Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 110

The skin of the hunters who had eaten the Detox Daepa gradually returned to normal, and their heavy breathing began to ease.

“It will take time to be completely detoxified, nya!”

Theo jumped onto the wooden box with a grin. In his hand was a piece of paper.

‘Puhu-hut. Chairman Park is going to love this, nya!’

Theo had quickly fed the hunters the Detox Daepa and taken their fingerprints. His hands were faster than the eye. Theo carefully placed the contract in his bundle, imagining Sejun’s delighted expression.

“I will start the auction with 500 Magic Cherry Tomatoes each, nya!”

Theo shouted with charisma.

“870 Top Coins for 500!”

“890 Top Coins for 500!”

Bids were higher than usual. Theo had been away, so supplies were low outside the Tower, and prices were going up.

Also, seeing Theo’s good deeds, the hunters spent a little more money to help Theo, who had suffered losses. Thanks to this, he sold 5,000 Magic Cherry Tomatoes for about 1.9 Top Coins each.

“Next is the Strength Sweet Potato, nya!”

Theo thought that the sweet potatoes hadn’t been well-received in the last auction, so this sale would be a short break, but:

“1500 Top Coins for 500!”

“1600 Top Coins for 500!”

“1800 Top Coins for 500!”

The hunters’ reaction was explosive, contrary to Theo’s expectations. The true value of the Strength Sweet Potato had been discovered.

It helps with bowel movements.

Of course, it also helped people go to the bathroom, but that was not the main reason it was so valuable. Eating the Strength Sweet Potato increased absorption efficiency by five times.

In other words, eating one Strength Sweet Potato with one Detox Daepa had the same effect as eating five Detox Daepas.

“2500 Top Coins for 500!!!”

“3000 Top Coins for 500!!!”

“4000 Top Coins for 500!!!”

Therefore, the auction was intense, and the price of the Strength Sweet Potato soared.

“50,000 Top Coins for 500!”

“60,000 Top Coins for 500!”

“120,000 Top Coins for 500!”

The hunters fell silent at the sudden doubling of the price.

120,000 Top Coins meant buying a Strength Sweet Potato for 240 Top Coins each. In the last auction, the winning bid for a Strength Sweet Potato was 1 Top Coin, so this was a 240-fold increase.

But if you thought about it, it was cheap. One Strength Sweet Potato did the job of four Detox Daepas.

In the last auction, the price of Detox Daepa was roughly 80 Top Coins. Even if you bought a Strength Sweet Potato for 320 Top Coins each, it was still a bargain.

Moreover, the effect of the Strength Sweet Potato wasn’t limited to the Detox Daepa. It also applied to the Magic Cherry Tomatoes. Eating one had the effect of eating five, maintaining vitality for a long time.

Of course, the effect also applied to general medicines.

“Sold, nya!”

In the auction that followed, Theo sold the Strength Sweet Potatoes for an average of 250 Top Coins each.

“This time, it’s the Detox Daepa, nya!”

The Detox Daepa auction started next.

“40,000 Top Coins for 500!”

“41,000 Top Coins for 500!”

“42,000 Top Coins for 500!”

The price had been somewhat determined by the last sale. With the appearance of the Strength Sweet Potato, the price didn’t rise significantly.

“Today, I’m only selling 5,000 Detox Daepas, nya!”

“What?!”

“Why?!”

The hunters, who had been watching leisurely, assuming that he would sell 10,000 Detox Daepas like the last auction, were taken aback.

“52,000 Top Coins for 500!”

“53,000 Top Coins for 500!”

“60,000 Top Coins for 500!”

The hunters hurriedly joined the auction. Thanks to this, the price steadily rose, and he sold 5,000 Detox Daepas for 154 Top Coins each.

‘Puhu-hut. I earned over 2 million Top Coins, nya.’

“Theo, take a picture with me.”

Female hunters approached Theo, who was delighted to have exceeded the highest sales amount, asking to take a picture.

“I can’t, nya!”

