Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 378

A big farm in Texas, USA.

A horse was eating grass slowly in a big open field.

The horse finished eating the grass. It looked for more food. It saw a small patch of grass with red berries.

As it tried to eat,

Kaeck!

The red berry opened its mouth and attacked.

Surprised by the attack, the horse ran away quickly, while the flesh-eating plant closed its mouth again, waiting for its next meal.

Luckily, the next prey appeared quickly.

Chirp chirp.

A small bird flew near. It wanted to peck at the red berry-like plant.

Kaeck!

This time, the plant caught the bird and swallowed it whole.

A moment later,

Crackle.

After eating the bird, the body of the flesh-eating plant grew larger.

So, all over Texas, the flesh-eating plants grew bigger quickly, eating bugs, mice, small birds, and other small animals.

“Heh heh heh. It’s working well.”

Halphas watched the Earth turning red with an evil smile.

“Theo, did you get the money properly?”

Sejun gently took Theo off his face, put him on his knee, and asked.

“Puhuhu. Yes, nya! There’s no money that Theo can’t get in the world, nya! Look at this, nya!”

Theo was bragging and getting excited. He put his paws into his bag, like he knew Sejun would ask, and took out the money.

1.04 trillion Top Coins.

9.9 billion Top Coins were spent to get the piece of Fenrir’s core that was going into the black hole.

“Puhuhu. How is it, Chairman Park, nya?”

Theo looked at Sejun with a proud smile. “Puhuhu. Chairman Park, won’t you let me sit on your lap all the time, nya?”

“Fine. One more month of having your lap.”

As Theo expected, Sejun gave Theo one more month of having his lap. “Puhuhu. Everything is going as planned, nya!”

“There’s more, nya!”

Now that he got one month of lap time, Theo took out a small black ball this time.

“It’s a tiny piece of Fenrir’s core, nya! Give me two more months for this, nya!”

“Eh. Not with just this…”

Sejun received the Fenrir’s core fragment not looking very impressed.

Suddenly, a message popped up: ‘You got a piece of the door to the 10th Tower!’ Then, a piece of brown wood, about the size of a fist, broke off from the core fragment.

“Puhuhu. Puhuhu.”

Theo smiled proudly, as if to say, ‘Can you give me more lap time now, nya?’ but

“Tch. Fine. Two more months of lap time.”

Sejun couldn’t argue with that. Because he had brought back a fragment of the door leading to the 10th Tower, which was really hard to find.

“Vice Chairman Theo, have you had dinner?”

“Puhuhu. Not yet, nya! But I have one more thing to take out before eating, nya!”

Theo shouted excitedly and took out 31 of Lizarren’s jewel teeth.

Puhuhu. Chairman Park, it was actually a three-part plan, nya! Because things are going so well, I’ll get the lap time for three more months, nya!

Theo’s big plan was to get a total of six months of lap time with a three-part plan of one month, two months, and three months.

“Huh?! This is the Earth Jewel?!”

Sejun knew what they were and was surprised. How many are there?

“Puhuhu.”

Theo’s lips curled up more and more at Sejun’s reaction.

Everything seemed to be flowing according to Theo’s plan, but then Sejun saw something was wrong with the jewels.

A message appeared: ‘[Damaged Earth Jewel] This jewel has the soul of an earth god inside. Fenrir, a wolf that fights evil, ate the god’s body and sealed the soul in this jewel. But the jewel is broken, so the god’s soul can’t use earth power. If you put it near a farmer who is good with earth magic, the jewel can be fixed. The better the farmer’s earth magic, the faster it will be fixed.’ Sejun realized there was a problem. Lizarren had broken the jewel when he made it into teeth.

“That’s not good. There’s a problem with the item. Vice Chairman Theo, where did you learn to try to cheat when you’re supposed to be honest?”

Sejun said in a teasing voice after checking the options. He was excited to make Theo less proud.

Heh heh. Vice Chairman Theo, the one who laughs last wins. And the one who laughs last is me, Chairman Park.

