Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 503

“Ah. I feel a bit alive now.”

“Fuhu-hut. That’s right, meow! I’m full, meow!”

Sejun and Theo ate quickly. Their bellies were full. They patted them and laughed.

“I wonder if the kids are cleaning well?”

Clang.

Sejun carefully opened the door to the subspace warehouse and peeked inside.

Kee-hee-heet. Kking!

[Hee-hee. Blackie-nim is going out!]

Squawk!

Peep!

Chubby Blackie was riding a sled on the mop that Karuru and Shari were pulling, playing around.

Squawk!

Kkomi was covering the trash with spiderwebs.

Shalalang!

Kabi was slowly dissolving the fallen items, a foul-smelling mist rising from the floor.

That’ll make it smell!

The more they cleaned, the messier the floor became.

“Is this really cleaning?”

“If we stay still, won’t Sejun-nim scold us less, jop?”

At least Umdori and Jaki thought this wasn’t right, so they were helping by staying still.

“Hey-!”

As Umdori and Jaki had expected, Sejun screamed and got angry as soon as he entered.

He assigned each of them their cleaning areas and made them clean again. “From here to there is Blackie’s area, and over there is Karuru’s…”

Kking…

[My body is heavy…]

Kking!

Blackie absorbed the nutrients he had eaten into his core, dieting in an instant, and began cleaning in earnest.

A little later.

Kee-hee-heet. Kking!

[Hee-hee. Butler, I’m done!]

Blackie called Sejun to get inspected.

However,

“Is this what you did? Who told you to hide trash in the corner?! Do it again.”

Kking…

[How did he know…]

Just because his body became lighter didn’t mean he cleaned well.

The others came to get inspected in the middle.

“Again.”

They were all rejected.

As former heralds of destruction, it was natural since they had never cleaned before.

While the Blackie family was cleaning the subspace warehouse,

“Sejun-nim, then I will go down. Please speak well of me to Podori-nim.”

“Okay.”

Schval 18th, who had fainted from the aftereffects of summoning Leia and regained consciousness, went down to the 4th floor of the tower.

Then,

Sejun tried to convince Bulssak to be friendly with Podori. He wasn’t sure if it would work. “Bulssak, even if Podori has a bit of a superiority complex, he’s not a bad kid. Please get along well. Of course, if he crosses the line, tell me. I’ll scold him.”

[Yes. Thank you, Sejun-nim.]

3 hours later.

“Pass.”

Squawk!

Kkomi stuck trash to the floor with spiderwebs, becoming the first of the Blackie family to pass Sejun’s inspection.

Squawk! Squawk!

Kkomi was happy after passing Sejun’s inspection.

Shrook. Shrook.

After generously sharing his spiderwebs with the group asking for help,

Shrook.

He shot a spiderweb into Sejun’s sling bag and entered, and soon the other members also quickly finished cleaning using Kkomi’s spiderwebs.

“Let’s go home now.”

Kkirorong.

Umrorong.

Sejun put the Blackie family, who had finished cleaning and fallen asleep from exhaustion, into the sling bag and moved to the waypoint.

But I feel like I forgot something…

He had forgotten something very important.

Whoosh!

Kkuenge flew quickly using telekinesis to go to the 79th floor of the tower.

“Hey! Pay up…”

Kkuenge!

If he saw a robber, he stopped them.

Thud.

Even if he was eaten by a fragment of Jormungandr,

Kkuenge!

He just broke through and went out.

Clink.

He didn’t pick up the coins because he had to go to Sejun and Theo as quickly as possible.

When Kkuenge arrived at the 79th floor of the tower where Sejun was,

-Kkuenge, don’t go. Big brother hates you. You’ll only receive hate if you go.

A voice like cold smoke slithered into Kkuenge’s ear, each word a tiny, poisonous barb. It contained the malice to make the opponent unhappy without fail.

But

Kkuenge?! Kkuenge?!

[Big brother hates Kkuenge?! Kkuenge likes big brother, why?!]

Kkuenge, who had grown up only receiving love in a place full of goodwill, did not doubt the malicious whisper at all.

-Kkuenge, you ate big brother’s treat before.

Kku… Kkuenge! Kkuenge!

[Th… Then I didn’t know I shouldn’t eat big brother’s treat! So I don’t eat big brother’s treat now!]

-It’s already too late. Big brother already hates you!

