Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 459

[Waypoint saved at the 35th floor of the Golden Tower.] As Sejun finished saving his location, a squeaky voice giggled, “Hee hee! Butler, I punished the kid who laughed at you!”

“Hey! Give back the money you owe Yuren!” Teo shouted.

“Yeah! You punk, give it back!” Yuren yelled.

They searched Nellie’s pockets. Nellie was tied up with ropes and still unconscious.

But, with a *clink*, only a few coins fell out.

“What?! He’s completely broke!” Teo exclaimed.

It was just 900 Tower Coins. Even Kkueng, Sejun’s little animal friend, had collected more pocket money – 3300 Tower Coins!

*Kkuhehehe. Kkueng! [Hehehe. Kkueng has now collected 3300 Tower Coins!]*

“This can’t be right! Where’s our money?” Yuren cried.

They decided to use Tower Slave Seals to force Nellie to pay. They pressed the seals onto Nellie.

[Nellie Hong has been stamped with five Tower Slave Seals.]

[Nellie Hong now owes 50 billion Tower Coins.]

[Trying to take 50 billion Tower Coins from Nellie Hong.]

[Nellie Hong has 0 Tower Coins.]

[Because Nellie Hong is already a slave, the 50 billion Tower Coins are added to his debt.]

[Nellie Hong now owes a total of 10 trillion 49 billion 999 million 999 thousand 100 Tower Coins.]

Nellie really had no money at all. He was completely broke.

“What?!” Teo exclaimed again.

“I think Nellie gave the money to Magin,” Yuren said.

“She did?!” Teo asked.

“Yes. It’s better if Magin has it. The money Ebis and Madaf stole is probably with Magin too,” Yuren explained.

“Then let’s wake Nellie up and ask where Magin is!” Teo decided.

Yuren hesitated. “Um… Teo, can *I* wake him up?”

Teo grinned, understanding Yuren’s hidden wish. “Heh heh. It’s 100 million Tower Coins per hit!”

“Okay!” Teo agreed. “Here’s 50 billion Tower Coins!” He quickly gave Yuren the money. “Hey! Wake up!”

*Thwack!*

Yuren started hitting Nellie. After hitting him many times, Yuren was out of breath.

“Hah… hah… Nellie, where is Magin?” Yuren gasped.

“Why do you want to know where Magin is?” Nellie asked calmly, even though Yuren had hit him many times – maybe five hundred times!

Hitting Nellie was like hitting a big bag of fat. Yuren was getting more tired than Nellie was hurt.

“Magin told you to borrow money from me. All the money you, Ebis, and Madaf borrowed is now with Magin,” Yuren explained again.

“Magin? I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Nellie said stubbornly.

“Tell me!” Teo shouted, grabbing Nellie’s shirt collar. “Where is Magin?!”

Teo was thinking about Sejun. He knew Sejun, who Teo called “Chairman Park,” liked it when Teo did bad things to bad people. Teo wanted to be praised by Sejun again soon. He knew if he got praised too often, the praise wouldn’t be as strong. So, Teo waited for the right moment to do something Sejun would like. He felt it was time to get “tribute” for “Chairman Park” again. Teo really wanted to be praised by Sejun.

But Nellie just shook his head. “Hmph! I don’t understand anything you’re saying.”

“Tell me!” Teo insisted again.

Nellie still wouldn’t talk.

Then, Sejun stepped forward. “Heh heh. Maybe it’s my turn now?” he said, trying to sound confident, but he felt nervous inside.

“Everyone, step back!” Teo announced loudly. “The great Chairman Park is going to show you something amazing!” Teo made a big show of it, and everyone looked at Sejun.

*‘This is going to be difficult,’* Sejun thought. *‘Will this even work?’*

Sejun decided to try offering food. He thought Nellie might be like Yuren, who loved to eat.

But Nellie just laughed. “Pfft. What are you doing? Do you think you can bribe me with food?”

Sejun’s idea had failed. Nellie was mocking him.

“Ugh, this isn’t working,” Sejun sighed. “Let’s just eat lunch.”

“Grilled fish for me!” Teo requested.

*Kkyut kkyut kkyut. I’m ready to eat!* Kkueng chirped happily.

*Peep!*

*Uhehe.* Yuren chuckled.

So, Sejun and his friends started eating lunch.

At the same time, Kkamangi was furious.

*Squeak?! Squeak!* Kkamangi squeaked angrily. *[How dare you laugh at my butler?! Everyone, get ready!]*

“Yes, sir!” Eomdori and Kkomi replied.

