Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 406

Fourth Floor, Black Tower. The air crackled with tension.

A shout ripped through the ranks: “Attack!”

Hundreds of hunters formed a wide circle around the Waypoint, their faces grim.

A chilling screech echoed through the air.

Hunters fought desperately against the grotesque Flesh Eaters that swarmed them.

They had to hold this Waypoint.

If the Flesh Eaters took it, they would lose all access to the fourth floor – a disaster.

“Mages, get ready with the buffs!” Han Tae-joon, the mage leader, called out.

The mages quickly reached into their pouches, pulling out bright red cherry tomatoes.

Each one, Sejun’s special A-grade variety, promised a boost of magic power.

They ate them quickly, the sweet juice a brief comfort before the coming spellcasting.

“Ready mages, cast your spells! Magic incoming! Watch out!” Han Tae-joon yelled.

Then, starting with himself, the mages unleashed a barrage of magic.

Streaks of blue energy – Magic Missiles – shot through the air, followed by blazing Fireballs and sharp Fire Arrows.

The mages’ spells tore through the Flesh Eaters, blasting gaps in their lines and giving the front lines a moment to breathe.

“Warriors, buffs now!” Leon, the powerful Guild Master of the Phoenix Guild, bellowed.

The sound of chewing filled the air – crunch, crunch, crunch.

Warriors ripped open pouches and devoured Sejun’s crops.

Warriors ate Stamina Corn, their muscles visibly tightening.

Others, wealthier, munched on Strength Sweet Potatoes, a visible surge of power rippling through them.

Hunters who couldn’t afford Stamina Corn ate plain combat rations.

While the mages held back the tide of Flesh Eaters, the warriors, strengthened by Sejun’s crops, charged back into the fray.

After an hour of brutal fighting, the last Flesh Eater fell.

Silence descended, broken only by the ragged breaths of the hunters.

“Finally…” someone sighed.

“Quick rest! They say another wave is coming in an hour!”

Just as the hunters collapsed, exhausted, a cheerful voice called out, “Humans! We have arrived, nya!”

The cat employees of Sejun Company visited them.

“Oh! It’s the wandering merchants from Sejun Company!”

“If you die after accumulating contribution points, it all goes to waste! Quickly exchange them for Tower Coins and buy crops!”

While hunters without money hastily converted their contribution points into Tower Coins.

“Give me 1000 Mana Cherry Tomatoes!”

“I’ll take 100 Stamina Corn!”

Other hunters quickly lined up in front of the wandering merchants and began buying goods.

Without the supplies from these wandering merchants, they probably wouldn’t have been able to defend the Waypoint on the 4th floor.

As the hunters were buying Sejun’s crops,

“Huh? Is this a pineapple?”

The mage hunter, Miel, discovered a new crop.

As Miel timidly reached out towards the pineapple,

“Don’t touch it, nya!”

The cat intern, Ellie, slapped Miel’s hand, stopping her.

“Hey! Why did you hit me?!”

“That might explode if you touch it, nya!”

“What? Explode? Are you kidding me?”

“I’m not kidding, nya!”

“Really? Then can I at least look at the options? I’ll be careful.”

“Okay, nya! You really have to be careful, nya!”

Ellie carefully lifted the Pineapple with her two mochi-like paws, and Miel cautiously placed her hand on top of the pineapple.

[A pineapple suppressing a scream]

Grower: Black Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration Date: 120 days

Grade: A

“I’ll buy them all!” Miel shouted after checking the pineapple’s options.

“Really, nya?! Great, nya! It’s 1000 Tower Coins each, nya!”

“What?! 1000 Tower Coins?!”

‘1 billion won for one pineapple is too expensive…’

Miel hesitated for a moment.

“If you’re not going to buy it, move aside. We’ll buy it.”

The hunters who were lining up behind her began to eye the pineapple.

“They’re selling new crops over there, it seems.”

“Really? Let’s switch lines!”

When even the hunters from other lines showed interest in the pineapple and started switching lines,

Growing impatient, Miel decided to trust Park Sejun’s name rather than her own judgment.

“Okay! Give me 50!”

When Vice President Tae’s instruction to sell the pineapples came down, all the wandering merchants of Sejun Company were reluctant to sell them.

They thought it would be difficult to store and unpopular with the hunters.

