Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 474

Yuren was finally safe, resting after her rescue. Theo, always busy, was cleaning up the mess from the earlier trouble. Sejun, meanwhile, was focused on the strange Jelly Seed.

[All-Swallowing Jelly Seed (50 Gulp)]

“Okay,” Sejun said to himself, looking at the seed. “It’s at 50 Gulp now.”

He continued to squeeze fresh juice, ready to feed both Kkueng and the growing seed.

Kkueng!

[Coming out!]

Glug, glug.

The Kkueng juicer was so strong, it squeezed juice even from dry plants. Juice came out quickly!

After feeding the All-Swallowing Jelly Seed a growth elixir and reaching 70 Gulp, the seed had grown to the size of a small walnut.

However, there were no significant changes except for a slight alteration in the name and description.

“There’s no sign of germination at all.”

“Now there’s no liquid left to feed it…”

As Sejun was lost in thought,

[Sejun, why don’t you feed the seed your cooking?]

Firefly gave Sejun a hint.

“Cooking?”

[Yes! Soup dishes!]

“Ah!”

That’s right! The jelly seed could also eat the broth from the dishes.

“Firefly, thank you!”

[Hehe. I’m happy if I can be of help to you, Master.]

While Sejun was praising Firefly,

Sip. Sip.

Kkuhehehe.

Uhehe.

Kkihihit.

Kkueng, Yuren, Kamang, and the subordinates, who had been listening to their conversation, wiped their mouths and laughed.

Because it meant that if Sejun made various soup dishes for the seed, they could also eat those dishes.

“Shall we start cooking then?”

As everyone watched Sejun cook,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!”

Theo, who had quickly finished cleaning up, returned.

And

“Puhuhut.”

If I pay off just a little more of Yuren’s debt, I can go to Yuren’s house, meow!

Theo, who had obtained information about the Damon family through Machun, gave Yuren a sly smile,

Shiver.

‘What is it?’

Why do I suddenly feel so chilly?

Yuren trembled.

“Chairman Park, Yuren seems to be sick, meow! Quickly give Yuren some hot soup, meow!”

Theo, who had been watching Yuren, urged Sejun,

“Yuren, are you not feeling well? Then try eating this with some chili powder sprinkled on it.”

Sejun handed over a bowl of Five-Color Bean Sprout Soup and a container of chili powder made from sun-dried chili peppers.

[Five-Color Bean Sprout Soup]

Five-color beans, having fully absorbed nutrients from the Tower, were grown by blocking light and providing only moisture.

Upon consumption, all stats increase by 11% for 10 seconds.

The effects of the ingredients are increased by 10% due to Cooking Lv. 10.

Cook: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration Date: 5 days

Grade: A

[Sun-Dried Chili Powder]

Powder made by drying and grinding sun-dried chili peppers grown inside the Tower.

Upon consumption, one of the stats randomly increases by 5.5 if exposed to sufficient light. (The effect appears only after consuming 2g, which is the amount of one sun-dried chili pepper.)

The effects of the ingredients are increased by 10% due to Cooking Lv. 10.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration Date: 300 days

Grade: A

“Uhehe… Thank you.”

If I’m sick, will I keep getting food first?

Yuren wasn’t really sick, but decided to keep pretending to be sick at the thought of being able to eat food first.

However,

Slurp.

As soon as she took a bite, her stomach felt relieved…

“Kuh! Sejun, it’s so delicious! Can I have it with rice?”

The Five-Color Bean Sprout Soup with chili powder was too delicious to keep pretending to be sick.

[The Tower’s Administrator highly praises your cooking skills as excellent.]

Kkueng!

[Dad’s cooking is the best!]

Kkihihit. Kking?! Kking?!

[Hehe. Did you see that?! My butler’s cooking skills?!]

As Sejun made various dishes, everyone was in a win-win situation,

“Puhuhut. If you want to eat, either pay or become an employee, meow!”

Theo had already taken Sejun’s dishes outside and was simultaneously selling food and recruiting, joining the win-win situation.

“Get in line!”

“If you resist, I’ll make you an employee!”

To be exact, the Black Bears were in charge of selling food and recruiting employees, while Theo was in charge of delivering food.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, make Slime Stir-fry and Spicy Squid, meow!”

When Theo brought Sejun a container filled with the ingredients needed for the dishes,

“Alright.”

Whoosh.

Sejun used his cooking skill to infuse magic into the dishes.

