Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 138

“Everyone, gather ’round!”

As morning arrived, Sejun called everyone: Theo, Kkuenge, the Golden Bat, the rabbits, and the mushroom ants to the sweet potato field, ready for harvest.

Once everyone had assembled,

“Do you know why I’ve called you all here today?”

Sejun asked, holding up Miler’s hoe so everyone could see it.

“Don’t know, meow. Are we going to nap here, meow?”

“Nope.”

Kkuenge! Kkuenge!

[Kkuenge knows! It’s time to eat, yo!]

“Kkuenge, you just finished breakfast! What are you talking about?”

(Th-Then, is it punishment time?)

The Golden Bat, who hadn’t been able to go to Earth even after a week, spoke with a fearful expression. For some reason, the Golden Bat hadn’t been able to go to Earth even after time had passed.

“No, I’m not going to scold you just because you couldn’t go to Earth.”

Flap! Flap!

Flap. Flap.

The Golden Bat, cheered by Sejun’s words, cried out and flew around excitedly. The rabbits and mushroom ants also answered, but Sejun didn’t get the answer he wanted.

“Ta-da! Do you know what this is?! It’s the legendary farming tool that moves the earth, Miler’s Hoe!”

In the end, no one recognized Miler’s hoe, so Sejun had to introduce his tool like a traveling salesman.

“Alright! I’ll show you the power of a legendary farming tool! Earth Moving! Yah!”

Sejun struck the ground with Miler’s hoe, using the embedded skill.

‘Turn the earth over!’

Sejun strongly imagined the movement of the earth he wanted and put magic power into Miler’s hoe.

Boom.

The hoe struck the ground, and with a small vibration, about three pyeong (approximately 100 square feet) of land rippled as if a small wave was moving.

And then,

[You have harvested 1321 Power Sweet Potatoes.]

[Job experience slightly increased.]

[Proficiency in Harvesting Lv. 6 slightly increased.]

[You have gained 66050 experience.]

He harvested the sweet potatoes hidden in the ground all at once.

“Did you see that? That’s the power of a legendary hoe.”

As Sejun bragged,

Squeak!

Kke-ack!

The rabbits and mushroom ants looked at Sejun with admiration.

‘Hehehe. Yes, this is it.’

The purpose of calling everyone was this: to show off his legendary hoe.

At that moment,

Kkuenge!

Kkuenge watched Sejun’s actions and quietly approached the sweet potato field. I can do that too, yo!

Kkuenge.

Thump!

Kkuenge lightly put strength into his voice and stuck his stick into the sweet potato field.

Rumble.

With a heavy vibration, 1000 pyeong (approximately 33,000 square feet) of land, the size of a small stadium, moved as if a giant wave had struck. The ground rippled and rolled like a green ocean wave, much bigger and stronger than when Sejun used his hoe. Naturally, the land turned over, revealing the sweet potatoes hidden beneath.

Squeak!!!

Kke-ack!!!

The rabbits and mushroom ants, who had been admiring Sejun, now looked at Kkuenge with awe.

Kkuenge thought that if he did what Sejun did, Sejun would be happy. But he only brought frustration to Sejun.

“Ugh! Forget it! I’m done!”

Thump.

Sejun shouted, slamming Miler’s hoe into the ground. He had S+ grade equipment, and Kkuenge had A grade equipment. But the result was a victory for the A grade equipment. No, it was Kkuenge’s overwhelming victory.

Sejun was no longer proud of his special tool. Indeed, a master doesn’t judge by equipment. Sejun decided to just be satisfied with having the farming tool.

And he went to pick up the harvested sweet potatoes. It seemed that picking up sweet potatoes would be more helpful for farming.

Thus, the legendary hoe, used like a very important weapon, was left abandoned in the field.

“Hehehe. As expected, food tastes better after working.”

Sejun, with soot on his face, peeled and happily ate roasted sweet potatoes after finishing the sweet potato harvest. The sweet, smoky smell of roasting sweet potatoes filled the air. The roasted sweet potato was sweet and warm in his mouth. Today, he harvested nearly 50,000 sweet potatoes. It was incredibly tiring picking them all up.

Kkuenge! Kkuenge!

