Chapter 219 – Did He Do Something Wrong-da-yo

“Shifting Earth.”

Thud.

Se-jun, who had laid out cherry tomato seeds on the ground, struck the ground with Myler’s pickaxe and used the skill.

Rumble.

The ground moved, swallowing the cherry tomato seeds laid out on the ground, and then buried the seeds at regular intervals.

And,

[The earth moves favorably toward you.]

[The mana consumption for shifting the earth is cut in half.]

[You have planted 1,005 Cherry Tomato Seeds of Mana.]

[Your job experience increases slightly.]

[Because the Cherry Tomato Seeds of Mana are listening to the farmer’s footsteps, the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 7 is strengthened.]

[Due to the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 7, the growth speed of the Cherry Tomato Seeds of Mana becomes twice as fast for 24 hours.]

[The proficiency of Mana Sowing Lv. 7 increases slightly.]

A message indicating that the cherry tomatoes were planted appeared. In the process, his Magic Power increased by 1, slightly increasing the number of crops he could plant.

“Phew. No matter how much I plant, it does not decrease.”

Se-jun, who had planted crops without rest until late afternoon since sending Theo on the jar errand in the morning, grumbled as he looked at the crops still filling his subspace.

Inside the warehouse, because he had harvested all crops—even those that did not need to be harvested yet—in order to harvest a new variety, crops were overflowing. It was not a number that could be eliminated by eating.

Therefore, Se-jun was dealing with the aftermath by replanting the crops in the ground, except for crops that had long-term storage methods like dried sweet potatoes.

At that moment,

Growl.

A sound came from Se-jun’s belly, asking for food.

“Has it become this late already? I am indeed hungry…”

Se-jun, stroking his belly, trudged toward the kitchen.

Normally, Cuengi would have come and urged him for food first before Se-jun’s belly clock rang, but for some reason today, Cuengi, who had gone to the west forest to check on the medicinal herbs, had not returned yet.

Se-jun was walking toward the kitchen like that.

“Oh! They have grown a lot.”

He discovered that the rice planted in the Golden Tree Stump Flowerpot of Abundance had sprouted green shoots and grown about 10cm in just three days. True to the claim of a 10x growth speed, it was indeed fast.

“Grow quickly.”

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 4 is activated.]

[While the touch lasts, the growth of the rice accelerates slightly.]

Se-jun stroked the rice sprouts diligently with a loving gaze. Hehehe. Just a little longer, and I can eat white rice!

“Kya… It looks delicious… Slurp.”

Imagining taking a large spoonful of white rice and placing a piece of salty grilled fish on top to eat, Se-jun hurriedly wiped the saliva running from his mouth.

“I cannot resist.”

Since he had imagined eating, a strong hunger welled up.

Just as Se-jun stood up in a hurry and headed toward the kitchen to make dinner,

Dadadaata.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi is hungry-da-yo! Cuengi brought food for Dad-da-yo!]

Cuengi, who was covered in dirt, ran over holding four kudzu roots in his front paws.

“Yeah! Thank you! Phew…”

After waving his hand vigorously toward the approaching Cuengi and answering, a quiet sigh escaped naturally.

‘That fellow Cuengi dug up as many as four kudzu roots…’

He had dug up a lot. Just as Cuengi said, it seemed he would have to make do with kudzu roots for dinner tonight.

Kkueng!

[Eat it quickly-da-yo!]

Cuengi, who arrived in front of Se-jun, handed over the kudzu roots and stared at Se-jun with sparkling eyes.

“Hold on a second.”

Wondering if it was just his imagination as the kudzu roots looked thicker than usual, Se-jun examined the kudzu roots Cuengi had brought in detail.

[Tough and Thick Kudzu Root of Life]

It is the root of a kudzu that grew by absorbing life force from a living host.

Since it absorbed the life force of the host to nearly the maximum, its medicinal properties are good.

Upon consumption, Stamina increases by 30 or Stamina potential increases by 15.

It has a strong bitter taste.

Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Shelf Life: 180 days

Grade: B+

“It is indeed not my imagination.”

The kudzu root was actually thick.

Crunch. Crunch.

Since he had to eat it anyway, Se-jun boldly devoured the kudzu root.

Gulp.

[You have consumed a Tough and Thick Kudzu Root of Life.]

[Your Stamina increases by 30.]

[You have consumed a bitter-tasting medicine.]

