Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 320

Sejun arrived at the 81st floor of the Black Tower.

Splash!

The first thing Sejun saw was a huge amount of water.

“Huh?!”

Sejun was surprised by the unfamiliar scene.

Glug.

He accidentally swallowed some water.

Just then,

A quest message appeared, but…

“Ugh.”

He was suffocating! He needed to breathe first.

Sejun quickly swam to the surface.

It was fifteen meters to the top.

The water was deep, but…

Flap flap flap.

Sejun reached the surface with just a few kicks. Heh heh. It was easy for Sejun, who knew how to swim well.

His Strength stat, which was almost 1000, helped more than his swimming skills.

“Phew!”

Sejun surfaced and took a deep breath.

Clang.

Breathing on the surface, he opened his subspace warehouse.

And then,

“Chairman Park! I missed you, meow!”

As soon as the door opened, Theo jumped at Sejun’s face.

“You little… Aaaah!”

“Pfft. That tickles… Meow?!”

Theo, in his excitement, accidentally bumped his bottom against Sejun’s face, letting out a little puff of air.

Snatch.

“You rascal…”

Sejun grabbed Theo as he squirmed from the ticklishness.

Splash.

“Meow?”

Sejun dunked him in the water, using him like a float. Theo liked water and floated easily, which would help keep Sejun dry.

Whoosh.

“Chairman Park, why is it like this here, meow?”

Theo turned in the water, showing his belly to Sejun, and asked. He looked like an otter.

“I don’t know. I need to find out.”

Sejun replied, checking the messages he hadn’t been able to see because he was out of breath.

[Quest: Due to an unknown reason, the surrounding river has flooded, turning the farm into a lake. Restore the flooded farm to its original state within one week.]

[Reward: Recognition as the rightful owner of the Black Tower 81st floor farm.]

[Failure: The pear tree farm will disappear.]

“Unknown reason?”

Sejun frowned. That sounded like trouble, like someone had done this on purpose.

“But how do I drain the water in a week?”

Sejun thought about how to drain the water from the lake.

Just then,

Boom.

Suddenly, a huge ship was thrown into the water from the subspace warehouse.

Kooeng!

[Kooengi-ho is deployed!]

“Yahoo! Deployment!”

Beep!

[Beep-beep Yacht, deploying!]

Squeak!

‘I don’t want to go!’

Inside the ship were Kooengi, Ajax, Bbyot, and Ggamgi.

Seeing the lake, Kooengi had taken out the Kooengi-ho from the subspace warehouse.

Kooeng!

[Daddy, Kooengi is riding Kooengi-ho!]

Bobbing.

Kooengi used telekinesis to pull Sejun out of the water and onto the Kooengi-ho.

“Thank you.”

Sejun thanked Kooengi and looked around.

“So, this is a volcano.”

Sejun saw the mountain that surrounded the pear tree farm and the water that had risen to the mountain’s height.

“But where’s the river? Kooengi, let’s go up into the sky.”

Kooeng!

[Okay! Rising up!]

Kooengi lifted the Kooengi-ho high into the sky, and…

“Wow.”

A huge river, almost like an ocean, came into view. The volcano where the pear tree farm was located was in the middle of the gently flowing river.

“But how did the river flood all the way up here?”

Sejun sounded puzzled.

The difference in water level between the volcano and the river was more than 30 meters. It wouldn’t be easy to fill this basin with water, no matter how much the river flooded.

Still, he knew one thing. Since there was a river nearby, he shouldn’t break the mountain to drain the water.

“Then…”

Sejun was lost in thought for a moment.

“Kooengi, do you want to play in the water?”

Sejun asked Kooengi to play in the water in his giant form.

The basin inside the volcano was quite large, so it was fine as long as he didn’t step on the pear tree farm.

Kooeng!

[Good! Kooengi gets the biggest!]

As Kooengi grew larger,

Gush gush gush.

An enormous amount of water began to overflow.

He exceeded 30m, but Kooengi continued to grow. He grew to 45m.

“Wow… Our Kooengi has grown a lot in the meantime?”

While Sejun was distracted, watching Kooengi grow 10m larger than before,

Gush gush gush.

