Chapter 66 – Obtaining a Hand Axe

Chomp chomp chomp.

Theo was having a happy time, telling Se-jun about the Oren gang, lying on Se-jun’s lap, and receiving and eating Churu that Se-jun gave him.

“Meow!”

Suddenly, another thing to be praised by Se-jun popped into his head.

And,

Rummage. Rummage.

“Chairman Park, look at this, meow! I drew it, meow!”

Theo shouted confidently, taking out a hand axe from his bundle.

“A hand axe?”

It was a hand axe with a short handle and a palm-sized axe blade.

“My front paw was pulled very strongly to this, meow!”

“Really?”

At Theo’s words, Se-jun quickly examined the hand axe.

[Hand Axe]

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Usage Restriction: Lv. 20, Strength 15 or higher

Creator: Private

Grade: E

[A quest occurs.]

[Quest: Give the unappraised hand axe to the Great Black Dragon Aileen Pritani.]

Reward: None.

Upon rejection: Unable to appraise

[An additional quest occurs.]

[Quest: Serve Seph’s Cherry Tomato Soup to the Great Black Dragon Aileen Pritani.]

Reward: Appraised Hand Axe

Upon rejection: Unable to receive the hand axe.

Aileen, who seemed to be watching, made quests even before Se-jun requested appraisal.

“Here.”

The hand axe disappeared from Se-jun’s hand.

[The Tower Administrator uses the appraisal skill on the hand axe.]

[The Tower Administrator says it is a fairly decent item.]

A fairly decent item? At Aileen’s good evaluation, whose standard for items was high, Se-jun’s expectations for the hand axe item grew.

For the ring that Theo drew and brought last time, Aileen gave a harsh evaluation that the appraisal magic was a waste.

‘That was understandable.’

The appraised ring was a D-grade item with a curse option that took away vision with a certain probability.

He had intended to give the ring to Aileen to destroy it, but Iona wanted the ring. She wanted to use it as a research item for a wizard studying curse magic. So, he handed it over cheaply(?) for 10 Tower Coins.

[The Tower Administrator smacks her lips and says to hurry up and give her Seph’s Cherry Tomato Soup.]

“Yeah. Just a moment.”

Se-jun went to the kitchen with Theo in his arms, scooped a little soup into a bowl with a ladle to see if the soup was finished, and tasted it.

Slurp.

“Mmm.”

The Red Locust meat and cherry tomatoes, which became tender after boiling for a long time, harmonized well with the seasoning Se-jun made, raising the taste of the soup to another level.

“Take this.”

With Se-jun’s words, the soup that was full in the three large pots disappeared.

[You have completed the quest.]

[As a quest completion reward, you have obtained the Appraised Hand Axe – Great Warrior Uka’s Throwing Hand Axe.]

“Great Warrior Uka?”

It was a named item. Se-jun checked the options of the hand axe with anticipation.

[Great Warrior Uka’s Throwing Hand Axe]

A throwing hand axe personally crafted and used by the dwarf Great Warrior Uka.

Since the center of gravity of the hand axe was well-balanced, the destructive power of the hand axe and the distance when thrown were increased.

By finishing the axe blade with mithril powder, the axe blade maintains its sharpness for a long time.

Usage Restriction: Lv 20 or higher, Strength 15 or higher, Magic Power 15 or higher

Creator: Blacksmith Uka (Red Rock Dwarf)

Grade: A

Skills: [Split Grain Lv. 1], [Recall Lv. 3]

[Split Grain Lv. 1]

When striking the grain with the hand axe, you can split it better with less strength.

[Recall Lv. 3]

You can teleport the thrown hand axe back to your hand once every 10 seconds within a range of 300m.

He was already uncomfortable fighting the Branch Scouts with Keynes’s training dagger…

“With this, the fight with the Branch Scouts will become easier too.”

Se-jun said, tightly gripping the hand axe. Perhaps because the center of gravity was well-balanced as described in the item explanation, the grip wrapping around his hand was a work of art.

Unlike last time, Theo drew a truly proper item.

“Good job, Theo.”

Smooch.

Se-jun kissed Theo’s forehead because he was so happy.

“Meow?!”

[…!!!]

Two entities shocked by Se-jun’s kiss.

“Meow! What are you doing, meow?!”

Theo quickly groomed his forehead where Se-jun kissed with his front paw,

[The Tower Administrator is angry, saying your lips are now impure.]

Aileen was also angry, saying it was impure.

“What’s wrong with my lips…”

Se-jun was hurt by the attitude of the two.

