
Thud.
The large wooden branch scout fell due to Black Rabbit's attack.
However,
Crunch. Crunch.
While Black Rabbit was dealing with one large wooden branch scout, thousands of others were crossing the fire and approaching.
Then a huge shadow began to cover the area.
"What?! You guys?!"
Mom Crimson Giant Bear and Uma-oh appeared.
Roar!
Thud. Thud.
Boom!
Mom Crimson Giant Bear charged at the large wooden branch scouts, devastating the area around her.
Uma-oh also began to attack.
Neigh!!!
Whoosh.
Boom!
When Uma-oh swung its red bone weapon in the air, the large wooden branch scouts in front of it were swept away as if caught in a typhoon.
And
Squeal!
Neigh!
Squeal and the Black Minotaurs guarded Sejun.
***
Swoosh.
"Hehehe. Refreshing."
Eileen came out of the lake after bathing.
And
Munch. Munch.
She filled her stomach with the sweet potato jerky Sejun had given her.
"Hehe. Sweet."
Eileen, having eaten enough, decided to watch what the clever human was doing.
Judging by the time, he should be sleeping, but watching him sleep would make the morning come quickly.
"Crystal ball."
Whoosh.
At Eileen's call, the crystal ball suddenly appeared in front of her. As mana accumulated in Eileen's dragon heart, the function to summon the crystal ball in the administrator area was finally unlocked.
"Hehe. If a little more mana accumulates, I'll be able to hear the clever human's voice, too."
Thinking about the crystal ball's voice support function, Eileen looked at Sejun's brick house through the crystal ball. However, Sejun was not in the bedroom.
"Huh? Where did he go?"
Eileen looked outside the brick house and saw Sejun fighting the Ent's wooden branches.
"Roar! Ent bastards! How dare you attack my clever human!"
She wanted to rush out and burn the entire western forest, but it was frustrating that she couldn't.
Still, it was fortunate that the clever human was fighting the wooden branches well.
"Get stronger quickly, human."
Just as Eileen was cheering for Sejun and looking around,
"Huh?! Even those guys?!"
She saw thousands of large wooden branch scouts approaching from a point 5 kilometers away from Sejun's house.
"What do I do?! The clever human can't stop them..."
The level difference between the small and large scouts was significant, and their numbers were too great.
"Mom Bear! Wake up!"
"Uma-oh! Wake up!"
Eileen began to send messages to wake up Mom Crimson Giant Bear and Uma-oh.
***
"How did you know...?"
Just as Sejun was wondering,
[Tower administrator says she woke up Mom Crimson Giant Bear and Uma-oh.]
[Tower administrator says you should trust her and sleep soundly.]
"Eileen, thank you. I owe you my life."
[......]
For some reason, Eileen didn't respond to Sejun's words. Her heart was pounding violently at Sejun's words.
At that moment,
Squeal!
Squeal called out to Sejun in front of the large wooden branch scout.
"Squeal, why?"
As Sejun approached,
Crunch.
A large wooden branch scout, whose limbs were all broken but not yet dead, was trying to move.
"Huh? It's still not dead?"
Poke.
[You have defeated a Fallen Ent's Large Wooden Branch Scout.]
[You have gained 500 experience points.]
As Sejun killed the large wooden branch scout,
Poke!
Squeal!
Squeal broke the remaining arm of the moving large wooden branch scout and called out to Sejun.
"Ah! It has no limbs."
Poke!
Sejun delivered the final blow.
Meanwhile, Squeal disabled another wooden branch scout and called out to Sejun again.
The Black Minotaurs, watching from behind, were moved by Squeal's filial piety in trying to raise a weak father.
And
Crunch.
Neigh!
Squeal broke the limbs of the surviving wooden branch scouts and called out to Sejun.
Thus, Sejun's level rose again to level 23, benefiting from the experience points while receiving support from Squeal and the Black Minotaurs.
And
Peep.
Peep.
