5 days later
Lone was looking over the crops as Bunny Hubby was amazed to see most of the carrots sprouting. “Hmmm… I guess that some carrots are sprouting. The Cherry Tomatoes, Blueberries and Sweet Potatoes are growing fine but not all of them.” Lone looked at the ground “Perhaps it’s the soil? I mean I started growing crops in a hole in the ground and the only source of light is coming from the hole.” He said as Hubby jumped on his lower back (The horse back).

“PII…,” said Hubby.

“If only I could get out of this hole and grow outside the hole.” Said Lone Perhaps we could grow outside but I can’t come out. Even the rope made from green onion leaves snapped on me due to my natural weight.” He said and put thought into it. “Perhaps Neo might get me some large chains for me to escape.” He said as Hubby looked at him.

*SPLASH*

“Hmm?” He and Hubby turned to see Warrior and Mage at the pond. Mage managed to make a small fireball, but she was controlling it as she made it move over the pond and spin in a circle as 5 piranhas leap out as Warrior jumped and hammered them out of the pond and landed with grace.

“PII…” He said with a grin as Lone, and his family gathered.

“I see you have become a veteran hunter while Mage is starting to master her magic.

“PII!” she said happily as they both glowed a shining blue.

“Huh?” He said as it vanished “I guess you both level up. Congratulations, you two. Your siblings leveled up while farming, you both will catch up to them.” He said while petting their heads as Warrior looked proud with his shoulders up high while Mage looked embarrassed while some siblings made sarcastic applause. “Also…” They all looked at him, “I want to try something new.”

“PII?” They all looked confused as Lone went to gather some cherry tomatoes and blueberries from the makeshift storages for them as he got his glass bottle that had honey inside it, a ¼ of it filled the bottle. He grabbed the flask that Neo left him. Lone made a large version of the green onion cups he and the bunnies made for Neo and him to drink. Lone grabbed the flask and opened it to reveal small packages. “I heard of Minotaurs ground some kind of inedible beans that give a strong smell and package them so that some ponies will buy them for energy.” Said Lone as he crushed cherry tomatoes into juice as it filled the cup and added blueberry juice and honey into the mix as he used a pole made from green onions leaves as he looked at the pole. “I wonder if Neo came buy me some utensils for this and pots & pans?” He said as he scoops juice with a smaller green onion leaf cup as he pours coffee powder in the flask, closes it tight and shakes it up to mix it all as he opens the flask. “There… all done.” He said as he showed the bunnies the red and brown drink. He took a sip of it and smiled. “Mmmm… it's not that bad.” He looked at the bunnies as they looked interested. “Want a taste?” Asked Lone and he handed it to the bunnies. Warrior bunny took a sip through the straw while Wheelbarrow drooled but stopped and looked disgusted.

“Upp!” Warrior bunny spat out in disgust as the other bunnies tasted it but they all were spitting out what they tasted as Mage was the last bunny to taste it but she liked it.

“PII~” she said and drank it, but her siblings looked at her with horrified expressions.

“I guess some bunnies' taste buds are different from others.” He said as a familiar screen appeared

What are you drinking?

“Cherry Tomato/blueberry juice with a mix of honey. I added a powder coffee mix to my drink to taste something different. Apparently, only Mage Bunny enjoyed it.” He said, “I’m having some more and sharing it with the other bunnies to make up for the bitter drink.” He said as he started to make a ladle made of green onion leaves to pour for the other bunnies were making their own cups, even Hubby and Wifey.

Can I have some?

Lone looked at the screen.

Sending you a quest

[New Quest]
OFFER DRINK TO THE TOWER ADMINISTRATOR
Reward: ONE OCCUPATIONAL SKILL
REFUSAL: NO SKILL

Lone looked at it and went to work on making another drink as he went to make another large cup to make another drink. A lot of cherry tomatoes were added to the juice as he juiced them into his hands and the blueberries, he poured the honey in the juice and mixed it well as he used the ladle to take a sip. “Mmmm… perfect!” Said Lone, he lifted the large cup as it vanished.

