Chapter 273: Ajax is the Problem

Chapter 273: Ajax is the Problem

TL: Hanguk

Inside the kitchen on the 99th floor of the tower.

Kuehehehe.

Cuengi was looking at Sejun, who was cooking with sparkling eyes and a bright smile.

And Sejun, under Cuengis intense gaze, was diligently making honey baekseolgi. (TL: Honey Rice Cake)

A little earlier

Krueng! Krueng!

[Dad ate 5 delicious things alone! Cuengi knows everything!]

Food Detective Cunan accurately deduced the number of Skill-Enhancing Golden Royal Jellies Sejun had eaten with his incredible deductive skills.

Krueng!

[Cuengi feels left out!]

Seeing Cuengi taking out an Enhanced Branch of a Corrupted Ent from his snack pouch,

Cuengi, Im sorry. Instead, Ill make you honey baekseolgi.

Krueng!

[That sounds good!]

Sejun had peacefully settled the matter with Cuengi by offering to make Cuengis favorite food, honey baekseolgi.

Click.

Thus, Sejun put a huge steamer over a pot emitting steam to steam the honey baekseolgi,

[You have harvested 9 Magical Cherry Tomatoes.]

[Your job experience points have slightly increased.]

[Your proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 7 has slightly increased.]

[Due to the Cold energy imbued in the Sickle of Freshness, the expiration date of the harvested crops has increased by 5 days.]

[You have gained 540 experience points.]

and went to the cherry tomato farm to start harvesting cherry tomatoes, intending to make cherry tomato juice to go with the honey baekseolgi.

While Sejun was harvesting the cherry tomatoes,

[The temporary storage of the White Tower has been filled with 5000 Elixir: Cherry Tomato Imbued with Powerful Magic Power.]

[The White Towers temporary storage is full.]

[Since the temporary storage can no longer hold crops, the harvesting ordered to Ajax Mamebe, the tower farmer of the White Tower, has been terminated.]

Nearly two months had passed since the last message that the White Towers temporary storage capacity was full appeared.

When the Magical Cherry Tomatoes were first planted, the concentration was high due to the magic power continuously emitted by Ajax on the 99th floor of the tower.

However, as the cherry tomatoes absorbed the magic, the concentration of magic power on the 99th floor of the White Tower gradually decreased.

This caused the growth speed of the cherry tomatoes to slow down, and now it almost took two months to harvest 5000 elixir cherry tomatoes.

The growth speed has slowed down too much

The core of the problem was Ajax.

If Ajax was just slacking off, it would be easy to scold him to increase the harvesting speed, but Ajax has been diligently working recently.

This was a problem that could only be solved if the amount of magic power Ajax emitted increased.Điscover new chapters on n0ve(l)bin(.)com

What should I do?

As Sejun pondered,

[The rank of the tower farmer has increased, allowing you to expand the temporary storage size to twice its size for 500 million tower coins.]

[Would you like to expand?]

Additional messages appeared asking if he wanted to expand the temporary storage.

The maximum transport capacity between towers was 100kg. Until now, Sejun had been transporting up to 50kg through inter-tower transport due to the small size of the temporary storage.

If the size of the temporary storage doubles, it means that he could use the maximum transport capacity of 100kg between towers.

However,

I wont do it.

Sejun decided not to expand the temporary storage.

It wasnt because he didnt have the money. After purchasing the <Power: Abundance>, he had about 1 billion tower coins left, so money was not an issue. It was simply unnecessary.

Even if the temporary storage size doubled, the slow growth rate of the cherry tomatoes made it meaningless.

It already takes two months to harvest 5000 cherry tomatoes. Filling the double-sized temporary storage would take twice as long.

That means Id have to wait more than four months.

That was too long. Since the cherry tomatoes for Aileen would run out before then, whether the temporary storage was full or not, he would have to use inter-tower transport soon anyway.

Ajax is the problem.

