Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 456

Sejun had been continuously sending magical cherry tomatoes in a golden cart.

He couldn’t charge money for the cherry tomatoes since the reward was the land deed for the 35th floor of the Golden Tower. However, the Golden Tower’s trading partners gave him things they couldn’t eat, like trees struck by lightning and magic stones. These were worth much more than the cost of traveling back and forth.

“Heh heh heh. I finally got it.”

Sejun had obtained the land deed for the 35th floor of the Golden Tower.

“Chairman Park, congratulations!” Theo purred loudly, puffing out his chest. “Of course, *I* was the one who made it all possible, you know!” He flicked his tail proudly.

Theo never missed a chance to take credit, even for the smallest things.

“Yes, yes,” Sejun chuckled, genuinely happy to have the land deed. “It’s all thanks to our amazing Vice Chairman Theo.” He gently stroked Theo’s soft fur on his forehead, praising the cat who was always by his side.

A moment later,

“Nyaang… Puhuhu. Chairman Park, take this too!”

Theo, who had been enjoying Sejun’s touch, rummaged through his bundle with his front paws and handed Sejun the items he had received from Turbo and Shark.

“Oh?! A land deed and… a shimmering green orb of life, pulsing with a soft, inner light, like a captured firefly?!”

Sejun had been feeling a bit disappointed lately because Brachio was giving him money instead of green orbs of life, so this was a welcome surprise.

The green orbs of life that Brachio gave Sejun were ones he had collected after defeating monsters that had grown stronger by eating the orbs and were driving other monsters to extinction.

Sejun knew Brachio found these green orbs by chance, not by looking for them.

For Brachio, it was much easier to go outside, defeat the red mist, and earn money than to bother exploring the tower and finding monsters with green orbs of life.

“Heh heh heh. Vice Chairman Theo, get me more of these.”

“Understood! Trust me!”

Shark did all the work, but Theo took all the credit.

Sejun already had 45 unused green orbs of life, including the one he had just obtained, but he couldn’t be satisfied.

The more orbs of life he had, the more secure he felt.

“Puhuhu. Chairman Park, I did well, so give me Churu!”

Churu is praise!

“Alright.”

Theo also liked it when Sejun praised him a lot.

Chomp chomp chomp.

Sejun fed Theo Churu with one hand while checking the five land deeds Theo had brought with the other.

The land deeds were for the 22nd, 26th, and 28th floors of the Green Tower, the 2nd floor of the Black Tower, and the 97th floor of the White Tower.

Thump. Thump.

Sejun neatly organized the land deeds he had obtained.

“Huh?! So, now I have all the land deeds for the Green Tower from the 20th to the 28th floor.”

He realized that he had all the land deeds for the Green Tower from the 20th to the 28th floor.

“Oh. Nice.”

I should go and register them all at once.

Of course, the 35th floor of the Golden Tower was the priority.

“But to go to the Golden Tower, I need to prepare for the lightning… I guess I should block it with magic, right?”

Sejun decided to take Iona with him to the Golden Tower when,

Tweet?!

[Vice Chairman Theo, are you going to the Golden Tower?!]

“Puhuhu. That’s right! I’m going with Chairman Park!”

Theo was boasting to Bbiyotti, Yuren, and King Ox, who had just sent him a telepathic message, that he was going to the Golden Tower with Sejun.

“You’re here? But why are you three together?”

Sejun, hearing their conversation, turned his head and asked.

Moo.

[We came after training.]

“Training?”

Actually, Bbiyotti, Yuren, and Farmer King had run away from the Apostle of Destruction and met King Ox, who was patrolling the 90th floor of the tower, and came up together.

The three were relieved and comfortably climbed up to the 99th floor with King Ox, but

Moo. Moo.

[You are too weak. It’s training.]

Waiting for them was not rest, but King Ox’s brutal three-hour training session.

“But why did Farmer King come first?”

Moo.

[Farmer King was too weak to withstand my training, so he was excluded.]

Farmer King was strong in attack but very easily hurt.

Sejun laughed at Farmer King.

“King Ox, can I also receive training?”

Suddenly, with what confidence, he offered to receive King Ox’s training himself.

Moo…

King Ox stared intently at Sejun, pondering his question.

Moo. *Hmph*. Perhaps… ten minutes. You are weak.

“What?! 10 minutes?!”

Sejun was moved by King Ox’s words.

