Chapter 293: Harvesting Persimmons

Chapter 293: Harvesting Persimmons

TL: Hanguk

Hehehe. I knew this would happen.

Sejun felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction watching Fenrir pass out after eating something bitter like himself.

Swoosh.

Sejun returned home, carefully placed the unconscious Fenrir on the bed, and covered him with a blanket.

And then,

Swoosh.

He marked the date he had missed in his haste earlier.

The 73rd tally mark was completed. Above it were tightly packed 7 rows of ten s each.

Tomorrow marks a year

Swoosh.

Sejun gently caressed the history of his 365 days etched on the wall,

Should I start preparing for the party?

He went outside to prepare for a party celebrating one year of survival.

It was going to be a busy day preparing food for the animals invited to the party.

Because he planned to visit the farms on other floors to harvest crops.

As Sejun stepped outside,

Kueng

[Cuengi wants to help daddy]

Cuengi was waiting to help Sejun.

But,

Gurgle.

Cuengis belly clock, signaling mealtime, interrupted Cuengis words.

Kuehehehe. Kueng.

[Hehehe. But Cuengi is low on fuel.]

Cuengi scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.

Lets grab something to eat on the way and head out.

Kueng!

[Okay!]

Clank.

Sejun opened the void storage to take out some simple food,

Kuehehehe.

Cuengi eagerly followed Sejun into the void storage and filled his snack pouch.

Shortly after,

Toryong.

Sejun called Toryong to head towards the location of waypoint.

-Master, we have arrived.

Okay, thanks.

Sejun looked down at his knees in response.

Gororong.

Kyurorong.

Kurorong.

Pirorong.

Animals that had eaten breakfast were sound asleep on his knees.

Click, click, click.

Sejun opened the void storage and carefully placed the animals on the storage floor without waking them up.

And then,

See you in a bit.

[Hehe. Okay.]

He lastly put Flamie down from his shoulder and closed the door.

Having become alone, Sejun placed his hand on the red crystal,

[Loading other floors saved waypoint.]

[Saved waypoints of other floors (7)]

-98th floor

-85th floor

-83rd floor

-77th floor

-55th floor

-49th floor

-44th floor

The floors Sejun could go to appeared.

First, I should go see the persimmon tree.

Sejun selected the 49th floor and disappeared.

While Sejun was away from the 99th floor,

Moo!

The Black Minotaurs were controlling the entrance of tower 99.

It was to let in only those invited to Sejuns party.

However,

Click.

Here is the invitation to the great Black Dragons one-year anniversary party.

Beings appeared, offering a paper stamped with Theos paw print as an invitation.

Moo?

[What should we do?]

Moo!

[Its okay since it has Vice Chairman Theos stamp!]

Despite feeling something was off, Minotaur 700 and Minotaur 800 accepted the invitation because Theos paw print was clear, allowing visitors to enter the 99th floor.

Heres the invitation.

Invitation here.

Thus, the two received the invitations and allowed one visitor after another into the 99th floor.

***

[You have arrived at the 49th-floor farm.]

[You have moved from the top floor, 99th floor, to the 49th floor.]

[You have descended 50 floors.]

[Due to the effect of <Title: Retrogressor>, all stats increase by 50.]

Sejuns four stats increased by 50 each, totaling a 200 increase in stats.

Hehehe. Feel pretty good

Sejun didnt feel much excitement other than feeling a bit better.

This is because Sejuns total stats were close to 2500.

Adding 200 to 2500 would make 2700. Now, a 200 stat increase didnt make much difference to Sejun.

Wow! There are so many sweet persimmons.

Sejun looked around and cheered at the sight of ripe persimmons hanging heavily on the tree.

Even a rough count of the persimmons on a single tree seemed to number in the hundreds.

Clank.

Kking?

[Whats this?]

Munch. Munch.

He tried eating the branches and leaves of the healthy crops,

Kking?

[Is that strange smell coming from here?]

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Fenrir dug up the ground, ruining the well-grown crops in the process.

