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nTL: Hanguk

nIn the outskirts of the Tower’s 1st floor.

nTen awakened ones were waiting for someone. After a while, a man with blond hair and golden armor appeared from beyond the black wall.

nToday was the day to harvest the E-class Magical Cherry Tomatoes planted by Gagel’s Tower Farm Project Team. Michael McLaren, the Vice Chairman of Gagel, personally visited the farm.

n“Vice Chairman, this way.”

nThe research team leader guided Michael to the headquarters of the Tower Farming Project. On the 1st floor of the Tower, individuals or groups could rent buildings if they paid for them.

n“How’s the acquisition of the land for the large farm going?”

n“Currently, our slaves are driving out the goblin villages on the 2nd floor of the Tower and securing the land.”

nThe ones they referred to as slaves were the awakened ones who were forced into slavery contracts using the Tower’s contracts, after Gagel took over the debt of the people who wrote promissory notes, and then awakened them with tickets.

nThey were working tirelessly, unable to leave the tower, in order to pay off debts they could never pay off in a lifetime.

nWhile talking about securing the site for the large farm, they arrived at the headquarters courtyard, where they saw a field full of cherry tomatoes.

n“Finally…”

nPlop.

nExcited Michael approached the field, harvested a well-ripened cherry tomato, and inspected it. Even after a close look, no description appeared.

n“So it’s not an item.”

nMichael, who had been somewhat hopeful, was disappointed. However, he decided to take pride in securing the seed to start the Tower Farming Project.

n‘I wonder how it tastes?’

nMichael put the cherry tomato in his mouth.

nPop.

nSquish.

nThe cherry tomato burst, and its juice gushed out.

n“…?”

nMunch munch.

nMichael’s expression hardened as he chewed the cherry tomato carefully.

nAnd then

nSpit!

nMichael spat out the cherry tomato.

nAnd then

nPlop. Plop. Plop.

nMichael’s hand hastily harvested other cherry tomatoes and tasted each one.

nHowever,

n“What the hell is this?!”

nMichael yelled, throwing the cherry tomato in his hand.

n“Vice Chairmen, what’s the matter?”

n“What’s the matter?! This thing doesn’t taste like anything!”

n“What?!”

nAt Michael’s words, the research team members who grew the cherry tomatoes hurriedly began to taste them.

n“This can’t be… How can it taste like this…”

nThe research team leader looked incredulous. They had injected all the necessary nutrients, but the cherry tomatoes tasted like nothing.

nMichael left the Tower with the research team leader and instructed him to analyze the cherry tomatoes.

nEven so, using the company’s technology, they might be able to improve the taste of the cherry tomatoes by breeding new varieties.

nA few hours later, the research team leader came back with an analysis report on the cherry tomatoes harvested from the tower.

n“How did it go?”

n“All the components are below the standard. They are of the lowest grade and have no commercial value. Moreover, for some reason, there are no seeds inside.”

n“No seeds?!”

n“Yes.”

nIf there are no seeds, not only is it impossible to improve the variety, but it’s also impossible to cultivate cherry tomatoes altogether.

n“Phew. When the trading happens again on the 38th floor, secure all the D-grade magical cherry tomatoes by any means necessary and cultivate them again! Got it?!”

n“Yes!”

nMichael decided to pin his hopes on D-grade magical cherry tomatoes if the E-grade ones were not suitable.

n‘The higher the grade, the better it should be.’

nThanks to Michael’s orders, Theo’s sales were expected to hit record highs once again.

n***

nAfter Theo left, Sejun prepared lunch throughout the morning.

nToday’s menu is spicy piranha soup with piranha, green onions, and carrots in a pot, seasoned with red pepper powder and salt. Sejun found red pepper powder while organizing the items Theo had bought.

n“Theo, should have told me earlier that we had such a precious item. Hehehe.”

nSejun thought that when Theo returned, he would let Theo sit on his lap for five hours and let him eat churu to his heart’s content. Sejun tasted the soup with a spoon.

nGulp.

n“Ugh…”

nThe spiciness from the red pepper powder made Sejun’s mouth feel numb.

nSqueak?

nThe black rabbit cautiously dipped its paw into the ominous red liquid and tasted it. The black rabbit had to try everything Sejun ate to satisfy its curiosity.

nSqueak!!

