Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 444

Floor 1 of the 10th Tower.

“Me?!”

Can you see me?

At Firestone’s question, the man eating popcorn pointed to his face.

“Yes. You.”

Nod. Nod.

Firestone shook its roots up and down.

“Is there someone over there?” Stella asked, focusing on the direction Firestone’s roots were pointing.

But, there’s nothing there?

Stella couldn’t see anything.

“You’re not teasing me because you beat me, are you?” Stella glared fiercely at Firestone. Her voice was sharp, like cracking ice.

“[Huh?! Can’t you see the person eating popcorn over there?]” Firestone’s roots thumped on the floor in frustration.

“Popcorn? What’s popcorn?”

“[Popcorn is a snack made from corn that bursts when heated. Popcorn? Master’s popcorn? What are you doing with Master’s popcorn?] Could it be that you stole Master’s crops?!” Firestone, surprised to see someone else eating it, showed hostility towards the man.

-Ah, don’t misunderstand, I didn’t steal it. But it’s amazing that you recognize me. Is it because you are the tree of Park Se-jun, who broke through the trials of the 10th Tower?

The man answered quickly, as if wanting to clear up the misunderstanding.

“Huh?! That voice is the Administrator?” Stella reacted to the man’s familiar voice.

-Yes. Let me introduce myself properly.

When the man turned off Observer Mode, Stella could see him clearly. It was as if a veil had lifted, and suddenly Stella could see him. He was a man with messy brown hair, a friendly smile, and a big bag of popcorn clutched in his hand.

“I am Hamerda, the Administrator of the 10th Tower and the God of Agriculture, who oversees farming.”

As Hamerda introduced himself to the two of them,

“[Huh?! Are you really Hamerda?!]” Firestone looked at Hamerda as if looking at a celebrity.

“Heh heh. Yes. I am the God of Agriculture, Hamer…”

When Hamerda was about to get proud at Firestone’s attitude,

“[Hamerda! Please acknowledge our Master’s farming skills quickly!] Once we get Hamerda’s approval, all that’s left is to get Patrick’s approval!” Firestone grabbed Hamerda’s leg with its roots and began to urge him to acknowledge Se-jun quickly.

“No. I can’t acknowledge it that easily.”

“[Why?! Our Master is really good at farming!]”

“Of course, I know that.” Hamerda was the God of Agriculture. He already knew very well about Se-jun’s farming skills as a Tower Farmer.

“[But why don’t you acknowledge our Master?]”

“This is a sacred test of the gods! It’s not something that can be done by rushing! There are procedures!”

“[But…]”

“Ahem! I said wait!” Hamerda shouted loudly at Firestone like that.

Park Se-jun, the popcorn is running out. Harvest the exploding corn! He began to satisfy his own selfish desires by giving Se-jun a quest.

And

“[Leia definitely acknowledged it without any fuss…]” Firestone looked at Hamerda with suspicious eyes. It seemed like Firestone would hit Hamerda soon.

Morning on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Theo went to the Green Tower, and Kkuengee went to the West Forest to take care of herbs.

[The Seed of the Devouring Extinction has been planted in the land imbued with magic.]

Se-jun was planting the Seeds of the Devouring Extinction that he had collected.

And

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. Follow the leader, everyone!] Kiki! Kiki!

Today, under the pretext of protecting Se-jun, Kkamangi was playing leader with the Devouring Extinctions around Se-jun.

As Se-jun was planting the seeds,

“Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!” When it was time for lunch, Theo, who had sold out all the items in the Green Tower, returned.

“Vice Chairman Theo, you’ve worked hard.”

“Puhuhu. Of course, I worked hard, meow!” Theo was appealing that he had worked hard, as if he had been waiting for Se-jun’s words. Praise me quickly, meow! It was to receive praise from Se-jun.

“Yes, our Vice Chairman Theo has worked hard.”

Se-jun gave Churu to Theo, who had climbed onto his lap, and stroked his belly.

“Puhuhu.”

Chomp chomp chomp.

As Theo smiled brightly and began to eat Churu at Se-jun’s praise,

Kking?! Kking!

[Hey! What about me?! Give me food too!] Kkamangi, who was playing leader, hurried over and sat in front of Se-jun.

“Here. Kkamangi gets sweet potato jerky.”

Kkihihit.

Slurp. Slurp. Slurp.

