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nTL: Hanguk

n82nd Floor of the Silver Tower.

nWhooooosh!

nAs always—no, even stronger than before—fierce winds blew across the barren wasteland, where a single, emaciated grapevine stood.

n“You are our hope.”

nKwin, the Tower Farmer of the Silver Tower, said while gently stroking the grapevine. Thanks to Kwin’s ability, only a soft breeze blew around the grapevine.

nKwin was protecting the grapevine from the wind, just in case.

nKwin, the Wind Sorcerer of the Wind Tribe.

nKwin was born with an overwhelming talent even among the Wind Tribe, who were known for their control of wind. He was called ‘the one who commands the wind’.

nBecause of this talent, he was arrogant and overly confident in his abilities.

nAnd then…

n“Wind! Hear my command!”

nOn the day he boldly stepped forward to control the wind of the Silver Tower.

nKwin had to pay a heavy price for his arrogance.

nInstead of controlling the fierce winds of the Silver Tower, Kwin’s mind was devoured by them, and he went mad.

nFor decades, Kwin wandered the tower as a madman, earning the name Mad Wind Kwin for his bizarre antics.

nIf he hadn’t caught the attention of Crisella Hisron, the Great Silver Dragon, who was searching for a new tower farmer after the previous one died, Kwin would have continued wandering as a madman until he eventually became one with the wind.

nThe reason Crisella chose Kwin, even going as far as restoring his sanity, was because he was the one who handled the wind best in the tower.

nThe Silver Tower, constantly battered by powerful winds due to the Silver Dragon’s strength, needed someone who could weaken the winds.

nAnd so…

nThe winds strong enough to bore holes into stones with sand were already in a weakened state, thanks to Kwin’s power.

nIf Kwin hadn’t been able to control the wind, there might not have been any ground left in the Silver Tower. The winds would have swept even the land away.

nThe sole mission of the Silver Tower’s Tower farmer was to weaken the wind. Farming wasn’t even a consideration.

nThen…

nRumble.

nThe ground trembled slightly, and a stone shaped like a cluster of grapes rose before the grapevine.

nAnd then…

nThe second event of the Harvest Festival, the Grape Eating Competition, will begin shortly.

nParticipants who wish to join the competition, please gather in front of the Bountiful Grape Cluster Altar.

nA message appeared.

nTime left to register for the competition: 3 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.

nThe time in front of the altar began to count down.

n“Alright! Everyone, gather at the altar!”

nWhen Kwin shouted,

nBoom.

n“Wind, halt! Everyone, run towards the altar!”

n“Woo!”

nMassive boulders lifted, and over 100 million residents, who had been hiding underground, rushed towards the altar, following the paths created by the Wind Sorcerers of the Wind Tribe.

nAnd the number of participants in the Grape Eating Competition began to increase rapidly.

n***

nAs Sejun approached the altar to register for the Grape Eating Competition,

nKueng!

nGood morning, Dad!

nCuengi greeted him.

n“Yeah, good morning. Did you already register, Cuengi?”

nKueng! Kueng!

nI did! Dad, hurry and register too!

n“Alright.”

nWhen Sejun stood in front of the altar,

nTime left to register for the competition: 3 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.

nCurrent number of registrations

n– Black Tower, 99th Floor: 11,887

n– Black Tower, 4th Floor: 3,214

n– Silver Tower, 82nd Floor: 70,049

nA message appeared.

n“82nd Floor of the Silver Tower?”

nDo they have grapevines there too?

nThe overwhelming number of participants from the 82nd Floor of the Silver Tower was surprising, but Sejun didn’t pay it much mind.

nAfter all, the first place will be ours anyway. Hehehe.

nAs Sejun laughed wickedly,

n“Meow?! Chairman Park, your face is getting ugly again, meow!”

nI, Vice Chairman Theo, cannot allow such a ugly face standing next to Aileen noona, meow!

nSqueeze. Squeeze.

nTheo immediately took action to suppress Sejun.

n“Mmph. Mmph.”

nYou have registered for the Grape Eating Competition.

nAs Sejun received a massage from Theo and completed the registration with his companions, he turned around to head back home.

n“Huh?”

nSejun noticed that the raccoon market had grown larger than the day before.

nWord had spread about the massive scale of the Harvest Festival on the 99th floor of the Black Tower, and more raccoons had gathered.

nAs a result, about 50 new street vendors had joined the raccoon market.

nUnfortunately, none of the new vendors sold food that Sejun was particularly excited about.

nMost of them were selling things Sejun had recently eaten or already had stored in his Void Storage.

n“How much for this grilled skewer?”

nThat doesn’t mean he wasn’t going to buy and eat them though.

