Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 472

This place was the edge, where the powerful magic of destruction met the strength of the Tower.

“The power of destruction changed suddenly…”

“Was it temporary?”

The Black Moon got bigger for a moment. One dragon saw something appear from it. We must watch carefully from now on.

“Alright. We can’t let our guard down.”

The leaders of the Nine Dragon Clans and all the other dragons came together. They were ready to fight.

Destruction had recently forced the Black Moon open, making its power stronger. The dragons felt this and quickly came together.

“Why does it have to be now?!”

“Right! Sejun probably doesn’t even know we are missing the festival. He’s probably eating great food right now!”

“Of course. The Harvest Festival must be in full swing by now…”

“I’m so angry! Kraaah!”

The Black Dragon Society dragons were sad they missed the Harvest Festival. They breathed angry fire at the red mist.

“The leaders are going forward! Let’s breathe fire too!”

Other dragons started breathing fire too.

Clink.

Because of that, lots of Tower Coins appeared.

“Collect! I hope our Sejun leaves some for us too…”

“Collect! Our Sejun definitely left some.”

“Collect! Of course. How loyal is our Sejun!”

“Collect! But I got those coins!”

“No, it isn’t!”

The Black Dragon Society dragons quickly grabbed the Tower Coins. They hoped Sejun would save some food for them.

Meanwhile, far away…

“Surely the Grape Eating Contest reward isn’t the same, is it? Let’s go to sleep, everyone.”

Sejun got ready for bed. He really hoped the next contest prize would be something new.

But then,

“Huh?”

But where did Blackie go?

Sejun saw that his sling bag was empty.

“Blackie!”

Sejun was about to run out to look for Blackie when,

Kiki!

Kiki!

The Devourers of Destruction came back, carrying Blackie who was fast asleep.

Kkirorong.

Eomrorong.

Kkirurung.

Sharorong.

Jarorong.

Kkyarorong.

“Who’s this again?”

Sejun noticed a small crow sleeping next to Blackie.

A black bird, so Blackbird?

When Sejun saw the new bird, his brain automatically started thinking of names. His ‘naming center’ was ready to work, even without him trying.

But,

“Haaam. I can’t. Let’s just sleep.”

I’m so sleepy…

Sejun was so tired that his ‘naming center’ stopped working early. This gave Halphas a little break.

Halphas didn’t know it yet, but the name he almost got was actually better.

“Theo, Iona, sleep well.”

“Puhuhu. Chairman Park, sleep well-nyang!”

“Ggyut ggyut ggyut. Good night, Sejun!”

Kuh-ooh-ah.

Sejun lay down and instantly fell asleep,

Gororong.

Ggyurorong.

Soon, Theo and Iona were also snoring softly in their sleep.

Early morning, when everyone was asleep.

[Hehet… I’m weak now, so I can appear before Master…]

Fire, in a weaker form, slowly walked towards Sejun’s house.

Fire’s power would slowly come back. But the ‘blessing of peace’ made its attacks weaker. This meant Fire could stay with Sejun until the festival ended.

As Fire slowly reached the front yard of Sejun’s house,

[Um… Fire…]

Grape spoke carefully to Fire.

[What?!]

Fire wanted to see Sejun quickly, so it spoke loudly without meaning to.

[That is… Uncle, the god of the grapevines…]

Grape was even more careful because Fire’s voice sounded sharp. Grape told Fire about Uncle’s bad actions from today.

[What?! You gave Sejun bad grapes as a reward?!]

Fire got very angry when Grape told it what happened.

[Yes. What should we do with Uncle?]

Grape asked loyally, ready to do whatever Fire said.

Grape would always say ‘yes’ to Fire. If it said ‘no,’ Fire might burn its roots to ashes.

[First, close Uncle Road for three days. Tell Uncle this: if Sejun is not happy with the next reward, we will close Uncle Road forever. And we will call a World Tree Conference.]

[Yes?! The World Tree Conference?!]

How?

Grape asked, confused.

The World Tree Conference is a very important meeting. World Trees from everywhere come together to vote on important things.

The more World Trees at the meeting, and the more who vote ‘yes,’ the stronger their decision becomes.

