Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 471

Inside the Magic Stream.

Fwoosh!

Blaze’s flame grew stronger because it was magic fire.

In an instant, flames engulfed Halphas and the slimes.

Wiggle. Wiggle.

The slimes, who swallowed anything they could find, swallowed the flames, only to be burned inside and out simultaneously, and then they died.

And then,

“Release Seal!”

“You madman!” Halphas shouted. “Burning magic inside the Magic Stream…”

Halphas hurriedly released the fifth level seal, realizing what Blaze was trying to do.

“So, you’d really blow up the Magic Stream just to get rid of me? I’m impressed, I have to say. But because of that, you’ll fall into even greater trouble.”

The explosion of one Magic Stream would soon spread into a chain reaction throughout all nine Magic Streams, leaving immense damage and rifts in the world.

That would create an opening for them to enter the Tower… the Tower would meet its end even sooner.

[That won’t happen! I’ll stop it with my body!]

“Hmph! Do you think that’s possible? Even if you do stop it, you won’t be unscathed.”

[That’s what I want!]

The weaker I get, the better! Because I can see Master sooner!

“Don’t tell me?! You’re going to self-destruct?! Heh heh heh. Sacrificing yourself for me? How sweet!”

Halphas naturally assumed Blaze would self-destruct and was ridiculing Blaze for desperately trying to stop him.

[No! See you later then! Burn up!]

“What?! What does that…”

KABOOM!

The magic within the Magic Stream exceeded its ignition point due to Blaze’s strong will, causing a chain explosion.

And then,

What is that?!

Halphas stared in horror at Blaze’s roots, which tightly wrapped around the Magic Stream beyond the massive flames.

But why is it so warm?

The flames burning his body were strangely not hot at all.

What is this?

And so, he missed the timing to extract his soul.

KABOOM!

Halphas was caught in the massive explosion and lost consciousness.

One of the nine Magic Streams was cleanly annihilated.

The explosion shook the Black Tower. Far away, on the 99th floor…

Sniff. Sniff.

Where is that coming from?

While Sejun was searching for the source of the meat smell,

“It’s over there!”

Other adventurers who could smell well were already running towards the source of the aroma.

However,

Moo!

Kroooooh!

The Uma King, the Black Minotaur, and Pink Fur were blocking them.

The space allowed for those who bought the Harvest Festival tickets was only up to Sejun’s farm. (People had bought tickets to visit Sejun’s farm for a Harvest Festival event.)

If they went past this area, they would have to fight the guards of the 99th floor.

Naturally, no one dared to step forward.

Kkueng!

[Daddy, I smell meat over there!]

Meanwhile, Kkueng took Sejun and his party and quickly flew towards the source of the meat smell.

After moving a little,

“Huh?”

Two faint blue streams of energy, connecting the sky to the ground in the west they were heading towards, caught their eyes, and around them, Doom Devourers were opening their mouths towards the void, eating something.

I wondered where they went; they were all over there.

“But what is that?”

As Sejun muttered to himself, looking at the streams of energy,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Sejun, those are Magic Streams!” Iona said, pointing to the blue streams of energy from Theo’s tail.

So that’s what Magic Streams look like.

While Sejun was marveling at the Magic Streams he was seeing for the first time,

Kukukung.

Following the blue streams of energy, suddenly thousands of black, round objects fell.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Daddy, that’s it! I smell meat over there!]

Kkueng took Sejun and his party and flew towards where the objects had fallen.

The closer they got, the stronger the meat smell became.

And then,

[The corpse of the Fifth Disaster Slime]

The name visible on the object emitting the meat smell.

“The Fifth Disaster Slime?”

What is it? Why is a disaster here?

‘Ah. So that’s why the Doom Devourers were coming this way.’

Sejun understood why the Doom Devourers were gathered and cautiously approached the slime’s corpse.

The slime’s body was as black and hard like burnt charcoal, as if it had been burned to death.

“Vice Chairman Theo, claws.”

As Sejun lifted Theo and grabbed his front paw,

“Understood, meow!”

Ppatzzing!

Theo took out his dragon claws for Sejun.

Scratch.

As Sejun cut the slime’s body with Theo’s dragon claws, slightly cooked, bright red meat was visible, unlike the outside, and thick juice flowed from the meat, spreading the aroma around.

