Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 490

Black Tower Administrator Zone.

“How dare you betray our Sejun?!”

Eileen, having read the reports from Ice Cube and Piercing, trembled with rage.

“Such ungrateful wretches!!!” Kaiser, who had been waiting for a chance to soothe Eileen’s anger, also joined in the fury. “Granddaughter, we can’t let them get away with this! This grandpa will go and teach them a lesson…”

“No. Grandpa, stay put. I’ll handle this.”

Kaiser smiled to himself. *She listened to me. Thank you, Sejun,* he thought. He quietly watched how Eileen would deal with the stars.

A little later, as morning arrived, unnoticed by the disappearance of the stars, Eileen summoned all twelve Zodiac stars.

Thus, twelve star-shaped stones were summoned to the administrator zone.

“I am Eileen Fritani, the administrator of the Black Tower and the great Black Dragon. I hear that among you, there are stars who have betrayed the grace of our Sejun and follow the starlight god Milky, or whatever its name is. Is this true?”

Eileen asked, glaring at the stars before her with what she thought was a fierce look.

“-That is correct. We don’t know how you found out, Eileen, but even the great Black Dragon cannot change our decision!”

“-That’s right!”

“-We will follow the starlight god Milky.”

Five stars stepped forward, asserting their will, shining brightly as they spoke.

“Is that so? Polymorph release.”

At the five stars’ response, Eileen returned to her true form with a cold expression.

And then,

Thud!

“How dare you speak so boldly after betraying our Sejun?! Do you think that doesn’t make me angry?!”

She began her punishment, pressing down on the five stars with her foot.

“-Eugh!”

“-Ugh!”

“-Why are you doing this?!”

The stars under Eileen’s foot groaned and endured, but

Press.

“-Star, have mercy!”

“-Please save us!”

“-We were wrong!”

They got scared by the increasing pressure and began to beg for forgiveness. They didn’t say they would follow Sejun to protect their pride.

-She’s gotten stronger.

-I know. But it was harder when we were sacred stones.

-I admit that. I thought I was really going to break then…

Ice Cube and Piercing reminisced about their latte while watching the five stars being mercilessly trampled by Eileen.

At that moment,

“-Do you guys know why Eileen is doing that?”

“-Tell us. Why is Eileen angry?”

“-It’s satisfying, but I’m curious about the reason.”

The five stars who had decided to follow Sejun from the beginning asked the two.

It was good to see Eileen punish the stars who betrayed Sejun. But the stars who were loyal to Sejun didn’t understand why. Why was the great Black Dragon so angry just because they betrayed a tower farmer?

“-Alright. I’ll tell you only. Actually, Sejun and Eileen are lovers.”

“-I think Eileen likes him more, though.”

The two boasted as they explained why the five betraying stars were being trampled by Eileen.

“-You should know you’re lucky. Usually, she starts by stepping on you first.”

“-That’s right. Ice Cube got stepped on twice, right?”

“-Piercing, you snitched on me that one time!”

“-Then who told you to betray Sejun?!”

“-That’s… I regret it.”

While the Sejun faction stars were listening to Ice Cube and Piercing’s story,

“Blind, did you call our Sejun ‘just a human’?! Huh?! A mere star! Where do you think you are?!”

Eileen stepped on four stars with her left foot and strongly pressed down on Blind, who had spoken rudely to Sejun, holding him accountable.

And then,

“-Eugh! I was wrong!”

“If you were wrong, swear that you will obey our Sejun!”

“-What?! Even so, how can we obey such a weak being like Sejun…”

“Then die!”

Press!

As Eileen put her weight on her right foot upon hearing Blind’s response,

Crack.

“-Ack! My body is cracking! A star is dying!”

Blind screamed.

“-Eileen, I will obey Sejun!”

“Then swear properly!”

“-I, the star Blind, swear to obey Sejun for the rest of my life!”

In the end, he swore to obey Sejun,

“Now, next is Power Up. You said you couldn’t trust our Sejun, right?”

“-That’s true…”

“What?!”

Press.

“-Sniff. I was arrogant! I, the star Power Up, will for the rest of my life…”

The other stars were also trampled by Eileen and eventually surrendered.

