Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 208

Koo-ehng! Koo-ehng!

A happy cry echoed, like a bird calling, “I’m home! Mommy Koo-ehng is here!”

As soon as they arrived at the farm, Koo-ehng ran off to find her pink fur.

“Shall we see how well this greatsword cuts?”

Sejun went to the green onion field to test the performance of his newly acquired greatsword. In the green onion field, there were three kinds of green onions. First, the regular ones Sejun found long ago. Then, Detox Green Onions and Sturdy Blade Green Onions, from seeds he got in the Tower.

Sejun walked to the green onion field. Rows and rows of green onions stretched out, a sea of green so big he couldn’t see where it ended. He took out the greatsword from his subspace warehouse. The area of the green onion field was enormous, as the green onions had been continuously divided and replanted each time their roots split.

“Hoo. Yah!”

Sejun took a breath and swung the greatsword sideways with a shout.

Whoosh! The greatsword sliced through the air. Scrunch! The sound of green onion leaves being cut filled the air. The sword was so powerful, even the wind from its swing cut green onions a meter away from the blade itself!

“Wow! Theo, did you see that? I cut one, two…”

Sejun began to count the number of green onions he had cut.

Thud.

“Oh! I cut 24 green onions at once!”

Sejun knocked down the half-cut green onions with his hand, making a fuss to Theo.

“Well done, Meow… Chairman Park, excellent, Meow…”

Theo’s praise was devoid of any soul. Normally, Theo would have taken out his dragon claws to show off his skills and put Sejun down, but he was very sleepy now.

“Hehehe. Hoo-yah!”

Thanks to that, Sejun, not at all discouraged, diligently swung the greatsword in the green onion field, cutting down the leaves.

Two hours later.

“Hoo. Fulfilling.”

Wiping away sweat, Sejun looked back with a satisfied expression. He was planning to feel proud looking at the cleared green onion field he had cut down.

But,

“Huh?!”

The green onions had already grown back to their original height. It was thanks to the ‘Farmer’s Footstep Shoes’ Sejun was wearing. The green onions had grown rapidly upon hearing Sejun’s footsteps.

He looked around in surprise. The green onions he had just cut were already standing tall again!

“I’m trapped,” he thought.

“Theo, lend me your claws for a moment.”

“Al…right, Meow…”

Theo, half-asleep, took out his dragon claws and infused them with magic.

Whoosh.

Sejun grabbed Theo’s forepaw and swung it.

Swish.

The green onions within 30m fell down simultaneously.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

Sejun swung Theo’s forepaw a few times, quickly covering the distance Sejun had moved while cutting green onions with the greatsword for 2 hours, and escaped the green onion field.

Because of this, they had a huge pile of green onion leaves. But this was good! They could use them for many things. Food for the Black Minotaurs and rabbits, and materials to make ropes and baskets.

“Haa!”

Thud.

Sejun roughly stuck the greatsword of amplification in front of the house and went inside. It seemed like he needed to find a different use for it rather than cutting grass.

The next morning.

“Eugh-yah-gyah-gyah!” Sejun stretched loudly as he woke up, like a big cat yawning.

Sejun, who woke up early in the morning, put Theo on his leg and came outside, stretching vigorously.

“I should go to the brewery first.”

Sejun remembered he had the ‘Rice Dough that Devours Wealth,’ a special item… He decided to stop by the brewery first before going to the kitchen to replenish rice flour.

As Sejun stepped into the front yard of his house to go to the brewery,

“Huh?!”

Sejun discovered that the greatsword he had stuck in the ground yesterday had disappeared.

“Where did it go?”

He searched every corner of the house’s yard, but the greatsword was nowhere to be seen. He hadn’t found a use for it yet, but it was a whopping S+ grade greatsword. And to lose the precious equipment the penguins had gifted him…

“Who took it?!”

Sejun got angry and went to the brewery for now. He was planning to search the surroundings thoroughly with the rabbits and mushroom ants when they woke up a little later.

Sejun entered the brewery, fuming.

“Huh? It was here.”

He found the greatsword inside the brewery.

Ookkie!

Ookkie!

