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.

is this weird

seeing the 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

King did not have the extra scales of

was so poorly made that Theo felt insulted on behalf of the black dragon tattoo engraved on his

about being Chairman Park’s subordinate with such an ugly tattoo, meow!!! I’m

Trembling,

anger. Of course, to the other party, it seemed like he was shaking with

“Haak! Don’t lie, meow!!!”

at Radun, filled

you talking about?!

this

outcry, Radun hurriedly attacked to

teach you a lesson,

Snap!

unsheathed his dragon claws as he

Then

Bang!

in front of Theo, taking Radun’s

are you okay,

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

what’s going on,

and spoke

And then,

“Theo, what’s happening?”

I tried to enter the gate, they blocked the way and demanded a

“What?!”

was shocked to hear the reason for the fight. Why would Rhino Village charge a toll?! It was not the Rhino Village he

collecting a toll, but as someone who had abandoned and left the

for the

“Huh?! Yes!”

dazed

Chairman Theo, let’s

meow! Heeding Taru’s call and deciding to take care of the jars first, Theo glared at Radun

does the village

down the main street of the village, commenting on its lack of life

Let’s head

his friend about the village, Taru hurried

the village and arrived at the foot of

[Triceratops Workshop]

the workshop was

Knock. Knock. Knock.

knocked on the door and

“Excuse us!”

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

Park would love this,

looking at a stone pot carved out of

looks

picking out

Crash!

of a jar breaking came from the back

“Meow?!”

visit by the sound of

And then

Crash!

Triceratops, Taru’s friend, breaking a jar with

are you

your first time

a crack in

Then,

“Triceratops.”

had followed behind Theo,

“Huh?! Is that you?!”

me. Taru. It’s been a

“Taru!!!”

charged past Theo towards Taru as if he was about

he was

Theo was confused

“Triceratops!”

Triceratops with an equally

Bang!

a loud noise. It seemed like

long has

have you

shook hands and exchanged a strong embrace, a rough greeting

A moment later,

came to

want to buy

is exactly how many I’ve made so far. Alright, I’ll

“How much, meow?!”

came through a friend’s introduction, I’ll give you a special deal and only charge for the labor. It’ll be

cover the labor cost. Triceratops, with Taru accompanying

But,

a

Triceratops’ generosity, tried to haggle

“Sigh… just take them.”

jars these days, Triceratops decided to hand them all over to

In return, I’ll give you this,

to the fool who had given him the

And,

“Help me, meow!”

Triceratops for help while

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