Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 182

These are shoes for farmers, carefully made by Emila Iveness, an Apostle of the Creator God, using wool from Golden Sheep.

This incredibly powerful equipment is not registered in the Black Tower.

Crops grow when they hear the farmer’s footsteps.

Walking around the field in these shoes makes crops grow faster.

Only Tower Farmers can use these shoes.

Made by: Emila Iveness, Apostle of the Creator God

Level: Like a demigod

Skill: [Boon of the Crops (Master)]

[Boon of the Crops (Master)]

Crops that hear the farmer’s footsteps help the farmer by making them stronger.

“Apostle of the Creator God?”

Sejun realized who had spoken to him just now. It was the Creator God who built the Tower and then disappeared! An Apostle of that God existed? This was amazing!

“But it’s a shame.”

Sejun thought about the crops he couldn’t take from Emila’s flower bed. The crop he really wanted was a peach. If only he could have had one bite… It was such a pity.

“Anyway, Theo, you really are something else.”

Pat. Pat.

Sejun stroked Theo’s soft, pink jelly paws as he spoke. Theo had a special ability to find even the Apostle of the Creator God, someone no one knew existed. Maybe not even dragons could do that.

Just as Sejun was admiring Theo,

Queng!

[Quengie filled up the snack pouch!]

Quengie patted his full snack pouch and came out of the subspace warehouse, looking proud.

Queng?

[Is it nap time?]

Quengie looked at Theo and the Golden Bat, who were sleeping, and asked if it was time to sleep.

“Quengie, are you sleepy?”

Sejun asked, thinking of letting Quengie sleep there if he was tired.

But

Queng!

[Quengie is not sleepy yet!]

Quengie shook his head. He couldn’t be sleepy when he still had food in his snack pouch to eat.

“Then let’s go back to the farm for now.”

Queng!

[Okay!]

Sejun rode on the giant Quengie and returned to the farm.

Meanwhile, far away from Sejun’s farm…

Incheon International Airport.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been to Korea,” said a man with slicked-back hair and a black suit as he walked out of the arrival hall. A long scar ran down the left side of his face, keeping people away.

Just then,

“Welcome, Mr. Tamuro!” four strong men who had been waiting greeted him.

“What’s the situation?”

“It’s the same as always. There are 50 guards at the house, and about 30 at the workplace and school. Some of the guards have guns.”

“What about our side?”

“30 hunters and 100 members of the organization are armed and ready.”

“It’s going to be noisy. It would have been easier to take care of this inside the Tower…” Tamuro said, sounding worried. If he had stopped the Solid Blade Green Onion from being brought to Earth from the Tower, as planned, he wouldn’t have to be here now.

But the Silver Wolves helped transport the Solid Blade Green Onion, and the organization’s plan started to fail. The number of Locusts wasn’t growing as fast because of the Solid Blade Green Onion coming from the Tower.

Also, Akhiro and Pablo had suddenly disappeared. As things kept going wrong, Mr. 2, the second-in-command of the organization, decided to act himself.

He kidnapped Theo, the Cat Wandering Merchant, to find Park Sejun, take the crops Park Sejun was selling, and get rid of the Solid Blade Green Onion.

“But I didn’t expect even Mr. 2 to disappear…”

So, they had to carry out the operation in Korea, even though they knew it would cause trouble.

“Then, we will escort you!”

“First, I’ll go to the site.”

“Yes!”

Tamuro got into a car and headed to Bucheon.

Queng!

[Arrived!]

“Yes. You worked hard, Quengie. Here, have some snacks,” Sejun said to Quengie, who had run all the way to the persimmon farm.

Queng!

[Okay!]

Quengie sat down near Sejun and started eating from his snack pouch.

“Does this really increase my potential?”

Thud. Thud.

Sejun walked carefully through the Solid Blade Green Onion field, testing the Boon of the Crops skill with the Farmer’s Footstep Shoes.

The Solid Blade Green Onion on the 49th floor of the Tower needed to grow quickly so it could be sent to Earth. So, even though his business was done, he stayed here instead of going to the 99th floor, to help the Solid Blade Green Onion grow faster.

Thud. Thud.

Even though Sejun kept walking, no special message appeared.

Thud. Thud.

Goro long.

Bae ro long.

Sejun’s footsteps mixed with Theo and the Golden Bat’s snores. Emila must have put them to sleep very well, because they were still sleeping.

Just then,

[The Tower’s Administrator says the special feeling is gone now.]

[The Tower’s Administrator says you will really like this.]

“Really?”

Along with Eileen’s words, a bronze mirror appeared in front of Sejun. The frame and handle had a wave pattern on a silver background, and strange letters were written on the mirror’s surface, making it hard to see reflections. It didn’t look like a normal mirror.

Sejun decided to check its features first.

[Bronze Mirror of Yearning]

This is a special item from Dimena, the God of Space, who controlled space magic in ancient times.

If you put magic power into it and think of the person you want to see, you can see them in the mirror. (You must have seen the person’s face before to see them in the mirror.)

The power of this special item has weakened over time.

This god-level equipment is not registered in the Black Tower.

There isn’t enough information about it yet, so some details are still hidden.

You need at least 100 magic power to use it.

Made by: Dimena, God of Space

Level: God

More than the fact that the mirror was God-level,

“You can see the person you want to see?”

This caught Sejun’s attention the most.

“Show me Mom.”

Sejun poured magic power into the mirror and thought of his mother’s face.

Then,

Ripple. Ripple.

