Chapter 2: which floor it is..

I slept on the floor and my body was so sore. Fortunately, there is no night here. So if you sleep in a place where the sun falls moderately, you can sleep in a comfortable temperature.

Whoops! Whoops!

Sejun simply washed his face in the pond.

And

I washed sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes to eat today.

"Is it strange that you washed your face with water?"

Sejun put his awkwardness behind and bit off the sweet potato.

munching.

The more you chew, the more the sweetness comes out.

'happy.'

Have you ever had the time to chew until all the sweet water comes out without having to go to work?

Agjak.

munching.

I sat with my bag on the dry soil where the sun was shining and chewed sweet potatoes endlessly. Silence with no sound but chewing. My heart beat slowly and my mind became calm.

He was obviously in distress, and in a few days he ran out of food. A situation where you might starve to death.

'It's strange.'

Sejun tilted his head. He himself was curious about his own mind. Still, it was better than nervous.

"Every time Assistant Manager Go said, 'Let's see Sejun for a second,' my heart really jumped. Ah. It's peaceful."

Sejun ate sweet potatoes leisurely, enjoying a sense of peace that he had never felt before.

"Shall we try the next menu?"

After finishing the sweet potato, Sejun put the cherry tomato in his mouth and chewed it.

Tok.

The skin of the cherry tomatoes could not withstand the upward and downward pressure of Sejun's molars and burst. As the juice of the cherry tomatoes burst out, the sourness filled my mouth.

"It's delicious…"

It was so delicious that I doubted if it was the cherry tomatoes I usually eat. Perhaps hunger has made your taste cells extremely sensitive.

mess.

Sejun chewed hard, focusing only on the taste of the cherry tomatoes. However, chewing cherry tomatoes for a long time did not make them taste better, so the five cherry tomatoes quickly disappeared into Sejun's mouth.

After finishing his meal, Sejun started his daily routine.

Look at the hole in the ceiling.

"·······"

Sejun blankly stared at the hole in the ceiling.

"Ah… I'm bored."

Of course, he shouted 'There's someone here!' But that's what you do while looking up at the ceiling. I was staring at the ceiling for hours, and I felt sick to my stomach.

"What are you going to do?"

Sejun looked around and started looking for something to do.

'Let's water the crops first.'

Sejun poured water into a water bottle and watered the green onions, cherry tomatoes, and sweet potatoes.

rippling.

"Grow up quickly. grow huge Daddy is hungry."

They went back and forth three times to the pond, soaking the ground where the crops were planted.

growl

then

The ship reported fuel shortages. It moved a little bit and I was hungry in no time. Sejun poured the remaining water from the bottle after giving it to the crops into his mouth.

jerk. jerk.

I felt my stomach fill up a bit. Sejun went back to his seat and looked at the hole in the ceiling.

a few hours like that.

"..."

When Sejun stared blankly at the ceiling,

beep beep beep beep beep.

The alarm went off.

[May 12, 10pm] The sun

never sets here. So, I set the time to sleep.

"It's bedtime."

Sejun got up and got ready for bed. There's nothing wrong with being prepared.

Taktak.

Make the dirt floor where you lie down even, put a bag over your head so the sun can't see, and you're ready to go to bed.

I slept better than expected.

***

By Sejun's standard, it's midnight.

Whoa…

Whoa…

Whoa…!

Sejun woke up to the vibration that shook the ground.

"Umm…what is it?"

Then

coo!

I felt a strong vibration again. It was close.

"…!"

Sejun hurriedly removed the bag from his face and stood up.

And what a strange sight I witnessed.

"This…is this?!"

The light coming down from the ceiling of the cave had turned blue.

And

Kiyik!

Kaaak!

We heard grotesque roars threatening each other.

Then

Kuaang!

A huge black dragon appeared from the sky and roared. It was amazingly beautiful to see her soaring through the blue light alone.

The black dragon roared and quietly disappeared. And the ground became silent, probably frightened by the dragon's roar.

But Sejun's head was louder than ever.

"A monster… it can't be like this…"

Sejun thought something was wrong. Sejun thought deep down that this place must be somewhere on the first floor of the tower. I wanted to believe that the light that illuminated the cave all day was also the chandelier lighting on the first floor of the tower. However, there are no monsters on the first floor of the tower.

In other words, Sejun was not on the first floor of the tower.

There is also a blue moon where the sun turns blue.

All floors are exposed to the sun all day. However, there are times when the sun periodically turns blue on each floor. Hunters called this phenomenon a blue moon.

During the Blue Moon, monsters become more aggressive and stronger, so hunters do not go to the floor where the Blue Moon occurs.

'Blue moon is a phenomenon that only appears in towers with 10 floors or higher…'

This means that Sejun is on the 10th floor or higher. Still, there was a chance of rescue.

But

'there's a catch.'

that's a dragon

Since the tower was built 10 years ago, the Phoenix Guild, which has the greatest power on Earth, has recently accomplished the feat of clearing the 37th floor.

From the 31st floor to the 37th floor, the guilds were checking each other, so information was not disclosed, but there were quite a few clear videos on You Tube below the 30th floor for money or publicity.

According to the known information, the 2nd to 10th floors are skeletons, the 11th to 20th floors are goblins, and the 20th to 30th floors are inhabited by orcs. And from the 31st floor, the video was not released, but it was said that spider monsters would appear.

I could believe this because it was a common story shared by many hunters in interviews.

There was no dragon in their words. I hadn't even heard of a dragon-like lizard monster coming out of the tower.

'What floor is this?!'

Sejun grabbed his head and screamed. He could have been in a state of distress on a floor that even the top hunters couldn't reach.

