Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 306

Thump.

Sejun looked down. “But what’s this?” he asked, pointing at the wooden plank Theo had dropped at his feet.

“Heh heh heh! I felt something pulling me towards it, meow!” Theo purred, sounding very proud of himself.

“Really? Aileen, can you check this out for me?” Sejun asked, hoping for good news.

Aileen took the wooden plank and examined it closely.

Then,

[The Tower’s Administrator says Theo brought excellent equipment.]

[The Tower’s Administrator is delighted that a fourth divine artifact has appeared.]

Aileen smiled, pleased after checking the wooden plank, and handed it to Sejun.

[Guardian Wooden Shield]

The divine artifact rested in Sejun’s hand. The shield still looked rough and worn.

“This is a divine artifact?!” Sejun examined the shield carefully.

[Guardian Wooden Shield]

A divine artifact used by the ancient god of battle, Battler, who was in charge of combat. It is a shield made from a part of the World Tree.

If you infuse it with magic, it transforms into the desired shape to protect its owner.

It can return to its original state as long as 50% of the shield remains.

Usage Restriction: Strength 700 or higher, Stamina 700 or higher

Creator: God of Battle Battler

Grade: S

“Oh! It transforms into any shape I want?” Sejun imagined a thin disc with a long handle.

Creak.

The wooden shield shifted and created the shape Sejun wanted.

Now he had the perfect tool to put the pizza in the oven!

Sejun quickly found a use for the divine artifact.

A little later,

“Right then, everyone! Pizza time!” Sejun announced, carefully pulling the hot pizza from the oven using the wooden shield, now shaped like a perfect pizza peel.

“Kkweang!” [Pizza is ready!]

“Piiik!” [Hooray!]

“Ppyak!” [I’m so hungry!]

The animals had been sniffing the delicious smell of baking pizza for ages. Now, they cheered loudly and rushed to the table, quickly arranging plates and forks.

Sejun smiled, pleased. He pulled out not one, but five pizzas from the warm oven! Each pizza was a masterpiece – round and golden brown, topped with bright red tomato sauce, melted white sticky corn, and fresh green onions. They looked like colorful paintings, ready to be eaten. It was Margherita pizza, but with a twist! Instead of basil, there were those fragrant green onions.

Slice. Slice.

Sejun quickly cut the pizzas into 16 slices each.

Cutting the pizza into 8 slices is normal, but if he did that, there would only be 40 slices from 5 pizzas.

And there were far more mouths waiting to eat pizza than that.

“Here you go! Eat up!” Sejun said, quickly placing a slice of the cut pizza on each plate.

If the pizza gets cold, the sticky corn won’t stretch. Then, it’s not as fun to eat!

Veronica and the animals were eating pizza for the first time.

They were surprised by the taste as soon as they bit into it!

Streeeeetch.

And they were surprised again by the stretchy sticky corn.

“Kkweang?!”

“Piiik?!”

“Ppyak?!”

The animals pulled at the pizza, confused by the sticky corn that stretched and stretched.

But,

Streeeeetch.

Snap.

Unlike Veronica, who could easily pull the pizza and cut the sticky corn, the animals had very short legs.

“Kkweang!” [It’s getting farther away!]

So, Kkweang used telekinesis to float the pizza closer.

“Piiik!” [Honey, give me the pizza, I’ll pull it for you!]

“Pii! Pii!” [Okay! Give your pizza to me!]

The rabbits exchanged pizzas and helped each other.

“Pfft!” Sejun laughed at the sight of the animals.

He quickly grabbed a slice of pizza himself,

Munch.

And took a bite.

He tasted the savory rice dough, the rich tomato paste, and the fragrant green onions.

Each ingredient showed off its unique flavor.

But,

Chew. Chew.

The sticky corn, with its mild flavor, gently brought all the ingredients together into one delicious taste.

Streeeeetch.

Slurp.

“Heh heh heh. Delicious,” Sejun said, happily sucking the stretchy sticky corn into his mouth.

A little later…

The pizza on the table disappeared.

“It’s gone…”

“Kkweang…” [It’s already gone…]

“Piiik…”

“Ppyak…”

Veronica and the animals looked disappointed.

