Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 361

Hee hee! You won’t catch me this time!

“Heh heh heh. Theo, be careful not to break them,” Sejun said, smiling.

He looked at the path. It was made of shiny jewels – ruby red pebbles and bright blue sapphires – like a road built by Pebble, the God of Pebbles. It was a small path, just wide enough for one person.

“Haha, Chairman Park, don’t worry!” Theo said. “My paws are very soft!”

Theo proudly showed his small, pink paws.

“Really?” Sejun said, his eyes twinkling. “Let’s see how soft they are.”

Sejun gently touched Theo’s paw. It was indeed very soft. A small smile touched Sejun’s lips. He felt a little more relaxed. Then, he and Theo started picking up the jeweled pebbles together.

A short while later,

“1000 ruby gemstones, 1000 sapphire gemstones, and 1000 emerald gemstones.”

Sejun checked the number of gemstones he had collected.

A total of 3000 gemstones. Pebble, the God of Pebbles, was a god overflowing with love.

“Haha, Chairman Park, can I burn the pebbles?” Theo asked Sejun, his eyes gleaming as he looked at the gemstones.

“Of course.”

Theo had helped bring the jewels. So, Sejun smiled and gave Theo one of each gemstone as a reward.

In the largest size. The pebble sizes were all similar, so there wasn’t a big difference.

“Haha. Burn brightly!”

Flash!

Theo smiled and burned the three jewels simultaneously. As the size of the gemstones decreased, Theo’s body shone even brighter.

“Haha, Chairman Park, I’ve become stronger! Show me your face!”

Theo, emitting a bright golden light, lifted his two front paws and launched himself towards Sejun’s face.

And then,

Press. Press.

Theo climbed onto Sejun’s face and started to massage it carefully. “Today, I will fix your tired face!” Theo thought.

Theo massaged Sejun’s face until the golden light disappeared.

However,

“Nyaong… I failed… I couldn’t fix it…” Theo said sadly.

‘That little cheeky cat…’

As the person with that failed face, Sejun felt bad.

‘But it does seem like I can see and hear better after receiving Theo’s massage.’

Sejun recalled the distant view, the clear hearing, and the enhanced sense of smell he had experienced while receiving Theo’s massage.

Instead, he could also smell Theo’s paw odor even better. His senses were definitely heightened when he received Theo’s massage.

‘Maybe Theo doesn’t mean my face looks bad,’ Sejun thought. ‘Maybe he means I’m stressed. Yes, that must be it! My face can’t be bad looking.’ He chuckled to himself.

However,

[You ignored the bad feeling and stayed strong.] [Your mind is stronger.] [Mental Strength increased by 5.]

The system informed him that it wasn’t.

“Why does it say ‘mind is stronger’?” Sejun grumbled.

“Become bountiful!”

