Side Story Chapter 150 - Tower of Creation (8)

“S-Sir Kang-Woo?”

“Wh-What are you...”

The apostles stared in shock at Oh Kang-Woo who was acting crazy all of a sudden. His gullible and gentle attitude in their first meeting was nowhere to be found. He was stepping on the food splattered on the ground as he fumed in rage.

An apostle whispered, “What the hell is going on?”

Another whispered back, “How the hell should I know?”

The apostles stole glances at each other as they slowly stepped backward. None of the Constellations had warned them of a situation like this unfolding.

“AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!” Kang-Woo’s fit of rage continued. “WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY!!! WHY IS THERE NO KIMCHI STEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW?!!”

“Umm... S-Sir Kang-Woo,” called one of the apostles as she carefully approached Kang-Woo. Her hair which reached her butt lightly shook. “We understand that our preparations were unsatisfactory for you, so let us discuss...”

She was Rebecca Fowler, an apostle of the God of Compassion and one of the most famous apostles in the tower due to her extraordinary looks. The other apostles looked at Rebecca, full of anticipation. The power of beauty was great; even a man as violent as Kang-Woo would turn into a docile sheep in front of Rebecca.

“KIMCHI STEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!”

“Kyaaahhh!!! P-Please stop!!!”

However, her blinding beauty was ineffective on Kang-Woo screaming for kimchi stew with his eyes rolled backward.

“Sh-Shit!! What the hell is kimchi stew?!” asked an apostle as he pulled on his short blond hair.

“It’s... a traditional K-Korean dish,” answered an apostle whose home country was Korea.

“Traditional dish? Is he seriously acting like that because we didn’t prepare a dish from his country?”

“What the fuck?”

The apostles’ mouths went agape in shock. Not even a five-year-old would be childish or rude enough to flip a table and throw a temper tantrum because they had not prepared a traditional dish from his country.

“Umm... Can you make this k-kimchi stew?”

“I can get meat, but... the problem is kimchi.”

“Kimchi?”

“We can’t make kimchi with the ingredients sold in the tower.”

The Korean apostle frowned troublingly. A lot more seasoning went into making kimchi than one would expect. It was impossible to recreate the taste of kimchi using ingredients grown in the Tower of Creation.

“Isn’t there a thing that tastes similar to kimchi? Leuconostoc, was it?”

“Leuconostoc is extremely rare in the tower. In the first place, the plant originated from Pandemonium...”

“We have to get it somehow!”

They couldn’t let this mouth-foaming lunatic keep rampaging forever.

“Ngh, just a moment, please.” The Korean apostle quickly opened his System window and contacted apostles on lower floors. “Ah...! Th-There’s an apostle with Leuconostoc!”

“Get some right now!!”

“Who knows what the Constellations will say to us if he stays like this!!”

They had received a revelation to recruit Oh Kang-Woo no matter what it took. They didn’t even want to imagine how they would be punished if they couldn’t appease him.

“Okay!”

The Korean apostle sprinted out of the temple. Kang-Woo continued to throw a fit.

“NOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!! BRING IT TO ME NOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!”

“P-Please wait a moment—”

“Imgoinginsaneimgoinginsaneimgoinginsaneimgoinginsaneimgoinginsaneimgoinginsaneimgoinginsaneimgoinginsaneimgoinginsaneeeeeeeeeeee!!!”

“Aaaaaahhhh!!! P-Please calm down...!!”

The apostles trembled in panic. It was natural since the person whom the Constellations had told them to recruit no matter what was throwing a fit as he pulled on his hair. The apostles could only stare desperately at the empty spot where the apostle who ran out to get the Leuconostoc was standing.

“

Huff, huff, huff!!

”

After an hour, the apostle who managed to get Leuconostoc after sprinting down to the lower floors finally arrived as he panted heavily.

“W-We need to start cooking right now!!”

“Leave the cooking to me!!” shouted an apostle of the God of Satiety.

