Solo Farming In The Tower Chapter 828 101: (3)+Accidentally Running a Hotteok Stand (1) / 825
TL: Hanguk
While Flamie was delighted to discover an easy way to reduce her power,
"Hahaha! Finally…!"
Beneath the Foundation Stone of the World, Azathoth laughed madly as he gently stroked the staff made from Flamie's root.
Grade: ★★★★★★★★★★★
With this 11-star item, I can finally destroy that accursed Foundation Stone of the World!
Just wait. You who imprisoned me, Creator God! I'm coming for you soon!
Azathoth, burning with thoughts of revenge against the Creator God,
From now on, I'll call you Azathoth Number Zero!
However,
[The Nameless Staff rejects the name you gave it, saying it lacks sincerity.]
The staff refused the name Azathoth had given it.
"What?!"
Never before had an item rejected a name he bestowed…
Is it because it's 11-star?
"Fine. I'll name it later."
Wanting to quickly return to the outside world, Azathoth held the staff and ascended.
"Everyone, follow me! We're leaving this place now!"
he shouted to his subordinates. This place had long since been conquered by Azathoth. Everyone here was his subordinate.
As Azathoth and his subordinates headed toward the Foundation Stone of the World,
Rumble.
From above, a root several times thicker than before descended.
To drain Azathoth's power,
Flamie had now sent down an avatar containing 0.3% of her power.
An even better material than before!
Khehehe. This time, I'll make a shield!
"Become a shield!"
Azathoth's eyes sparkled as he touched Flamie's root and shouted.
Pop!
Just like that, Flamie's incarnation transformed into a wooden shield.
[Hehet. Only 300 more times like this and I can play with Sejun-nim!]
Flamie, even more pleased, sent down another incarnation.
"Become a ring!"
Pop!
"Become a bracelet!"
Pop!
Azathoth continued crafting all sorts of items using Flamie's avatars.
However.
"Huff. Huff. Huff…."
After the seventh item, he began to pant. Flamie's power was so immense that crafting items from it required enormous strength.
So weak.
I'll have to train him later.
Feeling disappointed, Flamie began to suppress Azathoth by wrapping her root around his bronze armor.
Her plan was to use the slave contract she received from Theo to make Azathoth join Sejun Company and put him in charge of item production for the <Reconstruction Project>.
Along the way, she would reduce her power a bit through training designed to improve item crafting.
[Hehe.]
As Flamie laughed happily,
[Huh?!]
Suddenly, the bronze armor crumbled powerlessly. The inside was completely empty.
[Where did he go?]
Flamie hurriedly searched the surroundings.
"Run!"
Caught in Flamie's gaze, a palm-sized tarantula with fluffy purple fur abandoned all his items and
Swoosh.
shot spiderwebs and fled in a panic.
Azathoth's true form was very small. He had been disguising himself with bronze armor to avoid being looked down on by his subordinates.
[Where do you think you're going?!]
Bang! Bang! Boom!
Flamie's roots completely blocked off Azathoth's escape route.
[Stamp it!]
She held out the slave contract.
"N-no! I refuse!"
Azathoth instinctively rejected it.
[Then there's no choice.]
"W-what?! Put me down! No! I said no!"
Squeeze.
"N-no…."
In the end, Azathoth was completely wrapped up by Flamie's root, and with all eight legs and his body, he left a clear body stamp on the contract.
[Hehe. Azathoth, welcome to Sejun Company.]
Thus, Flamie recruited her first secret full-time employee to Sejun Company: Azathoth.
He was now entrusted with the important role of team leader of the Sejun Company Item Factory, in charge of all item production for the <Reconstruction Project>.
[Now then. Azathoth, there's no time to dawdle. Please start by producing 100 D-grade shields.]
Since there were many backorders, [System Eok-Samchiri] hurriedly placed an order with Azathoth, but
"No! I refuse!"
Azathoth did not comply so easily with making items.
[Azathoth! Why won't you listen when I ask nicely?!]
Smack. Smack.
After taking a few hits from Flamie's flaming root whip,
"Uwaaah! Okay! I'll do it!"
He worked hard.
"Making D-grade items, seriously…."
While grumbling heavily.
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Christmas D-10
Afternoon at the Kindergarten of Destruction.
