Chapter 138 – A Master Does Not Blame Their Tools

“Everyone, assemble!”

In the morning, Se-jun gathered Theo, Cuengi, the golden bat, the rabbits, and the mushroom ants in the sweet potato field that was ahead of harvest.

Once everyone gathered like that,

“Do you know why I told you to gather today?”

Se-jun asked while waving Myler’s hoe in front of the farm family so that it was clearly visible.

“I don’t know, meow. Are you going to take a nap here, meow?”

“No.”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Cuengi knows! It’s time to eat!]

“Cuengi, you just ate breakfast a moment ago.”

(Th… Then is it time to get scolded?)

The golden bat, who could not go to Earth even after a week passed, spoke with a fearful expression. For some sudden reason, even as time passed, the golden bat had been unable to go to Earth.

“No. I don’t scold you just because you couldn’t go to Earth for a bit.”

“Bat-bat!”

Flap. Flap.

The golden bat, whose mood improved at Se-jun’s words, cried and flew around excitedly. After that, the rabbits and mushroom ants replied, but the answer Se-jun wanted did not come out.

“Tada! Do you know what this is?! It’s none other than the legendary-grade farming tool, Myler’s Hoe, the Legend of Earth Shifting!”

In the end, since no one recognized Myler’s hoe, Se-jun had to introduce his equipment like a salesman.

“Now! I will show you the power of a legendary-grade farming tool! Shifting Earth! Yah!”

Se-jun struck the ground with Myler’s hoe and used the embedded skill.

‘Flip the earth!’

Se-jun strongly imagined the movement of the earth he wanted and infused mana into Myler’s hoe.

Rumble.

The hoe was embedded in the ground, and along with a small vibration, a patch of land about 3 pyeong in size heaved as if a small wave were moving.

And,

[You have harvested 1,321 Sweet Potatoes of Strength.]

[Your job experience points increase slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 6 increases slightly.]

[You have obtained 66,050 experience points.]

He harvested the sweet potatoes hidden in the ground all at once.

“Did you see? This is indeed the power of a legendary-grade hoe.”

As Se-jun spoke boastfully,

Peep!

Screech!

the rabbits and mushroom ants looked at Se-jun with admiration.

‘Hehehe. Yes. This is it.’

This was the purpose of calling everyone: to show off his legendary-grade hoe.

At that moment,

Kkueng!

Cuengi quietly approached the sweet potato field while watching what Se-jun had done. I can do that too!

Kkueng.

Plunge!

As Cuengi lightly yelled to focus his strength and drove his stick into the sweet potato field,

Rumble.

with a heavy vibration, land about the size of a small playground of 1,000 pyeong moved as if hit by a giant wave. Naturally, as the ground was turned over, the sweet potatoes hidden in the soil also revealed themselves.

Peep!!!

Screech!!!

The rabbits and mushroom ants, who had been looking at Se-jun with admiration, looked at Cuengi with awe.

Cuengi thought Se-jun would like it if he did it too, after seeing what Se-jun was doing. However, it only brought frustration to Se-jun.

“Agh! I’m not doing it!”

Stab.

Se-jun shouted while driving Myler’s hoe into the ground. He had S+-grade equipment and Cuengi had A-grade equipment. But the result was a victory for the A-grade equipment. No, it was Cuengi’s overwhelming victory.

His pride in possessing a legendary-grade farming tool cooled down coldly. As expected, a master does not blame their tools. Se-jun decided to just be satisfied with having a new farming tool.

And he went to pick up the harvested sweet potatoes. He thought it would be more helpful to farming to pick up the sweet potatoes instead.

In that way, the legendary-grade hoe, treated as a strategic weapon, was left stabbed in the field all alone.

***

“Hehehe. As expected, food eaten after working is delicious.”

Se-jun, who finished the sweet potato harvest, busily peeled and ate roasted sweet potatoes with soot smudged on his face. The sweet potatoes harvested today were nearly 50,000. It was extremely tiring to pick them up.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[That’s right! It’s so delicious because we eat after working!]

Cuengi nodded his head vigorously while eating the roasted sweet potato.

“Yes. Since our Cuengi suffered the most, eat a lot.”