[Talent: Good Medicine for Stamina is Bitter is activated.]

[Your Stamina increases by 3.]

Like that, Se-jun devoured four kudzu roots in a row.

When he ate the first thick kudzu root, his Stamina increased by 3 due to the effect of ‘Good Medicine for Stamina is Bitter,’ but after that, it was 2, 2, and 1 as Se-jun’s tongue adapted to the bitterness, and the effect gradually decreased.

And as he watched Se-jun eat the kudzu roots, Cuengi’s eyes became increasingly sparkling. ‘Kkuhehehe. Now the honey jelly is coming out-da-yo!’

But

“I should prepare dinner now.”

Contrary to Cuengi’s expectations, Se-jun, who had completely adapted to the bitterness, did not rinse his mouth.

Kkueng! Kkueng?!

[Dad, where are you going-da-yo! Did you forget something-da-yo?!]

At Se-jun’s reaction, Cuengi was greatly shocked and hurriedly called Se-jun, who was about to go to the kitchen, to stop.

“Huh? Forgot something?”

At Cuengi’s words, Se-jun folded his hands behind his back and wore an expression of knowing nothing.

Kkueng…

Cuengi was disappointed at Se-jun’s words. ‘If this is the case, it cannot be helped-da-yo! I will pull out my trump card herb-da-yo!’ Cuengi put his front paw into his snack pouch and tried to pull out a powerful herb that would force Se-jun to rinse his mouth.

At that moment,

“Ta-da! Of course I did not forget! Dad was just playing a prank. Here, I will give you honey today.”

Se-jun handed over a glass bottle full of honey that he had been hiding behind his back to Cuengi. Se-jun was aware that Cuengi had high expectations for the snack they ate together as a mouth rinse after giving him the kudzu roots lately.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It is honey-da-yo!]

Cuengi quickly pulled out his front paw, which he had put in the snack pouch to take out the herb, and received the honey. Thanks to that, Se-jun was able to pass the crisis of eating something bitter and fainting without even realizing it.

“Then Cuengi, wait while eating the honey.”

Se-jun left Cuengi, who was eating the honey, and went to the kitchen to start cooking.

***

The Green Tower Administrator’s Area.

“Tch! Another miss.”

Brachio frowned as she watched the wild boar monster that had crossed from the Black Tower to the Green Tower through a land deed. It was because Se-jun, whom she wanted to hook, had not taken the bait.

“Go and retrieve it.”

Brachio ordered her subordinate to retrieve the land deed.

“It is not easy…”

Brachio, who was trying to bait Se-jun with the land deed, spoke with a frown at the continuous failures.

“By the way, where was that alcohol made?”

Brachio recalled the triple-brewed liquor that had suddenly appeared a few days ago.

“It was so delicious…”

Recalling the deep aroma and clean taste of the triple-brewed liquor, Brachio’s mouth naturally curved into a smile.

Moreover, taste was taste, but the triple-brewed liquor had a tremendous effect.

Upon drinking the triple-brewed liquor, it felt as if her head, which had always felt foggy, became clear. That feeling was felt not only by herself but by all the Green Dragons who had drunk a cup of the triple-brewed liquor.

And thanks to their heads becoming clear, they found out the abnormality of the other Green Dragons.

“Why are they not sleeping?”

The Green Dragons who should have entered their hibernation period were not sleeping. The Green Dragons had forgotten the very fact that they had to sleep during their hibernation period.

No matter how sturdy the dragons are, they need to have a hibernation period to rest their minds.

Therefore, Brachio, along with the other Green Dragons who had drunk the triple-brewed liquor, hurriedly forced the Green Dragons who had to enter the hibernation period to sleep, even mobilizing shock therapy.

“We need more alcohol… Where do we obtain it?”

Just as Brachio was thinking of a way to obtain the triple-brewed liquor like that,

[The Giant Horned Deer of the 78th floor of the tower is endangered.]

[The Red-Striped Meerkat of the 56th floor of the tower is endangered.]

…

..

.

The effects of the kudzu that Se-jun had ordered Ajax to scatter in the Green Tower began to appear.

***

“Chairman Park! I have returned, meow!”

Theo threw his body with splayed limbs toward the face of Se-jun, who was sitting and resting after eating dinner.

“Yeah. Vice Chairman Theo, did you have a good trip?”

Catch.

