Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 395

The dragons were thrilled by Sejun’s food.

“Is this the most amazing taste in the world?!” one dragon roared.

The dragons were naturally curious about the source of the food. They sniffed the air, their eyes wide with anticipation.

“Who made this amazing food?” one dragon asked curiously.

Just then,

“Uncle Alex, I know! It was made by Park Sejun, the tower farmer from the Black Tower, and Aileen sells it at the Black Tower!”

“Aunt Hanna! Sylvia knows! It was made by Park Sejun, the tower farmer from the Black Tower!”

The hatchlings, recognizing something they knew, eagerly showed off to the dragons, jumping up and down with excitement.

It was clear Aileen had spent time teaching the hatchlings. They proudly shared their new knowledge.

“The tower farmer from the Black Tower?”

“Park Sejun?”

“Can we eat Park Sejun’s cooking if we go to the Black Tower?” a younger dragon asked eagerly, its tail twitching.

And so, word of Park Sejun, the tower farmer and his amazing food, began to fly through the dragon lands.

[All the leaders of the Great Nine Dragon Tribes have each drunk a glass of golden Samyang brew.]

[You have completed the quest.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, you have acquired 15 drops of the Potion of Bountiful Harvest.]

“Heh heh. The first gift has arrived.”

Sejun smiled as he read the message. He was as excited as if he had received a text saying a package had arrived at his door.

Just then,

[You have achieved the great feat of lifting the Forgetfulness Curse from the Great Dragon Tribe.]

[As a reward for the great achievement, you have acquired the >Title: Helper of the Dragon Tribe>.]

[No matter how different the class is, the dragons will no longer look down on you.]

[Your abilities will also apply to dragons.]

Following that, the last gift arrived.

“Helper of the Dragon Tribe? I’m not sure what that means.”

I haven’t really helped the dragons much, have I?

And ‘despise’? I don’t think any dragon has ever hated me. Ignored me, maybe, because I’m not strong… but not hated.

“That’s a completely useless title.”

Just as Sejun was thinking that the second gift was of no benefit to him,

[From a faraway place, the Great Black Dragons are praising your food.]

[Your soul is greatly filled by the praise of many high-ranking beings.]

[Your mental power increases by 1000.]

[Your mental power has reached the limit of 500.]

[Your mental power will no longer increase.]

[You have achieved a mental power of 500.]

[Your faint will begins to subtly influence the world.]

The third gift that Sejun never expected arrived.

Sejun’s mental power greatly increased due to the praise from the Black Dragons who ate Sejun’s food. A whole 1000 at that.

Before, there was no reaction at all even when the dragons ate it.

However, after obtaining the >Title: Helper of the Dragon Tribe>, the Talent: Soul that Healed Wounds was activated for the dragons.

It seemed the title ‘Helper of the Dragon Tribe’ had changed something. Now, when dragons praised his food, it wasn’t just words. It was like their appreciation was giving him power – mental power.

On top of that, the dragons learned that Sejun was the one who made the dishes, allowing him to receive proper praise.

Thus, Sejun’s mental power instantly rose to the potential limit of 500, and

“Ugh!”

Suddenly, a sharp pain exploded in Sejun’s head. It felt like his skull was cracking, and his thoughts became a jumbled mess.

This was because an excess of 700 mental power, enough to burden his soul, had entered.

What you eat can be expelled, but there was no other way to deal with mental power other than enduring it.

As the pain disappeared,

His mental power stat became 500, but nothing changed except that the word ‘very’ was removed from ‘very faint,’ making it just a faint will.

On top of that, it was still the same, subtly influencing the world.

“President Park, are you okay, meow?”

Nudge. Nudge.

Theo asked, pressing Sejun’s right head with his front paw.

“Kkueng?”

[Dad, are you okay?]

Kkuengi also asked with a worried voice. The others were also looking at Sejun with worried eyes, even if they didn’t say anything.

“I was a little sore, but I’m fine now.”

Sejun reassured his worried companions.

Just then,

Whine! Whine! Whine!

‘Hey! You’re getting a headache because you’re handling mental power like that! Do it like this! Watch and follow!’

Fenrir was eagerly teaching Sejun advanced techniques for handling mental power, making gestures with his paws, but

“Is our Blackie hungry? We’re going to eat later, so let’s hold off on the snacks.”

Unfortunately, they couldn’t communicate. Sejun thought Fenrir was asking for a snack, so he stroked Fenrir’s head and soothed him.

“Let’s head to Dino now.”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut! I know the way to Dino! Follow me!” Iona bounced excitedly.

Iona, who knew the location of the Lizard Kingdom’s capital, Dino, before it was hidden, guided the way.

