Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 407

Words appeared in front of Eileen, glowing in the air. “The Black Tower begins its growth into the Black Colossus,” they announced. Then, another message popped up: “10,000 days remain until the Black Colossus is fully grown.” Eileen blinked. Ten thousand days?

10,000 days was roughly 30 years. Thirty years might be a very short time for dragons, like a blink of an eye, but for Eileen…

“Kuing?! That’s how long it’ll take?!”

I want to brag to our Sejunie soon…

It was far too long a time for Eileen.

Just then,

[You have created 13 more new species, fulfilling a growth condition for the Black Colossus.]

[Shortening the time required for the Black Colossus to grow by 3,900 days.]

[You have raised another World Tree, fulfilling a growth condition for the Black Colossus.]

[Shortening the time required for the Black Colossus to grow by 1,000 days.]

[You have achieved 2 more great feats, fulfilling a growth condition for the Black Colossus.]

[Shortening the time required for the Black Colossus to grow by 4,000 days.]

The exceeded conditions shortened the time needed for the Black Tower to grow into the Black Colossus.

As a result…

[1,100 days remain until the Black Colossus is fully grown.]

The remaining time had been reduced by almost 90%.

“Kuh-hing… Still too long.”

As Eileen was disheartened,

Sylvia took a bite of Eileen’s offering. Her face changed instantly. Her eyes widened, and she made a face like she had tasted something truly awful. “Ptooey! Ugh!” Sylvia spat the food out onto the ground and shuddered, her whole body shaking.

Eileen took Sylvia to a secluded spot, telling her that one needed this level of cooking skill to become Sejun’s wife, and offered her cooking.

Heh heh heh. If she eats my cooking, she won’t talk about marrying Sejun, right?

Eileen was confident in her cooking. Because Sejun had never said it was bad.

If this doesn’t work, I’ll have to try my *really* special dish,

Eileen thought with a mischievous grin, hinting at something even worse.

“Eileen, Sylvia can never make something like this. I don’t want to marry Park Sejun!”

Fortunately, Sylvia gave up on marrying Sejun as Eileen intended.

“Park Sejun *eats* this? Is he… is he alright in the head?” Sylvia whispered to herself, backing away slowly as if Eileen’s cooking was contagious.

Sylvia gave up on the marriage for a different reason than Eileen thought, but the result was the same.

Unaware of the cooking drama, Sejun was happily looking forward to lunch, completely innocent in this whole situation.

As Sylvia went to drink water to rinse her mouth,

“Sylvia, no matter how envious you are, how can you spit out this delicious food?”

Having only eaten a little bit, the food was as good as new. Eileen took a bite of the food Sylvia had left.

Eileen had never tasted her own cooking, always saving it for Sejun.

…?

Eileen hesitantly brought the leftover food to her lips. She took a small bite, chewing slowly. Her eyes widened in horror. *This can’t be right,* she thought. *Is this really what my cooking tastes like?* A wave of nausea washed over her. “Ptooey!” Eileen quickly spat out the rest, her face pale.

“Kuh-hing…”

Sejun, I’m sorry.

Eileen felt both sorry and grateful to Sejun, who had eaten her terrible cooking until now.

***

“Isn’t she here yet?”

Sejun was eating lunch at the cafeteria, waiting for Eileen.

“Blackie, try this, nya!”

Kkueng!

[Blackie, you need to eat this to get stronger, yo!]

‘Ah. Annoying. I want to eat Sejun’s dried sweet potato snacks…’

Of course, Blackie found their care annoying, but he didn’t show it and diligently ate whatever they gave him. He might get hit again otherwise.

After eating lunch,

“Vice President Theo, get out the merchant’s pack.”

Sejun had Theo take out the pack of the wandering merchant who traveled the Nine Towers.

“Puhu-hut. Understood, nya!”

At Sejun’s words, Theo took out the pack.

“You said the current location connected to the pack is the 72nd floor of the Purple Tower, right?”

“That’s right, nya!”

“Hmm… Let’s use 500 billion Tower Coins to change the location. To here.”

