Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 163

Sejun was very angry. He was going to find Kellion because of what Ajax, Kellion’s helper, had done.

Just then,

[The Tower Administrator asks what has made you so angry.]

Aileen spoke to him.

“Oh?! Aileen?! Is your training over?! How’s the Dragonheart? Is it any better?!” Sejun asked quickly, filled with concern.

[The Tower Administrator says that thanks to you, the Dragonheart is finally completely healed.]

“Really?! That’s great!” Sejun said, genuinely pleased.

[The Tower Administrator tells you to trust only her from now on.]

“Okay.”

Sejun thought, ‘If I stay close to Aileen, everything will be easy and good for me.’ His heart swelled with hope at Aileen’s words, imagining a brighter future. But whether that would truly be the case remained to be seen.

[The Tower Administrator now asks you to explain why you are angry.]

“Ah. Actually…” Sejun started to tell Aileen everything that happened, from when Kellion stole the seed to what just happened with Ajax.

“Khee hee hee hee. Sejun, just trust me now! I’ll take care of everything!” Aileen declared confidently. Her self-assurance was immense, and for good reason.

While Aileen was healing her Dragonheart with the Dragonheart fragment, something unexpected occurred.

-How much pain have you suffered?

The sleeping consciousness of the black dragon, the original owner of the Dragonheart fragment, awakened and began to aid Aileen in healing her Dragonheart.

Surprisingly, the owner of the Dragonheart fragment was Kai-Ra, the first black dragon and the strongest dragon of that era.

-Do not forget the pride of the great black dragon.

“Yes! Grandma Kai-Ra!”

Thanks to this, Aileen was able to raise her talent by five levels with the help of Kai-Ra’s remaining consciousness, gaining the Talent: Resilient Dragonheart. As a result, not only was her Dragonheart completely healed, but she also gained magic power far stronger than her peers.

“What?! You’re saying the White Tower’s Tower Farmer, Ajax, whom you made a slave, isn’t listening?! Just call him! I’ll destroy him!” As Aileen confidently urged Sejun to summon Ajax,

[The White Dragon Ajax is attempting to infiltrate the Black Tower.] [Do you want to allow the intrusion?]

A message appeared on Aileen’s crystal ball. In the past, Aileen’s magic power was insufficient, and the Black Tower’s security system did not function properly, but now the situation had changed dramatically.

Aileen’s magic power had become sufficient, and the main functions of the security system began to operate, detecting Ajax attempting to sneak in through a secret passage.

“Ah! Never mind calling him! Don’t call him. I’ll drag him along.”

Aileen left the Administrator’s area and quickly flew towards Ajax.

‘How dare he not listen to our Sejun?!’ Aileen was more infuriated by Ajax’s disobedience to Sejun than by his secret intrusion into the Black Tower. And so, Aileen flew towards Ajax’s location.

Just then,

“Park Sejun, just you wait. I’ll make you pay the price for insulting me!”

“What?!” Aileen, enraged by Ajax’s words, began to hit him hard many times.

“Ugh! Cough!”

‘What is going on?’ Ajax couldn’t understand the situation. Aileen was supposed to be confined to the Administrator’s area because of her Dragonheart problem.

But?! Not only was she perfectly fine outside the Administrator’s area, but she had also become strong enough to beat him, who was 300 years her senior.

“A… Aileen! Let’s talk! It’s me, Ajax! Ajax, your oppa! Don’t you know me?!” Ajax hastily called out to Aileen to stop the beating.

But

“Of course, I know! You’re our Sejun’s slave!”

“What?!”

“So why aren’t you listening to our Sejun?!” This only made Aileen angrier.

Aileen beat Ajax until she felt relieved.

‘He he he. This is so stress-relieving.’ Having thoroughly thrashed Ajax, Aileen grabbed him by the collar and dragged him to Sejun.

Floor 40 of the Tower.

