Chapter 340 – Why Does My Body Feel Chilly

The 99th floor of the Green Tower.

Ophelia returned after meeting Brachio.

“Nong, nong, nong.”

While humming, she looked at the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Magic Power held in her hand.

“Aileen, what was she thinking when she gave such seeds to Grandmother?”

Looking at the options of the elixir-grade cherry tomato, Ophelia spoke as if she could not understand.

If there was such a good crop, one should grow it alone. Why give it to others?

And,

“Hohihi. Thank you, Aileen. I, Ophelia Iolg, the best Tower Farmer, will grow this well and eat it.”

Swish.

Smiling, she threw all the cherry tomatoes onto the floor,

“Grow.”

and used her skill while injecting mana into the ground.

Then,

Crack.

The cherry tomato seeds took root in the ground rapidly and grew.

At that time,

[You have unauthorizedly planted the crop of Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, who holds the exclusive cultivation rights, without permission.]

[According to the laws of the tower, Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower, will become the slave of Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, for the next 100 years.]

A message appeared.

“What?! I, the great Green Dragon, am a slave?!”

Ophelia was enraged looking at the message. Who dares to make me?!

But there was still something left.

[You have unauthorizedly planted 30,000 seeds of Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, who holds the exclusive cultivation rights, without permission.]

[The nature of the crime is very bad.]

[200 years are added to the slavery period.]

“Uwaah! Grandmother!!!”

Greatly shocked upon seeing the message, Ophelia went to find Brachio while crying.

***

Se-jun felt relieved that he survived by not summoning Ophelia.

Thump.

Kking!

‘Hey! Give me food!’

Fenrir sat in front of Se-jun and demanded a snack.

“Heh. Kkamang-i, just now, you survived thanks to me.”

Se-jun spoke boastfully to Fenrir. It was not because he thought he would die that he did not summon Ophelia. It was all for our Kkamang-i!

Se-jun tried to achieve a mental victory like that.

Kking?! Kking!

‘What are you saying?! Just hand over the food!’

Fenrir ignored Se-jun’s words and barked at him to quickly bring out food.

At that time,

[Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower…]

[The nature of the crime is very bad.]

[200 years are added to the slavery period.]

A new message appeared in front of Se-jun.

“Hehehe. She should have planted in moderation.”

So there was something like this too. What a shame. If so, I should have given her more… Se-jun smiled sinisterly.

“Here. Kkamang-i, eat a lot.”

Feeling better, Se-jun took out two pieces of dried roasted sweet potato from his pocket and gave them to Fenrir.

Kking!

‘There are two yellow, chewy ones!’

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

“Our Kkamang-i is eating well.”

He pressed one piece of dried roasted sweet potato under his belly so that no one could take it,

and Se-jun spoke as he watched Fenrir holding the other with his two front paws and eating it diligently. Cute.

Just as Se-jun was looking pleased at Fenrir and about to designate the remaining rabbits as tenant farmers like that,

‘What is this?’

Se-jun felt a hot gaze directed at him.

Squeak!

Squeak!

The rabbits standing in two lines were drooling as they looked at Se-jun, as if saying, “We want to eat too!”

“Vice President Te, help me out.”

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!”

At Se-jun’s call, Theo hurriedly put the lunch box in his bundle and ran over.

And,

Tap. Tap.

[You have designated the 10441st tenant farmer.]

[You have designated the 10442nd tenant farmer.]

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While Se-jun was designating them as tenant farmers,

“Puhuhut. Here you go, meow!”

Theo, sitting on Se-jun’s lap, handed out dried roasted sweet potatoes one by one to the rabbits who had become tenant farmers.

A moment later.

Tap.

[You have designated the 15112nd tenant farmer.]

“Finished!”

Se-jun finished designating the rabbits brought by the Black Rabbit as tenant farmers.

“Puhuhut. Do not rush, meow! There are still enough dried roasted sweet potatoes, meow!”

However, Theo’s job of handing out dried roasted sweet potatoes was not finished yet.

This was because the rabbits who had become tenant farmers but had not received dried roasted sweet potatoes also lined up.

Kking?! Kking!

‘If I stand in line here, can I eat the yellow, chewy thing?! I want to eat too!’

