Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 3

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It seemed to take about half a day.
The sun had set, leaving everything dim and cold.
Woo Jin considered buying a tent or sleeping bag for warmth, then thought better of it.
For Woo Jin, Coins were life itself.
A little cold was bearable.
Puff. Puff.
He gathered soil and draped it over himself like a blanket.
The grainy texture of the dirt, now heavy and layered, cradled his body in an unexpectedly cozy embrace.
“Not bad. Heh heh.”
From now on, he’d sleep under a blanket of soil.
With a satisfied smile, Woo Jin continued refreshing the Auction House.
And then.
“Oh!”
The exact item he’d been waiting for appeared on the Auction House.
[Item Bundle: 15 Coin]
– Seed Potato×10
– Yukgaejang Cup Ramen (Small)×24 pieces per box
– Gas Burner
– Butane Gas×5
– Aluminum Pot
– Wooden Chopsticks×500 pieces per pack
There was no time to deliberate.
He had to snatch it before anyone else could buy it.
[Item Bundle purchased for 15 Coin.]
All the items from the Auction House suddenly materialized before Woo Jin with a flourish.
Growl.
At the sight of the box bearing the familiar image of Yukgaejang Cup Ramen (Small), his stomach rumbled like Pavlov’s dog hearing a bell.
First things first—fill his belly.
“Lu-lu-lu-lu.”
A humming tune escaped his lips without thinking.
He tore open the packing tape on the box with a rip, revealing rows of ramen cups neatly stacked inside.
He pulled one out.
With a soft crackle, he peeled back the lid halfway, exposing the rigid yellow noodles and seasoning powder beneath.
Crunch.
He tore open the seasoning packet and emptied it into the cup.
He needed hot water.
Grabbing the Aluminum Pot, he made his way to the lakeshore.
Splash.
He dunked the pot straight into the lake and filled it about halfway with water.
Then he set the Aluminum Pot on the Gas Burner and ignited it.
The water began to bubble vigorously; he quickly turned off the flame.
He had to conserve gas.
Whoosh.
He poured the boiling water into the ramen cup and covered it with the lid.
Three minutes later.
He peeled back the lid completely.
Steam rose in delicate wisps, and the ramen’s distinctive spicy, pungent aroma tickled his nostrils.
“Heh heh heh. Time to dig in.”
He took a sip of broth first.
Slurp.
“Ahhhhh.”
A groan of satisfaction escaped him.
He snapped off one of the Wooden Chopsticks and gathered a generous bundle of noodles.
“Phew! Phew!”
It was hot, so he blew on the noodles to cool them slightly before slurping them into his mouth.
The ramen was gone in what felt like seconds.
He scraped every last drop of broth clean.
After finishing the entire bowl of ramen, a warmth spread through his body.
‘To think a single bowl of ramen could make me this happy.’
After eating, he lay flat on the floor and gazed up at the night sky visible through the holes in the ceiling.
Moonlight poured down in torrents.
Countless stars—the kind you could see in the countryside, far from the city.
The day had faded.
* * *
Three days into the Tower.
Morning came.
Woo Jin yawned widely and stood in a daze, then smiled contentedly at the Yukgaejang Cup Ramen packages he’d acquired from the Auction House yesterday.
And beside them, the Seed Potatoes.
‘Right. I should plant potatoes.’
The place where the Mana-Infused Weed had grown.
Morning sunlight streamed across the ochre-colored earth.
Soil, sun, and lake water.
All the essential elements for planting were gathered in one place.
‘First, I should prepare the field.’
He’d never grown anything before.
Woo Jin had no experience with weekend farming projects that used to be popular, or vegetable garden cultivation experiences—potato planting was entirely uncharted territory for him.
But sometimes, back when he’d lie in bed after work watching YouTube, he’d encounter farming documentaries through some random algorithm.
To plant crops, you had to create ridges and furrows.
The ridges were the bumps that stuck up in an n-shape, and the furrows were the u-shaped depressions.
In any case, crops were planted on the ridges—the n-shaped mounds—and Woo Jin planned to place the Seed Potatoes in the ridges.
‘First, I need to dig the ground.’
It would have been nice to have farming tools like a hoe, spade, or rake, but he had none.
Whoosh.
The soil lay flat.
Woo Jin bent his fingers slightly into a rake-like shape and began to dig into the earth.
Memories of digging in the dirt and playing at the park as a child came flooding back.
He dug out one side in a straight line, about a meter long.
The width was roughly ten centimeters.
A u-shaped furrow was complete.
He spaced it slightly and dug out the ground to the right in the same way.
A ridge naturally formed between the furrows.
A small but precious vegetable garden was beginning to take shape.
“Heh heh heh.”
As he continued making furrows and ridges by hand, digging away at the soil,
a message appeared before Woo Jin’s eyes.
[You have acquired Soil Preparation Lv. 1.]
“Oh.”
He was startled.
He’d acquired a new Skill.
It was his second Skill, after Harvest.
