Chapter 208 – What’s the Use of Having Luck

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Arrived home! Mom, Cuengi is back!]

As soon as they arrived at the farm, Cuengi ran to find Pink Fur.

And,

“Shall we see how sharp the greatsword is?”

Se-jun went to the green onion field to test the performance of the newly obtained greatsword. Currently, a total of three types of green onions were planted in the green onion field. The general green onions that Se-jun had first brought when he was stranded, and the Detoxifying Green Onions and Sturdy Blade Green Onions that Se-jun had planted after obtaining seeds in the tower.

Step.

Se-jun positioned himself in front of the vast general green onion field whose end was invisible and pulled out the greatsword from the void storage warehouse. Because he had kept replanting the green onions whenever their roots divided, the area of the green onion field was enormous.

“Huuup. Hah!”

As Se-jun inhaled and swung the greatsword sideways with a shout,

Whoosh.

Slash.

The greatsword made a wind-splitting sound and cut the green onion leaves. Even up to about 1 meter away from the length of the sword. He had cut the green onions only with the sword wind.

“Wow! Vice President Theo, did you see? I cut one, two…”

Se-jun began to count the number of green onions he had cut.

Thud.

“Oh! I cut 24 green onions at once!”

Se-jun made a fuss to Theo as he knocked down the half-cut green onions with his hand.

“Good job, meow… Chairman Park, you’re excellent, meow…”

Theo’s soulless compliment. Normally, Theo would have pulled out his dragon claws first to show his skills and discourage Se-jun, but now he was very sleepy.

“Hehehe. Hah!”

Thanks to that, Se-jun, not discouraged, diligently swung the greatsword in the green onion field, cutting the leaves.

Two hours later,

“Whew. That was rewarding.”

Wiping his sweat, Se-jun looked back with a pleased expression. He was thinking of feeling proud looking at the empty green onion field he had cut down.

However,

“Oh?!”

Before he knew it, the green onions had grown back to their original height. It was thanks to the ‘Farmer’s Footsteps Shoes’ Se-jun was wearing. Hearing Se-jun’s footsteps, the green onions had grown rapidly.

“I’m trapped.”

Se-jun was trapped in the middle of the green onion field.

“Vice President Theo, lend me your claws for a second.”

“Un… derstood, meow…”

Theo, in a half-asleep state, pulled out his dragon claws and infused them with mana.

Swish.

As Se-jun grabbed Theo’s front paw and swung it,

Slowly.

even the green onions within 30 meters fell down at the same time.

Swish. Swish.

When Se-jun swung Theo’s front paw a few times, he quickly traversed the distance he had traveled over two hours while cutting green onions with the greatsword, escaping the green onion field.

Thanks to that, a huge amount of green onion leaves was produced, but since they were used for various purposes like food for the Black Minotaurs and rabbits, and materials for ropes and baskets, having a lot wasn’t a bad thing.

“Hah!”

Thud.

Se-jun roughly stuck the Greatsword of Amplification in front of the house and went inside. He thought he had to find another use for it rather than cutting grass.

***

The next morning.

“Ugyagyagya!”

Rising early in the morning, Se-jun attached Theo to his knees, came outside, and stretched violently.

“I should go to the brewery first.”

Since Se-jun possessed the Relic: Wealth-Swallowing Rice Dough, he decided to visit the brewery first before going to the kitchen to replenish the rice flour.

When Se-jun stepped onto the front yard of the house to go to the brewery like that,

“Huh?!”

Se-jun discovered that the greatsword he had stuck in yesterday had disappeared.

“Where did it go?”

He searched the yard of the house thoroughly, but the greatsword was nowhere to be seen. Although he hadn’t found a use for it yet, it was a whopping S+ grade greatsword. Furthermore, to lose a precious piece of equipment that the penguins had gifted him…

“Who took it?!”

Se-jun went to the brewery first in anger. He was thinking of searching the surroundings thoroughly once the rabbits and mushroom ants woke up in a bit.

Se-jun entered the brewery huffing and puffing like that.

“Huh? It was here.”

He discovered the greatsword inside the brewery.

Ukki!

Ukki!

