Chapter 109 – Reaching 70 Magic Power

“Shall I see how many there are?”

Se-jun counted the number of crops containing the energy of the Blue Moon that he harvested.

“201, 202…221.”

Even though they had eaten quite a few with Cuengi, the number of remaining crops was as many as 221.

“Good.”

Se-jun looked at the harvested blue crops with satisfaction. 150 cherry tomatoes, 31 sweet potatoes, 20 potatoes, and 20 carrots.

“First, I’ll eat about 80 cherry tomatoes.”

One blue C-grade cherry tomato increased magic power by 0.3. Se-jun’s current magic power was 48.75. He planned to raise his magic power to 70 and unlock the seal of Thunder Throw.

“I can just share the rest.”

“Cueng!”

When Se-jun said he would share all the crops, Cuengi emphasized not to forget his contribution.

“Of course. I’ll make 10 honey sweet potatoes separately for our Cuengi.”

“Cueng!”

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi cheered.

“So let’s work.”

Se-jun began harvesting regular crops, taking Cuengi along. First, he went to the cherry tomato field to harvest the cherry tomatoes, which were the largest in number.

And

Pluck. Pluck.

After some time had passed while harvesting,

[You harvested 1,000 Magical Cherry Tomatoes.]

[One More! Lv. 1 activated.]

[You gained 1 additional Magical Cherry Tomato.]

Upon harvesting 1,000 cherry tomatoes, the One More! skill activated, earning him an additional cherry tomato.

“It’s a thousand plus one.”

Although there was no dramatic effect, he thought it would be helpful if it accumulated little by little. He continued the harvesting like that.

“Cueng!”

When the cherry tomatoes harvested by Se-jun filled the wooden box, Cuengi, who was rolling around and playing in the subdimensional warehouse, got up and stacked the box in the warehouse.

“Thank you. Crop Gigantification.”

Se-jun used the Crop Gigantification skill on the Magical Cherry Tomato to give to the hard-working Cuengi.

[The Magical Cherry Tomato was gigantified by 5 times.]

[Your job experience increased very slightly.]

[The proficiency of Crop Gigantification Lv. 1 increased slightly.]

The cherry tomato grew five times larger, becoming about the size of a plum. Se-jun used Crop Gigantification on ten cherry tomatoes to increase their size and gave them to Cuengi.

“Cueng!”

Aside from the taste, Cuengi was pleased with the cherry tomatoes that filled his mouth.

As Se-jun used Crop Gigantification on the crops to give to Cuengi every time Cuengi moved a box like that,

[The Magical Cherry Tomato was gigantified by 5 times.]

[Your job experience increased very slightly.]

[The proficiency of Crop Gigantification Lv. 1 increased slightly.]

[The proficiency of Crop Gigantification Lv. 1 was filled, and its level rose.]

The level rose quickly. Thanks to that, the gigantified size when using the skill increased to six times.

“Now let’s eat now.”

“Cueng!”

At the word ‘food,’ Cuengi jumped up.

“Hum, hum, hum.”

“Cueeeng! Cueng!”

When Se-jun began cooking in the kitchen area while humming, Cuengi also sang along after Se-jun.

And

“Ppi-ik!”

“Pya-ah!”

“Ppyap!”

The rabbits gathered to eat dinner after finishing their work.

“Eat this for now.”

Se-jun said, handing 20 blue carrots to the rabbits. Partly because he had already eaten cherry tomatoes with Cuengi first, and because his agility rose a lot during the harvest festival, he yielded all the carrots to the rabbits.

He used the potatoes as soup ingredients, and except for the 10 honey sweet potatoes to give to Cuengi, he made the rest into roasted sweet potatoes.

“To think the dragons would like roasted sweet potatoes so much.”

At first, he thought only Aileen was like that, but Kaiser and Anton both liked roasted sweet potatoes without exception.

Crunch, crunch.

While the dishes were being completed, the rabbits waited while eating carrots, and Se-jun raised his magic power by eating blue cherry tomatoes.

[You consumed the Magical Cherry Tomato containing the energy of the Blue Moon.]

[Magic power permanently increased by 0.3.]

…

..

.

When he ate the 71st cherry tomato like that,

[Your magic power exceeded 70.]

[The seal of of Thunder () Lv. 1 was unlocked.]

