Farming In The Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 50

Elka and the wolves escaped the Blue Moon on the 99th floor. They hurried to the 85th floor to share important news with their wolf pack: they would now work for the great Black Dragon.

After delivering the small amount of food Sejun had provided, they started heading back to the 99th floor.

“Elka, Chieftain!” a wolf called out.

“What is it?” Elka asked.

“Look over there.” The wolf pointed. Three rabbits were begging on the roadside.

‘Are those rabbits the great Black Dragon’s minions?’ Elka wondered.

They looked dirty and thin, as if they had been through a lot, but they were definitely rabbits. Elka thought the grey rabbits must have run away from Sejun.

‘How dare they run away from the great Black Dragon!’ Elka thought.

“Seize them and bring them to the great Black Dragon!” Elka commanded.

“Yes!” the wolves replied.

And so, Elka and the wolves carried the begging grey rabbits, one by one, up to the 99th floor.

As Sejun and Theo went up to the surface to meet the wolves, the wolves carefully placed the three grey rabbits in front of Sejun.

The grey rabbits, who had been dragged along by the wolves, were trembling with fear.

“Elka, what are these?” Sejun asked.

“We captured the great Black Dragon’s runaway minions,” Elka said proudly.

“Runaway minions?” Sejun repeated.

Elka wagged his tail, looking at Sejun with eyes that seemed to say, ‘Didn’t I do well?’

“Yes, you did well,” Sejun said, stroking Elka’s head.

‘Where did they find these fellows?’ Sejun wondered.

He looked at the rabbits.

[Architect Grey Rabbit]

[Wood Craftsman Grey Rabbit]

[Leaf Craftsman Grey Rabbit]

The wolves had brought back craftsmen.

The grey rabbits were scared.

“Brother, what should we do?” one asked.

“Brother, I’m scared,” said another.

“I heard that if you stay awake, you can survive even if a dragon bites you. Everyone, stay awake!” The architect rabbit tried to soothe his anxious siblings, feeling the gazes of the human, the cat, and the wolf upon them.

He was just as anxious, but he knew showing fear would only make things worse.

‘We are the grey rabbits of the great Rabbit Kingdom!’ he thought.

The older brother rabbit stepped forward and shouted bravely to shake off his anxiety.

Just then, a human hand reached out towards him.

‘Did I overdo it?’ The older brother rabbit closed his eyes tightly, regretting his bravery.

“Beep!” The architect rabbit, the strongest of the three, chattered as if he had something to say. They were all feeble from lack of food.

As Sejun reached out his hand to talk to the architect rabbit, the other two grey rabbits leaped towards Sejun’s hand.

“Beep beep!!”

“Grrrr. How dare you threaten the great Black Dragon!” The wolves knocked the grey rabbits unconscious instantly with their paws.

With the situation resolved, Sejun placed his hand on the architect rabbit’s head.

“Sorry about that. Our wolves misunderstood,” Sejun said.

“Beep? Beep beep?” the rabbit replied.

[Misunderstood? Does that mean you’ll spare us?]

“Of course. Why would I kill you?” Sejun said.

“Beep…” the rabbit said.

[That’s a relief… ]

The architect rabbit, relieved by Sejun’s promise not to kill them, fainted.

“Let’s sleep for now and talk again tomorrow,” Sejun said.

“Yes. Great Black Dragon,” the wolves replied.

Sejun took the grey rabbits down into the cave, laid them down by the fire, and covered them with pawpaw leaves.

“Theo, let’s go to sleep too,” Sejun said, lying down and covering himself with a blanket.

“What?! I’m President Theo!” Theo protested.

“Time’s up,” Sejun said.

The extended President Theo time was over.

“Oh, is that so?” Theo readily agreed and climbed onto Sejun’s stomach to sleep.

In the morning, Kkuengi woke everyone up.

“Ugh!” Sejun got up and marked another day on the wall, starting his 213th day of being stranded.

The rabbit couple came out of the cave and were surprised to see the grey rabbits still sleeping.

“Beep!”

Judging by their expressions, the rabbit couple seemed to know them.

“Do you know each other?” Sejun asked.

The husband rabbit nodded and began to explain, touching Sejun’s body.

“Tap.”

“Beep.”

[Once upon a time, there was a great Rabbit Kingdom.]

According to the husband rabbit, three rabbit tribes lived together in the Rabbit Kingdom: the white rabbit tribe, who loved farming; the grey rabbit tribe, who were skilled at making things; and the black rabbit tribe, who were skilled at fighting.

“Beep…”

[But on the day the red monsters covered the sky… ]

Due to the sudden invasion of the red monsters, the Rabbit Kingdom fell, and all the rabbits scattered to survive. The grey rabbits lying unconscious were from his neighboring village.

As they were talking, the sound of chewing pawpaw leaves could be heard.

“Crunch. Crunch.”

“Huh?” Sejun looked and saw the grey rabbits eating the pawpaw leaves he had covered them with, little by little, in their sleep. They must have been very hungry.

“Let’s wake them up, feed them, and then put them back to sleep,” Sejun suggested.

