Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 333

“Puhuhut. I don’t know what it is, but I’m taking it, meow!”

Green Dragon Land. Tall green trees covered the hills. The air was warm and damp. But something was wrong.

“Something’s fishy,” Brachio Iolg thought. He was the leader of the Green Dragons. He watched four other dragons. Black, White, Red, and Violet dragons were all in *his* land. They were cleaning the red mist. It was strange. Why were they here? Brachio frowned. “Why are they helping *me*?” he whispered to himself.

Four dragons coming all the way to the Green Dragon’s territory to clean the red mist.

The Green Dragons were happy that they didn’t have to do the annoying work.

-Eek! Don’t touch that!

-I saw this first!

-The dragon who eats first wins!

-Guys, even fighting is a waste of time! Let’s aim for that side!

Brachio watched the four dragons. They were all trying to clean the red mist. He thought, “Something is going on.”

He couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something he didn’t know.

“They’re not after Top Coin, are they…? What is it?”

Top Coin appears when the red mist is cleaned. Top Coin is like money for people living in the Tower. They use it to buy food and things they need.

Dragons are strong and respected in the Tower. If they need Top Coin, people are always happy to give it to them. So, Top Coin is not important for dragons.

“I need to find out what’s going on.”

Brachio stood up and walked towards the dragons cleaning the red mist.

“War? What are you talking about, meow?”

Peep!

[300,000 soldiers from the Caiman Kingdom attacked the 83rd floor of the Tower this morning! The first prince of the Caiman Kingdom is leading the army!]

Piyot answered Theo’s question with all the details he knew. He didn’t forget a single thing. This was thanks to his skill, Absolute Memorization, which only messenger birds have.

Piyot had been training to be a messenger bird on the 79th floor of the Tower. He came to deliver the news of the war.

“No, meow! That’s where Chairman Park’s chestnut trees and friends are, meow! Kkueng! Ajax, come here, meow!”

Theo quickly called the other second-in-commands.

Peep!

[I’ll go back and see if there’s any more news!]

Piyot flew back down the Tower.

“That’s why I called you, meow!”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[You can’t touch Daddy’s land, you know! If you do, Kkueng will punish you!]

“If you touch Sejun hyung’s farm, I, the great White Dragon Ajax, will punish you!”

Theo and Kkueng were furious after hearing that Sejun’s farm on the 83rd floor might be in danger. They were grinding their teeth when

“Hum hum hum. Guys, why are you so serious?”

Sejun walked up cheerfully, humming and holding Fenrir in his hand. He had just finished using the bathroom.

Squeak!

‘I almost dug it all up!’

Fenrir had been caught by Sejun while trying to steal sweet potatoes that weren’t ready yet.

As Sejun walked closer,

“Let’s go, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Let’s go quickly!]

“Let’s go!”

Theo, Kkueng, and Ajax grabbed onto Sejun and shouted.

“Where are you going? There’s no time to play today. I have a lot to do.”

He had to pick the detoxifying green onions for Tia and plant the dark cherry seeds.

Sejun remembered what he had to do today.

“Meow! Chairman Park, this is not the time, meow! There’s a war, meow!”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[That’s right, you know! We have to protect the chestnut tree farm, you know!]

“That’s right! Are you going to leave your friends, hyung?!”

The three urged Sejun.

“Huh?! What are you talking about? War?”

Sejun finally realized that they weren’t asking to go play.

“Chairman Park, let’s go to the waypoint first, meow! We can talk there!”

“Okay. Earth Dragon!”

Sejun called the Earth Dragon and went to the waypoint.

While they were going to the waypoint,

“What?! 300,000?”

“That’s right, meow!”

Sejun heard from Theo that 300,000 soldiers from the Caiman Kingdom had invaded the 83rd floor of the Tower.

‘I wonder if those guys are okay?’

Sejun worried about the Chestnut Hedgehogs and checked his new talent. He wanted to see if it would help in battle.

[Talent: The One Who Brings Nightmares]

A talent that only those who have eaten the heart of the Nightmare Demon King can have.

It gives nightmares to the enemy.

