Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 505

A deep voice echoed, full of anger. “Melfix! What are you doing here?” The Destroyer roared. “Where are Fenrir and Halphas? And who told you to control the calamity?”

“W-well,” Melfix stammered, shaking. “Halphas hasn’t come back yet. And Jormungandr… he’s still waking up. So, I thought, as the next in command…”

The Destroyer’s anger grew. He focused his power, searching for Fenrir and Halphas.

His dark emerald eyes blazed with fury, like green fire. His hands clenched into fists.

“Traitors! You dare betray me?!”

Tendrils of red mist, like angry snakes, snaked towards the tenth tower.

A huge, muscle-bound monster appeared. It was as strong as the Destroyer’s best warriors.

“Melfix!” the Destroyer roared. “Take these ogres and crush those traitors!”

Melfix, eyes wide with excitement, shouted, “Yes! Let’s go!”

Then, a cold fear struck the Destroyer. He had sent a hundred ogres with Melfix… Melfix, who was terrible at giving orders!

The Black Moon had already closed.

Unaware of the chaos above, in the tenth tower…

Suddenly, a voice echoed in the tower: ‘The 10th Tower is starting.’ Golden lines lit up on the walls, glowing brighter and brighter. ‘The barrier is gone!’ the voice announced. ‘First floor active!’

A soft golden light began to glow on the ground, like sunshine after rain. A gentle warmth spread through the air.

“Park Sejun, the tower is ready! Now, plant your seeds!”

“Yes, quickly! Let’s see what happens!”

“Crops?”

[You have planted the corn seeds of stamina in the land containing refined aura of destruction and magic.] [Job experience slightly increases.] [Proficiency in Magic Seed Sowing (Master) slightly increases.]

‘Refined aura of destruction? Is it an aura only found in the 10th Tower?’

Sejun was slightly puzzled. It wouldn’t be good to plant just one. Sejun, who always made at least 1000 pyeong of field once he started, began to plant corn seeds.

[The corn seeds absorb the refined aura of destruction and emit a very small amount of the aura of creation.]

Along with the message, a faint blue mist, barely visible unless you looked closely, rose like a heat haze from where Sejun planted the seeds.

“Aura of creation?”

“I will explain that to you. The 10th Tower is…” Hamer, the God of Farming, began to explain.

The 10th Tower had a different role from the other nine towers that fought against the destruction that had invaded the world and saved the survivors of the destroyed world. The 10th Tower was a tower created by the arrangement of the God of Creation to purify the aura of destruction.

When the 10th Tower absorbed the aura of destruction that had spread around, the tower’s system changed the aura of destruction into a form that was easy for crops to absorb, and when the Tower Farmer planted crops in the tower, the crops absorbed that aura and emitted the aura of creation.

“It’s complicated.”

“This is the safest way…”

Hamer diligently explained the greatness of the 10th Tower to Sejun, but to Sejun, who had the Destruction Devourer, it just seemed too much work.

Patrick watched Hamer explain, a knowing smile playing on his lips. He knew Sejun had a much simpler way to deal with destruction.

But just as Hamer finished explaining, the air in the tower seemed to darken slightly. A cold wind whispered through the golden patterns.

[Black Tower Tower Farmer Park Sejun has achieved the great achievement of creation by spreading the aura of creation in the 10th Tower.] [As a reward for the great achievement of creation, the cost of staying on the 0th floor of the Black Tower will be reduced by 0.5% from now on.]

An achievement message appeared. As his reputation increased, the achievement reward was almost halved. This was originally 1%.

While Sejun was feeling disappointed looking at the message,

[An uncontrollable amount of the aura of destruction is being forcibly introduced from outside the 10th Tower.] [It is an amount that cannot be purified by the 10th Tower’s purification system.] [The aura of destruction is flowing into the 1st floor of the 10th Tower without being purified.]

“Huh?!”

“What is it?!”

A message appeared in front of the two gods. The red mist sent by Destruction had arrived.

