Chapter 49: Creating Dark Clouds

After the Blue Moon ended, Sejun went to the leek field on the ground.

A few days ago, he had planted a few detox leeks in part of the leek field and had been dividing and replanting them as the roots grew, cutting the leaves. This was because they needed detox leeks for every meal to eat the aquatic creatures outside the pond.

Fortunately, the results of the division and replanting were successful. The roots of the leeks planted from the detox leeks grew into the same grade of detox leeks. It was as if item duplication had become possible.

So, he checked to see if any of the detox leeks contained the energy of the Blue Moon, but

"There's none."

He had hoped, but as expected, there were no detox leeks that contained the energy of the Blue Moon.

Other crops did not contain the energy of the Blue Moon as much as leeks. Was it because the conditions were not met?

"I need to get to work."

Sejun, who had been pondering, started cutting the leek leaves that had grown lush overnight. It was almost morning, so it was an awkward time to sleep.

*Snip, snip.*

About 30 minutes later,

*Thump, thump.*

*Gweong!*

Gweong, who had come to work with her mother, the Crimson Giant Bear, waved her front paws at Sejun as a greeting.

Then,

*Gweong?!*

*Sniff, sniff.*

Gweong approached Sejun and started sniffing around his face.

"Why... why are you doing that?"

Sejun, feeling guilty, tried to back away, but

*Grab!*

Gweong grabbed Sejun's shoulder to prevent him from escaping.

Then,

*Sniff, sniff.*

She persistently sniffed around Sejun's mouth.

*Gweong!*

[Dad, your breath smells like honey!]

*Gweong?*

[Did you eat honey by yourself?]

"......"

Sejun's perfect crime began to waver along with his eyes.

"Gweong, shall we eat something delicious?"

Sejun quickly changed the subject and brought out some steamed potatoes from the cave.

Then,

"These are honey potatoes."

Sejun placed five steamed potatoes on the leek leaves and generously poured honey over them.

[Completed 5 Honey Potatoes of Strength.]

[Cooking Level 1 proficiency has slightly increased.]

[The taste and effect of Honey Potatoes of Strength have slightly improved due to Cooking Level 1.]

"Here, eat."

Gweong swallowed the honey potatoes along with the leek leaves.

*Chomp, chomp.*

"Want more?"

*Gweong!*

Gweong nodded vigorously in response to Sejun's question.

The moment Gweong tasted the honey potatoes, the fact that Sejun's breath smelled like honey became unimportant. Sejun managed to silence Gweong's mouth with the honey potatoes.

A short while later, the rabbits woke up, and a busy morning began as they ate Blue Moon-infused cherry tomatoes and roasted sweet potatoes together.

***

On the first floor of the tower, at the Gagel Tower Farm Project headquarters.

In the courtyard of the headquarters, about 6,000 cherry tomatoes, which had been successfully germinated from seeds of D-grade magical cherry tomatoes, had already grown to ankle height.

"Move quickly!"

Team leader Thomas urged the researchers who were diluting the high-concentration growth accelerator with water. The reason the cherry tomatoes grew so quickly was thanks to the growth accelerator developed by Gagel.

Although the product was too expensive to be commercialized compared to its effectiveness, Vice President Michael had instructed the use of the growth accelerator without sparing it on the cherry tomato field to confirm the results quickly.

Without knowing what kind of results it would produce...

*Wiggle.*

The cherry tomato stems moved weakly, but none of the researchers noticed.

***

In the late afternoon after lunch, an unusual atmosphere began to spread in the leek field.

*Snip, snip.*

Sejun's face grew sterner as he cut the leek leaves.

*Chirp.*

*Chirp.*

On the contrary, the faces of the scythe rabbit and the only female among the second-generation rabbits were full of smiles. A pink aura flowed between the two rabbits, indicating they were in love.

*Pee.*

The wife rabbit looked at them with a contented smile, as if it was the right time.

However,

"These two, in the sacred workplace!"

Sejun couldn't look at them with contentment. It wasn't because he was jealous or annoyed. As the leader of the farm, he needed to enforce the farm's rule of no dating during work hours.

"Go! Gweong! Rolling Attack!"

*Gweong!*

Following Sejun's command, Gweong did a front roll and

*Gweong!*

quickly followed the scythe rabbit, aggressively collecting the leek leaves.

*Chirp!*

The scythe rabbit, startled by Gweong's charge, frantically cut the leek leaves with her scythe.

Then,

"Go! Black Rabbit! Show your brother's authority!"

*Chirp!*

Following Sejun's command, the black rabbit walked up to the female rabbit with a delinquent-like swagger and dragged her to the site where she was practicing how to feed her sister.

With the uncomfortable atmosphere gone,

"Hmph! You're still ten years too young, kids."

Sejun delivered a villainous line and resumed his work.

*Pee, pee.*

The wife rabbit shook her head at Sejun. Who was the kid here...

In the evening,

*Roar.*

*Gweong!*

The mother Crimson Giant Bear took Gweong home.

Then,

*Moo!*

Ucheonsam, representing the other Black Minotaurs, informed Sejun that it was time to go home.

"Alright, good job. Take this pile of leek leaves."

*Moo!*

Ucheonsam happily picked up the pile of leek leaves and went home.

"Let's go home too."

*Pee!*

*Chirp!*

At Sejun's words, the rabbits finished their work and started heading down to the cave.

"Is the work done now?"

Theo approached to claim Sejun's empty lap.

"Mr. Theo, where were you playing?! Do you want to be demoted again?!"

