Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 250

“Meow meow. Just a little further and we’ll see Chairman Park, meow!”

Tap tap tap.

Theo quickened his pace as White Castle came into view in the distance.

Just then,

Boom!

Something black exploded from the tavern wall and flew right at Theo’s head!

“What—meow?”

But Theo was quick. He easily jumped to the side as it zoomed past his face, just a hair’s breadth away.

‘Meow? Black…? It’s a skeleton, meow?’

Theo identified the object.

“What are you doing, meow?!”

Theo, thinking he had been attacked with a skeleton, glared at the tavern and shouted.

Then,

“Ah, sorry. It was an accident. Why were you standing there anyway…? Just get lost.”

A monster with a swaggering attitude walked out of the tavern and replied.

“Meow?!”

Theo was greatly surprised to see such a monster.

Thud. Thud.

The monster picked up the head of the skeleton he had just thrown.

“How dare someone lowly like you speak to me, Paku, from the 59th floor of the tower?! Huh?!”

Thwack! Thwack!

He slammed it against the ground while shouting.

“Ugh…”

The skeleton, its jaw dislocated, could only suffer in silence. It was truly malicious bullying.

People were scared of Paku, but they were even more scared of getting involved with him.

Just then,

“Stop it, meow!”

Thwack!

Theo smacked the monster bullying the skeleton on the back of the head with his paw.

“Aish! I was personally educating this lowly scum… Who’s interfering?! Huh?!”

Paku, enraged at being hit on the back of the head, shouted with bloodshot eyes, radiating murderous intent.

With Theo’s skills, he could have easily defeated Paku.

However, unlike Kkuengi, Theo could finely control his strength. Theo hit Paku just hard enough to make him feel bad.

He was displeased, and there were things he wanted to ask.

“Hey! Who hit me on the back of the head?!”

Paku, who hadn’t noticed the movement of whoever had hit him, asked the people in the tavern.

Then,

Quietly, the monsters raised their fingers and subtly pointed to Theo.

They knew that Theo, who had hit Paku on the back of the head in the blink of an eye and returned to his spot, was much stronger than Paku.

But Paku was from the 59th floor of the tower.

“What?! It was you?! I told you to just get lost…?”

Paku, realizing that Theo was the one who had hit him thanks to the other monsters, shouted at Theo…

Slap!

Theo’s paw struck his face, turning his head 90 degrees. This time, it wasn’t healing; it was a real slap.

“Huh?! Eee! How dare you…”

Paku didn’t see Theo’s movement at all. He belatedly felt the tingling in his face and realized he had been hit, and Paku was furious, but

Slap! Slap!

Theo delivered a double slap to Paku.

“You… Do you know who I am…?”

Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!

Theo repeatedly struck Paku’s face, silencing his pointless words.

Slap! Slap!

Paku’s face was covered with dozens of blue paw prints from Theo’s slaps.

“I… I didn’t recognize someone so important. I’m sorry! Please forgive me!”

Paku became polite.

Theo asked Paku about Skaram.

The reason Theo was surprised to see Paku was because Paku was a goblin.

Seeing the goblin Paku reminded him of Skaram, who had deceived him, so he asked. He felt a strange similarity.

“Skaram? Of course, I know him. He’s my uncle! Ah, so you know my uncle?!”

Theo’s hunch was correct.

“Huh?!”

Paku’s face, which had brightened at the thought of an escape route from Theo’s question, suddenly darkened.

‘I’m doomed.’

His uncle was such a terrible con artist that he had been banished from the village. Even his grandmother and mother shuddered at the mention of his uncle.

Being acquainted with such an uncle couldn’t possibly be for a good reason.

Theo hadn’t been able to take revenge because Kaiser had annihilated Skaram the moment he brought him.

“Heh heh heh. Skaram is your uncle, meow?! That’s great, meow! I owe Skaram a big favor, and now I can repay it, meow!”

Theo, who had a very bad history with Skaram, smiled and took out the contract.

Meanwhile, far away in White Castle…

Kkulolong.

Slurp.

Nom.

“Yes. This is the taste.”

Sejun, guarding the sleeping Kkuengi, ate the carrot cake he had bought earlier with the coffee the servant had brought, a satisfied smile on his face.

The carrot cake was soft and sweet, with creamy frosting. The carrot ice cream was cold and refreshing.

Just then,

[The Tower’s Administrator says they have finished appraising and taming the items you entrusted to them.]

Two items appeared in Sejun’s hand along with Eileen’s words: the Holy Stone Piercing and the Heart of the Dark God, Dark.

“Eileen, thank you.”

[The Tower’s Administrator says you don’t need to thank them for things like this between you and them.]

“Ah! Eileen, try this! It’s sweet and delicious!”

Sejun took out carrot cake and carrot ice cream from his subspace warehouse and sent them to Eileen.

“It’s delicious, right? I…”

While Sejun was talking to Eileen,

“-You are? Holy Stone Piercing?!”

“-Holy Stone Ice Cube?!”

“-Yes, it’s me! It’s been a long time! How have you been? But who is that person?”

Holy Stone Ice Cube asked, looking at the Heart of the Dark God, Dark, which had an unusual aura.

“-I am the Heart of the Dark God, Dark.”

“-Oh! A god, you say?! It’s an honor to meet you.”

“-Indeed.”

“-Finally! A chance! I’ve been waiting to grab this human’s body! Let’s do it together!”

Holy Stone Ice Cube was starting to think differently again and suddenly made a foolish suggestion: Let’s take over this human’s body!

“-?!”

“-?!”

