Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 248

Ten minutes after the main course was served,

“Kuaeng!”

“Kueek!”

Kuaeng and Yuren raised their hands at the same time.

“Yes! Both Kuaeng Park and Yuren have finished their plates! Staff, please bring the next dishes quickly!” the host announced.

Servers, who were pig-like creatures with helpful snouts, hurried back and forth, bringing platters piled high with 100 servings of steamed fish and carrots, placing them before Kuaeng and Yuren.

The staff did not take away the empty plates. They stacked them up next to Kuaeng and Yuren. These stacks of plates showed everyone how much food each person had eaten.

As the staff scurried back and forth, delivering course after course,

“Ugh!”

“I… I give up…”

Contestants began to drop out.

Moo…

Even the Black Minotaurs, who had bravely held on until the main course, couldn’t withstand the onslaught and began to fall one by one.

A short while later.

When the stacks of plates beside Kuaeng and Yuren exceeded fifteen,

Moo…

The last remaining Black Minotaur, Woosam, gave up.

“Now, only two contestants remain! Kuaeng Park is putting on an incredible show, proving to be a match for the legendary food fighter, Yuren!”

Only Kuaeng and Yuren were left.

And then,

Crunch. Crunch.

They began to eat in earnest.

Until now, the speed at which the dishes were delivered had been delayed by the other contestants, interrupting their eating several times.

“Kuaeng!”

“Kueek!”

Because of this, the time it took for them to finish a dish and raise their hands shortened a lot.

“Staff, we need those dishes NOW! These champions are showing no signs of slowing down!”

The staff had no time to rest, constantly ferrying plates.

Crunch. Crunch.

“Kuaeng!”

“Kueek!”

Kuaeng and Yuren ate without stopping. Even with the huge amounts of food, their eating speed stayed the same as when they started.

Before they knew it, the stacks of plates beside them had more than thirty plates.

“Kueek!”

Yuren’s size grew a little as he ate. It seemed his small body was having trouble holding all the food in his stomach.

“Kuaeng!”

On the other hand, Kuaeng didn’t change except that the red light coming from his body got brighter.

“Kuaeng!”

“Kueek!”

“Yes! Kuaeng Park and Yuren have raised their hands at the same time again! That’s 50 plates each! Staff, refill their dishes immediately!”

The host told the staff to hurry.

However,

Kueek. Kueek.

Instead of the food arriving, one of the staff rushed to the host and began to speak.

“Ah… I have some bad news. All 50 chefs who were preparing the dishes have collapsed from being exhausted.”

The chefs had been pushing themselves to keep up with Kuaeng and Yuren’s eating speed, and they had finally given out.

Yuren cared about good food. He wanted to eat the best dishes while competing. So, he hired 50 excellent chefs to cook for the competition.

But the stacks of plates beside Kuaeng and Yuren alone had a total of 100 plates.

Each plate had 100 servings, so the two had eaten 10,000 servings of the main course alone. Adding the main courses eaten by the other contestants, the total was almost 20,000 servings.

And when you added the five large appetizers, the amount of food the chefs had prepared was much greater. It was no wonder they were exhausted.

“So, we will have to replace the food with raw carrots from now on!”

“Kueek!”

With the host’s announcement, the staff brought plates with 100 carrots each to Kuaeng and Yuren.

Crunch. Crunch.

The two began to eat the carrots.

Before they knew it, 100 plates were stacked beside them.

“Wow. They ate all that in an hour?”

The audience was amazed at how much the two had eaten.

“Kueek!”

Yuren’s body began to grow again. Yuren had been gradually increasing in size, and now he had become a 3-meter giant.

Just then,

Kueek. Kueek.

A staff member ran to the host again and began to speak.

And then,

“Ah… I have more bad news. We have run out of carrots.”

The host told the audience the shocking news. Something that had never happened before had occurred at the food fighter competition: they had run out of food.

“If we can’t get more food within an hour, it seems we will have to end this competition with a tie.”

All the nearby ingredients had already been bought for the food fighter competition. There was a good chance that the competition would end like this.

“President Park, if it’s a tie, doesn’t that mean we lose, nyaang?!”

