Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 613

The Forest of Creation.

“Candidate of the Creation Tree. You have successfully grown a Dimension Tree. You have passed the third test as well,” the Statue said.

[Yes… Am I becoming a Creation Tree now?]

Flamey drooped his leaves and asked the Stone Statue in a dispirited voice.

“Don’t even think about it.”

[Huh?!]

“Did you think becoming a Creation Tree was so easy?! There are more trials left!” The Statue scolded Flamey, who seemed to think it was too easy.

[Oh?! Y-you’re right! I also think becoming a Creation Tree shouldn’t be easy!]

Yay! There weren’t just three trials!

Flamey’s leaves perked up, and a warm feeling spread through him. ‘More trials?’ he thought excitedly. ‘Good! I want to prove myself!’

“That’s right. Becoming a Creation Tree isn’t that easy. There are still two more trials left.”

“Will I have to seal my powers again for the next trial?” Flamey asked. He was already thinking about seeing Sejun again after the trial was over.

“No. There will be no more sealing from now on.”

[Huh?! Why not?! Why?! Sealing my powers is what makes the trials harder! You said becoming a Creation Tree shouldn’t be easy?!]

Flamey argued with the Stone Statue, who was contradicting himself.

It’s because you’ve become too strong!

The Stone Statue, unable to admit the truth due to his pride, felt wronged.

Originally, sealing was the right thing to do, but Flamey had become too strong to be sealed. In fact, the seal almost broke in the middle this time as well.

Sejun, who would have ended his life as an old bachelor if he had been just a little late, was going back and forth between life and death without even knowing it.

“Candidate of the Creation Tree. But don’t worry. I will increase the difficulty of the trials in another way.” The Stone Statue answered, admiring Flamey for wanting to take on high-difficulty trials.

[How are you going to increase it?]

Flamey’s expectations rose again.

“First, there is something to learn before the trial.”

[Something to learn?]

“That’s right. You will learn how to create an Avatar.”

Originally, you should learn it after becoming a Creation Tree, but… well, you’re practically合格 anyway.

The Stone Statue thought it was okay to teach Flamey a few skills that a Creation Tree should learn in advance.

There are no other candidates, and frankly, Flamey is already the strongest Creation Tree of all time with the power he has now.

[An Avatar?]

“Yes. It’s like a clone that has some of your power.”

[Oh?!]

My clone?!

In Flamey’s mind, he imagined a scene of playing happily with Sejun every day with his clone.

[Hehe. Please teach me quickly!]

“Alright.”

Flamey began to learn how to create an Avatar from the Stone Statue.

Meanwhile, far away on the 99th floor of the Black Tower, Sejun was having a different kind of morning.

Sejun was busily cooking in the kitchen.

He had already made breakfast, and what he was making now was lunch.

It was kimbap to eat with a picnic mood at the sea on the 77th floor of the Blue Tower.

The bright morning sun sparkled on the clear blue water of the 77th floor sea. The gentle waves made a soft sound as Sejun spread out the bamboo mat on the warm sand.

Sejun laid a bamboo mat on the floor, placed a sheet of seaweed on it, thinly spread rice on the seaweed, and then placed egg garnish, shredded carrots and cucumbers, spinach, burdock, crayfish meat, and seasoned radish on top, rolling it all up.

Only the skin of the cucumber was used for a crunchy texture, and seasoned radish was used in place of pickled radish.

In the past, Mom used to put seasoned radish in because she was too lazy to go buy pickled radish, but it was delicious.

“Hehehe. Is this our family’s secret recipe?”

Sejun thought it was a dish created by Kim Mi-ran’s improvisation, but it was actually a recipe from President Baek, who had created many famous franchises.

Without knowing that,

“Kkueng-ah, say ah. This is our family’s secret recipe, seasoned radish kimbap.”

Sejun brushed sesame oil on the outside of the kimbap, sliced off the end, and put the kimbap end into Kkuengi’s mouth.

Kkueng!

[Delicious!]

Kkuengi smiled broadly and shook his body back and forth after eating the kimbap.

And

Our family’s secret recipe! Kkuengi will inherit it!

Kkueng?

