Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 140

A battle of 1 against 12,000. Even though Theo was strong, coming from a high level of the Tower, the 75th floor, he couldn’t handle over 10,000 enemies alone. But Theo had something he believed in.

“My Servant Contract, come forth, meow!”

Theo shouted, holding up the rainbow-colored collar hanging from his necklace. He had an excellent servant called the Insect Hunter Geron, who had even been a tribal god in the past. Geron was called Insect Hunter because he was good at hunting insects.

Ribbit!

The ground beneath Theo’s feet turned into a black swamp. It was smelly and bubbling. Then Geron, a giant frog 30 meters in size, appeared.

“Geron, punish these enemies, meow!”

Theo shouted, looking down at Urchi and the other Giant Black Orcs from atop Geron’s head.

-Yes! Theo, my master!

Just then,

“How dare you! Claim to be a servant of the great Black Dragon in my presence?!”

Urchi, the king of the Giant Black Orcs, shouted in anger. Urchi worshipped the powerful Black Dragon and wished to become the Dragon’s servant. So, he was very angry that this small cat merchant dared to pretend to be a servant of the Black Dragon!

“You! Insulting me! Kill him!”

Poooo!

At Urchi’s command, the subordinates beside him began to blow their horns.

Then,

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Footsteps echoed from all directions. Millions of Black Orc soldiers, who followed the Giant Black Orcs and were conquering the 40th floor of the tower, gathered and began to surround Theo. The Black Orcs looked scary, and they were numerous.

“Meow?! What is it, meow?”

The enemy leader suddenly became agitated, claiming he had been insulted, and then summoned his subordinates, increasing the enemy’s numbers to five million.

“I really am Theo Park, the Fatal Yellow Cat, servant of the great Black Dragon, meow! It’s written here on this golden badge proving I’m the best wandering merchant, meow!”

Theo, flustered, took out his prized golden badge, trying to clear up the misunderstanding with the enemy. The badge was shiny and had writing on it.

But

“Hmph! Who do you think you’re fooling?! Can’t you just write whatever you want on that?! Fine! If you’re really a servant of the great Black Dragon, show me proof!”

“What kind of proof, meow?!”

“If you’re a servant of the great Black Dragon, you must have a great symbol!”

“Meow? I don’t have anything like that, meow. My boss, Chairman Park Sejun, didn’t give me one, meow…….”

Theo, feeling unfairly treated, answered sadly. Chairman Park didn’t even give me a symbol…… I’m sad, meow……

“If you don’t have a symbol, just die!!! Attack!”

Poooo!

With Urchi’s command, the horns sounded again.

“Waaah! Kill the enemy!”

Following the sound of the horns, five million Black Orcs charged at Theo, intent on killing him.

Thus began the battle of 2 vs 5 million.

“Geron, can we win, meow?!”

-Theo, my master, I am an insect hunter, though……

Geron was strong against getting rid of insects, but he was weak in battles like this. Moreover, it was difficult to perform at his best because there was no water nearby.

“Then there’s no choice, meow! Iona, wake up, meow!”

He didn’t want to receive help, but this was an emergency. There was no time to worry about that. Theo hurriedly woke Iona, who was hanging from his tail. Iona had been dragged along because he had come down in such a hurry.

“Ugh, Theo? What in the world could be so important to wake me up?”

Iona woke up, annoyed because Theo had woken her up. She was in the first stage of angry Kyuu, threatening that she wouldn’t let it go if he had woken her up for something trivial. Kyuu was a sound Iona made when angry.

“Iona! This is not the time to sleep, meow!”

“Kyuu-? Not the time to sleep…… Oh?! Black Orcs?”

At Theo’s words, Iona looked around and discovered five million Black Orcs rushing towards her.

“Kyuu-Kyuu-What are these things?”

Iona’s anger gauge rose. How dare they disturb her sleep! Just as Iona was about to prepare magic to punish the Black Orcs who had woken her up, magical energy started to surround her.

“Oh?! Stop! Black Orcs, stop attacking!!!!”

Urchi, who had spotted Iona from afar, hurriedly shouted at the Black Orcs. It was almost a scream. He was trembling and shouting in panic.