Just as they were about to depart,

[From a faraway place, the Great White Dragons are praising your food.]

…

..

. Tremendous messages appeared, one after another, faster and faster, and his mental power rose to the point where Sejun couldn’t handle it.

There was something Sejun had overlooked.

There were a total of nine dragon tribes.

The praise of the remaining eight dragon tribes poured down on Sejun.

[From a faraway place, the Great Red Dragons are praising your food.]

[Your soul is greatly filled by the praise of many high-ranking beings.]

[Your mental power increases by 2000.]

On top of that, the messages from the Red Dragons were longer and more intense, and the number of Red Dragons was twice as many as the other dragon tribes, so his mental power also doubled.

Sejun’s soul swallowed a total of 9000 mental power that he couldn’t handle.

Suddenly, it felt like something inside Sejun burst. His vision went black, and he crumpled to the ground with a soft thud.

“President Park, you fainted again, meow!!!”

“Kkueng!”

[Dad, wake up!]

Theo and Kkuengi hurriedly began to massage Sejun’s fainted body, and

Whine!

‘Hey! I told you to do it like this!’

Fenrir got angry at Sejun for not listening to him and hurriedly put his head on Sejun’s head.

Inside Sejun’s mental world, there was a huge hole in one side of the mental world’s wall.

The huge mental power came in all at once due to the dragons’ praise, creating a tear in the fabric of Sejun’s mental world.

Too much mental power was poison to Sejun, whose mind was as fragile as a sunfish.

“Aargh!”

Sejun desperately grabbed the floor to withstand the force pulling him towards the darkness generated from the hole.

He instinctively knew that it was the end the moment he was sucked into that black hole.

And as Sejun’s instinct told him, the outside of the mental world was very dangerous.

Emptiness.

A world where nothing exists. The moment he was sucked into the emptiness, Sejun’s mind would be swallowed by the emptiness and vanish forever.

Sejun desperately held on, but his body gradually got closer to the hole.

No, to be exact, the ground Sejun was holding onto was being sucked into the hole.

Just as Sejun was about to be helplessly swallowed by the emptiness,

“Grrrr. I told you to do as I told you.”

A giant wolf grumbled and appeared in Sejun’s mental world. Crouching down, Fenrir’s mind was too huge compared to Sejun’s mental world.

Fenrir carefully wiggled his front paws, being careful not to tear Sejun’s mental world,

He gently but firmly pressed his massive paw against the gaping hole.

“The mental world’s wall is so thin that it gets a hole. I need to strengthen the wall with the remaining mental power.”

Mental power that he couldn’t use anyway. Fenrir closed his eyes and concentrated, strengthening the boundary of Sejun’s mental world.

While Fenrir was strengthening Sejun’s mental power,

A faint groan escaped Sejun’s lips as his eyelids fluttered open. “Hmm…” he mumbled, his head still throbbing.

“President Park, you woke up, meow?!”

“Kkueng?!”

[Dad, are you okay?!]

“Chairman Park!” Theo called out. He and Kkueng had been gently massaging Sejun, but now they looked worried.

“Yeah, I think I’m okay. But why am I lying down?” Sejun asked.

“Chairman Park, you fainted again, nya!” Theo exclaimed.

Kkueng!

[Daddy, I think you almost died again, yo!]

“Fainted?” Sejun looked puzzled.

Sejun frowned, his head spinning. *Why did I faint again?* he wondered. *Nothing special happened… did it?*

Then, Sejun remembered fainting as he looked at the message that he had gained immense mental strength, and also, almost being sucked into something inside the mental world.

He shouldn’t give food to the dragons recklessly in the future.

“But I think I heard Blackie’s voice…” Fenrir was too huge to see his face.

“Was I mistaken?”

Just as Sejun was wondering if what he heard was Fenrir’s voice, a strange message popped into his mind.

[Your soul has been strengthened.]

[Mental power potential increases to 3000.]

“What’s going on?” Sejun didn’t know why his potential had increased.

At that moment, Kkirorong. Sejun heard Fenrir snoring near his head. He must have been exhausted from going into Sejun’s mental world.

However,

“Blackie, you little rascal, I almost died, and you’re sleeping comfortably?” Sejun, unaware of this, felt betrayed by Fenrir.

“Pfft pfft.”

Whimper… Whimper…

‘I’m tired… play with someone else….’

Feeling a bit annoyed, Sejun playfully blew a raspberry on Fenrir’s belly.

“Puhuhu. Chairman Park, do it to me too, nya!” Theo giggled.

Kkueng!

[Kkuengi likes belly farts too, yo!]

Theo and Kkueng stretched out their bellies.