Theo knew what the contract said. He looked at Sejun with a shocked expression. “Surely?! President Park isn’t losing, nyaang?! Then President Park isn’t amazing, nyaang?!”

“That’s…”

Sejun hadn’t thought that the competition would end because there was no food.

Sejun had expected Kuaeng to win easily. So, instead of adding a rule to give the contract money to the vendor if there was a tie, he made the reward bigger if Kuaeng won.

‘I can’t lose like this!’

“President Park is amazing, nyaang!” Sejun didn’t want to disappoint Theo, who thought he was amazing.

Step. Step.

Sejun went up onto the stage.

Then,

“You’re not allowed up here! Please come down immediately!”

The host tried to stop Sejun.

At that moment,

“Kuaeng!”

Kuaeng’s eyes widened. “That’s Daddy!” he squealed, jumping up and down. “[If you stop Daddy, Kuaeng will get angry!]” He puffed out his chest, ready to defend Sejun.

“That person is a VIP, so don’t be rude,” Yuren said, also stopping the host.

Step. Step.

Because of this, Sejun arrived in front of the host without anyone stopping him.

“Continue the competition. I’ll supply the food,” Sejun said, opening his magical bag.

***

Black Tower, 4th Floor.

The area was full of mutant cherry tomatoes.

At that moment,

“Vice President, have you arrived?!”

Michael McLaren, the Vice President of Gagel, arrived. The farm workers who had been waiting greeted him with deep bows.

Gagel had turned the entire 2nd and 3rd floors of the Tower into farms where people could have experiences. Now, they were making a farm on the 4th floor.

“Yes. How is the farm coming along?” Michael asked.

“Yes! We have finished half of the 4th floor!” Paul, the team leader in charge of the farm on the 4th floor, answered Michael’s question.

“What?! Why is it only half done?!” Michael asked, sounding annoyed. The farm was being developed slower than he had expected.

“Well… as I said before, the Black Skeletons are putting up too much of a fight.”

The Black Skeletons were in a corner of the 4th floor, and no one knew they were there. Unlike other skeletons, their bones were black instead of white.

“Even with all the slave soldiers?” Michael asked.

The slave soldiers were around level 15, which was strong enough to fight the monsters on the 4th floor.

However,

“Yes. More than 1,000 slave soldiers have died fighting the Black Skeletons.”

The Black Skeletons were much stronger than regular skeletons.

“How many enemies are left?”

“Most of them are gone, but the ones that are left are mostly elites, so it will take some time to get rid of them. If you wait a little longer…”

“Ask the Crash Guild for help,” Michael said.

“Yes?! The Crash Guild?!” Paul was shocked by Michael’s words.

The Crash Guild was an organization that Gagel ran in secret. All of its members were criminals, so no one wanted to work with them.

“Yes. Time is money. How long are you going to wait? Get rid of them quickly and move on to the 5th floor.” Michael wanted to take over the Tower one floor at a time and become its master. He didn’t want to waste time.

***

“Everyone, there was a small problem, but thanks to Park Sejun, we can continue the competition!”

“Park! Se! Jun!” The audience cheered Sejun’s name.

And then,

“He is amazing, nyaang! President Park is amazing, even more amazing, nyaang!”

Yuren decided to buy Sejun’s carrots at a high price, and Theo praised Sejun even more.

“Hehehe.” Sejun used his skill, Crop Enlargement, to make the carrots bigger. He handed the Carrots of Agility over to the staff.

“Kwak!”

The staff weighed the carrots, made the carrot weights the same, and brought them to Kuaeng and Yuren.

Crunch. Crunch.

The food fighter competition started again with Kuaeng and Yuren eating carrots.

“Huh?! Why is this so delicious?!” Yuren ate Sejun’s carrot and looked surprised. It tasted much better than the carrots he usually ate.

“Koohehehe. Kuaeng!”

“Daddy’s carrots are the best!”

Kuaeng had only been eating tasteless carrots, so he was happy to eat Sejun’s carrots.

