Episode 357 hey! Don’t run away!
Episode 357 hey! Don’t run away!
Rainbow Castle, the 79th floor cove castle of the Black Tower.
Piyo! Piyo!
[Louis! I brought you Theo!]
Piyot took Theo to King Louis.
“Welcome, Theo.
“Fuhuhuhu. “Nice to meet you Louis!”
The two met like that.
“But what happened…?”
“Chairman Park told me to give you this!”
Theo handed Louis the leather bags filled with the crops that Sejun had asked him to give.
“If it’s Chairman Park… Ah! The great black dragon?!”
I don’t know why the great black dragon was confusingly called Chairman Park, but fortunately Louis knew that the two were the same.
“oh! thank you! “Even so, many birds have been born these days, and there is a shortage of food.”
“Fuhuhuhu. “Thank you so much!”
Theo excitedly thanked Louis and completed Sejun’s first errand.
“Is there a land document on the 80th floor of the Black Tower?”
The second errand was completed.
“The 80th floor land document?”
“That’s right! “Chairman Park wants it!”
“sorry. “Not at the moment, but if you give me time, I will mobilize all the information power of the Cove Kingdom to secure the land documents on the 80th floor!”
“I understand! “Then I’ll just go and see the treasure trove today!”
yes “I will guide you to Theo’s treasure trove!”
When Louis guided Theo to the treasure trove that he gave him as a reward for the mother tree last time, he asked,
“Where are you going, Theo?”
“Fuhuhuhu. “It’s not there!”
Theo began to go in a direction other than the direction Louis was leading. I can feel the attraction right there!
The place we headed to had a more ornate door than the treasure trove that Theo originally received. It was the treasure house of Prana, the queen of the Cove Kingdom.
“This is…”
Louis was taken aback when he arrived in front of the treasure trove where only Prana’s most prized treasures were stored.
“Fuhuhuhu. “Please open it!”
Theo confidently asked Louis to open the door.
“Now… just a moment.”
If you open this yourself, you will end up getting ripped off by your wife later. Louis hurriedly sent soldiers to Prana.
“See you, Theo. “Theo, feel free to take whatever you want.”
Prana personally came and willingly opened the treasure trove.
“I understand!”
Theo went into the treasure room, picked up a brown marble, and came out.
“Phew.”
When Theo picked up just one and came out, Prana quietly sighed in relief. He told me to choose freely… but I guess he didn’t mean it.
Theo carefully placed a gift for Sejun in his luggage.
“See you next time!” “Piyo, let’s go!”
Pyo!
[yes! Goodbye!]
Theo went down to the 55th floor of the tower with Piyo.
“Mean meow meow”
Piyot! Piyot!
On the way to the 55th floor of the tower, singing like that.
“Nyan?”
Pyo!
[Theo, it’s a fork in the road!]
A fork in the road appeared in front of the two.
“Fuhuhuhu. “It’s this way!”
Feeling the energy of wealth, Theo took the right path and white snakes began to appear. This time, it was inside Jormungand’s stomach.
And
squeak! squeak!
A familiar sound of pigs being slaughtered was heard from afar.
It was Yuren, the slave luring machine that brought slaves to Theo, the cash dispenser that supplied wealth, and the only one who did not know that he was Theo’s left front foot.
“Fuhuhuhu. I’m going to make money again! “Piyo, let’s go!”
Theo smiled brightly and ran to where Yuren’s screams were heard.
***
“Good job Kueng.”
Sejun said while stroking the head of Kueng, who was harvesting bokbunja with him.
Ajax was spending his free time scouting the surrounding area.
The loud roar of Ajax could be heard here and there, and it seemed like it would bring many workers to work on the farm.
Kuhehehe. Kueng?
[Hehehe. Are we having lunch now?]
Kueng asked, looking at Sejun with eyes full of anticipation. It seemed like there was something he wanted.
“huh. I have to eat lunch now. Kueng, do you want to eat something?”
Kueng!
[Kuengi wants to eat mugwort rice cake!] As expected,
Kuengi is a gastronomic genius. I never told you about mugwort rice cake, but it was a combination of mugwort and rice cake.
“okay. Raise the ground!”
Sejun, who received the order, dug into the ground with Miler’s hoe and quickly created a building made of dirt.
A kitchen created in an instant. Not only the exterior but also the interior was identical to the kitchen on the 99th floor of the tower.
Sejun went into the kitchen, took out the cooking utensils from the subspace warehouse, and started cooking.
First, wash the red and blue mugworts separately with water, blanch them in boiling water, and squeeze out the moisture.
If I left it to Kuengi, the juice would be squeezed out instead of the water, so I did it myself.
“ah. Kueng, can you squeeze this for me?”
