Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 296

Thud. Thud.

Podori reported, “Master Fire, someone is going to Sejun’s house! It’s a thief!”

Fire’s anger blazed. “Dare to invade Master’s farm?!”

But he didn’t move.

“Huh?! Aren’t you going to catch the thief?” Podori wondered.

“Let’s watch for now,” Fire replied.

‘I need to see if Blackie is trustworthy. This is a good opportunity to test him,’ Fire thought.

Even from the moment Theo brought Fenrir, Fire felt uneasy. An unpleasant aura seemed to cling to the wolf, like a shadow. Fire couldn’t trust him.

So, he decided to see if Fenrir was worthy to stay by Sejun’s side.

Fire watched Fenrir, thinking, “Blackie, what are you going to do?”

Whine… Whine…?!

“You bad guys… What did I do so wrong…?!” Fenrir thought, humiliated. He sat in front of Sejun’s house, his teeth grinding. The mushroom ants had whipped his butt with their antennae. Now, he was being very obedient.

He knew if he wandered around carelessly, the mushroom ants might spank him again.

However, Whine! Whine!

“This body is the Apostle of Destruction, the wolf Fenrir who hunts the 1st Seat God! Come at me, all of you!” Fenrir regained his confidence.

Thump! Thump!

He started exploring the farm again with energetic steps.

As Fenrir moved around the farmyard, Thud. Thud.

Something approached with cautious steps. He could feel it getting closer, though he couldn’t see it.

Whine?! Whine!

“How dare you enter my territory without fear?! Get out!” Fenrir barked loudly.

Suddenly, a thief appeared.

“What?! This dog?! There must be something valuable here,” the thief said.

Thwack!

Squeak!

The thief kicked Fenrir away and tried to enter Sejun’s house.

However, Whine! Whine!

“That’s the house of the guy who gives me delicious things! And this body is… the Apostle of Destruction, Fenrir!”

Chomp.

Fenrir, wanting to repay the favor, bit the thief’s foot with all his might as he tried to enter Sejun’s house! He wouldn’t let him go!

“Ugh! You son of a bitch! I’m already annoyed to death!” The thief frowned, feeling the pain from Fenrir’s bite.

The thief, Camel, had entered the 99th floor of the tower by stealing an invitation.

He came hoping for a quick fortune, but there was nothing to steal except crops. He was already in a bad mood…

Now, even a dog was provoking him. Camel’s patience snapped.

“Die!”

Swish.

Camel drew his sword and swung it at Fenrir.

Whine!

“I can easily dodge that attack!” Fenrir thought.

The sword’s path was so obvious, Fenrir thought he could dodge it even in his sleep.

Whine? Whine…

“…Could I? I can’t dodge it…”

The sword was getting closer, but his body wouldn’t move.

Whine…

“Ah… I’ve gotten weaker…”

His body couldn’t keep up. He couldn’t dodge the clumsy attack.

Squeak… Squeak…

“To think I would die so uselessly here… How regrettable. I wanted to eat that yellow and chewy thing one more time…” Fenrir looked at the approaching sword and regretted not eating more dried sweet potatoes.

At that moment, Squeak!

“You can’t touch Blackie!”

Wham!

Using telekinesis, Kkuengi sent the thief flying with a body slam.

Camel was thrown back with incredible force. He landed heavily, knocked unconscious.

“Blackie, are you okay?” Sejun rushed over and checked Fenrir for injuries.

Whine? Whine! Whine!

“Where were you? I almost died! When you’re not here, the kids hit me!” Seeing Sejun, Fenrir whined, his emotions bursting out.

‘He doesn’t have the ability, but he has loyalty(?). Blackie, you pass. Let’s work together from now on,’ Fire thought, watching Fenrir with a satisfied expression.

While Sejun was dealing with the thief and saving Fenrir, Theo was receiving slave contracts.

“Meow? Why is Yuren here, meow?” Theo asked, seeing Yuren standing in front of him. He remembered Yuren buying an invitation from him.

“Haha. Well… someone stole it,” Yuren said. He was the owner of the invitation Camel stole. As expected, Yuren was unlucky.

“To lose that, you’re a fool, meow!”

“Haha. I guess so.”

“Good, meow! I’ll give Yuren special treatment, meow!” Seeing the unlucky Yuren, Theo showed special consideration.

“Ah. Thank you!” Yuren said.

