Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 435

“I’m the noble wolf, the great Blackie! And I’m not scared!” Blackie declared, though his tail was tucked just a little too tightly between his legs.

Sejun pressed the seed into the soft, magical earth. A faint shimmer of energy pulsed from the ground as if the land itself had accepted the seed.

Ptooey, ptooey. The Devourers of Destruction spat out seeds, *ptooey* again and again, scattering them across the field.

“Hee hee hee!” Blackie barked happily, bouncing around the strange creatures. “Hey! Look over here! Another seed!” he seemed to say, pointing out each new seed to Sejun. Blackie wasn’t controlling the Devourers at all; he was simply enjoying the chaos.

“Blackie, if the seeds are scattered like that, it’ll be hard to pick them up. Tell the kids to spit the seeds in one place.”

So Sejun told Blackie,

“Hee hee hee! No way!”

Blackie, feeling like he could fly with the increase in his subordinates, got excited and misbehaved.

“Haaah… I don’t like it!”

Theo, who was picking up seeds instead of Sejun who was diligently planting them, watched Blackie and started to get angry. He let out a low hiss, the first sign of his displeasure.

It seems like it’s time for our youngest to receive some training!

Sejun had been too gentle with Blackie lately because he said he was still a baby, but it seemed like the training had stopped working.

Just as Theo was about to go and scold Blackie,

“Kkueng! Kkueng! I’m back! Blackie’s following me!”

Kkuengi, who had returned home after special training with the Ox King, saw Blackie causing trouble with Sejun and took out a club from his snack pouch.

Blackie was about to be taken away by Theo and Kkuengi.

“Protect me!”

Blackie was no longer alone.

He was joined by 150,000 subordinates.

“Hee hee hee! I have a lot of subordinates now! Don’t touch me!”

Blackie hid behind the Devourers of Destruction and shouted in a confident voice, but

“Haaah! Get out of the way!”

Kkueng!

“Move aside!”

As Theo and Kkuengi raised their energy,

The Devourers of Destruction slowly moved to the side.

“Where are you going?! Don’t abandon me!”

The Devourers of Destruction slowly moved to the sides, creating a path between Blackie and the angry Theo and Kkuengi.

Blackie hesitated for a moment after making eye contact with the two of them.

“I’m the noble wolf, the great Blackie! I’m not scared!”

Blackie tried to keep his pride and received a harsh scolding instead.

“Save Blackie!”

While Blackie was receiving discipline from Theo and Kkuengi, the Devourers of Destruction trembled as they listened to their leader’s screams.

Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey.

While continuing to spit out seeds.

“Well, I can’t finish this today anyway…”

Sejun decided to end the work after seeing the Devourers of Destruction endlessly spitting out seeds.

I need to collect the seeds first.

Sejun took out a gourd and collected the seeds that had fallen around him, as he wouldn’t be able to find them if they were buried in the dirt.

The Devourers of Destruction, seeing Sejun’s actions, began to put the seeds that fell into Sejun’s gourd.

By watching Blackie, they learned a lesson about acting without thinking.

Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey.

The Devourers of Destruction, spitting out seeds, also started spitting seeds into the gourd that Sejun was holding, paying attention to what was happening.

“Okay. Spit it out here.”

Sejun felt more relaxed because the Devourers were helping. He put the gourd down on the ground and said,

“It’s already time for dinner. Guys, eat this.”

He also sent Earth food to his main slaves, Ajax, Veronica, Zelga, and Oric.

He originally planned to send it around lunchtime, but he had completely forgotten because he was planting the Devourer of Destruction seeds.

About 5 minutes after sending the food,

[The slave of the White Tower is sobbing, saying that it’s too delicious and he wants to see Brother Sejun quickly.]

“Hey. Why are you crying? Your brother will get stronger quickly and see your face.”

[The slave of the White Tower is crying even louder, saying that it doesn’t seem possible.]

Ajax cried even louder at Sejun’s words.

This rascal…

Thanks to him, Sejun cried for a different reason, and Ajax also cried.

