Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 592

“Puhuhut! Chairman Park, look at me! I’m a *ruthless* merchant now, meow!” Theo puffed out his chest, his whiskers twitching with pride.

“Puhuhut! Chairman Park, I said I’m a *ruthless* merchant now, meow!” He repeated, just in case Sejun hadn’t heard the first time.

*Lick.*

“Mohehe. Delicious bad luck.” Poyo, the pink rabbit, stretched out a long tongue and gently licked Sejun’s hand. He tasted the faint shadow of misfortune that still clung to Sejun, savoring it like a sweet treat.

*Grrrr…* A low growl rumbled from the shadows.

“Stay away from Master!” Kkamangi, the black rabbit, stepped forward, his nose wrinkled and teeth bared at Poyo. He might be small and fluffy, but his protective growl was surprisingly fierce.

Theo and others were helping Sejun a lot. Because of this, Sejun had fewer chances to become stronger. Also, if his bad luck went away, he would grow even slower.

At the end of all growth, there is a wall, and trials help you overcome it. The stronger the trial, the greater you grow when you overcome the wall. Sometimes, misfortune can be helpful because it makes the trials stronger.

Of course, too much misfortune is bad, but Sejun’s misfortune wasn’t that bad yet.

This didn’t apply to Yuren, who hadn’t grown enough to face a wall.

“Yes…”

Poyo looked sad because Kkamangi was angry and wouldn’t let him eat Sejun’s misfortune.

“Uheheh. Theo, trust me now! Delicious misfortune!” Yuren shouted and used his new skill.

A red light burst out from Yuren.

Delicious misfortune?

Sejun watched, confused.

Then, they heard many footsteps.

“That’s him! Catch that pink pig!”

“Don’t get in the way! That pig belongs to Nina of the Chain Sickle!”

“No! That delicious pig is ours!”

Hundreds of criminals, drawn by Yuren’s delicious misfortune, swarmed in. They looked dirty and shouted loudly as they ran.

What’s this?!

Yuren’s new skill attracted criminals from all around.

[Divine Skill: Luscious Misfortune]

[This skill contains the power of Misfortune, the God of Misfortune. It spreads the scent of delicious misfortune within a 10km radius, attracting those who make others unhappy.]

[Each time you use the skill, it uses 10% of your misfortune.]

[Only those who follow the gods can learn this divine skill.]

“Puhuhut. Yuren, well done, meow!”

Theo happily knocked out the criminals who came because of Yuren’s skill and stamped them with his seal.

“Puhuhut. These guys have a lot of money, meow!”

In less than 30 minutes, they earned 5 trillion Top Coins, the common money used in the Tower. Theo and Yuren worked amazingly well together.

“Mohehe. Delicious!” Poyo was also very happy.

“Let’s take them to Zeras first and get the bounty.”

Sejun and his group tied up the criminals, locked them in a safe place, and went to Zeras. They received 1 trillion Top Coins as a reward.

“Zeras, where do criminals often appear?” Sejun asked.

“Where criminals often appear? Hmm. First, the north side of the shopping district…”

Sejun visited the areas Zeras told him about.

“Uheheh. Luscious misfortune!” Yuren used his skill.

Theo made a lot of money by beating up criminals, and the crime areas became much safer.

The next day at lunch,

“This bounty is 3.5 trillion Top Coins.”

“Puhuhut. Thanks to Chairman Park, I finished my job quest, meow!” Theo said.

Theo finished his job quest while getting the bounty from Zeras. Kkuengi also became an Advanced Herbalist after finishing the job quest.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I’m a ruthless merchant now, meow!” Theo bragged to Sejun about his new job.

“Ruthless? Is that an insult?” Sejun asked.

“Meow?! An insult, meow?! Herr, come out, meow! Why am I a ruthless merchant, meow?! Change it now, meow! If you don’t, I’ll impeach you, meow!” Theo was angry and started arguing with Herr.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, what should I change it to instead of ruthless merchant, meow?!” He could change his job title and asked Sejun for ideas.

“How about Lucky Merchant?” Sejun suggested. “Theo is a lucky cat, after all.”

“Puhuhut. Good, meow! Herr, make me a Lucky Merchant, meow!”

Theo’s job title became Lucky Merchant.

[Talent: Naming Sense effect is activated.]

[A special effect is added to the name Lucky Merchant.]

[A job trait is added: All stats increase by 777 each time you level up.]

[A job trait is added: 7% of the purchase amount is refunded each time you buy an item.]

Good things happened right away.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park is amazing, meow!” Theo praised Sejun as soon as something good happened.

“Huh?! Change me to Lucky Top Farmer too!” Sejun looked at Theo and tried to change his job title, but

[Job: Top Farmer has not grown enough to change the job title.]

[You must reach a higher level to change the name.]

He was told to come back when he was stronger.

I’m not jealous. I’m not jealous, Sejun thought.

Sejun stroked Theo’s head, trying not to show his jealousy.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, are you jealous, meow?”

“Uh…that’s…”

The clever cat noticed right away.

“Chairman Park, holding it in will make you sick, meow! Let’s go to the bathroom quickly, meow!”

Of course, it was a false alarm.

As soon as Theo’s job quest was done,

“Let’s go home now.”

Sejun went back to the 99th floor of the tower and started preparing food for the 4th Dragon Council, which would be held at the White Tower.

There was a lot to do, from the Dragon Council to a Christmas party with friends and gifts.

“Everyone, let’s work!”

Kkeaack!

The mushroom ants, now numbering in the thousands, helped.

Beeing!

[Mr. Sejun, we will help you!]

Whirr! Whirr!

The poison honeybees, led by their queen Dalkomi, helped carry and prepare the ingredients.

