Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 231

“-Puhahaha. What… is it…”

Yormungandr’s fragment scoffed as Theo hesitated, paws twitching, in front of it.

But along the path of Theo’s paw, the giant snake’s head split in two.

And then,

Sssss.

It turned to ash and vanished.

Clink!

From where Yormungandr’s fragment had disappeared, white coins began to fall. The coins didn’t fall in one spot. They appeared here and there, where Yormungandr’s fragment had been.

“Gae-ron, pick them up, nyaang!”

Theo, still burning money and glowing gold, leaped toward the falling white coins, telling Gae-ron to pick them up.

-Yes! Master!

Lick. Lick.

Gae-ron, perched on Theo’s head, eagerly stuck out his tongue, snatching the falling coins.

They had to hurry. Below the falling white coins was the ominous darkness surrounding the tower. Instinct warned them never to enter the darkness.

Besides, an unpleasant aura was growing stronger. It was faint at first, but it grew steadily. It was dangerous to stay outside the tower for too long.

“H-how could something like that exist…?” Uren whispered, still frozen. Everyone in his group was the same – the Secret Surveillance Bureau agents and the merchant soldiers. Some of the weaker ones had even passed out.

They were like mice staring at a cat, just shaking.

Shiver, shiver.

Even after Theo was done with the monster, the shaking didn’t stop. The scary face and eyes of that snake thing were stuck in their heads.

“Hoo…”

“Hah! Hah!”

Slowly, they started to come back to their senses.

Then, one of the Secret Surveillance Bureau agents asked, “Uren-nim, who *was* that?!” They thought Theo was with Uren.

Uren puffed out his chest. “That is the famous Theo Park! The Fatal Dragon Claw Golden Cat! He works for the Great Black Dragon!” Uren announced proudly. Theo was a yellow cat, but now, after seeing him defeat the monster and glow gold, Uren saw him as a Golden Cat.

This was the first time someone else changed how Theo was introduced. Theo’s fame was really starting to grow.

“Oh! *That’s* Theo Park?!” another agent exclaimed. They knew the name from their work at the Bureau.

However,

‘They said he was just a genius wandering merchant trusted by the Black Dragon?!’

‘They said he was just the powerless boyfriend of Iona, the Great Destruction Magician?!’

Theo’s power was far different from the information they had. Naturally, the information they had about Theo was based on the report Zeras had written when he met Theo while working as a Secret Surveillance Bureau agent.

The information had been updated since then. But it was hard to believe Theo could become so strong just by burning money.

‘We need to discard all the existing information.’

‘We’ll create a new report from scratch!’

The Secret Surveillance Bureau agents watched Theo picking up the falling coins, gathering information for the new report they would create.

“There, nyaang!”

-Yes!

Theo and Gae-ron moved quickly, catching the falling coins.

However, it was impossible to catch all the coins. Some were hundreds of meters away, and some even kilometers away.

In the end, Theo and Gae-ron couldn’t pick up all the coins and had to watch helplessly as ten white coins sank into the darkness.

“It’s a shame, nyaang…”

Theo was upset that the coins he was going to take to Sejun were drifting away. Theo wondered if he should jump into the darkness.

Just as Theo was thinking about jumping into the dark space,

“Ggyut ggyut ggyut. As expected, Vice Chairman Theo can’t do without me! O power of the wind, by my command, lift what I desire. Levitation.”

Iona used magic to stop the coins from falling and floated them to where Theo was.

“Nyaang! Gae-ron, catch them, nyaang!”

Theo shouted as the coins approached.

-Yes!

Lick. Lick.

Gae-ron hurriedly snatched the coins with his tongue and put them in Theo’s sack.

Thanks to Iona, Theo picked up all 47 white coins dropped by Yormungandr’s fragment.

“Thank you, Iona, nyaang!”

Theo, who had entered the merchant passage, thanked Iona for helping him not to lose the coins.

“Ggyut ggyut ggyut. It was nothing.”

“But what brings Iona here, nyaang?”

“Sejun-nim was worried about Vice Chairman Theo and sent me.”

“Chairman Park said that, nyaang?! Puhuhut.”

Theo became conceited at Iona’s words that Sejun was worried about him. Chairman Park, that guy, can’t do without me after all, nyaang!

“Sejun-nim is worried. Let’s go back quickly!”

Roll roll roll.

Iona wrapped her body around Theo’s tail, who was getting conceited, and began to sleep.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park is waiting for me, so I have to go quickly and show him my face and lie on Chairman Park’s lap and eat Churu, nyaang!”

Just as Theo was about to rush to the 99th floor of the tower where Sejun was,

“Um… Theo-nim. Thank you for saving my life. I don’t have any money right now, but if you come to the 65th floor of the tower where I am, I’ll pay you back when you come to my floor.”

Theo had already taken 1.2 billion tower coins from Uren. Uren invited Theo to the 65th floor of the tower, saying he would pay him back properly.

“Okay, nyaang! I’ll go later, nyaang!”

Theo’s heart was already running towards Sejun’s lap. He barely listened to Uren’s words and hurriedly set off for the 99th floor of the tower.

That’s how Theo returned home. The 1 billion tower coins burned out in the middle, and the golden light disappeared.

And then,

“The efficiency is not good, nyaang! Burning Chairman Park’s money is the best after all, nyaang!”

Theo noticed something strange. His powers seemed stronger when he burned Sejun’s money.

“Podori, I’m here!”

Sejun approached the grape vine with a branch that could create grapes with seeds. Podori was the nickname of the grape vine Sejun had created.

[Could it be?! Is that the branch that will give me seeds?]