So, Ellie, the youngest, had no choice but to take all the remaining stock…

That day, Ellie sold 100 pineapples and recorded the highest sales among the wandering merchants.

After the wandering merchants left,

“Enemies are coming!”

“Prepare for battle!”

I should try it out once.

“Oh, power of the wind… Wind Blow!”

To test its power, Miel used wind magic to launch the pineapple into the middle of the Flesh Eater formation.

Please, be worth the 1000 Tower Coins!

Miel prayed as she watched the pineapple fly.

As Miel prayed,

The pineapple fell among the Flesh Eaters.

Crack.

The middle of the pineapple split open from the impact, and the trapped magic burst out violently.

Screeeeeech!

Boom!

A tremendous scream erupted, followed by a massive shockwave.

The Flesh Eaters within a 50m radius of the blast were annihilated by the shockwave, and those within 100m were stunned.

[You have defeated the Flesh Eater.]

[You have gained 1000 experience points.]

[Your contribution has increased by 1.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have gained 3 bonus stats.]

[Your magic power has increased by 5.]

“Oh! Level up!”

As Miel rejoiced at the level-up message,

[You have annihilated the enemy using a bomb.]

[You can now job change to a Bomb Mage (C).]

[Would you like to job change?]

Bomb Mage?!

If it’s C-grade, it was a higher rank than her current job, Mage (D).

I have to do this!

Miel instinctively felt that this was a choice that would change her destiny.

“I’ll job change.”

Miel boldly chose to job change.

Miel grinned, a wild excitement bubbling up inside her.

“‘Bomb Mage,’ she whispered. ‘Let’s see what you can do.'”

Floor 75 of the Black Tower.

Fenrir growled quietly, showing his small teeth. He watched Theo and Kkueng-ie come closer. Their faces looked angry. They still think I’m just cute, Fenrir thought, annoyed.

“Squeak! Squeak!” Fenrir squeaked again. “[Don’t come closer! I’ll bite you!]”

But barking didn’t stop them either. Fenrir barked loudly, hoping Sejun would help.

But then, Theo spoke, his green eyes narrowed. “Kkamangi is being loud, nyaang! We need to tell him off, nyaang!”

Kkueng-ie nodded quickly. “Kkueng! [Kkueng-ie will show you what’s right, yo!]”

This made Theo and Kkueng-ie even angrier.

“Squeak?! Squeak! [Hey! What are you doing?! Protect me!]”

Fenrir felt trapped. He asked his butler, Sejun, for help. But

“Hey? Kkamangi, did you just call me ‘Hey’ again?”

Sejun felt a little hurt. So, he didn’t help Fenrir.

“Kkamangi, you have no manners, nyaang! You need to be punished, nyaang!”

Kkueng! Kkueng! [That’s right, yo! We’ll instill some manners in you, yo!]

So, Theo and Kkueng-ie started to teach Fenrir manners. They gently hit him with their paws.

“Squeak! Squeak! [I’m not Kkamangi! I’m Fenrir, the lofty wolf who hunts the Apostle of Destruction, Seat 1!]”

Fenrir was really annoyed. He told them who he really was. But

“Pfft. If Kkamangi is Fenrir, then I’m the boss, Chairman Park, nyaang!”

Hee hee hee. Kkueng! [Hee hee hee. Then Kkueng-ie is Grandpa Kaiser, yo!]

They thought Fenrir was just bragging like a cute little brother. They had already seen the real, giant Fenrir on the 99th floor.

A little later.

“Be good to Chairman Park from now on, nyaang!”

Squeak… [Okay.]

Theo nodded and lifted his paw.

Squeak… [Yo…]

Fenrir got smaller and started talking politely.

Finally, Fenrir’s manners lesson was over.

“But when did Kkamangi start talking?”

Sejun asked Kkamangi. But Kkamangi didn’t answer. He wasn’t used to being called that name yet.

Kkueng? [Kkamangi, are you going to answer Sejun, yo?]

Kkueng-ie started to reach for his Justice Bong in his pocket again.

Ah! My name was Kkamangi!

“Squeak! Squeak! [I don’t know! It just happened suddenly!]”

Kkamangi looked quickly at Theo and Kkueng-ie and answered fast.

