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Chapter 196 – Job Change to Herb Collector
[Land Deed of the 55th Floor of the Black Tower]
“Thank you.”
Receiving the land deed of the 55th floor of the tower, Se-jun expressed his gratitude to Black Rabbit, placing him on his palm and stroking him.
Squeak!
[So you must come to my wedding!]
At Se-jun’s stroking, Black Rabbit rubbed his head against Se-jun’s hand and spoke in a pleasant voice.
“I understand. It’s our Black Rabbit’s wedding, so of course I should go.”
Se-jun talked with Black Rabbit a bit more and moved the salt obtained from the salt mine of the White Tower into his void storage.
And,
Squeak!
[Uncle, take this!]
Black Rabbit handed Se-jun a purple coin he had obtained by defeating an Apostle of Destruction in the White Tower. Although he did not know what it was used for, with this, he had collected 21 coins.
“Thank you.”
Squeak!
[Then see you at the wedding!]
When the conversation was over, Black Rabbit hurriedly said goodbye and prepared to leave. As a new groom, he had a lot to prepare.
“Chairman Park, I’ll be back safely, meow!”
Theo, who was going down the tower with Black Rabbit, said goodbye while tightly hugging Se-jun’s knees.
This was because Se-jun had asked him to check on his family’s well-being when he went down. Although he had confirmed his family’s safety through the Bronze Mirror of Longing, he wanted to know his family’s situation in more detail.
“Right. You packed the Churu well, right?”
“That’s right, meow! I packed a lot, meow!”
Pat! Pat!
At Se-jun’s question, Theo replied while patting his bundle.
“Have a safe trip.”
“I understand, meow! I’ll come back quickly, meow!”
After Theo and Black Rabbit left like that,
Swish. Swish.
Se-jun worked hard to complete the job quest by scattering the kudzu fruits until evening.
Thanks to that, he achieved more than half of the job quest’s completion rate and raised the Slash-and-Burn level once more. Because the level was low, even with a little proficiency accumulated, the level rose quickly.
“I should prepare dinner soon. But where did Cuengi go?”
When Cuengi, who should have come a long time ago and whined about being hungry, was nowhere to be seen, Se-jun looked around, searching for Cuengi.
At that moment,
Pitter-patter.
Kkueng! Kkueng!
[Dad, Cuengi is hungry! Cuengi brought Dad’s food!]
As if on cue, Cuengi came running while calling Se-jun. Wherever he had been, his entire fur was covered in dirt.
But my food? What food? Looking closely at the running Cuengi, Se-jun saw that Cuengi was holding something in his front paws.
“Huh? That?!”
Realizing the identity of what was held in Cuengi’s front paws, Se-jun’s face turned pale. ‘That can’t possibly be that, right?!’ He certainly knew it was good for the body, but… he did not want to eat it again! He shuddered just at the thought of eating it.
However,
Kkueng!
[Dad, eat this and get strong!]
Betraying Se-jun’s expectations, Cuengi handed the golden-glowing kudzu roots to Se-jun with a proud expression. And three roots at that. Hehehe. Cuengi is making Dad strong!
“Th… thank you.”
Se-jun thought he should accept them for now and think about a way to eat them without pain later, but
Kkueng?
[Why aren’t you eating?]
Cuengi stared at Se-jun, urging him to eat quickly.
“Dad isn’t hungry right now…”
Growl.
Of all times, Se-jun’s stomach growled. The timing was truly exquisite.
Kkueng?
[Dad, did you just lie?]
Cuengi, reacting sensitively to Se-jun’s lie, began to pull out the wooden club slung over his back. It was the karma of having taught him that lying was bad.
“Not at all, I was super hungry! I will eat well.”
Crunch. Crunch.
Se-jun hurriedly began to eat three kudzu roots at the same time. It was absolutely not because he did not want to get hit. He was eating them out of consideration for Cuengi’s sincerity. Because if he did not eat them, Cuengi would be disappointed.
However,
[You have escaped a life-threatening crisis.]
[The maximum Stamina value of Talent: Tough Vitality increases to 12.]
The message made Se-jun’s excuses meaningless.
“Keugh!”
He had eaten one earlier, but eating three at the same time felt completely different.
Tremble. Tremble.
A cold sweat broke out from the terrible taste, and Se-jun’s body trembled. He felt as if even his mind was becoming faint.
