Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 211

Thud. Thud.

About ten minutes into the western forest, Sejun heard a massive sound, like something very big moving.

Just then,

Krooooh!

Wham!

With a powerful roar, Pink Fur slammed its massive paw into the ground.

[Guardian Pink Fur has defeated a hidden root monster!]

A message appeared, indicating an enemy had been defeated.

“Residual root subterranean infiltrator?” Sejun wondered.

It seemed there was a monster moving underground. He hadn’t even seen the enemy, thanks to Pink Fur’s quick attack.

Krooooh!

After defeating the first hidden root monster, Pink Fur started teaching Kkuengi how to hunt the enemies moving beneath the ground.

Kkueng?

“[Is it here?]”

Krooooh!

Pink Fur shook its head as Kkuengi touched the ground, indicating she was wrong.

Kkueng?

“[Is it here?]”

Krooooh!

After Kkuengi failed about ten times,

Kkueng!

“[Mommy, I can feel it moving here!]”

Krooooh!

Pink Fur nodded at Kkuengi, who seemed to have finally understood how to find them.

Kkueng!

“[Kkuengi will punish them from now on!]”

Wham!

[Herbalist Kkuengi has defeated a hidden root monster!]

After that, Kkuengi skillfully found and cleanly eliminated the underground monsters as they moved.

Of course, enemies also swarmed from the ground, but

Tap!

“Kkuengi, Kkueng-Hoo!” Sejun cheered.

Kkuueeeeng!

Kkuengi spread the fire Sejun had set, burning the enemies far and wide.

[Corrupted Ent’s sticky flower attack troop has been defeated.]

[Corrupted Ent’s large branch scout troop has been defeated.]

Just then,

[Slash Field Lv. 3 is activated.]

[Grass and trees burn better.]

Perhaps because he was killing plant-type enemies, the Slash Field skill activated. Thanks to that, the already flammable enemies fell even faster, clearing the path towards the corrupted Ent.

Thud. Thud.

From beyond the thick black smoke, ten monstrous shapes lumbered into view. Corrupted Ents, each one a towering tree fifty meters high, moved like walking mountains, their wooden bodies creaking and groaning.

Krooooh!

Kkuueeeeng!

Pink Fur and Kkuengi, who had instantly grown to a gigantic size, blocked Sejun’s path and roared towards the corrupted Ents.

And then,

Thud! Thud!

Pink Fur and Kkuengi quickly ran towards the corrupted Ents.

“Hey, I should go with you guys too!” Sejun shouted, a little left out as they rushed into battle without him. He felt a pang of worry, but also a thrill at their power.

Wham! Wham!

They couldn’t hear him as they attacked the corrupted Ents.

Wham! Wham!

A one-sided attack continued. Perhaps because they had encountered enemies they could finally use their strength on after a long time, the two gleefully beat the corrupted Ents.

“It’ll be over soon,” Sejun thought.

Sejun decided to look around the center of the western forest while Pink Fur and Kkuengi fought.

He moved to the center of the western forest. There, he found the base of a giant tree. The base of the enormous tree was over 20 meters in circumference and as tall as Sejun.

“Is it dead?”

It might be a dead tree, considering it was still unlike the other corrupted Ents.

As Sejun cautiously approached the tree base,

“Huh?!”

The name visible to Sejun’s eyes.

[Great Tree Tritan Leading Corruption]

The tree base was a named monster.

“‘Great Tree Leading Corruption?’ Sejun read aloud, frowning. ‘This must be the boss… Okay, what’s the plan? Should I attack now, or wait for the big guys?'”

Sejun pondered for a moment and decided to wait for Pink Fur and Kkuengi to finish off the corrupted Ents and come back.

“I could take it down alone, but I’ll specially take it down with teamwork,” he muttered.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

Sejun, feeling bored, grabbed a handful of kudzu berries and scattered them at Tritan. He planned to wait while raising his skill proficiency.

[You Are a Field Lv. 1 is activated.]

[Kudzu berries have been planted on the body of Great Tree Tritan Leading Corruption.]

[Job experience has slightly increased.]

