Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 184

Vroom.

Koohehehe.

Thump.

Vroom.

Koohehehe.

Thump.

“Kkueng!”

“So fun! So exciting!”

After dinner, Sejun tossed Kkueng, who felt lighter now, and caught him, playing with him.

Just then,

Krooarrr.

Pink Fur called Kkueng from afar, signaling that it was bedtime.

Kkueng······

“Want to play more······”

Kkueng was sad at his mother’s call.

“You can sleep with Mom and play again tomorrow,” Sejun soothed the disappointed Kkueng.

“Okay! I will sleep well, so Dad should sleep well too!” Kkueng chirped.

Having spoken, Kkueng ran towards Pink Fur.

Tap tap tap!

Now, even Kkueng’s footsteps sounded light.

“Let’s go to sleep too.”

“Alright, meow!”

Sejun went to sleep with Theo as well.

The first light of morning peeked through the cracks in the wooden walls.

Tap tap tap!

“Dad!” Kkueng chirped, his voice full of morning energy. “Dad, I want to play!”

From the moment the sun began to rise, Kkueng was eager for playtime.

Plop!

Before Sejun could even open his eyes, Kkueng leaped onto his chest.

Thud.

“Ugh…” Sejun groaned, a sleepy sound escaping his lips, but he didn’t fully wake.

“Hehehe,” Kkueng giggled softly. “Hehehe. Dad is okay!”

Kkueng bounced happily, relieved that his morning jump hadn’t hurt his Dad.

Kroooooh.

Grolong.

Kkulolong.

Kyurulolong.

They fell asleep together.

A little later,

“Oof!”

Sejun woke up and sat up.

Then,

Thump thump thump.

Kkueng naturally rolled down the slope.

“Huh?”

Thump.

Sejun quickly grabbed Kkueng.

“It’s really amazing. Our Kkueng is so light,” Sejun said, looking at Kkueng, who was fast asleep in his arms. The weight of Kkueng now felt like about 70kg, a feather-like weight compared to before.

As Sejun lifted Kkueng up and down with both hands, marveling at the fact that he could lift Kkueng,

Smirk.

Kkueng’s lips curled up. It seemed he wanted to pretend to be asleep even though he was awake.

‘Hehehe. But I won’t be fooled!’

Pffft.

Sejun punished Kkueng for deceiving him by blowing raspberries on Kkueng’s belly.

Kkuuuuu.

Kkueng tried hard to pretend to be asleep.

But

Koohehehe. Kkueng!

“Hehehe. So fun!”

He soon surrendered and started playing with Sejun.

“Going again! Pffft.”

Koohehehe.

While they were playing like that,

Grumble.

“Dad, Kkueng is hungry!” Kkueng exclaimed.

There was a different kind of spirit in Kkueng’s voice than before. No matter how fun it is, he can’t tolerate being hungry!

“Okay. Let’s eat.”

He briefly put down Kkueng, who was about to get really hungry and grumpy.

“Meooow······”

And equipped Theo, who was still asleep, on his lap.

“Oh? Iona came?”

Sejun belatedly discovered Iona clinging to Theo’s tail.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay!” Kkueng replied.

Sejun moved to the kitchen with Kkueng. The breakfast menu was, of course, cabbage soup. He failed to awaken his talent yesterday, but maybe today would be different.

After breakfast,

Sway. Sway.

Some of the animals who failed to awaken their talents yesterday awakened their wind attribute talent again. On the other hand, Sejun deliberately ate three bowls of cabbage soup, but he just felt full.

“Tch.”

“President Park, cheer up, meow!”

“Kkyut! If you’re hot, I’ll cool you down with magic.”

“Kkueng can blow wind too! Hoo! Hoo!” Kkueng added.

The animals comforted Sejun, but

“It’s okay, you don’t have to comfort me,” Sejun refused the animals’ comfort.

‘Lunch is also cabbage soup today!’ Sejun hadn’t given up yet.

After eating breakfast,

Thump.

Thud. Thud.

Sejun picked up Mailer’s hoe, which was placed in front of the house, and went to the field where nothing had been planted yet.

And then,

Pat pat pat.

He scattered carrot seeds on the ground,

Thump.

“Raise the land.”

He began planting carrots with Mailer’s hoe.

[Planted 500 agility carrot seeds in mana-infused soil.]