Once, at a World Tree Conference, 100 World Trees took away the power of a god who was doing bad things.

The World Tree Conference is that powerful. But there’s one rule to have a meeting.

At least 10 World Trees must come to the meeting for it to happen.

But Grape only knew one World Tree: Fire, who lived on the 79th floor of the Tower.

[Don’t worry. Sausage will become a World Tree soon. And I have been carefully growing other trees to become World Trees too.]

Fire replied to Grape.

Fire had been traveling to many worlds. It found trees that could become World Trees. Fire gave them food and helped them grow into World Trees.

Only 9 more trees needed to become World Trees. And Fire was carefully growing about 30 other trees right now.

Maybe they should be called Fire’s children?

If they had a World Tree Conference, Fire’s idea would definitely be chosen. Everyone would agree because Fire had raised all those World Trees.

[Yes! Then I will deliver it to Uncle!]

Fire was very serious and careful, as always.

Grape quickly closed Uncle Road, just like Fire told it to.

After telling Grape what to do,

Hop.

Hop.

Fire hopped up the stairs, one step at a time.

A moment later.

[Hehet. Arrived.]

Fire reached Sejun’s bed.

[Hehet. Master, I missed you.]

Fire closed its eyes and gently wrapped its two leaves around Sejun’s finger.

Meanwhile, at the Seed Shop…

“Okay, let’s get ready for the Grape Eating Contest! Hup!”

Uncle, the god of the grapevines, swung his arm and put in his power.

-Uncle, Uncle Road will be closed for the next 3 days.

Grape told him the surprising news.

“What?! Why?!”

-Sejun was very disappointed with the contest reward.

“Huh?! Park Sejun received the reward?”

That’s impossible! Mitubak wasn’t in the top 100, was he?!

Uncle was sure because he had checked the rankings five times to see if Sejun was there.

-Yes. The contest winners all gave their rewards to Sejun.

“Ah.”

I understand. Those guys know that helping Park Sejun is a good idea. Mitubak is smart, as always!”

Uncle understood right away when he heard what Grape said.

-And they said if the next reward is also bad, they will close Uncle Road forever. And Fire will call a World Tree Conference.

“Alright! Tell them not to worry! I will definitely prepare a reward that Park Sejun will be happy with for the next contest!”

Actually, the reward was already ready. Uncle just couldn’t give it because Sejun wasn’t in the rankings before.

“Great! I’m going to get a reward from Park Sejun too!”

Uncle made a fist and started getting ready for the next contest again.

The next morning…

“Huh?”

Suddenly, words appeared in front of Sejun’s eyes: ‘The seal of the Jewel of the Earth has been broken.’

More words appeared: ‘Weed, the God of Weeds, repays your kindness by teaching you the skill – Weed Pulling Lv. 1.’

Sejun opened his eyes in the morning to these messages before him.

“Weed Pulling?”

[Weed Pulling Lv. 1]

-Slightly increases the chance that the roots of weeds will not be severed, even if pulled carelessly.

“Hmm.”

Sejun looked around his farm, Weed Road. It was about 3.3 square meters.

Sejun had no weeds on his farm, so there was no need to pull them.

When Sejun determined the size of Weed Road, more messages appeared.

The seals of five gods have been broken.

Quest conditions have been met.

Acquired 5 drops of Growth Elixir as a reward for achieving the quest conditions.

As the quest completed, a glass bottle appeared in Sejun’s hand.

“No. It’s the last one, I should give him 33 square meters.”

Finally, he had broken all the seals of the gods trapped in the 31 Jewels of the Earth that Theo had brought.

Sejun decided to make Weed Road bigger to finish strong.

Just then,

“Wait, is that… Firefly?” Sejun blinked, noticing a tiny light clinging to his finger. Firefly’s usually bright glow seemed a little dim.

“Hehet. Good morning, Sejun!” Firefly chirped, her voice a bit weaker than usual.

“Good morning, little one,” Sejun said gently. “Did you sleep well? You’ve been gone for a while. I was getting worried.” He carefully stroked Firefly with his thumb.

As his warm hand touched her, a familiar message appeared:

[Warm Hands of the Farmer Lv. 8 is activated.]

[Slightly heals the weakened Apple Tree Firefly.]

