Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 427

The 99th floor of the Black Tower.

“Oof.”

Sejun opened his eyes.

[The seal of the Jewel of Earth has been broken.]

[Harr, the god of basalt, who was sealed in the Jewel of Earth, is released from his seal.]

[Harr, the god of basalt, repays the one who released his seal.]

[Harr, the god of basalt, repays the favor by creating a basalt path on 1 pyeong of land.]

[Stored 10% of the life force possessed during sleep.]

[The Orb of Life is 8.91% complete.]

[0.1 magic power has been accumulated for 24 hours.]

[Magic power increases by 0.1.]

“Basalt path?”

Sejun smiled with anticipation. “Heh heh heh. I’m getting excited.”

Goroong.

Kkirorong.

Sejun heard Theo and Ggamangi snoring.

“Theo’s here?” Sejun said, stroking Theo’s head as he slept, hugging his knees.

“Nyaang…” Theo smiled at Sejun’s touch, rubbing his head against Sejun’s hand.

“But he said he was going to get a gift. Did he get it? He suddenly disappeared yesterday, so I couldn’t catch him. Well… if it’s Theo, he probably got it. With Theo’s luck, it would be stranger if he didn’t get it.”

Tap. Tap.

Sejun gently placed Theo on his lap and put on his sling bag with Ggamangi inside. Swish. He marked another day on the bedroom wall. It was the morning of his 409th day in the tower.

‘First, I need to find the basalt path.’

As Sejun came out of the bedroom,

Ppirorong.

Yurorong.

He heard Piyot and Yuren snoring in the guest room.

Did they come up with Theo?

Sejun carefully opened the door so as not to disturb their sleep and went outside.

Thud. Thud.

He walked around the farm, letting the crops hear his footsteps.

[The magic peanut thanks the farmer’s footsteps and adds strength.]

[Magic stat potential increases from 4891 to 4892.]

He walked around the farm, letting the crops hear his footsteps, which he knew made them stronger. Then, he looked for the basalt path and quickly found it near the well.

A little later.

“Is this it?” Sejun found a path paved with black basalt.

“Huh? This is Garu?” For some reason, Harr, the god of basalt, had thickly sprinkled stone powder on the road to a depth of 10cm.

“What is this? Is it edible?” Sejun touched the stone powder with his finger and carefully put it in his mouth.

…?!

Sejun, who tasted the powder, was greatly surprised. Of course, he had no choice but to be surprised.

The stone powder tasted surprisingly familiar… like a sweet and savory potato chip he used to eat back on Earth.

This wasn’t only on Earth?

“No. That’s not the important thing right now.”

Sejun hurriedly took out a shovel and scooped the powder into a leather pouch.

“Heh heh heh. It’s rewarding from the morning today.”

As Sejun smiled contentedly, looking at the powder in the leather pouch,

[Your soul is filled with the pleasure of obtaining good ingredients.]

[Mentality increases by 1.]

Mentality has increased.

“I’ll give Harr 8.5 pyeong.”

Sejun made an 8.5 pyeong Harr Road and

“Eileen, how much time is left?” He asked Eileen how much time was left for Earth to be incorporated into the 0th floor of the Black Tower.

“Tower Manager reporting: 24 hours and 37 minutes remaining,” Eileen informed him.

“Okay. Thanks for letting me know. I can leave the tower around this time tomorrow.”

“Hum hum hum.” Sejun headed to the kitchen, humming a tune.

U.S. Department of Defense.

“With 25 hours and 10 minutes left until the operation, 98% of Texas citizens have been evacuated.”

The Secretary of Defense’s face did not brighten easily upon receiving the report.

2% may seem like a small number, but Texas has a population of nearly 30 million. This means that 600,000 people have not yet been evacuated.

“What about the remaining 2%?”

“The remaining 2% of citizens are located too far inside Texas, making rescue difficult, but we are doing our best.”

“Okay. Please do your best until the end.”

“Yes!” As the subordinate who finished the report left,

“Hoo.” The Secretary of Defense sighed deeply. He was the one who suggested using nuclear missiles, but he didn’t want to use nukes on the U.S. mainland himself.

But this was the best option right now. The moment the fully grown flesh-eating creatures start moving, the entire United States is in danger.

Tap.

The Secretary of Defense picked up his smartphone and called someone.

“Hello.”

