Chapter 119 – Becoming a Wealthy Farmer

“Keuhing? Why am I sleeping here?”

Aileen, who woke up from sleep, looked around her.

And,

“Ah! I came to wash!”

She remembered that she fell asleep while washing in the lake to wipe off the waste products discharged from her body after eating the wild boar boiled pork Se-jun had given her.

“It was truly terrible.”

No comment on the details of the waste products for the sake of Aileen’s image. It was a true relief that a powerful purification magic was cast on the lake.

Splash.

“Kehehehe. Using mana has become easier.”

Aileen said while examining her body as she came out of the lake. The mana inside her body moved smoothly.

In Aileen’s case, because her Dragon Heart had not been beating all this time, the mana injected into her body did not flow, but hardened together with waste products and interfered with Aileen’s use of mana.

So this time, through the boiled pork Se-jun gave her, the mana that had been hardened inside her body was discharged along with the waste products, and thanks to that, moving mana became much easier than before, and her mana efficiency also improved.

And as her mana efficiency increased, she was able to do a bit more.

Aileen stepped out of the administrator area and hurriedly came back inside when she was about to lose her strength after about five seconds.

“Pant, pant. I went out of the administrator area and came back!”

Aileen was deeply moved by her own achievement. Although it was only for a brief moment, mana that was enough to endure even after leaving the administrator area flowed from her body now.

It seemed she might be able to open a portal if she made an effort, but

“I will never open it! Never!”

Aileen had absolutely no intention of opening the portal.

If she opened the portal, her grandfather or father might come in and interfere between her and Se-jun, or they might change the Tower Administrator role to another dragon because her Dragon Heart’s condition had improved.

“Then I won’t be able to see Se-jun, so I will never open the portal.”

Thus, the reunion with his lovely granddaughter that Kaiser had been looking forward to became a matter of the distant future.

***

After eating a delicious lunch of grilled mushrooms,

Ppya!

When the rabbits were about to go back to the fields to work,

Kke-ek!

The Mushroom Ants, whose mushroom harvesting was finished, moved together while giving rides to the rabbits.

And,

[You have harvested a Shiitake Mushroom.]

[There are 37,123 times left until the completion of the job quest.]

[Your job experience increases very slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 5 increases very slightly.]

[You have gained 1 experience point.]

Se-jun also harvested mushrooms again.

While he was harvesting mushrooms like that for about two hours,

Kuaaaaah!

The roar of the mother Crimson Giant Bear was heard from afar.

“What is it?”

“She shouted, ‘This is our territory, so don’t come near!’ meow!”

When Se-jun wondered about it, Theo translated the mother Crimson Giant Bear’s words for him.

“‘Don’t come near’?”

That meant something had come.

“Guys, let’s go!”

Se-jun took his bodyguard Cuengi and ran to the place where the mother Crimson Giant Bear was.

***

The mother Crimson Giant Bear, Pink Fur, who was patrolling around the farm as usual. As her fur color changed, she changed her name from Red Fur to Pink Fur to match the color.

Kuaaaaah.

Pink Fur patrolled hard around the farm today as well.

At that moment,

Kkuong?

About 2,000 Mushroom Ants were seen approaching from afar.

Since Se-jun had told her not to block the Mushroom Ants if they came, Pink Fur waited for the Mushroom Ants to come close, intending to guide them when they approached.

However,

Kke-ek!

Kie-eeek!

As the distance closed, the Mushroom Ants were in a state of being chased by a massive number of fire ants.

Kuaaaaah!

Therefore, Pink Fur let out a roar as a warning to the fire ants who invaded Se-jun’s farm and prepared to fight.

***

When Se-jun arrived at the place where the commotion occurred,

Kuaaaaah!

Moo!

Kie-eeek!

Thirty Black Minotaurs, who had joined after hearing the mother Crimson Giant Bear’s roar just like Se-jun, were helping the mother Crimson Giant Bear protect the Mushroom Ants in a circle and confronting the fire ants.

However, the number of fire ants that moved in pursuit of the escaped slaves was nearly 100,000. Calling it a confrontation was an understatement; they were in a state of being unilaterally surrounded by the fire ants.

Kkuong!

Moo!

When the mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Black Minotaurs kicked and attacked the approaching fire ants,

Kie-eeek!

The fire ants attacked by spewing fire from their antennae toward them.

An attack from one or two ants would not have even registered, but because the number of fire ants was as many as 100,000, the story was completely different.

