Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 369

The Farming King’s eyes widened. In the distance, he saw a familiar figure with bright yellow fur. “That’s… Theo, sir!” he exclaimed, relief washing over him. Theo was here! Now, finally, he could reach Sejun.

As the Farming King felt a surge of hope at the sight of Theo, a loud voice boomed, “Alright! Weeping Skull Brigade, move out!”

Koto, brandishing his rusty sword, and his subordinates dashed forward, kicking up dust and small stones.

The Farming King was aghast as he watched them. He had seen Theo’s strength firsthand, traveling with him to the 4th floor of the tower.

Even though they were not close friends, the Farming King had traveled with Koto. He knew Theo’s power and worried for Koto. He ran quickly to stop him.

Koto watched the Farming King rush forward and chuckled. “I didn’t know the Farming King was so eager!”

Koto puffed out his chest. Letting the ‘youngest’ take the lead was a sign of his own generosity and leadership. He wore a satisfied expression and slowed down, allowing the Farming King to take the lead.

Thus, the Farming King was at the very front. He approached the cat and, instead of drawing his weapon, tried to say something.

At that moment,

The youngest was struck by the yellow cat’s paw and shattered.

Koto yelled, “Farming King! Weeping Skull Brigade! Avenge the Farming King!”

Koto and the remaining four skulls quickly ran to avenge the Farming King, and

They all ended up in the same state as the Farming King.

“Meow, meow, meow.”

On the way to the target at the very bottom of Yuren’s blacklist.

Theo smiled brightly as he watched the skulls running towards him, swords drawn from afar. Slaves working without food, meow!

Bbyot also took out the slave contract, ready to stamp it whenever Theo instructed.

Theo stretched, satisfied. “Another job well done, meow!” Then, his ears twitched.

Theo knocked out the skulls in the order they came running. The first skull tried to say something, but he just knocked them out.

‘I can enslave them and listen later, meow!’

Unfortunately, all the skulls looked similar to Theo, so he couldn’t recognize the Farming King.

Bbyot found a thumb bone from the shattered skull and stamped the contract.

Thus, when Bbyot found the finger bones of the skulls, stamped the slave contract, and collected all the bones of the Weeping Skull Brigade,

“Meow?!”

Theo suddenly looked up with wide eyes. He was in such a good mood that his lips were upturned, and his tail was wagging.

“Theo, sir, what’s wrong?”

“Sejun is very close, meow! I can feel him!”

Theo exclaimed in an excited voice at Yuren’s question.

“Follow me quickly, meow!”

Theo hurriedly ran towards where Sejun was.

“Theo, sir, let’s go together!”

Bbyot and Yuren followed behind him.

Sejun arrived at the waypoint on the 44th floor.

Just as Theo sensed Sejun’s energy, Sejun also sensed Theo’s energy. Judging by the approaching energy, he seemed to be coming to find him.

As Sejun was calculating when Theo would arrive,

“Peng! Greetings to the great Black Dragon!”

Jem, the Emperor Penguin boss of the 44th floor, wearing a Dragon Tooth Soldier helmet, greeted Sejun.

“Jem, have you noticed anything strange on the 44th floor recently?”

Sejun asked, returning Jem’s greeting.

“Peng? Strange things? Hmm… Not that I can think of right now.”

Jem thought for a moment before answering.

“Really? Earth Dragon!”

At Jem’s answer, Sejun decided to summon Earth Dragon to find the aura of destruction himself. He decided to head to the lake where the blue-backed penguins lived.

Since he had come this far for the first time in a while, he was planning to catch freshwater shrimp to make shrimp stew and salted shrimp.

On the way to the lake,

“But why aren’t these guys coming out?”

Sejun opened the subspace warehouse, curious as to why the Black Rabbit, Kkuengyi, Ajax, and Fenrir weren’t coming out.

The Black Rabbit, Kkuengyi, and Ajax were huddled together on the floor, fast asleep. Kkuengyi seemed to be full, and the Black Rabbit and Ajax seemed to be deeply asleep from exhaustion.

‘Hehe. How cute.’

It was such a cute scene that he wanted to take a picture. At that moment, he heard a rustling sound from inside the warehouse. He knew who it was.

‘The one I can’t see is the culprit.’

Sejun secretly approached the source of the sound, and

“Hee hee. I need to put all of this in my secret warehouse!”