At some point, an ominous magic was imbued in the whisper.

Kkuenge…

[That can’t be… ]

Kkuenge did not notice the approach of ominous magic due to the great shock.

-Maybe Dad will hate Kkuenge too? Kkuenge eats too much!

Dad likes Kkuenge!

That was so obvious, but…

Kkuenge was angry because he couldn’t answer properly to the words denying that.

Does Dad really hate Kkuenge?

He was scared because he was suspicious.

Kkuenge! Kkuenge!

[No! Dad likes Kkuenge!]

So he shouted desperately to avoid being eaten by suspicion.

-Hehe. Then why didn’t he come to find Kkuenge for a week?

Kkuenge…

[That’s… ]

A whisper that hit Kkuenge’s weak spot.

Black Soul, the Demon King of Bitterness, was reading Kkuenge’s thoughts and plunging Kkuenge into bitterness.

-Dad abandoned you!

Hehe. Die in bitterness. Young bear.

Black Soul dealt the final blow to Kkuenge.

Thud.

Dad doesn’t love Kkuenge?

Mom doesn’t love Kkuenge?

Big brother doesn’t love Kkuenge?

Suddenly, Kkuenge became suspicious of everything that had been taken for granted.

Kweh-ehng! Kweh-ehng!

Tears streamed down Kkuenge’s face, sobs racking his small body. He was terrified.

A dark red aura erupted from Kkuenge, like ink blooming in water, staining the air with despair.

Has the time come?

The Demon Hand of the End, which had accepted Kkuenge’s despair as a signal of the end, began to awaken.

At that time,

“Where are you spouting nonsense?! Who abandons whom?!”

“Why would I ever leave Kkueng-ie?!” Sejun, who rarely used harsh words, arrived, looking very angry.

“Kkueng-ie, Daddy’s here. Don’t cry.”

Sejun’s heart hurt when he saw Kkueng-ie crying. He rushed to him, hugging him and patting his back to make him feel better.

Kkueng?

Kkueng-ie looked up at Sejun with big, scared eyes and his voice shook as he asked, “Does Daddy love Kkueng-ie?”

“Of course, I love you. I’m sorry Daddy was late.”

Sejun hugged Kkueng-ie tighter.

Kkueng?

“Do you still love Kkueng-ie even if he eats a lot?”

“Yes.”

Kkueng?

“Then do you love Kkueng-ie even if he does bad things?”

“Yes. Because you’re my son. But I’ll scold you if you do bad things.”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng. Kkueng. Kkueng?

“Hehehe. I understand. Kkueng-ie will never do bad things. Then…” Even after that, Kkueng-ie kept asking, not feeling reassured.

“Yes.”

“Of course.”

Sejun answered with a warm voice, putting all his sincerity into it.

Looks like I can sleep more.

Meanwhile, the dark crimson energy that had been coming from Kkueng-ie’s body had completely disappeared.

“Nya! Why did you bully my brother?! I’ll punish you, nya!”

Theo wanted to punish whoever made Kkueng-ie cry. He jumped at the tall, black stone. It looked cold and evil. This stone was where the Black Soul, the Demon King of Sorrow, was trapped. Theo hit it hard with his front paws!

[Guardian Theo has defeated the sealed Black Soul, the Demon King of Sorrow.]

[Guardian Theo has acquired 3 billion experience points, which is 50% of the experience gained.]

The monument where the Black Soul, the Demon King of Sorrow, was sealed shattered.

A bright blue orb rolled out. It glowed like a jewel.

Thump.

“Puhuhu! This is for Chairman Park, nya!” Theo picked up the orb and ran to Sejun.

Kkueng-ie, exhausted from crying and laughing, fell asleep in Sejun’s arms. He giggled sometimes, so Sejun knew he was having a good dream.

Sejun moved as softly as a feather, carrying sleeping Kkueng-ie toward the waypoint so as not to disturb Kkueng-ie’s good dream.

“Chairman Park, take this, nya.” Theo handed the blue orb to Sejun in a quiet voice.

“What is this?”

“I punished the guy who was bullying Kkueng-ie earlier and picked it up, nya.”

[Heart of the Black Soul, the Demon King of Sorrow]

Sejun was surprised. ‘A Demon King?’ he thought. He hadn’t paid attention because he was comforting Kkueng-ie, belatedly learned the identity of the enemy who made Kkueng-ie cry.

