Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 348

Kin Aster, the leader of the Great Blue Dragon, sighed deeply. He couldn’t find a way to calm down the Blue Tower’s magic.

Especially with the Apostle of Destruction causing trouble…

“Is that the only way?”

Having made up his mind, Kin flapped his massive wings and flew towards the Red Dragon’s territory.

A short while later, having arrived at the Red Dragon’s territory, Kin asked Lamter for some Essences of Fire.

“Lamter, my friend, I’m in desperate need. Could you possibly spare a few Essences of Fire?”

“Essences of Fire? What do you need them for?”

“I plan to use them on the Blue Tower.” Kin intended to calm down the Blue Tower’s magic by using the Essences of Fire.

“Kin! Are you out of your mind? Detonating Essences of Fire in the Blue Tower? You can’t be serious!”

Lamter was shocked by Kin’s words.

Magic and fire don’t mix well at all. If they collide, the area will be destroyed. If they were lucky, one floor might be destroyed, but at worst, several floors could be destroyed, leaving holes in the tower.

“I know it’s a crazy idea, but it’s the only way to save the others. But what’s that?” Kin asked, pointing to the Flame Beans Lamter had.

“Ah, this?”

Lamter hesitated. He knew he shouldn’t tell other dragons about Sejun’s market yet, but the mileage offer was tempting, and maybe these crops really could help Kin.

“I’ll give mileage that can be used in the Yongyong Market to those who promote it.”

Lamter decided to try and get some Yongyong Market mileage. “Kin, this is something I’m selling for the Yongyong Market…”

He began telling Kin about the Yongyong Market, which sold crops with different effects.

“Yongyong Market? There’s a place that sells crops like that? Lamter, tell me where it is! I want to go!” Kin was excited because he wanted to find crops that could help the Blue Tower.

However, the Yongyong Market was only in Sejun and Theo’s minds. It didn’t exist yet.

Lamter hesitated. He knew he shouldn’t tell other dragons about Sejun’s market yet, but the mileage offer was tempting, and maybe these crops really could help Kin. Lamter started to feel proud and boastful as he spoke.

“No. The Yongyong Market only sells crops to authorized members,” Lamter accidentally made it sound like you needed to be a member. Lamter’s chin lifted, and his voice was filled with arrogance. He felt unnecessarily proud.

“Is that so…?” Kin was very disappointed.

“Instead, I’ll see if there are any crops in the Yongyong Market that could help the Blue Tower.”

“Really?! Lamter, thank you!”

“Haha! Trust me! Just prepare Top Coins. The Yongyong Market trades with Top Coins.”

“Okay! I’ll get them right away!” Kin quickly flew back to the Blue Tower to get Top Coins.

A chill, the first breath of dawn, touched Fenrir’s soft fur, waking him from his deep sleep. “Whine…” he mumbled, still half-asleep. “It’s cold…” His eyes were still sticky with sleep, but his paws moved on their own, groping blindly for warmth. His paws bumped against something familiar – Sejun’s trousers. Then he remembered! Sejun’s pocket! “Hee hee,” Fenrir thought, a sleepy smile spreading across his furry face. “Perfect! I’ll sleep in his pocket.”

He wiggled his nose and tried to push his head into the pocket, just like he always did. But… “Whine?” He pushed harder. “Whine?!” Something was wrong. His head and only one paw were squeezed inside, and it felt… tight. “Huh?” Fenrir thought, confused. “Why can’t I fit?” The pocket, which used to be so roomy, now felt like it was shrinking around him.

Fenrir’s body had grown, so he couldn’t fit in the pocket anymore.

“I can get in! Because I’m the noble wolf Fenrir!” Unable to accept this, Fenrir kept trying to squeeze into Sejun’s pocket.

Rip.

The pocket tore.

“My home?!” Fenrir stared at the torn pocket in horror. His tail drooped, and his ears flattened against his head. The disappearance of his home was a huge shock to Fenrir, and he realized he had done something terribly wrong.

“He might hate me for destroying his home! I need to hide!” Fenrir quickly looked for a place to hide and went inside Sejun’s shirt. He wanted to hide, but he also didn’t want to be separated from Sejun.

