Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 43

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Woojin crouched before the newly crafted Millstone.
Between the two stones fitted one above the other lay a grain-feed hole, and the wooden handle stretching out to the side fit perfectly in his palm, ready to turn.
He pulled several harvested carrots from his Subspace Backpack.
After using the Rain Descent skill to wash away the soil cleanly, he cut them to size and fed them one by one into the Millstone’s hopper.
Thunk.
Grasping the handle, he began to turn it slowly.
Grind-grind…….
Grind-grind-grind…….
Surprisingly substantial resistance.
Yet once the Millstone began turning, it moved more smoothly than he’d expected.
The upper stone rotated, pressing and crushing the carrots.
A crisp grinding sound echoed from within.
Grind-grind…….
After some time, finely crushed carrot pulp and an orange liquid began to seep slowly from beneath the Millstone.
“Mm.”
The juice was emerging darker than expected.
The freshly pressed Carrot Juice held a murky scarlet hue, yet it looked vibrant just to see it, accompanied by a subtle carrot aroma rising into the air.
Woojin quickly positioned a stone bowl to catch the flowing juice.
As he continued turning the Millstone, more juice accumulated gradually, while stringy carrot pulp accumulated at the bottom.
Grind-grind!
Finally, after squeezing out every last drop and releasing the handle, Woojin gazed down at the Carrot Juice in the bowl.
[You have created Carrot Juice through Cooking.]
[Cooking Level 4’s proficiency has increased.]
[Carrot Juice]
– Rank: C
– Effects
– Taste Bonus +20%
– Upon consumption: Permanently +0.01 Stamina
– Upon consumption: +10% Stamina Recovery Rate for 30 minutes
– Description: A juice made by grinding carrots from the Tower. Drinking it will raise your Stamina recovery rate for a period of time, and it seems your Stamina will go up.
“Let me give it a try.”
He lifted the stone bowl and drank down the Carrot Juice in one go.
Fine bits of carrot pulp caught between his teeth, and the essence of the carrot unfolded in his mouth—a fresh, earthy flavor that lingered on his tongue.
[Your Stamina has permanently increased by 0.01 through consuming Carrot Juice.]
[Your Stamina Recovery Rate increases by 10 percent for 30 minutes.]
“Mm. That’s delicious.”
“I want to try some too, meow!”
“Wait just a moment. I’ll grind some more for you.”
Grind, grind…….
Woojin poured the Carrot Juice into handmade wooden cups and distributed them to Kkamangi and the Doppelganger, offering cups to the gods as well.
“It’s sweet, meow!”
(…….) *Thumbs up*
The gods seemed quite pleased with the Carrot Juice too.
Then, in a moment of recollection, he thought back to when he’d been digging away in the administrator’s passage to reach the 90th Floor where the Wishing Stone lay, and had run out of Stamina so badly that he’d bought a Stamina Potion from the Auction House and drunk it.
‘Where did I put that potion bottle again?’
He rummaged through his Subspace Backpack.
It didn’t take long to find the empty Stamina Potion bottle.
A transparent glass vial, the size of a Bacchus drink sold at pharmacies.
If he poured the Carrot Juice into this and sealed the cap…….
‘That would make a decent low-tier Stamina Potion. Heh.’
Woojin had purchased around ten empty Stamina Potion bottles from the Auction House.
The instant-purchase price was 1 Coin each.
He’d entertained the thought of producing and selling plenty of these, but the moment he imagined spending all day turning the Millstone, he quickly shook his head.
Grind.
Grind-grind…….
[You have created Carrot Juice through Cooking.]
[You have created Carrot Juice through…….]
[Cooking Level 4’s proficiency has increased slightly.]
[Cooking Level 4’s proficiency has…….]
[Subspace Backpack]
– Carrot Juice ×11 bottles
“Heh heh. That’s reassuring.”
* * *
The next day.
Woojin’s current status was as follows.
Name: Woojin
Title: Tower’s Novice Farmer
Level: 13
Stats
– Strength: 5.04
– Agility: 5
– Stamina: 5.05
– Mana: 9.96
– Resistance: 0.1
– Remaining Points: 0
Skills: Soil Leveling Lv. 6, Seed Planting Lv. 4, Harvest Lv. 5, Cold Resistance Lv. 2, Cooking Lv. 4, Stealthy Footsteps Lv. 1, Flame Resistance Lv. 2, Dark Adaptation Lv. 1, Doppelganger Summon, Concealment Lv. Max, Wood Chopping Lv. 4, Dexterity Lv. 3, Compost Making Lv. 2, Carving Lv. 3, Rain Descent Lv. 3
Coin: 284,502
Difficulty: Mythic
Floor: 99
[Your Mana increases permanently by 0.01 after consuming a Tower Cherry Tomato.]
[Your Mana increases permanently by…….]
And then.
– Mana: 10
Woojin’s Mana had reached 10!
Considering that his Mana had been 3 on the day he first arrived at the Tower, this represented tremendous progress.
‘If I keep getting stronger like this, what happens? Am I going to end up as some archmage or something?’
“Your face looks weird, meow.”
“Ahem. It’s nothing.”
Woojin decided to use the Rain Descent skill to water the potato, sweet potato, carrot, cherry tomato, lettuce, and sesame leaf fields.
In truth, watering a field spanning over a hundred pyeong entirely with the Rain Descent skill was exhausting, and even when he conserved it, attempting just a quarter of that—around twenty-five pyeong—left him dizzy.
