Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 445

Sejun woke up in the Black Tower, on the 99th floor.

“Oof.”

As he opened his eyes, messages appeared before him:

[The Seal of the Jewel of Earth has been lifted.]

[Fossil, the God sealed within the Jewel of Earth, is released from his seal.]

[Fossil, the God of Fossils, repays the one who released him from his seal.]

[Fossil, the God of Fossils, repays his benefactor by burying a cherished fossil in a single square pyeong of land.]

“A fossil?” Sejun frowned. He had hoped for something more exciting, maybe a jewel he could sell or food to eat. A fossil didn’t sound very useful.

He had no expectations.

‘Still, I should check it out.’

“Nya…”

Squeak…

Sejun stretched and sat up, rubbing sleep from his eyes. Theo was curled up beside him, and Kkamangi was perched on the edge of the bed. He gently woke them, ready to start the day. Umdori was hanging onto Kkamangi’s fur, fast asleep.

Swipe.

Sejun marked the date on the wall, starting his 421st day.

“So, where could this fossil be?” Sejun went outside and wandered around the farm, trying to find where the fossil was buried.

“I can’t see it…” The fossil was buried in the ground, so there was no sign of it from the outside. He couldn’t exactly dig up all the land where crops were planted just to find a fossil.

“Ugh. Why bury it in the ground where it’s so hard to find?”

Poor Fossil. He didn’t even get a tiny temple. Sejun sighed. The god who gave him a fossil was the first god to get nothing in return.

A little later,

Kkueng!

[Daddy, good morning!]

Grumble.

Kkuengi greeted him with a loud rumble from his tummy-clock.

“Just wait a minute.” Sejun quickly prepared breakfast.

“Alright. Let’s eat.” Today, they simplified the menu to grilled fish for everyone.

“Puhu! Chairman Park, a grilled fish party today, nya?” Theo, delighted to see a mountain of grilled fish piled up in front of him, was in an even better mood than usual.

And then,

“Nya?! Umdori isn’t eating, nya?” Theo noticed Umdori standing still beside Kkamangi, looking at the mountain of grilled fish but not touching it. “Why not, nya?”

“Me? I don’t usually eat,” Umdori said quietly. His voice was a low rumble, like rocks shifting. Being made of stone, he didn’t need food like Theo or Kkamangi. He grew by taking in energy from the earth and air.

“Nya! But you have a mouth, nya!” Theo insisted, his whiskers twitching with disapproval. “Everyone joins the grilled fish party, nya! Chairman Park made it with love, nya!” He picked up a small, perfectly grilled fish in his paw and, before Umdori could react, gently pushed it into Umdori’s mouth.

“Huh?!” Umdori was surprised when the grilled fish suddenly entered his mouth.

“Puhu! How is it, Umdori, nya?!”

“It’s… delicious?” Why is it delicious? No. Before that, why can I taste it?

Umdori replied with a voice filled with joy and confusion.

Umdori didn’t know, but Kkamangi had used the power of creation to make a new core in place of Umdori’s missing one. And that gave Umdori the ability to taste.

“Puhu! Of course, it’s delicious, nya! It’s delicious because it’s grilled fish made with Chairman Park’s care, nya! Eat more, nya!” Feeling proud of introducing the delicious taste of grilled fish to Umdori, Theo placed a whole grilled fish in front of Umdori.

Hee hee! Squeak! Squeak!

[Hee hee! Umdori, eat this too!]

Kkamangi also subtly passed on the parts that were too much trouble for him to debone to Umdori.

And so, everyone enjoyed the grilled fish.

“Chairman Park, Vice Chairman Theo is heading to work, nya!”

Kkueng!

[Daddy, Kkuengi is going to work too!]

Theo and Kkuengi each set off for their respective workplaces.

Hee hee! Squeak! Squeak!

[Hee hee! Hey! I’m going to work too! Umdori, let’s go!]

“Yes!”

Kkamangi, who was going to play with the Doomsday Devourers anyway, said he was going to work, following the other two.

“Okay. Have a good day at work.” Sejun acknowledged Kkamangi’s words and began planting the Doomsday Devourer seeds.

Green Tower, 1st Floor.

“Puhu! Neta Tribe, I’ve arrived, nya!” Theo announced his arrival at work at the Green Tower.

“Then I’ll start the auction, nya!” I need to sell quickly and return to Chairman Park, nya!

To leave work early, Theo immediately began auctioning off the crops he had brought.

And then,

“Sold out, nya!” The always-selling Theo easily sold out all the crops again today.

Puhu! As expected, I, Vice Chairman Theo, am amazing, nya!

While Theo was putting his paws on his hips and feeling proud of himself,

“Mr. Theo.”

“Nya?! Egel, why did you call me, nya?” Egel, the Saintess of Destruction, the boss of the 97th floor of the Green Tower, approached Theo.

“I think I’ll have to return to the 97th floor of the tower soon.”

“Nya?! What’s going on, nya?!” Don’t tell me you’re running away, nya?!

Theo glared at Egel with a fierce expression.

“Actually…” Egel explained the reason.

Fortunately, she wasn’t running away. A group from the 93rd floor was trying to take over her land. It looks like they will have to fight them.

In the past, Egel would have chosen to invade the 93rd floor of the tower herself, but recently, the power of the forces on the 93rd floor had become too strong.

“Puhu! Don’t worry, Egel, nya! I, Vice Chairman Theo, will take care of it, nya!” Theo quickly shouted, not because he wanted to solve the employee’s difficulties as a vice chairman.

Nya! I remembered, nya!

He remembered what the Undead Faction had said about the influential figure on the 93rd floor of the tower. He couldn’t miss the opportunity to get a large number of slaves.

