Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 423

Aileen was in her room in the Black Tower Administrator Zone. It was a comfortable space with soft carpets and shelves full of magical items.

“Khee hee hee. In three days, I can see Mother in person? What should I wear?”

Upon hearing that Earth would be incorporated into the Black Tower, Aileen hurried to her wardrobe to choose an outfit to wear when she met Kim Miran.

Even though she couldn’t usually go to the 99th floor of the Black Tower, Aileen forgot about that because she was so excited.

Just then,

Whirr.

The crystal ball vibrated again.

“Kheng? What is it now?”

Aileen quickly checked the crystal ball.

[Black Tower Administrator Manual has been added.]

“Manual?”

Aileen quickly read through the manual.

“The 0th floor of the Black Tower has been temporarily incorporated, so there is no land deed. Instead, only the administrator, intermediate managers, and those they permit can enter and exit through the exclusive entrance on the 1st floor of the Black Tower. Khee hee hee. Good!”

Aileen was thrilled at the thought of being able to go to Earth with Sejun.

However,

“On the 0th floor, you can only stay in the safe zone created by the Black Tower, and you have to pay a stay fee to avoid affecting the 0th floor of the Black Tower. The stronger your abilities, the higher the stay fee?”

Aileen’s expression darkened as she read the manual.

If the total of all stats is 100, it’s 100 million; if it’s 1000, it’s 10 billion; if it’s 10,000, it’s 100 billion; if it’s 20,000, it’s 150 billion; if it’s 30,000, it’s 300 billion…

The cost went up very quickly as her stats got higher. It was like the stronger you were, the more you had to pay.

“Kheng?! I owe 100 trillion Tower Coins?!”

Aileen was greatly taken aback.

And that was the cost to be paid per hour. Due to the racial premium of being a Great Dragon, there was even a surcharge.

“Khing…”

How could she gather that much money?

Aileen became depressed reading the manual, so she thought,

I should go see our Sejun.

She looked for Sejun through the crystal ball.

Sejun was on the 99th floor, in his farm. Green plants grew everywhere, and the air smelled fresh and earthy.

Thwack! Thwack!

“Oh. Nice?!”

Sejun said, swinging the King Sausage Staff at a rock he made with his Land Manipulation skill.

The King Sausage Staff, which looked like a giant, golden sausage, felt surprisingly light in his hands. When it hit the rock, it made a satisfying *thwack* sound.

Tremendous destructive power.

Even though it looked insignificant, it was indeed a divine artifact.

After finishing the test of the King Sausage Staff, Sejun briefly put the staff down, and then,

Kee hee heet! Squeak!

[Heet. The Great Blackie will take over the King Sausage!]

Blackie, who had been waiting for Sejun to put it down, snatched the sausage and ran away.

“Hey! You’re not going to eat it!”

Sejun hurriedly chased after Blackie.

Sejun used to play with him without deliberately catching him, but Blackie had become quite strong while creating the new core.

Pat pat pat.

Kee hee heet! Squeak!

[Heet. Nimble Blackie is going out!]

With his small body, he darted through the crops, making it difficult for Sejun to catch him.

A chase of cat and mouse.

While the two were playing tag,

“Puhuhu. More money tomorrow, meow!”

Theo packed the crops into his bundle, burning with the will to sweep up all the Tower Coins from the Green Tower tomorrow.

Goohehehe.

Evening is sausage time, yo!

Kkueng imagined eating sausage in the evening and diligently harvested sausages.

A little later,

Sejun, a little out of breath, said to Kkueng, “Kkueng, can you help me catch Blackie?”

Kkueng!

[Got it, yo!]

Kkueng levitated Blackie into the air with telekinesis.

Squeak! Squeak!

[I shook him off! Now I have to hide and eat!]

Blackie, unaware of this, ran excitedly to his secret hideout.

However,

Float float.

Squeak?!

[What is it?!]

Blackie, who was running hard, was flustered when he suddenly couldn’t run forward.

Flail. Flail.

He moved his feet diligently, but his feet didn’t touch the ground.

And then,

Snatch.

“Hehehe. Got you, you rascal.”

In the end, Blackie had to spit out the King Sausage Staff while being held by the scruff of his neck by Sejun while floating in the air.

Squeak…

[My King Sausage…]

Smack. Smack.

Blackie licked around his mouth with a regretful expression.

