Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 206

Suddenly, Hydra appeared. It was a giant, nine-headed serpent, one of the Ten Apostles of Destruction.

Iona shouted, “Mini Black Hole!” This was the magic she had planned to use against Hydra.

*Boom!* The sound was deafening. Black holes opened in the air right in front of Hydra’s heads. They started to pull everything nearby into them.

“-Aargh! The golden head in the middle screamed as it was pulled into the black hole.”

“-Get rid of heads nine and seven!”

“-Yes, understood.” The black head ordered. Then, the green head on the far left worked with the black head. Together, they pulled the golden head out of the black hole.

Even though this Hydra was just a small piece of the real Apostle of Destruction, it was still strong with its three heads.

“‘Kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-You survived my magic?!’ Iona shouted. She was strong too. Angry that Hydra had escaped, Iona became even angrier, reaching the fourth stage of Angry Kyu.

“‘Power of dimension, listen to me!’ Iona yelled. ‘Tear this enemy apart! Triple Mini Black Hole!'”

Hydra’s heads fought to escape the black holes. But

“-Aargh!!”

“-Help me!”

“-No!” They were too weak. One by one, they were pulled into the black holes.

*CRASH!* The heads vanished into the black holes. But Hydra’s body was still connected.

*Crack!* The body started to split into three parts, following the heads into the holes.

A moment later, *clink*. When the last piece of Hydra’s body disappeared into the black holes, twelve bronze coins dropped to the floor.

“‘Ggyut ggyut. You should have just run away when I told you to!’ Iona said, picking up the bronze coins.

“‘Kyuaaam. I’m sleepy now.’ Iona yawned and went down to the 44th floor of the tower, to find Sejun and Theo.

Sejun put his hand on a barnacle shell and used his power to absorb the fire energy. At first, he was surprised when the barnacle vanished. But there were many more barnacles on the Lake Turtle’s back.

He also found lots of barnacles on the Lake Turtle’s belly. So, Sejun worked on the turtle’s back, while the other animals collected barnacles from its belly.

As Sejun kept removing barnacles, messages appeared in front of him: [Talent: Friend of Fire absorbs weak fire energy.] [The fire energy is improving your body.] [Talent: Ordinary Average has become Extraordinary Average!] [All your potential stats have increased by 5!]

“Huh?!”

The basic talent that Sejun had obtained at the very beginning of his awakening had evolved.

“I heard that the basic talent you get when you first awaken hardly ever changes…”

Talent: Friend of Fire, he might have gained a tremendous talent.

“Hehehe.”

Sejun smiled and examined his evolved talent.

[Talent: Extraordinary Average] -A talent slightly better than average. -Receive 1 bonus stat each time you level up. -All stat potentials increase by 5.

Sejun was delighted that his basic talent had grown.

But

“Huh?”

Sejun realized something was wrong. His potential increased as his basic talent grew. In other words, the potential of hunters varied depending on their basic talent.

And basic talents are largely divided into three stages: Average, Talented, and Genius, excluding modifiers such as ‘Ordinary’.

“What? Does that mean the maximum potential of other hunters isn’t 99?!”

Sejun felt it was unfair. He had worked so hard to increase his potential, walking for hours and eating bitter plants. But some people were born with better talents from the start!

“The world is unfair after all.”

Sejun, realizing the absurdity of the world anew, absorbed the energy of the barnacles and removed them again.

If other hunters with great talents heard Sejun, they would think *he* was being unfair. Most hunters had no way to improve their potential.

Improving potential just by walking and eating was actually very lucky!

“Absorb.”

Sejun was diligently removing barnacles, unaware of this.

At that moment,

“‘ (Sejun! Ramen is here!)’ The Golden Bat flew back from Earth. Just before leaving Earth, he had asked Sejun what he wanted, and Sejun had asked for ramen.

Two bundles of ramen hung from the Golden Bat’s feet – ten packs in total! He brought so much because Sejun had fed him medicinal cherry tomatoes. Sejun thought, ‘I’ll have to feed him even more in the future!’

“Good job!”

Sejun looked at the Golden Bat with admiring eyes, placed him on his hand, and stroked him.

Bat bat······

The Golden Bat loved being touched by Sejun. He relaxed completely, his body almost melting.

A moment later,

Bae ro long.

As Sejun carefully took the Golden Bat, who had fallen asleep from Sejun’s touch, to his back,

Wiggle, wiggle.

Even with his eyes closed, the Golden Bat moved his feet, finding Sejun’s clothes to hold onto. Then, he settled down to sleep.

“Sleep well.”

As Sejun put the Golden Bat to sleep,

Grumble.

A loud sound was heard from the water. It was the hungry Queng’s belly alarm. It was dinner time.

“Ice Cube.”

Sejun hurriedly moved to the lakeside.

And

*Snap!* Sejun clicked his fingers, and a huge flame appeared. It was magic fire, burning brightly without any wood.

Sejun fixed the fire in one place, filled a pot with water, and began to boil it. Tonight’s dinner menu was barnacle ramen.

However, 10 packs of ramen were not enough for everyone here. To make it enough for everyone and to add flavor, he added barnacles, potatoes, green onions, and hot peppers.

As the cooking was nearing completion, Sejun scooped up the broth and tasted it. He had chopped some barnacles very small to get the full flavor. This made the soup a little green, but it tasted amazing.

“Kuh. Done.”

Sejun put the ramen noodles in the pot and

“Hey guys, let’s eat dinner!”

He called the animals.