“Everyone stop! The king has ordered you to stop attacking!”

The Black Orcs who heard the order from behind forcibly grabbed and stopped the Black Orcs who were running forward. Fortunately, no Black Orcs had attacked yet.

“Whew.”

Urchi, who had just prevented the getting rid of the Black Orc tribe, sighed in relief, sweating profusely. Only one more enemy had appeared, but Urchi gave up the fight because of that one person. No, it was practically a surrender.

‘Why is Iona, the Great Destruction Magician, coming out of that cat merchant’s tail?!’

Urchi looked at Theo and Iona with an incomprehensible expression. Iona was known for destroying entire armies.

“Meow?! They suddenly stopped attacking, meow?! As expected, they must have recognized me, Theo Park, the Fatal Yellow Cat, servant of the great Black Dragon, meow! Iona, sorry for waking you up for nothing, meow!”

They stopped because of Iona, but Theo thought it was thanks to Sejun’s knee that protected him. And he, who received the protection of such a knee, was fatal, meow!

“Puhu! Get out of the way, meow!”

Theo, who had reverse-summoned Geron, strode confidently through the Black Orcs and approached Urchi.

And

“Urchi! Hurry up and release the pusho— I mean, the humans, meow! They are my precious customers, meow!”

Theo spoke confidently, looking at Urchi. Behind Theo, Iona was glaring at Urchi. If you don’t listen to him, you’ll all be extinct! Iona was only thinking about resolving the situation quickly and getting some sleep.

“Whew. Understood.”

“What, meow?! ‘Understood?’ How dare you speak informally to me, Theo Park, the Fatal Yellow Cat, servant of the great Black Dragon, meow?!”

Seeing Urchi shrink back, Theo’s arrogance worsened.

“…Understood. Release the humans.”

A little later,

“We have brought them here.”

The Black Orcs brought the captured hunters.

“Hurry up and release them, meow!”

“Yes!”

The Black Orcs, following Theo’s instructions, released the hunters.

“Theo, thank you.”

“Thank you so much.”

The hunters thanked Theo and hurriedly tried to leave. They had been released thanks to Theo, but they could still see hostility towards them in the eyes of the Black Orcs. They didn’t know when they would attack again.

Just then,

“Where are you going, meow? If you’re grateful, show some sincerity, meow! Sign here, meow!”

Theo never just helped people without getting something in return. Theo handed the hunters a contract and spoke.

“Oh?! Uh…….”

“Yeah…….”

The atmosphere made it seem like they would be captured by the Black Orcs again if they refused. The hunters reluctantly signed the contract.

“Welcome, meow! You are now the second generation members of the Earth Defense Force, meow!”

The contract stated that they would be active as members of a group protecting Earth called the Earth Defense Force in the future. Of course, the second generation members had an additional clause stating that they would donate 50 gold coins every month for world peace.

“Go to Han Tae-joon and tell him I sent you, meow!”

“Okay.”

After sending off the hunters who had become the Earth Defense Force,

“Urchi, sign here too, meow!”

Theo handed Urchi a contract as well. He had tried to take his life, so he had to pay the price. The price was 5 million gold coins. I’m Vice Chairman Theo, so my life is expensive, meow!

“Fine.”

Stamp.

Urchi read the contract carefully and stamped it.

‘Puhu! Chairman Park will praise me again, meow!’

Theo smiled as he looked at Urchi. In an instant, Theo had gained 100 members of the Earth Defense Force and 5 million Black Orc workers, and he was filled with anticipation of being praised by Sejun.

But

“Here it is.”

Thud!

Urchi placed a box containing 5 million gold coins in front of Theo. The box was heavy.

“Meow?!”

Clang.

The fantasy of being praised by Sejun shattered. He gave 5 million gold coins so easily. Urchi was the king of the 49th floor. This amount of money was not a big deal for him.

“Withdraw!”

Urchi, who had given Theo the money, took the Black Orcs and withdrew to the 41st floor of the tower.

“My workers are leaving, meow…….”