Sejun handed the money to Theo.

“Change, nya!”

Theo put the money he received from Sejun into the pack and shouted.

Then,

Oooong.

A red light emanated from the pack and disappeared.

“Vice President Theo, go inside.”

“Understood, nya!”

Theo went inside the pack.

One minute later.

“President Park, this is the 30th floor of the Black Tower, nya!”

Sejun sighed. “Black Tower again? Not quite what I was hoping for.”

“Let’s change it one more time.”

Sejun handed another 500 billion Tower Coins to Theo.

“Change, nya!”

Just like that, 1 trillion Tower Coins disappeared in an instant.

“Vice President Theo, go inside again.”

“Understood, nya!”

Theo went into the pack again, and

“President Park, this is the 1st floor of the Green Tower, nya!”

“Oh?! The 1st floor of the Green Tower?”

Coincidentally, Sejun had the land deed for the 1st floor of the Green Tower that he had received from Mason earlier.

And

“What’s the surroundings like? Is it dangerous?”

“There is no one stronger than President Park, nya!”

The reconnaissance was perfectly completed.

“Is that so?”

There’s no one stronger than me, huh?

Then, shall I take a look around the 1st floor of the tower?

“Everyone, go inside for a moment.”

Sejun had everyone except Theo enter the subspace warehouse.

And

Shwaaa.

Sejun unfolded the land deed for the 1st floor of the Green Tower and disappeared.

***

The 1st floor of the Green Tower was a riot of noise and color. Shouts of merchants hawking their wares mixed with the clang of metal from training dummies and the chatter of adventurers.

However,

“I’m hungry…”

“Is there any food dropped on the ground?”

There were round, black, furry creatures who couldn’t fit into that atmosphere, hiding in alleys, peeking out with only their faces showing, and scanning the ground.

Just then,

“Hey! You refugee bastards! Unlucky. Get lost?! I told you not to even show your faces!”

A merchant selling swords found them and chased them away, throwing stones.

“We’re sorry!”

The black, furry creatures, called refugees, were startled and apologized, scurrying away to another place.

They were a race called the Ururu, and their world was being devoured by destruction so quickly that they became residents of the tower without building sufficient power.

However, the tower accepts survivors, but it does not guarantee survival.

And refugees are those who have not been able to establish themselves in the tower until the world ends.

Races that fail to establish themselves become refugees, wandering the tower, either taking land from other races or continuing to wander, gradually becoming obsolete and disappearing from the tower.

They moved places several times, repeatedly being chased away, and as evening approached,

They returned to their dwelling, a building on the outskirts of the 1st floor of the tower, with a few scraps of food.

They were using an empty building with no owner.

“The adults are here!”

Ururu children, smaller than their parents, who had been hiding in the building, ran out to greet them.

“Mom, I’m hungry!”

“Okay. Eat this.”

The adults gave the food they had struggled to obtain to their children.

Suddenly, a flash of bright light filled the dusty store. When Sejun could see again, he found himself standing in a dim, cluttered space. The air smelled faintly of damp earth and something else… something a little unpleasant.

***

[You have arrived at the 1st floor of the Green Tower.]

“Where is this?”

It’s not a farm?

Sejun discovered the surrounding buildings.

“Um… who are you?” a small, timid voice squeaked.

“Mommy!” another voice cried, louder this time.

Sejun jumped back, startled. He looked down. At his feet were dozens of small, round creatures, covered in matted, black fur. Their large, green eyes stared up at him, wide with a mixture of fear and curiosity.

“President Park, what’s wrong?! Did these guys threaten President Park, nya?!”

Theo, who had already clung to Sejun’s knees, threatened the black fur balls, drawing his dragon claws.

“We… we didn’t do anything!”

The black fur balls, frightened by Theo’s threat, backed away.

“Ahem. Vice President Theo, put your claws away.”

Sejun, embarrassed to be the only one startled, calmed Theo down and looked around his feet.

Hundreds of black fur balls were huddled together, looking at Sejun with fearful eyes.

What? I look like a villain because of this.

