Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 622

The Silver Tower began its evolution into a Silver Colossus Tower.

And then,

“It’s done! Now our tower is a colossus!” Krisella cheered, watching the notification in the crystal ball.

Just then, a yawn echoed in the chamber. Stella, her hair still tousled from sleep, wandered in, rubbing her eyes. “Mother? What’s all the excitement?” she asked, her voice still thick with sleep. Stella was enjoying a month-long vacation, and ‘enjoying’ mostly meant sleeping until noon.

Krisella turned, her silver eyes sparkling with joy. “Stella, darling! Our Silver Tower! It has finally become a Silver Colossus Tower!”

Stella’s eyes widened. “Really, Mother?! Oh, that’s wonderful! Congratulations!” She rushed to Krisella and gave her a quick hug.

Krisella chuckled, a low, pleased sound. “Hoo hoo hoo. Yes, wonderful indeed. And we owe it all to that young man, Sejun. Stella, if you ever cross paths with him, you must treat him with kindness. Do you understand?”

“Of course, Mother. But when will I ever meet him?” Stella sighed dramatically. “He’s always so far away, in that Black Tower…”

“Yes,” Krisella’s voice softened, a hint of worry entering her tone. “Poor Sejun… he is still quite… fragile.”

“Yes,” Stella echoed, her own cheerful mood dimming slightly.

A small silence fell between them, the celebratory air momentarily fading.

“Mother, we should have a party on such a good day!” Stella suggested, changing the mood.

Krisella smiled. “Hoo hoo hoo. That’s right. Stella, go to Yongyong Market and buy some drinks and snacks!”

“Yes! I’ll be back soon!” A smile returned to Krisella’s face.

Thus, a party celebrating the Silver Colossus Tower’s growth was held in the Silver Dragon’s territory, increasing sales at Yongyong Market, which meant more money for Sejun.

Silver Colossus Tower, 82nd floor.

“Hey, wake up, everyone,” Sejun said, waking up his companions.

Today was the day to go home. Now that the Silver Colossus Tower’s growth was complete, it was time to return to the Black Tower.

Of course, before leaving, Sejun planned to hire the residents who had arrived late on the 82nd floor after hearing the Sejun Company recruitment news.

Since they still had room to grow, there was no reason to be picky like before.

After breakfast,

“Puhu! Get your stamp!” Theo called out, stamping the Silver Colossus Tower residents who wanted to become Sejun Company employees.

Just then, Sejun received a message: [The Silver Colossus Tower administrator says this is the reward they promised.]

Sejun received three times the advance payment he had received from Krisella as a bonus for the tower’s success. This included 3.6 trillion Tower Coins, 36 liters of the Great Silver Dragon’s Dragon Blood, 18,000 scales, and 3.6 kg of claws.

Sejun grinned, his eyes sparkling with delight. “This is even better than I hoped!” he thought, putting the reward into his subspace warehouse.

But it’s still not enough.

“Krisella,” Sejun said, “Charlie got stamped because he picked a fight with us, so please let us stamp another merchant.”

Charlie, who had been listening quietly, felt wronged. “When did I pick a fight? I only questioned him for calling my name wrong!”

Then, another message arrived: [The Silver Colossus Tower administrator says they sent the most docile merchant, but they didn’t expect this to happen.]

[The Silver Colossus Tower administrator says they cannot forgive any merchant who was rude to Sejun.]

[The Silver Colossus Tower administrator says they will obliterate the merchant if Sejun wants.]

Charlie was even threatened with obliteration.

“What?! Obliteration?”

Not just death, but obliteration for being unforgivable?

“No! Absolutely not!” Sejun said, startled by Krisella’s words.

They usually seemed like ordinary neighborhood grandfathers and grandmothers, but at times like this, he realized how scary and arrogant the Great Dragons could be.

‘I’m glad I’m not despised by the dragons,’ Sejun thought with relief.

However, he didn’t know that he was the object of their pity and a major concern for the Great Dragons.

[The Silver Colossus Tower administrator says they will allow you to stamp two other merchants.]

‘Oh! Two of them?!’ Theo will be happy!

“Heh heh heh. Thank you, Krisella!” Sejun thanked Krisella, and Krisella ordered two of the Silver Colossus Tower’s merchants to go to the 82nd floor and get Theo’s stamp.

Thanks to that, Sejun and his party’s return to the Black Tower was delayed a little longer.

Black Tower, 99th floor.

“Is this it?” one of the sugar gliders asked. “The place where Chairman Park of Sejun Company, the richest man in the Black Tower, lives?”

“What? Why does the building look so shabby?” another asked.

“Are you stupid?!” a third glider said. “That building is obviously a disguise, and there must be incredibly luxurious facilities underground!”

“Heh heh heh. I’m hungry,” said a fourth.

“Stop chattering! We need to rob it quickly and leave!” the leader said.

Five sugar gliders, a recently released house-robbing gang, flew over Sejun’s farm, scouting with their wings spread wide. They had infiltrated the 99th floor to earn living expenses.

Why target the perilous 99th floor when there are many other places to earn a living?