*Squawk!*

Kkamangi, completely enraged that Nellie had mocked Sejun, charged at Nellie.

*Thud.*

Kkamangi gave Nellie a weak headbutt. Then, *plop*, Kkamangi, Eomdori, and Kkomi all fell asleep on the ground.

“Pfft. What are *these*?” Nellie scoffed, looking at the sleeping animals.

But as Nellie mocked Kkamangi and his friends, something strange happened.

“Huh?” Nellie blinked.

His eyes turned completely black, and he fell unconscious.

Nellie found himself in a strange place – inside his own mind.

“Where am I?” Nellie wondered, looking around.

*Thud!*

“Aargh!” Nellie cried out.

“Grrrr. How dare you laugh at my butler?!” a deep voice growled.

A huge wolf appeared, its front paws pressing down on Nellie.

Then, *thud! thud!*

“How dare you laugh at Sejun-nim?!” another voice roared.

“You insulted Sejun-nim!!!” a third voice shrieked.

A giant made of rock and a huge spider appeared next to the wolf. They were smaller than the wolf, but still enormous.

*‘What… what is this?!’* Nellie thought in terror.

He had never felt such fear before. It was worse than the fear of death. It felt like he was going to disappear completely.

“P… Please! Save me!” Nellie screamed, completely terrified.

“Grrrr. Too late,” the wolf growled. “You hurt my butler’s feelings!”

“You did something wrong, so you must be punished!” the rock giant boomed.

“Kieeek! Yeah! Did you see Sejun-nim’s sad face earlier?!” the spider hissed.

Kkamangi, Eomdori, and Kkomi, who were once powerful beings called Apostles of Destruction, were now showing Nellie a taste of hell.

[Entered the Heart of the Earth.]

“We’re here,” Magin said, reading the message. He followed his follower into a valley. In the center of the valley was a huge, round stone.

“It’s almost ready,” Magin said, looking at the stone. It was mostly dark red – more than 90% red.

“Magin, are you sure this is safe?” Ebis asked nervously.

“Don’t worry,” Magin reassured him. “Even a powerful Apostle of Destruction can’t use all their power inside the Golden Tower.”

Magin remembered meeting a part of Dilia, who was called the 8th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, the Demon of Corruption. It happened by accident about a year ago.

*“You smell interesting. I will help you,”* Dilia’s voice had whispered.

Dilia’s fragment had sensed Magin’s evil soul and offered to help him, showing she liked him.

“Good.”

Magin accepted.

Obsessed with the idea of exterminating the elves, Magin didn’t care about the means or methods.

Of course, he was also confident that he could control the situation well.

Having formed an alliance with Dilia, Magin brought her to the Navel of the Earth and had her destroy the stone filled with the Earth’s energy.

He confirmed that the strong Earth energy from the stone was flowing into the ground, so Magin thought that destroying this stone would greatly reduce the earth power on the 35th floor of the tower.

Thud.

When Magin arrived near the stone, he saw a glowing blue lightning protection magic circle drawn in a 100m radius around the stone. Arcs of electricity crackled around its edges.

He also saw the three thousand small, shadowy figures that were Dilia’s fragments, each one sending streams of pulsing red energy towards the stone from within the magic circle.

“How many fragments are there now?”

“Three thousand.”

“That’s a lot.”

He was embarrassed that there were more fragments than he thought, but he was not worried.

The fragments of the Apostle of Destruction could not withstand lightning.

“Dilia, how much is left?” Magin asked one of Dilia’s fragments surrounding the stone.

– “Heh heh heh. It will be over tonight.”

Dilia’s fragments answered simultaneously, smiling faintly.

What is it?

Magin felt uneasy at their laughter, but Boom! There is lightning.

As long as there is lightning, they cannot come out of the lightning protection magic circle.

Magin believed in the lightning and reassured himself.

***

“Puhu! Today, Park’s grilled fish was excellent! As expected, Park grills fish well, meow!” Theo, who had deliciously eaten the smoky, perfectly grilled fish Sejun had cooked, lay on Sejun’s lap, patted his stomach, and smiled happily.

Koohehehe. Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Daddy also bakes pancakes well! Daddy, Kkueng has a lot of money, so tell me if you want anything!] Kkueng, who was excited after dipping his warm, fluffy pancake in golden, sweet honey, opened his allowance pouch and took out 3300 Tower Coins, speaking boldly.

Kkueng, who reached 3300 Tower Coins, surpassing the 3200 Tower Coins he had collected the most in his life today, felt it was enough to be bold.

“Okay. I will tell you later if I want anything.”

