Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 305

Far east of the Gobi Desert, in the lands between China and Mongolia, lay a vast, sandy plain. It was a place very far from Beijing, the capital city of China, about 1000 kilometers to the south.

The air filled with the sound of wings – *Flap. Flap.* Hundreds of thousands of green locusts swarmed across the sand. They flew in a huge circle in the sky, like a living, moving pattern. This was no ordinary circle; it was a circle of magic.

Then, a strange sound cut through the air – *Zzzzz*. Right in the middle of the locust circle, the air seemed to ripple and tear open, like fabric ripping. *Flutter. Flutter.* Two moths, each about the size of a hand, flew out of this tear. As soon as they were out, the tear in the air vanished as quickly as it had appeared.

Immediately, the green locusts turned on the moths. They attacked the very creatures they had brought into the world! Locusts were like that; they would even eat each other. They didn’t understand the idea of working together.

It looked like the locusts would tear the moths apart in moments. But then, *Whoosh!* Suddenly, flames burst from the moths’ wings. *Fwoosh!* The fire engulfed the locusts attacking them, burning them away.

However,

Flap.

The locusts continued to attack the fire moths fearlessly.

Fwoooosh.

The flames of the fire moths grew larger and larger, using the corpses of the locusts as fuel.

When the flames became somewhat gigantic,

Whoosh.

A portion of the flame broke off,

Flutter. Flutter.

The flame turned into a fist-sized moth.

Flap.

The locusts, of course, attacked the newly born moth to eat it, but

Whoosh.

The newly born moth also created flames on its wings, burning the locusts.

This process was repeated, reducing the number of locusts and gradually increasing the number of fire moths. Eventually, only the fire moths remained.

And

Flutter. Flutter.

The fire moths scattered in all directions, seeking prey to sacrifice to the flames.

The cafeteria on the 99th floor of the Tower.

“Heh heh heh.”

Thud. Thud.

Sejun grinned as he worked the rice dough with his hands. ‘Pizza at last!’ he thought happily. The taste of the sticky corn had made him think of pizza right away, because it tasted a little like mozzarella cheese.

Immediately ran to the cafeteria and was now kneading the rice dough like this.

A moment later.

“Done.”

Sejun finished kneading the rice dough.

He covered the bowl of dough with green onion leaves so it would rise. Then, *Munch.* A message appeared in front of his eyes: **[You have consumed Eileen’s Healthier Chunk of Fist Meat.] [You must eat all the food to activate the effect.] [437 pieces remaining.]** Sejun ate Eileen’s food quickly, just to stop feeling hungry.

And

“Alright. Now I need to make tomato paste.”

He took out the cherry tomatoes that had been soaked in hot water while he was kneading the dough one by one, and

Scritch. Scritch.

Began to peel the cherry tomatoes.

At that moment,

Tweet!

[I’ll help you!]

Squawk?

[Uncle, are you making something new again?]

As Sejun started a new dish, the rabbits showed interest and came to lend a hand.

“Yeah. It’s a dish called pizza…”

Thanks to them, Sejun was able to work without being bored, explaining about pizza to the rabbits.

Tweet!

[Sounds delicious!]

“Heh heh heh. Right.”

As the peeled cherry tomatoes piled up while talking with the rabbits,

Whirr.

Sejun poured the cherry tomatoes into a black pot and

Sprinkle. Sprinkle.

Added salt, brought it to a boil once on high heat, and then began to simmer it on low heat.

“Guys, stir this a bit.”

Sejun had the rabbits stir the bottom so that the cherry tomatoes wouldn’t stick,

[You have obtained Sticky Corn Seeds.]

[Job experience slightly increased.]

[Proficiency of Seed Harvesting Lv. 8 slightly increased.]

[You need to use the Seed Harvesting skill 750,161 more times to complete the job quest.]

He harvested 20 Sticky Corns.

While Sejun was preparing the pizza ingredients,

Rustle.

Rustle.

The Accuracy Persimmon and Light-Reflecting Stone, which had absorbed the Elixir of Harvest, grew diligently.

“Theo, this way.”

Yuren guided Theo, Kkuenge, and Ppiyot to the best clothing store he knew.

The clothing store, called Arachne, was a little away from the busy shopping streets. Even from the outside, you could see it was a very fancy and old-fashioned place.

“Welcome, Merchant Yuren,” said a soldier standing guard at the entrance of Arachne. He recognized Yuren and opened the heavy door for them.