Gulp.
Se-jun firmly resolved that he would definitely find a way to eat this deliciously, and swallowed the kudzu roots with desperate will.
[You have consumed three Golden Kudzu Roots of Life simultaneously.]
[The effect of the Golden Kudzu Root of Life increases.]
[Your Stamina potential increases by 80.]
[The maximum Stamina value of Talent: Tough Vitality increases by 3.]
“This is unfair…”
Looking at the last message, Se-jun said. He felt like he had crossed the line between life and death dozens of times just now, but to get only 3 maximum Stamina?! Are you kidding me?!
Thud.
Se-jun fainted. Se-jun had learned that one could faint even from eating something too tasteless.
Kkueng!
[Dad is too weak!]
Although he had fainted from eating something tasteless enough to make him faint, Cuengi misunderstood that Se-jun had collapsed because his body was weak.
Kkueng.
[Dad is sleeping soundly.]
Feeling upset, Cuengi made his body large, placed Se-jun on his belly, ate a meal with food from his snack pouch, and fell asleep.
***
The next morning.
Snore.
“Mmh…”
Se-jun woke up while listening to Cuengi’s snoring.
“Did I keep sleeping after fainting yesterday? But my body feels extremely refreshed.”
Se-jun said, moving his body here and there. Perhaps because he had eaten something good, his body condition was great.
At that moment,
Growl.
A stomach growling sound from Cuengi’s belly.
“I must cook quickly.”
Se-jun carefully climbed down from the belly so as not to wake Cuengi, and hurriedly prepared breakfast.
After eating breakfast like that,
[You have planted 94 kudzu in the slash-and-burn field.]
[Your job experience increases slightly.]
[The proficiency of Slash-and-Burn Lv. 3 increases slightly.]
[The proficiency of Mana Sowing Lv. 6 increases slightly.]
[Due to the effect of Slash-and-Burn Lv. 3, the kudzu grows stronger.]
[Due to the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6, the probability of the kudzu taking root increases.]
[The kudzu is listening to the farmer’s footsteps, so its growth rate increases.]
[4,150,035 times remaining until the completion of the job quest.]
While Se-jun was diligently planting the kudzu fruits,
Kkueng!
[Dad, Cuengi dug up kudzu roots to make Dad strong!]
Cuengi dug up golden kudzu roots again. Five roots this time.
Kkueng!
[Dad, eat quickly!]
Cuengi stared intently at Se-jun to monitor if he ate properly.
‘What should I do?’
Se-jun fell into deep thought as he stared at the five golden kudzu roots. He did not want to eat this and faint again. No, before that, he did not want to feel that terrible taste again.
“Our Cuengi is amazing. But where did you find such things?”
Se-jun asked while stroking Cuengi’s head to buy time to come up with a solution in his mind.
Kkueng! Kkueng!
[This smells both bitter and sour, so it’s easy to find! Cuengi can find more!]
Cuengi, taking Se-jun’s question as praise, spoke in a boasting voice.
“I… I see?”
At Cuengi’s words that he would find more, an emergency arose in Se-jun’s mind. This was not the end. Who would have thought there would be so many kudzu containing medicinal properties in the kudzu field.
At that moment,
“Ah! That’s it!”
A memory flashed through Se-jun’s mind.
“Cough. Cough.”
“Se-jun, try eating this.”
The honey-preserved ginseng and lemon his mother always made when he caught a cold. The ginseng was bitter and the lemon was sour, but he remembered eating it deliciously because the honey neutralized the taste in between.
Kkueng!
[Dad, eat quickly and get healthy!]
When Se-jun did not eat the kudzu root, Cuengi urged him to eat quickly.
“Cuengi, wait a moment. I just thought of a way to eat this deliciously.”
Kkueng?
[This tastes bad, but you can make it delicious?]
‘This rascal!’ As expected, he gave it to me because it tasted bad.
“Yes. Just soaking the kudzu roots in honey like this is all it takes.”
Se-jun replied, taking out a glass jar containing honey from his void storage and putting the kudzu roots inside.
Kkueng?
[Does it become delicious because of that?]
Cuengi asked with a puzzled expression as he looked at the kudzu roots soaked in honey. How could something that tasted bad become delicious?
“It really becomes delicious.”