Two banana monkeys were holding the greatsword of amplification together and stirring the makgeolli in a huge jar. The monkeys, who were looking for a stick to stir the makgeolli, had found the greatsword and taken it. It seemed they had found a use for the greatsword in their own way.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

Sejun asked, looking at the monkeys.

Ookkie!

“[We are making Samyangju!]”

“Samyangju?”

Ookkie! Ookkie!

“[It tastes better this way! Samyangju is….]”

The monkeys answered Sejun’s question.

The monkeys explained. First, they make makgeolli. Then, they add more rice and let it ferment again – that’s Iyangju. And if they do it *again*, adding even more rice and fermenting, it becomes Samyangju!

As it goes from Iyangju to Samyangju, the alcohol content increases, the taste of the alcohol becomes cleaner, and the aroma becomes deeper and more fragrant. Moreover, the color of the alcohol also becomes clearer, making it a high-quality alcohol that is both pleasing to the eye and delicious to taste.

“Okay. Work hard on making it.”

Sejun smiled happily, thinking about selling it to Kaiser and Kellion at a high price later.

At that moment,

Koo-ehng!

“[Daddy Koo-ehng is hungry!]”

Koo-ehng, who had personally come to the front of the brewery to find Sejun’s scent, called out to Sejun with a fierce cry. She seemed very hungry.

“Just a moment. Crop Gigantification.”

Sejun used his power to make a giant sweet potato. He hurriedly came outside, gave it to Koo-ehng, and headed to the kitchen.

Tap tap tap.

Sejun quickly sliced the ingredients with a dagger, put them in a pot, and added magic to the fire to increase the heat.

“Should I ask the penguins to make me a kitchen knife next time?”

Sejun said, looking at Keynes’ training dagger. It cut well, but it wasn’t made for cooking, so it was a little inconvenient when cutting ingredients.

Bubble, bubble.

The contents in the pot began to boil, and a freshwater shrimp soup was quickly completed. It was Sejun’s consideration for the rabbits who had never eaten shrimp soup before.

As the shrimp soup was completed,

Slurp.

“Hey, everyone, let’s eat!”

Sejun quickly ate a bowl of shrimp soup and called the rabbits.

But,

Squeak!

Peep!

The rabbits were already looking at him, not surprised at all. They could always see through his hiding.

Tch. I’m the only one without detection abilities.

“Okay, let’s line up.”

Sejun, feeling dejected, filled the bowls of Koo-ehng and the rabbits with shrimp soup and distributed it. There were times when he couldn’t see his own hand and poured shrimp soup on his hand while filling the bowls, but it was okay.

‘Heh. I am a friend of fire, after all.’

This level of heat was no longer a threat to Sejun. While the animals were eating breakfast, Sejun came outside. It was uncomfortable to move around in the kitchen because he couldn’t see due to the stealthed animals.

“Has our Flame been doing well?”

Sejun, who came out of the kitchen, went down to the cave and greeted Flame.

“[Yes! Oh?! I feel a strong fire energy from Master’s body!]”

“Yeah. My talent evolved this time. Hehehe. Look at this!”

Snap.

Sejun snapped his fingers and showed Flame a huge flame.

But,

Slurp.

Before Sejun could even react, Sejun’s flame was sucked into Flame’s leaves.

[Flame’s power, Ruler of Fire, is taking your fire energy!]

[If more fire energy is stolen, it will be difficult to maintain Talent: Friend of Fire.]

“Huh?”

When Sejun was panicking at the message,

“[Ah! Master, I’m sorry!]”

Flame, who had accidentally absorbed Sejun’s flame, apologized in a fluster.

“Ah… No, it’s okay…”

He had trusted Flame, but… unlike himself, who had barely become friends with fire, Flame was ruling over fire. Flame suddenly felt very unfamiliar.

Sejun once again realized how futile it was to worry about others on the 99th floor of the Tower.

“I’m leaving…”

“[Are you leaving already?]”

“Yeah…”

Sejun got up from his seat, clearly showing his pettiness. He knew he was being pathetic, but he still needed time to accept the truth.

Sejun came out of the cave. Feeling like he wanted to be alone, he went into the storage cave. It was cool and a little dark, filled with the smell of earth and harvested crops. Of course, he wasn’t completely alone because Theo was clinging to his knee.

Sejun looked around at the crops that had been harvested in the storage while he was away.

