Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 216

“Is the rule gone?” Sejun wondered.

He took off his straw hat to look at it closely. It looked the same. So, he checked the hat’s description.

**[Patrick, the God of Earth’s Straw Hat]**

*This special hat was brought by Patrick, the God of Earth. He came to Earth as a saint because he felt sad for the people who were hungry.*

*When you wear this hat, you get the talent: ‘Beloved by the Earth’.*

*Your powers get stronger when you are kind to the Earth.*

*To use this hat, you need to have a job related to farming and Stamina of 300 or more.*

*Made by: Patrick, the God of Earth*

*Grade: ★*

“Huh?! The name?”

The item’s name had changed. Moreover, the relic-grade straw hat had been upgraded to a divine artifact. The Earth Saint Patrick was the Earth God himself.

“The talent is activated only while wearing it? How fascinating.”

Sejun said, reading the item description. It was his first time seeing such an item.

Sejun then read the next line.

“Kind to the Earth?”

As soon as he read it, several thoughts came to his mind. Does it mean planting seeds? Or taking care of the soil? Maybe not wasting water?

“I’ll test this later…”

With that, Sejun continued reading the item’s description.

“Stamina 300 or higher?”

He was slightly taken aback by the requirement of 300 or higher Stamina for use.

However, he had just created a new variety, and all his stats had increased by 10 due to his job trait. Thanks to this, Sejun’s Stamina was 307, so there was fortunately no problem wearing the straw hat.

“But what is this grade?”

Sejun finished reading and looked at the star next to the grade. “What is this grade?” he wondered aloud. It was a grade he had never seen before. He didn’t think the star would be lower than SSS-grade.

“Then it must be the grade after SSS-grade.”

Chuck.

Sejun, having finished the check, put the straw hat back on.

[You have equipped Patrick, the God of Earth’s Straw Hat.]

[Talent: ‘Beloved by the Earth’ is activated.]

Sejun, having confirmed the message that his talent had been activated, checked the talent window in his status screen to confirm his talent.

Talents: Extraordinary Jack-of-all-trades, Friend of Nature, Magnate, Overflowing Magic Circuit, Friend of Fire, Toughness, Tenacious Vitality, Good Medicine Tastes Bitter, (Beloved by the Earth)

Talent: ‘Beloved by the Earth’ was marked in parentheses, perhaps because the talent was only unlocked when wearing Patrick, the God of Earth’s Straw Hat.

[Talent: Beloved by the Earth]

-You are in the best state of affinity with the Earth and are a talent beloved by the Earth.

-The Earth moves favorably towards you.

“Moves favorably… Haaaahm.”

Sejun yawned while reading the description. His body wasn’t tired, but he had mental fatigue. Moreover, it was the time he would normally be sleeping, so his body, accustomed to the routine, was signaling that it was time to sleep.

“I should sleep.”

“Nyaang… Let’s sleep quickly, nyaang…”

Theo, who was dozing off while clinging to Sejun’s lap, urged him to sleep quickly.

“Alright.”

Sejun hurriedly went to the tap, washed his clothes while showering, and quickly dried them with fire he created by snapping his fingers.

Plop.

“Ugh. Good!”

Sejun, having showered refreshingly and wearing fluffy, dry clothes, lay down on the bed and chuckled at the feeling of his bare skin brushing against the blanket. The light in his room was dim, and the sounds of the tower were quiet.

‘I wonder what happened to Patrick?’

Before falling asleep, Sejun wondered what had happened to Patrick, the God of Earth. The story behind the god who descended to Earth for the sake of the starving… However, Sejun’s thoughts couldn’t continue.

Kroooo.

Because he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Kroooo.

Goroong.

The sounds of Sejun and Theo’s snores piled up in the bedroom.

The next morning.

“Oof!”

Sejun, having slept soundly, raised his upper body.

Goroong.

Kyuroong.

Two snoring sounds were heard.

“Iona came?”

Iona, who had come in the early morning, was sleeping, wrapping her body around Theo’s tail.

“Nyaang……”

Sejun lifted Theo’s body, placed him on his lap, and marked the date on the wall. The 338th day morning had begun.

“First, I need to check the radishes I harvested yesterday.”

