Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 364

“Youngest, let’s get to our hideout first!”

“…Yes.”

Seeing the other skeletons immediately drawing their swords because he didn’t answer right away, Farmer hurried to reply.

And so, he followed them.

‘At least they’re going up.’

Watching them climb the tower, Farmer felt a small measure of relief.

Just then,

“Youngest, listen carefully. We, the Weeping Skull Brigade, are a secret organization dedicated to abolishing the bone-rank system and helping skeletons suffering under it.”

The eldest of the Weeping Skull Brigade, the one with the dog bone in his skull, proudly explained their purpose. The eldest skeleton spoke about the bone-rank system, the way skeletons were judged by the kind of bones they had.

‘Abolish the bone-rank system? A secret organization? What does that have to do with me?’

Farmer wanted to weep at the dog bone’s words. He needed to carry out Lady Leah’s instructions, but it seemed he’d gotten mixed up in something strange.

Seeing the troubled look on Farmer’s face,

“Oh! Look at his sad face! He must have had trouble with the bone-rank system too!”

“Indeed, he has the face of one who has been wronged by the bone-rank system.”

The other skeletons of the Weeping Skull Brigade looked at Farmer’s face and became convinced he was one of them.

‘That’s not it!’

Farmer cried out inwardly as he trudged along behind them, when,

“This is our hideout. Open the gates! Koto has returned!”

The dog bone shouted as they arrived before a very old, broken-down castle on the 20th floor of the tower.

Queng!

[Daddy, sleep well!]

Ppyak!

[Uncle, I’m going to sleep first too!]

Quengie and the Black Rabbit, exhausted from their special training, went to bed as soon as they finished dinner.

And then,

“Hyung, I need to release mana into the tower. Send me back to the tower.”

“Sejun, I still have things to do in the tower too…”

Ajax wanted to increase the mana concentration on the 99th floor of the White Tower, and Veronica wanted to plant her detoxifying green onions, so they both asked to be sent back to the tower.

“Alright.”

After sending them back to the tower, all that remained beside Sejun was Fenrir, who had been asleep until just now and was bursting with energy.

Kee hee hee! *Whimper!*

‘Hee hee! Delicious!’

Fenrir ate the soybean soup Sejun had made by mixing milk and beans, occasionally jumping with joy as he ate with boundless energy.

“Heh heh heh. You eat well.”

Sejun watched Fenrir happily eating the soybean soup and smiled contentedly, when,

[Your soul is filled with pouring praise.]

[Your mental strength increases by 1.]

[You have achieved a mental strength stat of 100.]

[His will is getting a little stronger and can now change things a little bit.]

His mental strength increased by 1, achieving a mental strength stat of 100.

“What? A very weak will… subtly influence the world?”

Just say it’s so insignificant it can’t do anything.

Sejun, having been fooled by hopeful messages several times, was no longer deceived.

Still, he held a small celebration for reaching a mental strength stat of 100.

“Alright. Here’s a gift for the 100th customer.”

*Whimper!*

‘Yellow and chewy!’

Thanks to that, Fenrir received a piece of dried sweet potato.

After giving Fenrir the gift, Sejun strolled around his green farm, full of growing plants, to digest his food.

Just then,

[The Tower Administrator says Fenrir’s core piece is now clean.]

Eileen sent Sejun the purified core fragment of Fenrir.

“Thanks, Eileen.”

Sejun received the core fragment and immediately checked its options.

[Purified Core Fragment of Fenrir]

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

[It contains 1% of the total core power.]

[The power of destruction within has been completely removed, greatly reducing the power that was in the core.]

[Upon consumption, all stats increase by 100,000.]

[If there are other core fragments of Fenrir nearby, attraction will occur.]

[But Sejun couldn’t use it yet. He was not strong enough. You needed to be very, very strong to use it.]

[Rank: Cannot be measured]

“Wow…”

A usage restriction of all stats 500,000 or higher… This was on a scale that he couldn’t possibly reach through effort.

“I should give this to Blackie as a toy.”

So, he decided to give it to Fenrir, who got excited whenever he saw black beads, until he found a use for it.

Since he couldn’t swallow it due to the usage restriction, it would be a good toy.

“Eileen, couldn’t you find any other powers of destruction?”

