Chapter 177 – Harvesting Cucumbers, Cabbages, and Radishes

-Do not worry too much. Because the worst-case scenario is like that.

Kaiser reassured Se-jun, who had a tense expression. For the energy of destruction to enter the tower, it had to enter mixed with other energy, but it would not be easy to find a strong energy that would mix sufficiently with the energy of destruction.

Just then,

Cueng?! Cueng!

[Dad, where are you?! Cuengi is hungry!]

Cuengi, who had spent enough time with Pink Fur, began to search for Se-jun. It was dinner time.

“Has time already become like this?”

Se-jun hurriedly stood up and headed to the kitchen.

-Ahem. I haven’t been able to eat roasted sweet potatoes lately……

Kaiser muttered to himself as he followed behind Se-jun. As if telling someone to listen.

Cueng!

[It’s Dad!]

On Se-jun’s way to the kitchen, Cuengi discovered Se-jun and ran over.

“Cuengi is hungry, right? Wait just a bit. Since Cuengi is good, you can wait well, right?”

Cueng! Cueng!

[Since Cuengi is good, I can endure it well! But if you give me snacks, I can endure it even better!]

It is true that I am good, but since I can become fierce when I get hungry, hand over the snacks. The words of the ferocious beast had to be interpreted well.

“I… see.”

Se-jun took a handful of candied chestnuts from the warehouse and placed them on Cuengi’s front paw.

Munch, munch.

Kuhehehe! Cueng!

[Hehehe! Cuengi can wait well now!]

Cuengi put half of the candied chestnuts Se-jun gave him into his mouth at once, shook his butt, and danced rhythmically. The action of the ferocious beast when it is in a good mood after eating something delicious. Instead, he gets hungry that much faster. He had to hurry.

Swoosh.

Se-jun hurriedly put water in a pot, placed it on the fire, and used Relic: Rice Dough that Swallows Wealth to obtain 5 kg of rice flour. Then he quickly made dough and began to steam Baekseolgi.

Chop, chop, chop.

Next, he sliced locust meat and vegetables in a new pot, poured them in, and boiled them.

“Phew. Now do I just need to grill the fish?”

Se-jun took a breath, skewered the fish on tree branches, and began to grill them over the fire. While turning the grilled fish so they cooked well like that, in his spare moments, he wrapped sweet potatoes in green onion leaves and put them in the fire to make Kaiser’s roasted sweet potatoes too.

While Se-jun moved busily like that, the smell of food inside the kitchen spread outside.

And

Squeak!

Ukki!

the rabbits and monkeys began to snoop around the kitchen. They were waiting for Se-jun’s cooking, which they hadn’t eaten in a few days.

“Come in and eat this first.”

Se-jun distributed the freshly made grilled fish to the rabbits and monkeys.

“It’s delicious, meow! I will give this grilled fish a perfect score, meow!”

Of course, Theo, who was next to Se-jun, also ate it deliciously.

Meanwhile, while Se-jun was taking out the completed rice cakes from the pot to let them cool down, scooping the soup, and preparing to face the final boss,

Cueng!

[Cuengi cannot endure it anymore!]

just in time, Cuengi, who was on the verge of becoming a fierce beast, entered the kitchen.

“Here. Lord Cuengi, please sit here.”

When Se-jun acted as a waiter, pulling out Cuengi’s chair,

Kkuhem! Cueng!

[Ehem! Let the chef bring out the dish he is most confident in!]

Cuengi also acted as a customer immediately, sat in his seat, and ordered food. Se-jun placed the hurriedly prepared foods in front of Cuengi. The first food was a cake-sized Baekseolgi on a plate.

Glug, glug, glug.

Moreover, as a finishing move, he poured 3 glugs of honey onto the Baekseolgi to add sweetness.

Cueng!

[It looks delicious!]

The ferocious beast cheered as the honey was poured. In an instant, he returned from the final boss to the cute Cuengi. Se-jun, who satisfied Cuengi like that. Next, he placed the soup and grilled fish in front of Cuengi as well.

“Now, shall I eat too?”

Se-jun sat down and began to eat.

Once dinner ended like that,

“Finish the dishwashing quickly, meow! Cuengi, wipe more cleanly, meow!”

under the command of Theo, who wanted to finish the work and return to Se-jun’s lap quickly, the animals washed the pots and the dishes they had eaten from.

Slurp.

Watching those animals, Se-jun leisurely drank a cup of coffee. It was truly a brief, honey-like rest time.

Just then,

Squeak!

Papa Rabbit approached Se-jun.

