Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 323

The path down the tower was dimly lit by glowing stones in the walls. The air grew cooler with each step, and the silence was broken only by Theo’s soft humming.

“Nyang nyang nyang.”

Bbyot?

[Theo, who are you planning to visit first?]

Bbyot asked Theo, who was humming a tune.

“Fuhu-hut. First, I will monitor Manager Bill, nyang!”

Theo replied.

The eight cat interns who worked under Theo did well and got promoted: Bill became a manager, Jeff and Mark became assistant managers, and the remaining five became employees.

Bbyot?! Bbyot!

[Ah! You’re checking on the highest-ranking person first?! You’re amazing, Theo!]

“Fuhu-hut. Of course, nyang! I, Vice Chairman Theo, am amazing, nyang!”

Theo chuckled, pleased with Bbyot’s flattery.

Just then,

“Vice Chairman Theo, where is Bbyot going?”

Sejun appeared before them.

Bbyot!

[Theo, it’s Sejun!]

Upon seeing Sejun, Bbyot tried to approach him without any suspicion.

However,

“Bbyot! Stay away, nyang!”

Theo didn’t trust the Sejun in front of him. He didn’t believe it was Sejun. That’s not Chairman Park, nyang!

Because his Sejun-knee detector was still pointing to the 99th floor of the tower without change.

“Who are you, nyang?”

Theo asked the Sejun before him.

“Vice Chairman Theo, what are you talking about? It’s me!”

Sejun said, sounding confused.

“Don’t lie, nyang! You are not Chairman Park, nyang!”

“Vice Chairman Theo, look closely. It’s me.”

Chuck.

Sejun said, pointing to his face.

Then, Sejun’s face became a little brighter, his face became clearer, and he became more handsome.

Bbyot···

[Sejun···]

Bbyot tried to approach Sejun like he was hypnotized.

However,

“Haa! Haa! Haa! Chairman Park’s face isn’t that handsome, nyang! Don’t change it as you please, nyang!”

That only made Theo even angrier. Only I can fix Chairman Park’s rotten face, nyang!

Bbyot?!

[Theo is hissing three times in a row?!]

Puddle. Puddle.

Bbyot trembled in fear, looking at Theo.

“I’m angry, nyang!!!”

Bbatching!

The very angry Theo pulled out one of his dragon claws.

Chuck.

Pointing it at the Sejun before him,

Thwack.

The magic claw flew from Theo’s claw pierced the air about 1 meter above Sejun’s head.

At the same time, Sejun’s figure disappeared.

-Kuh-heok! How could…?!

Instead, in the place where Sejun had disappeared, a giant spider with five pairs of eyes, each with a fist-sized hole in its head, was opening its mouth.

After showing illusions to its opponent with its ten eyes.

Hunting prey that didn’t suspect anything was the hunting method of Alice, the 9th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, the Bewitching Spider.

-You, next time…

Thud.

Alice’s body collapsed without finishing its sentence, its body turning into black ash and disappearing.

And then,

Clink.

Only five silver coins engraved with a spider with 10 eyes and 8 legs remained in that spot.

“Fuhu-hut. You can’t deceive me, Chairman Theo, nyang! Bbyot, let’s go, nyang!”

Bbyot!

[Yes!]

Bbyot hurriedly picked up the coins and followed Theo.

Alice, the 9th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, the Bewitching Spider. She had met someone she could never trick.

“Nyang nyang nyang.”

Bbyot! Bbyot!

Theo and Bbyot, humming, continued down the path again.

When they had descended about 10 floors,

“Nyang?!”

Bbyot!

[It’s a fork in the road!]

A fork in the road appeared before them.

“Fuhu-hut. It’s this way, nyang!”

Theo took the lead without hesitation.

And then,

“Theo, please save me!”

“Fuhu-hut. Alright, nyang! Give me money, nyang!”

“Yes! Here it is!”

As expected, they met Yuren, who was stranded inside the fragment of Jormungandr, and received money.

It seemed that Yuren wanted to give Theo money so much that he was waiting for him.