Sejun said as he gave fresh, unboiled mugwort to Kueng, who was watching while swallowing his mouth next to him.
While I’m at it, I’m thinking of making mugwort juice.
Kueng?
[Can I just squeeze this tightly?]
“Yes. Very tight.”
Kueng!
[I’ll leave it to Kuengi!]
Kuengi nodded enthusiastically at Sejun’s words and began to place the fresh mugwort of life between his two front paws and press it firmly.
Then, red mugwort juice begins to fall into the glass bottle. Rather than dripping ‘knock knock knock’, the mugwort juice flowed out ‘drizzle’.
And the mugwort that was left in Kuengi’s hand must have been squeezed so hard that it turned into powder and crumbled.
‘ah. If you leave it to Kuengi, it will turn into powder instead of juice.’
Sejun came to a great realization.
Kueng?
[Dad, is this enough?]
Kkueng said, shaking the mugwort powder off his hands and blowing it away.
“huh. “It’s great.”
Even a juicer can’t squeeze like that… but my son was great.
“Then let me ask you a favor.”
Sejun asked Kuengi for mugwort juice and chopped the drained mugwort thinly with a knife.
Rice powder and water were added to the chopped mugwort and kneaded. Since mugwort has a sweet taste, I did not use honey and only added a little salt.
After a while,
“The end.”
After finishing kneading, Sejun began steaming the red and blue dough separately.
Now, put the steamed dough into the black noodle mold and press it with the force of a kkuengi to complete the rice cake.
At that time,
“Huh?! Sejun hyung! Make rice cake?!”
Ajax is back. No matter how much I liked my free time, it wasn’t enough to pass up lunch time.
“huh. You’ve arrived just in time. “Everyone, gather around.”
Sejun called all his companions.
And
“Wash your feet and stamp them here.”
They made the separately set mugwort dough into a hotteok shape and stamped their feet. It was mugwort rice cake.
Kueng?
[Is this a slave contract?]
Kueng, who had received a stamp on the slave contract, looked at Sejun with his eyes focused. Daddy Kueng is making you a slave?!
“no. And Kueng, who would make such a scary look at my dad? uh?! Then you can’t use it!”
Sejun spoke to Kuengi in a stern voice and held in his hand the red mugwort juice that Kuengi had squeezed out earlier.
I haven’t confirmed it yet, but the mugwort has been squeezed to the point where it’s powdered, so it’s definitely effective.
Kueng. Kueng.
[I’m sorry. Kueng was suspicious of his father.]
Fortunately, Kueng quickly apologized to Sejun and stamped his foot on the mugwort rice cake.
“Hehehe. “Sejun, everything that stamped my feet is mine, right?”
Because Ajax was working hard to put his stamp on the mugwort rice cake.
Kueng!
[This is all Kueng’s because Kueng put his stamp on it!]
While Kueng and Ajax were diligently stamping their feet on the mugwort rice cake and claiming ownership, they said,
“Okay. “Let’s stamp our feet too.”
Whining?
‘Are you taking a bath again?’
Sejun grabbed Fenrir’s front paw, washed it with water, and
held it.
I stamped Fenrir’s foot stamp on the small mugwort rice cake made for Fenrir.
Whine? Whine?
‘Is this soft? Are you eating it?’
Fenrir tried to eat the mugwort paste due to its soft texture, but Sejun covered his mouth with dried roasted sweet potatoes.
After putting the stamped mugwort rice cakes on the steamer, I asked,
“Shall I look at the options for this?”
While Sejun was waiting, Kueng checked out the options for mugwort juice.
[Artemisia Juice of Life]
A novice herbalist squeezed out 1,000 fresh mugworts of life that had grown by absorbing the overflowing vitality of the Green Tower with only force, reducing the effect of the mugwort juice by half.
When ingested, recovers 5% of vitality for every 1ml.
The taste has been concentrated and both sweetness and bitterness have become more intense.
Capacity: 100ml
Grower: Herbalist Kuengi
Expiration date: 300 days
Grade: A
Fortunately, the effect was as Sejun expected. The effect was reduced by about half in the middle, but it didn’t matter. Because there is a lot of mugwort.
[Green Tower Farmer Ophelia Iolg has harvested 1 green magic mugwort.]
[11,251 fresh life mugworts and 10,076 green magic mugworts are stored in the temporary storage of the green tower.]
Ophelia was still harvesting hard.
Ophelia, thank you. I can’t believe you’re working so hard for my long and healthy life.
“I’ll have to send you something delicious later.”
Sejun decided to serve food to Ophelia later and brought 20ml of mugwort juice of life to her.
I mixed one of them with water 5 to 1 and tasted it.
“Ugh!”
