Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 22

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22
It had been fifteen days since arriving at the Tower.
His eyelids felt warm in the morning light.
When he woke, sunlight was streaming through the Dragon Lair.
Woo Jin wriggled inside his sleeping bag like a caterpillar before unzipping it and sitting up.
“Mmm. Slept well.”
That was when his eyes met someone else’s.
A handsome man with long, deep black hair swept back from his face.
His upper body was bare, revealing taut muscle.
His lower half was clad in black and gold leg guards.
It was the Dragon Lord, the master of this place, in Polymorph form.
Woo Jin bowed respectfully to his landlord.
“Good morning, sir.”
The Dragon Lord moved into the separate space where Woo Jin lived and stood leaning against the wall with his arms crossed—very much like a landlord inspecting a tenant’s room.
“You seem to be managing quite well.”
“Yes, thanks to your kindness.”
Woo Jin bowed again.
It was only proper to thank someone who’d let him stay for free without paying a single coin.
“Your roommates have increased, I see.”
The Dragon Lord’s gaze fell on the Doppelgänger.
The Doppelgänger had Woo Jin’s build but took the form of a dark shadow, sitting neatly beside Kkamangi.
Kkamangi, for its part, was still bowing flatly over and over.
“Yes. It’s the Doppelgänger.”
Greetings!
The Doppelgänger thrust one hand up in a wave to the Dragon Lord.
The Dragon Lord showed little reaction, then shifted his attention to Woo Jin.
“Your low Level has actually been an advantage.”
The Dragon Lord spoke as though he’d understood something.
Woo Jin nodded.
“Lift your head, Manager.”
“B-but is that really all right?”
“I don’t repeat myself.”
Kkamangi shot to its feet.
The Dragon Lord addressed Woo Jin directly.
“I will not be at the Lair from now on. Live as you see fit, so long as you don’t leave this space.”
The Dragon Lair was vast.
The subsidiary space attached to it was where Woo Jin currently lived.
“Understood. But where are you going?”
“W-Woo Jin! Asking something like that is rude!”
The Dragon Lord paid no mind to Kkamangi’s protest and answered Woo Jin.
“To the Temple. The time I promised… but there’s no need to tell you that. One thing I should add: even at the Temple, I can still see down across the entire Tower. This space is no exception.”
In other words: if Woo Jin broke the rule about not leaving this space, the Dragon Lord would know.
Besides, the space he was living in was already vast enough that he’d have no reason to climb beyond the walls. Still, he nodded in acknowledgment.
“I see. Are you leaving right now?”
“Why do you ask?”
Woo Jin grinned brightly.
“I was thinking of having a pork belly barbecue for lunch! Would you like to join us?”
“…A pork belly barbecue? What is that?”
He pulled pork belly from his Subspace Backpack to show him.
“I was planning to grill it. Heh.”
“I see. Not interested.”
With those words, the Dragon Lord vanished.
A Dimensional Gate tore open with a sharp crack before swallowing him whole.
The Dimensional Gate sealed shut immediately after.
The moment he disappeared, Kkamangi melted like soft clay, sagging to the ground.
“Nyaaaaah. That was terrifying.”
“He seems like a nice person, though?”
“When I see you like this, Woo Jin, you seem fearless. Meeting a Constellation directly is something even the Association Director has done only a handful of times—he’s that rare.”
Woo Jin shrugged.
“Let’s do some morning stretches and grab breakfast.”
From breathing exercises to the final stretches, Woo Jin moved through the routine with practiced speed, with Kkamangi and the Doppelgänger mirroring his every motion.
Breakfast was cherry tomatoes.
Pop!
The juice burst across his tongue.
Crisp, sweet-tart, and delightful—and better yet, they boosted his Mana too.
After eating about ten of them,
Woo Jin decided to harvest the lettuce and perilla leaves together with the Doppelgänger.
To avoid overheating like last time, he’d bought one piece of Mana-boosting equipment from the auction house.
[Leaf Mana Bracelet purchased for 150 coins immediately.]
[Leaf Mana Bracelet]
– Rank: D
– Effect: Mana +2
– Description: A bracelet woven from grass leaves imbued with Mana. It holds a modest amount of Mana, increasing your maximum Mana by 2 while worn. Durability is low.
With that, Woo Jin’s Mana rose from 4 to 6.
A fifty percent increase!
“Perfect. Mana’s up—let’s get to work!”
He started with the lettuce patch first.
Fresh lettuce spread out before him in abundance.
Each leaf gleamed with moisture, plump and glistening.
This would do nicely.
Woo Jin licked his lips absently.
His mind drifted not to anything else but pork belly.
A perfectly grilled slice, dipped in ssamjang, wrapped with the lettuce and some aged kimchi—that would be heaven.
“Heh.”
Swallowing hard, Woo Jin crouched in front of a head of lettuce.
He gently probed the leaves with his fingers, then selected the largest one that had spread wide at the outer edge.
“Harvesting!”
Snap.
The lettuce leaf came away cleanly and proved heavier than expected.
Laid out on the ground, it was the perfect size for wrapping a single serving.
[Tower’s Sleep Lettuce]
– Rank: D
– Effect: Upon consumption, promotes deep sleep. (Mana recovery speed increases by 30% during restful sleep)
– Description: Sleep lettuce cultivated in the Tower by someone. Eating it should improve sleep quality.
