Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 410

Downtown Houston was a nightmare. Flesh-eating monsters filled every street. They swarmed like angry ants, their clicking sounds echoing between tall buildings.

One hundred thousand Hunters tried to hold the line. But it broke in days. This was because they missed some flesh-eater seeds. These seeds grew into more monsters. These flesh-eaters left behind tiny seeds. Even if the monsters were killed, these seeds could grow into new monsters if not destroyed.

As soon as the evacuation of Houston’s seven million citizens was complete, the Hunters retreated according to a pre-planned operation.

Inside the White House, in the tense Situation Room, the Secretary of Defense stood before the President.

“Mr. President, the Hunters’ retreat operation has just concluded,” the Secretary of Defense reported to the President.

“Yes. What are the casualties?”

“During the operation, 125 Hunters and 1,129 soldiers were killed.”

“‘Hmm,’ the President frowned. ‘More deaths than we planned for.’

“That’s because a new kind of monster suddenly appeared…”

“A new kind of monster?”

“Yes. Take a look at this screen.”

The Secretary of Defense played a video on his tablet. The video showed thousands of monsters with cherry tomato heads and humanoid bodies swarming Hunters and soldiers. Unlike the flesh-eaters, their movement speed was so fast that even the Hunters and soldiers struggled to cope.

“The good news is that the new kind of monster dies on their own after a while, and they don’t have seeds in their heads.”

“That’s a relief, at least. So, where are they moving to?”

“The flesh-eaters that have occupied Houston are currently splitting east and west, moving along the coastline.”

“So, the east is going to Louisiana, and the west to Mexico?”

“Yes. So, we’re planning to create a defensive line in Lafayette, Louisiana, to buy time while sending magician Hunters to the Tower.”

The President slammed his hand on the table. “What?!” he roared. “You can’t stop them with 100,000 Hunters, but you’re sending magicians to the Tower?! Are you out of your mind?!”

The Secretary of Defense took a deep breath, trying to stay calm. He knew this was hard to believe, but it was the truth.

“Mr. President, calm down. We must send the magicians to the Tower to defeat them,” the Secretary of Defense quickly explained about a new job in the Tower: Bomb Tower Magician.

“So… Sejun Park’s pineapple bombs are being sold in the Tower?”

“…Yes. That’s correct.”

The President’s eyes widened in surprise. He could not believe it. The Secretary of Defense swallowed a laugh as he answered. He hadn’t believed it himself until he saw the pineapple bombs in person.

“The effect is certain, right?”

“Yes. It is said that even the seeds of the flesh-eaters within a 50m radius of the explosion are turned to dust.”

The Secretary of Defense further explained the job characteristics gained when becoming a Bomb Magician.

[Explosion is Art – Increases the explosion range and power of bombs by 10% by injecting magic power]

[Bomb Timer – Sets a timer magic to detonate the bomb, reserving the explosion time within 10 minutes]

[Precision Bomb Throwing – Increases bomb throwing accuracy by 20%]

“I understand. Proceed. And secure as many pineapple bombs as possible.”

“Yes, sir!”

The United States moved to secure pineapples, stifling a scream of pain.

Meanwhile, in a completely different world, high up in the Black Tower…

“‘Puhu-hut. I’ll sell 10 million pieces of Firm Blade Leeks, 100,000 at a time, nyaa!”

“100,000 for 10 million Tower Coins!”

“15 million Tower Coins!”

Theo’s voice rang out, ‘100,000 for 10 million Tower Coins!’ Immediately, the Neta Tribe Hunters buzzed with excitement, shouting out bids. The air crackled with competition. There was nothing to hesitate about, as there was also the *supposed* certification of the Great Green Dragon that the Firm Blade Leek would exterminate the Locusts.

“19.1 million Tower Coins!”

“19.3 million Tower Coins!”

“20 million Tower Coins!”

