Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 434

Green Tower, 1st Floor.

“You don’t think Theo won’t come today either, nya?”

“Don’t jinx it, nya! He’ll definitely be here today, nya!”

The Tiger and Lion clans were worried. Theo hadn’t shown up for work yesterday, and they feared he might have lost interest in the Green Tower because of poor sales.

He hadn’t come to work the day after the Indestructible Blade Leek hadn’t sold, after all.

“We’re all out of grapes and pineapples, this is a disaster, nya.”

“Us too, nya…”

The Neta clans had been very successful lately. They used fragrant grapes full of life to lure the giant bloodsucking leeches and pineapples to deal with them. The pineapples made a strange sound when squeezed, which scared the leeches away.

They felt they could get rid of the giant bloodsucking leeches completely if they just had a few more grapes and pineapples. But Theo wasn’t coming to sell his crops at this important time, which made them worried.

“This won’t do, nya! If Theo comes, our Tiger clan will buy twice as much of Theo’s goods, nya!”

“You think only the Tiger clan should receive Theo’s favor, nya?! Don’t be ridiculous, nya! Our Lion clan will buy three times as much, nya!”

“What, nya?! You think our Tiger clan will lose to the Lion clan, nya?! The Tiger clan will buy four times as much, nya!”

The Tiger clan was known for being strong, and the Lion clan was known for being clever. While they were arguing about who would pay more for Theo’s goods,

“Puhuhut. Neta clans, Vice Chairman Theo has arrived, nya!”

Theo jumped down from the roof. He did a triple somersault in the air and landed with a shout, “I’m here!”

And

“Theo’s here, nya!”

“Call the other races, nya!”

The Tiger and Lion clans saw Theo and quickly called the other races. They wanted to win the bid themselves, but they also wanted to show Theo that the Neta clans really wanted his goods.

Puhuhut. Everyone still loves me, nya!

Theo felt happy as he looked at the Neta clans around him.

“Let the auction begin, nya!”

He happily sold his goods.

“Sold out, nya!”

Puhuhut. I earned five times more than before, nya! Chairman Park will be pleased, nya!

Theo smiled, thinking about how he would brag to Sejun about the much bigger sales and get Churu from Sejun’s lap.

At that moment,

Gooooo.

A powerful energy started coming from the sky. It wasn’t just the Neta clans who had been waiting for Theo.

“Vice Chairman Theo, why aren’t you here?!”

Ophelia had finished her sausage skewers and was also waiting for Theo.

“Nya?!”

It’s Ophelia, nya! The suckers are in danger, nya!

Theo quickly used his Energy Drain to absorb Ophelia’s energy. Because Theo’s ability had grown from absorbing Ophelia’s strong energy many times, he could now absorb energy much more easily.

As Theo absorbed the energy,

“Vice Chairman Theo, why didn’t you come yesterday?! I grew mugwort so diligently! I grew so many mugworts… Huh?!”

What’s this smell?

Ophelia came down in front of Theo and started to complain. Theo grinned and took out Earth’s food from his bundle.

“Vice Chairman Theo, what’s that?”

“Puhuhut. This is food that only Chairman Park can get, nya! Chairman Park told me to give it to you, Ophelia, nya!”

“Sejun did?”

“That’s right, nya!”

“But what’s the name of this?”

Ophelia pointed at one of the foods and asked. It was red and had a spicy smell that made her hungry.

“Puhuhut. That’s Lord Yeop-tteok, nya! It’s spicy rice cakes, very popular in Chairman Park’s world!”

“Then this?”

“That’s Lord Chicken, nya!”

“This one?”

“That’s Lord Jja, nya!”

After asking for the names of all the foods, Ophelia started to eat.

“Ah.”

She realized that the word ‘Lord’ was used for delicious foods.

A little later.

“Tell Sejun I enjoyed the meal. And this is the mugwort I picked.”

Ophelia put the remaining food into her subspace pocket and gave the mugwort to Theo.

“Understood, nya! You should pick more mugwort too, Ophelia, nya!”

“Okay. But bring delicious food next time, alright?”

“Puhuhut. Of course, nya! There’s a lot of this kind of food at our Chairman Park’s parents’ house, nya!”

Theo puffed out his chest and spoke proudly, as if it were his own home.

“Really? Okay. Then I’ll be going.”

Ophelia felt better after hearing Theo’s confident words and went back to the 99th floor of the tower.

Ophelia didn’t know that going to Sejun’s parents’ house was difficult.

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Black Tower, 99th Floor.