[>Authority: Become Bountiful!< is applied to the sun-dried chili peppers.] [The amount of the next fruits to be borne by the sun-dried chili peppers will be doubled.] Sejun went to the sun-dried chili pepper field and used his authority on the chili peppers. *** -In the end, Tia also became a Yongyong Market VIP. Kaiser felt fear when even Tia became a VIP. The Yongyong Market VIP experience ticket was for 30 days. And Tia became a Yongyong Market VIP one day later than him. -That means... There was a time, albeit only for one day, when Tia's rank would be higher than his. What if Kellion became a Yongyong Market VIP even later? Then Kellion alone would become a Yongyong Market VIP and make fun of him, Lamter, and Tia, who had been demoted to general rank. -That can never happen! The mere thought of it was terrifying. He knew actions have results, but he didn't want bad results. -I need to find a way to extend my Yongyong Market VIP period. Kaiser, who didn't want to be demoted to general rank, went to find Sejun. As Kaiser went to find Sejun, the only general-ranked Kellion was leaving the Golden Tower. “Tch. He just drank and refused... that sly Artemis.” Kellion failed in his Yongyong Market sales pitch to Artemis Yul, the leader of the great Golden Dragon tribe. “Now all that's left is... the great Brown Dragon tribe.” Kellion flew towards the Brown Tower to meet Grave Renma, the leader of the great Brown Dragon. *** “I need to go to the bathroom.” Sejun, who had drunk a lot of mugwort juice potion to use his authority on the sun-dried chili pepper field, went to the bathroom. And on the way out of the bathroom. “Huh? Why is it like this here?” Sejun said as he looked at the ground around where the Earth's Jewel had been embedded. He couldn't feel any vitality in the ground. Before he knew it, all the cherry tomatoes planted nearby had withered. The cherry tomato plants were brown and dry, their leaves drooping sadly. “Ah. Did it absorb all the earth's power when it said it would absorb the land's power earlier? Become bountiful!” Sejun used his authority to restore the land's fertility. [>Authority: Become Bountiful!< is applied to the land.] [The land becomes twice as fertile.] “Become bountiful!” It was only after using his authority five times that the cherry tomato vines regained their health, showing just how much fertility had been absorbed. After Sejun used his power, the ground turned a rich, dark brown again, and the cherry tomato plants stood up straight, their leaves bright green. Gulp. [You have consumed life's mugwort juice mixed with water.] [Your life force is restored by 10%.] Sejun drank the mugwort juice potion and recovered his depleted life force. At that moment, -Sejun! Kaiser came to find Sejun. “Kaiser, hello.” -Yes. Our Sejun was working. As expected, our Sejun is very diligent. Oh. Your face looks a little better. What's this? Why so many compliments today? As Sejun looked at Kaiser suspiciously, “Haha. Kaiser, that's because I, Vice Chairman Tae, have been preventing Chairman Park's face from getting tired for a while!” Theo boasted to Kaiser, who recognized his hard work, about what he had done. -Yes. Theo has been through a lot. “Haha. That's right! I, Vice Chairman Tae, have been through a lot because of Chairman Park!” “Vice Chairman Tae, be quiet.” Sejun spoke quietly to Theo, gritting his teeth. “Understood!” Theo, who always listened well, rubbed his face against Sejun's lap and acted cute at Sejun's words to be quiet. “...But Kaiser, what's going on?” Sejun asked Kaiser after watching Theo's cuteness for a moment. -Ah. I came to ask if there's a way to extend the Yongyong Market VIP period. “A way to extend the Yongyong Market VIP period?” -Yes. Kaiser waited for Sejun's answer with an earnest look in his eyes. “That's easy. If your cumulative monthly purchase amount exceeds 300 billion Topcoins, your Yongyong Market VIP period will be automatically extended by 30 days.” -Really?! It's that easy? “Yes.” -Hahaha. Kaiser rejoiced greatly at Sejun's words. 300 billion Topcoins was an amount that could be filled by buying just three black beans. If he diligently purified the Fenrir's core fragments and cleared away the red mist outside, he could earn enough within a month. That meant he could be a Yongyong Market VIP for life. 'I won't have to be teased by Tia or Kellion.' As Kaiser felt relieved, “And if your total cumulative purchase amount exceeds 5 trillion Topcoins, you can become a VVIP, which is a higher rank than VIP.” -What?! VVIP?! Kaiser was shocked by Sejun's words. There was a rank higher than VIP? It was so thrilling. He wanted to quickly raise his rank higher than the other dragons and ignore them. -Hahaha. Sejun, I'll buy three black beans first. Kaiser had 400 billion Topcoins, but he didn't do anything rash like spending all his assets right away. 