When no one called out a price,

“‘Sold, nyaa!’ Theo tapped the Hunter who made the last bid with his paw.

“Waaah!!! Hooray for the Deer Tribe!”

“The Deer Tribe won!”

With Theo’s words, some of the Hunters cheered. In Neta, there were hundreds of tribes large enough to be called countries. And the auction just now was like a national competition for them. Since they won there, they had no choice but to cheer.

“19.3 million Tower Coins!”

“Sold, nyaa!”

As the auction continued, when the final bid started to drop little by little,

“They’re selling something here that will exterminate the Locusts?!”

“What?! Why is the Tiger Tribe here?”

“Speaking of which, why is the Lion Tribe loitering around here?”

The Hunters of the two tribes growled at each other and approached the store. They had come down from the upper floors after hearing about the auction. When the two tribes appeared, the other Hunters made way for them, creating space. From that alone, one could see the power of the Tiger and Lion tribes.

“Starting, nyaa!”

As the auction started again,

“19 million.”

“30 million.”

“40 million.”

The representatives of the two tribes began to raise the price like crazy.

“50 million!”

“Kuek! 55 million!”

“Eek! 60 million!”

The representatives of the two tribes glared at each other and called out prices. The other tribes could not dare to interfere in the pride fight between the Tiger and Lion tribes and watched with bated breath.

Theo also looked at the two tribes, covered his mouth with his forepaw, and smiled brightly. *Big spenders!* he thought, rubbing his paws together with glee.

A short while later,

“‘Sold out, nyaa!’ The remaining Firm Blade Leeks were all sold to the Tiger and Lion tribes, earning 3.6 billion Tower Coins.

“‘Puhu-hut. As expected, you have to do an auction to make money, nyaa!’ Of course, it was still a far cry from Theo’s standards, but still, the store’s sales had increased almost 120,000 times compared to yesterday’s sales.

“‘I have to reinvest this money, nyaa!’ Chairman Park said he believes in me, nyaa! To repay Chairman Park’s faith, I need more money, nyaa!”

While Theo was thinking about how to spend the 3.6 billion Tower Coins,

“Hey. From now on, hand over all the goods to our Tiger Tribe.”

The Tiger Tribe representative, Theseus, approached Theo with a murderous look and threatened him.

“‘Puhu-hut. Did you just threaten Vice Chairman Theo, nyaa?’

“Yes. Hand over all the Firm Blade Leeks when I’m saying it nicely.”

“‘Puhu-hut.’ Theo smiled and swung his forepaw at the back of Theseus’ head. There was no mercy just because they were the same feline family.

Then,

“Lord Theseus!”

The other Tiger Tribe members rushed towards Theo,

Theo grinned and whacked them on the head, one after another.

He started stamping them.

Black Tower, 99th floor.

[You have one slave.]

[All stats increase by 0.01 due to the effect of >Title: Slave King>.]

“What is it? He told me to trust him, was this it?”

“Heh heh heh. Vice Chairman Theo, thank you.”

Sejun smiled, pleased. *Stats going up!* he thought, watching the numbers change.

[You have harvested a cherry.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Harvest Lv. 8 slightly increases.]

[Acquired 1 experience.]

He harvested a cherry. Perhaps because the land’s fertility had decreased due to the Earth Jewel, about 10% of the fruits that had grown quickly with the Potion of Harvest were underdeveloped. So, he harvested them late like this.

“I need to use Authority a bit.”

Sejun thought that he should set a date soon to use >Authority: Become Abundant> on the land and continued to harvest the cherries.

[You have harvested a Scorching Cherry.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Harvest Lv. 8 slightly increases.]

[Acquired 70 experience.]

“Huh?”

Scorching Cherry?

Sejun harvested a cherry with a modifier in front of it.

[Achieved the achievement of creating a new variety in the Tower.]

[The Tower recognizes your exclusive cultivation rights for the new variety.]

[Scorching Cherries cannot be cultivated without your permission.]

