Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 10

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10
[Trade completed.]
I handed Anonymous one Boiled Potato.
He fell silent for a while. He was probably eating the potato.
– Anonymous: This is delicious
– Anonymous: I’ve boiled potatoes before but they never turn out like this. How are you doing this?
– Me: I boiled them in water at a rolling boil. Twenty minutes.
– Me: I think the issue is that you don’t have the Cooking skill
– Anonymous: There’s a skill for that?
Woo Jin listed out the skills he possessed.
Soil Preparation, Seed Planting, Harvesting, Cold Resistance, Flame Resistance, Cooking, Silent Step.
He listed them all, including their levels.
Anonymous fell silent again after hearing the explanation.
As if he’d briefly lagged.
His responses came in stuttering bursts.
– Anonymous: Wait
– Anonymous: That doesn’t make sense
– Anonymous: Seven skills? And Cold Resistance and Flame Resistance—what are those? How are you even at level 3 in your skills?
– Me: I know
– Me: It doesn’t make sense
– Me: My guess is it’s a Myth Difficulty bonus?
– Anonymous: Wow lmaooooo
– Me: Want to trade places with me?
– Anonymous: Ah. No thanks.
Tch.
Not that we could trade anyway.
But seeing Anonymous flatly refuse when I actually asked made me realize just how grim my own situation truly was.
– Me: Also, I met the Dragon Lord
– Anonymous: ?
– Anonymous: But how are you still alive?
– Me: He said he’d let me live as long as I don’t get in his way
– Me: I think he’s sleeping in the Adjacent Chamber right now
– Anonymous: Omg
– Anonymous: Am I supposed to believe this or not?
Woo Jin thought that even he would struggle to believe something like this.
– Me: Would you like me to boil some more potatoes?
– Anonymous: Really? I’ll give you 100 Coin per potato
He wasn’t about to refuse when someone wanted to give him that many Coins.
There was nowhere to spend them right now, but Coins were always welcome.
In truth, boiling potatoes was hardly difficult.
I was going to do it for free anyway.
Every time I boiled potatoes, my Cooking Proficiency increased.
But he was offering Coins too?
It was the best of both worlds.
[Trade completed.]
I received 40 Potatoes from Anonymous.
I’d boil an extra 10 for good measure to make 50 total.
– Me: Please wait! I’ll boil them deliciously for you.
– Me: And honestly, I bet you’re incredibly handsome? People must tell you all the time you look like Kang Min-woo.
I poured on the lip service—something I’d never done before—just to please a customer spending Coins freely.
– Anonymous: Lol
He was easily embarrassed, it seemed.
After the “lol,” there was no more response.
Bubble-bubble!
Woo Jin filled the Aluminum Pot with water from the lake.
He boiled five potatoes at a time, twenty minutes per batch, repeating the process over and over.
Each time, his Cooking Proficiency rose.
[Cooking Level 2 Proficiency has increased slightly.]
[Cooking Level 2 Proficiency has…….]
When all fifty Boiled Potatoes were finally done.
My Cooking skill proficiency rose to level 3.
– Me: Here you go! 50 units
– Anonymous: (moved)
[50× Boiled Potato has been sold.]
[4,750 Coin has been settled.]
Pure profit.
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In the afternoon, I decided to plant sweet potatoes.
One of the emergency crops, like potatoes.
They tasted good too.
Walking through the winter streets, I found myself thinking of roasted sweet potatoes—the kind that assault your senses with their aroma.
“Let me see.”
– Sweet Potato Vine ×100
I opened the farming book.
【Sweet potatoes are cultivated by planting vines, not seeds. When preparing a field, make the ridges high. Plant the sweet potato vines at an angle or with only part of them protruding above the soil.】
Thump, thump!
Woo Jin got straight to work.
He gathered more soil from one side of the field he’d already prepared, forming a long ridge.
With his hands and hoe, he scooped up earth, raising the center high.
He shaped the edges into a gentle slope.
Woo Jin untied a bundle of sweet potato vines.
Young leaves still clung to the tips of the pale green stems.
Rather than planting the vines upright, he laid them at a slight angle across the soil.
He buried only the nodes where roots would form, leaving the leaves at the end exposed above ground.
[Seed Planting Lv. 3 proficiency rises slightly.]
[Seed Planting Lv. 3 proficiency rises….]
Whoosh, swish.
As he planted each vine, he pressed the soil lightly to secure it.
The book advised leaving space for the plants to breathe, so he took care not to press too hard and followed its guidance exactly.
“This is completely different from potatoes.”
The vines were longer than he’d expected, allowing him to plant many in a single row. Maintaining even spacing, he worked steadily until one row was completely filled.
After planting all the remaining sweet potato vines,
Woo Jin filled the watering can with lake water and poured it over the field.
When the water ran out, he fetched more lake water and watered again.
The water seeped down the ridges far faster than it did in the potato field.
He lifted his head and looked around….
On one side stood the potato field, on the other the cherry tomato bed, and now the newly made sweet potato field.
【You Can Do It Too! Your First Step in Vegetable Gardening】
With this book, even a complete novice who knew nothing about farming could maintain a vegetable garden, just as the title promised. Thank you, Farmer!
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Evening had arrived.
A faint blue moon hung in the night sky.
