Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 234

Sirens began to blare across the entire island of Hawaii as a suspicious object appeared on the beach.

Whirr!

Because of strange signs, the United States had already ordered everyone to leave Hawaii, and most of the people had been taken away by ships and planes.

Boom!

Wham!

Thanks to this, the tanks and fighter jets waiting on the beach were able to fire shells and missiles at the dark shapes coming towards them, firing at the black creatures in the sea as much as they could.

After hundreds of shots and missiles, the enemy seemed to disappear.

However,

Wriggle. Wriggle.

The scattered pieces of the black creature on the ground moved back towards the sea, and then—

Boom!

A huge black creature shot out of the sea.

“What in the world is that thing?! Is that… a leech?!”

“It’s just a leech?”

The black creature was indeed a leech. Only then did the soldiers realize what it was and feel relieved. It’s just a leech, after all.

Boom!

Wham!

The tanks and fighter jets started shooting at the giant leech again. The giant leech was slow and huge, so all their attacks hit.

However,

Wobble. Wobble.

Even after being hit, the giant leech’s body quickly healed.

Also, the giant leech wasn’t just staying still. It flattened its body and slammed down on the fighter jets and tanks that had attacked it. It was a simple attack, but its huge size made it extremely dangerous.

Thud!

The fighter jets quickly flew out of the way of the giant leech’s attack, but the tanks were crushed right under it.

“Move at full speed!”

“Yes, sir!”

The soldiers inside the tanks didn’t panic and tried to drive away from under the leech.

Just then,

Crack. Crack.

Along with the sound of something being crushed, the leeches, smelling blood, widened the gaps in the tank and began rushing in.

“What is this?!”

Bang! Bang!

The tank commander accurately shot the heads of the leeches coming closer.

However,

Wriggle. Wriggle.

The pieces of dead leeches disappeared into the bodies of the living leeches.

And then,

Wriggle. Wriggle.

The leeches clung to the soldiers’ bodies, sinking their teeth deep into the soldiers’ skin and starting to suck their blood.

“Aargh!”

“Save me…”

In the end, they were buried under thousands of small leeches, their blood sucked dry, leaving them like empty shells.

23rd floor of the Violet Tower.

“[Fire, blaze forth!]”

Whoosh.

With Fire’s spell,

Screeeech!

Hundreds of venomous centipedes, coming towards Fire’s roots, burst into flames and fell to ash. Fire, the plant creature, had great talent in fire magic, and she skillfully used simple fire spells as soon as Aileen taught her fire magic.

However,

“[This is still bothersome.]”

Even though it was easier than before, since she could kill hundreds at once, she still had to pay attention.

“[There must be a better way… Wait! Master’s Detox Daepa!]”

Fire was happy as she thought of the Detox Daepa, but—

“[But how do I get it?]”

Fire quickly became sad because she couldn’t think of a good way.

“[I should ask Aileen if she has a way!]”

Fire asked Aileen for help.

“Okay. The rice is all washed.”

Sejun gently stirred the clear, white rice in the water, washing it and pouring the water out twice.

Splash.

Theo poured the washed rice into the heavy pot made of stone he had brought from the 97th floor of the tower. It was all the rice they had harvested. The stone pot was large, so it all fit.

Swish.

He also filled the stone pot with water.

“Hmm… Is this enough?”

Sejun, who was pouring water, began to worry. Unlike an electric rice cooker, the stone pot didn’t have lines to show how much water to add.

“What to do…”

If he failed here, the rice they worked hard for would be wasted. No. He couldn’t waste the precious rice! Even if he failed, he would still eat it.

But Sejun wanted to eat delicious rice from the start without failing, if possible.

“Aileen, is the bronze mirror fixed yet?”

Sejun asked Aileen to use his special connection to his mom.

However,

“[The tower manager says the repair is not yet complete.]”

The bronze mirror was still being fixed. This was because Aileen had used it once to say hello to Sejun’s mother, but Sejun didn’t know that.

“I have no choice.”

Press.

Sejun put his index finger straight down into the pot, making the water level reach his first finger joint touching the surface of the rice. Cooking experts often mentioned this method on TV.

Since everyone’s finger joint length was different, it was not a very exact method, but he had nothing else to trust right now.

“This should be enough, right?”

Sejun matched the water level to the height of one joint of his index finger.

Thud.

He closed the lid of the stone pot and put it on the small stove for cooking over fire to cook the rice.

“Hehehe. What side dishes should I eat with it?”

Sejun thought about what side dishes to eat with the white rice.

“First, I need to make grilled fish and spicy squid.”

Clang.

Sejun, having decided on the side dishes, opened his magic storage and took out small, fierce fish and squid to start cooking.

30 minutes later,

Creak.

Opening the lid of the stone pot,

“Oh!”

Perfect rice! It was shiny and smelled wonderful.

“I should mix it once.”

Sejun stirred the rice in the stone pot with a wooden spoon for rice.

And then,

Whoo. Whoo.

He cooled the rice grains stuck to the paddle with his breath and picked up the rice grains with his hand, putting them in his mouth.

Chew. Chew.

Sejun slowly chewed the rice grains, enjoying the taste. The chewy texture of the rice was perfect. With a little force, the rice grains burst and were crushed softly.

And then,

Munch. Munch.

A slight stickiness and delicious sweet taste that he felt more as he chewed.

“Wow… This is crazy! I made it, but it’s so delicious.”

Sejun praised himself and took a spoonful of rice, putting it in his mouth.

“Wow. It’s so delicious.”

Maybe it was because it was the first time he had eaten rice in almost a year, but the rice was so sweet. He felt like he could easily eat several bowls with just the rice alone.

“Ah. I was eating alone.”