[You Are a Field Lv. 1 proficiency has slightly increased.]

[Kudzu is absorbing the life force of Great Tree Tritan Leading Corruption.]

[Great Tree Tritan Leading Corruption’s life force is continuously decreasing.]

Crack. Crack.

The kudzu berries, scattered on Tritan’s body, began to grow rapidly, absorbing its life force. Perhaps because the roots were taking hold in a tree, the kudzu easily established itself.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

“Why aren’t they coming back?” Sejun wondered.

Sejun waited for Pink Fur and Kkuengi, who hadn’t returned for over 30 minutes, and continued to throw kudzu berries at Tritan.

Just then,

[You Are a Field Lv. 1 proficiency has slightly increased.]

[You Are a Field Lv. 1 proficiency has been filled, and the level has increased.]

The level of the You Are a Field skill increased. Checking the details, there was no significant change other than the explanation that it absorbed more life force and the growth rate was slightly faster.

Thirty more minutes crawled by. Sejun had thrown so many kudzu berries his arm was starting to ache. ‘Where are they?’ he muttered, glancing back towards the fighting. He was starting to feel uneasy.

“Golden Bat, go and find out what’s going on,” Sejun commanded.

(Yes!)

Sejun, who was planting kudzu on Tritan’s body, thought something must have happened to the two who still hadn’t returned, and sent the Golden Bat.

A moment later,

“What? It keeps healing?”

The returning Golden Bat said that the corrupted Ent’s body kept regenerating, and Pink Fur and Kkuengi were getting exhausted.

“I have to go!” Sejun exclaimed.

Sejun hurriedly ran towards the two.

As Sejun left,

Crack crack.

The roots of the kudzu that Sejun had planted dug into Tritan’s bark, 본격적으로 sucking its life force in earnest.

When Sejun arrived,

Huff huff.

Wham!

Pink Fur and Kkuengi were panting and fighting the corrupted Ents.

“Eat this and rest for a moment, you two! Crop Giantification!” Sejun shouted.

Pink Fur and Kkuengi were very tired after fighting for a long time. Sejun quickly made big sweet potatoes for them.

[You are very lucky.]

[Good news! The sweet potato is still strong even though it’s bigger.]

Sejun was lucky again! The sweet potato still had its power.

Crunch. Crunch.

Pink Fur and Kkuengi happily munched on the giant sweet potato Sejun gave them.

“Golden Bat, help us out!”

(Yes!)

Sejun and the Golden Bat tried to hold off the Ents for a little while.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

The Golden Bat zipped through the air, cutting the branches of the corrupted Ents with its wings.

Snap!

Sejun snapped his fingers, creating fire to burn the corrupted Ent’s body.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

At the same time, he quickly put kudzu vines on the parts of the Ent that were not burning.

After about 10 minutes,

Kroooooh!

Kkuengeee!

Pink Fur and Kkuengi felt better and joined the fight again.

Wham! Wham!

They hit the corrupted Ents with all their strength.

But,

Crack. Crack.

The corrupted Ents started to heal themselves again.

Just then,

“Huh?”

Sejun saw that the kudzu vines were slowing down the healing. The kudzu was taking their energy, so they couldn’t heal as fast.

“Good.”

Sejun knew what to do now. He jumped onto Kkuengi’s back. Kkuengi stood tall, and Sejun climbed up to his shoulder.

“Kkuengi, hit the enemy and get me close!”

Kkueng!

[Okay, I get it! Hit hard!]

Wham!

Kkuengi hit the corrupted Ent hard, making a big wound. Then, it carefully picked up Sejun and put him close to the wound.

And then,

Whoosh. Whoosh.

Sejun threw the kudzu berries. Right away, the Ent’s wound stopped healing. The berries worked!

“He he he. Kudzu for you, you nasty tree! Right on the wound!”

Sejun laughed like a villain. After that, the fight became much easier.

Pink Fur, Kkuengi, and Golden Bat attacked, making wounds. Sejun quickly put kudzu on each wound. The Ents could not heal, and they fell one by one.

Thud.

[Kkuengi the Herbalist has defeated a corrupted Ent.]

