Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 154

Pat pat.

“Ah. That’s refreshing.”

Sejun had just finished bathing with Theo. He shook the water from his hair, feeling refreshed.

“How dare you put me in the water, nyaa?! I’m angry, nyaa!” Theo stomped his paws, making sure Sejun knew he was sulking about the bath.

However,

Smack.

Even though he was sulking, Theo stayed right on Sejun’s lap. He started grooming himself, carefully licking every part of his body.

“Hey. Vice President Theo, what’s wrong?” Sejun stroked Theo’s belly, trying to soothe his anger.

Pat pat.

“Nyaang~ Hmph, nyaa! Do you think I’d fall for this so easily, nyaa?!!! I’m very angry, nyaa! Stroke my belly down there too, nyaa!” Theo was flustered by the purring that escaped him. He quickly pretended to be sulking again, hoping for more attention from Sejun.

“Here?” Sejun asked.

“Yes, nyaa! Stroke me more diligently, nyaa! I’m still angry, nyaa!”

“Alright. Vice President Theo, calm down.”

“I’ll calm down depending on how you do, nyaa!”

Sejun knew Theo was already calm, but he played along. He stroked Theo’s body for over an hour.

“I’ll make an exception and calm down, considering Chairman Park’s sincerity, nyaa! And here’s a gift I found,” Theo said, dipping his paw into his sack with a pleased look, as if he was doing Sejun a huge favor.

“Oh! Really? You’re the best, Vice President Theo!”

“Puhu-hut. Chairman Park, praise me more, nyaa!” Theo waited for Sejun’s praise, acting as if he wouldn’t take his paw out of the sack unless he was praised more.

“Go on, praise me more, nyaa!”

“Lucky! Theo Park is a genius! Lucky! Theo Park is a genius!” Sejun clapped and praised Theo with a chant.

“Puhu-hut. That’s right, nyaa! I am the lucky genius, Theo Park-nim, nyaa!” Satisfied with Sejun’s praise, Theo took his paw out of the sack, beaming.

“Here! This is it, nyaa!” Theo proudly pulled out a small, dark stone fragment.

“Ehh?” Sejun couldn’t hide his disappointment.

“Are you doubting me, the lucky genius, nyaa?!” Theo flared up and tried to put the stone fragment back.

“Ah… No! How could I doubt Vice President Theo! So, what kind of stone is that?”

“I don’t know, nyaa! But if Eileeen appraises it, something amazing will surely come out, nyaa!” Theo said confidently, even though he didn’t know what it was.

“Really?” It just looked like an ordinary stone, but it was something Theo had found. Sejun took the black stone fragment and examined it.

[Black Stone Fragment]

???

Rank: C

Even as just a stone fragment, it was Rank C. It had the highest rank before appraisal of any item Theo had brought so far, raising Sejun’s expectations.

“Eileeen, please appraise this.”

[The Tower’s Administrator asks you to wait a moment.]

With Eileeen’s reply, the black stone fragment disappeared from Sejun’s hand.

A moment later,

[The Tower’s Administrator says she needs it and asks you to give it to her.]

“Huh? Eileeen wants to use it? What does that mean?”

[The Tower’s Administrator says the black stone Theo brought is a fragment of the Great Black Dragon’s Dragonheart.]

“What?! Dragonheart?!” Sejun looked at Theo, surprised by Eileeen’s words. Theo was on Sejun’s lap, wearing an ‘I don’t know anything, nyaa!’ expression, simply spacing out.

‘Theo, you amazing rascal! Where do you even get these things?!’ Sejun wondered.

He didn’t know why the Black Dragon’s Dragonheart was in the Tower, but Theo was bringing more and more amazing things.

“Puhu-hut. Am I amazing, nyaa?” Theo caught Sejun’s gaze and spoke arrogantly, lying flat on Sejun’s lap with anticipation in his eyes. Stroke me quickly, nyaa!

Pat pat.

“I wonder if this will help Eileeen’s Dragonheart?” Sejun stroked Theo’s body and asked Eileeen.