Fenrir stood in line behind the rabbits to receive the dried roasted sweet potato, but

Squeak!

Squeak!

he was pushed out of the line, nudged by the butts of the other rabbits standing in line.

Kking!

‘That is my spot!’

Fenrir shoved his head in to get between the rabbits again, but he could not push the rabbits away with his strength.

Kking…

‘For me to lose even to such guys…’

Fenrir, whose pride was wounded by being pushed out by the rabbits, headed toward Se-jun with a gloomy expression.

Kking!

‘Scold them!’

“Hey. How can you complain when you got greedy? Come here.”

Se-jun lifted the whining Fenrir and put him in his pocket, along with Fenrir’s favorite core fragment.

Kking! Kking!

‘My core! I am going to eat it this time!’

While Fenrir was wrestling hard with the core fragment inside Se-jun’s pocket like that,

[You can remotely give simple instructions once a day to Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower who is far away.]

“Shall I make our slave work?”

Since he could not call her, he had to make her work remotely, just like with Ajax.

[Tasks currently instructible to Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower]

-Elixir: Harvest and offer Cherry Tomatoes Containing Mighty and Mighty Magic Power (0/205)

‘Mighty and mighty?’

The name of the elixir-grade cherry tomato had changed. What was this? He was curious.

Although the number of cherry tomatoes to harvest was too small, he thought they would keep growing over time.

“Hehehe. Slave, work.”

Se-jun, who wanted to receive the cherry tomatoes quickly, hurriedly ordered Ophelia to work.

But,

[Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower, refuses the instruction.]

It seemed to be a racial characteristic of dragons not to listen at once.

[You can punish Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower, who refused the instruction.]

-Baptism of Water

-Baptism of Fire

-Baptism of Stone

-Tickling

“What should I choose as punishment? Since water, fire, and stone won’t deal much damage anyway, should I choose tickling like with Ajax?”

Se-jun was contemplating what punishment to inflict on Ophelia.

At that time,

“Se-jun hyung, Ophelia nuna really hates hot things!”

Ajax, who was harvesting potatoes nearby, flew over and gave him good information.

“Really? She hates hot things?”

Then let’s go with the Baptism of Fire! Se-jun chose the Baptism of Fire as the punishment for Ophelia.

[You inflict the Baptism of Fire on Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower, who refused the instruction.]

A moment later,

[Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower, has harvested 1 Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Mighty and Mighty Magic Power.]

When he inflicted the Baptism of Fire according to Ajax’s advice, Ophelia, who hated heat, began to work,

[Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower, offers 1 Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Mighty and Mighty Magic Power to Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower.]

[1 Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Mighty and Mighty Magic Power is stored in the temporary storage of the Green Tower.]

The crop harvested by Ophelia was offered to Se-jun.

[To transport crops weighing 100 kg or less from the Green Tower to the Black Tower, an inter-tower transportation cost of 8 million Tower Coins is required.]

[Would you like to transport?]

A message appeared following this.

“Huh? 8 million Tower Coins?”

Not 1 million? Se-jun checked the amount once more to see if he had misread it.

But 8 million Tower Coins was correct.

“Why is the transportation cost so expensive?”

“Hyung, I guess it is because the Green Tower is far away.”

“Far away?”

Ajax resolved Se-jun’s doubt.

“Yes! Because the Green Tower is almost on the opposite side of the Black Tower. Clockwise from the Black Tower…”

According to Ajax’s explanation, clockwise from the Black Tower, there were the Red Tower, Golden Tower, Purple Tower, Green Tower, Blue Tower, Brown Tower, Silver Tower, and White Tower in that order.

“So that was it.”

Like that, Se-jun learned the arrangement of the nine towers.

Meanwhile,

[Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower, has completed the instruction.]

[205 Elixir: Cherry Tomatoes Containing Mighty and Mighty Magic Power are stored in the temporary storage of the Green Tower.]

Ophelia finished the harvesting.

“She’s fast.”

Compared to Ajax’s working speed, she was incredibly fast.

“Transport.”

Se-jun was curious about the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Mighty and Mighty Magic Power.

Using 8 million Tower Coins, he transported the 205 cherry tomatoes in temporary storage.

Although he grumbled that it was expensive, it was not a large amount for Se-jun.

Flash.