Ultimately, the problem was Ajaxs weak(?) magic power. If Ajax knew he was being treated this way by Sejun, he might have stormed into the Black Tower again.

Of course, he would probably be scolded by Aileen before that.

Then,

[The towers administrator asks if Ajax oppa is not listening to you again.]

[The towers administrator says if you summon Ajax oppa again, this time shell give him a real beating.]

Aileen, hearing Sejuns words, became angry, thinking Ajax was causing trouble for Sejun again. For Ajax, who had not been causing any trouble and had been working hard lately, this was quite unfair.

Its not like that, Aileen.

Sejun calmed Aileen down and said,

Transport.

Sejun paid 1 million tower coins for the inter-tower transportation fee and moved 5000 cherry tomatoes to the Black Tower.

Shortly after,

Poof.

Piyo!

[Delicious!]

Beside them, Piyot happily pecked at the peanut powder Sejun had ground up for him.

Thus, everyone enjoyed a happy dinner, ending the day on a joyful note.

***

[From the Black Tower to the White Tower, 30,000 Elixir: Cherry Tomato Imbued with Powerful Magic Power seeds and 10 bottles of honey jelly have been sent.]

Huh?! Whats this?

Ajax, wearing a straw hat and boots, holding a scythe, was puzzled by the arrival of something other than cherry tomato seeds.

Huh?! Honey jelly?

Although Sejun sent it with the intention of making Ajax stronger and increase the harvest of cherry tomatoes,

It seems the human feels sorry for me.

Ajax misunderstood, thinking Sejun sent the honey jelly as an apology for making him work hard.

Hmph! Do you think Id be happy with this?!

Ajaxs lips slightly curled up in a good mood.

Click.

Pretending otherwise, Ajax opened a bottle of honey jelly.

Yum.

I definitely wont enjoy this!

He was a great White Dragon. He wouldnt fall for such food.

With that firm resolution, Ajax ate the honey jelly.

But then,

Sarururu.

What?! Whats this?!

Its too delicious! The rich honey flavor of the honey jelly melted in his mouth like cotton candy, lowering Ajaxs defenses.

Hmph! Ill eat it, considering the humans sincerity.

Yum. Yum.

Ajax excitedly ate the honey jelly and then noticed,

Oh! Look, the cherry tomatoes are ripe.

He harvested the cherry tomatoes.

And then,

Swoosh.

The effect of the honey jelly caused Ajaxs Dragonheart to grow slightly, increasing the magic power he emitted.

***

The next morning.

Alright!

As soon as Sejun got up,

Meow

He picked up Theo and then,

Click.

Attached it to his leg and marked the date on the wall.

360th day since being stranded, today is the founding ceremony of the Red Ribbon Kingdom. Sejun hurried to sell the black beans to the dragons and had to go down to the 55th floor of the tower.

Clunk.

As Sejun and Theo were about to open the bedroom door and come out,

Piyo!

[I want to go too!]

Piyot, who had been sleeping in a wooden box house, hurriedly followed Sejun. I am Theos right front paw man, going wherever Vice Chairman Theo goes!

Click.

Thus, Sejun, taking Theo and Piyot with him, went to the storeroom and opened the Golden Box of Abundance to take out two black beans.

Good. That makes six.

Sejun took the six black beans and headed towards the fountain where the dragons were.

At that moment,

Piyo?

[Vice Chairman Theo, didnt we forget something?]

Piyot asked Theo. There was something forgotten, but it couldnt recall what it was.

However,

Puhuhut. Worry not, Piyot! I was planning to give Chairman Park the lottery draw after breakfast, meow!

Theo gave a different answer.

This time, both Theo and Piyot completely forgot that they needed to save the Mother Tree together.

Piyo! Piyo!

[Ah! That was it! Vice Chairman Theo is indeed a smart cat!]

Of course, meow!

Theo was smug at Piyots words. Truly, Theo and Piyot were a fantastic combo.

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