Chapter 102: Seafood All-You-Can-Eat (1)

Anyway, I burned Nightmare Queen as a decoy.

Then I spatial-moved to the 7th-floor management office.

Whew.

I think I can get through this crisis for now.

It’s humble to call it a room, but I have to say the 7th-floor management office is my room.

I brought a blanket and even spatial-moved my laptop there.

She might buy it.

Then I placed a hand on the shoulder of Jin Seong-hee, who came carrying quite a heavy load of stuff.

“Aigoo, you startled me.”

The power of magic is great and wise.

“Huh? Mom. It is Mom. What are you doing here?”

I played dumb, acting like I just happened to pass by the 2nd-floor hallway and ran into her.

“Why are you coming out of there? Isn’t this your room?”

“It’s not my room. Right. What is it?”

“Isn’t this room 203?”

“I’ve told you several times I bought the building?”

For reference, I never hid from Mom that I bought the building.

If anything, I bragged about it more.

I don’t contact my sibling, and I don’t have much to say to Dad.

Dad’s the type who’d say, “Oh, really,” if I said, “I bought a building!”

“Bullshit.”

And Jin Seong-hee responds with curses.

“It’s not bullshit.”

“Did you bring a woman into your room? Girlfriend?”

“No, room 203 isn’t my room?”

“But it says room 203? I have the address here.”

“I bought the building, moved rooms, and rented this out new.”

This guy’s gone crazy.

It’s written all over her face.

“Then, don’t you have any thought of buying your mom, who fears chewing even a piece of meat, some galbi?”

“When Dad got a bonus and was in a good mood, ordering beef galbi instead of pork, if you hadn’t looked like you wanted to rip the galbi out of that guy’s body and chew it up, I would’ve bought it for you.”

“When did I?”

She can’t say getting a bonus was wrong, but I remember well how she grumbled for days.

I heard all the muttering about how if there’s a bonus, buy your wife a piece of clothing or the kids some shoes.

[You’re coming out.]

And as per my instructions, Nightmare Queen opens the door and comes out.

“Who are you to keep doing that?”

“Ah, isn’t this Kim Joo-heon’s place?”

“No……. Our baby is sleeping. Could you be quiet, please? Mortal……. Ah?”

I glare from the side with a look like, What the hell is mortal? You’re not even immortal, and Nightmare Queen covers her mouth.

“Aigoo, sorry. But my name isn’t Melja. Aigoo. A pretty young lady lives here.”

Nightmare Queen’s habit of handling humans slipped out wrong.

Mom seems to think her surname is Pil and name is “Melja.”

Like Malja or Kkeutsoon, that kind of feel?

My mom’s not that old. It’s the age with lots of Young, Hee, Sook.

“Thank you. Then.”

“Ah, since I bothered you anyway, let me ask one more thing. Is this man the landlord here?”

Nightmare Queen’s got high Intelligence, good at absorbing info, and pretty immersed in dramas.

She’ll answer well, right?

“Yes, uh, yeah, I think so.”

“Really? For real?”

“Uh, um, well, uh, he sleeps over sometimes.”

“Sleeps over? Yeees?”

“Young lady, just watch your kid at home.”

And I shut the door to room 203.

Anyway, Nightmare Queen pivoted well except for the mortal bit.

“Hmm. Doesn’t make sense. Where’d you get the money? It’s not that, is it?”

“What’s that?”

“You know, jeonse scam. Straw boss. Lend your name, pretend to be boss, then…….”

“No one lives here on jeonse. All monthly rent. No semi-monthly either.”

“Aren’t you caught on Grandma’s house black box? Going in and out with some old man.”

“He’s a business partner. Why?”

“Huh, but why no house or car first if you have money?”

“Didn’t I say from before, buy me a building, Mom?”

“No, wait.”

Jin Seong-hee suddenly changes to a deductive expression.

She presses room 203 again.

“No, what are you doing.”

“I saw you go to Grandma’s house with a naked woman.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“Like the woman living here!?”

Ah, I remember Nightmare Queen going there.

But she saw that?

“Come to think of it, it was weird. I definitely heard you at home saying, ‘Your mom?'”

“No, I’m right here?”

“That’s why it’s weirder. Suddenly bought a building, did you dig a tunnel or something? What the hell are you doing?”

“Come on, what would I do? You must’ve misheard. Stop watching so much drama.”

No choice but to belittle Mom’s perception as much as possible.

“Why does this guy keep dodging and insisting? You… growing weed at home or something?”

“Ah, what are you saying…….”

No idea how to excuse this.

“Um, excuse me. Room 203 oppa. Keep it down in the hallway, huh?”

Just then, room 202 door opens, and 202 pokes her head out.

I immediately cover her mouth and push her back in.

That’s when.