The faint cries of baby rabbits from the cave signaled the end of a long night. Theo's intuition was correct. Beings targeting Sejun's knees had been born.
***
In front of the merchant passage connecting the 50th floor to the 40th floor of the tower.
"Something feels uneasy."
Theo said, shivering and watching his whiskers rise. He felt he should quickly return to the 99th floor of the tower.
"I can't stand it! Elka, let's go at top speed!"
"Yes! Mr. Theo! I'll take you quickly and safely!"
At Theo's words, Elka started running with Theo on her back.
And
"Humans, I'm here!"
12 hours later, Theo, still on Elka's back, announced his arrival at the 38th floor camp of the tower.
"Theo, wait a moment. I'll call the others quickly."
The hunters resting at the camp hurriedly contacted their comrades.
"Got it! I'll wait, being generous as I am!"
Theo, sitting on Elka's back, placed his hands on his waist. They were not greatly surprised by the sight of the Silver Wolves, as they had seen wandering merchants occasionally travel with mercenaries.
A little while later, the hunters began to gather.
'Hehehe. There are more humans!'
Theo was pleased to see nearly 500 hunters gathered. The increase in the number of hunters was due to the rumors about the new crop, the detoxifying leek.
The 30 detoxifying leeks obtained by the Royal Knights. One of them, with the guild's permission, fed one to their father, who had terminal liver cancer.
And once again, Sejun's crops amazed the world. After eating the detoxifying leek, the cancer cells in the liver of the terminal liver cancer patient began to disappear within 24 hours.
As a result, wealthy individuals suffering from liver cancer began to ask hunters for detoxifying leeks, increasing the number of hunters once more.
"Today, I'll first sell 6000 C-grade Power Cherry Tomatoes in batches of 500, and then 3000 D-grade detoxifying leeks in batches of 100!"
Theo, having invested all the incentives he received from Sejun into the bot's capacity, loaded the popular detoxifying leeks among humans.
He intentionally placed the leeks after the cherry tomatoes so that the humans who wanted to buy the leeks would stay.
'Hehehe. Now I'm a seasoned wandering merchant who knows sales tactics!'
Just as Theo was proud of his growth,
"500 for 650 tower coins!"
The hunters began to bid on the Power Cherry Tomatoes.
As the number of Power Cherry Tomatoes increased, the price stabilized, settling at an average of about 1.45 tower coins per tomato.
"The Power Cherry Tomatoes are sold out!"
By selling 6000 Power Cherry Tomatoes, he earned 8700 tower coins.
And
"Now, I'll sell the detoxifying leeks!"
As Theo spoke, the hunters began to compete fiercely.
"100 for 2500 tower coins!"
"100 for 3000 tower coins!"
"100 for 3500 tower coins!"
The members of the Phoenix Guild, Royal Knights Guild, and Wizard Guild, who participated in the auction, gave up on bidding as the prices quickly rose. It wasn't their day.
"100 for 7200 tower coins!"
"Auctioned!"
"100 for 7600 tower coins!"
"Auctioned!"
Hunters, who had been commissioned by wealthy individuals willing to pay billions for their lives, swept up the detoxifying leeks.
It was truly a case of "the asking price is the price." While not eating the Power Cherry Tomatoes would only lower one's vitality, not eating the detoxifying leeks meant death.
To the wealthy, this was not a matter of value.
Thus, by selling 3000 detoxifying leeks, Theo earned 215,200 tower coins.
'Hehehe. Becoming an excellent wandering merchant is no longer a dream!'
Theo's sales amount was now approaching the 1 million tower coins required for promotion to an excellent wandering merchant. Of course, other conditions were also necessary.
"Anyone who wants to take a photo with me, line up!"
Theo took photos with the hunters and received churu, seasoning, and coffee as compensation.
"See you next time!"
Theo hurriedly left the camp to return to the 99th floor of the tower.
At that moment,
"Um... Mr. Theo."
The five hunters who had tried to kidnap Theo but ended up mortgaging their lives approached hesitantly.