Chapter 347 – Harvesting Watermelon

Blue Tower 99th floor.

“Lord Kin, we have a big problem!”

-What is the matter that you are causing such a commotion? Zelga.

“That… the tower has been submerged up to the 70th floor, and signs of an ice age are appearing on the 30th floor.”

-What?!

Kin was surprised by Zelga’s words.

Originally, the situation was that it was submerged up to the 62nd floor, and signs of an ice age were appearing on the 20th floor.

It was impossible for the situation to worsen this much in just a few days.

-The cause?! Have you found the cause?

“It is not certain… but a few days ago, reports came in that they saw Leviathan, the Tsunami-Summoning Snake, and fragments of Sasha, the Queen of Screams and Ice.”

-What?! An Apostle of Destruction dares to be in my tower?!!

Kin was enraged by Zelga’s report, but there was nothing Kin could do.

The moment Kin or the Blue Dragons entered the tower to fight the Apostles of Destruction, the situation of the Blue Tower, which was exposed to strong moisture energy, would worsen even further.

-Even if you have to exhaust all the elixirs of flame you have, prevent the 71st floor of the tower from being submerged.

“Yes! O Great Blue Dragon!”

In the end, the only remaining way was to defend the remaining floors.

***

“Hum hum hum.”

Pop. Pop.

[You have harvested Cherry of Deep Darkness.]

[Your job experience increases slightly.]

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

[You have obtained 70 experience.]

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..

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Se-jun hummed as he harvested the Cherries of Deep Darkness grown with the Elixir of Harvest.

Stare.

Kaiser was watching Se-jun with warm eyes.

And,

“Se-jun Hyung-hyung-hyung.”

-Oh my. Our grandson is doing well.

Beside him, there was Ajax, who hummed along with Se-jun while harvesting Light Sunflower seeds, and Kellion, who was cheering Ajax on.

After a while,

“Lord Kaiser, here.”

-Kahaha. Se-jun, thank you, take this!

Kaiser, who received 1000 Cherries of Deep Darkness, rejoiced and handed Se-jun a money pouch.

“Grandfather. Here.”

-Uhahaha. Yes.

Kellion, who received 1000 Light Sunflower seeds from Ajax, looked at his grandson as if he adored him to death.

“Grandfather, give it quickly.”

Ajax politely held out his cute little hands toward Kellion, who was looking at him.

-Uhahaha. Look at my mind. Here it is.

When Kellion quickly pulled out a money pouch and gave it to Ajax,

“Hyung! Here is the money!”

Ajax immediately trotted over to Se-jun and handed him the money pouch he received from Kellion.

In this way, Se-jun was a black hole that sucked in all the Tower Coins.

However,

“Good. It’s 200 billion Tower Coins, so I can buy 2 drops of the Elixir of Harvest.”

He was just a poor tower farmer struggling with the price of elixirs.

“Aileen, here.”

Se-jun delivered the remaining 100 cherries, after giving them to Kaiser, to Aileen.

[The Tower Administrator says thank you.]

[The Tower Administrator says she will enjoy it.]

“Yeah. Enjoy it.”

While conversing with Aileen,

“Hyung! I will enjoy eating the Light Sunflower seeds too!”

Ajax, holding about 100 Light Sunflower seeds in his hand, spoke to Se-jun.

“Yeah. Ajax, enjoy them too!”

“Yes! Hyung!”

Crunch.

Ajax replied and began eating the Light Sunflower seeds.

Then, a weak but warm light flowed out of Ajax’s body.

“You peel and eat them well.”

Ajax had eaten Light Sunflower seeds during the previous harvest before.

He skillfully peeled the shell of the Light Sunflower seeds and ate the contents inside deliciously.

For reference, Ajax ate the Light Sunflower seeds first among the White Dragons,

And obtained the privilege of accumulating twice the power of light when consuming things containing the power of light.

Once the cherry and Light Sunflower harvest ended,

“Where should I use the rest?”

Se-jun roamed the farm, looking for a place to use the remaining two drops of the Elixir of Harvest.

“Good. One drop goes here.”

Drop.

He dropped the Elixir of Harvest onto the sprout of the Solar Pepper.

Solar Pepper increases 5 stats randomly if consumed and exposed to sufficient light.

