Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 476

The cheers of the crowd were still echoing as the Grape Eating Competition finished. Sejun, holding a pile of golden grapes, smiled at Teo and Kkueng.

“Good work, everyone!”

Sejun, having chased down the top 100 ranked contestants in the Grape Eating Competition and snatched all the golden grapes imbued with the world’s essence, stroked Teo and Kkueng’s heads, praising them for their help.

But ‘snatched’ was too gentle a word for what really happened. Sejun and Kkueng had zoomed through the crowd, almost like a blur, taking the golden grapes!

Kkueeeeng! Kkueng!

[That’s Daddy’s! For Daddy!]

Kkueng, also in a frenzy due to Sejun’s rampage, went to Pink Fur, the Ox King, and threw a tantrum.

Kkueng stomped his little feet and puffed out his chest at Pink Fur, making tiny growling noises that sounded more like squeaks.

“If you give it to me, I’ll lay the lawn for you.”

“Puhuhut. The lawn laid by Chairman Park will surely be delicious, nyaong! Hand it over quickly, nyaong!”

But some of the top contestants were big and strong, like the Black Minotaurs. Sejun knew he couldn’t just take their grapes. He needed to find another way.

He and Teo received golden grapes imbued with the world’s essence from the Black Minotaurs within the top 100, in exchange for laying their lawns.

Because of this, they laid lawns on a huge area – about 247 acres – in just one hour!

The level of his Lawn Laying skill increased to 4, allowing him to lay 40 pyeong of lawn, 20cm high, at once.

“Yuren, hand it over, nyaong! That belongs to our Chairman Park, nyaong!”

Of course, he really did snatch it from Yuren.

And so, the three of them collected all the rewards from the Grape Eating Competition.

“Hehehe.”

“Puhuhut.”

Kkuhehehe.

They found a small shop tucked away in a corner of the festival, its shelves overflowing with colorful fruits and vegetables. The air inside was warm and smelled of spices and roasted nuts.

They sat in the shop, laughing happily.

Hehehe. All mine.

Sejun was happy to have obtained 300 golden grapes imbued with the world’s essence.

Puhuhut. I’m happy when I’m on Chairman Park’s lap, nyaong!

Teo purred loudly, kneading Sejun’s lap with his paws, his golden eyes shining with happiness. Teo was simply happy to be on Sejun’s lap.

Hehehe. Daddy, you’re going to get stronger now! Kkueng will make Daddy as strong as Kkueng!

Kkueng, dreaming an impossible dream, was happy that his weak Daddy would become a little stronger.

Kkueng!

[Daddy, eat quickly and get stronger!]

“Alright.”

Nom.

[You have consumed a golden grape imbued with essence.]

[All stats increase by 1.]

[A subtle amount of the world’s essence gathers.]

Sejun began to eat the golden grapes imbued with essence, encouraged by Kkueng.

He kept eating until his Stamina, like a measure of his energy, was as high as it could go.

Most of his other stats were also close to reaching their potential after eating only two or three, so he didn’t push himself too hard. It wasn’t efficient.

Sejun had eaten 65 golden grapes imbued with essence. 35 more to go before he could perform a miracle.

A short while later.

“Sejun-nim, hello. I’ve come to exchange crops. Here are 5500 Harvest Festival commemorative grapes.”

100 silver foxes approached and exchanged them for 5500 boxes of fragrant grapes brimming with life.

“Sejun-nim, greetings. I would like to exchange for sweet potatoes.”

Red foxes also came to find Sejun.

“Alright. 7000 grapes, so here are 7000 sweet potatoes.”

“Sejun-nim, I am your loyal and diligent employee, Bayon. This morning, I swept the yard too…”

Bayon, rambling on about what he had done today to get more food.

“I know, I know. Here’s 50kg of slime meat. Is that enough?”

“Yes! Thank you! I will continue to serve you diligently!”

Sejun knew that Bayon was doing this for his subordinates in the Brown Tower, so he readily gave him more food.

He’s kinder than he looks.

“Alright. Just be sure to come on time for dinner.”

“Yes!”

Bayon quickly gathered the 7000 sweet potatoes and 50kg of slime meat he received from Sejun, guarding his subordinates and the surroundings, and left the area.

The silver foxes and red foxes, as well as the other foxes, did not touch the food they exchanged with Sejun as much as possible.

It was to feed their families back home.

After the foxes and other participants flocked to exchange crops and the area became deserted,

“Alright. Then shall I try exchanging too.”

Sejun went to the exchange shop at the Tower-like Grape Cluster Altar.

And then,

[Would you like to exchange 100 million Harvest Festival commemorative grapes for a World Tree-infused Grape Seed?]