Wow. This is insane?

A seriously delicious smell that he had never smelled before.

Thworp.

Kkueng, who was watching from behind, hurriedly wiped away the drool.

Our Kkueng wants to eat too?

Well, he was also filled with anticipation, wanting to taste the meat quickly.

Should I grill a few pieces to eat?

Just as Sejun was about to cut the meat with Theo’s claws,

“Kkyut?! Sejun, the movement of the Magic Stream is strange! We need to get out of here quickly!”

“Okay!”

At Iona’s words, Sejun didn’t ask ‘Why?’ or ‘What’s wrong?’

One of the truths he had gained from crossing the boundaries of death was to move before asking. The reason can be found out later.

However,

KABOOM!

Before Sejun could even take a few steps, one of the two blue streams of energy gradually turned red, and a massive amount of magic surged.

Too late!

The sunfish’s instinct told him that he couldn’t escape.

At that moment,

…

In an instant, the red stream of energy disappeared, and everything became peaceful.

…?!”What is it? What happened?”

As Sejun was wondering,

[One of the two Magic Streams connected to the 99th floor of the Black Tower has disappeared.]

[The blessing of two Magic Streams changes to the blessing of one Magic Stream.]

A message appeared before his eyes.

“Iona, can Magic Streams disappear?”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. I’m not sure either. If it disappeared, it wouldn’t be this quiet…”

“Is that so?”

There was no way she would know that he was worrying about something even a great mage couldn’t understand, so he decided to just move on.

“Then let’s go eat meat.”

Kkueng!

[Okay!]

As Sejun and his party were taking the slime meat and heading to the farm,

(…Don’t forget the …!)

Kking?!

What kind of dream was that just now?

Kkamangi, who had been sleeping as if he had fainted, woke up.

And then,

‘Huh?! This is Halphas’s energy?’

The energy of Halphas was felt around him.

Why is he here?

He was curious for a moment, but…

“What matters is that I have a new minion!” Kamang’s eyes sparkled with excitement.

He giggled. “Hee hee! I hope the butler gives him another weird name!”

Kamang was curious about what had happened to Halphas after the magic stream, but he put his curiosity aside.

Plop.

He jumped out of Sejun’s sling bag and climbed onto his Doom Devourers – two large, black beetles with strong legs – to catch Halphas.

The magic stream was gone.

A crow the size of a sparrow looked around, blinking. Everything was unfamiliar.

“Where am I?” he wondered. It was a place he had never seen before.

He thought for a moment.

“Who am I?” The crow realized he didn’t remember who he was, his name, or anything at all. His mind was empty.

Squeak!

“[Hey! Long time no see!](Kamang said)”

Kiki!

Kiki!

Kamang, riding a Doom Devourer, called out to Halphas. His other minions cautiously approached, surrounding Halphas to keep him from escaping.

Caw?

“(Are you calling me?)” Halphas responded.

Squeak! Squeak!

“[Yes! You!](Kamang said)”

Caw?

“(Do you know me?!)”

Squeak! Squeak!

“[Of course, I know you! You are my lost minion, the minion of the great Kamang!](Kamang said)”

Hee hee. He’s at it again.

Kamang chuckled. “Oh, Halphas. You always forget things, but this time you’ve forgotten everything! Perfect!” He was confident he could make Halphas his minion.

However…

Caw?! Caw! Caw!

“(Me, your minion?! That can’t be! You must be my minion!)”

Halphas puffed up his chest. He remembered Fenrir, a strong and important creature. *I can’t be this little creature’s minion!* he thought.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

“[That’s right! Besides, you’re the youngest of my minions! Become a minion of the great Kamang!](Kamang said)”

Angered by Halphas’s words, Kamang charged.

And so, the fight began.

Squeak!

“[Take my forepaw punch!](Kamang said)”

Thwack.

Caw! Caw!

“(Come on! I’ll peck you all!)”

Peck.

Squeak?! Squeak!

“[You used your beak?! Then I’ll bite you too!](Kamang said)”

Caw!

“(Let go of me!)”

It was a pathetic fight. Kamang swung a tiny paw, missing Halphas by a mile. Halphas pecked at Kamang’s head, but it just bounced off. They tumbled around in the grass, making more noise than actual damage.

