Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 465

The 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Morning of the 444th day since entering the tower.

Sejun was still tired. He had fought Dilia recently and then spent the whole day carrying Devourers of Extinction. This made him even more exhausted.

The sound of snoring filled the room. Theo was sleeping soundly.

Since Sejun wasn’t awake, naturally Theo wasn’t either.

Kkamangi and his subordinates were also enjoying a rare lie-in.

Tip-toe. Tip-toe.

A tiny rabbit, fur as white and soft as fresh snow, hopped quietly towards Sejun’s bed. Its pink nose twitched, and its large, dark eyes looked around nervously before it took another step.

Screech! The rabbit took a deep breath and yelled loudly into Sejun’s ear, “Wake up!”

“My ears!” Sejun woke up with a scream, startled by the sudden high-pitched noise.

“What’s going on?! Who woke me up?!”

Squeak?! Squeak?! [Who is it?! Who disturbed the butler?!]

“Great Kkamangi, open your eyes! It’s not that way, it’s this way!”

Thanks to that, Theo and Kkamangi’s family, who heard Sejun’s scream, were all startled and a commotion broke out.

A baby rabbit with three black dots on its back, holding a hammer about 1/100th the size of the Black Rabbit’s, was giggling as it looked at Sejun.

‘What is this guy?’ He looks similar to the Black Rabbit?

Pyaak! [Black Rabbit the Second! I told you to stay still!]

The Black Rabbit, who had rushed into the bedroom, scolded the baby rabbit.

“Black Rabbit the Second? So, the Black Rabbit’s son?! You did it, Black Rabbit!” Sejun looked at the Black Rabbit with admiration.

‘But if you yell at a kid like that…’

Paeaaack! Paeaaack! [Daddy yelled at me! I hate Daddy!]

As Sejun expected, the baby rabbit, scolded by the Black Rabbit, began to cry sadly.

Pyaak… Pyaak?! [Black Rabbit the Second, why… why are you crying?!]

The Black Rabbit was greatly embarrassed by making his son cry.

The crying of a 10-day-old baby rabbit was pure terror to the novice father, Black Rabbit. An invincible skill that cannot be defended against.

The Black Rabbit didn’t know what to do. He looked at Sejun with pleading eyes. *Uncle, help me!* he thought.

Sejun chuckled softly. *Now it’s my turn to help,* he thought.

Sejun smiled smugly and took out a sugarcane from his pocket. “Why are you crying? Here. Eat this. This is really delicious?”

Sejun patted Black Rabbit the Second’s bottom and naturally put the sugarcane in his mouth.

Black Rabbit the Second quickly stopped crying and focused on the sweet taste of the sugarcane, chewing diligently.

In the meantime, Sejun was able to hear from the Black Rabbit why he brought Black Rabbit the Second to the 99th floor of the tower.

There was a legend in the Red Ribbon Kingdom about the strongest Black Rabbit born with three black dots on his back, an existence that would lead the Red Ribbon Kingdom to peace with great force.

The Black Rabbit said that he came to the 99th floor of the tower, where the Ox King was, to have his son, who had such a destiny, receive the best training from a young age.

Sejun asked, sounding worried, “Is he too young to train with the Ox King?”

Pyaak! Pyaak! [No way! My son is stronger than Uncle!]

“Eh?! That’s not true! No matter how weak I am, I’m not weak enough to lose to a 10-day-old rabbit.”

Pyaak! Pyaak! [I don’t think so! My son was born strong!]

“Then let’s go ask the Ox King.”

Pyaak! [Okay!]

That’s how Sejun and the Black Rabbit decided to ask the Ox King who was stronger.

Along the way, Theo and Kkuengee greeted the Black Rabbit and went to work at the Green Tower and the West Forest.

A little later.

Moo. [Sejun can handle my finger pressure for 3 minutes. This little one can only manage 2 minutes and 40 seconds.]

“See! What did I tell you?!” Heh heh. I’m stronger after all.

Sejun smiled brightly at the Ox King’s words, having beaten Black Rabbit the Second by 20 seconds.

Sejun grunted with effort as he received the special training.

Then, when Black Rabbit the Second was enduring the Ox King’s two fingers and receiving special training,

Pyaak! [Uncle, please name my son.]

The Black Rabbit approached Sejun and carefully asked.

“Name? Wasn’t Black Rabbit the Second his name?”

Pyaak! Pyaak! [That’s what I called him because he doesn’t have a name yet, and I’d like Uncle to name my son! Even Ppyuppyu, my wife, wants you to name him!]

