Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 693

Black Tower, 99th Floor. Sunlight peeked through a crack in the tower wall, painting a stripe of light across the dusty floor.

“Oof,” Sejun mumbled, stretching his arms above his head. He blinked his eyes open, greeting the start of another day in the Black Tower. Even though he was still sleepy, he knew he had work to do.

First things first. He focused his magic, a gentle warmth spreading through him. “Maintain Cleanliness,” he whispered. Instantly, a cool, refreshing feeling washed over his face, chasing away the last traces of sleep and making him feel ready to start the day.

He chuckled, looking at his slightly messy companions. “Time for a wash! Maintain Cleanliness.”

“Nyaa…” Theo purred.

“Squeak…” Kamangi squeaked.

After washing his companions, he packed them into his lap and sling bag and got up.

Clang.

He opened the subspace warehouse and, walking through the tall stacks of cotton in the warehouse, began to tour the Disaster Farms, starting with the Locust Farm. These farms grew special plants from dangerous places called Disasters.

“Vice Chairman Tae, claws.”

Pat… pat…

Sejun gently grabbed Theo’s front paws as he slept and pressed them gently.

Whoosh.

Whoosh.

With Theo’s help, he hunted disasters, earning cooking ingredients and experience points.

[Black Tower Luck Beneficiary, Park Theo, has defeated the fifth Disaster of Destruction, the Gold Slime.]

[Black Tower Luck Beneficiary, Park Theo, has acquired 50% of the experience points, which is 150 billion.]

[You have additionally acquired 300 billion experience points due to the effect of .]

[Congratulations.]

[You have leveled up.]

“Great. Another level up today!”

Thanks to that, Sejun leveled up again this morning, reaching level 197.

After finishing the disaster hunt, Sejun left the subspace warehouse with a satisfied expression, moved to the 10th Tower, and then,

Scritch. Scritch.

[You have harvested the Onion of Discharge.]

He harvested the crops.

A little later, after planting new seeds, he said,

“Alright. All the seeds are planted.”

Sejun finished his work by planting new seeds in the harvested spots.

“Everyone, give me your rent.”

[The Earth God, Patrick, says he is here.]

“Hehe. Thank you.”

[The God of Farming, Hamer, grumbles that you are collecting too strictly.]

“Hey. Hamer, your manners are disrespectful to the future landlord? I’ll raise the rent if you keep this up!”

Enjoying his rights as a future landlord, he received 5 drops of the Elixir of Earth and 2 drops of the Elixir of Enhancement from the Earth God Patrick and the God of Farming Hamer, and returned to the Black Tower. The gods were giving him these items as a reward.

Drip.

Hehe. Now, if I can just find the Baby Ice Figurine Theater, this body will be an SS-class Tower Farmer.

He sprinkled one drop of the received Elixir of Earth on the place where he had planted the baby elixirs, and decided to store the rest for now.

Drip.

Next, he dropped one of the two drops of the Elixir of Enhancement onto the +1 Golden Sticky Rice Seed, making it +2.

Hehe. Kamangi will love it, right?

Drip.

Imagining Kamangi excited about the more delicious roasted sweet potato jerky, he dropped the remaining drop onto the Power Sweet Potato Seed.

And to quickly increase the number of enhanced seeds, he put them in Leah’s Sincerity-Made Pouch of Abundance.

As he was using the elixirs and checking the farm,

Thud. Thud.

Boom.

[Sejun, hello.]

Gurgle.

Pink Fur appeared, carrying the still-sleeping Kkuengi.

Moo.

[Sejun, good morning.]

Moo.

[Good morning.]

Following them, the Uma King and Black Minotaurs also arrived.

They had gathered to help Sejun with his cooking again today.

As the farm family gathered, Sejun had breakfast with them and then,

“Today, we’ll make cake batter, whipped cream, and rice flour.”

He immediately started working.

While they were working,

Tweet tweet.

Yong-Gwa, who had the Lawn Installation skill, diligently laid grass around the Black Minotaurs, providing snacks.

Moo!

[Delicious!]

Crunch. Crunch.

Thanks to that, the Black Minotaurs ate the grass nearby when they got hungry while working, and continued working without rest.

Sejun and the farm family worked all day, and when night fell,

“Everyone, sleep well and see you tomorrow.”

Kkueng!

[Daddy, good night!]

“Okay. You sleep well too, Kkuengi.”

Sejun said goodbye to everyone and took care of the Theo couple and the Kamangi family before going to bed.

Since he was too tired recently, Kamangi family’s apologies were temporarily suspended.

Snore.

Gurgle.

Gurgle.

Squeak.

Everyone fell into a deep sleep, snoring, and as the night deepened,

(Baet Baet. Good night, everyone.)

Baet Baet woke up and started his activities.

Munch. Munch. Munch.

After eating the fruit lunch Sejun had prepared in the kitchen,

(Baet Baet. Big Brother, wake up. Kamangi, wake up.)

He began to wake up Theo and Kamangi.

Because they had something to do together tonight.