Tower Administrator’s Room
The Black Dragon grabbed the cup and whiffed the sweet drink. “MMMM…” *SLURP* “SO SWEET AND DELICIOUS!” Yelled the Black Dragon as she wagged her tail. “I want more of this!” She said happily “But… It took him 3 hours to make the juice and a lot of cherry tomatoes… I wonder what kind of skill I should give him?” She wondered as she used her orb to check on Lone and see what he had. “Hmmm… most of what he has is mostly made from green onion leaves and that junk he has from the cat merchant.” She said as he was showing the other bunnies how to play with marbles. “Though I wonder what creature got Neo to buy that junk? I could check but finding one goblin out of many is difficult. Perhaps that cat can do it by himself.” She said as she put some thought into it.

Back to Lone
Lone was waiting for the skill but nothing happened. “I guess she’s enjoying it for a while.” Said Lone as looked up to see Poison Honey Bee. “Hey PHB!” PHB turned to see Lone.

“BEEE!” She cried as there was something behind her.

“Is that… a beehive?!” PHB flew towards Lone as she landed on his head. “So that means you're moving in with us?”

“BEEE!” Said PHB as she nodded.

“That’s great to hear!” Said Lone as he looked at the bunnies. “That means we got some fresh honey for everyone!”

“PPI!” They all cheered as Lone went back to his bag.

“Let me play some music for you all.” He said as he pulled the ocarina and played a song as they all danced to it.

At the 75th Floor
At a local bar, 3 goblins were at the corner, drinking ale. One of the goblins slammed his drink on the table “Where the hell is that cat?!” Yelled one of the goblins, revealing it was Zar.

“Uh… what cat?” he asked but realized something “Oh! You mean the cat you suckered in buying that junk?” Said one of the goblins as Zar looked at his fellow drinking buddy.

“Junk? I prefer to call them, "recycled products.” Said Zar as he took a swig of his booze. “Besides, I’m just a good merchant who managed to help certain rookie merchants make a living.” He explained smugly as the other goblin looked a bit concerned.

“Uh… Zar?” Zar turned to the 2nd goblin “I would like to learn your technique to get me some suckers but what about the cat?” he asked as Zar snickered.

“If I know that cat, he’ll report his failure to the Merchant’s Guild. I’ll find and generously offer him some milk and he’ll depend on me for help, as I give him a high-interest debt as he’ll work for me for the rest of his miserable life!” he said proudly as the other goblins snickered at Zar’s plan.

“Damn… you are one evil genius.” Said the 1st goblin as the 2nd goblin looked at him.

“Uh… shouldn’t you find that cat?” he asked as Zar laughed it off.

“No, not my friend. Never chase your prey without a plan. I have all the time in the Tower. Now we have our drinks, let’s see the Peddler Sales Ranking of the day.” He said as he and the others opened their screens.

“Oh yeah! The ranking always changes every day!” Said the 2nd goblin. All 3 goblins checked the ranking as Zar smirked.

“YEAH! I’ve finally made the top 1000 of the rankings.” He said as the other two goblins congratulated him.

“Way to go! 999th place!” Said the 1st goblin.

“Aww… haven’t been ranked at all.” Said the 2nd goblin.

(“Heh-heh. Swindling them rookies paid off. Whose to say you can’t make a dishonest living?”) He scrolls slowly (“Let’s see who I should sucker next?”) He looked at the ranking but was shocked by one ranking. “WHAT THE?! IMPOSSIBLE!”

#980 – Neo [50.5 Tower Coins] NEW!

The other two goblins looked at the ranking as they looked at each other. “Hey… isn’t that the cat Zar scammed?” Whispered the 2nd goblin.

“Yeah… but he’s ranked higher than Zar-”

*POUND*

Both the goblins flinched as Zar was fuming “THAT CAT CAN’T MADE ANY SALES! HOW THE HELL HE DID?!” he said as his eyes glowed a menacing red.

Lone’s Farm
Neo jumped and landed “Mr. Lone! I’m back, meow!” Lone and the bunnies turned to See Neo was back.

