Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 494

Payday! Magin Intern, step forward!

Deputy Jeff called out, handing out the daily wages to the employees and calling Magin.

“Yes.”

Magin stepped forward when Jeff called his name.

“Magin here just closed a fantastic deal with the Electric Hippo Tribe! Well done! Here is a bonus for you.”

Jeff announced Magin’s achievement to everyone and handed over 3 Top Coins.

This bonus is 3% of the money you made from the Electric Hippo deal.

“Thank you!”

Magin bowed deeply and accepted the money.

‘Mheheh. This is fun.’

Magin, with his head bowed, was grinning.

At first, he was very dissatisfied with being given such trivial tasks, being a member of the Damon family.

It was only natural. Magin was a direct descendant of the Damon family. Magin was from a rich family. He was used to dealing with huge amounts of money.

However,

‘This is doable?’

Starting work here, he was feeling a sense of accomplishment he had never felt before.

Opening up markets himself, making deals, and building friendships.

It was enjoyable, unlike when he used to order his subordinates to open up markets and feel embarrassed to ask for more from their trading partners.

“Alright. Then, everyone scatter for today and we’ll start again tomorrow. Dismissed.”

With Jeff’s words, the wandering merchants left.

‘Mheheh. I should buy some snacks from a street vendor with this.’

Magin headed to a street vendor in the shopping district. They sold snacks made by coating the outside of fruits with sugar and making them into skewers, and they were really delicious. Shiny red apples coated in sparkling sugar and skewers of glistening grapes.

“How much is thi—.”

Just as Magin arrived at the street vendor to buy a fruit candy,

Tap.

“Puhuhoot. You shall become my merchant, nya!”

Magin shuddered at the familiar voice that placed a hand on his shoulder and spoke to him.

That guy!

The evil yellow devil who carries around a stamp and turns people into slaves (employees).

“Nya?”

That’s a somewhat familiar back of the head, nya!

Meanwhile, Theo felt something familiar and quickly moved forward to check Magin’s face, then was disappointed.

‘Phew. Am I safe?’

Magin was relieved at Theo’s reaction. It seemed it wasn’t him.

Magin rejoiced at escaping the clutches of the devil.

However,

“Magin, wait here, nya!”

The devil wouldn’t let him go.

Theo left Magin standing next to him and resumed searching for a merchant to become his subject.

Thanks to that, Magin could only swallow his saliva and wait, unable to buy the fruit candy right in front of him.

A little while later.

“Oh?! Bro?!”

“Magin?”

Machun, who was also trying to buy fruit candy at the street vendor, was caught by Theo.

It seemed the saying that half the wealth in the Golden Tower belonged to the Damon family wasn’t for nothing; both of them had the ability to become merchants.

Theo had found two merchants to become his subjects.

However,

“Nya… they’re already taken, nya!”

Theo wasn’t satisfied.

At that moment,

“Nya?!”

A new face, nya!

A sheep with red fur was approaching the fruit candy vendor, catching Theo’s eye.

And then,

“Puhuhoot. You shall become my merchant, nya!”

Theo hurried over and spoke to it.

Then,

“Really?! You’ll make me a merchant?!”

An abnormal answer came back.

“Of course, nya! If you receive this stamp, I’ll make you a merchant, nya!”

Of course, this side wasn’t normal either.

“Yes! I’ll do it! I’d sell my soul to the devil if it means I can become a merchant!”

The red sheep answered confidently.

Run away! He’s a real devil!

The devil only takes your soul! He’ll take everything!

Machun and Magin desperately shook their heads at the lamb caught in the clutches of the evil yellow devil, but

Staaamp.

[The Nine Dragons Employee Contract Seal has been stamped.]

[Activating the Eternal Contract.]

[The contract with the other party will be maintained forever.]

The lamb, bewitched by the devil’s words, was eventually stamped by the devil.

“Welcome, nya! But what’s your name, nya?!”

“You’re quick to ask. It’s Ninir! I’ve been stamped, so please make me a merchant quickly!”

“Puhuhoot. I understand, nya! Everyone gather, nya!”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

At Theo’s call, Machun and Magin hurried over.

“Hello! I’m Ninir, the sheep who will soon become a merchant!”