Sejun remembered after eating about three spoonfuls of rice.

“Hey, guys, let’s eat!”

Sejun called the animals.

Kkueng!

Piiik!

Ukki!

The animals came to the kitchen when Sejun called.

“Okay. Here.”

Sejun scooped rice into bowls and gave it to the animals.

“Where should I start?”

Sejun took a large spoonful of white rice and placed a piece of fish from the grilled fish on top.

Gobble.

He put it in his mouth in one bite.

Crunch. Crunch.

The salty taste of the fish and the soft sweetness of the rice filled his mouth.

Gulp.

As he swallowed what was in his mouth, the saltiness left in his mouth made him want more rice.

“Hehehe. This time with spicy squid.”

Sejun took a spoonful of spicy squid.

Swish. Swish.

Mixed it with the white rice, and again took a large spoonful.

Gobble.

He put it in his mouth.

Crunch. Crunch.

Gulp.

As he swallowed the food, this time the spicy taste remained in his mouth, making him want rice.

“Delicious.”

While he was eating grilled fish and spicy squid back and forth,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

“[Dad always eats deliciously! If you copy Dad, you can’t fail!]”

Kkuengi started eating rice with grilled fish and spicy squid like Sejun, and the other animals started doing the same.

A little later,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

“[It’s delicious! I want to eat another bowl!]”

Piiik!

Ukki!

The animals quickly finished their rice and held out their empty bowls, wanting more.

“Alright.”

Sejun scooped rice for the animals.

And then,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

“[Hehehe. It’s delicious!]”

Kkuengi ate the rice very fast.

When Kkuengi ate 10 bowls of rice,

Flash!

Golden light surrounded Kkuengi’s body and slowly disappeared. The rice had triggered a special power. Thanks to this, Sejun learned that the rice he had cooked was for 100 people and that about 10,000 grains of rice went into one bowl.

Me too! Sejun diligently ate rice, wanting to experience the special power himself.

As Sejun ate his 10th bowl of rice like Kkuengi,

Flash.

Golden light surrounded Sejun’s body.

“[You have eaten 100,000 grains of rice.]”

“[The rice has triggered a special power.]”

“[A total of 100 abilities will be randomly increased in strength, health, agility, and magic power.]”

“[Strength +23, Health +9, Agility +37, Magic Power +31.]”

“Nice.”

Sejun smiled as he saw the message that his abilities had increased because of the rice’s special power.

And then,

Chomp chomp chomp.

Theo, who was lying on Sejun’s lap, was enjoying his special treat of two Churus at the same time.

“Nya?”

When golden light came from Sejun’s body,

‘What nya?! Pfft. Is Park getting stronger by spending a lot of something like me, nya?!’

He thought that Sejun was also spending a lot of something like him. ‘From now on, I need to work harder to earn even the money that Park will spend, nya!’

Theo became very determined to earn more money in the future. Only determination.

Gurgle.

Theo, feeling warm as he became very determined, put his tongue on the Churu and fell asleep.

At that moment,

“Kkuenga, the rice is gone.”

The stone pot was empty.

Kkueng…

“[It’s still not enough…]”

Kkuengi looked disappointed. It couldn’t be helped, since Kkuengi always eats a lot.

“Don’t be too disappointed. The rice is all gone, but we still have this left.”

Swish.

Sejun poured water into the crispy rice at the bottom of the stone pot and started boiling it again. He was making soup made from the crispy rice at the bottom.

Bubble bubble.

As the water in the stone pot boiled, a delicious smell began to spread everywhere.

“Okay. Try a bowl each.”

Sejun gave the finished soup made from the crispy rice at the bottom to the animals.

And then,

Slurp.

Sejun also took a spoonful and ate it. Chewing the crispy rice that was cooked again in water,

Gulp.

He swallowed it with the watery soup.

“Mmm!”

His stomach warmed as the hot broth entered.

“I don’t think I need to wash this?”

Sejun said, looking at the clean stone pot after they ate all the soup made from the crispy rice at the bottom without leaving a single grain of rice. The rice and soup made from the crispy rice at the bottom were that popular with the animals.

“Now I need to work.”

Sejun got up from his seat after finishing his meal. He hadn’t been able to make enough Samyangju and rice noodles yesterday because Theo needed him, so he had no time to rest today.

“Hey, guys, let’s work.”

When Sejun said this, the animals moved to what they needed to do.

“[Good morning, Fire!]”

Podori’s root politely greeted Fire’s root as soon as it was morning, just as he had said.

“[Yes. Did Podori sleep well too?]”

“[Yes! I slept well!]”

“[Okay. You have to sleep well. Here. Take this.]”

Fire’s root gave a drop of liquid to Podori’s root. It was something she had absorbed from the lake where she had taken root. She wanted to give more, but it seemed that Podori couldn’t handle more than one drop.

“[Wh-What is this?]”

Podori asked, surprised by the great energy in the liquid.

“[Um… It’s like a nutritional supplement.]”

“[A nutritional supplement?]”

“[Yes. So absorb the nutritional supplement and quickly make delicious grapes for Master.]”

“[Yes! I will work hard to make grapes!]”

Podori began to absorb the liquid that Fire had given him.

Then,

Crack. Crack.

Podori’s branches, having absorbed the liquid, quickly grew and began to create grape bunches.

A little later,

Krooooh!

Kkueng!

“[It smells delicious!]”

Piiik

Ukki

Screech!

All the members of the farm, as if they were under a spell, began to gather where Podori was, following the delicious scent.

“Huh?! Is that the smell of grapes?”

Sejun, who had woken up, also followed the grape scent like the other animals and moved to where Podori was.

And then,

“Huh?!”

He saw a huge number of grapes growing on the grape tree.