Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 347

The 99th Floor of the Azure Tower.

“Kin, we have a problem!”

“What’s all the noise, Zelga?” Kin asked.

“It’s terrible! The tower is flooded up to the 70th floor, and there are signs of an ice age on the 30th floor,” Zelga said, out of breath.

“What?!” Kin was shocked by Zelga’s words.

Before, the tower was flooded up to the 62nd floor, and signs of an ice age were appearing on the 20th floor. The situation could not have gotten worse so fast in just a few days.

“What’s the cause?! Have you found the cause?” Kin asked, his voice rising.

“It’s not certain, but… there have been reports of seeing fragments of Leviathan, who summons tidal waves, and Sasha, the Queen of Screams and Ice, a few days ago,” Zelga replied.

“What?! Those Apostles of Destruction! How dare they attack my tower?!” Kin was furious at Zelga’s report, but he felt helpless.

The Azure Tower already has strong magic. If Kin or the Azure Dragon fight the Apostles inside, it will only get worse.

“For now, use all the remaining Flame Elixirs to prevent the 71st floor from being flooded,” Kin ordered.

“Yes! Great Azure Dragon!” Zelga responded quickly.

In the end, the only option was to defend the remaining floors.

“Humph, humph, humph.”

Tap. Tap.

[You have harvested a Deep Darkness Cherry.]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

[Harvesting Lv. 8 skill has slightly increased.]

[You have gained 70 experience.]

Sejun hummed as he harvested the Deep Darkness Cherries, grown with the Elixir of Harvest.

Kaiser watched Sejun with a pleased look.

“Sejun hyong, hyong.” Ajax called out happily.

“Oh, my. Our grandson is doing well,” Kellion said.

Ajax was humming along with Sejun, harvesting Sun-Kissed Seeds, while Kellion cheered him on.

A little later,

“Kaiser, here you go.”

“Hahaha. Thank you, Sejun! Take this!” Kaiser was very happy to receive 1000 Deep Darkness Cherries and handed Sejun a money pouch.

“Grandfather, here.”

“Hehehe. Yes, yes.” Kellion, receiving 1000 Sun-Kissed Seeds from Ajax, looked at his grandson as if he couldn’t be any prouder.

At that moment,

“Grandfather, please give it to me,” Ajax asked politely, holding out his tiny hands towards Kellion.

“Hehehe. Look at me, losing my mind. Here you go.” Kellion quickly took out a money pouch and gave it to Ajax.

“Hyung! Here’s the money!” Ajax immediately ran to Sejun and handed him the money pouch he received from Kellion.

Sejun, the black hole sucking up all the Tower Coins, was just a poor Tower Farmer struggling with the cost of elixirs.

“Alright. With 200 billion Tower Coins, I can buy two drops of the Elixir of Harvest.”

“Eileen, here.” Sejun handed the remaining 100 cherries, after giving some to Kaiser, to Eileen.

[The Tower Administrator says thank you.]

[The Tower Administrator says they will enjoy it.]

“Okay. Enjoy it.” While talking to Eileen,

“Hyung! I’ll enjoy the Sun-Kissed Seeds too!” Ajax said to Sejun, holding about 100 Sun-Kissed Seeds in his hand.

“Okay. Ajax, you enjoy them too!”

“Okay! Hyung!”

Crunch.

Ajax replied and began to eat the Sun-Kissed Seeds. Then, a faint but warm light came from Ajax’s body.

“He eats them well.” Ajax had already eaten Sun-Kissed Seeds during a previous harvest. He skillfully peeled the Sun-Kissed Seeds and ate the contents inside.

By the way, Ajax was the first of the White Dragons to eat Sun-Kissed Seeds. He gained the perk of accumulating twice the amount of Light Power when consuming something imbued with it.

With the cherry and Sun-Kissed Seed harvest finished,

“Where should I use the rest?” Sejun wandered around the farm, looking for a place to use the remaining two drops of the Elixir of Harvest.

“Okay. One drop here.”

Drip.

He dropped the Elixir of Harvest on the sprouts of the Sun Pepper.

Consuming Sun Pepper and receiving enough light randomly increases five stats. Also, the best chili paste is made with Sun Pepper, so a lot was needed.

