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Chapter 1311

Chapter 1311

A vast chasm separated the players from the NPCs. Unlike the foreigners who just appeared here to lead what seemed to be a chaotic world, the NPCs were born and raised in these lands. They were completely different from the players who arrived here and started at Level 1.

When the players were still at Level 1, someone was already a God, a super Named NPC, or even a powerhouse leading their era. This was the reason why the players were given preferential treatment and special privileges. They had various systems that allowed them to grow faster than the NPCs born in this world.

A simple example of this preferential treatment and special privileges was the God class. Once the players changed their class to a God class, they would be able to obtain power that represented the gods that their classes embodied. Unlike the gods, who had to spend a very long time to create their powers, the players could immediately obtain them.

This was one reason Minhyuk understood and completed the farming skills more than dozens of times faster than Demeter, who took thousands of years to complete them. Of course, his DEX had also played a considerable role in it.

What usually came to mind when DEX or dexterity was mentioned? The words “make,” “draw,” and “create” would always be the first ones to pop out. According to the dictionary, dexterity is the ability and ease of using one’s hands in making something.

Minhyuk’s DEX had grown beyond imagination, and the help and support it gave him when he was creating something were tremendous. On average, non-combat class gods would have around 25,000 DEX. Minhyuk had gone over 50,000.

There was one truth that Minhyuk had become aware of lately.

‘No matter how much I do to increase my DEX stat...’

There was nothing more outstanding than his skills related to DEX. After all, DEX was ultimately a stat. When points were stacked higher and higher for that specific stat, everything related to it would become better.

The problem was that Minhyuk’s DEX had reached a point where it could no longer increase further. He had already reached the pinnacle of DEX. It was an advantage that he had over Demeter.

And to be honest, Minhyuk’s level of understanding and comprehension was actually superior to that of Demeter’s own. With the addition of his DEX, which had reached its peak, correcting and supplementing his understanding, he was able to create it more easily and faster than others.

Of course, the fact that Minhyuk could do it did not mean that just any of the other players could do it. This was something that only Minhyuk could do—a reason and proof of why he became a Pillar.

Demeter trembled, her mouth unable to mutter any words.

“To be honest, Demeter, I think you’re not as talented as you think you are,” Minhyuk said, a bitter smile on his face.

Demeter’s eyes turned red when she was suddenly hit with the cold, hard truth. Indeed. She was born as the Goddess of Agriculture. However, she, herself, was not sure if she had the talent for it.

Anyway, someone from the Western Continents had gained an Olympus-grade power.

Minhyuk checked his newly acquired farming skill.

(The Path of the One Who Farms)

Passive Skill

Rank: Gaia’s God (Highest Grade Possible)

Mana Required: None

Cooldown: None

Effects:

•Your harvesting speed will double.

• When farming or harvesting, your DEX increases by 1.5 times.

•Harvest Critical can be triggered.

•When Harvest Critical is triggered, the farming and harvesting rates increase by 400%.

•Special changes might occur when will, effort, obsession, and tenacity are shown during farming.

The harvesting rate had the same concept as basic damage. Now that Minhyuk had checked the passive skill that he acquired, he moved on to the active skills. This time, he used them first before checking them.

“Sweeping Crops.”

The earth within a forty-meter radius suddenly turned into water. Then, the water swayed and moved until it swept everything like a gushing river. The crops immediately floated above the gushing waters.

[You have acquired 168 crops.]

(Sweeping Crops)

Active Skill

Rank: Gaia’s God (Highest Grade Possible)

Mana Required: None

Cooldown: One hour

Effects:

•Turns the land in an area with a forty-meter radius into a river.

•Crops that the river’s gushing waters have swept away will not retain any water or receive any damage or bruises.

• The harvest rate will increase by 1,300%.

This time, Minhyuk stood in front of some of the crops and triggered the Proliferating Crops. The Proliferating Crop was a type of buff. When Minhyuk harvested the crops, he was left confused when no notifications rang in his ears. So, he continued to harvest the other crops.

