Chapter 49 – Making a Dark Cloud

Once the Blue Moon ended, Se-jun went to the green onion field on the surface.

A few days ago, he had planted a few green onions of detoxification in a part of the green onion field, slicing the leaves and split-planting them whenever the roots multiplied. It was because the green onion of detoxification was needed for every meal to eat the seafood from outside the pond.

And the result of the split-planting was fortunately successful. The roots of the green onions planted through split-planting from the green onion of detoxification grew into green onions of detoxification of the same grade. Item replication had become possible.

So he checked if there were any green onions of detoxification containing the Blue Moon’s energy among the green onions of detoxification, but

“There is none.”

Just as he thought, there were no green onions of detoxification containing the Blue Moon’s energy.

Compared to other crops that contained the Blue Moon’s energy, the green onions did not. Did the conditions not match?

“I should just work.”

Sinking into thought, Se-jun began slicing the green onion leaves that had grown luxuriantly overnight. Since it would be morning in a little while, the time was awkward for sleeping.

Slice. Slice.

When about 30 minutes had passed like that,

Thud. Thud.

Kkueng!

Kkueng, who commuted to work with the mother Crimson Giant Bear, greeted Se-jun by waving both front paws.

And

Kkueng?!

Sniff, sniff.

Approaching Se-jun’s side, Kkueng began to sniff diligently near Se-jun’s face.

“Wh… what’s wrong?”

Se-jun, who had a guilty conscience, tried to step back, but

Grab.

Kkueng grabbed Se-jun’s shoulders to prevent him from escaping.

And

Sniff, sniff.

placed his nose near Se-jun’s mouth and sniffed persistently.

Kkueng!

[I smell honey from Dad’s mouth!]

Kkueng?

[Did you eat honey alone?]

“……”

Se-jun’s perfect crime began to shake violently along with Se-jun’s pupils.

“Kkueng, shall we eat something delicious?”

Se-jun hastily diverted the conversation and brought steamed potatoes from the cave.

And

“This is called Honey Potato.”

Se-jun placed 5 steamed potatoes on green onion leaves and poured honey generously.

[You have completed 5 Honey Potatoes of Strength.]

[The proficiency of Cooking Lv. 1 increases slightly.]

[Due to the effect of Cooking Lv. 1, the taste and effect of the Honey Potato of Strength increase very slightly.]

“Here, eat.”

Kkueng swallowed the Honey Potatoes Se-jun completed, green onion leaves and all.

Munch, munch.

“Want more?”

Kkueng!

At Se-jun’s words, Kkueng nodded his head vigorously.

The moment he tasted the Honey Potatoes, the fact that Se-jun’s mouth smelled of honey was not important to Kkueng. Se-jun was barely able to shut Kkueng’s mouth with the Honey Potatoes.

And a short while later, as the rabbits woke up and ate the cherry tomatoes and roasted sweet potatoes containing the Blue Moon’s energy together, a busy morning began.

***

The 1st floor of the tower, Gagel’s Tower Farm Project Headquarters.

In the courtyard of the headquarters, about 6,000 cherry tomatoes successfully germinated from D-grade Magical Cherry Tomato seeds had already grown rapidly to ankle height.

“Now, move quickly!”

Thomas, the research team leader, urged the researchers who were diluting highly concentrated growth promoters by pouring water. The reason the cherry tomatoes could grow so quickly was thanks to the growth promoters developed by Gagel.

Although it was a product difficult to commercialize because the price was too expensive compared to its effects, under the direction of Vice President Michael to confirm quick results, they were spraying the growth promoters on the cherry tomato fields without sparing them.

Without knowing what kind of results that would produce…

Twitch.

The cherry tomato stem moved slightly, but none of the researchers noticed.

***

Late afternoon after eating lunch. A strange atmosphere began to flow in the green onion field.

Slice. Slice.

Slicing green onion leaves, Se-jun’s face gradually stiffened.

Pyah.

Pyang.

On the contrary, the faces of the sickle rabbit and the only female rabbit among the second-generation children rabbits were full of smiles. A pink current flowing between the two. The two rabbits were dating.