Just as Sejun was happy that he had made Theo less proud,

“Nya? Vice Chairman Theo doesn’t play tricks on the great Chairman Park, nya!”

Surprised by what Sejun said, Theo quickly checked the jewel’s details.

Nya… Chairman Park, I’m sorry, nya…

Theo apologized to Sejun in a gloomy voice with his ears drooping. “My three-part plan has failed, nya…”

“No. It’s not something to be so sorry about. Because I can fix the Earth Jewel.”

Sejun said, bringing a cat treat to Theo’s mouth to comfort the gloomy Theo.

Sejun was good at earth magic.

He was only good at earth magic when he wore the Straw Hat of Patrick, the God of the New Earth, who loved the Earth. His earth magic only worked with the hat. But Sejun wore the hat all the time except when sleeping, so it was like it was always his talent.

Chomp chomp chomp.

While Theo was happily eating Sejun’s homemade tuna treat,

“But does it really get fixed just by putting it next to me?”

Sejun, wondering if that was right, checked the Earth Jewel.

The message changed to: ‘[Damaged Earth Jewel – 0.02% Fixing Started]’ Sejun saw that the jewels were already starting to fix themselves as soon as he touched them.

However,

“If it keeps going this slowly, it’ll take almost a month.”

Restoring 31 Earth Jewels at the same time was too slow.

So, to increase the speed, he put 30 in the magic storage and kept only one in his pocket.

Heh heh. Let’s focus on one.

When Sejun finished dealing with the Earth Jewels,

“Puhuhu. Chairman Park, everything has gone well, so please get the lap time for three more months, nya!”

Good things are good, nya! Theo, who had eaten all the Churu and was happy because he was full, shouted with a bright smile.

And

“Alright. Three-month extension.”

Sejun, who seemed like he would refuse, quickly agreed to Theo’s words.

It’s definitely not because I liked Theo’s smile.

“Puhuhu. Chairman Park, stroke my belly, nya!”

Theo, towards Sejun, lay on his back and stuck out his belly.

Stroke. Stroke.

“Hehehe.”

I’ll ignore it this time.

“Puhuhu.”

Three-part plan success, nya!

Thus, Sejun and Theo laughed together and they were both pleased.

A moment later,

“I should bury this in the ground.”

Sejun buried the 0.001% fragment of Fenrir’s core that Theo had brought in the garden in the same way as before.

“Nyaaang… Chairman Park, let’s go to sleep now, nya… I’m sleepy, nya…”

Theo, who had been waiting for Sejun to go to sleep, whined in a sleepy voice.

“Alright. I got it.”

Sejun took Theo to the bed.

And

Gulp.

He ate something and fell asleep instantly.

Kuh-ooh-uh.

Goro-rong.

Kkiro-rong.

With the sound of Sejun, Theo, and Fenrir snoring, night fell on the 386th day in the tower.

As everyone slept,

While everyone was sleeping, a voice spoke in Sprout’s mind: ‘Sprout, are you ready?’ Sprout answered, ‘Yes! Flame, I’m ready!’ On the 79th floor of the tower, Sprout was getting ready to become the second World Tree for the Black Tower.

Flame’s roots pushed a golden apple, about the size of a fist, towards Sprout.

The golden apple went into Sprout’s roots, like it was being soaked up.

Flame, my body is getting hot!

Just bear with it a little longer! It’ll be over soon!

Yes!

Starting with Sprout’s roots, it began to turn gold, and when the entire tree turned golden,

Flash!

The golden light flashed, and Sprout grew very fast.

Aileen was in the Black Tower Administrator Area, carefully looking for the power of destruction.

“Keuhik! Why isn’t it coming out!”

As the power of destruction was not detected no matter how much she held onto it, Aileen threw the crystal ball angrily.

The crystal ball rolled and stopped, hitting the wall.

At that moment,

Buzz.

The crystal ball vibrated.