Two banana monkeys were holding the Greatsword of Amplification together and stirring the makgeolli in a huge jar. The monkeys, who were looking for a stick to stir the makgeolli, discovered the greatsword and took it. It seemed they had found a use for the greatsword in their own way.

“Guys, what are you doing?”

Se-jun asked, looking at the monkeys.

Ukki!

[We are making Samyangju!]

“Samyangju?”

Ukki! Ukki!

[It tastes better if we do this! Samyangju is…]

The monkeys answered at Se-jun’s question.

According to the monkeys’ explanation, using makgeolli fermented once as the base, adding steamed rice for a second fermentation produces Iyangju, and adding rice to that Iyangju again and fermenting it produces Samyangju.

As it went from Iyangju to Samyangju, the alcohol content of the wine increased, the taste became cleaner, and the scent became deeper. Furthermore, the color of the wine became clearer, making it a high-grade wine that looked good and tasted good.

“Right. Make it diligently.”

Se-jun wore a happy expression, thinking of selling it at a high price to Kaiser and Kellion later.

At that moment,

Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi is hungry!]

Cuengi, who had personally traveled to the front of the brewery following Se-jun’s scent, called Se-jun with a fierce cry. He seemed very hungry.

“Hold on. Crop Giantization.”

Se-jun hurriedly came outside, gave the giant sweet potato to Cuengi, and headed to the kitchen.

Chop, chop, chop.

Se-jun quickly chopped the ingredients with a dagger, put them into the pot, and infused magic into the fire to increase the firepower.

“Shall I ask the penguins to make a kitchen knife next time?”

Se-jun said, looking at Keynes’s training dagger. Although it cut well, it wasn’t made for cooking, so it was slightly inconvenient when cutting ingredients.

Bubble, bubble.

The contents placed in the pot began to boil, and the freshwater shrimp soup was quickly completed. It was Se-jun’s consideration for the rabbits who hadn’t tried the shrimp soup.

When the shrimp soup was completed,

Slurp.

“Guys, let’s eat!”

Se-jun quickly ate a bowl of the shrimp soup and called the rabbits.

However,

Squeak!

Biyyah!

The rabbits greeted Se-jun, looking straight at him as he tried to surprise them using stealth. As expected, the rabbits also had the ability to detect stealth. Tsk. Only I don’t have detection ability.

“Now, line up.”

Se-jun, feeling disappointed, scooped the shrimp soup into Cuengi’s and the rabbits’ bowls and distributed it. There were cases where he poured the shrimp soup onto his own hand while scooping it into the bowls because his hands were not visible, but it was fine.

‘Hmph. Since I’m the Friend of Fire.’

Now, this level of heat was not a threat to Se-jun. While the animals ate breakfast like that, Se-jun came outside. Because it was inconvenient to move in the kitchen since he couldn’t see the animals due to their stealth.

“How has our Flamie been?”

Leaving the kitchen, Se-jun went down below the cave and greeted Flamie.

[Yes! Huh?! I feel a strong fire energy from Master’s body!]

“Yes. My talent evolved this time. Hehehe. Look at this!”

Snap.

Se-jun bragged of a huge flame to Flamie, snapping his fingers.

However,

Slurp.

Before Se-jun could even react, Se-jun’s flame was sucked into Flamie’s leaves.

[Talent: Ruler of Fire steals the fire energy.]

[If you lose more fire energy, it will be difficult to maintain Talent: Friend of Fire.]

“Huh?”

When Se-jun was flustered looking at the message,

[Ah! Master, I’m sorry!]

Flamie, who had accidentally absorbed Se-jun’s flame, apologized in panic.

“Ah… no, it’s fine…”

He had trusted only Flamie… unlike himself, who had barely become friends with fire now, Flamie was ruling fire. Flamie suddenly felt extremely unfamiliar.

Se-jun realized once again on the 99th floor of the tower how futile it was to worry about others.

“I’m going…”

[Are you leaving already?]

“Yeah…”

Se-jun stood up from his seat, openly showing his narrow-mindedness. Although he knew he was being petty, he still needed time to accept the facts.

Se-jun, who came out of the cave like that. Feeling like he wanted to be alone, he entered the storage. Of course, he wasn’t completely alone since Theo was clinging to his knees.

Se-jun looked at the crops harvested in the storage while he was away.

