While Sejun was healing the banana tree, lunchtime arrived, and the animals returned after finishing their treasure hunt. As expected, the wolf tribe won a landslide victory by tracking the scent of the golden bat.

Elka took first place with five silver ingots, followed by the black rabbit in second with two, and the rest were the wolves with 85, the monkeys with seven, and the black minotaurs found one, taking third place.

Moo!

[Let us do it one more time!]

Although 500 of them only found one silver ingot, the black minotaur seemed to find the treasure hunt itself enjoyable and wanted to do it again without any fuss over losing.

Then lets eat lunch and do it again.

After all, the wolves and black minotaurs had nothing to do until Sejun set off towards the 99th floor of the tower.

It went well.

Sejun had felt sorry for making the animals wait while he healed the banana tree, but he was relieved that they had found a way to pass the time enjoyably.

The first-place prize will be a special dish of your choice.

Master Sejun, really?

Elka was excited at Sejuns words.

Yeah, Elka, what do you want to eat?

Then I want SePs soup.

Eh? Thats it?

Since Sejun made SePs soup almost every day, he asked again.

Is that all you want?

Yes. Thats all I want.

To Elka, SePs soup was a meaningful dish, the first to feed the tribesmens stomachs well. Perhaps because of the good memories from that time, Elka was always happy to eat SePs soup.

Okay. Got it.

Sejun didnt have to do anything special since SePs soup was already on the lunch menu. Instead, he added special ingredients for Elkas efforts.

Then,

Ppik?

The black rabbit asked if there was a prize for second place.

Of course, theres a prize for second place. Here.

Sejun pulled out a box filled with 100 carrots from void storage space and gave it to the black rabbit.

Pyeak!

Black rabbit, with an expression like it had the whole world, hugged the box of carrots and didnt know what to do.

Then

Moo

Ook

Except for the wolves, whose attention was fixed on SePs soup, the black minotaurs and monkeys salivated, looking at Sejun. What will you give us?

Heres the third-place prize.

Sejun gave five sun golden sweet potatoes each to the monkeys who had found one silver ingot.

Ook!

The monkeys were thrilled to receive the golden sweet potatoes. They shone like sweet potatoes given by a god! They didnt taste much different from power sweet potatoes, but they had a visual impact.

And then

Minotaur 1003, Ill give you ten stacks of green onion leaves when we go to the 99th floor later.

Mooo!

Minotaur 1003, the only black minotaur to find a silver ingot, was pleased with Sejuns words.

Thus, the modest award ceremony of the 1st Sejun Treasure Hunt Competition came to an end.

Lets eat now.

Since the other dishes were already prepared, only the soup needed to be served.

This ones for Elka, the winner.

Sejun handed over SePs soup, generously filled with specially added ingredients and meat, to Elka. The third-place wolves, for reference, got only a meat-filled SePs soup.

Oh! Isnt this a bone?!

Sejun had boiled wild boar bones from Red Ribbons treasure vault in SePs soup for Elkas portion alone. He thought that the wolf, with habits similar to a dog, would like the bone.

Thank you!

Elka eagerly started eating the soup.

Slurp. Slurp.

After a few sips of soup

Chomp. Chomp.

After chewing the bone a few times

Grrr.

The other wolves looked enviously at Elka.

Lets eat, too. Golden bat, please start hiding the treasures ahead of time.

The golden bat, acting as an organizing agent, had to hide the treasures first for the treasure hunt.

(Yes! Leave it to me!)

Flap. Flap.

The golden bat flew away to hide the 99 silver ingots, and during that time, Sejun and the animals finished lunch and had a nap.

Snore.

Zzz.

Brrr.

Pyiee.

Theo and the black rabbit napped on Sejuns lap and Cuengis leg, respectively.

Then

Flap. Flap.

The golden bat, having hidden all the silver ingots, returned and enjoyed the refreshing watermelon Sejun had sliced on ice cubes.

Slurp.

Above Sejuns head, who was wearing a straw hat, the bat happily sucked on the watermelon.

And then

Zzz.

The golden bat, having finished eating, also settled on Sejuns head and started napping.

So everyone took a sweet nap, and then

Lets start the treasure hunt!

The 2nd Sejun Treasure Hunt Competition began.

Grrr!

Moo!

Only wolves and Black Minotaurs participated this time. The black rabbit hung on Sejuns back and slept, complaining about lack of sleep, and the monkeys wanted to play more, but they had to farm mangoes and watermelons.

[The Farmers Warm Touch Lv. 4 is activated.]

[The banana trees disease is slowly healed by your touch.]

Sejun also started healing the banana tree again.

15 seconds later.

[The banana trees disease has been healed.]

[Your proficiency in Farmers Warm Touch Lv. 4 has slightly increased.]

[The banana tree grows slightly while you touch it.]

Its definitely faster now.

Initially, he thought the healing speed had increased with the level of the Farmers Warm Touch, but there was an even bigger reason.

Pip-pip.

The reason was the golden bats song. The banana trees regained their energy by listening to the golden bats song for several days, shortening Sejuns healing time. Thanks to that, it only took 10~20 seconds to heal a tree with the skill.

I could probably heal 1,000 trees a day at this rate.

Sejun looked at the golden bat with proud eyes.

(Pip-pip. I was in the darkness. The one who pulled me out~ was Sejun~)

Perhaps bored of singing the same song, the golden bat started composing its own. The content praised Sejun for pulling it out of the darkness. Sejun pretended not to listen, but paid close attention to the lyrics.