Not like whack-a-mole, this time room 203 door opens.

“Th-that! Master!”

“Huh?! Hey!?”

Giant Nightmare Queen holds the sleeping Fairy Princess and hands her to me.

Mom’s right behind?!

But the situation’s not normal.

As the door opens, RiceCookerMan is going [Aaaang] signaling the gate opened.

The otherworld guys’ invasion hits at this timing.

“Evacuate her, and bring Cat Gentleman. Quick.”

“What’s going on!?”

“Ah, I’ll close the door for now.”

I’m standing in front of Mom holding Fairy Princess, but she’s sleeping anyway.

“What’s going on? Who’s that kid?”

“No, uh, Mom. Hurry and go.”

“What, punk!?”

“No, go. Ah, that’s side dishes, right? So that’s why you came? Thanks. Give it. Uh, uh uh uh!”

Most chaotic ever.

Let’s sort it.

Do I become the ultimate bastard hitting Mom in the back of the head?

Yeah, Mom did say if she gets dementia, hit her to stop it. Reserved too.

Damn, but that’s not it!

But she came with side dishes packed for me to eat?

Shove the side dishes through my room door now?

No.

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

“Ah, what? Why! When did you push in? Ack?!”

“Excuse me, room 202! Just don’t ask, take this and the kid. I’ll add interest to the deposit.”

“The niece?”

“Huh? Niece?”

Mom asks what nonsense, but this isn’t right. I shout in front of room 202.

“No no no, just watch our baby for now. Sorry, sorry.”

“What? Our baby?”

“Our baby? Oop? No wait a sec……!!”

Mom freaks out.

I open room 202 door and shove Fairy Princess and side dishes in without a word.

Then close room 202 door before rebuttal.

Hold it shut with force. Can’t open without headbutting.

From behind, Jin Seong-hee watches in absurd confusion.

“What are you doing? Our……. baby? You quit teaching because of an accident?”

“Go. Quick! Is this the building?! Or up there, th-th-th-that 7th floor, no, stay there. It’s the management office?”

“Wait, if you had an accident with that young lady…… then who’s the young lady at home? You seeing two women? You, you bastard?”

“Ah, it’s not like that! I didn’t have an accident!”

Precisely, can’t have one.

“What? Then it’s the niece? Whose niece, Ji-yoo? That bitch!?”

“Hurry go. Hurry!”

“You guys? Speak straight!”

“Ah, okay. Okay, so just go to the cafe up front for now. I’ll explain everything later! You don’t want neighborhood embarrassment, right?”

In a flash, made my sibling into a weirdo who secretly had a daughter, but she deserves that treatment, so no clearing misunderstanding, hurried Mom out of the building.

Then summoned CatMan and returned to my room.

Going in, Nightmare Queen and RiceCookerMan are battling.

Yong-gae seems fine in the fridge.

<Power of Lightning LV889>

Electric eel?

Looks like a long-headed fish like a loach, crackling attacks.

Magic-using fish.

“Hey, no time. Quick finish. Go! CatMan.”

[Only I’m immune. Going.]

“Not doing cat cat?”

[Tsk tsk……. Tiger tiger.]

“Tsk tsk…….”

Pitiful beast with big dreams but can’t achieve.

The electric eel named Power of Lightning keeps crackling and glowing, but CatMan counters with same lightning.

Lightning colors different?

Depends on voltage or conductor triggering electricity?

[Aaang, aaaang.]

Not just eel coming out.

Like last time, fish swarm dropping?

Not just fish swarm, water keeps supplying from gate.

Their combat power low without water.

<Skewer LV 2104>

Sharp-beaked fish jumps from gate like out of water, aiming past CatMan.

Water keeps pouring from gate, RiceCooker is set aside.

Nearby ‘adsorption’, ‘steam’ spewing in fight, but anyway, no weak ones just steaming to death.

“This seems like full invasion from maritime clan!”

“Yeah. Hey, careful.”

Smack.

CatMan yawns and smacks level 2104 Skewer.

Large blue marlin, with Marine Life Specialization LV83 above head, so one hit, blue marlin Skewer’s label vanishes.

[Scale stuck in nail.]

Claw, punk.

Even large blue marlin no bigger than CatMan’s forepaw, but CatMan levels over 700 lower yet one hit.

Not for nothing cats before fish.

[More coming!]

[Revenge for brother and mother!]

<Octopus Neuter King LV 1429>

Octopus guys what, Octopus King, Octopus Queen, Octopus Neuter King.

Might as well give posthumous and temple names.

[Take this, my Octagonal Cannon!]

Octopus Neuter King floats in air like octopus spaceship, head spins, likewise legs whirl.

Ink pours from those legs.

Ew.

<Toxic Ink>

Hit area corrodes and rots.