Se-jun, welcoming Theo, stretched out his hand to catch Theo. He did not want to chew Theo’s fur.

But

“Puhuhut. No way, meow!”

Whoosh.

Pitter-patter.

Theo agilely moved his body in the air to avoid Se-jun’s arm, ran along Se-jun’s arm, and threw his body toward Se-jun’s face.

And,

Grab.

He hugged Se-jun’s face tightly using his four paws. In the end, along with the smelly scent of Theo’s paws, Theo’s greasy fur entered Se-jun’s mouth.

“Hey! Get off!”

“Meow?!”

“Pui! Pui!”

Se-jun grabbed the scruff of Theo’s neck, pulling Theo off his face, and at the same time spat out the fur that had entered his mouth.

“Pui! Pui! Vice Chairman Theo, did you secure the jars?”

Spitting out fur a few more times due to the unpleasant feeling, Se-jun asked Theo if he had properly done what he had ordered.

“Puhuhut. That is right, meow! Who am I?! Am I not Chairman Park’s right arm, Vice Chairman Theo, meow! I brought all 3,000 jars, meow!”

Theo spoke in a boasting voice, placing both front paws on his waist.

“Yeah. Well done. First, let’s place the jars in the brewery.”

“Understood, meow! Let’s go, meow!”

Theo shouted as he naturally clung to Se-jun’s lap.

Having moved to the brewery like that, Se-jun, along with the monkeys, pulled the jars out of Theo’s bundle and washed them. It was to dry them tonight and start the base brew work first thing tomorrow morning.

When about three hours had passed since they washed the jars like that,

“Meow-haahm… Chairman Park, is there still a long way to go, meow?”

Theo, who was dozing off while clinging to Se-jun’s lap, yawned widely and asked Se-jun.

“We are all done now. Let’s go sleep.”

Se-jun, who had washed the last jar, entered the house with Theo, wrapping up the night of the 339th day of being stranded.

***

The next morning.

Squeeze. Squeeze.

“Chairman Park, wake up, meow!”

Theo, who had woken up early for once, woke Se-jun up by massaging Se-jun’s face since morning.

“Ugh… What is it?”

As Se-jun opened his eyes,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, look at this, meow! I brought something good, meow!”

Theo offered a golden-glowing bead he had brought from the lost-and-found warehouse to Se-jun.

“Huh?! This is?!”

As soon as he saw the golden bead, Se-jun recalled the inner core of the Giant Electric Eel he had eaten in the past. And the orange soda taste.

Gulp.

Se-jun swallowed his saliva and quickly checked the inner core.

[Inner Core of the Giant Deep-Sea Electric Eel]

It is the inner core of a Giant Electric Eel that lived for 2,000 years in the deep sea of the Sea of Dimensions.

It emits a golden light as it contains the power of electricity.

Upon consumption, Talent: Sparky can be awakened.

Usage Restrictions: Magic Power 100 or higher

Grade: A

“Oh! I can eat it!”

Without even looking at other descriptions, Se-jun swallowed the inner core immediately as he met the usage restriction.

Whoosh.

The inner core of the Giant Deep-Sea Electric Eel turned like water, presenting a refreshing feeling along with a sweet orange taste in Se-jun’s mouth.

Gulp.

“Kya…!”

While Se-jun enjoyed the aftertaste of the thrilling swallow,

[You have consumed the Inner Core of the Giant Deep-Sea Electric Eel.]

[You have awakened Talent: Sparky.]

A message appeared stating that he had obtained the talent.

“Sparky?”

Se-jun checked the talent.

[Talent: Sparky]

-It is a talent that allows one to use electricity more skillfully.

-By rubbing the palms together, one can generate weak electricity.

“Electricity?”

Rub rub.

Se-jun, who had read the description, rubbed his palms diligently to try to make electricity, and

Crackle. Crackle.

Static electricity began to be generated on Se-jun’s palms.

“It works!”

Rub rub rub.

Having confirmed that electricity was created on his palms, Se-jun rubbed his palms even faster. It seemed real electricity would be created if he rubbed just a little more.

At that moment,

Kkueng?

[Big Brother, did Dad do something wrong to Big Brother-da-yo?]

Cuengi, who had come to eat breakfast, saw Se-jun diligently rubbing his hands (begging) while looking at Theo, and asked as if he had expected it. ‘Dad definitely ate something delicious alone-da-yo!’

Se-jun was aggrieved from the morning.