[The agility carrot seeds are listening to the farmer’s footsteps, enhancing the effect of Mana Seed Sowing Lv. 6.]

[Due to the effect of Mana Seed Sowing Lv. 6, the growth rate of agility carrot seeds is doubled for 24 hours.]

[7,702,173 job quests remain until completion.]

“Oh!”

The Mana Seed Sowing effect was enhanced by the synergy with the farmer’s Footsteps Shoes.

“Nice!”

Thud. Thud.

Thanks to that, Sejun, who was motivated, began to plant carrots while making footsteps diligently.

After planting carrots for about an hour,

[The agility carrot expresses its gratitude to the farmer’s footsteps and lends its strength.]

[The potential of the Agility stat increases from 99 to 100.]

The potential of the Agility stat increased.

“Huh?”

Sejun was puzzled when his potential rose faster than expected. Sejun learned two things while testing the Crop’s Gratitude skill yesterday.

One was that he had to walk the field for about 2 hours to raise his potential. This would probably increase the time required to increase potential as the potential increased, but that was the case now.

The other was that the energy given by crops gathered separately for each crop.

For example, if you walk in a carrot field for 1 hour and a sweet potato field for 1 hour, you have to walk in the carrot field for 1 hour and the sweet potato field for 1 hour later to fill the 2 hours to raise your potential.

‘Is it because of the Footsteps effect?’

Sejun thought that the reason why the time to increase potential was shortened was because the crop’s gratitude effect also doubled as the seed’s growth rate increased.

Until lunchtime, Sejun planted carrots and raised his Strength and Agility potential by 1 each.

Lunchtime.

Tweet?

The small, furry creature with large eyes tilted its head, sniffing at the bowl. “Ooki?” it squeaked softly, a questioning sound. Before them sat bowls of steaming kimchi stew, its spicy red aroma filling the cave. For the third day in a row. A few of the animals nudged their bowls with their noses, their usual eager eating slowing to a polite pace. They were clearly growing tired of the same meal.

But not Kooeng. “Kooeng!” he barked happily, diving into his stew with gusto. *Delicious!* he thought, slurping loudly. It truly tasted as wonderful as the first time.

Soon after lunch, a soft rustling sound began.

After lunch, something amazing happened. One by one, the other animals began to glow. They were unlocking their wind abilities!

“Ugh.”

Sejun sighed. As usual, he just felt full, not energized like the others.

The Sea of Dimensions.

-How did this happen?

The giant octopus, Kraken, the 6th Apostle of Destruction, who devoured the sea and diligently searched the surroundings, looked around in confusion.

Suddenly, his surroundings were covered with branches like a dense net. At first, there were only a few branches blocking his path.

Kraken trusted in his power and tried to break the branches to move forward, but Wham! The branches were much stronger than he had anticipated.

-To dare withstand the power of Kraken!

Although it was only a fragment of his true self, its power was not insignificant, and Kraken’s pride was wounded.

So, Wham! Wham! He didn’t give up and continued to use his power to destroy the branches. While he was focused on the branches in front of him, he was soon surrounded by them.

Creak. Creak. The branches gradually narrowed the space, tightening around Kraken.

-Eek!

Kraken tried to resist the branches that were constricting him, but it was only a matter of time before he died.

Time passed. Then, a small sound broke the silence. Clink.

Kraken was crushed to death, and three gray coins fell to the floor.

Creak. The branches moved quickly to collect the coins.

“[How should I give these to Master this time?]”

Flame found it more difficult to give the coins to Sejun than killing the Apostle of Destruction. He was just an apple tree and didn’t have hands!

After lunch,

“I need to let Flame hear my footsteps too.”

Sejun went down to the cave to check on Flame. He was always concerned that Flame wasn’t growing properly.

“[Master! Welcome!]”

As soon as Sejun came down, Flame greeted him happily, waving his four leaves.

‘Poor thing. It’s an apple tree, but it still only has four leaves.’

Sejun sighed, falling into his usual worry. He always forgot that on the 99th floor of the tower, things were different, safer.

“Flame, have you been well?”

Sejun asked, stroking Flame’s leaves with a pitiful expression.

“[Yes! But I love the sound of your footsteps even more now! It makes me feel energized! Ah! I mean, it was good before, but it’s even better now!]”

Flame quickly added an explanation, worried that Sejun might misunderstand.

‘Cute guy.’

