Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 115

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115
Fifty-nine days since arriving at the Tower.
“Soil Leveling, Soil Leveling!”
Thump-thump-thump!
[The proficiency of Soil Leveling Lv. 10 has risen microscopically.]
[The proficiency of Soil Leveling Lv. 10 has…….]
After breaking through to Floor 40 last time, Lee Woo-jin had resumed work on expanding the Manager passages, which he’d put aside for a while.
This time, his goal was to break through from Floor 40 down to Floor 30.
Of course, he was taking it at a leisurely pace.
After finishing the expansion work up to Floor 34, he leaned his back against one side of the corridor and pulled out two bottles of Carrot Juice from his Subspace Backpack.
“Here, have one yourself.”
“Much obliged, meow!”
Gulp-gulp-gulp!
[By consuming Carrot Juice, your Stamina has permanently increased by 0.2.]
[For the next 30 minutes, your Stamina recovery speed increases by 60 percent.]
“Ahhhh.”
The Carrot Juice made from B+ Rank Stamina carrots was remarkably efficient.
Until recently, the juice’s effects had merely raised Stamina by 0.02 and increased recovery speed by 20 percent.
But now it was a full 0.2 and 60 percent.
The recovery speed alone was on par with a mid-tier Stamina potion.
Moreover, it tasted good.
Where ordinary Awakeners drank a single Stamina potion while trembling, Lee Woo-jin drank them like water and still had plenty left over—he was living in extraordinary luxury.
“All done?”
“Meow!”
“Good. Then let’s get back to it.”
In truth, Kkamangi had no real role in the Manager passage expansion work.
She simply tagged along to keep him company or watched from behind.
Still, having someone to chat with was better than digging out walls alone—it kept the monotony at bay.
The topics of conversation varied, but right now they were on the subject of Lee Woo-jin’s office life. Specifically, company dinners.
“So, Lee Woo-jin—have you ever tried drinking alcohol, meow?”
“Me? Of course I have.”
“Oh, you’re such an adult, meow.”
When he spoke like this, the gods would sometimes listen quietly and chime in.
[The God of Adventure remarks that now that he thinks about it, the God of Life has never even tried alcohol either.]
[The God of Life says it would be strange to bring such an immoral beverage to his lips in the first place.]
Alcohol was a matter of personal taste, so Lee Woo-jin let it pass. But in that moment, he suddenly realized that since arriving at the Tower, he hadn’t drunk a single drop.
Back home, he’d occasionally have a drink with friends or crack open a beer at home, but ever since coming to the Tower, he’d been so busy just scraping by (?) that it hadn’t even crossed his mind.
But now that alcohol had come up in conversation, he wondered what it would be like to have a drink.
Maybe he’d buy some on his next trip outside.
Or he could ask Kang Min-woo to procure some alcohol for him.
“Hmm.”
As Lee Woo-jin pondered, his thoughts suddenly drifted to makgeolli.
Why?
Because.
‘Couldn’t I make makgeolli?’
Some time ago, he’d gone to a workshop with his father where they sold and made traditional makgeolli, and he’d actually made some with him.
From what he could remember, the ingredients were just rice, nuruk starter, and water.
He had rice.
He had water.
And nuruk could be made from cooked rice.
“Ha. I should try making some later.”
“What are you talking about, meow?”
“Trying to make alcohol.”
[The God of Order looks at you with curious eyes and asks if you can really make alcohol too.]
“Well, I did try it once before with my father, but I’m not sure I’d be good at it.”
Lee Woo-jin continued with the corridor expansion work.
About an hour later, he reached Floor 30.
In the old days, he would have collapsed flat on his face and gasped for breath, but now his Stamina had improved considerably, and thanks to the absurd Stamina recovery speed bonus from the Carrot Juice, he was only slightly winded.
“Phew.”
“Lee Woo-jin, you worked hard, meow!”
“Yeah, but what’s the objective for Floor 30?”
“Hold on, let me check.”
Rustle!
Flip-flip-flip!
She pulled out the Manager Manual and flipped through the pages rapidly.
Her soft pink jelly-like foot pad pressed down and froze, anchoring the page in place.
[Floor 30 Objective]
– Earn recognition from the Authority’s Guide and obtain a gift. (0/1)
[Floor 30 Information]
– The Authority’s Guide: Nihaim.
– He is known to be an Ascendant who worships the God of Authority, has mastered countless skills, and has reached a transcendent level of cultivation as a Superior Observer.
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– Having climbed to Floor 30 of the tower at Mythological Difficulty, you have every right to earn recognition from the Authority’s Guide, and after a simple test, he will bestow a gift upon you.
– That gift will be one of several skills useful for climbing the tower, and you must choose wisely.
A skill, then.
A faint smile tugged at Woo-jin’s lips.
“Good. Kkamangi, open the door—wait, hold on.”
“What is it?”
