Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 528

Battler’s small room was dark and messy, clothes piled on a chair and books stacked unevenly on a dusty table. The air smelled faintly of old socks and something vaguely magical.

*Knock. Knock. Knock.*

“Ugh,” Battler groaned, burying his head under his pillow. “Just when I was finally asleep…”

He had been tossing and turning all night, chased by shadowy figures in his dreams. Now, just as he was drifting into a deep sleep, someone was banging on his door. He frowned, pulling the pillow tighter over his ears.

But the knocking came again, louder this time.

*KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK.*

*KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK.*

It was like the knocker wouldn’t stop until he answered. Battler finally exploded.

“ARGH! Alright, alright! What is it?!”

He dragged himself out of bed, his joints stiff and aching. He yanked open the door, ready to yell.

“Battler!” Herre, the God of Merchants, stood there, his face red with anger. “Were you still sleeping? Seriously? Someone has made my life a nightmare!” Herre glared at Battler, his eyes flashing. “And guess who that someone is?”

“Why did you send a hamster to Theo?! Don’t you know Theo’s girlfriend is a hamster?! This is a bill for using my power to send back the hamster you sent to Theo.”

Herre gave Battler a bill for using his power to send back the hamster. He really was the God of Merchants.

Herre handed Battler a very long receipt and ran away quickly, his robes flapping behind him.

[Total magic power billed: 1,114,123]

“What… what’s so expensive?!”

Battler was shocked as he looked at the price on the bill he received from Herre.

– Hamster Express Delivery Fee: 750,000 magic power

– God of Merchants’ Annoyance Surcharge: 350,000 magic power

In the middle of the receipt, there was something unnecessary billed in very small letters that could barely be seen if you looked closely.

White Tower, 99th floor.

“Sejun, I’m sorry.”

Less, the Ogre King and boss of the 99th floor of the White Tower, quickly apologized to Sejun, who was looking at him intently.

Of course, it wasn’t because he was afraid of Sejun’s gaze.

In fact, he still wanted to say, ‘It’s all because of Sejun’s trash talent!’ He really wanted to say it.

However,

‘I should have told our Sejun properly!’

Ajax’s eyes were blazing as he glared at him, and Less had no choice but to lower his head like a sinner.

Less was smart, even though he was a king of ogres.

If Less were to say that Sejun’s talent was trash, or if he were to stand up to Sejun,

Boom!

If Less said that, Ajax would get angry, and then Theo, Kkuengi, and Blackie would also get angry, like a chain reaction. Less would not be left alone.

“Less, can I learn how to strengthen my body with fighting spirit now?”

Sejun asked Less, who had overcome the crisis.

“Yes! Of course! I will teach you. The Ogre Secret Fighting Energy Muscle Strengthening Technique.”

Less wanted to get out of this uncomfortable situation quickly, so he quickly decided to teach Sejun how to use fighting energy and send him back.

“Muscle strengthening technique? Oh. Teach me quickly.”

Hehe. It sounds strong just from the name.

Sejun’s eyes lit up with excitement, like a child seeing a new toy.

The muscle strengthening technique is an important basic skill that is the beginning and the end of fighting energy. It strengthens the muscles of the whole body to the limit.

Most of the ogre’s fighting energy puts a tremendous load on the body, so strong muscles are essential.

Because it was such an important skill, the ogre ancestors created a way to easily learn the muscle strengthening technique for thousands of years.

Now, even a 5-year-old ogre can easily learn the technique if they are taught it just once.

If someone leads the fighting energy in the body along the path just once, the fighting energy will then circulate through the body on its own, strengthening all the muscles.

That’s why Less said he would teach Sejun without any burden. It was a very easy technique to learn.

Once you get into the flow, it’s harder to stop.

There is no fighting energy technique easier than this.

“Then I will teach you the muscle strengthening technique. Sejun, please sit here.”

“Okay.”

Less sat Sejun in front of him and carefully placed his large, rough hands on Sejun’s back.