[The Tower’s Administrator says that just having the Dragonheart fragment next to her resonates with and stimulates her Dragonheart, so there’s no need to eat it.]

“Really?” Sejun wasn’t reluctant to give the Dragonheart fragment to Eileeen, but he was glad she didn’t have to eat it.

[The Tower’s Administrator says that even if she doesn’t eat it, it’s dangerous for you to have the Dragonheart fragment now.]

[The Tower’s Administrator says that the Dragonheart fragment’s magic might go out of control.]

“Okay. Then Eileeen, keep it for now.”

[The Tower’s Administrator says that from now on, she will enter training to grow her Dragonheart talent by one level using the Dragonheart fragment.]

[The Tower’s Administrator says she might not be able to answer for a few days.]

“Okay.”

[The Tower’s Administrator says she will definitely finish before your birthday.]

“Okay. Don’t overdo it.”

In the Administrator’s Area of the Black Tower, Eileeen looked at the dark blue Dragonheart fragment in her hand, excited.

“Khee hee hee. With this, I can grow my Dragonheart,” she said.

Eileeen had been strengthening her Talent: Slightly Malleable Dragonheart with the honey jellies Sejun gave her, but recently, she had reached her limit. She was only maintaining the Dragonheart’s condition with the honey jellies, but she didn’t tell Sejun because she didn’t want him to worry.

Then, Theo happened to bring the Dragonheart fragment. With it, she could stimulate her Dragonheart using magic resonance and grow her talent by one level.

“Khee hee hee. Good job, Theo!” Eileeen decided to reward Theo later.

“Polymorph Release.”

She returned to her true form. She needed to focus all her attention on the Dragonheart, and her true form was more comfortable for that.

“This time, I’ll appear before Sejun with a flourish!” Eileeen smiled, imagining herself growing the Dragonheart and appearing before Sejun in her polymorphed state at his birthday party.

She took a deep breath and focused on the Dragonheart’s magic.

Ooooong.

The Dragonheart fragment in her hand and Eileeen’s magic began to resonate.

The day after Sejun returned from the 83rd floor of the Tower, he immediately started making roasted chestnuts, chestnut makgeolli, and sweet chestnut snacks to finish them by his birthday party.

While Sejun was preparing, a Poison Honeybee came to him with a honey jelly.

“You came to give me honey jelly? Thank you.” Sejun spread his palm.

Whirr.

Plop.

The Poison Honeybee placed the honey jelly on Sejun’s palm.

[You have acquired 1 Poison Honeybee’s Cherry Tomato Honey Jelly.]

[The proficiency of Beekeeping Lv. 7 slightly increases.]

[The proficiency of Beekeeping Lv. 7 is filled, and the level increases.]

“Oh!” After a long time, the level of the Beekeeping skill increased.

[Special Job Skill – Beekeeping Lv. 8]

-You can do beekeeping when you own a beehive.

-The activity area of the beehive bees you own greatly increases.

-The speed at which the queen bee lays eggs greatly increases.

-The honey collection speed of the bees greatly increases.

-The amount of honey collected by the bees greatly increases.

-The pollination probability greatly increases.

-You can produce honey jellies with special effects.

-The affinity with bees greatly increases. (Even bees you don’t raise feel friendly towards you.)

-Currently owned beehives (7/8): 7 Poison Honeybee beehives

As the Beekeeping skill rose to level 8, the description “Even bees I don’t raise feel friendly towards you” was added.

“Even bees I don’t raise feel friendly towards me?” Sejun quickly finished his work and called Kkuengi.

Kkueng?

[Daddy, Kkuengi was called?]

Kkuengi, who had been rolling around on the stone bed, ran to Sejun’s call.

“Yeah. Let’s go meet the Poison Honeybee friends to the east.”

Kkueng?!

[Poison Honeybee friends? Really?!]

“Yeah.” He also needed to secure one more beehive. According to the skill description, even Poison Honeybees that didn’t belong to Sejun’s beehive wouldn’t be hostile to him, so he thought he could have those Poison Honeybees collect honey as well.