[You have planted the Seed of the Devourer of Destruction in the land imbued with magic power.]

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Sejun was planting the Seed of the Devourer of Destruction. The energy of destruction felt dark and cold.

“What is it?”

Hee hee. Squeak! Squeak!

[Hee hee. Come here, everyone! This is the prime spot!]

Sejun was surprised to see Ggamgi finding the place with the strongest energy of destruction and calling the Devourers of Destruction.

Kiki!

Kiki!

The Devourers of Destruction answered Ggamgi’s call and toddled towards him.

“What in the world is going on?”

It was like a wolf herding anchovies instead of sheep!

Ggamgi, who had a good background and a lot of power, had an unexpected talent.

Heeheeheet. Squeak!

[Hee hee. Grow up quickly by eating the energy of destruction, and become excellent subordinates of the noble wolf, the great Ggamgi!]

Ggamgi didn’t feel guilty at all, even when team-killing. He didn’t want to go back to destruction now.

Because…

Hee hee. Why would I go there when it’s so exciting and fun here?

Playing here is much more fun.

Hehehe. How cute.

Sejun watched Ggamgi squeaking and leading the Devourers of Destruction, and the Devourers of Destruction making kiki sounds and following Ggamgi.

Plop.

[You have planted the Seed of the Devourer of Destruction in the land imbued with magic power.]

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He planted the Seed of the Devourer of Destruction again.

As the number of Devourers of Destruction grew,

Heeheeheet. Squeak!

[Hee hee. Follow me!]

Kiki!

Kiki!

The Devourers of Destruction followed Ggamgi and absorbed the energy of destruction in places where it was strong.

And

Burp.

They digested the energy of destruction and spread the energy of creation on the 99th floor of the tower. The 99th floor became greener and warmer, and the concentration of the energy of creation gradually increased.

A little later,

“Ujajaja! All planted!”

Sejun stretched after planting all 100,000 Seeds of the Devourer of Destruction that were in his pocket.

“I’m hungry…”

Sejun took out a hamburger from the warehouse and ate it.

Thump thump. Thump thump.

Squeak! Squeak!

[Hey! Are you the only one eating?! Give me some dried sweet potato too!]

Ggamgi, who was acting like a boss with the Devourers of Destruction, ran to Sejun.

Plop!

Blackie fell! He didn’t see the hole.

“Hee hee!” one of the Doom Devourers giggled. “Even the boss fell!”

The other Doom Devourers saw Blackie fall. They stopped eating corn and looked at him, moving a little closer.

“Heh heh! I’m okay, everyone!” Blackie said loudly, trying to look brave in front of his friends, even though his leg hurt.

“Pfft!”

Sejun laughed at Blackie’s funny actions.

Thud thud.

Blackie ran to Sejun, acting like nothing happened.

But as soon as he was behind Sejun, where the Doom Devourers couldn’t see,

Whimper…

“[My leg hurts…]”

He lay down and started whining to Sejun.

“Are you okay, Blackie?” Sejun asked.

Sejun massaged Blackie’s leg. After about ten minutes,

“Hee hee hee! Heh heh. The great Blackie-nim is back!”

Blackie quickly got up.

And then,

“Woof! Woof!”

“[I’m hungry! Give me roasted sweet potato jerky!]”

He sat in front of Sejun and barked.

“Alright, alright. Here you go.”

Sejun took out roasted sweet potato jerky from his magic bag and put it in Blackie’s mouth.

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

“Hee hee hee! Heh heh. Delicious!”

Blackie leaned his back against Sejun and began to enjoy the roasted sweet potato jerky.

While Sejun and Blackie were eating,

“Phoo hoo hoo. Chairman Park, I’m back, nya!”

Teo, having left the Green Tower after work, came out of his bundle and rushed towards Sejun’s face.

“Did you sell a lot today, Teo?” Sejun asked.

“Phoo hoo hoo. Of course, nya! I sold out again today, nya! And the sales increased five times, nya!”

Teo laughed and handed Sejun the money he had earned from the auction.

“Oh! Really? Wow, Teo, that’s amazing!”

“Phoo hoo hoo. It’s only natural that I, Vice Chairman Teo, am amazing, nya! Give me Churu, nya!”

Teo, praised by Sejun, laughed proudly and lay sprawled on Sejun’s lap, waiting for his Churu.

Rattle rattle.

A black hole appeared, and Teo’s cart, having sold all its goods in the Golden Tower, returned.

This time, the cart returned in three days. It had spent an extra day compared to before.

