Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 41

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Ten Calamities that threaten the world.
What could their true nature be?
Ujin settled in to listen carefully to what Kkamangi had to say.
“…What are you doing?”
“Why’d you stop?”
“You need to tell me the rest. About the Calamities.”
Kkamangi blinked.
“…There really isn’t anything else known about them?”
“You built it up like that and this is all you’ve got?”
“Oh, well, there is a montage? A picture, actually!”
Pop!
The Manual appeared, and with a flutter of pages turning—
“Found it!”
【The Tower’s Calamities】
【In this world there exist ten beings known as Calamities.】
【Little is known of their true nature, and it is said that all those who have fought the Calamities in the past have perished.】
【Should a Calamity descend upon this world, it would herald the end of all things.】
【Estimated montages by individual specimen】
The montages amounted to little more than faint silhouettes.
And since they were all rendered in shadow-black, the impression left was merely a vague sense of their general form.
“This one looks a bit like a whale, doesn’t it?”
“Looks that way to me too.”
Ujin recalled the creature he had seen on the 96th Floor and studied the silhouette montage rendered in the image. Then his eyes caught on the final page.
If he forced the comparison, it seemed similar.
But also not.
“No use guessing. I should focus on harvesting my carrots.”
“I’ll help too!”
Whoosh.
They made their way toward the Carrot Field.
Just a few steps and they’d reach Ujin’s farm’s carrot patch.
The Carrot Field bore a completely different appearance from days before.
The delicate seedling-like stems had grown sturdy and stood firm and upright.
The finely divided leaves had flourished so thickly they blanketed the ground beneath — at first glance, it looked almost like a grassy field.
Ujin crouched down and peered at the Carrot Field.
“Oh.”
He gently scraped away the soil surface with his hand.
Beneath the leafy stems, an orange hue peeked through.
The tops of the carrots had begun rising above the soil.
Plump carrots, fully grown.
Their elongated bodies still lay buried in the earth, but anyone could tell it was time to harvest them.
Ujin smiled.
“Good. They’ve grown well.”
Breathing in the earthy scent unique to carrots, Ujin began harvesting alongside the Doppelganger.
“Harvest, harvest!”
[Your Harvest skill level 5 proficiency increases slightly.]
[Your Harvest skill level 5 proficiency…….]
[You harvest the Tower’s Stamina Carrot.]
[Your Harvest skill level 5 proficiency increases.]
[Your Harvest skill level 5 proficiency…….]
[Your Experience Points increase from cultivating the Tower’s Stamina Carrot.]
[Your Experience Points…….]
[Your level has risen to 13.]
[You have cultivated the Tower’s Stamina Carrot, its Grade increased through the effects of compost and Harvest.]
[Tower’s Stamina Carrot]
– Grade: C
– Effects
– Upon consumption, permanently increase Stamina +0.01
– Upon consumption, increase Stamina recovery speed +10% for 10 minutes
– Description: A Tower’s Stamina Carrot, cultivated by someone. Eating it will boost your Stamina recovery for a time and seems to increase your maximum Stamina.
“Ah, ahhhhh.”
Look at how full these carrots are!
And that’s not all.
“My stamina recovers faster?”
Ujin’s lips curled upward.
This is basically a stamina potion, isn’t it?
And my Stamina Ability Stat went up too.
“Isn’t this completely broken?”
“Hehehehe. Long live farming.”
A low-grade stamina potion raises stamina recovery speed by ten percent for sixty minutes. Of course, compared to a stamina potion, the carrot’s duration is far shorter—only ten minutes—but it does increase the Stamina Ability Stat even if by a little.
“Let me taste one.”
Ujin called down light rain, rinsing the carrot clean and scrubbing away the clinging soil with his fingers.
A brilliant crimson carrot.
He took a bite with a satisfying crunch.
At once, the carrot’s distinctive earthy and vegetal flavor flooded his mouth.
To be honest, Ujin had never been fond of raw carrots.
The most he’d do was dip a raw carrot slice in soy sauce when eating something like braised meat—and even then, only when the restaurant had prepared and sliced them. He’d never bothered preparing raw carrots himself.
But what was this?
“Carrots taste this good?”
True, having grown it himself gave him a bias toward thinking it tasted better, but objectively, the Tower’s stamina carrots had a remarkably clean flavor.
Each bite released a cool, sweet taste that left his mouth feeling refreshed, and the carrot’s natural vegetal note wasn’t overpowering—just the right amount.
“How is it?”
“Delicious!”
(…….) Thumbs up!
[The God of Adventure asks if they could have a taste too.]
“Of course. Here you go.”
Ujin had prepared three cleaned carrots…….
No, four.
The God of Dominion.
The God of Adventure.
The God of Order.
And the newest guest, the God of Fate, too.
[The God of Adventure lets out a delighted laugh and says he’ll enjoy it, taking the carrot.]
[The God of Adventure passes one carrot to the God of Fate.]
[The God of Fate stares at the carrot in his hand.]