“Neo?!” Said Lone as he pulled out his pocket watch “What are you doing back? I mean you have at least 2 days on your week off?” Said Lone as Neo lowered his ears.

“Uh… I did what you asked me to do. Take a break after I sold out, I did it within the time I found those camps where those outsider creatures appeared the most.” Explained Neo. “I at once sold all the crops you gave me. I rested for 5 days but…”

“But?” asked Lone.

“I wanted to come back here because you all are the real nicest creatures I know.” He said while being embarrassed to hear that but Lone didn't know how to react.

(“Nice? Well… I have been mellowed out or losing my urge to kill and since they’re not ponies… but that bear outside of the hole is a danger. It makes the Ursa Major a Minor look inferior.”) “Uh… good to hear.” Said Lone as he got back to the topic “So… you immediately sold out?” asked Lone as Neo pulled out a large sack.

“Yes! They were against it at first but then, they changed their minds about losing weight which ‘I don’t understand why they need to lose it?” He wonders as Lone patted him on the head.

“It's something they gain through centuries of laziness.” Said Lone as a screen appeared.

Sorry for the wait. I was trying to figure out a good reward for you.

“It's alright. I mean, creating isn’t easy.” Said Lone as a new screen appeared.

You have cleared the Quest
You have earned Quest reward:

[Farmer’s Tool Shop LV.1]

[Farmer’s Tool Shop]
Activate abilities when used. You may buy products at the store every 10 days.

Lone blinked at it. “Cool.” He said as he activated it. [Farmer’s Tool Store].”

Activating [Farmer’s Tool Shop LV.1]

Reviewing the Tool Shop Transaction history of customer: Lone

Lone, you have no transaction history with the Tool Shop

“Like the Seed Store.” Said Lone.

Lone, you have a newbie offer. Congratulations on reaching a level as a newbie. The Tool Shop will provide you with 1 Dungeon Coin. Lone, 1 Dungeon Coin has been deposited into your Tool Bank Account.

Due to having a Seed Bank Account, both accounts will be merged into one.

Merge Bank Account: 1.4 Dungeon Coins

“Huh… neat.” Said Lone as he looked at what he could buy.

As a newbie, you will be shown 3 randomly selected tools. You will see 3 types of Randomly selected tools for sale today.
Your level allows the purchase of one type.

• 1 Wooden Fruit Press 0.1 Dungeon Coin
• 1 Tin Watering Can 0.1 Dungeon Coin
• 1 Stone Hand Grinder 0.1 Dungeon Coin

1.4 Dungeon Coins

“Hmmm… Like the [Seed Store] but instead of seeds, its tools.” Said Lone as he looked at the list. “Hmmm… I would like to help Hubby with watering the crops, but it looks like it doesn’t have unlimited water. I remember reading that grinders were used to turn wheat into flour, but we have no wheat.” He looked at the last choice “Well… it looks like the fruit press is our only choice.” Said Lone as Neo looked at him.

“What’s a Fruit Press?” asked Neo.

“It’s a device that presses fruits or cherry tomatoes into juice.” He explained as Neo looked at him.

“Like that drink you gave me when I was down on my luck?” He asked as Lone smirked.

“Yep, and we’ll have a supply of cherry tomato juice whenever we want some.” He said as the Tower Administrator was watching from her orb.

“YES!!!” she cheered as she wagged her tail “I can’t wait for more juice!” She said happily.

You have bought 1 Wooden Fruit Press

Lone, 0.1 Dungeon Coin will be withdrawn from your Tool Shop Account.

You have earned 1 Tool Shop Point.

You may use the Tool Shop Points when promoting your level.

You are 100 Points away from the next promotion.

A wooden object appeared in front of them as Lone examined it.

[Wooden Fruit Press]
Made with durable iron handles and fine carved wood. Press fruits to release all the juices. Number of usages before breaking apart 60/60
Rank: E

Lone raised his brow “Usage?” Said Lone “What does that mean?” He wondered as Neo looked at it.

