Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 454

Seed Shop Headquarters.

“Look at this, everyone! This is the transcendent-grade seed I’m going to sell to Park Se-jun this time!”

Po, the Jelly God with pink pigtails, showed off the special seed she had prepared.

The seed was small and cute. It was a transcendent-grade seed, but it looked simple. It was a little transparent, like jelly, and wobbled slightly. It looked a bit like its owner, who was also white and a bit wobbly.

However, the non-combat gods couldn’t hear Po’s words.

“Hmph! It won’t beat my Moon Fruit seed!”

“Something that can’t even emit its own light! My Sun Fruit seed is the best!”

“What are you talking about! I have my Star Fruit seed!”

The God of Moonlight, the God of Starlight, and the God of Sunlight were arguing about whose transcendent-grade seed was better.

Transcendent-grade seeds were the most expensive seeds that the non-combat gods belonging to the Seed Shop Headquarters could sell. Although they were difficult to grow, if they could be grown well, they could harvest fruits with tremendous abilities. So, the non-combat gods had great pride in transcendent-grade seeds.

Of course, the fact that enormous divine power was rewarded to the god who sold the seed when the fruit was harvested also played a part.

Just then,

“Hohoho. I apologize in advance. Park Se-jun will be buying my Dragon Fruit seed this time.”

A black-haired beauty stroking her hair, participating in the seed battle with a confident voice.

It was Mirna, the Dragon God, who was always ignored by the dragons.

From the dragons’ point of view, they didn’t worship Mirna as a god because they were already god-level themselves.

Those cheap dragons! I will sell this Dragon Fruit seed and get a temple from Park Se-jun!

Thanks to that, she was a god, but she didn’t have a single temple.

“After all, Mirna’s Dragon Fruit is the best, except for the three executives of the Seed Shop Headquarters.”

“I don’t think so. Even if it’s compared to the other executives’ seeds, the Dragon Fruit seed won’t be inferior.”

“That’s true.”

“No! My seed is the best!”

Po tried to shout that her seed was the best, but her voice was small, and the other gods were shouting louder.

Just then,

“It appeared!”

A sphere-shaped seed altar appeared in the center of the Seed Shop Headquarters.

The seed to be sold at the Seed Shop is determined by putting the seeds there and drawing lots.

As all the non-combat gods put their special transcendent-grade seeds they had prepared one by one on the altar,

Rumble.

The altar spun quickly. Now, when the Seed Shop opens, the lottery will begin.

“Believe in Tu-bak!!”

“Believe in Tu-bak!!”

When the non-combat gods watched the spinning altar and prayed with one mind that their transcendent-grade seed would be chosen and sold to Se-jun,

Combat Shop Headquarters.

“Park Se-jun, show me your courage. You can do it! Just one more time, and the Heart of Valor will be yours. What’s the worst that could happen, you die?”

Beb, the God of Valor, was persuading Se-jun with words that were not at all convincing.

[Black Tower Farmer Park Se-jun has blocked the conversation for 3 days.]

Of course, the result was naturally a block.

“No. Why don’t you do it when you’re good at it?”

Beb said, as if he couldn’t understand at all.

Just then,

“Believe in Tu-bak!!”

“Believe in Tu-bak!!”

The shouts of the non-combat gods were heard from beyond the wall.

He would have just ignored it normally, but

“What?! Can’t you be quiet!!!”

He was angry at being blocked by Park Se-jun!

Beb vented his anger at being blocked by Se-jun on the non-combat gods.

Then,

“Believe in Tu-bak···”

“Believe in Tu-bak···”

The sound of the non-combat gods became quiet.

What is Believe in Tu-bak that they are doing this?

“Se-jun, let’s do it one more time.”

Beb was curious about what Believe in Tu-bak was and kept talking to Se-jun, wondering if he would unblock him.

Black Tower 99th floor.

“Block.”

Se-jun blocked Beb, who was bothering him from the morning.

[You are a Field Lv. 5 is activated.]

[The Devouring Seed of Destruction has been planted in the body of Alice, the 9th Seat of the Apostle of Destruction, the Seducing Spider.]

Se-jun ate breakfast and planted the Devouring Seed of Destruction as usual.

About an hour later,

[The proficiency of You are a Field Lv. 5 is filled, and the level increases.]

The proficiency of the You are a Field skill, which leveled up to 5 two days ago, was filled once again, and the level increased.

“Hehehe. The level is rising steadily.”

Shall we see if anything has changed?

Se-jun checked the skill.

[You are a Field Lv. 6]

-You can plant crops on living enemies. (However, you cannot plant on enemies whose skin cannot be pierced.)

-When you use Seed Sowing on an enemy, the planted seed takes root in the enemy’s body, absorbs life force, and grows rapidly. (Some seeds have special effects.)

