Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 495

“Wow. It’s been ages since I smelled city air.”

Hanra arrived in the Merchant District. Merchants there called him the ‘Scourge’ because he caused so much trouble. He was also Hannibal’s grandson. Hannibal was the boss of the Free Mercenary Association. Hanra took a deep breath of the city air.

“Heh heh heh. It was worth sneaking out behind Grandpa and Uncle Rak’s backs.”

Hanra had slipped away while Hannibal and Rak were sparring. He smiled as he saw the shops and stalls still open for business.

He only got an outing once a month after grueling training every day.

And each time he came, the shops and stalls were closed, leaving him utterly bored.

The merchants scattered like startled birds when they saw him.

Heh heh heh. Where shall I go?

Hanra watched them, sauntering through the Merchant District like a predator seeking its prey, wondering where he should cause trouble today.

Just then,

“Huh?! There’s a place not reacting to the arrival of Hanra, the Tiger Clan’s next ace?”

Has my reputation faded? Are people forgetting who I am?

Hanra frowned as he spotted a stall that hadn’t closed its doors.

It was a fruit candy stall, whose owner was so engrossed in haggling with Kkueng that he hadn’t noticed Hanra.

“Heh heh heh. I’ll start there today.”

Hanra-nim has appeared, and they dare not close?!

Hanra strode purposefully towards the fruit candy stall.

But who are those fellows? Are they country kids who don’t know anything?

A young bear and a puppy were standing in front of the stall, amicably sharing a fruit candy skewer.

Anyone could tell they were country bumpkins visiting the Merchant District for the first time, following their parents.

They probably saved up their pocket money to buy that one to share, right?

“Heh heh heh. There’s nothing quite as fun as taking candy from a baby.”

Hanra-nim shall teach them the harsh realities of the city.

And so, before causing a ruckus at the stall, Hanra decided to give the young bear and puppy a taste of the world’s terrors.

Chuck.

He started his work by casually putting his arm around the young bear’s shoulders.

Kkueng?

Kkueng was taken aback when Hanra put his arm around his shoulders and started talking to him.

Papa had clearly said that you only put your arm around someone’s shoulders if you’re close to them, but this fellow was doing it without being friends.

And on top of that,

One top coin for a hit?!

And threatening him at the same time…

Is he a friend? Or a bad guy?

Kkueng was confused about how to treat this person.

Kkueng?

[Surely he didn’t just say he was going to take Kkueng’s money-dayo?!]

So, to confirm whether the person was a bad guy, he asked Hanra again.

He was trying not to get angry yet, but Kkueng unconsciously emitted a little bit of killing intent towards Hanra, who was trying to take his pocket money.

Gasp.

Hanra felt a sudden, chilling aura from Kkueng, and he got goosebumps without realizing it.

His instincts told him something was wrong, but

‘What?! Am I actually getting scared of a guy like that!?’

My grandfather is the head of the Free Mercenary Association, and my uncle is Rak, the Black Bear who rules Orin Mountain!

Ignoring his instincts,

“Yeah! Hand over the money. The money! Is the bear cub deaf? Should I clean out your ears for you?!”

Grip.

Hanra tightened his arm around Kkueng’s shoulders and spoke in an even more delinquent tone.

‘This guy is a bad guy-dayo! It’s okay to hit him-dayo!’

Thanks to that, Kkueng was certain that it was okay to hit Hanra.

“Huh?! What….”

Kkueng shook off Hanra’s hand from his shoulder and slammed him onto the ground.

Wham!

“Ugh! You bear cub bas….”

Wham!

Before Hanra could finish his sentence, Kkueng slammed him onto the ground on the other side again.

Thud! Wham! Thud!

He continued to slam him onto the ground dozens of times.

“Ugh….”

Once Hanra fainted,

Kkueng?

[Is that 1000 fruit candies-dayo?]

Kkueng asked the stall owner with a bright expression.

“Yes?! Yes! Here you go!”

The stall owner trembled with fear and quickly handed over the fruit candies.

Kkuhehehe.

Hee hee hee. *Sniff*

[Hee hee. Hyung! Give me one more!]

Kkueng and Kamang ate the fruit candies and returned to where Sejun was.

Dragging Hanra, who had fainted.