“It’s an E-Rank object. It’s nothing like the Cherry Tomatoes you grow. Food has a long shelf life, but certain low rank tools have some limited durability. Unless some objects are over C-Rank, you’ll suffer some objects that will break and become useless to repair. Explained Neo as Lone looked at it.

(“So, this thing will fall apart and be useless after 60 times. I wonder if I’ll get better tools if I have more money?”) Lone looked at Neo “So how much did we earn?” Asked Lone as Neo showed him the bag.

“50.5 coins!” Yelled Neo “To be honest, I never thought we would earn this much the 1st time.” He said as Lone looked at the money and pulled out Neo’s share.

“Here you go, Neo. 10 Tower Coins.” Said Lone as he handed to Neo who looked surprised by it.

“With what I immediately sold; I never thought I would regain my life savings after I became a peddler, so soon. I can’t wait to get my next rank.” Said Neo happily as Lone pocketed the coins he had.

“I hope you enjoy it and won’t tell your customers about my location.” He said Neo looked confused.

“Huh?” He said as Lone looked at him.

“The window showed my name, species and profession. I have some enemies outside the Black Tower and will do whatever it takes to capture me alive or force me into their guilds.” Said Lone while narrowing his eyes “I won’t let them get me alive.” He said which Neo stared at him as his eyes shrank in shock.

“Uh-oh meow…” He said quietly. (“If I remember correctly, all rookie peddlers are given a feature which hides my supplier from my customers. It was made to protect them from those who would sabotage them. I can’t tell who my supplier is to anyone or reveal it to others unless I become an Intermediate Peddler Meow!”) Thought Neo as he noticed Lone looking at him.

“Are you okay?” Asked Lone as Neo looked at him and smiled.

“Yes…” He said while smiling and showing his teeth. “I’ll be gathering more food to sell. Tell me, are there any more blueberries and cherry tomatoes to gather?!” he yelled as he ran to see Back Basket and Wheelbarrow Bunnies to gather some cherry tomatoes. Lone looked at him and raised his brow.

“What a weird cat.” Said Lone he said as he looked at Mage and Warrior “I guess peddlers are passionate about their work.” He said to them,

“PII…” They spoke.

Later at Night, Canterlot
The Earth Pony Archer Stallion came into a dark room and lit a candle as he trotted to a dark room “Honey?” he said as he looked around.

*Bed Creak*

He smiled as he lit a candle near the door to reveal a large overweight magenta earth pony mare with long ebony mane and Sunflower eyes, who was crying in bed. “Hot Looks, babe. It's me.” She turned to see the stallion.

“Pierce…” She said as she turned around. “Have you forgotten… I’m not that anymore.” She said sadly “I’m…a disgrace.”

“No, you’re not!” Yelled Pierce “You are a beautiful mare who was sabotaged by a mare with no honor! I didn’t marry you for your looks! I promise you as my wedding vow; I’ll find a way to help you to undo that potion’s effects and I have found it!” he said as Hot looked at him.

“You have?” She asked as he pulled out what Pierce had with him a small green basket with blueberries and so many cherry tomatoes. “Fruits?”

“Trust me, babe.” Said Pierce. “Eat 10 of these cherry tomatoes an hour and 20 of these blueberries and you’ll lose 20g of body fat.” He said which made his wife look at him with little hope.

“Impossible.” She said as she ate up the cherry tomato.

The Next Day
Shining Armor was marching back and forth looking at the group that went to the 38th Floor with anger. “You were the best of our group, and you returned with these!?” He yelled as he showed them a green basket and large green barrel of cherry tomatoes and blueberries. Twilight and her friends along with Celestia, Luna and Cadance appeared as some centaur and gargoyle refugees watched them from afar.

“Now honey… let them explain why they bought them.” Said Cadance as Shining Armor looked at her.

“They wasted many Dungeon Coins for these! They’ve been scammed by a little cat peddler!” Said Shining as Fluttershy didn’t want to believe it.

“That can’t be true!” She said as Shining looked at her.

“These fruits effects are-”

“TRUE! THEY ARE TRUE!” They turned to see Pierce with a pony in a cloak.

“PIERCE!” yelled the Tower group as the Shining looked at him.