Kkueng!

[Daddy is going!]

Sejun rode the giant Kkuengi to the east. Of course, Theo, who was clinging to Sejun’s lap, and the Golden Bat, who was clinging to Sejun’s back, followed.

Thud. Thud.

Kkuengi grew in size and ran at full speed for about 30 minutes.

Kkueng!

[Arrived!]

They quickly entered deep into the eastern region.

Whirr!

Whirr!

Two Poison Honeybees, guarding the area, approached to attack Sejun and the animals who had entered their territory.

However,

Nuzzle nuzzle.

The Poison Honeybees, approaching Sejun, rubbed their bodies against him, showing friendliness. As expected, the Poison Honeybees were not hostile to Sejun.

“Guys, would you like to try some of this?” Sejun offered the Poison Honeybees some honey.

Kkueng!

[Kkuengi wants to eat honey too!]

Kkuengi whined for honey as Sejun gave honey to the Poison Honeybees.

“Okay. Let’s eat honey too, Kkuengi.” Sejun took out a glass bottle for Kkuengi.

“Chairman Park, give me Churu, nyaa!” Theo demanded Churu as he took care of Kkuengi. Everyone seemed hungry.

“Let’s just eat here and go.” Sejun decided to have a meal here and move on. The outing to win over the bees quickly turned into a picnic.

“Okay, Golden Bat, here’s some watermelon for you.”

(Yes! Thank you!)

Sejun handed a slice of watermelon to the Golden Bat sitting on his shoulder.

Crunch.

He ate raw sweet potatoes with his left hand.

Chomp chomp chomp.

He fed Churu to Theo with his remaining right hand.

While they were eating,

Whirr.

Whirr.

Over 1000 Poison Honeybees gathered and were eating honey. The Poison Honeybees who ate honey at first brought their other friends.

“Guys, how about visiting our farm for some honey?” The Poison Honeybees agreed, drawing a circle.

“Then guide me to your beehive.” The Poison Honeybees agreed, but they needed the queen’s approval.

Whirr!

The Poison Honeybees guided Sejun to their beehive.

But…

“Huh?! You weren’t one family?” The Poison Honeybees split in several directions.

Whirr!

Whirr!

The Poison Honeybees started fighting to take Sejun to their beehive.

“Whoa, whoa. Guys, calm down, I’ll go to all of them.” It was a thank you for Sejun, as he didn’t have to do the work multiple times.

At that time,

Kkueng!

[Daddy, let’s go there first!] Kkuengi pointed to the dark end of the east.

“Why there?” Sejun instinctively felt a sense of rejection. It looked dangerous at first glance.

Kkueng!

[Somehow, I feel like we can eat a lot of delicious honey if we go there!] Kkuengi said.

Whirr!

One of the Poison Honeybees greatly liked Kkuengi’s reaction. It was a Poison Honeybee with a beehive at the end of the east.

“Okay. Let’s go.” It looked dangerous, but there was no risk of being attacked by the Poison Honeybees. Even if he was attacked, there was Theo, Kkuengi, and the Golden Bat. Plus, he had bone armor, so there was no need to be afraid.

“Let’s go to your beehive first. You guys wait here while eating honey.” Sejun placed several plates filled with honey on the floor so that the other Poison Honeybees wouldn’t leave and moved east, following the Poison Honeybee with a beehive at the end of the east.

Meanwhile, far away on Earth…

On the southeastern outskirts of Brasilia, the capital of Brazil,

“Hurry and plant the scallions!” Han Taejun instructed.

“Yes!” Hunters moved quickly.

“Plant them more densely there! Maximum spacing is 30cm!”

“Sorry! We’ll fix it!” The 2nd generation members hurriedly shouted at the scolding of the first Earth Defense Force member.

All the members of the Earth Defense Force gathered in Brasilia to plant sturdy blade scallions, creating a defensive line to prevent the spread of the Locusts. The Earth Defense Force’s counterattack against the Locusts had begun.