When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 56



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56. Hansang’s eyes sparkle

Oh Hyeon-seong is crossing the forest after shaking off Kang-seok.

He couldn’t help but laugh as he thought about the guy who had been lying around, oblivious to the world.

“I brought it just in case, but it was a good thing I packed several bottles of makgeolli.”

When I left home, I brought with me about fifteen bottles of homemade makgeolli.

If he was going to drink alone, he would have only brought one or two bottles, but he brought so much in preparation for meeting Kang-seok.

Kang Seok was a guy who couldn’t handle alcohol.

Especially once I started, I couldn’t stop.

A completely opposite appearance to his usually self-restrained personality.

That’s probably why he’s been abstinent from alcohol for the past five years.

Now that he’s at the very top of the organization, maybe it’s because there’s no one around him to stop him.

I feel bad for having to break my five-year-long abstinence, but thanks to that, I was able to shake off that guy so defenselessly.

“It’s about time to start showing up…”

The result of interrogating the mercenary and obtaining information.

They had indeed come at the instigation of the giant food company, DiSanto, and had found information from the same source and had thus found their way to the North Korean region.

It’s not that they set a trap, they were just lured in by misinformation first.

However, they are said to have conducted additional investigations, having arrived at this place a few days before Oh Hyeon-seong.

Within North Korea, hundreds of hunters were conducting searches, while the scope was narrowed by additional information received from outside sources such as DeSanto.

As a result, the mercenaries were able to narrow down the likely locations where the real secret seed vaults were located.

‘Thanks to you, my work has become easier.’

Oh Hyeon-seong, who came in first and ate the information they had worked so hard to find.

Besides, the mercenaries didn’t know the exact location, but he was able to find it easily with the help of the earth spirit within the narrow range.

This would be a huge blow to DiSanto, who is working hard to get more information and narrow down the scope even at this very moment.

‘By the way… the concentration of turbidity has noticeably increased.’

As we neared our destination, we felt the concentration of turbidity had become much stronger.

The average turbidity concentration in North Korea should be much higher than in South Korea, but this figure is much higher than that.

The reason is obvious.

‘Well, we’ve gotten pretty close to Pyongyang.’

The battlefield where the fiercest fighting took place during the Queen’s War.

The city where the queen fell silent and fell in the final battle was Pyongyang.

Although they succeeded in defeating the Queen at the time, the massive amount of turbid energy scattered by her corpse was still eating away at the land.

Thanks to this, even at this moment, the Pyongyang area has become the most heavily polluted area in North Korea.

The pollution is so severe that even the hunters guarding the front lines and the high-ranking hunters who normally go through the S-rank gates cannot approach due to the turbidity.

Even here, a long way away, the concentration of toxic gases was so high that it was obvious what it would be like in central Pyongyang.

“Alisa, I have a favor to ask.”

Oh Hyun-seong spoke to the light that had risen next to him.

Then, the light that had been shaking up and down wrapped around Oh Hyeonseong’s body.

Phaaaat!

The light covering his body prevented the exposure of the table.

Ability of Alyssa, the spirit of light.

Although it is impossible to remove the turbid energy that has already settled deep inside the body, it is possible to protect it from exposure from the outside.

‘For me, who is struggling to get rid of the remaining turbid energy stuck in my body, there is no ability more precious than this, as it eliminates the worry of further exposure to turbid energy. Of course, it cannot be maintained for more than a few hours at the moment.’

Alyssa, the spirit of light, could only draw magical power from the ‘sixth core’.

Not the five rings he originally had, but a new core created recently by absorbing monsters.

Although the amount of magical power cannot be said to be small, thanks to the absorption of the souls of several bosses, such as Bartolana, the child of the Queen.

It couldn’t be helped because the magical power was much smaller than the original core that Oh Hyun-seong possessed.

The ability to completely protect against the takgi would have consumed a considerable amount of magical power.

Kkwadduk!

“… found it.”

Oh Hyun-seong read the ground and found a suspicious facility hidden deep inside, and entered the entrance.

A huge facility spread out inside.

The fact that the ceiling was open was on a completely different level from the small seed storage facilities that were first discovered in the Hamgyeongnam-do region.

We have discovered the true secret seed vault that was rumored.

‘I never knew there was a place like this in North Korea…’

Oh Hyun-seong stepped inside, exclaiming in admiration.

There are many, large and small, seed vaults around the world, more than people realize.

But repositories of this scale were by no means common.

I don’t know if the dictators of the past surprisingly had such a hobby, but in any case, he is very grateful.

I stood in front of one of the dozens of storage rooms divided into sections.

Kwajik!

Oh Hyeon-seong broke through the tightly locked entrance and entered.

He was faced with a huge number of seeds piled up everywhere.

Wherever you turn, you see equipment and samples packed all the way to the ceiling.

Above all, the seeds were well preserved without any damage.

“Huh… how many dozens of these storage facilities are there?”

This means that there are at least tens of thousands, or close to hundreds of thousands, of original seeds.

Considering that the original seeds of a major crop start at at least hundreds of millions of won, this means that a single individual has acquired a huge amount of money that is beyond his or her ability to handle.