‘If we succeed with this one, we can live off it for the rest of our lives!’ they thought. That’s because they were very serious gamblers.

“It looks like we just need to watch out for the guy swinging the sword, the poison honeybees, and the mushroom ants,” the leader said.

“Then let’s split up,” another suggested.

“Alright.”

Whoosh!

The sugar gliders descended to the ground and moved quickly and stealthily, examining Sejun’s house, kitchen, and storage.

But…

“What’s this? There’s no way to go underground?”

“No way… then is this all there is?”

“No, I’m sure Chairman Park has a lot of money…”

No matter how much they searched, they couldn’t find the treasure they wanted.

It was only natural. Sejun didn’t have as much money as they thought.

Whenever he saved up money, an incident would happen, or Theo would burn it all using his abilities.

The thieves were flustered when they couldn’t find anything that looked expensive.

“It’s okay. Judging by the fact that Shurick, who went to the storage, hasn’t returned, there must be something there,” the leader said.

“Could be?”

“Then let’s go to the storage too.”

Just as the thieves were about to move to the storage, Shurick, who was in charge of searching the storage, appeared with a handful of corn kernels.

“Hey, come check this out! This corn is amazing!” he exclaimed. His stomach was bulging as if he had eaten a lot of corn by himself before coming.

Late because I was busy stuffing my face.

Seeing Shurick’s stomach, the colleagues realized that even the last hope, the storage, was empty.

At that moment,

Ah!

Shurick tripped over a small stone and fell with a plop!

And then, he discovered the Greatsword of Amplification in front of him.

“What’s this? A sword lying on the ground is an item?” Shurick wondered.

Chuck.

Shurick put his hand on the greatsword to check its options.

“Huh?! Guys, this is S+ grade!” he urgently called his companions.

“What?! That looks like something that was thrown away,” one of them said.

“Yeah. At best, it’s a C grade,” another agreed.

“I’m telling you, it’s real! It’s an S+ grade!” Shurick insisted.

The sugar gliders, doubting Shurick’s absurd words, checked the greatsword.

“Huh?! It’s really S+ grade…”

“They just leave an S+ grade greatsword lying around like this?!”

“Then what about the other things?!”

After checking the greatsword, they hurriedly scattered and searched Sejun’s house again, and they were shocked to learn that all the seemingly shabby tools lying around Sejun’s house and farm were S grade or higher items.

Since the dragons made things that Sejun needed one by one, most of the household items were filled with S grade or higher items. Items worth at least tens of millions of Tower Coins were lying on the ground.

[Eomdol’s Sturdy Stone Pot]

“This… This is a legendary item!” one thief gasped, eyes wide.

“So, they really do burn money, like the stories say…” another murmured, touching a golden candlestick with awe.

“Do all rich people live like *this*?” the third thief whispered, staring around at the opulent farm.

Their hearts pounded with excitement as they quickly stuffed the stolen treasures into their bags. Gold coins clinked, jewels glittered, and the air hummed with the promise of riches.

“Let’s go!” the leader finally shouted, his voice trembling with eagerness.

“If we sell just this, we could each have at least 10 billion Top Coins?!”

“10 billion?! We could easily get 100 billion Top Coins!”

“Should we just buy an entire floor?”

“Hee hee hee. Should we?”

Laughing and dreaming of riches, the thieves left the farm and flew back into the sky.

But they had stolen so much stuff they were too heavy to fly high, and…

…?!

Their exciting future wasn’t waiting for them. Instead, it was the shadow of dark pink fur.

Kroooooh!

Pink Fur blocked their path, roaring.

The Poison Honeybees had discovered the glider gang’s intrusion and reported it to Aileen, who quickly sent Pink Fur to catch the thieves.

[The Tower Administrator said: ‘Make sure Sejun never finds out.’]

And so, they vanished from the 99th floor of the Tower, and

Kke-ack!

The Mushroom Ants returned the items the thieves had stolen to their original places, as if no theft had ever occurred.

Meanwhile, in the Silver Giant Tower…

Silver Giant Tower, 95th floor.

“What?! Byurin, you have to receive a mark from that Theo and become his subordinate?!”

“Yes. That’s how it is. It’s the order of the Great Silver Dragon.”

“I can’t accept this! Theo, you rascal! How dare you go after my wife!”

Byurin’s husband, Hojin, the mercenary captain leading the Silver Lightning Mercenary Group, charged out in a rage.

And

“Oh, dear. I can’t stop him.”

Byurin sighed as she watched Hojin. A faint smile played on her lips.

She couldn’t blame Hojin, as she had married him because she loved his fiery personality.

“Looks like the couple will be joining the company together…”

Byurin wasn’t too worried about Hojin rushing off to Theo.

Theo was known as a slave hunter. Everyone in the Nine Towers had heard of him.

She knew that he would knock out anyone who challenged him and take them as subordinates, but he wouldn’t take their lives.

“I should get going soon, too.”

Byurin quickly packed her things and followed her husband to the 82nd floor of the Silver Giant Tower.