“Heh heh heh. Hanra, that rascal, couldn’t resist.”

“Hannibal, don’t just laugh and scold the boy! What if he causes a really big accident later?!”

Rak raised his voice when he saw that Hannibal had no intention of scolding the runaway Hanra.

“When the time comes, our Hanra will come to his senses.”

“What if he causes an accident before that time comes?”

“Then I’ll have to stop him.”

“Sigh….”

Even if he’s the only blood relative left…

Just as Rak sighed, seeing that Hannibal was not going to change his attitude towards Hanra,

“Hannibal-nim!”

One of the mercenaries who had gone to the Merchant District in advance to prevent Hanra from causing trouble came running quickly.

“Heh heh heh. What’s the matter? Did our Hanra go to a shop and cause trouble again?”

Our Hanra must have caused another accident. I’ll have to apologize to the shop owner and compensate them.

“No. He tried to cause trouble but was beaten unconscious by a customer. He’s being dragged away now.”

“What?! Our Hanra got beaten so badly that he fainted?!!!”

Our Hanra, where could they have hit him?!

Hannibal, who was usually calm, lost his composure when it came to his grandson’s affairs.

“Where is it?! Take me there quickly!”

“Yes!”

He urged his subordinate and ran towards the Merchant District.

And

“Hanra, I knew you’d meet your match someday. But was your training lacking? He’s not someone who should be getting beaten up….”

Rak slowly followed behind Hannibal.

“Machun and Magin get one golden dragon scale each, and Ninir gets 1000 flame beans.”

“Puhu! That was easy-nyang!”

“I agree. Here you go.”

Sejun took out the items from the subspace warehouse that were listed on the last scroll, number 5, and handed them to Machun, Magin, and Ninir.

Buzz.

Documents 1 through 5 combined and began to create the Great Merchant items.

And

[A carpet that roams the Black Tower and the Golden Tower]

[A bundle that roams the Black Tower and the Golden Tower]

[An ultra-high-temperature furnace that produces wealth]

Machun obtained a carpet that could fly through the sky and travel between the Black Tower and the Golden Tower,

Magin obtained a bundle similar to Theo’s, but only able to travel between the Black Tower and the Golden Tower,

And Ninir obtained a furnace that burned the items put into it to produce money.

“Puhu! I’ve obtained three Great Merchants-nyang!”

Just as Theo was rejoicing at increasing his impeachment power,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Papa! Kkueng brought snacks-dayo! Try eating this-dayo!]

Kkueng appeared with a bunch of fruit candies and handed them to Sejun and the three newly appointed Great Merchants.

And

Crunch. Crunch.

Kkueng hung onto Sejun’s side and diligently ate his snacks.

“But who is this?”

Sejun asked, looking at Hanra, whom Kkueng had dragged along, who was dozens of times bigger than Kkueng.

Kkueng!

[This guy tried to take Kkueng’s money, so I taught him a lesson-dayo!]

“Puhu! Did you stamp him with Kkueng’s seal-nyang?!”

Theo asked Kkueng with a smile.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Kkueng doesn’t have a seal, so I couldn’t stamp him-dayo! Big hyung stamped him for Kkueng instead-dayo!]

“Puhu! I understand-nyang!”

Press.

Theo stamped the back of Hanra’s head, who was still unconscious.

At that moment,

“Who is it?! Who dared to hit my grandson?!”

Hannibal roared from afar and ran towards where Sejun was.

Just as a children’s fight was turning into an adult’s fight,

“Puhu! Hannibal-nim, welcome-nyang!”

“Huh?!”

Theo Park, the Great Merchant slave hunter of the Black Fortress?!

Hannibal’s anger quickly subsided as he saw Theo welcoming him with a seal in his hand.

“That fellow knocked Hanra-nim unconscious.”

Hannibal’s subordinate quietly pointed at Kkueng and said.

That person is?!

Hannibal was shocked to find Kkueng clinging to Sejun’s side. He had seen him before in the Red Ribbon Kingdom.

Kkueng Park, the son of the great Black Dragon.

Hanra, I’m sorry. This is not a problem that your grandfather can solve.

The accident that Hanra caused was far beyond the scope that Hannibal could handle.

For his grandson to have touched the family of the great Black Dragon… it was a miracle he wasn’t dead.