Kee hee heet! Squeak.

[Heet. Delicious.]

He soon felt better at the taste of sausage on his tongue.

“Huh? There are bite marks?”

Sejun, who had taken the King Sausage Staff from Blackie, said, looking at the bite marks on the staff.

When I bit it, there wasn’t even a mark, but as expected, the dragon’s teeth were different.

Sejun, who had recovered the King Sausage Staff, harvested the remaining sausages with Kkueng.

And when the sausage harvest was over,

“Puhuhu. Chairman Park, I’ve arrived, meow!”

Theo, who had packed all the items to sell in his bundle, came walking in grandly with Blackie on his back.

Kkirorong.

He must have picked him up while he was lying sprawled out and sleeping.

When Sejun lifted Blackie up,

Squeak… Squeak…

[Sleepy… Wanna sleep…]

“Okay. I understand.”

When Sejun put the whining Blackie in the sling bag,

Kkirorong.

He soon fell fast asleep, and

“Puhuhu. Happy, meow!”

Meanwhile, Theo hugged Sejun’s knee tightly and clung to him.

[The Tower’s Administrator says that a way has been found for you to go home.]

Aileen spoke to Sejun.

Aileen felt a little sad that Sejun would leave, but she knew how much he missed his home. She wanted him to be happy.

At first, Aileen was heartbroken that she couldn’t go to Earth with Sejun.

But watching Sejun, she realized that she was being selfish.

Sejun must want to go home too, right?

He always seemed cheerful, but sometimes he would get lost in thought and make a lonely expression.

I’ve been too insensitive…

So, she hurriedly conveyed to Sejun the fact that he could go home.

“Huh?! Home?!”

Sejun was taken aback by Aileen’s words.

“I heard it’s difficult to go because I’ve become too strong?”

[The Tower’s Administrator says there’s no need to worry.]

[The Tower’s Administrator says that thanks to you, the Black Tower has grown into the Black Fortress, and a safe way to go has been found.]

Aileen could say something like: “The Black Tower is now even bigger and stronger, so they are calling it the Black Fortress!” This helps readers understand the change.

“Black Fortress?”

[The Tower’s Administrator says that the Black Tower has grown thanks to your efforts.]

[The Tower’s Administrator says that so…]

Aileen explained to Sejun that Earth had been temporarily incorporated as the 0th floor of the Black Fortress and the contents of the Black Fortress manual she had read.

“Oh! So, we can really go home in three days?!”

[The Tower’s Administrator says that you can go home if you find the land deed for the 1st floor of the Tower.]

“Hehe. Kids, we can go home!”

Sejun shouted to Theo and Kkueng after hearing Aileen’s explanation.

Then,

“Meow?! Isn’t this our home, meow?”

Kkueng?

[We have another home, yo?]

“Ah. Not our home, but our parents’ home.”

“Meow?! Are we finally meeting your dad, the person who made you, Chairman Park?!”

Theo asked in an excited voice at Sejun’s words.

“Huh?”

Chairman Park’s Chairman Park? Ah. Is he talking about my dad?

While Sejun was interpreting Theo’s words,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Kkueng is finally meeting his grandma, yo! Grandma will make lots of delicious things, yo!]

Kkueng shouted and ran around in all directions.

“Kids, calm down. First, we need to find the land deed for the 1st floor of the Tower.”

Sejun calmed them down.

He had been searching for it all along, but he couldn’t find the location of the land deed for the 1st floor of the Tower.

He hadn’t been desperate to find it because he couldn’t leave the Tower even if he found it, but now he was truly desperate.

He would use every method possible to find the land deed for the 1st floor of the Tower within 3 days!

“Let’s go get the land deed!”

Sejun clenched his fist and shouted, and

“Good, meow! Let’s go, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Let’s go, yo!]

Theo and Kkueng clung to Sejun’s body and raised their front paws.

The three of them… no. The five of them, including Blackie and Batbat, left the farm and headed to the waypoint, and

[Arrived at the 75th floor of the Black Tower.]

Sejun arrived at the 75th floor, a busy trading area filled with stalls and merchants.

A little later,

“Hand over the land deed for the 1st floor of the Tower, meow!”

Theo, clinging to Sejun’s leg, abruptly demanded the land deed for the 1st floor of the Black Tower from Mason, the chairman of the Wandering Merchant Association, and held out his front paw.