As tens of thousands of fire ants concentrated the fire from their antennae on a single point to attack, the firepower became strong, and their bodies caught fire.

Kkuong!!

Moo!!

When the mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Black Minotaurs, whose bodies caught fire, screamed,

‘At this rate, it’s dangerous!’

Se-jun moved quickly to save them.

“Create Dark Clouds!”

With Se-jun’s shout, dark clouds covered the sky.

“Make it Rain!”

Se-jun put out the fire on the mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Black Minotaurs and coated the fire ants’ bodies with water so that electricity could flow well.

However,

“It doesn’t go out.”

Perhaps the power of the fire was strong, as it did not go out easily.

“Thunder Throw!”

Se-jun decided to defeat the fire ants first. Along with Se-jun’s shout, a blue lightning bolt fell from the dark clouds toward the fire ants.

Kaboom!

[You have defeated a Fire Ant Worker.]

[You have gained 1,000 experience points.]

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About 1,000 fire ants were electrocuted and died.

This time, his legs did not give out like before due to mana exhaustion. It was because his mana had increased by 5% upon obtaining the Talent: Mana Circuit, and his mana efficiency had also improved as the body’s waste products were discharged.

“Thunder Throw!”

Se-jun used Thunder Throw once again to save the mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Black Minotaurs.

Kaboom!

Stagger.

However, twice was his limit.

Kkueng?!

[Why does Dad step forward when you are weak, kkueng?!]

Cuengi scolded Se-jun while supporting him as he collapsed.

“What do you mean? Don’t you see Mom and the Minotaurs screaming right now?!”

Kuaaaaah!!!

Moo!!!

Se-jun got angry, pointing at the mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Black Minotaurs whose bodies were on fire. He was disappointed in Cuengi.

At that moment,

“Why is that a scream, meow?”

Theo asked Se-jun in a languid voice.

“If that’s not a scream, what is it?”

“They are saying it feels refreshing right now, meow!”

“What?!”

What Se-jun had thought was a scream was actually the cheers of the mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Black Minotaurs, rejoicing that they could burn off the old dirt on their fur with the strong fire they met after a long time.

‘Ah… what have I done!’

He had briefly forgotten that there was nothing as useless as worrying about others on the 99th floor of the tower. He had stepped forward after misunderstanding all on his own.

“I just need to do well myself…”

While Se-jun, falling into self-reproach, was muttering to himself,

Kkueng!

Cuengi shouted toward the mother Crimson Giant Bear. Dad collapsed again, kkueng!

Kkuong?!

The mother Crimson Giant Bear was flustered at Cuengi’s words. Again?!

Kuaaaaah!!!

When the mother Crimson Giant Bear, deciding that she should end the battle, slammed the ground hard with both hands,

Boom!!!

In a doughnut shape with a hole in the middle, mana erupted from the ground precisely in the part where the fire ants were, and most of the fire ants vanished without leaving a trace.

Moo!

The remaining fire ants were cleaned up by the Black Minotaurs, ending the battle.

“It’s true.”

When Se-jun checked later, indeed, it was the mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Black Minotaurs whose fur that had caught fire was more glossy.

***

The 55th floor of the tower.

“Good job, everyone.”

Iona, who had driven out all the wild boars and liberated all the detained rabbits, said as she looked at the wolves and rabbits.

The number of rabbits had increased to about 5,000. They were the liberated rabbits and the rabbits who had agreed to join after the Harvest Festival finished.

Although they had originally intended to go to the 99th floor of the tower, they headed to their original home on the 55th floor of the tower after Grid, the owner of the 55th floor, died.

“Hegel and Elka, please stay here and help the rabbits.”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

Because there were many crops to harvest on the 55th floor farm of the tower, Iona had the wolves help the rabbits with harvesting.

And,

“Kyut kyut kyut.”

She headed to Grid’s grand mansion while humming. It was to take Grid’s wealth to Se-jun.

However,

“There are too many.”

The items inside the grand mansion could not all fit even within the capacity of Iona’s subspace pocket. Therefore, she decided to take only a portion herself and store the rest in a safe treasure warehouse.

“I’ve moved it all.”

Iona, who had put all the items into the treasure warehouse, came outside and used magic.

“Wind, sweep them away according to my command! Tornado!”

Woosh.

A huge typhoon blew and demolished Grid’s grand mansion. It was to build a new royal palace for the Red Ribbon Kingdom.