Sejun crushed the heart without eating it.

Eating it wouldn’t help him much. It wouldn’t even make him stronger right now.

I can’t forgive it!

Above all, he didn’t want to eat the heart of the enemy who hurt Kkueng-ie’s feelings.

Then,

[You have achieved the feat of overcoming the temptation of the Demon King’s power and destroying the heart of the Black Soul, the Demon King of Sorrow.]

[You have acquired the >Title: One Who Hates Evil>.]

[Due to the effect of >Title: One Who Hates Evil>, you gain resistance to all impure energies.]

[Due to the effect of >Title: One Who Hates Evil>, all stats increase by 50 each time you destroy the heart of a Demon King.]

[The Demon King’s talents you possessed, ‘One Who Brings Despair’ and ‘One Who Brings Nightmares,’ change to ‘One Who Overcomes Despair and Nightmares’.]

Messages appeared.

“Huh?! Demon King’s talent?”

Was I on the Demon King route?

Sejun then realized that he had been walking the path of the Demon King.

There was nothing particularly bad about becoming a Demon King. It just meant punishing enemies more painfully.

However,

“A Demon King…” He suddenly remembered his company. He even got rid of slaves to revamp Sejun Company’s image, but if the chairman is a Demon King…

It will be ruined!

The company’s image will drop very quickly.

“Hoo. That’s a relief.”

Sejun, who protected Sejun Company’s image, sighed in relief and headed to the waypoint.

“Chairman Park is amazing, nya! You did something great!” Theo looked at Sejun with eyes of respect.

Day 461 of being in the Tower. Today, another day passed safely without any major accidents.

Sejun stretched and yawned, “Ugh-cha!” He felt refreshed.

“Nya…” Whimper…

Sejun took care of Theo and the Blackie family.

He used his cleaning skill to wash himself and his companions.

He strolled through his farm. The morning sun was just rising, and the plants looked fresh and green.

[The toxin-releasing butternut squash appreciates the farmer’s footsteps and lends its strength.]

[The Master of Agricultural Products activates, increasing the Agility stat potential from 5593 to 5603.]

To raise potential.

However,

[Borrowing 1% of the stats of Green Tower Top Farmer Ophelia according to job characteristics.]

[Not enough stats to borrow all 1% of the stats.]

Agility (5603/5603)

The raised potential was quickly filled.

When will I have enough?

Sejun looked at the message and walked again.

In the meantime, Sejun had raised his potential by 1000, but there were still too many total stats from the Tower farmers to lend to Sejun.

About 9500.

Most of it belonged to Ophelia and Ajax, and since they were dragons, just 1% of their stats was making Sejun burst.

Anyway, until he raises all 9500 potential, anything Sejun eats will just be returned to nature.

So, Sejun was diligently raising his potential whenever he had time.

While Sejun was diligently raising his potential,

[Patrick, the God of Earth, apologizes for being hasty last time. He says he has prepared another gift as a sign of apology instead.]

Patrick, the God of Earth, spoke to Sejun again. Remember Patrick? He was in trouble with Beb before because he told Sejun to eat a Lava Bloodstone. Now, Patrick wanted to apologize.

“A gift?”

[Patrick, the God of Earth, gives you the blood of the Silver Giant.]

Along with the message, a glass bottle containing a shiny silver liquid, like melted silver, appeared in Sejun’s hand.

[Blood of the Silver Giant] Blood extracted from the body of the Silver Giant. Increases Strength and Stamina potential by 20% upon consumption. (The maximum increase in Strength and Stamina potential is 700.) Upon consumption, you can unlock the talent: Herculean Strength. Once you drink the blood of the Silver Giant, drinking other blood of the Silver Giant will not have any effect. Usage Restriction: Strength 3000 or higher Expiration Date: None Grade: SS

The effects sounded good, but it looked dangerous to drink.

“Is it really okay to eat this?” Sejun asked in a suspicious voice.

Patrick said, “Trust me! Drink it!” Patrick answered confidently.

However,

Why isn’t there an answer?

What Sejun was waiting for was the answer from another god.

Beb answered, “Don’t just eat safe things! Be brave!” The answer from Beb, the danger detector who was recently gaining Sejun’s trust.

“Hehehe. I can drink it then.” Sejun, having confirmed its safety, drank the blood of the Silver Giant.