Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 343

Squeak!

“‘That’s mine! My core!'”

Boing. Boing.

Fenrir jumped eagerly towards his core fragment, which Theo held in his paw.

However,

“‘Meow? Blackie, no can do, meow! This belongs to Chairman Park, meow!'”

Theo had no intention of giving it up. He wanted Chairman Park to praise him!

“‘…That’s mine, though…'”

Yuren’s sad voice was so quiet it was hard to hear.

Squeak…

‘I’m tired…’

Fenrir jumped a few times. He was tired and fell onto the floor.

“‘Hehe. Chairman Park, here it is, meow!'”

Theo gave Fenrir’s core fragment to Sejun, hoping to be praised.

“‘Yes. You did well.'”

Sejun patted Theo’s head and took the walnut-sized core fragment.

However…

Nothing happened like before.

“It’s not here.”

This core fragment didn’t have the piece of the door to the 10th Tower.

Sejun looked disappointed at the core fragment in his hand.

[Fragment of the Core of the Apostle of Destruction, Fenrir]

[This is a fragment of the core of the 1st Apostle of Destruction, Fenrir.]

[It contains 1% of his total power.]

[If you do not remove the power of destruction within, you will be consumed by it.]

Sejun didn’t need to check the fragment carefully, maybe because he already had Fenrir’s core fragment, or because he was carrying it. But it still needed to be purified.

“‘What? It had 1% of his power?!'”

Sejun was very surprised to learn how much power was in the core fragment.

He had trouble blocking Azak’s breath, which had only 0.01% of Fenrir’s power.

“‘But if it’s 1 percent…'”

Sejun thought it was lucky that Yuren had found it. He used to feel sorry for Yuren, who Theo always used, but now he was just relieved.

“‘But how did you get this, Yuren?'”

Sejun was curious how Yuren found Fenrir’s core fragment on the 62nd floor.

“‘I just… heard a whisper calling to me on the way to the 75th floor of the tower.'”

“‘You heard a whisper?'”

“‘Yes. I still hear it. It says to kill the dragon together…'”

“‘What?! Kill a dragon?!'”

Azak got angry at Yuren’s words.

“‘Ah… it’s not me, it’s that thing…'”

Yuren looked away from Azak and pointed timidly at Fenrir’s core fragment.

At that moment,

“‘Hehe… I understand…'”

Yuren’s eyes changed, and he quickly reached for Fenrir’s core fragment in Sejun’s hand, trying to grab it.

However,

“‘Hehe. No way, meow!'”

Theo blocked Yuren’s paw. He wouldn’t let anyone take Chairman Park’s things!

And then,

“‘Yuren, wake up, meow!'”

Theo slapped Yuren, bringing him back to his senses.

“‘Huh? What was I doing…'”

Yuren realized what he had done and was embarrassed.

“‘I’m sorry. Here’s this…'”

Yuren took out a money bag from his pouch.

“‘It’s okay. It happens.'”

Sejun forgave him and took the money bag.

After taking the money bag,

Sejun showed Fenrir’s core fragment to Yuren again.

“‘Hehehe…'”

Theo slapped Yuren again.

“‘Ah! I did it again…'”

Another money bag came in.

“‘Vice Chairman Theo, nice.'”

“‘Hehe. Chairman Park is also good, meow!'”

Sejun and Theo praised each other and received 20 money bags from Yuren.

“‘Ugh! I don’t want to get hit anymore…'”

Yuren no longer wanted the core fragment. Getting hit was too much.

“‘But can you guys hear the whisper too?'”

Sejun held Fenrir’s core fragment to his ear and asked Theo, Kkueng, and Azak.

“‘I can’t hear it, meow!'”

Kkueng!

[I can’t hear it either!]

“‘You can’t hear it?'”

Only Yuren could hear the whisper from Fenrir’s core fragment.

“‘What is it?'”

Azak was a dragon, so it made sense. But Theo and Kkueng should be able to hear it too.

Sejun thought that since he was stronger than Yuren, he should be able to hear it, but he couldn’t hear anything.

“‘Can only those who are easily tempted hear it?'”

That made sense to Sejun.

“‘…I don’t think so…'”

“‘What?'”

Yuren quickly stopped talking when Sejun asked.

At that moment,

Squeak! Squeak!