“I’m Machun. This is my brother Magin.”

“Hello.”

While the three were exchanging greetings,

“Herr, please make these guys merchants, nya!”

Theo requested Herr to make the three of them merchants.

[The God of Merchants, Herr, says he will first make the three of them the best merchants who can take the merchant test.]

[The God of Merchants, Herr, passes the first stage of the merchant promotion test, which tests the connections of a merchant, using his authority.]

[The God of Merchants, Herr, says that he cannot pass the second stage of the merchant promotion test using his authority, but if you lend 1000 copies of the employment contract you have to each of them, you can easily pass.]

“Puhuhoot. I understand, nya!”

Herr cooperated surprisingly willingly, but…

[The God of Merchants, Herr, says that he would appreciate it if you could speak well to Park Sejun and have him deploy believers to his temple as well.]

It was to receive believers from Sejun.

Theo already had 10 votes out of the total 20. If the three merchants from the Black Tower were added here, he would have 16 votes, more than half of the 26 votes.

Because the Black Tower merchants could exercise two votes.

Moreover, even if he refused Theo’s request, Theo would eventually grab passing merchants to increase his votes, exceeding the majority.

In the end, it was only a matter of time before Theo gained the authority to impeach him.

So, he decided to trust Park Sejun and simply cooperate with Theo. Because Herr thought, ‘Park Sejun is usually right about these things.’

Following that, the third stage of the merchant promotion test, which tested the merchant’s strength, was easily passed because the three were strong.

The fourth stage test, which required bringing 11 trillion Top Coins, was passed because Theo insisted on doing it on credit.

[The God of Merchants, Herr, says he will start the final test.]

With Herr’s words, five scrolls with numbers from 1 to 5 written on them appeared in front of Machun, Magin, and Ninir.

[The God of Merchants, Herr, says that they must open them in order, and if someone else opens them for them, they will be disqualified.]

“Nya… that’s a shame, nya! Quickly open number 1, nya!”

Theo, who was about to open the scroll himself, urged the three with regret.

Black Tower, 99th floor.

Kooeng!

[Daddy, Kooeng brought herbs!]

As it became late afternoon, Kooeng, who had returned from the herb field, handed Sejun a blue kudzu root.

“Okay. Thank you.”

Sejun immediately put the kudzu root he received from Kooeng into his mouth.

Crunch. Crunch.

Kkuenge ate the herb. It was clean, he had washed it himself.

Gulp.

[You eat the blue kudzu root.] [Your powers feel stronger! All stats increase by 7.]

A message appeared as he swallowed the kudzu root.

“Huh?”

Sejun thought, “Wait, not 5? It’s 7 this time!”

The message was different. Sejun looked at the kudzu root’s details.

Kkuenge Park – Herbalist (Intermediate).

Kkuenge’s herbalist rank had risen to Intermediate, increasing the ability of the kudzu root he harvested.

“Oh! Our Kkuenge became an Intermediate Herbalist?”

“Kkuhehehe. Kkuenge!”

[Hehehe. That’s right!]

Kkuenge puffed out his chest. “I’m an Intermediate Herbalist now!”

Kkuenge looked proud. He put his front paws on his waist, like a big brother. He waited for Sejun to praise him.

“Congratulations! To celebrate Kkuenge becoming an Intermediate Herbalist, let’s go to the 75th floor of the tower and eat something delicious!”

Sejun decided to go down to the 75th floor of the tower with Kkuenge.

“Kkuenge!”

[Good!]

“Hehehe. I’m going to buy something delicious with this for Dad!”

Pleased with Sejun’s words, Kkuenge checked to make sure his allowance pouch was still there.

And…

“Going to eat something delicious?!”

Karr, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation, noticed that the atmosphere between Sejun and Kkuenge was unusual.

“Caw!”

(Great Kamang, Sejun and Kkuenge are going to eat something delicious!)

Karr hurriedly reported what he had heard to Kamang.

“Squeak?! Squeak!”

[What? Going to eat something delicious?! Butler! Take us too!]

Kamang, worried that Sejun would leave him behind, rushed over with his subordinates.

Thus, Sejun descended the tower with Kkuenge and the Kamang family.

