Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 408

“Moric, did you hear? They say a new shop has opened in that empty building at the edge of the shopping district.”

Chiren, the owner of the shield shop, said to Moric, who owned the sword shop next door.

“Really? Isn’t that the shop that closed down a few years ago?”

“Yes, that’s right. It was a potion shop. But Luka lowered the potion prices by half, and they couldn’t make money and had to close.”

“But what are they selling there? If they sell the same things we sell, I will go and make trouble for them!”

“No need for that. They’re selling crops.”

Luka, the owner of the potion shop, approached at Moric’s words and said,

“What? Crops?! Haha! Can they even pay taxes by selling that?”

“Exactly, they’ll close down soon enough.”

“Shall we bet? How long will it take for them to close?”

While the merchants in the shopping district were betting on how long it would take for Sejun’s shop to fail,

“Buy crops!”

“We sell delicious and effective crops!”

In front of Sejun’s shop, the Ururu tribe children began shouting to promote Sejun’s shop.

The children wanted to help Sejun, who had given jobs to their parents. Their parents also worked at the shop, so they were eager to help.

The Ururu tribe children were very energetic, having eaten sweet pancakes and milk that morning.

Because of their loud voices, hunters heard them and came to Sejun’s shop to see what was happening, even though it was on the edge of the shopping district.

“What is this?”

“This is a crop called Magical Cherry Tomato. When you eat it, you get 10 minutes of…”

The Ururu tribe employees carefully explained what Sejun’s crops did to the hunters from the Green Tower who asked questions.

The hunters looked like humans but were very different.

They all had strong muscles and a horn on their foreheads, no matter if they were men or women.

They were from a world called Neta and were known as the Neta tribe in the tower.

Sejun learned from the Ururu tribe that the Neta people are naturally very healthy. They don’t worry much about diets or diseases like cancer.

So, he made the crops cheaper than they were on Earth. He thought this would be a good way to sell to people here.

“Oh! It’s better than the potions in the shop! Give me one of this and one of that.”

“That will be 5 Tower Coins.”

The hunters listened to the employees, bought some crops, and left.

“I heard the crops here taste better and work better than those awful potions in the potion shop?!”

“Yeah! Elcheas ate it, and it was really delicious!”

Soon, a big crowd gathered in front of Sejun’s shop because of the first customers and the word spreading about how good Sejun’s crops were.

Ah, taste is important! I need to focus on taste here!

Sejun watched the Neta tribe hunters and realized what he should use to attract customers.

“Kkueng, bring out the steamer.”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

So, he started steaming corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes in front of the shop.

The sweet smell slowly spread as the crops steamed.

“Sniff sniff. Where is that smell coming from?”

“Wow, it smells really delicious!”

The hunters in line looked around to find the source of the smell.

“Kids, come here for a moment.”

“Yes!”

Sejun called the Ururu tribe children and had them walk around with baskets of steamed crops, cherry tomatoes, and carrots. Of course, it was to sell more.

Hehe. I’ve spread the smell so much, they’ll definitely want to eat it, right?

“Are you selling that?”

“Yes!”

“Then can I have one?”

“Give me one too!”

Just as Sejun expected, the hunters who were already drawn in by the smell bought Sejun’s crops while waiting in line.

“Oh! It’s really delicious. This one gives you more stamina, right?”

“This cherry tomato gives you more magic power!”

They ate happily and decided which crops to buy.

Sejun’s shop was crowded from the first day it opened.

Thud. Thud.

A hunter with two huge axes crossed on his back, who was taller than the other hunters, ignored the long line and tried to enter Sejun’s shop.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[No can do! Stand in line!]

Kkuengi, who was going to get two five-star stamps later, guarded the entrance with a somewhat scary face.

“What?! How dare you stop me! I am Kran of the Double Axes!”

Kran was angry that Kkuengi stopped him and started to release his energy, but

Kkueng!

[If you don’t listen, you’ll be punished!]

“Gasp! I understand! I’ll go and stand in line!”

He quickly became gentle when he felt Kkuengi’s strong energy.

“Meow… what a pity meow!”

Theo wanted to make the Green Tower’s official No. 1 slave and sadly watched Kran obediently go back in line.

Thud. Thud.

The chance to get a slave came quickly.

“Hahaha! A new shop just opened? We need to collect the business fee! Tell the owner to come out here!”

A huge green troll was looking for Sejun.

A little later.

“Why did you want to see me?”

“Haaack!”

Kkueng!

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-“

What… what is this?

Kruta, the youngest member of the Undying Faction, was confused as he looked at the creatures around him. Each one had a strange energy.

The murderous energy coming from the three of them, except for the boss, made his legs shake and sweat drip down.

“How dare you attack a member of the Undying Faction?! Do you all want to die?!”

Kruta was scared, but he acted tough. He knew that in this world, the loudest voice wins.

“Noisy meow! Chairman Park, let’s punish him first meow!”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[You attacked Daddy! Kkuengi is angry!]

And in this world, the strong one makes the rules.

Thwack!

Kruta passed out when he saw something pink flash before his eyes.

“Puhu. Green Tower No. 1 slave meow!”

Press.

Theo lifted Kruta’s thumb and stamped it on the slave contract.

[You have acquired 1 slave.]

[>Title: Slave King> All stats increase by 0.01.]

Because of this, Sejun’s stats also increased.

“He’s just getting in the way of business. Kkuengi, please move him to the back of the shop for now.”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

At Sejun’s words, Kkuengi grabbed one of Kruta’s legs and dragged him away.

