Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 500

[Lava Bloodstone of the Earth Giant Landrox]

This is blood from the Earth Giant Landrox. It is lava that hardens when it cools.

Because it is very hot, you need strong fire protection to eat it.

If you eat it, your strength and stamina can increase by 50%. You might also get the >Authority: Power to Support the Sky>.

Once you drink the blood of one Earth Giant, drinking another will not work.

Use only if you have Strength 5000 or more.

Lasts Forever.

Grade: ★

Upon consumption, potential for strength and stamina +50%, >Authority: Power to Support the Sky> might be granted.

“This is all good, but I can’t eat it,” Sejun grumbled, looking at the Lava Bloodstone’s details.

[The Earth God Patrick encourages you, saying you can honestly eat it if you close your eyes tightly enough.]

Patrick cheering on Sejun.

What do you mean close my eyes and eat it? If I eat it, I’ll have to keep my eyes closed for life…

[The God of Valor, Beb, prepares to bestow an achievement of valor, asking if you are now showing valor by eating something.]

Even Beb-nim…

‘I really shouldn’t eat it.’

Sejun gained certainty that something terrible would happen if he ate it, thanks to Beb.

“Ignore.”

After choosing to ignore them both,

Should I call Jelka to cool it down? Or maybe Ramter-nim…

Krooooh.

He fell asleep while contemplating how to eat the Lava Bloodstone.

As Sejun fell asleep in the hot spring,

Goro long.

Kkulorong.

Kkirorong.

…

..

Following Sejun, the others also fell asleep in the hot spring.

A short while later.

“(Bat bat. Good night, everyone!)”

Batbat woke up, wished everyone good night, and filled his belly with fruit from the kitchen.

And

“(Bat bat… Batbat is melting…)”

Batbat enjoying a hot spring bath with the others.

However,

“(Batbat?! The water is hot?)”

As time passed, the water became too hot because of the Lava Bloodstone.

“(Batbat! Sejun-nim will get cooked if it’s this hot!)”

Flap. Flap.

So, he fetched cold water from the cave pond and poured it into the hot spring.

However,

“(Batbat?! It’s too cold this time! Sejun-nim will catch a cold!)”

This time, he poured too much cold water, and the water temperature dropped too much.

“(Batbat! I need to raise the temperature! Batbat-cham!)”

When Batbat created a small crack in the Lava Bloodstone, the heat of the lava escaped, and the water quickly became hot.

Sejun-nim will die if the water is hot!

Sejun-nim will catch a cold if the water is cold!

Batbat carefully adjusted the water temperature all night so that Sejun could sleep comfortably.

Krooooh.

Sejun slept soundly, unaware that Batbat was working hard to adjust the water temperature for his sake, like the sunfish he was.

Sreuk.

Meanwhile, the red energy of the Lava Bloodstone dissolved into the water and was absorbed into Sejun’s body.

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The next morning.

“···Huh?”

Did I sleep here?

Splash. Splash.

Seeing the water moving whenever he moved, Sejun realized he had fallen asleep in the hot spring yesterday.

“Huh?!”

[You have absorbed the diluted Lava Blood of the Earth Giant Landrox through your skin.]

[Absorbing it through skin is not very effective.]

[The potential for strength and stamina increases by 3%.]

[>Authority: Power to Support a Handful of Sky> has been granted.]

A message appeared in Sejun’s eyes.

Absorbed through the skin?

When Sejun touched the Lava Bloodstone he had put in the water, it had cooled down and was lukewarm. It had become just a nameless pebble.

“Haa…”

It was 50% before, but now it’s only 3%. Sejun thought, ‘The Authority must be weaker now too, right?’

‘But even if it was absorbed through the skin, isn’t the efficiency too bad?’

As Sejun stared blankly at the stone that used to be the Lava Bloodstone,

“Puhu-hut. Finally, this body has obtained the same Authority as the great Hybrid President Park, nyaang!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Kkuengi also got the same Authority as Daddy!]

Theo and Kkuengi, who woke up from Sejun’s presence, shouted in excited voices.

“(Batbat… me too…)”

Bae Rorong.

Batbat, who was about to fall asleep, also boasted about his Authority and fell asleep.

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

Sejun, not knowing what was going on, asked as he looked at Theo and Kkuengi.

“Puhu-hut. I, Hybrid Vice President Theo, also absorbed Landrox’s Lava Blood along with President Park and obtained the same Authority as President Park, nyaang! I’m so happy, nyaang!”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Kkuengi too! I feel so good!]

The two answered, dancing with excitement.

And

Ah. Because we were in the water together…

Sejun could understand what had happened. Everyone who had been soaking in the hot spring had absorbed Landrox’s Lava Blood together.

I should have gone in alone if I knew this would happen.

As Sejun felt regret,

“Puhu-hut. As expected of the great Hybrid President Park, nyaang! He deliberately created the hot spring to give us Authority, nyaang!”