As Sejun was troubled,

[A quest has been generated.]

[Quest: Either eliminate the Ururu refugee squatters illegally occupying the store or reach an agreement and reclaim the rights to the land.]

Reward: Recognition as the rightful owner of the store on the 1st floor of the Green Tower

A quest appeared in front of Sejun.

“This is a store.”

I thought it was strange that there was a building here.

But Ururu refugees?

“Are you guys the Ururu?”

Sejun asked the black fur balls,

“Oh! Do you know about our Ururu tribe?!”

“That’s right! We are the Ururu tribe!”

The Ururu were delighted that he recognized them and answered.

“Yes. Nice to meet you. But I’m the owner of this store…”

As Sejun began to speak,

“Ah…”

The Ururu became abruptly silent.

Ah. Refugees, right. Is that why they have nowhere to go?

“Do you guys want to work here? There’s no daily wage. But I’ll provide room and board.”

As soon as Sejun realized this was a store, he thought about selling crops here.

The store wasn’t that big, so hiring about 30 people would be enough, but.

Looking at the Ururu holding food waste preciously, he thought this would be a better condition than wages.

“We’ll do it!” one of the older Ururu said, tears welling up in his large green eyes. “Anything for food and a place to stay.”

“Just tell us what to do!”

“Wow! We got a job!”

At Sejun’s words, the Ururu shed tears and cheered.

And

Drip. Drip.

Black grime dripped from the Ururu’s bodies.

They weren’t originally black.

“Okay. Since the employees of Sejun Company must be clean, let’s wash up first. Earth Awakening.”

Sejun came out of the store and created a giant bathtub,

“Ice Cube. Ice Cube.”

He made giant ice cubes and filled the bathtub.

And

“Iona, warm it up.”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes. Fire!”

Meanwhile, he asked Iona, who had come out of the subspace warehouse and was hanging on Theo’s tail, to use fire magic.

Then, the ice melted quickly and turned into water, and steam began to rise from the water.

“Okay. Go in and wash up quickly.”

Sejun had the Ururu wash up.

As the Ururu went in, the water quickly turned black.

“Ice Cube.”

After changing the water several times, the Ururu regained their original color.

“Oh? You guys were originally green?”

Sejun asked, looking at the Ururu’s green fur,

“Yes! We haven’t been able to wash lately…”

One of the Ururu scratched his head, seemingly embarrassed, and answered.

Lately is probably at least years…

Just then,

Kkueng!

[Dad, Kkuengi has baked all the corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, yo!]

Kkuengi, who had been cooking while Sejun was changing the Ururu’s bathwater, shouted.

“Okay. First, put down that trash and eat this.”

Sejun said, giving the Ururu, who were still holding the food waste preciously, baked sweet potatoes.

“Thank you!”

“Oh! It’s really delicious!”

“Sejun, please have some too!”

While everyone, including the Ururu, Theo, Kkuengi, Blackie, and Iona, were enjoying dinner,

[Your soul is filled with the Ururu’s overflowing praise.]

[Your mental strength has increased by 5.]

…

..

.

“Hehehe.”

Sejun smiled contentedly, looking at the message.

“Sejun, aren’t you eating?”

One of the Ururu children handed Sejun a baked potato and asked.

“No. You guys eat a lot. I’m full even if I don’t eat.”

Sejun peeled the baked potato and gave it to the baby Ururu next to him.

A moment later,

[You have fed 530 Ururu to their fill.]

[Due to the effect of the title , all stats have increased by 106.]

“Ah, I’m full.”

Sejun patted his stomach with a satisfied expression, looking at the message,

Grumble.

A sound came from Sejun’s stomach.

“Nya?! President Park, has your head broken down, nya?! Eat this quickly, nya!”

Theo shoved the grilled fish he was eating into Sejun’s mouth.

“Ugh!”

The next morning.

“Oh?! Was there a store there?”

“No. It definitely wasn’t there.”

“Then, was it newly built?”

“Let’s go take a look.”

A crop store quietly opened on the 1st floor of the Green Tower.