The higher your level is than the enemy’s, the stronger the effect. (If the gap is big, the enemy won’t wake up from the nightmare.)

If the enemy’s level is high, you can’t make them have nightmares.

The talent makes the enemy have nightmares.

“This won’t be helpful…”

He couldn’t use it because the enemy wouldn’t just fall asleep in the middle of a fight.

While Sejun was checking his talent,

“Chairman Park, we’re here, meow!”

Theo said that they had arrived at the waypoint.

“Okay. Go inside.”

Clang.

Sejun opened the subspace warehouse.

Swish.

Theo, Kkueng, and Ajax went inside.

Thump.

Sejun put Fenrir, who was in his pocket, into the subspace warehouse.

Squeak?! Squeak?!

‘Where are you going alone again?! Take me with you!’

Kkueng!

[Blackie, stay still, you know!]

Kkueng held onto Fenrir.

Clang.

Sejun closed the subspace warehouse door.

[Moving to the 83rd floor of the Black Tower.]

He used the waypoint to move to the 83rd floor of the Tower.

83rd floor of the Tower.

Thump. Thump.

300,000 soldiers from the Caiman Kingdom were moving towards the path to the 82nd floor of the Tower. The sounds of their march filled the air.

Thud.

“Krah!”

The Caiman Kingdom soldiers at the front screamed and fainted. The thorns on the ground were covered with poison from the poison honeybees.

“There are poisonous thorns on the ground!”

“Watch your feet!”

“Yes!”

The soldiers moved carefully, watching where they stepped.

Caw!

[Attack!]

Godori didn’t want the soldiers to move easily.

Pop.

Caw! Caw!

Godori commanded 1,000 hedgehogs hiding in the ground to stand up.

Fwoosh.

They turned their backs to the soldiers and shot poison-covered thorns.

“Dodge!”

The soldiers quickly moved to avoid the thorns.

Thud. Thud.

“Krah!”

They couldn’t dodge well because of the thorns on the ground.

Plop. Plop.

The soldiers who stepped on the thorns or were hit by the thorns fell to the ground.

Caw!

[Well done! Return!]

Caw! Caw!

Godori told the hedgehogs to return to the chestnut tree farm. They had shot all their thorns and their pink skin was showing.

“The second row, take the lead! Archers, stand in the 3rd to 5th rows!”

The soldiers quickly adjusted their positions at the commander’s command.

“Advance!”

The soldiers marched forward in formation.

A sharp cry!

[Attack!]

The air hissed as poisonous quills shot out!

Two thousand porcupines emerged from the sides of the soldiers, launched their poisonous quills, and retreated back into the farm.

The porcupines’ attack slowed the Caiman Kingdom army.

“Why aren’t you moving forward?!” Croco Caiman, who had been trailing behind, noticed the stalled advance.

“It’s… the front…”

“What?! Are you saying my soldiers are being held back by porcupines?!” Croco’s eyes blazed with anger at the report.

He stretched out his hand towards the soldiers, declaring arrogantly, “Don’t be scared! I’ll make you strong enough to fight anything, even dragons!”

A thick, crimson mist flowed from Croco’s outstretched hand, swirling around the soldiers and sinking into their skin like dark magic. As it touched them, their skin seemed to turn to stone, becoming hard and grey.

“Soldiers! Go! Show the might of the Caiman Kingdom army!”

“Waaah!”

The soldiers, their eyes now glowing red, charged into the chestnut farm, surrounding it completely.

The soldiers entered the chestnut farm, stepping on fallen leaves and the spiky burrs. The air smelled of damp earth and sweet chestnuts. But the porcupines had vanished. Only the prickly green shells of chestnuts were visible.

Just then, a high-pitched squeal!

[Attack!]

The porcupines cried out again and again, firing more quills.

However, the quills bounced harmlessly off the soldiers’ skin, now hardened by Croco’s power.

“Kko-shit?!” The porcupines were clearly flustered.

“His Majesty has ordered us to exterminate these creatures ourselves! Drive them in!”

“Yes, sir!” The soldiers advanced, forcing the porcupines towards the center of the farm.