And,

“Oh! You harvested peanuts? Huh?! You harvested onions too!”

Looking at the crops, Se-jun’s face gradually brightened. His habit as a farmer could not be helped.

“Hehehe. Reassuring.”

Se-jun completely recovered his gloomy mood while putting the crops in the storage into the void storage warehouse.

At that moment,

“Huh?! You harvested strawberries too?!”

Red strawberries piled up at the end of the storage were visible.

*Gulp*

Just looking at the strawberries made his mouth water. Should he eat a few since no one was around? Currently, only he and Theo were here. And Theo was sleeping.

“Okay.”

As Se-jun carefully tried to pick up a strawberry,

Drip. Drip.

the sound of water droplets falling was heard.

“Huh?”

When Se-jun looked at the place where the sound came from,

Drip. Drip.

water was falling in the empty air.

“A… a ghost?!”

When Se-jun thought he had discovered a ghost,

“Huh?! Cuengi?”

Cuengi and the rabbits, whose stealth was released, appeared. They were the rabbits trying to play a trick on Se-jun who had tried to tease them earlier, and Cuengi who had just followed them.

The rabbits, who had followed Se-jun into the storage, quietly followed him around, worrying about him when Se-jun’s expression was not good.

However, when Se-jun’s expression brightened, they were looking for an opportunity to surprise him again, but they were caught because Cuengi drooled when Se-jun grabbed a strawberry.

Kkueng?!

[Dad, were you trying to eat strawberries alone just now?!]

As soon as he was revealed, Cuengi immediately questioned Se-jun.

“N… no! Of course I was going to eat it together.”

At Cuengi’s questioning, Se-jun quickly withdrew his hand that was trying to grab a strawberry and said.

“Now. Let’s go quickly and eat strawberries for dessert.”

Se-jun brought out the strawberries, washed them at the sink, and ate them with the animals.

Slurp.

“Wow! It’s really delicious.”

Se-jun, who took a bite of a strawberry, let out an exclamation. Perhaps because his Tower Farmer grade had risen in the meantime, both the scent and taste of the strawberries had improved.

Kkueng!

[It has become more delicious!]

Squeak!

Whether they shared Se-jun’s thoughts, the animals also kept exclaiming as they ate the strawberries.

And,

[You have consumed a Lucky Strawberry.]

[Your Luck will increase for 1 hour.]

A message that appeared every time he ate a strawberry.

However,

“What’s the use of having luck anyway. I’m the weakest anyway…”

Se-jun, who still had the damage inflicted by Flamie earlier, did not have much expectation.

At that moment,

[The Seed Shop opens.]

[Park Se-jun’s grade is Extraordinary.]

A message stating that the Seed Shop would open appeared.

“Ah. Today is the 335th day.”

Because he had been to the 44th floor of the tower, he had forgotten that the Seed Shop would open today.

As Se-jun read the messages like that,

[Park Se-jun-nim is the 1,000,000th customer to visit the Seed Shop.]

“The 1,000,000th customer?!”

A message different from usual appeared.

And,

[For the 1,000,000th customer, Park Se-jun-nim, today we specially sell three precious seeds at a 50% discount.]

[This purchase will not accumulate Seed Shop mileage.]

[Only 1 seed can be purchased.]

[10,000 Rice Seeds – 35 Pieces of World Energy]

[10,000 Wheat Seeds – 25 Pieces of World Energy]

[10,000 Barley Seeds – 15 Pieces of World Energy]

The rice Se-jun had wished and wished for so much finally appeared.

“But World Energy?”

Se-jun, who had always purchased with Tower Coins, found it fascinating that seeds could be purchased with World Energy.

“Thank goodness.”

Thanks to the bronze coins Iona had given him, the World Energy Se-jun possessed was 43.

“Hehehe. I’ll buy the rice seeds.”

Se-jun selected the rice without hesitation. A smile naturally spread across his face at the thought of eating white rice already.

Crumble.

Along with Se-jun’s choice, the bronze coins Se-jun was holding turned into powder and disappeared.

And,

[Purchasing 10,000 Rice Seeds from the Seed Shop using 35 Pieces of World Energy.]

Rattle.

A leather pouch containing 10,000 grains of rice fell onto Se-jun’s hand. The pouch was quite heavy.