That’s my granddaughter.

Kaiser looked at his granddaughter Eileen, who had obtained oaths from the stars, with a pleased expression.

Black Tower, 99th floor.

“Ah. I’m full.”

Kkueng!

[Daddy, here’s coffee!]

“Yeah. Thanks.”

Slurp.

Sejun drank the coffee that Kkuengi gave him.

“Kuh. Delicious.”

Coffee is definitely the best in the morning.

Sejun took a moment to relax while drinking his coffee.

“Then let’s head to the Silver Tower.”

“Time to depart, meow!”

Kkueng!

[We’re leaving!]

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. The great Blackie is going out!]

As Sejun stood up, his companions also rose and entered the subspace warehouse.

“What are you doing, meow?! Regular employee Kwin, get in here quickly, meow!”

Theo, who had secured his spot at the entrance of the subspace warehouse in loaf position to be the first to leave, called out to Kwin, who was standing awkwardly.

“Yes.”

Kwin answered and entered the subspace warehouse.

*He’s supposed to be a butler, isn’t he?* Kwin thought, looking at Sejun.

He was clearly the weakest of the group, suited to serving others, but strangely, Sejun was the leader of this group.

And the great Blackie, who had extinguished the storm in his head with a puff of air…

Kkihihit.

Kkueng!

[Blackie, you mustn’t secretly eat dried sweet potatoes!]

Kking…

Blackie, the great Black Dragon, was being treated like the weakest member of the group. Kwin was very confused.

Clang.

As the subspace door closed,

“Alright. Shall we go?”

Swish.

Sejun unfolded the Silver Tower 82nd floor land document,

[Summon function activated to imprint the first owner of the Silver Tower 82nd floor land document.]

With the message, Sejun disappeared.

[Arrived at the Silver Tower 82nd floor.]

“Camouflage.”

Sejun, having arrived at the Silver Tower, hurriedly used his skill to hide himself.

And then,

‘Hehehe. There are so many.’

He smiled as he watched the residents of the Silver Tower resting on the floor.

Sejun was aiming for four birds with one stone this time he came to the Silver Tower.

Quest completion, >Title: Saint Who Feeds Fully> to raise stats, receive praise and raise mental strength, add employees.

At that moment,

Clang.

“Great Hybrid Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”

Slap.

Theo, who could find Sejun regardless of his disguise, clung to Sejun’s face,

Kkueng!

Kking!

Kkueng-i and Kkamang-i hurried to Sejun.

“Ahem.”

Kwin, looking a bit awkward, also came out of the hidden space.

Just then,

“It’s Kwin-nim!”

“Kwin-nim is back!”

“Kwin-nim, are you alright?!”

The residents of the Silver Tower, who had seen Kwin, rushed toward him. They had been worried ever since Kwin was suddenly taken away by the dragon.

“I’m fine.”

“Kwin-nim’s eyes?”

“Yes. His madness is cured.”

“Oh! Congratulations!”

“Don’t push.”

While Kwin was being congratulated by the residents, Sejun was pushed to the edge of the crowd.

Meanwhile, a soft *swishing* sound came from the open doorway of the hidden space.

A gentle blue mist flowed out, and words began to glow in the air above Sejun’s head. The words shimmered with light as they formed a message: “Park Sejun, the farmer from the Black Tower, has brought the magic of creation to the Silver Tower!” As the words faded, a feeling of calm settled over the area. The worried faces of the Silver Tower residents seemed to relax a little.

“Ah, there was this too.”

Sejun had turned his reason for coming to the Silver Tower into a win-win situation.

“I should plant it here.”

Sejun found a flat patch of land and planted the grape seed containing the World Tree.

However, a message appeared: “You have planted the grape seed containing the World Tree using magic. The land is too barren. Please plant it in a place with rich soil.”

“Heh heh. No problem. Become fertile!”

Sejun thought, *I’m not the same as I used to be, you see.*

Sejun, after checking the message, placed his right hand on the ground with a confident look and used his power to make the land fertile. He drank the Mugwort Sap Potion of Life with his left hand.

“Become fertile!”