“Great Kamang, be strong!”

Squawk!

Shimmer!

“Great Kamang, fighting! Please win!”

Kiki!

Kiki!

Umdori, Kkomi, Kkabi, Jaki, and the Doom Devourers cheered for Kamang.

If the great Kamang wins, I can escape being the youngest!

Jaki, who had only been the youngest for less than a day, cheered the most, hoping to escape his fate.

The fight went on for a long time, mostly just noise and flapping. Finally, after an hour, Kamang stood over Halphas, panting.

Hee hee! Squeak!

“[Hee hee! The great Kamang has won!](Kamang said)”

Caw. Caw···

“(I’m frustrated. To think I lost…)”

Kamang stepped on the fallen Halphas with trembling legs and made a winning pose.

“Whew. That was a good meal.”

Sejun had a party with everyone from the Harvest Festival. They ate grilled slime meat, which was surprisingly juicy and tasted a bit like chicken.

“Okay. Stamp here.”

He once again received stamps from the mushroom ants on the job contract. Mushroom ants, small ants with red caps like tiny mushrooms on their heads, lined up to give Sejun their stamps.

Stomp!

The mushroom ant pressed its mushroom cap onto the contract, leaving a red stamp.

Kkeek!

Kkeek!

The mushroom ant, having stamped and become a full-time employee, walked proudly to the others, who cheered for him.

Kkeek!

The next mushroom ant approached Sejun with its antennae raised proudly.

Stomp!

Sejun kept stamping contracts with the mushroom ants. It was getting late, almost midnight, when…

[The Grape Harvest Competition has ended.]

[Prizes will be given to the top 100 people in the Grape Harvest Competition.]

The prizes for the Grape Harvest Competition were given out to the top 100 people.

“Meow?! Pfft. Sejun, take this, meow! It’s the 1st place reward, meow!” Theo handed Sejun the 1st place reward.

“Hmm.”

Sejun’s face hardened as he received 1000 beginner grapes, when…

Kooeng!

[This is what weak daddies eat!]

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. I’ll give this to Sejun-nim!”

Kroooooh!

Moo!

Kooeng, Iona, Pink Fur, the Uma King and Black Minotaurs, and the other members handed Sejun their rewards.

Sejun got all the prizes from 1st to 100th place.

However, Sejun’s face hardened even more.

Because all the rewards were beginner grapes.

3000 tasteless beginner grapes piled up in Sejun’s hands.

“This is a joke?! I’d rather have special Harvest Festival grapes!”

In the end, Sejun’s anger exploded.

Meow?! Was it bad, meow?!

“Meow! I’m so, so angry, meow!” Theo was furious.

Uncle-nim, we should complain, meow!

Theo tried to complain about Uncle, the god of the grape vines, for the rewards that Sejun didn’t like, but…

[You cannot complain about Uncle, the god of the grape vines.]

Theo couldn’t do that.

Uncle-nim, just you wait, meow!

In the end, Theo added Uncle’s name to his list of people to be angry at, promising himself revenge later.

So, Theo added Uncle’s name to his list of people to be angry at, without Uncle even knowing.

Meanwhile, in the Seed Shop Headquarters, a bright and airy hall filled with shelves of seeds and glowing plants, Uncle and the other gods were celebrating.

[The Grape Harvest Competition has ended.]

[A total of 230,000 people participated in the Grape Harvest Competition.]

[You have acquired 23,000 divine power.]

“As expected of Park Sejun!”

“Believe in Park Sejun!”

“Believe in Park Sejun!”

Uncle and the peaceful gods were delighted with the divine power received as a reward for the competition. Uncle smiled, feeling the rush of divine power, like warm energy flowing through him.

“It’s a shame. If our Park Sejun had been in the rankings, we would have given him a good reward…”

“I know, right? Park Sejun is a good investment.”

“It’s a real shame.”

They wished they had given Sejun a better prize, if only he had been in the top rankings, not knowing that it all went to Sejun.

Uncle clapped his hands together. “Okay! For the next competition, the prize will be…”

Uncle smiled as he took out 5000 beginner grapes as a reward for the grape-eating competition.