Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 685

Kkamangi giggled, hiding behind a large plant pot on the 99th floor of the Silver Tower. “Hee hee! Food stolen from the butler is always the best!” He peeked around the pot, his eyes gleaming with mischief.

In a different tower, also on the 99th floor, a soft “whoosh” filled the air.

“Grow,” Ophelia murmured, her voice gentle. With a flick of her wrist, she used her magic, scattering tiny mugwort seeds across the rich soil in her garden.

The seeds touched the dark earth and, with a soft “scritch scritch” sound, began to sprout, reaching eagerly towards the light.

While the seeds grew, Ophelia imagined the delicious dishes Sejun would bring to the Dragon Council. Her tail swished happily as she thought of steaming bowls of broth and platters piled high with colorful vegetables.

A little later, Ophelia harvested the mugwort.

[You have harvested fresh, life-filled mugwort.]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

“Hehe. The one responsible for Sejun’s life is none other than the great Green Dragon Ophelia Igorg,” Ophelia boasted as she harvested the mugwort.

In the Black Tower, also on the 99th floor, Sejun bowed to the fading figure of Sejun No. 12, who was now crumbling into dust. “Sejun No. 12, thank you for your hard work.”

Sejun No. 12 was one of the magical copies Sejun could create from dragon fruit, but they only lasted for a short time. It had been six days since Sejun began preparing the dishes for the Dragon Council, and Sejun No. 12’s time was up.

Thanks to him, Sejun had to finish the cooking alone, but it was alright because everything except the main dish was already done. Originally, Herre had given him three dragon fruits a few days ago to make more copies, but they were all failures.

The dragon fruit that replicated the greenhouse and lawn-laying skills didn’t work. The dragon fruit that replicated the vitality and cleanliness maintenance skills didn’t work. The dragon fruit that replicated the transplanting and weeding skills didn’t work either.

So, one copy went to lay grass in the Black Minotaur area, another did the dishes, and the last one… Where did he go? He must be weeding or transplanting trees somewhere. Since he was a copy of Sejun, he wouldn’t be slacking off.

In the kitchen where Sejun No. 12 had disappeared, Sejun spoke, “Vice President Theo, are you ready, meow?”

“Puhu! Ready, meow! I’ve cleaned my dragon claws, meow!” Theo replied.

“Good. Kkuengie, are you ready?” Sejun asked.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Kkuengie is ready! Kkuengie is now a sous chef!]

Sejun began to make the main dish for the Dragon Council with Theo and Kkuengie. The menu was three dishes: Stir-fried Squid, Fried Squid, and Cold Raw Squid Soup.

“Vice President Theo, please chop the vegetables,” Sejun instructed.

“Puhu! I understand, meow!” Theo replied.

Tap tap tap! Theo chopped the vegetables to go into the stir-fried squid. They used crops imbued with Blue Moon’s energy harvested the day before.

“Kkuengie, please make the batter for the fried squid,” Sejun said.

Kkueng!

[I understand!]

“Then, shall I make the sauce?” Sejun wondered.

While Sejun, Theo, and Kkuengie were busy cooking, Kkamangi hid behind the kitchen door, waiting for a chance to steal the finished dishes. “Hee hee! I’ll steal the food secretly when it’s done.”

“Roasted sweet potato slices are the most delicious, but hee hee! Food stolen from the butler is always the best!” Kkamangi thought, enjoying the thrill.

While everyone was in the kitchen, Baek-Tang came rushing in like an arrow.

Kyaoong!

Tap tap tap!

Baek-Tang’s goal was, of course, Sejun’s lap. “I’ll succeed this time!” he thought.

However, Theo, who had appeared unnoticed, blocked Baek-Tang’s path and hissed. “Haa! Haa!”

As Theo got angry, Baek-Tang immediately lay on his back, showing his belly. He gave up quickly.

Kyaoong…

As Theo secured Sejun’s lap again, a beep sounded.

[Hello, Sejun!]

Bbyot bounced into the kitchen, chuckling happily. “Hello, Sejun! Looks like you’re cooking? I haven’t eaten yet. Just saying.”

“Hello!” Yuren and Poyo entered the kitchen with the remaining guards.

Nyong nyong! Bbok bbok! Chek chek!

However, seeing Sejun’s serious expression, they quickly ran outside. “You’re shedding fur.”

Sejun was a man serious when cooking.

A little later, as the main dish was almost finished, Sejun told the group who were resting outside, “Guys, catch some fire moths for us to eat from the subspace warehouse,” and went back into the kitchen.