Kkamangi stopped mid-reach with the Manager Key and turned back to face him.
“Don’t open it. Let’s go back. I can’t receive the reward anyway.”
Woo-jin’s current Reward Tier was Floor 99.
Any floor other than Floor 99 couldn’t grant rewards, and
every time he tried to progress through another floor, an ‘Error’ message appeared.
Kkamangi had momentarily forgotten that fact as well.
Just as she was about to tuck the key away, a message from the God of Order appeared.
[The God of Order lets out a loud, deliberate cough while glancing at the God of Authority.]
[The God of Authority says that he was already thinking of doing this anyway, no need for such hints.]
[The God of Authority looks at you and tells you to enter Floor 30 and receive the reward.]
Woo-jin shook his head.
When he thought about it, he had received tremendous help from the gods thus far.
“That’s all right. I’m well aware that even if I devoted my entire life, I could never repay the grace you’ve already shown me. What I’ve received is your kindness, not my right.”
[The God of Authority says it is a command—open the door, enter, and receive the reward.]
“A command? Well, I have no choice then!”
He could hardly refuse when a god issued a direct order.
Woo-jin grinned and told Kkamangi to open the door.
“Understood.”
Click.
[Using the Manager Key to open the Manager Door to Floor 30 of the tower.]
Inside, he saw a dark plaza enclosed on all sides.
A small altar stood in the center.
Then.
Rumble, rumble-rumble!
The altar, seemingly made of stone, rose slightly,
and a beam of light struck down sharply toward it.
Brilliant flash!
Intense light filled the plaza,
and descending along the beam from above came a man.
Behind the man’s back shimmered a light like a halo—the kind you’d see around angels in a storybook. In a word, it was magnificent.
“An Adventurer has come to this place! Truly a remarkable one! I am the Authority’s Guide, Nihaim—a Superior Observer who serves the God of Authority and the god’s proxy through whom I grant blessings!”
Woo-jin bowed respectfully in greeting.
“Yes. Hello. I’m Lee Woo-jin.”
“I’m Kkamangi.”
The Authority’s Guide was prepared to give any Adventurer who reached this place one skill of their choosing from among all skills that existed within the tower.
The method was to manifest the power of Authority concentrated within the Altar.
This Altar had existed since the tower’s creation, and was said to synchronize with an Adventurer’s Status Window to evaluate their compatibility.
But then.
[Error!]
[Incompatible target!]
[Reason: Entered Floor 30 through an improper method]
It was strange.
Such a thing could happen?
The God of Authority’s representative tried to activate the Altar once more.
[Error!]
The same message appeared before his eyes again.
Entered Floor 30 through an improper method?
The God of Authority’s representative examined the Adventurer who had identified himself as Lee Woo-jin.
Now that he thought about it.
Something was off about this fellow.
To have reached Floor 30 of the Mythological Difficulty Tower, he should have possessed tremendous power, yet the aura emanating from him was pathetically weak, and his equipment was equally shabby.
A shirt and shorts that offered no defensive capability whatsoever.
And those—sandals!
The God of Authority’s representative soon understood the reason.
A door, open beyond.
That was a Manager Door, a passage only Managers could use to come and go.
The Mythological Tower’s Manager was the ‘350th’ Manager right before him.
Now that he thought of it, why was the 350th Manager here alongside this Adventurer?
In the same moment, the puzzle pieces fell into place in the God of Authority’s representative’s mind.
The 350th Manager had opened a Manager Door and brought this Adventurer here!
This should never happen.
It was a grave violation of the Tower’s Order, a matter that should be reported to the Superior Observer who guards the Order, so they could pass judgment.
Boom!
The God of Authority’s representative drew forth his power.
All of Floor 30 shook violently, as if it might collapse.
“You—you entered this place through an improper method! I wondered what was happening when that Error message appeared.”
Whoosh.
The God of Authority’s representative glared at Kkamangi.
His eyes burned with killing intent.
“350th Manager! As a divine proxy, you have committed a grave crime!”
Kkamangi jumped in fright and prostrated himself flat.
“W-wait, please hear me out! It’s not like that…….”
“Silence! I shall inform the God of Order and have punishment meted out. The Manager Association will not escape responsibility either…….”
In that instant, the God of Authority’s representative stiffened.
The God of Authority’s representative looked up toward the ceiling where the heavens lay, swallowed hard, and dropped to one knee where he stood.
“G-great divine one, this humble servant of the God of Authority pays homage!”
A god had intervened.
Woo-jin could see the gods’ message exchange.
[The God of Authority says not to make this tiresome—give Woo-jin the Skill.]
There was more than one god.
“H-huh!”
The God of Authority’s representative could see it.
The constellations suspended in the sky—symbols of divinity itself.
Each shining in its own brilliant color, the celestial configurations gazed down upon this place.
[The God of Order says we permit it.]
A Player Farming in the Dragon Lair (Ongoing)
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