“Why? Is something wrong?”

Squeak!

[It’s time to harvest the radishes, cabbages, and cucumbers!]

Papa Rabbit answered Se-jun’s question. As the time to harvest the previously planted crops approached, Papa Rabbit had come to ask Se-jun whether they should continue growing them to harvest seeds or harvest them now.

“Really? Let’s go first.”

Se-jun went to where the crops were planted with Papa Rabbit.

“Oh!”

The first things that entered Se-jun’s eyes were the cucumbers hanging in clusters and the cabbages packed tightly.

Pluck.

Se-jun picked a cucumber first.

[You obtained a Cucumber of Agility.]

[Job experience increased slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 7 increased slightly.]

[You obtained 50 experience points.]

“It seems to raise the Agility stat?”

Se-jun inferred the cucumber’s ability from its name and checked its detailed options. The cucumber had the effect of improving kidney function.

“Oh! It’s delicious.”

Crunch.

Se-jun spoke, lightly wiping the cucumber on his clothes and biting into it. It was delicious, having a refreshing taste and a subtle sweetness.

“Here, you try too.”

Se-jun cut half of the cucumber and gave it to Papa Rabbit,

Chop.

and cut the base of the cabbage, the next food item.

[You obtained a Wind Cabbage.]

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“Wind Cabbage?”

At the mysterious name, Se-jun checked the options of the cabbage.

[Wind Cabbage]

As a cabbage grown inside the tower, it has absorbed sufficient nutrients and is delicious.

Because it was cultivated by a farmer accustomed to farming, the sweetness of the cabbage has been enhanced.

Upon consumption, wind attribute affinity increases slightly temporarily.

If consumed for a long time, there is a possibility of awakening wind attribute-related talents of intermediate grade or below.

Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration Date: 90 days

Grade: B

“Oh! This is good?!”

It was a crop that would be popular among wizards who used the wind attribute. It seemed he could sell it at a high price to Iona’s magic tower.

So that’s how it was, meow! (Wait! This line “So that’s how it was, meow!” is in line 51, not here. Oh! The model wrote “So that’s how it was, meow!” because it got confused. Let’s fix that block. The raw says: ` ` -> `While Se-jun was pondering how much to sell it to Iona like that,`. Yes!)

While Se-jun was pondering how much to sell it to Iona like that,

Squeak.

a sound was heard from below.

“?” (Wait, “?” -> “Huh?”)

“Huh?”

When Se-jun looked at the place the sound came from, Papa Rabbit was looking at the cabbage Se-jun was holding with desperate eyes. It must have looked delicious.

Tear.

“Here.”

Se-jun tore off a cabbage leaf and gave it to Papa Rabbit.

Squeak!

[Thank you!]

Crunch, crunch.

Papa Rabbit expressed his gratitude and began to eat the cabbage leaf frantically.

Tear.

Munch, munch.

Se-jun also tore off a cabbage leaf and tasted it. It tasted sweeter than the cucumber.

“I should try the radish too.”

Pull.

Se-jun pulled out the stem of the radish next to him while eating the cabbage. It was a giant radish about the size of Se-jun’s calf.

[You obtained a Radish of Stamina.]

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Looking at the options, the Radish of Stamina had the effect of improving lung function.

Slice, slice.

“Here.”

Se-jun peeled the radish and ate a piece each with Papa Rabbit.

Crunch.

When he chewed the radish, a sweet and refreshing taste was felt along with a crunchy texture. A radish soup containing refreshing radish and a spicy fish stew naturally came to mind.

“It would be delicious.”

Saliva pooled in Se-jun’s mouth.

Just then,

“Cuengi, president Park is eating something alone over there, meow!” (Wait, “president” -> “President”)

“Cuengi, President Park is eating something alone over there, meow!”

Theo, who was riding Cuengi while searching for Se-jun, saw Se-jun and shouted.

And

Cueng!

[Is Dad eating something alone?!]

Cuengi, carrying Theo on his back, began to run fiercely toward Se-jun. Fortunately, since cucumbers, cabbages, and radishes all did not have that strong of a sweet taste, Cuengi quickly lost interest after tasting them.

“Vice President Theo, pack 20 radishes and 100 cucumbers in your bundle.”

“Understood, meow…”

Se-jun instructed Theo to put the cucumbers and radishes in the bundle. He intended to wait and harvest seeds from the rest.

The reason Se-jun had Theo pack the crops separately like this was to send Theo down soon to trade with the hunters. It was about time for Theo to start working again.

“Nyang……”

Knowing that, Theo became dejected.