Holy Stone Piercing and the Heart of the Dark God, Dark, were taken aback by Holy Stone Ice Cube’s suggestion.

‘This is my chance!’

He had been a little uncomfortable because Holy Stone Ice Cube had already taken a spot next to Sejun…

But Holy Stone Ice Cube had such impure thoughts… Thank you very much!

“-Eileen! Holy Stone Ice Cube is harboring treasonous intentions!”

“-Eileen! Holy Stone Ice Cube is planning a rebellion, aiming for Sejun’s body!”

The two of them simultaneously tattled on Holy Stone Ice Cube to Eileen.

[The Tower’s Administrator asks if they can take a look at the Holy Stone you originally had.]

“Do you want to?”

Sejun, not knowing what was going on, readily handed the Holy Stone Ice Cube to Eileen.

[The Tower’s Administrator asks if they can give it to you later.]

“Yeah. I don’t need it right now.”

With Sejun’s answer, Eileen began taming Holy Stone Ice Cube, stomping on it.

“Where should I look at the options?”

Sejun, having finished talking with Eileen, first looked at the Holy Stone Piercing among the items Eileen had appraised.

[Holy Stone Piercing]

A stone created when a star fell from the sky.

By supplying magic to the Holy Stone, you can pierce through any desired target.

Owner: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Rank: S+

Usage Restriction: 300 or more magic power

“Piercing… through anything?”

Sejun took out a sweet potato, placed it on the table, and made a gun with his hand, aiming at the sweet potato. As he poured magic into the Holy Stone,

Poosh.

A hole as thick as your finger appeared in the sweet potato.

“Oh! It works! Can it be thinner? Piercing.”

Sejun poured magic into the Holy Stone, thinking he wanted to pierce it even thinner this time.

Poosh.

This time, a hole as thin as a pen appeared in the sweet potato.

“This is fun, isn’t it?”

Poosh. Poosh.

Sejun took out a few more sweet potatoes and played around, making thick and thin holes.

After making holes in crops for a long time, Sejun picked up the Heart of the Dark God, Dark, and examined it.

[Heart of the Dark God, Dark]

The heart of the Dark God, Dark.

The power of the Dark God, Dark, is 99.99% sealed.

By pouring magic into it, it becomes subordinate to the owner’s shadow, and all stats increase by 5.

You can summon the shadow minions of the Dark God, Dark.

Owner: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Rank: Unmeasurable

Usage Restriction: 300 or more magic power

“The power is 99.99% sealed?”

That meant it was almost powerless.

But even so, the fact that it could increase all stats by 5 and summon shadow minions meant that this item was that great.

“Well, it’s a god’s heart, after all.”

Sejun poured magic into the Heart of the Dark God, Dark, to make it subordinate to his shadow.

Then,

Squelch.

The heart melted like dark chocolate, flowing through Sejun’s fingers.

Swoosh.

It seeped into Sejun’s shadow.

[The Heart of the Dark God, Dark, has successfully become subordinate to Tower Farmer Park Sejun’s shadow.]

[All stats increase by 5.]

The message that it had been successfully subordinated appeared next.

“Shadow Minions.”

Sejun summoned shadow minions as soon as the heart successfully became subordinate to his shadow.

Judging by the name ‘minions’, they were beings that could do labor or fight on his behalf.

‘Heh heh heh. I can make them fetch water or do various errands, right?’

Life would be easier even if only one was summoned.

But

[There is not enough magic power to summon shadow minions.]

Sejun felt a little disappointed when he couldn’t summon them, before he eats carrot cake.

“Oh, well. I’ll just have to eat another carrot cake.”

Disappointed, Sejun relieved his stress by eating something sweet.

Sniff sniff.

Kkuengi…?

Kkuengi slowly opened his eyes, smelling the sweet scent.

“Hurry up and stamp it, meow!”

Theo urged, presenting the contract.

“Sniff sniff. Yes…”

Stamp.

Paku reluctantly stamped the document due to Theo’s coercion.

“Huh?!”

[Party A: Theo Park]

[Party B: Paku]

Paku noticed Theo’s name only then.

“Ho… Are you perhaps the Golden Cat Theo, a subordinate of the Black Dragon?”

“That’s right, meow! Work hard from now on, meow!”

“Yes!”

Paku unexpectedly got a job at Sejun’s farm, which everyone envied these days.

Just then,

“Ugh…”

The skeleton next to him, hearing Theo’s name, looked at Theo and spoke earnestly.

“What is he saying, meow? Paku, go get his jawbone, meow!”

Theo, unable to understand the skeleton’s words, instructed Paku.

“We greet Theo Park! Here it is.”

The monsters in the tavern, who had been listening to Theo and Paku’s conversation, hurriedly brought the remaining parts of the Black Skeleton.

Clatter. Clatter.

They scrambled to gather the bones, their hands moving fast, eager to impress Theo.

As soon as the skeleton was fully assembled,

“Theo Park, please, give me the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmet! My friends on the 4th floor are in danger!”

The Black Skeleton Onyx, now able to speak properly, pleaded with Theo to give him the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmet.

“How dare a lower-class…”

Paku was furious that the Black Skeleton had brought up the subject first, not knowing his place, as he was supposed to receive the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmet himself.

But

Thwack!

“Ugh!”

“Be quiet, meow!”

Theo hit him on the back of the head and stopped him.

“Tell me what’s going on, meow!”

“Yes. I am Black Skeleton Onyx from the 4th floor of the tower. These days, humans…”

Black Skeleton Onyx began to tell Theo about the situation on the 4th floor of the tower.