Hee hee. It’s warm…

Fenrir, hidden inside Sejun’s shirt, fell asleep, enjoying the warmth.

“Yuren, where do we have to go now?!” After leaving the 4th floor, Theo asked Yuren where they were going.

“The 75th floor. There, right now…”

“Puhuhu. I understand! Follow me!” Theo interrupted Yuren and took the lead. He was going back to Chairman Park soon!

“Mr. Theo, let’s go together!” Yuren hurried after Theo.

On the way to the 75th floor, Theo ran into pieces of Jormungandr seven times because of Yuren’s bad luck, earning many white coins. They also met 25 groups of highway robbers, creating 1000 slaves.

“Puhuhu. It’s good to be with Yuren!” Theo was happy with the things he could only get with Yuren.

“Me too!”

“Puhuhu. That’s right! Know that it’s an honor to be with Vice Chairman Theo!”

“Yes. It’s definitely an honor!!”

“Puhuhu. Then, since it’s an honor, hand over the gold!”

“Yes!” Yuren picked up a stone, turned it into gold, and gave it to Theo.

For Yuren, traveling with Theo was cheaper. When Yuren traveled alone, he lost much more money to highway robbers than he lost to Theo.

Theo’s good luck seemed to balance out Yuren’s bad luck, and it took them six hours to reach the 75th floor, a journey that should have taken only one hour.

“Puhuhu. We’ve arrived!”

“Mr. Theo, please help me again next time.”

“Puhuhu. I understand! Be sure to prepare a lot of money!”

“Hehe. Of course! Mr. Theo, please take this!” Yuren turned a stone into gold and gave it to Theo.

“Puhuhu. Thank you!” Theo said goodbye to Yuren and quickly headed towards the 99th floor.

“Ugh!” Sejun opened his eyes, feeling a pain as if his side was being torn. He touched his side.

Then, he felt something soft inside his clothes.

A monster?!

Sejun lifted his clothes and saw Fenrir, who was wriggling and sleeping inside, and small teeth marks on his side.

He compared Fenrir’s mouth to the teeth marks, and they matched perfectly.

Fenrir had bitten Sejun’s side in his sleep.

Ouch.

Luckily, Fenrir didn’t bite hard. His teeth looked like a dragon’s, so if he had really tried, I would be dead.

“That little black dog!” Sejun thought. “How dare he try to bite me?” Sejun felt angry that even this small creature dared to threaten him.

Sejun wasn’t really angry. He decided to play with Fenrir and started to gently tickle him.

Hee hee hee.

Fenrir woke up, laughing from Sejun’s tickles.

Squeak! Squeak! “Do more! It’s fun!”

Fenrir had been sleeping in Sejun’s pocket earlier. Now, he had forgotten all about that and just wanted to play.

Just then, Sejun noticed his pocket. “Huh?! Why is this torn?” The pocket was torn and fluttering.

Squeak!

‘That’s right! I need to hide!’ Fenrir ran away.

However, thump, thump. He couldn’t run far because he was clumsy. It was like he was telling Sejun, “I’m the culprit.”

Sejun caught him.

“Culprit caught!” Sejun laughed.

Squeak?

‘Why did he catch me? I ran fast!’

Fenrir couldn’t understand why he had been caught.

Sejun brought his face close to Fenrir and tried to make eye contact.

Squeak…?

‘Why are you looking…?’

Fenrir felt guilty and looked away from Sejun.

“Where do you think you’re going?!” Sejun also turned his head to meet Fenrir’s eyes again.

Squeak…

‘Stop looking….’

Fenrir kept looking away, but Sejun kept turning his face to make Fenrir look at him. They went back and forth like this.

Squeak… Squeak…

‘I didn’t do it on purpose… I’m sorry….’

Fenrir finally admitted his mistake.

“Okay, okay. I see you’re sorry, all is forgiven,” Sejun said.

Sejun put Fenrir down and took out a needle and thread to sew up the torn pocket.

Squeak!

‘Hey! Make it bigger! I can’t fit in there anymore!’

Fenrir felt brave again and said Sejun should make the pocket bigger.