After using one drop of the Elixir of Harvest on the Sun Pepper,

“Hmm…” Sejun thought hard, looking at two crops.

One was a blueberry bush that had grown to 10cm above Sejun’s knees. The other was a watermelon that was still only the size of a fist.

Sejun stroked the blueberry bush and watermelon vines with both hands.

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 7 is activated.]

[The growth rate of the blueberry bush slightly increases while touched.]

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 7 is activated.]

[This watermelon is already fully grown.]

[It cannot grow any further.]

The messages appeared.

“I have my answer.” Sejun used the Elixir of Harvest on the blueberry bush.

Crack.

The blueberry bush grew rapidly. Sejun checked that the blueberry bush was growing well.

Thud.

[You have harvested a Water-Starved Watermelon.]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

[Harvesting Lv. 8 skill has slightly increased.]

[You have gained 70 experience.]

He harvested the watermelon and checked it.

[Water-Starved Watermelon]

A watermelon grown inside the Black Tower. It has absorbed enough nutrients to be delicious, but it has not grown much because it didn’t have enough water.

Seeds take up most of the watermelon, so there is not much to eat.

It has not grown properly, so eating it has no effect.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration Date: 150 days

Grade: A

Stab.

Crack.

When he stabbed the watermelon with a dagger to split it open,

“Wow. It’s all seeds.” The inside had mostly black seeds with very little red flesh. The number of seeds was the same, but the watermelon had shrunk.

“Ajax, let’s harvest watermelons!” Sejun called Ajax, who had finished eating all the Sun-Kissed Seeds.

“Okay! Hyung!”

Sejun and Ajax harvested the watermelons. The size was sad, but since they were already fully grown, there was no way to make them bigger.

At that moment,

[Your slave, White Tower’s Tower Farmer Ajax Ma’amub, has harvested a new kind: Shrivelled Great Drought Watermelon.]

A message appeared in front of Sejun that Ajax had harvested a new kind.

Suddenly, Ajax’s voice rang out, clear and excited, “Hyung! Look what I found! It’s so weird!”

Right after Ajax shouted, strange words appeared in front of Sejun’s eyes:

[Because your helper worked hard, you also get rewards!]

[You made a new type of plant in the Tower! Great job!]

[Because of your special job, all your skills get a boost! (Stats increased by 10)]

[You have now created 21 new types of plants in the Tower! Amazing!]

[Because the Great Farmer is doing so well, the Black Tower is becoming more famous!]

[As the Tower becomes more famous, a new entrance will open!]

[The number of Black Tower entrances has increased from 106 to 107! The new entrance will be in a very safe place.]

Ajax’s happy shout and these strange messages filled the air. “Ajax, you’re amazing!” Sejun thought with a smile.

“Ajax, what do you want to eat for dinner tonight?” Sejun asked.

“Pancakes!” Ajax shouted, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

“Okay. Then tonight’s dinner is a 10-stack pancake!”

“10-stack?! Wow!” Ajax cheered, imagining the amazing pancake feast.

Sejun had promised Ajax a 10-stack pancake.

“Let’s see,” Sejun said, examining the watermelon Ajax had harvested. “This watermelon is called a ‘Watermelon Calling Forth a Withered Great Drought,’ but it’s mostly rind.”

[Watermelon Calling Forth a Withered Great Drought]

This is a mutant watermelon that grew inside the Black Tower. Because it couldn’t absorb much water, it evolved, determined to absorb plenty of water in its next life without worrying about what others think.

Planting this watermelon will cause a great drought in the surrounding area.

The seeds take up most of the watermelon, so there is not much to eat.

Because it did not grow properly, eating it has no effect.

Expiration Date: 150 days

Grade: A

“A great drought?” Sejun wondered. “There’s nowhere to plant this, is there?” As soon as he saw the name, Sejun thought it would be difficult to plant this watermelon. Where would you plant a watermelon that causes drought?

While Sejun was lost in thought, Ajax shouted, “Hyung! I harvested all the watermelons! Let’s eat pancakes quickly!” He was determined to get that 10-stack pancake.

“Okay. Just wait a little,” Sejun replied, stopping his thoughts. He went to the kitchen to make batter and start baking pancakes.