“Beep!” The rabbit couple rejoiced and hurriedly roasted more piranhas and pawpaw leaves, happy to have met rabbits from the same kingdom.

As the morning meal was almost ready, the grey rabbits twitched their noses and woke up on their own, drawn by the delicious smell.

“Twitch. Twitch.”

“Beep?!”

The grey rabbits looked around at the white and black rabbits and shed tears, thinking they had died and gone to heaven.

However, the architect rabbit’s stomach growled, bringing him back to his senses.

“Grumble.”

There was no way his stomach would be making noise if he were dead.

The rabbit couple approached the grey rabbits.

“Beep!”

“Uncle! Auntie! How have you been?” the grey rabbits asked.

“How are your parents?”

“They died protecting us from the red monsters,” one of the grey rabbits said sadly.

The rabbit couple quietly hugged the grey rabbits.

“Grumble.” The grey rabbits’ stomachs growled again.

“Beep!” The rabbit couple hurriedly fed the grey rabbits breakfast.

“This is the owner of our farm,” the rabbit couple explained.

“And these are our children.”

They introduced Sejun, Theo, and their children, and everyone greeted each other.

After breakfast, the rabbits went to do their jobs, leaving the grey rabbits alone. The grey rabbits began to make something to earn their keep.

“Huh? What’s this?!” Sejun, who came to the fireplace to prepare lunch, saw the grey rabbits diligently making something.

In the fireplace, there was a basket made of pawpaw leaves, neatly filled with pawpaw leaves cut into easy-to-eat sizes, along with spoons and chopsticks made of wood. The quality was much better than what Sejun had made.

“Do you need a job?” Sejun asked.

He had planned to wait, but seeing their craftsmanship, he couldn’t help but ask.

“Beep!”

The grey rabbits nodded eagerly. They had been working hard to impress Sejun, the farm owner.

If they could eat like they did that morning every day, or even if they only ate pawpaw leaves, they would be happy.

And so, the three grey rabbits joined Sejun’s farm, and Sejun’s standard of living began to rise significantly.

“From now on, the grey rabbits will be living with us,” Sejun announced during lunch.

After lunch, everyone felt sleepy.

“I’m sleepy. Give me your lap…” Theo said.

Theo and the black rabbit took over Sejun’s knees, and Kkuengi took over Sejun’s back, and they began to nap.

“Making a rain cloud,” Sejun murmured.

He created a shade that covered even Kkuengi with a rain cloud.

Sejun drank coffee and looked at the rain cloud he had made.

“But does this move?” he wondered.

As Sejun thought about moving the rain cloud, it slowly slid to the side. It was slow, but it moved.

At that moment, [The proficiency of >Making Rain Cloud> slightly increases.]

“Huh?!” Sejun exclaimed.

The proficiency of making rain clouds increased, but it was not known whether the proficiency of the Thunder skill itself had increased.

Kkuengi pressed his head further against Sejun’s back to avoid the sun.

“Sorry. Sorry,” Sejun said, patting Kkuengi’s head and moving the rain cloud back to its original position.

This time, he tried changing the shape of the cloud, making it a little thicker or thinner, wider or narrower. Every time Sejun changed the shape of the rain cloud, the proficiency of making rain clouds increased.

“Okay, let’s get up now,” Sejun said, waking Theo, the black rabbit, and Kkuengi, who had been napping for about 30 minutes. It was time to work again.

Sejun grabbed the back of Theo’s neck, who was trying to sneak away for more sleep.

“What?” Theo asked.

“Our President Theo has to set an example for his subordinates today,” Sejun said.

“Is that so? Well, it’s time to show off my wonderful self! Wolves, follow me!” Theo declared.

Theo took out his claws and ran to the green onion field.

The wolves followed Theo to the green onion field and began to cut the pawpaw leaves with their sharp claws. With one swipe of a wolf’s paw, a sharp wind rose and cut several rows of pawpaw leaves at the same time. Elka’s paw cut almost ten pawpaw leaves at once.

“Amazing,” Sejun said.

Theo’s confidence was shaken. Sejun began to encourage Theo.

“It’s okay. President Theo, your talent isn’t in your claws,” Sejun said.

“Then where is my talent?” Theo asked.

“President Theo, your talent is in your paws,” Sejun replied.

“Is that so?!” Theo had a great realization.

‘Park Sejun is always right! I am a merchant! My talent is the art of charming customers with my fatal paws!’ Theo thought.

Theo, who had regained his spirit, got off Sejun’s leg and walked to the corner of the cave, but Sejun grabbed him by the scruff of his neck again.

“President Theo, where are you going? You have to work,” Sejun said.

“President Park, I’m tired,” Theo said with a listless expression.

“Yes. Rest after work,” Sejun said firmly, putting Theo down in the sweet potato field where the sweet potato vines had not yet been cut. So Theo helped the sickle rabbit cut the sweet potato vines.

A little later, Sejun was cutting the pawpaw leaves.

“Did you see that! President Theo’s wonderful cutting!”

Inside the cave, Theo was still the strongest.