In addition,

“Red pepper paste has to be Solar Pepper.”

To make delicious red pepper paste, a lot of Solar Peppers were needed.

After using one drop of the Elixir of Harvest on the Solar Pepper like that,

“Mmm…”

Se-jun looked at two crops and fell into thought.

One was the blueberry tree that grew to 10cm above Se-jun’s knee.

The other was the watermelon that was still as small as a fist.

Stroke. Stroke.

When Se-jun stroked the blueberry tree and the watermelon stem with both hands,

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 7 has been activated.]

[The growth speed of the blueberry tree increases slightly while touched.]

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 7 has been activated.]

[This watermelon is already fully grown.]

[It cannot grow any further.]

The messages appeared.

“The answer is clear.”

When Se-jun used the Elixir of Harvest on the blueberry tree,

Creak.

The blueberry tree grew rapidly.

Se-jun confirmed that the blueberry tree was growing well, and

Pluck.

[You have harvested Watermelon that Failed to Absorb Water Properly.]

[Your job experience increases slightly.]

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

[You have obtained 70 experience.]

He harvested the watermelon and examined it.

[Watermelon that Failed to Absorb Water Properly]

A watermelon grown inside the Black Tower. It is delicious because it absorbed sufficient nutrients, but it did not grow large due to a lack of water.

Because the seeds occupy most of the watermelon, there is not much edible part.

Because it did not grow properly, eating it has no effect.

Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration Date: 150 days

Grade: A

Stab.

Crack.

When he stabbed the watermelon with a dagger and split it open,

“Wow. It’s all seeds.”

Inside, black seeds were overwhelmingly more abundant than the red flesh. The number of seeds remained the same while only the size of the watermelon was small.

“Ajax, let’s harvest watermelons!”

“Yes! Hyung!”

Se-jun called Ajax, who had finished eating the Light Sunflower seeds for now, and harvested watermelons together.

Although the size was disappointing, it was already fully grown, so there was no way to grow it larger.

While Se-jun and Ajax harvested watermelons like that,

At that moment,

[Your slave, the White Tower Farmer Ajax Mamuve, has harvested a new variety: Shrivelled Watermelon that Summons Great Drought.]

A message indicating that Ajax had harvested a new variety appeared in front of Se-jun.

And,

“Hyung! I harvested something strange!”

[The slave’s achievement is soon your achievement.]

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

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

[You have achieved the feat of creating 21 new varieties in the tower.]

[As a reward for the achievement of a Great Farmer, the status of the Black Tower rises.]

[The status has exceeded a certain level, and the entrances through which one can enter the Black Tower increase by 1.]

[The number of Black Tower entrances increases from 106 to 107, and the 107th entrance is created in the safest location.]

The messages that appeared following Ajax’s shout. Ajax, nice!

“Ajax, what do you want to eat for dinner tonight?”

“Pancakes!”

At Se-jun’s words, Ajax shouted with twinkling eyes.

“Good. Then tonight’s dinner is a 10-tier pancake!”

“10-tier?! Wow!”

Ajax cheered at Se-jun’s words. A 10-tier pancake?! Something is amazing!

In this way, Se-jun promised a 10-tier pancake to Ajax.

“Let’s see.”

He examined the watermelon Ajax harvested. Judging by the name, it was almost just skin…

[Shrivelled Watermelon that Summons Great Drought]

A mutated watermelon grown inside the Black Tower. Because it could not absorb much water, it evolved while grinding its teeth, determined to absorb plenty of water in its next life without walking on eggshells around others.

Planting this watermelon will cause a great drought in the surroundings.

Because the seeds occupy most of the watermelon, there is not much edible part.

Because it did not grow properly, eating it has no effect.

Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration Date: 150 days

Grade: A

“A great drought comes?”

There would be nowhere to plant this? As soon as he saw the name, Se-jun thought it would be difficult to plant this watermelon.

Where on earth would he plant a watermelon that summons drought?

While Se-jun was lost in thought,

“Hyung! I harvested all the watermelons! Let’s eat pancakes quickly!”

Ajax, who harvested all the remaining watermelons with the sole determination to eat the 10-tier pancake, shouted.

“Okay. Wait just a moment.”