Ppii.

The wife rabbit looked at them warmly as if it was a good time in their lives.

But

“These guys, in a sacred workplace!”

Se-jun could not look at them warmly. This was absolutely not because of jealousy or spite. As the leader of the farm, he needed to make known the farm rule of ‘no dating while working’.

“Go! Kkueng! Rolling Attack!”

Kkueng!

At Se-jun’s command, Kkueng did a forward roll once and

Kkueeeeng!

followed behind the sickle rabbit at a fast speed, picking up green onion leaves aggressively.

Pyaaaa!

The sickle rabbit, flustered by Kkueng’s charge, frantically began to slice green onion leaves with the sickle.

And

“Go! Black rabbit! Show the majesty of the older brother!”

Pyak!

At Se-jun’s command, the black rabbit walked with a swaggering gait like a thug toward the only female rabbit and dragged his younger sister to the place where watering field training was held.

Once the atmosphere that made Se-jun uncomfortable disappeared like that,

“Hmph! It’s ten years too early for you, kids.”

Se-jun said a line like a villain and began to work again.

And

Squeak, squeak.

The wife rabbit shook her head looking at Se-jun. Wondering who the kid was…

When evening came,

Kuuung.

Kkueng!

The mother Crimson Giant Bear took Kkueng and went home.

And

Moo!

Woo Chun-sam, representing the other Black Minotaurs, announced the end of the workday to Se-jun.

“Right. Good job. Take a pile of green onion leaves over there.”

Moo!

Woo Chun-sam rejoiced at Se-jun’s words and left for the day lightly carrying the pile of green onion leaves.

“Let’s leave for the day too.”

Squeak!

Pyah.

At Se-jun’s words, the rabbits wrapped up what they were doing and began to go down to the cave.

“Is the work finished now-nyan?”

Theo approached to occupy Se-jun’s empty lap.

“President Theo, where were you playing?! Do you want to be fired as representative again?!”

“No-nyan! I was organizing the bundle-nyan! And I found this in the bundle-nyan!”

Theo, protesting his innocence, handed Se-jun the item he drew for free at the blacksmith’s drawing corner.

“This is?!”

It was a necklace with a small yellow gem attached.

[Scratched Gem Necklace]

???

Usage Limit: None

Maker: Private

Grade: E

As the name suggested, there were many scratches on the gem.

“Aileen, please appraise this.”

[The tower administrator tells you to leave it to her.]

[A quest has occurred.]

Aileen took the necklace and appraised it.

[The tower administrator says that although it is useless, it is not a dangerous object.]

Along with that, she demanded cherry tomatoes as the price for appraising the necklace.

“Here, 20 cherry tomatoes.”

Se-jun gave 20 cherry tomatoes to Aileen, and the necklace appeared in Se-jun’s hand.

[You have acquired the appraised necklace – Necklace of Light as a quest completion reward.]

“Necklace of Light?”

Se-jun checked the necklace’s options.

[Necklace of Light]

This was a necklace with light magic engraved on amber.

Usage Limit: Lv. 5 or higher, Mana 3 or higher

Maker: Wizard Horin of the Green Tower

Grade: C

Skill: [Light Lv. 1]

[Light Lv. 1]

Using the skill brightly lit up the surroundings.

The higher the wearer’s mana, the stronger the light was.

“How is it-nyan? There was nothing to draw, but I drew it because it was free-nyan…”

Theo said in a lacking confidence voice to Se-jun, who was checking the appraised necklace.

“As expected, a golden paw.”

Nyan?

Theo’s drawing skill was amazing. The Necklace of Light had a function Se-jun needed. Specifically, the Light skill, which emits light.

Even though he wanted to eat the core, he had been holding back because if he ate the core, the black rabbit’s method of bringing seafood from outside the pond would disappear…

Using the Light skill built into the magic necklace solves everything. Though he would have to check the brightness first…

“More than that, it’s amazing.”

Theo’s golden paw was a perfect high-grade item detector that wouldn’t even step on anything below C-grade.

