Episode 117 Meet the mushroom ants.
Episode 117 Meet the mushroom ants.
Kenya, Africa.
Deep.
“Tsk. Why am I planting this?”
Ngugi, whose life was saved by Theo and who was forced to join the Earth Defense Force, straightened his back and grumbled as he looked at the sturdy blades planted around him.
There were approximately 1,000 sturdy bladed green onions planted around the area.
Before leaving the tower.
“Give me all the green onions of Haedok.”
Han Tae-jun collected all of the large amount of poison that Theo paid to the Earth Defense Force. Taejun Han believed Theo’s words that destruction was coming to Earth and planned to mobilize all his resources to do his best.
Of course, at first, the hunters, led by Luciola, the guild leader of the Wizard Guild, protested, saying, ‘What are you?!’
But I only earned a beating for no reason. As expected, there were many hidden strongmen in the world. Luciola and the Hunters were hit to death by Taejun Han’s magic missiles and had to surrender.
‘I never thought someone that big could use magic.’
Ngugi shuddered as he recalled the memory of that time.
Less than 24 hours after arriving on Earth, Taejun Han established the Earth Defense Force and began purchasing land around the world. And the Earth Defense Force members were designated land to plant strong bladed green onions.
Ngugi did not see any money from selling Haedok’s green onions, but fortunately, he was looking forward to receiving an allowance every time he planted green onions.
‘Maybe this job is better…I don’t have to risk my life here.’
Sigh. Sigh.
As Ngugi was thinking about this and planting strong bladed green onions,
he got excited.
A green grasshopper about the size of a fist flew in front of Ngugi.
“uh?!”
Ngugi was very surprised when he saw the grasshopper.
[Green Locust]
‘How is this?!” This
is because the name that was visible above the monster’s head in the tower was visible above the grasshopper’s head.
Suddenly.
Ngugi cut down the Green Locust with the jungle road he had. And a message saying that experience was gained. The monster It was clear:
“How come the monsters are outside the tower? Is it true that the Earth is going to be destroyed?!”
Just when the eerie thought that what Theo said might be true entered Ngugi’s head,
he saw about 100,000 green locusts filling the sky flying towards where Ngugi was.
‘
A swarm of locusts.’ A monster…’
Perhaps it was unknown to the non-awakened person as the name above his head was not visible.
“Damn it! I should have brought a weapon…”
Ngugi regretted leaving his weapon behind. His main weapon. is a bow. Since there was no need to carry a weapon on Earth, he had left it at home.
Crash, clap. There
was no choice, but Ngugi had no choice but to kill the Green Locust with the jungle sword he had. Since it was not strong, there was no danger in killing it.
When Ngugi was holding the green locust so hard,
“Huh?!”
Cracking.
Cracking. Cracking.
He saw the Green Locusts approaching to eat the leaves of the strong bladed green onion, but instead being cut to death. They had such a scary appetite that they tried to eat the leaves even as they were dying.
And when the monster attacked on its own, he was able to kill it. The speed of killing monsters was faster with the strong blade green onions than the speed
at which the strong blade green onions were killed. “This is why I told you to plant the strong blade green onions…”
Ngugi, who had a great realization, reported this situation to the Earth Defense Force headquarters. More solid blade green onions ***
When
Sejun arrived in the western forest, he said
, “Oh. There are more.”
Pout. Plop.
Pout. Ppu.
The number of Ents had already increased to 7,000. It was thanks to the fact that they were not attacked by fire ants.
Pp. Pp.
The small Ents hurriedly put their heads out to greet Sejun. .
[Seeds… please… pick…]
[Seeds… please… pick…]
“Okay.”
There was a reason why the Ents asked Sejun to pick seeds that they could have picked themselves. .
[Farmer’s Touch Lv. 2 activates.]
[During the touch, the growth of the Purifying Ent increases slightly.]
When Sejun picks seeds, the Farmer’s Touch skill activates and I like the feeling of faster growth. So,
when Sejun was picking the Ents’ seeds,
“It’s a competition!”
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (nun),oo. Theo
said he was going to give him a match he couldn’t do last time, and ran around trying to catch the tree branch that the ent was swinging.