While such a pleasant conversation was going on, suddenly, Nelly screamed and confessed on her own, then cried and apologized.

“Gasp! That’s right! Magin, that bastard, ordered everything! He told me to borrow money and bring it to him! Sob sob. I’m so sorry for laughing at you.”

“What is it?”

“As expected, it’s Park, meow! The food temptation worked earlier, meow! Amazing, meow!” Theo began to praise Sejun.

“Is that… so?” Sejun looked bewildered.

“Puhu! Where is Magin, meow?!”

“Magin is in a place called the Navel of the Earth…” When Theo was finding out Magin’s location from Nelly,

Squeak!

[Butler! Give me 10 dried sweet potatoes!] I worked hard today, so it’s okay to ask for 10! Blackie, who had woken up, called Sejun.

“Okay.”

Sejun knew that Blackie wouldn’t eat them all and would store them in his secret warehouse, so he gave Blackie 10 dried sweet potatoes.

Munch. Munch. Munch.

Hehe. Butler, I punished the kid who laughed at you. Blackie smiled and ate the dried sweet potatoes deliciously.

A while later.

“Magin is in a place called the Navel of the Earth?”

“Puhu! That’s right, meow! Nelly will guide us, meow!”

“Okay. Then let’s go right away.”

“It’s departure time, meow!”

Sejun and his party followed Nelly’s guidance and moved to the Navel of the Earth, where Magin was.

And ‘I’m scared.’ Nelly trembled in fear as she looked at Blackie, who was glaring at her from inside Sejun’s sling bag, checking if she was doing well.

But I mustn’t sleep! I have to punish anyone who laughs at the butler again! Blackie was glaring to overcome his sleepiness.

Sejun and his party moved for about 3 hours.

[You have entered the Navel of the Earth.] They arrived at the place where Magin was.

At that moment, [The power of Dilia, the 8th Apostle of Destruction, the Demon of Corruption, has been detected in multiple locations 5km west.] A message appeared in front of Sejun.

“The Demon of Corruption, Dilia?”

If it’s Dilia…

“The one with the rotten face, but a nice fellow who gave me the fermentation skill?”

It wasn’t just that her face was ugly, it was really rotten.

Sejun’s first impression of Dilia was quite good.

So, to maintain that good first impression, he decided to deal with her from afar without looking at her face.

5km west…

“Everyone, attack over there!” Sejun had them attack the huge dark red stone in the center of the basin.

“Puhu! Okay, meow! It’s Tekku Park Manbo, the Meteorite Tribe Chief, meow!”

“Kkyuk kkyuk kkyuk. Yes! O power of gravity. Drop the stones floating in the sky onto the enemy. Meteor.” Kkueng! Kkueng! [Okay! It’s Kkueng Manbokwon!]

Wham!

Theo, Iona, and Kkueng’s attacks poured down on the stone and its surroundings.

But ‘What is it?’ No message appeared.

“What, meow?”

“Kkyuk kkyuk kkyuk. Something is strange.” Kkueng? [Should I attack again?]

The three of them felt that something was wrong and prepared to attack again.

At that moment, -“You guys! How dare you attack me, Dilia, the 8th Apostle of Destruction, the Demon of Corruption!” A giant demon with twice the height of the deep basin appeared.

[The 8th Apostle of Destruction, the Demon of Corruption, Dilia] Dilia’s true form had a huge pair of black wings, a stuffy black long dress covering her entire body, and a face with tattered, rotten skin.

Why is her true form here…?

“Everyone, take this!” Before Dilia could break the seal, Sejun hurriedly handed out the Black Bean of Transcendence and a bean set containing 4 beans to his party.

Gulp.

[You have consumed the Black Bean of Transcendence (+2).] … .. .

He ate it himself too.

And Clang.

“Everyone, come out!” Kiki! Kiki! He opened the subspace warehouse and let the Destroyer Devourers out.

At the same time, the dense energy of creation that had been trapped in the subspace flowed out of the warehouse.

At that moment, -“Kehehe! Rot all away! Seal release!” Four pairs of wings grew from Dilia’s back, and the earth and atmosphere were quickly contaminated by Dilia’s energy, turning dark red.

She released all four stages of the seal at once.

Sssssss.

When the blue energy of creation was burning away due to the energy of corruption that had spread to where Sejun was, [The God of Valor, Beb, shouts ‘Park Sejun, I believed in you!’ and rejoices.] [The God of Valor, Beb, acknowledges your valiant achievements.] …?

Sejun unintentionally received recognition for his valor from Beb again.