Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 566

In the heart of a vast forest, Droria was stirring with life.

“You can do it!” Firefly cheered.

“Yes!” a voice responded.

Encouraged by Firefly’s words, the rose tree burst into bloom, its golden roses shimmering in the dappled sunlight.

A moment later, a soft ‘Po-ro-rong’ echoed through the forest as a golden flower unfurled at the very top of the rose tree.

Then, with a resounding ‘Creak!’, the rose tree began to grow rapidly, its branches reaching towards the sky.

“Great! Good job!” Firefly praised, clapping her tiny hands together, her voice full of warmth and encouragement for the rose tree’s hard work in becoming a World Tree.

“Hehet. Now that I’ve grown 300 World Trees, there are only 700 left!” she chirped, calculating the remaining number with her motivation burning bright like the sun.

Suddenly, a swarm of giant mosquitoes flew in, drawn by the sweet scent of the World Tree’s flowers.

[Tree Killers]

These were terrifying pests to the trees, clinging to them and sucking their sap until they withered and died.

“[Sejun, don’t let them interrupt us!]

Wham!

To Firefly, they were just bugs to be swatted away.

[Oh?! I think Sejun would like to eat these!]

“No. They might be beneficial insects,” Firefly mused.

Delighted, Firefly picked up a part from the dead Tree Killer.

***

Meanwhile, on the 99th floor of the Black Tower…

Plop.

[Field Lv. 9 is activated.]

[You have planted a Seed of Devouring Doom in the body of Alice, the 9th Seat of the Apostle of Destruction, the Bewitching Spider.]

Sejun, having finished his breakfast, diligently planted Seeds of Devouring Doom in his special storage space.

“I should be able to get stronger today,” he thought, his mind focused on the task at hand.

Alice’s life force was nearing its end.

After planting all the Seeds of Devouring Doom he had, Sejun proceeded to harvest his crops.

[You have harvested a Persimmon of Accuracy.]

[Field Lv. 9 is activated, inflicting additional damage.]

[Field Lv. 9 is activated, harvesting the stats of Alice, the 9th Seat of the Apostle of Destruction, the Bewitching Spider.]

[Strength +30, Stamina +30, Agility +55, Magic Power +35.]

Swish.

With the message, Alice’s body disappeared.

And then,

[You have defeated Alice, the 9th Seat of the Apostle of Destruction, the Bewitching Spider, who has lost her soul.]

[You have gained 4.5 trillion experience points.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have gained 1 bonus stat.]

[Strength increased by 30.]

[Strength potential increased by 1%.]

The experience acquisition message appeared, signaling Sejun’s progress.

Sejun reached level 140.

[You have achieved the great feat of acquiring tremendous experience at once.]

[As a reward for the great achievement, the remaining experience is used to forcibly complete the job quest and continue leveling up.]

[The job quest has been forcibly completed with 3.7 trillion experience points.]

[As a quest completion reward, level 141 is unlocked.]

[As a quest completion reward, all stats increase by 200.]

Once again, he simply pushed through the job quest with an absurd amount of experience.

[You have leveled up.]

He leveled up twice more, reaching level 143.

“Hehehe,” Sejun chuckled.

It’s somehow rewarding, this strange farming, he thought to himself.

Sejun gazed at the expanded subspace warehouse with a satisfied smile as Alice’s body disappeared.

Plop.

[Field Lv. 9 is activated.]

[You have planted a Seed of Strength Sweet Potato in the body of Dilia, the 8th Seat of the Apostle of Destruction, the Demon of Corruption.]

He began planting seeds in Dilia’s body again, continuing his work.

As Sejun was diligently farming, flutter, flap.

Anton’s black dragon statue flew in.

A crackly voice came from the black dragon statue. “Brother-in-law! Are you there?”

Sejun, matching Ace’s tone, quietly replied as if making a secret rendezvous, looking around. “Ace? Yes, I’m here, Nephew. What’s up?”

He was trying his best to accommodate Ace, as Kaiser and Anton had asked, and because Ace had been feeling down lately.

Ace, having ascended to the Land of Dragons, had thought he could visit Sejun anytime.

However,

“Ace, welcome.”

“Hahaha. He’s not even a year old, but he’s already the size of a three-year-old.”

“Ace, it’s good to see you.”

The moment Ace arrived in the Land of Dragons and received a grand welcome from the other black dragons, bang!

Ace absorbed the energy of the surrounding black dragons and powered up tremendously.