Also, at midnight, the 20th Blue Moon that Sejun had seen since coming to the tower appeared.

Bbeik!

Bbeik!

Bbyak!

The moon rabbits, Wolgang, Wolha, and Heukwolbok, arrived with a Blue Moon jump.

“Oh. You guys came!”

The three rabbits had cooked with Sejun for a long time and worked well with him. Sejun asked them to help prepare the food.

For this Dragon Council, he planned to make sujeonggwa (a sweet Korean drink), cinnamon rolls, guacamole, and avocado juice using the new cinnamon and avocado.

For the cake, he would bake Ajax’s favorite hotcakes in a huge size, creating a giant 100-story whipped cream hotcake tower.

Luckily, Sejun No. 2 had been making attribute wine while Sejun was away, so they had plenty.

With so many helping hands, Sejun had some free time. He planned the Christmas party with Theo at night and prepared the dishes for the Dragon Council during the day. He was tired but happy to see his friends helping.

The days passed quickly, and the day of the Dragon Council arrived.

“Kellion, here’s the food.”

-Euhahahaha. Sejun, thank you. Good job!

Kellion was very happy to receive the food Sejun had prepared. The cinnamon dishes had a unique sweetness that made people want more, and the avocado dishes were soft and savory.

‘This is as good as the Dragon Council at the Black Tower a month ago,’ Kellion thought, smiling. He checked the Dragon Council one last time, and the other Black Dragon Society dragons went to the White Tower to attend.

“Hoo. It’s over.” Sejun sighed, relieved to finish one big task.

However,

“Eucha! Now I have to prepare for the Christmas party.”

He couldn’t rest for long.

Only two weeks until Christmas.

He had to invite people to the party, decorate the Christmas tree, prepare food, and prepare gifts. It was going to be a fun party with friends and gifts.

Luckily, the Cove Kingdom, the messenger bird Bbyot, and other messenger birds were already delivering party invitations. Yuren and Poyo went with Bbyot.

Now, he only had to decorate the tree, prepare food, and prepare gifts.

But there was a problem…

‘Decorating the tree and preparing food can be done together, but preparing gifts has to be done secretly…’ Sejun thought.

He didn’t want others to know about the gifts. To do that, he had to separate Kkuengi, Baetbaet, and the Kkamangi family, but he didn’t know how.

What should I do?

As Sejun worried,

[The great Blue Dragons are praising your food from afar.]

[Your soul is greatly filled by receiving praise from many high-ranking beings.]

[Spirit increases by 500.]

…

..

. The spirit began to rise because the great dragons praised Sejun’s food.

Squeak!

[Everyone, he’s coming!]

The Kkamangi family adjusted the spirit going to Sejun based on his condition.

[Spirit has reached the limit of 10,000.]

[You have reached 10,000 spirit.]

[Your weak will begins to slightly affect the world.]

Sejun reached 10,000 spirit and could now slightly affect the world.

My will slightly affects the world?

“Rise!” Sejun stared at a stone and shouted.

……

The stone didn’t move.

“I knew it.” Sejun realized he wasn’t that powerful yet and went to the pine trees.

He arrived at a dense pine forest with hundreds of trees. He had started with 5 pine tree seeds, but he grew them quickly with the Elixir of Harvest and collected the seeds to grow more.

“Transplant.”

Crack!

[The pine tree has been uprooted.]

[Proficiency of Transplant Lv. 5 slightly increases.]

[The roots are not damaged due to the effect of Transplant Lv. 5.]

[The pine tree stays healthy for 5 hours due to the effect of Transplant Lv. 5.]

Sejun uprooted the pine trees and placed them in a circle near the house. He planted the rest along the road from the entrance of the 99th floor to the farm. The scent of pine filled the air.

Kkueng!

Sejun could only plant one tree while Kkuengi planted 30, but

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It’s fun doing it with Daddy!]

“Hehehe. Me too.”

They were both happy.

After transplanting all the pine trees,

“Everyone, let’s decorate the Christmas tree now. Hang whatever you want on the tree.”

Sejun and his friends began to decorate the Christmas tree.

“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, will hang the fish bones I’ve eaten, meow!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Kkuengi will hang rice cakes!]

Theo and Kkuengi decorated the tree with their favorite things.

“Hmm. It would be nice to have something shiny,” Sejun said. He added decorations to the tree.

Kkihihit. Squeak!

[Hehe. Master! Great Kkamangi will help you!]

Kkamangi followed Sejun, wanting to help.

Smack. Smack. Smack.

Kkihihit. Squeak!

[Hehe. Delicious!]

After eating about 3 of Kkuengi’s rice cakes,

Squeak…Squeak…

[Great Kkamangi is full…I’m going to sleep now…] He went into Sejun’s sock and fell asleep.

A moment later,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I’m done, meow!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Daddy, Kkuengi is done too!]

Theo and Kkuengi clung to Sejun’s lap.

“Wait a minute. I’m almost done too,” Sejun said.

Just as Sejun was finishing the tree,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Mr. Sejun! Mr. Theo! I’m here!” Iona arrived with the magic lights Sejun had asked for.

The lights were made by putting magic stones in colored glass bottles.

“Iona, can you hang the lights evenly on the trees?”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut! Yes!”

Iona used magic to hang the lights evenly.

“Light.”

When Iona turned on the magic, lights of all colors sparkled and danced among the trees, like jewels scattered on a dark cloth.

“Hmm…something’s missing.”

Why doesn’t it feel like Christmas?

Sejun looked closely at the Christmas tree.

“Ah! Carol!” He realized there was no music.

It was time for the singer Baetbaet to sing some Christmas carols.