[The slave of the Purple Tower praises that the food recommended by Sejun is always a success.]

[The slave of the Blue Tower expresses gratitude for enjoying the food with their family.]

Messages from Veronica and Zelga followed.

[The slave of the Brown Tower wants to treat you to a traditional Goblin dish as a reward for the delicious food.]

Finally, a message came from Oric.

“No.”

Is he being ungrateful?!

Sejun was annoyed and considered calling Oric for some strict discipline.

“No. It’s not right to feed and then punish him.”

This is something I’ll remember.

He decided to discipline him even more later if he did something wrong.

When Sejun had received all the messages from the Tower slaves,

“Now listen well!”

Kkueng!

[If you don’t listen, you’ll get more spiritual education!]

“Yes! Brothers!”

Blackie, who had received proper training, carefully followed behind the two of them, as if afraid to even step on their shadows.

Of course, it remained to be seen how long the effects of this training would last.

Sejun and his party ate dinner, relaxed, and finished the day.

Black Tower Administrator Zone.

“Kehehe. Now that I’ve learned to make fried eggs well, I need to try making more difficult dishes.”

Eileen, watching Sejun eat the fried egg she made with a smile, gained confidence.

“This time, it’s spicy fish stew!”

She suddenly chose a much more difficult dish. Of course, Eileen herself didn’t realize she had chosen such a difficult dish.

Spicy fish stew doesn’t seem that difficult?

Things seem easy when you don’t know how hard they really are.

Eileen hummed, took out a pot, and put the whole, uncleaned fish into the pot.

Just as Sejun was about to encounter the fish head again after Eileen’s health soup,

“Eileen, where are you?”

“We’re here!”

“Pobi oppa, is here!”

“Eileen, Sylvia unnie is here too!”

Luckily, someone called for Eileen.

Eileen didn’t know, but today was the day for the Hatchling parents’ meeting.

All the parents had been really looking forward to this day, so everyone came.

The Hatchlings ran around quickly in the Black Tower Administrator Zone looking for Eileen.

I need to practice cooking…

Eileen had no choice but to put the fish back into her magic space to keep it fresh.

Aileen smiled brightly at the small dragons in front of her. “Welcome, everyone!”

They had played hide-and-seek last time. What fun game could she teach them today? Aileen thought hard. She wanted to make it really exciting for all of them. Suddenly, an idea sparked in her mind!

“I know!” Aileen said. “This game is called Superhero Landing!” She paused, then said, “Now, watch this!”

In a flash of light, Aileen changed shape. Strong wings burst from her back, and she soared high into the bright blue sky. Magic swirled around her, creating flashes of bright lightning, bursts of hot fire, and clouds of cool, swirling ice.

*Thud!*

With a final flourish of magic, Aileen swooped down and landed on the ground in a dramatic pose, one hand on the ground, wings spread wide.

*Heh heh.* This *was* fun! She had planned to just show them, but it was thrilling to do herself!

“WOW!” shouted a small green hatchling. “That was amazing! I want to try!”

“Me too! Me too!” cried another.

“Sylvia will go first!” said a slightly bossy-sounding hatchling.

The hatchlings were all excited. Their little hearts beat fast watching Aileen’s superhero landing. And so, Aileen and the six hatchlings began special training to learn how to make their own awesome superhero landings.

Sejun woke up feeling different. Something had changed while he slept. He sat up in bed.

*The earth feels… lighter?* he thought.

Then, messages appeared in his mind:

*The Seal of the Earth Jewel is broken.* *Pan, the God of Gold Dust, is free.* *Pan, the God of Gold Dust, has created a small gold dust mining area to thank you.* *You feel rested. Some of your life force has been stored.* *Your Orb of Life is now almost full.* *Your magic power has increased a little.*

“Gold dust mining?” Sejun said, confused.

“Nyaang?” Theo yawned, stretching on the bed.

Sejun got up, Theo jumped onto his shoulder, and Kamangi padded after them. They went outside.