[Kkuengi the Herbalist has earned 10 million experience points, which is 50% of the total.]

Finally, one of the corrupted Ents fell down.

Thud.

Soon, all nine corrupted Ents were gone. Sejun leveled up twice and was now level 65.

“Hey guys, there’s one more enemy over there.”

Sejun told the animals about Tritan, who was in the middle of the western forest.

But,

Kkueng?

[More enemies?]

Kroooooh.

Kkuengi and Pink Fur were very tired.

“I already planted kudzu there, so it should have taken a lot of its strength. And it’s not even moving. Here, let’s eat this while we go.”

Sejun really wanted to beat the last enemy quickly. He knew Pink Fur and Kkuengi were tired, so he offered them food to encourage them. He gave Pink Fur locust meat and Kkuengi honey.

Sejun got them to agree, and they moved towards the center of the forest.

Thud! Thud!

The ground shook. The shaking was coming from the center of the western forest.

They saw a tree stump floating in the sky. Big roots were holding it up. It was Tritan! He stepped forward. All the Ents he had made bad were now gone.

“Huh?! It wasn’t moving before?”

Sejun was confused.

Thud.

Suddenly, Tritan fell down.

And then,

[You have defeated Tritan, the great tree who led the corruption.]

[You have gained 50 million experience points.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have gained 1 bonus stat.]

A message said that Tritan was defeated. Sejun had planted lots of kudzu vines for an hour while waiting. These vines had sucked all the life out of Tritan.

Normally, Tritan would be very hard to defeat. But Iona’s magic had kept the bad Ents from freezing. This magic also made Tritan weaker than usual.

Also, the kudzu vines grew where Tritan was standing to heal. So, he could not get his strength back.

If Tritan had just one day to get better, the kudzu would not have been enough. Sejun was very lucky.

“He he he. See?! I beat him!”

Sejun went to Tritan’s body and showed off to the animals. He wanted to show Pink Fur and Kkuengi that he had beaten the big enemy.

As Sejun got closer,

“Huh?! What’s that?”

[Tree Stump Planter]

Sejun saw a giant tree stump with a hole in the middle. There were also some letters or patterns carved into it.

Sejun touched it.

[Tree Stump Planter]

???

There was no information about it yet.

“Aileen, can you check this out?”

[The tower’s administrator says to let them handle it.]

Aileen said, and the giant tree stump planter disappeared.

“Wow, everything is going so well today!”

Sejun said, looking at Tritan. Pink Fur and Kkuengi were tired, but Sejun didn’t have a hard time except for planting kudzu.

Just then,

Sniff sniff.

Kkueng!

[I smell herbs!]

Kkuengi smelled herbs from Tritan’s body and started digging up Tritan’s roots to find them.

And then,

Kkueng!

[I found it! This is definitely for Daddy!]

Kkuengi shouted, holding up a sinister black kudzu root. It looked very bitter.

“Kkuengi, I’ll eat it later.”

Sejun said he would eat it later, like it was no big deal.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[No! You must eat it now! It will lose its power to heal!]

Kkuengi shook its head.

“The power to heal will disappear?”

Sejun looked at the black kudzu root.

[Black Kudzu Root Overdosed on Life Force]

This kudzu root has taken in too much energy to stay alive. It’s only temporary.

The power to heal will fade over time.

If you eat it, you will become much stronger and healthier.

If you eat it, you might learn new skills related to health.

Prepare for the worst taste you’ve ever had!

Time to eat it: Just one minute!

“T-terrible bitter taste?!”

Sejun hesitated.

Kkueng!

[You have to eat it to get stronger!]

Kkuengi cheered him on. One minute left! He had to eat it now!

“Alright! I got it.”

Sejun closed his eyes and chewed the black kudzu root.

‘It’s just a bad taste for a short time, and it will make me stronger…’

As Sejun chewed,

“Keeeuh!”

This was the worst taste ever! The taste was so awful, so intensely bitter, that Sejun’s eyes rolled back, and he fell to the ground, unconscious.

‘Oh no…’

Sejun knew his luck had run out as he fainted.