Squish. Squish.
"Teecher-nim, is your shoulder feeling better?"
"Yeah. It feels really good."
"Teecher-nim, what about your feet?!"
"Oh! My feet feel great too."
"Teecher-nim, how about your legs?!"
"Of course it feels good when our Jjokjjok is massaging them."
Today as well, Sejun was spending a happy time receiving a full-body massage from the Children of Destruction, using Christmas presents as a pretext.
For reference, Jjokjjok, who had come to the Kindergarten of Destruction first, suddenly stood up two days ago and was finally able to speak.
Thanks to that, two days ago they held a slime meat party to celebrate Jjokjjok being able to walk and talk.
They ate a lot of slime roast, boiled slime, spicy stir-fried slime, and sweet and sour slime.
A little later.
Phew-
Phew-
All the children who had been eagerly massaging Sejun fell asleep. Their bellies were full and the floor was warm, so it was inevitable.
"Good job."
Sejun carefully picked up the children with his group, moved them to their rooms, covered them with blankets, and came out.
'But… is Santa Sejun preparing well for Christmas?'
Sejun looked up at the sky outside the window.
Just then.
"Oh?! It's snowing!"
Snow began to fall from the sky.
"Aileen, let's go out for a bit."
"Okay!"
Sejun walked through the snowy neighborhood with Aileen and the group.
Do they sell fish-shaped buns around here?
Because he suddenly craved fish-shaped buns. Looking at the snow made him want to eat one, specifically, one made by someone else.
After wandering the neighborhood for over 30 minutes in search of fish-shaped buns,
"Oh. There it is!"
They found a fish-shaped bun stall. At the Kindergarten of Destruction, Iona had installed an alarm spell so they would know right away if the kids woke up.
"Owner, give me all the red bean and custard fish-shaped buns you have."
"What?!"
"We'll eat what you have ready first, and then we'll eat more, so please make them quickly. Everyone, try one each for now."
When Sejun handed out red bean and custard fish-shaped buns to the group,
"Puhuhut. I'll enjoy this, meow! Meow?! Ptooey, meow! Chairman Park, this is strange, meow! It clearly looks like grilled fish, but it's not grilled fish, meow! There's something weird inside! It's sweet, meow! This fish tricked me, Vice Chairman Theo, meow! I'm angry, meow!"
First of all, Theo was extremely upset at the red bean and custard fish-shaped buns that had deceived him.
"Vice Chairman Theo, calm down. I'll grill you some real fish later. And if you're not going to eat that, give it to me."
"Puhuhut. Understood, meow!"
Theo calmed down at Sejun's words.
"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. What a fascinating taste."
Iona quietly savored the taste of the fish-shaped bun as she ate.
Kuehehehe. Kkueh?!
[Hehehe. Owner, are there no more?!]
Cuengi stared intently at the fish-shaped bun mold the owner was using to cook.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking?! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Let's put roasted and dried sweet potatoes in here! What do you think of Blackie's idea?! If we make and sell this, we'll hit the jackpot!]
Blackie suggested making roasted sweet potato fish-shaped buns.
"Yum."
Hehe. If Sejun makes this…
Aileen chewed her fish-shaped bun while imagining what it would taste like if Sejun made it.
Thanks to Iona's illusion magic, they all looked like humans in their twenties, so the fish-shaped bun owner just found the conversation a little odd.
Additionally, Aileen adjusted her appearance to a normal face to avoid drawing attention.
A little while later.
"Um… we've run out of ingredients, so I think I'll have to close up shop for today. Thank you for buying everything."
Sejun and his group made the fish-shaped bun owner close early. It was thanks to Sejun and Cuengi's efforts.
Ah. I forgot the kids' snacks.
Sejun suddenly realized they had eaten without saving any for the children.
Guess I'll have to find another fish-shaped bun stall.
He resumed his search to buy fish-shaped buns for Taecho and the Children of Destruction.
Meanwhile, the snowfall grew heavier and began to accumulate on the ground.
Hehehe. I'll build a snowman with the kids later.
Hoping the snow would pile up even more, Sejun kept walking in search of a fish-shaped bun stall, but he couldn't find one.
"Let's just eat some hotteok for now."
"I don't want that, meow!"
