Farming In The Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 252

The Crash Guild arrived on the fourth floor of the tower. Michael, who was in charge for Gagel, had summoned them.

As soon as the 20 members of the Crash Guild arrived, they headed straight for the black graveyard. Black Skeletons guarded it. The guild members immediately attacked.

“Kahaha! Come on!”

“Knights! Protect the King!”

Clatter. Clatter.

Five hundred Black Skeletons stepped forward to face the 20 members of the Crash Guild.

However, the Black Skeletons’ average level was 20, while the Crash Guild’s average level was 50.

“Haha! It’s so satisfying to crush these things.”

Crack!

The Black Skeletons were no match for the Crash Guild. It was a one-sided fight.

“Retreat!”

The Black Skeletons retreated, unable to withstand the attack. The Crash Guild members were unharmed, while only about 100 Black Skeletons remained alive.

The Crash Guild was indeed strong.

“Shall we chase them?”

“No. They’ll be angry. Let’s rest here for a bit.”

“Yes!”

With plenty of combat experience, they dealt with the Black Skeletons easily.

Just then,

“Huh? There’s one that’s not broken?”

Peak, a member of the Crash Guild, found an unbroken Black Skeleton head in the pile of bodies.

Snatch.

As Peak lifted the Black Skeleton’s head,

“You! The great King’s…”

The Black Skeleton shouted at Peak.

“Shut up!”

Thwack!

Peak kicked the Black Skeleton’s head.

Roll roll roll.

The Black Skeleton’s head rolled across the floor.

Thwack! Thwack!

Peak played with the Black Skeleton’s head as if he were playing football. Peak wasn’t trying to kill the head. He wanted to hurt and shame it. That’s how the Crash Guild members usually acted.

“Dare to insult the great King…”

The Black Skeleton’s head, undeterred, continued to speak even as it was being kicked.

“King, you say? Peak, bring that here.”

Zibek, the leader of the Crash Guild, was interested in the Black Skeleton’s words.

“Yes, sir.”

At Guild Leader Zibek’s words, Peak quickly brought the Black Skeleton’s head and respectfully offered it to Zibek with both hands.

In the Crash Guild, being high in the ranks meant being the strongest, but it also meant being the most cruel and violent.

Chuck.

Zibek held the Black Skeleton’s head in his hand.

“Hey, say it again. You were saying something about a great king.”

“That’s right. This is where the great King sleeps. Do not disturb the King’s rest.”

“So, where is the King sleeping?”

Zibek thought there might be treasure associated with the word ‘King’.

“Intruders! Do you think I would tell you where the King sleeps?! We are the ones who will eternally guard the King’s side…”

“Heh heh. You’re telling me everything.”

“What?! When did I ever?”

“You said you would guard him eternally, didn’t you? You’ve already kindly told me…”

Crack.

Zibek crushed the Black Skeleton’s head with his hand as he spoke.

“Alright, let’s find this King!”

Zibek grinned. He and the Crash Guild ran after the retreating Black Skeletons.

[You have arrived at the Black Graveyard on the 4th floor of the Black Tower.]

[Find and eliminate the cause that threatens the extinction of the Black Skeletons.]

[You have moved from the 99th floor, the top floor, to the 4th floor of the tower.]

[You have descended 95 floors.]

[Due to the effect of >Title: Retrogressor>, all stats increase by 95.]

“Wow!”

With all stats increased by 95, Sejun felt a surge of power throughout his body.

As Sejun rejoiced in his increased power,

Clatter. Clatter.

“How dare you come where our King sleeps?! You are… Onyx?!”

The Black Skeletons, who had surrounded Sejun and the animals, discovered Onyx among them. The Black Skeletons were armed with rusty swords and shields.

“Sir Phillip, Commander of the Knights! Put down your weapons! These individuals are the Great Black Dragon and his subordinates!”

Onyx, thinking that Kueng might get angry and step forward because they were pointing swords at his dad, hurriedly introduced Sejun and the animals.