As Sejun arrived at the 83rd floor of the tower, he felt stronger. It was like going down the tower made him more powerful.

“Chairman Park, let’s go quickly, Meow!”

Yo!

[I will punish the bad guys, Yo!]

“I’ll smash them to pieces!”

The magical storage space opened, and Theo, Kkuengi, and Ajax rushed out and clung to him.

Kking!

‘Hey! Take me too!’

Fenrir jumped out of the magical storage space and bit Sejun’s shoes, demanding to be taken along.

“Alright. I’ll take you too, Blackie. Earth Dragon!”

Sejun put Fenrir in his pocket, summoned Earth Dragon, and hurried towards the chestnut farm.

Croco gazed at the porcupines, surrounded by his soldiers. “To dare stand before me takes courage.”

The porcupine leader, Godori, retorted bravely, “You’re the one who’s brave enough to invade the farm of the great Black Dragon, Park Sejun!”

“What?! This is the Black Dragon’s farm?!”

The porcupines cried out again and again, “That’s right! We may die, but the great Black Dragon, Park Sejun, will avenge us!”

Croco sneered. “Heh heh. Do you really think you can die as you please?”

Croco didn’t want to kill the porcupines. He planned to use his power to make them his subordinates and have them fight the dragon. What could crush a dragon’s pride more than having a dragon’s own subordinate attack it?

“Heh heh. You will now become my subordinates.”

Just as Croco reached out his hand, ready to unleash the red mist, Sejun shouted from atop Earth Dragon, “Hey! Get your hands off my kids!”

“Kkuengi, are you ready, Meow?!” Theo asked, drawing his Dragon Claw.

Yo!

[I’m ready, Yo!]

Kkuengi nodded eagerly.

“Then let’s go, Meow! Nyan Nyan! Nyan Nyan!”

Theo and Kkuengi unleashed their Nyan Nyan Storm Fist and Kkueng Hoo towards the 300,000 Caiman Kingdom army, creating a combined attack: the Te-Kku-Bbak Drill Storm. A swirling vortex of energy, like a razor-sharp tornado, erupted from Theo and Kkuengi.

However, Croco stepped forward and blocked the combined attack with his right hand, which was covered in the red mist. “Ha! That’s nothing!”

The red mist absorbed the attack.

“Huh?!”

“Meow?!”

Kkueng?!

Sejun, Theo, and Kkuengi were shocked, as this had never happened before.

“Don’t worry, everyone! I’ll take care of it! Hyung, release my seal!” Ajax said proudly. Hee hee hee. It’s my time to shine.

“Alright. I, Park Sejun, of Ajax Mamphouv…”

Just as Sejun was about to unleash Ajax’s full power, Fenrir peeked out from Sejun’s pocket, sensing a familiar energy. ‘Why does that guy have my core?!’ He was flustered, looking at Croco. Although the energy was weak, he could feel his core inside Croco’s body.

“Seal release.”

“Hyung! Leave it to me!”

Ajax, his seal released, confidently shot his breath towards Croco.

“Kuh…” Croco struggled but managed to block Ajax’s breath.

‘Core, come to me!’

Fenrir, on the verge of fainting from Ajax’s energy, hurriedly called out to his core. Thanks to Theo’s energy drain, it was a faint rather than death.

A small black bead flew out of Croco’s body towards Fenrir.

“Meow?! What is this, Meow?!” Theo, who was guarding Sejun, snatched the bead with his paw.

“Puhuhut. I don’t know what it is, but I’ll take it, Meow!” He put it in his bundle.

While Theo was taking Fenrir’s core fragment, Ajax’s breath hit Croco.

[Guardian Ajax Mamphouv has defeated Croco Caiman, the king of the Caiman Kingdom.]

[You have acquired 2.5 million experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Guardian Ajax Mamphouv.]

[Ajax Mamphouv is your slave.]

[You additionally acquire 1.25 million experience points, which is 25% of the experience points acquired by Ajax Mamphouv.]

Croco, unable to withstand the breath without his core, vanished without a trace.