“It’s embarrassing, but recently, the special green onions were stolen from other hunters. It seems they’re going to keep targeting the Firm Blade Green Onion… It seems difficult to protect it with our strength alone. We need help,” Han Taejun said to the cat interns who had brought the Firm Blade Green Onion and requested assistance.

“Are there really guys who are stealing Chairman Park’s items?!”

“I’ll report it to Vice Chairman Te right away!”

“I’ll call the wolf folks right now!”

The cat interns hurried around. Daring to touch Chairman Park and Vice Chairman Te’s belongings! It was unforgivable. Their company loyalty was immense.

Initially, the cats had no company loyalty and were forced to become interns. But these days, they took pride in their workplace.

Due to their contract, they could only receive one grilled fish a day as payment, but they also received 1% of the sales as an incentive. That incentive was more significant than they had imagined. If they worked hard, they could earn 50-100 Tower Coins a month.

Thanks to this, they, who had always been troublemakers in their families, had become the pride of their families and were the envy of the cats in the town of Granier.

Therefore, their goal was no longer to quickly end their contract period and gain freedom, but to become full-time employees, not just interns.

And so, the cat interns scattered to report to various locations.

“Emergency situation! There are beings stealing Vice Chairman Te’s items. Please provide support troops!”

“Daring! Daring to steal the items of Theo Park, the subordinate of the great Black Dragon?!”

Cat intern Bill visited Urchi, the king of the Black Oaks on the 41st floor of the Tower, to request support troops.

“I wonder if she’ll be alright?” Sejun, worried about Aileen, who had suddenly said she would drag Ajax along and then cut off communication, started kneading new dough.

And then,

“Kkueng, get up. Let’s take a bath,” Sejun said, waking up Kkueng, who was sleeping. He planned to bathe Kkueng while the rice cakes were steaming.

But

[Kkueng is sleepy…]

Kkueng whined sleepily. Shaking him awake here was something only an amateur would do. If done wrong, the baby Maengshu, a kind of magical animal, could become violent. Of course, Sejun had a way to make Kkueng jump right up.

“Kkueng, I’ll give you honey after your bath.”

Kkueng!

[Kkueng will take a bath!]

As expected, Kkueng immediately jumped up at Sejun’s words. Sejun took Kkueng to the fountain and gave him a bath.

“Meow meow meow.”

Theo, in the center of the fountain where Kaiser used to be, hummed a tune and diligently groomed himself, keeping Sejun in his sight. He licked himself very diligently, just in case he was dirty and Sejun might give him a bath.

And so, the bath was over.

“Park, old boy! Kkuaeng-ie! Watch Theo Park’s amazing landing, meow!” Theo, who often called Sejun “Park, old boy” as a funny nickname and liked to say “meow,” walked proudly towards them. He jumped from the tall fountain, did three quick flips in the air, and landed perfectly, striking a superhero pose.

“Pfft. Well? How was that? Pretty cool, eh?!” Theo puffed out his chest, hands on his hips, and waited for praise.

Clap, clap, clap.

“Oh! That was actually pretty good?!” Sejun applauded. He had to admit, it was impressive. A flawless landing. Barely a sound, and hardly any dust.

Kkuaeng!

[Kkuaeng-ie can do that too!]

Kkuaeng-ie watched his older brother get praise from their father for landing so well. Kkuaeng-ie wanted to do something amazing too and get the same praise.

“Oh? Kkuaeng….”

Kkuaeng, you need to consider your weight! Before Sejun could stop him, Kkuaeng-ie leaped from the fountain.

Whirr, whirr.

Kkuaeng-ie spun ten times in the air, spinning fast and using all his weight for his superhero landing.

And then…

Wham!

But this time, it was very different from Theo’s landing.

Crack!

The ground split open, and Kkuaeng-ie plunged right through it.

“Kkuaeng-ie!” Sejun hurried down from the fountain and called into the hole Kkuaeng-ie had created, but it was so deep that he couldn’t see anything inside.

Rumble!

From the sound inside, it seemed he was still falling.

“What should I do?” As Sejun wondered how to rescue Kkuaeng-ie from the hole,

Kkuaeng!