A space worth buying whole for several large corporations.

‘For now, I’ve mainly stored crops that are important to me. In addition to that, there are quite a few wild grasses and flowers.’

There is no place for him to use the wild grass seeds right now.

However, even those samples would be worth at least hundreds of millions if sold.

Indeed, it is a place that would make even Oh Hyeon-seong, who had no desire for material wealth, look around.

‘Umm… what do I do now?’

Oh Hyun-seong stood blankly in a large room.

I tried to compile a list of just crops, but there were just too many.

He had to pack them all back home, but he couldn’t carry them all, so he ended up filling his bag with only the seeds he needed, picking out the ones he wanted to eat the most in his head.

‘I wanted to drink a cold beer, so I’ll take some barley. It’s better to take all the five major crops so that you don’t feel disappointed. Onions, peppers, radishes… that’s right. We’ve run out of grapes too. Let’s take some nuts, too.’

I prioritized versatile items like rice, but I also picked up items that caught my eye.

I felt like I was shopping at a large mart, but I don’t think there is a more luxurious shopping experience in the world.

After carrying a bag worth an estimated trillion won on his back, Oh Hyeon-seong left the seed vault.

“Oh, right. I almost forgot the paragraph lock.”

Gurrrrrr!

He changed the terrain around him with the power of Melt.

He had just buried the secret seed vault he had come from deeper into the ground.

To be exact, the facility was not sunk, but the surrounding land was dragged in and covered up.

Anyway, it’s now hidden to the point where it’s virtually impossible to find.

Unless you are a high-ranking hunter who can use the power of the earth spirit, you will have to bring an excavator and do major construction work to enter.

‘In a word, it’s impossible.’

Oh Hyun-seong smiled brightly and returned home carrying his bag.

***

Oh Hyeon-seong was able to return home safely.

Then he immediately sowed the original seeds he had so carefully brought.

If the seeds I brought were to get damaged, it would be a disaster, so I grew the crops right away and then secured additional seeds.

The harvest of crops followed, but securing seeds was the top priority for now.

The seeds acquired in this way were sent to the underground storage facility that had been built in the basement of the house not long ago.

Then, together with Melts, he further expanded the warehouse, creating rooms to store seeds, like a seed vault.

Since each of these is a tremendous treasure, it is necessary to preserve them properly.

We also paid a little more attention to security by making the doors double or triple.

When the sowing and harvesting were completed successfully, there was no need to worry about seeds anymore.

“As the seeds were being sown, the harvest piled up in abundance.”

Oh Hyun-seong looked at the ingredients packed tightly into the refrigerator.

Of course, what we have here is only a small portion, there were many more piled up in the warehouse.

This time, I had brought back so many different species from my trip across the border that I had a lot of crops to grow, and I also went overboard trying to secure enough seeds.

“Thanks to the spirits, storing the harvest itself isn’t difficult… but it’ll probably be difficult for me to eat it all by myself.”

He was lost in thought for a moment.

And then he slammed his hand down on the person he remembered.

“Yeah, I guess I’ll just call him.”

***

“Did you call?”

In front of the main gate of Oh Hyeon-seong’s house.

Choi Jeong-il, who had come to see him, was standing there.

As the representative of Aegis, he was very busy, but I tried to be a little impressed by him for coming all the way here when I suddenly called him.

But the excitement cooled down when I saw him bringing all kinds of fishing equipment, including a fishing rod.

“Is that why you came running all this way in half a day?”

“Th, that… what do you mean…”

“I didn’t call you to go fishing or anything.”

“Oh, of course I know.”

“It doesn’t seem like you understand at all?”

“ha ha ha…”

Choi Jeong-il smiled awkwardly as he hid his fishing gear behind his back.

Oh Hyun-seong clicked his tongue and shook his head.

He had been extremely obsessed with the carp he had missed the last time.

How many times did I say that I would definitely feed my senior a 6-pound goldfish?

But since he had been doing his own thing without coming down, I thought he had come down, but it seemed like he hadn’t.

“Come on in. I have something to say.”

“Then excuse me.”

He brought Choi Jeong-il into the house.

Oh Hyeon-seong, who had left Choi Jeong-il sitting in the living room, headed to the kitchen alone.

In fact, there was another reason why he invited only him to the house instead of anyone else.

‘Baek Ji-soo had lost her sense of taste due to the aftereffects of the injury she received during the battle to subdue the queen. However, when I saw her again, she had regained her sense of taste.’

This was quite surprising.

A ‘complete loss’ of taste, not just a simple aftereffect.

It was a whole other level of work to restore bodily functions that had been lost.

Her senses had returned since the last meal.

So he saw a new possibility.

The possibility that Choi Jeong-il’s lost left eye might be restored.

‘Although I had eaten several times before, my eyes showed no signs of recovery… but this time it was different. It was like when the aftereffects of my weak legs completely disappeared with a bowl of rice.’

Thud!

Oh Hyun-seong placed a lavish table in the living room.

Of course, it is a Korean table setting made with newly harvested ingredients grown from original seeds brought from across the border.

“Senior, what is this…?”

“Just grab one. Your eyes will probably light up.”

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