The water continued to overflow. Quite a bit of water overflowed and fell into the river.

Kooeng!

[Exciting!]

Splash. Splash.

Kooengi, who had grown to full size for the first time in a while, began to play in the water in earnest.

Gush gush gush.

The water was rapidly decreasing every time he moved his body.

He could have drained more water, but Kooengi reduced his power and played so that the mountain wouldn’t collapse.

A little while later.

The water quickly receded with Kooengi’s water play, and the tops of the pear trees that had been submerged began to appear above the water.

“The pears are huge.”

The size of the pears submerged in the water was almost like soccer balls.

“Kooengi, you did a great job. Now, let’s shrink back down.”

Kooeng! Kooeng!

[Okay! Kooengi wants to ride Kooengi-ho now!]

“Okay. Kooengi, you can play on the Kooengi-ho.”

Sejun let Kooengi, who had done the most to drain the water, play.

Kooeng!

[Kooengi-ho is departing!]

Beep!

[Yes! Captain Kooengi!]

Squeak! Squeak!

‘I don’t want to! Put him in my pocket!’

Bbyot and Ggamgi, who weren’t very helpful in draining the water, became crew members of the Kooengi-ho.

“Guys, let’s work.”

Sejun began to drain the water with Theo and Ajax.

“Ice Cube.”

Sejun froze the water.

Plop. Plop.

Theo put the ice cubes in his bundle.

“Dry!”

Ajax dried the water with magic.

While the three of them were working hard,

Kooeng!

[No water, no fun!]

As the water disappeared, it became difficult to move the boat.

“Kooeng!” a small voice called out.

*[Coming right up!]* Kooeng meant to say.

Kooeng, a furry creature with big, bright eyes, lifted his Kooeng-Ho high above his head. The Kooeng-Ho was his favorite toy, a little wooden boat painted with colorful stripes. He loved to play with it in the wide river that flowed near his home. Today was a perfect day for a river adventure.

“Kooeng,” a deeper voice said, “while you are playing in the river, can you also find out why it has flooded? The water came up very quickly.”

“Kooeng!” Kooeng replied happily.

*[Understood!]*

*Splash!* With a giggle, Kooeng put his Kooeng-Ho into the water.

“Kooeng!” he shouted, excited.

*[A new adventure is starting!]*

“Beep!” a tiny voice squeaked from the Kooeng-Ho.

*[Yes!]* Kooeng replied to his little toy boat.

*Squeak…* But the Kooeng-Ho seemed less excited. *‘I want to go home…’* it seemed to whisper.

Slowly, the Kooeng-Ho began to drift along the river, carrying Kooeng towards his new adventure.

Red Tower, 99th floor.

“Mr. Udon, a Cactus has been discovered on the 53rd floor of the tower,” a messenger reported.

“Haa… already up to the 53rd floor…” Red Tower farmer Udon sighed deeply.

The rain used to fall once a month.

But over time, it fell once a year, then once every 10 years, and then it stopped falling altogether.

As the rain stopped, the temperature in the Red Tower grew stronger day by day, like a giant oven slowly warming up.

The tower getting hotter caused the land to turn into a desert, starting from the 1st floor and slowly moving upwards.

Now, everything below the 10th floor was completely desert.

The Cactuses were plant-type monsters that looked like cacti. They were the main reason the land was turning into a desert because they drank all the water from the area around them.

No matter how many Cactuses they destroyed, they always came back in groups wherever there was a desert, climbing towards the upper floors, and in bigger numbers.

But there was a good side too. Cactuses kept the water they drank in their bodies as pure water.

So, Cactuses were a helpful way to get water in the Red Tower.

“Summon all the dwarf warriors! We will get rid of the Cactuses,” Udon ordered after thinking for a moment.

“Yes!” the messenger replied.

Getting rid of the Cactuses caused a lot of damage, and even more Cactuses were born after. But destroying them was the only way to slow down the desert from spreading, even a little.

“I want to see rain…” Udon stared at the dry sky.

*Clang. Clang.* Udon, wearing red armor, headed towards the lower floors.

“It’s almost over now,” Sejun said, looking at the water that was up to his ankles.