“Don’t worry! I’ll make two more pizzas. Just wait a bit,” Sejun said, patting the dough again with rice flour and spreading tomato paste on it.

This time, instead of sticky corn, he spread mashed sweet potatoes thickly.

The second pizza he was making was sweet potato pizza.

Sejun added onions and corn on top, and finally, sticky corn.

Slide.

And he put it in the oven.

While the pizza was baking, Sejun went outside.

Scritch.

He harvested pineapples from the pineapple field.

Scree…

The cut pineapple opened its mouth to scream.

At that moment,

“Ice Cube.”

Sejun created ice that wrapped around the pineapple.

Crack!

Bang!

The screaming pineapple shattered the ice, making a loud noise.

And then,

···Eeeeek!

The sound spread outwards.

The sound wasn’t a threat to Sejun because the pineapple had used up a lot of energy destroying the ice.

Sejun had learned the trick to harvesting pineapples.

By the time Sejun had taken the harvested pineapples to the kitchen and finished preparing them,

“Okay. Let’s eat.”

The sweet potato pizza was ready.

“Delicious!!!”

“Kkweang!!!”

“Piiik!!!”

“Ppyak!!!”

Veronica and the animals showed just as much excitement this time, eating with gusto.

“Sejun, you’re amazing!”

“Kkweang!” [Everything Dad makes is delicious!]

“Piiik!” [Sejun is the best chef in the Black Tower!]

“Ppyak!” [I want to move the kingdom here!]

They praised Sejun while waiting for the next pizza, ready to eat anything he made.

“Huh?! Mr. Sejun, what did you put in there?”

Squawk!

[Dad’s a genius for putting pineapple in!]

Peep?!

[Why are you eating it hot?!]

Cluck! Cluck!

[Uncle, that’s amazing! I couldn’t even imagine it!]

As Sejun took the pineapple pizza out of the oven—his last pizza topped with pineapple—the animals had mixed reactions.

“Once you try it, you’ll change your mind.”

Shake. Shake.

The animals who didn’t like pineapple pizza absolutely refused Sejun’s offer.

Because of this, Sejun and his pineapple pizza fans had more to enjoy!

Above the fountain on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

-Krooh. This rice wine tastes great.

-I know, right? Hehehe.

-Ah, I wish we could just chill and drink like this every day, you know?

Kaiser, Kellion, and Lamter were happily drinking Samyangju (a Korean rice wine).

And

-Me too.

Tier.

“Hey, Tier,” Kaiser grumbled, frowning. “Aren’t you leaving yet?”

Tier just grinned, taking another sip of wine. “Nope! Not yet. I still need to take Veronica with me. And Aileen said it’s totally fine for me to stay longer!” He said this like he was very proud of himself.

Kaiser just groaned. “Ugh,” he said, rolling his eyes. Aileen had said it was okay? Then Kaiser couldn’t argue. He just glared at Tier, but Tier didn’t even notice, too busy enjoying his snacks.

Tier bought 1000 bottles of Samyangju from Sejun through Veronica.

He had the alcohol, so he could have drunk alone, but he was eating with the other dragons, enduring their glares, because Sejun made amazing snacks.

Salty dried squid, like chewy seafood, soft tuna that melts in your mouth, and crispy roasted peanuts with a savory taste.

On top of that, there were sweet fruits with their own unique flavors. The snacks were too delicious.

‘I’m never leaving this place.’

Tier decided he would never leave the Black Tower.

Swish.

He picked up a light green fruit from the plate and put it in his mouth.

Chew. Chew.

He chewed it a little to let the aroma and flavor spread in his mouth, then

Gulp.

He downed a glass of Samyangju.

-Oh! The sweet melon taste mixed with the wine made a refreshing flavor!

-Hey! Let’s drink!

Kaiser knew getting angry at Tier would only hurt himself. He chewed on dried sweet potato and raised his glass.

-I’ll have a drink with peanuts.

-I’ll have a drink with tuna.

As the four dragon leaders were having a drinking party,

-Huh?! What is this?!

Kellion suddenly felt something: a warm, glowing light.

-Kellion, what’s wrong?