“Nyaa… I understand, nyaa…” Theo mumbled sleepily.

“Squeak…” Kamangi squeaked.

[Sleepy… ]

(Baet Baet. Come out quickly.)

Theo and Kamangi, still half-asleep, rubbed their eyes and were dragged outside by Baet Baet.

Kkueng…? Kkueng…

[Why are you so late…? There’s no time to find Daddy’s birthday present… ] Kkuengi mumbled sleepily.

For reference, Pink Fur had woken up Kkuengi.

The four had gathered at this late hour to secretly prepare Sejun’s birthday present.

(Baet Baet. Then, let’s start.)

Whoosh.

Baet Baet opened a dimension door, and

“Nyaa…”

Sniff sniff.

Each time, Theo and Kkuengi crossed the dimension door to check for any attraction or herb scent.

Trickle trickle.

Hee hee hee. Squeak!

[Hee hee. Now this land belongs to the great Kamangi!] Kamangi exclaimed.

Kamangi crossed the dimension door and marked his territory by peeing.

As Theo, Kkuengi, Baet Baet, and Kamangi crossed the dimension door to find Sejun’s present,

“Did they leave?” Sejun wondered.

Feeling the emptiness on his lap, Sejun got up and carefully started writing something on paper.

“Theo’s Lap Monopoly Coupon…”

He was making coupons to give as birthday presents to his companions.

Theo: [Sejun’s Lap Monopoly 2-Year Coupon]

Kkuengi: [Coupon for Eating Daddy’s Food to Your Heart’s Content] and [Secret Coupon from Mom]

Baet Baet: [Coupon for Making Exciting Songs with Sejun]

Kamangi: [100 Roasted Sweet Potato Jerky Made by the Great Park Sejun Coupon]

Sejun wanted to give his friends special birthday gifts. He thought about what each of them liked and decided to make personalized coupons.

So, he started making coupons for Firefly, his fluffy cat who loved to chase toys, Black Moon Outfit, his wise owl friend, Earth Dragon, his helpful dragon companion, and the others.

Sejun got really focused on making the coupons. He carefully drew pictures and wrote funny things on each one. He was so busy that he didn’t notice the room getting darker outside. When he finally looked up, the first light of dawn was starting to peek through the window.

“I’ll have to do the rest tomorrow,” he thought.

Sejun hid the coupons he was making under the bed.

“Hehehe. They’re going to be so happy to receive these, right?”

A wide smile spread across Sejun’s face as he imagined Firefly purring with delight at a ‘Free Catnip Treat’ coupon. He chuckled, picturing Earth Dragon’s booming laugh when he saw a ‘One Free Back Scratch’ coupon. Just thinking about their happy faces made Sejun feel warm inside.

Krooo.

He headed back to dreamland.

A little later.

“Nya… I couldn’t find it, nyan…”

(Bat bat. Let’s try our best again tomorrow.)

Squeak…

“[I’m hungry and sleepy…]”

Theo, Batbat, and Blackie entered the bedroom.

Theo and Blackie climbed onto Sejun’s body and took a short nap.

(Bat bat. Our big brother and youngest~ sleeping so soundly~)

Batbat sang a lullaby.

(Baaahm. I should sleep now too.)

Baeorong.

He settled on Sejun’s left shoulder and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, at the Seed Merchant Headquarters, a place where people who sold magical seeds worked…

Leia, a powerful woman who managed the Seed Merchant Headquarters, was talking loudly to Dus, one of her workers.

“What?! Are you saying God Sejun is selling Samyang Brew, that special drink, at the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods to get Tower Coins, the money used in the Tower?!”

“Y-yes. I mean, yes.”

Dus, the God of Logging, flinched at Leia’s raised voice and quickly switched to using honorifics.

Normally, Leia would have soothed Dus and told him not to do that, but she was too preoccupied now.

“That money is absolutely not to be touched…”

Because she heard that Earth Dragon was selling Samyang Brew to receive Tower Coins from the dead gods.

The Resting Place of Forgotten Gods was not a peaceful place. It was like a graveyard for gods who had died. Imagine a place filled with shadows and whispers, where the air felt heavy and cold. For hundreds of thousands of years, bad feelings – anger, sadness, and hate – from these dead gods had gathered there, creating a dangerous ‘evil energy’.

That’s why the Seed Merchant Headquarters never even considered touching the items in the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods, even while starving due to a lack of divine power.

The moment money or items from the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods came out, it would be a curse and a disaster.

“I need to tell God Sejun quickly! God Sejun, touching that money will cause big trouble! You mustn’t receive anything from the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods!”

Leia hurriedly called out to Sejun, but Sejun was asleep and didn’t hear.

In the bedroom where everyone was asleep, thump.

Suddenly, a huge box quietly appeared in front of Sejun.

Whoosh.

A very dark red, ominous energy began to flow out of the box.

At that moment, Caw! Caw! Caw!

“[How dare they! Who put something like this here! Endangering Sejun-nim!]”

Karr, who sensed the evil energy, jumped up.

Tap. Tap.

Caw!