As he continued to increase the land’s fertility with his power, Sejun’s life force decreased, and the condition of the land gradually improved. The dry, crumbly soil slowly gained stickiness and began to shine.

“Become fertile!”

After using his power on the land 10 times, a message appeared: “You lack the life force to use your power. One Orb of Life has been consumed.”

The amount of life force drained at once greatly increased, and he even used an Orb of Life.

“The next one is the last.”

He couldn’t improve the land any more than that, even with the Orb of Life.

As Sejun drank the mugwort sap and refilled the Orbs of Life back to three, the grape seed containing the World Tree began to sprout.

A sprout vigorously pushed its head above ground, taking root. Soon, it vigorously spread its sprouts left and right, as if raising both hands in the air.

“Oh!”

Sejun watched the sprout with a happy expression.

However,

“Huh?”

The World Tree remained a sprout even after several minutes.

“What’s wrong?”

Sejun wondered if there was not enough fertility.

“Become fertile!”

Sejun used his power again. It must have been that the World Tree was absorbing the fertility, causing it to be insufficient, as less life force was used than before.

“Good. Become fertile!”

As Sejun continued to use his power to increase the fertility, the wind began to blow suddenly.

The wind, which Kwin had suppressed with great force after drinking the exploding magic golden grape wine, a reward from the grape wine drinking contest, began to stir again. Moreover, because it had been suppressed, the wind became even fiercer.

In the distance, dozens of giant tornadoes were rapidly approaching, surrounding Sejun and the residents of the Silver Tower. They were dark and swirling, and they made a loud roaring sound.

“You all, quickly evacuate the residents!” Kwin instructed.

“Yes!” The wind mages, having received Kwin’s instructions, evacuated the residents into the underground tunnels.

Kwin approached Sejun, determined to help Sejun by any means possible, even if it cost him his life, because he had heard that Sejun had come here to grow the World Tree to stop the wind.

Kwin stood next to Sejun, ready to risk his life.

“Ha…”

Just as he was about to shout and slow down the approaching tornadoes, Teo ran towards the tornadoes.

“Meow! Those who interfere with the great Hybrid Chairman Park will be punished by the Hybrid Vice Chairman Teo, meow!”

“Huh?! You’ll die if you do th…?” Kwin hurriedly stopped himself.

Teo, approaching the tornadoes, used his cat-like movements to run quickly in the opposite direction of the tornadoes, weakening their power and dismantling them one by one.

Kwin was astonished, watching Teo’s absurd actions. *Is that even possible?*

A short while later, Teo said, “Puhuhu. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, you’ve obtained the title ‘One Who Subdues the Wind,’ meow! With this title, you can easily subdue the wind, meow! Chairman Park should get one too, meow!”

“Yeah. I can’t do it,” Sejun replied.

“No, meow! It’s easy to get, meow! I’ll help you, meow!”

“No. I can’t do it.”

“Don’t give up, meow! I, Hybrid Vice Chairman Teo…”

“I can’t do it!”

While Teo, who had dismantled the tornadoes, was trying to persuade Sejun to obtain the same title as him, the wind blew again.

When the tornadoes didn’t work, the wind blew strongly in a straight line this time, and sand shot like bullets, stinging their skin and making it hard to see.

Kkueng-i ran towards the place where the wind was blowing.

Hehehe. Kkueng!

“Hehehe. Kkueng-i will do it this time, yo!”

Kkueng-i used his power towards the wind.

The wind that was hit by Kkueng-i stopped. Rather, it blew in the opposite direction, erasing even the wind that was far away.

Kkueng!

“Hehehe. Daddy Kkueng-i got the power ‘Headwind,’ yo! If you have the power Headwind…”

While Kkueng-i was boasting to Sejun about the power he had obtained, the roots of Fire, who had been waiting in the deepest part of the underground, met with the roots of the World Tree to prevent Sejun from getting hurt. The World Tree had only been growing its roots to meet Fire.

“Eat this quickly!”

“I will enjoy it! It’s delicious!”

Unlike Podori, who was the same grape vine, the World Tree was gobbling up the nutrients that Fire gave it.

“I feel energized now! Iyop!”

The World Tree, having eaten the nutrients that Fire gave it, began to grow rapidly.