There were no Black Flame Fire Moths caught in the morning, but there were plenty of White Flame and Blue Flame Fire Moths. And since Theo’s chopped vegetables, Kkuengie’s batter, and Sejun’s sauce were left, he was thinking of making a simpler version of the three squid dishes he had made earlier.

“Yes! Leave it to us!” Bbyot and Yuren headed to the Fire Moth farm.

Bbyot! Bbyot!

“I’ll catch a lot!” Bbyot said.

However, Sejun and Bbyot were overlooking one thing: Poyo, who should have been next to Yuren, was gone.

Poyo was stealing food under Kkamangi’s orders. “Hee hee! Poyo! Bring that to the great Kkamangi!”

Hee hee! Kking!

“Yes!” Poyo replied.

“Poyo, what are you doing?” Sejun asked, catching him quickly.

“I am under the orders of the great Kkamangi…” Poyo told Sejun the truth.

Kking!

[Run away!] Kkamangi shouted and ran away to save himself.

However, Sejun called out, “Kkamangi, if you don’t come here now, I’m adding an extra week of diet!”

Kking!

[No!] Kkamangi cried. He had no choice but to return because of the diet. “Who told you to make Poyo steal food?! Huh?!” Sejun scolded.

Kking…

“And Poyo, you just do whatever Kkamangi tells you to do…” Sejun continued.

“Huh?!” Sejun realized something was wrong. Why is Poyo here alone?! Then where is Yuren?! He felt a chill down his spine and goosebumps all over.

At that moment, Theo shouted in a bright voice, raising his front paws, “Puhu! Chairman Park, I feel a pull, meow!”

“Hehehe,” Sejun shivered. A blessing in disguise. He got goosebumps again, but this time, it was a good kind of goosebumps.

Creak.

Bbyot.

Piyot and Yuren entered the Fire Moth Farm.

“Wow. That’s a lot,” Yuren said, stepping into the Fire Moth Farm, the air shimmering red around them. It was intense.

Piyot suddenly looked around. Where was Poyo?

He zipped around Yuren, his tiny wings beating fast, checking every part of Yuren’s clothes. Had Poyo somehow gotten lost again?

“Hehe. No idea,” Yuren said with a giggle, completely unconcerned. Yuren was often a bit careless, Piyot thought with a sigh.

*Crack!*

A sharp sound split the air, echoing from the middle of the Fire Moth Farm. It was like the sound of ice breaking.

“Piyot?” Yuren asked, finally looking a little worried.

*What was that?* Piyot thought, his heart beating faster.

He flew towards the sound and gasped. A thin, jagged line was spreading across the blade of Surtr’s Flame Sword, which stood tall in the center of the room. It looked like a dark vein pulsing on the red metal.

Whoosh!

Bright blue flames burst from the crack, licking at the air like angry spirits escaping.

Whirr!

The five essences of fire nearby started to swirl and spin out of control.

“Piyot!” Yuren shouted.

“[Yuren!]”

Piyot immediately scolded Yuren. If something bad happened, it was always Yuren’s fault.

“Sorry,” Yuren apologized right away. Most of the time, bad things were his fault.

Whoosh!

The flames grew stronger, expanding their reach, and Piyot and Yuren hurried out of the room.

Whoosh!

Flames tried to follow them out.

Bang!

Piyot quickly slammed the door shut. As he did, he saw the Fire Moths being engulfed by the flames, absorbing the fire and rapidly multiplying.

Even with the door closed,

Sssssss!

The flames beyond the door began to melt it.

This was a big problem because the farm was in a separate world.

It meant that the flames were too strong for the dimension to handle.

Just then,

“Hehe. I knew it would be here.”

“Puhuhu. It’s all thanks to me, nya!”

A duo with frivolous but strangely reassuring laughter appeared: Sejun and Theo, who was clinging to Sejun’s knee.

“Oh? The door melted?”

“Puhuhu. The great Hybrid Chairman Park, I can feel the pull from beyond the door, nya!”

“I know.”

Sejun replied to Theo, taking a red pipe, the Flame Eater, from his pocket and putting it in his mouth.

“Poyo, stay close to Yuren.”

“Mohehehe. Yes!”

Sejun attached Poyo to Yuren, then

“Let’s go.”

“Puhuhu. Let’s go, nya!”

Sejun absorbed the flames with the Flame Eater and stepped into the Fire Moth Farm through the almost completely melted door.

Some of the heat that the Flame Eater couldn’t absorb touched Sejun, but

“Ugh. Feels refreshing.”

