Episode 12. propose a partnership
Episode 12. propose a partnership
[The seed shop opens.]
[Three types of seeds for sale today are displayed at random.]
[You can only purchase seeds once at the current level.]
Seeds have appeared.
[10 watermelon seeds – 5 top coins]
[50 pumpkin seeds – 1 top coin]
[200 waxy corn seeds – 0.5 top coins]
The prices of these seeds were very different from the last seeds.
All Sejun has is 0.9 Topcoin. The only thing I could buy was waxy corn seeds.
‘If it’s this expensive, I won’t be able to buy anything next time…’
But there was no way to increase the money here.
There are three ways for hunters to earn Top Coins at the Tower. There might be another way, but Sejun didn’t know.
The first way to earn Top Coins is through clearing a floor and receiving clear rewards. Although the amount earned at one time is large, the clear reward for each floor can only be received once, so it does not account for a large portion of the profits earned by actual hunters.
The second method is monster hunting. You can earn Top Coins by selling monster corpses to wandering merchants wandering around the tower or at shops on the first floor. It is the biggest source of income for hunters because it can continuously generate profits.
The third way is to complete quests and receive rewards. It was difficult to say anything because the quest rewards varied greatly.
And I pass on clearing the floor to Sejun because he can’t get out of the cave and even if he does, his chances of surviving among the vicious monsters are low.
Monster hunting is all family, except for the piranhas that are eaten for food. And although there was no place to sell the fish bones that were the corpses of piranhas, it seemed impossible to sell them.
Ododog, ohdodog. Ohdodog.
These days, rabbits have been drying piranha fish bones in the sun and using them as snacks. I tried Sejun too, and it had a good crunchy texture and the more I chewed it, the more savory it became.
This is the last way for Sejun to earn the remaining Top Coins.
‘A quest that is almost like extortion from the tower manager…’
So, after trading at the seed shop, I asked the tower manager to give me Top Coin as a reward for completing the quest.
[The tower manager says he doesn’t know what it is, but will give it to him later when he grows up.]
He said something strange. Top administrator doesn’t know Topcoin? Does that make sense?! And I will give it to you when you grow up…
“How old are you?”
Sejun calmed down his excitement and asked.
[The tower manager says it’s a secret.]
“Then how many years will it take before you grow up?”
[The tower manager says it’s about 300 years old.]
“…Are you kidding me?! Then record all the Top Coins I’ll receive from now on and pass them down through the family for my 7th generation to receive?! And I can create descendants now! “That’s not the situation!”
[……]
When Sejun huffed and got angry, he ran away again. If it is difficult to answer like this, it disappears. So Sejun gave up on earning Topcoin here.
“Phew. Thinking about that time makes me angry again.”
Sejun calmed his excitement and looked at the seeds in the seed store again.
All you can buy is corn.
“Because corn isn’t that bad.”
It is delicious whether steamed or grilled. You can also grind the powder to make something similar to bread.
“Sseu-eup…”
I was just imagining eating steamed corn, and drool was flowing out of Sejun’s mouth. As expected, the taste of knowledge is scarier.
“Okay! It’s waxy corn!”
Sejun purchased waxy corn.
[200 waxy corn seeds were purchased.]
[0.5 Top Coins will be deducted from Sejun Park’s account at Seed Bank.]
[5 seed store mileage points will be accumulated.]
[Thank you for using the seed store.]
[30 days Afterwards, go back to Seed Store Lv. You can use 1.]
A leather bag containing 200 waxy corn kernels appeared in Sejun’s hand. As expected, the pockets are the most luxurious.
Sejun opened the high-quality leather pouch and poured
some into his hand.
Thick-looking waxy corn grains were flowing out of the rainwater.
Beep!
Beep!
Damn!
The rabbits saw the bright waxy corn grains and ran to the Udada field.
Then, I started cultivating the field on top of the field where I had planted the green onion seeds I had harvested from the green onion flowers in the morning. It was an unspoken pressure to plant quickly.
[The tower manager is excited.]
[The tower manager urges him to plant it quickly.]
“I will plant it even if you don’t tell me.”
There are a lot of things they do without giving any compensation. Although I hated the tower manager, he was also the only person I could have a proper conversation with.
Sejun went to the field the rabbits were making and started planting corn seeds.
[I planted waxy corn seeds.]
[Sowing Lv. The effect of 2 increases the chance of waxy corn seeds surviving.]
[Seed Sowing Lv. The skill level of 2 increases very slightly.]
…
..
.
It was a task that had already been done thousands of times, and since the number of waxy corn seeds was small, planting was completed quickly.
Shoot!
The planting of the waxy corn was completed before bedtime, with the father rabbit and the child rabbit each holding a watering hole and carefully watering each row.
Thanks to this, I was able to fall asleep on time without staying up all night.
***
Day 128 of the shipwreck.
After breakfast, while Sejun and the White Rabbits were doing their morning work,
boop! boop! boop!
The black rabbit practiced by hitting the cave wall with a hammer. No matter how many times I hit it with a hammer, the wall was still intact.
I don’t know if it was of any use, but I thought the black rabbit’s efforts to be helpful to his family were lovely.
When everyone is doing their own thing,
buzzing.
The poisonous bee went to work. Earlier than usual, the poisonous bees were spending more and more time here these days.
Booby booby.
“Come on.”
The poisonous bee rubbed its body against Sejun’s face as he was harvesting cherry tomatoes, stamped his attendance, and sat on the flower and began to suck honey.
How much time has passed?
Beep.
My wife, Rabbit, started preparing lunch by putting dried pie leaves in the fire to increase the heat.
“Black rabbit!”
Bye!
At Sejun’s call, the black rabbit came running.
