Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 264

“Wow!”

Sejun exclaimed, looking at the family portrait on the giant canvas. He was really impressed with how handsome the painter rabbits had made him look.

Well, the others in the painting were animals. So, compared to them, Sejun was definitely the most handsome.

“Hehe. Am I looking *too* good?”

Sejun still felt strange about his face after Theo’s massage. His voice sounded a little awkward.

Then,

“Bleep. Bleep.”

[We didn’t do anything! It’s just that the King’s uncle is very handsome.]

“Hehe. Well, I wouldn’t say *very* handsome…”

The rabbit who spoke for the painter rabbits knew how to make people happy. He praised Sejun’s appearance, which made Sejun feel good.

“No, it’s about that much. Here. Good job. Use this money to buy something delicious to eat.”

Thanks to that, the painter rabbits earned enough money for a big feast.

A little later,

Bleep!

[Move the painting!]

The servants carefully moved the royal family portrait to the White Castle lobby.

And then,

Squawk!

[Uncle, I’ll be busy for a while preparing for the Red Ribbon Kingdom founding ceremony in three days!]

The black rabbit and Ppyu-Ppyu couldn’t even go on their honeymoon. They immediately left to prepare for the founding ceremony.

“Let’s go home for a bit.”

No matter how delicious the royal food was, or how well the servants took care of them, it wasn’t as comfortable as being at home.

“Sounds good, Meow! Let’s go quickly, Meow!”

Squawk!

[Kkuengi wants to go home too!]

Theo and Kkuengi felt the same as Sejun. They wanted to go home quickly.

However,

“Kkyung kkyung kkyung. I can’t go. I still have work to do here.”

Iona said in a gloomy voice, taking a Theo ball from Theo’s tail.

Iona, the master of the Black Tower’s magic tower, had a meeting here with the leaders of other groups in the tower.

It was hard to find a time when all the leaders could meet, so this was a good opportunity.

“Okay. Then let’s meet in three days.”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes! See you then, Vice Chairman Theo.”

“Understood, Meow!”

Sejun said goodbye to Iona and went to the plaza in front of White Castle. The place to teleport to the 55th floor of the tower was there.

“Okay. Stay inside.”

Clang.

Sejun put the animals in the subspace warehouse and touched the red crystal.

[Loading waypoints from other saved floors.]

The places Sejun could teleport to appeared.

[Saved Waypoints]

-Tower 99th floor

-Tower 85th floor

-Tower 83rd floor

Sejun chose the 99th floor of the tower and went home.

[Arrived at the 99th floor of the Black Tower.]

Thud!

Along with the message that he had arrived, Sejun heard a loud sound from behind him.

Flinch.

Surprised, Sejun quickly turned around.

“A toad?!”

Beyond the ice cube that protected Sejun, a giant toad was there.

While Uma Wang was away, a strange creature had taken over the teleport spot.

‘That was close…’

Theo, Kkuengi, and the Golden Bat were all inside the subspace warehouse. If it wasn’t for the ice cube, he might have been hit by the toad’s attack.

Well… he had the Black Dragon’s scales and the >Authority: Unbreakable Body>, so he wouldn’t have died…

Still, it must be strong to take over the 99th floor teleport spot. It would have been dangerous.

“Subspace Warehouse Summon.”

Sejun was about to summon the subspace warehouse to call out the animals when,

Flick.

The toad tried to attack again, sticking its tongue out at Sejun.

“Ice Cube!”

Sejun blocked the toad’s tongue with the ice cube.

However,

Whoosh.

The toad’s tongue went around the ice cube and attacked Sejun.

“Huh?!”

Sejun was surprised by the sudden attack.

At that moment,

Crack.

Another ice cube appeared, protecting Sejun. The Holy Stone Ice Cube was working hard. It was worried about being sent back to Aileen if something happened to Sejun.

Clang.

“Guys, come out.”

Sejun opened the subspace warehouse and called out the animals.

Clang.

“Okay. Stay inside.”

As the subspace warehouse door closed,

Squawk!

[Snacks!]

Kkuengi walked around the warehouse, filling his snack pouch.

(Flap flap.)

The Golden Bat went to his old spot, settled down, and closed his eyes. He was happy to be back home.

And then,

“When is Chairman Park coming, Meow…?”

Theo wanted to sit on Sejun’s lap. He waited in front of the subspace warehouse door, baking bread so he could run out as soon as the door opened.

As time passed,

Clang.

The subspace warehouse door opened, and Sejun’s face appeared. It’s Chairman Park, Meow!

Theo was about to run to Sejun when,

“Meow?!”

Theo saw a giant toad raising its front paws to attack Sejun.

“How dare you attack Chairman Park, Meow?! I, Vice Chairman Theo, will protect Chairman Park, Meow!”

Theo quickly ran out,

Thwack!

“Ugh!”

He stepped on Sejun’s face and jumped into the air,

Slash!

“Nya nya Meow!”

He used his dragon claws and defeated the giant toad.

[Guardian Theo has defeated the Giant Poison Toad Ttubi.]

[Guardian Theo has acquired 20 million experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired.]

“That was dangerous.”

The enemy had a name and was poisonous. Sejun knew it wasn’t an easy enemy.

And then,

Lick. Lick.

He petted Theo’s belly. Theo was already lying on his lap and grooming himself. “Thank you.”

