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nSqueak!

nBang! Bang! Bang!

nEach time the black rabbit kneaded the dough, it became stickier, and the dough began to glisten.

n“You’re doing well.”

nSejun began to prepare to make garaetteok while the black rabbit was kneading the dough.

n“Cuengi, cut this.”

nKreong!

nRip.

nCuengi easily tore the exoskeleton of a fire ant worker, which couldn’t even be pierced by a honeybee’s poisonous stinger, as if ripping paper.

nAnd then

n“Iona, attach this.”

n“Yes!”

nSejun had Iona connect the torn exoskeleton using an adhesive spell, creating a funnel shape with a small hole at the end. Now, all he had to do was to put the dough in the funnel, press it, and the delicious garaetteok would be made.

nAt that moment

nSqueak!

nThe black rabbit called Sejun, saying the dough was ready.

n“Really? Then shall we make one batch first?”

nSejun took some of the still hot rice dough and put it in the manual garaetteok machine. .

n“Cuengi, press it slowly and gently.”

nThis time, he entered the command in line with Cuengi’s compression level without making a mistake.

nKreong!

nPress.

nAs Cuengi gently pressed down on the dough at Sejun’s command,

nDrip, drip, drip.

nThe milky garaetteok slowly began to emerge from the end of the conical funnel as the dough was pressed.

n“Shall we see how it is?”

nSejun cut the end of the freshly pulled garaetteok, and

nYou have completed a Slightly Chewy Garaetteok.

nYour proficiency with Cooking Lv. 4 has slightly increased.

nThe taste and effect of the Slightly Chewy Garaetteok have slightly improved due to the effect of Cooking Lv. 4.

nA message appeared, indicating that the garaetteok was completed.

n“A slightly chewy garaetteok?”

nSlightly chewy? Sejun checked the options of the dish before eating it due to the strange name.

nSlightly Chewy Garaetteok

n→ Made with the finest rice flour under the supervision of a skilled chef and pressed into a long shape with strong pressure.

n→ A bumbling rice cake maker’s kneading has slightly enhanced the chewiness of the garaetteok.

n→ Chef: Tower Farmer Park Sejun, Red Ribbon Kingdom’s King Black Rabbit (Bumbling Rice Cake Maker)

n→ Expiration Date: 10 Days

n→ Grade: C

nIt wasn’t strange that the Black Rabbit had became the king of the Red Ribbon, or that ChuChu became the queen of the Red Ribbon Kingdom.

nHowever,

n“A bumbling rice cake maker?”

nSqueak…

nAt Sejun’s words, the Black Rabbit made an awkward expression. In fact, the Black Rabbit had awakened two jobs simultaneously when he was awakened.

nOne was a warrior, and the other was a rice cake maker.

nThe Black Rabbit wanted to be a warrior, and since the situation at the time wasn’t suitable for making rice cakes, he naturally paid no attention to the rice cake-making job.

n“What? You’ve been catching monsters with this great kneading technique all this time?”

n‘No wonder I felt a sticky sensation when hitting monsters…’

nHis feeling was correct. The Black Rabbit’s hammer was actually a rice cake mallet. How could he have let such a talent go to waste?!

nSejun didn’t know, but one of the Black Rabbit’s maternal ancestors was a Pongpongi who created the relic: wealth-devouring rice dough. In other words, the Black Rabbit was a descendant of Pongpongi, born with a rice cake spoon1.

n“Cuengi, follow me!”

nSejun called Cuengi and hurried to the kitchen. Black Rabbit, I’ll nurture your talent!

n“Cuengi, prepare the pot!”

nKreong!

nCuengi brought a large pot in front of Sejun.

nAnd then

nRelic: Wealth-devouring Rice Dough has swallowed 100 Tower coins and produced 50kg of the highest quality rice flour.

nSejun began to produce rice flour.

nSwoosh.

nFine rice flour poured into the large pot. After pouring rice flour 10 times at 100 Tower coins each, the large pot was almost full.

n“Put it here.”

nKreong!

nCuengi lifted the large pot and put it into Sejun’s void storage.

nThen, as they went back outside,

n“Hello! We’re back.”

n“President Theo, we’re back.”