At that moment,

[The cooldown of Growth Acceleration Lv. 1 has ended.]

Since 30 days had passed after using Growth Acceleration, he became able to use the Growth Acceleration skill again.

“Oh! I should use it on our Flamie!”

And he went to visit Flamie, who gave him infinite love.

[Master! Welcome!]

Flamie welcomed Se-jun in a lively voice.

“Yeah. Growth Acceleration.”

Se-jun immediately used the skill on Flamie.

[You have used Growth Acceleration Lv. 1.]

[The apple tree’s potential is enormous.]

[Uses all of the growth acceleration power equivalent to 10 crops on the apple tree.]

All 10?!

Startled, Se-jun stared at Flamie, who was enveloped in bright light.

[Oh! Master! Strength overflows in my body! Hyaaap!!!]

Flamie shouted with determination.

And,

Pop.

Absorbing all the growth acceleration power equivalent to 10 crops, one more leaf sprouted on Flamie’s body.

***

The 67th floor of the tower.

“Attack!”

“Wah!”

At Lizardman Great Warrior Tamuro’s shout, the Lizardmen and independent mercenaries ran toward the Red Locusts.

Twice a day, they left the defense zone made of Blade Leaves to defeat the Red Locusts.

The reason was to collect the carcasses of the Red Locusts killed by the Blade Leaves in a cart and to replace the withered Blade Leaves.

Flutter. Flutter.

The Red Locusts, who were eating the carcasses of their kin, fluttered their wings and charged toward them.

Slice. Slice.

“Hurry up!”

Tamuro shouted, cutting five Red Locusts at the same time with his huge greatsword.

“Yes!”

The Lizardman transporters loaded the Red Locust carcasses into the cart and pulled out the withered Blade Leaves.

And,

Thud!

They planted the new Blade Leaves brought by the wolves into the ground.

Thanks to Tamuro, the Lizardmen who ate Seph’s Soup before departure were able to finish the work quickly due to their increased strength.

“Great Warrior Tamuro! The work is finished!”

“Good! Let the carts depart first, and we will slowly retreat!”

At Tamuro’s command, the Lizardmen slowly prepared to retreat while making space for the carts to move.

At that moment,

“Great Warrior Tamuro! Five units of Red Locusts are approaching from the front!”

The Lizardman scout, who was scouting the surroundings, ran and reported to Tamuro.

“What?! Quickly request support from the rear!”

The pattern of the Red Locusts, who always moved only in a constant scale, changed.

***

After making one more leaf sprout on Flamie, Se-jun ate lunch.

“Pass the word to the Bull Demon King.”

Moo!

He visited Woo Chun-sam and had him pass the word to the cats who would visit soon to scare them but not harm them.

And Se-jun began the afternoon farming.

“Meow. Meow.”

“Move aside a bit.”

Se-jun, who was cutting green onion leaves, said, removing Theo who rubbed his face around his mouth and blocked his view.

However,

“Meow. Meow. Kiss me, meow.”

Learning belatedly that Se-jun’s kiss earlier was a sign of praise, Theo was clinging and rubbing his forehead against Se-jun’s mouth.

“No thanks.”

Se-jun, whose heart was already hurt, equipped Theo on his lap and cut green onion leaves again.

At that moment,

[You have obtained 1.1mL of honey from the cherry tomato flowers.]

[The proficiency of Beekeeping Lv. 3 increases minutely.]

[The proficiency of Beekeeping Lv. 3 is filled, and the level increases.]

The level of the Beekeeping skill increased.

And,

Buzz. Buzz.

About 1,300 Poison Honeybees who were sucking honey flew to Se-jun.

“Chairman Park, I was wrong, meow!”

Thinking Se-jun called the Poison Honeybees to punish him, Theo quickly hid inside Se-jun’s top.

“Hey! Come out!”

“Yikes! I don’t want to, meow!”

Se-jun barely pulled out Theo, who clung to his back and wouldn’t let go, and attached him back to his lap, and asked:

“What’s the matter?”

He asked the Poison Honeybees.

Buzz.

When Se-jun asked, one Poison Honeybee sat on the back of Se-jun’s hand.

And,

Buzz.

[Please instruct us which flowers to collect from to make Honey Jelly.]

“Honey Jelly?”

At the sudden words of the Poison Honeybees, Se-jun examined the Beekeeping skill whose level had just increased.

[Special Job Skill – Beekeeping Lv. 4]

-You can perform beekeeping when you own beehives.

-The activity range of the beehive honeybees you owned increased slightly.

-The speed at which the queen bee lays eggs increases slightly.

