Chapter 320 – The Surplus Man (7)

[ Kekek? Why are you doing this? ]

The fairy shuffled about in a daze.

Vikir looked down at the puzzled expression on its face, as if it really didn’t understand.

‘It’s disgusting.’

Fairy are basically scammers.

Not only does it try to live off the achievements of the participants in the survival competition in the tower, but it also often tries to steal their rewards.

The most common type is called “pingtang”. It means embezzlement.

If you’re a newbie and you’re not getting the rewards you deserve for completing a tough mission, it’s almost always because these scammers have done something along the way.

It is common for them to steal more than 5 out of 10 under the pretext of commissions and other things, and sometimes they even boldly steal the entire reward.

The main pattern is to appear in front of the challenger, whose judgment is impaired, immediately after clearing a difficult mission, lure them in with a appropriate reward, and then disguise the real reward as scraps, scraps, by-products, or trash, remove it from the reward list, and retrieve it.

By rule, the fairy must show the challenger all of the rewards they have earned in full view of the challenger, so they can’t hide them.

Therefore, the challenger must carefully consider everything one by one.

Any rewards that the challenger fails to pick out will naturally belong to the fairy.

‘So, if you see an ultra-rare item like this, you will naturally try to steal it.’

Vikir grabbed the sack of candy from the fairy’s hand and snatched it away.

[ ah ah ah …… ]

The fairy let out a frustrated whimper.

It will be like that.

For the sack Vikir now held in his hand was an extremely rare Hidden Piece, one that was rarely found in the tower, and even the fairies had no idea how to obtain it.

-<Strange Candy Pouch ‘Conversion Worm’> /Exchange/S

Ultra-small bugs that live in the bodies of small creatures. Although it has the shape of a sack, it is actually the egg case of a parasite.

It does no harm to its host and feeds primarily on ‘strange candy’. If it doesn’t consume more than a certain amount of candy on a regular basis, it will die off naturally.

The amount of excretion is as large as the amount of food consumed, and the excrement is said to have slightly different properties from the food consumed.

-Candy Conversion (Special)

This creature eats 100 candies of the same type and excretes 1 candy of a different color.

※The color of the excreted candy is random.

‘……Pull out.’

Vikir ripped open the sack. Sure enough, there is a small parasite inside.

A small creature infected with this parasite has no health problems, but it does have one unusual ability.

It is the ability to eat candy and wrap candy.

For example, if Vikir feeds the parasite 100 red candies that increase its strength stat, the parasite will spit out a randomly colored candy.

It could be a golden candy that increases your level, a silver candy that increases your reflexes, a black candy that increases your physical resistance, a green candy that increases your agility, or a blue candy that increases your stamina.

In the latter part of the tower, you’ll find a lot of strange candies, and if you use the worm correctly, you can even turn the most common red candy into the most valuable golden candy.

If you’re lucky.

‘…… Before the regression, Camus got this.’

Before the regression, Camus was obsessed with getting white candy, which boosted her Magic Resistance stat, from all the candy she got from the Conversion Worms.

As a result, she had a ridiculous Magic Resistance stat, which allowed her to ignore Mana Surge and break through dangerous limits several times.

‘But that was also obtained at the end of the journey, on the lowest floor of the tower.’

Even Vikir himself hadn’t realized he’d accomplished such a feat on the third floor.

Vikir turned his head to look back at the little madam perched on his shoulder.

“……It’s hard enough to find a small animal you can trust, so I’m glad you’re here. I would love to be the host, but my size makes it impossible, so do me a favor.”

[hack-hack-hack-]

As Vikir stroked her, the little madam rubbed her cheek against his hand to show that she was happy.

Soon, a harmless parasite clung to her body. It settled under her chin.

She scratched at it for a while, but then forgot about it, as if it hadn’t happened.

It seems to have no effect on the host, as the description says.

“I’ll give you the stats I get in the future.”

The little madam who will eat the stat candy will also grow rapidly.

Eating and excreting are two different things.

Vikir turned his head just in case, but the pile of candies behind him had already been collected.

When the fairy was deprived of the real reward, it seemed like it was in a hurry to retrieve the rest.

Perhaps that was its entire fortune.

Still, there were a few candies still scattered about, as if it had been done in a hurry.

Vikir deliberately targeted them, kicking them as hard as he could.

“You should be grateful even if it’s just a crumb.”

Vikir picked up the candies, which were embedded in various parts of the Daylily’s body.

The fact that the daylily’s mouth had oddly shaped jagged teeth was a great help in this case.

Once he retrieved the candies that were stuck between his teeth, he had quite a collection.