“Do you have any proof of what you said is true?” Asked Shining as Pierce turned to the cloaked pony.

“You remember my wife, Hot Looks?” He said as Rarity flinched hearing that.

“Yes, Darling. We’ve met but why?” She asked.

“Long ago, a rival in the modeling business sabotaged her with a potion that made her overweight and exercise made it impossible to lose it.” Explained Pierce.

“How cruel.” Said Luna.

“Why explain your wife’s past?” Asked Celestia.

“I’ve given her those berries and tomatoes and…” He held his word as he turned to the cloaked pony who stood on its hind legs.

“(*Female Voice) Those effects were true!” She removed her cloak to reveal that she was Hot Looks who was slim and fit, which shocked Rarity who ran towards her and inspected Hot Looks herself.

“It's not an illusion nor any force changes!” She said in shock as Hot Looks did a twirl, fell backwards as her husband caught her.

“I doubt it but after 10 cherry tomatoes an hour, the potion’s effect was dying on me and I’m back to my original shape and lose some extra.” She said as she turned to Pierce. “You kept your word…” She said they both made out as Twilight and her friends looked away in embarrassment, the Centaur and Gargoyle refugees looked disgusted.

“Ugh…” Said one Gargoyle child.

“I will never understand why these ponies show their affection to all.” Said Aro “No creature that isn’t a Changeling wants to see that.” They all left the area, which made Cadance grab Shining Armor.

“Forgive them for their actions!” She yelled “You should know that I’ve been feeling bloated after having Flurry Heart.” Shining gulped since he suffered from his wife’s mood swings when she was pregnant.

“Of course, honey.” Said Shining, smiling “I forgive them, if they’ll share and tell us who sold it to them.” He spoke.

“It was a small cat peddler, we met at the 38th floor.” Said Pierce. “Those Blueberries even help remove body fat, but he only had 10 baskets of blueberries for one creature. Maybe he’ll get some more after gathering from his source.” He explained, Rarity was happy and turned to the group.

“Promise me you’ll purchase them for me!” She said, “I’ll pay you all handsomely!” She said happily as Celestia looked at the cherry tomatoes.

(“If I eat these… those annoying health advisers will get off my back about dieting and telling me to stop eating so much cake because I’m gaining weight!”) she secretly smirked at the Centaurs & Gargoyles looked annoyed as Aro looked at one of them that he snatched before Shining Armor confiscated them.

“Hmmm… this fruit removes body fat but restores a bit of magic.” Spoke Aro quietly as he looked at his race “Perhaps we’ll use this to restore Lord Tirek’s magic instead of taking it from ponies.” He said, they all smirk sinisterly.

“The death of Scorpan is now possible without taking it from ponies.” They all said they know that Lord Tirek is free.

Outskirts of Canterlot, 30 Miles Away
A female centaur wearing full-body armor was looking through a telescope that was spying on Twilight Sparkle by order of King Scorpan. “Hmmm… why are they excited for those small tomatoes? I’ll continue to observe and search for Lone since I still owe him the Centaur’s Debt of Life. Oh Aku… what a foolish centaur you were.”

Author's Note

Oh dear... who is that spy in the distance and what is her connection to Lone? Who knows but we'll might find out in the future. Also it looks like the Alicorns of the Sun and Love want the tomatoes for personal reasons but Aro and the other refugees want them for something else. Also apologies about this part

“I will never understand why these ponies show their affection to all.” Said Aro “No creature that isn’t a Changeling wants to see that.” They all left the area, which made Cadance grab Shining Armor.

I think it might sounds racist but remember, the Centaurs and Gargoyles were isolated from Equestria and only newspapers from the garbage is their only source of knowledge from outside their lands is their only way of knowing. Also here is a new update of Lone's Stats: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wWtUKh1GN6G6lVgxQzNXHtJuAbmj_0Rh2KVUNxeSGQ/edit?usp=sharing
Who knows what will happen? Anyway, leave a comment and see you next time. Also for the female Centaur named Aku, inspired by the girl named Aku in Demon Lord, Retry!