Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 172

“How rude!”

“To dare utter the name of our King Urchi so carelessly!”

Theo’s casual mention of Urchi’s name made the Black Oak soldiers angry. They moved closer to Sejun and Theo, ready to attack.

“What’s this? Theo, aren’t they supposed to be soldiers who work for those who work for you?”

“That’s right, nya! But they don’t seem to recognize me, nya!”

“Eh. You weren’t lying, were you?”

“No, nya! I never lie to President Park, nya! They are just being silly, nya!”

Hundreds of Black Oak soldiers, who looked scary, surrounded Sejun. But Sejun was very calm. He talked to Theo and even told him off. He seemed completely relaxed.

But Sejun had every reason to be confident. With the Dragon Tooth Helmet, Kaiser’s Scale, and the Authority of the Indestructible Body, he was almost unkillable. And, of course, the ferocious Maengshu Kkuenge was nearby.

“Ick! Calling us silly, are they!”

“Attack those two….”

Just as the Black Oaks were about to pounce on Sejun and Theo,

“Soldiers, stop your attack! Stop right now!”

Luken, who had been behind the soldiers, saw Theo with Sejun and rushed forward, shouting.

And then,

Thud!

“Lord Theo! I have done something terrible! Please, forgive us!”

Luken cried out, kneeling and begging for forgiveness.

“Lord Luken, why…?”

The soldiers were confused by Luken’s actions.

Luken stood up tall and shouted at them, “Foolish soldiers! Show some respect! This is Lord Theo Park! He is the one who gave the mark of the Great Black Dragon to our King Urchi!”

“Eh?!”

Thud. Thud.

“We greet Lord Theo Park, the Great Black Dragon’s helper, the deadly Yellow Cat! Please, forgive us!”

The soldiers quickly followed Luken, kneeling and begging for forgiveness.

“Heh heh heh. President Park, did you see, nya?! They are soldiers who work for those who work for me, nya!”

Theo, proud of the Black Oaks’ change in attitude, boasted.

“Yeah, they really are!”

Sejun was happy as he looked at the three hundred-plus Black Oaks. They were big and looked like they could work hard.

“Heh heh heh. I told them to make a farm on the 41st floor, so the Black Oaks know how to farm, nya!”

Theo said, as if reading Sejun’s mind.

“Oh! A farm too?”

“Heh heh heh. What do you think, nya?”

“Absolutely great!”

“Praise me more, nya!”

Theo, enjoying Sejun’s praise, puffed out his chest and strutted about.

“But you haven’t heard the latest, nya?!”

He suddenly started to scold Luken.

“Eh?! What do you mean?”

“I am now Lord Theo Park, the Great Black Dragon’s helper, the deadly Dragon Claw Yellow Cat, nya!”

Bbam!

Theo proudly showed his claws, making Luken remember his full title.

“Oh! The Great Black Dragon gave you the claws himself?! Lord Theo! You are truly amazing!”

“Heh heh heh. That’s right, nya! I got them for doing something incredible this time, nya!”

Just as Theo was enjoying Luken’s praise,

Kkuenge?!

[Daddy is safe?!]

Kkuenge suddenly popped his head out of the ground, asking the question. Seeing the Black Oak soldiers near his precious persimmon trees, their dark shapes looming in the afternoon sun, Kkuenge became worried.

“Yeah, there was a small problem, but it’s all okay now.”

Sejun reassured Kkuenge, stroking his head.

“But have you taught everything to the moles?”

Kkuenge! Kkuenge!

[Yes! They are trying to plant on their own now!]

“Then you’ve taught them everything? Good job, our Kkuenge.”

Sejun praised Kkuenge, patting his bottom.

Kkuhehehe.

Happy with Sejun’s praise, Kkuenge giggled, gently hugging Sejun’s leg and sticking his bottom out a little further. Kkuenge wanted more praise!

Just then,

Tap tap tap.

The sound of something coming quickly could be heard in the distance.

And then,

“We greet the Great Black Dragon, Lord Sejun!”

The Black Wolves quickly arrived and bowed before Sejun. They had been tracking the scent of the Three-Headed Society, searching the area, when they smelled Sejun and rushed over.

“Why are you all here?”

Sejun was confused to see the Black Wolves, who should have been tracking the hunters who stole the Firm Blade Leeks, on the 49th floor.

“We were tracking the Three-Headed Society.”

“The Three-Headed Society?”

“Yes. The Three-Headed Society is….”

The Black Wolves explained what Han Tae-jun had told them.

“So… you’re saying the Three-Headed Society is made up of hunters from the Mafia, the Triads, and the Yakuza?!”

Sejun said, his voice shaking. Anyone who lived on Earth would know of them. They were known for being cruel.

‘Am I really mixed up with those cruel people?!’

Sejun felt afraid. Even though there were scarier beings around him, the Three-Headed Society, whom he had never met, felt more frightening.

Kkuenge! Kkuenge?

[Daddy has a lot of sweat on his hands! Is Daddy hot?]

Kkuenge asked, noticing the sweat on Sejun’s hands.

“Ah… no. I’m not hot.”

Swish swish.

Just as Sejun was quickly wiping the sweat from his hands onto his pants,

“We… we greet the Great Black Dragon!”

Luken and the Black Oaks quickly bowed to Sejun.

Shiver shiver.

They had never thought that the being beside Theo was the Great Black Dragon, and they were scared as they looked at Sejun.

To upset the Great Black Dragon even a little was a terrible mistake. They could only hope that he would not be angry at their whole group.

Just then,

Thud. Thud. Thud.

