Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 356

Sejun looked at the list of new crops he could get. He was curious about the “Transport” option. “Let’s try this,” he thought, and spent 8 million Top Coins.

Fwoosh!

A bright pillar of light suddenly flashed in front of him. When the light faded, Sejun saw a pile of mugwort. There were red ones and blue ones, and right on top, a single mugwort that was pure white.

“Wow,” Sejun whispered. “Is that… medicinal mugwort?”

Sejun picked up the white mugwort and checked its details.

[Medicinal Mugwort]

A mugwort that grew by absorbing the overflowing life force and magic power of the Green Tower.

It can only grow in a place overflowing with life force and magic power.

Eating it increases all stats by 20.

Eating it increases lifespan by 3 months. (Lifespan can only be increased up to 1000 years.)

It is recommended to eat only one medicinal mugwort per day because it is very strong.

It tastes very bitter.

Requirement: Stamina 1000 or more, Magic Power 1000 or more

Grown by: Black Tower Top Farmer Park Sejun

Expires in: 150 days

Grade: A

“Heh heh heh. I didn’t plan to fill all 800 years…”

Ophelia even sent this! She told him to fill all 800 years. She really is a responsible dragon.

It said it tasted very bitter, but he had been drinking bitter coffee every day, so he wasn’t worried.

“Ophelia, thank you.”

Sejun thanked Ophelia, who was breathing fire in a rage in the Green Tower, and then looked at the red and blue mugwort.

“Oh. The red mugwort gives back life force, and the blue mugwort gives back magic power? It’s like a complete potion.”

Is she even thinking about him dying before 800 years?

“Ophelia, I didn’t see you that way, but you’re really kind.”

Sejun thought of Ophelia as a Green Dragon who couldn’t farm but was responsible and kind. He decided to pay more attention to her in the future.

Ophelia would be furious if she knew.

“Then, should I send her more mugwort seeds to help her farm better?”

Sejun thought ‘paying attention’ meant giving Ophelia more work. So, he sent her many mugwort seeds.

After checking the mugworts,

Munch. Munch.

Sejun picked up the refreshing mugwort of life and the vibrant mugwort of magic and chewed them. He wanted to get back his lost life force and magic power.

The Orb of Life saved him, but it only gave back a little life force, about 10%.

Sejun is always careful. So, he quickly got his life force and magic power back. He never knew when danger might come.

“I was being so careful, but I almost died.”

Gulp.

Sejun swallowed the mugwort, remembering when Kruger hit him.

[You have eaten the Refreshing Mugwort of Life.]

[3% of your lost life force is restored.]

[You have eaten the Vibrant Mugwort of Magic.]

[1% of your lost magic power is restored.]

[You have eaten a bitter medicine.]

[Talent: Good Medicine is Bitter activates.]

[Stamina increases by 1.]

It tasted bitter, but also sweet, so it was easy to eat. Plus, Stamina +1.

“Heh heh heh.”

Sejun smiled and picked up more mugwort to eat.

Kooeng?

[Daddy, is that yummy?]

“Hyung, is it good?”

Kking?!

‘Hey! Are you eating that yummy thing alone?!’

The group saw Sejun’s face and wanted to try the mugwort.

And they had different reactions.

Koohehehe. Kooeng!

[Hehehe. It’s bitter, but sweet! Like honey!]

“Eheheh. It is! Bittersweet!”

Kkooengi and Ajax didn’t mind the slight bitterness and enjoyed the sweetness.

Kkebebe. Kking! Kking!

‘Ebebe. Hey! This is super bitter! It’s awful!’

Fenrir couldn’t stand even a little bitter taste.

Kking? Kking!

‘Hey! Why are you eating that? You can’t eat that!’

When Sejun ate something bad, Fenrir always stopped the butler, but…

“Blackie, eat this and stay still.”

Stopping the butler was less important than the dried sweet potato.

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

And he focused on eating.

When Sejun ate 20 red and blue mugworts each,

[You have eaten the Refreshing Mugwort of Life.]

