Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 257

“Stop! Don’t come any closer!” Kim Dong-shik yelled, his voice tight with fear.

“Huh? What? Why not?” Sejun asked, confused.

Sejun was surprised by Kim Dong-shik’s scared voice.

“Ah. It can be scary if a stranger suddenly runs up to you in a place like this.”

Sejun thought, “It would be scary if a stranger ran up to me like that.” He realized he was too excited to meet someone after so long.

“Mr. Dong-shik! It’s me, Park Sejun!”

So, Sejun carefully told him his name.

“You?! Are you really Mr. Sejun?”

Kim Dong-shik could only see something coming closer, so he was relieved to hear that it was Sejun.

“Yes! It’s me! Nice to meet you!”

“Yes! Nice to meet you too!”

With that, Sejun spoke with Kim Dong-shik, making him less scared. Sejun thought Kim Dong-shik was not scared anymore.

“Mr. Dong-shik, let’s talk up close!”

Sejun tried to approach Kim Dong-shik again.

However,

“No, really! Stay back! Please, Mr. Sejun, let’s just talk from here!” Kim Dong-shik pleaded, holding his hands up. Kim Dong-shik’s voice was still filled with fear.

“But… why?” Sejun repeated, even more puzzled.

The hunters who knew about Sejun asked one question.

‘Why doesn’t Park Sejun come out of the Tower?’

Thanks to Sejun’s crops, very sick people with cancer who were about to die had been saved, and the Locusts that threatened Earth had been stopped.

Sejun could have lots of money and fame if he wanted it.

But for some reason, Sejun hadn’t taken a single step outside the Tower, even though he could have such wealth and fame.

People guessed why Sejun stayed in the Tower, but none of the guesses made sense because they knew so little about him.

And then,

‘So, this was it!’

Kim Dong-shik, having met Sejun, could now understand why Sejun hadn’t come out of the Tower all this time.

‘The reason Mr. Sejun hasn’t come out of the Tower is because he’s too strong.’

He was a hunter in the top 5% on Earth, but even so, he felt a deathly fear from the energy he felt from Sejun from over 1km away.

An ordinary person would probably need to stay 10km away from Sejun to be safe. Within that range, there would be a 100% chance of death.

This was just from him being there. If Sejun got even a little excited and raised his energy, the damage would be too big to imagine.

‘Mr. Sejun has been keeping himself from coming out of the Tower to protect us.’

Just Sejun leaving the Tower could hurt many people.

So, without Sejun knowing, Kim Dong-shik made up a reason why Sejun stayed in the Tower.

‘How hard must it be?’

Kim Dong-shik worried about Sejun. Sejun might be keeping animals by his side to soothe his loneliness.

‘We have to help him!’

Kim Dong-shik decided to help Sejun, who was in the Tower.

“Mr. Sejun, is there anything you need?!”

So, he asked if there was anything Sejun, who couldn’t come out of the Tower, wanted.

At that moment,

Gooo!

“Heok!”

The heavy feeling pressing down on Kim Dong-shik suddenly increased greatly.

“Mr. Sejun, is there anything you need?!”

When Kim Dong-shik asked Sejun,

“Anything I need?”

Sejun was lost in thought. There’s too much, isn’t there?

At that moment,

Kkueng!

[Kkuengi, I want to eat kimchi stew made by Kkuengi’s grandma!]

Kkuengi shouted excitedly. Because of that, the power of the energy Kkuengi was sending out increased.

“Should we? I wanted to eat Mom’s kimchi stew too. And…”

Kkuhehehe.

Sejun excitedly talked about what he needed with Kkuengi.

“Ah. I should ask Mom to give me the kimchi recipe too.”

He needed the recipe because he was planning to make kimchi himself in the future. The taste of kimchi stew depends on the kimchi.

In other words, if he made kimchi with the same recipe as at home, he could eat the same kimchi stew in the Tower as he did at home.

‘Hehehe. With this, the diet will be upgraded a bit more.’

As Sejun was happy about the increase in things to eat,

“President Park, Dong-shik is running away, meow!”

Theo shouted, watching Kim Dong-shik running to get away from Sejun.

“What?! Mr. Dong-shik, where are you going?!”