‘Hey! That’s mine! I gave you one already!’

Fenrir, who had rested, jumped and barked at his core fragment in Sejun’s hand.

And then,

“‘Could it be?! Blackie also heard the whisper from here?'”

Sejun thought Fenrir heard the whisper from the core fragment and worried it would be dangerous for him.

“‘Eileen, please purify this.'”

He quickly sent the core fragment to Eileen.

[The Tower’s Administrator tells you to trust only them.]

[The Tower’s Administrator says they will purify it cleanly.]

“‘Okay, thank you.'”

Sejun finished talking with Eileen.

Squeak…

‘My core…’

Fenrir’s ears and tail drooped, and he turned away from Sejun as the core fragment disappeared.

Sejun thought Fenrir looked cute.

“‘Okay. Blackie, let’s eat something delicious.'”

Sejun smiled and took out two dried sweet potato strips to cheer up Fenrir.

However,

Squeak!

‘I won’t eat it!’

Fenrir turned his head away, even though he liked dried sweet potato strips.

“‘Even with this?'”

Sejun took out two more dried sweet potato strips.

Squeak!

‘…Four yellow and chewy things!’

Fenrir had never eaten four dried sweet potato strips at once. He paused, but turned his head away.

He was a noble wolf and couldn’t be swayed by that.

“‘Hehe. I wonder if he can refuse this too?'”

Sejun took out a banana and started peeling it.

Squeak?! Squeak?

‘What’s that?! Why does it smell so good?’

Fenrir turned his head and his whole body, drawn by the sweet smell of the banana.

Fenrir made a rumbling sound deep in his chest, like a small engine starting up. Vroom, vroom.

His tail thumped against the ground like a drum, so fast it was almost a blur. Strings of drool dripped from his mouth as he stared at the banana in Sejun’s hand.

He whined again, a high-pitched sound that showed how much he wanted the banana. Whine! Whine!

“Peel it faster! Now! I want it now!” Fenrir barked, his eyes fixed on the yellow fruit.

“Alright, alright. Calm down, you big baby,” Sejun chuckled.

He peeled the banana, and the sweet, tropical smell filled the air. Fenrir snatched it eagerly, his teeth sinking into the soft fruit with a happy sigh. Munch. Munch. Munch.

Then, Kkueng and Ajax stared at Sejun. Their eyes were wide and full of longing, a silent plea for bananas too.

“Alright, alright,” Sejun said again, smiling at his furry friends.

“Here you go. Let’s all have a snack, then back to work.”

And so, they suddenly had a snack time.

“I… I too…”

“Heh heh heh. If you want a banana, pay up, nya!”

Theo grinned, rubbing his paws together like a greedy villain, trying to get more money from Yuren, who was cautiously asking for a banana.

“Yes! I will give it to you!”

Yuren, who had already been fleeced of 20 money pouches, was taking out more money.

Yuren sighed, already reaching for another pouch of money, even though he looked sad about it.

“I’ll just give you this one.”

Sejun gave Yuren a bunch of bananas for free.

‘Heh heh. I’m very generous.’

He thought to himself, feeling pleased.

“Maybe… maybe I’m not really a bad guy,” Sejun thought, hoping to feel better about taking money from Yuren.

Sejun gave Yuren the bananas, he thought about the core fragment and wondered what Eileen was doing. This led smoothly into the scene in the Black Tower Administrator Zone.

Eileen stood in the heart of the Black Tower Administrator Zone, a vast chamber filled with glowing runes and ancient artifacts. The air hummed with magic.

“Khee hee hee. I need to purify this quickly and return it to our Sejun! Ancient ones, gather around!”

Eileen called Kaiser, Kellion, Lamter, and Tier with a face full of enthusiasm.

Because with her power alone, it was difficult to purify even 1% of the power of destruction contained in this Fenrir’s core fragment.

A moment later,

“-Kahaha. Our granddaughter! Did you call your grandpa?”

Kaiser and the other Four Dragon Society dragons gathered.

And

“-Huh?! What is that?!”

“-It’s bigger than the last one?!”

“-Oh! We’re making a fortune?!”

“-Hahaha! What wonderful gift shall we get Sejun this time?”

Eileen looked at the walnut-sized Fenrir’s core fragment and got excited at the thought of making money.