“Hey Director, any news from our guys in Korea yet?” The Secretary of Defense called his friend, the CIA Director, to ask about news from Korea. Specifically, he was asking if the golden bat that created the miracle in Austin, Texas, had reappeared. This was the last hope. To avoid using nukes.

“Not yet.”

“I see. Let me know as soon as you hear anything.”

“I will.”

Click.

The Secretary of Defense, who hung up the phone, took out a cigar from his drawer and lit it, and the office was soon filled with smoke.

“Okay. I baked 100 pancakes, and I finished 1000 skewers of sausage and rice cake…” Sejun prepared snacks for Eileen to eat while he was away and food to sell at Yongyong Market. And even snacks for the leaders occupying the fountain.

Kaiser, Kellion, Lamter, and Tier were managing the 99th floor of the tower, so he couldn’t help but pay attention to them.

Sejun was planning to stay on Earth for about 10 days since it was his first time going home in a while.

Since I have about 7 trillion Tower Coins now, it will be enough even if I take all the kids with me.

While Sejun was diligently preparing to go to Earth, unaware of the hidden danger,

“Nyang… Chairman Park, did you make sausage skewers too, nyang?” Theo, who woke up from his sleep, asked if he was making Ophelia’s sausage skewers that he had told Sejun about yesterday.

“Yeah. Of course, I did.”

“Puhuhut. Then did you make my grilled fish too, nyang?” Theo, whose eyes had become sparkling, looked at Sejun and asked.

“Of course. I’m grilling a big one for Vice Chairman Theo’s grilled fish.” When Sejun showed Theo the grilled fish being grilled on the Theo Axe brazier,

“Puhuhut. Very excellent, nyang!” Theo began grooming himself with a satisfied smile.

At that time,

Kkueng!

[Dad, good morning!]

Kkuengi, who woke up from his sleep, rubbed his eyes and came into the kitchen to greet him.

“Yeah. Did Kkuengi sleep well?”

Kkueng!

[Yes!]

“Then Kkuengi, help Dad a little.”

Kkueng!

[Okay! Kkuengi will help!]

I can get five-star stamps!

Kkuengi’s eyes lit up at the thought of getting stamps.

“Squeeze this for me.” Sejun placed a basket full of cherry tomatoes, pineapples, and grapes in front of Kkuengi.

Kkueng!

Kkuengyi grew to a giant size and shook the fruit from the basket onto its palm.

Then, squish.

It pressed the fruit with its two front paws.

Gush gush gush!

Juice flowed out and was collected into the enormous bottle Sejun had prepared.

Thanks to this, Sejun made a tremendous amount of cherry tomato, pineapple, and grape juice.

Once the juicing was finished,

Kkueng!

“Daddy, I’m stamping here!”

Kkuengyi, now small again, took out a praise card from its snack pouch with a delighted expression.

“Alright. Here. Good job.”

Stamp.

As Sejun stamped Kkuengyi’s praise card,

Kkuhehehe.

Kkuengyi carefully folded the praise card with a proud expression and put it back into its snack pouch.

Once the food for Aileen, the four leaders, and Ophelia, as well as the dishes to be sold at Yongyong Market, were complete,

Piyot!

“Sejun, good morning!”

“Good morning!”

Piyot and Yuren entered the kitchen.

“Welcome.”

Once everyone was seated, Sejun placed grilled fish in front of Theo and roasted peanuts in front of Piyot.

He put bowls filled only with milk in front of Kkuengyi, Kkamangi, and Yuren.

Kkueng?

Kking?

“Huh?”

The three were bewildered by Sejun’s actions. Still, trusting Sejun, they waited a little longer.

“Hehehe. This is Yoreyo.”

Sejun scooped Yoreyo into the bowls of the three, filling them to the brim.

“You mix it with milk like this, then scoop it up with a spoon and eat it.”

As Sejun demonstrated, the others cautiously picked up their spoons, mixed the Yoreyo with the milk, and put it in their mouths.

Kkueng!

“Delicious! Totally sweet!”

Kkihihit. Kking! Kking!

“Hee hee. Delicious! I need to get more cores!”

“It’s really delicious!”

The three ate quickly, beaming with smiles.

Meanwhile, as the Yoreyo powder spread, the milk gradually turned black.

Slurp.

Kkuengyi and Yuren, who were eating quickly, began to drink the slightly blackened milk.

Hehehe. They don’t know anything.

Sejun, watching them, poured Yoreyo powder back into the remaining milk with a smug expression.

It’s so delicious to eat Yoreyo mixed like this until the milk becomes chocolate milk.