“Keuhing? Did I find it?”

Aileen checked the crystal ball hoping to find it. She wondered if the power of destruction had been found by chance.

However,

Exceeded one of the Black Tower growth conditions.

“Keuing?”

It was a different message.

Exceeded?

Aileen quickly checked the Black Tower conditions.

Black Tower Growth Conditions (7/8)

-Tower Farmer (A): Achieved

-Create 10 or more new varieties: Exceeded (23/10)

-Cultivate a very large area of arable land: Not achieved

-Raise the World Tree: Exceeded (Podori, Sprout, ?)

-Secure 10,000 or more pieces of world energy: Not achieved

-Possess 5 or more divine objects: Achieved

-Achieve 3 great achievements: Achieved

-Increase the number of Black Tower entrances to 120: Not achieved

“Sprout?”

One more World Tree had been added.

Thanks to that, she only needed to complete one more task to help the Black Tower grow, but Aileen couldn’t be happy.

“Keuhing… Sejun is doing so well…”

Only I can’t do it. Compared to Sejun’s recent activities, she wasn’t being of much help to Sejun.

“Keuhing…”

Aileen became sad.

‘That’s right. Sejun told me to eat something sweet when I’m feeling down!’

Soon, she remembered Sejun’s words and drank the cool and sweet watermelon juice that Sejun had made to calm her down.

At that moment,

Thump. Thump.

The Great Brown Dragon Garlic waddled into the Black Tower administrator area, making the ground shake a little.

“Oh?! Garlic!”

“Hmph. Aileen, am I still a weak dragon to you?!”

Garlic, who had asked his parents to come here at the age of 350, said proudly to Aileen.

At that moment,

Thump. Thump.

Another young red dragon came in. It was Perion, the 550-year-old hatchling of the Great Red Dragon.

“What? Garlic, you’re already here?”

“Perion, you’re a bit late?”

“Ah. I woke up late and read the letter late…”

While the two were talking,

Thump. Thump.

“Aileen, hello! Oh?! Perion and Garlic are here too?”

Sylvia, the 300-year-old hatchling of the Great Silver Dragon, who was younger than everyone except Aileen, waddled into the Black Tower administrator area,

“Oh?! Hello, everyone.”

“Hello.”

Following them, Hakun, the 600-year-old hatchling of the Great Blue Dragon, and Pobi, the 400-year-old hatchling of the Great Purple Dragon, also arrived.

Aileen’s letter where she teased everyone had worked well.

‘Hehehe. Success.’

Even though Hokus, the hatchling of the Great Golden Dragon, didn’t come, this was still a success.

While Aileen was happy,

“Aileen, you…”

“As the youngest…”

“We’re weak?!”

After finishing their greetings, the hatchlings decided to punish the rude youngest dragon who had teased them by calling them weak.

However,

“Hehehe. Everyone, I’m sorry. I just wanted to see you all.”

Aileen, who had sent out a challenge to everyone, had already turned into a sweet and gentle youngest dragon.

“Instead, as an apology, I’ll give you this. It’s really delicious! It also increases magic power.”

Aileen began to show off Sejun’s food, offering cherry tomatoes that give you magic power.

And

“Oh! It’s really delicious!”

“Wow! It’s a little, but it really increases magic power!”

“Something called sweet potato makes you stronger!”

The delicious crops of Sejun were very popular among the hatchlings.

While the hatchlings really liked Sejun’s food,

‘Aileen, how can you call me weak when you’re the youngest?!’

Thump.

Hokus, the 500-year-old hatchling of the Great Golden Dragon, arrived at the Black Dragon’s territory looking proud, holding his mother’s hand tightly.

However,

“Huh?!”

As soon as he arrived, Hokus quickly became less confident.

“Waaah!! Give me money quickly to buy sweet potatoes!”

“Buy me peanuts!”

“Corn! Corn!”

“Screech!”

There, the young dragons were eagerly asking their parents to buy Sejun’s crops.