Podori asked, looking at the branch Sejun was holding.

“Yeah. Wait a moment.”

Sejun carefully attached the branch he had brought to the grape vine.

[A life-filled grape vine branch has been grafted onto the seedless grape vine for beginners.]

[The seedless grape vine for beginners can now make delicious grapes again.]

[The quest has been completed.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, you have acquired exclusive cultivation rights for the next harvest of grapes.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, you have acquired the relic: Violet Ring.]

Along with the message that the quest was completed, a thick purple ring in the shape of a grape vine appeared in Sejun’s hand.

“Shall we see what the options are?”

Sejun examined the ring.

[Relic: Violet Ring]

A ring imbued with the heart of a farmer who loved grapes so much.

A relic not registered in the Black Tower.

Grape yield slightly increases when worn.

When worn, you can harvest the luscious grape altar that can open the Harvest Festival.

Only the owner of the grape vine can use this ring.

Creator: Vines

Rank: S

“Huh?! You can harvest the luscious grape altar?!”

Sejun hadn’t been able to hold the Harvest Festival since Ppyu Ppyu, who had the Red Ribbon that could harvest the Giant Carrot Altar, went down to the 55th floor of the tower. He was delighted to have found a way to hold the Harvest Festival again.

When the Harvest Festival is held, everyone can have fun, and the market of the raccoon tribe, which only comes to the Harvest Festival, opens. Now, making and eating rice cakes is a little less exciting, but you can still buy bread, beer, and cheese.

“Well… I don’t know when the Harvest Festival will be held…”

Slip.

Sejun said, putting the Violet Ring on his finger. Sejun wasn’t in a hurry since he only had one grape vine. If he planted grape seeds and harvested them repeatedly, the Harvest Festival would open someday.

At that moment,

[Thank you, Sejun-nim! I will make delicious grapes for you in the future!]

Podori conveyed his gratitude to Sejun.

“Yeah. Please make lots and lots of delicious grapes in the future.”

[Yes!]

“Then I’ll be on my way.”

Sejun said goodbye to Podori and headed to the kitchen to have lunch.

He had originally planned to make Samyangju and rice noodle dough in the morning, but the morning was over as he checked the results of grafting the grape vine branch onto another tree.

That’s how Sejun was heading to the kitchen.

“Huh?! It’s already grown a lot.”

In the golden pot of the abundance tree, the green color had disappeared, and yellow rice ears were visible.

“Hehehe. I can harvest it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Heung heung heung.”

Sejun, excited at the thought of eating rice soon, hummed and moved to the kitchen.

“Udon!”

Ramter, who had returned after drinking with Kaiser and Kellion, called out to Udon, the tower farmer of the Red Tower.

“Great Red Dragon Ramter-nim, did you call me?”

At Ramter’s call, a being clad in red full-body armor knelt respectfully on one knee and answered. The armor was made by Udon himself, with Ramter providing his scales so that Udon could withstand his energy.

Of course, it was impossible to block Ramter’s powerful energy with armor alone, so the wearer’s abilities had to be up to par.

“That’s right. Tower farmer of the Red Tower. Create a great red dragon statue that resembles me!”

Ramter had Udon create the statue to be sent to the Black Tower.

“Yes! I understand. Ramter-nim.”

“Then call me when it’s finished.”

Ramter disappeared after speaking.

And then,

“Hoo.”

Udon sighed and took off his helmet. His face, with its red beard, was covered in sweat. He was tired from dealing with Ramter’s energy.

Clank.

“A red dragon statue that resembles Ramter-nim…”

Udon repeated Ramter’s instructions and got up from his seat, but there wasn’t much difference from when he was kneeling on one knee. Udon was a dwarf, originally short.

At that moment,

“Inspiration has struck!”

Udon hurriedly ran towards the abandoned mine mountain. And he began to carve a giant red dragon statue the same size as Ramter out of the mountain. It was Ramter’s mistake not to specify the size.

Thud. Thud.

While Sejun was eating lunch and making rice noodle dough,

“Chairman Park, I, Vice Chairman Theo, have arrived, nyaang!”

Theo called out to Sejun and leaped towards Sejun’s face.

And then,

Whoosh.

Avoiding Sejun’s hand trying to grab him again, Theo hugged Sejun’s face.

“Ptoo. You came?”

Sejun spat out Theo’s fur and answered nonchalantly.

“What… what is it, nyaang?! Chairman Park, your reaction is too bland, nyaang! I, Vice Chairman Theo, whom Chairman Park was worried about, have arrived, nyaang! Welcome me more enthusiastically, nyaang!”

Theo had expected Sejun to welcome him more enthusiastically after hearing Iona’s words.

“What?”

“Nyaang…”

Theo was disappointed by Sejun’s reaction, but

‘Puhuhut. Chairman Park, are you shy, nyaang? Then I will generously understand, nyaang! But you won’t be able to keep enduring my fatal charm, nyaang!’

Soon, he interpreted Sejun’s heart on his own and lay down on Sejun’s lap, showing off his charm.

However,

‘That rascal is shedding.’

Sejun’s face gradually hardened as he watched Theo’s fur piling up on the rice noodle dough.

‘At this rate, it’s better to make new dough.’

The rice noodle dough seemed beyond saving. Oh well!

“Vice Chairman Theo, I’ll give you a rousing welcome!”

Since it was ruined anyway, Sejun focused on stroking Theo’s body and scraping off the fur so that Theo wouldn’t shed more.

‘Puhuhut. Chairman Park, he was shy after all, nyaang!’

Thanks to that, Theo’s misunderstanding grew bigger.