He hadn’t been able to check the options for the new radish variety yesterday because he had just gone to sleep.

“Is it this?”

Sejun picked up a thick radish that resembled the shape of a calf.

[Strong Lower Body Radish]

A radish grown inside the tower, it is delicious due to sufficient nutrition.

Consuming it activates the lower body muscles, promoting muscle growth in the lower body.

Consuming it increases the ability to reproduce.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration Date: 120 days

Grade: B

It was called a strong lower body, and it really had the effect of creating a strong lower body. People who hate lower body workouts would probably like it.

“But what is this?”

Sejun frowned as he looked at the second ability gained upon consumption. He felt strangely angry. Why did he feel insecure?

“But why am I getting angry?”

While Sejun was lost in thought,

Squeak!

Bbaaang!

Daddy Rabbit and the male rabbits approached, saying they wanted to reserve the Strong Lower Body Radish to be harvested next.

‘That’s why!’

Sejun realized why he was angry. Were the rabbits only interested in him for this radish? I’m useless!

“No! Absolutely not!”

Sejun, feeling spiteful towards the rabbits for no reason, planted the Strong Lower Body Radish back into the ground. To harvest the seeds, he had to wait until the radish bloomed.

After planting the radish, Sejun went to the kitchen and made breakfast. The menu was potato soup made with locust meat and potatoes. The smell of the cooking food filled the air.

“Everyone, let’s eat breakfast!”

As soon as the potato soup was finished, Sejun called the animals and ate together.

After breakfast,

Kkueng!

[Kkuengi is going to take care of the herbs!]

“Okay. Be careful.”

Kkuengi, who was completely absorbed in taking care of the herbs these days, slung the snack pouch Sejun had filled for him and ran off to the western forest. The forest was lush and green, filled with the sounds of birds and insects.

“I should work too.”

Sejun, having seen Kkuengi off, went to the empty field. It was to figure out how he could show mercy to the Earth.

“This must be mercy to the Earth, right? Moving the soil!”

Thud.

Sejun, thinking that planting seeds was showing mercy to the Earth, struck the field with Myler’s hoe to plant corn seeds.

[The Earth is moving favorably towards you.]

[Magic consumption for moving the soil is reduced by half.]

[You have planted 500 Stamina Corns.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[The Stamina Corns are listening to the farmer’s footsteps, so the effect of Mana Seed Sowing Lv. 7 is enhanced.]

[Due to the effect of Mana Seed Sowing Lv. 7, the growth rate of Stamina Corns is doubled for 24 hours.]

[Proficiency of Mana Seed Sowing Lv. 7 slightly increases.]

The message that he had shown mercy to the Earth did not appear. Instead, the Earth moved favorably, reducing the amount of mana consumed when Sejun used Soil Moving by half.

“Good.”

Sejun was then able to quickly plant 100,000 corns by planting 1,000 seeds at a time.

Sejun spent the morning trying different things in the field, hoping to understand ‘mercy to the Earth’. After planting the corn, Sejun tried various things to figure out how to show mercy to the Earth, but all failed.

“What on earth is mercy to the Earth?!”

Just as Sejun was getting tired from the continuous failures,

Kkueng!

[Daddy Kkuengi came! Kkuengi brought something good!]

Kkuengi ran over with kudzu roots in his hands.

Kkueng!

[Eat it right away!]

Kkuengi handed over the kudzu roots, urging him to eat them quickly.

“Okay. Thank you.”

Crunch. Crunch.

As soon as he received the kudzu roots, Sejun chewed them thoroughly.

“Keuh……”

Gulp.

Although it was bitter, Sejun swallowed it, enduring the bitter taste because Kkuengi, who had grown and brought the kudzu roots for him, was watching with sparkling eyes.

[You have consumed the Tenacious Vitality Kudzu Root.]

[Stamina potential increases by 20.]

[You have consumed bitter medicine.]

[Talent: Good Medicine Tastes Bitter is activated.]

[Stamina increases by 3.]

‘No wonder it was bitter……’

Sejun, seeing his Stamina increase by 3, hurriedly opened his subspace warehouse and took out honey jelly.

“Two for Daddy, two handfuls for Kkuengi.”

Sejun put two honey jellies in his mouth and gave Kkuengi a handful twice.