And then
out of nowhere,
he was bored and went to the ground. We dug and played.
As we dug deeper, the light disappeared and it became dark
(Brother Kuengi, I will light the light. Bat Light!), but
the golden bat, which had not had a chance to display its abilities until now, used its hidden abilities.
Dig.
Golden. A weak golden light emanated from the bat’s body, illuminating the surroundings.
Kueng!
[Good job!]
Puk. Puk.
Thanks to this, Kueng was able to dig deeper into the tunnel with the help of the golden bat.
That’s how Kueng fell into the ground. When I dug down about 10 meters and went down
…
(Brother Kueng, what kind of noise is coming from over there?)
A golden bat heard a suspicious sound.
Kueng?
[Which direction?]
(Over there.)
The golden bat made a sound with its wings. When I pointed to the south,
Kueng
started digging towards the south.
And when I had dug 300m,
boom.
Whoosh.
The wall collapsed.
And then
, boom?
(Huh?)
Kueng?
Kueng and the gold. The bat met the black ants that were digging a burrow on the other side.
***
“Everyone, gather around!”
Sejun, who had picked all the Ent seeds and replanted them, called to the animals. Now it was time to go back. “I’ve
already gathered!”
Theo, who returned to Sejun’s lap after getting tired from chasing tree branches a while ago, spoke confidently.
“That’s right, Nyang! Take this, Nyang!”
Theo remembered the items he had brought from the Wandering Merchants Association president’s office and took them out of his luggage.
“furniture?”
Sejun looked at the items Theo had taken out and saw that they were chairs and nightlight lamps. I thought it would be nice to decorate the bedroom.
“Good job. But where did you get it?”
“I didn’t buy it. I just picked it up!”
Theo confidently says that he picked it up even though it was definitely stolen. As expected, he was a bitch.
“Really? Well done anyway.”
“Andanyanang! So, hit Churu!”
“okay.”
Sejun put the items taken out by Theo in the subspace warehouse and fed Theo some chewed food.
Cheap chook chok.
Almost 10 minutes passed until Theo finished eating the chur, but Kuengi and the golden bat did not return.
“Where did they go?”
When Sejun wakes up to find the two,
Kueng!
Bat Bat!
Kuengi and the golden bat sitting on Kuengyi’s shoulder appeared from the ground singing.
And
keeek!
10 black ants about 30cm in size followed behind them, singing in chorus.
[Mushroom Ants]
“Mushroom Ants?”
Sejun looked closely at the names displayed on the black ants.
‘cute.’
Unlike fire ants, which have a triangular, pointed face, mushroom ants have a round face and blunt front teeth, giving them a cute appearance.
He looked like a kind person who didn’t seem capable of fighting at all. Instead, it seemed like farming would be a good fit, perhaps because of the name Mushroom Ant.
“Where have you been? What are those ants?”
Kueng! Kueng!
[I met him while digging! He said that if you save him, he will give you something to eat called mushrooms!]
(Sejun, these ants want to work on Sejun’s farm!)
Wow!
At Kuengi and the Golden Bat’s words, the black ants violently waved their antennae up and down.
“Let’s go to the farm first.”
Sejun took the ants to the farm.
***
On the way to the farm.
“You were originally a slave to fire ants and then escaped?”
Sejun moved around talking with the mushroom ant.
Wow!
The mushroom ant responded to Sejun’s words by moving its antennae up and down.
“There were so many fire ants.”
According to what I heard from the mushroom ants, the power of the fire ants was very large. It was said that there were dozens of fire ant colonies made up of hundreds of thousands of fire ants.
Fortunately, there is no fire ant colony strong enough to unite the fire ants. So, it is said that it does not invade other areas easily.
If all the fire ants had been integrated into one force, the 99th floor of the tower might have been dominated by the fire ants.
Then
“Huh?!”
Wow!
I met other mushroom ants on the road.
And
“He says he wants to work at Chairman Park’s farm!”
How did the mushroom ants know? They said they wanted to work at Sejun’s farm.
Sejun didn’t know, but when Sejun fell, the roots of the fire ants that moved in anger attacked several fire ant colonies, and the mushroom ants that were enslaved by the fire ants found freedom.