Dangerous skill, but.

[Kuuuh!]

Not hard to freeze with black ice.

Among Octagonal Cannon, Toxic Ink freezes, Octopus Neuter King cuts legs like lizard and flees.

“Can I use this?”

“Yeah.”

Bought a torch, handed to Nightmare Queen.

Otherwise Hellfire might blow the building.

Blowing the building is my concept, but people live now.

Add negligent homicide and arson, commit crimes then rebel against nation.

Slowly really possible solo nation overthrow, so restraining.

[Kaaaaaaaah. My life to the sea of infinite possibilities]

Unnecessarily tragic.

Hit and flying, no scales, trying skewer attack again on blue marlin guy.

Gets hit by torch and dies grilled.

Levels over 2000 but no lower ones here.

CatMan and RiceCookerMan low but grow linked to my level.

Crackle crackle crackle.

“Meowww.”

CatMan counters electric eel’s attack with electricity too.

Currents clash crackling, sparks might fly.

[Th-that cat sir?]

[Cool, right?]

[Can’t you give me that one?]

[Bon appétit.]

Why do they eagerly converse without communication?

“Hey, he wants that.”

[Eel not that eel……………. You guys short?]

“RiceCooker no meaning, I’d like to be short.”

[Do it.]

Out of nowhere RiceCookerMan wants electric eel transfer, arranged that.

But gate rumbles again, something starts dropping.

<Water Pig LV 1842>

Not fish this time?

Dolphin-shaped monster, seems dolphin.

Looks like whale model sold at souvenir shops in small Pohang trips.

Attacking with dolphin?

Ultrasound probably.

Noise-canceling earphones in ears, no tension, squatting grilling fish well with torch, signaled Nightmare Queen too.

“OF, 71, 71.”

“Ah? Yep.”

At the same time.

<Ultrasound LV50>

Suited for water, land creatures unfamiliar high frequency attack. Effective on all enemies without ears.

Ultrasound as expected.

And in current battlefield, one to take that ultrasound.

[Meowww! Cowardly humans…….]

Regarding this, gave Nightmare Queen wireless earphones too.

Of course, no such for CatMan.

“Plugging ear holes is animal abuse, so didn’t.”

For defense, said plugging ear holes, he claimed animal abuse.

<Jellyfish King LV2458>

<Home Ownership from Birth LV 2337>

Really all sorts invading.

Pretty high level strong ones, but sequential input, just big so step to kill or.

CatMan fish specialist, not hard opposing…….

“Meow?”

CatMan even with 1 million Strength hits fish with 8,700 attack power.

Fish scales honed but generally torn off.

Yet <Home Ownership from Birth> sea turtle hit but no damage, flies from hit.

Like bowling pin, sweeps my room floor, hits CatMan’s hind leg, slips him.

“Meong?!”

CatMan down.

Like Mario.

“Oh my.”

“Whoa?”

‘Home Ownership from Birth’ obviously sea turtle.

Size like baby turtle raisable in aquarium, small.

“Hey why keep hitting that. Get this first.”

[Look at skill, punk]

But skill looks tempting.

<Absolute Defense LV90>

No damage from attacks unless head exposed.

<Tanking LV50>

Draws aggro from surroundings, takes attacks himself.

Handled octopus, ray, electric eel, porpoise, but turtle onward strategy tricky.

Looks exactly baby turtle. Raise it?

Then Jellyfish King’s toxic tentacles attack Nightmare Queen.

[More coming. More aaaang.]

“These bastards determined to fill aquarium.”

Like last fish pile strategy but this time leveled monsters with skills.

Currently Jellyfish King and Home Ownership from Birth not defeated, gate starts refilling monsters.

<Parasitic Barnacle LV540>

Once attached, doesn’t detach. Symbiosis. Even tear flesh, revives. Only complete kill or die together.

“Wow.”

Description brutal?

Parasitic Barnacle comes charging, speed fast but Nightmare Queen’s torch flame blocks front.

[More, more coming aaaang!]

“What, all-out assault!?”

“Seems so. Might need to tense up.”

This time magic circle forms above gate.

Signal for huge one, actually forming silhouette truly huge.

Size of long pillow for two to lie and cut…….

<Was a Big One LV 2941>

Wow, real whale?

But why past tense?

Among attacking fish and marine life, currently highest level, about 70 over mine.

Whale hard to target, trying attack, but Jellyfish King facing Nightmare Queen extends tentacles my way.

Attention briefly diverted.

Fairy Princess-sized large whale, ‘Was a Big One’.

[Headbutt LV 100!]

“Urk?!”

[Trait Shield King reduces damage]

And this whale even flying.

Was a Big One opens mouth wide, things come out.

[Sea Urchin Bomb]