[Soil Preparation Lv. 1]
– Description: When preparing soil, you can dig deeper and more evenly, removing stones and clumps.
To other Awakeners, the effect might seem pathetically weak, but to the one who’d just obtained it, it felt like a blessing.
“Wow. Got another Skill. That’s amazing.”
Digging with bare hands was exhausting.
But receiving a reward like this made him forget the strain entirely.
Thump, thump!
He continued digging with his bare hands, forming ridges and furrows.
[Soil Preparation Lv. 1 Proficiency increases.]
[Soil Preparation Lv. 1 Proficiency…….]
[You have acquired Soil Preparation Lv. 2.]
Eventually, a small but precious vegetable garden—no more than three pyeong in size—was complete.
Woo Jin placed ten Seed Potatoes on the ridges at appropriate intervals, one by one.
Place one, cover it with soil.
Place one, cover it with soil. Repeating this process,
[You have acquired Seed Planting Lv. 1.]
[Seed Planting Lv. 1]
– Description: Plant seeds with greater precision, increasing germination rate.
“……?”
He’d acquired yet another Skill.
It was bewildering.
Were Skills really obtained this easily?
He should plant the remaining Seed Potatoes.
[Seed Planting Lv. 1 Proficiency has increased.]
[Seed Planting Lv. 1 Proficiency has…….]
[You have acquired Seed Planting Lv. 2.]
“Good grief.”
He planted all ten Seed Potatoes.
Woo Jin took the empty Yukgaejang Cup Ramen container, filled it with lake water, and began distributing measured amounts over the area where he’d planted the Seed Potatoes.
‘Wouldn’t this produce a Skill too? Something like Watering?’
Yet no Watering Skill was acquired.
Right. That made sense.
Inwardly disappointed(?) he nodded to himself.
* * *
On the sixth day since arriving at the Tower.
During this time, Woo Jin had sustained his modest existence by eating Yukgaejang Cup Ramen and boiling lake water to drink.
Occasionally he’d eaten Mana-Infused Weeds as well.
It wasn’t so much that they tasted good—he’d eaten them more out of curiosity when he learned they raised Mana, and with the vague sense that they might prove useful later.
Thanks to this, his Mana had risen by a full 0.09, bringing his current total to 3.1.
After days of eating and sleeping in this confined space, one might expect boredom and fatigue to set in, yet Woo Jin found himself rather enjoying it.
It felt like having his own small private hideaway.
He’d been exhausted from constant work without a proper vacation, so the simplicity of his current life felt strangely sweet.
He wasn’t even bored.
The community forum was full of posts from other Adventurers.
New threads were constantly appearing, and reading through them one by one left him no time for idleness.
Moreover, for someone randomly dragged into a Mythic Difficulty Tower, Woo Jin’s present circumstances were quite favorable.
If monsters had been lurking nearby as they were on other floors, he would have died immediately.
Not would have—he absolutely would have.
But because he was enclosed in a sealed space on all sides, he’d managed to survive.
“Heh heh.”
A laugh escaped him.
That aside.
‘Is that something I can harvest?’
The Seed Potatoes he’d planted four days ago.
He wasn’t sure how long potatoes normally took to grow, but surely four days wasn’t enough?
Yet the Ridges were now covered in lush green.
Leaves and stems had grown tangled together, making it look more like a small thicket than a proper field.
“…Hmm.”
Woo Jin had never planted potatoes before.
And he’d never harvested them either.
He’d been imagining potatoes would swell up visibly above the soil once fully grown.
But this abundance of foliage was unexpected.
With an uncertain expression, Woo Jin approached and grasped what appeared to be the sturdiest stem. He pulled upward with moderate force.
Crack.
The stem came free entirely, accompanied by the sound of splitting soil.
At its end, clustered like a bunch of grapes, hung heavy, round tubers instead of roots.
[Harvest Lv. 2 Proficiency has increased.]
[You have obtained a Tower’s Resistance Potato.]
Three or four potatoes with pale tan skin hung from the stem, caked with soil. Each was the size of a fist, with a smooth surface.
When he pulled the stem a bit harder, the remaining dirt fell away, revealing the potatoes in their entirety.
[Tower’s Resistance Potato]
– Grade: D
– Effect
– Upon consumption: Permanently increases all Resistances by +0.002
– Description: A potato cultivated by someone in the Tower. Eating it raises various resistances.
“Wow. Wow!”
A smile bloomed across Woo Jin’s face.
Potatoes he’d harvested with his own hands!
Woo Jin, who’d never known the first thing about farming in his entire life, had actually harvested potatoes.
Elation. And elation again.
Woo Jin continued harvesting potatoes.
“Harvest, harvest!”
[Harvest Lv. 2 Proficiency increases.]
[Harvest Lv. 2 Proficiency…….]
[Tower’s Resistance Potato obtained.]
[Tower’s Resistance Potato…….]
In total, Woo Jin managed to collect roughly one hundred potatoes, both large and small.
Day six since arriving at the Tower.
Harvesting potatoes.
A Player Farming in Dragon Rare (Serialized)
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