Come to think of it, it was about time for our Hanra to come to his senses.

Hannibal had heard many stories about people entering Sejun Company and turning over a new leaf.

He decided to entrust his grandson, trusting the rumors of Sejun Company. No. He had no other choice.

“Haha. I greet the great Black Dragon, Sejun-nim, and Sejun-nim’s right-hand man, Theo-nim. I entrust my grandson Hanra to you.”

“This fellow-nyang?”

As Theo pointed at the unconscious Hanra,

“Umm….”

Hanra began to regain consciousness.

And

“Grandpa, this bear cub bas….”

Thwack!

“Ugh!”

Hanra, who had found Hannibal, was about to tell him in a triumphant voice that Kkueng had hit him, but was hit on the back of the head by Hannibal and fainted.

“Haha. I’m sorry. I spoiled him too much. Please, just don’t kill him.”

“Puhu! Don’t worry-nyang! We won’t kill him-nyang!”

At that moment,

Grumble.

Kkueng!

[Papa, aren’t we going to eat something delicious-dayo?]

Kkueng, who had already finished all the fruit candies, looked at Sejun and asked.

“Oh?! Right! Let’s go eat something delicious.”

That’s right! I came here to celebrate Kkueng becoming a mid-level herbalist.

Sejun, realizing his original goal for coming here, quickly found a restaurant and went inside,

“Puhu! Hannibal-nim is paying today-nyang?”

“O-of course!”

Hannibal naturally paid for the meal.

A little while later.

“Ah. I’m full.”

“Puhu! It tasted even better because it was free-nyang!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. That was a good meal-dayo!]

When the meal was over,

“Puhu! Deputy Jeff, this is the new intern, Hanra-nyang! I’ll take Machun and Magin-nyang!”

Theo stopped by the Sejun Company branch in the Merchant District and handed over the unconscious Hanra.

And

“Let’s go to Mason-nim.”

Sejun went to Mason, the head of the Wandering Merchant Association, to obtain the land deeds for the 59th and 94th floors of the tower, since he was already here.

And so, they arrived at the office of the head of the Wandering Merchant Association.

“Mason-nim, can I get the land deeds for the 59th and 94th floors of the tower?”

“Just a moment. I’ve been collecting them in advance, thinking that Sejun-nim might be looking for land deeds again.”

Mason took out the land deeds from his drawer at Sejun’s words.

“Oh. Fortunately, we also have the land deeds for the 59th and 94th floors of the tower that Sejun-nim is looking for. You can take the rest as well, as you may need them later.”

He handed Sejun five land deeds.

The remaining three were land deeds for the 65th and 72nd floors of the Black Fortress and the 62nd floor of the Red Tower.

“Thank you. I’ll put them to good use.”

As Sejun got up from his seat after taking the land deeds,

[It has been confirmed that Udon, the Tower Farmer of the Red Tower, is planting Scorching Cherries without permission.]

[According to the laws of the tower, Park Sejun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Fortress, will control Udon, the Tower Farmer of the Red Tower, for the next 100 years.]

A message appeared in front of Sejun.

[You have achieved the Great Farmer achievement by controlling all 8 Tower Farmers.]

[As a reward for the Great Farmer achievement, the job trait of borrowing the stats of the Tower Farmers you control is enhanced.]

[According to the job trait, you borrow 1% of the stats of Ajax, the White Tower Farmer.]

…

..

.

At the same time, the stats borrowed from the Tower Farmers controlled as a reward for the Great Farmer achievement increased from 0.5% to 1%.

“Huh?! What is it?”

How did Udonmon?!

Sejun was taken aback by the sudden message.

Red Tower, 93rd floor.

Bayon, the Red Fox, secretly mixed Scorching Cherry seeds into Udon’s Flame Bean seed container.

“It’s done!”

‘Chairman Park! Vice Chairman Theo! Bayon, that loyal, dedicated employee, has done it!’

He hid and watched Udon scream as he sowed the seeds, and laughed.

And

How are you two doing? Bayon, that loyal, dedicated employee, is doing well. I sometimes think of the food we ate together.

‘You haven’t forgotten me, have you?’

Gulp.

Bayon swallowed, looking at the sky with wistful eyes. Today, the clouds resembled the hotcakes with ice cream that Sejun had given him.