Sejun had cooked so much, he knew exactly what to put in each dish. He understood the ingredients perfectly.

While Sejun was cooking,

“Puhuhut. Money and employees are increasing, meow!”

Theo was delighted with the increasing amount of money and the number of employees,

[You have 20 slaves.]

[All stats increase by 0.2 due to the effect of the title .]

[Your soul is filled with pouring praise.]

[Mentality increases by 2.]

[You have fed 100 people fully.]

[All stats increase by 10 due to the effect of the title .]

Hehehe.

Sejun was also happy with the steadily increasing mentality and stats. The Tower’s system recognized them as slaves even when the title changed to employees.

A little later,

“Whew. I burned myself out.”

[All-Swallowing Jelly Seed (95 Gulp)]

Sejun, who had achieved 95 Gulp by cooking 25 dishes in 3 hours.

Sejun felt very tired. “Okay, that’s enough cooking for today,” he said. “Time to rest.”

Kkueng?

[Already?]

I’m going to wash away the humiliation from the last carrot eating contest!

Kkueng, who was warming up for the grape eating contest tomorrow, was disappointed by Sejun’s words.

Kkueng could eat a lot now. For him, 25 dishes were just a small snack, like eating one cookie.

“Then you can eat just 10 more servings and go to sleep. Got it?”

Sejun, whose heart softened at Kkueng’s disappointed face, prepared the dishes,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng! Eung!

[Hehehe. I understand! Dad is the best!]

Kkueng rubbed his face against Sejun’s arm, acting cute.

And

“Hehehe. Right? Dad is the best, right?”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[That’s right! Dad is the best!]

“Hehehe.”

Sejun’s heart felt warm. He had never had anyone call him ‘Dad’ before. It felt really good.

Sejun, who was charmed by Kkueng’s cuteness, made 3 more kinds of dishes, 30 servings in total, and fell asleep.

His body was so tired, but

Hehehe. Kkueng said I’m the best.

His face was full of smiles.

Seed Shop Headquarters. It was a bustling tent filled with strange and wonderful plants.

‘Good. Now, when Park Sejun wakes up, the second event of the Harvest Festival, the Grape Eating Competition, will begin.’

The Grapevine God, known as Uncle, watched the center of the Seed Shop Headquarters. He was excited for the Grape Eating Competition, which would start soon.

[Time remaining until the Grape Eating Competition – 8:00:00]

Having heard the details of Sejun’s situation through Podori, Uncle discarded the ordinary grapes and made special new ones for the Grape Eating Competition.

Originally, he was going to provide easier grapes for beginners, without the special powers, but

‘Park Sejun would get angry, wouldn’t he?’

He had made Sejun angry before, so he wanted to be careful this time.

So, he quickly prepared and replaced the grapes with others, using a lot of magical power in the process.

Of course, he didn’t run short because of the large amount of magical power he received from the first competition.

‘I’ll make up for everything with this competition!’

The competition rewards would be very delicious and effective grapes, so Uncle’s confidence soared.

“Alright. I’m feeling quite pleased. Perhaps we should shout ‘Believe in Park Sejun’?”

“Yes! Good idea!”

“Okay! Let’s shout until the competition starts!”

As the other non-combat gods answered Uncle and were about to shout ‘Believe in Park Sejun’ together,

“Kkueng-ah, you’re eating so much! Are you finally going to bulk up and become a warrior… Ack! I’ve been blocked again!”

Thunder, the Storm God, was too impatient to listen to Beb. He called out to Kkueng-i, but his voice was magically stopped, as if hitting an invisible wall. His frustrated shout echoed from the other side.

“···Ahem. Should we do it a little later?”

“Should we? Come to think of it, I’m a bit thirsty.”

“Let’s go get some water.”

The non-combat gods went to drink water and returned about three hours later.

And then,

“Believe in Park Sejun…”

“Believe in Park Sejun.”

“Believe in Park Sejun!”

“Believe in Park Sejun!!”

They began to gradually raise the volume of their chant, checking the reaction from beyond the wall.

Harvest Festival, Day 4, morning.

“Oof.”

Sejun, having slept soundly again, opened his eyes.

[Due to the blessing of a magic stream, magic power increases by 3 for one hour.]

[Due to the blessing of a magic stream, magic power increases by 3 for one hour.]

“Heh heh heh.”

Magic power is rising without doing anything.

The magic stat messages that rose during the dawn made Sejun feel good.

