"Is there anything to do?"
Sejun started looking for something to do.
'Let's water the crops first.'
Sejun filled a water bottle and watered the onions, cherry tomatoes, and sweet potatoes.
Joljoljol.
"Grow fast. Grow huge. Daddy is hungry."
He went back and forth to the pond three times, thoroughly soaking the ground where the crops were planted.
Then
Ggororug.
His stomach informed him of the fuel shortage. Just moving a little made him hungry again. Sejun poured the remaining water from the water bottle into his mouth.
Gulp. Gulp.
He felt his stomach fill up a bit. Sejun returned to his spot and stared at the hole in the ceiling.
After several hours.
"..."
Seojun stared blankly at the ceiling when
more aggressive and powerful, so hunters avoid the floors where the Blue Moon occurs.
'The Blue Moon is a phenomenon that occurs only on the 10th floor and above…'
This meant that Seojun was on the 10th floor or above. There was still a chance he could be rescued.
However,
There's a catch.'
That was the dragon.
After the tower appeared ten years ago, the Phoenix Guild, the most powerful force on Earth, recently achieved the feat of clearing the 37th floor.
From the 31st to the 37th floor, guilds were keeping each other in check, so they didn't release any information. But below the 30th floor, quite a few clear videos were uploaded to YouTube for money or publicity.
According to the known information, skeletons appear on floors 2-10, goblins on 11-20, orcs on 20-30. And from the 31st floor onwards, spider monsters appear, although no videos were released.
This was credible information, as multiple hunters had mentioned it in interviews.
None of them mentioned dragons. They hadn't even heard of lizard-like monsters appearing in the tower.
'Which floor is this?!'
Sejun clutched his head and wailed. He might have been stranded on a floor that even the top hunters had not reached.
'Why is this happening to me?'
Sejun looked at the hole in the ceiling with a heavy heart, bathed in blue light.
However, his purpose had changed. Previously, he had looked up hoping someone would pass by, but now he hoped that no one would. After seeing the dragon, Sejun realized that there were monsters in this place.
Beep beep. Beep beep.
The alarm went off.
Sejun greeted the fourth day with sleepless eyes after standing guard all night. Fortunately, the blue moon turned back to its usual yellowish light around 4 AM.
5 hours later.
Sejun's head drooped as he stood guard. Then he fell into a deep sleep. It was understandable, as he had been keeping watch, staring at the ceiling since yesterday.
"Ugh… water…"
As soon as he woke up, Sejun felt a burning thirst. He fumbled for the water bottle he had placed beside him.
And then
Gulp, gulp.
He drank the water in one shot.
"Whew! Now I feel alive."
His thirst quenched, hunger set in.
He went to the pond and quickly washed his face, as well as five sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes.
Sejun chewed on a sweet potato while looking at the hole in the ceiling.
'Even if I don't know where I am, if it's above the 41st floor, the chances of someone coming are almost 0%.'
That meant he had to survive on his own.
Sejun looked at the field where he had planted crops.
'Should I water them?'
Thinking that he had to survive on his own made the crops seem more precious.
He watered them.
"You guys have to be strong."
"Sweet potatoes, grow huge."
"Tomatoes, bear lots of fruit."
"Green Onion… umm… just grow big and strong."
He watered the plants and spoke kindly to them. He had heard on the news that playing music for plants could help them grow, so he thought a few kind words wouldn't hurt.
After watering the plants, Sejun sat down and stared at the hole in the ceiling again.
However, boredom quickly set in.
"Should I eat this?"
Sejun saw the Green Onion leaves he had pulled off when planting the roots on the first day.
"Ugh… it's spicy."
As soon as he put the Green Onion leaves in his mouth and chewed, a spicy taste filled his mouth, accompanied by the strong scent of Green Onions. The taste had become more concentrated after drying in the sun for a couple of days.
Sejun continued to chew without swallowing.
'There's sweetness in Green Onion too.'
As he kept chewing, the spiciness faded, and the hidden sweetness of the Green Onions gradually emerged.
'Great!'
He chewed on the Green Onion and managed to endure the drowsy afternoon hours.he looked at it while watering it yesterday… and there was no change before going to bed. The scallions had grown tremendously overnight.
"When did it grow like this?"
As Sejun approached and examined it closely, the white part where the scallion roots were had grown to the thickness of a wrist. Sejun grabbed and tore off one of the new scallion leaves.
"Uh?!"
"What?!"
The scallion leaves appeared fragile as they fluttered in the wind, yet they were surprisingly tough.
"Ugh!"
Sejun put in effort and tore off the leaf.
"What? Why is it like this all of a sudden?"
It seemed that the appearance of plants changed depending on the climate and habitat.
"How will it taste?"
He hoped that the taste would change as much as the appearance had.
Sejun put the scallion leaf in his mouth an
d chewed.