Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 4

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First harvest of his life.
Lee Woojin decided to share this good news.
[Requesting chat with Anonymous 3861.]
[Anonymous 3861 has accepted the chat.]
– Me: Hey!
– Me: I successfully harvested the potatoes!
– Anonymous 3861: Oh lol congrats.
– Me: Hehe. Thanks. It’s thanks to you.
– Me: Want me to share some potatoes with you?
– Me: Some potatoes?
– Anonymous 3861: lol it’s fine!
– Anonymous 3861: I’m a bit busy right now though. Take care.
Lee Woojin clicked his tongue with disappointment.
The Tower’s Resistance Potatoes he’d harvested, though the numbers were modest, were insane potatoes that permanently raised all his Resistance—even if only by a fraction.
Resistance was an extremely important attribute for adventurers.
In Normal difficulty at lower floors, you could manage without Resistance, but at high floors or Hard difficulty with low Resistance?
‘That’s basically suicide.’
Entering Hard difficulty without Resistance or with low Resistance?
A single basic attack from a boss monster could kill you.
That’s why high-floor adventurers prioritized Resistance above all else for survival.
Lee Woojin, who’d worked as a Tower administrator, instinctively grasped that the Tower’s Resistance Potato’s value bore no comparison to ordinary potatoes.
Rumble.
‘First things first—I need to fill my stomach.’
He’d been surviving on nothing but small-size Yukgaejang Cup Ramyeon.
But now he had other ingredients too.
“Heh.”
Lee Woojin filled an Aluminum Pot with lake water and set it over the Gas Burner.
After a moment, the water began to boil vigorously.
He dropped two Tower’s Resistance Potatoes into it.
Bubble-bubble…….
About ten minutes passed.
He drained the water and pulled out the Wooden Chopsticks.
He used the chopsticks to crack one of the boiled potatoes cleanly in half.
Hot steam rose up in wisps.
The distinctive nutty aroma of potato brushed across his nostrils.
Lee Woojin scooped out a bite-sized piece from the boiled potato with the chopsticks.
“Phew. Phoo-oo!”
He blew on it with his breath to cool it down, since it was still hot.
Then he placed the boiled potato in his mouth.
He didn’t eat it right away; instead, he rolled it gently inside his mouth to lower the temperature.
Once the heat had subsided enough, he bit down with his teeth and tongue. The soft boiled potato melted smoothly away.
[You have consumed a Tower’s Resistance Potato. All Resistance permanently increases by 0.002.]
“This is really delicious!”
Was boiled potato always this good?
Even without any seasoning—no salt, sugar, or ketchup—the natural nuttiness of the boiled potato alone was enough to make it taste wonderful.
Munch, munch. Slurp.
He finished both boiled potatoes right there.
They were large enough to leave him quite full.
Lee Woojin stretched out flat on the spot.
“Heh. This is nice.”
Contentment.
The warmth that came with it spreading through his body.
And on top of that.
Name: Lee Woojin
Level: 1
Stats
– Strength: 3
– Agility: 3
– Stamina: 3
– Mana: 3.1
– Resistance (New): 0.004
Skills: Soil Preparation Lv. 2, Seed Planting Lv. 2, Harvesting Lv. 2
Coin: 83
Difficulty: Mythic
Floor: 99
Even his Resistance stat had climbed.
The moment Lee Woojin looked at his Status Window, a smile spread across his face.
He could see with his own eyes that he wasn’t just sitting idle in the cave—he was growing, bit by bit.
* * *
Seven days since entering the Tower.
Lee Woojin took stock of his current inventory.
– Weeds Containing Mana ×48
– Tower’s Resistance Potato ×98
– Yukgaejang Cup Ramyeon (Small) ×15
– Gas Burner
– Butane Gas ×5
– Aluminum Pot
– Wooden Chopsticks ×490
– Coin: 83
“Hmm.”
At least he had plenty of food to eat right now.
Couldn’t he live comfortably for at least a month?
Compared to the first day he entered the Tower, he’d made enormous progress.
‘I need to secure more Coins.’
It was the same for other adventurers.
But for Lee Woojin, Coins were life itself.
The more Coins he held, the higher his survival rate.
First, he had to sell the potatoes. And acquire seed potatoes too.
Lee Woojin sent a chat request to Anonymous 3861, the one who’d sold him seed potatoes.
[Requesting chat with Anonymous 3861.]
[Anonymous 3861 has accepted the chat request.]
– Me: Hey!
– Me: Want to buy some potatoes?
– Anonymous 3861: ?
– Anonymous 3861: Haha, I’m good.
– Me: But eating my potatoes raises all your Resistance?
No reply came.
Wondering if he’d been blocked, he sent another message.
– Me: Hey, hey!
– Anonymous 3861: That’s a lie lol
– Me: It’s true. I’ll list them on the Auction House so you can see for yourself.
How much should I list them for?
Lee Woojin jokingly listed them at 100 Coins.
As reference, a ring that raised all Resistance by 1 was trading at 150 Coins.
[Tower’s Resistance Potato ×1 listed for 100 Coins.]
[Tower’s Resistance Potato]
– Grade: D
– Effect
– Upon consumption: Permanently increases all Resistance +0.002
– Description: A Tower potato cultivated by someone. Eating it raises various Resistances.
– Me: Listed on the Auction House. Check it out. Just search “Tower’s Resistance Potato.”
A moment later.
[Tower’s Resistance Potato ×1 has been sold.]
[95 Coins have been deposited.]