“[Youngest! Deal with it!]”

He kicked the sleeping Kkabul-to to wake him up.

Yol yol…

“[Yes…]”

Kkabul-to, still half-asleep, approached the box and devoured the evil energy.

Yol yol!

Kkabul-to puffed himself up, feeling very important. He had saved Sejun! He made a loud ‘Yol yol!’ sound, showing off his bravery.

However, Squeak! Squeak!

“[Kkabul-to, be quiet! The great Blackie-nim is sleepy!]”

Yol yol…

“[Yes…]”

Kkabooreung… Kkabul-to’s head drooped. Being the youngest was hard. He made a quiet, sad ‘Kkabooreung’ sound and curled up to sleep.

Krooo.

Sejun slept soundly, unaware that he had almost died.

A little later.

“Ugh. The sun is too bright.”

Sejun, who had napped for about an hour, woke up to the sun shining through the window.

“Huh? What is all this?”

Messages appeared before Sejun’s eyes.

Another message popped up: ‘[The boss of the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods, Park Earth Dragon, has sent 100 trillion Tower Coins.]’ Sejun’s eyes widened. ‘Wow!’

Another message popped up: ‘[Nak, the God of Spinach from the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods, has sent 10kg of spinach.]’ Sejun’s eyes widened. ‘Spinach? 10 kilograms!’ He imagined a huge pile of fresh, green spinach. ‘Wow!’

[Dureub, the God of Aralia Sprout from the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods, has sent 500g of aralia sprout.]

[Pureuse, the God of Shepherd’s Purse from the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods, has sent 300g of shepherd’s purse.]

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[10% of the life force you had during sleep has been stored.]

[The Bead of Life is 99.3% complete.]

[Magic power has accumulated by 0.1 in 24 hours.]

[Magic power increases by 0.1.]

There were countless messages besides the Bead of Life and magic power increase messages that he usually saw in the morning.

“Did this box come from the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods? Oh. Shepherd’s purse?! I should eat shepherd’s purse soybean paste soup for breakfast today. Hehehe.”

As Sejun excitedly checked the contents of the box, Earth Dragon, who had sent the items from the Resting Place of Forgotten Gods and had just come out on vacation, brought his face to Sejun’s house window and said,

“Hey Sejun! Looks like you already found the box!”

“Yeah. But what is all this?”

Sejun pointed to the other crops besides the Tower Coins and asked.

“Ah. That? When I said I was going to send Tower Coins to Sejun-nim, the dead gods each gave me one thing or another to deliver to Sejun-nim, saying they were grateful for extending their lives.”

“Really?”

Hehehe. That’s right. If I extended their lives, they should show their gratitude.

Sejun shrugged his shoulders and made a smug expression at Earth Dragon’s words.

At that moment, “Nya! Don’t make a rotten face, Chairman Park, nyan!”

Theo, who had been sleeping, opened his eyes wide and rushed towards Sejun’s face.

Hee hee hee… Squeak… Squeak…

“[Heehee… Master’s face is rotten… Must step on it…]”

Blackie also started to grope around with his front paws in a half-asleep state and began stepping on Sejun’s face.

Sejun, who had become humble again after being stepped on, said,

“I should make an achievement monument for them. No. Since they’ve passed away, is it a memorial monument?”

He erected memorial monuments for the dead gods who had gifted him crops.

[Memorial Monument for Pureuse, the God of Shepherd’s Purse]

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And [Black Tower Top Farmer Park Sejun has built a temple for Pureuse, the God of Shepherd’s Purse.]

[The divine status is dead and cannot receive adoration.] (Divine status is like a god’s power and how important they are. Adoration is like people loving and respecting them. This god’s power is gone, so they can’t be worshipped anymore.)

[Instead of divine power, the dead divine status has been restored by 0.1%.] (This means a little bit of the god’s power is coming back!)

[The name of Pureuse, the forgotten God of Shepherd’s Purse, is beginning to be known to the world.]

The divine status of the dead gods began to recover. The fact that the dead divine status was recovering meant that there was a possibility of them coming back to life.

“Huh?! My dead divine status is recovering!”

“Huh?! You too?!”

“Then, you too?!”

The dead gods who received the memorial monument from Sejun were overjoyed.

At that time, [Black Tower Luck-Blessed Tycoon Park Theo has witnessed your temple.]

[The dead divine status has been restored by 0.15%.]

[Third Creation Apostle Blackie Park has witnessed your temple.]

[The dead divine status has been restored by 0.25%.]

Just like how divine power increased when witnessing an achievement monument, a message appeared saying that the divine status had been restored when witnessing a memorial monument.

“Where is Earth Dragon-nim?! I want to send more gifts to Park Sejun-nim!”

“Me too!”

The dead gods began to move busily.

The Resting Place of Forgotten Gods, usually a quiet and sad place, was now filled with excited chatter and the rustling of gifts. It was a lively atmosphere, something rarely seen in that forgotten realm. And somewhere, in the shadows, a tiny spark of hope flickered – could these dead gods really come back to life?