“Just trust me, Lord Theo!”

For Lord Theo! Kona, with a determined look, jumped onto the back of the lake turtle.

Splash.

Splash.

With short limbs flailing in the air, Kona glided as much as possible, and dived into the water. Kona swam hard and climbed onto the back of the lake turtle.

“Is this the shell of the lake turtle?”

Kona spoke, looking at the red back of the lake turtle. The shell was densely packed with holes that looked like volcanic craters, varying in size from small to massive.

It looked sturdy, and Kona thought it seemed like a good material for making equipment, though they would have to refine it first to be sure.

Just then,

Scrape.

Krueng?

[Did Kona come to take this too?]

Cuengi, who had already settled on the back of the lake turtle, spoke up. Cuengi had been busy prying off pieces of the turtle’s shell and stuffing them into its snack pouch.

“Yes!”

Kona, thinking Cuengi also came to mine the shell, responded and began to dig into the turtle’s shell with a pickaxe.

Clang! Clang!

After about 10 minutes of pickaxing by Kona, a piece of the lake turtle’s shell came off.

“Peng?”

Beneath it, the real shiny shell appeared.

“Then what’s this?”

Kona was confused, looking at the stone she had mined when,

Puaang!

[My back feels cool!]

The lake turtle let out a pleased cry.

“Back? Huh?! What are you guys doing there?”

Sejun, who had been creating ice for the lake turtle, asked Cuengi and Kona, who were on the turtle’s back.

Krueng!

[Daddy, Cuengi dug up oysters!]

Cuengi proudly showed Sejun what he had dug up from the turtle’s back, waving them in its hands in response to Sejun’s question.

“Oysters?!”

At a glance, it was obviously wasn’t oysters, but to Cuengi, the closest thing in his knowledge was oysters.

“Wait a minute. Ice cube.”

Sejun made an ice bridge to move over to the turtle’s back to properly examine and explain what was attached to the shell.

“These are Balanidae. So, this is why you felt hot.”

Sejun touched the red Balanidae and spoke. They were slightly hot to the touch, and the parts touching the turtle’s back would be even hotter.

At that moment,

[You have discovered the reason why the lake turtle cannot sleep.]

[The quest has been updated.]

[Quest: Remove all the Balanidae parasitizing the body of the lake turtle!]

Reward: 130,000 experience points, 13,000 Tower coins, flourishing of the lake turtle, an endangered species, in 100 years.

With the quest update, the rewards increased slightly.

“Good.”

The quest, motivating Sejun, who was already eagerly picking off Balanidae and thinking about the tastiest way to eat them.

“Cuengi, these are called Balanidae.”

Sejun told Cuengi the name of the creatures attached to the turtle’s back.

Krueng?! Krueng?

[They’re not oysters?! Then we can’t eat them?]

Cuengi was shocked at Sejun’s words, becoming gloomy at the thought of not being able to eat something tasty.

“No, you can eat these too. And they’re very delicious.”

Krueng?!

[Really?!]

work hard to

Krueng! Krueng!

will

Chairman Theo with

competition to collect Balanidae began. This time, Sejun did not stop them since

call the other penguins

“Yes!”

penguins, making them

***

“Just you wait!”

everywhere with the crystal orb for the Three

aura of destruction has infiltrated

“Huh? Aura of destruction?”

the alarm had sounded and was able to locate Mister One, the boss of the Three Head Society

guy is the one who messed with my Sejun’s family. Iona, go to the

found by chance, Aileen sent Iona to take care of the hideout that Mister One had passed. True to her title of the Great Destructive Wizard, Iona erased the existence of the

monitoring Mister One, he entered a cave on

the northern cave on the 47th floor. I’ve

Three Head Society, they decided to deal with

“Kuhhh, it’s over!”

whose body had become stiff from looking at the

Just then,

“Huh?! What’s that?”

spotted the leather vest that Sejun had asked her to appraise. She had been so focused on searching for the Three Head

I need to appraise this

magic on

***

Two hours later.

“It’s much cleaner now.”

who had been freezing the island, commented upon seeing that about a quarter of the balanidae that had filled the

“Time to make lunch.”

was grilled balanidae. He took out some balanidae he had

Snap.

Fwooosh.

branches. Since balanidae naturally possess a high tolerance to heat due to their inherent high temperature, so Sejun produced a

Krueng!

[It smells delicious!]

a certain degree, Cuengi, drawn by the aroma, began to waddle around, and other penguins also

is mine,

the balanidae, stayed on the lake turtle’s back, diligently

well. Let’s

of the grilled

Krueng!

you for the

you for the

to

However,

“Peng!”

had grabbed the balanidae hurriedly dropped them and rushed into the lake to cool their

things with his tough

them down here

penguins in the same plight, Sejun made ice cubes and placed

was enjoying their

Thump.

flesh of the giant balanidae Cuengi was eating and rolled and

“What’s this?”

a inner core from the

another

up the bead with a

Krueng!

[That’s definitely for Dad!]

Sejun’s thoughts. It

picked up the bead and

[Fiery Balanidae’s Inner Core]

has parasitized on the lake turtle and grown by absorbing the turtle’s

increases strength by 20

It enhances flame-related talents slightly upon

a strong bitter

restriction: Lv. 30 and above, Strength 20 or

→ Grade: B

Munch.

was easier to eat it quickly than

temporary, stats are

teeth, he endured the rising bitterness and

Gulp.

bearing with the bitterness,

consumed the Fiery Balanidae’s Inner

potential strength increases by

talents have

“Good.”

mouth was bitter, but his

Just then,

Click.

“Huh?”

Dadadada.

core in front of Sejun and ran away. It had given Sejun the core that came from the Balanidae

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