“Ace is now too strong to go to the 99th floor of the tower,” Aileen declared.

Aileen, to protect Sejun, issued a ban on Ace entering the 99th floor.

Normally, it’s impossible for a young dragon to grow so dramatically even if they absorb the energy of the surrounding dragons, but Ace, having eaten Sejun’s crops, had greatly increased his potential, making it possible.

“Waaah~! Why can’t I go?! I’m going to see my brother-in-law! I hate you, Sister!” Ace wailed, tears streaming down his face like tiny waterfalls. He stamped his little dragon foot in frustration.

Ace burst into a storm of tears as a result.

Kaiser, Anton, and Elizabeth devised a way to appease Ace.

Three days after Ace left for the Land of Dragons,

“Brother-in-law, I want to know what’s for lunch today,” Ace asked eagerly.

“Dragon Chicken,” Sejun replied, knowing it was Ace’s favorite. “Just for you.”

“Puhihhihi! You’re the best brother-in-law ever!” Ace giggled.

“I know, I know. And you’re the best nephew a guy could ask for,” Sejun chuckled.

A moment later,

“Here. Nephew, take this and eat it with your parents,” Sejun said warmly.

“Puhihhihi! Yes,” Ace replied happily.

The black dragon statue swallowed the Dragon Chicken Sejun gave him.

“Puhihhihi. It looks delicious!” Ace grinned as he looked at the Dragon Chicken and sauce Sejun had given him.

Thud! Bang! Thud! Bang!

He hurried to his parents. Sejun had told him to eat it with his parents.

Sejun delivered the Dragon Chicken to Ace and sizzle.

Continued to fry more Dragon Chicken.

“Aileen, eat this. I made a gochujang sauce this time, so try dipping it in here,” Sejun offered.

[The Tower’s Administrator says she will enjoy it.]

Just like when he delivered food to Ace,

“Puhuut. The great Hybrid Chairman Park has returned, meow!” Theo announced.

“Goohehehe. Gooeng!”

[Hehehe. Daddy, Gooeng is back too!]

Theo and Gooeng returned after finishing their work.

Sniff sniff.

[Is it Dragon Chicken for lunch today? But you also made gochujang sauce?!] Gooeng exclaimed, his nose twitching with excitement.

As expected of Gooeng, who loved to eat, he knew the lunch menu just by the smell.

“Yeah. I made it new. How is it?” Sejun asked, eager for feedback.

Sejun dipped the Dragon Chicken in gochujang sauce and put it in Gooeng’s mouth.

Kooeng! Kooeng! The happy sound came from Kooeng, who was enjoying his meal.

Kooeng smacked his lips. “Delicious!” he thought, raising his big toe in happiness. “This gochujang sauce is perfect, not greasy at all! I can eat so much more!”

Just then,

Tap tap tap.

Hee hee hee. Squeak! Squeak!

Kkamangi, who had been playing outside and had a wonderful time, came bounding into the kitchen. “Hee hee. Master! I’m hungry!”

“Come and sit down quickly,” Sejun said to Kkamangi as he placed plates of grilled fish and Yonggary chicken – a special kind of crispy chicken – in front of Theo and Kooeng.

He also gave Yonggary chicken and dried sweet potato to Kkamangi’s family, who sat down in front of Sejun.

The kitchen was filled with happy sounds of chewing and satisfied sighs. The smell of grilled fish and chicken hung in the air, mixing with the sweet scent of dried sweet potatoes. As everyone was enjoying their meal,

Ppoo!

“Water!”

Bebe!

“Yes!”

Besugu was working as the water carrier for Meokbbuphal. These days, a dried sweet potato shuttle had been added, where he occasionally brought dried sweet potatoes from Kkamangi’s storage, making Besugu’s life as the youngest even harder.

‘Just hang in there a little longer!’

The fact that two new vampires were expected to arrive soon gave Besugu hope. Since the hierarchy was determined by the order of arrival,

‘If only Lord Jormungandr and Lord Hydra would come… I’ll be able to escape being the youngest soon.’

On top of that,

‘I could even make Lord Jormungandr and Lord Hydra do my errands!’ Since he was the youngest among the vampires, the thought of bossing them around filled him with happiness.

Ppoo?!

“Sugu! Is the water still far away?!”

Of course, he was still just a lowly errand boy.

Bebe! Bebe!

“Yes! I’ll be right there!”

‘Just you wait until you get here!’ Besugu endured the day thinking about the youngest ones who would be coming in soon.