Besides,

“Puhu! This time, it’s a team play between Chairman Park and me, Vice Chairman Theo, nya!” Theo was excited at the thought of going to the 93rd floor with Sejun and making a lot of slaves.

“Quickly, get the land deed for the 93rd floor of the tower, nya!” He released the Undead Faction members to get the land deed for the 93rd floor of the Green Tower.

After getting the land deed, Theo was about to leave work when

“Mr. Theo, I know a merchant who has a lot of land deeds. Shall I call him? He’s on the 35th floor of the tower, so he’ll be here soon.” Agni asked Theo.

“Puhu! Call him, nya!” The more land deeds, the better, nya!

Theo postponed his departure at the mention of ‘soon’.

Three hours later.

The merchant Agni had called still hadn’t arrived. Thanks to that, Theo’s quitting time was long overdue.

“Nyaa…” It’s taking too long, nya!

It was long past the time he should have returned to Sejun’s lap, so he was very upset.

At that moment,

“Ah. Why is Agni calling me to such a shabby store?” A turtle grumbled as it slowly walked over.

‘Nya! Did he just call the great Chairman Park’s store shabby, nya?!’

Teo was angry. “He made me wait and called our store shabby!” Teo thought. “That’s an insult to Chairman Park!”

Teo jumped down from the roof. He was very angry. He landed in front of the turtle.

“Hey! Watch where you’re going! I’m Turbo, the Golden Land Turtle Merchant!”

Turbo shouted, annoyed that Teo was blocking his way.

“You! You’re the one who insulted Chairman Park’s store! You’ll be sorry!”

Teo yelled and pulled out his claws. They looked like sharp, shining dragon claws.

“Hmph! Those thin claws can’t even scratch my shell! My shell is the strongest shield and weapon!”

Turbo laughed. “My shell is the strongest!” He took off his shell and held it like a shield. He ran at Teo. But then, Teo’s claws flashed. Turbo’s eyes went wide. His shell was cut like paper!

“Sign here!” Teo said, holding out a paper. Turbo was scared.

“Yes! Yes, I’ll sign!” Turbo quickly signed the agreement after seeing his shell torn apart by Teo’s Dragon Claws.

Seed Shop Headquarters.

Posil’s eyes were wet. “This fossil is so good… but why hasn’t Sejun found it yet?”

“Posil, just wait a little longer. It’s just that Park Sejun hasn’t found the fossil yet,” Lea said.

“If Park Sejun finds my fossil later, will he build me a special place?”

“Then Pearl must have…”

Lea smiled gently. “Don’t worry, Posil. Sejun is just busy. He will find your fossil soon.”

“Lea, thank you. I feel a little better now.”

“Okay. Go play with the others now.”

“Yes!” Posil went to join the other gods.

“I should repay some divine power today,” Lea thought.

Lea, who had divine power to spare for the first time, left the Seed Shop Headquarters and went to see Herre, the God of Merchants.

Lea went to see Herre. She opened the door slowly. She heard shouting. “Turbo, run! Teo is a bully!” It was Herre’s voice, loud and scared.

“No! Even Turbo is falling prey to Teo’s clutches…”

Herre held his head in his hands. He looked very upset. Something bad had happened.

Lea thought, “Maybe I should come back later.” She quietly closed the door and went back to the Seed Shop.

As Lea returned, Herre thought, “This won’t do. I need to warn the remaining merchants about Teo.”

Just as Herre decided to warn other merchants about Teo,

“Herre! Where is my Lightning Rod? The one I left here!” A huge man opened the door opposite the one Lea had used, entered Herre’s building, and shouted loudly. It was Thunder, the God of Storms, who had left his special item, the Lightning Rod, with Herre.

Thunder was angry at Kkooingi for ignoring him.

Thunder: “Where is my Lightning Rod? The one I left here!”

Herre: “I sold it.”

Herre couldn’t say it was taken because of his pride.

“Why did you sell my special item without my permission?!”

“Then you should have repaid your divine power on time. Tell the other combat gods that I’ll sell all their special items if they don’t repay their divine power.”

Herre was usually weak against Teo, but now he was very tough. He was a true merchant.

“Damn it!” Thunder slammed the door and left.

“Merchants, if you encounter a yellow cat, run away no matter what!” Herre sent a warning to the merchants who hadn’t become Teo’s slaves.

Black Tower, 99th floor.

Sejun was on the 99th floor of the Black Tower. He had been planting seeds all morning. Now, in the afternoon, he was picking corn.

Blackie wagged his tail and barked happily. “Come on, everyone! Follow me!” Umdori and the other creatures followed Blackie, excited to play.

Blackie sniffed the air. “Something smells good!” His tail wagged fast. He liked the smell.

Blackie started digging with his paws. Dirt flew everywhere. Sejun saw the hole. “Hey, Blackie! What are you doing?” Sejun started to get angry. But then, Blackie barked excitedly. “Look! Look what I found!”

Sejun looked down at the hole Blackie had dug.

“Ah. So this was a fossil!”

In the hole, Sejun saw something shiny. Yellow gems sparkled in the sunlight. It was amber, a golden stone.

One of the many ambers caught Sejun’s eye.

This is amber formed by sap hardening with a plum seed inside by chance. The preservation is good, so the plum seed can germinate if planted.

“Oh. It’s a plum.”

Sejun smiled. “Posil will be so happy! I’ll make a special path for Posil, a Posil Road!”

After taking the amber and covering the ground again,

Blackie looked at Sejun with expectant eyes. “I did well, isn’t there anything for me?”

“Okay. You did well. Here.” Sejun gave him dried sweet potato.

Blackie ate deliciously.

Just then, Teo came back. “I’m back, Chairman Park! We will work together now!” Teo said proudly.