But the improvement wasn’t only in his maximum Mana stat.
[Mana recovery speed increases by 10% for 10 minutes.]
Thanks to the cherry tomato’s effect, which could substitute for a Stamina Potion.
He’d considered juicing the cherry tomatoes and drinking them as a beverage, but since they were small and had a pleasant flavor when eaten one by one, he decided against making juice.
After resting and recovering Mana, he would water the field again.
When his Mana felt depleted, he’d eat cherry tomatoes and rest for a moment.
By repeating this cycle of using Rain Descent for about an hour and resting, he managed to water the entire field.
And then.
“You grow well and strong too.”
Whoosh.
The World Tree he’d planted not long ago.
It still showed no particular signs of change.
Watching the other crops shoot up, he’d hoped the World Tree would do the same, but it hadn’t grown even a millimeter.
He checked to make sure it hadn’t died, and by focusing his mind, he could faintly detect something like a glimmer of life, so it didn’t appear to be dead.
Come to think of it, trees naturally took ten years, a hundred years, or longer to grow, so expecting rapid growth in just a day or two would have been strange.
.
.
.
“Ah, I’m full.”
In the evening, Woojin ate a hearty meal of home-cooked rice and side dishes that Kim Misuk had packed from home.
“That was delicious, meow! I’m so full, meow…….”
(…….) Agreed.
All that remained was to wash up and sleep.
His day’s routine had come to an end.
There was no fixed schedule, but it amounted to a routine nonetheless: rest when he wanted to rest, play when he wanted to play, eat when he wanted to eat.
Since entering the Tower, this had become his rhythm of sorts.
Usually he washed in the lake water, or
lately, since acquiring the Rain Descent skill, he’d been using it like a shower. Of course, he couldn’t control the water temperature.
Perhaps that was why.
‘I wish I could sink into warm water.’
Woojin actually enjoyed bathing.
Not often, but once a busy week ended and the weekend arrived, he’d head to the nearby Bath House in the evening and soak his whole body in steaming hot water.
It melted away all the fatigue.
“…Wait. I can just do it here, right?”
“Meow?”
Woojin immediately set about preparing stone.
He carved out a slab from inside the Dragon Lair—larger and wider than ever before.
Scrape, scrape…….
[Carving Lv. 3 proficiency increases.]
[Carving Lv. 3 proficiency…….]
[The Common Knife’s durability has reached its limit.]
[The Common Knife has entered ‘Damaged’ status.]
“Dammit!”
[Purchasing a Common Knife for 30 Coin immediately.]
Kkamangi and the Doppelganger watched silently from the side as Woojin worked. What on earth was he doing?
And a moment later.
“Done! Bath House complete!”
“A bath house?”
“Heh. Fill it with water and heat it up warm, and you can enjoy a proper hot bath!”
“I see, meow.”
Kkamangi seemed unimpressed.
Come to think of it, he’d never seen this creature wash since arriving here.
Woojin resolved that they’d all bathe together today.
The bath house’s structure was simple.
A hot bath like you’d find in any neighborhood Bath House.
Only, the basin itself was raised slightly off the ground.
Woojin had originally brought a large stone and carved it out, fitting kindling beneath it so he could build a fire underneath.
“Rain Descent!”
Water filled it quickly.
Now all that remained was to start a fire and heat the water.
“Ah. I’m short on firewood.”
* * *
He picked up the Hand Axe and chopped down a small dead tree.
– Let’s make a contract!
– I’ll accept those conditions you mentioned before!
“Sorry, I’m busy right now. Let’s talk about it later.”
Woojin let Amwol the Demon Sword’s words go in one ear and out the other.
He returned to the 99th Floor and arranged the kindling beneath the bath, then lit it.
Whoosh!
Crackle, snap!
The kindling began to burn.
The water in the basin slowly grew warmer.
A pleasant warmth formed—the kind of temperature you’d find in any ordinary Bath House, warm enough that even small children could sit comfortably after acclimating.
Woojin left just a small flame going and extinguished the rest.
“Time to wash!”
“Wash well, meow.”
“Hey. You need to wash too, Kkamangi.”
“Me? I also have to wash, meow?”
“Of course.”
Woojin had carved a simple stool and bucket from wood, the kind you’d see in any Bath House.
They sat side by side on the stools, scooping water with the bucket and pouring it over themselves.
Warm water—a sensation Woojin had tasted for the first time since entering the tower.
When washing before, it was always cold water.
Splash!
Then he shampooed his hair.
Cleansed his face with face wash.
Scrubbed his body with body soap.
The Doppelganger watched Woojin and washed itself with practiced efficiency.
And Kkamangi, who’d initially refused, surrendered completely once warm water began pouring over its body.
Scrub, scrub, scrub.
Washing myself in cat form was remarkably easy.
Now that my body was clean, it was time for the bath.
I stepped into the water foot by foot, one deliberate step at a time.
My entire body sank into the perfectly heated water.
“Ahhhh! So refreshing~!”
“But it’s warm water, nyaa?”
“The feeling in my body is refreshing.”
(……) Such contentment!
“Mmm, the night sky is bright, and I can see all those stars. Perfect, just perfect.”
Day 29 since arriving at the Tower.
Taking a bath in warm water.
The Farmer in the Dragon Lair (Serialized)
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