-The honey collection speed of bees increases slightly.

-The honey collection amount of bees increases slightly.

-The pollination probability increases slightly.

-You can produce Honey Jelly with special effects. (Currently, Honey Jelly can only be made with honey and pollen collected from one type of flower.)

-Beehives owned currently (3/4): 3 Poison Honeybee beehives

Produce Honey Jelly with special effects?! While looking at the new description of the Beekeeping skill, Se-jun fell into thought.

“First, for beehives 1 and 2, make Honey Jelly with cherry tomato flowers.”

Since the number of cherry tomatoes was large, he assigned it to the Poison Honeybees of beehives 1 and 2, which had a large population.

And,

“For beehive 3, take charge of peanut flowers and the remaining flowers.”

He assigned the peanut field and flowers of the remaining plants to beehive 3, which had a small population.

Buzz. Buzz.

Receiving Se-jun’s work instructions, the Poison Honeybees flew to their respective locations.

“I wonder what kind of Honey Jelly will come out?”

Slice. Slice.

While Se-jun cut green onion leaves while thinking about Honey Jelly, it became time to eat dinner.

“Now, let’s eat.”

Dinner was Seph’s Carrot Soup.

Ppyeek!

Ppyah!

Ppyak!

The rabbits were excited by the soup containing carrots.

After finishing the soup like that,

[You have consumed a full serving of Combat Rations – Seph’s Carrot Soup.]

[Agility increases by 7.1 for 30 minutes.]

[Satiety was maintained for 3 hours.]

His agility increased.

“Let’s work quickly and rest.”

Lately, to grow the Landlord’s talent, it was the exact effect needed for Se-jun and the rabbits, who were expanding the fields by 1,000 pyeong every night before going to sleep.

[You have created a 1,000-pyeong cherry tomato field.]

[You have obtained 2,000 experience points.]

With the increased agility like that, Se-jun and the rabbits, who made a 1,000-pyeong cherry tomato field in just one hour, took a rest and fell asleep after finishing their daily work.

***

Kuwerng!

Dawn of the 240th day of being stranded.

Mother Crimson Giant Bear’s roar woke Se-jun from his sleep. The Branch Scouts had invaded.

“Upsy-daisy!”

Thinking of inaugurating the newly obtained Great Warrior Uka’s Throwing Hand Axe, Se-jun stood up vigorously, holding Theo and the black rabbit in both hands, and ran to the place where the battle occurred.

Cueng!

Thump! Thump!

As Se-jun arrived, Cuengi, who was cutting the limbs of the large Branch Scouts, welcomed Se-jun.

“Cuengi, did you sleep well? Guys, let’s go!”

Se-jun shouted, greeting Cuengi.

“Chairman Park, just trust me, meow!”

Shwip!

Swoosh.

Theo took out his sharp claws hidden in his front paws, ran around the bodies of the large Branch Scouts, and defeated them.

Ppyak!

Ppyok! Ppyok! Ppyok!

The black rabbit swung his hammer widely, sweeping away the small Branch Scouts from the ground.

And while Theo and the black rabbit were active.

Thump!

[You have defeated a large Branch Scout of the Corrupted Ent.]

[You have obtained 500 experience points.]

…

..

.

Se-jun, who defeated all the large Branch Scouts that Cuengi had prepared.

‘Shall I try throwing it once?’

Since there were no enemies to defeat left, he forcefully threw the hand axe toward a large Branch Scout approaching from about 50m away.

Whoosh!

The hand axe vigorously cut through the wind and got stuck in the middle of the large Branch Scout’s body.

Thump!

Crack.

[You have attacked the grain.]

[Split Grain Lv. 1 activates, succeeding in splitting.]

[You have defeated a large Branch Scout of the Corrupted Ent.]

[You have obtained 500 experience points.]

“Oh!”

On the first attack, he hit the grain, and in a single blow, the large Branch Scout was split in half and collapsed.

“Recall.”

Upon using the Recall skill, the hand axe returned to Se-jun’s hand before he knew it.

Whoosh.

Gaining confidence, Se-jun attacked another large Branch Scout. And watching Se-jun fight from behind like that, Cuengi nodded his head.

Dad became able to do about one-hundredth of his part now. In other words, in Cuengi’s standard, it meant Se-jun now possessed 0.01 person’s worth of combat power.

Cueng!

Rejoicing in Se-jun’s growth, Cuengi swung his front paw toward the Branch Scouts in earnest, not minding his dad.

Boom!

With a single punch containing Cuengi’s sincerity, the enemies 10m ahead were cleanly wiped out.