Just then,

“Hehe. President Park, I threw it away, meow!” Theo shouted.

*Slap.* Theo, the talking cat, who had dumped the ice from the bundle into the river, held onto Sejun’s leg.

And then,

“Hehe. President Park, leave it to me now, meow! Follow me, everyone, meow!” Theo proudly told Sejun.

*Swoosh. Swoosh.* The waters began to move towards Theo.

Theo was finally using his talent for water, which matched his name.

As Theo drained the water from the farm,

“Move the earth!” Sejun hit the ground with Milo’s hoe.

*Rumble.* The ground around the farm rose up to stop water from coming in.

When all the water was gone from the farm,

[The pear farm has returned to its original state.]

[The quest has been completed.]

[You have been recognized as the rightful owner of the Black Tower 81st floor pear farm land document.]

[Land Document Skill: Farm Information Lv. Max is activated.]

The quest was done.

“Alright. Should we pick the pears now?”

*Thud.* Sejun, now the owner of the farm, picked a pear.

And then,

[You have harvested a bland Strength and Stamina Pear.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[Harvesting Lv. 8 proficiency slightly increases.]

[You have gained 70 experience.]

[Experience is not accumulating because the job quest has not been completed.]

A message popped up.

“Huh?” Sejun was surprised. Bland?! He checked the pear’s details. He had worked so hard to drain the water, it would be terrible if it tasted bad.

[Bland Strength and Stamina Pear]

A pear from a pear tree grown inside the tower that has absorbed enough nutrients.

The pear was underwater at the end, soaking up a lot of water, making it bland and huge.

If you leave it in a dry place and let 10L of water evaporate, it will shrink back to its normal size and taste good again.

Eating it will increase Strength and Stamina by 1 each.

Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration date: 150 days

Grade: A

“Phew. That’s a relief…” Sejun sighed in relief after reading the explanation. Luckily, there was a way to make the pears taste good again.

“I should pick them first. Ajax, help me.”

“Okay! Bro!” Ajax replied.

Just as Sejun and Ajax were picking the pears,

*Thud.* The Kooeng-Ho, moving along the river, bumped into a big tree root.

“Kooeng?”

[Fire Sister was here too?]

It was Fire.

[Yes. Is the pear that Sejun is looking for here?]

“Kooeng!”

[That’s right! But does Fire Sister know why the river flooded?]

Kooeng asked Fire why the river had flooded.

[Flood? Why would it…?]

“Kooeng!”

[Dad wants to know the cause of the pear farm being underwater!]

Sejun wants to know?! What should I do?! Fire was worried by Kooeng’s answer. It was natural, because Fire was the one who had flooded the river.

Moving her roots had caused the river to flood as a side effect.

Fire was the one who had put the pear farm underwater.

‘If Sejun finds out about this, he’ll hate me! What should I do?’ Fire thought.

At that moment,

‘Ah!’

Fire quickly grabbed a huge monster passing by her roots.

And then,

[Ah! I know who did it!]

“Kooeng?!”

[Who is it?!]

[It’s this guy!]

Fire showed Kooeng the monster she had just grabbed with her roots.

-You! Do you know who I am?! I am the Apostle of Destruction…

Kooeng, who had been taught by Ajax and the dragons yesterday to get rid of the Apostle of Destruction as soon as he saw them,

“Kooeng!”

[Bad guy!]

*Wham!* As soon as Kooeng saw the Apostle of Destruction, he attacked.

*Clink.* A piece of Leviathan, the Serpent who Summons the Tides and one of the 12 Seats of the Apostle of Destruction, disappeared, leaving behind 7 green coins.

“Hehehe. Kooeng!”

[Hehehe. Kooeng solved the case!]

Kooeng, happy that he had found the cause of the flood, smiled brightly at the thought of bragging to Sejun.

[Okay. Kooeng, good job. But don’t tell Sejun that you saw me. Got it?]

“Kooeng! Kooeng!”

[Understood! Then I’ll go back!]

Kooeng used his mind to move the Kooeng-Ho against the river.

[Hehet.]

Thanks to this, Sejun didn’t catch Fire today.