nTwo intern cats who had just arrived greeted Sejun and Theo.

n“Huh?! Black Rabbit, where are you?”

n“Ah! We ran into Lord Black Rabbit on the way. He was rushing down?”

n“He’s already bolted?!”

nIt seemed that the Black Rabbit, predicting Sejun’s reaction, had hurriedly grabbed some carrot seeds and run away.

n(Sejun, shall I chase after Black Rabbit?)

nThe golden bat, who would betray even his own brother without hesitation for Sejun, asked. To catch up with the Black Rabbit, one would need the speed of a Golden Bat.

n“It’s okay. Even if he runs, it’s just the 55th floor of the tower.”

n‘Black rabbit, you’ll end up in your uncle’s palm even if you run. Hehehe.’

nSejun laughed like a villain. The black rabbit didn’t know that Sejun could put things in and take them out of the treasure vault on the 55th floor of the tower.

n“I’ll put this in the treasure vault.”

nOne large pot containing 500kg of the highest quality rice flour is inbound to the treasure vault of the Red Ribbon Kingdom.

nDelivery arrived before the black rabbit, waiting for its master.

n“Let’s taste the garaetteok first.”

nSejun put the garaetteok he had cut earlier into his mouth.

n“Wow!”

nIt’s insane! The dough was so chewy that it didn’t lose its elasticity no matter how much he chewed. Indeed, Black Rabbit’s rice cake pounding was essential for delicious rice cakes.

nKreong?

nCuengi looked at Sejun with desperate eyes. Is it done, Dad?

nNod.

nSejun, still chewing on the garaetteok, nodded his head instead of answering and cut the garaetteok into a length for Cuengi’s mouth.

nHowever

nKreong!

nCuengi shook its head before even chewing.

n“Why? Is something strange?”

nSejun was taken aback by Cuengi’s reaction, who would eat even spoiled food if it tasted good.

nKreong! Kreong!

nCuengi shook its head again at Sejun’s words, pointing to its snack pocket. No, the honey is missing!

n“Ah! You want me to dip it in honey?”

nSejun took out honey from Cuengi’s snack pocket and dipped the garaetteok in it, then put it in Cuengi’s mouth.

nKreong!

nOnly then did Cuengi nod its head.

n“Let’s start making garaetteok now.”

nSince Iona had cast a spell to keep the dough’s temperature from dropping, the dough’s condition remained the same.

nKreong!

nCuengi put in the remaining dough and began to make garaetteok in earnest.

nBut when the work was finished, the remaining garaetteok was roughly 3 meters. The rest disappeared as soon as they appeared, given to the rabbits and dragons.

nOf course, about 90% of the garaetteok made went straight into Cuengi’s stomach. He now understood why freshly made garaetteok taste the best. Indeed, food is tastiest when freshly made.

n‘Next time, I’ll make baeksulgi. If I put sweet potatoes in…’

nWhen Sejun was coming up with the recipe for the next rice cake,

n“How much did you sell this time, meow?!”

nTheo asked the interns about sales at the 38th-floor camp of the tower.

nThe interns were selling cherry tomatoes at the auction to the hunters while delivering sturdy blade green onions to the Earth Defense Force. They had to keep selling, or there would be nowhere to store them.

nTherefore, Theo fully entrusted the interns with the sale of the inexpensive cherry tomatoes and focused on selling high-priced crops.

n“We sold 5,000 cherry tomatoes for 6,000 tower coins.”

nThe price had fallen by almost 40% since Theo’s last auction when Theo sold them for 1.9 tower coins each.

nSince the interns were now selling energy cherry tomatoes every 2-3 days, the scarcity of the tomatoes declined, and the price fell.

nBut still, thanks to the effect of increasing vitality when eaten daily and the image as a diet product since it was the first of Sejun’s crops introduced on Earth, the price decline was slower than expected, and the buyers steadily increased.

nAnd

n“Here it is.”

nThe interns brought the Churu and seasonings they got from humans.

n“Good job, meow!”

nTheo gave 1% of the money as an incentive to the interns. It was Sejun’s farm policy.

n“Thank you, President Theo!”

n“Thank you!”

