Chapter 63 of 100
Chapter 63. Harvesting B-grade Crops.
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Chapter 63. Harvesting B-grade Crops.
"Damn it!"
Sejun was enraged at the small branch scouts that were ruining the cherry tomato field he had worked on for hours.
"Aileen, can you call the Mama Crimson Giant Bear?"
From the last encounter, he thought the Mama Crimson Giant Bear alone would be sufficient.
[The Tower Manager says to wait a moment.]
"Thanks."
Sejun, who had requested support through Aileen, stepped forward to face the enemies.
"Go! Black Rabbit!"
Squeak!
At Sejun's command, the Black Rabbit let out a battle cry and charged forward.
And
Whirr, whirr.
Sejun threw a torch at the enemies. The torch, flying in a circle, hit the small branch scouts and
Whoosh.
the fire spread easily.
Whirr, whirr.
Whoosh.
As Sejun continued to throw torches, the small branch scouts fell, naturally forming a wall of flames.
There were 300 torches that the gray rabbits had made all day, so there was no shortage.
The Black Rabbit entered the midst of the enemies and was mowing them down with its hammer, creating a one-man rampage.
Squeak!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As Sejun and the Black Rabbit successfully blocked the small branch scouts,
Crunch, crunch.
large branch scouts appeared, crossing the wall of flames.
"Black Rabbit, aim for the legs!"
Squeak!
The Black Rabbit moved quickly, targeting only the legs of the large branch scouts.
Bang!
Crack.
With one leg broken, the large branch scouts lost their balance and fell, blocking the path for the small branch scouts.
"Good."
While the Black Rabbit was tying up the large branch scouts, Sejun burned and eliminated the small branch scouts with torches.
[Defeated Fallen Ent's small branch scouts.]
[Received 25 experience points.]
...
..
.
After about 30 minutes,
Roar!
The loud roar of the Mama Crimson Giant Bear was heard.
Roar!
Kweeng also roared loudly, following her mother. Kweeng is... still growing.
Crunch, crunch.
Crunch, crunch.
Upon hearing the roar of the Mama Crimson Giant Bear, the branch scouts began to retreat.
However, the branch scouts were too slow to escape from the Mama Crimson Giant Bear.
Thud, thud.
Roar!
With one charge from the Mama Crimson Giant Bear, the branch scouts, both small and large, were crushed.
And
Roar! Roar!
Kweeng brought the limbs of a branch scout that had survived near where the Mama Crimson Giant Bear had passed to Sejun.
Thanks to Kweeng's help, Sejun leveled up to level 24.
***
Floor 38 of the Tower.
Squish!
Thud!
A spider monster screamed and fell.
"Boss, how long do we have to keep doing this?"
While moving the corpse of the spider monster, one of the hunters grumbled and asked Zhang Lin.
"Let's just run away!"
"Idiot, as long as that cat has the contract, running away won't do any good. We'll just face retaliation later!"
"But..."
"Let's wait and look for an opportunity. There will surely be a chance to escape."
As Zhang Lin was calming his subordinates,
"Boss, two people are coming this way."
Two muscular male hunters, one with white hair in his late 60s and the other with black hair in his early 40s, approached, wearing only their lower garments.
'This is the perfect number for the job.'
The moment Zhang Lin saw the white-haired 60-year-old man in only his lower garments, he thought of the strongest hunter in Korea, but he had heard that the hunter retired due to a curse related to fire.
"Prepare for the job."
"Yes!"
Zhang Lin and his subordinates quickly hid the spider corpse, hid behind the wall, and put on masks, waiting for the hunters to get closer.
However,
"Magic Missile."
The white-haired man among the two detected them and used a skill first.
'Damn, we've been spotted!'
"Run!"
Realizing the opponent was not ordinary, Zhang Lin quickly shouted, but it was too late. The hunter with the white-haired man was already blocking their escape route.
"We're blocked!"
As Zhang Lin and his subordinates were panicking,
Whizz.
The Magic Missiles hit their bodies.
'Is this Magic Missile?'
With that thought, the Black Wolf Gang all fainted.
"They're really incompetent, just as Mr. Han said."
Han Tae-joon, looking at the unconscious Black Wolf Gang, started planning a training schedule to make them more competent.
***
In the Tower Manager's area.
"Ugh."
Aileen was deeply in thought, frowning.
"What should I name it?"
Aileen was thinking of a new name for the Red Locust Cherry Tomato Soup that Sejun had made for her.
"It's a shame that the name of the Red Locust, which is ominous, is included in the dish made by the clever human!"
Aileen, who was thinking of a new name for the soup,
"Hehehe. I should combine the name of the clever human, Park Sejun, and my name, the great black dragon Aileen Pretani."
"Hehehe. Decided! Chef's Soup!"
[By the authority of the Tower's Right Holder, the name of the dish containing Red Locust is forcibly changed to Chef.]
Aileen used the Tower Manager's authority to forcibly change the name of the dish. Of course, the cost was a speck of Aileen's mana and a lot of Sejun's contributions.
***
[By the authority of the Tower's Right Holder, the recipe for combat rations - Red Locust Soup is changed to Chef's Soup.]
[By the authority of the Tower's Right Holder, the recipe for combat rations - Red Locust Cherry Tomato Soup is changed to Chef's Cherry Tomato Soup.]
"Chef?"
As Sejun was reading the message,
[The Tower Manager says that 'Se' from Sejun and 'P' from Pretani are combined.]
[The Tower Manager proudly claims that he specially gave up the front of the name.]
[The Tower Manager says that it is an honor for your name to be before the great black dragon's name.]
