The cliff on the 38th floor’s north side.

“Search! There is a hideout of the ‘Three Head Society’ nearby!”

“Yes, my Lord!”

At Ulrich’s command, the Black Orc soldiers dispersed to search. Originally, they had intended to have the captured hunter from the ‘Three Head Society’ lead them directly to the hideout, but… the hunter committed suicide while being transported. Or to be precise, he was forced into suicide.

The hunter had strangled himself to death…

“I sense the aura of curse magic.”

Shaman Luken discovered traces of curse magic on the deceased hunter’s body. When the Three Head Society lost contact with the captured hunter, a pre-set curse by the ‘Three Head Society’ had been activated.

Due to that, the Black Orcs had to personally search for the ‘Three Head Society’ hideout.

Then,

“My Lord! There’s a cave here.”

One of the Black Orc soldiers who was searching down the cliff shouted.

Moments later,

“There’s nothing inside?”

“Yes, my Lord. We saw the same symbol on the cave walls as the tattoo on the man who killed himself, so it must be the Three Head Society’s hideout… but it seems they’ve already left.”

The Black Orc soldiers who searched the cave returned and reported their findings.

“Hmm… Already?”

Judging by the fact that they hadn’t erased their own symbols from the walls, it seemed they must have left the hideout in a hurry.

‘These aren’t ordinary fellows…’

Considering their boldness in abandoning the hideout just because they lost contact with one member, Ulrich thought the Three Head Society was no ordinary group.

‘In that case, I must thoroughly track them down and wipe them out from the tower to ensure they don’t interfere with the great Black Dragon and Lord Theo’s actions!’

As Ulrich steeled his resolve,

Krrrung.

Another cat intern had relayed the message successfully, and Hegel, leading the Black Wolves, arrived. Elka and the Silverwolves had split off while descending to protect the Earth Defense Force members transporting sturdy blade green onion leaves.

“Lord Hegel, you’re here.”

“Yes, Lord Ulrich.”

Ulrich and Hegel exchanged greetings. They had met several times since Ulrich became Theo’s subordinate.

“Did you find the hideout?”

“Well…”

Ulrich explained the current situation.

“Leave it to us. We’ll inspect the hideout briefly and return.”

“Thank you.”

Hegel and the wolves entered the cliffside cave to search the Three Head Society’s hideout.

And then,

“I’ve got their scent. Let’s go.”

Sniff sniff.

The wolves began to track the scent of the fleeing ‘Three Head Society’.

***

“It’s done!”

Finally, after steaming all the rice cakes for the cake, Sejun shouted in joy.

Krueng!

[Cuengi can eat rice cakes after sleeping one more night!]

Cuengi was also excited at the thought of eating rice cakes soon. Father and son both were happy but for different reasons.

“Let’s begin.”

Sejun began crafting the birthday cake with rice cakes.

“First, lay down some banana leaves on the bottom…”

To prevent the rice cakes from getting dirty, Sejun placed many banana leaves on the ground and started stacking the rice cakes like bricks.

One hour. Two hours…

Sejun concentrated on stacking the rice cakes.

And then,

“Done! Ta-da! What do you think, Cuengi?”

Sejun pointed at the towering 99-layer ‘rice cake’ cake tower with a 2-meter diameter, asking Cuengi’s opinion.

Krueng!

[It looks delicious!]

“No, I meant the shape?”

Not getting the answer he wanted, Sejun asked again.

However,

Krueng! Krueng!

know! It

had no interest in the shape of the rice cake. Sejun

they haven’t seen the tower

resembled the Black Tower. He planned to have

it not

Tower rice cake cake, Sejun began to make

As time passed,

Grrr.

grumbled, indicating it

Krueng!

[Dad, Cuengi’s hungry!]

wait

and added round balls made from the leftover rice cake dough to it, serving it to

Krueng!

chewy and

chewing

Squeak!

Ook!

rabbits and monkeys also loved

“They’re eating well.”

the animals

I want a

Theo, you can have a

Lick lick lick.

gave Theo

At that moment,

do I feel

at ease. He

because I

meatball,

is this a good thing? It’s nice to be relaxed,

a

you’re not busy, please rub my belly,

at Sejun’s idle

‘That’s not good.’

some coffee instead instead of a meal next time, as he stroked

Pat-pat.

“Meooow~”

Lick lick lick.

the

When Theo finished eating,

Thud.

Krueng!

nice if

to Sejun. Cuengi knew exactly how

“Alright.”

hand that had been feeding Theo

dinner came to

Rustle. Rustle.

made the last rice cake decoration for tomorrow’s

aren’t you sleeping,

hinted at Sejun to

Chairman Theo, just wait

I’ll wait,

had work to do, so he asked Theo to wait. Theo’s

However,

Shiver.

I’m cold,

hour later,

Vice Chairman Theo! What’s

finally sensed something was off

Theo, why is

alarmed. Theo’s entire body

Moreover,

Heavy breathing.

had become

need to bring down

tried to cool him down

Tight grip.

want to be

Theo clung to Sejun’s lap, not wanting to be

“I understand.”

held Theo with one hand and with the other, wiped his body to reduce the fever. Then he

“Kaiser!”

reaching the fountain, Sejun urgently

matter? Why aren’t

sipping

is very ill!

who was clinging to his

-Tsk, foolish kid. Heal.

sternly at Theo and used

Flash.

began

-It’s done.

Snore.

to Kaiser’s healing, Theo began

did Theo suddenly fall

He overexerted

“What? Overexertion?”

Theo

get sick after blocking the power of

But he looked perfectly

Theo

his own physical condition. As Kaiser said,

magic power from Aileen, a high level mature dragon, and then also the power of Ajax, it was inevitable for Theo, a mere cat merchant of the 75th floor, to feel the

caring for Sejun who had fainted and

the other hand, Sejun, under the care of Theo and Cuengi and having consumed elixirs, quickly recovered due to his job’s characteristic of ‘not being

“Thank you, Kaiser.”

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