Kkueng!

[Daddy is amazing!]

Theo and Kkuengi praised Sejun.

“Heh heh. Everything was according to my plan.”

Sejun received their praise while acting proud,

Ah. I need to check the Authority.

He later checked the Authority.

>Authority: Power to Support a Handful of Sky>

One Authority has been divided into 11 pieces, greatly reducing its power.

For a short time, strength increases to potential (up to 1000).

If the 11 beings with the divided Authority gather and touch each other’s bodies, they can use >Authority: Power to Support Thirteen Handfuls of Sky>, which increases strength by 1300% for 13 seconds.

“Divided into 11 pieces, huh…”

Then what about these guys?

Sejun looked at the Blackie family in the sling bag.

Kkiiit.

Blackie, who had just woken up, was stretching.

Me, Theo, Kkuengi, and Batbat make four.

Blackie, Umdori, Kkomi, Kkabi, Jaki, Karuru, and Shari make seven.

That’s exactly 11 in total.

“But it’s divided into 11 pieces, so why thirteen handfuls?”

Is it 11+2?

As Sejun was wondering,

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Kkihihit! Bow down before the mighty Blackie! This body is overflowing with power! Three handfuls, you hear? *Three*!]

Blackie barked proudly.

Thirsty…

Blackie was thirsty in the early morning.

Lick. Lick.

He quenched his thirst with the hot spring water, and thanks to that, he absorbed more of the Lava Blood energy than the others.

Kkihihit. Kking! Kking! Kking!

[Hehet. This body is three handfuls! The great Blackie-nim is coming through! Clear the way!]

Blackie boasted, happy that his Authority was the highest.

However,

“Puhu-hut. Blackie is stupid, nyaang! He got a different name all by himself, nyaang!”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Having the same thing as Daddy is better!]

This wasn’t a place where high numbers were favored.

Still, it’s a relief.

Sejun realized that the Lava Bloodstone’s energy wasn’t just 3% absorbed and the rest discarded.

“Guys, let’s eat.”

He happily took his group to the kitchen.

On the way to the kitchen,

“Huh? The line is still long.”

There were still many Poison Honeybees lined up to congratulate Dalkomi.

“Dalkomi must be tired.”

Kings were said to have extremely difficult jobs, unlike what they seemed, and it seemed like Dalkomi was one of them.

“I should give her something to eat.”

Sejun went to Dalkomi’s hive and gave her seedless, plump green grapes made by Pose, the World Tree of the Silver Tower,

“Guys, eat up.”

He also shared fruit with the Poison Honeybees lined up so that Dalkomi could eat comfortably.

A short while later.

When Sejun arrived at the kitchen, Sejun No. 1 was placing the prepared dishes on the table.

The menu was prepared to suit everyone’s tastes, from grilled fish to dried sweet potatoes.

“Nyaang! This grilled fish doesn’t have President Park’s special touch, nyaang!”

Special touch? It’s just grilled fish. My cooking is the same.

Sejun re-grilled the fish because of Theo.

After finishing breakfast like that,

Slurp.

While Sejun was relaxing and drinking the morning coffee brewed by Kkuengi,

“Puhu-hut. President Park, I’m going to the Green Tower, nyaang!”

Kkueng!

[Daddy, Kkuengi is going to gather herbs!]

Theo and Kkuengi went to work.

“I should start working too.”

Sejun finished his coffee.

Clang.

He opened the magic storage,

[You are a Field Lv. 8 is activated.]

[You have planted a Seed of Devouring Doom in the body of Alice, the 9th Seat of the Apostle of Destruction, the Enticing Spider.]

…

..

He planted the seed.

For reference, he planted the 0.5% Fenrir core fragment he obtained yesterday in the field and asked Eileen to purify the 15% fragment.

The leaders are probably working hard to purify the 15% core fragment right now.

Sejun was carefully planting the Seeds of Devouring Doom.

“Ah. I had that!”

He took out the glass bottle containing three drops of the Enhancement Potion he received after completing the quest.

And

Drip. Drip.

He dropped one drop each on the Seed of Devouring Doom and the Seed of Pioneering Doom.

Then

Sreuk.

The Enhancement Potion was absorbed into the seeds.

“Oh. Success.”

The enhancement was successful.

The Seed of Devouring Doom increased the amount of Doom energy it devoured at once, and the Seed of Pioneering Doom increased the number of seeds it spat out from one to two.

As Sejun was checking the options of the enhanced seeds,

[The Creation energy spread around evolves the existing Devouring Doom and Pioneering Doom into +1 enhanced Devouring Doom and Pioneering Doom.]

A message appeared, and the blue energy around them was absorbed into the bodies of the Devouring Doom and Pioneering Doom, causing a group evolution.

Heh heh. My performance is doing great today as well.

Sejun smiled happily.

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