[2.7% of your lost life force is restored.]

[You have eaten the Vibrant Mugwort of Magic.]

[0.9% of your lost magic power is restored.]

[You have eaten a bitter medicine.]

[Talent: Good Medicine is Bitter activates.]

[Stamina increases by 1.]

The mugwort became 10% less effective. Eating the same crops again and again made it weaker.

The effect decreased as he ate more, but Sejun kept eating.

After eating about 30 mugworts each, his mouth got used to it, and Good Medicine is Bitter didn’t activate. He rinsed his mouth with water, but it didn’t help.

“Great. It’s full.”

After eating 100 red and blue mugworts each, his life force and magic power were full.

The mugwort didn’t give back much magic power, but Sejun naturally gets magic power back quickly anyway.

“But it’s going to be hard to eat this in an emergency, isn’t it?”

He realized he needed to eat a lot of mugwort at once to feel better…

When Sejun’s life force and stamina were low, it was an emergency. There was no time to chew mugwort slowly.

“I should make it into juice later so I can drink it.”

Sejun thought about how to eat mugwort more easily and

Click.

Sejun opened the Golden Box of Abundance. He took out the black beans and put in the medicinal mugwort.

Ophelia picked the medicinal mugwort before it flowered, so there were no seeds.

If he put it in for one day, 4 more medicinal mugworts would appear. So, he planned to put it in every 4 days to get 4 days’ worth of medicinal mugwort.

Then, Sejun put the Golden Box of Abundance and the remaining mugworts in the subspace warehouse and picked raspberries with his group again.

[You have picked raspberries.]

[Your job experience slightly increases.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 slightly increases.]

[You have gained 1 experience.]

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While Sejun was picking raspberries with his group,

“Nyang nyang nyang.”

Sejun heard Theo’s humming. Sejun told Theo to play for a bit, then do an errand. But Theo was still just playing.

“Vice President Theo, you have to go now.”

Sejun shook his leg, showing he was annoyed.

However,

“Puhuhoot. Where are we going, nyang?”

Theo asked, looking innocent. He had forgotten his job.

“Hey! You have to work! Or you’re demoted…”

Finally, Sejun got angry and took action.

“Nyang! I remembered, nyang! Vice President Theo is doing a good job, nyang! I’m working really hard, nyang!”

When he heard the word ‘demotion,’ Theo jumped up and quickly packed his things. The threat of demotion was powerful.

“President Park, I’ll be off, nyang!”

“Okay. Be careful.”

Sejun watched Theo leave in a hurry. He should have done that sooner.

As Theo left, Sejun kept picking raspberries.

“I should make raspberry wine with this. Heh heh heh.”

The dragons will love it.

***

Blue Tower, 50th floor.

“It’s already the 50th floor.”

Zelka, wearing a blue hood, showed himself.

Zelka planted watermelon seeds that cause a great drought. He restored the lands that had been flooded and came down from the 70th floor of the tower in one day.

“Good. I have to plant them quickly and go down.”

Zelka was about to plant the watermelon seeds that cause a great drought in the sea when,

Kugugung.

Water rose up, and a giant green snake appeared. It was the Apostle of Destruction 12, a snake that calls forth tsunamis, a part of Leviathan.

-Kekeke. Be swallowed by a giant tsunami.

The sea surged, and many 10-meter-high tsunamis moved to swallow Zelka.

“Hmph! How dare a water snake attack me with water?”

Zelka mocked Leviathan’s attack and took off his hood, which kept moisture from leaving his body.

Splash.

“Riding the Current!”

Zelka went into the water and rode the currents.

“Deflecting the Tsunami!”

He moved quickly and deflected the tsunamis. Then, he quickly approached Leviathan.

“Parting the Sea!”

He split Leviathan and the sea. Zelka was stronger in the water because he was a merman.

After defeating Leviathan and soaking the watermelon seeds that cause a great drought in the water,

[You have planted the watermelon seeds that cause a great drought.]

