Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 53

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53
Lee Woo-jin portioned out the newly harvested Onions and Green Onions, carefully storing them in his Subspace Backpack.
Not just the Onions and Green Onions, but Carrots, Potatoes, Pumpkin Sweet Potatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Lettuce, and Perilla Leaves—all divided and packed the same way as before.
He wasn’t sure how much of each vegetable Kim Mi-sook would use, but if they ran short, he could always bring more the next time he visited.
‘More importantly, what should I have for dinner tonight?’
He sprawled across the floor, gazing absently at the ceiling where sunlight streamed through, letting his mind drift toward the evening meal.
Kkamangi naturally padded up and settled onto his chest.
The cat arranged itself in a loaf, purring contentedly.
Anyway.
Since he’d just obtained new crops—Green Onions and Onions—it would be nice to cook something with them.
Especially the Tower Vitality Green Onion, which boosted the effects of other crops by 1.5 times, making it perfect to add to any dish.
“Hmmmm.”
A Green Onion dish….
“Oh!”
Lee Woo-jin bolted upright, grinning widely.
“Meow?!”
Kkamangi sprang off his chest in surprise, staring at him with wide eyes.
Lee Woo-jin scooped the cat up, holding her aloft like an airplane. “Tonight we’re having Kimchi Stew!”
“Tonight we’re having Kimchi Stew!”
“…Hot! We’re eating Kimchi Stew, meow?!”
Kkamangi’s eyes sparkled with delight.
The cat seemed quite fond of Kimchi Stew.
“Kimchi Stew is good, meow! It was delicious, meow!”
Just a few days after entering the Tower.
Lee Woo-jin had asked Kang Min-woo to bring him Kimchi Stew.
It had tasted like the kind of delivery Kimchi Stew you could find anywhere outside, but there was still something deeply comforting about it.
Kkamangi seemed to cherish that memory too, showing her joy openly.
“Heh. It’ll taste even better than what we had back then, you know why? Because Mom has aged kimchi.”
The taste of Kimchi Stew really hinges on the kimchi itself.
Even if you dump in MSG and stock seasoning by the spoonful, if the kimchi isn’t good—
Then the stew can’t possibly taste good.
And in that sense, Kim Mi-sook’s aged kimchi.
It’s practically a secret weapon.
An ingredient that can’t fail no matter how you use it.
Lee Woo-jin hummed to himself and checked the time.
It was still around three in the afternoon.
Too early for dinner.
He’d been thinking of killing time browsing the community, but then he remembered the unfinished Administrator Corridor expansion work he’d started.
He’d originally planned to push straight through to Floor 70 all at once, but an incident in the middle—acquiring the Land Deed from the Abandoned Dungeon—had interrupted the work.
The expansion to Floor 70 shouldn’t take more than thirty minutes to an hour, so he decided to finish it during the spare time.
“Soil Leveling, Soil Leveling!”
Thud-thud-thud!
[Soil Leveling Lv. 7’s proficiency has increased slightly.]
[Soil Leveling Lv. 7’s proficiency has….]
[You have acquired Soil Leveling Lv. 8.]
Skills leveling up too.
Indeed, a person needs to be diligent.
He was practically becoming the Tower’s mole at this point.
His image of himself earnestly digging up earth felt as noble as some hardworking laborer sweating for the greater good.
Crunch!
Crunch!
[You have consumed Tower Vitality Onion.]
[For 60 minutes, Strength and Stamina increase by 10%.]
Gulp! Gulp!
[By consuming Carrot Juice, your Stamina permanently increases by 0.01.]
[For 30 minutes, Stamina recovery speed increases by 10%.]
Even getting buffs out of it.
Straight ahead to Floor 70 now.
Thud-thud-thud!
Crunch-crunch!
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.
.
Thud.
His stamina was exhausted.
The descent to Floor 70 had been considerable.
Still, his diligent efforts paid off in the end.
The Floor 70 Manager’s door lay directly ahead.
– Krehehehe. The Black Magic Energy gathering feels refreshing.
“The master is collapsed from exhaustion, yet you…”
– Khem! Don’t worry, master. All the Black Magic Energy I’ve gathered will become your strength later. And didn’t the Purification skill level up as well?
“Really? That’s true?”
Somehow, the Purification skill had risen from Level 2 to Level 3.
When Amwol, transformed into shovel form, had excavated stone and earth from the Administrator Corridor and absorbed the residual natural Black Magic Energy that lingered there, the Purification skill had activated in that process.
“You did well, Amwol.”
Lee Woo-jin placed Amwol back into his Subspace Backpack.
He then retrieved the Teleportation Ring, installed it on the ground, and called for Kkamangi.
“Is the work all done, meow?”
“Yeah. Open the door for me.”
“Got it, meow!”
Bounce!
Kkamangi leaped over via the Teleportation Ring.
[Using the Administrator Key to open the Floor 70 Manager’s door of the Tower.]
Click!
What appeared when the door opened was an altar.
The altar had, rather curiously, something resembling a large pond.
Other than that, there seemed to be nothing particularly special.
“What’s the information on Floor 70?”
“Hold on a moment, meow.”
Pop!