Move.

Whoosh.

He moved Sejun’s fighting energy with his own, circulating it along the path of the muscle strengthening technique.

The fighting energy circulated along the path between Sejun’s skin and muscles, following Less’s guidance.

After a while.

Less circulated Sejun’s fighting energy once along the path of the muscle strengthening technique.

Usually, once is enough for the fighting energy to move perfectly along the path of the muscle strengthening technique, but,

Just in case.

Less felt uneasy and circulated the fighting energy one more time. He couldn’t trust Sejun’s talent.

Less guided Sejun’s fighting energy twice.

“Sejun, can you do it now?”

He asked, taking his hands off Sejun’s back.

However,

“What?”

Sejun’s face showed that he didn’t understand at all.

Rather, he had a wronged expression, as if saying, ‘You should teach me something and then ask if I can do it.’

Ugh.

“I’ll try again.”

Less put his hands on Sejun’s back and circulated the fighting energy.

However,

···?

Sejun only made a face that he didn’t understand this time either.

He still doesn’t understand the muscle strengthening technique that is as easy as breathing?!

‘Is it a difference in species?’

Less finally admitted it. There was a big difference between ogres and humans.

There were many things that ogres could do ‘just’ instinctively, but for the human Sejun, it wasn’t ‘just’.

Less realized that it wasn’t easy for Sejun to learn the muscle strengthening technique.

Less wanted to stop, but Ajax was watching him closely, as if saying, ‘Do it properly!’

So, even though he knew it wouldn’t work, he guided Sejun’s fighting energy again. Now that it had come to this, he had to show at least some effort.

Ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times.

Several hours passed,

Kuh-ooh.

Sejun fell asleep openly out of boredom, and

Goro long.

Kkulorong.

Kkilorong.

Arolong.

The group fell asleep next to Sejun, using his body as a pillow.

Whoosh.

Only Less concentrated and continued to circulate Sejun’s fighting energy.

Wriggle.

Whether Less’s efforts paid off, the fighting energy began to move very slowly.

The muscle strengthening technique was finally imprinted on Sejun’s body. Doing it again and again really worked!

And,

“Kkuaaaack!”

Sejun began to scream in pain as the muscles throughout his body were torn at the same time. Pain is essential for muscle growth.

Muscle strengthening technique.

This training was very hard. It was made for ogres who have strong bodies. It hurts the muscles and then makes them stronger using magic power.

“You’ll probably have some severe muscle pain for about a week.”

The corners of Less’s mouth lifted slightly as he watched Sejun in pain.

Seed Shop Headquarters.

“I’m going to sell my seed this time!”

“Hmph! Sorry, but I’m the one who will be chosen by Muttabak this time!”

“No! It’s me! I’ve prepared a special seed for today!”

“Don’t be ridiculous! That’s the same as the last seed.”

The non-combat gods were becoming more and more excited as they prepared the seeds to sell at the upcoming seed shop.

The non-combat gods were becoming more and more excited. This was not surprising. The rewards they received from Sejun had increased a lot.

At first, the rewards Sejun gave were just ordinary temples, but now, the guardian deity of the world has been added to the reward items.

In addition, thanks to the magic power brought by the gods who recently took on the guardian deities, the Seed Shop Headquarters has noticeably improved.

The gods could see how much better the Seed Shop was becoming because of Sejun’s rewards.

Of course, it wasn’t as good as the splendid combat shop headquarters.

But the non-combat gods were happy that the large hole in the roof where they could lie down and see the stars in the night sky and the gaps in the wall where the wind was blowing had been repaired.

“It’s good to see.”

Chaos, one of the three executives of the Seed Shop Headquarters, smiled happily as he looked at the energetic non-combat gods.

“I know. It’s all thanks to Muttabak.”

Order, the God of Order, smiled and agreed with Chaos’s words.

She was also one of the three executives of the Seed Shop Headquarters, like Chaos.

Chaos, Order, and Abundance.