A short while later, Sejun, having given belly farts to both of them and carefully placing the deeply asleep Fenrir in the sling bag, called Torongi.

“Now, let’s go! Torongi!”

After riding Torongi for about an hour, they came to a wide lake.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. We’ve arrived!” Iona said, pointing to the lake.

Piyot!

[This is the place I came to last time!]

Piyot, who had patrolled this place before, recognized the location and said.

“But where is the capital?” Sejun asked Iona, looking at the empty lake.

“The power of magic, Cancel!” Iona used magic instead of answering.

Then,

Whoosh.

Suddenly, a shimmering grey dome rose from the lake, like a giant bubble of smoke. Then, with a soft *shimmer*, it shattered into a thousand sparks of light, revealing the huge walls of Dino, hidden by illusion magic. The water in the lake was just the castle’s moat.

This city is protected by very strong magic, even magic birds can’t see it!

And,

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

Perched on the highest tower was… a chicken? But no chicken Sejun had ever seen! This bird was enormous, with legs as thick as tree trunks and feathers that glowed with a faint, orange light. And from its beak came not clucking, but a roar of fire!

[Phoenix]

However,

“Huh?! What’s that?” In Sejun’s eyes, he saw a giant chicken.

Gulp.

It wasn’t me. It was Kkueng.

“Ahem. First, let’s try to resolve this through conversation. Vice Chairman Theo, go and tell him to move.” If he sent Kkueng, he would either twist its neck right away or start by biting it, so Sejun sent Theo.

“Understood, nya!” At Sejun’s words, Theo ran to the Phoenix.

And,

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

The Phoenix, who was talking to Theo, suddenly got angry and created a huge fire from its body. Seems very angry?

What did he say?

As Sejun was wondering why the Phoenix was angry,

Wham!

Theo, who suddenly appeared from behind the Phoenix, hit it on the back of the head and knocked it out.

Piyot!

Meanwhile, Piyot, as if expecting this to happen, had been flying diligently from the moment Theo left and stamped the Phoenix’s foot at the right time.

Sejun blinked. *Well,* he thought, *Theo did say ‘hello’ first. Maybe that counts as trying to talk things out?*

Sejun entered Dino, the capital of the Lizard Kingdom, establishing a new concept of self-defense.

Torongi ran quickly, and the wind rushed past Sejun as they travelled towards Iona’s lake.

When they arrived at the place where the Phoenix had fallen,

Pluck.

Pluck.

“Puhuhu.” Theo was laughing like a villain while plucking the Phoenix’s tail feathers.

And,

“Chairman Park, take this, nya!” He handed Sejun 10 Phoenix tail feathers.

“What is this?”

“I don’t know, nya! I was just drawn to it, nya!”

“Drawn to it?” At Theo’s answer, Sejun quickly checked the red feathers.

[Phoenix Tail Feather]

A phoenix tail feather from a phoenix that lives forever. It is an excellent material containing strong fire power.

If you use this feather to make equipment, there is a high probability that legendary equipment will be created.

If you use this feather to make a weapon, you can make a fire-attribute weapon; if you make a staff, you can make a staff that doubles fire-attribute attacks; if you make a farming tool, you can make a farming tool that increases the growth rate of crops by 5%.

Rank: SSS

“Oh! That’s good!” A farming tool that increases the growth rate by 5%.

“Puhuhu. Did I do well, nya?!”

“Yeah, you did well.”

“Puhuhu. I know, nya! I, Vice Chairman Theo, am always good, nya!”

Kkueng!

In the meantime, he stopped Kkueng from twisting the Phoenix’s neck and woke up the Phoenix.

Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo!

[Eek! My feathers!]

As soon as the Phoenix woke up, it looked at its empty tail and created a fire of anger, but

“Haa! Stay still, nya!” It didn’t want to get hit again by Theo’s hiss, so it quickly put out the fire.

And,

“But why did you settle down here?” When the Phoenix calmed down, Sejun asked the Phoenix why it was occupying Dino.

Cock-a-doodle-doo.

“This place… this place felt strong, safe,” the Phoenix mumbled, its fiery eyes looking down. The Phoenix originally lived on the 95th floor of the tower, but it ran away here to avoid monsters that were after its power.

“Is that so? Then we’ll send you home.”

Cock-a-doodle-doo?! Cock-a-doodle-doo?!

[Really?! My nest is occupied by very scary guys!]

The Phoenix said at Sejun’s words. Its voice contained hope and fear.

“Yeah. Don’t worry.” Hehehe. Our kids are scarier.

Sejun smiled with a villainous expression.

“Puhuhu.”

Kkuhehehe.

Theo and Kkueng also laughed as villainously as possible, following Sejun.

What is this?

The Phoenix felt like it had become a villain.