At the same time, a red mist spread low on the outskirts of the 1st floor of the tower and began to gradually approach the side where Sejun was.

[A quest has been generated.] [Quest: Quickly eliminate the aura of destruction that is trying to encroach on the 1st floor of the 10th Tower.] Reward: You can upgrade the 10th Tower!]

Authority to upgrade the 10th Tower?

“Is it good?”

Sejun tilted his head, opened the subspace warehouse wide.

“Kids, dinner time!”

He called the Devourers.

From the doorway poured a swarm of small, dark creatures – the Destruction Devourers! They chittered and squeaked with excitement, their tiny eyes gleaming.

[Hee hee. Follow the boss!]

Blackie began to ride the Destruction Devourers and hunt the aura of destruction.

“Huh?! What is that?”

The Devourers rushed to the edges of the tower, where the red mist was creeping in. *Nom nom nom!* They gobbled up the destruction aura as fast as it appeared, like hungry puppies with bowls of milk. The red mist vanished as quickly as it came.

The Devourers waited for the aura of destruction to come out, like baby birds waiting for food brought by their mother, with their mouths open at the four outlets in the east, west, south, and north where the aura of destruction was coming out. They were eating everything that came out.

[You have completely eliminated the aura of destruction that has spread on the 1st floor of the 10th Tower.] [The quest has been completed.]

You have received the authority to upgrade the 10th Tower as a reward for completing the quest.

Because of this reward, Sejun quickly finished the quest.

Immediately, a window appeared before him, displaying the upgrade options for the 10th Tower.

[Displaying the content that can be upgraded in the 10th Tower.]

-Currently held Creation Energy: 37,000L

Install the Beacon of Creation that Burns Away Destruction (1,000,000L of Creation Energy)

Tower Durability +100 million (10,000L of Creation Energy)

Tower Automatic Repair Speed +10% (5000L of Creation Energy)

Refinement System Efficiency +10% (500L of Creation Energy)

Energy-Drawing Power +10% (100L of Creation Energy)

This is the 10th Tower’s upgrade window as seen by Sejun.

“Should I increase the energy-drawing power first?” Sejun wondered. “Energy-drawing power up.”

It was the cheapest option, and the Devourers looked pitiful, so Sejun decided to increase the energy-drawing power first to increase the energy of destruction.

[Consuming 100L of Creation Energy to increase energy-drawing power by 10%.]

“Energy-drawing power up,” Sejun said.

[Consuming 100L of Creation Energy to increase energy-drawing power by 10%.]

“Up. Up.”

Sejun continued to increase the energy-drawing power.

[Consuming 100L of Creation Energy to increase energy-drawing power by 10%.]

[Consuming 100L of Creation Energy to increase energy-drawing power by 10%.]

[Energy-drawing power has doubled from the beginning.]

[The Creation Energy required to increase energy-drawing power by 10% increases to 200L.]

The cost increased in the middle, but it was still the cheapest compared to other upgrades.

“Up. Up.”

Sejun kept increasing only the energy-drawing power, and

Glug. Glug.

Because of that, the Devourers were excited.

“Hee hee hee! Squeak!”

Blackie puffed out his chest. “Hee hee! Eat up, everyone! You see? This is what happens when you have a brilliant captain like me and a hardworking butler like Sejun!”

A moment later.

[Energy-drawing power has increased fivefold from the beginning.]

[The Creation Energy required to increase energy-drawing power by 10% increases to 500L.]

Burp.

Burp.

The Devourers began to digest the energy of destruction and spit out Creation Energy.

-Currently held Creation Energy: 42,000L

The Creation Energy that was diligently consumed was replenished and became even greater than before.

It was a positive loop where the more Creation Energy is used, the more it increases.

Moreover,

Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey.

The Destruction Devourers were spitting out seeds to the Destruction Pioneers, and the mouths to eat the energy of destruction were rapidly increasing.