These three gods managed the Seed Shop and the non-combat gods as executives of the Seed Shop Headquarters.

Order, who was watching the non-combat gods boasting about how good their seeds were with Chaos,

“Leia must be happy. She’s selling the guardian deity and the seed of abundance…”

She suddenly said, looking at Leia’s house, who must be diligently carrying out Inos’s quest.

Leia was having the best time since the tower was built, all because of Sejun.

The seed of abundance that Leia sold was very different from the other gods’ special seeds.

Because it contained the power to twist the cause and effect of the world.

Instead, it was difficult to sprout, but if the seed sprouted, the reward that went back to the god who made the seed was also great.

But Muttabak somehow felt like he would sprout it easily.

I don’t know why, but that’s just how it felt. Maybe that’s how much I trust Park Sejun.

“I want to make a seed too.”

“Hold on. Our seeds require too much magic power.”

Chaos stopped Order.

The seed of chaos and the seed of order, which twist cause and effect even more than the seed of abundance, required much more magic power.

With that much magic power, it was a better choice to divide it among the other non-combat gods and develop the Seed Shop Headquarters.

At that time,

“Chaos, Order, hello. It’s been a while.”

Herre came to greet them directly.

“I have a lot of magic power this time, so how about investing some magic power? Instead, make a seed with the invested magic power and give me some of the seed’s share of the profits.”

Herre offered to invest his magic power in Chaos and Order.

Normally, he would have chosen an interest rate without risk over a share of the profits, but

The future is the Seed Shop Headquarters with Park Sejun!

Herre decided to invest in this side with a bright future with his insight as the God of Merchants.

And,

“”We’ll take the investment!””

Chaos and Order answered at the same time.

It was more profitable to make a seed even if they had to give up some of the share of the profits.

Chaos and Order, who received investment from Herre, also began to make their own seeds.

The next morning.

“Ugh… Ack!”

Sejun screamed in muscle pain as he tried to get up energetically as usual.

“Ugh…”

Damn muscle strengthening technique.

He groaned involuntarily from the pain of his whole body aching.

“Vice President Theo… Vice President Theo… wake up.”

Sejun called Theo in a dying voice. He couldn’t shake his knees to wake him up because it hurt to move.

Sejun called Theo several times in a desperate voice,

“Meow…”

Theo woke up, rubbing his eyes.

Press. Press. Press.

He pressed Sejun’s body with his front paws, half-closing his eyes.

“Hehe. Ah. Good.”

Theo’s healing massage.

If he received this, he could live without muscle pain for a few hours.

Hee hee hee! Sniff!

[Hee hee. Master! I’ll do it too!]

Thud. Thud.

Blackie also stepped on Sejun’s body with his front paws to help, but

“Ack! Blackie, stay still!”

There was no healing effect like Theo’s.

Oh! The master can’t move?

Instead, Blackie learned Sejun’s weakness.

Hee hee hee! Sniff?! Sniff?!

[Hee hee. Are you going to give me a lot of roasted sweet potato jerky in the future?! Or not?!]

Thud. Thud.

He began to threaten him by stepping on Sejun’s body with his front paws.

Of course, Blackie’s insignificant threat was easily suppressed by Sejun’s right hand, which had recovered from Theo’s massage, grabbing him by the scruff of the neck.

And,

“Blackie, wear this and stand still in front of the house.”

Blackie needed to be punished.

Sniff…

Blackie walked slowly outside with a sign around his neck.

Plop.

He sat in front of the house as Sejun told him,

Nod. Nod.

He began to doze off, shaking his head.

The sign shook along with Blackie’s shaking head.

The sign read:

– I am a bad wolf who threatened my master because I was crazy about roasted sweet potato jerky. Please don’t give me roasted sweet potato jerky.

And,

Kkueng?

Kkuengi, who saw the sign, put the roasted sweet potato jerky that he gave to his younger brother Blackie every morning back into his snack pouch and went inside the house.

Whoosh.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew.

Because of that, Blackie looked even more miserable.