However,

“Ancient ones, first you need to pay for the black beans you used last time.”

They had a debt to repay.

“-Ahem. How much is it?”

“100 billion Tower Coins.”

“-What?!”

“-That’s too expensive, isn’t it?”

The dragons were taken aback by Eileen’s answer.

Sejun explained that the black beans were much better now, maybe twelve to sixteen times stronger than before.

“-Ahem. If our Sejun says so…”

“-Here it is.”

The dragons gave Eileen the money they had.

“Khee hee hee. Thank you.”

Eileen took the money and began to explain to the four dragons.

“It will take too long to purify this, so let’s take turns purifying it with our main bodies.”

“-Good. And if anyone tries to trick us, there will be consequences!”

“-If you get caught cheating, you’re out!”

“-Just swear on your names cleanly!”

“-We need to decide the order too!”

At Eileen’s words, the dragons wrote a contract and decided the order of who would purify Fenrir’s core fragment first.

The order was decided as Kaiser, Tier, Lamter, and Kellion.

“-Kahaha. Then I’ll go first.”

The black dragon statue swallowed Fenrir’s core fragment.

Plop.

[You have harvested tenacious mugwort.]

[Job experience has slightly increased.]

[Proficiency in Harvesting Lv. 8 has slightly increased.]

[You have gained 70 experience.]

Sejun, who had a snack time, diligently harvested mugwort again.

Kkueng!

[My hands smell like mugwort!]

“It smells kind of nice if you keep smelling it?”

“…Why am I…?”

Kkueng, Ajax, and Yuren also helped harvest mugwort next to him.

“Should we sleep here tonight?”

Sejun looked at the darkening sky and swallowed a piece of meat.

[You have consumed Eileen’s healthier fist-sized meat piece.]

[The effect will only be activated if all the food is eaten.]

[150 pieces remaining.]

“I’ve been diligently eating 20 a day…”

There were still 150 left.

Still, thanks to diligently digesting them, the Vitality skill had reached level 7 before he knew it.

Kkueng!

[Campfire, kkueng!]

“Hehehe! Campfire!”

Kkueng barked excitedly, jumping up and down.

At the mention of sleeping outside, Kkueng and Ajax hurriedly went into the subspace warehouse and took out green onions, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.

And

Sejun, Theo, Kkueng, Ajax, and Yuren.

The five of them began to wrap sweet potatoes and potatoes in green onions together.

A moment later.

Crackle. Crackle.

Crunch. Crunch.

Darkness settled over the mugwort farm. The campfire crackled merrily, casting dancing shadows on the rows of green plants. The air was filled with the earthy scent of mugwort and the comforting smell of woodsmoke.

The mugwort farm was filled only with the sound of wood burning and eating.

As the quiet dinner came to an end,

“Heh heh heh. That was a good meal, nya! Chairman Park’s fish-grilling skills are getting better and better, nya!”

Theo purred happily, nya nya nya, as he relaxed on Sejun’s lap.

And

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It was a delicious dinner, kkueng!]

“Hehehe. I knew it. If I’m with Sejun, I can only eat delicious things.”

Kkueng and Ajax leaned their bodies against Sejun’s side and rubbed their bellies.

Plop.

Whine… Whine…

‘My stomach hurts… Rub my belly…’

Finally, Fenrir, who had overeaten, lay down in front of Sejun with his bulging belly and asked for help.

“Tsk tsk. I told you to eat in moderation.”

He knew it when he saw him running away with a whole sweet potato earlier.

Pat.

Sejun carefully picked up Fenrir.

Stroke. Stroke.

While Sejun was stroking Fenrir’s belly,

Grumble.

Grumble.

Snore.

Snore.

All four of them fell asleep using Sejun’s body as a pillow.

“I should sleep too.”

Sejun looked around to lie down.

But…

“Why is he sleeping like that?”

Snore… Snore…

Sejun saw Yuren lying curled up on the ground alone. He was definitely a wealthy merchant, but why did he look so pitiful?

Pat.

Sejun covered Yuren with a green onion and lay down.

Day 378 in the Tower. Sejun yawned. Another peaceful day, he thought. But then… Clatter. Clatter. A strange sound broke the silence.

Suddenly, a skeleton appeared.

Clatter.

From the 4th floor of the Tower