‘I honestly thought it would be about 3 minutes…’

I’ve grown a lot.

“King Ox, then train me too.”

I need to get stronger to see Aileen!

Moo.

[Then endure.]

“Huh? What…”

As Sejun was about to ask,

Swoosh.

Suddenly, King Ox raised a huge finger, as thick as a tree trunk, and slowly lowered it towards Sejun’s head. Sejun felt a shadow fall over him, and the air grew heavy.

Thump.

Sejun hurriedly raised both arms to block King Ox’s finger, and the tremendous force transmitted through the finger began to press down on Sejun’s body. It felt like tons of rocks were piled on top of him, crushing the air from his lungs. His muscles screamed, and his bones felt like they would snap.

9 minutes and 55 seconds later.

“Aargh!”

I feel like I’m going to die…

Sejun screamed, sweating profusely.

[You have pushed back tremendous weight.]

[Strength increases by 1.]

[Your body has endured tremendous weight.]

[Stamina increases by 1.]

Still, he was able to endure thanks to the messages that appeared about every minute.

But

I can’t do it anymore…

That was now the limit.

Just as Sejun’s body was about to collapse,

Thump.

Moo.

[10 minutes are up.]

King Ox removed his finger after exactly 10 minutes, and

“Haa. Haa. Haa.”

“Chairman Park, your face is rotting even more!”

Theo started licking and nuzzling Sejun’s face quickly, trying to comfort him.

Normally, he would have immediately retorted, ‘It’s not rotting!’, but

‘I did it! I did it!’

Sejun was proud of the tremendous sense of accomplishment that he had endured King Ox’s finger.

“Kuh-uh-uh. Heh heh heh.”

Despite the pain, Sejun felt a thrill of excitement. He was getting stronger, little by little. He drifted off to sleep, dreaming of power and adventure.

The next morning.

“Ugh.”

Sejun woke up feeling refreshed.

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

He checked the message in front of him.

Today, the Charcoal God Tan left purification charcoal on 1 pyeong of land as a reward.

It’s ambiguous.

Sejun decided to determine the size of the [Tan Road] after seeing the reward.

Swish.

Sejun raised his upper body.

Gurgle.

Kyurorong.

Kkirorong.

Eomdorong.

Kkirurung.

“Iona?”

He found Iona sleeping while holding Theo’s tail.

“That’s good.”

“I was going to call you when I went to the Golden Tower anyway.”

“Nyaa…”

“Creak…”

Sejun got out of bed, gathering Theo and Kamang. Iona, holding onto Theo’s tail, and Eomdori and Kkomi, clinging to Kamang’s fur, were pulled along with them.

Sejun took his companions outside.

First, he looked for the reward from Tan, the God of Charcoal.

“Found it.”

Between the corn and sweet potato plants, he discovered a pile of charcoal. There were so many pieces, maybe a hundred, and each one was thick and black, like a burnt log from a giant’s fire.

He read the label: [Charcoal of Purification]

This charcoal is a product personally crafted by Tan, the God of Charcoal. It purifies the air within a 1km radius. It can be reused at 50% of its original performance if washed clean with holy water. Creator: Tan, the God of Charcoal. Grade: A

“Hmm… I should put one in the bathroom first.”

Sejun placed a piece of purification charcoal in the bathroom. Almost instantly, the stuffy air seemed to lift. He took a deep breath, and it felt like breathing clean mountain air, not the usual bathroom smell.

“Oh! The air feels fresher.”

Sejun smiled. “Tan, you are wonderful! Like a breath of fresh air!”

“Land Moving.”

[Tan Road]

Tan, the God of Charcoal, gifted us the Charcoal of Purification, allowing us to breathe fresh air even in the bathroom. He was a refreshing god.

After creating [Tan Road], Sejun entered the sub-space warehouse and

“Kiki!”

“Kiki!”

He checked the crops planted in the bodies of the Apostles of Destruction, greeted by the Doom Predators.

“Good. The pine nuts are all grown.”

He could see pine cones, like pineapples, full of pine nuts on the tall pine trees. ‘I should harvest them later,’ Sejun thought.

Sejun then checked the plum tree, which he had planted by breaking the amber and taking out the plum seeds inside.

“Oh, the plums are all grown too.”

Plink.

As Sejun picked a plum,

[You have harvested a plum.]

[You are a Field Lv. 6 is activated, dealing additional damage.]

The message appeared. There was no special effect.