The Great Black Dragon?! Phillip quickly examined Sejun’s group.

Thud!

“We greet the Great Black Dragon!”

Phillip knelt and paid his respects.

Thud!

“We greet the Great Black Dragon!”

The remaining Black Skeletons also knelt and paid their respects.

Kueng?

They bowed to Kueng, who looked the strongest.

Kueng! Kueng!

[Kueng is not a Black Dragon but a Crimson Giant Honey Bear! Dad is the Black Dragon!]

“Ahem. Sir Phillip, this is the Great Black Dragon.”

Onyx quickly pointed to Sejun to fix the mistake.

“I… I apologize! Great Black Dragon! I will repay my rudeness with my life!”

“It’s alright.”

Sejun was used to such misunderstandings. He brushed it off.

Besides, he had come to prevent the Black Skeletons from dying out, and he couldn’t let them die because of him.

“Tell me about what’s happening.”

“Yes!”

Phillip explained the current situation.

“So, Gagel sent new guys, and you got badly beaten?”

“Yes. It’s embarrassing, but they were enemies we couldn’t beat. So, we retreated to protect the King’s tomb…”

Phillip explained the battle with the Crash Guild and what happened after their defeat.

As he listened to Phillip’s explanation,

[You have found the cause of the Black Skeleton extinction in the Black Graveyard on the 4th floor of the tower.]

[A middle manager quest has been generated.]

[Middle Manager Quest: Eliminate or drive out the 20 members of the Crash Guild on the 4th floor of the tower.]

Crash Guild 0/20 members

Reward: 100,000 experience, 1,000 Tower Coins

Failure: You cannot return to your original location until the quest is completed.

A quest appeared.

“20 Crash Guild members?”

Sejun said as if it was nothing. Just looking at the reward, it was clear that it wasn’t a difficult task for him.

Moreover, Sejun had fought strong hunters on the 44th floor of the tower. He knew that he was a formidable force on Earth, even if he was disregarded on the 99th floor of the tower.

“You guys, destroy Gagel’s farm. I’ll take care of the rest.”

Sejun couldn’t attack Gagel’s experience farm because he couldn’t leave the 100m radius of the black graveyard.

‘There are only a few hours left until the Black Rabbit’s wedding. I need to deal with this as quickly as possible and return.’

Sejun planned to deal with the Crash Guild quickly and return, so he entrusted Gagel’s experience farm, which was far from the black graveyard, to the animals who could attack from a distance.

“Got it, meow!”

Kueng!

“Okay, I understand!”

The animals ascended into the sky. Kueng used telekinesis, and Theo ascended with the help of Iona’s flight magic.

Boom! Crash!

Theo, Kueng, and Iona began to destroy the experience farm noisily.

“Now, guide me to where the Crash Guild is.”

Sejun took out his weapon, a hoe, from his subspace warehouse and said to the Black Skeletons.

Phillip stared at the hoe in Sejun’s hand. “Great Black Dragon,” he asked hesitantly, “are you truly going to fight with *that*?” The rusty tool looked so weak compared to the dangers of the tower.

Sejun felt a flush of heat rise to his cheeks. *A hoe? Really?* he thought, a little embarrassed. “Yeah, this is it,” he said, trying to sound confident. “Let’s not waste time.” He hurried forward, wishing he had thought to bring his Greatsword of Amplification instead. *Next time,* he promised himself.

Clatter. Clatter.

‘I will guide you!’

As Phillip hurried to stand in front of Sejun again,

Whoosh.

Five arrows flew towards Sejun.

Sejun tried to dodge quickly.

But

“Huh?!”

The thought of having to dodge so many arrows actually made his movements sluggish. Sejun had high stats but not much combat experience.

“Ugh!”

In the end, he curled up as much as possible to reduce his body area.

[Talent: Hardness ignores weak attacks.]

He dodged three arrows and was hit by only two. Thanks to his talent, there was no damage.

However,

“Why is there a person here?”

