16 Big canine required (2/2)

[Is that the armor from that anime?]

[That's from another anime…]

[What's up with all that medieval armor! Why the old stuff now after you took all the modern stuff?]

[Where's the rifle? A vest? A construction worker helmet? Why armor?]

[He started building a village and now a weapon…]

[It's as if he's planning an invasion.]

[He's cleaning those things.]

[Yeah, finally something fitting for the other world.]

[Medieval stuff for a fantasy in the other world? Isn't that a bit cliché?]

[It does fit though. But not a lich king's sword! Too much frill.]

[HEY! Don't you dare touch General Lee's Sword with your pig hands.]

[General Lee, please forgive him.]

[Building Pig Kingdom now?]

[That's cool! Make sure you leave some rust. It'll look fake if it's too shiny.]

[Yeah, make it show some age.]

[This is boring. I'm out.]

[I'm out too. Boring as hell. Cutting trees, cleaning a sword…]

[Use a grinder to make it more genuine and rough.]

[Go out and conquer the world! Do something!]

[No! You're dead if you go out. Just keep on digging.]

[Is lettuce all grown yet? Let's do an eating broadcast again.]

Joonbum wiped the sweat on his forehead and closed his laptop. Most of it was expected. There were some who claimed to have stopped watching the videos, but it wasn't that big of a deal.

”Time flies.”

Joonbum took out a beer from the refrigerator. The icy cold beer flowed through his mouth.

”Hah, it's nice.”

Joonbum took a break before he stood up and walked toward his working table to start cleaning the equipment he brought.

There were multiple types of items in Jinchul's pile. Today's pick was the chain mail.

Joonbum used an iron claw to bring out the mail that was dipped in rust removal liquid, which dripped with red rusty water. It showed a bit of its original silver color as some of the dust and rust fell off.

'I should give it a rub first.'

He spread it out on the table and started scrubbing it with an iron brush. All the rust started to come off as he continued scrubbing. He dipped the armor again after the initial scrubbing and gave it another scrub. It was quickly going back to its original glory.

Joonbum returned to his original self as he concentrated on working on it, just like when he first arrived in this world.

”This should be enough.”

Joonbum washed it off with clear water, which also dripped with rust, but it soon turned clear. He sprayed it for a while and placed it on a stake to dry it off. Then he picked up another one to work on.

He was soon loaded with cool-looking swords and armor ready to use.

The sound of Joonbum scrubbing, digging up rust, and using the grinder motor spread throughout otherwise quiet forest.

”Finished! Aww, my back hurts.”

Joonbum spoke as he put down the helmet, the last of the pile he brought here. He stood up while massaging his shoulder and waist.

”It's already past lunchtime! Time flies by too quickly here.”

The day went by so quickly. It was easy to miss a meal when he was concentrated.

”I hope she's doing well.”

Joonbum turned to the place where Galfus used to sit, then shook his head as he moved away, chuckling. He picked up a basket on the work table.

”It's growing well.”

The lettuce he planted a month ago had fully grown to the final stage.

'I was told that it grows on its own, but it really does. I don't think it's because of the air. It's probably always like this.'

Joonbum took a fully-grown lettuce as he was thinking.

'The red pepper looks good too.'

The red pepper was still not ready for harvesting, but it was also growing well.

Joonbum gathered some lettuce, washed it with water, and brought it to the gazebo where he started preparing lunch. He took out kimchi, anchovies, beans, and pollack roe from the fridge. He then opened an electric rice cooker, scooping fully cooked, hot steamed rice into a big pot. He brought it over and started eating. A spoonful of rice gave him the satisfaction he needed in his mouth, and then he added the green pepper dipped in bean paste.

”Delicious.”

He wrapped the lettuce with bean paste and chewed on it, tasting its saltiness in full.

”Ahh, nobody will know how good this is!”

The pollack roe was delicious also. It mixed with the white rice especially well. The anchovies gave him a great mixture of sweetness and saltiness that gave him a different taste too.

The pot was empty in no time.

'They will say that I eat like a slave.'

He grinned as he thought about the old Korean slaves who were known to eat enormous amounts of rice.

'Whatever. Is it because I worked hard?'

The food was just too delicious. It wasn't anything special, but it was still best he ever had every time. He realized he was eating much more than before. He never ate this much even when he was nicknamed pig. There was only one reason.

'I did work hard.'

He worked night and day. There was a comment from one of his viewers that he had started building a village after the wolf left. The viewer was right. He concentrated on his work so he could forget about the emptiness that filled him after Galfus left.

'Not bad,' he thought. His base camp was much safer as a result.

Joonbum chewed on a green pepper with a spoon of white rice, then put a lettuce wrap not long after. He definitely was eating and working in enormous amounts.

”Other world slave eating realized!”

He let out a loud burp after finishing the last spoon and started gulping down cold water.

”But I'm losing weight.”

He looked at his belly. It wasn't full of pig-like fat anymore.

'I lost a lot of weight.'

Just when Joonbum was feeling his belly with his hand thinking about how much weight he had lost, something grabbed his attention.