Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 175

The sun peeked over the horizon, painting the sky with soft colors. Sejun woke up, eager for the day. He wanted to go home soon!

He quickly went outside, stretching his arms. But then he stopped. The parts of the field he hadn’t worked on yet were a mess, dug up and turned over.

“Toryongi?” Sejun wondered aloud. He guessed it must be the little mole. Shaking his head, he hurried to make breakfast. Today was important. Today, he would finally find the secret passage. He couldn’t wait to see what it was.

“It’s here!”

After breakfast, Sejun, guided by Urchi, arrived at the secret passage they had used before.

“This is the secret passage?”

Sejun looked at the entrance with a questioning look. He had imagined something like a cave.

But, instead, there was a giant red flower with its mouth wide open.

[Red Lindgren]

The passage was actually a Lindgren, a plant monster that grew by piercing through dimensions.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, is this your first time seeing one?! Let me explain about Lindgren, nyaang!” Seeing that Sejun didn’t know, Theo stepped forward, puffed up with pride.

“Keumnyaang! Keumnyaang! Listen carefully, nyaang! There are five types of Lindgren, nyaang! White, yellow, red, green… Uh…” Theo, who had confidently placed his hands on his hips to explain, couldn’t remember the last color.

Just then, Loken quietly said from behind, “Mr. Theo Park, it’s blue.” However, the basic volume of the Black Oaks was so loud that Sejun could hear everything.

“Keumnyaang! It’s blue, nyaang! And how well it works, such as the length of the passage, the speed of movement, and the amount of travel, all differ depending on the color, nyaang! And…” Theo continued his explanation. He seemed excited to be telling Sejun something he didn’t know. Of course, the explanation was all over the place, and he kept leaving things out, so Loken kept prompting him from behind. So everyone could hear.

Theo and Loken explained more. They said Lindgren are very valuable. If they were sold, they would be expensive and hard to find.

Loken added, “Lindgren are usually used by criminal organizations or smuggling rings like the Three-Headed Society. For example, the Merchant Passage of the Wandering Merchant Association was also created by analyzing the structure and principles of Lindgren.”

“That’s right, nyaang! And when Lindgren sprouts, if you pluck a leaf and plant it in the place you want to connect, the stem will move to find the leaf and the passage will be connected, nyaang!” Theo now openly listened to Loken’s words with Sejun, and when he remembered something he knew, he would start talking again.

“Puhuhut. Finally, the light-speed Merchant Passage used by me, Theo Park, the best wandering merchant, has better performance than the white Lindgren with the highest performance, nyaang!” Theo finished with self-praise as always. It felt like he had given all those explanations just to say this last thing.

“But can anyone use Lindgren, even if they weren’t born in the Tower?”

“No, nyaang! That’s strange, nyaang! Humans can’t use Lindgren, nyaang!”

“Really?” Sejun listened to Theo’s answer and went to the secret passage. He would find out if he experienced it himself.

As Sejun went forward, the Lindgren closed its mouth, stopping Sejun from entering. He was cut off at the entrance.

But, Sejun had the all-purpose opener, Kkuengi.

“Kkuenga. Open this for me.”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

Crack.

Kkuengi lightly forced the Lindgren’s entrance open with its two front paws.

Kkueng!

[Daddy Kkuengi opened it!]

“Yeah. Thanks.”

As Sejun was about to enter the Lindgren’s entrance that Kkuengi had opened,

[The Tower Administrator urgently says you cannot enter.] Eileen stopped Sejun.

“Eileen, why? I was just going to take a look.”

[The Tower Administrator…] Eileen explained why she was stopping Sejun.

“So, you’re saying that only beings perfectly recognized as belonging to the Tower can use the passage without danger?”

[The Tower Administrator says that’s why there’s a separate Waypoint only for Hunters.]

“Hmm.” Sejun was lost in thought. Eileen explained that the passage is like a door only for Tower people. Humans are not fully part of the Tower, so it’s dangerous for them to use it. It could take them somewhere very bad, not home.