The others probably gained even more, but for the sake of his mental health, he didn’t pay attention to other people’s magic power.

Then,

“Huh?”

Feeling a heavy pressure on his chest, he looked down to see his top bulging as if the right side was about to tear, and Kkamangi, barely clinging to Sejun’s left chest and drooling in her sleep after being pushed away from her spot.

‘What is this?’

Sejun looked inside his clothes and saw

[All-Swallowing Jelly Seed (100 Gulps)]

‘It was only 98 Gulps and about the size of a golf ball yesterday, wasn’t it?’

The All-Swallowing Jelly Seed, which had changed in name and size to that of a watermelon, was visible. Sejun hurriedly took the seed out of his top and looked at the description.

[All-Swallowing Jelly Seed (100 Gulps)]

???

You must harvest to check the options.

It swallowed water, honey, sugarcane juice… World Tree Sprout Nutrient Solution, World Tree Mature Tree Nutrient Solution.

The seed’s desire to grow is tremendous.

Please plant it quickly before its desire wanes!

“Huh? What are World Tree Sprout Nutrient Solution and World Tree Mature Tree Nutrient Solution?”

He saw two types of items that he hadn’t fed it.

‘Who fed it?’

As Sejun wondered who had fed it the items he hadn’t given it,

[Master, you must plant the seed quickly!]

Fire Stone urged Sejun.

“That’s right. This is no time to be doing this.”

He had to plant it before the seed’s desire to grow waned.

Clang.

Sejun hurriedly opened the subspace warehouse and went inside to plant the seed.

[You are a Field Lv. 8 is activated.]

Alice, known as the 9th Apostle of Destruction and the Enchanting Spider, received the seed.

Rustle.

As soon as he planted the seed, a sprout shot up instantly. The sprout quickly grew taller, increasing in thickness,

“Wow.”

and soon turned into a 3m tall tree.

And then,

[Black Tower Farmer Park Sejun has achieved the great creation feat of sprouting a special seed for the first time.]

[As a reward for the great creation feat, the cost of staying on the 0th floor of the Black Tower will be reduced by 5% from now on.]

The creation achievement message appeared.

‘Good. The cost of going home was now reduced to 17%.’

He had recently been there, so he wouldn’t be going home anytime soon, but the fact that the cost of going home was reduced was welcome news.

“Huh?”

‘But what is that?’

Jellies in the shape of ping pong balls were visible on the All-Swallowing Jelly Tree. There were ruby red jellies, emerald green jellies, and many other colors.

[Growth Honey Elixir Jelly], [Diluted World Tree Sprout Nutrient Solution Jelly], [Carrot Grape Green Onion Jelly], etc.

Jellies of various colors mixed with the ingredients Sejun had fed it. Most were a mix of two ingredients, and occasionally three.

‘It doesn’t use the same ingredients redundantly.’

Sejun examined the jellies, confirming that there were no jellies with the same ingredients.

Plop.

[You have harvested Black Bean Mugwort Sugarcane Jelly.]

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

He harvested the ‘Black Bean Mugwort Sugarcane Jelly’ and checked its options.

[Black Bean Mugwort Sugarcane Jelly]

A jelly mixed with special black beans (+2), mugwort, and sugarcane.

Consuming it increases all stats by 50.

Lifespan increases by 7.5 months.

It is not bitter and has a slight sweetness.

Expiration date: 7 days

Grade: SS

“Oh!”

Sejun was astonished as he looked at the options.

The mugwort usually gave +20 to all powers and added 3 months to lifespan. But because of the special black beans, these effects were much stronger, increased by two and a half times!

Perhaps the bitterness of mugwort was masked by the sweetness of sugarcane, which was enhanced by the special black beans.

Sejun immediately put the Black Bean Mugwort Sugarcane Jelly in his mouth.

Munch. Munch.

The texture was chewy like jelly, and it tasted sweeter as he chewed.

Gulp.

[You have consumed Black Bean Mugwort Sugarcane Jelly.]

[All stats increase by 50.]

[Lifespan increases by 7.5 months.]

‘I don’t faint even after eating mugwort!’

As Sejun rejoiced and was about to harvest other jellies,

[The second event of the Harvest Festival, the Grape Eating Competition, will begin shortly.]

[Participants who wish to participate in the competition, please gather in front of the Bountiful Grape Cluster Altar.]

A message appeared, announcing the second event of the Harvest Festival.