"Alright. Vice Chairman Theo, have some Churu instead."
"Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow!"
Instead, they headed to a hotteok stall. The vendor was a warm-looking elderly lady.
"Owner, please make me 300 hotteok."
"What?!"
At Sejun's words, the hotteok stall owner reacted just like the fish-shaped bun vendor had earlier.
"We'll eat 300 here and take 100 to go, so please make plenty."
Sejun added another order of 100 to the hotteok stall owner and waited for the hotteok to be made.
By the time Sejun and his group had eaten about 50 hotteok,
"Ma'am, are you alright?"
Sejun asked as he looked at the owner, who was sweating profusely. At first, he thought it was because she was working over a hot griddle, but her occasional grimaces made it seem like she was physically unwell.
"I'm sorry. I'm really slow, right? Actually, my shoulders and back aren't in great shape…."
The hotteok stall owner apologized in response to Sejun's question.
"No, not at all. If you don't mind, can I give you a massage?"
"What?"
"Puhuhut. A massage from me, Vice Chairman Theo, is expensive…."
"Cuengi. Please give the lady a massage."
Kueng!
At Sejun's request, Cuengi flew into the air and began massaging the old lady's shoulders and back.
"Oh my, that feels amazing. Young man, your massage skills are outstanding."
The old lady's expression brightened noticeably.
"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Power of healing…."
Iona also cast a recovery spell on the old lady's body.
After the massage was over,
"Why am I so sleepy? I just got a massage and was going to make hotteok…."
Relaxed from the massage, the old lady started getting very drowsy.
"Ma'am, why don't you head home and rest today, and let me borrow your stall just for a day? I need a lot of hotteok. I'll pay you for it."
Sejun made a proposal to the old lady.
"Huh?"
"Would about 5 million won be enough?"
"No way! You even gave me a massage. Just use it."
Five million won was enough to open a brand-new hotteok stall, but the old lady coolly took off her apron and handed it to Sejun before heading home early.
And so, Sejun borrowed the hotteok stall.
"First, crushed peanuts…."
He mixed magical roasted peanuts with sugar,
Pababak.
Then quickly stuffed the mixture into dough, placed them on the griddle, and pressed them down with a hotteok press.
Since the griddle was too small, he pulled out another one from his void storage.
"Cuengi, match the temperature with the other griddle."
Kueng!
He added more hotteok to cook.
"Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I, Vice Chairman Theo, shall do the pressing, meow!"
Smoosh.
As Theo pressed down the hotteok with his front paw, cleanly licked with his tongue, a distinct cat paw print was left on the hotteok.
Because the illusion magic only changed their appearance to human form, the hotteok Theo pressed clearly retained the cat paw imprint.
"Everyone, go ahead and try one."
"Okay!"
Kueng!
"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Yes."
As Sejun continued grilling at high speed, Aileen, Cuengi, and Iona began eating the hotteok.
Kking!
[Butler! Put roasted and dried sweet potato inside the hotteok!]
Blackie clung to Sejun's leg, whining.
"Alright. Just wait a second. Vice Chairman Theo, chop this up."
"Puhuhut. Understood, meow!"
Sejun handed over the roasted and dried sweet potatoes, and Theo began chopping them with his claws.
"Great."
Sejun mixed the sweet potatoes with sugar, stuffed them into dough, and placed them on the griddle.
Then.
"Puhuhut."
Smoosh. Smoosh. Smoosh.
Theo pressed the hotteok diligently.
Just then,
104.28.193.250
"Hello, owner. Can I have three hotteok, please?"
A customer entered.
"Puhuhut. Welcome, meow!"
Theo naturally welcomed the customer.
One hotteok: 1,500 won.
Three hotteok: 4,000 won.
Without even noticing the posted price.
A short while later.
– Discovered cat paw print hotteok! Super cute! It's 4,000 won for 3 and tastes amazing! If you're near Oksoo Station, make sure to stop by!
The customer posted photos of Sejun, Theo, the stall, and the hotteok with a caption on Stargram, and the likes started rising rapidly.
– Oh. I'm nearby. Gotta check this out!
– Cat paw print hotteok?! Heading there right now!
– I've been craving hotteok. I'm going too!
Customers began flocking to Sejun's hotteok stall.
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