[If you have nowhere else to go, go south and go to Sejun’s farm. Trust yourself.]
Following the words of Flame, who freed him, the mushroom ants were on their way to find Sejun.
Sejun continued to encounter mushroom ants until he arrived at the farm, and by the time he arrived at the farm, the number of mushroom ants exceeded 500.
“Just rest here for today.”
Sejun provided empty land for the mushroom ants to rest.
Wake up!
At Sejun’s words, the mushroom ants lay down on the empty ground and began to rest comfortably for the first time in their lives.
***
“Tsk tsk.”
Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.
“Big.”
Sejun woke up and drank the water that Theo had given him yesterday on the nightstand.
“Boss Teh, wake up.”
Sejun, who drank water, woke Theo up, but he
said, “I’ll sleep for 5 more minutes…”
Since Theo never woke up at once, Sejun put Theo on his leg.
And
Zech.
I added a stroke to the wall and headed out.
When Sejun came out,
Kueng!
Bat Bat!
Kueng and the golden bat, who were up early and playing, said good morning to Sejun.
“Let’s have breakfast.”
Kueng!
Kueng responded loudly to Sejun’s words, ‘Let’s have breakfast.’ Good!
While Sejun was preparing breakfast in the kitchen,
beep!
Wow!
The rabbits also got up one by one and gathered in the kitchen.
This morning’s menu is boiled pork. Originally, Sejun made soup as usual, but when he accidentally discovered that there was wild boar meat in the treasure trove, he quickly changed the breakfast menu.
“Heungheungheung.”
Sejun hummed as he ate pork for the first time in a long time. He tied the wild boar meat with green onions and put it in the pot.
And
boom! Kueng!
Boom! Kueng!
Kueng followed Sejun and sang, pounding on the table. Dad is making a new dish! I’m sure it will be delicious!
Gurgling.
While Kueng was singing, Sejun poured the whole carrot liquor into the pot, including the carrots. Alcohol is the best for removing odor. I added enough water to submerge the wild boar meat, closed the lid, and started boiling.
Then
– no! That precious drink!
-If you’re going to do that, I’ll give it to you…
When it was time to eat, they came to the kitchen to see if there was something to eat, and when they looked at the boiled carrot wine in the pot, the two dragons looked at each other with pity.
“But what do mushroom ants eat?”
Sejun thought of ants.
‘Shall I come and see you for a moment?’
In order for the boiled pork to be completed, it had to continue boiling for about 20 minutes. So Sejun left the kitchen and moved to where the ants were resting.
When Sejun arrived at the place where the mushroom ants were, he said,
“Huh?!”
Wow!
Wow!
Yesterday, there was definitely enough land, but the mushroom ants that had joined in the early morning made it so crowded that you couldn’t even see the empty land.
‘I guess there will be 3,000 of them?’
When Sejun was estimating the number of ants,
“Huh? The color?!”
Sejun saw that the mushrooms were different from yesterday. The mushroom ants’ backs were a different color than yesterday.
Sejun looked closely at the back of the mushroom ant and asked,
“Is that a mushroom?”
Mushrooms were seen growing on the backs of mushroom ants. Each mushroom ant had a different type of mushroom growing on its back.
And
keeek!
Mushroom ants were harvesting mushrooms growing on each other’s backs.
Then
keek!
A mushroom ant growing king oyster mushrooms on its back approached Sejun and stopped in front of him.
And
…
I just stayed still.
“Are you asking for it?”
When Sejun cuts a king oyster mushroom growing on the back of a mushroom ant with a dagger
, [The king oyster mushroom has been harvested.]
[47,812 remain until job quest completion.]
[Job experience increases very slightly.]
[Harvest Lv . . The skill level of 5 increases very slightly.]
[Experience point 1 has been obtained.]
A crop harvest message appears.
“oh!”
Sejun was delighted when he saw the message. There were about 100 mushrooms growing on the backs of the mushroom ants. And since they grew like that all night, if we did well, we might be able to harvest one more in the evening.
I felt like I could complete the job quest today.
“Guys, stop!”
Sejun hurriedly shouted to prevent the mushroom ants from harvesting the mushrooms.