[Dad, how do you make seasoned radish?]

“That’s…”

Kkuengi, burning with a sense of duty to master the family’s secret recipe, diligently asked Sejun questions.

Answering Kkuengi’s questions, Sejun diligently made hundreds of rolls of kimbap, and then

“Aileen, this is for you.”

“Brother-in-law, take this to the Four Dragon Society and Five Dragon Society grandfathers, and have some yourself too.”

Sejun gave kimbap to Aileen and the other dragons and had breakfast with his companions.

And then

“Alright. Let’s go!”

Sejun and his companions packed the lunch boxes filled with kimbap and went back to the 77th floor of the Blue Tower to find the Creation God’s monument.

[Arrived at the 77th floor of the Blue Tower.]

Having arrived at the 77th floor of the Blue Tower.

“Huh?!”

“Nyang?! The great Hybrid Park CEO, our jewel scallop is gone, nyang!”

“Theoson, it’s a theft.”

What greeted them was a theft.

“Everyone, look for anything suspicious.” Sejun said to his companions.

“Puhuhut. Don’t worry! Theoson, assistant to the great detective Sherlock Sejun, is on the case!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Detective Kkuenan will also look for evidence!]

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehit. Butler! The great Blackie will catch the culprit for you!]

Theo, Kkuengi, and Blackie’s family began to look for traces of the culprit who stole the jewel scallop.

“Did they take anything else?”

Sejun also looked to see if any other items had been stolen, and

“Huh?!”

My seaweed!

He discovered that the seaweed he had dried well on the rocks had also disappeared.

Sejun frowned, his good mood fading a little. ‘My seaweed? But I spent ages drying that!’ He felt a little annoyed, but mostly confused. Who would steal seaweed?

Sejun grumbled and hurriedly began to dry the seaweed on the rocks again.

A little later.

Tap tap tap.

Kking!

[Butler!]

Blackie came running urgently, calling for Sejun.

“Blackie, did you find something?”

Kking! Kking!

[No! That’s not important!]

“Then what is it?”

Kking? Kking?

[Butler! What was the great Blackie’s name again? Was it Detective Kkabang?]

“Detective Kkeobeongie.”

Kking?! Kking?!

[Oh?! Was that it?]

Sejun didn’t even realize he was teasing him, and Blackie tilted his head.

At that moment,

“Puhuhut. Theoson, assistant to the great detective Sherlock Sejun, has found evidence, nyang!”

Theo brought a strand of blue fur.

Sniff. Sniff.

Kkueng!

[The scent leads this way!]

Kkuengi began to track the scent of the fur that Theo had found.

However,

Kkueng…

[The scent stops here…]

It was impossible to track because the surroundings were the sea.

“I have no choice. Kin, please help me.”

He clearly told me to say something if there was anything uncomfortable.

Sejun recalled Kin’s words from yesterday and requested help from the great Blue Dragon Kin Aster.

And then

-Find all the guys who have been to the 77th floor of the tower between last night and this morning!

The order from the great Blue Dragon Kin Aster, who received Sejun’s request, was delivered to all floors of the Blue Tower.

In particular, the Blue Tower Wandering Merchant Association was in chaos.

They must have used the merchant route managed by the Wandering Merchant Association when traveling through the tower.

While the bosses and wandering merchants of all floors were looking for the jewel scallop thief,

Sejun and his companions searched the sea for the Creation God’s monument all morning.

But

“Why can’t I see it?”

There were no results today either.

“He clearly told me to search the bottom of the sea well…”

Sejun pondered the Creation God’s words and came up to the surface to prepare lunch.

Hehehe. Cold kimbap needs hot soup.

Sejun put water in a pot and tore open a bag of ramen.

Kimbap and ramen.

A perfect combination.

“Like us.”

Sejun smiled, looking at his companions.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Dad is a genius!]

Kkuengi admired the combination of ramen and kimbap, which he was experiencing for the first time, and praised Sejun again today.

As the lunch of shock and admiration ended,

“Ah. Good.”

Sejun lay down on a sunbed and drank coffee.

Then,

“Puhuhut.”

Kkuhehehe.

Theo and Kkuengi climbed onto Sejun’s body and settled down.