Kking.

[Im hungry.]

Feeling hungry, Fenrir went to the sweet potato field,

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Dug up some sweet potatoes,

Chomp. Chomp.

And started eating them deliciously.

While Fenrir was busy eating sweet potatoes,

Kwek?

The mushroom ants discovered their carefully tended fields had been damaged.

Kwek!

Kwek!

The mushroom ants began calling others to find the culprit.

During their search,

Kking. Kking.

A mushroom ant found Fenrir wrestling with a sweet potato as big as itself.

Kwek!

The mushroom ant called its comrades to surround Fenrir.

Then,

Kking! Kking! Kking!

[You lot! Dont come any closer! I am the mighty Apostle of Destruction, Fenrir!]

Fenrir barked with all his might upon realizing he was surrounded.

However, his barks were too insignificant to threaten the mushroom ants.

Kwek!

Instead, Fenrirs unrepentant demeanor only angered the mushroom ants more.

Thump. Thump.

Eventually, the leader of the angry mushroom ants slapped Fenrir with its antennae as a representative.

Kking! Kking! Kking?!

[Dont hit me! It hurts! Waaah. Where has he gone?!]

Fenrir longed for Sejun, who used to feed and protect him.

***

Swish. Swish.

While Sejun was petting Theo,

Dudu!

[Hello, Sejun~nim!]

The moles that found Sejun during their work ran over to greet him.

Yeah. Have you been well?

Dudu!

[Yes! Weve been working hard for 8 hours a day!]

Thats good. Youve done well. And youve taken good care of the persimmon trees.

Sejun praised the moles,

Meowww.

Then he got up, putting Theo back on his leg.

And then,

Share and eat this.

He went to the void storage and handed out 100 boxes each of raw sweet potatoes and potatoes for the hardworking moles.

At that moment,

Twitch.

Kueng?

Cuengis ears perked up, waking up from sleep upon hearing Sejuns suggestion to eat.

Cuengi, did you wake up?

Kueng?

[What can Cuengi eat?]

Cuengi rubbed his eyes and responded to Sejuns question.

Well, first, help me harvest them Cuengi, and then we can eat these sweet persimmons together.

Kueng!

[Good!]

At Sejuns word, Cuengi sprang up and went under the persimmon tree, starting to pick persimmons with telekinesis,

Guys, lets harvest some persimmons.

Sejun woke up the other animals to join in the persimmon harvesting.

Vice Chairman Theo, show us your skills!

Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, will show you what Im made of, meow! Golden Bat, Piyot, catch them, meow!

Swoosh, swoosh.

Quickly climbing the persimmon tree at Sejuns command, Theo cut the stem of the persimmons with his claws.

(Yes!)

Piyo!

[Got it!]

The Golden Bat and Piyot diligently flew around, catching the falling sweet persimmons and delivering them to the moles.

Good job.

Thanks to them, Sejun didnt need to climb the persimmon tree and only had to pick the persimmons within reach.

Thump. Thump.

While they were picking persimmons,

Huh?! This?

Sejun spotted a large persimmon with a pointed end. This is a Daebong persimmon, isnt it?! (TL: 1 & 2 are type of persimmons. Also gam() means persimmon. 3 is the level of ripeness where hongsi means completely ripe persimmon)

Hehehe. I should make some soft, ripe persimmons. (TL: Persimmons, specifically Hongsi, which are the fully ripened persimmons, are very soft and difficult to harvest. Therefore, they are typically harvested unripe and later ripened to become Hongsi. This is what Sejun is implying here.)

Sejun was delighted at the thought of eating ripe persimmons and was about to pick the Daebong persimmon when,

[Seed shop is now open.]

[Park Sejuns rank is Extraordinary.]

The Seed Shop opened.

Ah. Right, today was the day the Seed Shop opens?

Sejun, who had been solely focused on the 1st-anniversary party, had completely forgotten about the Seed Shop.

Lets see if theres anything to buy?

Sejun began to browse the Seed Shop to see if there were any seeds to purchase.

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