Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 60

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Lee Woo-jin headed toward the Abandoned Dungeon through the Administrator Passage.
After receiving a message days earlier about an intruder in the dungeon,
he could see traces where the tunnel had been refilled to keep the passage hidden.
Thunk! Crack!
He quickly carved through the wall again with the Dark Moon Shovel, moving with practiced efficiency.
Since the earth had been excavated once before, it wasn’t compacted; it crumbled easily under his shovel, and he was able to open a passage to the dungeon with minimal effort.
Rumble!
Dirt sprayed outward as Lee Woo-jin’s face popped through into the open.
He had arrived at the dungeon.
A cavern-style map, the kind you’d see in a typical RPG game.
“Here we go.”
Tap.
A smooth landing.
Knowing the dungeon was empty, he didn’t activate Absolute Stealth just yet.
“Rat, where are the traps?”
Squeak. (Just wait a moment.)
Whoosh.
The Dungeon Rat pulled on the Goggles.
The small goggles covered its tiny eyes completely.
They looked like the safety glasses technicians wore while soldering.
Swish, swish!
The Dungeon Rat began looking around.
Then it dashed forward, stopping abruptly about ten meters ahead.
Squeak! (There’s a trap here!)
“Ah.”
Lee Woo-jin couldn’t see it, but it was visible to the Dungeon Rat’s eyes.
He decided to watch from behind.
Rummage, rummage…
The Dungeon Rat pulled various tools from its grimy backpack.
Looking at what came out, there were truly all sorts of miscellaneous items.
Tweezers the size of a fingernail, a small wooden hammer with a thin handle.
An elongated mini awl, bunches of thin wire…
Mixed in among those were tiny screws, gear fragments, flat metal plates, and hook-like tools with bent ends.
Squeak. (Don’t stare too hard—it’s embarrassing.)
“Why?”
Squeak… (Well… the tools look kind of shabby.)
Lee Woo-jin shook his head.
“What are you talking about? I think they look amazing.”
Squeak? (Really?)
“Of course. I believe in you, Dungeon Rat.”
Encouraged by his words, the Dungeon Rat’s eyes gleamed as it clapped its paws excitedly—pat, pat, pat.
Squeak! (My master believes in me!)
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.
Fifteen minutes had passed.
[The Dungeon Rat’s Trap Disassembly Level 1 proficiency has greatly improved!]
[The Dungeon Rat has acquired Trap Disassembly Level 2.]
The first result had emerged.
[Trap-type Poison Arrow]
– Rank: C
– Quantity: 15 arrows
– Description: A poison arrow trap used within the dungeon. Upon detecting a certain amount of pressure or movement, it fires arrows coated with a lethal paralysis toxin.
“Impressive.”
The first trap the Dungeon Rat had brought over.
It was a trap mechanism containing poisoned arrows inside.
When installed on the floor or wall, if an Adventurer passed by unknowingly, the poison arrows would fire and deal damage.
Squeak. (I’ll bring more traps if you wait.)
Squeak. (I’ll hurry.)
“No, take your time. Aren’t you hungry?”
Lee Woo-jin pulled a roasted sweet potato from his Subspace Backpack—leftovers from yesterday afternoon’s snack. He hadn’t meant it as a late-night meal, but rather as a treat for the toiling Dungeon Rat.
“Here, eat this first.”
– Squeak, squeeeak…… (M-master……)
– Chirp! (I swear absolute loyalty!)
Touched. Deeply touched!
The Dungeon Rat began munching away at the sweet potato, tears like chicken droppings rolling down its face. Lee Woo-jin wore an expression of bewilderment at the sudden display.
Yet the Dungeon Rat had truly been moved to its core.
Its previous master, the high-ranking witch Eldora.
Under her rule, every day had been relentless toil.
Dungeon construction, trap installation, miscellaneous chores.
She’d work it without a moment’s rest, never offering proper compensation. The same treatment befell its fellow Dungeon Rats.
Whenever stamina failed or the body ached—unavoidable circumstances that slowed its movements—the witches would punish it.
The meals, too, were inadequate.
Stale, moldy bread that humans themselves wouldn’t touch,
and even that was doled out in pinches, torn off and tossed aside.
Rationed only enough to prevent starvation.
Given the Dungeon Rat’s nature—incapable of surviving alone without food—it would surely starve otherwise, forcing it to swallow its tears and cling desperately to the witches’ service.
Then the Dungeon Rat was discarded.
Deemed sluggish and weak.
But Lee Woo-jin?
– Squeeeeak! (Waaaah!)
He treats it kindly and offers praise.
And he even serves it delicious food.
Welfare beyond anything in Dungeon Rat history!
Long live the Lee Woo-jin Agricultural Management Corporation!
Just as it was thinking him the finest of masters,
the Dungeon Rat received an unexpected gift.
[Dungeon Rat’s Advanced Tool Bag]
– Grade: B
– Description: A custom-made tool bag designed exclusively for Dungeon Rats. Equipped with limited compression functionality, capable of storing numerous small implements and basic analytical tools. Invaluable for precise Trap Disassembly and device inspection.
– …Chirp?!
– Squeak, squeeeak! (M-master! Where did this come from?!)
“I searched the Auction House on a whim and found it being sold.”
Lee Woo-jin showed him the Auction House bidding history screen.