“Yes.”

He used 100 million of the 130 million Harvest Festival commemorative grapes he had collected to exchange for a grape seed emitting a shimmering purple light.

[World Tree-infused Grape Seed]

As the World Tree-infused Grape Seed came into Sejun’s hand,

[A quest has been generated.]

[Job Quest: The Silver Tower is currently in an environment where farming is difficult due to strong winds. Plant the World Tree-infused Grape Seed in the Silver Tower to weaken the wind.]

[Reward: 50 billion Tower Coins, All Stats +100, 30 drops of Growth Elixir, 1 drop of Greater Growth Elixir, 1 Job Talent]

A quest message appeared before Sejun.

“Go to the Silver Tower?”

Going there wouldn’t be difficult if I had the land deed, but…

But the reward is too good?

Sejun frowned. This felt too easy. What was the catch? He had learned in the Tower that things that seemed too good to be true usually were.

The Greater Growth Elixir, which would obviously be better than the Growth Elixir, and a Job Talent, which had never been given as a reward before.

The reward was *so* good, it felt like a trick, almost as if someone really wanted to send him to the Silver Tower for a reason.

‘Hehe. But I won’t be fooled.’

One should always be suspicious of excessive kindness.

Sejun decided to keep the quest on hold until he was sure that the environment of the Silver Tower was safe.

At that moment,

Grrrrumble.

The tummy of Kkueng, who was clinging to Sejun’s waist, rumbled.

A loud rumble that vibrated all the way to Sejun.

Even though it was dinner time, Kkueng, you ate 12,500 baskets of grapes three hours ago.

Sejun looked at Kkueng with astonished eyes,

Kkuhehehe.

Kkueng scratched his head, laughing awkwardly, perhaps a little embarrassed.

“It’s alright. You need to eat a lot to grow. Alright! You guys worked hard helping me today, so today we’re having a special meal!”

Sejun, shouting enthusiastically, went into the kitchen.

A short while later.

“Puhuhut. A super-giant grilled fish, nyaong! How exciting, nyaong!”

Kkueng!

[A huge meat rice bowl!]

Sejun proudly presented their dinner: a grilled fish so enormous it barely fit on the table, its skin crispy and golden brown. For Kkueng, there was a mountain of meat rice in a huge black pot, steaming and fragrant with spices and rich gravy.

Sejun brought out the super-giant grilled fish and the meat rice bowl in a black pot with a radius of 1m and gave them to the two.

And then,

Glower.

If you betray me, this is what will happen! Scary, isn’t it?

He placed meat rice bowls filled in regular-sized pots, which were significantly different from Kkueng’s meat rice bowl, in front of Pink Fur and Yuren, glaring at them once.

Of course, he only made eye contact with Pink Fur for a very brief moment, about 0.001 seconds.

Sejun, being petty and sending a warning with food.

After eating dinner,

“Uncle-nim, thank you. Land Moving.”

He moved Uncle Road next to the Creation God’s monument, expanding its size to 20 pyeong and erecting an achievement monument.

[Uncle Achievement Monument]

-Uncle, the God of Grape Vines, who made it easy for us to go to Earth with the Sealed Grapevine Bracelet. He was a decent god.

-Smooth operation of the Grape Eating Competition

The reason for erecting the achievement monument was because the grapes never ran out during the Grape Eating Competition.

At first, there was a lot of resentment because the grapes were not being depleted, but thanks to that, the participants ate a lot of grapes and received a lot of Harvest Festival commemorative coins,

And participants came to Sejun to exchange, allowing Sejun to secure a lot of Harvest Festival commemorative coins.

Moreover, he liked the reward, the golden grapes imbued with the world’s essence.

While erecting the achievement monument, the sky turned dark.

“Alright kids, let’s go to bed.”

“Understood, nyaong!”

“Koo-eng!” a small voice chirped.

“[Good night, Daddy!]” *Thump, thump* went Koo-eng’s little tail happily.

Using his magic power to move things with his mind, Koo-eng floated gently into Sejun’s arms.

“Yes, sleep well, Koo-eng,” Sejun said softly. He hugged Koo-eng tightly and whispered, “Good night.”

Looking at a tall stone statue in the garden, Sejun wondered, “Uncle will be pleased with me, won’t he?” He looked at Uncle’s Monument of Achievement one last time before going inside to sleep.

Inside the Seed Shop Headquarters, lights blinked on the screens. Words appeared on the screens as the grape competition finished.

**[Grape Harvesting Competition Ended.]** **[Over 131 million people joined!]** **[You earned 13 million Magic Points!]** **[You used 13.15 million Magic Points to make grapes.]** **[You get 5,000 Magic Points.]**

Uncle read the messages. “Huh?” he said, surprised. He worked so hard to make good grapes for Sejun. But he lost Magic Points! He thought about the special grapes he made as prizes.