[Floor 70 Objective]
– Donate Coins at the Altar (0/1)
[Floor 70 Information]
– You have reached the Altar of Authority.
– For those who ascend the Tower of Impossibility by overcoming countless trials and adversities, the Altar of Authority shall grant a bonus skill.
– Adventurer, donate Coins to the Altar of Authority.
– Then a bonus skill shall be granted to you.
“I see. So it’s like this.”
“Woo-jin! You have plenty of Coins, don’t you? Let’s donate and obtain the skill, meow!”
“Wouldn’t I be unable to receive rewards on Floor 70?”
“…Well, that’s true, meow. I was momentarily forgetting, meow.”
Kkamangi’s mistake was understandable.
In fact, Lee Woo-jin had a track record of gathering considerable spoils (?) from Floors 90 and 80.
As for the Coins Lee Woo-jin currently possessed:
[Coins: 379,502]
It was an enormous sum.
The Hard Difficulty cap on Coin possession for Adventurers was 100,000.
Fortunately for Lee Woo-jin, who officially had a Myth Difficulty objective set on Floor 99, the Coin possession limit appeared to exceed 100,000 by a significant margin.
“Kkamangi, I’m curious about something. How many Coins am I able to possess?”
“Unlimited, meow.”
“What? Really?”
“That’s what the manual says, meow.”
Upon hearing the word unlimited, he looked at the Floor 70 objective again.
Floor 70 didn’t seem to be a floor where one could simply assert that excellent rewards awaited.
Assuming at least one Adventurer had reached Floor 70 of Myth Difficulty through legitimate means, they would certainly have accumulated a great many Coins.
In that process, whether through the Auction House or private transactions, they would have spent a great many Coins to survive the Tower, and they might have had none remaining.
But if one were to know in advance what Floor 70’s reward truly was?
One could obtain Coins from outside in any number of ways and bring them in, but hypothetically, if someone had only just entered Floor 70?
To escape the Tower, one had to complete the ‘Objective.’
In other words, one could only use the Coins currently in hand or sell possessed items to obtain Coins for the altar.
In truth, it seemed far more likely that an adventurer who had just reached Floor 70 would possess only meager coins and thus be unable to obtain good skills, rather than having accumulated substantial wealth.
“I’ve seen enough. Let’s head back, Kkamangi.”
“Understood, meow.”
This floor was beyond Woo-jin’s reach anyway.
He was about to turn around, thinking he’d return and prepare a delicious kimchi stew instead, when it happened.
[The God of Adventure asks you to wait just a moment.]
“…Yes?”
[The God of Adventure brings the God of Authority to the Divine Temple.]
[The God of Authority enters the Divine Temple with obvious reluctance, pushed in from behind, asking what this is about.]
[The God of Authority looks around at all the gods gathered in the Divine Temple with bewilderment, asking why they’re all here.]
[The God of Fate clears their throat and turns away.]
[The God of Adventure grins and tells the God of Authority to simply grant that adventurer over there a Divine Power.]
[The God of Authority stares at the God of Adventure in utter disbelief.]
[The God of Authority observes you.]
[The God of Authority examines your condition and scoffs, asking what such a pathetic creature is doing in this place.]
[The God of Adventure clarifies that he’s not just asking for nothing—if Woo-jin offers coins at the altar, shouldn’t you naturally be rewarded with a skill? So coins in exchange for Divine Power.]
[The God of Authority retorts: why should I do that? Besides, that wretch isn’t even in a state to receive Floor 70’s rewards in the first place.]
[The God of Authority looks at the God of Order and asks if he’s mistaken.]
[The God of Order says he has no particular objection to granting Woo-jin Divine Power.]
[The God of Authority goes slack-jawed.]
[The God of Authority’s expression soon returns to composure, and he draws a firm line: he has absolutely no intention of giving either Divine Power or skills to that adventurer.]
Woo-jin, reading the gods’ conversation in messages, found himself uncertain how to proceed. There was no telling when he might catch stray sparks from their dispute.
Did the God of Dominion sense his hesitation?
The God of Dominion stepped in.
[The God of Dominion says that refraining from interfering in each other’s domains is an unwritten rule among the gods, and granting Divine Power is the God of Authority’s own responsibility.]
[The God of Dominion tells you to return to the Lair now.]
“Yes!”
* * *
Back at the Dragon Lord’s Lair, Woo-jin was about to begin preparing dinner in earnest.
But then.
‘Does the God of Authority eat too, perhaps?’
The reason for this thought was simple.
[The God of Authority, hearing what the God of Adventure had said, responds incredulously: so you’ve been directly intervening and watching over that adventurer this whole time?]
[The God of Adventure protests: What? Intervene? If anyone heard that, they’d think we’ve been pushing Woo-jin forward!]
[The God of Adventure says they’ve merely been quietly offering a little help when it seemed he was in a bind, and asks the God of Dominion: isn’t that so?]
[The God of Dominion nods slightly.]
[The God of Fate asks the God of Authority if he’d like to join them for dinner.]
[The God of Authority scoffs and answers that he only eats Natural Delicacies—nothing else.]
[The God of Fate says that Woo-jin’s food is even more delicious than that.]
The Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair (Serialized)
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