Silver Giant Tower, 82nd floor.

“Puhu-hut. Get the mark nya!”

Theo, sitting cross-legged on Sejun’s lap, stamped the employees with his seal.

“Puhu-hut. Chairman Park, give me Churu nya!”

“Yes, sir.”

“Puhu-hut. Chairman Park, stroke my belly nya!”

“Yes, sir.”

He kept asking Sejun for things, and Sejun easily gave Theo what he wanted.

Sejun wanted to do even more for Theo because he was working so hard.

Koohehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Daddy, drinking coffee!]

Kkueng brought coffee for Sejun.

“You’re the only one I can count on, son. Ahh.”

Sejun praised Kkueng and then drank his coffee, and

Koohehehe.

Kkueng quietly clung to Sejun’s side, focusing his mind.

He had felt something yesterday while absorbing Windron’s power.

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hee hee. Butler! Bring out the dried sweet potato!]

Kkamangi also asked Sejun for what he needed, following Theo’s example, but

“Yes, sir.”

Kkihihit.

Smack. Smack…

Ptooey!

Kking!

[Butler! This isn’t dried sweet potato, it’s a leek!]

What Sejun had put in Kkamangi’s mouth was a detoxifying leek.

“Heh heh heh. The sword’s revenge.”

Kking!

[That’s because he was weak!]

Just when Sejun was joking with Kkamangi,

“Greetings. I am Kadan, a merchant from the Silver Giant Tower.”

A giant hawk descended from the sky and greeted Sejun and Theo.

“Oh, Kadan, welcome.”

“Puhu-hut. Kadan, welcome nya!”

Press.

After saying hello to Kadan, Sejun and Theo hired him as a full-time worker for Sejun Company, and

“This isn’t much, but it’s my thank you gift.”

Kadan gave Theo a heavy money pouch and left.

“Just one more and we can go home.”

“Puhu-hut. I understand nya!”

As Sejun and Theo were quietly talking and increasing the number of employees,

“Which one of you is Theo?! Come out now!”

Hojin, a towering tiger-tribe warrior, muscles bulging under his fur, appeared, shouting from afar.

Behind Hojin were his 10,000 subordinates.

The Silver Lightning Mercenary Group was the largest mercenary group in the Silver Giant Tower, with tremendous influence.

“Puhu-hut. This body is the right-hand man of the great Hybrid Chairman Park, the fatal dragon claw, the hybrid golden cat, the lucky merchant Park Theo nya!”

Of course, because he fought Theo, that power now belonged to Sejun Company.

A short while later.

Press. Press. Press.

[The number of full-time employees affiliated with Sejun Company in the Silver Giant Tower has exceeded 10,000.]

[Sejun Company’s influence in the Silver Giant Tower is greatly increasing.]

[Sejun Company’s full-time employee communication network is expanding.]

[From now on, communication between full-time employees of the Black Giant Tower and the Silver Giant Tower is possible.]

The employee networks of the Silver Giant Tower and the Black Giant Tower were now connected, and

“Hello. I am Byurin, a merchant from the Silver Giant Tower. My husband is kind, but he has a quick temper. Thank you for saving him. This is my thank you gift.”

Byurin, who arrived late, found Theo, greeted him, and checked on her husband.

Even though Hojin was unconscious, he looked proud. For him, losing to someone strong wasn’t shameful, it was something to be proud of.

“Puhu-hut. That’s right nya! Hojin seems kind nya! Hojin gave me a lot of money nya!”

“What?! Did my husband have money?!”

“Puhu-hut. He had 10 billion Top Coins nya!”

“Ho ho ho. Is that so?”

Byurin smiled thinly at Theo. But her eyes were burning as she looked at Hojin.

There was no way Hojin, who lived on an allowance, could have such a large sum of money. He must have taken on a request without her knowing and saved up the money.

Byurin approached Hojin with a cold expression.

‘Was it an emergency fund?’

Sejun realized that the money Hojin had was an emergency fund from Byurin’s reaction.

His wife was a merchant. If he needed money, he could just ask her. So why did he need an emergency fund?!

‘Why did he make an emergency fund?’

He thought about the reason why Hojin made an emergency fund.

‘The reason is obvious in these cases.’

Of course, it was probably to buy some limited edition thing his wife wouldn’t let him get!

I have to help!

“Oh? Now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem like Hojin’s money. Right, Vice Chairman Theo?”

“Nya?! That’s right nya! It doesn’t seem like Hojin’s money nya!”

Sejun felt like he understood Hojin. He nodded to Theo and quickly tried to help Hojin, but

“Hmph. He saved up 10 billion Top Coins without me knowing?”

Byurin, already sure he was hiding something, arrived in front of Hojin.

Slide.

She put 10 billion Top Coins into Hojin’s arms. The reason Hojin was trying to make an emergency fund was obvious.

“It’s almost our wedding anniversary. Please keep it a secret from my husband.”

Byurin smiled faintly and then returned to her expressionless face, and

“Oh?!”

Sejun, who had been slightly hopeful, felt somewhat betrayed.