[Tower’s Sleep Lettuce harvested.]
[Experience Points gained from cultivating Tower’s Sleep Lettuce.]
[Harvesting Level 4 Proficiency increases.]
[Harvesting Level 4 Proficiency increases……]
“Just do what I do. But don’t push too hard, okay? If you wear yourself out, I’ll run out of Mana and collapse.”
(……) *Nod!*
The Doppelgänger crouched in front of another head of lettuce.
Then it replicated Woo Jin’s exact movements.
Snap.
The two of them fell into rhythm, harvesting lettuce side by side.
Once the lettuce patch was cleared, Woo Jin moved on to the adjacent field.
This time: perilla leaves.
Dark green leaves hung in succession along the stems—he stepped close and buried his nose in them, breathing in deeply.
The distinctive aroma rose up instantly.
“Whew. Smell.”
Truth be told, when it came to wrapping pork belly, Woo Jin preferred perilla leaves to lettuce. There was something about that slight bitterness that complemented the meat better than lettuce ever could.
“Harvesting, harvesting!”
[Tower’s Vision-Enhancing Perilla Leaf]
– Rank: D
– Effect: Upon consumption, vision improves slightly.
– Description: Vision-enhancing perilla leaves cultivated in the Tower by someone. Eating them should sharpen your sight.
[Tower’s Vision-Enhancing Perilla Leaf harvested.]
[Experience Points gained from cultivating Tower’s Vision-Enhancing Perilla Leaf.]
[Level increased to 8.]
[Harvesting Level 4 Proficiency increases.]
[Harvesting Level 4 Proficiency increases……]
Tap.
Tap.
After gathering the perilla leaves neatly from the ground, Woo Jin made straight for his Subspace Backpack.
“Wrap vegetables sorted.”
“So lunch prep is all done?”
“Well…….”
With the Aluminum Pot and Gas Burner on hand, grilling the Pork Belly was certainly feasible.
“…Yeah.”
But then again.
Wouldn’t grilling Pork Belly in an Aluminum Pot be a pain to clean up afterward?
‘I’d love to bring out some proper camping vibes here.’
He’d sleep in a Sleeping Bag.
Outdoors, not in some restaurant.
Camping? Glamping? This place was brimming with ambiance.
Woo Jin was about to message Anonymous 3861 asking for a Stone Plate and kindling, but then he hesitated. Actually stopped himself mid-conversation.
“No, wait. I might be able to figure this out myself…….”
First, about the Stone Plate.
There was a solution close at hand.
Crunch-crunch.
Woo Jin walked toward the cave wall.
To the spot where a large hole gaped open.
The cave was made of stone, and using the Soil Leveling skill with a large shovel, Woo Jin had dug it out, leaving various large and small stone slabs scattered across the floor.
In other words.
“Each one of these is a Stone Plate!”
Eco-friendly, single-use Stone Plates!
Of course, you could wash them and use them again!
He set up three stone sticks to make support legs.
Then placed a Stone Plate on top.
And if he lit firewood underneath?
He could enjoy grilled Pork Belly on a stone plate, right here in the open.
‘I could use grass clippings for kindling, but firewood would probably taste better.’
Until now, Woo Jin had avoided using the Gas Burner except when boiling water in the Aluminum Pot, instead gathering twigs from Cherry Tomato plants, potato leaves, sweet potato leaves—anything to start a fire.
They burned well enough.
But the downside was they burned too quickly and needed constant replenishing.
Since he wanted to grill meat at leisure and savor it, firewood seemed like the better choice.
‘As for firewood…….’
Woo Jin recalled the 97th Floor, where he’d picked up the S-rank Sword.
A desolate place that looked like a graveyard lit by a pale blue moonlight.
There were trees there.
[Immediately purchase Beginner’s Hand Axe for 30 coins.]
[Beginner’s Hand Axe]
– Rank: E
– Effect: Attack Power +3
– Description: A hand axe used by novice adventurers. Heavy, but strong attack power.
“I’m going to make a quick trip to the 97th Floor.”
“Meow? Why are you going back there?”
“To get firewood.”
“No, no, it’s dangerous! There’s a Demonic Sword there!”
“Heh. As long as I don’t mess with that Demonic Sword thing, it’s been safe enough.”
.
.
.
And so.
Arrival at the 97th Floor.
“So many! Dead trees!”
Whether it was the nature of the place or something else, there were plenty of dead trees visible.
Woo Jin approached a nearby dead tree with a goofy grin, Beginner’s Hand Axe in hand.
“Hngh!”
Thwack!
Gripping the Hand Axe tight with both hands.
He swung the axe using the rotation of his waist, striking the wood with the blade.
The hand axe bit into the dry bark.
With each downward strike, wedge-shaped marks gouged into the trunk of the dead tree.
[You have learned Wood Chopping Lv. 1.]
“Excellent!”
Another skill acquired!
Woo Jin, elated, began chopping wood in earnest.
Thwack!
Thwack-thwack-thwack!
[Wood Chopping Lv. 1 Proficiency increases.]
[You have learned Wood Chopping Lv. 2.]
[Wood Chopping Lv. 2 Proficiency…….]
That was when it happened.
– Who in blazes are you?
A rough voice reached Woo Jin’s ears.
He turned to look toward the source of the voice and saw the Demonic Sword.
A Player Farming in the Dragon Lair (Serialized)
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