As Sejun expected, Fenrir was piling up roasted sweet potato jerky and other snacks. His belly was bulging, as if he had already eaten some.

Fenrir was happily gathering snacks.

“What is our Blackie doing now?”

Fenrir froze when he heard Sejun’s voice. Then, like a wind-up doll, he turned his head to look at Sejun and hurriedly ran away.

But running away with clumsy steps was no match for Sejun.

“Hehe. Got you, you rascal.”

Fenrir was caught by Sejun by the scruff of his neck before he could even take a few steps.

Sejun said, shaking his head gently. “Blackie, Blackie, Blackie, When will you learn to ask before you take things? You know these snacks are for everyone, right?”

Sejun, having finished scolding Fenrir, cleaned up the snacks that Fenrir had taken.

Fenrir, unable to bear watching his snacks disappear, buried his head in the sling bag and fell fast asleep.

“What are you doing, hyung?”

The Black Rabbit, Kkuengyi, and Ajax, who had woken up in the meantime, helped Sejun pack the snacks into a box.

Having finished organizing the snacks, they moved again and arrived at the lake farm, a wide expanse of clear, blue water surrounded by snow-covered banks. Small, brightly colored penguins waddled along the shore.

“It’s Sejun!”

“Sejun is here!”

The blue-backed penguins waddled excitedly, their little wings flapping as they greeted Sejun with happy chirps.

“We’re here!” Theo announced.

Theo was finally at the 40th floor of the tower. He was late because Yuren had bad luck. Yuren found a piece of a Yormungandr monster one time, and they met robbers five times on just four floors!

(By the way, the Weeping Skull Clan wasn’t one of those robber groups.)

“Hehehe. Sejun is close now!” Theo chuckled.

Theo was about to run to Sejun when Yuren spoke quietly, “Hehehe… I understand…” Yuren looked a little lost and started walking forward.

Theo had seen Yuren like this many times before.

“Hehehe. I have something even better for Sejun!” Theo said and followed Yuren.

“Yes… let’s defeat the dragon together…” Yuren mumbled, still sounding strange.

Yuren walked towards a black bead on the ground. Just as Yuren was about to pick it up,

Slap!

“Yuren, wake up!” Theo shouted, slapping Yuren’s face. Theo quickly grabbed the black bead and put it in his bag.

“Huh? Theo? What happened?” Yuren asked, confused.

“I saved you! That black bead is bad! Now, give me money for saving you!” Theo demanded.

“Oh! Yes!” Yuren agreed quickly.

Thanks to Yuren’s bad luck, Theo got money and a piece of Fenrir’s core! It was another lucky day for Theo.

“Hehehe. Let’s go!” Theo said and ran towards Sejun.

“Hey everyone, push them this way!” Sejun called out.

*Ppyak!* Black Rabbit splashed in the water.

*Kkueng!* Kkuengi made a big splash too.

“Okay, Sejun!” Ajax shouted back.

Black Rabbit, Kkuengi, and Ajax splashed the water hard, pushing the small shrimp towards the net Sejun was holding.

Sejun was catching freshwater shrimp while he waited for Theo. Theo was taking longer than he thought.

As Sejun was busy with the shrimp,

“···?!”

Suddenly, something soft and furry landed on Sejun’s face, blocking his sight! It felt familiar, smelled like nuts, and was full of energy. It was Theo!

Just a moment ago, Theo was far away. Now, he was right here!

“Sejun, I’m here!” Theo announced, still on Sejun’s face.

“Bubbubub.” Sejun made a funny sound with his lips on Theo’s belly.

“Puhuhu. That tickles!” Theo giggled, squirming.

While Theo was laughing, Sejun gently took Theo off his face and placed him on his knee.

Then, Sejun lightly patted Theo on the back.

“Welcome, Theo. Did you have a good trip?” Sejun asked kindly.

“Puhuhu. Yes!” Theo replied, happily rubbing his face against Sejun’s knee. Sejun smiled and stroked Theo’s head.

“Sejun, sit down!” Theo said proudly, puffing out his chest. He looked very pleased with himself.

*’Theo looks like he has something special,’* Sejun thought. He knew that look on Theo’s face. It always meant Theo had found something amazing.

“Okay,” Sejun said and sat on the ground. Theo stood on Sejun’s knee, turned his bag upside down, and shook it hard.