Pyupyu!

Pyupyu gathered the rabbits in the empty lot and proclaimed that the Red Ribbon Kingdom had been re-established.

Ppyak!

At Pyupyu’s declaration, the Black Rabbit and the other rabbits cheered. Although there would be many hardships ahead to regain the past prosperity, Pyupyu thought that if the rabbits maintained their current momentum, they would be able to restore the prosperity of the Red Ribbon Kingdom someday.

A moment later,

“I will head back to Se-jun now. Queen Pyupyu, please lead the kingdom well in the future.”

Iona said, looking at her disciple Pyupyu.

Pyupyu.

Pyupyu felt sorry when Iona said she was leaving.

Ppyak!

The Black Rabbit comforted Pyupyu by patting her shoulder.

“I will visit often in the future. Goodbye then.”

Iona headed back to the 99th floor of the tower.

“Kyut kyut kyut. Now I can sleep tight!”

Iona’s steps heading to the 99th floor of the tower, where Se-jun’s lap and Theo’s tail were, were as light as feathers.

***

[Guardian Pyupyu has established the Red Ribbon Kingdom on the 55th floor of the tower.]

[The farm belonging to the Red Ribbon Kingdom is included in Tower Farmer Park Se-jun’s farm.]

It seemed the cleanup of the 55th floor of the tower was finished.

[The size of the owned farm has exceeded 300,000 pyeong.]

[Talent: Hundred-bag Grain Owner grows into Thousand-bag Grain Owner.]

“Good.”

The farm Se-jun created on the 99th floor of the tower was about 200,000 pyeong. Perhaps because the farm on the 55th floor was spacious, Se-jun’s talent grew into Thousand-bag Grain Owner in an instant.

[Guardian Pyupyu is appointed as the Steward of the 55th floor of the tower.]

“Steward?”

As information he did not know appeared, Se-jun checked the newly changed Talent: Thousand-bag Grain Owner.

[Talent: Thousand-bag Grain Owner]

-An acquired talent that only a farmer with 300,000 pyeong or more of farmland can possess.

-You can designate one Steward to manage the farm on behalf of the Thousand-bag Grain Owner.

-A Steward can designate 100 tenant farmers and 3 guardians of their own.

-You can designate up to 1,000 tenant farmers.

-Tenant farmers can use the Thousand-bag Grain Owner’s farming skills. (When a tenant farmer uses the Thousand-bag Grain Owner’s skill, the Thousand-bag Grain Owner receives a 5% skill proficiency reward.)

-You can designate up to 10 guardians to protect the farm. (You receive 50% of the experience points of enemies defeated by the guardians within 3 km of the Thousand-bag Grain Owner as a reward.)

-The talent grows as the size of the farm increases.

The major differences were the creation of the position of Steward to manage the farm on his behalf and the increase in the number of tenant farmers and guardians he could designate.

“Designate guardian.”

Se-jun designated the mother Crimson Giant Bear as a guardian first.

And,

“It wouldn’t work, right?”

Se-jun muttered while looking at the two dragon statues chatting on the fountain. Just by bringing it up, they might kill him, asking how he dared to look at dragons.

“Let’s talk about it once we get a bit closer.”

Giving up on making the dragons guardians,

“Designate tenant farmers.”

Se-jun designated 100 Mushroom Ants as tenant farmers first. He planned to think about whether to designate additional tenant farmers after seeing the Mushroom Ants work first.

At that moment,

[Tenant farmer Mushroom Ant has obtained mushroom spores by using Seed Harvesting Lv. 4.]

[Tenant farmer Mushroom Ant has planted the mushroom spores by using Sowing Lv. 5.]

[Thousand-bag Grain Owner receives a 5% skill proficiency reward.]

[The proficiency of Thousand-bag Grain Owner’s Seed Harvesting Lv. 4 increases very slightly.]

[The proficiency of Thousand-bag Grain Owner’s Sowing Lv. 5 increases very slightly.]

“Huh?!”

[Tenant farmer Mushroom Ant has obtained mushroom spores by using Seed Harvesting Lv. 4.]

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“This is amazing!”

Although the Mushroom Ants designated as tenant farmers stayed still, messages indicating that skills were constantly used appeared, as if they were harvesting and planting mushroom spores from their backs on their own.

Day 277 of being stranded. Se-jun became a Thousand-bag Grain Owner.