“Yuren, where are you going, meow?!” Theo grabbed Yuren.

“Yes?! You just said you’d give me special treatment?”

“Puhuhu. I’ll give Yuren special treatment, so it’s half a year of slavery, meow! Put your paw print on it, meow!”

“Ah… Thank you.”

Stamp.

Yuren put his paw print on the contract Theo presented.

“What should I do?” Sejun wondered, looking at the crowds swarming in the tower.

Still, they were guests who came to his party. He decided to enjoy the party with everyone.

“Then, what should we have for the menu?”

While Sejun was agonizing over the menu, Squeak! Squeak!

“Stay still! Blackie, sit!” Kkuengi was training Fenrir with dried sweet potatoes.

Whine! Whine!

‘Bear, give me my food! That’s mine!’ Of course, the noble wolf Fenrir didn’t listen to Kkuengi.

It was fortunate that Kkuengi couldn’t understand Fenrir’s words.

At that moment, “Kkuengi, you shouldn’t do that,” Sejun said, after seeing what Kkuengi was doing. Sejun smiled, recalling some tips he’d read about training animals.

“Blackie.”

As Sejun called Fenrir, Whine? Whine!

‘Ah. Why are you calling me? Just give me something to eat!’ Fenrir, who had unknowingly recognized his name, turned his head and complained.

“Blackie, sit. Down.”

Sejun brought the hand holding the dried sweet potato over Fenrir’s head.

Whine! Whine!

‘I’m hungry! Give it to me quickly!’ Fenrir raised his head to see the dried sweet potato.

Thump.

As his head went up, his butt naturally touched the floor.

Wag wag. Wag wag.

His tail wagged vigorously, sweeping the floor.

“Blackie, good job. Here.” Sejun gave the dried sweet potato to Fenrir, praising him.

Whine!

‘It’s food!’

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

Fenrir received the dried sweet potato from Sejun’s hand and hurriedly ate it.

Thud. Thud.

“Squeak! Squeak?! Squeak!”

‘I finished it all! Do you think this will fill me up?! Give me another one!’

Fenrir ate the dried sweet potato in one bite. Then, he tapped Sejun’s foot with his paw. He wanted more.

“Blackie, sit,” Sejun said.

Sejun began the sit-down training again.

Squeak! Squeak!

‘Ugh! How annoying!’ Fenrir thought.

Thump.

At Sejun’s command, Fenrir plopped his rear down again.

“Oh! I think I’m a genius! I mastered ‘sit’ in just two tries!” Sejun said.

Sejun had only watched ‘sit’ training a few times on YouTube.

When Fenrir succeeded in sitting with his training, Sejun thought, ‘Was this my talent?’

‘Come to think of it, there are many animals around me,’ Sejun thought.

That was somewhat true, but not this time. Fenrir was just smart.

“Blackie, sit,” Sejun said.

Squeak. Squeak.

‘I’m only doing this because it’s you,’ Fenrir thought.

Thump.

Thus, Fenrir perfectly mastered ‘sit.’

Moo!

[Blackie, sit!] Mooeh called.

Squeak!

‘Don’t be ridiculous!’ Fenrir thought.

He didn’t even pretend to listen to Mooeh.

Moo!

[Blackie, you’ll be in trouble if you don’t listen to your big brother!] Mooeh said.

As Mooeh tried to scold Fenrir with a stern face,

Thump. Thump.

Sejun was thinking about what to cook. Fenrir quickly climbed onto Sejun’s leg.

Squeak. Squeak.

‘Hey! He’s bullying me. Punish him,’ Fenrir whined.

He scratched at Sejun’s leg, whining for protection.

Fenrir saw Sejun as his protector.

Veronica had been called to the 99th floor by Tier Peten, the Violet Dragon leader. Now, she walked back to the farm. Her steps were unsteady.

At that moment,

“Cough. Cough.”

Veronica choked, and then purple blood poured from her mouth. It was a lot of blood, staining the ground purple.

Sssssss.

The ground was already full of poison, but Veronica’s blood was even stronger. The ground started to bubble and dissolve where her blood fell.

Swish.

“Whew,” Veronica sighed. Vomiting the blood made her feel a little better, but she was still weak. ‘I need to rest for days,’ she thought, and slowly walked towards the farm again.

A few hours earlier.

“Flame, Tier called for me, so I’ll be back in a bit,” Veronica said.

[Okay.]