[Job experience greatly increases.]

[All stats increase by 10 due to job characteristics.]

Sejun harvested his 24th new variety.

“Oh! A new variety!”

Sejun hurriedly checked the cherry’s options.

[Scorching Cherry]

A cherry grown in the Black Tower that has absorbed enough nutrients to be delicious. It contains the energy of fire in its seeds, and when magic power is injected, it explodes and burns hotly. When consumed, cold resistance is strengthened for 1 hour.

Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration date: 120

Grade: A

The options were ambiguous because they were useless, but he decided to be satisfied with the fact that one new variety had been added.

“But it’s become more delicious anyway.”

Heh heh heh. I should increase it to 5 and plant them tomorrow.

While Sejun was putting the harvested cherries directly into the Golden Box of Abundance,

[Who touched my secret warehouse again?]

Kkamangi cocked her head, looking at her secret food stash. Not only the first secret warehouse but also the second secret warehouse was filled with food. Theo, Kkuengi, and Batbat had filled the youngest’s secret warehouse.

Did someone confuse it with another warehouse?

[Hee hee. Then I should eat it all and pretend I don’t know!]

Kkamangi, who didn’t know that, started eating the food diligently, wondering if she should take it back again.

[I’m full…] Compared to her overflowing greed, her stomach was pathetically small.

This won’t do! I need a core!

Kkamangi had not created a core, thinking about finding her core until now. If she created a new core, there would be a collision between the two cores when she found her core later. But now, she didn’t want to find her core.

If she found her core, she wouldn’t be able to play with them and wouldn’t be able to eat dried sweet potatoes!

She liked this place better now. No. Saying she liked it better was strange.

When she was the Apostle of Destruction, her heart was always full of anger. There was never a joyful moment.

But here, even just sleeping in his arms is exciting! So, she’s going to create a new core!

[Gather!] The food she had just eaten was quickly digested, creating a very small core the size of a grain of sand.

[Hee hee. I have a core! Now I can eat a lot!] Kkamangi ate food and repeated the absorption, starting to increase the size of the core.

Kkamangi, the super sunfish, was determined to eat even more than Sejun!

“Kkamangi, who told you to snack before eating?!”

“Where did you learn to run away with food in your mouth?! Come here!”

Sejun just chuckled and pretended to chase Kkamangi, walking slowly after her.

[Hee hee. My steps are lighter since I have a core! He can’t even catch up!] Kkamangi was happy that she had shaken off Sejun, not knowing that.

Green Tower, 1st floor.

“‘Puhu-hut. Does the Wandering Merchant Association exist here too, nyaa?’ Theo, who was worried about increasing his money, asked while grilling fish with the fire coming from Agni’s body.

“Yes. There is. There is also the Magician Association and the Mercenary Association.”

“‘Puhu-hut. Good, nyaa!'”

A short while later,

“‘Slaves No. 1 to 105, gather, nyaa!’ Theo gathered his troll slaves.

“Yes!”

“‘Stand in order from Slave No. 1, nyaa!'”

“Yes!”

At Theo’s instruction, the trolls quickly moved and lined up, with Krurta, the youngest of the Immortal Faction and Slave No. 1, standing at the front.

‘Is the youngest on top?’ Krurta looked at Theo with respectful eyes, feeling proud of standing at the front, surpassing his seniors.

‘I am now on Theo’s line!’ When Krurta swore allegiance to Theo in his heart,

“‘Puhu-hut. Now you guys are going to be wandering merchants, nyaa! Slave No. 1 will manage the money as the representative, nyaa!’ Theo gave Krurta, the representative, the money to join the Wandering Merchant Association.

Theo was planning to make the trolls wandering merchants and promote Sejun’s crops in the Green Tower.

“‘Puhu-hut. Then go and come back, nyaa!’ Theo sent the trolls.

“‘Chairman Park, I’m back, nyaa!’ He went home to the Black Tower.