[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-stardew-valley-s-farming-master":3,"chapter-stardew-valley-s-farming-master-stardew-valley-s-farming-master-chapter-244":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Stardew Valley’s Farming Master",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1100051,1435,"Chapter 245: Well, Guess I Praised You for Nothing","stardew-valley-s-farming-master-chapter-244",244,"\u003Cp>“You sure about that?” The cruel, cold threat made Abigail instinctively step away from Leon, giving him a strange look before confirming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sure. Anyway, it’s just the two of us in this mine. If something happens to you and I don’t explain why, nobody will know how you died.” Leon nodded matter-of-factly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright then.” Abigail shrugged at his words. She knew Leon was joking, but she had no intention of backing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she’d set her sights on becoming an adventurer. How could she possibly be afraid to take on a monster? Next time they ran into something like that, she’d make sure Leon knew she wasn’t just here for decoration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they finished off the stone golem, Leon pulled out his pickaxe and resumed his mining spree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the 30th floor, the chances of finding copper ore clearly went up. Just walking a few steps often revealed a copper vein, and sometimes an entire cluster. That’s when Leon would pull out a Cherry Bomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re actually carrying bombs?” Abigail stared in surprise as the cherry-sized bomb cleared out a massive patch of copper ore in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that a problem?” Leon looked at her in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you afraid of collapsing the mine and burying yourself alive?” she pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.” Abigail nodded, then shamelessly held out her hand. “Can I have one? I want to try.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Next time we run into a copper cluster, I’ll let you have a go. I don’t have many left, so I need to make sure each one counts.” Leon actually appreciated her willingness to try, so he didn’t mind granting her request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow, thanks, Leon! Love you!” Abigail beamed, pumping her fist in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think of you as a brother, and you want to sleep with me?” Leon teased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh, I meant I love your bombs, not you.” Abigail quickly corrected herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mhm.” Leon nodded without arguing. That smug look almost made her punch him in the eye, but in the end she held back—this was still a dangerous mine, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They continued exploring. Under a gemstone node, Leon dug up an amethyst and also found a stairwell leading down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to pocket the amethyst, he noticed Abigail staring at it with longing eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding it up, he asked, “Want it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.” She shook her head, but her gaze betrayed her true feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon tossed it to her. “Take it. Consider it a keepsake for your first trip down here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Leon, an amethyst wasn’t worth much anymore. He’d already found seven gemstone nodes on this run, so one more or less made no difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail took it but looked uneasy. “Come by my place later. I’ve got some pocket money saved—I can pay you for it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need. It’s not worth much.” Leon waved it off. “Alright, let’s head down. Remember what I said: if we run into monsters and you freeze up, that amethyst is going to be your grave marker.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail stuck her tongue out at him, then followed him down the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, now this should be fun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Leon saw the neat, square layout of the chamber—and the total absence of ore—he knew they’d hit a monster floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are there no ores here?” Abigail asked as she looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And it’s so bright. Where’s the light coming from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop thinking about this place like a normal person. Grab your weapon. We’ve got a fight coming.” Leon drew his Galaxy Watermelon Knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chirp!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he’d even finished speaking, a piercing screech tore through the air. A giant bat swooped down at him, but one slash was all it took to drop it, leaving behind only a pair of curled wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A monster floor’s just a level full of monsters. To get to the next floor, we have to kill them all. Looks like we’re going to be busy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bat was just the appetizer. Leon had already spotted a wave of stone golems trudging toward them. They were slow and not much of a threat—but the bats circling overhead were another matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s… a lot,” Abigail muttered, swallowing hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t stray too far from me. You handle the golems, I’ll take the bats.” Leon clapped her on the shoulder. “I know you can handle it. And don’t forget—I’m right here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it.” Abigail straightened up, recalling her sword practice, and charged alongside Leon toward the golems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slow as they were, their sheer numbers meant that waiting for them to reach them would only end in getting surrounded. Better to strike first and scatter them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Abigail didn’t hesitate. As soon as she got close, she drove her blade into a golem’s eye socket, then instinctively twisted the hilt, grinding the point through half its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon raised an approving brow. “Not bad. That’s how you do it—hit them hard, leave no loose ends. You’ve got the right idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail rolled her eyes. “I only twisted it because my sword got stuck.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, guess I praised you for nothing.” Leon shook his head, then extended his Galaxy Watermelon Knife into a three-meter blade, cleaving four golems clean in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Galaxy Weapon’s sharpness and raw power were on full display. Against these stone-bodied foes, Abigail’s longsword could pierce, but Leon’s blade sliced through them like a hot knife through butter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail muttered enviously, “I wish I had a weapon like that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re enjoying this story, please consider subscribing to me on (www.\u002FRomayStories). Your support helps me keep translating and brings you chapters faster!\u003C\u002Fp>",924,"2026-06-03T11:16:09.613Z","2026-06-03T11:16:14.315Z",1,"novelbin.me","449ce73dab3aeb24dbf7916758d53f69e9a6d546124da2ca28b76e19eab2c9e6","stardew-valley-s-farming-master-chapter-245","stardew-valley-s-farming-master-chapter-243",288,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstardew-valley-s-farming-master-cover.jpg"]