Black Tower Administrator Zone.

“Hehe. What is our Sejun doing?”

Aileen had decided not to give Sejun any food until he made a dish that she liked, and she was looking for him.

“Kkueng?”

She couldn’t find Sejun even after searching the entire Black Tower.

“Where did he go? Find the Intermediate Administrator’s location.”

Aileen used a crystal ball to search for Sejun’s location.

[Searching for the location of the Black Tower Intermediate Administrator.]

[The location of the Black Tower Intermediate Administrator has been found.]

[The Black Tower Intermediate Administrator is currently on the 1st floor of the Green Tower.]

The location appeared on the crystal ball.

“Kkueng?”

Why is Sejun in the Green Tower?

“Kuhhing. Did he run away because of my cooking?! Sejun, I was wrong! Come back!”

Aileen quickly called out to Sejun.

About 30 minutes after the troll came,

“You dare attack a member of the Undying Faction?!”

The leader of the Undying Faction’s action squad, who had received a call that the youngest member had been attacked, arrived with three helpers.

“Puhu. Welcome meow!”

Thwack thwack.

Of course, they became easy targets for the slave hunter Theo.

[You have acquired 3 slaves.]

[>Title: Slave King> All stats increase by 0.03.]

Sejun’s stats also increased.

Drag drag drag.

Kkuengi moved the trolls to the back of the shop in two trips this time.

1 hour later

“You dare attack the Undying Faction!”

101 trolls appeared and disturbed the business.

Ah. What is it?

“Kids, stop them for now.”

Sejun was angry that the trolls were disturbing his business and gave the order.

“I’ll punish them meow!”

Kkueng!

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-“

The trolls were quickly taken care of.

[Undying Faction Intermediate Boss Eokta]

Only one troll was left.

There was something to ask.

“You guys, do you know who supports our Undying Faction···”

“Yeah. I’m not curious.”

Why are you bragging about who you know? I have dragon veins.

“But why are you guys disturbing our business?”

Sejun ignored Eokta’s words and asked what he wanted to know.

“What?! That’s···”

Eokta was speechless for a moment at Sejun’s question.

“It’s because you didn’t pay the business fee!”

“So, I have to pay the business fee?”

“That’s right.”

“Why do I have to pay the business fee when this is my land?”

“You still have to pay. If you don’t, you won’t survive in the Green Tower.”

“What?”

“The person supporting our Undying Faction is the real power in this Green Tower. We are just managing things below the 50th floor of the tower according to that person’s orders.”

“Real power? What floor are they from?”

“They are from the 93rd floor.”

Eokta answered Sejun’s question proudly. Why are you so proud?

“What… it’s nothing.”

To Sejun, who spends time with people from the 99th floor every day, it was really nothing.

“What? How dare you say nothing to someone from the 93rd floor···”

Thwack.

Sejun hit the back of Eokta’s head, trying to knock him out…

“You bastard!!!”

Huh?! He’s not unconscious?

“Kkueng.”

Kkueng!

Thwack!

“Kuh-erk!”

At Sejun’s call, Kkuengi hit the back of Eokta’s head with the Justice Bong.

That must hurt. He should have just been knocked out by me…

While he was sadly watching Eokta get knocked out by Kkuengi,

Press.

[You have acquired 1 slave.]

[>Title: Slave King> All stats increase by 0.01.]

Theo stamped Eokta’s thumb.

A little later, the sky darkened.

“Kids, you’ve worked hard. Eat dinner and rest.”

Sejun closed the shop door.

“Sejun, here’s the money we made today.”

The Ururu tribe brought Sejun the money they made from selling crops.

31,213 Tower Coins.

There were many customers, but not much money was made.

“Kids, come here. I’ll give you some pocket money since you worked hard today.”

Because it wasn’t much money compared to what he usually earns, Sejun gave pocket money to the Ururu tribe children who worked hard to promote the shop.

He added money and bought a building for 500 million Tower Coins in the residential area where the Ururu tribe could live.

After buying the building and going back to the shop.

“You’ve worked hard today! See you tomorrow!”

Sejun watched the Neta tribe leave the tower.

Could that be the exit of the Green Tower?

Sejun suddenly became curious.

Can I go out there too?

He carefully went to the exit.

[You are not allowed to use this exit. Only people protected by the Green Tower can leave this way.]

A message appeared, and an invisible wall blocked Sejun.

“I need special permission from the Green Tower Administrator?”

If it’s the Green Tower Administrator… Lord Brachio?

I shouldn’t go out.

He was curious about the outside, but not enough to meet Brachio.

[The Black Tower Administrator is sobbing, saying that they were wrong and that you should quickly return to the Black Tower.]

“Huh?”

Why is Aileen suddenly like that?

He didn’t know what was happening, but he felt like he should go back quickly.

“If I leave, the Undying Faction guys and that real power won’t leave me alone···”

He was worried about leaving the Ururu tribe.

“Vice President Theo, I’ll tell Ophelia to send tens of thousands of helpers here. Please protect the shop and the Ururu tribe until then.”

He asked Theo, who could come and go with a bundle.

“Meow?! Are you leaving me behind meow?! I don’t like it meow! Take me with you meow!”

Theo refused, of course.

But, Sejun had a few tricks to handle Theo.

“I believe in you, Vice President Theo.”

“Puhu. Leave it to me, Vice President Theo meow!”

Chairman Park said he believes in me meow!

Theo’s eyes changed at Sejun’s words.