[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-solo-farming-in-the-tower":3,"chapter-solo-farming-in-the-tower-solo-farming-in-the-tower-chapter-829":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Solo Farming In The Tower",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1751559,2237,"Chapter 829 102: Accidentally Running a Hotteok Stand (2) \u002F 826","solo-farming-in-the-tower-chapter-829",829,"\u003Cp>TL: Hanguk\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow was pouring down from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, the roads were completely jammed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? What's going on? Did a new popular restaurant open or something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driving his car home at a turtle's pace, Kim Dong-sik spotted a long line near Oksu Station and grew curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me? What's this line for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he rolled down the window and asked a man standing in the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?! You're Hunter Kim Dong-sik, right?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. That's me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he had almost zero presence when with his mentor Han Tae-jun, Kim Dong-sik was still a top 10 Hunter in Korea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha. Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since this happened often, Dong-sik pulled out a pen he always carried and signed the cap the man handed over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you! This line is for the Cat Paw Hotteok.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cat Paw Hotteok?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. It's a hotteok shop that stamps the hotteok with a cat paw print. It spread instantly on Stargram, so now the line's gotten really long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that so? Could you send me the link via DM?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong-sik planned to send the link to his wife and buy some hotteok if she said she wanted to eat it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"D… DM? Yes, I sent it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man, touched that Dong-sik accepted his DM, sent him the link.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong-sik checked the link.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is Sejun-nim selling hotteok…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spotted a familiar face in the photo. He couldn't recognize the others due to illusion magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is an emergency situation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you. Enjoy your hotteok.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong-sik gave a polite farewell to the man, then drove off and out of the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, it's me. I just sent you a link, right? Dispatch agents to that location and control the crowd to prevent accidents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurriedly deployed personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puhuhut. Welcome, meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"9 hotteok, please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puhuhut. Just a moment, meow! Chairman Park, 9 hotteok order, meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squish. Squish. Squish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theo pressed the hotteok on the griddle with his front paw while taking the customer's order. Iona adjusted the illusion magic so that the customers saw Theo using a cat paw-shaped hotteok press.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is this? Why do people keep coming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While diligently making the hotteok dough, Sejun was puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, they were just going to make food for themselves and sell a few to the few customers that came. But now, there were way too many customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he used up all the hotteok dough the hotteok granny had prepared, and even the gas ran out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Sejun didn't close the shop. Having survived the 99th floor of the Black Tower, this was nothing for Sejun, and he didn't even consider shutting down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Iona, heat up some more griddles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kyoot Kyoo Kyoot. Okay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, to reduce the customer wait time, they increased the number of griddles to five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aileen, put the dough I made on the empty griddle spots and pour oil whenever it's lacking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cuengi, handle hotteok packaging and money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kueng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Got it!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Paespaes, play work song track 3.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Pip-pip! Okay!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kihihit. Kking?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hehe. Butler! What about great Blackie?!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blackie, bark at anyone who tries to cut in line.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kking! Kking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Okay! Butler! Leave that to great Blackie! Release!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackie deactivated the illusion magic for his mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After giving out the tasks, Sejun took out flour from the void storage and started making dough, then began preparing ingredients to stuff inside the hotteok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sugar made by squeezing sugarcane directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical roasted peanuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stamina Corn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sticky Corn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extremely-delicious roasted and dried sweet potato.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Midway, he came up with a new recipe idea and increased the variety of hotteok fillings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The basic hotteok with sugar and peanuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet and salty corn cheese hotteok using Stamina Corn and mozzarella-like stretchy Sticky Corn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And also,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding roasted and dried sweet potato would go well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roasted and dried sweet potato hotteok, suggested by Blackie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sejun tore a box and wrote the names and prices of the new hotteok:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corn Cheese Hotteok \u002F Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato Hotteok – 1 for 2,000 won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corn Cheese Hotteok \u002F Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato Hotteok – 3 for 5,500 won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the sign next to the original hotteok price list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?! Boss, give me 3 of the corn cheese hotteok and 3 of the roasted sweet potato hotteok too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Customers waiting for their hotteok to be ready started placing additional orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, hotteok made entirely from crops grown in the Tower were being sold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Wow! The corn cheese hotteok is seriously delicious! This is my new favorite hotteok for life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Try the corn cheese hotteok and the roasted sweet potato hotteok! They're so good I got back in line! This time I'm buying 30, including the basic hotteok!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ㄴHey, have a conscience!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ㄴDon't get in line! I'm still on my way! The roads are blocked because of the snowㅜㅜ\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ㄴFYI, if you cut in line, a black Sigorjab dog will scold you real hard ㅋㅋㅋ\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reviews from people who ate the hotteok kept popping up on Stargram, and those posts began drawing in more customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Who's the boy singing at the hotteok stand? His face is average, but he sings so well! He could debut right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ㄴI know, right? I'm standing on the roadside eating hotteok just to listen to him sing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ㄴHuh?! Are you the person next to me wearing the red fur hat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ㄴHuh?! Yellow padding jacket?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, Paespaes's singing skills also began spreading by word of mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?! It's Sejun!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyung-chul, who was lounging around and browsing Stargram in the house Sejun had recently built for him, saw a photo of Sejun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But why is Sejun grilling hotteok at Oksu Station?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be a charity event?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Choi Mi-na, who was working on company tasks on her laptop next to him, replied. As expected of someone from a chaebol family, her way of thinking was quite different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected of my friend Sejun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moved by Sejun's good deed(?), Kyung-chul said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honey, I'm going to go help Sejun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay. Please bring back some hotteok. All three flavors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly rushed over to Oksu Station. Considering that the hotteok was made with ingredients so expensive you couldn't buy them even with money, and yet being sold at a very low price, it was indeed a good deed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh Kyung-chul arrived at Sejun's hotteok stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sejun, I'm here to help too! What should I do first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh! Kyung-chul, great timing! Help guide the customers in line.