nSejun, along with his companions, eagerly bought and ate the food from the raccoons who had started their stalls early in the morning.

nAfter having breakfast from the street vendors and strolling around to digest a bit,

nRegistration for the competition has closed.

nParticipants, please gather below the altar with the Bountiful Grape Cluster Altar.

nThe Grape Eating Competition will begin in 1 minute.

nThe registration period ended, and as Sejun and the other participants gathered under the altar,

nThe competition will now begin.

nWith a message announcing the start of the competition, a huge basket full of grapes appeared before each participant.

nJust by glancing, it was clear that there were well over a thousand grapes.

nChomp.

nChomp.

nAs soon as the competition started, the favorites for the win—Cuengi, Pink-fur, Minotaur King, and Uren—began shoveling entire baskets of grapes into their mouths.

nIn the past, Cuengi had lost to Pink-fur and Minotaur King because of his small mouth. But now, having grown enough, there was no chance of that happening again.

nThen…

nGulp.

nChomp.

nCuengi, without even chewing, swallowed the grapes in one go and immediately grabbed the second basket, pouring them into his mouth.

nIt was impossible, even for Cuengi, to swallow such a large number of grapes without chewing.

nHowever…

nCrunch.

nUsing telekinesis, Cuengi crushed the grapes in his mouth, making them easier to swallow.

n‘This first place belongs to Cuengi!’

nAs if to make up for his defeat in the last carrot eating competition, Cuengi’s eating speed was overwhelming.

nThanks to his quick pace, Cuengi began to widen the gap between himself and Pink-fur, Minotaur King, and Uren.

n‘Alright. This is doable!’

nWatching Cuengi, Sejun felt a surge of confidence.

nOf course, he wasn’t talking about competing with the top contenders.

nMoo!

nMoo!

nHe was thinking about the Black Minotaurs.

nIn the past, he wouldn’t have dared to compete with them.

nBut now, things were different!

nSejun had a perfect plan.

n“Crop Miniaturization!”

nSejun quickly used his skill on the grapes, reducing their size by 20%.

nAnd then,

nChomp.

nHe grabbed a handful of grapes, stuffed them into his mouth, and chewed rapidly.

nDelicious.

nIt was the same flavor of grapes he usually harvested from Podori’s vines.

nHe wanted to savor the taste, but…

n‘There was no time for that!’

nChomp. Chomp.

nPtui.

nHe spit out only the seeds he could and swallowed everything else.

nSince the top contenders would finish all the grapes before he got full, there was no need to pace himself.

n“Crop Miniaturization!”

nSo, Sejun focused on eating as quickly as possible.

nAfter about five minutes into the competition,

nKueng!

nChomp. Chomp.

nCuengi emptied his 11th basket and finally began to chew the grapes.

nFrom the 11th basket onward, the grape sizes increased to make it harder to swallow without chewing.

nThe basket contained 100 grapes, each the size of a watermelon.

nRoar!

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nKuik!

nSoon, Pink-fur, Minotaur King, and Uren also began to empty their 11th baskets.

nIt looks like it’s almost over.

nThe grapes were about to run out.

n“Crop Miniaturization! Vitality!”

nSeeing this, Sejun also picked up the pace for the final sprint.

nCombining Crop Miniaturization and Vitality could possibly place him within the top 50 if he was lucky.

nHowever…

nWhy isn’t it over yet?!

nContrary to Sejun’s expectations, Cuengi had just emptied his 41st basket, while Pink-fur, Minotaur King, and Uren had finished their 39th baskets, and yet, the grapes kept coming.

nFor reference, in the previous Carrot Eating Competition, the competition ended when Pink-fur and Minotaur King reached their 25th basket.

nWhat was going on?

n“Crop Miniaturization! Vitality!”

nSince Sejun could still eat, he continued, albeit puzzled, as he munched on more grapes to keep up.

n“I’m full.”

n“I can’t eat anymore.”

nOne by one, the people around him started giving up.

nOne hour later.

n“Ah… I can’t eat anymore…”

nEventually, even Sejun, who had been enduring with his skills, raised the white flag at the 10th basket.

nThough his Crop Miniaturization skill had leveled up to 2, reducing the crop size by 25%, he was just too full.

nKueng!

nRoar!

nMoo!

nKuik!

nThe top contenders like Cuengi and the others were still eating at the same pace as they started.

nMoo!

nEven the Black Minotaurs, though slightly slower, were steadily consuming grapes.

nIn a flash, Sejun dropped out of the top 1,000 and quickly fell out of the top 500,000.

n‘Why do the grapes keep coming?!’

nWhile Sejun was growing frustrated at the endlessly spawning grapes…

nSeed Shop Headquarters.

n“Huh?! Why are there so many participants?! We’re already running out of grapes!”