[All seals of Thunder () Lv. 1 were unlocked.]

[The skill level rose according to the accumulated proficiency of Thunder () Lv. 1.]

[The proficiency of Thunder () Lv. 1 was filled, and its level rose.]

[The proficiency of Thunder () Lv. 2 was filled, and its level rose.]

“Oh!”

As all seals of the skill were unlocked, the level of the Thunder skill rose to 3 at once. It was thanks to Se-jun practicing Create Dark Clouds and raising the proficiency.

‘I should go to the west forest tomorrow and test it.’

Since he couldn’t try here, he planned to use it on the fire ants.

At that moment,

“Cueng!”

Cuengi called Se-jun and began to pester him, asking when his honey sweet potatoes would be done.

“It will be done soon.”

Se-jun had intended to complete the dish in time for the soup to be finished.

A moment later,

“All done.”

Se-jun completed the soup, honey sweet potatoes, and roasted sweet potatoes at the same time.

Flutter. Flutter.

-You rascal, Park Se-jun! Hurry up and hand over the roasted sweet potatoes!

Kaiser, who had just been waiting for the dish to be completed, flew over while shouting.

[The administrator of the tower demanded to know if you just got angry at our Se-jun.]

-An… Anger?! Absolutely not.

“Lord Kaiser, calm down. Aileen too.”

Se-jun calmed the dragons and took out the completed roasted sweet potatoes from the hearth.

“Since Lord Kaiser has to share with other dragons too, I’ll give you 15.”

-Ahem. Thank you.

Pour.

The black dragon statue swallowed the roasted sweet potatoes Se-jun handed over in one gulp.

And

“I’ll give Aileen 5 roasted sweet potatoes and 50 cherry tomatoes.”

Thanks to her increased magic talent from long-term consumption of honey jelly, the state of her Dragon Heart improved greatly. Thus, it was Aileen, who was now able to eat crops that accumulated magic power again.

[The administrator of the tower said thank you.]

Having offered (?) roasted sweet potatoes to the dragons like that, Se-jun began his meal with the animals in earnest.

Sprinkle, sprinkle.

Se-jun sprinkled pepper on the soup and scooped the soup with a potato chunk using a spoon,

“Hoo. Hoo.”

cooling the soup with his breath and putting it in his mouth. The seasoning of salt and pepper combined with the savory flavor rising from the natural taste of the ingredients, creating a perfect taste.

In addition, even the fluffy texture felt every time he chewed the moderately cut potatoes.

“Wow.”

It was extremely delicious. Of course, having eaten a poor breakfast and lunch also had an effect.

Upon finishing a bowl of soup in no time like that,

[You consumed the Purple Potato Soup containing the energy of the Blue Moon.]

[Strength permanently increased by 0.2.]

Although it was lower than the original effect, since it was made into a dish, the effect appeared even without eating a whole one.

“Oh!”

Just as Se-jun thought he should eat another bowl of soup,

Clack. Clack.

“Cueng…”

Cuengi was seen looking at the bottom in disappointment, tapping the empty pot. It was Cuengi, who had eaten all the honey sweet potatoes within a minute as soon as the meal started and had been devouring the soup.

***

“Kahahahaha!”

Kaiser laughed heartily and peeled the roasted sweet potato. Although the roasted sweet potato was hot enough for steam to rise, Kaiser, who had high fire resistance, was not hot at all and peeled it.

It was an ability Se-jun would truly envy if he saw it.

Kaiser took a big bite of the roasted sweet potato with its yellow flesh revealed. Although Se-jun gave it to him to share with other dragons, Kaiser was eating it alone.

‘I cannot share such a good thing.’

The dragon’s nature was definitely greedy.

“Oh!”

Perhaps because it contained the energy of the Blue Moon, both the taste and aroma were much deeper than the previous sweet potato. As he ate the roasted sweet potato like that, his throat gradually got choked.

At that moment,

Pop!

Glug, glug, glug.

Kaiser opened the Fire Carrot Liquor received from Se-jun, filled a large cup, and downed it.

“Kyaah!”

When the Fire Carrot Liquor went down his throat along with the sweet potato, the choking sensation disappeared. At the same time, his mouth became refreshed, preparing him to eat roasted sweet potatoes again.

“Kahahahaha. Good. Good.”

‘Kehehehe. Well done, my granddaughter.’