"No, I was organizing the bot's inventory! And I found this in the bot's inventory!"

Theo, feeling wronged, handed Sejun an item he had drawn for free from the forge's lottery corner.

"What is this?!"

It was a necklace with a small yellow gem.

[Scratched Gem Necklace]

???

Usage Restriction: None

Creator: Unknown

Grade: E

As the name suggests, the gem was covered in many scratches.

"Aileen, can you appraise this?"

[The tower manager says to leave it with me.]

[A quest has been triggered.]

Aileen took the necklace and appraised it.

[The tower manager says it's not useful but not dangerous.]

She also asked for cherry tomatoes in exchange for the appraisal.

"Here, 20 cherry tomatoes."

Sejun gave Aileen 20 cherry tomatoes, and the necklace appeared in Sejun's hand.

[Quest completion reward: Appraised Necklace - Necklace of Light.]

"Necklace of Light?"

Sejun checked the necklace's options.

[Necklace of Light]

A necklace with a light magic inscription on an amber gem.

Usage Restriction: Lv. 5 or higher, Magic Power 3 or higher

Creator: Wizard Horin of the Green Tower

Grade: C

Skill: [Light Lv. 1]

[Light Lv. 1]

Using this skill illuminates the surroundings.

The higher the wearer's magic power, the stronger the light.

"How about that? I drew it for free because there was nothing else to draw..."

Theo spoke uncertainly as Sejun examined the appraised necklace.

"Indeed, golden feet."

"Meow?"

Theo's drawing skills were impressive. The Necklace of Light had a function Sejun needed: the Light skill.

Although he wanted to eat the inner dan, if he ate it himself, the black rabbit would lose the ability to bring aquatic creatures from outside the pond. However...

Using the Light skill embedded in the magic necklace would solve everything. He needed to check the brightness first, but...

"That's impressive."

Theo's golden feet were a perfect high-grade item detector that never failed below C-grade.

"What?!"

When Sejun gave him a displeased look, Theo anxiously clung to Sejun's lap.

"Come here."

"Why?"

"Ugh!"

Sejun grabbed Theo with both hands, lifted him up, and walked around, moving Theo's front paws back and forth as if detecting a water vein.

"Feel anything? Any pull?"

Sejun asked while walking around for about three minutes. It was a joke, and he planned to stop and go down to the cave.

However,

"Keep walking, meow."

"Alright."

Theo, with a focused expression, closed his eyes and answered, so Sejun thought he was seriously searching for items and continued walking around.

'Hehe, it feels good to be carried like this. I like it, meow.'

If Sejun had known Theo's thoughts, he would have stopped, but he couldn't read minds.

After about 10 minutes of walking, Theo's front paws remained still.

"Let's eat."

Sejun, feeling hungry, carried Theo down to the cave.

"Mr. Park, let's do this again, meow."

Theo was the only one satisfied with the 10 minutes.

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

After the meal,

"Here, put this on."

Sejun handed the Necklace of Light to the black rabbit.

"But, do you have more than 3 magic power?"

*Chirp!*

*Scritch, scritch.*

In response to Sejun's question, the black rabbit chirped loudly and wrote her magic power level on the ground with her front paws.

33.

"Wow?!"

Sejun was surprised to find that the black rabbit had significantly more magic power than he did.

Meanwhile,

*Poof.*

The black rabbit, wearing the necklace, used its skill to illuminate the surroundings.

Then,

*Splash.*

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

"How is it? Can you see well?"

*Chirp!*

The black rabbit nodded in response to Sejun's question. Yes, she could see well!

"Good?"

Satisfied with the black rabbit's answer, Sejun picked up the giant electric eel's inner dan. It was finally time to eat it.

*Crunch.*

Taking a big bite,

*Swish.*

The solid inner dan turned into a mushy liquid and flowed into his mouth.

"......!"

Sejun was surprised by the unexpected taste from the inner dan.

What?! Why does it taste like orange soda here?!

The liquid inner dan tasted like a fizzy orange soda. The image of an orange-flavored Fanta popped into Sejun's mind.

*Swallow.*

While savoring the tingling sensation,

[You have consumed the inner dan of a giant electric eel.]

[You have learned the skill - Thunderstorm (雨雷) Lv. 1.]

A message appeared, indicating he had learned a new skill.

"Learned?"

While Sejun was puzzled by the message, which usually only indicated skill acquisition,

[You lack the magic power to properly use Thunderstorm (雨雷) Lv. 1.]

[For your safety, <Rain> is sealed.]

[For your safety, <Throw Thunder> is sealed.]

"What?"

If the rain and thunder from the Thunderstorm (雨雷) skill were sealed, it wasn't really a Thunderstorm (雨雷) skill!

Sejun quickly checked the skill.

[Skill - Thunderstorm (雨雷) Lv. 1]

-Can create dark clouds and use rain and thunder.

<Create Dark Clouds>: Creates dark clouds using magic power. The stronger the magic power, the larger and denser the dark clouds. There is a low probability of rain if the environment is suitable.

<Rain>: (Sealed - Requires 30+ magic power)

<Throw Thunder>: (Sealed - Requires 70+ magic power)

"Create Dark Clouds."

When Sejun used the skill,

*Puff, puff.*

A small dark cloud about 1 meter in size formed above his head.

"Hmm..."

He had used a third of his magic power, but the dark cloud was much smaller than expected.

Sejun decided to be satisfied with the ability to create shade with clouds and the taste of orange soda.

At that moment,

"Great Black Dragon, we have returned."

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