[The God of Order eats the carrot, laughing heartily at how delicious it is.]
[The God of Fate watches the other gods enjoying their carrots, his brow furrowing in disbelief.]
[The God of Fate squints his eyes shut, bites into the carrot, then opens them wide in astonishment, asking why it’s so delicious.]
[The God of Adventure clicks his tongue, saying it’s a shame—if he’d known it was this good, he would’ve asked for one.]
“God of Order, tomorrow marks a week, doesn’t it? Is it possible I could go home?”
[The God of Order nods with a benevolent smile.]
[The God of Fate looks between Ujin and the God of Order in turn, asking what that means.]
.
.
.
Evening had arrived.
Before heading home tomorrow.
Ujin divided his crops into portions and packed them into his subspace knapsack to keep at home.
– Tower’s Resistance Potatoes × 10
– Tower’s Strength Sweet Potatoes × 10
– Tower’s Mana Cherry Tomatoes × 100
– Tower’s Stamina Carrots × 10
– Tower’s Sleep Lettuce × 100
– Tower’s Vision-Enhancement Perilla Leaves × 100
“Good. Perfect.”
He’d decided not to bring too much home.
He wouldn’t eat it all anyway, and it would just spoil in the refrigerator.
He could already picture the delighted face of Kim Mi-suk, saying she’d cut back on groceries once he brought vegetables home.
“Ujin. What’s for dinner tonight?”
“Tonight? Ramen with pork belly.”
“Really? You’re serious?”
“Ah, now, Kkamangi. Why are you making such a fuss? You’d think we were some struggling company that can’t afford meat. Wouldn’t you say, Doppelganger Vice-President?”
(…….) Tilt?
The question hung unspoken — what did he mean, suddenly calling him vice-president?
Ujin shrugged, mischief tugging at him.
“Doppelganger, you’re the vice-president of Lee Ujin Agricultural Management Corporation.”
(…….) Nod!
“I’m chairman, Kkamangi is president. Doppelganger is vice-president.”
(…….) Thumbs up!
There wasn’t much entertainment in the tower, so they had to make their own fun however they could. Really, it meant nothing — it was just the kind of role-play game they used to do at school as children.
[The God of Order saw the God of Destiny and remarked that the God of Destiny was quite fortunate, eating pork belly the moment he arrived.]
[The God of Destiny gazed quietly at the other gods and asked whether they had truly been sharing their meals with that adventurer every time he ate here.]
[The God of Adventure said, so what?]
[The God of Destiny sighed, shaking his head, and told them to stop — he’d have nothing to do with it, so let them eat among themselves.]
Crack, snap!
Whoosh!
He lit the firewood and pulled out the Metal Grill Plate, setting it over the flames.
Not directly, of course — he placed it on a stone stand.
The Metal Grill Plate began to heat.
He unpacked the pork belly, aged kimchi, and ssamjang.
Sizzzzzzle!
As the pork belly hit the hot Metal Grill Plate, the meat sizzled audibly. One side cooked rapidly, and he flipped it with tongs to finish the other side.
The pork belly’s fat pooled in the center depression of the plate.
He laid the aged kimchi there.
Hissssss!
Where the fat met the aged kimchi, an intensely pungent aroma rose as it began to cook.
He cut the pork belly and aged kimchi into bite-sized pieces.
He arranged them on a plate with lettuce, perilla leaves, and ssamjang, then handed it to the God of Adventure.
[The God of Adventure says, I’ll eat well!]
[The God of Adventure tells the God of Destiny to come quick and eat.]
[The God of Destiny swallows hard and says, w-well, let me just try one bite.]
Ujin was chewing a generous wrap of pork belly layered on lettuce and perilla leaf when it happened.
[The God of Destiny exclaims that this m-maddening, intensely stimulating flavor — what in the world is it?! — and settles in to sit properly.]
“Does it suit your palate?”
[The God of Destiny stuffs his mouth full of lettuce wrap and nods vigorously, up and down.]
Meanwhile, Ujin continued grilling the pork belly while pouring water into a stone pot and starting to cook instant ramen.
He poured water into the stone pot first and let it come to a rolling boil, then added the ramen flavor packet — that vivid red powder absolutely loaded with MSG — and the pungent aroma began wafting up.
Then in went the noodles.
Bubble bubble!
About three minutes passed.
He lifted the stone pot lid to reveal billowing white steam and perfectly al dente instant ramen.
Plain ramen, made the basic way with nothing extra added.
Better that way, really.
Ujin poured the ramen into bowls he’d crafted from stone, one for each, and passed them to the God of Adventure.
The God of Adventure distributed the ramen to the other gods.
“Ramen and pork belly really do go perfectly together!”
“Indeed. A match made in heaven, one might say.”
(…….) Agreed!
[The God of Destiny devours the ramen, pork belly, and aged kimchi in a whirlwind, slurps down the broth, and lets out a satisfied Ahhhhh! with a blissful smile.]
Day 27 in the tower.
Pork belly with instant ramen.
A Player Farming in Dragon Rare (Serialized)
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