Kaiser put down his glass and asked, noticing Kellion’s unusual reaction.

-Kaiser, it’s the power of light! It’s right below!

Kellion answered and jumped down towards where he felt the power of light.

-What?! No way?!

Kaiser was greatly surprised and hurriedly followed Kellion, jumping down from the fountain.

When the Creator God left, the world became messy and unbalanced.

And

“The darkness has disappeared.”

“The light has disappeared.”

In that chaotic time, the Black Dragon lost the power of darkness, and the White Dragon lost the power of light.

They didn’t even know where or how they lost it.

At some point, it vanished without any warning. A power that had been as familiar as breathing…

‘But the power of light suddenly started to be felt around me… Then does that mean the power of darkness too?!’

Light and darkness seem to push each other away when you are close, but they always exist together in the world.

So, just as morning comes after the darkest dawn, there is darkness at the end of light.

-Kellion, is the power of light coming from here?

Kaiser asked, standing next to Kellion with anticipation.

-Yes. Hehehe. Look at this. It’s coming from this flower.

Kellion said with a smile on his face, looking at the light-absorbing sunflower.

The sunflower was facing the sky, absorbing light and storing the power of light. More precisely, in its seeds. The flower head was big and yellow, soaking up the sun.

‘Seeing it in the farm, Sejun must have planted it, right?’

Kellion hurriedly flew towards Sejun.

Because Sejun needed to harvest it quickly so he could buy the seeds.

“Okay. This is dessert.”

Sejun prepared juice in carrot-shaped cups.

He added bananas and honey to the Longevity Peaches (special peaches that make you live longer) and blended them together.

Gulp.

Thanks to that, everyone ate a similar amount of Longevity Peaches and their lifespans increased by about 16 years each.

“Are you going down tomorrow morning?”

Sejun asked Dad Rabbit with a regretful voice.

Peep! Peep?

[Yes! I have to go water the carrot field. Can you give me some sticky corn seeds when I go?]

“Okay. I’ll give you 10.”

Peep!

[Thank you!]

Sejun gave Dad Rabbit the sticky corn seeds.

“Meow?! Chairman Park, Blackie woke up, meow!”

Theo informed Sejun that Fenrir had woken up.

“Blackie?”

Sejun peeked his head out of the kitchen, and

Whine?! Whine?!

‘Where’s the guy who feeds me?! I’m hungry!’

Fenrir, who had just woken up, was calling for Sejun anxiously.

“Blackie woke up?”

Sejun called Fenrir, and

Whine?

‘You were there?’

Thud. Thud.

Fenrir ran towards Sejun eagerly.

And

Huff. Huff.

He struggled to get over the kitchen threshold,

Plop.

And sat in front of Sejun’s feet. Give me food!

Swish swish.

Fenrir’s tail was wagging vigorously. He seemed very happy to see Sejun.

“Our Blackie is hungry?”

Sejun took out dried sweet potato for Fenrir, and

Munch. Munch. Munch.

Fenrir ate it greedily, as if he was very hungry.

‘Now’s the chance!’

Swish.

Taking advantage of the moment, Sejun took out the mithril armor he had made earlier and started putting it on Fenrir.

Whine?!

‘What are you doing?!’

Fenrir showed that he didn’t like it, but

Munch. Munch. Munch.

He couldn’t resist much because he was busy eating dried sweet potato, and

Slip. Slip.

Thanks to that, Sejun put the armor on easily.

It was a little loose, but not enough to fall off easily.

Whine?! Whine?!

‘What is this?! I’m taking it off!’

Fenrir, who had belatedly finished eating the dried sweet potato, tried to take off the armor, but

“Blackie, sit.”

Plop.

Fenrir immediately ‘sat’ at Sejun’s words. Are you going to give me more to eat? Then I’ll put up with it.

As Sejun fed Fenrir dried sweet potato to get him used to the armor,

-Sejun! Come out here for a second!

Kellion called Sejun with a very excited voice.

And

Munch. Munch. Munch.

‘Hee hee hee. Delicious! I’m happy!’

Not knowing that he had helped the White Dragon, his enemy, find the power of light, Fenrir smiled brightly and ate dried sweet potato.