Sejun frowned. “Weakened? Firefly, are you sick?” He looked around, calling out, “Vice President Theo! Our Firefly isn’t feeling well! Can you heal her?”

Seeing the message about Firefly being weakened, it was clear that it was a serious illness.

“Heh heh heh. Don’t worry, President Park, nya! But can I use the treasures in the warehouse, nya?”

“Of course!”

“Heh heh heh. Trust me, nya!”

As Theo raised his front paws to heal Firefly,

“[No!]”

Firefly hurriedly shouted.

Healing herself would cost a fortune, and she didn’t want Sejun to get hurt.

So she hurriedly stopped him.

“Huh? You can’t? What do you mean?”

“[Ah. No. I’m okay! Your healing is enough for me!]” Firefly nestled closer to Sejun’s finger, her voice a little weak.

“Hehehe.”

As expected, our Firefly knows how to say admirable things.

“Okay! Trust me! But tell me right away if it hurts, okay?”

“[Hehet. Yes!]”

Pat. Pat.

While Firefly monopolized Sejun’s hand and received pats,

Squeak!

“[Butler! Good morning!]”

“Did you sleep well?”

Squawk!

Shalala!

“Good morning, dap!”

Kkamangi and his subordinates also woke up.

And

“······”

What is it? Why are they greeting such a weakling first?

Halphas watched them silently.

Squeak!

“[Hurry up and greet my butler politely!]”

Thwack.

Of course, he was hit in the back of the head by Kkamangi for being stubborn.

Caw···

As Halphas nodded and forcibly greeted Sejun,

Squeak!

“[Butler! This is a newbie I exorcised! Quickly give him a name!]”

Kkamangi asked Sejun for Halphas’s new name.

Ba-dump! Ba-dump!

Kkamangi and his subordinates looked at Sejun with expectant eyes.

A name that others would laugh at if they heard it!

A name that is embarrassing to say yourself!

Of course, everyone expected a stranger name to come out of Sejun’s mouth than their own.

“Alright! Then shall I show off my skills?!”

Thus, Sejun’s naming office opened.

Since he’s a black crow, Kaka.

‘No.’

Let’s use a slightly higher-level word today.

Since he’s a black crow, let’s use the crow (烏) character and call him Kao.

Since he’s a black bird (鳥), Kajo.

Unlike last night, Sejun was in good condition, so he upgraded the level of the names by using Chinese characters.

However,

“Kao, Kajo···”

Even when pronounced out loud, it didn’t feel right.

At that moment,

Peep!

“[Good morning, Sejun!]”

“Hello, Sejun!”

Piyot and Yuren approached Sejun and greeted him good morning.

‘Come to think of it, Piyot’s name was originally Pirrrr Yacht, right? Then Karuru?!’

Huh?!

“Karuru.”

Sejun quietly pronounced it out loud.

Oh! This is it!!!

It had a good feel, and it was fun to say and stick to the mouth.

“You are now Karuru.”

As Sejun gave Halphas the new name Karuru,

As expected, the butler is a genius!

Sejun’s naming is truly unique.

Whew. I’m glad it wasn’t me.

I’m not ashamed of my name anymore.

I’m glad I came early.

Kkamangi and his subordinates trembled with joy.

To think he would create a name that perfectly satisfied the name that others would laugh at if they heard it and the name that was embarrassing to say themselves.

Thus, Karuru got a new name.

Caw?!

(Dare you name me Karuru?!)

Of course, he resisted and caused a ruckus.

At that moment,

Kooeng!

“[Dad, good morning, dayo!]”

Kooeng, who happened to be coming in.

Caw! Caw!

Kooeng! Kooeng!

“[Be quiet, dayo! Kooeng is hungry and angry, dayo!]”

Kooeng, who was not in a good mood because he was hungry, grabbed Karuru and tried to quiet him down,

Hmph! Are you ignoring me because I look weak?! The body isn’t everything!

Thud!

Karuru headbutted Kooeng to teach him a lesson, and they both lost consciousness.

Hee hee hee. Squeak.

“[Hee hee. Karuru, you’re in big trouble.]” Kkamangi watched it and grinned slyly.

1 second later.

Caw!

Karuru screamed and woke up.