“Okay. Kkamangi, nice to meet you. My name is Park Sejun.”

Squeak! [Yes!]

Sejun formally greeted Kkamangi, who could now speak.

“Alright. Let’s go shopping now.”

Sejun put Kkamangi in a small bag he carried on his shoulder and stood up.

“Pfft. Chairman Park, what do you want to buy, nyaang?! If you tell me, I’ll guide you, nyaang!”

Theo, who had been to the shopping street many times, clung to Sejun’s leg and shouted.

“Then… let’s go to the blacksmith first.”

“Okay, nyaang! It’s over there, nyaang!”

Theo guided them to the blacksmith with his front paw.

They arrived at the blacksmith’s shop. It was a busy place with the sound of hammers ringing.

“Oh! This is the gacha game corner!”

Sejun was excited to see the gacha game corner at the blacksmith’s. He had only heard about it before.

“How much is it here?”

Sejun asked the person working at the blacksmith’s about playing gacha.

“It’s 20 Tower Coins.”

The employee answered.

“Can you give me a discou…”

Sejun wanted to ask for a discount because he knew Theo had gotten one before.

He had plenty of money, but he wanted to show Theo how to save money, like he always told Theo to do.

At that moment,

Kkueng! Kkueng! [Kkueng-ie will pay, yo! I’ll try to get a lower price, yo!]

Kkueng-ie, full of energy, stepped forward. Kkueng-ie wanted to get a big discount so Sejun could play gacha using Kkueng-ie’s pocket money, yo!

Kkueng! [I’ll get a discount, yo!]

“Then… 17 Tower Coin…”

The person working there agreed to Kkueng-ie’s price and started to say something,

Kkueng-ie took out the Justice Bong from his snack pouch.

Kkueng-ah, use words, use words.

Wham! Wham!

Luckily, Kkueng-ie didn’t hit the person. But he tapped the person’s hand gently with the Justice Bong.

But even though Kkueng-ie thought it was gentle, the blacksmith’s shop shook every time the Justice Bong hit.

“Wait a minute! Only today, I’ll give it to you for half price, 10 Tower Coins!”

The employee shouted hastily, thinking that the blacksmith would collapse before the bargaining was over.

Hee hee hee. Kkueng! Kkueng! [Hee hee hee. Daddy, Kkueng-ie will pay, yo! Here it is, yo!]

At the employee’s words, Kkueng-ie took out his precious allowance of 10 Tower Coins and paid.

“Thank you, Kkueng-ie.”

Hee hee hee. Kkueng! [Hee hee hee. Daddy, Kkueng-ie will buy you everything you need, yo!]

At Sejun’s words, Kkueng-ie shook his allowance pouch and shouted bravely.

A little later.

“Okay. I’ll take this.”

Sejun looked at the gacha games for a while, thinking hard about what to choose. Finally, he picked a plain stone knife.

[Stone Knife] ??? Usage Restriction: Lv. 10 Creator: Undisclosed Grade: C

There was no reason. He just reached for it.

“Theo, what do you think of this?”

Sejun asked Golden Paw Theo to see if he had chosen well.

“Pfft. Just like the boss, Chairman Park, nyaang! Great, nyaang!”

“Huh? Great?”

Am I usually unlucky? How could I pick something good?

Sejun was puzzled by Theo’s praise.

I’ll know if I check.

“Aileen, can you check what this is for me?”

Sejun sent the stone knife to Aileen.

Black Tower Administrator Zone.

“Heh heh heh. Wait a minute, Sejun!”

Aileen hastily appraised the stone knife Sejun sent.

Then,

[Blade of Earth] The name of the item changed. The description said it was a divine artifact of Patrick, the God of Earth.

“Huh?! This is a divine artifact!”

As Aileen was surprised to see the Blade of Earth,

[Achieved one of the Giant Tower growth conditions by collecting 5 divine artifacts.] An alarm appeared on the crystal ball. The condition, which had been unfulfilled due to the divine artifacts being destroyed by the God of Battle, Battler, was achieved again.

“Heh heh heh. As expected of our Sejun! Then the growth condition is…”

I originally achieved 7… so that makes 8?!

Flash! [All 8 Black Giant Tower growth conditions have been achieved.]

The crystal ball glowed golden, indicating that the Black Giant Tower’s growth was fully completed.