[The watermelon seeds that cause a great drought absorb water without worrying about what others think.]

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The seeds quickly absorbed the water, and the sea disappeared. He quickly picked the watermelons that cause a great drought.

And

[You have planted the watermelon seeds that eat water.]

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He planted watermelons that eat water.

The sea was gone, but it was still raining a lot. The water would fill up again if he did nothing.

“Good. This should be enough.”

Zelka planted watermelon seeds that eat water in different places and went down to the 49th floor of the tower.

***

Tap tap tap.

Theo hurried out to do his errand.

“I should go to the 79th floor of the tower first, nyang!”

Theo was bored. He decided to visit the Cove Kingdom to get Bbyot and see if there was anything interesting in the royal palace.

So, Theo went from the 73rd floor to the 79th floor of the tower through the merchant passage.

“Nyang?”

He picked up a black orb on the floor. Theo found a piece of Fenrir’s core on the ground, like it was just a stone. ‘Lucky again!’ he thought.

“Puhuhoot. President Park will be happy if I give it to him later, nyang!”

Theo put the piece of Fenrir’s core in his bag and climbed the tower again.

A little later,

“Puhuhoot. I’ve arrived, nyang!”

Theo arrived in Aibhe, the capital of the Cove Kingdom.

“Where is Bbyot, nyang?”

Theo looked around for Bbyot.

Bbyot! Bbyot!

Bbyot’s loud cry came from far away.

“Puhuhoot. It’s over there, nyang!”

Theo ran towards the sound.

***

The Sky School’s training field for messenger birds.

“Messenger bird Pirrrr Yacht finished school at the top of his class…”

Bbyot finished messenger bird training at the top of his class. He was getting an award for best trainee from the school’s principal.

Bbyot! Bbyot!

[Messenger bird 55th class candidate Pirrrr Yacht! I will become a great messenger bird in the future!]

Bbyot shouted loudly after getting the award and went back to his seat.

‘Being a messenger bird might not be so bad.’

Bbyot had been worried about his future.

Should he stay in the Cove Kingdom and be a messenger bird? It would be easy. Or should he try hard to become Theo’s right forepaw? It wasn’t even sure Theo wanted him.

‘Well… I don’t think Theo cares about someone like me anyway…’

After the graduation ceremony, Bbyot was leaving the school with the other messenger birds.

Then,

“Bbyot, I’m here, nyang!”

Theo was waiting at the school gate and called out to Bbyot.

Bbyot! Bbyot?!

[Theo! Did you come to see my graduation ceremony?!]

Flap flap.

Bbyot was excited that Theo came. He flew around Theo and asked.

“Th-that’s right, nyang! I, Vice President Theo, knew it was the graduation ceremony of my right forepaw, Bbyot, nyang!”

Theo tried his best to lie. He didn’t want to lose Bbyot’s trust.

Bbyot?!

[I’m Theo’s right forepaw?!]

Bbyot was surprised. Theo already thought of Bbyot as his right forepaw, but Bbyot didn’t know.

“Puhuhoot. That’s right, nyang! Bbyot is my right forepaw, nyang! And once you’re my right forepaw, you’re my right forepaw forever, nyang! You can’t run away, nyang!”

Theo said firmly, worried Bbyot might say no.

Bbyot! Bbyot!

[Of course! Once I’m Theo’s right forepaw, I’m Theo’s right forepaw forever!]

I should definitely be Theo’s right forepaw! Bbyot decided on his future.

Theo finished talking with Bbyot.

“Puhuhoot. Bbyot. Take me to the king first, nyang!”

Bbyot! Bbyot!

[Yes! Follow me!]

Bbyot led the way to the Cove Kingdom’s royal castle.

Theo wanted to find the 80th floor land document that Sejun wanted and also get a lot of treasure.

‘Wait, I haven’t seen my left forepaw this time…’

Theo thought about his left forepaw, who wasn’t there. He didn’t know it yet, but Theo’s left forepaw was Yuren.