Chapter 568: Chapter 568
Sejun, who had helped Podori with his forced promotion,
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put a Tree Killer’s core into his mouth.
As the core melted smoothly, his mouth was filled with the scent of grass, as if he had entered a forest.
On top of that, while it tasted like grass, it reminded him of the green juice his mom used to make when he was young.
He found the glutinous rice grain and checked its options.
[Golden Glutinous Rice]
→ Rice that grew in the Great Tower and underwent a mutation, transforming into glutinous rice with excellent stickiness and easy digestibility.
→ It has been grown by an outstanding farmer, greatly enhancing its effects.
→ Consuming 100,000 grains of glutinous rice triggers the Glutinous-Rice-as-Medicine effect. (When activated, the Glutinous-Rice-as-Medicine effect randomly increases Strength, Stamina, Agility, and Magic stats by a total of 150.)
→ Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Sejun
→ Shelf Life: 180 days
Unfortunately, the +2 effect of Golden Rice was gone, but because it was easier to digest, the medicinal effect was stronger than regular rice.
If I enhance it to +2 here, it’ll be even better than the +2 Golden Rice, right?
Sejun smiled contentedly after checking the options and carefully placed one grain of glutinous rice into the Pouch of Abundance Crafted With Utmost Sincerity.
[1 day until 100 Golden Glutinous Rice seeds are replicated]
The text appeared on the side of the Pouch .
Once I have about 500 grains, I’ll plant them.
After confirming the text, Sejun went back to harvesting rice.
“Everyone, great job!”
When the rice harvest was finished, Sejun shared snacks with his companions and took a break.
Theo and Cuengi naturally took their places on Sejun’s knee and side.
[Butler! Lift me up!]
Blackie, holding a piece of roasted and dried sweet potato in his mouth, barked, asking to be placed in the sling bag.
When Sejun lifted Blackie and put him into the sling bag,
Inside the sling bag, Blackie and his subordinates happily munched on their roasted sweet potato snacks.
While the group rested and enjoyed their snacks,
Sejun reviewed the Red Tower land deeds he owned and the Experienced Farmer’s Plant Encyclopedia to decide which floor to visit.
The Red Tower land deeds he possessed were for floors 22, 53, 78, and 94.
The plant encyclopedia revealed that Red Tower crops included Fire Beans planted on nearly every floor, the Cold Mangosteen on the 22nd floor, and Aloe on the 57th floor.
“I guess I’ll go to the 22nd floor.”
Since the only overlap between the land deeds and the encyclopedia was the 22nd floor, Sejun decided on that as his destination.
If there had been something like Aloe instead of Mangosteen on the 22nd floor, Sejun might have chosen a different floor just for the adventure.
Conversely, even if he had known what was on floors 53, 78, or 94, his destination still would have been the 22nd floor.
Because Mangosteen is the queen of fruits.
With his destination set, Sejun declared,
“Everyone, get in the void storage.”
Sejun sent his companions into the Void Storage and,
unfolded the land deed for the Red Tower’s 22nd floor, disappearing in an instant.
[You have arrived at the 22nd floor of the Red Tower.]
Sejun arrived at the Red Tower.
As hot air rushed into his nose like he had stepped into a dry sauna,
He felt his nose and throat burn slightly, along with a searing sensation.
The heat from the scorching sand beneath his feet radiated up to the soles of his feet.
Sejun quickly became drenched in sweat.
He had endured the cold with sheer stamina before, but this heat was unbearable.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”
Theo jumped onto Sejun’s face.
“Hey! It’s hot, wait, huh?!”
Sejun, who was about to complain at Theo clinging to his face,
was startled by an unexpected coolness.
“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, can’t control body temperature with magic power, meow?!”
“Huh?! You can do that?”
“Meow? You just do it, meow!”
While Sejun was dumbfounded by Theo’s vague explanation,
Cuengi and Blackie family also rushed out from the Void Storage.
[Great Blackie is going to burn to death…]
Blackie, carried by his subordinates, quickly went back into the Void Storage,
and closed the door in a hurry.
Although Blackie had the ability to regulate his body temperature, he lacked magic power to do it.
Cuengi, on the other hand, instinctively knew how to regulate his body temperature but
[Cuengi can just do it.]
Couldn’t explain it to Sejun.
Thanks to Theo and Cuengi, who had naturally cooled him down, Sejun felt a bit more comfortable and began looking around.
He spotted deep purple mangosteens hanging from trees nearly 10 meters tall.
When Sejun grabbed the closest Mangosteen to harvest it
An ant the size of two finger joints that had been hiding behind the Mangosteen fruit revealed itself.
The ant opened its sharp front teeth, aiming to bite Sejun, but…
“Hehehe. Looks like it’s ripe?”
Excited by the thought of eating the mangosteen, Sejun didn’t notice the ant at all.
Theo, Sejun’s bodyguard, swiftly swung his front paw and took out the ant.
[Guard Theo Park has eliminated a Bullet Ant.]
[You have gained 50 experience points, which is 50% of the experience gained by Guard Theo.]
I heard getting bitten by a Bullet Ant hurts terribly?
“Phew. That was close. Vice Chairman Theo, you did great. Thank you.”
Sejun let out a sigh of relief as he checked the message and patted Theo’s head in praise.
“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, always do great, meow! So Chairman Park should always be grateful to me, meow!”
While Theo puffed up with pride at Sejun’s compliment,
With an ominous sound, tens of thousands of Bullet Ants that had been hiding in the mangosteen tree started crawling toward Sejun.
[A quest has been generated.]
[Quest: Eliminate the Bullet Ant colony occupying the mangosteen farm.]
Bullet Ants (1/50,000)
Soldier Bullet Ants (0/5,000)
Queen Bullet Ant (0/1)
Reward: Recognition as the rightful owner of the mangosteen farm on the 22nd floor of the Red Tower.
A land deed quest message appeared in front of Sejun.
“Cuengi, lightly roast them without hurting the tree.”
Following Sejun’s instructions, Cuengi grabbed the thunderbolt staff and released a small burst of electrical energy.
[You have eliminated the Bullet Ant colony.]
[You have completed the quest.]
With just one strike of Cuengi’s lightning, the quest was completed.
“Alright, now let’s harvest the mangosteens.”
“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!”
While Sejun, Theo, and Cuengi busily harvested mangosteens in the Red Tower,
[Flamie~nim, I can’t do this anymore…]
[Open your mouth! You’re far from becoming a Dimensional Tree!]
On the 99th floor of the Black Tower, Flamie, taking advantage of Sejun’s absence, was busy force-feeding Podori special nutritional supplements for becoming a Dimensional Tree.
I don’t want to become a Dimensional Tree…
Podori wanted to scream those words, but they stayed stuck in his throat.
He swallowed the supplement, holding back his complaints. He didn’t want to be burned to death by Flamie’s fire.
Getting promoted isn’t good after all.