Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 365

Black Tower, 40th Floor.

“Theo, over there!”

Yuren, who was leading the way, pointed to a shabby farm in the distance.

“Meow?! It was real, meow?”

At the place Yuren pointed, 10,000 swords were neatly planted upside down. There really was a sword farm.

And, believing that real swords could be grown, a ferret was diligently running around the farm, watering the swords.

They weren’t sure if it was a trick or just a business that didn’t work. However, the swords were so badly rusted that they looked red even from a distance.

Just then,

“Theo, look over there. It was originally the size of a dagger, but it looks like it’s almost fully grown now!”

Yuren said in a joyful voice, looking at the 10,000 rusty longswords stuck in the ground. Thanks to that, Theo was once again convinced.

‘Yuren got tricked, meow!’

Swords growing, meow? That was ridiculous.

‘Yuren was truly being tricked, meow! I want to trick Yuren and make money easily, meow!’

A hundred ways to easily obtain gold flashed through Theo’s mind.

However,

‘I shouldn’t, meow! I, Vice President Theo, am Theo-tson, the assistant of the famous detective Sherlock Sejun, meow! I cannot compromise with crime, meow!’

Thinking of Sejun, he steeled his heart once more.

While Theo was calming down,

“Hey! Tolt!”

Yuren confidently approached and called out to the brown ferret, Tolt, who owed him 100 billion Tower Coins.

As he was there to receive money, he was in a superior position to Tolt, so he was fearless.

At that moment,

“Aigo···.”

Coincidentally, just as Yuren called out, Tolt tripped and fell to the ground.

“Oh?! Tolt, are you okay?”

Yuren thought that Tolt had fallen because he had called out, so his voice grew smaller with apology. He was already speaking respectfully.

“It’s okay. But… Yuren, did you come to get the money? As you can see, my situation is…”

Tolt grabbed his leg and made a pitiful expression.

“Th-that’s right. So, when do you think I can get the money?”

Yuren, being humble, asked Tolt when he could get his money back.

“Well… the swords keep rusting because there’s not enough compost… until a few days ago, 10 of them were legendary-grade swords… I think I need to buy more compost.”

“L-legendary grade? Then, how much money do you need to buy compost?”

Yuren was excited by Tolt’s words. Now, Yuren was the one in a hurry.

“No… what face do I have to ask…”

“No! If you just do a little more, you’ll have 10 legendary swords, so I’ll lend you a little more! Instead, sell the legendary swords to me.”

“Ahem. If Yuren wants to lend it so badly… just 20 billion Tower Coins…”

“Is that enough? I’ll just lend you 50 billion Tower Coins.”

At Yuren’s words, the corners of Tolt’s mouth slightly lifted before quickly going down.

“What should I do, I feel so sorry? I’m always just receiving help…”

“We all live helping each other. And you promised to sell the legendary swords to me later, right? I’ll give you a proper price.”

Yuren was comforting Tolt, who felt sorry. Yuren was completely fooled.

Black Tower, 99th Floor.

“Alright. Let’s go!”

Squeak!

Kooeng!

At Sejun’s words, Kooeng and Black Rabbit answered loudly and followed Sejun.

They were heading to a place full of walnut trees laden with walnuts.

Today, they were not going outside to help Sejun harvest walnuts.

“Iyap!”

Thud!

Sejun kicked the walnut tree.

[You have harvested a Walnut of Training.]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 has slightly increased.]

[You have gained 70 experience.]

[You have harvested a Walnut of Special Training.]

Walnuts fell with the messages.

Messages that he harvested Walnuts of Special Training also appeared from time to time.

The walnuts that fell like that,

Squeak!

[Kooeng, it’s a competition!]

Kooeng!

[Good! Kooeng will win!]

Black Rabbit and Kooeng quickly picked them up.

Thud! Thud!

Meanwhile, Sejun continued to kick the walnut tree to drop the walnuts. Sejun’s strength was weak, so the walnuts didn’t fall easily, and he had to kick each tree about 10 times.

