Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 28

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Messages flickered before his eyes.
They showed conversations among the beings called Constellations—gods watching from above.
Doppelganger and Kkamangi couldn’t see them, it seemed.
Which made sense; if the gods’ dialogue had reached Kkamangi’s eyes or ears, he wouldn’t be standing there now admiring the wooden plate with such luminous wonder, cooing about how well it had turned out.
“Woo Jin! Is this one my food bowl, meow?”
“It is.”
“I love it so much, meow!”
Woo Jin let out a soft laugh.
He’d carved Kkamangi’s name into the wooden plate.
[Kkamangi’s Plate]
“There. Now it’s definitely yours.”
The moment he carved the name, Kkamangi began to purr.
What was he getting so excited about?
Then he felt Doppelganger’s unwavering gaze fixed on him.
(…….) Click!
“What? You want one too?”
(…….) Nod!
He had no choice but to carve a plate for Doppelganger as well.
Of the ten plates he’d made, four now bore names.
Two for each of them.
Since he’d finished the plates, should he try making bowls next?
He was thinking that wooden plates would be impractical for soups and broths, and that making bowls from stone found within the Dragon Lair might be a good idea, when the message appeared.
[The God of Discipline deliberates on what judgment to render upon you.]
Huh……?
Woo Jin looked up at the sky with startled eyes.
[The God of Adventure suggests sending you home out of pity.]
Oh……!!!
There’s hope?!
[The God of Discipline asks whether this means returning to your original world without clearing the Tower at all.]
[The God of Adventure says that a level-one adventurer being dragged into a Mythic Difficulty Tower seems like a system error from the start.]
Exactly!
The God of Adventure is absolutely right.
Couldn’t agree more!
I support this!
[The God of Discipline states firmly that the Tower’s Grand Principle cannot be changed under any circumstances.]
[The God of Adventure calls him petty and narrow-minded.]
Woo Jin felt his shoulders sag as he exhaled silently.
He’d thought he might escape the Tower, but it seemed that wasn’t the case.
He didn’t know what the Tower’s Grand Principle entailed, but judging by what Kkamangi had said, it seemed connected to the idea that returning from the Tower to reality required clearing the given objective.
[The God of Dominion observes that this means the adventurer cannot return until he defeats him.]
[The God of Discipline mutters that such a thing would be impossible.]
[The God of Adventure shrugs and tells the God of Dominion to just die once for him.]
[The God of Discipline says there is a way, however.]
Woo Jin’s ears perked up again.
[The God of Discipline explains that there is exactly one method to circumvent the Tower’s Grand Principle without defying Causality—by completing the objectives from the 1st through 98th Floors.]
[The God of Adventure asks what that method is.]
[The God of Discipline says that if you fulfill all objectives from Floor 1 through Floor 98, the accumulated sum of Causality would equal a single clear of Floor 99.]
[The God of Dominion closes his eyes, then murmurs that such a method does indeed exist.]
[The God of Adventure protests: Just send him home! Stop being so petty about it!]
[The God of Discipline says this is the only way, and the choice belongs to the adventurer.]
Woo Jin sat still, listening to the entirety of the gods’ conversation.
Including the countermeasure the God of Discipline had proposed.
Woo Jin opened his mouth.
“So… if I clear Mythic Difficulty Floors 1 through 98, I can go home, is that right?”
[The God of Discipline confirms your understanding is correct and asks whether you will attempt it.]
Woo Jin smiled slightly and spoke.
“No.”
* * *
Woo Jin’s life goal was to loaf around and take it easy.
From childhood, Woo Jin had never harbored grand ambitions like everyone else.
To become president, a CEO, an entertainer.
When others spoke of such aspirational dreams, Woo Jin always said: a civil servant.
The pay was modest, but the appeal lay in living comfortably and securely.
Others told him he lacked ambition, that challenging himself throughout his one life would leave him without regret—but Woo Jin’s thinking never changed.
After passing the civil service exam and working at the office, his goal shifted once again.
To become FIRE Movement.
FIRE Movement meant retiring early and living carefree on accumulated savings—and it looked wonderfully appealing to Woo Jin.
With just a billion won or so, he’d reasoned, he could mix growth stocks and dividend stocks appropriately, and theoretically live without working until old age.
Living modestly.
A simple life.
That was Woo Jin’s life goal.
Of course, it was absurd to think Woo Jin would tackle something so dangerously difficult as clearing the Mythic Difficulty from the 1st Floor through the 98th Floor.
If he were the type of young man with such a challenging spirit, he would have pursued a high-income profession without a ceiling from the start, not become a civil servant.
“I’ll just stay here.”
[The God of Discipline asks if you won’t have regrets.]
“No, sir.”
Regrets?
Not a single one.