“Blackie, wait. I’ll play with you after I finish this,” Sejun said.

Sejun didn’t understand Fenrir’s words and repaired the pocket as it was. Because Sejun didn’t understand, Fenrir tried to get in the pocket again. Rip.

Squeak?! Squeak?!

‘Hey! Why didn’t you make it bigger?! Why didn’t you make it bigger?!’

This time, Fenrir was angry because Sejun hadn’t listened to him.

“Ah. You wanted to get into the pocket?” Sejun realized what Fenrir wanted. He took out some old clothes, cut them, and sewed them to make a sling bag big enough for Fenrir to fit in.

“Here. Get in,” Sejun said, opening the sling bag.

Hop. Fenrir jumped right in.

Squeak! Squeak! ‘I like this! Good job!’

Fenrir praised Sejun. It was more spacious than the pocket, and it was easy to lie down.

As Sejun came outside with the sling bag containing Fenrir, Lamtor came to find Sejun.

-Has our Sejun woken up?

“Yes. Hello, Lamtor,” Sejun replied.

-Yes. This time, I told Kin, the leader of the Blue Dragons…

Lamtor spoke quietly so the other dragons couldn’t hear. He had told Kin about the Yongyong Market and agreed to find out about the crops to be used in the Blue Tower.

“Thank you, Lamtor!” Sejun said.

I was worried because there was no place to plant watermelons… To think there is a place that is worried about having too much water. Sejun inwardly cheered and thanked Lamtor.

-Ahem. It’s nothing to make a fuss about… But Sejun, what about the points you promised?

“Ah! Of course, I’ll give it to you! I’ll give you 10 billion mileage! Just so you know, 1 mileage is worth 1 Tower Coin,” Sejun said.

-Oh! So, I have 10 billion Tower Coins!

Lamtor grinned.

“Yes. And if you use 10 billion mileage, you can buy a 30-day Yongyong Market VIP trial pass,” Sejun explained.

-Yongyong Market VIP?! What is that? It sounds very good.

“Ah. If you become a Yongyong Market VIP, your rank is higher than other general members, so you have the right to purchase crops first,” Sejun explained the benefits.

-Higher rank than other dragons? I’ll buy it. A 30-day Yongyong Market VIP trial pass.

Lamtor really wanted to be a higher rank than other dragons, so he became the first VIP.

‘Hehe. Saved money,’ Sejun thought.

Sejun got his points back for free.

“This is the contract,” Sejun said, handing Lamtor a contract stating what he had to do in exchange for watermelon seeds from Kin.

-Okay. I’ll deliver it well to Kin! Hahaha. The Yongyong Market VIP takes his leave!

Lamtor hurried away to brag to the other dragons.

As Lamtor left, Sejun said, “Ajax, harvest the sun peppers.”

“Okay! Bro! Leave it to me!” Ajax replied.

Sejun asked Ajax to harvest the sun peppers grown with the Elixir of Harvest and went to harvest blueberries. Sejun arrived at the place with 10 blueberry trees.

He stood in front of the blueberry tree that had absorbed the Elixir of Harvest and was taller than the other trees.

And then, pluck. As he picked one blueberry, the message appeared.

[You have harvested a Magic Blueberry.] [Job experience slightly increased.] [My Harvesting skill went up a little bit! It’s now level 8.] [You have acquired 70 experience.]

[Magic Blueberry] A Magic Blueberry, grown in the mysterious Black Tower. It was plump and juicy, bursting with flavor. Eating this blueberry gives you a little spark of magic for ten minutes! The effect can be stacked up to 10 times within one hour. It will have extra special powers if it gets enough energy from the Blue Moon. Grower: Tower Farmer Park Sejun. Expiration date: 150 days. Grade: A

Crops that increase magic power by 1 for 10 minutes, like Magic Cherry Tomatoes and Magic Peanuts. The only difference was the explanation that special effects would be added if it absorbed the Blue Moon.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Sejun said.

The Blue Moon would rise in 12 days. Sejun decided to check what additional effects would occur then and started harvesting blueberries when, Theo flew towards Sejun’s face.

“Chairman Park, I have returned, meow!”