And then,

“Oh! They harvested peanuts? Oh?! They harvested onions too!”

Sejun’s face gradually brightened as he looked at the crops. He couldn’t help but show his farmer instincts.

“Hehehe. Feeling secure.”

Sejun completely recovered from his gloomy mood as he put the crops in the storage into his subspace warehouse.

At that moment,

“Oh?! They harvested strawberries too?!”

He saw red strawberries piled up at the end of the storage.

“Tss.”

His mouth watered at the sight of the strawberries. Should he eat a few since no one was around? The only ones here right now were himself and Theo. And Theo was sleeping.

“Okay.”

As Sejun carefully tried to pick up a strawberry,

Drip. Drip.

He heard the sound of water droplets falling.

“Huh?”

When Sejun looked at the source of the sound,

Drip. Drip.

The water was falling from mid-air.

“G… Ghost?!”

Just as Sejun thought he had discovered a ghost,

“Oh?! Koo-ehng?”

Koo-ehng and the rabbits, whose stealth had been released, appeared. It was the rabbits who were trying to get back at Sejun for trying to trick them earlier, and Koo-ehng had just followed them.

The rabbits, who had followed Sejun into the storage, quietly followed him, worried about Sejun when they saw that his expression wasn’t good.

But when Sejun’s expression brightened, they were waiting for another chance to surprise him, and they were caught when Koo-ehng drooled as Sejun grabbed the strawberries.

Koo-ehng?!

“[Daddy was going to eat the strawberries alone just now?!]”

As soon as she revealed herself, Koo-ehng immediately questioned Sejun.

“Ah… No! Of course, I was going to eat them together.”

Sejun quickly took his hand away from the strawberries in response to Koo-ehng’s questioning.

“Okay. Let’s go quickly and eat strawberries for dessert.”

Sejun took the strawberries out, washed them at the tap, and ate them with the animals.

Slurp. Sejun bit into a strawberry. Juice burst in his mouth.

“Wow! It’s really delicious,” he exclaimed. The strawberry was sweet and fragrant, the best he’d ever tasted.

Koo-ehng!

“[It’s even more delicious!]”

Peep!

The animals also seemed to agree with Sejun’s thoughts, as they continued to exclaim and eat the strawberries.

Every time he ate a strawberry, a message appeared: ‘[You have eaten a Lucky Strawberry. Your luck will be better for one hour.]’

But,

“Luck is useless. I’m the weakest anyway…”

Sejun, still affected by the damage he had taken from Flame earlier, didn’t have much expectation.

At that moment,

[The Seed Shop is now open.]

[Park Sejun’s rank is Extraordinary.]

A message appeared saying that the Seed Shop was open.

“Ah. It’s the 335th day today.”

He had forgotten that the Seed Shop would open today because he had gone to the 44th floor of the Tower.

As Sejun was reading the message,

[Park Sejun is the 1,000,000th visitor to the Seed Shop.]

“The 1,000,000th visitor?!”

A different message than usual appeared.

And then,

[Especially for the 1,000,000th visitor, Park Sejun, we are offering 3 precious seeds at a 50% discount today.]

[Seed Shop mileage will not be accumulated for this purchase.]

[Only 1 seed can be purchased.]

[10,000 Rice Seeds – 35 Pieces of World’s Energy]

[10,000 Wheat Seeds – 25 Pieces of World’s Energy]

[10,000 Barley Seeds – 15 Pieces of World’s Energy]

The rice that Sejun had been hoping for finally appeared.

“But World’s Energy?”

Sejun, who had always purchased with Tower Coins, was amazed that he could purchase seeds with World’s Energy.

“Thank goodness.”

Thanks to the bronze coin Iona had given him, Sejun had 43 pieces of World’s Energy.

“Hehehe. I’ll buy the rice seeds.”

Sejun chose rice without hesitation. He was already smiling at the thought of eating white rice.

Fwoosh.

With Sejun’s choice, the bronze coin Sejun was holding turned into powder and disappeared.

And then,

[Using 35 pieces of World’s Energy, you purchase 10,000 rice seeds from the Seed Shop.]

Clatter.

A leather pouch containing 10,000 grains of rice fell onto Sejun’s hand. The pouch was quite heavy.