The Auction House charged a 5 percent commission, by the way.
In any case, Lee Woojin was stunned.
“It—it sold? Wow! Wow!”
Ninety-five Coins in a single transaction?
It was like earning 950,000 Korean won in one go.
– Anonymous 3861 : What is that?
– Anonymous 3861 : How’d you get it?
– Me : I’m right, aren’t I? Did you buy this?
– Anonymous 3861 : Yeah
– Me : Seriously? I have 97 more of these. Would you buy them if I listed them at 9,700 Coins?
– Anonymous 3861 : ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Nah. Those won’t even raise Resistance by 0.1. I just bought one to verify if it was real.
Damn. So close.
– Anonymous 3861 : But where exactly did you plant potatoes to end up like this?
Lee Woojin hesitated for a moment. Whether to tell the truth or keep it hidden.
The hesitation didn’t last long. There was no point in hiding his situation if it wouldn’t help him anyway.
Besides, Anonymous 3861 had been kind enough to help him.
– Me : I’m on Floor 99 of the Mythic Rank.
There was no response.
– Anonymous 3861 : That’s not funny. And what even is Mythic Difficulty?
– Me : I’m not sure. I think it comes after Hell Difficulty.
– Anonymous 3861 : ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You’re asking me to believe that?
– Me : But it’s true.
Silence fell again.
After a moment, Anonymous spoke.
– Anonymous 3861 : What’s the objective on Floor 99 of Mythic, then?
– Me : Slay a Dragon Lord.
– Anonymous 3861 : Dragon Lord ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ah
– Anonymous 3861 : That’s actually insane. I’ll give you that.
– Anonymous 3861 : Need anything else?
Need anything?
Plenty.
Lee Woojin rattled off a list of what he needed.
– Me : Chicken, pizza, sweet and sour pork, rice soup, beer, and so on?
– Anonymous 3861 : Sigh.
– Me : What?
– Anonymous 3861 : If you’d asked for gear or items, I might’ve been inclined to believe you. But asking for chicken and stuff like that just makes the whole thing seem less urgent and credible. Tsk.
– Me : Listen.
– Me : Isn’t asking for gear like that the real con?
– Anonymous 3861 : What do you mean?
– Me : Say you got me the best gear that exists right now. Even with that, could I take down a Dragon Lord?
– Anonymous 3861 : Hmm. If what you’re saying is true, gear wouldn’t help anyway.
– Me : Exactly. Gear won’t do me any good no matter what. So from my perspective, eating good food and living comfortably is the best I can do.
[Anonymous 3861 has left the chat.]
“Huh?”
* * *
Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
A massive building.
South Korea’s greatest guild, The Sky.
Guild Master and the nation’s top-ranked Adventurer, Kang Minwoo, lay sprawled across his office chair.
“Ugh.”
Kang Minwoo pressed his brow repeatedly as if venting his stress.
A few days ago.
Some newcomer named Lee Woojin had posted on the community board asking for potato seeds, Yukgaejang Cup Ramyeon, wooden chopsticks, and other daily necessities—and Minwoo had found it amusing enough to strike up a conversation, which turned out to be his mistake.
‘I’m annoyed I almost fell for something this ridiculous.’
A month ago he’d cleared Normal Floor 100.
He was in a critical phase of considering entry into Hard Difficulty Floor 1—and now this nonsense.
‘But…….’
Swish.
Kang Minwoo examined the item he’d won at the Auction House.
It was a potato.
[Tower’s Resistance Potato]
– Rank : D
– Effect
– On consumption: Permanently grants +0.002 to all Resistance
– Description : A Tower potato cultivated by someone. Eating it increases various types of Resistance.
‘How do I even explain this?’
Eat a potato and Resistance goes up.
It was an absurdly broken option.
Of course, the numbers were so negligible they were practically worthless.
But the real point was that such an option existed at all.
‘I’ve never heard of anything like this.’
With countless adventurers across the globe,
there were bound to be players in the Tower who experimented with all sorts of strategies.
Naturally, some of them farmed.
‘If items like this exist, corporations would be running agricultural operations in here.’
So why didn’t they?
Because the efficiency and quality were vastly inferior to farming in the real world!
There were naturally no Grades or Options attached to those crops.
But this potato in Kang Minwoo’s hand had an Option stamped right onto it.
Crunch.
I brushed off the dirt halfheartedly and took a bite of the Tower’s Resistance Potato.
…Not bad raw, actually?
That was when it happened.
[You have consumed a Tower’s Resistance Potato. All Resistance permanently increases by 0.002.]
Kang Minwoo finished the potato.
You’d need to eat 1,000 of them just to gain 2 Resistance across the board.
The efficiency was abysmal.
It would be far more cost-effective to simply purchase an item that raised all Resistance by 2, even if it cost more Coins.
That was when it came.
[Lee Woojin has requested a chat. Do you accept?]
– Lee Woojin: Hey, I’m freezing at night. Could you possibly pick up a Camping Sleeping Bag for me?
Kang Minwoo let out a hollow laugh.
Did this guy know who I was?
No. I was showing up as Anonymous, so that couldn’t be it.
‘Setting aside all that Mythic difficulty talk and everything else—the crops themselves are real.’
Kang Minwoo decided to keep the contact with Lee Woojin going.
“You called for me, Guild Master?”
“Yes. You know those sleeping bags campers use? Could you get me one right now?”
Farming in the Dragon Lord Tower (Ongoing Web Novel)
Author │ Gaebeoug S
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