While he was kicking the tree,

Pat pat.

“Huh?”

Among the falling walnuts, he saw a red walnut.

‘It’s a new variety.’

Sejun sensed it, but no additional messages appeared.

“What is it? Is it like a Walnut of Special Training?”

Sejun wondered and picked up the red walnut that had fallen on the ground to check its options.

[Walnut of Hell Training]

A walnut that grows in the Tower with a slim chance. It is delicious because it has absorbed enough nutrients.

It is a walnut with a harder shell than the Walnut of Special Training.

Strength increases by 50 each time the shell is cracked.

The taste is a bit more savory.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration date: 150 days

Grade: A

“Hell Training?”

Harder than the Walnut of Special Training? Sejun, who was motivated by the description, put strength into the hand holding the Walnut of Hell Training.

Crack!

The Walnut of Hell Training endured at first, but when Sejun, with his strength in the 1400s, gave it more strength, the red walnut shell broke with a cheerful sound.

[You have crushed the shell of the Walnut of Hell Training.]

[Strength has increased by 50.]

“It’s definitely more savory.”

Sejun said, breaking the red shell and eating the contents inside.

Thud! Thud!

Sejun continued to kick the walnut tree and harvest the walnuts.

After a while,

“Done.”

After Sejun dropped all the walnuts, he started picking them up with Black Rabbit and Kooeng.

He harvested 7 Walnuts of Hell Training from 9 walnut trees.

Considering that about 1000 walnuts are harvested per walnut tree, it was a very slim chance.

While Sejun was picking up the walnuts,

Crunch.

Crunch.

The sound of walnuts cracking was heard from somewhere.

“Huh?”

Sejun followed the sound,

Hee hee hee.낑

‘Hee hee. If I break this, I’ll get stronger!’

Fenrir was breaking the Walnut of Training with his dragon teeth. At best, his strength only increased slightly, but it was a great strength for Fenrir, who was strong but easily hurt.

낑!낑!

‘Good! Next one!’

Fenrir ran to another walnut, thumping and thumping.

Then, Fenrir bit into a Walnut of Special Training that looked the same.

Snap.

His strength was weak, so his dragon teeth couldn’t break the hard walnut shell.

낑?

‘Why doesn’t this break?’

I am the 1st seat of the Apostle of Destruction, the noble wolf Fenrir who hunts gods?

Even though Fenrir threatened the walnut and used his dragon breath, the Walnut of Special Training did not break.

Humble Fenrir today as well.

“Blackie, break this instead of that.”

Sejun, who felt good about Fenrir’s humbleness, slyly switched the Walnut of Special Training with the Walnut of Training.

Crunch!

낑!

‘As expected, I am strong!’

Thanks to that, Fenrir was full of confidence today as well.

While Yuren was volunteering to pay Tolt 50 billion Tower Coins,

‘He’s a cunning fellow, meow!’

Theo saw through the cunningness behind Tolt’s cute face. How did he know? It was just… his face.

Moreover, the meticulous acting of the guy who deliberately fell when Yuren called him earlier. It seemed like it would be quite difficult to get a confession from him.

But…

“Puhuhut. There’s nothing to worry about, meow! At times like this, the famous detective Sherlock Sejun said to punish them with evidence, meow!”

Theo had heard about advanced investigation techniques while playing detective with Sejun.

Puhuhut. It’s time for Theo-tson, the assistant of Sherlock Sejun, to shine, meow!

“Piyot, listen carefully, meow! This is a locked room mystery, meow!”

Theo pointed his paw at Piyot and shouted.

Piyot?

[A locked room mystery?]

Piyot looked around at Theo’s words. There’s no locked room here?

“That’s right, meow! Chairman Park said that there are originally the most locked room mysteries, meow! From now on, we’re looking for a locked room, meow!”

Theo’s bottomless locked room search investigation method.

Theo started looking around, making binoculars with his two forepaws,

Piyot! Piyot!