Se-jun gave lunch to the two of them and took out a few convenience store triangle kimbaps, rice snacks wrapped in seaweed, unwrapping them one by one to eat.

At that moment,

Kkihihit.

Kkamangi quickly ran away with a triangle kimbap that was not yet unwrapped.

“Hey! It’s dangerous to eat the plastic!” Se-jun hurriedly stopped him, but

Kkihihit. Kking! Kking!

[Hehe. I’m going to unwrap it and eat it! And the great Kkamangi digests things well too!] Kkamangi ignored Se-jun’s words and ran away quickly.

But

Flail. Flail.

Kking?!

Kkamangi, who was running away diligently, realized that he was running in the air.

And

Bang! Bzzzt!

Bang! Bzzzt!

Kkuengee was seen slowly approaching him, striking his front paws with a lightning rod. Kkamangi, unable to move in the air due to Kkuengee’s telekinesis.

Kkuengee?

[Kkamangi, are you going to taste the flavor of justice?] Dori dori. Kkamangi shook his head violently at Kkuengee’s question.

Kkuengee.

[Then hand it over.] As Kkuengee held out his front paw,

Kking….

Kkamangi spat out the triangle kimbap with a regretful face. Kkamangi’s triangle kimbap theft ended in an attempt.

“If you want to eat, just say so.” Kkamangi was listening to Se-jun’s nagging.

Kking!

[I wanted to unwrap it myself!]”Ah, is that so? Then try unwrapping it.” Se-jun, who found out why Kkamangi ran away with the triangle kimbap, gave Kkamangi the triangle kimbap and told him to unwrap it.

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. The great Kkamangi will unwrap it!] Kkamangi was excitedly unwrapping the triangle kimbap after receiving Se-jun’s permission.

But

Rustle.

Rustle.

Kkamangi’s mouth structure was too uncomfortable to unwrap the triangle kimbap. In addition, every time Kkamangi, who had dragon teeth, put a little force, holes were made in the triangle kimbap.

Kking?!

[Damn it! Why doesn’t it work?!] Kkamangi was annoyed because he couldn’t unwrap it even after struggling for a while.

Damn it! I’m just going to eat it! He tried to eat the triangle kimbap whole, packaging and all, and took a big bite.

Kkuhehehe. Kkuengee!

[Hehehe. It’s easy if you unwrap it in order from number 1!] Kkuengee, who was watching Kkamangi while easily unwrapping and eating the triangle kimbap next to him,

Kkuengee!

[That won’t do!]

Sejun gently tapped Camang with the Lightning Rod. *Thwack! Bzzzt!* The rod connected, and a jolt of electricity ran through Camang.

“Screeeech!” Camang cried out, his small body shaking hard.

“See?” Sejun said softly, looking down at the trembling creature. “Isn’t this food much better than whatever you were chasing? Just eat what I give you. Why do you have to be so stubborn?”

Sejun watched Camang with a little pity. Just then, a bright message flashed in front of his eyes.

Suddenly, a message appeared in front of Sejun.

A new quest popped up: ‘Harvest 1 million ears of Exploding Stamina Corn and earn the recognition of Hamer, the God of Farming, for your farming skills.’

Exploding Stamina Corn (0/1,000,000)

Reward: Recognition from Hamer, the God of Farming, 1 drop of Enhancement Elixir

Hamer’s quest had appeared.

Hamer possessed the >Authority: Thanksgiving>, allowing him to obtain 1% of the crops harvested by exceptional farmers.

Thus, he had given Sejun the quest to harvest Exploding Stamina Corn to replenish his dwindling popcorn supply.

“1 million?”

It was a lot, but Sejun knew he could do it, who harvested tens of thousands of crops every day.

Three months, perhaps?

It would just take time.

[You have harvested Exploding Stamina Corn.]

After lunch, Sejun spent the afternoon harvesting corn.

He didn’t use the five drops of Harvest Elixir he’d received from completing the White Tower’s quest on the corn.

Each corn seed only yielded about twenty ears of corn, and corn was an annual plant.

Because he had to cut down the entire corn stalk after each harvest, using the Harvest Elixir on corn was extremely inefficient compared to other crops.

Three hours later.

“Alright, you guys, push it.”

Moo!

The Black Minotaurs began to happily devour the remaining corn stalks in the harvested field.

And then—

[You have planted Exploding Stamina Corn seeds in magic-infused soil.]

Sejun began planting corn again in the field that the Black Minotaurs had cleaned.