It was too sweet and had a strong bitter taste. It was difficult to handle the concentrated taste of 200 mugworts in 100ml of water. So I added more water.
By adding water several times, I found the optimal mixing ratio, and 20 ml of mugwort juice in 500 ml of water was the most edible mixture.
However, the taste was very disappointing as it felt like I was eating slightly bitter sugar water. Kueng
then
!
[Dad, the rice cake is ready!]
Kueng, who remembered the smell of the dough from when making rice cake in the past, called Sejun.
“huh.”
Sejun hurriedly took out the rice cake dough from the steamer and put it into the black noodle mold with the kkuengi in it.
Kueng!
Kueng began to pull out the rice cake with some force.
And
[I achieved the achievement of making the red rice cake of life for the first time in the tower.]
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[Achieved the achievement of making magical blue rice cake for the first time in the tower.]
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The cooking achievement was achieved by pulling out red and blue rice cakes, and thanks to this, the effect of mugwort improved by 5%.
The rice cake that came out without breaking was cut into pieces that were easy for Sejun to eat, dipped in plenty of honey, and Kueng put it in Ajax Fenrir’s mouth and then put it in his own mouth.
The honey was eaten as regular honey, not arrowroot honey, so as not to spoil the taste of mugwort.
“hmm. it’s good.”
As soon as I chewed it, the rich scent of mugwort filled my mouth, and honey seeped through the chewy rice cake, creating a wonderful flavor and taste.
While eating the Garaetteok, the Ssukgaetdeok was completed, and each person enjoyed the Ssukgaetteok with their own stamp on it.
At the end of lunch time,
“Be abundant.”
[<Power: Become abundant!> acts on the bokbunja tree.]
[The next amount of fruit from the bokbunja tree doubles.]
Before Sejun left, he used his power on the bokbunja tree to increase the next harvest.
<Power: Become Abundant!> uses vitality, but Sejun’s vitality has also increased a lot in the meantime
.
[I consumed mugwort juice of life mixed with water.]
[Your vitality is restored by 20%.]
I recovered my vitality by drinking mugwort juice of life mixed with water.
“Be abundant!”
[You consumed mugwort juice mixed with water.]
[Your vitality is restored by 1%.]
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Later, he just used his power by sipping it like water.
While Sejun is increasing the harvest of the bokbunja tree,
Kueng!
[If you work here, you will be paid 10 peanuts and 5 Top Coins per day!]
“You will have to work hard instead!”
Kuengi and Ajax explained to the big-footed squirrels who arrived late following Ajax the wages they would receive if they worked on the farm and what they should do.
After a while,
“Guys, let’s go home now. “Please guide me to the Ajax waypoint.”
Sejun asked Ajax, who had been scouting, about the location of the waypoint.
“huh! Brother waypoint is west. But… there is a mysterious lake to the east.”
“Mysterious lake?”
“huh. The lake is milk. “I drank a lot, but it’s still a lot.”
“Eh? Milk Lake?”
Come to think of it, I once heard this from a raccoon tribe member who came to a harvest festival. There is a milk fountain, so they scoop up milk and use it to make cheese.
“let’s go! “Toryong!”
Sejun hurriedly called Toryong and headed to the milk lake.
“Was it real?”
I believed what the raccoons said, but it didn’t feel real… but seeing the milky-colored milk lake made it feel real.
“Real milk comes from the ground…”
Sejun filled milk from the milk lake and
kuhehehe.kueng!
[Hehehe. It’s milk!]
“You can drink a lot! “Keep drinking!”
Kueng! Kueng!
[I understand! Kueng drinks a lot!]
Whip?
‘Would you like to quench your thirst?’
The three next to me drank milk eagerly.
After a while,
“Huh?”
Sejun, who was pouring milk, and the three who were drinking milk slowly moved forward. The milk was rapidly decreasing.
Whine? Whine!
‘Why are you moving forward more and more? hey! ‘Don’t run away!’
Ttungtang. Ttungtang.
Fenrir eagerly chased after the dwindling milk.
Slurp.
Of course, the culprit is Kkueng. Kueng broke the seal for the first time in a long time and drank milk. Thanks to this, the milk lake eventually ran out.
Unfortunately, it was a lake that no longer produced milk.
Kueng?
[Kueng did something wrong?]
Kueng looked at Sejun with tears in his eyes.
“no. are you okay. “I put a lot of milk in it.”
Sejun appeased Kueng by showing him dozens of glass bottles of milk. Just milk. You just have to find a bigger milk lake later
!
‘Hey! I’m thirsty!’
However, Fenrir, who was unable to drink even a sip of milk as he was chasing the dwindling milk, barked at the glass bottle containing the milk.