'Why did this happen to me?'

With a complicated mind, Sejun looked at the hole in the ceiling where the blue light was pouring down.

But the purpose is different from before. Before, I was hoping that someone would pass by, but now I was hoping that no one would pass by. After seeing the dragon, Sejun realized that there are monsters here.

Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep

[6:00 AM on May 13th]

The alarm went off.

Sejun greeted the car with open eyes on the 4th day of distress while standing guard all night. Fortunately, the blue moon changed back to its usual yellow light around 4 am.

5 hours later.

"..."

Sejun's head, which stood guard, gradually fell. And fell asleep soundly. Since I woke up yesterday, I had been watching the ceiling and standing guard, so I was tired.

"Ugh…water…"

Sejun felt a burning thirst as soon as he woke up. I fumbled and picked up the mineral water bottle that I had put next to me.

And

gulp. gulp.

one shot of water

"Kyaa! I think I'm going to buy some now."

growl.

When thirst was satisfied, hunger rose.

Podeudeuk. Podeudeuk.

After going to the pond, I washed my face briefly and washed sweet potatoes and 5 cherry tomatoes.

munching.

Sejun chewed on a sweet potato and looked at the hole in the ceiling.

'I don't know where this is, but if it's on the 41st floor or higher, the probability of people coming is almost 0%.'

Then I had to survive alone.

Sejun looked at the field where the crops were planted.

'Shall I get you some water?'

The crops looked even more special when I thought I had to survive alone.

rippling.

"You guys have to give it your strength."

"Sweet potato, grow huge."

"Breaking soil, bear fruit."

"Paya…umm…you…just grow up."

He gave water and said good things to the crops. On the news, it was said that plants also play music, but there was nothing I couldn't do with this kind of blessing.

After watering it, Sejun sat down and looked at the hole in the ceiling again.

But boredom soon set in.

"Shall I eat that?"

Sejun planted the roots of the first day and saw the leaves of the green onion that he plucked off.

"Uh… it's spicy."

As soon as he put the green onion into his mouth and chewed it, Sejun's mouth immediately filled his mouth with the spicy taste along with the scent of the green onion. It was dried in the sun for two days, so the moisture evaporated and the taste became more concentrated.

Well well.

Sejun didn't swallow and continued to chew.

'Even green onions have a sweet taste.'

As Sejun continued to chew, the spiciness passed and the sweetness hidden in the green onion rose little by little.

'good!'

Well well.

Sejun endured the lazy afternoon while eating green onions.

And

beep beep beep beep beep.

[May 13, 10:00 PM]

It was the night of the 4th day of distress.

"Will you be okay today?"

Sejun couldn't fall asleep easily.

The monsters went rampant at dawn because of the Blue Moon. But that doesn't mean the monsters aren't friendly when it's not a blue moon.

Sejun decided to make a bed where he could not see the light. It might be cold, but it couldn't be more important than life.

I folded the bag and used it as a pillow because I didn't have to sleep under the sun.

and

grow up

As soon as Sejun put his head on the bag, he snored and fell asleep.

While Sejun was sleeping.

Pudeudeuk.

The green onion, which had taken root in the ground, began to grow in earnest.

***

Beep beep beep beep beep.

The alarm went off.

[6:00 am on May 14th]

The survival of the 5th day of distress began.

Sejun's eyes widened.

"Huh! Why are you so easygoing?"

Sejin stretched out coolly and said. My body is always heavy when I wake up, but today my body is so light. In addition, I thought it would be cold sleeping in a place where there is no sun, but it wasn't cold either.

"Is it because the fatigue accumulated while going to work is relieved?"

Sejun thought it was strange and went to the pond.

Whoops! Whoops!

I washed my face and picked up sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes to eat today.

"Umm…"

When I picked up the sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes to eat today, half of the food in the plastic container was gone. There was not much food left.

'Should I only eat half of it starting today?'

Sejun pondered and washed the sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes at home.

Podeudeuk. Podeudeuk.

and

poke.

Cut the sweet potato in half and put the halves and three cherry tomatoes back into a plastic container. I still don't eat anything, but I think I need to cut down more, so I lost all my energy.

"ha."

Sejun sighed and moved to his seat on a flat rock with good sunlight and sat down.

But it felt strange. I was under the shadows.

"Huh? What is it?"

The sun, which should always shine, was covered by green onions that grew to Sejun's height.

Obviously, when I watered it yesterday and looked at it, there was no big difference from when I planted it… but there was no change even before going to bed. The green onion grew enormously during the dawn.

"When did you grow up like this?"

When Sejun approached and took a closer look, the white part with the root of the green onion was also thick enough to be the thickness of his wrist. Sejun grabbed a leaf from a newly grown green onion and tore it off.

"uh?!"

The leaves of the green onion were so weak that they swayed in the wind, but they were incredibly tough.

"Huap!"

Pudeudeuk.

Sejun gave strength to pluck the leaves.

"What is it? Why is this happening all of a sudden?"

It was said that the appearance of plants changes differently depending on the climate or habitat, and it seems that way.

"How does it taste?"

I thought it would be nice if the taste changed as much as the shape changed.

Sejun put the green onion leaf in his mouth and chewed it.

One day, a mysterious tower suddenly appeared in the city. The people decided to call it a dungeon, and while it was full of rugged terrain and dangerous monsters, it was also a land of opportunity, where countless treasures awaited. When Sejun, a young man living an ordinary life, is invited to the dungeon by chance, he is thrilled at the prospect of becoming rich, but he is stranded in a hidden area of the mysterious tower. All he has is a few seeds and his body. Now Sejun must farm, collect resources, and figure out his own survival strategy!

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