Chapter 322 – Ajax, Brother Will Restore Morning for the White Tower

The 99th floor of the Red Tower.

“Phew. It’s hard.”

Clank.

Udon, who had just finished his battle with the Cactuses, was about to take off his helmet and rest.

Vrrr.

“Udon—!”

Ramtor appeared, taking up a massive presence in the surroundings.

Clank.

Udon hurriedly put his helmet back on.

And,

“I greet the great Red Dragon, Ramtor! Do you have something to tell me?”

He shouted loudly, kneeling toward the direction where the voice was coming from.

“Indeed! Udon, place these in a dry area to dry, and then retrieve them!”

Thud.

Ramtor said, handing over a heavy leather sack.

“Yes! I understand.”

“Then call me once the retrieval is complete.”

As Ramtor gave the command and disappeared,

“Phew. I guess I have to go back down.”

Without even being able to sit down properly, Udon headed back down the tower.

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[Obtained Magic Cherry Tomato seed.]

[Job experience increases slightly.]

[The proficiency of Seed Harvesting Lv. 8 increases slightly.]

[You must use the Seed Harvesting skill 530,012 more times to complete the job quest.]

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“Hehehe. Good.”

Se-jun, who had even received money from Ramtor as compensation for allowing him to dry the pears, harvested seeds from the cherry tomatoes with a satisfied smile.

As Se-jun harvested seeds from the cherry tomatoes for about an hour,

[The soul becomes full.]

[Mental Power increases by 1.]

Along with his feeling of reward, his Mental Power increased.

And,

“Eileen, what is Mental Power used for?”

He asked Eileen about the use of Mental Power.

He was originally going to ask Kaiser, but Eileen said she would look into it herself.

[The Tower Administrator says that as your Mental Power increases, other stats are also affected and increase.]

Eileen, who had asked Kaiser in detail about Mental Power, answered.

“Really?”

Hehehe. I should work hard to increase my Mental Power from now on.

Just as he learned about the use of Mental Power,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I will go to work and be back, meow!”

Theo said he was going to work.

“Oh! Really? What’s gotten into Vice President Theo?”

As Se-jun looked surprised at Theo’s words,

“Puhuhut. Since I am Vice President Theo, I must monitor whether the employees are slacking off, meow!”

Theo answered proudly. He was planning to sneak down and check if the employees were slacking off.

However,

‘Who is monitoring whom?’

Se-jun Company was a company where everyone except the vice president worked hard.

Still, it was admirable of him to go to work on his own.

“Be careful.”

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow! I will be back soon, meow!”

“Okay.”

“Ppiyot, let’s go, meow!”

Ppiyot!

[Yes!]

As Theo went down with Ppiyot to monitor the employees,

“Shall we look around the fields?”

Step. Step.

Se-jun walked toward the farm. There were crops he needed to check on today.

He planned to check on the sweet pumpkin, fire beans, watermelon, and blueberries he had bought when the 8th seed shop opened.

As Se-jun arrived at the field where the crops were planted,

[The Water-Consuming Watermelon is grateful for the farmer’s footsteps and lends its strength.]

[The potential of the Magic stat increases from 2,279 to 2,280.]

In return for hearing his footsteps, the watermelon increased his Magic potential by one.

“When will this one grow up?”

Se-jun said, looking at the fist-sized watermelon. Its growth speed was excessively slow compared to other crops.

“Is it still not enough even though I gave it so much water?”

After confirming its name as the Water-Consuming Watermelon, he had been watering it ten times a day, but the result was just a watermelon that grew from the size of a pea to a fist.

“Well… it is growing, at least.”

Se-jun turned his gaze away from the watermelon and looked at the other crops.

However, the fire beans did not even sprout, as if there were special conditions for them to sprout, and

the blueberries were still in the middle of growing, now about knee-high to Se-jun.

The last one remaining was the sweet pumpkin.

“I’m glad you all grew well. Hehehe.”

Se-jun happily looked at the dark green, well-ripened sweet pumpkin.

And,

Shatter.

He cut the stem of the sweet pumpkin with a dagger and harvested it.

Then,

[Harvested a sweet pumpkin that expels poison.]

