Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 133

While Sejun was healing the banana trees, it was lunchtime. The animals came back from their treasure hunt. The wolves, with their good noses for the Golden Bat’s scent, had won by a lot, like everyone thought they would.

Elka won first place with five silver nuggets. The Black Rabbit was second with two. The wolves found eighty-five nuggets together. The monkeys found seven, and the Black Minotaurs found one each. So, the monkeys and Black Minotaurs tied for third place.

Moo!

[Let us do it again!]

The five hundred Black Minotaurs only found one silver nugget. But they seemed happy with the treasure hunt. They didn’t look sad and wanted to play again.

“Let’s play again after lunch,” Sejun said.

The wolves and Black Minotaurs didn’t have anything else to do while Sejun went to the 99th floor of the Tower.

Sejun thought, ‘That’s good.’

He felt bad that the animals had to wait while he healed the banana trees. He was happy they found something fun to do.

“The winner will get a special dish as a prize.”

“Really, Sejun?” Elka asked, sounding excited.

“Yes, Elka. What do you want to eat?”

“I want Chef’s Soup.”

“Huh? That’s all?”

Sejun made Chef’s Soup almost every day. He asked again, “Is that all you want?”

“Is that all?”

“Yes. That’s enough.”

Chef’s Soup was special to Elka. It was the first meal that had filled her pack’s hungry stomachs. Maybe that’s why Chef’s Soup always made Elka happy.

“Okay. I understand.”

Sejun was already making Chef’s Soup for lunch. So, he didn’t need to make anything extra. He added special things to Elka’s soup to make his job easier.

Just then,

Bbyak?

The Black Rabbit asked if there was a prize for second place.

“Yes, there is a prize for second place. Here.”

Sejun took out a box with one hundred carrots from his storage and gave it to the Black Rabbit.

Bbyak!

The Black Rabbit looked like he had everything he could ever want. He hugged the box of carrots, unsure of what to do.

And then,

Moo…

Ook…

The Black Minotaurs and monkeys looked at Sejun, except for the wolves who were already looking at the Chef’s Soup. They swallowed, wondering what he would give them.

“Okay. Here’s the third-place prize.”

Sejun gave the monkeys, who each found one silver nugget, five Sun Sweet Potatoes.

Ook!

The monkeys were very touched to get the golden sweet potatoes. ‘These sweet potatoes from a god are shining!’ they thought. The taste was not much different from normal sweet potatoes, but they looked amazing.

And then,

“Woo Cheonsam, I’ll give you ten bundles of Pa Leaves when we go to the 99th floor of the Tower later.”

Moo!

Woo Cheonsam, the only Black Minotaur who found a silver nugget, was happy with what Sejun said.

So, the small award ceremony for the 1st Sejun Cup Treasure Hunt ended.

“Okay, let’s eat now.”

All the dishes were ready, so Sejun just needed to serve the soup.

“This is for Elka, who won first place.”

Sejun gave Elka Chef’s Soup with extra ingredients and lots of meat. The Chef’s Soup for the wolves, who came in third place, only had meat.

“Oh! Is this a bone?!”

Sejun had boiled wild boar bones from Red Ribbon’s treasure vault with Chef’s Soup. He only added them to Elka’s soup. Sejun thought wolves liked bones, like dogs do.

“Thank you!”

Elka was very touched and started eating the soup quickly.

Slurp. Slurp.

After drinking some soup,

Crunch. Crunch.

After chewing on the bone,

Whine.

The other wolves looked at Elka, wishing they had bones too.

“Let’s eat too. Golden Bat, please go hide the treasures early.”

The Golden Bat was in charge of hiding the treasures for the treasure hunt.

(Yes! I will do it!)

Flap. Flap.

The Golden Bat flew off to hide the 99 silver nuggets. Sejun and the animals finished lunch and took a nap.

Kuh-ooh.

Goro-rong.

Bbyaro-rong.

Kkyu-ro-rong.

Theo and the Black Rabbit napped on Sejun’s lap. Kkuenge rested her bottom on Sejun’s leg.

Just then,

Flap. Flap.

The Golden Bat came back after hiding the silver nuggets. Sejun had cut a refreshing watermelon into small pieces and put them on top of an ice cube.

Slurp.

He happily ate the watermelon while sitting on Sejun’s head. Sejun was wearing a straw hat.

And then,

Bae-ro-rong.

The Golden Bat finished eating, settled on Sejun’s head, and started to nap.

Everyone enjoyed a sweet nap.

“Okay, let the treasure hunt begin!”

The 2nd Sejun Cup Treasure Hunt started.

Grrrr!

Moo!

This time, only the wolves and Black Minotaurs played. The Black Rabbit said he was tired and stayed on Sejun’s back. The monkeys wanted to play, but they had to take care of the mango and watermelon farms.

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 4 is activated.]

[The banana trees are slowly getting better while the touch is in effect.]

Sejun started healing the banana trees again.

After 15 seconds,

[The banana trees are now healed.]

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 4 is slightly better.]

[The banana trees grow a little while the touch is in effect.]

“It’s faster now.”

At first, he thought the healing was faster because Farmer’s Warm Touch was a higher level. But there was another reason.

Bat bat.

The Golden Bat’s song was helping. The banana trees had been listening to the Golden Bat’s song for days. They were stronger, so Sejun could heal them faster. Now, he could heal a tree in just 10 to 20 seconds after using the skill.

‘I could heal 1000 trees a day at this rate.’

