Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 237

The Silver Dragon’s Territory.

Thud. Thud.

Ten black dragons arrived. Around them were the silver dragons, the masters of this place, along with the white, green, blue, red, and gold dragons who had arrived earlier, all engaged in conversation.

These dragons were the first group to check out the 10th Tower. Most were about 10,000 years old. They knew each other already, so they talked easily.

“Miles Pritani, you’ve arrived?”

“Indeed. Ricardo Ajax, you’re here early.”

The white dragon Ricardo greeted Miles, who was at the head of the black dragons. They were born around the same time and had built a friendship fighting against the Extinction, now being close friends.

“It’s not that I wanted to come early. Old Man Kellion told me to hurry. He told me not to lose to the black dragons. You know? Old Man Kellion is competitive with Kaiser. Ha… so tiring…”

“It’s the same for us. If we’re heard saying we lost to the white dragons, we can’t show our faces to Old Man Kaiser that day.”

“Haha. You too?”

While the two were talking,

Thud. Thud.

Other dragons arrived.

And while mingling and talking with the other dragons,

“By the way, who will be the Center this time?”

The topic of conversation shifted to choosing the Center for the hatchlings, which would happen in a year. Every 1,000 years, the dragons give the authority to lead the other hatchlings to the strongest among them.

And the hatchling who receives that authority is called the Center. The Center’s authority lasts for only 100 years, and since there are hardly any times when young hatchlings gather, the Center rarely leads the other hatchlings.

However, for dragons with strong pride, whether their hatchling becomes the Center or not was a very important matter.

“Of course, it’s Ophelia, who is the best at farming among the hatchlings!”

The green dragons said.

“What are you talking about?! How strong is our Perion?! He already started creating the essence of fire at 500 years old!”

The red dragons retorted fiercely.

“Our Hakun created the essence of water at 499 years old!”

“Hmph! Is that all? Our Nimea created the essence of earth at 498 years old!”

Each group said their young dragon was the best.

But two dragon groups stayed quiet.

The black dragons had recently heard from Kaiser that Aileen’s Dragon Heart was miraculously recovering, so they didn’t have high expectations.

‘I should stay quiet.’

The white dragons had heard from Kellion that Ajax had been defeated by Aileen, who was 300 years younger, so they remained silent.

They were afraid that if they brought it up, the story of Ajax being beaten by Aileen might come out if the black dragons also started talking.

Aileen’s magic power had already become as strong as a fully-fledged dragon, so it was natural for Ajax to lose, but they couldn’t proudly say that he had been beaten by a dragon 300 years younger.

The black dragons didn’t know Aileen’s strength, while the white dragons did. The reason the situation turned out this way was because Aileen, who wanted to continue being the manager of the Black Tower, had asked Kaiser to hide her strength.

Of course, the granddaughter-obsessed Kaiser granted Aileen’s request.

At that moment,

“Hey Miles. Is your hatchling still struggling?”

Killa Peten, the leader of the purple dragons, provoked the black dragons, picking a fight.

“What?! Struggling?! Our Aileen has almost completely healed her Dragon Heart!”

“So what?! It’s not healed yet. And even if it does heal, she still won’t be able to beat our Pobi, right?”

“What did you say?! Our Aileen could crush that old geezer even if she was only 500 years old!”

“Pfft! Just worry about what will happen in a year.”

“Tch…”

Miles was angry at Killa’s words, but he couldn’t say anything.

However,

“Miles, you cruel bastard. Saved.”

Ricardo, who knew Aileen’s strength, thought that Miles was acting to trick Killa and saved the scene.

‘Hehe. I’ll create a dark history for you, Killa.’

Ricardo smiled pleasantly, imagining Pobi being mercilessly beaten by Aileen in a year.

After sending Theo down, Sejun looked at the rice planted in the pot at the base of the golden Tree of Abundance and said with a bright expression.

Sejun had transplanted 300 clumps of rice, which had grown for about 20 days, into pots as soon as he harvested the rice.

“It’s growing well.”

“I’ll be able to eat rice soon.”

Sejun was admiring the rice.

“By the way, how much is left until all stats reach 300?”

Sejun recalled the first trial of the 10th Tower and opened his status window.

[Park Sejun Lv. 67]

Talents: Extraordinary Mediocrity, Friend of Nature, Magnate, Overflowing Magic Circuit, Friend of Fire, Toughness, Tenacious Vitality, Good Medicine Tastes Bitter, Zzzap, Insignificant Presence, (Talent: Beloved by the Earth)

Stats/Potential: Strength (323/493) Stamina (566/705) Agility (215/448) Magic Power (316/547)

Job: Tower Farmer (A)

Skills: Magic Seed Sowing Lv. 8, Harvesting Lv. 7, Seed Shop Lv. 3, Seed Collection Lv. 7, Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 4, Crop Gigantification Lv. 5, Slash-and-burn Lv. 4, You are a Field! Lv. 2, Greenhouse Lv. 3, Beekeeping Lv. 8, Thunder Lv. 3, Cooking Lv. 7

All stats except agility had already exceeded 300. Only agility was lacking.

“I need to raise agility by 85…”

Sejun had been continuously raising stamina with the bonus stats he received from leveling up, unaware of this. Well, it was understandable since stamina always felt insufficient no matter how much he raised it.

“I should only raise agility from now on.”

Sejun thought that he should invest the bonus stats he received from leveling up into agility from now on and closed the status window. It wasn’t a number that could be solved with bonus stats, but there was no way to raise agility right now anyway.

Thwack. Thwack.

Sejun began to make dough to make rice noodles to take to the black rabbit’s wedding.

“Meow meow~ I’m the fatal yellow cat going to earn money! Deputy Director Theo is going out, meow!”