[Auction House Bidding History]
– Lightened Iron Sword: 1,500 Coins
– Durable Leather Armor: 500 Coins
– Amulet of Defense: 3,000 Coins
– Adventurer’s Leather Boots: 800 Coins
Scrolling down further.
– Dungeon Rat’s Advanced Tool Bag: 5,000 Coins
One could see that he’d obtained the tool bag for 5,000 Coins.
Lee Woo-jin retrieved the tool bag from his winning bids and handed it to the Dungeon Rat.
Unlike its old, worn tool bag, this one was clearly high-grade—constructed from sturdy leather that promised durability.
– Chirp?! (You’re really giving this to me?!)
“Of course. Who else would use it—or who else, rather?”
– Chirp! (Master, you’re the absolute best!)
– Chirp! (Thank you!)
“Try it on right now.”
– Chirp! (Yes, sir!)
The Dungeon Rat spun in a full circle wearing the bag, testing the fit like a child who’d just received a new backpack for the school year.
It was excellent.
* * *
The Dungeon Rat scraped away at the ground and retrieved a hidden mechanism beneath the metal platform.
With a needle-like tool, it went “tick-tick,” releasing the internal latches one by one.
The moment it extracted the final locking pin, a click sounded from below and the massive stone block that had been fixed within the ceiling overhead came to a sudden halt, as if losing its momentum.
It was a Trap-type Rolling Boulder that would have tumbled down the passage had they been even slightly slower.
[Dungeon Rat’s Trap Disassembly Lv. 2 proficiency has greatly improved!]
[You have obtained a Trap-type Rolling Boulder.]
[Trap-type Rolling Boulder]
– Grade: C
– Quantity: Single-use
– Description: A rolling boulder trap used within the tower. Upon detecting a certain amount of pressure or movement, a massive stone hurtles down the corridor. If triggered in a narrow passage, it can deliver devastating crushing damage.
But that wasn’t all.
[Dungeon Rat’s Trap Disassembly Level 2 proficiency has…….]
[Dungeon Rat has acquired Trap Disassembly Level 3.]
[You have obtained a Trap-type Lava Platform.]
[You have obtained a Trap-type Ice Spray Nozzle.]
[You have obtained a Trap-type Paralysis Current Plate.]
[Trap-type Lava Platform]
– Grade: B
– Quantity: 3
– Description: The floor appears ordinary at first glance, but the moment weight is placed upon it, lava erupts—a high-temperature trap of devastating heat.
[Trap-type Ice Spray Nozzle]
– Grade: C
– Quantity: 5
– Description: A cold-based trap used within the tower. When activated, it expels frigid air to freeze the ground and dull the target’s movements. It can induce both slipping and hypothermia simultaneously.
[Trap-type Paralysis Current Plate]
– Grade: C
– Quantity: 3
– Description: An electrical trap used within the tower. When weight bears down on the metal platform for a certain duration or longer, a powerful current discharges. The paralytic effect to the body is more threatening than direct damage.
Beyond these, several other traps lay before Lee Woo-jin’s eyes.
Over the course of three hours, Dungeon Rat had disassembled every single trap installed throughout the Abandoned Dungeon.
“These are all traps, you’re saying?”
Many of them would have killed Lee Woo-jin outright had he triggered them with his fragile constitution.
Of course, now that he wielded Absolute Stealth, physical attacks held no purchase against him—making them largely meaningless at this point.
“Dungeon Rat. You’re carrying all of this.”
– Click! (Roger that!)
There might come a time when they’d be useful.
Dungeon Rat was not only skilled at disassembling traps but also an expert at installing them, so he’d be able to put them to good use.
[Abandoned Dungeon]
– Monsters: 0
– Traps: 0
Lee Woo-jin had reset everything to a neat zero.
Now it was already approaching seven in the morning.
This was normally the time people were just waking up.
The routine was to do some calisthenics and then have breakfast.
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.
.
Bubble-bubble!
“Woo-jin, ramyeon for breakfast?”
“Why? Do you want something else?”
“No way! Shin Ramyeon is great!”
While Lee Woo-jin prepared the ramyeon, Doppelgaenger set out plates and bowls, along with chopsticks. She also arranged the Kimjang Kimchi—Kim Mi-suk’s special batch that Lee Woo-jin had brought out—into a side dish plate.
“After breakfast, then calisthenics?”
“No. I’m going to sleep after eating.”
“…Meow?”
“I woke up yesterday at dawn and did an all-nighter (?) here with Dungeon Rat.”
– Click! (Pulled an all-nighter!)
The Shin Ramyeon reached perfect chewiness.
Lee Woo-jin distributed portions of the ramyeon into plates and bowls for the gods and children, leaving his own in the aluminum pot.
He flipped the aluminum pot’s lid upside down and rested the noodles on it.
Using it like a bowl, effectively.
He blew on it once to cool it down.
Then he slurped the noodles straight into his mouth.
“Ah, that hits the spot.”
Eating a piece of Kimjang Kimchi with each slurp,
the ramyeon and broth in the aluminum pot were soon scraped clean.
After brushing his teeth and taking a quick shower, Lee Woo-jin returned to his sleeping bag.
Fluffy and refreshed, he collapsed straight into it.
“Ahhhh. Perfect.”
Day thirty-seven since arriving at the Tower.
After the night shift, he was catching a few hours of sleep.
A Farmer in a Dragon Lair (Serial)
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