-If you harvest crops grown from the enemy’s body with Harvesting, you can inflict additional damage. (Stat Harvesting, which can randomly harvest the target’s stats, is activated with a low probability.)

-When planting crops, adhesive force is generated on the feet, making it difficult for the feet to fall off the enemy’s body.

The activation probability of Stat Harvesting changed from ‘rare’ to ‘low,’ and

“Adhesive force? The feet don’t fall off the enemy’s body?”

The effect of the feet not easily falling off the enemy’s body was added.

When Se-jun moved his feet,

Squelch. Squelch.

A sticky sound came from his feet.

Thanks to this, Se-jun was able to plant crops without difficulty even in positions where it was difficult to plant crops.

“Oh! Good?!”

Se-jun was even able to plant crops while standing upside down.

It was an insignificant ability to others, but it was a very good ability for Se-jun.

“Hey, look at this! I can hang upside down like Batbat now!”

Squeak!

[Hey! I’m falling!]

“Huh?!”

Chirp?!

Of course, Kamang, who was in the sling bag, did not have adhesive force, so he fell to the floor,

Thud.

Se-jun caught him well.

[You are a Field Lv. 6 is activated.]

Se-jun planted crops on Alice’s belly while standing upside down.

But

Kiki!

Kiki!

The Devouring Ones of Destruction, born upside down, couldn’t move their roots for fear of falling to the floor,

“Okay. Relax your roots. You’ll get hurt if you strain. Okay. Here we go! One! Two! Three!”

Swoosh.

Se-jun carefully pulled out the Devouring Ones of Destruction and put them on the floor.

“Hoo. Pulling them out is also a job.”

When Se-jun had put down almost 10,000 Devouring Ones of Destruction,

[The Seed Shop opens.]

The 12th Seed Shop opened.

“Hehehe. It’s finally open.”

Se-jun looked at the shop window with expectant eyes.

[Park Se-jun’s grade is Transcendent.]

[7 types of seeds, including transcendent-grade seeds to be sold today, are randomly displayed.]

[At the current grade, you can purchase as many seeds as you want within 500 Tower Coins.]

[Dragon Fruit Seed (Transcendent-grade) – 300 Tower Coins + 500 pieces of World’s Aura]

[All-Swallowing Jelly Seed (Transcendent-grade) – 100 Tower Coins + 100 pieces of World’s Aura]

[10 Sugarcane Seeds – 55 Tower Coins]

[10 Pine Nut Seeds – 45 Tower Coins]

“Oh. I heard that I can buy transcendent-grade seeds from this time on···.”

Sejun looked closely at the top two seeds marked “Transcendent-grade.”

“Dragon Fruit Seed?” he wondered.

Was it the same kind of dragon fruit he used to eat back on Earth?

He then picked up the next seed. “All-Swallowing Jelly Seed?”

He chuckled. How much could a jelly even swallow? It was just jelly, after all.

Sejun thought, “But these Transcendent-grade seeds need the world’s energy, right?”

World’s energy… what exactly was it?

Whirr!

Sejun took out about 1,000 coins that Theo had collected from defeating fragments of the Apostle of Destruction.

“This should be enough, right?” he said to himself.

He decided, “First, I’m curious about the Transcendent-grade ones, so I’ll buy them all.”

Sejun then looked at the remaining seeds. The sugarcane and pine nut seeds were the only ones that caught his eye.

“I’ll buy these four,” he concluded.

As Sejun bought the seeds, messages appeared in front of him, like in a game.

[You have paid a total of 500 Tower Coins and 600 pieces of the world’s energy to purchase Dragon Fruit, All-Swallowing Jelly, Sugarcane, and Pine Nut seeds.]

[A total of 500 Tower Coins have been withdrawn from Seed Bank Park Sejun’s account.]

[5000 Seed Shop points have been accumulated.]

[5101 Seed Shop points have been accumulated.]

[600 pieces of the world’s energy have been paid.]

[600 Seed Shop tickets have been issued.]

[There is only one product that can be exchanged at this time.]

[600 Seed Shop tickets will automatically be exchanged for 6 Seed Shop Random Period Reduction Tickets.]

[Enjoy your seeds! – The Seed Shop]

[Seed Shop Lv. 4 will be available again in 30 days.]

Along with the messages, four small leather pouches and six tickets appeared in Sejun’s hands. The leather was soft and smelled faintly of earth.

“First, let’s plant the seeds…” Sejun said.

Sejun turned the pouch containing the dragon fruit seed upside down.

Plop!

A seed the size of a golf ball fell onto Sejun’s palm. It was a deep red, like a polished stone, and heavy in his hand.