nAfter tasting the spicy soup, the black rabbit hurried to the pond and gulped down water as if its mouth was on fire.

nThanks to the black rabbit, who gave up on the spicy piranha soup after trying the due to its spiciness, Sejun could enjoy the soup all by himself.

nAlthough the taste was lacking compared to the spicy soup he had eaten outside, the spicy taste after almost 200 days made Sejun eat the piranha soup clean.

n“Slurp. Haah. It’s so spicy.”

nTo soothe the spiciness, Sejun began making cherry tomato juice.

nSquish! Squish!

nAs Sejun started to squeeze cherry tomato juice into an empty pot,

nBuzz.

nPoisonous honeybees flew in and dropped honey into the pot. Sejun then completed the sweet cherry tomato juice and scooped it into a tumbler with a ladle to soothe the spiciness when,

nThe Tower’s Administrator says they wants to drink cherry tomato juice as well.

n“I knew you’d want some, so I made plenty. Give me a quest.”

nA quest is generated.

nQuest: Serve cherry tomato juice to the Tower’s Administrator.

nReward: Aileen’s Favor

nIf refused: Disappointment

n“Here, take it.”

nThe cherry tomato juice inside the pot Sejun was holding disappeared, and the quest was completed.

nThe Tower’s Administrator is pleased with the tasty and healthy cherry tomato juice.

nThe Tower’s Administrator asks why you haven’t given them the crayfish they had last time.

n“We have to save that. Let’s wait and eat it next week.”

nThe Tower’s Administrator says they can wait.

nPerhaps because there weren’t many crayfish, after luring them a few times, the number of them gathering gradually decreased, and now only about 1-3 come even when lured with blood of their comrades.

nSo, Sejun decided to eat the crayfish only once a week to conserve its population.

nWhile Sejun was talking to the tower’s administrator and drinking cherry tomato juice,

nThe baby bear approached Sejun with a glass jar containing honey. Give me honey!

n“Okay.”

nSejun opened the lid of the glass jar brought by the baby bear and poured 1 spoon of honey on the baby bear’s front paw.

nThe opening of the glass jar was much larger than the opening of the water bottle, so 1 spoon of honey in the glass jar was about 20 spoons from before.

nThe baby bear hurriedly licked the honey flowing down its paw. The reason why the baby bear could eat so much honey was that the number of poisonous honeybees increased and the amount of honey harvested greatly increased.

nNow there are about 400 poisonous honeybees combining two hives. Now the poisonous honeybees patrol up to about 100m away from the cave.

nAnd stimulated by the appearance of the second hive, the queen of the first hive also increased the number of eggs she laid.

nThanks to this, about 15 baby poisonous honeybees are born from both hives every day, and the number of poisonous honeybees is growing faster.

nMeanwhile, the baby bear, who had licked all the honey, lay down next to Sejun and prepared to sleep. Sensing this, the black rabbit, also came to Sejun’s lap and fell asleep. There was never an empty spot on Sejun’s lap.

nFeeling the warmth of the black rabbit and the baby bear, Sejun took a nap and went down to the cave in the afternoon to harvest cherry tomatoes.

nHe harvested a lot because he also harvested the amount he couldn’t harvest in the morning, but Sejun finished harvesting without difficulty.

nAnd then,

nHe cut off 10 sprouts from the golden sweet potato planted in the ground. He planted them in the empty space left in-between the the green onions planted on the surface.

nSejun planted a sprout of the golden sweet potato in the hole he made with his dagger.

nYou have planted a sprout of the golden sweet potato.

nDue to the effect of Seed Sowing Lv. 3, the chances of the golden sweet potato sprout taking root increases.

nJob experience increases very slightly.

nThe proficiency of Seed Sowing Lv. 3 increases very slightly.

nDue to the effect of Proficiency Increase Lv. 1, the proficiency of Seed Sowing Lv. 3 increases by an additional 5%.

nAfter planting all the sprouts of the golden sweet potatoes, Sejun looked at the green onions he had planted from harvested seeds.

nTwo weeks ago, it was as thin as a green onion, but it had already thickened to the size of two fingers.

n“Can I harvest it now?”

nSnip Snip

nSejun cut the leaves of the green onion. However, a message indicating he had harvested did not appear.

n“Is it because it’s not fruit?”

nThunk.

nSejun pulled out the entire green onion, just in case.

