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nTL: Hanguk

nTheo and Jeras arrived at the 75th floor, the shopping district of the tower.

n“Where are you going now, Theo?”

n“First, I’ll apply for the promotion to an intermediate wandering merchant, meow.”

n“You’re already becoming an intermediate wandering merchant? I’m jealous.”

nJeras was surprised inwardly. To become an intermediate wandering merchant, a sales amount of 1000 tower coins was needed. Considering Theo’s period of activity, it was almost an impossible amount unless there was special support.

n“Um… What do you sell, Theo?”

nJeras asked cautiously because some wandering merchants kept their traded items a secret.

n“I sell cherry tomatoes, meow.”

n“Huh? Cherry tomatoes?”

nIt didn’t seem like a lie.

n“That’s right, meow. I’ll show you when I have a chance, meow.”

nWhile they were talking, Theo arrived at the branch of the Wandering Merchant Association and requested a promotion to an intermediate wandering merchant.

n“Mr. Theo, you are now an intermediate wandering merchant.”

nThe promotion to an intermediate wandering merchant was processed right away, as there were no special conditions other than the sales amount.

n“Here is your intermediate wandering merchant license.”

nAn employee of the wandering merchant association branch gave Theo a rectangular license made of blue metal. Thus, Theo was promoted to an intermediate wandering merchant.

n“Pufufut. Now I am an intermediate wandering merchant, meow!”

nWith the issue of the cultivator resolved for Sejun, Theo’s steps became even lighter.

n“Congratulations, Theo.”

n“Thank you, meow.”

nJeras congratulated Theo as he came out of the wandering merchant association branch.

n“Where is your next destination?”

n“Now I need to go to the general store, meow.”

nTheo bought two iron pots, a saw, thread, and needles at the general store.

n“One iron pot is 1 tower coin, a saw is 0.9 tower coins, and thread and needle are 0.5 tower coins, so the total is 2.4 tower coins.”

nAs the owner of the general store called out the price, Jeras’s eyes sparkled next to him.

n‘I could haggle it down to 2 tower coins.’

nJeras was thinking of helping Theo and gaining more trust.

nJust then,

n“Give me a discount, meow!”

nTheo started to haggle the price.

n“Hmm… Then, I’ll give it to you for 2.2 tower coins.”

nThe first haggle made him look like a pushover, but at least he didn’t get ripped off, or so Jeras thought.

nHowever,

n“Give me more discount, meow!”

n“Sir, we also have to make a living. That’s difficult.”

nWhen Theo used the second haggle,

n‘Hohoho, just because you bluntly ask for a discount doesn’t mean they’ll give one…’

nJeras chuckled and shook his head.

nThen,

n“Okay, meow. Jeras, let’s go, meow.”

nTheo answered and began to turn around and leave.

n“Ah! Sir, why are you so impatient? I give in. I’ll give it to you for 2 tower coins.”

n“…?!”

nJeras was greatly surprised at the store owner’s words.

nWithout the five logical reasons that he found quickly by looking at the products and without any flashy rhetoric, Theo achieved the result he had in mind with just two words.

nBut that wasn’t the end.

n“1.8 tower coins. Or, I’ll just leave.”

nWhen Theo smacked down the price with his final, third haggle,

n‘He’s lowering the price even more?!’

nJeras was shocked at Theo’s audacity. That’s impossible!

nHowever,

n“Sigh. Alright.”

nAs if to mock Jeras’s thoughts, the deal went through.

n‘How could this…’

nJeras completely lost his confidence in his haggling skills. He had even received education from a notable family, but the gap he felt when compared to Theo was enormous.

nHe had simply asked for a discount three times, but Jeras felt awe at Theo’s haggling skills.

n‘With that level of haggling skills, he might’ve made a fortune even without doing anything illegal.’

nJeras completely let go of his suspicions about Theo.

n“Theo, I’ll be going now. Be careful, as you may encounter wolves again.”

n“Got it! Take care, meow.”

nTheo said goodbye to Jeras and went to the blacksmith to get some equipment.