Sejun looked at the Golden Bat, feeling thankful.

(Bat bat. I was in the dark. Sejun brought me out! Sejun is the best!)

The Golden Bat was tired of singing the same song. He started making his own song. The song praised Sejun for bringing him out of the dark. Sejun pretended not to listen, but he listened carefully to the words.

“This is embarrassing…”

He was embarrassed, but he didn’t stop the song. He didn’t want to stop the Golden Bat from being creative. It wasn’t for his own ego. Not at all.

Just then,

“Do you like being praised that much, nya? Then I’ll praise you, nya!”

Theo always had perfect timing. He saw Sejun looking at the Golden Bat and wanted Sejun to pay attention to him again.

And then,

“Chairman Park only cares about money, nya! He makes his workers work all the time, nya! And…”

He started praising Sejun for the things he thought were Sejun’s good points.

‘Is this an insult?’

Theo was being sincere, but Sejun felt insulted.

“President Theo, be quiet and eat this.”

Sejun offered Theo Churu to make him stop talking. He didn’t like being insulted.

However,

“I’m not hungry, nya! I’m not done praising you, nya!”

Theo wanted to praise him more. He didn’t realize Sejun was upset.

‘Is he trying to annoy me?’

Sejun was getting angry.

‘Heh heh. My praise is working, nya!’

Theo saw Sejun offering Churu and thought his praise was working. So, he praised Sejun even more.

And then, Theo’s praise had an effect.

“President Theo, go to the 99th floor, get the crops, and make a trade.”

“Nya?! Now, nya?”

“Yes. Like you said, I only care about money and make my workers work all the time.”

“Nya?!”

Even praise that was the opposite of what he wanted still had an effect.

‘Why, nya? Why am I being told to work when I praised him, nya?’

Theo was confused and started gathering his things. He always did what Sejun told him to do.

***

“Okay, everyone. Go to the Magic Tower of Flames, the Magic Tower of Destruction, and the Magic Tower of Meteors and take them apart. Then, come to the 99th floor. I will get permission from the owner of the 99th floor.”

Iona spoke to the wizards at the place where the Gravity Magic Tower used to be. Now, it was just an empty space.

The Tower Lord was dead, so the other three towers would be taken apart. The things from the towers would be used to pay for rebuilding the Gravity Magic Tower.

“Bring any wizards who want to join the Gravity Magic Tower.”

“Understood. But will it be okay? I don’t think the Ox King will let us build a magic tower on the 99th floor.”

“It’s okay. The Ox King is not the owner of the 99th floor anymore.”

“What? Did the owner of the Waypoint change?”

“I haven’t heard anything about that…”

The Elder Council wizards looked worried. The Ox King was one of the strongest people in the Black Tower. They didn’t know the owner of the Waypoint had changed. That meant there was a problem with the magic tower’s information network.

Also, the 500 Black Minotaurs were moving south. All the Tower’s information was focused on the 99th and 77th floors. But they didn’t know about this. It was a big problem.

“That’s not it. It’s not the owner of the Waypoint. But someone new owns the 99th floor.”

“Is there someone as strong as the Ox King?”

“No. The new owner of the 99th floor is very weak.”

“Weak?”

The Elder Council wizards were confused. The strongest person on a floor becomes the owner and protects the Waypoint. That was normal in the Tower. But weak? And very weak?

“Yes. But if you are rude to that person, I will be angry. The people protecting that person will stop you anyway. Now! Hurry and go!”

Iona sent the wizards away and hurried to the 99th floor. She needed to ask Kaiser and Aileen if they could build the magic tower.

-Aileen said it’s okay. I also said it’s okay.

Taking care of the farm was hard. He had to chase away fire ants and make the waterways longer as the fields grew.

Kaiser wanted to use the wizards to guard the farm and take care of things.

***

“It’s done.”

Sejun had healed all 5381 banana trees.

Whine…

Moo…

Ook…

The animals were sad that Sejun was done. They had played the treasure hunt seven times in the morning and afternoon.

“I’ll do it again sometimes. Don’t be too sad.”

Sejun decided to have the treasure hunt sometimes for the animals who liked it.

Just then,

[The banana trees on the 77th floor farm are now healed.]

[The 77th floor farm is now working.]

[Bananas are growing again on the 77th floor farm.]

[The name of the land deed for the 77th floor farm is now the 77th floor Banana Farm Land Deed.]

The message said the name of the land deed had been changed.

“Please take care of it.”

Sejun spoke to the monkeys who would take care of the banana farm.

Ook!

Ook!

The monkeys had signed a contract to get some of the bananas. They would also get crops or Tower Coins from Sejun each month. They bowed and promised to take care of the farm.

The monkeys were happy to be doing important work for a god and getting paid.

They were about to leave the banana farm on the 77th floor to the monkeys.

[The banana trees are giving you a reward for healing them.]

“Reward?”

Suddenly, yellow bananas started growing quickly on the banana trees.

“Bananas…”

Sejun went to a banana tree and cut off a bunch of bananas with his dagger.

And then,

Snap.

He broke off a banana, peeled it, and put it in his mouth.

“Mmm. Delicious.”

It was fresh, so it was a little hard. But it would be soft in a few days.

“Okay, everyone, let’s harvest.”

On the 290th day of his isolation, Sejun harvested bananas with the animals on his banana farm. He would go back to the 99th floor with lots of bananas.

On the 290th day of his isolation, Sejun harvested bananas with the animals on his banana farm. He would go back to the 99th floor with lots of bananas.