[Proliferating Crops.]

[You have triggered the 20% chance of obtaining two crops from a single crop.]

“...?”

(Proliferating Crops)

Active Skill

Rank: Gaia’s God (Highest Grade Possible)

Mana Required: 20,000

Cooldown: Twelve hours

Effects:

•Once triggered, the Proliferating Crop will remain in effect for five minutes.

•You have a 1% chance of obtaining seven crops from a single crop.

•You have a 3% chance of obtaining four crops from a single crop.

•You have a 10% chance of obtaining three crops from a single crop.

•You have a 20% chance of obtaining two crops from a single crop.

•You have a 0.1% chance of triggering the ‘Crazy Proliferation.’

•When Crazy Proliferation is triggered, you will be able to obtain thirty crops from a single crop.

Minhyuk stood in front of another crop. This time, he triggered the Whirwind Farmer.

“Whirlwind Farmer,” Minhyuk said as he slammed his hoe on the ground as hard as he could.

At that moment, a burst of wind erupted from his hoe and constantly dug around the soil that surrounded the crop.

[You have acquired Zeus’ Field’s Ingredient.]

A few moments earlier, Minhyuk had to swing his hoe a dozen times before he could harvest a single ingredient from this field. But with this skill? He only swung his hoe once, and the ingredient was easily harvested.

(Whirlwind Farmer)

Active Skill

Rank: Gaia’s God (Highest Grade Possible)

Mana Required: 15,000

Cooldown: Ten minutes

Effects:

•When trying to harvest a crop once, the harvest rate will increase by 3,000%.

•When trying to harvest a crop 200 times, the skill cooldown can be ignored. You can use the skill right away without waiting.

•You have a 2% chance of having a 300% increase in harvest rate when you try to harvest a crop thirty times.

•You have a 4% chance of having a 300% increase in harvest rate when you try to harvest a crop fifteen times.

•You have a 7% chance of having a 300% increase in harvest rate when you try to harvest a crop eight times.

•You have a 15% chance of having a 300% increase in harvest rate when you try to harvest a crop five times.

The skill possessed power that was beyond imagination. It even sounded like a single-target lethal move.

‘Up until now, the highest possible grade of skills that I have acquired in this place was Gaia’s God-grade.’

If ordinary players had seen the farming skills that Minhyuk displayed earlier, their mouths would have dropped open. Anything beyond that level could be considered Absolute God-grade. And the difference between a God-grade and an Absolute God-grade was like the difference between heaven and earth.

The next power that Minhyuk tested was the Olympus-grade skill he created, a skill that was on the Absolute God-grade level.

Minhyuk raised his pickaxe to the sky. Then, he slammed the gleaming pickaxe on the ground.

Thud!

[Striking Pickaxe.]

The Striking Pickaxe that Minhyuk created could be said to be equivalent to a swordsmanship’s lethal move. The moment his pickaxe made contact with the ground, the crops buried deep within its confines began to shake and tremble. It was as if someone was shaking the ground and pushing them up from the bottom.

Just like that, more than a thousand ingredients shook themselves out of the ground and into the sky.

Swoosh!

More than a thousand ingredients, with their roots still attached and dirt still covering them up, gathered in front of Minhyuk. Then, they disappeared.

[You have acquired 1,302 crops.]

“...?!”

Demeter’s breath hitched. Harvesting more than a thousand crops in Zeus’ Fields was truly beyond common sense. Surprisingly enough, the ground that had been dug up was slowly being restored after the ingredients were harvested.

(Striking Pickaxe)

Active Skill

Rank: Olympus God

Mana Required: 35,000

Cooldown: Three hours.

Effects:

•Harvest all of the crops within a 150-meter radius without inflicting any damage.

•A 7,800% increase in harvest rate will be applied.