[The Tower Administrator says no.]

At first, Eileen found the power of destruction easily, so he thought she would find the remaining cores quickly, but it seemed it was just luck for beginners.

[The Tower Administrator says the power of destruction is definitely detected on the 80th floor of the tower.]

“I guess I have to go to the 80th floor of the tower after all.”

Theo needs to bring the paper for the land for the 80th floor of the tower…

While Sejun was hoping Theo would step up,

*Whimper!*

‘My core!’

Fenrir, sensing his core fragment, ran diligently towards Sejun with a piece of dried sweet potato in his mouth.

“Blackie, did you come to find this? Here. Play with it.”

Sejun readily handed over the core fragment, and

*Whimper?*

‘I rushed over here, but… he’s giving it to me this easily?’

Fenrir was slightly taken aback.

Moreover,

…He was torn between which to hold in his mouth: the dried sweet potato or his core fragment.

‘If I abandon the yellow and chewy thing here and hold the core…’

The butler guy would be disappointed.

This was clearly a test from the butler guy. He was curious about how much the master cherished his food.

Kee hee hee. *Whimper! Whimper!*

‘Hee hee. The butler guy used his head a bit. But this body is Fenrir, the wolf who hunts the 1st Seat Apostle of Destruction!’

This level of test was too easy for him.

Nom.

Fenrir opened his mouth wide and bit down on the dried sweet potato and his core fragment at the same time.

And then,

…He glanced at Sejun for a moment before quickly running off somewhere.

“…Why is he like that?”

As Fenrir disappeared,

[The Magic Peanut expresses its gratitude for the farmer’s footsteps and adds its strength.]

[Magic stat potential increases from 2891 to 2892.]

Sejun walked around the farm again.

A short while later,

Thud… Thud…

*Whimper…*

‘I’m sleepy…’

Fenrir, drowsy and swaying from sleepiness, returned. In his mouth was the core fragment in his mouth.

“Blackie, should we go to sleep?”

Sejun picked up Fenrir and put him in the sling bag, and

Kkirorong.

Fenrir immediately fell fast asleep.

“Whew. I should sleep too.”

Sejun sighed deeply and headed to bed. For some reason, his expression was very determined.

And then,

“‘I have insomnia. And if I eat this, I can sleep soundly!’”

Seeing Sejun holding mugwort and pretending he couldn’t sleep, one could understand why he looked so determined.

He had made himself ready to eat the terribly bitter mugwort.

“Alright. Let’s go!”

Knowing that the longer he delayed, the harder it would be, Sejun immediately chewed and swallowed the mugwort.

Gulp.

[You have consumed mugwort.]

[All stats increase by 20.]

[Lifespan increases by 3 months.]

[You have consumed bitter medicine.]

[Talent: Medicine that is good for health is bitter activates.]

[Vitality increases by 9.]

“As expected, I’ll sleep well…”

Kroooooh.

Sejun, having eaten the mugwort, fell soundly asleep.

“Theo, it’s over there!”

Piyot pointed to the fork in a path between the 70th and 60th floors.

“But why is Yuren always wandering around and never staying still, meow?”

Entering the fork, Theo suddenly became curious and asked Piyot.

He was happy to make money, but he didn’t understand Yuren, who was always moving around and putting himself in danger.

Piyot.

[I just found out this time, but he’s going around collecting borrowed money or money he was scammed out of!]

Piyot explained the reason why Yuren was working so hard.

“Meow? Is that true?! He was going around collecting money?!”

The money he spent going to collect was much more than the money he received, but Yuren was stubbornly going to collect his money.

However, Yuren was easily tricked, so he only succeeded in getting his money back in about 1 out of 100 cases.

In the other 99 cases, he was scammed even more or ended up lending more money.

While they were moving, listening to the reason why Yuren was wandering around the tower,

“Theo, save me!”

Yuren’s voice could be heard in the distance.

“Puhuhu. Yuren, wait for me, meow!”

Ppatting.

Theo drew his dragon claws and,

“It’s a one-meow island!”

Theo swung his dragon claws, slashing through the air with a powerful swipe, disposing of the piece of a monster.

Clink.

“Piyot, collect the coins, and Yuren, demand the money, meow!”