Veronica was summoned by Tier Peten.

The reason Tier called Veronica was to check if she had found any crops that were effective on dragons.

Fortunately, Veronica had found several crops with Flame’s help.

“Here they are,” she said.

She confidently showed the crops to Tier.

However,

“-Are you ignoring me?! Bring me crops that are effective on dragons, not this tasteless garbage!” Tier shouted.

Tier, after eating the crops, was furious with Veronica.

The crops Veronica brought were not only ineffective on dragons but also tasted terrible.

Groooan.

Tier roared in anger. His angry energy exploded outwards, and the poison in his energy hit Veronica.

Veronica, in that poisoned state, arrived at the farm on the 53rd floor of the tower.

“Flame, I’m back… I’m going to rest a bit…” Veronica whispered.

Plop.

As soon as Veronica arrived at the farm, she leaned against Flame’s roots and lost consciousness.

[Veronica, are you okay?] Flame called Veronica,

“······.”

Veronica was already unconscious.

[Huh?! Veronica, you’re poisoned! Don’t worry, I’ll help you!] Flame said.

Flame quickly checked Veronica and used his purifying flames to remove the poison from her body.

However,

[Huh?! Why is her skin color changing?] Flame wondered.

The power of purification was too strong, and Veronica’s dark skin turned pure white.

Veronica was a Dark Elf. She needed poison in her body to live in the Violet Tower. Flame’s flames removed all the poison, even the good poison she needed.

A moment later,

“Ugh! Huh?! What’s wrong?!” Veronica said.

Veronica, regaining consciousness, was panicked when the poison, which should have been as comfortable as breathing, felt uncomfortable.

And then,

“Aah! My Dark Elf secret is gone!” Veronica screamed.

She realized her body could no longer handle poison.

“Flame, what’s wrong with my body?!” Veronica asked.

[…I don’t know.] Flame pretended not to know.

“Flame, what am I going to do?” Veronica was desperate.

Without poison in her body, she couldn’t live in the Violet Tower anymore. She had used magic to control the poison before, but now there was no poison to control.

[Don’t worry. I have a good idea for you,] Flame said.

“What is it?” Veronica asked.

[Go to the Black Tower,] Flame suggested.

“The Black Tower? Is it okay for me to go?” Veronica asked.

[Of course. Sejun will help Veronica. Take this with you,] Flame said.

Flame handed Veronica the Violet Tower land document she had.

Things got a bit twisted, but thanks to that, Flame was able to give Sejun a gift.

[But you must promise me something. Never tell Sejun about me,] Flame said seriously. He didn’t want Sejun to know his secrets.

“Yes! Then I’ll go right away!” Veronica said.

Swish.

Veronica pulled out the Black Tower land document.

“Raise Land,” Sejun said.

As Sejun hit the ground with Miller’s hoe,

Rumble.

A huge brazier was created in the front yard.

Sejun was cooking for a million party guests! He needed a huge brazier because it was too much food to cook in the kitchen.

“Mooeh,” Sejun called.

Moo!

[Got it!] Mooeh replied.

Thump. Thump.

At Sejun’s command, the giant Mooeh placed a giant pot on the brazier. It was the Crab Shell Pot.

“Kaiser, please get some water,” Sejun requested.

-Understood.

At Sejun’s request, Kaiser flew over and filled it with water.

Snap.

Sejun lit the brazier with fire he created by snapping his fingers.

Whoosh.

While waiting for the water to boil,

[Warning! Someone who owns the Black Tower farm document has arrived!] A message appeared.

[If you don’t want to lose the farm you worked so hard on, stop them!] Another message appeared.

“What?! Someone owns the farm document? Of course, I’ll stop them!” Sejun said.

Sejun looked around, ready to fight.

“Huh?!”

He saw someone tall – really tall, maybe three meters high! Their skin was pure white, and they were very muscular. It was Veronica.

Groooan.

He felt a huge pressure from Veronica.

‘She’s strong?’ Sejun thought.

Sejun quickly turned to Mooeh,

Thump.

“It’s an honor to meet you, Sejun, the Black Tower farmer! I am Veronica, the Violet Tower farmer!” Veronica shouted.

She knelt and bowed towards the giant Mooeh.

Moo?

‘You fool! Over here!’ Flame called.

Flutter. Flutter.

Flame hurriedly shook his leaves from Sejun’s shoulder.

However,

Sejun was already upset.