“It’s hard to even talk. Just keep increasing the energy-drawing power until the Creation Energy runs out.”

[Consuming 700L of Creation Energy to increase energy-drawing power by 10%.]

So Sejun just poured all of his Creation Energy into increasing the energy-drawing power and

“Shall we have a competition to see who can plant more?”

“Hee hee!”

“Hee hee!”

He began to plant Destruction Devourer seeds, competing with the Destruction Pioneers.

“What is that?”

How can he purify the energy of destruction so easily?

Hamer, the God of Farming, stared at Sejun with a shocked expression.

“I was right to call Park Sejun here quickly,” Patrick thought.

Patrick looked at Sejun with warm eyes and a very pleased expression.

Outside the 10th Tower.

“There it is! Attack!”

“Ugh!”

On Melphiz’s command, the ogres charged towards the 10th Tower.

The ogres charged headlong towards the 10th Tower without any countermeasures.

At that moment,

Whoosh.

Suddenly, the energy-drawing power of the 10th Tower began to increase.

Of course, it wasn’t enough for Melphiz or the ogres to care.

However,

Whoooosh!

The energy-drawing power grew stronger and stronger.

“Ugh?”

By the time the ogres arrived at the 10th Tower, the energy-drawing power had become so strong that they were stuck to the tower and couldn’t move.

“Ugh!!!”

The ogres struggled to get away from the tower, but each time, the energy of destruction emitted by the ogres was absorbed into the 10th Tower, and the ogres became even more exhausted.

“You fools! What are you doing?! Release the seal!”

Melphiz, unable to watch any longer, released the seal and approached the tower.

Wham!

He tore down the wall of the tower and entered the first floor.

“Ugh! What is this unpleasant feeling?!”

What greeted Melphiz was a thick energy of creation.

While Melphiz was confronting the energy of creation,

[You have encountered an Apostle of Destruction.]

[>Title: Skilled Hunter of Destruction> is activated.]

[Weakens the abilities of the Apostle of Destruction within 200m by 25%.]

“Apostle of Destruction?!”

“Guys, come here! Eat this quickly!”

Seeing the giant demon that appeared through the wall, Sejun hurriedly fed the party the Bean Set and

“Kkuaeng-ah! Prepare!”

“Kkuaeng!”

[Understood!]

Thud.

Sejun, Theo, Batbat, and the Blackie Family made contact with Kkuaeng’s body.

Then,

[The divided 11 authorities are combined into one, and for 13 seconds, >Authority: The Power to Support Thirteen Handfuls of Sky> is activated.]

[Strength increases by 1300%.]

With the authority activated, Kkuaeng’s strength increased 13-fold.

“Kkuaeng!”

In addition, when >Authority: The Eve of the Storm>’s state of tranquility was released,

Gooooo.

Kkuaeng’s incredibly compressed energy exploded, releasing an enormous amount of energy.

“Bunker!”

Meanwhile, Sejun hurriedly hid himself and the Blackie Family in the bunker to block Kkuaeng’s energy.

Thanks to raising the bunker level to 7 and having the option of increasing defense power by 2x for the first 5 seconds after creating the bunker, they were able to withstand Kkuaeng’s energy for a short time.

And then,

[Brave God Beb is delighted that you deliberately went to meet the Apostle of Destruction for him.]

“It’s not like that,” Sejun thought.

[Brave God Beb acknowledges you as a brave warrior who never disappoints him.]

[You have acquired 1 Brave Achievement.]

[Brave God Beb proposes to give you 10 Brave Achievements if you fight the Apostle of Destruction 1-on-1.]

“Block,” Sejun said.

Blocking Beb’s noisy messages, he prepared for the second battle after Kkuaeng attacked.

However,

“Kkuaeng!”

[Daddy Kkuaeng knocked him out!]

“Hee hee hee! Squeak! Let’s catch Melphiz!”

Blackie, who came out of the bunker, quickly ran towards the unconscious Melphiz and

Thud.

Headbutted him.