“Wow!” Sejun stopped, surprised. “Why are there so many seeds?”

The area near the gourd was covered in Devouring Predator seeds! They must have spat them out all night. Sejun quickly collected the seeds.

“But where are the Devourers?” he wondered, looking around.

*Kiro-rong.*

He found them huddled together in the cornfield, fast asleep. Blue mist puffed out as they snored and burped in their sleep. They were even absorbing energy while dreaming!

Sejun smiled. The Devourers were fine. “Now, where is this gold dust mining site?”

He remembered movies where people found gold near water. He went to the pond inside the cave.

“Ah, here it is.”

Near the pond, he saw a small patch of ground, about the size of a small table, glowing faintly gold. It was the gold dust mining site.

“Hehehe,” Sejun chuckled. “This will be fun!”

He got a wide dish, filled it with dirt and gold dust, and gently swirled it in the water.

But… “Huh? Nothing?”

He couldn’t see any gold at all! The gold dust had just washed away with the dirt. Gold mining was harder than it looked.

“This is difficult!” Sejun tried a few more times, but still no gold. “Ugh! I give up!”

He stood up, frustrated. “Making me work so hard! Pan is tiny and not very helpful!” He had given a gold mine that makes 10kg of gold dust a day, but Pan was still small and weak.

As Sejun stood up, he noticed something next to him. “Huh?”

It was a giant black clam, bigger than his two hands held together, sitting gleaming in the morning light. It was from Pearl’s pearl oyster farm.

“Grilled clams for breakfast?” Sejun smacked his lips. “Cheese grilled clams!”

He reached down to pick up the clam…

The clam wouldn’t lift. It wouldn’t budge.

What is this?

“Ugh!”

Sejun tried to lift the clam again with all his might, but the clam wouldn’t lift.

Then,

“Kkueng?”

[Daddy, what are you doing there?]

Kkuengi, hearing the sound of Sejun straining, peeked his head out from the cave ceiling and asked.

“Kkuengi, help me out. This clam is super heavy!”

“Kkueng!”

[Okay! Kkuengi will help!]

*Thud!*

Kkuengi landed gallantly in a superhero landing pose, then

Lifted the pearl clam. Very lightly.

It was really heavy?

Thanks to this, Sejun became embarrassed.

As expected, Daddy is still very weak!

Kkuengi decided to gather a lot of medicinal herbs that are good for Sejun’s body.

With Kkuengi’s help, they moved the giant pearl clam to the cooking area and made cheese grilled clams.

“Huh?! What is this?”

[Black Pearl of Crushing Gravity]

Sejun, who was eating the clam, found a fist-sized black pearl.

“Oh! With this…”

I can make Iona’s staff?

As Sejun thought of Iona,

“Puhuhut. I can make Iona’s staff, nyaang!”

Theo also thought of Iona and shouted.

If we use the black pearl with the power of gravity as the core, and embed the already acquired Yeti’s Heart, King Giant Worm’s Heart, and Albatross’s Heart into the staff?

We can make an item for Iona that is better than the Staff of Disaster, nyaang!

Moreover, if we use that precious World Tree branch on the staff, I can’t even imagine what grade of item will come out, nyaang!

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, let’s go to the Dragon-nims, nyaang!”

“Okay.”

He tried to lift the black pearl while answering.

The black pearl wouldn’t lift. It wasn’t that the clam was heavy.

Sejun, who hadn’t seen the description of the black pearl, didn’t know, but the black pearl had an option where the smaller the magic power, the greater the gravity applied.

Of course, its own weight was quite heavy as well.

“Kkuengi. This thing…”

“Kkueng!”

[Okay!]

In the end, with Kkuengi’s help, Sejun, having taken the black pearl, went to find the dragons playing in the fountain.

At that time,

The merchant passage connecting the 50th and 60th floors of the Black Tower.

“Bbyot!”

[Run away!]

“Kkuik!”

Bbyot and Yuren were being chased by fragments of the Apostle of Destruction who had entered the Black Tower.