“Huh?! Why?”

“There’s still one more crop to sell, nya!”

“Really?!”

The hunters, who were about to leave at the news of a new crop, gathered again.

“The new crop to sell is the Agility Carrot, nya! Come and see, nya!”

At Theo’s words, the hunters looked at the Agility Carrot options. They already expected that agility would increase just by hearing the name. The important thing was the effect when a non-awakened person ate it.

“It improves eyesight?”

“Does that mean even people who have already lost their eyesight can regain it?”

The hunters, unsure whether to buy the Agility Carrot due to the unhelpful explanation, returned to their seats, pondering.

“Let’s start, nya!”

“500 Top Coins for 500!”

Since they couldn’t know the extent of the eyesight improvement effect, the hunters only considered the agility-boosting effect when calculating the value of the Agility Carrot.

“550 Top Coins for 500!”

There was one hunter who was buying up the Agility Carrots, bidding a slightly higher price. It was Kim Dong-shik, the leader of Team 3 of the Phoenix Guild.

‘I’m betting all my assets on this!’

From his experience, Dong-shik realized that the crops Theo sold were cheapest when they were first released and people were hesitant.

In the next auction, as the value of the crop became known, the price would skyrocket. Therefore, thinking that now was the cheapest time, Kim Dong-shik invested all his assets and bought 3,000 Agility Carrots.

“Sold out, nya!”

When the auction was over, Theo and the interns took pictures with the hunters and received rewards.

“Umm…”

The hunters who had been poisoned began to regain consciousness.

(Wake up···)

In the deep dawn, someone called Sejun.

“Umm. What is it?”

Sejun rubbed his eyes and looked around.

Flap. Flap.

A golden bat was flying in front of Sejun.

(Sejun! You’re awake! Ent is here!)

“Ent?”

(Yes! He’s waiting outside!)

Sejun heard the golden bat and came out of the house.

Crunch. Crunch.

As Sejun came out, Ent, who had been waiting in front of the house, held out his head with blue seeds growing on it. It seemed to be a seed containing the energy of the Blue Moon.

“You came all the way here because of this?”

Sejun asked, placing his hand on Ent’s head.

[Yes···seed…pluck···please···]

“Okay.”

Plop.

Sejun plucked the blue seed from Ent’s head.

[You have obtained a Mimic Seed.]

[Your job experience slightly increases.]

[The proficiency of Seed Sowing Lv. 4 slightly increases.]

“Mimic Seed?”

Sejun examined the seed.

[Mimic Seed]

A seed created by Ent, who has absorbed the energy of the Blue Moon, with a very low probability. It mimics the nearest seed or crop.

Grade: A

‘It mimics?’

While Sejun was examining the seed,

[Th..ank…you…]

Ent expressed his gratitude to Sejun for plucking his seed.

Crunch. Crunch.

He began to return to the western swamp.

“I’m the one who’s grateful.”

Sejun waved his hand until Ent was out of sight.

“Which crop should I plant it next to?”

Sejun pondered where to plant the Mimic Seed.

“Haaahm.”

He was too sleepy.

“Let’s think about it in my dreams for now.”

Sejun put the Mimic Seed in his pocket and went back to sleep.

Kkweang!

Kkweang came into the bedroom and woke Sejun up.

“What is it? You just blew me off yesterday?”

Sejun said sullenly, pretending to be sulky.

Kkwe…eeeng…

Kkweang, not being welcomed by Sejun, immediately burst into tears. Daddy is angry…

Vroom vroom.

Kkweang started the crying engine.

“No. Daddy’s not angry.”

Pat pat.

Sejun hurriedly patted Kkweang’s bottom to soothe him. If Kkweang cried, he would consume a lot of energy and have to eat more. And Sejun had to make food for Kkweang to eat.

‘I can’t make him cry from the morning.’

As Sejun soothed Kkweang,

Kkweang.

[I’m hungry.]

Kkweang, who quickly stopped crying, held out his pink belly.