As Sejun was stroking Flame and about to get up,

Slyly, Theo subtly pushed his head under Sejun’s right hand. ‘Pet me too, nya!’

At that moment,

Suddenly, Kooeng grabbed Sejun’s left hand and pressed it against his head, following Theo’s lead.

‘I need to work now…’

The soft fur on his palms tempted Sejun. But if he started petting them like this, dozens of minutes would fly by. Sejun thought of a clever way to overcome the temptation and separate the two.

“Hey, go catch some tuna.”

“Tuna rolls, nya?!”

“Kooeng!”

“[Tuna is delicious!]”

Theo and Kooeng were excited at the mention of tuna.

“Yeah. If you catch tuna, I’ll make you Churu.”

“Puhuhut. I understand, nya! Kooeng, let’s have a competition to see who catches the tuna first, nya! I’ll show you my water attribute abilities, nya!”

“Kooeng!”

“[Kooeng is also good at swimming!]”

Theo and Kooeng hurried to the pond. Of course, Iona, who was sleeping on Theo’s tail, went with them.

“Now I can work.”

Sejun started working in the field in the cave.

“[The opportunity has come.]”

Flame quietly began to lead two Apostles of Destruction, whom he had been trying to capture and crush in the Sea of Dimensions, toward the passage connected to the 99th floor of the tower.

“I’m going to catch the tuna first, nya!”

Whoosh!

Theo used his water attribute ability to swim quickly, cutting through the water.

“Kooeng!”

“[Kooeng won’t lose!]”

Kooeng returned his body weight to its original state.

Thud.

The heavier Kooeng began to sink quickly to the bottom of the pond.

The two arrived at the bottom of the pond at a similar time.

At that moment,

-Who are these guys?

A giant green sea serpent, Leviathan, the 12th Apostle of Destruction, who summoned tidal waves, poked its head out from the passage connected to the Sea of Dimensions.

“What, nya?”

“Kooeng?”

“[What is that?]”

Theo and Kooeng wondered what the giant fish in front of them was. A long, snake-like fish that lived in the sea.

“Nya! I know, nya! That’s the giant eel that Chairman Park likes, nya!”

“Kooeng!”

“[Kooeng will catch what Dad likes!]”

Theo and Kooeng, convinced that the Leviathan in front of them was a giant eel, rushed to catch it.

“Puhuhut. Watch closely, Kooeng, nya! This is Vice Chairman Theo’s secret technique, the Nya Nya Storm Fist, nya! Nya Nya Nya! Nya Nya Nya!”

Theo took out his dragon claws, filled them with magic, and attacked Leviathan.

-Kugh. How could…

Thud.

Leviathan collapsed from Theo’s attack and disappeared, turning into water.

Clink.

One green coin fell.

“Nya? The eel disappeared, nya!”

“Kooeng?”

“[Where did the eel go?]”

As the two were panicking at the sudden disappearance of the eel,

-Leviathan, why is he blocking the way… Huh? Who are you?

This time, Kraken, who had followed Leviathan, blocked the passage again.

“Nya! That’s the octopus that Chairman Park likes, nya!”

Theo was pushing what he didn’t eat to Sejun.

“Kooeng! Kooeng!”

“[Kooeng also likes octopus! Kooeng will catch it this time!]”

Wham!

Kooeng shouted, kicked off the ground, and charged towards Kraken.

And

“Kooeng!”

“[This is Kooeng’s secret technique, the Kooeng One-Punch, yo!]”

Wham!

Following Theo, Kooeng also named his technique, infused his fist with magic, and punched Kraken in the head.

-Kugh! What nonsense…

Wham!

Kraken couldn’t finish his sentence, collapsed, and turned into water.

And

Clink.

A branch placed seven coins where the coins had fallen and disappeared.

And

[Guardian Theo has defeated Leviathan, the Serpent of Tidal Waves, the 12th Apostle of Destruction who infiltrated the Black Tower.]

[Guardian Kooeng has acquired 10 million experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired.]

[Experience points cannot be acquired because the job quest has not been completed.]

[Guardian Kooeng has defeated Kraken, the Sea-Swallowing Beast, the 6th Apostle of Destruction who infiltrated the Black Tower.]

…

..

. The message appeared in front of Sejun, who was working in the field.

“Huh?! My experience points…”

As Sejun despaired,

“[Hehet. It’s a success.]”

Flame was pleased behind Sejun, having successfully handed over the coins he had.