“Should I fertilize the soil this time?”

Sejun, once again, fell into 고민 to figure out what mercy to the Earth was.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Kkuengi knows! If I give Daddy more bitter things, more honey jelly will come out!]

Thanks to this, Sejun couldn’t know that Kkuengi was starting to misunderstand something strange.

Ookki!

Ookki!

After lunch, the monkeys called Sejun. It was to announce the completion of Samyangju.

“Samyangju is complete?”

Ookki!

At Sejun’s question, the monkeys nodded diligently and guided Sejun to the brewery.

Arriving at the brewery,

“Wow.”

A refreshing scent like a flower and a deep aroma filled the brewery. It reminded him of lilies and aged oak. And on the table, there were already about 100 bottles of Samyangju. It seemed the scent of Samyangju had spread while they were transferring it into the bottles.

Gulp.

Just by smelling the aroma, Sejun unknowingly imagined the taste and swallowed his saliva.

“Hehehe. I should invite Kaiser and Kellion and have a tasting session?”

Sejun imagined what he would receive in return for the Samyangju and headed to the fountain where the two dragons were.

-Kuh… Good!

-As expected, the liquor Sejun makes is the best.

Kaiser and Kellion praised the soju Sejun made and drank it happily on the fountain.

At that moment,

-Kuh…

Suddenly, Kellion downed the soju in one shot and refilled his glass.

-Wait! Kellion, what are you doing?!

Kaiser stopped Kellion. His voice was possessive and serious.

-What?! Of course, the last glass is mine! This is my liquor!

-What are you talking about?! This bottle makes exactly 8 glasses?! Of course, we should drink 4 glasses each fairly! For your information, I’ve had 3 glasses.

-Where does that exist?!

-Are you going to be petty like this?!

Because it was the last remaining liquor, both of them became very sensitive, and they unknowingly began to emit energy.

Crack.

As a result, the tower supporting the fountain shook,

“Ugh!”

Sejun, who was climbing onto the fountain, fell from the tower.

-Huh?!

-What’s that sound?!

The two dragons hurriedly looked towards the source of the sound,

“Oof!”

Thud.

Sejun was seen safely landing on the ground with a superhero landing. With his increased Stamina, this level of fall was no longer dangerous to Sejun.

“Safe.”

Sejun was satisfied that he wasn’t hurt.

“Puhuhoot. That’s a very lacking landing, nyaang! You’re still far from me, nyaang!”

“It’s because I fell suddenly! I can usually do better!”

While Sejun, flustered by Theo’s harsh evaluation, was vehemently defending himself, saying that it wasn’t his true skill,

-Sejun, you’ve become much sturdier!

-I thought he would have been hurt.

Kaiser and Kellion flew over and admired Sejun, who was unharmed. Sejun was so fragile that even this level of incident could surprise the dragons.

-But what were you coming up for?

Kaiser asked Sejun.

“A new liquor was completed, so I came to ask you to have a tasting session.”

-What?! New liquor?!

-Let’s go quickly!

The two dragons were excited at the word ‘new liquor’. They were already feeling regretful because they had run out of liquor.

They moved to the brewery.

“Here. First, try a glass each.”

Sejun politely poured Samyangju into the two dragons’ glasses.

The two dragon statues swallowed the glasses and sent the glasses filled with Samyangju to their main bodies.

‘Hehehe. I wonder what they will give me in return?’

Sejun smiled, anticipating the dragons’ reactions.

The Black Dragon’s Territory.

“What is this scent?!”

Kaiser grabbed the glass filled with Samyangju.

Gulp!

As soon as he smelled the aroma of Samyangju, Kaiser swallowed the liquor without even thinking.

“Huh?!”

Kaiser felt his head becoming very clear. It was as if things that had been obscured by fog were disappearing.

‘It disappeared!’

At the same time, Kaiser realized that something had truly disappeared. Kaiser, who had been expending tremendous mental energy to resist the force that was trying to interfere with his thoughts of ‘fighting against destruction and protecting the world’ these days. That force had disappeared.

“Sejun’s liquor has this kind of effect… Kuhahaha! I have no choice then. I must keep drinking!”

Kaiser, having found a reason to drink, laughed heartily and smacked his lips.