However,

Kkirolong.

Blackie was sleeping with a dried sweet potato in his mouth.

“Our Blackie must be cold?”

Hehehe. The sea breeze is fierce.

Seeing Blackie like that, Sejun’s playful side was triggered.

He covered Blackie with a thick blanket of sand and pretended not to know anything, lying back down on the sunbed to rest again.

A little later.

Kking… Kking…

Blackie woke up and struggled out of the sand, and

Kking?! Kking?! Kking!

[Who is it?! Who covered the great Blackie with sand?! Detective Kkapang will definitely find them!]

He set out to find the culprit, but

“Blackie, do you want some dried sweet potato?”

Kking!

He was distracted by the dried sweet potato and quickly forgot about it.

While Sejun and his companions were having a peaceful time,

“Sejun, I found it!”

Zelga, the tower farmer of the Blue Tower, came to Sejun with a clue about the jewel scallop culprit.

“So, you saw a ship carrying a huge object from the 77th floor of the tower moving to the 82nd floor?”

“Yes.”

Fortunately, the 82nd floor of the tower was a floor where they had registered a waypoint to find the Creation God’s monument in the past.

I was already annoyed that I couldn’t find the monument, but I guess I can relieve some stress.

“Guys, let’s go!”

Sejun and his companions set off for the 82nd floor of the Blue Tower to catch the jewel scallop thief.

The port town of Marcio on the 82nd floor of the Blue Tower.

“Move it carefully!”

A huge scallop covered in jewels was being moved into the largest mansion in Marcio.

And

“Where did that come from?”

Bochel, a merchant of the Blue Tower, watched the scallop being moved through the window of the mansion and asked his subordinate Tobas.

“Hehehe. Some fool only ate the flesh and left the shell behind.”

“Really? There’s a fool who would leave a jewel scallop shell behind?” Bochel asked with a slightly suspicious voice.

In Bochel’s trading company, Tobas’s nickname was Tobas the Failure. Most of Tobas’s business trips didn’t yield much profit.

Bochel thought that Tobas’s diligence in trying hard would one day see the light, so he continued to entrust Tobas with business trips, but when Tobas actually hit the jackpot, he became a little uneasy.

“Yes. And please try this. I brought some seaweed that was being dried around the jewel scallop, and it’s really delicious when you dip it in this.”

Tobas dipped the dried seaweed in the soy sauce seasoning that Sejun had made and handed it to Bochel. Sejun hadn’t even noticed that the seasoning was gone.

“Tobas! You saw someone was drying this seaweed! Didn’t you think they would come back for it? You should have known someone owned the scallop too!”

Bochel noticed Tobas’s mistake and scolded him.

“Where is it?! Go quickly, return the jewel scallop, and apologize!”

“Yes…”

Tobas, who thought he could finally live up to Bochel’s expectations, opened the door with a sullen expression after being scolded by Bochel.

And

“Hehe. Gotcha.”

“Puhuhut. As expected, the great detective Sherlock Sejun is amazing, nyang! A clean sweep, nyang!”

Sejun and Theo smiled evilly, looking at Tobas and Bochel standing behind Tobas.

A little later.

Stamp.

Theo stamped the seal on the forehead of Bochel, the merchant of the Blue Tower, adding two more votes to Theo’s impeachment.

And

“Puhuhut. From now on, Bochel will be in charge of the Sejun Company’s Blue Tower branch, nyang! And if you need help, ask the boss of the 99th floor or Zelga for help, nyang!”

“Yes! I will work hard!”

Bochel gained the strongest connections.

Sejun and his companions, having recovered the jewel scallop and looted about half of Bochel’s treasure vault,

“I’m hungry, give me some food.”

“Puhuhut. CEO Park, grill some fish for me, nyang!”

“Okay. I’ll use the kitchen too.”

Using Bochel’s house as if it were their own and getting dinner,

“Let’s go back.”

They returned to the 77th floor of the Blue Tower and explored the darkened night sea.

Honestly, it was more to digest the food they had eaten so much of than for exploration.

While swimming in the dark sea,

“Huh?”

Sejun saw a light rising from the bottom far away.