When Se-jun gave the peeled roasted sweet potato to Cuengi,

Kkueng!

Cuengi received and ate it deliciously.

“Chairman Park! Me too! Give me Churu too, meow!”

Theo, who had not suffered even a single bit but could always eat Churu deliciously, spoke to Se-jun. He did not like that Se-jun’s attention was focused on Cuengi.

“Yes. Let’s have some Churu, our Vice President Theo who did absolutely nothing.”

“Puhuhut. Vice President Theo can eat two Churus each even if he does nothing, meow!”

Se-jun spoke with a hidden thorn in his words, but perhaps the thorn was soft, for Theo, who took Se-jun’s words as praise, replied cheerfully.

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

While Se-jun was feeding Churu to Theo,

Flap. Flap.

-Kahahahaha. Delicious! Se-jun, is there no more makgeolli?

Kaiser, who was in high spirits after eating roasted sweet potatoes and even drinking alcohol, flew over.

“What I gave you earlier was the last of it.”

-Tsk! Why didn’t you make a bit more?!

“I couldn’t even taste it.”

Fortunately, when he steamed rice flour dough and left it in a warm place, yeast was made, and he brewed makgeolli using that yeast.

Although it needed more fermentation, because Kaiser pestered him to let him taste just one sip, he gave him a cup. That became one cup, then two cups, and Kaiser eventually drank up all the remaining makgeolli.

-Ahem… Shall I go see what Kellion is doing?

Kaiser, who became embarrassed, went to find Kellion, who was in a trance eating sweet potato soup, in order to leave the spot.

And,

“Huh?!”

In the eyes of Se-jun, who was eating a roasted sweet potato, a large group of people was seen approaching in the distance. Iona was at the very front of the line. Having said yesterday that she would go somewhere for a bit, it seemed she had gone to meet them.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu. Se-jun-nim, I am back.”

“Yes. Are they the magic tower people?”

Se-jun asked while looking at the wizards behind Iona. Nearly 1,000 wizards.

When the wizards of the Gravity Magic Tower stopped by the Flame, Destruction, and Meteor Magic Towers to dismantle them, the wizards in the three magic towers joined the Gravity Magic Tower without much resistance.

“Yes. But could we stay here for a day before moving?”

If they went south, they would have to fight fire ants immediately. Iona intended to restore the wizards’ stamina by resting here for today. Of course, she also had the greed of wanting to sleep well for a night.

“Sure. Do as you wish.”

“Yes! Thank you, Se-jun-nim. We will rest here and move tomorrow!”

Having received Se-jun’s permission, Iona turned back and shouted. Then, the wizards hurriedly pitched tents in the empty field, sat down, and began to chew and eat fist-sized green pills.

Munch. Munch.

Kkueng?

Cuengi began to snoop around, perhaps curious about what the wizards were eating, as if asking what that was.

Looking at the expressions of the wizards chewing the pills, he could tell the taste even without trying it, but Cuengi insisted on trying it. Conversely, the wizards showed interest in the roasted sweet potato Cuengi was holding.

“Would you like to trade and eat?”

When a wizard handed over an unconsumed green pill and asked Cuengi,

Kkueng!

Cuengi nodded his head and exchanged his roasted sweet potato for the green pill.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu.”

Iona smiled as she watched Cuengi, wondering if she anticipated the next scene.

And,

Kkueeng!!!

Cuengi, who swallowed the green pill in one gulp, screamed. It’s bitter!!!!

The green pill was made with the secret method of the Gravity Magic Tower for the wizards, and each magic tower had pills made with their own secret methods.

The effect of the pill was to properly supply nutrients needed by the body, remove bodily wastes, and make mana flow smoothly inside the body. Instead, for efficiency, there was absolutely no consideration for taste.

To the extent that one of the things the wizards suffered from the most after entering the magic tower was eating the pills made with the magic tower’s secret method served at every meal.

“Is it that bitter? Shall I try eating it too?”

“Kyu-kyu-kyu. Eating the pill has the effect of removing waste products from the body.”

“Really?”

Tempted by Iona’s words, Se-jun exchanged a roasted sweet potato with a wizard and took a bite of a green pill. As soon as he ate it, a bitter taste pierced his tongue.