“It’s hunting!”
Bye!
The black rabbit shouted excitedly and ran towards the pond holding his hammer.
Bang! Bang!
Taking a hunting stance in front of the pond, the black rabbit urged Sejun to come quickly. It seems like he wants to show off the results of his training so far.
“okay.”
Hearing the black rabbit’s torch, Sejun also quickened his steps and went to the pond, holding a torch and waving it on the pond.
with a splash!
The piranha sensed movement and immediately jumped up.
Jump up.
Wow!
The black rabbit’s hammer, which had been trained repeatedly, hit the piranha’s body cleanly and blew it out of the water.
And
Chuck.
Even the landing out of the pond using the recoil was done perfectly.
At first, he saved me from almost drowning a few times… I was very proud of him.
Clap clap clap.
Sejun clapped his hands and praised the black rabbit.
Bye!
The rabbit, flattered by Sejun’s praise, took his stance again. The black rabbit’s passion burned.
For lunch, thanks to the black rabbit’s burning passion, we were able to eat a lot of grilled fish. Even though everyone ate more than usual, there were still 5 grilled fish left.
Beep…
Beep…
Beep…
The rabbits all lay down on the floor with their stomachs bulging, as if they couldn’t eat any more.
“Ah. I’m full.”
Sejun couldn’t eat any more, so he put down the grilled fish he was eating.
Then,
pop, pop, pop.
Water droplets falling onto Sejun’s hands.
“what?!”
Could it be a monster?!
Sejun hurriedly looked up.
“Huh? Cat?!”
In the hole in the cave ceiling, a yellow cheese cat was staring at the grilled fish, drooling.
Beep!
Beep!
The rabbits quickly ran away to their burrows, jumping,
jumping, jumping.
Bye!
The warrior black rabbit climbed onto Sejun’s shoulder and prepared to attack the cat.
And
buzzing.
The poisonous bee also prepared for battle by pulling out a sharp stinger from its tail.
“Ah! Everyone, don’t misunderstand! I am not a shameless cat who came to steal food!”
The cat, which was preoccupied with grilled fish, came to its senses late and hurriedly waved its paw and shouted.
“Then why did you come here?”
“Are you Park Se-jun’s customer?”
“Uh, I’m Park Se-jun. Why is that?”
Jump up.
Bingle. Bingle. Bingle.
chuck.
The cat jumped out of the hole, did three rounds in the air, and landed lightly.
And
“Hello, my name is Theo, a wandering merchant.”
Theo introduced himself nicely, getting down on one knee and putting one on his chest.
“A wandering merchant?”
Sejun looked at Theo curiously. I’ve heard that you sometimes meet them while climbing the tower, but I’ve never heard of a wandering cat merchant.
“Yes. I heard that a new member has joined the seed store, so I came here to say hello and make a deal.”
Theo kept glancing at the grilled fish while talking to Sejun. As he got closer to the grilled fish, the strong smell of fish distracted Theo.
‘It’s Theo! no! ‘Don’t lose your temper!’
Theo shook his head and tried to come to his senses, but
he growled.
The body was honest.
“Ouch! I’m sorry.”
Theo quickly apologized to Sejun. I can’t believe you’re being rude in front of a customer who can do business with you in the future!
“It’s okay. If you haven’t eaten, would you like to eat this grilled fish?”
“it’s okay.”
“Anyway, this is leftover. You can eat it.”
“Well… then shall I just have one?”
Theo carefully grabbed a piece of grilled fish and put it in his mouth.
Grumbling.
As soon as I put it in my mouth, the grilled fish disappeared as if melting.
“It’s so delicious!”
I had no memory of it since I shouted those words. When the memory came back, Theo was eagerly licking a fish bone. There were only fish spines floating around. I ate all 5 grilled fish.
The rabbit and the bee looked at Theo with pity.
And Sejun was smiling brightly.
“Now, shall we begin the transaction? Let’s start by paying for the grilled fish.”
Sejun had a feeling ever since Theo talked about the deal. This guy is a fagot.
“yes?”
Theo was taken aback by Sejun’s words.
“You didn’t give it to me for free?”
“Where in this world is anything free? You said you came here to make a deal?”
‘I got hit.’
Theo realized his mistake late.
So Theo decided to pay Sejun 0.5 Top Coins for 5 grilled fish, and the transaction began.
They should have taken the customer’s money, but instead they gave him the money. A business that already starts at a loss.
‘I’ll definitely sell it!’
Theo made up his mind and laid out the items in his luggage.
“Ta-da! How do you feel? These are some warm items from another floor.”
Sejun looked at the items Theo had confidently taken out.
[Tumbler – 5 Top Coins]
[Mini Fan – 3 Top Coins]
[Portable Hand Warmer – 5 Top Coins]
“Is this really something outside the top?”
“Oh! You recognize me right away! This tumbler has a preservation spell. It’s an amazing item that maintains the temperature if you put something hot or cold here!
” “And this mini fan is enchanted with wind magic, so you can switch it like this whenever you need it…”
‘Hmm…’
Sejun is trying hard to explain the product. I looked at Theo closely.
‘Do you know and are faking it? Or do you really not know?’
If he was faking it, it was truly incredible acting.
However, there was not an ounce of lies in Theo’s eyes when he said that there was a preservation spell on the tumbler, a wind spell on the mini fan, and a worm spell on the portable hand warmer.
‘This is a face I don’t know no matter how much I look at it.’
I thought it was a hogu, but it was a really big hogu.
I was really lucky. It’s not easy to meet a guy like this. I thought I could earn Top Coins by using this hogu.
“It’s a hogu… no, it’s Theo. We work together. Why don’t you give it a try?”
Sejun suggested a partnership with Theo.