While Kaiser praised Aileen, who appointed Se-jun as a Tower Farmer, and was drinking the Fire Carrot Liquor with the roasted sweet potato as a side dish,

Swish.

Kaiser quickly hid the roasted sweet potatoes.

A moment later,

“Father, what are you eating alone?”

Anton, who hurriedly returned from external patrol, asked, looking at Kaiser with sharp eyes. A sweet scent vibrated inside the room.

“Ahem. What do you mean eating? I was just having a simple cup of alcohol.”

Kaiser spoke, pretending to be as calm as possible. If he was caught having roasted sweet potatoes, he would have to share them with other dragons.

“Hand them over.”

“What… What do you mean?”

“The roasted sweet potatoes.”

‘Ghost-like guy, how did he know?’

“Here.”

Kaiser pulled out one roasted sweet potato.

But

“I know you received 15 from Se-jun.”

“Eeeek!”

Anton’s words contorted Kaiser’s face. Kaiser did not know, but Anton was also listening to the conversation of the black dragon statue.

Thus, Kaiser’s plan to monopolize the roasted sweet potatoes went up in smoke.

***

After eating dinner and thinking about the reason why Cuengi did not go wild during the Blue Moon, Se-jun reached the assumption that Cuengi did not change because he was a sentry. That was the only difference.

So he tried to designate the mother Crimson Giant Bear as a sentry instead of Ppyuppyu, but

[Once designated, the sentry cannot be changed.]

Once designated, the sentry could not be changed.

“It doesn’t work.”

Thinking that he should designate sentries carefully from next time, Se-jun stood up from his seat to sleep.

“Cuengi, let’s sleep together.”

Perhaps because he had been sleeping with the animals continuously lately, he felt somewhat empty trying to sleep alone.

But

“Cueng!”

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi ran away, shaking his head. He would sleep with Mommy!

“…Ah. What am I doing at 26 years old?”

Hit with reality at Cuengi’s rejection, Se-jun regained his senses, entered the bedroom, and lay down.

Zzz.

He fell asleep easily, contrary to expectation.

(Lord Se-jun, I’m here!)

“Bat-bat.”

In the corner of the bedroom ceiling, the nocturnal Golden Bat guarded Se-jun’s side as he slept.

***

“President Theo, what’s wrong?”

Intern Jeff, who joined on the 67th floor of the tower, asked Theo, who was frowning. Theo was going down to the 38th floor of the tower with some of the interns who were helping with the reconstruction of the 67th floor.

“It’s ominous, meow. Increase the speed more, meow!”

“More?!”

“Shut up, meow! Do you want to extend the contract period?!”

Theo shouted toward the cat interns who contorted their expressions.

“Understood.”

There were no interns who could refuse in front of the bully cat president.

Thanks to running so fast, Theo arrived at the camp on the 38th floor of the tower 50 hours after departing from the 99th floor.

“Humans, I have arrived, meow!”

“It’s Theo!”

“The cat merchant appeared!”

The hunters hurriedly ran over at Theo’s appearance.

“Puhuhut. Did you wait for me that much, meow?!”

Theo felt proud at the attitude of the hunters who welcomed him even more than expected.

“Of course. Why haven’t you come lately?”

“Yeah! Do you know how many days we’ve been waiting here?”

The hunters answered and formed a circle around Theo. They were preparing for the auction.

“Bill, Jeff.”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

Bill and Jeff took out wooden boxes from their bundles and stacked them one by one.

And

Hop.

Theo climbed on top of the box

“Now I will begin the auction, meow! The first auction is the Magical Cherry Tomato, meow!”

He announced the start of the auction.

At that moment,

“Move!”

“Please make way!”

Hunters entered the camp carrying hunters who were poisoned, their skin turned black, and had lost consciousness.

“Make way, meow!”

Quickly.

Theo moved quickly and placed a Detoxifying Green Onion into the mouths of the unconscious hunters one by one.

“I thought he only cared about money…”

“To think he saves people without a single hesitation…”

The hunters’ gazes changed at Theo’s uncalculated action.

But

‘Puhuhut. I made money, meow!’

Unlike the hunters’ thoughts, because he intended to receive money no matter what, Theo didn’t need to calculate. And among the unconscious hunters, there was also Lucilia, the guild leader of the Wizard Guild.