“Wow! This is really big!” Sejun exclaimed.

[Dragon Fruit Seed]

[???]

[You must harvest to see the options.]

“I have to harvest it to see the options?” he grumbled. “How unfriendly.”

Thud!

Grumbling, Sejun carefully made a small hole in the soil with his finger and gently placed the Dragon Fruit seed inside, covering it with earth.

Because Sejun was good at farming, the ground around the seed seemed to glow for a moment.

…

Sejun was the type to do everything he complained about.

He planted the seed, but nothing happened.

The seed was silent. Maybe because it was Transcendent-grade, it was reacting differently from the other seeds.

Sejun then picked up the leather pouch containing the jelly seed.

Shake shake!

He shook it, but nothing came out.

“Huh?”

“What is this?”

Only after Sejun put his hand into the pouch and moved it around could he take out a white, millet-sized seed that was as squishy as jelly. When he touched it, it felt like cool, soft jelly.

[All-Swallowing Jelly Seed]

[???]

[You must harvest to see the options.]

“This is also a question mark,” Sejun noted.

It seemed like all the Transcendent-grade seeds were like this.

Thud!

After planting the All-Swallowing Jelly Seed, Sejun planted the sugarcane and pine nut seeds.

Crack!

Unlike the Transcendent-grade seeds, the sugarcane and pine nut grew quickly as soon as they were planted. A tiny green shoot pushed out of the soil where he planted the sugarcane seed. Then, faster than he could blink, it grew taller and thicker, leaves unfurling like green flags.

While Sejun waited for the crops to grow, he examined the tickets.

[Seed Shop Random Period Reduction Ticket]

[It is automatically used when torn.]

[You can randomly shorten the date the next Seed Shop opens (1-10 days).]

[Price: 100 Seed Shop tickets]

[Issuer: Seed Shop Headquarters]

[Restriction: Seed Shop Member]

[Grade: Transcendent]

He checked the paper he received from the Seed Shop.

“You can randomly shorten the period the Seed Shop opens by 1-10 days?!”

“Huh?! Then, if I’m lucky, can I open the Seed Shop again right away?”

Rip!

Sejun, after reading the explanation, immediately tore the Seed Shop Random Period Reduction Ticket.

Then,

[You have used the Seed Shop Random Period Reduction Ticket.]

[The next Seed Shop opening date will be shortened by one day.]

[The next Seed Shop will open in 29 days.]

The message appeared.

“Oh! So it decreases like this,” Sejun said.

“Then, let’s go for a 10-day reduction right away!”

Rip!

[The next Seed Shop opening date will be shortened by one day.]

Rip!

[The next Seed Shop opening date will be shortened by one day.]

“Eish! It’s too early to give up! I still have 3 left! It’s possible if I get 10 days three times in a row!”

Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face.

Rip!

Rip!

Rip!

…

[The next Seed Shop will open in 24 days.]

“Ah. It’s tearing… My heart is tearing,” Sejun said sadly.

In the end, Sejun tore all six Seed Shop Random Period Reduction Tickets and shortened the period by 6 days. “Oh man,” he sighed.

“What is it? My luck was pretty good last time. Was it just luck that he got something good last time? I even pulled a Divine Artifact…”

Was it thanks to Theo’s buff back then?

“Next time, I should try it with Theo on my lap,” he thought.

Greed was always near, and reason was far away.

Sejun learned that he should use Theo’s buff when luck was needed.

While waiting for the still-growing pine nut to grow,

Rustle.

[You have harvested sugarcane.]

[You are good at farming, helping the sugarcane grow well.]

…

He harvested the sugarcane.

And

Snap.

Feeling a bit peckish, he broke off a piece of the harvested sugarcane, put it in his mouth, and chewed.

“Hehe. It’s sweet. Sweet,” Sejun said.

After chewing a few times, sweet juice burst into his mouth, like sunshine and honey mixed together.

“But I should get Kkueng to squeeze the sugarcane juice, right?”

Because he’ll squeeze it very thoroughly.

But the amount is too much for one person…

Since they grow in almost 1 minute when planted, the harvested sugarcane was piled up to a height of about 10m even though he had been working for less than 1 hour.

Considering the amount of sugarcane he would plant with the harvested seeds in the future, it was impossible even for Kkueng.

“Then Pink Fur too…”

Just as Sejun was about to put Pink Fur into the sugarcane juice squeezing operation,

[Found you! Why did you do that to me?!]

“Can you listen to me…”

He saw Podori shaking the Farming King’s neck vigorously with its roots.

“Hehe. I found you too,” Sejun chuckled.

The darkest place is under the candlestick.

“Podori is the winner,” Sejun declared.

Sejun chose Podori for the role of squeezing sugarcane juice.