“Vice President Theo, cheer up. You can come back soon now. I will go down again anyway.”

Se-jun also had to go down again to check the Sky-Reaching Bean planted on the 49th floor of the tower. When going down, Theo would go down alone, but when coming up, he only had to move from the 40th floor to the 49th floor of the tower.

A distance that could be reached in under an hour if they moved quickly.

“Puhuhu. Understood, meow! Let’s go to sleep now, meow!”

Realizing that he did not have to be separated from Se-jun’s lap for long, Theo regained his vitality.

***

The White Tower administrator’s area.

As soon as Kellion arrived, he had the chiefs of each floor report if there were any suspicious beings that had recently appeared,

“You are saying that recently, beings carrying purple crystals implanted in their hands or foreheads have appeared among the hunters?”

and received a report that there were suspicious beings.

And from the moment he heard the words purple crystal, Kellion intuitively knew that it was associated with Violet, the Crystal Giant of Ruin whose entire body was made of purple crystals, occupying the 11th Seat of the 12 Apostles of Destruction.

“I will check it directly.”

Kellion directly went to the area where the chiefs said the secret hideouts of the suspicious beings were and verified the facts.

Kellion’s appearance alone already meant he would annihilate that place. Kellion warned other beings not to approach so there would be no damage.

Just like that, all beings nearby died simply by Kellion appearing and emitting his energy,

-It has been a long time. Kellion.

and a fragment of Violet, the Crystal Giant of Ruin, revealed itself. Of course, since it was a fragment imbued with the energy of the Apostle of Destruction, Kellion defeated it easily.

Clink.

When the fragment of Violet, the Apostle of Destruction, was defeated, a purple coin fell.

“To think there were five Apostles of Destruction in our tower……”

Kellion visited all the suspicious areas, and looking at the five purple coins obtained in the process, he wore a sorrowful expression. The Apostles of Destruction were infiltrating the tower.

And

-Kekeke. Why are we entering the tower? Naturally, it is for the ruin of the tower!

Their goal was the ruin of the tower. The Apostles of Destruction intended to destroy the tower first, prior to the battle when the Black Moon opened.

***

The next morning.

Se-jun’s eyes opened in the early dawn.

And

Gororong.

Kurorong.

“Huh?”

When Se-jun raised his upper body at the unexpected snoring sound, he saw Iona sleeping wrapped around Theo’s tail. It seemed she had come in late at night.

Rustle.

Although he opened his eyes earlier than usual, Se-jun did not sleep more and stood up.

“Nyang……”

He started the day early by carrying Theo on his lap and marking the date on the bedroom wall.

“Kkack.”

When Se-jun came outside, arrived at the kitchen, and quietly made the mushroom ant’s sound,

Kkack. Kkack. Kkack.

three mushroom ants approached majestically, holding their antennae straight. Naturally, on their backs, they each had an extraordinary mushroom.

Se-jun, who arrived at the 99th floor of the tower yesterday, had briefly dropped by the mushroom ants’ nest to check the elixirs and had made a promise with them to meet secretly early this dawn, without Cuengi knowing.

“Hehehe. Thank you for coming out at dawn.”

Kkack.

At Se-jun’s words, the mushroom ants offered their backs, and Se-jun harvested all three elixirs. They were two common elixirs, oyster mushroom and shiitake mushroom, and one advanced elixir, white truffle.

Gulp.

Se-jun consumed the two common elixirs quickly. Without eating the last remaining advanced elixir, white truffle, he placed it on the table and began to make breakfast.

Cueng!

[I smell something delicious!]

In the morning, Cuengi, who woke up from hunger, was attracted by the smell and came to the kitchen.

“Cuengi, look at this. Dad wanted to eat this so much, but I waited without eating to share it with Cuengi.”

Se-jun said, showing the white truffle. Due to the scent of the white truffle, the smell of the elixirs Se-jun had eaten was completely masked. It was Se-jun’s trick, which was developing day by day.

Cueng! Cueng!

[Dad waited for Cuengi! Cuengi is happy!]

As if excited by Se-jun’s words, Cuengi wiggled his body and danced. Although he felt slightly guilty, since he had waited without eating the last one, it was not a complete lie.

“Here.”

Se-jun shared the white truffle deliciously with Cuengi, and thanks to that, he could start the morning of the 324th day of being stranded very peacefully.

Cueng!

[Dad is the best!]

“Ahem…”

Se-jun thought that next time he should eat only one secretly. Of course, just eating all together was the best way, but it was Se-jun, who wanted to escape being the weakest.