This is embarrassing

Though embarrassed, he didnt stop the praising song. He didnt want to crush the ambition of a budding singer. It wasnt for personal satisfactionabsolutely not.

Then,

Do you like praise that much, meow? Then Ill praise you, meow!

At this moment, Theo showed a sharp intuition. As Sejuns attention turned to the golden bat, Theo wanted to steal the spotlight.

And

President Park only praises money, meow! He also praises working his subordinates hard without rest, meow! And.

Theo started praising what he thought were Sejuns virtues.

Is this an insult?

Although Theos praise was sincere, to Sejun, it sounded like an insult.

Representative Theo, eat this and be quiet.

Sejun offered Theo a churu to shut him up. He didnt like feeling insulted.

However,

Im not hungry, meow! And I still have much praise left, meow!

Theo insisted on praising more. The keen intuition he had shown earlier was gone

Is he feeding me this?

As Sejuns anger meter began to rise,

Pffft. My praise worked, meow!

Theo, looking at Sejun offering the Churu, was sure that his praise had an effect and praised him more.

And eventually, Theos praise effect showed.

Representative Theo, quickly go to the 99th floor of the tower, gather the crops, trade, and come back.

Meow?! Now, meow?

Yes. As you said, Representative Theo, I only care about money and make my subordinates work without rest.

Meow?!

Even a backfire is an effect.

Why, meow? Why does he make me work after praising him, meow?

Theo began to pack his things in confusion. He was Theo, the good obedient cat who always did whatever Sejun told him to.

***

Kyoot, Kyoot, Kyoot. You all, dismantle the Fire Wizard Tower, Destruction Wizard Tower, and Meteor Wizard Tower and come to the 99th floor. Ill go ahead and get permission from the owner of the 99th floor.

Iona spoke to the wizards from where the Gravity Wizard Tower, now just an empty plot, used to stand.

Since the owner of the Wizard Tower had died, it was natural to dismantle the remaining three towers. The assets from the dismantled towers were to be used for the reconstruction of the Gravity Wizard Tower.

Also, bring any wizard who wants to join the Gravity Wizard Tower.

Understood. But will it be alright? The Minotaur King might not easily permit the construction of a tower on the 99th floor.

Itll be fine. And the current owner of the 99th floor is not the Minotaur King.

What? Has the owner of the waypoint changed?

I havent heard such news

The elder wizards looked grave at Ionas words. The Minotaur King was known as the strongest in the Black Tower. How could they not have known that the ownership of the waypoint had changed?

Not knowing such important information indicated a problem in the wizard towers ability to gather information.

In addition to that, there are currently 500 Black Minotaurs heading down, with all the information of the wizard towers informants concentrated on the 99th and 77th floors. It was a truly serious problem that no information had come in.

Thats not it. Although hes not the owner of the waypoint, there is someone who has become the new owner of the 99th floor of the tower.

You mean theres another being as powerful as the Minotaur King?

No, thats not it. The new owner of the 99th floor of the tower is very weak.

Weak, you say?

The words of Iona confused the elder wizards. The strongest on a floor becomes the owner and protects the waypoint. That was common knowledge of the tower. But weak? Very weak at that?

Yes. But if any of you are rude to him, I wont stay still. Even if I dont, the beings protecting him will step forward first. Now, hurry up and move!

Iona set the wizards off and hurried to the 99th floor. There was an order to things. First, she had to get permission from Kaiser and Aileen to build the wizard tower.

-Aileen gave her permission. Of course, I permit it as well.

It was troublesome enough managing the farm, having to chase away the occasional fire ants and extend the water canals as the fields expanded.

Kaiser was thinking of utilizing the wizards for the farms boundary and facility repairs.

***

Its finished.

Finally, the healing of 5381 banana trees was completed.

Grrr

Moo

Ook

The animals seemed disappointed at Sejuns words. Until now, the treasure hunt competitions had been held seven times, both in the morning and afternoon.

Dont be too disappointed; well hold it again sometime.

Sejun decided to hold the competition periodically for the animals who loved treasure hunting.

Then,

[The disease of the banana trees on the 77th floor of the tower has been completely healed.]

[The 77th floor farm is activated.]

[Bananas begin to grow again on the 77th floor farm.]

[The name of the 77th-floor farms land deed is updated to the 77th-floor banana farm land deed.]

A message appeared that the name of the land deed had been updated.

Take good care from now on.

Sejun said to the monkeys who had agreed to manage the banana farm.

Ook!

Ook!

The monkeys who had signed a contract to receive part of the harvested bananas, as well as a monthly payment in crops or tower coins, bowed and asked to be entrusted with the responsibility.

Receiving money for doing the honorable work of a deity made the monkeys very happy.

Just as Sejun was about to leave the 77th floors banana farm in the hands of the monkeys,

[The banana trees reward you for curing their disease.]

A reward?

Suddenly, yellow bananas began to grow rapidly from the banana trees, one bunch at a time.

Bananas

Sejun approached the banana tree and carefully cut off a bunch with his dagger.

And then

Snap.

He broke off the stem of one banana and peeled it slowly, placing it in his mouth.

Hmm. Delicious.

It was a bit firm since it had just been harvested, but it seemed like it would ripen and become soft in a few days.

Guys, lets harvest.

On the 290th day of being stranded, Sejun harvested bananas from his banana farm with the animals. When he returned to the 99th floor, he was able to take bananas with him.

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