“What is it-nyan?!”

As Se-jun stared at him unpleasantly, Theo grew anxious and stuck closely to Se-jun’s lap.

“Come here.”

“Why-nyan?”

“Hup!”

Se-jun held Theo’s body with both hands and lifted him. And as if detecting water veins, he walked around while waving Theo’s front paw left and right.

“How is it? Is there a place where your paw is drawn?”

Se-jun asked while walking around carrying Theo for about 3 minutes. Since it was a joke, he planned to stop now and go down to the cave.

But

“Keep walking-nyan.”

“Sure.”

As Theo replied with a closed-eye, focused expression, Se-jun thought Theo was seriously searching for items in his own way and walked diligently around.

‘Puhuhut. Is it this kind of feeling to be held up-nyan? I feel good-nyan.’

If Se-jun had known Theo’s mind, he would have stopped, but Se-jun did not have the ability to read minds.

Although they walked for about 10 minutes like that, Theo’s front paw was quiet.

“Let’s just eat.”

Feeling hungry, Se-jun carried Theo and went down to the cave.

“Chairman Park, let’s do it again next time-nyan.”

It was 10 minutes that only satisfied Theo.

For dinner, they ate roasted sweet potatoes and grilled fish.

Once the meal was finished,

“Here, try wearing this.”

Se-jun handed the Necklace of Light to the black rabbit.

“But your mana is over 3, right?”

Pyak!

Scratch, scratch.

At Se-jun’s question, the black rabbit shrieked telling him not to ignore him, and wrote his own mana value on the dirt floor with his front paw.

33.

“Uh??”

Se-jun was flustered when he saw the black rabbit’s mana was vastly higher than his own.

In the meantime,

Flash.

Wearing the necklace, the black rabbit used the necklace’s skill to light up the surroundings.

And

Splash.

With the Light skill active, the black rabbit jumped into the pond, went outside the hole, and returned.

“How is it? Can you see well?”

Pyak!

At Se-jun’s question, the black rabbit nodded. I can see well!

“Really?”

At the black rabbit’s reply, Se-jun picked up the Giant Electric Eel’s Core. The time to eat the core had finally come.

Bite.

As he took a big bite,

Swoosh.

the hard core turned completely soft and flowed into his mouth.

…!

Se-jun was flustered by the unexpected taste felt from the core.

‘This is?! Why does it taste like an orange-flavored carbonated drink?!’

A fizzy orange-flavored carbonated drink was felt from the Giant Electric Eel’s Core that turned into liquid. Orange Fanta popped into Se-jun’s head.

Gulp.

While he felt the lingering trace of that thrilling swallow,

[You have consumed the Giant Electric Eel’s Core.]

[You have learned the skill – Thunder Rain () Lv. 1.]

A message indicating he learned the skill appeared.

“Learned?”

When Se-jun, who had always only seen messages saying he acquired a skill, was wondering,

[The mana to properly use Thunder Rain () Lv. 1 is significantly lacking.

[For the user’s safety, is sealed.]

[For the user’s safety, is sealed.]

“What?”

If rain and thunder are sealed from the Thunder Rain skill, that’s not the Thunder Rain skill!

Se-jun hurriedly checked the skill.

[Skill – Thunder Rain () Lv. 1]

-You can make a dark cloud to use rain and thunder.

: Creates a dark cloud with mana. The stronger the mana, the larger and denser the dark cloud that can be created. If the environment is right, it rains with a low probability.

: (Sealed – requires 30 or higher mana)

: (Sealed – requires 70 or higher mana)

“Make Dark Cloud.”

When Se-jun used the skill,

Billow, billow.

A small dark cloud of about 1 meter was created above Se-jun’s head.

“Mmm…”

He had used one-third of his mana, but the dark cloud was smaller than expected.

Se-jun decided to be satisfied with being able to make shade with the cloud when resting, and with having drunk the orange-flavored carbonated drink.

At that time,

“Great Black Dragon. We have returned.”

The silver wolves, who had gone down to escape the Blue Moon, returned bringing three gray rabbits.