“Theo, where are you going?”

Yuren, who had been rescued from the Jormungandr fragment, asked.

“Fuhu-hut. I’m going to monitor the employees, nyang!”

“Oh! Can I come with you?!”

Yuren said he would follow, as it seemed like it would be fun. Of course, he also didn’t want to be stranded again by moving alone.

“Good, nyang!”

Theo agreed because Yuren was like a cash cow.

“Nyang nyang nyang.”

Bbyot! Bbyot!

Squeak! Squeak!

And so, Theo, Bbyot, and Yuren hummed and moved to the 42nd floor of the tower, where Manager Bill was.

The next morning.

“Euchha!”

Sejun woke up and got out of bed.

At that moment,

Arolong.

Squeak···

Fenrir’s groan was heard along with Ajax’s snoring. What’s going on?

Sejun looked at the source of the sound.

Fenrir, crushed under Ajax’s head, was visible. It seemed Ajax had mistaken Fenrir for a pillow while sleeping.

Chuck.

Sejun lifted Ajax’s head and pulled out Fenrir.

Swish.

He placed a pillow under Ajax’s head.

Kkirorong.

Fenrir fell asleep comfortably thanks to that.

Arolong.

Kkirorong.

Chuck.

Sejun left the room, leaving behind the snoring of Ajax and Fenrir.

“I should check the black beans first.”

Clang.

Sejun opened the subspace warehouse and went inside.

Click.

He opened the Box of Abundance, took out 2 of the 3 black beans, and closed it again.

[Transcendent Black Bean (+2)]

“That makes 6.”

Chuck.

Sejun said, putting the +2 enhanced black beans into his leather pouch.

Once the black bean collection was complete,

Swish.

Sejun carefully split the side of the Sun Pepper and extracted the seeds with his fingers.

[You have obtained Sun Pepper seeds.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[Proficiency in Seed Harvesting Lv. 8 slightly increases.]

[You need to use the Seed Harvesting skill 494,829 more times to complete the job quest.]

Sejun now had about 200 sun-dried chili pepper seeds. He went to an empty space on his farm. *Plop*. He carefully dug a small hole and put one seed inside. *Pop!* He opened a small bottle of Elixir of Harvest. *Drip*. The last drop fell onto the seed. He wanted to grow the chili pepper quickly to get more seeds.

*Crack*. As the seed drank the elixir, a small green sprout quickly pushed out of the ground.

Good,” Sejun thought, smiling. “I can pick chili peppers after breakfast.” He looked around his farm, feeling happy.

[The Stamina Corn was happy Sejun walked by and gave him some of its strength.] [Sejun’s strength increased.] As Sejun walked around his farm, the magical plants seemed to give him energy.

Suddenly, “Huh?” Golden light surrounded Sejun, bright and warm.

[Podori, are you ready?] Flowerpot asked.

[Yes, Flowerpot!] Podori answered seriously. This was a big moment for Podori. He was about to become a World Tree!

‘If I become a World Tree,’ Podori thought, looking at the small golden apple with Flowerpot’s roots inside, ‘I won’t have to eat those yucky plant vitamins anymore!’

For Podori, not eating vitamins was even better than becoming a World Tree.

[Okay, here we go!] Flowerpot said.

[Yes! I’m ready!] Podori replied.

Flowerpot’s roots pushed the golden apple towards Podori. The apple disappeared into Podori, like water soaking into the ground. Golden color started at Podori’s roots and spread up his body. When Podori was completely gold, *Flash!* Bright golden light burst out.

In the Black Tower’s office, Eileen smiled. “Hehe, Sejun is working on his farm again this morning. He’s always so hard-working.”

*Munch, munch*. Eileen ate a delicious tomato Sejun had given her, watching him in a magic crystal ball.

Suddenly, a message appeared: [One of the things the Black Tower needs to grow stronger has been done!] An alarm sounded as golden light filled the crystal ball around Sejun.