According to Eileen’s explanation, using Lindgren or passages would take you outside the Tower during travel. Here, beings recognized as belonging to the Tower could use the passage as is.

But for beings like humans who could return to Earth, the moment they used the passage to go outside the Tower, they would truly be outside.

After that, it was a fall to their death, or if they were lucky enough to survive, they would be outside the Tower’s main body, not Earth, on the front lines fighting against destruction. It was not an environment where Sejun could survive.

“Then how did the Three-Headed Society use it?”

[The Tower Administrator says they don’t know the reason, but it’s likely related to the Apostles of Destruction.]

“That’s too bad.” Sejun looked closely at the Lindgren flower with a disappointed expression.

“Are there any seeds anywhere?” He was thinking of getting Lindgren seeds and planting them. But there wasn’t even a fruit, let alone seeds.

Scritch. Scritch.

Unable to do anything else, Sejun cut off a few petals.

‘I wonder if it’s tasty?’ He was thinking of checking if it was edible. After cutting off the Lindgren petals, Sejun returned to the persimmon farm.

Tower 33rd floor.

“It’s collapsing!”

“Get out of the way!” The Black Oaks, who had been digging at the cliff day and night without rest, shouted and scattered.

And Boom! The stone pillar began to tilt and fall. At the same time, several parachutes opened from the Three-Headed Society’s hideout.

“The wolves will track the parachutes, and the Black Oaks will surround the enemy’s hideout!”

“Yes!” At the Black Wolf chieftain Hegel’s command, the Black Wolves and Black Oaks moved quickly.

Just then, Wham! A large explosion occurred at the Three-Headed Society’s hideout, and a ball of fire flew towards the entrance of the secret passage. And inside the ball of fire was a human silhouette. It was Pablo, the manager of the secret hideout.

“Chase him!” Hegel took five wolves and chased after the ball of fire.

Boom!

“You’ll regret this! I’m taking you to a place you’ll never escape!” Pablo, who had landed on the ground, was furious and hurriedly entered the secret passage. He deliberately emitted a strong smell of fire.

“Come to the 49th floor of the Tower.” Pablo planned to lure the enemies to the secret hideout on the 49th floor of the Tower, managed by Akiro, which was full of deadly traps, and kill them all.

The morning passed quickly. After lunch, Sejun took a long nap, stretched and woke up.

And Grolong. Kurorong. Baerorong.

“Hey, wake up.” He woke up Theo, Kkuengi, and the Golden Bat.

But, only the Golden Bat woke up immediately at Sejun’s call. Theo and Kkuengi didn’t respond at all.

“I have no choice. Golden Bat, come here. I’ll give you a massage.” Sejun was thinking of giving a massage while the others woke up.

(Yes! I like it!) The Golden Bat quickly climbed onto Sejun’s palm at his words.

Stretch. Stretch. Sejun grabbed the Golden Bat’s wings and stretched them to the side.

Massage. Massage. He carefully massaged the Golden Bat’s legs as well.

(Bat bat. It’s refreshing!) As Sejun massaged the Golden Bat,

Kkueng…… Kkuengi, who had been sticking his butt to Sejun’s butt, rolled to the side in a daze and came in front of Sejun.

And Kkueng!

[Daddy Kkuengi wants a massage too!] Kkuengi lay proudly in front of Sejun, wanting a massage.

“Okay. Daddy will give you a massage to help you grow taller.” Stretch. Stretch. Sejun stretched Kkuengi’s legs and body. Sejun’s strength seemed insufficient to have any effect.

But, Kkuhehehe. Kkuengi just liked being played with by his dad.

After massaging for another 10 minutes,

“What, nyaang?!” The last guest woke up. Theo was upset that only Kkuengi was being loved.

Thump.

“Chairman Park, give me a massage too, nyaang!” Theo lay down on Sejun’s lap, waiting for a massage.

“Okay.” Sejun answered and grabbed Theo’s two front paws and lifted them up, Streeeeetch. Theo’s body stretched out like a rice cake.