As Sejun dedicated himself to planting corn—

Kee! Kee! Kee!

Kee! Kee! Kee!

The Doom Devourers, as if sensing something, suddenly began running towards one direction.

Squeak?

[Hey, where are you going?]

Camang, who had been playing on top of the Doom Devourers, naturally moved along with them.

And so, Camang was abandoned once more.

Meanwhile, far away…

The path between the 90th and 99th floors, where merchants often traveled.

Peep! Peep!

[Yuren, we’re almost there! Hang in there!]

“Okay!”

Piyot, perched on Yuren’s shoulder, cheered him on.

They were heading to the 99th floor of the tower to deliver the money they had collected to Theo.

And then—

‘Are we finally going to see Fenrir?’

Kuruger, who had been tailing them for days, followed behind, filled with anticipation at the thought of meeting Camang.

However—

“Stop! Hand over everything you’ve got!”

As usual, Yuren was unlucky. A robber appeared, blocking their path.

Peep!

[Yuren, this is really getting old!]

“Hehehe. Sorry.”

Peep! Peep!

[It’s okay! Let’s take care of this quickly!]

“Okay!”

Piyot, grumbling, quickly flew towards the robbers, followed by Yuren.

‘Ah, seriously, let’s just go already!’

Boom.

Kuruger, annoyed, secretly made the ground move to trip the robber, helping Yuren fight.

He didn’t want to help, but he had no choice, as it would take even longer otherwise.

A short while later—

Hehe. Peep!

[Stamp it!]

Piyot laughed, receiving the stamps from the subdued robbers.

Following Theo’s example, he made anyone who attacked him work for him, no matter how long it took.

Thanks to this, Sejun’s stats, bearing the >Title: Slave King>, continued to rise even when Theo rested.

As they were about to move again after stamping—

Rumble.

A massive number of Doom Devourers approached.

And then—

Hee hee! Squeak!

[Hee hee! The great Camang has arrived!]

Camang barked arrogantly from atop the Doom Devourers.

Peep?

“What’s going on?”

Piyot and Yuren looked at Camang and the Doom Devourers, puzzled, when—

Kee kee!

Kee kee!

The Doom Devourers surrounded Kuruger, who had been disguising himself.

They sensed the destructive energy from Kuruger’s fragments and rushed over.

Gulp!

Gulp!

As nearly two million Doom Devourers began to absorb Kuruger’s energy—

Rumble.

Kuruger had no choice but to reveal himself.

Squeak?!

[Kuruger?!]

Camang recognized Kuruger and barked.

-Fenrir! This is terrible! The other apostles of doom…

Kuruger, having discovered Camang, hurriedly tried to convey the fact that other dooms were targeting him, when—

Squeak!

[Hey! Take out the core quickly!]

-Yes!

Crack.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Kuruger’s fragment reached into his chest and pulled out the core.

Squeak!

[Throw it over there!]

-Yes!

Loyal to Fenrir, Kuruger threw his core towards the Doom Devourers, and his rocky body crumbled as his power vanished.

Peep? Peep!

[Huh?! The apostle of doom collapsed on his own!]

Piyot, who had been recovering his stamina while watching to fight Kuruger, exclaimed.

“Hehe. We got lucky this time.”

Peep! Peep!

[Yuren, don’t say things like that! It’s annoying!]

“Ah. Sorry…”

As Piyot and Yuren were relieved to see Kuruger suddenly collapse on his own—

Squeak!

Camang went into the cracks in the rocks where Kuruger’s body had crumbled, and came out carrying something on his back.

-To be carried on Fenrir’s back… I am truly honored!

Kuruger, who had shrunk to the size of a thumb as his power vanished, said in a voice filled with emotion.

Squeak!

[Kuruger, from now on, call me the Great Camang!]

-Yes! Great Camang!

And so, Kuruger joined them on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Unaware that he would receive a new name from Sejun.

A short while later—

“Welcome. You don’t have a name? How about Thumb Stone?”

Because he’s a stone the size of a thumb, Thumb Stone.

‘How dare he call me, Kuruger, who destroyed mountains, Thumb Stone?!’

‘Should I kill him?’

‘Is it okay to kill this guy?’

Kuruger looked at Camang, seeking permission.

And then—

Squeak?! Squeak!

[Thumb Stone, bow your head!]

-Yes!

Thumb Stone, dragged away by Camang when Sejun wasn’t around, was scolded severely.