Challenging from the 1st through 98th Floor would be far more likely to breed regret.
A person should know their place, after all.
He’d decided it was better to just stay here, farming with Kkamangi and the Doppelganger, eating good food, living simply.
‘Not seeing my family will be hard, but there’s nothing I can do about that.’
Besides, smartphones are well-developed these days—if I want to see them, we can exchange news with each other.
Without the internet, we can send video letters, checking on each other like we’re exchanging written correspondence.
‘I’ll just ask the Guild Master to handle that.’
That’s when it happened.
[The God of Adventure points out that if you use the Stone of Wishes on the 90th Floor, couldn’t you return to your original world anyway?]
Huh? What’s that about?
Woo Jin’s ears perked up once more.
[The God of Discipline says that this adventurer couldn’t possibly reach the 90th Floor, and the Stone of Wishes is only obtained as a system reward when an adventurer who cleared the 89th Floor reaches the 90th, so he couldn’t use it anyway.]
[The God of Adventure counters that Woo Jin can reach the 90th Floor through the Administrator’s Passage, can’t he?]
[The God of Discipline asks what that means.]
“Well…….”
Now that he thought about it, the God of Discipline hadn’t seen Woo Jin coming and going through the Administrator’s Passage. Woo Jin decided to demonstrate it himself.
“I pass through this passage here, you see……?”
Woo Jin showed them by entering the Administrator’s Passage through the hole he’d dug and moving through it.
[The God of Discipline furrows his brow and says how could an adventurer possibly traverse the Administrator’s Passage.]
“I dug at the cave wall beside the door with my shovel, and the Administrator’s Passage appeared. The passage was a bit narrow, so I widened it with the shovel, and there’s no problem moving around now?”
Woo Jin wondered if this might be an improper method that the god would prohibit, but surprisingly, the God of Discipline imposed no such restriction.
Though he wasn’t entirely sure, it seemed the God of Discipline’s ‘Tower’s Grand Principle’ was not being violated.
Kkamangi, worrying beside him, had been listening in on Woo Jin’s words.
Though he couldn’t see the gods’ messages, he couldn’t help but know that Woo Jin was conversing with the Constellations.
When Woo Jin stopped speaking, Kkamangi addressed him.
“W-Woo Jin. Did the Constellations say something?”
“Well. It’s like this.”
He filtered and shared the main points of what the Constellations had discussed.
Upon hearing about the use of the ‘Administrator’s Passage,’ Kkamangi trembled violently.
“W-what’s going to happen to me now?”
“They didn’t say anything about it?”
“…Really?”
“Yeah.”
The truth was, the Constellations’ conversation wasn’t finished yet.
The God of Dominion had shared everything about how Woo Jin had been getting by since their first meeting until now.
The exchange began when the God of Discipline questioned why there was a Doppelganger in this place.
After hearing the full story, the God of Discipline let out a hollow laugh.
[The God of Discipline says that since the Tower came into existence, he has never seen an adventurer like you.]
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Woo Jin then set about making a Stone Bowl as well.
[Sculpture Lv. 2 proficiency has increased.]
[Sculpture Lv. 2 proficiency has…….]
[You have completed an Unknown Stone Bowl.]
[Handiwork Lv. 3 proficiency has increased.]
[Unknown Stone Bowl]
– Grade: D
– Effects
– Heat Retention +30%
– Flavor Bonus +10%
– Description: A bowl carved from the mysterious stone that comprises the Dragon Lair. It seems like it would be pleasant to use for serving food.
It was a bit stiff to work with, but he was able to carve the stone with a knife.
He brought over a large stone lying on the ground, first cutting it into a square shape, then—while not perfect—shaping it into a round sphere.
Then he halved it with another cut.
He carved out a groove to the right depth and smoothed it down, and the Stone Bowl was complete!
‘Heh heh. Simpler than I expected?’
This time, he made six Stone Bowls.
One for each person.
That included one for the God of Discipline.
He wasn’t sure whether they’d eat together or not, but he figured it was best to have them prepared just in case.
‘Tonight calls for pork belly.’
Since a new guest(?) had arrived, he’d pull out everything he had and treat them to a proper feast.
‘By the way.’
The Stone of Wishes on the 90th Floor.
The God of Adventure had mentioned that perhaps he could use it to return to his original world.
The God of Discipline said it wouldn’t be obtainable since it’s a system reward, but just in case, it probably wouldn’t hurt to go take a look at it.
Woo Jin grabbed a shovel and headed into the Administrator’s Passage.
He’d expanded the passage up to the 97th Floor, and below that it remained narrow.
“Leveling soil, leveling soil!”
Thunk-thunk-thunk!
Woo Jin began digging straight down toward the 90th Floor.
A Player Farming in the Dragon Lair (Serialized)
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