[That’s right, yo! It tastes so good after working!]

Kkuenge nodded strongly while eating roasted sweet potatoes.

“Right. Our Kkuenge worked the hardest, so eat a lot.”

Sejun gave Kkuenge a peeled roasted sweet potato.

Kkuenge!

Kkuenge happily accepted it.

“Chairman Park! Me too! Give me Churu too, meow!”

Theo, who hadn’t done any work but could always enjoy Churu, spoke to Sejun. He didn’t like Sejun’s attention being focused on Kkuenge.

“Alright. Our Vice Chairman Theo, who didn’t do anything, can have Churu too.”

“Puhuhu. Vice Chairman Theo can eat two Churus even if he doesn’t do anything, meow!”

Sejun said it with a little bit of teasing, but Theo, perhaps the tease was too soft, took Sejun’s words as a compliment and answered cheerfully.

Chomp chomp chomp.

While Sejun was feeding Theo Churu,

Flap. Flap.

-Kuhahaha. Delicious! Sejun, don’t you have more makgeolli?

Kaiser, who was in high spirits from eating roasted sweet potatoes and drinking alcohol, flew over.

“What I gave you earlier was the last of it.”

-Eing! You should have made more?!

“I didn’t even get to taste it.”

Fortunately, when the rice flour dough was steamed and left in a warm place, yeast was created, and makgeolli was brewed using that yeast.

It needed more fermentation, but Kaiser insisted on tasting just one sip, so he gave him a cup, and that became one cup, then two cups, and eventually, Kaiser drank all the remaining makgeolli.

-Ahem… I wonder what Kellion is doing? Should I go see?

Kaiser felt a little ashamed and left to find Kellion. Kellion was eating sweet potato soup and seemed to be in a dream.

And then,

“Huh?!”

Sejun, who was eating roasted sweet potatoes, saw a large group of people approaching from afar. Iona was at the very front of the formation. It seemed she had gone to meet them after saying she was going somewhere for a while yesterday.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Sejun-nim, I’m here.”

“Yeah. Are those the Magic Tower people?”

Sejun asked, looking at the wizards behind Iona. Nearly 1000 wizards.

When the wizards of the Gravity Magic Tower went to the Flame, Destruction, and Meteor Magic Towers and dismantled them, the wizards in the three towers joined the Gravity Magic Tower without much resistance.

“Yes. But can we stay here for a day and then move on?”

If they went south, they would have to fight the fire ants right away. Iona wanted to let the wizards recover their stamina by resting here for a day. Of course, she also had a desire to get a good night’s sleep.

“Sure. Do as you please.”

“Yes! Sejun-nim, thank you. We’ll rest here and move tomorrow!”

Iona, having received Sejun’s permission, turned around and shouted. Then, the wizards hurriedly set up tents in the empty field and began to chew on fist-sized green spheres.

Crunch. Crunch.

Kkuenge?

Kkuenge started to peek around, curious about what the wizards were eating. What is that, yo?

Judging from the expressions of the wizards chewing on the spheres, he felt like he knew the taste without even trying it, but Kkuenge insisted on trying it. Conversely, the wizards showed interest in the roasted sweet potato Kkuenge was holding.

“Want to trade?”

A wizard offered an uneaten green sphere and asked Kkuenge.

Kkuenge!

Kkuenge nodded and exchanged his roasted sweet potato for the green sphere.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

Iona smiled, waiting to see what would happen next as she watched Kkuenge.

And then,

Kkwaenge!!!

Kkuenge, who swallowed the green sphere in one gulp, screamed. It’s bitter, yo!!!!

The green sphere was made with the Gravity Magic Tower’s secrets for the wizards, and each magic tower had spheres made with their own secrets.

The sphere’s effects appropriately supplied the body with necessary nutrients, removed waste from the body, and allowed magic power to flow smoothly within the body. However, there was no consideration for taste in order to maximize its effectiveness.

One of the most difficult things for wizards after entering the magic tower was eating the spheres made with the magic tower’s secrets that came out with every meal.

“Is it that bitter? Should I try it too?”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Eating the sphere has the effect of removing waste from the body.”

“Really?”