Se-jun took out one of the kudzu roots soaked in honey and put it in his mouth.
Crunch. Crunch.
Although the kudzu root was not yet preserved in honey and the sweetness had not seeped in, the honey coated on the outside was enough to transform the Golden Kudzu Root of Life into something completely edible.
The sweetness of the honey weakened the extreme bitterness and sourness of the kudzu root, balancing it in the middle. It seemed that preserving it in honey for a few days would make the taste even better.
Gulp.
[You have consumed the Golden Kudzu Root of Life.]
[Your Stamina increases by 50.]
[The maximum Stamina value of Talent: Tough Vitality increases by 1.]
This time, because his Stamina potential was not lacking, his Stamina stat rose.
Kkueng?
Since Se-jun ate it deliciously, Cuengi also followed Se-jun, took out a kudzu root from the glass jar, and carefully put it in his mouth.
Crunch. Crunch.
Although the kudzu root was bitter, it was tolerable because of the honey taste.
Kkueng! Kkueng!
[It really became delicious! As expected, Dad is amazing!]
Admiring Se-jun’s magic, Cuengi tried to grab one more kudzu root from the glass jar. It was Cuengi’s trick to secretly eat more honey.
However,
Click.
Se-jun closed the glass jar’s lid.
“Trust Dad and wait just three days before eating it. Then it will be even more delicious.”
Kkueng! Kkueng!
[Understood! Cuengi trusts Dad!]
His doubts from a moment ago had vanished, and he looked ready to believe anything Se-jun said.
Kkueng! Kkueng!
[Dad, wait just a moment! Cuengi will dig up more kudzu roots!]
Pitter-patter.
Cuengi, who wanted to eat a lot of honey-preserved kudzu roots, began to dig up the kudzu field again looking for kudzu roots.
By the time they ate lunch like that,
Kkueng!
[Dad, Cuengi is hungry!]
Cuengi, who had become a complete mess, came running while holding ten golden kudzu roots.
And,
Kkueng! Kkueng!
[Dad, I dug up kudzu roots here! We are going to soak them in honey!]
When Cuengi handed Se-jun the ten kudzu roots,
[The Guardian Cuengi is showing immense passion for finding herbs.]
[For the Guardian Cuengi, you can create the Job: Herb Collector and change Cuengi’s job to Herb Collector.]
[To create the Job: Herb Collector and change the Guardian Cuengi’s job to Herb Collector, 20 pieces of the World’s Energy are required. Would you like to use them? (Current World’s Energy: 21 pieces)]
“Huh?! Herb Collector?”
Se-jun was flustered looking at the messages. Just how much passion did he have for a message asking to create a job to appear?
“By the way, what is the World’s Energy?”
Se-jun wondered at the word he was hearing for the first time. On top of that, he already possessed 21 pieces of something he did not even know about.
At that moment,
“No way?!”
At the number ’21,’ Se-jun pulled out the 21 coins he had obtained by defeating the Apostles of Destruction. For some reason, he felt that this might be the World’s Energy. The guess was only half correct. To be precise, the World’s Energy was contained inside the coins.
“I can use them like this?! Cuengi, do you want to try being a Herb Collector?”
Se-jun asked Cuengi with wonder.
Kkueng?
[What is a Herb Collector?]
“Herb Collector? You can call it a job that is good at finding herbs that are beneficial for the body.”
Kkueng!
[Then I will do it!]
At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi nodded his head vigorously. Cuengi will become a Herb Collector and find many herbs that are good for Dad’s body! As expected, a thought worthy of the filial son Cuengi.
“Alright. I’ll change Cuengi’s job to Herb Collector.”
Crumble.
With Se-jun’s words, a bright light escaped from 20 of the 21 coins in Se-jun’s hand, and the coins turned to dust and disappeared.
[Using 20 pieces of the World’s Energy, you create the Job: Herb Collector and change the Guardian Cuengi’s job to Herb Collector.]
[The Guardian Cuengi has changed his job to Herb Collector.]
A bright light wrapped around Cuengi’s body, and Cuengi changed his job to Herb Collector.
And,
[The Herb Collector Cuengi has awakened the Job Talent: Herb Detection.]
Kkueng!
[There is an herb nearby!]
Having detected an herb by awakening the talent, Cuengi dug the ground incredibly deep and dug up a reddish-glowing kudzu root.