Sejun hurriedly ran after Kim Dong-shik.

‘Why is he running away?’

Sejun thought about the reason Kim Dong-shik ran away as he ran. Sejun’s agility was several times higher than Kim Dong-shik’s, so the distance quickly narrowed.

And then,

Plop.

Kim Dong-shik couldn’t handle Kkuengi’s energy as the distance with Sejun closed, and he fainted.

“No. Why?! What did I do to make him faint?”

This was what the animals thought when they saw Sejun faint, but Sejun had no way of knowing that.

“Mr. Dong-shik! Wake up!”

Sejun hurriedly approached to check on Kim Dong-shik’s condition, who had fainted.

Twitch twitch.

Kim Dong-shik trembled and convulsed. A desperate struggle to live even in his unconsciousness.

“Why is Mr. Dong-shik like that?”

Sejun was even more worried about Dong-shik, who was trembling, and as he approached,

“President Park, stay here, meow! Vice President Theo will take care of it, meow!”

Theo stopped Sejun.

“Why? I’ll go with you.”

“No, meow! President Park can’t control his strength, so Dong-shik’s condition will get worse, meow!”

“I can’t control my strength?”

“That’s right, meow! President Park, stay back, meow!”

I’m weak? Sejun, the weakest on the 99th floor of the Tower. Sejun was surprised by Theo’s words, which he was hearing for the first time.

However, unlike Theo and Iona, Sejun was just like Kkuengi in that he couldn’t control his strength.

Because Sejun had always been sending out his power to the maximum without realizing it, in order to fight the energy sent out by the animals on the 99th floor of the Tower.

Sejun only knew how to use his power to fight the strong energy around him. He didn’t know how to make it weaker or hide it.

The fact that he could use his power to fight the energy of the monsters on the 99th floor of the Tower was itself an amazing feat.

But that became the reason why Sejun couldn’t approach Kim Dong-shik.

So, if Sejun, who was always sending out his power, approached Kim Dong-shik, who had suffered severe internal injuries from Kkuengi’s energy, the situation would only worsen.

“Okay. Vice President Theo, please take care of Mr. Dong-shik. Ah. Please be sure to convey my message too.”

Sejun asked Theo to be sure to convey the things he needed, such as Mom’s kimchi stew and the kimchi recipe.

“Understood, meow!”

With that, Sejun left the fainted Kim Dong-shik to Theo and returned to the place where the Cross of Death was installed with Kkuengi.

And then,

Pat. Pat.

“Dong-shik, wake up, meow!”

As soon as Sejun left, Theo tapped Kim Dong-shik’s face with his paw to wake him up. There was no friendly kneading like when Sejun’s face was rotting.

Still, he used healing magic so that Kim Dong-shik could come to his senses quickly. Thanks to that, Kim Dong-shik gained a bit of handsomeness.

A moment later,

“Umm… Vice President Theo?”

Kim Dong-shik, who had received Theo’s treatment, came to his senses.

“That’s right, meow! It’s me, meow!”

“Mr. Sejun?”

Because he was afraid of Sejun’s energy, Kim Dong-shik checked Sejun’s location as soon as he came to his senses.

“President Park went back because Dong-shik is too weak, meow!”

“I see…”

To think that I can’t even handle the energy that Mr. Sejun sends out without even trying… Kim Dong-shik made a bitter expression at Theo’s words.

And hurriedly checked his body.

“To think it would be this bad… Ugh!”

Just being exposed to the energy had reduced the abilities of his entire body by about 50%. His whole body ached every time he moved.

“President Park…”

After Theo conveyed the message that Sejun had told him to convey to Dong-shik,

“Iona, please heal Dong-shik, meow!”

Theo asked Iona, who was resting on his tail, to heal Kim Dong-shik. This was because Kim Dong-shik needed to recover quickly so that he could carry out Sejun’s instructions.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Okay. Oh, power of magic. Restore the body to its original state. Recovery.”

Iona, who had received Theo’s request, healed Kim Dong-shik’s body with magic.

Swoosh.

Yellow light filled Kim Dong-shik’s body.