“Yes?!”

Mason wanted to say, ‘It’s not like I’m keeping it for you, where am I supposed to get the land deed for the 1st floor of the Tower all of a sudden?!’

But he swallowed his words after making eye contact with Sejun, who was quietly waiting for Mason’s answer. He might incur the wrath of the Great Black Dragon if he said the wrong thing.

“I’m… I’m sorry. I’ll search diligently. And I found two land deeds for the Golden Tower, although not the 35th floor of the Golden Tower.”

Mason hurriedly took out two land deeds.

[Golden Tower 22nd Floor Farm Land Deed]

[Golden Tower 53rd Floor Farm Land Deed]

“Thank you.”

Sejun received the land deeds and

Clang.

“This is the value of the land deeds.”

“It’s okay… Thank you.”

He opened his subspace warehouse and handed two handfuls of gold coins to Mason. He felt sorry for continuing to receive them for free.

“Hmm…”

After Sejun and his party left, Mason appraised the gold coins with a monocle.

He thought there might be something special about the gold coins given by the Great Black Dragon.

And then,

“This is?!!!”

Mason, who was appraising the gold coins, was shocked to see a small pattern engraved on the gold coins. They were rare gold coins, with only 10,000 in the Black Tower.

As expected, the Great Black Dragon is generous!

Mason carefully displayed the 23 gold coins, each worth over 5 billion Tower Coins, with a satisfied expression.

“Chairman Park, where next, meow?”

“I’m planning to go to the Cove Kingdom first and then go to the 55th floor.”

Sejun answered Theo’s question. Sejun’s plan was to stop by the Cove Kingdom and then the Red Ribbon Kingdom.

Sejun went to the Cove Kingdom, a beautiful place with buildings made of white stone.

“I’m sorry. I’ve been searching diligently, but I’ve only found the Brown Tower land deeds.”

Queen Prana of the Cove Kingdom handed over three Brown Tower land deeds with an apologetic face. They were land deeds for the 3rd, 32nd, and 34th floors of the Brown Tower.

“Thank you. This is the value of the land deeds.”

Sejun took out gold from his subspace warehouse again. This time, it was a palm-sized golden statue of an eagle.

He was just drawn to it.

After Sejun left, Prana, thinking that the golden statue Sejun gave her was unusual, called an appraiser to appraise it.

“Your Majesty! This is the golden statue of Queen Merma, the founder of the Cove Kingdom, which was stolen by the faceless thief Rune! It is an honor for my family to appraise this!”

The appraiser shouted with a voice full of emotion. Its value was nearly 300 billion Tower Coins.

Sejun reached White Castle on the 55th floor, a cozy and welcoming place.

Squeak!

[Uncle, welcome!]

Pew pew!

[Sejun, welcome!]

Hearing the news of Sejun’s arrival, the Black Rabbit and Pew Pew greeted Sejun at the main gate of White Castle.

“Yeah.”

Since it was dinner time, Sejun had a meal with the Black Rabbit couple and chatted.

“So, I’m able to go home, so I’m looking for the land deed for the 1st floor of the Tower. Black Rabbit, have you heard anything about the location of the land deed for the 1st floor of the Tower?”

Squeak! Squeak…

[No! We’re also searching diligently, but…]

The Black Rabbit said and winked at his subordinates, who brought seven scroll documents to Sejun.

They were land deeds for the 53rd floor of the Blue Tower, the 23rd and 68th floors of the White Tower, the 25th floor of the Green Tower, and the 22nd, 78th, and 94th floors of the Red Tower.

“Thank you.”

Sejun thanked them while taking the land deeds he received, and

Squeak?!

[Uncle, please take me with you when you go home! I also want to greet Uncle’s parents! You’ll take me, right?]

The Black Rabbit asked for permission, saying that he would also go to Earth.

“Yeah. Of cour······.”

Sejun was about to answer happily to the Black Rabbit’s admirable words, but he noticed the Black Rabbit flinching when he made eye contact with Pew Pew.

Our Black Rabbit is still having a hard time. I’ll definitely take you with me!

When Sejun was determined to take the Black Rabbit to Earth,

Rattle rattle.

A black hole appeared in the air, and the Golden Cart, which had gone to the Golden Tower, returned after selling out in two days. This meant they could sell more crops and get even more money for their trip home. Sejun felt a surge of hope.