The God of Satiety was low in rank as a Constellation but was highly recognized among the apostles because he could completely satiate hunger.

Bubble—!

A delicious-looking kimchi stew was made in fifteen minutes and placed on a table, replacing the one Kang-Woo had broken, in front of Kang-Woo.

“Haaa, haaa. S-Sir Kang-Woo, here is your kimchi stew.”

“Kimchi... stew?”

Kang-Woo, who had been putting on a shitshow for over an hour, slowly looked up. He grabbed a spoon on the table and had a spoonful of the stew.

Gulp.

The apostles examined Kang-Woo’s expression intently as they swallowed their saliva. Kang-Woo’s expression crumpled intensely.

“IT’S SALTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!”

Kang-Woo grabbed the pot and threw it at a wall, breaking the pot and splattering the stew all over the place.

“You call this kimchi stew? Huh?”

“I-I’m sor—”

“MAKE IT AGAIN!!!”

“...”

Kang-Woo glared at the apostle who made the kimchi stew. A menacing mood fell in the temple again. The apostles clenched their fists with hardened expressions.

‘Sheesh, look at their faces.’

Kang-Woo chuckled in his head as he was showered with ferocious glares. He shifted his gaze to the kimchi stew on the ground.

‘Fuck, what a waste.’

To be honest, the kimchi stew the apostle of the God of Satiety made was extraordinarily delicious.

‘But of course, it doesn’t compare to Darling’s kimchi stew.’

Whatever the case, it was nowhere near bad enough to yeet it across the room. Although Kang-Woo was a kimchi stew maniac, he wasn’t crazy enough to flip a table filled with food just because kimchi stew had not been prepared.

‘There should be a sign soon.’

Throwing a fit and flipping the table was part of his plan— one to suck more Nebula from the Constellations.

‘Should I throw a bigger fit?’

Kang-Woo thought as he glanced at the apostles.

Slam!

“You are taking this too far!!” shouted a man, standing up from his chair.

He was the one who introduced himself as an apostle of the God of Heaven.

‘There it is!’

The reaction Kang-Woo had been waiting for had come.

‘Who wouldn’t get mad at someone putting on this kind of shitshow?’

It was weird for Kang-Woo to say but he had to admit he had acted like such a bitch that even he would beat the shit out of himself. Not only that but in the apostles' eyes, Kang-Woo was a newbie who had only just entered the tower. The result was obvious since he had fanned the flames of jealousy burning in their hearts.

“You must’ve let the attention from the Constellations get over your head...!”

“P-Please calm down! The Constellations told us to—”

“MOVE!!!”

The apostle pushed Rebecca aside and walked toward Kang-Woo. A warning window might have appeared in front of him but he probably couldn’t see it because he was blinded by rage.

“GET THE HELL UP!”

The apostle of the God of Heaven grabbed Kang-Woo’s collar.

“Who are you supposed to be?” Kang-Woo asked.

“Hah, who am I?” the apostle chuckled as he ferociously bared his teeth.

He didn’t like the newbie from the moment he received the revelation from the God of Heaven. Now, he had it up to here after witnessing the newbie throwing a hissy fit in front of him, one of the Seven Stars, a title given to the strongest seven climbers.

‘He climbed up to the fortieth floor in a flash?’

The apostle couldn’t care less. He had also climbed up to the fortieth floor as had everyone else.

“I AM VINCENT HASSEN, A NINE-STAR APOSTLE OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN, YOU CRAZY MOTHERFUCKER!!!”

Rumble—!!

A heat haze rose from his clenched fists and aggregated into a cloud. It didn’t look particularly strong but this small cloud was powerful enough to obliterate a seven-star beast in one blow.

Grab.

“H-Huh?”

But of course, a nine-star apostle was no different from a newbie climber to Kang-Woo.

Wham!!

Kang-Woo grabbed Vincent’s fist and threw him at the temple wall.