The steamed fish arrived, smelling of ginger and soy sauce, piled high on platters with bright orange carrots. The raw carrots were crisp and sweet, a welcome change after the rich fish. The roasted sweet potatoes were soft and steaming, smelling of caramel and earth.

As the two ate Sejun’s carrots deliciously,

“Is it that delicious?”

“Can’t I try some too?”

The audience started to get interested, and Sejun’s carrots were promoted naturally.

At that moment,

“Um… Sejun-nim…”

The vendors came and asked if they could sell Sejun’s carrots.

“Of course,” Sejun said. There was no reason to say no since they would sell them on their own.

“How much should we sell the carrots for?”

When the vendor asked how much to sell the carrots for,

“Let’s talk about that with President Park’s right-hand man, Vice President Theo, nyaang!”

Theo had a lot of respect for Sejun, and he wanted to do something himself.

And then,

Slice. Slice.

Theo cut one giant carrot into 200 pieces.

“Put the carrots on sticks, nyaang!”

“Yes!”

The vendors started cutting the carrots, putting them on sticks, and selling the carrot skewers for 0.5 Tower Coins each.

“Crop Enlargement.”

While Theo and the vendors were selling carrot skewers, Sejun made 3,000 carrots bigger.

[Proficiency of Crop Enlargement Lv. 5 slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Crop Enlargement Lv. 5 is full, and the level increases.]

As the level of Crop Enlargement increased, the skill effect increased, and the size of the giant carrots became slightly larger.

After Sejun’s Crop Enlargement skill level increased and he made another 3,000 carrots bigger,

“Kueek…”

Yuren’s size grew again. He was now almost 10 meters tall.

However, Yuren was eating slower compared to how much bigger he was getting. He was starting to reach his limit. The end was near.

A short while later,

“Is this what it feels like to lose? I lost…”

Thud.

Yuren couldn’t eat anymore. He finally gave up and fainted.

“Yuren is out! So, the winner is Kuaeng Park! Everyone, a new legend of food fighting has been born here!”

Crunch. Crunch.

“Kuaeng? Kuaeng!”

“It’s already over? No way! Kuaeng is still hungry!”

Kuaeng had been happily eating carrots, but he was now furious at the host’s words. The red light coming from his body got even brighter. This was a side effect of using Gluttony at 100%.

“Kuaeng, it’s okay. Daddy will keep giving you food to eat. Crop Enlargement!” Sejun calmed Kuaeng down.

After Kuaeng ate about 1,000 giant carrots,

“Kuaeng!”

“Kuaeng won’t eat any more carrots now!”

Kuaeng finally said he was full and refused to eat. Well, Kuaeng had eaten tens of thousands of carrots today…

“Kuaeng!”

“Kuaeng wants to eat sweet potatoes now!”

No. It wasn’t that he refused to eat, but that he was simply tired of carrots. Well, Kuaeng had eaten tens of thousands of carrots today…

“Alright. Crop Enlargement,” Sejun said. He took out sweet potatoes, made them bigger, and gave them to Kuaeng. Yuren had agreed to pay for all the food, so there was no need to save money.

Kuaeng finally ate 5,000 more giant sweet potatoes and then,

“Kuaeng!”

“Kuaeng is full now!”

The red light coming from his body disappeared.

And then,

“Kuaeng!”

“Kuaeng is sleepy now!”

Tap tap tap.

He ran and jumped into Sejun’s arms.

Plop!

“Ugh!”

Sejun caught Kuaeng, feeling a great impact.

Kuaeng had eaten tens of thousands of servings of food today. Even though his weight had been reduced to 1/1000th, he still weighed a lot. His back almost broke.

“Hehehe. Kuaeng…”

“Daddy will take the prize…”

Kuaeng wanted to give Sejun the prize. He smiled brightly and said in a sleepy voice.

“Okay. You worked hard,” Sejun said, stroking Kuaeng’s head.

Snoooore.

Kuaeng was soon snoring.

At that moment,

“President Park! Get away from Kuaeng, nyaang!”

Theo was selling sweet potatoes to the audience. He saw the power about to explode from Kuaeng’s body and shouted at Sejun.

The food Kuaeng had eaten was now being digested, and Kuaeng’s power was starting to increase a lot.