Kkuaeng-ie shot out of the hole, propelled upwards by a mid-air jump from the bottom.

“Kkuaeng-ie! You’re alright! Oh?! What is… this?” Sejun was relieved Kkuaeng-ie was okay. Then, he looked around at the damage Kkuaeng-ie had caused. Cracks spread like a spiderweb across Sejun’s brick house, the fountain tower, the aqueduct, and just about every other structure. And then there was the layer of dirt and dust covering the rice cakes he’d spent all day making.

“Sigh….”

Seeing the dust-covered rice cakes, he couldn’t help but sigh.

Kkuaeng…?

[Did Kkuaeng-ie do something wrong…?]

Kkuaeng-ie, who had followed Sejun to show off, asked in a tearful voice, realizing his mistake.

“It’s okay. We can wash them and cut off the dirty parts. Just be careful next time,” Sejun said, patting Kkuaeng-ie’s head.

Kkuaeng! Kkuaeng!

[Understood! Kkuaeng-ie will be careful jumping from high places from now on!]

Just as he was brushing the dirt off Kkuaeng-ie and the rice cakes,

“Sejun! I’m here!” Eileen, dragging Ajax along, arrived on the 99th floor of the tower. She shouted as she arrived, her voice filled with strong magic. Eileen was still learning to control her power.

Thud!

A massive wave of magical energy slammed into the 99th floor.

And then…

“Huh?!” As expected, Sejun, who was easily hurt despite being strong, almost died from the magic. Eileen had become far too powerful for Sejun to handle.

[Sejun’s body is badly hurt by the strong magic.]

[>Authority: Unbreakable Body> is activated.] [Magic is consumed to protect the body from being destroyed.]

Thump!

Sejun suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, and his legs gave way.

“Park, old boy!”

Kkuaeng!

[Dad!] Theo and Kkuaeng-ie rushed to support Sejun.

“Sejun! Where are you?!” Meanwhile, Eileen, searching for Sejun, shouted again, this time infusing even more magic into her voice.

[Dragon Skin power used.] [Kaiser’s dragon scales are gone.] The dragon tattoo protected Sejun from Eileen’s magic before disappearing.

“Ugh….” In the end, Eileen’s magic was too strong for Sejun, and he fainted.

“Park, old boy!” Theo used a spare scale of Kaiser’s to re-tattoo the dragon scales onto Sejun’s body.

Just then,

Flap. Flap.

Kaiser and Kellion were having a drink when they felt a big burst of magic and quickly came.

And then,

-Eileen?! -Ajax!!!

The two dragons were surprised to see Eileen giving off so much magic, and Ajax being dragged by her, unconscious.

“Grandfather! I’m all better now!” Eileen said to Kaiser in a vibrant voice.

Sssssss. Each time Eileen spoke, magic spread, causing the crops in the field to rapidly turn yellow. They were dying, overwhelmed by Eileen’s magic.

-Eileen! Let’s go to the administrator’s area to talk! Kaiser quickly tried to move them away.

“No! I want to see Sejun first!” -Look around you. Your magic is killing the crops Sejun is growing. Sejun will be upset. Let’s go to the administrator’s area first.

He spoke of crops, but Kaiser knew that Sejun could die if he didn’t get Eileen away quickly. Even now, Kaiser was partially blocking the magic heading towards Sejun.

“Okay. Fine.” Eileen knew Sejun would be upset if the crops died, so she listened to Kaiser and moved to the administrator’s area with the two dragon statues and Ajax.

“Phew, meow! That was close, meow!”

Kkuaeng…?

[Big brother… is Dad okay now?] Kkuaeng-ie, who had Sejun’s head between his legs and was cradling it with his front paws, asked as Theo breathed a sigh of relief.

“Yes, meow! He’s okay now, meow!” Theo replied, examining Sejun’s face.

And then,

“Park, old boy, why are you so weak, meow?!” Theo said, worried, as he touched Sejun’s thin face.