nThe interns were thrilled to receive the incentive. They would use it to upgrade their bags and get more incentives. This was their happiness these days.

nThe cat interns had completely forgotten about paying off their debts to shorten their contract period.

n“But didn’t Tae-jun say anything about finding the wooden board I sent?”

n“No, he said there’s nothing.”

n“Really?”

nSejun was disappointed by the answer. He thought at least one person would contact him for 10 million won… People’s suspicion has increased because the world is too scary nowadays.

n“Even I wouldn’t contact.”

nIf he found a business card on the street that said, ‘Contact this number and I’ll give you 10 million won,’ he would not believe it either.

n“I’ll have to change the method.”

nSejun decided to think more about it and went to the field to start farming. After eating the garaetteok, he wanted to move his body.

n***

n“Cha!”

nSejun got uo on his own for the first time in a while.

nSwoosh.

nHe started the morning of the 282nd day of being Stranded, drawing a line on the wall.

n“It feels empty without the animals.”

nTheo and Iona had gone back down the tower yesterday. Theo went to sell crops and to receive a report on the Earth Defense Force’s performance, and Iona left because she suddenly received a call from the Wizard’s Association.

nAs a result, Sejun came outside, feeling both refreshed and empty.

nKreong!

nPip-pip!

nAs Sejun came outside, he was greeted by Cuengi and a golden bat. Fortunately, having them around lessened the emptiness.

nKreong!

nThump, thump.

nCuengi started patting its belly as it saw Sejun. He’s hungry!

n“Alright. Let’s eat.”

nSejun took Cuengi and golden bat to the kitchen and warmed up the leftover grilled fish that he had prepared for Theo the previous day.

nKreong!

nAlthough it was the usual meal, Cuengi ate it as if it were a delicious new dish.

nAnd

nPip-pip.

nThe golden bat, who loved fruit, sucked on cherry tomato juice.

nAfter finishing breakfast, as they were heading to the field,

nSqueak!

nKkwek, Kkwek!

nRabbits and mushroom ants were seen happily farming together. The rabbits rode on the backs of the mushroom ants, with the ants taking care of the bottom and the rabbits the top as they harvested cherry tomatoes.

nWith the increase in mushroom ants, the farm operated smoothly even without Sejun.

nThen,

nRoar!

nA roar from the pink-furred mother Crimson Giant Bear was heard.

n“Did they invade again?”

nLately, about 100,000 fire ants had been swarming once in a while, probably to reclaim their slaves.

n“Let’s go, guys!”

nKreong!

nPip-pip!

nAs Sejun and the animals rushed towards the Pink-fur,

nRoar!

nThud!

nPink-fur lightly struck the ground, creating a shockwave that stunned the larger ants, making it easier for Sejun to hunt.

nThese fire ants, 1.5 times larger than the workers, were fire ant warriors with sharp teeth and thick legs.

n“Thanks. Time to make a Thundercloud.”

nSejun expressed his gratitude to Pink-fur and prepared to use Thundercloud skill.

nBut just as he was about to rain down,

nSplash!

nWater was sprayed towards the fire ant warriors.

n– Hmph! Save your magic power! So you can cast one more.

nThe black dragon statue spat water from its mouth.

n“Thank you, Kaiser.”

n– Ahem. Then later, sweet potato rice cakes…

nHe had ulterior motives.

n“Throw Thunder!”

n“Throw Thunder!”

n“Throw Thunder!”

nThanks to that, Sejun, who saved magic power by skipping the raining process, dropped three consecutive bursts of blue lightning on the fire ant warriors.

nCrash!

nYou have defeated a fire ant warrior.

nYou have gained 1500 experience points.

n… 𝑖𝘦.𝑐𝘰𝘮

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nYou have leveled up.

nSejun defeated 5,000 out of 100,000 and leveled up.

nRoar!

nBoom!

nThe rest were taken care of by Pink-fur,

nKreong!

nBoom!

nAnd Cuengi.

n– Tsk tsk tsk. How can I use that…

nKaiser inadvertently clicked his tongue.

n*****

nTL Notes:

n1) Play on words – born with silver

/gold spoon instead it was changed to rice cake spoon.

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