While petting Theo, Sejun took out the Holy Stone Ice Cube and looked at it closely.

He didn’t know how it was trained, but the Holy Stone was much better than before.

It automatically created ice cubes to protect Sejun, and the ice cubes were harder than before.

[Holy Stone Ice Shield Cube]

A stone created when a star fell from the sky.

The Holy Stone Ice Cube has become a shield, making the ice even harder.

If you are the owner and give magic power to the Holy Stone, you can create cube-shaped ice.

When the owner is in danger, the Holy Stone automatically creates ice around the owner to protect them.

Owner: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Grade: SS

Usage Restriction: Magic Power 321 or higher

“Ice Shield Cube? The Holy Stone is evolving too…”

It was the result of trying to survive from Aileen.

Sejun took out the Holy Stone Piercing while reading the explanation. ‘Should I ask Aileen to train this one too?’

Tremble. Tremble.

The Holy Stone Piercing trembled, as if it knew what Sejun was thinking.

At that moment,

“Chairman Park, pet me here too, Meow!”

Theo raised his chin, wanting to be petted under his chin.

“Okay.”

Sejun put the Holy Stone Piercing in his pocket and petted Theo’s chin.

The Holy Stone Piercing was saved, thanks to Theo.

-Must evolve!

The Holy Stone Piercing started special training to evolve.

Stroke. Stroke.

Sejun was petting Theo’s chin and belly with both hands when,

Hehehe. Squawk!

[Hehehe. All filled!]

Kkuengi came out of the subspace warehouse, very proud. He had filled his snack pouch to the top.

“Kkuengi?”

Kkuengi saw Sejun petting Theo’s chin and belly. Theo was lying on his back.

Tap tap tap.

Kkuengi hurried to Sejun’s leg.

And then,

Plop.

Squawk!

[Kkuengi also likes Daddy’s hands!]

He climbed onto Sejun’s lap and put one of Sejun’s hands on his head.

‘Puhuhut. Being petted by Chairman Park on Chairman Park’s lap is the best…’

“Meow?!”

Theo was very happy to be petted by Sejun, but then his happiness decreased.

Who is it?! Theo looked around, trying to find who was bothering him,

Squawk!

He saw Kkuengi holding Sejun’s hand with both front paws and putting it on his head.

‘What is Kkuengi doing?!’

‘Big Brother, Kkuengi will take just one of Daddy’s hands!’

‘Understood, Meow!’

They talked to each other with their eyes and quickly agreed.

However,

“Let’s go.”

“Meow?”

“Kkuengi?”

Sejun stood up, making their agreement useless.

Squawk!

As soon as they arrived at the farm, the mushroom ants greeted Sejun.

“Yes. Have you been well?”

Sejun went home, greeted by the mushroom ants.

And then,

Flap. Flap.

The dragon statues flew over, welcoming Sejun. They had been waiting in front of Sejun’s house.

-Kuhahaha. Has our Sejun come?

-Sejun! You’ve finally come?!

-Fuhahaha. Welcome, Tower Farmer of the Black Tower! I am the great Red Dragon Lamter Zahir!

“Yes… Hello. I am Park Sejun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower.”

Sejun looked at the red dragon statue for the first time. Then, he went to Kaiser and Kellion before greeting it.

He knew Kaiser and Kellion wouldn’t hurt him, but he wasn’t so sure about the red dragon.

-Ahem! Let’s get along well in the future.

Lamter was not happy that Sejun was worried about him. But he decided to be patient because he needed Sejun.

As Sejun greeted Lamter,

-Sejun, take this.

Kaiser gave him a heavy money pouch.

“Huh?! 25 billion Tower Coins?! Are you going to buy Samyangju and grape wine with all this money?”

Sejun looked at the money pouch and asked Kaiser. He thought it was money to buy alcohol.

However,

-That’s the price for the black beans.

“Yes? Black beans?”

Kaiser said something unexpected.

-Yes. I…

Kaiser told him how he got the black beans from the mushroom ants and kept them. But then he ate them because he had to.

“Black beans do grow…”

Black beans were the only one of the five-colored beans that he had never harvested. Sejun wondered if they even grew. Now he knew.

‘Black beans must be very powerful…’

They increased all stats by 9 times when eaten with other beans. It would be amazing even if he used it himself.

But if the dragons had the same effect… it was beyond imagination. Sejun couldn’t even imagine it.

“Too bad.”

If he had the black beans, he could have put them in the Golden Box of Abundance and gotten two black beans every day.

“Thank you. I’ll use it well.”

It was in the past. Sejun stopped being sad and took the money pouch.

-Yes. Next time black beans appear, I will buy them first.

-That’s not right!

-That’s right! We need to talk about that!

Kellion and Lamter protested.

The dragons argued about who would buy the black beans.

Swish.

Sejun quietly stood up. They would argue and then go drink together. He didn’t want to get caught in their fight and get hurt.

“Hehe. I should ask Aileen to give me an Authority with this money.”

Sejun walked away from the dragons and was about to call Aileen when,

Squawk!

The mushroom ant who gave the black beans to Kaiser walked up to Sejun.

And then,

Plop.

It put a bean on Sejun’s hand.

“Huh?! This is?!”

Sejun was surprised to see the black bean. There’s another one?!

Squawk!

The mushroom ant was happy that Sejun was surprised. The mushroom ant had harvested more than one black bean. It gave it to Kaiser because there were extra black beans.