Piyot!

[Yes!]

“Yes! I will give it to you!”

Theo quickly finished the cleanup.

“Puhuhu. Yuren, lead the way, meow!”

“Yes?”

“I, Vice Chairman Theo… no. I’ll help Yuren get his money back, meow!”

Theo decided to follow Yuren, who looked like he was going to lead them to money, and help him get his money back.

“Squeak! It would be really great if Theo helped me! The guy we’re going to see now borrowed 100 billion Tower Coins from me, saying he was going to run a ‘sword farm’ – which was a lie, of course. He just wanted to trick Yuren.”

At Theo’s words, Yuren excitedly talked about how he had been scammed.

‘I think I know too well why he was scammed, meow!’

Theo knew that scamming Yuren was a faster way to make money.

However,

‘Chairman Park told me to make money honestly, meow!’

Remembering Sejun’s words, he decided to make money honestly.

“Puhuhu. Yuren, it’s a 5 vs. 5, meow!”

“Yes?”

“Where is it?! Lead the way quickly, meow!”

“Yes! It’s on the 40th floor!”

At Theo’s urging, Yuren hurriedly led the way. Theo says “It’s a 5 vs. 5, meow!” but we don’t know what “it” is. Make it clearer what he is talking about.

“Heave-ho.”

[10% of the vitality you had while sleeping has been stored.]

[The Orb of Life is 0.25% complete.]

[0.1 mana has been accumulated for 24 hours.]

[Mana increases by 0.1.]

As soon as Sejun opened his eyes, words popped up in front of him, like magic messages.

“Heh heh heh. Good.”

Sejun, pleased that there was no waste, smiled contentedly and got out of bed,

Swish.

He marked the date on the wall and began his morning on the 383rd day of entering the tower.

“Alright. Everything is fine.”

First, he went to the kitchen to check if the soybean cakes were fermenting well, and was about to start cooking when,

[The Tower Administrator says Grandma Brachio has come to buy your goods.]

[The Tower Administrator says to pack 20,000 of each crop.]

Eileen spoke to him. She bought 10 crops last time, but it seemed it wasn’t enough.

“Really? Alright.”

Sejun went to the storage and sent 20,000 of each crop to Eileen.

When he had sent all the crops,

[The Tower Administrator says Grandpa Kin has come to buy your goods.]

This time, Kin, the leader of the Great Blue Dragon, came and bought 30,000 crops and 1,000 bottles of rice wine.

Sejun sent the goods again.

“There are many customers from morning today.”

Sejun took a short break and,

Click.

He opened the special Golden Box in the subspace warehouse, took out 4 of the 5 black beans, and was about to go outside when,

-Sejun.

Lamter came to find Sejun.

“Hello, Lamter.”

-Yes. But do you have black beans?

“Yes. How many do you need?

-Give me 3.

“Yes. Then it’s 300 billion Tower Coins.”

-Alright. Here it is.

Sejun handed Lamter three magic black beans and received the money pouch.

“Lamter, your total money spent this month has exceeded 300 billion Tower Coins, so your Yongyong Market VIP is extended for 30 days.” Sejun told Lamter about the Yongyong Market VIP system. VIP meant ‘Very Important Person’ and VVIP meant ‘Very, Very Important Person.’ If you spent enough money, you could become a VIP and get special benefits.

-Huh? Extended?!”

Judging by his reaction, it seemed Kaiser was the only one who knew. Well, he expected it.

“Yes. The total money spent for one month…”

So, Sejun told him how to extend the VIP period and that he could become a VVIP if his total cumulative purchase amount exceeded 5 trillion.

-Fhahaha. There was such a thing?!”

At Sejun’s words, Lamter laughed loudly and quietly went back so that the other dragons wouldn’t notice.

However,

“Eileen, from now on, tell the customers who come to Yongyong Market how to become a Yongyong Market VIP and VVIP.”

Sejun, who was tired of explaining it every time, asked Eileen.

The conditions for becoming a Yongyong Market VIP were to promote Yongyong Market and achieve a total money spent of 1 trillion Tower Coins.

[The Tower Administrator says okay.]

Thanks to this, all the dragons using Yongyong Market learned about the VIP and VVIP ranks and how to maintain them.