“Let’s go.”

As Yuren went inside,

“Puhu! Good! Let’s go in quickly, meow!”

Theo happily followed Yuren into the store,

Kkueng!

[Going in quickly, yo!]

Ppiyot!

[Yes!]

Kkuenge and Ppiyot followed behind.

As they entered the store,

“Welcome. Who are you looking for clothes for?”

An employee waiting inside the store greeted them politely and asked.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Going to buy Daddy clothes, yo! Want to buy strong clothes, yo!]

Kkuenge said what he wanted.

It was too abstract an answer, but

“You want strong clothes?” the employee repeated. He didn’t ask any more questions, just smiled and said, “Please follow me.” He led them to another room and said, “Please take a look around here.” This room was filled with shining chainmail armor. It looked amazing.

Kkueng?

[Is this sturdy, yo?]

Kkuenge asked, looking at the armor.

“Of course!” the employee said proudly. “We believe this is the best armor you can find in the entire Black Tower. Go ahead, touch it! It won’t even get a tiny scratch.”

The employee wasn’t just saying words; this armor really was incredibly valuable.

Kkueng?

[Is that so, yo?]

Grasp.

At the employee’s words, Kkuenge grabbed the arm part of the chainmail armor in front of him and pulled to test how sturdy it was.

However,

Rip.

The chainmail armor was torn off lightly as if tearing paper.

···?!

“···?!”

Kkuenge was also surprised, and the employee was also surprised.

‘Why is it so weak, yo?’

Kkuenge thought the armor was too weak.

‘What kind of armor is that?!’

The employee was concerned about the price of the armor.

The chainmail armor here is made by processing Mythril into Mythril thread with Arachne’s secret method.

And commissioned to Iskara, the best blacksmith in the Black Tower, to make chainmail armor.

Special armour called chainmail was sent to the Magic Tower to get magic powers added to it.

The chainmail that Kkuengyi had just damaged had very strong magic protection that was made in three layers.

It was truly a masterpiece.

So, it cost a lot, like 5 billion Topcoins.

And Kkuengyi damaged it…

Creak.

Creak.

Kkuengyi didn’t notice any of this. He was tearing at the arms of other chainmail, looking for strong armour for Sejun to wear.

“W-Wait, please!” the shop worker cried. “Do you know how much these cost?” He was really shocked, but he tried to stay calm because this was the fanciest shop in town.

“Kkueng?” Kkuengyi tilted his head, looking truly curious. “How much?”

The worker took a deep breath. “The one you broke first? That was 5 billion Topcoins! The others are 1 billion each. You broke armour worth 7 billion Topcoins in total!”

“Kkueng? Kkueng!” Kkuengyi blinked. “Pay? Kkuengyi not buying this weak armour!” He thought, ‘This armour is too easy to break. Not good for Master!’

“Huh?!” The worker’s eyes went wide. He looked around wildly, hoping someone else could explain to this strange creature.

“Heh heh heh. I’ll buy it, so give me a discount, meow!”

Theo said he would buy the armour.

“Kkueng? Kkueng!”

“Big Brother is buying it? Then Kkuengyi will pay!”

Kkuengyi took out his allowance pouch when Theo said he would buy the armour.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

Yuren quickly pointed at himself. Once again, the debt was added to Yuren’s tab.

Theo, who had bought three chainmail armours with one arm torn off, put the armour in his bundle and said,

“Give me that too, meow!”

Theo pointed to the armour display stand.

“This?!”

The employee lifted the armour display stand.

“Heh heh heh. Not that, meow! This, meow!”

Theo took the square wooden plank that was holding up the armour display.

“Ah, that’s what you wanted. Anything else you want? Seriously, take anything!”

The employee said this because Theo had just spent 7 billion Topcoins. He would give away as many wooden planks as Theo wanted.

“Heh heh heh. It’s okay, meow!”

Theo refused, because what he wanted wasn’t just any wooden plank.

Theo carefully put the wooden plank he liked into his bundle. Heh heh heh. He had another chance to be praised by Chairman Park, meow!

“It’s time, meow! Let’s go back, meow!”

Theo happily went to pick up the packaged food.

Back at their camp, Sejun was getting ready to make dinner. He had been thinking about pizza all day.

Smack.

“It’s done,” Sejun said as he tasted the tomato paste.