[Job experience increases slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 increases slightly.]

[Due to the effect of Proficiency Increase Lv. 1, the proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 increases by an additional 5%.]

[Obtained 70 experience points.]

[Experience does not accumulate due to the failure to complete the job quest.]

A message appeared.

“I think Lord Tier will 100% buy this.”

A name that Tier could not help but eye.

However, Tier was not here right now.

—Hurry up and pick it up.

In order to deliver the land deed of the 83rd floor of the White Tower to Se-jun, Tier had thrown the land deed on Theo’s path and was watching to see if Theo picked it up.

Tap.

Se-jun picked up a sweet pumpkin and checked its options.

[Sweet Pumpkin that Expels Poison]

A sweet pumpkin grown in the tower. It has absorbed sufficient nutrients and is delicious.

When consumed, a small amount of poison is expelled from the body.

The taste and effects increase when aged for up to two weeks.

When consumed over a long period, any poison can be completely expelled.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration Date: 150 days

Grade: A

“As expected.”

To think any poison could be completely expelled if consumed over a long period. This was a crop that Tier would definitely drool over.

“Hehehe. Let’s harvest them quickly.”

Having confirmed the effects of the sweet pumpkin, Se-jun began to harvest them in earnest.

After a short while,

“Finished.”

When Se-jun felt a sense of pride as he harvested 300 sweet pumpkins,

[The soul becomes full.]

[Mental Power increases by 1.]

His Mental Power increased by 1.

Once the sweet pumpkin harvest was over,

“I should eat sweet pumpkin for dinner tonight.”

Se-jun packed up the sweet pumpkins and headed to the kitchen.

And,

Scrape. Scrape.

[Obtained 5 seeds of the sweet pumpkin that expels poison.]

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[You must use the Seed Harvesting skill 528,172 more times to complete the job quest.]

He cut the top of the sweet pumpkin, scooped out the seeds inside with a spoon, and began to cook.

Tonight’s menu was sweet pumpkin spicy seafood steamed dish.

After Se-jun placed octopus, squid, and fish meat, along with green onions and onions, inside the sweet pumpkin,

“Huh?! There are no Cheongyang chili peppers.”

he realized too late that there were no Cheongyang chili peppers.

At that moment,

“Se-jun hyung! I will pick them for you!”

Ajax, who had been watching Se-jun cook by his side, raised his hand and shouted.

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

“Yes! Brother! Just wait a moment!”

Whoosh.

Ajax hurriedly flew toward the Cheongyang chili pepper field.

After a short while,

[Your slave, Ajax Mamuve, the Tower Farmer of the White Tower, has harvested a new variety, Sun Pepper.]

A message appeared saying Ajax had harvested a new variety called Sun Pepper. So was that Ajax?

As Se-jun harbored doubts,

[A slave’s achievement is your achievement.]

[You have achieved the achievement of creating a new variety in the tower.]

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[Due to job characteristics, all stats increase by 10.]

A message appeared saying that Se-jun had obtained the exclusive cultivation rights to the Sun Pepper harvested by Ajax, clearing up his doubts.

And,

“Se-jun hyung! I harvested this!”

Eager to help Se-jun, Ajax flew over holding a red pepper in his cute little hand.

“Okay. Good job.”

Se-jun stroked Ajax’s head, took the Sun Pepper, and examined it.

[Sun Pepper]

A pepper grown in the tower. It has absorbed sufficient nutrients and solar energy, making it deliciously spicy.

When consumed, if one receives sufficient light, one of the stats will randomly increase by 5.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration Date: 150 days

Grade: A

“Oh! The options are good too.”

“Ehe! Se-jun hyung, did I do well?!”

“Okay. Good job.”

Pat, pat.

As Se-jun patted Ajax’s butt and praised him,

[You have obtained a clue to achieve a great feat.]

[A quest occurs.]

[Quest: Grow 10,000 Sun Peppers and bring them to the White Tower. Then, you can find out the location of the sun sealed within the White Tower.]

Reward: 5 drops of Elixir of Harvest

A quest message appeared in front of Se-jun.

“Five drops of the Elixir of Harvest?!”

Wasn’t the reward too good? Ajax, brother will restore morning to the White Tower for you!