Meanwhile, in another part of the Black Tower…

On the 4th floor of the Black Tower, Theo stretched, his whiskers twitching. “Puhuhut! All gone! Sweet potatoes sold out, nya!” he announced proudly.

“What?! Already?” a hunter asked with disappointment.

“Theo, is there anything else for sale?” another hunter asked.

“Puhuhut. That’s all, nya! See you next time, nya!” Theo replied.

As the auction ended, the hunters lined up again at the grape farm.

The Farming King also returned to the grape farm. [Then I will go back to growing grapes. Thank you for taking me.]

“Puhuhut. Let’s go back now, nya!” Theo said to Yuren as he was about to climb the tower again.

Yuren munched on his potato, then looked at Theo, a little confused. “Theo,” he asked slowly, “do you… do you owe someone money?”

He was surprised by how much money he had given Theo while coming down the tower. Yuren couldn’t understand why Theo was working so hard to earn money again.

“Puhuhut. Yuren is a fool, nya!” Theo smirked.

“Yes?” Yuren tilted his head.

Theo confidently said, “Chairman Park said that the more money you have, the better, nya! In that sense, give me more money, nya!” He held out his front paw.

“Yes? Give it to me quickly, nya!” Theo demanded.

Yuren was flustered by Theo’s confident demand. “Yes! Just a moment!” Since he had no money on him, Yuren hurriedly picked up a stone that had fallen on the ground.

Squeak!

Talent: As he used Midas’s Hand, the stone began to turn into gold.

“Yuren, next is this, nya!” Theo lifted a huge rock and brought it to Yuren. “Puhuhut. It’s a giant gold that Chairman Park likes, nya!”

“Okay. Let’s eat,” Sejun announced, placing a stack of 10 pancakes on each plate.

Goohehehe. Gooeng!

[Hehehe. One! Two!]

Gooeng started counting the pancakes one by one from the bottom.

“Eheheh! Veronica, I asked Sejun hyung to make this for me!” Ajax boasted to Veronica, proud that Sejun had made the 10-stack pancake at his suggestion.

Keeheeheet. Kking!

[Hehehe. I’ve been good to him lately, so he paid some attention!]

Fenrir was pleased to see the mini 10-stack pancake made by cutting the pancake into small pieces.

Gooeng!

[Ten! There are 10 pancakes!]

Gooeng counted all the stacked pancakes.

Thud.

“Now let’s eat,” Sejun said, placing a glass bottle filled with arrowroot honey in the middle.

Goohehehe. Gooeng!

[Hehehe. Dad, I will enjoy the meal!]

“Eheheh. Hyungnim, I will enjoy the meal!”

“Sejun, I will enjoy the meal!”

Everyone started eating pancakes in their own style.

“Eileen, here,” Sejun said, handing a pancake to Eileen.

Munch.

He ate a piece of pancake. The pancake, soaked in honey, melted softly in his mouth, and the scent of butter spread throughout his mouth. Just before his mouth was about to be overwhelmed with sweetness and greasiness…

Slurp.

A perfect combination completed with a sip of bitter coffee.

“Kheu,” Sejun sighed contentedly. “I made it, but it’s really delicious.”

While Sejun was enjoying the moment and eating dinner…

Plop.

Kking…

[Hey. Stroke my belly a little…]

Fenrir, who had given up after conquering 3 out of 10 stacks, struggled to walk to Sejun and lay down.

“Our Blackie, you ate a lot today,” Sejun said, stroking Fenrir’s bulging belly and making him burp.

Burp.

After about 10 minutes, Fenrir burped coolly. Thanks to that, the things he had eaten were digested, and his body grew 1.5 times larger.

Keeheeheet! Kking! Kking?!

[Hehehe! Hey! Look at me! I’ve gotten stronger?!]

Fenrir was delighted with his grown strength and ran around excitedly for about 5 minutes.

Kkirorong.

He collapsed on the floor and fell asleep. Fenrir was still very weak.

“Let’s go to bed early today, too,” Sejun said, picking up Fenrir, who was sleeping on the floor, held him in his arms, and headed home.

And…

The next day, Fenrir was in great shock.