Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 481

Black Tower, 99th Floor.

“Really?! The Creator God shed tears while harvesting a dragon fruit, and the dead dragon within the fruit came back to life?!”

Aileen told Sejun a story about a dragon fruit. Kaiser told her the story.

Aileen complained to Sejun about Kaiser’s bad behavior.

Ah, that’s why Kaiser went from being so happy to so sad.

“Kaiser was bad,” Sejun said firmly, watching Kaiser drown his sorrows in cheap, common soju by the fountain. Soju is a kind of Korean drink.

He felt sorry for Kaiser. *Maybe I’ll bring him some of that good soju later,* he thought.

Sejun continued talking with Aileen.

“I should make dinner now. Aileen, is there anything you want to eat?”

“Butternut squash soup? Alright. Vice-Chairman Theo, please prepare the butternut squash from the special storage.”

“Heh heh heh. Got it, meow!”

Sejun looked around. “Kooeng?” he called.

Sejun began to prepare dinner with the help of Theo and Kooeng.

Sejun started making dinner. The small kitchen filled with the rhythmic *tap tap tap* of his knife on the wooden cutting board. Onions. He was chopping onions for the butternut squash soup. *Swish, swish, swish.* Lost in thought, he scratched his itchy eye with the back of his hand – the hand covered in onion juice.

“Ouch! My eyes are burning!” Sejun cried, blinking rapidly. Tears welled up. *How could I be so clumsy?* he thought, annoyed at himself. As he stood there, eyes watering and stinging, a strange idea sparked in his mind.

“Wait a minute…” he murmured. *Could my tears actually do something?*

“Aileen, can you give me the dragon fruit pot?”

He received the dragon fruit pot from Aileen and dropped his tears into the pot.

Sejun’s tears, which fell on the soil, soaked in quickly.

Is it too little?

Sejun held the onions in both hands, brought them to his eyes, and began to cry.

Enough to soak the soil thoroughly.

However,

“Is it not working?”

At that moment,

[Master, don’t you need butter too?! I’ll get it for you!]

Before the tears could dry, Fire Stone hurriedly opened the door to the special storage.

As the shimmering blue mist touched the pot,

Crack!

Suddenly, the dragon fruit seed began to grow.

“Huh?!”

Is the dragon fruit seed really sprouting from my tears?!”

‘Could I possibly be a Creator God?’

Was that it?! Do I have a secret to my birth?!

Of course, it wasn’t.

While Sejun was getting excited,

Crack!

The dragon fruit had already finished growing.

At the end of the towering small cactus, there was a dragon fruit that Sejun knew.

And then,

[Black Tower Farmer Park Sejun has achieved the great feat of creation by sprouting a transcendent seed.]

[As a reward for the great feat of creation, the Black Tower 0th floor stay cost will be reduced by 0.5%.]

A message appeared in front of Sejun.

Perhaps because it wasn’t the first time, the stay cost reduction rate was greatly reduced from 5% to 0.5%.

“Hehehe.”

Sejun was about to harvest the dragon fruit with a smile.

“No.”

He stopped his hand that was reaching for the dragon fruit.

Aileen had clearly said that one of the Ten Dragons was resurrected after harvesting the dragon fruit.

The Ten Dragons were beings with such high combat power that they were called the dragons of dragons.

Then, if he harvested the dragon fruit?

One of the Ten Dragons would be resurrected.

Then?

I would die immediately.

“Whew.”

That was close.

Sejun let out a sigh of relief.

At that moment,

Snap.

Huh?!

Perhaps unable to withstand its own weight, the end of the dragon fruit snapped and broke.

“Everyone, let’s race to the waypoint!” Sejun shouted as he hurriedly left the kitchen.

“Heh heh heh. I, Vice-Chairman Theo, am in first place, meow!”

Kooeng! Kooeng!

“Let’s race to see who gets there first! The last one gets no dinner!” Sejun shouted to everyone as he ran, running hard.

Thus began an impromptu race to the finish line.

When Sejun arrived at the waypoint, many people had already arrived.

“Heh heh heh. I, Vice-Chairman Theo, am in first place, meow! Chairman Park is in 13,14th place, but don’t be too disappointed, meow!”

“Yeah.”

Theo comforted Sejun in his own way.

Kooeng! Kooeng!

“Tory.” Sejun called Tory, carrying Theo and Kooeng, and looked at the farm from a high position.

The farm was empty.

“What’s going on? It’s quiet?”

If one of the Ten Dragons had appeared, the kitchen should have been destroyed at least because of its size, but the kitchen was perfectly fine.

Moreover, the dragons of the Four Dragon Society were calmly drinking alcohol by the fountain.

“Did I overreact?”

Sejun took Theo and Kooeng and carefully approached the kitchen where the dragon fruit was.

Then,

Tap tap tap.

Sssssss.

The sound of busy cooking could be heard from inside the kitchen.

Who is it?

Sejun peeked his head out of the kitchen window to look inside.

Huh?!

Oh?!

The kitchen was warm, and a being with an ivory body was busy cooking, continuing what Sejun had started. However, it was much slower than Sejun.

“Huh? Is that a dragon fruit?” Sejun asked, noticing the dragon fruit sitting on top of the being’s head.

It was labeled [Ambiguous Dragon Fruit with Park Sejun’s Aura].

“Ambiguous Dragon Fruit with Park Sejun’s Aura?” Sejun chuckled.

He walked over to the cooking being, carefully took the dragon fruit from its head, and checked its details.

[Ambiguous Dragon Fruit with Park Sejun’s Aura]

This dragon fruit seed grew because it took in Sejun’s tears and a special magic called ‘aura of creation’. Sejun is sometimes called a dragon, but not really.

