Chapter 100 – The Harvest Festival Opens (2)

“I will just give it to you.”

“…?!”

Se-jun was momentarily flustered by the old raccoon who readily handed over the five-colored bean seeds. It felt as if his opponent had suddenly let go of the rope while they were playing a fierce tug-of-war.

However,

‘Hmph. This genius, Park Se-jun. I was going to show Theo more of my bargaining skills…’

He soon thought it was because his own trading skills were outstanding.

While Se-jun was lost in self-absorption by himself,

Tap.

Behind Se-jun’s back, Iona raised a thumb while looking at the old raccoon.

‘Good job.’

‘Thank you for letting me know that he is the Great Black Dragon.’

Iona and the old raccoon conversed with each other through their gazes.

“President Theo, did you watch closely? This is how you trade.”

Se-jun, who had successfully concluded the deal, said boastfully to Theo.

“As expected, Chairman Park is great, meow!”

“Hmph. Well, I wouldn’t go as far as calling it great.”

“That is not true, meow! I have never seen a merchant as great as Chairman Park who could cut down 10,000 Tower Coins until now, meow! I will work even harder in the future, meow!”

“Right, right.”

Feeling pleased by Theo’s praise, Se-jun stroked Theo’s head and put the five-colored bean seeds into his pocket.

At that moment,

“Excuse me…”

Four raccoons approached Se-jun.

“What is the matter?!”

The old raccoon, who was next to them, asked in a hurry. He stepped forward first in case the raccoons might make a mistake toward Se-jun.

“Elder Emil, we want to buy the honey that this person here has.”

“This thing called honey is incredibly sweet!”

“If we sell this along with the food we sell, we will be able to generate much more sales!”

“This is it.”

One of the raccoons showed Emil the honey contained in a small bowl. The raccoons had begged the rabbits to obtain it after seeing Cuengi eat Garaetteok dipped in honey so deliciously.

Plop.

To taste the honey at the raccoons’ words, Emil pulled out a piece of Garaetteok from his bosom, dipped it in the honey, and took it out, causing the Garaetteok to be coated in honey and glisten.

“Oh!”

Looking at the Garaetteok, which had become even more appetizing, Emil put the honey-coated Garaetteok into his mouth.

A moment later,

Suck. Suck.

“Huh?!”

Before he knew it, Emil had finished the Garaetteok and was mindlessly sucking the honey off his fingers.

‘This will work!’

Emil felt certain about the honey. This was a product that would unconditionally sell. Emil hurriedly looked at Se-jun. The owner of this place was Se-jun. He needed his permission to buy the honey.

However, upon learning that Se-jun was the black dragon, he could not bring himself to summon the courage to speak to him. Thus, he requested help again from Iona, who had helped him earlier.

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Se-jun, Elder Emil says he wants to buy some honey.”

“Meow?! Then you should tell me, why are you talking to Iona, meow?!”

When his main profession was threatened, Theo reacted sensitively. Moreover, Theo’s motivation was fully charged after witnessing Se-jun’s transaction just now.

“Chairman Park, open the warehouse door, meow!”

“Sure.”

Clank

As Se-jun opened the sub-space warehouse,

“Follow me, meow!”

Theo led the raccoons and entered the sub-space warehouse. It was to show them the honey in the warehouse and make a deal.

While Theo was selling honey to the raccoons like that,

[In a moment, the first event of the Harvest Festival, the Carrot Harvesting Competition, will begin.]

[Please come to the front of the Red Ribbon’s Giant Carrot Altar.]

A message announcing the event of the harvest festival appeared.

“Carrot Harvesting Competition?”

While Se-jun was looking at the message,

Pitter-patter.

The rabbits ran toward the giant carrot altar. Se-jun was not the only one who had seen the message. Se-jun also followed the rabbits for now.

When Se-jun arrived, a 100-pyeong carrot field surrounded by red light had been created beneath the giant carrot altar, and rabbits were lining up in front of the carrot field.

“What is this?”

Since they had clearly finished harvesting yesterday, there should have been no carrots in the field, yet the carrot stalks had grown considerably, to the point where they could be harvested immediately.

At that moment, as the red light turned into green light,

“Ppi-ik!”

The father rabbit entered the carrot field and began pulling carrots.