Theo, excited about extorting money from the merchant Yuren and bringing it to Sejun, hummed a tune and diligently descended the tower.

At that moment,

“Meow?! Another fork in the road, meow!”

Two paths appeared before Theo.

“Are you going to fool me twice? Puhuhut. I’m the smart cat, Deputy Director Theo, meow! I’ll never be fooled this time, meow!”

Theo examined the path and headed towards the path with a different floor pattern from the original path this time.

A little later,

Thud.

The path closed as Theo entered. It was a fragment of Jormungandr, the serpent that devours the world, again. Theo had chosen the wrong path again.

However, sometimes the wrong path was the right path.

“Meow?! Why is the path so long, meow? Oh?! Pink H··· No, isn’t that Yuren, meow?!”

Yuren’s caravan was seen in front of Theo, who was walking down the endless path. Yuren had also chosen the path in the same way and was trapped.

‘Puhuhut. I was going to find him anyway, but things are working out easily, meow!’

Theo, still unaware that he had entered the wrong way, smiled and approached Yuren.

“Yuren, nice to see you, meow!”

“Oh! Theo, please save me!”

Yuren, who had been trapped for several days, immediately requested rescue upon discovering Theo.

“Meow?! What do you mean save you, meow?!”

“Theo, didn’t you know?! I think this is also inside that snake’s body!”

Theo was annoyed by Yuren’s words. ‘Are you saying that the smart me was fooled by the Apostle of Extinction again, meow?! I’m angry, meow!’

“Yuren, give me some money, meow!”

“Yes! Here it is!”

At Theo’s words, Yuren handed over all the money pouches he had in his possession to Theo.

“Is this all, meow?”

Theo asked, taking the 10 money pouches Yuren handed him and putting them in his bundle as if it were natural.

“Yes. I didn’t think I would be trapped like this again…”

Yuren was stranded again on his way home. It was amazing how he became a merchant with such bad luck.

“It’s okay, meow! Give me more later, meow! You have to give me double, including the last one, meow!”

“Of course! I have a lot of money anyway.”

Theo decided to receive additional money from Yuren.

“Puhuhut. Then trust me, meow! Stay close to the wall, meow!”

Theo stood confidently in the middle of the road.

Ppatching.

He took out the Dragon Paw Barrel.

“Meow!”

He quickly swung his front paw from top to bottom.

Jjeojeok.

At the same time, five lines were drawn on the road, and the road began to split into six equal parts. It was Theo’s new skill, having gained some enlightenment while emitting the energy of 900 million Tower Coins.

“Puhuhut. I’ll name this skill One Meow Slash, meow!”

Just as Theo named the skill,

Sss.

The Jormungandr fragment, cut into six equal parts from head to tail, died and turned to ashes.

And the white coins and merchants fell.

Ttingggrang.

“Aaargh! Huh?!”

Fortunately, there was a flat merchant passage directly below, so all the white coins and merchants were safe.

A little later, Theo collected all the white coins.

Seogeok.

He made a hole in the merchant passage and let the merchants inside.

“Theo, thank you for saving my life twice.”

Yuren, who had entered the merchant passage, thanked Theo for saving his life.

“Puhuhut. Look at the road carefully from now on, meow!”

“Yes. Theo, let’s go straight to the 65th floor of the tower with me. I want to give you a reward for saving my life!”

Yuren, wanting to repay Theo, suggested going to his house on the 65th floor of the tower.

Theo’s original destination.

However,

“Puhuhut. I’ll go to Yuren’s house later, meow!”

Theo refused Yuren’s offer. Thinking about it, he thought that receiving praise multiple times by bringing a small amount of money to Sejun frequently was better than bringing a large amount at once. Puhuhut. I’m so smart, meow!

“That’s too bad. Then please come visit me later.”

“Okay, meow! See you later, Yuren, meow! Still give me the interest, meow!”

Theo said to add interest to the amount he hadn’t even received yet, took 1 billion Tower Coins, and headed up to the 99th floor of the tower.

After Theo left,

“Ah. I’m hungry.”

Yuren, feeling hungry as the tension eased, took out a snack pouch from his pocket.

“Huh?! Why is money here?!”

Yuren belatedly realized that one of the money pouches had been replaced with a snack pouch.

“My garlic…”

Yuren, disappointed that his snack was gone, trudged back home.

When it was time for dinner,

Kkueng!

[Daddy Kkueng has come!]

Kkuengi, who had gone to the herb field, returned.

Kkueng!

[This is Daddy’s!]

Kkuengi held out 10 blue kudzu roots to Sejun.

“Okay. Thank you.”

Crunch. Crunch.

Sejun ate the kudzu roots.

Click.

“Here. Let’s eat honey, Kkuengi.”

He opened the lid of the honey jar and gave it to Kkuengi.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. I will enjoy it!]

“Huh?!”

Kkueng?

[Why are you like that, Daddy?]

“No, it’s nothing…”

Did I hear wrong? I’m sure Kkuengi spoke in a polite manner…

Crunch. Crunch.

Sejun chewed on the kudzu root, thinking he was mistaken.

[You have consumed a blue potential kudzu root.]

[All stat potentials increase by 5.]

After eating all 10 kudzu roots,

Lick. Lick.

He waited until Kkuengi finished eating the honey.

And when Kkuengi finished eating the honey,

“Kkuengi, let’s make noodles.”

Kkueng!

[Okay!]

Sejun and Kkuengi put the dough into the noodle maker and began to make rice noodles.

At that moment,

“Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!”

Theo, who had brought 9 money pouches containing 100 million Tower Coins and 1 snack pouch containing garlic, announced his return by flying towards Sejun’s face.