15 red candies, 6 green candies, and 11 blue candies.

There were no golden candies.

Since they’re so precious, it seems like they’re the first to go.

…Poof!

Vikir pierced the Daylily’s body with the sword of Beelzebub.

After a long climb through the popped eyeballs, he could finally see out through the hole in the back of the Daylily’s flower.

When Vikir emerged, covered in all sorts of nectar, there were gasps all around.

“Oh my God, you were alive!”

“We caught a cannibal flower! We caught an S-class monster!”

“And with a body weakened 100 times!”

“What the hell is he doing, that guy…….”

All the students of Colosseo Academy were shouting with joy.

However, none of them got close to Vikir.

The hound, who had just finished a bloody battle, hadn’t quite gotten the hang of his vicious aura yet.

Only one.

“Vi, Vikir, use this ragged towel, I found it in the ruins! Ah, this is a scented oil, but you can use it to wash away dirt…….”

Only Grenouille would come up to Vikir and tend to his needs.

But Vikir didn’t mind the stares.

The first thing Vikir did when he stepped out of the Daylily was to grab two items.

-<Sunflower Seed Shrew’s Tooth Hoe> / Farming Tools / D

A hoe made from the teeth of a large shrew.

If nothing else, it’s useful for digging up plant seeds.

-<Oil Paper Pouch> / Pouch / D

A pouch that is quite tough and does not dissolve well in water.

It’s good for holding things because it keeps moisture out.

Vikir picked up a hoe made from a shrew’s teeth and climbed up to the flower at the head of the Daylily.

Sure enough, the center of the flower, which was supposed to be just ordinary, was densely packed with sharp seeds.

The seeds were incredibly tough and hard, and he dug them out one by one with his hoe.

… thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack!

The seeds didn’t fall apart under Vikir’s aura and sword blows, but they came out with relative ease with the hoe made of the shrew’s teeth.

As soon as Vikir extracted the seeds, he stored them in an oil paper sack that did not dissolve well in water.

The paper sack repels moisture, so the seeds will not absorb moisture and germinate.

Looking at the silent figure, the students felt a chill run down their spines.

“Is it really possible for a level 1…… to capture an S-class monster with a body weakened by 100 times?”

“Then how strong were you before you entered the tower?”

“I’m saying he was at least a Swordmaster… Is that possible at his age?”

“You know that with your own eyes.”

“So you’ve been hiding your power all this time? Why?”

“I don’t know. How can we know what a master is really like?”

A group of chickens and a crane (群鷄一鶴). Vikir didn’t pay any attention to the clucking of the many chickens.

Just then.

The fairy they thought had disappeared reappeared.

This time, the fairy seemed to be angry.

[Is th is a miss ion con trol ? Are the re 68 surviv ors ? Are th ey all go ing to st ay ali ve for fr ee ? ]

Perhaps it’s embarrassed and annoyed that it was caught trying to scam Vikir.

At the same time, a status window pops up to inform you that the mission is complete.

<Mission> – Survive 1~68 days in the ruins!

*Avoid the Daylily of Blood Tree!

Since the Daylily of Blood Tree is dead, it’s easy to survive for 68 days by gnawing on the corpse of this giant plant.

Knowing this, the fairy simply forced the mission to end.

[ Wo n’t I get in trou ble if I go on li ke th is ? Is the re a slig htly mo re challeng ing miss ion wait ing for you on the next flo or ? ]

Having finished speaking, the fairy snapped its fingers in the air.

Then a rope-like thing suddenly twitched down from the sky.

[Wo uld yo u li ke me to he lp you get to the ne xt flo or as quick ly as possib le, or do you thi nk we sho uld let so me of the peo ple who don’t deser ve to sur vive the fi re do wn a litt le bit ?]

The fairy tugs at the rope from the sky.

…kuleuleuleuleug! cheolsseog!

A strong current of water rushed down from the other side of the ruins, as if a toilet lever had been pulled.

“Whoa, whoa, whoaaa! What is this!”

“It’s a tsunami! Everyone run!”

“Over there! The gate to the lower level is open over there!”

“Huh! It’s small! It’s only for one person!”

“Quick! Quick! Quick! Quick! Quick!”

Students ran like crazy to avoid the approaching tsunami, sweeping away everything in the distance.

The students ran frantically to escape the oncoming tsunami that was sweeping everything away in the distance.

Looks like everyone will be swept away when they get downstairs.

[ So good bye ? ]

With the fairy’s voice ringing in their ears, all 68 survivors leapt through the gate.

It was a leap to the fourth floor.