Clunk.

“[Starting counting the money.]”

The cart’s entrance opened, and words began to appear on the door.

“[Sold all items and earned 21.5 million Tower Coins.]”

The money earned had doubled compared to before, thanks to the increased price of cherry tomatoes, but that wasn’t a major concern.

He was more interested in what the cart had bought from the Golden Tower than the money earned from sales.

“Heh heh heh. I wonder if it bought a lot?”

“Phoo hoo hoo. It’s talented, just like its owner, me, Vice Chairman Teo, so it must have bought a lot, nya!”

As Teo spoke loudly,

“[Failed to purchase the ‘Golden Tower 35th Floor Land Document’ as instructed.]”

“[Purchased 120 lightning-struck trees for 840 Tower Coins.]”

“[Purchased 3000 lightning stones for 450 Tower Coins.]”

“[Purchased 1 Thunder Spirit Stone for 1000 Tower Coins.]”

“[Purchased the Glato Village Purchase Order for 0 Tower Coins.]”

The cart began to show what it had bought on the door.

“As expected of Vice Chairman Teo’s cart!” Sejun said.

“Phoo hoo hoo. As expected of my, Vice Chairman Teo’s, cart, nya!”

Sejun and Teo, reading the messages, nodded with happy smiles.

The cart realized that there were many lightning-struck trees and lightning stones in the Golden Tower and got them for a very low price.

Because of this, lightning-struck trees, which used to cost 10 Tower Coins each, were bought for 7 Tower Coins each, and lightning stones, which used to cost 0.2 Tower Coins each, were bought for 0.15 Tower Coins each.

“But what’s a Thunder Spirit Stone that costs 1000 Tower Coins?” Sejun wondered.

Bzzzt.

Sejun said, looking at a stone about as big as two fists put together inside the cart that gave off golden sparks about once a minute.

It was much more expensive than other items in the Golden Tower.

He was afraid of getting shocked, so he didn’t want to touch it.

“Come to think of it, wasn’t there a Thunder Spirit Stone among the materials used to make the cart?”

Sejun remembered reading about it before.

“[There is currently one Thunder Spirit Stone, a material that can upgrade the cart, inside the Automatic Cart Wandering the Black and Golden Towers.]”

“[You can make the storage space of the Automatic Cart Wandering the Black and Golden Towers 1.5 times bigger by using 1 Thunder Spirit Stone.]”

“[Would you like to upgrade the Automatic Cart Wandering the Black and Golden Towers using the Thunder Spirit Stone?]”

The message appeared.

If he could make the cart’s storage space 50% bigger for 1000 Tower Coins and bring more lightning-struck trees and lightning stones, it was worth it.

“Yeah. I’ll use it.”

Bzzzt.

When Sejun said those words, the Thunder Spirit Stone disappeared with a flash of lightning. The cart’s storage space got bigger, but the size of the cart stayed the same.

Sejun took out the lightning-struck trees and lightning stones from the bigger storage space of the cart.

“The purchase order was here.”

Only after taking everything out did he find the envelope that had fallen on the floor. He took out the paper to check. It was an order for 50,000 cherry tomatoes.

The people in the Golden Tower really seemed to like magic cherry tomatoes.

“Teo, load up the goods and send them.”

“Understood, nya!”

Following Sejun’s instructions, Teo filled the cart with crops and then,

“Bring back lots of money, nya!”

Rattle rattle.

Teo sent the cart back to the Golden Tower.

This time, it had returned in three days, so he paid 270 billion Tower Coins.

As the cart left,

“Now, I need to harvest the corn.”

Sejun took Teo and Blackie and went to the cornfield.

At that moment,

“Hee hee!”

One of the Doom Devourers, taking in the bad energy in the cornfield, came to Sejun and then,

Ptooey ptooey.

“Did I do well?”

It spat something out in front of Sejun’s feet and looked proud.

“What’s this?” Sejun wondered.

Sejun looked closely at what the Doom Devourer had spat out.

“This is?”

“[Doom Devourer Seed]”

There were five Doom Devourer seeds. It seemed that Doom Devourers spread their seeds like this.

“Another plant that spits out seeds?”

“Hee hee!”

“Hee hee!”

At Sejun’s question, the Doom Devourers rushed towards Sejun,

Ptooey ptooey.

Ptooey ptooey.

And began spitting seeds into Sejun’s palm.

And then,

“[Planted the Doom Devourer seed in land with magic.]”

Sejun had to plant 50,000 Doom Devourer seeds again.