9:59 – 1 Carrot]

A timer appeared above the carrot field and began counting down. It was a competition to see who could harvest the most carrots within 10 minutes.

Patter-patter.

The father rabbit grabbed the carrot stalks and ran forward, quickly harvesting the carrots. He was indeed a farming specialist. When about 8 minutes had passed, the father rabbit had harvested almost all the carrots.

“Does it end when they are all harvested?”

While Se-jun was wondering, when the father rabbit harvested all 400 carrots,

Ppyobyobyong!

The carrots reappeared all at once. And the father rabbit harvested the carrots again. When the time limit of 10 minutes passed in that manner, the father rabbit teleported outside the carrot field.

And

[Carrot Harvesting Competition Rankings]

1st – Ppi-iki (480)

The father rabbit’s ranking and score appeared.

“Ppi-ik!”

The father rabbit handed the 48 carrot seeds he obtained from the competition to Se-jun. Although the harvested carrots could not be kept, one seed was given for every 10 carrots harvested.

“Oh! They give carrot seeds?!”

Se-jun cheered. This was a competition where participating was unconditionally beneficial. Se-jun also hurriedly lined up behind the rabbits.

And finally, it was Se-jun’s turn. First place was still the father rabbit.

“Alright! First place is mine now.”

Since he had even eaten carrot soup in advance to raise his agility to the maximum, Se-jun was confident.

However, as Se-jun entered the carrot field,

[For the fairness of the competition, buffs other than the harvest festival’s buffs are removed.]

The effect of eating the carrot soup disappeared.

“It cannot be helped.”

Right now, even the time to complain was a waste.

Pluck. Pluck.

Se-jun hurriedly pulled carrots with both hands as he advanced.

[You harvested a carrot.]

[74,501 harvests remained to complete the job quest.]

[Your job experience increased very slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 4 increased very slightly.]

Although there was no experience point gain, the skill usage was recognized. Thanks to that, the job quest progressed, and both the job experience and skill proficiency rose.

After 10 minutes had passed in that manner, Se-jun was pushed out of the carrot field holding 41 seeds in his hand. He had not known it, but the carrots that regenerated after harvesting 400 were harder to harvest.

“Are there any animals missing?”

Se-jun, who had participated in the competition, looked around to see if there were any animals that had missed the contest.

At that moment,

“Huh?!”

He saw Cuengi, who was still distracted eating Garaetteok and honey, and Theo, Iona, and the raccoons coming out after finishing the transaction.

“Everyone!”

Se-jun hurriedly called the animals.

“Chairman Park! I decided to sell 100 bottles of honey for 50 Tower Coins per bottle, meow! Did I do well, meow?”

“Yes. You did well.”

Theo, who ran over the fastest, clung to Se-jun’s knees and reported the transaction results.

“Kyut-kyut-kyut.”

Iona, who had followed while clinging to Theo’s tail, laughed quietly. By now, Theo was also just taking it in stride.

“Kkueng!”

Cuengi also ran over, making a pleasant sound, and rubbed his body against Se-jun’s leg. He was in a very good mood after eating something delicious for the first time in a while.

At that moment,

“Did you call us?”

The raccoons ran over last.

“Huh?!”

Se-jun had only called Theo, Iona, and Cuengi, but it seemed the raccoons had misunderstood. However, since the more heads there were the better, he did not send them back.

“Now, you can go in and harvest carrots. Got it?”

“I understand, meow! It is annoying, but I will do it since Chairman Park tells me to, meow!”

“Leave it to us!”

“Kkueng!”

“We will do our best!”

Se-jun deployed the animals into the Carrot Harvesting Competition like that.

“President Theo, why did you come out empty-handed?”

“There is nothing that attracts me, meow…”

Theo came out empty-handed, looking depressed. He seemed to have misunderstood it as a treasure hunt. Since carrot harvesting was not Theo’s specialty anyway, Se-jun did not expect much.

“You did well.”

Se-jun equipped Theo, whose ears were drooping, onto his lap and stared at Iona who had entered the carrot field. I trust you! Iona!

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Reverse Gravity!”

Whoosh.

Four hundred carrots were pulled out in an instant and floated into the sky.

Ppyobyobyong!

Carrots reappeared in an instant.