Lunchtime ended. A happy sigh escaped Sejun’s lips, “Haaah.” Then Theo yawned, “Nyaaang,” followed by Kooeng and Kkamangi with soft squeaks. Everyone felt sleepy after the good meal.

‘Should I get some sleep?’

Snore.

As Sejun fell asleep,

Gnolling.

Gnolling.

Gnolling.

The others soon fell asleep as well.

Kooeng…

“I forgot to feed the Bookbookies…”

Kooeng sleepily got up and went to the fountain where he had released the Doomsday Destruction Turtles.

Kooeng carefully took food from his snack pouch and gently placed it near the turtles, making sure each one got some.

And then,

Kooeng!

“Eat a lot and grow big!”

Bookbook.

As he was about to return to Sejun,

“Kooeng, come to the pond for a moment.”

‘Fire Sister?’

Fire’s voice was faintly heard.

Kooeng entered the cave’s pond where he heard Fire’s voice,

Splash. Splash.

As he swam and reached the bottom of the pond,

Kooeng?

At the bottom, there were about 100 inner cores of various colors that Fire had obtained from catching Tree Killers.

“Kooeng, give those to Sejun.”

Kooeng!

“Understood!”

Kooeng, who was picking up the inner cores, asked,

Kooeng?

“Fire Sister, but what should I say about where these came from?”

“Hmm…”

Fire pondered for a moment.

“Let’s say Podori gave them to you.”

Kooeng!

“Understood!”

Kooeng, having heard Fire’s answer, took the inner cores and returned to Sejun,

Koohehehe.

He snuggled into Sejun’s arms, who was still sleeping,

Gnolling.

And fell asleep again.

Sunlight streamed through the porch, warming Sejun’s face as he woke up from his nap.

“Oh! Podori gave me these?” Sejun received the inner cores from Kooeng and checked their options.

[Tree Killer’s Inner Core]

>This is an inner core created by the Tree Killer, a bug that lives in Droria and sucks the sap from trees.

When consumed, Stamina Potential increases by 50 and Stamina increases by 20.

When consumed, there is a low probability of awakening the [Talent: Exploitation].

Because its staple food is tree sap, it tastes like grass.

Usage Restriction: All stats must be 100 or higher

Grade: A

Because the inner cores were made by sucking the sap from various types of trees, the options of the inner cores varied greatly in the types and amounts of stats they increased.

‘Hehehe. Still, this is great.’ Sejun smiled and went to find Podori to thank him.

“Me?!” Podori looked completely clueless.

Sejun smiled at Podori. “Hey Podori, Kooeng gave me these inner cores. Said they were from you?”

Podori’s eyes widened. ‘Fire?’ he thought, glancing towards the pond. He swallowed hard and then said, trying to sound confident, “Oh, those? Yes, of course! I got them myself… just for you, Sejun!”

However,

“Really? It says here that they live in a world called Droria, how did Podori get them?”

Podori’s branches felt like they were turning to stone. ‘Dimension Tree?’ he thought wildly. ‘What did I just say?’ His leaves rustled nervously as he tried to come up with an answer. “That’s because I’m a Dimension Tree, so I brought them from another dimension.”

One lie leads to another.

“Dimension Tree?”

“Yes. I became a Dimension Tree this time.”

“If you’re a Dimension Tree, is that better than a World Tree?”

“Yes,” Podori said. “I became a Dimension Tree recently. It’s even better than a World Tree because a Dimension Tree can grow roots in different worlds!”

“Oh. That’s amazing. Then where else besides Droria have you taken root?” Sejun asked, curious if there were any worlds he knew among the worlds Podori had taken root in.

“That’s Droria and…” Podori mentioned 5 worlds that Sejun couldn’t verify. Because a Dimension Tree had to take root in at least 5 worlds.

Podori was paying attention to the details to avoid being caught in his lie.

“Oh. So there were trees higher than the World Tree. Anyway, Podori, I’ll enjoy these.”

“Yes. Enjoy them.”

As Sejun left,

‘Phew. I didn’t get caught.’

Podori sighed in relief.

Just then,

‘Hmm?’

‘What’s this?’

Rustle.

A sudden chill ran through Podori’s branches, making them tremble like leaves in a winter wind.

“Hehet. It would be more convenient for Podori to be a Dimension Tree if he wants to keep giving good things to Sejun!”

Podori was completely unaware that a path to success leading to becoming a Dimension Tree had opened up for him.