“Ugh!”

It was truly bitter! As much as sophora root tea. There were people who had to directly dip and taste to check whether it was feces or soybean paste. Se-jun was like that. He was in no position to blame Cuengi. It was truly like father, like son.

Still, at the words that it removed waste products from the body, he endured the bitter taste and ate the whole green pill.

However,

[You have consumed a green pill of the Gravity Magic Tower.]

[Waste products in your body have already been removed.]

[There is no effect.]

Because he had already removed waste products once by eating boiled pork made with fire carrot alcohol in the past, there was not much waste in Se-jun’s body.

“I ate it for nothing!”

Kkuhehehe.

Cuengi held his belly and laughed while looking at Se-jun who had an angry expression.

“Cuengi, did you laugh? Vice President Theo, punishment!”

“Understood, meow!”

Se-jun and Theo began to tickle Cuengi’s body,

Kkuhehehe.

and Cuengi laughed hysterically.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu.”

Meanwhile, Iona quietly rolled up Theo’s tail and closed her eyes.

“Let’s work now.”

Se-jun, who punished Cuengi, began afternoon farming, and the wizards took a rest or looked around.

Stab.

Rumble.

Se-jun held the hoe, used the Shifting Earth skill, turned over the ground, and harvested potatoes. Although he had been offended earlier, it was clear that Myler’s hoe was a great farming tool just by being able to turn over the ground like this.

Moreover, as he used it more, he became accustomed to it, and the area of the turned-over ground increased little by little. There was the fun of growing.

‘If I keep this up, I will be able to turn over a wide patch of land like Cuengi, right?’

As Se-jun harvested potatoes while thinking about improving in the future,

[You have leveled up.]

[You have acquired 1 bonus stat.]

He reached level 56 as he leveled up. For the bonus stat, he raised Strength, which had the lowest stat value.

“Good! Hehehe. Leveing up has definitely gotten faster since I use the hoe.”

Se-jun spoke while applying force to his hand holding Myler’s hoe. No matter how much experience points he obtained just from the tenant farmers working, it was only 5% of the total experience. It could not compare with Se-jun working directly.

“I should take a short break.”

Screech!

Seeing the ten mushroom ants following behind while picking up the harvested potatoes, Se-jun sat on the ground. Looking at the speed of the mushroom ants catching up, he had the leisure to rest for about 30 minutes.

“Here, eat one each.”

Se-jun took out honey jellies from his pocket and distributed one each to Theo, Cuengi, Iona, and the golden bat. Since they all had talents related to mana, they were eating them steadily every day like supplements.

Gulp.

[You have consumed a Poison Honeybee’s Cherry Tomato Honey Jelly.]

[Talent: Strong Mana Circuit is slightly enhanced.]

Although no big change was felt in his body, he did not doubt it since it was displayed as a message.

At that moment,

[The tower administrator says she has eaten all the honey jellies you gave her and asks for honey jellies as well.]

“Ah! Really? Here it is.”

Se-jun sent a glass jar filled with honey jellies to Aileen. Since Aileen ate about 20 to 30 honey jellies a day, when he gave them, he gave about 500 at once.

[The tower administrator says thank you as always.]

“No problem. Eat quickly and stay healthy.”

While Se-jun was having a conversation with Aileen,

“Bat-bat?”

The golden bat was flustered by the mana suddenly surging in his body.

(Huh?! Se-jun-nim! I think I am going to Earth!)

“Right now?”

Flash.

The golden bat disappeared without even being able to answer.

“What will he bring?”

Se-jun’s voice was filled with anticipation.

However,

“Why isn’t he coming?”

This time, the golden bat did not return even after 1 minute passed.

***

(I have to find what Se-jun-nim likes!)

Flap. Flap.

The golden bat, who moved to Earth, hurriedly looked around to find items to take back.

And,

(It’s Choco Pie!)

The golden bat, who had fully mastered Hangul through steady study, discovered the food coated with chocolate that Se-jun wanted.

Flap. Flap.

The golden bat quickly flew over, grabbed two Choco Pies, one in each foot, and waited to return to the tower.

However,

“Bat-bat?”

For some reason, the golden bat could not return to the tower.