Chapter 123: Already Gone?!

Squeak!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Each time the black rabbit kneaded the dough, it became stickier, and the dough began to glisten.

“You’re doing well.”

Sejun began to prepare to make garaetteok while the black rabbit was kneading the dough.

“Cuengi, cut this.”

Kreong!

Rip.

Cuengi easily tore the exoskeleton of a fire ant worker, which couldn’t even be pierced by a honeybee’s poisonous stinger, as if ripping paper.

And then

“Iona, attach this.”

“Yes!”

Sejun had Iona connect the torn exoskeleton using an adhesive spell, creating a funnel shape with a small hole at the end. Now, all he had to do was to put the dough in the funnel, press it, and the delicious garaetteok would be made.

At that moment

Squeak!

The black rabbit called Sejun, saying the dough was ready.

“Really? Then shall we make one batch first?”

Sejun took some of the still hot rice dough and put it in the manual garaetteok machine.

“Cuengi, press it slowly and gently.”

This time, he entered the command in line with Cuengi’s compression level without making a mistake.

Kreong!

Press.

As Cuengi gently pressed down on the dough at Sejun’s command,

Drip, drip, drip.

The milky garaetteok slowly began to emerge from the end of the conical funnel as the dough was pressed.

“Shall we see how it is?”

Sejun cut the end of the freshly pulled garaetteok, and

[You have completed a Slightly Chewy Garaetteok.]

[Your proficiency with Cooking Lv. 4 has slightly increased.]

[The taste and effect of the Slightly Chewy Garaetteok have slightly improved due to the effect of Cooking Lv. 4.]

A message appeared, indicating that the garaetteok was completed.

“A slightly chewy garaetteok?”

Slightly chewy? Sejun checked the options of the dish before eating it due to the strange name.

[Slightly Chewy Garaetteok]

→ Made with the finest rice flour under the supervision of a skilled chef and pressed into a long shape with strong pressure.

→ A bumbling rice cake maker’s kneading has slightly enhanced the chewiness of the garaetteok.

→ Chef: Tower Farmer Park Sejun, Red Ribbon Kingdom’s King Black Rabbit (Bumbling Rice Cake Maker)

→ Expiration Date: 10 Days

→ Grade: C+

It wasn’t strange that the Black Rabbit had became the king of the Red Ribbon, or that ChuChu became the queen of the Red Ribbon Kingdom.

However,

“A bumbling rice cake maker?”

Squeak...

At Sejun’s words, the Black Rabbit made an awkward expression. In fact, the Black Rabbit had awakened two jobs simultaneously when he was awakened.

One was a warrior, and the other was a rice cake maker.

The Black Rabbit wanted to be a warrior, and since the situation at the time wasn’t suitable for making rice cakes, he naturally paid no attention to the rice cake-making job.

“What? You’ve been catching monsters with this great kneading technique all this time?”

‘No wonder I felt a sticky sensation when hitting monsters...’

His feeling was correct. The Black Rabbit’s hammer was actually a rice cake mallet. How could he have let such a talent go to waste?!

Sejun didn’t know, but one of the Black Rabbit’s maternal ancestors was a Pongpongi who created the relic: wealth-devouring rice dough. In other words, the Black Rabbit was a descendant of Pongpongi, born with a rice cake spoon1.

“Cuengi, follow me!”

Sejun called Cuengi and hurried to the kitchen. Black Rabbit, I’ll nurture your talent!

“Cuengi, prepare the pot!”

Kreong!

Cuengi brought a large pot in front of Sejun.

And then

[Relic: Wealth-devouring Rice Dough has swallowed 100 Tower coins and produced 50kg of the highest quality rice flour.]

Sejun began to produce rice flour.

Swoosh.

Fine rice flour poured into the large pot. After pouring rice flour 10 times at 100 Tower coins each, the large pot was almost full.

“Put it here.”

Kreong!

Cuengi lifted the large pot and put it into Sejun’s void storage.Reaad the latest stories on novelbin(.)com

Then, as they went back outside,

“Hello! We’re back.”

“President Theo, we’re back.”

Two intern cats who had just arrived greeted Sejun and Theo.

He started the morning of the 282nd day of being Stranded, drawing a line on the wall.

“It feels empty without the animals.”

Theo and Iona had gone back down the tower yesterday. Theo went to sell crops and to receive a report on the Earth Defense Force’s performance, and Iona left because she suddenly received a call from the Wizard’s Association.

As a result, Sejun came outside, feeling both refreshed and empty.

Kreong!

Pip-pip!

As Sejun came outside, he was greeted by Cuengi and a golden bat. Fortunately, having them around lessened the emptiness.

Kreong!

Thump, thump.

Cuengi started patting its belly as it saw Sejun. He’s hungry!

“Alright. Let’s eat.”

Sejun took Cuengi and golden bat to the kitchen and warmed up the leftover grilled fish that he had prepared for Theo the previous day.

Kreong!

Although it was the usual meal, Cuengi ate it as if it were a delicious new dish.

And

Pip-pip.

The golden bat, who loved fruit, sucked on cherry tomato juice.

After finishing breakfast, as they were heading to the field,

Squeak!

Kkwek, Kkwek!

Rabbits and mushroom ants were seen happily farming together. The rabbits rode on the backs of the mushroom ants, with the ants taking care of the bottom and the rabbits the top as they harvested cherry tomatoes.

With the increase in mushroom ants, the farm operated smoothly even without Sejun.

Then,

Roar!

A roar from the pink-furred mother Crimson Giant Bear was heard.

“Did they invade again?”

Lately, about 100,000 fire ants had been swarming once in a while, probably to reclaim their slaves.

“Let’s go, guys!”

Kreong!

Pip-pip!

As Sejun and the animals rushed towards the Pink-fur,

Roar!

Thud!

Pink-fur lightly struck the ground, creating a shockwave that stunned the larger ants, making it easier for Sejun to hunt.

These fire ants, 1.5 times larger than the workers, were fire ant warriors with sharp teeth and thick legs.

“Thanks. Time to make a Thundercloud.”

Sejun expressed his gratitude to Pink-fur and prepared to use Thundercloud skill.

But just as he was about to rain down,

Splash!

Water was sprayed towards the fire ant warriors.

– Hmph! Save your magic power! So you can cast one more.

The black dragon statue spat water from its mouth.

“Thank you, Kaiser.”

– Ahem. Then later, sweet potato rice cakes...

He had ulterior motives.

“Throw Thunder!”

“Throw Thunder!”

“Throw Thunder!”

Thanks to that, Sejun, who saved magic power by skipping the raining process, dropped three consecutive bursts of blue lightning on the fire ant warriors.

Crash!

[You have defeated a fire ant warrior.]

[You have gained 1500 experience points.]

...

..

.

[You have leveled up.]

Sejun defeated 5,000 out of 100,000 and leveled up.

Roar!

Boom!

The rest were taken care of by Pink-fur,

Kreong!

Boom!

And Cuengi.

– Tsk tsk tsk. How can I use that...

Kaiser inadvertently clicked his tongue.

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TL Notes:

1) Play on words – born with silver/gold spoon instead it was changed to rice cake spoon.