There was a tradition among rabbits that the higher the being who named them, the more longevity and wealth they would enjoy.

So, he asked Sejun, the highest being in the Black Tower excluding the dragons, to name Black Rabbit the Second.

“Really?! Wait a moment.” The Sejun Naming Center, which had been closed for only a few days, reopened.

Sejun hurriedly thought of a name that would suit Black Rabbit the Second.

Since he has three black dots on his back, Tri-Spot.

Since he’s Black Rabbit the Second, Black Two.

Since he keeps screaming, Shriek.

“Hmm… It’s hard to choose. All the names I came up with today were to my liking.” Then, a question suddenly arose.

“Black Rabbit, but will those dots on his back stay there?” It was a very important issue because if the dots disappeared, he wouldn’t be Tri-Spot.

Pyaak! [Those will disappear!]

That was close. Tri-Spot is disqualified. It was also really fortunate for Black Rabbit the Second.

When he disqualified the name Tri-Spot like that,

“Huh?!” Sejun’s eyes caught a small hammer hanging on Black Rabbit the Second’s back.

Rabbit and hammer… Torch?!

Torch. The sound was good. But the impact is a bit lacking? Since he’s a Black Rabbit…

“Black Torch?!”

“Amazing!” Sejun was shocked that he had come up with such a wonderful name. A thrill ran through his body and goosebumps rose.

Black Torch shivered.

Moo. Moo. [2 minutes 40 seconds are up. Next Black Rabbit come.]

Pyaak! When Black Torch’s special training was over, the Ox King called the Black Rabbit and gave him special training.

When the exhausted Black Rabbit finished his special training and plopped down on the floor,

Hee hee. Squeak! Squeak! [Hee hee. Welcome, newbie! Your name is now Black Torch!]

“Welcome, Black Mole!” Kkamangi chirped happily. His friends echoed him, “Shalala!”

But then, Black Mole stamped his foot hard on the ground.

[I hate Black Mole! I want to be Black Rabbit II! And don’t think you’re better than me just because you’re stronger!] he squeaked angrily. He ignored Kkamangi and his friends, clearly not liking the name Sejun had given him.

[Hmm? Black Mole is not so bad! The Butler could have called you worse!] Kkamangi squeaked back, surprised. [Did you just say we are weak? Boys, show him what we can do!]

“Yes, Great Kkamangi!” chirped his friends. “Shalala!”

*Thud.*

Black Mole quickly learned that Kkamangi and his friends, though small, could be very annoying. They bumped him with their heads again and again.

Thirty seconds later, Black Mole squeaked, [Great Leader Kkamangi, please accept me! New recruit Black Mole reporting for duty!] He had completely changed his attitude and become very polite.

Kkamangi chuckled, pleased with how easily he had taught the new recruit a lesson.

But Kkamangi knew there were two beings he could not boss around.

One was Theo. Theo was always with the super-giant Sejun. Kkamangi had secretly slipped into Theo’s mind while he slept. He wanted to see if he could control Theo too. But he quickly jumped back out when he saw a gigantic Butler, just as big as himself, standing guard in Theo’s mind. Theo was a strange cat who only cared about Sejun. Kkamangi realized then how scary someone could be if they were completely focused on just one thing.

The other being was Kkuengi. Inside Kkuengi, a red bear with scary power was sleeping, curled up like a ball. Suddenly, Kkamangi was there in the bear’s mind. The bear seemed annoyed. It lazily opened one red eye and looked at Kkamangi. Even that small look hurt Kkamangi’s mind. He knew at once what the bear was.

The Demonic Beast of the End… It was said that creation and destruction are like a circle, always repeating. But the Demonic Beast of the End was the one who could break that circle. Some called it ‘The Ender’. If it woke up, everything would go back to nothing.

-Go away, whispered a deep voice in Kkamangi’s mind. -It is not my time to wake up yet.

And then, Kkamangi was thrown out of Kkuengi’s mind.

So, Kkamangi knew he couldn’t mess with Theo or Kkuengi. Theo was too unpredictable, and if the bear inside Kkuengi woke up, Kkamangi’s happy life would be over.

Kkamangi watched the new recruit, still thinking about Theo and Kkuengi.

*Moo!* boomed a voice. [The end!]

*Squeak!* [Thank you for your hard work!] Black Rabbit squeaked, bowing to the Ox King. He had just finished ten minutes of training, bravely blocking the Ox King’s powerful punches.