Theo was looking at the departing Black Orcs with a blank expression when

“But Theo, Vice Chairman, why did you suddenly come down to the 40th floor?”

Iona, who was planning to defeat the southern fire ants on the 99th floor of the tower tomorrow and build a magic tower, asked. It seemed like they had to go back right away to arrive by dawn.

“Meow?! I forgot, meow!”

Theo remembered why he had come here at Iona’s words. He had completely forgotten about the Golden Bat because he was thinking about making workers. The Golden Bat felt forgotten.

“Wait, meow!”

Theo hurriedly chased after the second generation members of the Earth Defense Force who were going down to the 39th floor and told them to deliver his message to Han Tae-joon.

-Find the Golden Bat and protect it! Absolutely!

And

“The Black Orcs have gone up to the 41st floor, so the 40th floor is safe, meow!”

He also conveyed the news that they could use the 40th floor again. They had to work hard to earn money to buy Sejun’s crops.

Theo finished his work like that.

“Run! Theo, Vice Chairman!”

“Okay, meow!”

Theo hung Iona on his tail and hurriedly returned to the 99th floor of the tower.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

Iona grabbed Theo’s swaying tail and fell asleep again in a good mood.

“Hmm……?”

When Sejun opened his eyes in the morning, he felt a moderate weight and warmth on his lap.

And

Grolong.

Kyurulong.

The sound of Theo and Iona snoring. Theo and Iona were sleeping on Sejun’s lap.

“They must have come back in the morning. Should I get up a little later?”

Sejun closed his eyes again for Theo and Iona, who had worked hard to go to the 40th floor of the tower.

But

Kkueng!

[Daddy Kkuengi is hungry!]

Kkuengi came to wake Sejun up after sleeping for about 30 minutes.

“Okay. Let’s eat.”

When Sejun got up,

“Meow…… Chairman Park, let’s sleep more, meow…….”

Theo was whining.

“Okay. Theo, Vice Chairman, sleep more.”

Sejun patted Theo’s butt, put Theo on his lap, and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

[Relic: The Rice Dough that Swallows Wealth swallows 10 gold coins and produces 5kg of Top-Quality Rice Dough.]

Breakfast was white rice cake, which was pushed back by the stir-fried squid yesterday.

“Kids, let’s eat!”

Kkueng!

Squeak!

At Sejun’s call, Kkuengi and the rabbits came and started eating white rice cake.

Just then,

“Chairman Park, I’m so upset, meow!”

Theo, who had woken up, looked at Sejun with a very aggrieved expression.

“Theo, Vice Chairman, what’s wrong?”

When was he being arrogant, and today his ears were suddenly drooping.

“I’m Chairman Park’s servant…… Why don’t I have a symbol, meow?”

“A symbol? What happened?”

Theo told him what had happened with Urchi.

“So give me a symbol too, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Daddy, Kkuengi wants a symbol too!]

Kkuengi, who wanted everything his older brother had, also started to pester Sejun.

‘Suddenly a symbol?’

Sejun made a troubled expression.

Just then,

“Ah! Kaiser, the dragon’s scale!”

Sejun had a good idea. If he had a scale engraved with Kaiser’s magic, it would look like a tattoo and serve as a symbol, and it would also protect him in life-threatening situations. Kaiser was a powerful dragon.

-What?! You’re asking for my scales?

“Yes! I and the others will use them. In return, I’ll give you 100 bottles of a special Korean drink called makgeolli per scale.”

-How many do you need?

“Um…… about 5?”

Sejun answered, watching Kaiser’s reaction. He needed 5 if he was going to take care of one for himself, Theo, Black Rabbit, Kkuengi, and Golden Bat.

-What?! 5?!

Kaiser’s voice rose. Was it too much?

“Then…….”

Sejun thought he should exclude his and the Golden Bat’s for now when

-You don’t know how precious life is! You should have at least 10 of my scales!

Day 293 of the shipwreck. Kaiser, greedy for makgeolli, forcibly sold 20 scales engraved with the Dragon Race skill – Dragon Skin to Sejun. Dragon Skin was a magic skill that protected them. It was a very grateful deal for Sejun.