It only made Sejun, who possessed the Title: Reborn from Flames, feel good.

“Puhuhu. Chairman Park, I’ll absorb that heat for you, nya! Nya!”

Even that heat was diligently absorbed by the loyal Theo with his Talent: Energy Absorption.

He could only absorb normal energy before, but somehow Theo had become able to freely absorb elemental energy as well.

Sejun wasn’t surprised. Theo was always doing unexpected things.

As Sejun went deeper into the farm, the inside was like a blast furnace.

As the intense heat overflowed, countless ordinary Fire Moths with red flame wings were born.

The ordinary Fire Moths threw themselves towards the red flames and were reborn as White Flame Fire Moths. The white flames looked softer than the red ones.

The White Flame Fire Moths threw themselves towards the white flames to become Blue Flame Fire Moths, and the Blue Flame Fire Moths threw themselves towards the blue flames to be reborn as Black Flame Fire Moths. The blue flames looked hotter and sharper.

Surtr’s Flame Sword had already released all its heat and lay on the floor, and the Essences of Fire were in the same state.

I should ask Lempter to remake the Essences of Fire, using about ten this time.

That much would be needed to replace Surtr’s Flame Sword.

Just as Sejun was thinking about remaking the Fire Moth Farm,

“Huh?!”

Sejun saw the Black Flame Fire Moths throwing themselves towards the black flames.

There was a final evolution?!

“Hehe. Vice Chairman Theo, I’m so happy right now.”

“Puhuhu. If you listen to this body, you’ll be happy even if you do nothing, nya! So the great Hybrid Chairman Park should only trust me from now on, nya!”

Theo was puffed up with pride at Sejun’s words.

“Okay.”

Sejun was in a good mood, so he just accepted it.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

[Black Tower Luckiest One Park Theo has defeated the third disaster of destruction, the Fire Moths.]

[You have acquired 3000 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Black Tower Luckiest One Park Theo.]

The two waited, defeating the Fire Moths that approached them, until the Black Flame Fire Moth finished evolving.

After about ten minutes,

The Fire Moth, which had finished evolving very quietly, revealed its appearance.

[Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth]

It was a Fire Moth the size of a dump truck, with pitch-black wings that absorbed the surrounding heat, making the area even darker. Its wings were not just black, but *pitch-black*, like holes in the air, absorbing all light.

At that moment,

Flutter.

As the Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth spread its massive pitch-black wings,

Rustle.

The Fire Moths around the Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth began to die.

It was because all the heat had been sucked into the pitch-black wings.

Fire that kills fire. That was the power of the Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth.

At the same time, the wings and body of the Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth, which had absorbed the heat, grew larger and larger.

“Hehe. Grow big.”

Sejun watched it with a satisfied smile.

However,

“Nya?!”

Why is the pull getting weaker, nya?!

The larger the Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth grew, the weaker Theo’s pull became.

The reason was…

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

Kkamangi rushed in, his little body trembling with fear. “[Master! No! If that thing fully grows into an Apostle of Destruction, Master will be in danger! And the Fire Moths will go extinct!]”

The reason why disasters evolve is ultimately to become Apostles of Destruction.

The Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth was also growing into an Apostle of Destruction by absorbing heat, and the moment it became an Apostle of Destruction, Sejun would be in danger and the Fire Moths, having served their purpose, would become extinct.

That was why Theo’s pull was weakening.

“Nya!”

As soon as Theo realized why his pull was weakening,

Gulp.

He ate the black bean set that he hated so much himself, then

“Burn brightly, nya!”

He waved his front paws, burning money with all his might,

Bang!

He defeated the Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth with the Tekkubak Manbo Meteor Tribe. It was worth losing all his money to stop such a dangerous enemy.

[Black Tower Luckiest One Park Theo has defeated the Apostle of Destruction (True), the Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth.]

[You have acquired 1 trillion experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Black Tower Luckiest One Park Theo.]

[You have additionally acquired 2 trillion experience points due to the effect of >Title: Owner of the Disaster Farm>.]

[You have leveled up.]

Thus, the Pitch-Black Flame Fire Moth, born from Yuren’s misfortune, finished its short tour of the world and was reborn as Sejun’s level-up experience and a delicious squid dish.

And then,

Squeak?!

[Theo was banned from approaching Sejun’s lap for an hour as punishment?!]

This is it!

Baektang, who gave up quickly but also quickly gave up on giving up, began to dream of a coup to take Sejun’s lap. It was uncertain whether it would work out.

It was Sejun’s lap that he wanted even more because he couldn’t have it.