"Sure, thanks."
Rip.
Since the name of the dish didn't matter much to Sejun, he gave a casual response and focused on harvesting cherry tomatoes.
[The Tower Manager says that if you are grateful, give him a mana cherry tomato.]
"Alright, give me a quest."
As Sejun gave Aileen a cherry tomato and focused on harvesting again,
Rip.
[Harvested 9 ripe mana cherry tomatoes simultaneously.]
[Due to the effect of Harvesting Level 4, harvested one higher-grade crop.]
[Occupation experience significantly increased.]
[Proficiency of Harvesting Level 4 significantly increased.]
[Due to the effect of Proficiency Increase Level 1, the proficiency of Harvesting Level 4 increased by 5%.]
[Received 290 experience points.]
"Oh!"
The current grade of the harvested cherry tomatoes is C. However, a higher grade means B-grade mana cherry tomatoes were harvested.
Excited by the message, Sejun quickly checked the cherry tomatoes on the branches. He had to check each one as they looked the same externally.
"This is B-grade."
Sejun examined the options of the B-grade mana cherry tomato he found.
[Mana Cherry Tomato]
A cherry tomato grown inside the Tower, rich in nutrients and delicious.
Cultivated by an experienced farmer, it has improved taste and efficiency.
When consumed, it decomposes 40g of fat in the body and increases mana by 1 for 10 minutes.
The effect can be stacked up to 10 times within an hour.
When consumed by a non-awakened person, it decomposes 40g of fat and gives vitality to the body.
The effect applies even if there is not enough fat to decompose.
Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Sejun
Expiry Date: 120 days
Grade: B
Decomposing 40g of fat and increasing mana by 1. The efficiency improved with the higher grade. Eating 10 B-grade mana cherry tomatoes increases mana by 10. This was now a significant number.
Additionally, the effect applies even if there is no fat.
"Let's see how it tastes."
Sejun quickly put the B-grade mana cherry tomato in his mouth. Since he only had one, it would be troublesome if he was caught.
Crunch.
Squish.
The thin but firm skin burst, and the sweet and sour juice filled Sejun's mouth.
"Delicious."
As Sejun, who had eaten the cherry tomato with a stronger taste, enjoyed the aftertaste with a satisfied expression,
Squeak!
Kweeng!
The Black Rabbit and Kweeng, who were hunting in the pond, approached Sejun.
'Could it be?'
Sejun, tense that he might have been caught eating the B-grade cherry tomato alone, pretended to harvest cherry tomatoes.
Squeak!
Kweeng!
Fortunately, they had come to receive a snack.
"Then you can eat."
As Sejun agreed, the Black Rabbit started eating a carrot from the storage, and Kweeng came to Sejun with a glass bottle of honey.
Click.
Swish.
As Sejun was about to pour honey into Kweeng's bottle and stop,
Snap.
Kweeng grabbed Sejun's hand with her front paw.
Kweeng. Kweeng.
[Give me more honey. If you don't, I'll tell my brother that you ate the cherry tomato alone.]
"Secrets are kept until the grave, right?"
Nod.
Kweeng nodded.
Swish.
Kweeng got an additional swish of honey as the price for keeping the secret.
***
Floor 67 of the Tower.
"Oh! You're here!"
Tamuro, the Lizardman Warrior boss of Floor 67, who had been waiting for the blade leaves, greeted the wolves led by Malkai.
"Mr. Tamuro, here they are."
"Thank you. Here are 1250 Tower Coins for 500 blade leaves."
"Yes, thank you. Then, we'll be on our way."
As the wolves were about to pull the cart to where their tribe was,
"Wait! What's that?"
Tamuro asked, noticing a pot that had not been unloaded from the cart. The pot smelled delicious.
"It's a soup made from Red Locust meat. Would you like a bowl?"
Malkai had brought the soup to feed his kin, but Tamuro's eyes were too hot as he looked at the pot.
"Um. Then, I'll have a bowl."
At Malkai's words, Tamuro licked his lips in anticipation.
"Here you go."
Malkai ladled the soup into a bowl and handed it to Tamuro.
Slurp.
"!"
Tamuro's eyes widened as he tasted the soup.
And
Gulp, gulp.
He finished the soup in one go.
[Consumed the standard portion of combat rations - Chef's Soup.]
[Strength increases by 7.1 for 30 minutes.]
[Satiety lasts for 3 hours.]
"Whoa?!"
Tamuro was surprised again by the effect of the food.
"Is this really made from Red Locust meat?!"
"Yes."
"Malkai! I'll give you all the Red Locust meat to let our Lizardman Warriors eat it too! I'll pay the price of the soup sufficiently!"
This way, Sejun's means of earning money increased.
***
Floor 75 of the Tower.
"Let's hurry and buy and go up!"
Upon arriving at the shop area, Theo quickly started buying the items Sejun had ordered and rushed to the forge to draw equipment.
"Mr. Te, come with us!"
"No! You guys go to the forge slowly!"
As the large wolves slowed down due to the other merchants, Theo decided to go alone.
'My knees!!!'
Time was of the essence.
Just as Theo was almost at the forge,
"Hey, who's this?! Look, everyone!"
A cat recognized Theo and called out.
"Oh! It's Theo who fled from Granier Village at night?!"
"They said you became a wandering merchant, is it true?"
The group approached at the call of the delinquent cat.
"Long time no see, Theo."
A fat black cat stepped forward and spoke. It was Oren, the son of the richest family in Granier Village, who had humiliated Theo.
"Long time no see."
Theo smiled and said.