“Hehe? What’s that?” Eileen wondered. She looked at the list of things the Black Tower needed: [Black Tower Needs (4 out of 8)] -Be a Tower Farmer (Done) -Create 10 or more new plants (Done: 19!) -Farm a very large area of land (Not done) -Grow a World Tree: 1 (Podori)/? -Get 10,000 pieces of World Energy (Not done) -Find 5 magic items (Not done) -Do 3 great deeds (Not done) -Make 120 Black Tower entrances (Not done)

Eileen saw Podori’s name on the list. “Huh?! Podori became a World Tree? When did that happen? Sejun is amazing, as always!” Eileen cheered, even though Podori did the work.

“I have to tell Grandpa!” Eileen ran to tell Kaiser about Sejun’s amazing news (?).

“Ugh! What was that?” Sejun took his hand away from his eyes as the golden light faded.

*Crack. Crack.* “Huh?!” The Ents, the tree guards who protected Podori, were bowing to Podori.

“What’s going on?” Sejun walked closer to Podori.

*Hop*. [Master! Podori is now a World Tree!] Flowerpot jumped onto Sejun’s shoulder. He had been going to find Sejun.

“A World Tree? Should I bow too?” Sejun asked quietly. ‘World Trees must be very powerful,’ he thought.

[No! Never! Don’t be scared!] Flowerpot said strongly. ‘No tree will bow to my master!’

[Master, go see Podori!]

“Okay.” Sejun walked towards Flowerpot and Podori.

‘What’s happening?’ Podori was embarrassed looking at Flowerpot. Now that he was a World Tree, he thought he was equal to Flowerpot. He even thought about arguing with him a little.

But ‘What?! Is that Flowerpot?!’ Flowerpot looked even more scary now that he was a World Tree. Flowerpot’s size and power were so huge, Podori couldn’t understand how he had ever argued with him. He couldn’t even imagine how big Flowerpot really was now.

‘I need to warn Sejun!’ Podori thought. He wanted to tell Sejun how scary Flowerpot was.

But then, [Hehe. Master, will Podori make even more yummy grapes now? Right, Podori?] Flowerpot said to Podori in a sweet voice, but Sejun heard it as gentle.

[……] Podori saw Flowerpot using nice words to trick Sejun. His branches felt cold, and he was frozen with fear. ‘If I say anything, he’ll definitely kill me with too many vitamins…’

[Podori, why aren’t you answering? Did becoming a World Tree make you weak? Hehe.] Flowerpot’s voice sounded gentle to Sejun. But Flowerpot’s leaves, where Sejun couldn’t see, pretended to cut his own throat, warning Podori.

[Ah… No! I’m very strong! I will make the best grapes for Sejun!] Podori quickly answered, shaking a little, and started to grow grapes.

Then, *Pop*. A bunch of golden grapes with big berries grew quickly in front of Sejun.

“Oh!” *Snap*. Sejun quickly broke off the grape branch, his eyes wide at the golden grapes.

Then, a message appeared: [You got 1 bunch (30 grapes) of sweet golden grapes with World Tree energy.] [Job experience went up a little.] [Harvesting skill level 8 went up a little.] The message was exciting. The name was as amazing as the color.

“I wonder if they are really good?” *Pop*. Sejun picked a golden grape and read the description: [Sweet Golden Grapes with World Tree Energy] Grapes from the World Tree, full of its energy. They taste very good and smell wonderful. If you eat one, all your strengths increase by 5. If you eat 10 or more, you will smell so good for 10 days that people who like boys/girls will be attracted to you. You must eat the skin and seeds to get the effects. Farmer: Park Sejun Good until: 180 days Quality: A+

“Wow, the effects are amazing!” Sejun said. Every grape makes him stronger. And if he eats ten, he can attract people… Hehe. Sejun had never been popular, so he really wanted this power.

Just then, a message appeared: [The Tower Administrator says DO NOT let Sejun eat more than 10 grapes!] *Kkweang!* [Daddy can only eat 9!] “Sejun-hyung can only have 9!” Kkweang and Ajax, following Eileen’s orders, flew quickly to Sejun.