The cave was dark, but the moonlight was brighter than expected, allowing him to distinguish objects reasonably well.
[You have acquired Dark Adaptation Lv. 1.]
[Dark Adaptation Lv. 1]
– Description: Your sight adapts to darkness, allowing you to discern your surroundings.
Suddenly, it felt as though his vision had brightened.
With this, Woo Jin now had eight skills.
His current Status Window showed:
Name: Woo Jin
Level: 1
Abilities
– Strength: 3
– Agility: 3
– Stamina: 3
– Mana: 3.07
– Resistance: 0.022
Skills: Soil Preparation Lv. 3, Seed Planting Lv. 3, Harvesting Lv. 2, Cold Resistance Lv. 1, Cooking Lv. 2, Silent Step Lv. 1, Flame Resistance Lv. 1, Dark Adaptation Lv. 1
Coin: 6,353
Difficulty: Myth
Floor: 99
Phew.
Eight skills — I’ve got eight skills!
Woo Jin clapped his hands together, congratulating himself.
Rumble.
Time for dinner.
Tonight was Yukgaejang Cup Ramen.
Though tonight was going to be a little different.
Riiip!
He tore the lid off completely without even adding water yet.
Then he pulled out the noodles and snapped them in half with a sharp crack, then in half again — four pieces total.
He poured out the seasoning packet and sprinkled it over the raw noodles.
“Heh. Raw ramen isn’t bad at all.”
Crunch, crunch-crunch!
Yukgaejang Cup Ramen made an excellent raw ramen snack. Some other cup ramens or bagged ramens became soggy and lost their appeal, but Yukgaejang Cup Ramen stayed wonderfully crisp and crunchy when eaten raw.
“Sip, sip.”
It was surprisingly spicy.
Perhaps because he was eating it raw.
Still, the salty-spicy kick kept drawing his hand back for more.
Before long he’d finished the whole thing.
He sucked the seasoning powder from his fingers.
With dinner done, he rinsed his hands and cleaned up.
Woo Jin crawled into his Sleeping Bag and gazed up at the moon and stars of the night sky.
Stars so thick and countless they seemed to pour down — the kind you’d only see in a remote countryside village.
He turned.
He looked toward the left, where the Dragon Lord waited.
Still no movement.
Just that empty hole.
He turned his gaze to the right.
Suddenly he wondered: could there be another chamber over there?
Since he’d already encountered the Dragon Lord, the odds of finding anything on the opposite side were slim — but Woo Jin was bored anyway, with nothing else to do.
He picked up the Hoe.
“Soil Preparation!”
Crunch-crunch-crunch-crack!
Soil Preparation Level 3 activated, and the cave wall crumbled away like soft earth. A message confirmed his Proficiency had risen slightly, and he began digging into the cave wall with enthusiasm.
Crack-crack!
Thump-thump-thump!
He was digging away with determination when—
Suddenly the tip of the Hoe caught on something solid with a sharp ‘thunk.’
Curious, he dug around the spot to see what it was.
“…A door?”
It was a wooden door.
But the door was quite small.
Small enough that a child could slip in and out easily.
Though a lean adult man might manage to squeeze through if he bent down first.
Clank.
Clank-clank.
It wouldn’t open.
[Administrator Key required.]
What on earth was that?
Woo Jin blinked.
“Soil Preparation!”
Crack!
He tried to chop the door apart with the Hoe, but it was useless.
He started to give up and turn back when he paused.
His focus shifted from the door itself to the ‘cave wall’ around it.
If he could tunnel through rock, what did a door matter anyway?
‘Alright. Let’s try it.’
I dug at the wall near the door with the shovel.
Fortunately, Soil Preparation worked beautifully.
When I’d excavated another fifty centimeters or so.
Crack!
The shovel struck nothing — just empty air.
A passage had opened up.
‘What’s this?’
Another tunnel existed within the cave.
Only problem was, it was far too narrow for a person to walk through.
“Ugh! Why does it have to be so cramped? Soil Preparation, Soil Preparation!”
[Your Soil Preparation Lv. 3 proficiency has increased marginally.]
[Your Soil Preparation Lv. 3 proficiency has…….]
[You have acquired Soil Preparation Lv. 4.]
It was right in the middle of widening the passage.
My spine went ice-cold.
From behind.
I spun around with a sharp motion.
Two eyes gleaming in the darkness.
‘W-wait, could it be a m—’
…But it was too small to be a monster.
And its shape was oddly familiar.
“Are you… a cat?”
Thanks to Dark Adaptation, my eyes were beginning to pick out the silhouette of those two gleaming points in the gloom. Just as Woo Jin had suspected, the creature was indeed a cat.
A black cat.
Shrouded in darkness, all that was visible were those two luminous eyes, floating like disembodied orbs.
“Hissss!”
“…….”
“…Hisss!”
Now I could see its fur standing on end.
It was hissing.
I took a step back.
“Easy. I’m not your enemy. Don’t be afraid.”
So cats lived in the tower too.
I was about to retreat without giving it much thought.
The cat’s bristling fur settled back down, its hissing ceased, and it fixed me with gentle, curious eyes.
“Wait—you’re not an Adventurer, are you?!”
A Player Farming at Dragon Lord’s Lair (Serialized)
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