A moment later, as the ramen was almost cooked, the animals began to emerge from the lake.

Tap tap tap.

Whack.

Theo came out of the lake first and clung to Sejun’s knee.

Sniff sniff.

Queng!

[Smells like ramen!]

Queng wiggled his nose as soon as he came out of the lake and took his place in front of the ramen pot.

“Here you go.”

Sejun put ramen in bowls and distributed them to the animals, and Sejun also put barnacle ramen in his bowl and sat down.

And

Plop.

He scooped up tuna porridge with his left hand and put it in Theo’s mouth, who was lying on his knee, and began to eat ramen with his right hand.

Slurp.

Chomp chomp chomp.

As the meal was coming to an end,

“‘President Park, someone is coming, nya!’ Theo said, wagging his tail.

“What is it?!”

As Sejun became wary of his surroundings at Theo’s words,

Sniff sniff.

[Daddy, it smells like Iona!]

Queng said, smelling the surroundings.

“‘Ah, it’s Iona? Queng, where is she?’ Sejun asked,

Queng!

[That way!]

Queng pointed with his front paw to the place where Iona’s scent was coming from.

“Really? Shall we go meet her?”

Sejun decided to take a walk to digest his food.

However,

“Okay, nya!”

Queng!

[Okay!]

They just said ‘Okay!’ and held onto Sejun’s legs. So, really, only Sejun was walking.

After walking for about 30 minutes to meet Iona,

“‘Ggyut ggyut. Sejun, it’s been a while!’ Iona shouted as she flew closer.

And

*Snug.* Iona quickly wrapped herself around Theo’s tail and closed her eyes.

*Ggrrr.* She was asleep in moments.

“Shall we go to sleep too?”

Seeing Iona sleeping soundly with a happy expression, he somehow wanted to sleep too.

And so, day 333 of Sejun’s time in the tower ended.

The next morning.

“Ice Cube.”

Sejun woke up earlier than usual. With Theo and Queng holding onto his legs, he started freezing the ice island again.

At that moment,

“‘Ggyut-ggyut-ggyut-. Sejun, I’ll help you!’ Iona, who woke up refreshed after a good sleep, stretched and began to chant.

“‘Oh, power of ice! Freeze everything with cold, snow, and wind! Blizzard!'”

As Iona used magic, the ice island was engulfed in a blizzard and became much larger than before.

And

[The temperature of the lake has decreased.] [The quest has been completed.] [As a reward for completing the quest, you have been recognized as the rightful owner of the lake land deed.] [The land deed skill: Lake Information Lv. Max, is now active!] [As a reward for completing the quest, 300 Blue-Backed Penguins will help with the lake work.]

“Where should I look.”

Sejun checked the land deed.

[Tower 44th Floor Lake Land Deed] This is a land deed proving ownership of the lake on the 44th floor of the tower. Owner: Tower Farmer Park Sejun Grade: C+ Skill: [Lake Information Lv. Max] [Lake Information Lv. Max] Size: 50,000 Pyeong Workers: 301 (You, 300 Blue-Backed Penguins) Special Note: There are many freshwater shrimp.

“‘Freshwater shrimp? In *this* lake?’ Sejun read the land deed again and looked closely at the water. But he only saw clear water and fish.

“‘President Park, cheer up, nya!’ Pat. Pat. Theo, who had woken up, rubbed Sejun’s face as he looked into the lake. Just staring at the lake won’t make your sad face happy, nya!

“‘Cheer up?! What are you talking about? But Theo, have you ever seen shrimp in this lake? They look like *this*.’ Sejun bent his fingers to show the shape of a shrimp.

However,

“Hmm nya… I don’t know, nya!”

Theo made a face that he didn’t know at all.

At that moment,

*Ppooaaang!* [Good morning, ppoo!] The Lake Turtle woke up and came to the surface to greet Sejun.

“‘Are those the things President Park is talking about, nya?’ Theo asked, pointing at the Lake Turtle.

“Huh? What?”

“Can’t you see the guys jumping out from the Lake Turtle’s back over there, nya?”

“‘Jumping out?!’ Sejun believed Theo and looked very closely at the Lake Turtle’s back. But ‘Kkeueung. I still can’t see anything?’ Sejun said, frustrated.

“Of course, nya! They’ve all gone into the lake now, nya!”

“What? Turtle, please go down and come back up again.”

Ppooang!

[Understood, ppoo!]

At Sejun’s words, the Lake Turtle went down to the bottom of the lake again and came up to the surface.

“Theo, are they there now?”

“Yes, nya!”

“Okay. Tell me when they disappear.”

Sejun, who had spoken to Theo, concentrated and looked, but he still couldn’t see anything.

“Turtle, please go down again. Ice Cube.”

Sejun made ice to approach the Lake Turtle’s back. But even this time, he couldn’t see the freshwater shrimp.

“Why can’t I see them?!”

“‘Poo-hahaha! President Park, I’ll catch them for you, nya!’ *Whoosh.* Sejun was getting annoyed. Theo climbed onto the Lake Turtle’s back, acting very proud, and waved his paws around as if catching something.

And

“‘Poo-hahaha! President Park, did you see how well I did, nya?’ Theo came back, looking very proud, and opened his paws. ‘Huh?!’ His paws were empty. But then, small freshwater shrimp started to appear in front of Sejun’s eyes. Their hiding skill must have stopped working when they died.

“‘Real shrimp…’ Sejun looked at the tiny creatures, his eyes wide with wonder. ‘I can finally make salted shrimp!'”