“Oh! Thank you…”

Kim Dong-shik was surprised that the internal injuries that would have taken at least three months of healing to heal were healed in an instant, and as he was about to stroke Iona’s head with gratitude,

Shwook.

“Huh?!”

Theo and Iona suddenly disappeared, and Kim Dong-shik made an empty hand motion.

“She was cute… what a shame.”

Kim Dong-shik was regretting not being able to stroke Iona’s head, not knowing that his wrist would have been cut off just now.

“This is no time for this. I need to quickly convey Mr. Sejun’s message to his mother.”

Kim Dong-shik got up from his seat and hurriedly moved to the waypoint.

While Sejun was returning after meeting Kim Dong-shik,

Clatter. Clatter.

[The Cross of Death revives the souls it has absorbed as Black Skeletons.]

[850 Black Skeletons have been gathered.]

“I’ll be going back soon if we just wait a little longer, Earthworm.”

Sejun called the Earthworm, who was moving with him and playing in the ground, because he might be going back before the grape farm was completed.

Gugung.

-Master, did you call?

At Sejun’s call, the Earthworm quietly poked its head out.

“Yeah. Make the ground even.”

-Yes!

Sejun had the Earthworm make the ground even and began to plant the grape seeds seriously.

Pat pat.

Sejun scattered the grape seeds on the ground and

“Raise the ground.”

As he struck the ground with a hoe,

[The earth moves favorably for you.]

[The magic consumption to move the earth is reduced by half.]

[You have planted 1500 fragrant grape seeds filled with magic in the ground.]

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The earth moved, transferring the grape seeds and planting them at even intervals.

Just as Sejun was about to finish planting 10,000 grapes and complete the grape farm,

[The Cross of Death revives the souls it has absorbed as Black Skeletons.]

[950 Black Skeletons have been gathered.]

The time to return was slowly approaching.

A moment later,

[The Cross of Death revives the souls it has absorbed as Black Skeletons.]

[1000 Black Skeletons have been gathered.]

1000 Black Skeletons were revived, and

[You have completed the middle-level boss quest.]

[You have acquired 10 million experience points as a quest completion reward.]

[You have acquired 10 million Tower Coins as a quest completion reward.]

[You have completed the mission of the intermediate administrator.]

[You will return to the 55th floor of the Tower in 30 seconds.]

With the message that the quest had been completed, Sejun returned to the 55th floor of the Tower where he had been.

And then,

Bbyak! Bbyak···

[Uncle! I’m so glad···]

The Black Rabbit, who had been anxiously waiting for Sejun in Sejun’s room, looked at Sejun, Theo, Kkuengi, and Iona and felt relieved.

Day 356 of being stranded. Sejun safely returned to White Castle on the evening before the Black Rabbit’s wedding.

-Have you been well? It’s been a while.

The 2nd Apostle of Destruction, Death’s Crow Halphas, said calmly, looking at the nine Dragon Clan leaders and 900 dragons who had surrounded him.

“Hmph! Why are you acting so relaxed?!”

Krisella Hisron, the leader of the Silver Dragons, who was in charge of this matter, laughed and said rudely to Halphas.

No matter how strong the Apostle of Destruction was, they could win even if only three of the nine Dragon Clan leaders gathered.

Moreover, Halphas was now weaker than when he had faced them before.

-Well… I wonder if this is really being relaxed?

“What?!”

Krisella felt something was strange, seeing Halphas still acting relaxed despite that.

At that moment,

Crack.

The area around Halphas’s eyes split open, and an additional pair of eyes opened, and

Gooo.

Suddenly, Halphas’s power doubled.

But that was not enough to face the dragons.

“Is that what you were relying on to be so relaxed?”

Krisella felt relieved, seeing Halphas’s hidden card.

-Not yet.

Crack.

Another pair of Halphas’s eyes opened, and Halphas’s power doubled again. Double and then double again. In an instant, Halphas’s power increased fourfold.

Kugugugung.

He began to send out a tremendous power that was too strong for the dragons surrounding him.

“Heok!”

“This can’t be…”

The dragons were taken aback by Halphas’s overwhelming power.

“I’ll take it from here.”

Gulp.

Kaiser said to the other dragons and swallowed four beans.