Kking!

“Give me more too!”

“Alright. Here. I’ll pour some for Kkamangi too.”

Kkihihit. Kking! Kking!

“Hee hee. So exciting! Another one!”

Thus, the milk in the bowls of Sejun and Kkamangi, who didn’t drink the milk, gradually became darker, turning into chocolate milk.

Kkueng?

“Why is Daddy and Kkamangi’s milk black?”

“That’s right. How did you do that?”

Only then did Kkuengyi and Yuren listen to Sejun’s explanation and add Yoreyo powder back into their remaining milk to make chocolate milk.

A short while later,

“Puhuut. Chairman Park, I’m off!”

Theo, having finished breakfast, prepared to go to work on the first floor of the Green Tower.

“Okay. I’ll go down to the first floor of the tower after lunch, so come early today.”

Sejun planned to go down to the first floor of the tower in the afternoon to normalize the store and go to Earth.

“Understood!”

Theo, answering energetically, left for the Green Tower.

“Tell the Black Rabbit to come up immediately, and bring some skeletons from the 4th floor of the tower.”

Sejun sent Piyot and Yuren on errands.

As everyone left to do their respective tasks,

Kkueng?

“What does Kkuengyi do?”

Kkuengyi, left alone, looked at Sejun and asked.

“Hmm. Kkuengyi, let’s take a bath and bathe Kkamangi too.”

Kking?!

“Why me?!”

Kkueng!

“Understood!”

Kkiing!

“Save me!”

As Kkuengyi took Kkamangi to the bathroom,

“I need to transfer the Samyangju.”

Sejun headed to the brewery.

Today was the day to open the jar of golden Samyangju.

Pour.

Sejun carefully poured the golden Samyangju from the jar into the bottles.

He could fill 100 bottles with the liquor from one jar.

And Sejun had a total of 10 jars in which the golden Samyangju was brewed.

“Finished.”

As Sejun finished transferring the liquor, 1000 bottles of golden Samyangju, emitting a radiant golden light, were completed.

Since 1 bottle of liquor yields 9 cups, it was enough for a total of 9000 dragons to have a cup each.

“First, I’ll give four bottles to the leaders.”

Since giving an ambiguous amount could lead to a fight between the four, Sejun chose the method of giving one bottle each for the sake of peace.

Then there are 996 bottles left.

“Hehehe. I can get 24 bottles of growth elixir. Aileen, sell this for me.”

[The tower’s administrator tells you to trust only them]

“Yeah. Of course, I only trust Aileen.”

Sejun replied, had a simple lunch with Kkuengyi and Kkamangi, who had finished their bath, and went to find the dragons at the fountain.

And then,

-Our Sejun, welcome.

“Here, have one bottle each.”

Sejun handed out the golden Samyangju to the dragons who greeted him happily.

-Kuhahaha. To give one bottle of golden Samyangju each, as expected, our Sejun is generous.

-Euhahaha. That’s right, as expected, it’s our Sejun.

-Puhahaha. That’s right. Our Sejun is a generous man.

-Dehahaha. Our Sejun’s inner self is excellent.

Tier, are you trying to start a fight?

As Sejun contemplated taking Tier’s golden Samyangju,

-Kuhahaha. Sejun, take this to your parents.

Kaiser took out a small box.

Click.

As Sejun opened the box he received,

“Oh!”

There was a fist-sized black diamond.

Kaiser thought that Sejun’s parents were definitely weaker than Sejun, whom they had diligently raised (?).

So, he thought it was safer to give them wealth like this rather than giving them good items.

-Sejun, I’ve also prepared a gift.

-I’ve also prepared a gift for our Sejun’s parents.

-Sejun, I’ve also prepared one!

The other dragons also handed Sejun boxes containing jewels.

Inside were transparent diamonds, red diamonds, and purple diamonds of similar size to the one Kaiser gave.

I was a little nervous, but to give such normal gifts…

“Thank you.”

Sejun took the boxes, greeted the dragons, and came down from the fountain.

At that moment,

“Puhuut. Chairman Park, Vice Chairman Theo has returned!”

Theo, who had sold all the crops in the Green Tower, returned.

“Okay. Good work.”

As Sejun stroked Theo, who was clinging to his leg,

Ppyak!

“Uncle, I’m here!”

The Black Rabbit, the last member to go to Earth together, arrived.

“Alright. Everyone, gather around!”

Sejun called the group to go down to the first floor of the Black Tower.