Intrigued by Iona’s words, Sejun exchanged a roasted sweet potato for a green sphere with a wizard and bit into it. As soon as he ate it, a bitter taste stung his tongue.

“Ew!”

It was really bitter! As bitter as herbal tea. There are some people who have to dip it in poop or soybean paste to check. Sejun was one of them. He was in no position to criticize Kkuenge. Like father, like son.

Still, he ate it even though it was bitter and ate the entire green sphere, as it was said to remove waste from the body.

However,

[You have consumed the Gravity Magic Tower’s Green Sphere.]

[The body’s waste has already been removed.]

[No effect.]

Sejun didn’t have much waste in his body because he had already removed waste once by eating Boss Radish stew made with Boss Radish.

“I ate it for nothing!”

Kkuhehehe.

Kkuenge laughed, holding his stomach as he watched Sejun’s angry expression.

“Kkuenge, you laughed? Vice Chairman Theo, punish him!”

“Got it, meow!”

Sejun and Theo began to tickle Kkuenge’s body,

Kkuhehehe.

Kkuenge laughed hysterically.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

Meanwhile, Iona quietly curled up on Theo’s tail and closed her eyes.

“Let’s work now.”

Sejun, having punished Kkuenge, started the afternoon farming, and the wizards rested or looked around.

Thump.

Boom.

Sejun used the Earth Moving skill with the hoe to turn over the soil and harvest potatoes. He was upset earlier, but it was clear that Miler’s hoe was a great farming tool just for being able to turn over the soil like this.

Moreover, the more he used it, the more familiar he became with it, and the area of land he turned over gradually increased. There was fun in growing.

‘If I keep doing this, I’ll be able to turn over a large area of land like Kkuenge, right?’

As Sejun was thinking about improving in the future and harvesting potatoes,

[You have leveled up.]

[You have gained 1 bonus stat.]

He leveled up and became level 56. He raised the stat with the lowest value, Strength.

“Nice! Hehehe. Using the hoe definitely speeds up leveling.”

Sejun said, putting strength into the hand holding Miler’s hoe. No matter how much the tenant farmers earned experience just by working, it was only 5% of the total experience. It couldn’t be compared to Sejun working directly.

“I should take a break.”

Kke-ack!

Sejun sat down on the floor after seeing the 10 mushroom ants following behind, picking up the harvested potatoes. Judging from the speed at which the mushroom ants were chasing, he had about 30 minutes to rest.

“Here, eat one each.”

Sejun took out honey jellies from his pocket and gave one each to Theo, Kkuenge, Iona, and the Golden Bat. Everyone had magic-related talents, so they were eating them steadily every day like nutritional supplements.

Gulp.

[You have consumed the Poison Honeybee’s Cherry Tomato Honey Jelly.]

[Talent: Powerful Magic Circuit slightly strengthened.]

He didn’t feel a big change in his body, but he didn’t doubt it because it was displayed in the message.

At that moment,

[The Tower’s Administrator says she has eaten all the honey jellies you gave her and asks for more.]

“Ah! Really? Here you go.”

Sejun sent a glass bottle full of honey jellies to Aileen. Aileen ate about 20-30 honey jellies a day, so he gave her about 500 at a time.

[The Tower’s Administrator always says thank you.]

“It’s nothing. Eat quickly and get healthy.”

While Sejun was talking with Aileen,

Flap?

The Golden Bat was suddenly surprised by the sudden magic power in his body.

(Huh?! Sejun-nim! I think I’m going to Earth!)

“Now?”

Whoosh.

The Golden Bat disappeared without even answering.

“I wonder what he’ll bring?”

Sejun’s voice was full of anticipation.

However,

“Why isn’t he coming back?”

This time, the Golden Bat didn’t return even after a minute.

(I need to find something Sejun-nim likes!)

Flap. Flap.

The Golden Bat, who had moved to Earth, hurriedly looked around for something to take.

And then,

(Choco Pie!)

The Golden Bat, who had studied hard and learned Korean very well, found the chocolate-covered food Sejun wanted.

Flap. Flap.

The Golden Bat quickly flew, grabbed two Choco Pies, one in each foot, and waited to return to the tower.

However,

Flap?

For some reason, the Golden Bat couldn’t return to the tower.