'I need to spend money strategically.' If the cumulative monthly purchase amount was more than 300 billion Topcoins, it was the same whether it was 300 billion or 400 billion; the VIP period would be extended by 30 days. So he spent exactly 300 billion Topcoins to extend his Yongyong Market VIP period by 30 days. And he quietly flew to the fountain so that the other dragons wouldn't notice. *** Brown Tower Management Area. “Kellion, what brings you here?” Grave Renma, the leader of the great Brown Dragon, asked as he looked at Kellion, who had come to see him. “Ahem. Are we only supposed to see each other when there's something going on? I even brought some special Korean alcohol to drink with you.” Kellion took out the alcohol and began his Yongyong Market sales pitch. A short while later. “So I've been having a lot of worries lately.” “Yes. You've been through a lot. I know how you feel. I know. Our White Tower is the same way...” Kellion chimed in with Grave's words and filled Grave's empty glass. He had a good feeling about this one. He didn't seem like he would just drink and refuse like Artemis. However... 'I can't be hasty.' If he failed here, his Yongyong Market VIP status would be out of reach. He had to be as careful as possible. So he fed Grave a little more alcohol and “Grave, there's a place called Yongyong Market. In that place...” He introduced the Yongyong Market, which sold crops with various abilities. He said that he and Kaiser were buying crops that would find the power of light and darkness, Lamter, Kin, and Brachio were buying crops that would absorb the overflowing fire, water, and life force, and Tia was buying crops that would detoxify the body. “Yongyong Market? Is there really such a place?” Grave, who had been worried about the problems of the Brown Tower, immediately showed interest in Kellion's words. In particular, he was even more interested because the situations of the Red Tower, Blue Tower, and Green Tower were similar to the situation of the Brown Tower. “That's right! And there's definitely a crop in Yongyong Market that can solve the Brown Tower's problems!” Kellion said confidently. 'Sejun would somehow make it happen.' Kellion had been watching Sejun for a long time. Sejun always took out the necessary crops as if he was prepared. “Then let's leave right away.” “Okay. Follow me.” Kellion flew to the Black Tower with Grave, who would upgrade him to Yongyong Market VIP. *** After Kaiser returned. 'Hum hum hum.' Sejun, who had eaten Eileen's fist meat for a simple lunch, stopped while strolling through the farm. Slurp. Sejun looked at the blue sky and took a sip of the coffee in his right hand. “Kuh. So relaxing.” Sejun was immersed in his long-awaited time alone. Purrrr. Of course, it wasn't perfect solitude because Theo was sleeping on his lap after eating Churu. Well... he thought he would feel lonely if he was really alone, so this was just right. [The Five-Colored Bean is grateful for the farmer's footsteps and lends its strength.] [The potential of the Agility stat increases from 1651 to 1652.] As Sejun was enjoying a relaxing coffee time, letting the crops hear his footsteps, Clang! Kkihihit! Kking! 'Hee hee! This is fun!' Fenrir, who had woken up feeling good after eating his fill of roasted sweet potato jerky and sleeping lazily in the subspace warehouse, ran outside. Fenrir had five pieces of roasted sweet potato jerky in his mouth. “You can't even eat all of that...” Sejun got up to take the roasted sweet potato jerky from Fenrir's mouth because he knew Fenrir would come complaining of a stomachache. At that moment, Crash! A glass bottle that had rolled out of the subspace warehouse fell to the floor and broke. Kking! 'That's what I was playing with earlier!' Fenrir, who instantly realized he had done something wrong, hurriedly hid himself. But Fenrir, the wolf who hunts the 1st seat of the Apostle of Destruction, had only hunted and never hidden before. “Blackie, what did you do in there?!” He was quickly caught by Sejun, who grabbed him by the scruff of the neck, because he was only covering his eyes with the Five-Colored Bean leaves. And “You broke the glass bottle, so this is confiscated.” Kking! 'That's mine!' As a punishment for causing the accident, Sejun took 4 out of the 5 pieces of roasted sweet potato jerky that Fenrir had in his mouth, Snap! A sound came from where the glass bottle had broken. “Huh?” When Sejun looked at the source of the sound, he saw that a full brown pod had opened at the end of the Five-Colored Bean. “What is that?” When Sejun picked the brown pod, [You have harvested the Kidney Bean of Intellect.] ... .. . A message appeared. “Kidney Bean of Intellect?” A bean with a name he had never seen before. It was a new variety. And “Was that a magic potion?!” Sejun realized what was in the glass bottle that had just broken. My 300 billion Topcoins... Thump. Thump. In the meantime, Fenrir moved quickly and hid again. Kkihihit! Kking! 'Hee hee! You won't catch me this time!' Fenrir was confident that he had hidden perfectly, covering even his ears with leaves.