*Squeak!* [Uncle, I’ll be back in about a week!] Black Rabbit said. He and Black Mole were getting ready to leave the tower. Black Mole was still growing and couldn’t train with the Ox King every day.

“Aren’t you going to eat something before you go?” Sejun asked.

*Squeak! Squeak!* [We’ll eat later! I have something important to do this afternoon!] Black Rabbit replied quickly.

*Squeak!* [Goodbye, Uncle Grandpa!] Black Mole called out as they hurried away.

“Grandpa?” Sejun coughed, pretending to be very hurt by Black Mole’s innocent words.

After Black Rabbit and Black Mole left, Sejun said, “Well, let’s eat then, just us.” He went back home to have lunch with his friends.

Outside the destroyed lands.

“Leviathan,” Halphas asked, “have you heard when the other Apostles of Destruction are coming?”

“No,” Leviathan said, shaking his head. Of course not. Leviathan didn’t want to be there in the first place.

Just then, a voice spoke in Leviathan’s mind. -Leviathan, where are you? There’s lots of food here! Come eat with us! Jormungandr is here too! It was Kraken calling him.

Among the Apostles of Destruction, there were groups. They stayed together because they were similar or friends. Halphas, Melphix, and Dilia all had wings – they were the Wing Faction. Jormungandr, Hydra, and Leviathan were all snake-like – the Snake Faction. Kraken was close to Leviathan because they were both sea creatures.

Fenrir, Kuruger, Violet, Alice, and Sasha liked to be alone. They were just called the Solo Faction.

-Kraken, help me! Leviathan thought back. -Tell Jormungandr to come quickly! I’m stuck with Halphas!

As Leviathan was asking for help, Violet spoke, “I can feel Kuruger nearby…”

Violet, the 11th Apostle of Destruction, was made of destruction crystals. She thought of Kuruger, the Rock Crusher, as her older brother because they were both from the rock family. A part of Violet was moving up the tower, following Kuruger’s strong energy on the 72nd floor of the Black Tower.

And then, far away in the tower, Yuren shouted, “I’m sure of it this time! It’s here!”

“Peep?” Peep asked. [Really?]

“Yes, it’s righ… huh?!” Yuren, who was walking fast and talking loudly to Peep, bumped into someone coming from the other direction.

[Field Level 8 activated.]

[Seed of Devouring Destruction planted in Kuruger, the Rock Crusher, 7th Apostle of Destruction.]

Sejun finished lunch and went to his special storage space to plant more Seeds of Devouring Destruction.

*Hee hee! Hee hee!*

Around Sejun, seventy Pioneers of Destruction were busily planting the seeds.

*Hee hee! Squeak!*

[Hee hee. Everyone, eat it all up!] Kkamangi commanded.

*Chirp chirp!*

The Devourers of Destruction eagerly ate the destruction energy.

*Burp! Burp!*

The energy they ate turned into a blue mist and floated into the air on the 99th floor.

*Slinking.*

[Come!]

Some of the mist touched Podori’s leafy branches.

*Pop!*

[I did it! I finally finished!] Podori cheered. He had made a bunch of grapes that looked like an altar, using the energy of creation.

It had been so hard! Fire Spirit had often been angry and disappointed because Podori couldn’t make an altar. But Podori kept trying, pushed by Fire Spirit. He absorbed the creation energy and finally made a beautiful bunch of grapes, an altar ready for a harvest festival.

As Podori celebrated, Fire Spirit’s voice sounded in his mind. [If you made it, tell the master now! What are you waiting for?]

Fire Spirit had become much stronger recently. He had passed a test to become the Spirit of Creation a few months ago. Because of this, he couldn’t appear to Sejun directly. So, he made Podori create the altar so he could meet Sejun during the harvest festival, like Eileen had done before.

[Sejun, please harvest this!] Podori called out quickly, afraid of Fire Spirit’s anger.

A moment later, *Thud.* Sejun harvested the grape altar.

[Harvested the beautiful grape altar.]

[Job experience greatly increased.]

[Harvesting Skill Level 9 greatly increased.]

[Acquired 10,000 experience.]

As the messages appeared, the purple grapes grew huge and floated in the air. The stems became strong and held the grape altar up.

And then, a new message appeared.

[Quest started.]

[Quest: Offer 100 of 10 or more types of crops to the beautiful grape altar within 24 hours and hold the Harvest Festival of Abundance!]

Reward: Holding the Harvest Festival of Abundance

A quest to hold the Harvest Festival of Abundance had begun!