nHowever,

n“There’s nothing I want today, meow.”

nThere was no equipment that caught Theo’s eye.

n“I should just go, meow.”

nTheo moved to the 99th floor.

nAfter parting with Theo, Jeras returned to the Secret Inspection Bureau.

nAnd he submitted a report to the Bureau Chief.

nThe reason for the sudden increase in Theo’s sales: Theo is a genius at haggling.

nJeras had completely misunderstood Theo.

n***

nSejun saw the plump queen honeybee, which had returned, sucking honey in the pit, and went down to the cave to sleep.

nThe next morning.

nSejun, who woke up a bit early, went up to the ground to check if the queen poison honeybee was okay, but she was gone again.

nInstead, there was a small beehive at the top of the rock where the rope was tied. The queen poison honeybee was finally settling down and preparing to lay eggs.

nJust then,

nKuoooong.

nGrowl!

nThe mother crimson giant bear and the baby bear came together.

nRoll, roll.

nThe baby bear slid down from the mother crimson giant bear’s shoulder as if on a slide.

nLick, lick.

nThe mother crimson giant bear licked the baby bear a few times as if washing it.

nGrowl, growl!

nThe baby bear, full of energy, was wobbling here and there on the mother bear’s tongue touch, creating a fascinating scene.

nAs Sejun was watching them,

nKreong.

nThe mother crimson giant bear, who had washed the baby bear, looked at Sejun and said something and then went out for a patrol. Even though there was no translation from Aileen, he seemed to understand what she was saying.

n“I guess I’ll have to catch a lot of crayfish today.”

nSomehow, it seemed like the mother crimson giant bear would show up again at lunchtime today.

n“This is where the honey you eat is made. So, you must not eat this.”

nSejun warned the baby bear in advance, in case it might touch the beehive of the newly settled queen poison honeybee.

nKkoong! Kkoong!

nThe baby bear nodded strongly. I understand! I will protect it!

nSejun went down to the cave, had breakfast with the rabbits, and started his daily work.

nWith his agility increased by one, he was getting used to farming, and the only thing left to harvest after the other crops were cherry tomatoes.

nSejun finished all his work effortlessly in two hours and went to the pond.

n“Black rabbit, are you ready?”

nBam!

nSplash.

nIn response to Sejun’s question, the black rabbit dove into the pond and first dealt with the piranhas that blocked the view.

nPlop! Plop! Plop!

nEvery time the black rabbit’s hammer swung, the piranhas bounced out of the pond.

nSejun quickly skewered the piranhas with a rope, making two bundles of piranhas for the baby bear.

nAnd when the black rabbit came out of the pond, Sejun started hunting crayfish in earnest.

nThere were about 40 crayfish in the pond. For some reason, once they entered the pond, they didn’t attempt to go back out.

nSejun went into the water and caught each crayfish by hand. Yesterday, he had thoughtlessly stabbed them all to death, but if caught like this, he could catch them without attracting other piranhas or crayfish.

n“I can’t leave the pond water contaminated.”

nYesterday, due to the crayfish’s massacre of the piranhas, the pond water was contaminated, and Sejun could neither drink nor wash until morning. He needed a way to purify the water.

nSo, Sejun thought of ways to purify the water while picking up crayfish from the pond.

nAnd while Sejun was picking up crayfish like that,

nBiang!

nThe black rabbit slit the belly of a crayfish with Sejun’s dagger and drained its blood.

nJust then,

nThud.

nAs soon as he stabbed the crayfish’s belly, black light emitted from the body and hammer of the black rabbit. Usually, a bright light would shine when leveling up, but this time it was slightly different.

nThere was no change in the black rabbit’s body, but its hammer got a bit larger and the end of the handle turned sharply like an awl.

nIt seemed different from a regular level up.

nBiang!

nThe black rabbit proudly came into the pond with its hammer.

n“Why all of a sudden?”

nBiang!

nThe black rabbit looked at Sejun and gave a thumbs-up. I’ll handle this now!