[205 Elixir: Cherry Tomatoes Containing Mighty and Mighty Magic Power have arrived.]

Like that, the 205 elixir-grade cherry tomatoes were placed in front of Se-jun.

“What? Why is the condition like this?”

Picking up a cherry tomato, Se-jun frowned at the squishy texture and checked its options.

[Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Mighty and Mighty Magic Power]

This is a mutant cherry tomato that absorbed the strong magic power of the Blue Moon alone at the highest point of the tower.

Cultivated by a clumsy farmer who does not even know the basics of farming, its taste is inferior to the original.

Upon consumption, magic power permanently increases by 50.

Born by absorbing powerful magic energy, it cannot grow unless it is in a place with strong magic power.

Grower: Green Tower Farmer Ophelia

Shelf Life: 100 years

Grade: A

“Ah. Right! It was her…”

Se-jun spoke, recalling the tasteless carrot he received as a prize in the carrot harvesting competition during the past Harvest Festival.

Come to think of it, the grower’s name at that time was Ophelia.

Nyam.

Se-jun ate a cherry tomato to check how tasteless it was.

“It is really bland. Who can I feed this to?”

Se-jun fell into deep thought as he looked at the squishy white cherry tomatoes in front of him.

It raised Magic Power by 50 for the animals who had already tasted Se-jun’s delicious cherry tomatoes, but tasteless cherry tomatoes would not be popular.

At that time,

“Ah! With that…”

Se-jun recalled the pickled cherry tomatoes he had eaten at a restaurant in the past.

Making a slight cross-shaped slit at the end of the cherry tomatoes, he began to boil them.

And he soaked the cherry tomatoes, whose skins were peeled off while being boiled, in honey water.

[You have achieved the achievement of making the first Honey-Pickled Cherry Tomatoes in the tower.]

[The recipe for Honey-Pickled Cherry Tomatoes is registered in Cooking Lv. 9.]

[The proficiency of Cooking Lv. 9 increases slightly.]

The dish completed like that. Thanks to this, the effect of the ingredients increased by 5%.

“Since it needs to be aged for a day…”

As Se-jun placed the bowl containing the honey-pickled cherry tomatoes in the kitchen and stood up,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I finished everything you ordered, meow!”

Slap.

Theo spoke, clinging to Se-jun’s leg.

“What about the Black Rabbit?”

“He said he was busy and went down with the rabbits right away, meow!”

“Really?”

“That is right, meow! The Black Rabbit told me to give this to Chairman Park, meow!”

Grab.

Theo handed Se-jun three land deeds received from the Black Rabbit. They were the land deeds for the 73rd, 62nd, and 57th floors of the Black Tower.

‘Ah. I should go too.’

Like that, Se-jun lost the pretext to send Theo down alone to find Fenrir’s core fragment,

“Guys, gather around!”

and he called Cuengi and Ajax and put them into the subspace warehouse along with Theo and Kkamang-i,

Clank.

and closed the door.

“Aileen, I’m off.”

[The tower administrator tells you to have a safe trip.]

“Yeah.”

[The summoning function for the initial owner registration of the farm land deed of the 57th floor of the tower is activated.]

Greeting Aileen, Se-jun opened the land deed and vanished from the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

While Se-jun went down to the 57th floor of the tower like that,

“Park Se-jun, how dare you make my granddaughter…!”

An enraged Brachio was flying fiercely toward the Black Tower.

***

The 57th floor of the Black Tower.

[You have arrived at the 57th floor of the Black Tower.]

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[All stats increase by 42 due to the effect of .]

“Ugh… my stats increased, but why does my body feel chilly?”

Se-jun arrived at the 57th floor of the tower and began to be affected by drawing closer to Brachio.

[The distance from a great existence who is truly angry with you is drawing closer.]

[The intensity of the anger directed toward you is gradually becoming stronger.]

Not just a feeling, but in reality.

“I feel like this is a bit too much…”

Flop.

Exposed to Brachio’s anger, Se-jun fainted.

The sunfish of the Black Tower, Se-jun, fainted in the end today as well.

“Chairman Park!”

Kkueng!

[Dad fainted-da-yo!]

“Hyung! I will treat you!”

Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax hurriedly opened the subspace warehouse and came out to treat Se-jun.