“Ajax, but what about the Cheongyang chili peppers?”

Let’s eat first.

“Ah! That’s right! I’ll get them quickly!”

He added the Cheongyang chili peppers Ajax brought, stir-fried the previously prepared dish once more, and seasoned it.

Then, he placed the stir-fried seafood inside the sweet pumpkin and put it in the oven made for baking pizza.

While the steamed sweet pumpkin seafood dish was finishing up,

“Ehe! Are you here?”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It smells delicious!]

“Is it dinner time already?”

Smelling the food, Cuengi and Veronica entered the kitchen and,

Step. Step.

sat down on the dining table chairs.

Whimper!

‘Delicious smell!’

Fenrir also entered the kitchen and took a seat in front of his bowl with ‘Blackie’ written on it.

Thirty minutes later,

[Achieved the achievement of making Spicy Steamed Sweet Pumpkin Seafood for the first time in the tower.]

[The recipe for Spicy Steamed Sweet Pumpkin Seafood is registered in Cooking Lv. 8.]

[The proficiency of Cooking Lv. 8 increases slightly.]

The dish was complete.

Step. Step.

Se-jun placed a sweet pumpkin on each plate and said,

“Okay, let’s eat.”

Tap.

Opening the sweet pumpkin lid,

Tap. Tap. Tap.

Cuengi, Ajax, and Veronica followed Se-jun, opening the lids of their sweet pumpkins and starting to eat the steamed seafood.

At that moment,

Whimper!

‘Me too.’

Fenrir barked loudly, asking for food as well.

“Alright. Here.”

Se-jun cut the sweet pumpkin surrounding the steamed seafood and gave it to Fenrir.

Chomp, chomp, chomp.

Whimper!

‘It’s delicious!’

He began to eat hungrily. I will eat quickly and start round two!

While everyone was enjoying their dinner,

“Nyang, nyang, nyang.”

Ppiyot. Ppiyot.

Theo and Ppiyot were humming, heading toward the entrance of the 99th floor of the tower.

And,

“Nyang?!”

He found the land deed Tier had thrown beforehand.

“Puhuhut. I picked up something good, meow!”

Tap.

Naturally, Theo picked up the land deed.

“Nyang, nyang, nyang.”

Ppiyot. Ppiyot.

Humming again, they went on their way.

—That’s it.

Finally, after delivering the land deed for the 83rd floor of the White Tower to Theo, Tier smiled and returned to the fountain.

Just like that, the 370th day of Se-jun’s arrival in the tower passed.

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The 53rd floor of the Red Tower.

“But how did Lord Ramtor obtain the Black Tower’s crops?”

Checking the options of the pears inside the leather pouch, Udon spoke in puzzlement.

As far as he knew, dragons did not exchange things with each other very well.

Because they thought that if another dragon gave them something, they were being looked down upon. For such dragons to exchange such trivial crops?

By Udon’s common sense, it made no sense. Well… since it was a transaction between a dragon and Se-jun, rather than dragon to dragon, it was different, though.

“But it really is fascinating.”

Udon said, looking at the pears. It was his first time seeing such a crop. A crop that discharged water in a dry place.

“This much dryness should suffice, right?”

Udon had just arrived in an area that was becoming a desert.

Tap. Tap.

He took the pears out of the leather bag and began placing them on the ground.

Once Udon had laid about fifty thousand pears on the ground,

“Is the evaporation going well?”

He checked the pears he had placed first.

Just looking from the outside, the size had shrunk significantly compared to when the pears were inside the leather pouch.

“But why is it dark?”

Udon noticed the surroundings turning dark and hurriedly looked at the sky.

And,

“That is?!”

He discovered dark clouds floating in the sky. The moisture that had evaporated from the pears rose into the sky, forming clouds.

At that moment,

Pat. Pat.

Raindrops fell from the sky, one by one.

“It’s rain…”

Udon was moved by the moisture wetting his face.

Swoosh!

Meanwhile, the rain turned heavier and became a downpour.

“Wahaha! It’s rain! It’s rain!”

Udon laughed loudly, letting the falling rain hit his entire body.

For the first time in a thousand years, rain fell on the Red Tower.