Se-jun stopped thinking, went to the kitchen area, made batter, and began baking the pancakes.

***

The 4th floor of the Black Tower.

“Puhut. Chestnut sweet potatoes are completely sold out, meow!”

Theo shouted after selling all the chestnut sweet potatoes.

“What?! Already?”

“Vice President Theo, is there anything else?”

The hunters asked in disappointment.

“Puhut. There is no more, meow! See you next time, meow!”

Once the auction ended like that, the hunters lined up at the grape farm again, and

Clatter. Clatter.

[Then I will go back to grow grapes. Thank you for escorting me.]

The Farming King also returned to the grape farm.

“Puhut. Now, let’s head back, meow!”

When Theo was about to climb the tower again with Uren,

“Lord Theo, do you have a debt somewhere?”

Uren, who was munching on the boiled potato Se-jun had packed for him, approached Theo and asked.

The money he had given so far and the money he gave Theo while descending the tower were already a fairly large amount.

Yet Uren could not understand Theo, who was still working hard to earn money.

“Puhut. Uren is a fool, meow!”

“Yes?”

After snorting at Uren, Theo said,

“Chairman Park said the more money there is, the better it is, meow! In that sense, hand over more money, meow!”

He confidently extended his front paw.

“Yes?”

“Hand it over quickly, meow!”

Uren was flustered by Theo’s confident demand.

“Yes! Just a moment!”

Since there was no money in his chest, Uren quickly picked up a stone that had fallen on the ground, and

Kkuik!

As he used Talent: Hand of Madas, the stone began to turn into gold.

“Uren, next is this, meow!”

Theo lifted a giant rock and brought it to Uren, thinking, ‘Puhut. It’s the giant gold that Chairman Park likes, meow!’

***

“Here. Let’s eat.”

Se-jun stacked ten pancakes on each plate and placed one in front of everyone.

Kkuhehehe. Cuengi! Cuengi…

[Hehehe. One! Two…]

Cuengi began counting the pancakes one by one from the bottom layer, and

“Ehihit! Veronica, I asked Se-jun Hyung to make this!”

“I see! Lord Ajax, you are amazing!”

Ajax bragged to Veronica that Se-jun made the 10-tier pancake because of his suggestion.

And,

Kkihit. Kking!

‘Heh. Since I’ve been nice to him lately, he put some effort into this!’

Fenril was pleased to see the mini 10-tier pancake made by cutting the pancakes small.

In the meantime.

Cuengi!

[Ten! There are ten pancakes, kkueng!]

Cuengi finished counting all the stacked pancakes.

Thud.

“Let’s eat now.”

When Se-jun placed a glass jar containing kudzu honey in the middle,

Kkuhehehe. Cuengi!

[Hehehe. Dad, I will eat well, kkueng!]

“Ehihit. Hyung-nim, I will eat well!”

“Se-jun, I will eat well!”

Everyone began eating the pancakes in their own style.

“Aileen, here.”

Se-jun delivered pancakes to Aileen as well, and

Munch.

Ate a piece of pancake.

The bread, moistly soaked in honey, melted softly in his mouth, and the butter aroma spread fully inside.

Just before his mouth was saturated with sweetness and greasiness,

Slurp.

A perfect combination completed with a sip of bitter coffee.

“Ah.”

‘I made it, but it’s really delicious.’

While Se-jun was eating dinner lost in admiration by himself like that,

Flop.

Kking…

‘Hey. Rub my belly for a bit…’

Fenril, who had given up after conquering three of the ten tiers, walked with difficulty to Se-jun and lay down.

“Our Blackie ate a lot today.”

Se-jun patted Fenril’s bulging belly to make him burp.

Burp.

After about 10 minutes, Fenril burped refreshingly. Thanks to that, the things he consumed digested, and his body grew 1.5 times larger.

Kkihit! Kking! Kking?!

‘Heh! Hey! Look at me! I became stronger, right?!’

Fenril, rejoicing in his grown strength, ran around excitedly by himself for about 5 minutes, and then

Kkirorong.

Fell face down on the floor and fell asleep. Fenril was still very weak.

“Let’s sleep early today as well.”

Se-jun picked up Fenril, who was sleeping on the floor, held him in his arms, and headed home.

And…

The next day, Fenril fell into a great shock.