nYou have harvested Detoxifying Green Onion.

nDue to the effect of Harvesting Lv. 4, you have harvested a crop of one grade higher.

nYour Job Experience increases significantly.

nThe proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 4 increases significantly.

nDue to the effect of Proficiency Increase Lv. 1, the proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 4 increases by an additional 5%.

nYou have gained 36 Experience Points.

n“Huh?! A crop of a higher grade?”

nSejun quickly checked the options of the green onion.

nDetoxifying Green Onion

nA green onion grown inside the tower, providing ample nutrients and delicious in taste. 𝘪𝘳.𝘤𝑜

nWhen consumed, it detoxifies poisons of grade C or lower for 1 hour.

nFor non-awakened people, it enhances the detoxifying function of the liver for 24 hours when consumed.

nCultivator: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

nExpiration Date: 135 days

nGrade: C

nIt didn’t have the popular fat-dissolving option outside the tower. Also, the grade, which was originally D , had increased by one grade and became C .

n“Is it good? Well, it’s fine as long as it’s delicious.”

nFor Sejun, who had no chance of being poisoned, Detoxifying Green Onion was just a delicious green onion. Leaving a few green onions for seeding, Sejun harvested about 200 green onions.

n***

nPhoenix Guild’s headquarters on the first floor of the Tower.

n“Recently, the number of times our guild members are going to the 38th floor of the Tower has increased a lot. What happened all of a sudden?”

nLeon, the guild leader of the Phoenix Guild, asked while looking at the tower entrance records. He had just returned from performing a quest on the 36th floor for three months.

n“Recently, guild members are getting more into trading with a wandering merchant on the 38th floor, so naturally, their stay time in the tower is getting longer.”

nThe vice guild leader, Catherine, replied.

n“A wandering merchant?”

n“Yes. Guild Master, look at this. Isn’t it cute?”

nCatherine showed a photo she took with Theo.

n“A cat?”

n“Yes. It’s a wandering merchant named Theo. And he’s selling these Magical Cherry Tomatoes.”

nCatherine showed Leon a grade D Magical Cherry Tomato.

n“0.2 magic power? It won’t be much help in battle.”

n“You don’t know. Take this to your wife. She will treat you differently.”

n“Really?”

nAt Catherine’s words, Leon was intrigued. Honestly, he was careful because he felt awkward going home after three months.

n“Alright. I’ll give you 10 of these, which I got with difficulty.”

n“Thanks.”

n“More importantly, were there any results from the quest?”

n“I’ve barely collected three bottles of antidote now.”

nLeon replied in a weak voice. The deadly tarantula, the boss of the 38th floor of the tower, had a pattern of emitting strong toxic gas as soon as the battle began.

nThus, an antidote was needed to defeat the boss, but there was no place to obtain an antidote that could neutralize the potent poison of the deadly tarantula.

nWhile struggling with the 38th floor strategy, Leon coincidentally met an alchemist studying spider venom on the 36th floor of the tower.

nAnd he accepted a quest to bring 100 corpses of poison spiders that occasionally appear in a specific area of the 36th floor of the tower and receive one antidote.

nAs a result of hunting poison spiders with the 1st and 2nd teams of the Phoenix Guild, he completed the quest three times in three months and obtained three bottles of antidote.

nOne month to obtain one antidote. At least 20 people are needed to defeat the boss of the 38th floor of the tower, which meant it would take 17 more months to defeat the boss of the 38th floor.

n“Phew.”

n“You should go home and rest first.”

n“Okay.”

nLeon, who came home after three months, was able to receive his wife’s warm welcome thanks to the Magical Cherry Tomatoes that Catherine had prepared.

n***

n“Meow, meow.”

n“He’s coming.”

n“Attack when I give the signal.”

n“Yes.”

nThree silver wolves were ready to pounce, watching Theo humming a song coming from the merchant’s passage connecting the 70th floor to the 60th floor.

nAnd then,

n“Now!”

nWith a growl, three silver wolves ran out and surrounded Theo.

nJust then,

n“…!”

n“…!”

n“…Chief?”

nFollowing behind Theo, the black minotaurs Woo Cheon-Sam and Woo Cheon-Sa came out of the merchant passage.

n“Puhahaha. Now it’s my turn, meow!”

nTheo, laughing like a villain, looked at the silver wolves.

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