Money bags and black beads fell out onto the ground.

“Huh?!” Sejun was surprised.

The money was nice, but Sejun’s eyes widened when he saw a piece of Fenrir’s core! He had been looking for this!

“Hehehe. Sejun, rub my belly!” Theo said, lying back with a smug look and showing his pink belly. He knew he had done well.

Sejun was a little annoyed at Theo’s pride, but Theo had helped him a lot. So, Sejun rubbed Theo’s belly and picked up the core fragment to look at it closely.

“It’s a 0.5% piece. Aileen, can you purify this too, please?” Sejun asked Aileen. He gave her the core fragment.

As Sejun rubbed Theo’s belly,

*Ppyak!*

[Uncle, me too!] Black Rabbit chirped.

*Kkueng!*

[Kkuengi wants belly rubs too!] Kkuengi added.

“Sejun! Rub my belly too!” Ajax called out.

Black Rabbit, Kkuengi, and Ajax had come to Sejun’s side without him even noticing. Now, they all wanted belly rubs!

“Hmm,” Sejun thought. He only had two hands. He couldn’t rub all four bellies at once.

If he only rubbed two, the others might feel sad.

Then, Sejun smiled. “Hehehe. I’ll just hug all of you! Come here.”

Sejun opened his arms wide and hugged all four of them. At first, they wiggled a little, but then…

“Puhuhu.” Theo purred.

*Ppyakkeukeu!* Black Rabbit giggled.

*Kkuhehehe.* Kkuengi chuckled deeply.

“Euhihit.” Ajax laughed softly.

Soon, all four of them were happy and warm in Sejun’s hug, and their happy sounds filled the air.

*Kkihit.* Even Fenrir, sleeping in the sling bag on Sejun’s chest, smiled a little in his sleep as he felt the warmth.

“Hehehe,” Sejun chuckled softly, feeling happy too.

While Sejun and his friends were enjoying their happy moment,

*Ppiyot!*

[Sejun, hello!] Piyot called out.

“Sejun, hello,” Yuren said.

Piyot and Yuren arrived, bringing the people who were helping Theo.

In a place far away, filled with destruction…

“What is Fenrir doing?” Halphas wondered, looking towards the Black Tower. It had been twenty days since Fenrir went into the Black Tower, and Halphas hadn’t heard from him.

Fenrir usually liked to be alone, so he didn’t contact often. But lately, the other evil beings were talking about strange things.

Pieces of Fenrir’s power were showing up around the Black Tower.

Halphas wasn’t too worried. It was just a small piece of power. Fenrir was strong, the best of them all.

Fenrir was the first and most powerful of the evil beings, the wolf who could hunt even gods. Halphas couldn’t believe Fenrir could be defeated.

“But why isn’t Earth getting destroyed faster?” Halphas said, sounding annoyed. He looked at a glowing ball that showed the planet Earth. Only the edges were turning red.

Around Earth, there were hundreds of other balls that were turning red quickly, even though he had only sent small disasters to them.

But Earth was different. It was resisting destruction. It was hardly changing at all, even after he sent a piece of his own power there.

“Is something protecting it?” Halphas wondered. There was no other reason Earth could be holding out so well.

“This is annoying!” Halphas was angry that Earth wasn’t being destroyed quickly, even after he sent his power.

Halphas decided to send an even stronger piece of his power. It would hurt him a little, but he thought it was worth it.

To send this stronger power, he needed to make a sacrifice. Halphas decided to send a big disaster to Earth.

The first disaster he chose was Locusts. It was the cheapest of the seven disasters and usually worked well.

But then,

“What?!” Halphas exclaimed in shock.

His Locust disaster was not going to Earth.

“Eek! Why isn’t it working?!” Halphas cried out, confused and angry as he tried to send the Locusts to Earth.

Just then, a message appeared in front of him.

**[The first disaster, Locusts, sent by Destruction has been completely destroyed.]**

**[You have done something amazing that no one has ever done before!]**

**[Because of this incredible achievement, the first disaster of Destruction, Locusts, can no longer attack Earth.]**

“The Locusts… destroyed?” Halphas whispered in disbelief.

At the same moment, Sejun was reading the same message, appearing in front of him on Earth.

Sejun smiled. Finally, all the Locusts on Earth were gone.