“Well… it’s a good thing. We’re the only ones here. Let’s just take care of him and get the money.”

The five members of the Crash Guild, who had confirmed that Sejun had been hit by the arrows, assumed that Sejun had suffered a fatal wound and leisurely revealed themselves.

Kee-gee-geek.

“Garuda of Destruction!”

“Attack!”

Kroooooh!

Following Stella’s instructions, the remaining dragons fired their breath at the red mist approaching the 10th tower.

Clink.

“Collect.”

The Black Dragons and White Dragons excitedly collected the Tower Coins that appeared as the Coins of Destruction disappeared.

Extinguishing the Garuda of Destruction was a bothersome and annoying task for the other dragons, but it was an exciting one for them.

As the dragons were extinguishing the Garuda of Destruction,

Caw! Caw!

Strange noises began to come from beyond the Garuda of Destruction.

Whooooosh.

At the same time, an oppressive feeling weighed down on the dragons.

“This is?!”

“Why… why is this sound happening now?”

The dragons’ gazes began to turn beyond the Garuda of Destruction.

Swish.

A black bird, dwarfing the size of the dragons, emerged from the Garuda of Destruction.

“The Second Apostle of Destruction… the Raven of Death… Halphas…”

“Damn it… I knew I didn’t want to stay…”

“All dragons, escape! And survive!”

Kraaah!

Stella, thinking that she had to buy time, gave instructions to the other dragons and fired her breath at Halphas.

But that was the last instruction Stella gave in her life.

Caw!

Halphas opened its mouth and fired a dark red beam towards Stella’s breath.

The dark red beam swallowed Stella’s breath and eventually swallowed Stella herself.

Nothing remained where the dark red beam had disappeared. Stella was annihilated without a trace by Halphas’s attack.

The power of the main body, not just fragments of the Apostle of Destruction, was not something a dragon could stop alone. At least 500 dragons had to combine their strength to stop it.

“Stella…”

The dragons were panicked by Stella’s sudden annihilation and kept a close eye on Halphas while sticking close to the 10th tower.

Caw!

Halphas fired a dark red beam at them once again.

The attack was too fast to dodge.

“Attack!”

The dragons, with no other option, combined their strength and fired their breath at Halphas.

However, the dragons’ breath was gradually being swallowed by the dark red beam.

“Kuh-ugh!”

“Hold on!”

Just as Halphas’s attack was approaching the dragons’ noses,

Whoosh.

A bright light exploded from the 10th tower.

Halphas’s attack was extinguished. The 10th tower pushed back the power of destruction.

“Phew.”

The dragons, who had barely survived thanks to that, breathed a sigh of relief.

However,

Caw!

Because Halphas was still watching them, they had to stick close to the 10th tower and wait for support.

“Onyx, is that person… really the Great Black Dragon?”

The Black Skeletons, watching Sejun get hit by the arrows, quietly asked Onyx from behind.

‘I can hear everything, you guys!’

Sejun heard everything. It was embarrassing.

“This is all because of you guys! Earth Moving!”

Rumble.

So, using Miller’s hoe, he buried the Crash Guild members, who had shamed him, in the ground in anger.

[You have eliminated 5 Crash Guild members.]

As Sejun eliminated the enemies,

“Did you see that?!”

Looking back, showing off,

“Huh?!”

Clatter.

All the Black Skeletons had collapsed.

[The Crash Guild has opened the sealed King’s tomb.]

[The sealed King has obtained a living body.]

[The sealed King absorbs the souls of the knights who sealed him to restore his power.]

A message appeared, saying that the King’s tomb had been opened.

[The quest has been updated.]

[Middle Manager Quest: Eliminate the sealed King on the 4th floor of the tower before he fully recovers his power and save the souls of the Black Skeletons.]

Reward: 100 million experience, 50 million Tower Coins, Salvation of the Black Skeletons

Failure: You cannot return to your original location until the quest is completed.

At the same time, the quest was updated.