“Okay. Let’s eat breakfast quickly. Golden Bat, let’s go too.”

(Yes!)

Sejun took Kkweang and the Golden Bat to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. While he was preparing, the rabbits woke up and helped Sejun.

After eating the breakfast that had been prepared,

“Ah! Mimic Seed.”

Sejun took the seed out of his pocket.

“Huh?!”

What came out of his pocket were two Rainbow Bean seeds.

“Ah!”

He had completely forgotten about them since he bought them from Emil, the raccoon tribe chief. The Mimic Seed had copied the Rainbow Bean seeds that were already in his pocket.

“Well, does it matter?”

Sejun wasn’t particularly disappointed because he didn’t have any specific plans for what to do with the Mimic Seed.

“I should plant them for now.”

There were only two, so Sejun didn’t want to plant them in the field. He dug a hole in the ground next to the sacred stone with a dagger and planted the Rainbow Bean seeds.

[You have planted the Rainbow Bean seeds.]

[Your job experience slightly increases.]

[The proficiency of Seed Sowing Lv. 6 slightly increases.]

[Due to the effect of Proficiency Increase Lv. 1, the proficiency of Seed Sowing Lv. 6 increases by an additional 5%.]

After planting the two Rainbow Bean seeds,

“Today, I’ll harvest cherry tomatoes in the morning and go to the western forest in the afternoon. Got it?”

Kkweang!

(Yes!)

Sejun told Kkweang and the Golden Bat today’s schedule. He does the work alone anyway.

“Let’s work!”

Sejun shouted alone and entered the cherry tomato field, starting to pick cherry tomatoes.

Plop.

[You have harvested a ripe Magic Cherry Tomato.]

[50,017 more job quests remaining until completion.]

[Your job experience increases very slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 5 increases very slightly.]

[You have gained 30 experience.]

“Still half left.”

Sejun said, looking at the job quest message. Progress was slower than he thought.

While he was diligently harvesting cherry tomatoes,

Whirr.

A poison honeybee approached.

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

Whirr.

[The poison honeybees from the east are swarming.]

“Really? Kkweang, let’s go!”

Sejun hurriedly took Kkweang and moved east.

“Can you move now, nya?”

Theo, who had finished taking pictures, asked the hunters who had regained consciousness.

“Yeah. Thanks for saving us.”

“Thank you.”

The hunters expressed their gratitude to Theo.

“You’re welcome, nya! If you’re thankful, follow me, nya! Dong-shik, follow me too, nya!”

“Me too?”

“That’s right, nya!”

Theo took Kim Dong-shik and the hunters out of the camp.

While moving,

“One.”

“Let’s be capable!!!”

“Two.”

“Let’s become human!!!”

The sound of screaming was heard from afar.

‘Are they going to Master?’

Dong-shik, hearing the sound, realized where Theo was going.

‘But why are they going to Master?’

He had been with the Black Wolf Squad until a few days ago, so he felt a sense of aversion.

Shortly after, as Dong-shik had expected, they arrived at the place where Han Tae-jun was.

“Long time no see, old human, nya!”

“Theo, why are you here already? These guys still need to become capable.”

“Gasp!”

The Black Wolf Squad was horrified at Han Tae-jun’s words.

“I called you today because I have something important to say, nya.”

“Important? What is it?”

“First, sign this agreement to keep what you hear secret, nya!”

Theo presented a new contract. This contract only contained information about maintaining secrecy.

“Should we go far away?”

The hunters who followed Theo asked. They didn’t want things to get complicated by hearing secrets.

“There’s no need for that, nya!”

Theo took out the contract he had put in earlier and began to write the contract details.

Preemptive strike, then contract. It was a truly gangster-like contracting method.

“Welcome, soldiers, nya. From now on, you are founding members of the Earth Defense Force, nya! And I am the vice commander of the Earth Defense Force, codename Yellow, nya!”

Theo shouted, looking at the hunters after writing the contract. Of course, the commander of the Earth Defense Force was Sejun.