•During harvest, no damage will be inflicted on the crops.

•Ingredients acquired using the Striking Pickaxe will be 10% better than ordinary ingredients.

•After harvesting, the seeds of the ingredients that you have harvested will immediately be sown and grown in the same spot where they were harvested.

‘This is a f*cking cheat.’

The most significant advantage of this skill lay in the fact that it could sow the same seeds of the crops that Minhyuk had already harvested. This meant that Minhyuk could harvest another set of the same crops when using this skill. On top of that, this was an AOE farming skill. Nonetheless, the most surprising thing about this skill was its cooldown.

‘The cooldown of all of the skills that I have obtained is much shorter than I expected.’

After testing his newly acquired farming skills, Minhyuk started harvesting crops again.

‘I’m much faster than usual.’

Then, the effects of The Path of the One Who Farms began to show themselves.

[Harvest Critical!]

With all of the effects that he had received, his harvesting speed had at least doubled. The best part? He had harvested quite a lot of ingredients from Zeus’ Fields just by testing out his newly acquired skills.

In just a blink, he had reached the end of the field. He was now standing in front of the final ingredient, Zeus’ Ingredient.

Demeter stared at Minhyuk while thinking, ‘If he harvested more than two of the ingredients representing the gods, then something special will happen...’

Despite knowing about something special happening, Demeter just kept quiet and continued watching Minhyuk. This was because Zeus' ingredient was said to be the most difficult to harvest. She did not want to give him hope if there was no chance. But Minhyuk stood tall and used the Whirlwind Farmer.

[Whirlwind Farmer.]

[Your harvest rate has increased by 3,000%.]

An overwhelming amount of power surged from Minhyuk’s hoe as he hit the ground underneath the ingredient.

[You have triggered the 4% chance of having a 300% increase in harvest rate when you try to harvest a crop fifteen times.]

In just one second, he had swung his hoe fifteen times in a row. It looked just like when his sword was engraved with Destruction.

Just like Demeter knew, Zeus’ Ingredient was truly very difficult to harvest.

[Harvest Critical!]

These notifications rang constantly in Minhyuk’s ears.

What was the most outstanding merit of the Whirlwind Farmer? It was the fact that the skill cooldown would reset once he reached the 200th attempt on harvesting a crop.

Farmers only had little mana. But that was not the case for Minhyuk. He was not a farmer, and he possessed mana that was dozens of times more than the mana of an ordinary farmer. His mana has broken several restrictions and created a synergistic effect with his farming skills.

[Whirlwind Farmer.]

[Harvest Critical!]

[Whirlwind Farmer.]

[Harvest Critical!]

[You have acquired Zeus’ Ingredient!]

Nevertheless, Minhyuk still took six hours to harvest the ingredient.

‘If I did not learn these farming skills then...’

Minhyuk estimated that he would have taken at least twenty-four hours to harvest the Zeus’ Ingredient if he did it without these skills.

After dealing with Zeus’ Ingredient, Minhyuk immediately moved on to the next field. This time, he went to harvest ingredients on Ares’ Fields.

Demeter, who had watched Minhyuk from the very beginning, believed that Minhyuk would have already reached his mental limits and capacity. She thought that there was no way for him to overcome this, even if he was an excellent farmer.

“Are you not tired?”

“...With just this much?”

Demeter was not from the Western Continents, that's why she didn't know what achievements Minhyuk had made on the other side of the world.

[Harvest Critical!]

A day passed by again. All in all, Minhyuk had spent two days in Zeus’ Fields and another two days in Ares’ Fields without a break. He suddenly showed a serious expression on his face.

‘Since we’ve already reached this point, I will try to harvest everything from their fields.’

However, it was impossible for him, especially at the speed he was going. Then, at that moment...

[You have dug up every ingredient planted in the two fields in just five days.]

[You have achieved the Easter Egg: Farmer Acknowledged by Demeter.]