Because the ingredients weren’t good enough, it couldn’t make a perfect copy of Sejun.

It only copied 1% of Sejun’s powers.

[Replicated Stats: Strength (30) Stamina (35) Agility (29) Magic Power (44)]

[Replicated Skills: Cooking Lv. 9, Seed Harvesting Lv. 2]

It doesn’t need to eat or sleep, but it will disappear when its time is up.

Cultivator: Black Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration Date: 30 days

Grade: S

Sejun read the description. “Ah, that’s what I thought.”

He realized that the God of Creation’s tears were much stronger than his own. The God could make perfect copies, even of powerful dragons. Sejun’s tears, though special, could only make a weaker copy.

To grow the dragon fruit seed, it needed dragon stuff and the aura of creation.

Because of the strong bones of a young dragon, Sejun’s tears (which were seen as dragon-like), and the aura of creation in the storage, the dragon fruit seed could grow.

“So, does that mean it came back to life?” Sejun wondered.

Since he was a huge dragon, he probably couldn’t even see the dragon fruit on his head, right?

Maybe the God of Creation was trying to make copies of the Ten Dragons using the dragon fruit.

But Sejun couldn’t make a copy of the Ten Dragons, even if he had their stuff.

This is because the stronger the thing you’re copying, the more aura of creation you need.

The God of Creation could only make a copy of the Ten Dragons by using many drops of his own tears, which had lots of aura of creation.

Of course, the copy made by the God of Creation was perfect, with all the memories and powers of its past life. It was so perfect, you could say it was brought back to life.

Meanwhile, Theo was laughing. “Phoo-hahaha! It’s a fake Chairman Park, meow! But the face is just as rotten, meow!”

Kooeng! Kooeng! [It’s a fake Daddy! He’s too weak, like the old Daddy!]

Theo and Kooeng were fascinated as they watched the Sejun copy.

A little later, Sejun said, “Sejun Number One, could you please bake some bread for us?”

The copy nodded.

The Sejun copy, after getting Sejun’s order, started baking bread in the oven. Even though his stats were low and he was slow, his cooking skill was level 9, so he was good at it.

Thanks to the Sejun copy’s help, they were able to have dinner on time, even though it was almost late because of the earlier alarm.

“Kids, let’s eat dinner! Aileen, here’s some warm and creamy butternut squash soup and crusty bread,” Sejun said.

After everyone enjoyed a delicious dinner, Sejun was relaxing outside with Theo and Kooeng when…

Blackie spoke excitedly. “Kee-hee-hee. Kking?! [Hee hee. Are you Butler Number One?! I am the great Blackie! Bring me some dried sweet potato!]”

The copy nodded.

Blackie was thrilled to meet such an obedient butler.

When the Sejun copy took out a glass jar full of dried sweet potato that Sejun had hidden on the kitchen shelf, Blackie got even more excited.

“Kee-hee-hee. Kking! Kking! [Hee hee. Butler Number One, open it quickly!]”

“Hurry!”

Squawk!

Sharrarang!

“Hurry, yob!”

Caw!

Blackie and his friends urged the Sejun copy, getting more and more excited.

Click.

The Sejun copy opened the glass jar as Blackie ordered.

Smack. Smack. Smack.

Blackie and his friends quickly grabbed the dried sweet potato from the glass jar and started eating.

Just then, Sejun walked into the kitchen and scolded Blackie and his friends. “You rascals!”

What’s he doing? Is he causing trouble again?

Blackie was too quiet, so Sejun came to check on him.

Kking! [Run away!]

Thump thump. Thump thump.

Blackie quickly ran away, but…

Flail. Flail.

Kooeng used his powers to catch Blackie and hand him over to Sejun.

And…

Kkirorong.

As Sejun started nagging, Blackie immediately fell asleep.

“Ugh, haaam. Vice President Theo, let’s go to sleep too. Good night, Kooeng,” Sejun said.

Kooeng! [Good night, Daddy!]

Sejun sent Kooeng to Pink Fur and took Blackie’s family and Theo to the bedroom to sleep.

A few hours later, the bedroom was filled with snores – deep rumbles from Sejun, soft whistles from Theo, and tiny chirps from Blackie’s family.

The golden bat, Batbat, woke up and started to move.

[Batbat, did you sleep well?] Flame asked, sitting on Sejun’s palm.

(Yes! I’ll go out and come back!)

[Okay.]

Flap. Flap.

Batbat flew to the kitchen.

(Hello, Sejun Number One! I’m Batbat!)

After greeting the Sejun copy, he ate the fruit Sejun had left out and watched the Sejun copy work.

The Sejun copy, who didn’t need to sleep, was busy making things that took a lot of time, like dried sweet potato.

(Bat bat. I’m full!)

After finishing his meal, Batbat quickly flew around the farm to check things out.

(No abnormalities around!)

After scouting, he started training in front of the house. Batbat flapped his wings quickly, looking very serious.

Whoosh!

Batbat used his dimension 이동 ability and arrived at a completely different place from the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Behind him was a passage the size of a baseball that Batbat had made by breaking through the wall of dimension.

[Dimension Gate]

After following Sejun around several towers, he had gained a new ability to create and keep open a dimension door.

However, the dimension door was too small for big creatures to use.

(Batbat! I’ll show Sejun when the door is big enough for him to go through!)

So, Batbat trained hard, thinking about crossing the dimension door with Sejun.

Because of that, the dimension door, which was first the size of a tennis ball, became a little bigger, about the size of a baseball.

Batbat kept training hard, opening and closing the dimension door over and over.

(Batbat!)

That’s Sejun’s favorite slime?!

Wobble. Wobble.

Batbat arrived in a world being destroyed by slimes.