[Ah! We have to find a locked room!]

Piyot tried to copy Theo by using his wings like paws and searched for a hidden locked room, following Theo.

“Puhuhut. I found it, meow!”

Lucky Theo really found a locked room.

Creak.

When Theo opened the entrance to the locked room disguised as a rock,

“Hey! Tolt, did that pig leave?!”

“Heh heh. That pig doesn’t even imagine that we’re watching at the entrance, right?”

“That pig should at least say he’s coming. Thinking about how we hurriedly planted the longsword because of the pig…”

“Tolt, how much did you rip off this time?”

The ferrets, who had been holding their breath thinking Tolt had returned, chattered noisily and proudly confessed their sins.

Inside the locked room, there was food and alcohol on the table as if they were having a party, and around it was full of gold they had scammed from Yuren.

“Hey. Tolt, why aren’t you answering?”

“Yeah, why aren’t you talking?”

The ferrets looked at the entrance because Tolt, who would normally rush down and talk about how he had ripped off Yuren, was quiet.

However,

“Puhuhut.”

At the entrance, it wasn’t Tolt, but Theo was looking down at them with a sly smile.

“······”

“······”

The inside of the locked room became quiet.

When the ferrets were about to take out their weapons,

“You’ll be in trouble if you attack, meow!”

Bang.

When Theo pulled out his dragon claw and stabbed the air towards the locked room, a ‘thud’ sound was heard and a hole the size of a fist was dug in the wall.

The hole was so deep that the end could not be seen. It was Theo’s new skill, One Paw Strike.

Gulp.

The ferrets’ bodies froze at the appearance of a strong person they couldn’t handle. Moreover, this was a locked room, so there was nowhere to run.

“Puhuhut. Come out, everyone, meow!”

While Theo was watching the ferrets coming out of the locked room,

Piyot!

[Stamp!]

Piyot took out the slave contract and received the ferrets’ paw prints.

Piyot!

[Theo, I got them all!]

When all the paw prints were received, a total of 107 slave contracts were completed.

“Now, go down and bring the gold, meow!”

““Yes!””

The ferrets, who had become slaves, went back into the locked room at Theo’s command and started putting gold into Theo’s bundle.

“Thank you! I will definitely grow a legendary sword and pay back all the money I borrowed!”

“Yes… please do.”

“Of course! Trust me!”

Tolt, who received 50 billion Tower Coins, patted Yuren’s shoulder, who was uneasy.

The power had completely changed.

‘I can trick him one more time by saying I’m selling a legendary sword.’

While Tolt was making plans for the final big score with a bitter smile,

“Huh?!”

Tolt saw the group Yuren had brought tying up his colleagues with ropes like drying corvina. Why are you guys there?!

‘I’m doomed!’

As soon as he confirmed that his colleagues had been caught, Tolt turned around to run away without looking back at his colleagues or anything.

But his body wouldn’t turn.

Squeak! Squeak!

Instead, he heard rough breathing next to him. Yuren was already holding Tolt’s shoulder tightly.

Just as Tolt realized he was doomed when he saw Theo bringing the ferrets, Yuren intuitively realized that he had been tricked.

He still didn’t know what kind of trick he had been subjected to.

After catching Tolt, getting him to confess to the trick, and even getting his paw print on the slave contract,

“Puhuhut. Yuren, hand over 75 billion Tower Coins, meow!”

Theo charged a 50-50 commission, including the 50 billion Tower Coins that Yuren had just been tricked out of.

“Yes. Here you go! As expected of Theo!”

Yuren gave the money and looked at Theo with respectful eyes.

“Puhuhut. Yuren, guide me to the next slave… no. The guy who owes you money, meow!”

Theo, who received 75 billion Tower Coins from Yuren and gained 108 ferret slaves, shouted in a bright voice.

“Yes! The guy I’m going to find this time sold me a tree that grows Tower Coins for 300 billion Tower Coins…”

Yuren