“KURGHHH!!”

Vincent, unable to resist, flew through the air and was smashed into the wall. The impact rattled his brain and he fell head-first into the pot of kimchi stew.

“...”

“...”

The apostles could only stare blankly at the unbelievable sight.

“Man... I’m severely disappointed, great Constellations.” Kang-Woo looked up and frowned in displeasure. He sighed as he shook his head and continued, “I accepted their offer because they said all of you arranged this, but... do you let your apostles exert violence on all of your guests?”

Riing!

[The ‘God of Heaven’ is immensely flustered!]

[The ‘God of Adventure’ criticizes the God of Heaven!]

“It’s not just the God of Heaven. I’m disappointed in the Constellations of every apostle here.”

Kang-Woo shook his head with a hardened expression.

[The ‘God of Adventure’ stares at you in mortification!]

[The ‘God of Satiety’ fiercely shakes his head!]

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

[The ‘God of Compassion’ questions you as he cannot understand!]

The other Constellations also reacted to Kang-Woo’s disappointment.

Kang-Woo looked around and continued, “To be honest, I was planning on becoming the apostle of the Constellation whose apostle I found to have the best attitude. Yes, that’s why I acted rudely on purpose to rouse them. But look what happened! One of them tried to punch me, their guest, and the others stood still and did nothing!”

“I-I tried to stop h—”

“You call that trying? You just pretended to. If you were really trying to stop him, you would have at least held him back for a few seconds.”

“Th-That’s...”

“If you can’t even do that, I don’t think I will bother with your Constellation.”

Kang-Woo glared coldly at the apostles who were glancing at each other, not knowing what to do.

“I will excuse myself. It doesn’t look like any of these apostles are willing to welcome me.”

Kang-Woo pulled his chair back and stood up. Every apostle here likely knew he was spouting a load of bullshit. Throwing a fit to see what the apostles would do was probably one of the stupidest things they had ever heard.

‘But...’

They had no choice but to play along— after all, Kang-Woo had all the power in this situation.

[The ‘God of Adventure’ expresses his regret!]

[The ‘God of the Sun’ apologizes!]

[The ‘God of Heaven’ swears he will punish his apostle who disrespected you!]

The Constellations showered Kang-Woo with apology messages as he was about to leave. Kang-Woo ignored them and swiftly turned around.

[The ‘God of Heaven’ sponsors you with 100,000 Nebulas!]

Just then, a sponsor message appeared before him.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Kang-Woo frowned intensely. “Do you think I did this just to get some Nebula?!”

He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet.

“I was serious!!!” he shouted. “I wanted to find someone with whom I could climb to the top of the tower!!! A Constellation whom I could trust and depend on!!! But what did I get in return?! I was ridiculed! The target of jealous glares!! And I was even attacked!!!”

No one could ever understand his true feelings.

[The ‘God of Satiety’ lowers his head as he sponsors you with 30,000 Nebula!]

“Do you think this inexplicable sense of disappointment can be washed away with Nebula?”

[The ‘God of the Sun’ consoles you as he sponsors you with 50,000 Nebula!]

“Forget it!!! I don’t need your Nebula!! I won’t climb the tower anymore!! I won’t become anyone’s apostle!!”

[The ‘God of Adventure’ encourages you to think otherwise as he sponsors you with 100,000 Nebula!]

“Great Constellations... do you think you can buy people with Nebula? Do you think a person’s feelings— their blazing emotions— can be resolved with just Nebula?!!”

Kang-Woo’s screams echoed throughout the temple. Tears of sorrow from one’s goodwill being rejected flowed down his cheeks.

“I will never associate myself with any of you ever ag—”

[The ‘God of Heaven’ sponsors you with 500,000 Nebula!]

“I’ve made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgment. I will try to trust all of you one last time. I will try my best to understand the feelings of every apostle here. I will... climb to the top with all of you.”

‘Thank you for the donos!’