The letters on the bronze mirror turned into water, and Sejun saw his mother, Kim Mi-ran, preparing dinner. As usual, she was making kimchi stew. Sejun then checked on his other family members.

Dad was on his way home from work, and his younger brother, Se-dol, was…

“Ugh! My eyes!”

Sejun quickly looked away from the mirror. His brother was taking a shower.

“It’s a relief. Everyone is healthy.”

Sejun was happy to see that his family was doing well.

And

‘I wish I could have seen Eileen too…’

Sejun was sad that he couldn’t see Eileen. He had met her before, but Sejun, who had been betrayed, didn’t remember meeting her at all.

Just as Sejun was feeling disappointed,

[The Tower’s Administrator says you are wearing shoes I haven’t seen before.]

Eileen asked, noticing Sejun’s shoes, which had changed while she was listening to her grandfather’s story. She felt something strange.

“Ah, these?”

Sejun explained how he climbed the beanstalk to the giant land in the sky and got the shoes.

“But have you ever heard of the Creator God having an Apostle?”

[The Tower’s Administrator says she will ask her grandfather about that first.]

[The Tower’s Administrator asks if the voice you heard in your head was a woman’s voice.]

“Ah, the voice? Of course…”

As he was about to answer, he felt a sudden chill, but

“It was a woman?”

He said honestly. He thought it was better not to lie.

[The Tower’s Administrator says okay.]

After that, Eileen was quiet.

And

“I can’t believe it! How dare they give a gift to our Sejun?!”

Eileen decided to watch the Apostle of the Creator God closely.

Thud. Thud.

Sejun spent more time walking on the Solid Blade Green Onion field.

After about 2 hours,

[The Solid Blade Green Onions thank the farmer’s footsteps and share their strength.]

[Your Stamina stat has increased from 99 to 100.]

The message he had been waiting for appeared, and his stamina limit increased by 1.

“It’s real.”

Sejun confirmed that the Boon of the Crops skill worked.

“Okay. Test complete. Now I have to go back. Quengie, let’s go!”

Sejun called Quengie. It was time to go back to the 99th floor of the Tower.

But

Queng…

[Quengie is sleepy…]

Quengie, who had finished his snacks, was sleepy because his stomach was full.

“Then let’s sleep for a while.”

Queng!

[Dad sleeps next to Quengie!]

Quengie pointed to the spot next to him.

“Okay.”

Sejun sat next to Quengie,

Koohehehe.

Quengie snuggled his butt against Sejun and started to sleep soundly.

Pat. Pat.

Sejun stroked Quengie and Theo’s heads, and they all fell asleep together.

A little later,

Kuh-err.

Goro long.

Bae ro long.

“Nya?! Where am I, nya?!”

Theo woke up.

And

“It’s a relief, nya!”

Press. Press.

After seeing that he was on Sejun’s lap, he pressed Sejun’s body with his paws to check if he was okay.

“His face looks a bit tired, but he’s okay, nya!”

After checking Sejun, Theo lay down on his lap again.

10 minutes later.

“Nya! I can’t sleep, nya!”

He couldn’t sleep because he had slept too much.

Just then,

“Isn’t that what I brought, nya?”

Theo saw the Bronze Mirror of Yearning in Sejun’s pocket.

“I want to see Chairman Park’s lap, nya!”

Theo held the mirror and thought of Sejun’s lap, pouring magic power into it.

Then,

“Oh! It’s me, nya!”

Theo saw himself on Sejun’s lap in the mirror.

“Puhu! I’m amazing after all, nya!”

Theo was proud of himself, praising the excellent item he had brought.

“I want to see Elka, nya!”

“I want to see Urchi, nya!”

“I want to see Eileen noona, nya!”

While Theo was playing with the bronze mirror,

Queng?

[Big brother, what is that?]

Quengie, who had woken up, looked at the mirror Theo was holding. The mirror looked fun!

“Puhu! Quengie, look at this, nya! If you put magic power into this and think of the person you want to see, they will appear in the mirror, nya!”

Theo showed Quengie the Black Rabbit in the bronze mirror, showing off.

Queng!

[It’s little brother!]

“Puhu! How is it? Do you want to try it too, Quengie?” Theo asked, acting like he was doing him a favor. It’s time to show big brother’s greatness, nya!

Queng! Queng!

[Yes! Quengie wants to try it too!]

Quengie said excitedly.

“You have to use it carefully, nya!”

Queng!

[Okay!]

Theo warned Quengie and handed him the bronze mirror.

And

Queng!

[Mirror, Quengie wants to see Quengie’s grandma!]

Quengie grabbed the mirror with both paws and poured magic power into it.

But

Nothing appeared in the mirror. Of course. Quengie had never seen Sejun’s mother, Kim Mi-ran.

Queng? Queng?!

[Why doesn’t this work? Why doesn’t Quengie’s grandma appear?!]

Quengie shook the mirror.

“Are you stupid, nya?! You have to know their face to see them, nya!”

Queng! Kwaeng!

[Quengie is not stupid! But Quengie doesn’t know Quengie’s grandma’s face!]

Quengie started to cry.

Just then,

“Umm… Why are you fighting?”

Sejun woke up because of the noise.

Kwaeng!

[Dad, Quengie wants to see Quengie’s grandma!]

Quengie ran to Sejun, crying.

“Gasp! Quengie, sto… Ack!”

Sejun shouted, but

Thwack!

Quengie was too fast.

Kroooooh!

Luckily, the dragon tattoo on Sejun’s left arm protected him.