Sejun wasn’t worried about Theo. “Theo always finds me,” he thought with a smile.

A short while later.

[You have arrived at the 75th floor of the Black Tower.]

[You have moved from the top floor, the 99th floor of the tower, to the 75th floor.]

[You have descended 24 floors.]

[All stats increase by 120 due to the effects of >Title: Retrogressor> and >Title: One Who Reached the Top of the Five Towers>.]

[You are invincible for 1 second due to the effect of >Title: One Who Reached the Top of the Five Towers>.]

Sejun arrived at the 75th floor of the tower via waypoint.

“Oh, it’s not. I came to find you.”

Sejun sensed Theo was nearby. “About 10 kilometers away,” he guessed.

At that moment,

Whoosh.

Theo teleported in, excited. “Puhuhut! Sejun! Did you come to see me, nyaang? I needed you anyway, nyaang!”

“Puhuhut.”

Rub rub.

Meeting Sejun in an unexpected place, Theo couldn’t contain his joy and rubbed his body against Sejun’s face.

“You needed me?”

“Nyaang! That’s right, nyaang! Let’s go over there quickly, nyaang! That way, nyaang!”

Theo held onto Sejun’s knee and pointed with his paw. “That way! To the market, nyaang!”

“Kkuenge!”

[Let’s go quickly and buy something delicious!]

“Squeak!”

[Butler! Something delicious!]

Kkuenge and Kamang, who came out of the subspace warehouse late, also urged Sejun.

“Alright. I understand.”

Sejun smiled at Kkuenge and Kamang. Then, *tap tap tap tap*, he ran quickly towards the market.

10 minutes later.

“‘We’re here, nyaang!’ Theo said. ‘To make them great merchants, we need things from *your* special storage, Sejun, nyaang!'”

Sejun, guided by Theo, arrived at the place where Machun, Magin, and Ninir were waiting.

Clang.

Theo took out the items from Sejun’s subspace warehouse that were listed on the scroll the three had spread out.

“I’ll help too.”

Sejun also helped Theo.

“Kkuhehehe. Kkuenge!”

[Hehehe. Looks delicious!]

“Kkihihit. Squeak!”

[Hehe. It’s food that looks delicious!]

Kkuenge and Kamang peeked around the market stalls.

“Kkuenge?”

[How much is that?]

Kkuenge pointed to a skewer with five fruit candies on it and asked.

“It’s 10 tower coins each.”

“Kkuenge!”

[Then give me 1000!]

Kkuenge boldly ordered.

He didn’t worry about the money in his pouch, even though it was less than 5000 tower coins.

Kkuenge has Dad’s 3-times discount!

He knew he could get a discount – his special 3-times discount!

“Kkuenge!”

[Give me a discount!]

“Then at 8 tower coins…”

“Kkuenge!”

[Give me a bigger discount!]

“Then at 5 tower coins…”

“Kkuenge!”

[Give me an even bigger discount!]

“Well… since you’re buying 1000… then I’ll give it to you for 3000 tower coins.”

The stall owner wanted to close early. It was the day ‘the crazy one’ was coming back to the tower. So, he decided to sell the candies cheaply, just to sell them quickly.

So, Kkuenge got the candy skewers for only 3 tower coins, thanks to his 3-times discount!

“It will take some time to make 1000. Have a few while you wait.”

“Kkuhehehe. Kkuenge!”

[Hehehe. Good!]

Kkuenge took a strawberry candy off the stick to give to Kamang.

“Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!”

[Bro! Bro! Just one for me too!]

Kamang hurriedly barked, asking for one too.

“Kkuenge!”

[Okay!]

A cool brother shares food with his sibling!

As Kkuenge was taking a strawberry candy off the skewer to give to Kamang,

Swish.

“Hey, kid. Buy me one too. And give me some money too. Don’t even think about hiding it. If I catch you, it’s one tower coin per hit. Heh heh heh.”

A big Tiger Tribe warrior, with stripes painted on his face and sharp teeth showing, put his arm around Kkuenge’s shoulder and tried to extort him.

The Tiger Tribe warrior thought, ‘Hehe, this will be easy.’

Kamang watched Kkuenge with an excited expression.