nUncle, who was watching the rapidly depleting grape supply, was in a panic.

nEven though he had prepared an enormous amount of grapes for the competition, the overwhelming number of participants from the Silver Tower—over 100 million—meant the grapes were being consumed quickly.

nTo replenish the grapes required Divine Power, so Uncle was tempted to end the competition early.

n‘If the competition ends because we run out of grapes, Sejun will be disappointed, right?’

nI can’t disappoint the Trust-in-Park!

n“Grapes, grow!”

nIn order to avoid disappointing Sejun, Uncle, the God of Grapevines, continued to work hard, producing more grapes.

nAs a result, the residents of the Silver Tower, as well as Cuengi, Pink-fur, Minotaur King, and Uren, were all thrilled.

n“Alright, time to get to work.”

nWhen Sejun left the competition area,

nAs a reward for participating in the Grape Eating Competition, you have received 290 Harvest Festival Commemorative Grapes.

n290 firm grapes appeared in Sejun’s hand.

n“Wow! That’s a lot. So, based on what I ate…”

nSejun calculated how many grapes he had eaten.

nSince there were about 3,000 grapes in one basket, it seemed that for every 100 grapes eaten, he received 1 Harvest Festival Commemorative Grape.

n“Great. Vice Chairman Theo, let’s start the business.”

n“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”

nAt Sejun’s words, Theo, who had been hanging onto Sejun’s lap throughout the competition, pulled a table and signboard out of his bag.

nYou can exchange Harvest Festival Commemorative Grapes for crops here.

nThey began to collect Harvest Festival Commemorative Grapes in exchange for crops.

n30 hours after the competition began.

nKueng…

nCuengi… can’t eat anymore…

nFor the first time since the competition started, Cuengi put down his basket.

nThe last participant has given up on eating grapes.

nThe Grape Eating Competition has ended.

nFinally, the competition was over.

nGrape Eating Competition Rankings

n1st – Cuengi Park (12,500 baskets)

n2nd – Pink-fur (12,450 baskets)

n3rd – Minotaur King (12,400 baskets)

n4th – Uren (12,300 baskets)

n…

n…

n…

nRank 1,003,131 – Sejun Park (9 baskets 230 grapes)

n…

n…

n…

nRank 131,871,213 – Theo Park (0 grapes)

nSejun kept getting pushed back in ranking and eventually ended up outside the top 1 million.

nHehehe. But there are still 130 million below me.

nIt’s important to treasure what you have rather than lament what you don’t.

nSejun felt quite satisfied knowing there were over 100 million people ranked below him.

nAnd then…

n“Meow meow meow.”

nTheo, a lover of fish, didn’t mind finishing last in the Grape Eating Competition at all since he only participated to stay on Sejun’s lap.

nBy the way, Blackie, who had stubbornly insisted on joining the competition, was at home enjoying dried sweet potato chips with his subordinates before falling asleep.

nRewards for 1st to 100th place in the Grape Eating Competition are now being distributed.

nIn the meantime, the rewards began to be handed out.

nKueng!

nThese are for dad to get stronger!

nCuengi, who had become small again, suddenly ran to Sejun and handed over 10 golden grapes he received as the first place reward.

n“Cuengi, thank you.”

nKueng!

nEat these and become stronger!

n“Okay.”

nGolden Grape Infused with the Energy of the World

n→ A grape created by gathering the energy of the world through the earnest prayers of Uncle, the God of Grapevines.

n→ It has no seeds, making it easy to eat.

n→ The flavor is excellent, with a rich and fragrant aroma of grapes.

n→ Upon consumption, all stats increase by 10.

n→ For every 100 grapes consumed, the energy of the world gathers, causing a miracle to occur nearby.

n→ Expiration date: 180 days.

n→ Grade: SS

n“Oh.”

nThe taste was better, and the stat increase was higher compared to previous rewards.

nPlus…

nA miracle?

n“Park Sejun, the man who makes miracles. Hehehe. Sounds cool, doesn’t it?”

nThe description of miracle happening after consuming 100 grapes piqued Sejun’s interest.

nHaving checked the options of the Golden Grape Infused with the Energy of the World, Sejun felt even more motivated.

n“You guys seem awfully suspicious.”

n……

nSejun noticed that his companions, who would normally have already brought him their rewards, were hesitating with their prizes in hand.

nTwo thoughts crossed his mind simultaneously.

nThe first was…

nAs expected, Cuengi is such a filial child.

nThe second was…

nSo, they really did give me all the stuff before because they were bad tasting?!

n104.28.193.250

n“These!!!”

nSejun, feeling betrayed, went into a frenzy.

n“Bring them all!”

nHe roared and started collecting the rewards from the Grape Eating Competition.

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