97th Floor of the Tower.

“Is that where Taru’s friend is, meow?!”

Theo asked, looking at the village in the middle of a wasteland in the distance.

“No. That’s my hometown, Rhino Village, over there. Do you see the mountain at the end of the village?”

Taru pointed to the mountain behind the village.

“I see it, meow!”

“There, at the entrance of the mountain, is my friend’s workshop. And… Theo, please don’t call me by my name in the village. I just want to meet my friend quietly.”

Taru readjusted the hood he was wearing to hide his face.

“Got it, meow! Then let’s hurry, meow!”

Theo, eager to buy the jars and return to Sejun triumphantly, hurried Taru along towards the entrance of the village.

“Has it been 100 years?”

Taru, who had not seen his hometown in a long time, followed Theo leisurely after admiring the scenery of his homeland. The mountain served as a landmark, so there was no chance of losing Theo the way to his friend’s workshop.

Just as Taru was walking without worries,

“Ha! Don’t lie to me, meow!!!”

Theo’s angry voice could be heard arguing with the village guards.

***

‘I’ll buy the jars and go back to Chairman Park’s knees, meow!’

Theo, eager to return to Sejun with the jars, ran swiftly and arrived at the entrance to Rhino Village.

But

“Stop right there!”

“If you want to enter the village, pay a toll of 100 Tower Coins!”

The guards blocking the entrance to the village demanded a toll from Theo.

“My village doesn’t charge a toll, so why are you demanding one, meow?”

Theo confronted the guards blocking his way. 100 Tower Coins was a trivial amount compared to the money Theo had, but to be extorted like this was something a fool would do. Puhuhut. I’m no longer a fool, meow!

“What did you say?!”

“Should I just beat this tiny one up?”

The huge guards threatened Theo.

“Puhuhut. How dare you, the great…”

As Theo was about to reveal his identity to intimidate the guards,

“What’s all this noise?”

A being even bigger than the guards appeared.

“I’m… I’m sorry. Lord Radun, this cat refuses to pay the toll… I’ll take care of it quickly!”

The guards spoke with tension in their voices as Radun, the leader of Rhino Village, appeared.

“Kukuk. No need. I’ll personally teach this brazen creature the fear of the world.”

Radun rolled up his left sleeve to show off the black dragon tattoo on his forearm, as if boasting.

“Oh! That’s the great black dragon tattoo that Lord Radun got from fighting the Minotaur King for three days, and he was acknowledged for his strength, a tattoo personally engraved by the Minotaur King himself!”

“Probably, Lord Radun, who came back without a single wound, is much stronger than Lord Taru, the Storm Tank who fought and survived against the Minotaur King 100 years ago.”

The two guards whispered about Radun’s tattoo.

‘Kukuk. Yes. Praise my greatness more!’

Radun shifted about to show off his tattoo better in response to the guards’ words.

Radun recalled that when the Minotaur King recently visited the village, he boldly suggested a one-on-one fight in a secluded place when the villagers were watching but as soon as he went to the secluded place,

Thump!

“Please spare me! I surrender!”

He quickly knelt and surrendered to the Minotaur King.

The Minotaur King, upon seeing Radun’s submission, told him to serve loyally upon seeing anyone with the black dragon tattoo in the future and showed Radun the tattoo on his chest before leaving.

However, as soon as the Minotaur King left, Radun boldly forged a similar black dragon tattoo on his left arm and returned to the village, lying that he had received it from the Minotaur King.

Since then, Radun’s influence grew significantly, and he lived like a king in Rhino Village.

Thus, every day, Radun would roam the village after lunch to see the villagers who feared him. It was then that he noticed Theo.

‘Good catch at the right moment.’

Radun thought it was time to pick one out and show his fearsomeness. He marked Theo, who was standing up to the guards, as his prey. Theo looked weak enough to highlight his own strength.

this weird

black dragon tattoo engraved on Radun’s arm, because he knew the only person who had the extra scales of Kaiser was Sejun, whose right-hand man was

did not have the extra scales of Kaiser. Naturally, Radun’s black dragon

made that Theo felt insulted on behalf of the black

subordinate with

Trembling,

by Sejun was insulted, Theo trembled with anger. Of course, to the other party, it seemed like he

“Haak! Don’t lie, meow!!!”

shouted at Radun, filled with

lie are you

did this guy

Radun

teach you a lesson,

Snap!

also unsheathed his dragon claws as he saw Radun’s

Then

Bang!

front of Theo, taking Radun’s punch with

Ta… friend, are

his name, remembered Taru’s request not to do so and quickly changed his

I’m fine. I don’t know what’s going on, but let’s try to talk this out

and spoke to

And then,

“Theo, what’s happening?”

they blocked the way

“What?!”

Village charge a

but as someone who had abandoned and left the village,

Coins for

“Huh?! Yes!”

dazed guard

Chairman Theo, let’s

to take care of the jars first, Theo glared at Radun

village look

of the village, commenting on its lack of life

Let’s head to the workshop for

friend about the village, Taru hurried

they passed through the village and arrived at

[Triceratops Workshop]

for the workshop was in

Knock. Knock. Knock.

on the door and

“Excuse us!”

Taru into the workshop. Inside, various pottery made of big and small clay and stones were

would love this,

commented while looking at a stone pot

This looks good

Theo was picking out

Crash!

breaking came from the back

“Meow?!”

of the reason for his visit by the sound of

And then

Crash!

Taru’s friend, breaking a

you

your first time

crack

Then,

“Triceratops.”

had followed behind Theo, called

“Huh?! Is that you?!”

me. Taru. It’s been a

“Taru!!!”

past Theo towards Taru as if he was about

he was a friend,

Theo was confused

“Triceratops!”

Triceratops

Bang!

seemed like

long has

have you

exchanged a strong embrace, a

A moment later,

came

right, meow! I want to buy 1500 jars,

1500 is exactly how many I’ve made so

“How much, meow?!”

a friend’s introduction, I’ll give you a special deal and only charge for the

cover the labor cost. Triceratops, with Taru

But,

a discount,

of Triceratops’ generosity, tried to haggle three

“Sigh… just take them.”

these days, Triceratops

you, meow! In return, I’ll give you

to the fool who had given him the jars

And,

“Help me, meow!”

boldly asked Taru and Triceratops for help while packing the jars into

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