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been worried because of the large crowd, so Kyung-chul showing up was a relief! Thanks, man!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sejun was touched that Kyung-chul came to help him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Earth's strongest! It's Hunter Oh Kyung-chul!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh. Did Hunter Oh Kyung-chul also come to buy hotteok?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, even Earth's strongest can't resist hotteok on a snowy day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone! Please form a line to the side so others aren't inconvenienced!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?! Hunter Oh Kyung-chul is managing the line?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Using Oh Kyung-chul, Earth's strongest hunter, as a line guide? What is the identity of this hotteok shop?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyung-chul's appearance created an even bigger ripple effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-This is the hotteok stand at Oksu Station. You can line up and get Hunter Oh Kyung-chul's autograph and even take a picture with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I just took a picture with Hunter Oh Kyung-chul and asked, he said he's real friends with the hotteok shop owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ㄴLucky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ㄴI'm a fan of Oh Kyung-chul! Heading there right now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, the line didn't shrink, it grew even longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty minutes after Kyung-chul's arrival, the line was twice as long as before he showed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sejun-nim, hello. Do you need anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kim Dong-sik, who had just arrived after parking nearby, approached Sejun with personnel from the Korean Awakeners Association and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh. Hello, Dong-sik-nim. I don't need anything. Please have some hotteok.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puhuhut. Dong-sik, good to see you, meow! Basic hotteok is 3 for 4000 won. Corn cheese hotteok and roasted sweet potato hotteok are 3 for 5500 won, meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This voice… Theo?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>104.28.193.250\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puhuhut. That's right, meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're all with me. Here's your hotteok.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh. Thank you. Then if you need anything, please let me know!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While eating the hotteok Sejun gave them, they kept close watch around the hotteok stand in case anyone tried to cause trouble for Sejun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the hotteok business ran smoothly until the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kyoo?! Sejun-nim, the kids are awake!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?! Then Aileen and Iona, please head home first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Aileen and Iona left when the kids woke up,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could you help us out here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shortage of manpower was resolved with help from the staff of the Korean Awakeners Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hotteok business finally wrapped up after 10 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kyung-chul, thanks for helping out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nah. I didn't really do anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take this and eat it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks, Sejun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sejun handed Kyung-chul a heavy paper bag. Inside the bag were ten hotteok of each of the three flavors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's enough for everyone, so please take one each.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sejun also handed out packed hotteok to the Awakener Association staff who had helped him, and then said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go home now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puhuhut. Got it, meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kueng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Pip-pip. Yes!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together with the group, they headed home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Sejun arrived home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dad, why didn't you take Taecho?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taecho came running out and pouted in protest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry. But Daddy brought something yummy for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something yummy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Sejun's words, Taecho swallowed her saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Children of Destruction behind also swallowed their saliva while staring at Sejun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here. This is something called hotteok…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Sejun took out hotteok from the void storage,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"\"Wow!\"\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taecho and the Children of Destruction got excited and each tried to grab one and put it in their mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sejun quickly stopped the children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they ate the hotteok without any caution, the hot filling inside would burn their tongues,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the kids might cry, and no since it was winter, a snowstorm could break out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The inside is hot, so you have to blow on it like this before eating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sejun demonstrated how to eat it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuuuung!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The children blew hard with their mouths until spit almost came out, trying to cool down the hotteok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sejun looked on at the kids with satisfaction and then\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quietly offered one hotteok to Theo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meow?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I put Churu in it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puhuhut.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Sejun's words, Theo split the hotteok in half, and the Churu inside began to ooze out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't miss the Churu of the great Chairman Park, meow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chomp…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meow! It's hot meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He burned his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on. I just showed you to blow on it before eating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Theo-nim, stick out your tongue. I'll heal you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanksh-meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Power of healing….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theo stuck out his tongue and received healing from Iona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puhuhut. Thanks, Iona, meow! Fuu, meow! Fuu, meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he blew on the Churu thoroughly with his mouth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And enjoyed the Churu deliciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lick. Lick. Lick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kihihit. Kking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hehe. The roasted and dried sweet potato hotteok is all mine 'cause great Blackie licked it!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackie, in an effort to keep the roasted and dried sweet potato hotteok to himself, had licked them all over, but\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuehehehe. Kueng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hehehe. All three flavors of the hotteok Dad made are delicious!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No way!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His plan was crushed by Cuengi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehehe. This is nice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sejun smiled as he watched Aileen, the group, and the Children of Destruction happily eating hotteok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because it was cold outside and warm inside, he felt especially happy today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided he would build a snowman tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sejun also ate hotteok and wrapped up a joyful day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so a day passed, and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why are there so many people?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The granny, who came to work for the hotteok stand, was flustered when she saw the long line of people in front of the shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For extra chapters, you can read them on my Patreon at \u002FHangukTranslations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Join our Discord for announcements or to report any mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>",2015,"2026-06-06T17:09:00.337Z",1,"novelbin.me","2d11c146f4f7c56449ab953652f9f4b95287f160d70466c05fefb6df49a1911d","solo-farming-in-the-tower-chapter-830","solo-farming-in-the-tower-chapter-828",835,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsolo-farming-in-the-tower-cover.jpg"]