“Oh no! I’ve lost money!” Uncle felt very sad and hopeless.

Just then, voices spoke in his mind. “Uncle! You have no faith!” It was Rea, the Goddess of Abundance.

“Don’t you trust Seed-to-Soil?” Luna, the Goddess of Moonlight, added.

“Do you think you get a Monument just by doubting? Believe! Believe strongly! Seed-to-Soil will make you famous!” Rea and Luna, who already had Monuments from Sejun, scolded Uncle.

Then, Rea and Luna started shouting, “Seed-to-Soil!” The other gods who were not fighters joined in.

“Seed-to-Soil! Seed-to-Soil!” Uncle started chanting too.

*That’s right! Don’t lose hope! If we help Park Sejun, good things will happen!* Suddenly, Uncle felt hope again. His sadness was gone.

Just as Uncle felt hopeful, another message appeared. **[Top Farmer Park Sejun has rebuilt your Temple! It is bigger and better!]** **[Magic Points increased by 150!]** Uncle’s eyes widened. A bright light shone from his body! His Magic Points were filling up fast!

**[Uma King, the strongest Minotaur, saw your Temple!]** **[Magic Points increased by 100!]** **[Pink Fur, the Crimson Giant Bear, saw your Temple!]** **[Magic Points increased by 10!]** **[50,000 Calamity Watchers saw your Temple!]** **[Magic Points increased by 500!]**

*Whoosh!* The light around Uncle grew even brighter.

**[Merchant Theo Park saw your Temple!]** **[Theo Park stole 0.01 Magic Points!]** A small message about Theo stealing Magic Points flashed quickly, but it was lost in all the other messages.

*Whoosh!* Light also shone from Rea and Luna! Their Monuments were near Uncle’s, so they got some power too.

“Look!” Rea shouted. “This is what happens when you believe in Seed-to-Soil!”

“Seed-to-Soil!!” Luna and Rea shouted again.

“Seed-to-Soil!! Seed-to-Soil!!” The other gods shouted even louder.

The next morning, as the sun began to rise, Blackie woke up early.

“Hee hee hee,” Blackie chuckled. “Squeak, squeak?” he asked his friends. *Have you all finished the gifts for Sejun?*

“[Yes! I finished mine a long time ago and hid it!]” Umdori said proudly. He reached into the stone statue and pulled out a black stone pot.

“This stone is strong and keeps things warm,” Umdori said, tapping the statue and smiling.

“Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!” Blackie nodded. “[Good! Umdori, you pass! Next is Kkomi!]”

“Squawk!” Kkomi stepped forward confidently. He pulled out a suit folded many times from his chest.

“Squawk! Squawk!” Kkomi explained. *It’s a camouflage suit! It feels like you’re wearing nothing and changes color to match the background! I made it strong to protect weak Sejun!*

“Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!” Blackie nodded again. “[Excellent! Kkomi, you pass too! Next is Kkabi!]”

“Shimmer!” Kkabi waved his wing. *My gift is over there!*

Kkabi led them to the brewery.

“Shimmer! Shimmer!” Kkabi pointed to golden jars. *I made these drinks even better! They have new powers now! Sejun will love them!*

“Squeak! Squeak!” Blackie nodded again. “[Good. Kkabi, you pass! Next is Karrr!]”

“Caw!” Karrr protested. *It’s Jaki’s turn!*

“Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!” Blackie scolded him. “[Quiet! Jaki makes 1kg of amethyst for Sejun every day! Give a gift too!]”

*Whack!* Blackie hit Karrr on the head.

“Caw,” Karrr mumbled sadly. *Okay, okay! I picked this up!*

Karrr shyly took out a red marble from his chest.

“Squeak?” Blackie tilted his head. “[Is this a marble of death energy?]”

“Caw!” Karrr nodded. *Yes, it is!*

Karrr, the Crow of Death, makes death energy. He made a marble full of it. This marble can do many things, but it mostly warns you when death is near.

“Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!” Blackie’s eyes widened. “[Good! Perfect for a weak servant like Sejun! Karrr, you pass!]”

“Caw!” Karrr puffed up his chest. “[Hmph! Of course, I pass!]” Karrr felt proud.

But then, Blackie looked closely at the marble.

“Squeak?! Squeak?!” Blackie asked sharply. “[But you MAKE this! What did you pick up?! Are you lying to me?!]”

“Caw… Caw…” Karrr’s proud face fell. “[No… it’s…]” He was caught lying! Karrr was too embarrassed to say the truth.