And Whoosh. Whoosh. Sejun shook Theo back and forth and moved to the persimmon tree farm.

“Nyaang?! Chairman Park, I don’t think this is a massage, nyaang!”

“No. This is also a massage.”

“Is that so, nyaang? Then do it more, nyaang!”

“Okay.” Whoosh. Whoosh. Theo completely entrusted himself to Sejun’s touch, finding it fun to continue.

Kkueng!

[Kkuengi is so jealous of big brother!] Kkuengi looked at Theo enviously. Sejun’s strength was too weak to shake him.

“Puhuhut. Don’t worry, nyaang! I’ll find a way to make Chairman Park’s strength stronger with my front paws, nyaang!” Theo comforted Kkuengi as the older brother.

Kkueng?

[Really?]

“Puhuhut. Believe in your big brother, nyaang!” While Theo was talking loudly to Kkuengi, Sejun arrived at the persimmon tree farm.

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

[The roots of the persimmon tree are slightly healed while being touched.]

Sejun began to heal the persimmon trees. Theo hung on Sejun’s lap again, and Kkuengi searched the surroundings for something to eat.

(Massage. Stretch. Stretch. The wings are cool~) The Golden Bat, helping Sejun, sang a song to help the persimmon trees regain their energy.

[Guardian Golden Bat has unlocked a new talent: Plant Healing Singer.] A message appeared in front of Sejun.

“Huh?! Plant Healing Singer?” Sejun looked at the Golden Bat after seeing the message.

(I am the fifth Golden Bat, our youngest is 2022-year-old Toryongi~) The Golden Bat was singing the song he had worked hard to write and compose.

Just then, Sejun saw a yellow light flickering on the branches of the persimmon trees close to the Golden Bat.

And Rustle. Green leaves sprouted from the branches where the yellow light flickered. Although there were only one or two, it was a great thing that leaves were sprouting from the bare tree.

The Golden Bat’s song had a better effect than Sejun’s skill. Thanks to this, Sejun’s work of healing the persimmon trees ended more quickly, and he was able to really start creating a solid Sharp Blade Green Onion farm.

But after 3 days, he had planted all the seeds he had and could no longer plant any more solid Sharp Blade Green Onions. This was because he had planted seeds on a large scale thanks to the Black Oaks.

“Once these are all grown, I’ll be able to harvest enough solid Sharp Blade Green Onions to cover the entire Earth, right?” Sejun said, watering the field where he had planted the seeds.

Just then, Kkuengi came over and asked.

Kkueng?

[Daddy, when are we going back home?] He seemed to miss his mom.

“We’ll have to go back soon. Do you miss your mom?”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[No! Kkuengi can endure it!] Kkuengi nodded fast, trying to look strong, but Sejun could see a little sadness in his eyes. Seeing Kkuengi’s reaction, it seemed like they had to go back soon.

“Okay, pack your bags, kids. Let’s go home.” It would be quick anyway if they used the Waypoint.

“Urchi, I’ll be going to the 99th floor of the Tower for a while, so please take care of this place.”

“Yes! Leave it to me!”

“Okay. Make sure the mole people leave work on time.”

“Yes!” He repeatedly told him to make sure the mole people left work on time, just in case they couldn’t go home again.

On the way to the 99th floor of the Tower towards the Waypoint, the animals were humming and excited, happy to be going home.

Nyaang nyaang nyaang.

Kkuengeing!

(Bat bat.)

As they walked, Sejun felt a strange feeling, like someone was watching them.

“Huh?! A person?” A man with brown hair and a mustache was coming from the opposite side.

As Sejun was about to greet his fellow human after a long time,

“Die!” The man attacked Sejun out of the blue.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Kkuengi wants to go home soon! I’ll get angry if you stop us!] Wham! Kkuengi, whose return home was being stopped, punched the man.

And Whoosh. The man who was hit by Kkuengi transformed into a giant red snake covered in flames. It was the third head of the Hydra, hidden in the body of Pablo, who had come up from the 33rd floor of the Tower.