nPlop!

nWhen the black rabbit hit the crayfish’s head strongly, its movement stopped. The crayfish was knocked out by the hit from the black rabbit’s hammering, which had become stronger after leveling up.

nPlop! Plop!

nThe black rabbit dragged the unconscious crayfish out of the pond.

nAnd then,

nThud.

nThe black rabbit stabbed the crayfish’s chest with the pointed end of its hammer handle.

nBiang?

nThe black rabbit arrogantly looked at Sejun after draining the crayfish’s blood. See that?

n“Alright, I’ll leave the crayfish to you.”

nWith the black rabbit’s growth reducing his workload, Sejun focused on grilling the crayfish.

nAnd then,

nRoar.

nAs lunchtime approached, as expected, the mother Crimson Giant Bear returned to Sejun’s cave.

nChomp, chomp.

nSure enough, the mother Crimson Giant Bear put 20 grilled crayfish in her mouth at once.

nThis time, because he had set aside food for her separately, there was no need to go back down to the cave to cook again.

nAfter enjoying a delicious lunch,

n“Can you ask her to dig some ground for me?”

nSejun asked Aileen to translate his request to the mother Crimson Giant Bear.

nHaving treated her to a delicious lunch, Sejun felt justified in asking a favor, so he didn’t hesitate.

nOriginally, he intended to ask when he served the steamed corn last time, but Aileen was sleeping then.

nThe Tower’s administrator translates for the Crimson Giant Bear, who is asking where she should dig.

nGood!

n“Here.”

nSejun pointed to the ground about 500 meters away from the cave. He chose a location far away in case the cave might be damaged.

nThud. Thud.

nThe mother Crimson Giant Bear walked briskly and quickly arrived at the place Sejun pointed.

nAnd then,

nRoar! Roar!

nWith just a few movements of her front paws, the ground flipped over and the black soil underneath surfaced. It was a task that would have taken a few hours with an excavator, but she finished it in one go.

nThanks to the mother Crimson Giant Bear, Sejun was able to overturn about 1,000 square meters of land all at once.

nRoar.

nThe mother Crimson Giant Bear left to patrol again, and Sejun spent the afternoon planting 3,000 corn and 1,000 cherry tomatoes in the 1,000 square meters of land with the rabbits.

nAnd then,

nSwoosh.

nWhen the watering rabbits had almost finished watering the planted seeds,

nDrip.

nThe water coming out of the watering can stopped.

n“Huh? What’s going on? Why isn’t the water coming out?”

nSejun, who thought that water would come out infinitely from the watering can, asked.

nBeep.

nThe father rabbit shook its head. We’ve used up all the water today.

nUntil now, there had been no need to use all of it, so he hadn’t noticed, but the amount of water that could be used per day with the White Rabbit’s watering can item was limited. He would have to be more careful with the use of water from now on.

nSejun covered the watered field with as much remaining green onion leaves as possible and went to sleep. 𝑖𝘳𝑎.𝒸ℴ𝘮

nHowever, that night, the thief struck again.

n***

n“Meow, meow, meow.”

nAs Sejun’s cave got closer, Theo, feeling good, hummed a tune and walked quickly.

nThen,

nChomp, chomp.

nHe heard the sound of something being chewed.

n“What’s that, meow?”

nWhen he looked at where the sound was coming from, he saw a Minotaur eating grass.

n“Huh? Isn’t that the green onion leaves that Sejun Park grows, meow?”

nTheo recognized the green onion leaves right away. He knew it well because he had cut it himself.

n“Where did you get that, meow?”

nTheo approached the Minotaur and asked.

nHuh?

nThe Minotaur, recognizing the other party as a wandering merchant, responded. I picked it up from the ground.

n“No way, meow! Those are the green onion leaves that Sejun cherishes, meow! Sejun uses those leaves as a dish, makes ropes with them, and even uses them to wipe his butt, meow! You’ve stolen Sejun’s green onion leaves, meow!”

nTheo caught the green onion leaves thief, Woocheon sam.

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