“Reverse Gravity!”

As Iona used magic again,

Ppyobyobyong!

The carrots were pulled out again, and the carrots regenerated.

“Reverse Gravity!”

From this point on, pulling out carrots became difficult, and Iona also began to struggle a bit.

Reverse Gravity was a high-level magic. Furthermore, because Iona was applying it to each of the 400 carrots one by one to show off her magical skills, the consumption of mental power and mana was also huge.

It was a magic that could be used like this only because of the blessing of mana.

‘Kyu- I shouldn’t have done this!’

Iona regretted it. She wanted to change to another magic midway, but her pride wouldn’t allow that.

When 10 minutes passed,

[Carrot Harvesting Competition Rankings]

1st – Iona (2,000)

2nd – Ppi-iki (480)

…

..

.

For the first time, the first place changed.

“Kyup-kyup-kyup.”

Iona groaned and began to sleep, covering herself with Theo’s tail.

“Cuengi, if you take first place, I will give you 10 bottles of honey.”

To Cuengi, who was entering the carrot field, Se-jun set the first-place condition in order to boost Cuengi’s motivation in his own way.

“Kkueng!”

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi’s motivation flared up. Cuengi ran to the center of the carrot field.

And

“Kkueng!”

He struck the ground of the carrot field with all his might.

Cr-r-rack.

The ground began to fold centering on the spot Cuengi struck.

And

Boom!

The folded ground collided, and the carrots popped out.

9:55 – 400 Carrots]

The number of carrots rose in an instant.

“Our Cuengi is a genius?!”

While Se-jun was admiring Cuengi’s genius,

Ppyobyobyong!

The ground returned to its original state and the carrots regenerated.

And

Boom!

Cuengi struck the ground again.

After Cuengi overturned the carrot field 25 times like that, the carrot field disappeared.

“What is this?”

When Se-jun checked the time, there were still 3 minutes left.

“Kkueng!”

With no carrots to harvest, Cuengi was flustered. I must get first place, kkueng!

At that moment,

[Carrot Harvesting Competition Rankings]

1st – Cuengi (10,000)

1st – Iona (2,000)

2nd – Ppi-iki (480)

…

..

.

The rankings were updated with Cuengi rising to first place.

And

[The Carrot Harvesting Competition has ended early because all the prepared carrot fields have been exhausted.]

The competition ended. It seemed there was a limit to the regeneration of the carrot fields.

[Rewards are distributed to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place of the Carrot Harvesting Competition.]

Tap.

“Kkueng!”

[Dad is weak, so you must eat this and dodge well!]

Cuengi said as he handed Se-jun the five shriveled carrots he had received as a reward. They looked unappetizing at a glance.

“Thank you.”

Se-jun, who was now natural with being treated as the weakest, checked the carrots Cuengi gave him.

[Mana-infused Agility Carrot]

It is a carrot that has been exposed to strong mana for a long time.

It tastes bad because it was cultivated by an inexperienced farmer who does not even know the ‘f’ of farming.

Upon consumption, agility permanently increases by 1.

Cultivator: Green Tower Farmer Ophelia

Expiration Date: 100 years

Grade: C+

“Green Tower Farmer Ophelia?”

Se-jun was glad to know that there was another tower farmer besides himself.

‘But is there another tower?’

Se-jun chewed the carrot while wondering about the name Green Tower.

Crunch.

“Ugh. What is this?”

It was a shocking taste even though he thought it would be unappetizing. It was his first time tasting such a bad carrot. It had none of the taste a carrot should have, and was only bitter.

‘She really doesn’t even know the ‘f’ of farming. It cannot even be compared to my carrots. Hehehe.’

His mouth was bitter, but he felt good as if he had beaten another tower farmer in farming.

Munch, munch.

For now, Se-jun chewed the carrots thoroughly and swallowed them to increase his agility stat.

[You have consumed a Mana-infused Agility Carrot.]

[Your agility permanently increases by 1.]

When he finished eating all five of those unappetizing carrots,

“Se-jun, here.”

“Ppi-ik!”

Iona and the father rabbit handed the unappetizing carrots over to Se-jun.

The 265th day of being stranded. Having been conceded the unappetizing carrots by the animals, Se-jun’s agility stat increased by 9.