And then,

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Knead. Knead.

He took out the aged dough and began to make the pizza dough.

At that moment,

“Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!”

Slap.

Theo, who had returned after finishing his errand, clung to the back of Sejun’s head.

“Vice Chairman Theo, you’re back?”

“What, meow?! Why are you making food, meow?”

Theo was unhappy that Sejun was making food after ordering him to run errands, and he asked with a dissatisfied voice.

“Hehehe. I suddenly had a dish I wanted to eat.”

Sejun was in a very good mood at the thought of eating pizza, and he replied in a cheerful voice.

“Why is your voice so bright, meow?! I don’t like it, meow!”

Theo’s mood soured when he saw Sejun looking happy even though he wasn’t there.

Squeeze!

He hugged the back of Sejun’s head even tighter.

“Nice.”

Even so, Sejun’s mood only improved because of Theo’s soft belly.

“But where’s Kkuengyi?”

“Kkueng!”

“Kkuengyi here!”

Kkuengyi, who had been smelling the unfamiliar tomato paste, raised his hand and answered energetically at Sejun’s call.

“Did our Kkuengyi have a good time?”

“Kkueng!”

“I had a good time!”

“Do you have any allowance left from what Dad gave you?”

“Kkueng!”

“Yes! It’s here!”

Kkuengyi said, taking out his allowance pouch.

“Shall we see how much you spent?”

Sejun opened the allowance pouch to check how much money Kkuengyi had spent.

However,

“Huh?! You didn’t spend any?”

The 100 Topcoins he had given him were still in the allowance pouch.

“Kkuengyi, you didn’t spend any money?”

Sejun asked.

“Kkueng! Kkueng!”

“No! I bought food and armour with the allowance Dad gave me!”

“But why is the money still there?”

“Kkueng!”

“Big Brother gave me a discount!”

Kkuengyi looked at Theo with eyes full of respect.

And then,

“Heh heh heh. That’s right, meow! I gave him a discount, meow!”

Theo, who was clinging to Sejun’s lap, raised his head and boasted.

“You lowered the price?!”

This was almost robbery! As Sejun wondered,

(Bat bat. Yuren paid on credit from behind.)

The Golden Bat told Sejun the truth.

“Ah….”

Sejun realized why Kkuengyi’s allowance hadn’t decreased.

“Then shall we see what our Kkuengyi bought?”

“Heh heh heh. You’ll be surprised when you see it, meow!”

Theo took out the packaged food from his bundle, three chainmail armours with torn arms he bought from Arachne, and a wooden plank.

“Why are the arms all torn off?”

[Reinforced Mithril Chainmail with Right Arm Torn Off (Triple Layered)]

[Reinforced Mithril Chainmail with Left Arm Torn Off]

[Reinforced Mithril Chainmail with Right Arm Torn Off]

Sejun asked as he looked at the Mithril chainmail with one arm torn off each.

“Kkueng!”

“Kkuengyi tore them off to check if they were sturdy!”

Kkuengyi said in a proud voice. Kkuengyi checked everything for Dad!

“I see.”

Sejun, knowing why the arms were torn off, picked up the most expensive-looking Mithril chainmail and checked it.

[Reinforced Mithril Chainmail with Right Arm Torn Off (Triple Layered)]

The secret of Arachne, the top clothing store in the Black Tower, was to refine Mithril threads…

Usage Restriction: Strength 500 or higher, Magic Power 1000 or higher

Creator: Arachne, Iskra, Buyeo Magic Tower

Grade: A

“I can wear it inside.”

Even though it was chainmail, it felt as comfortable as wearing a cloth garment against his skin.

“Kkuengyi, tear this off for me.”

Sejun asked Kkuengyi to tear off the remaining left arm because it was awkward to wear armour with only one arm.

“Kkueng!”

“Okay!”

Creak.

Kkuengyi tore off the left arm.

Swish.

Sejun put on the sleeveless chainmail.

And then,

“Vice Chairman Theo, please make some holes here.”

Sejun said, handing the left arm part of the armour that Kkuengyi had torn off to Theo.

“Okay, meow!”

Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop.

Theo used his dragon claws to make four holes where Sejun wanted them, and the Sunfish Fenrir’s Mithril armour was done.

And then,

Bloom.

At the same time, a Light-Basking Flower that looked like a sunflower bloomed outside, filling the air with a peaceful feeling.