A big vibration could be felt in the distance, and the two million Black Oak soldiers came into view, waving flags with the Black Dragon tattoo and Theo’s paw print.

“President Park, the biggest Black Oak over there is my helper, Urchi, nya!”

Theo boasted, pointing out Urchi, who was running at the front of the army.

Thud!

“We greet the Great Black Dragon! I am Urchi, helper of Lord Theo Park and King of the Black Oaks!”

Urchi bowed to Sejun.

Thud. Thud.

“We greet the Great Black Dragon!”

Following Urchi, the two million Black Oaks who had followed him shouted as they bowed.

“Wow….”

The ground trembled as two million voices roared, ‘We greet the Great Black Dragon!’ A thrilling shiver ran down Sejun’s spine, and the hairs on his arms stood up. It was a sound that made his heart pound.

Sejun felt foolish for having feared the Three-Headed Society until now.

And then,

‘Right. I may not know it on Earth, but here in the Tower….’

Sejun realized his position in the Tower. The Three-Headed Society was too small for him to fear in the Tower.

“Black Oaks, listen!”

Sejun shouted, feeling confident.

“Yes!”

The Black Oaks responded loudly.

“From now on, we start farming!”

“……?!”

“Why aren’t you answering?!”

“Yes!”

Farming was all about speed. The sooner you planted, the sooner you could harvest. So, from tonight, when the fields were ready, Sejun planned to plant the Firm Blade Leeks himself.

And now, two million workers who knew how to farm had appeared before Sejun. With this many, they could easily create hundreds of thousands of acres of fields in a single day.

While the wolves tracked the Three-Headed Society, he could farm with the Black Oaks and find out where the Three-Headed Society was, then move the troops. He couldn’t let these great workers do nothing.

“Then we will keep tracking the scent of the Three-Headed Society!”

“Alright. Here, take this to eat.”

“Thank you!”

Sejun packed snacks for the wolves to eat.

“You said you know how to farm, right?”

Sejun asked Urchi.

“That’s right! Everyone! Show Lord Sejun our farming!”

“Yes!”

The Black Oaks quickly began to move.

“What are they trying to plant?”

Sejun looked at the Black Oaks, wondering if they had some new seeds.

However,

“Huh?!”

Seeing the Black Oaks burying young Black Oaks in the ground, Sejun realized something was wrong.

“Urchi, what are you doing?!”

“We are planting young Black Oaks! When planted in the ground and grown, they can use the power of the earth.”

“What?!”

The young Black Oaks planted in the ground took in the earth’s energy, making their bodies stronger.

Because of this, Urchi was encouraging the planting of young Black Oaks.

“Sigh. Everyone, stop working!”

Sejun said with a sigh.

“Great Black Dragon, why? Have we done something wrong….”

Urchi asked, watching Sejun’s face as Sejun told them to stop.

“The planting I’m talking about isn’t that. Instructor Kkuenge, please teach the Black Oaks about planting.”

Kkuenge! Kkuenge!

[Understood! Black Oaks, follow Kkuenge!]

Kkuenge began to teach the Black Oak soldiers how to plant seeds.

Just then,

“President Park, give Urchi a mark too, nya!”

Theo asked Sejun to give Urchi a mark. Theo felt bad that the Black Dragon tattoo and his paw print were on Urchi’s crown, and he wanted to get rid of it.

“A mark?”

Sejun was already thankful to Urchi for moving four million troops to track the Three-Headed Society while talking to the wolves.

“Alright. Urchi, follow me.”

“Yes!”

Sejun called Urchi out separately.

And then,

“Kneel down.”

“Yes!”

Sejun placed Kaiser’s Scale on Urchi’s crown and began to engrave the Dragon Mark. This time, it was not a copied mark, so the dragon tattoo covered Urchi’s whole head based on Urchi’s magic, not Theo’s.

“Heh heh heh. Urchi, you should be very thankful to me, nya! Understand, nya?!”

Theo was very boastful, even though he also felt sorry.

Thud.

“Thank you, Lord Sejun, Lord Theo. From now on, I, Urchi, will be loyal until I die!”

Urchi, who had gotten the real Black Dragon’s Mark, not a copied one, promised to be loyal to Sejun and Theo with tearful eyes and bowed again.

“Alright. I look forward to working with you.”

Sejun engraved the mark on Urchi, talked with Urchi for several hours, and then went back to treating the persimmon trees.

“Ah! But how did you know the Three-Headed Society was on the 49th floor and track them?”

Sejun remembered he had forgotten to ask the wolves and asked Urchi.

The Three-Headed Society must be hunters, so they could only use waypoints to move between floors. But Sejun didn’t understand how the wolves had tracked them.

“We came up through a secret passage.”

“A secret passage?”

“Yes!”

Urchi explained about the secret passage he had found while tracking the Three-Headed Society.

“So, there are two secret passages that hunters can use, one from the 49th floor to the 39th floor, and another from the 39th floor to the 33rd floor?”

“Yes!”

“To think there was such a secret passage….”

Sejun’s heart pounded. If the Three-Headed Society had used that passage to come up here, it meant that he could go down as well. If that were possible, he could meet other hunters.

“Urchi, take me to the secret passage right now.”

“Understood.”

Urchi prepared to leave with a few soldiers.

“Kkuenge!”

Sejun also called his bodyguard, Kkuenge. The Black Oaks had already been taught planting by Kkuenge and were planting leek seeds.

And as the group was about to leave for the secret passage,

“Lord Sejun! We’ve found it!”

The Black Wolves had found the Three-Headed Society’s hideout sooner than expected.