“Well, who cares? As long as it tastes good.”

Glug.

Sejun took a bite of the plum.

“Hmm. Delicious.”

Sejun ate a plum in an instant.

“These guys aren’t reacting.”

Sejun looked at the spots where he planted the dragon fruit and the All-Swallowing Jelly seeds. Nothing. Not even a tiny sprout. ‘Maybe they are too special,’ he thought, ‘or maybe I’m doing something wrong.’

Sejun watered the two Transcendent-grade seeds and

“Alright. He collected the seeds from the Doom Predators…

“Ptooey! Ptooey!”

“Ptooey! Ptooey!”

He received the seeds from the Doom Predators and went to make breakfast.

A little later,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Of course! Leave it to me!”

While Sejun was eating, he asked Iona to go with him to the Golden Tower and block the lightning, and Iona readily agreed.

Then,

“Bbyot!”

[Sejun, please take me with you!]

“I will assist Theo with my right forepaw!”

Bbyot also shouted, flapping his wings.

“Puhuhut. Bbyot is naturally going with me as the right forepaw of Vice Chairman Theo! And Yuren, the left forepaw, is going too, nyaang!”

“Kkyuik?! Am I going too?!”

“Of course, nyaang!”

Yuren, from the Golden Tower, was surprised by Theo’s words. ‘Can I go when I haven’t received all the money yet?’ ‘Dad told me not to come back until he gets all the money…’ ‘No. It’s better this way. If I meet Magin, I should check it myself.’

Yuren continued to gather information about those who were blacklisted while going around with Bbyot to collect money.

In the meantime,

“What?! Ebis, Madaf, and Nelly have all become Magin’s subordinates?!”

He recently heard some shocking information.

The first to third on the blacklist were all working as subordinates for his relative, Magin Damon.

Furthermore, after a detailed investigation, it was revealed that they had been cleaning up Magin’s wrongdoings for decades.

Magin had his subordinates scam Yuren.

However, it wasn’t solid proof yet.

So, he was going to go after gathering more concrete information, but…

‘Maybe now is a better time, with Sejun and Theo going together.’

He didn’t know what misfortune might befall him if he went alone.

Honestly, he wasn’t confident either…

Yuren decided to return to the Golden Tower.

“But do you have any countermeasures against the lightning in the Golden Tower?”

‘I should share some tips from someone who knows the Golden Tower.’

“Iona has decided to take care of everything.”

“Huh?!”

“Kkyu-Don’t you trust me?!”

“Kkyuik! That’s not it at all!”

Yuren, who had been diligently eating and not listening, hurriedly apologized to Iona.

“So, what’s the method?”

Sejun asked Yuren, thinking that maybe a useful method might come out.

Then,

“This is my secret weapon!” Yuren puffed out his chest and patted his belly proudly.

“Huh?”

“Thick fat! It’s the Damon family’s gift. Lightning? Psh! It can’t get through this!”

The Damon family, the best family in the Golden Tower. The reason why the Damon family achieved such great wealth was largely due to their bodies having fat so thick that electricity couldn’t pass through.

Thanks to this, they were able to control all the deliveries of the Golden Tower and amass great wealth.

“Hmm.”

Sejun was lost in thought at Yuren’s words.

Come to think of it, electric eels also have thick fat to block the electricity they generate…

“Would that work?!”

‘That’s just how your species is!’

Sejun realized that Yuren didn’t have a good way to prepare for the lightning.

“Everyone, gather around!”

Sejun had his companions enter the sub-space warehouse.

And then,

“If you’re bored, pick some pine nuts.”

After subtly hinting for them to do some work,

Clang.

He closed the sub-space warehouse.

“Eileen, I’m going to the Golden Tower for a bit.”

[The Tower Manager tells you to have a safe trip.]

“Okay.”

He couldn’t bring himself to say ‘Don’t worry.’

To Eileen, he was like someone who would shatter if touched.

‘It’s a bit sad. I need to get stronger quickly.’

Sejun reaffirmed his will to become stronger and

Whoosh.

He unfolded the land deed for the 35th floor of the Golden Tower, and

[The summoning function is activated to imprint the first owner of the 35th floor land deed of the Golden Tower.]

With the message, Sejun disappeared.

***

The outskirts of Destruction.

4 days since Halphas summoned the Apostles of Destruction.

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Halphas was still alone.

“These guys! Why isn’t anyone coming?!”

Halphas was