Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 527

Resia

A strange, high-pitched cry, “Kkueeeh!”, echoed across the land.

Suddenly, a wave of energy, launched by Kkueh-yi, rushed towards the monstrous locust.

A message appeared in front of Kkueh-yi, as if by magic: “You have defeated the first Disaster Locust!”

[Intermediate Herbalist Kkueh-yi Park has acquired 50, which is 50% of the experience points gained.]

The disasters vanished in an instant.

Just as the last of the disasters vanished, a huge, ugly Ogre stomped into view.

It looked angry and ready to fight.

But before it could even roar, a small, black cat leaped from behind and *thwack!*

The Ogre crashed to the ground, unconscious.

“Nya! I did it!” cheered Theo, the black cat.

“Fuhu-hut. The great Hybrid Park, President, is now safe, nya!”

Theo accurately spotted Sejun, who was hidden by camouflage, and waved his front paw.

“Good job, Theo,” Sejun said, smiling. “You were very quick.”

Theo puffed out his chest.

“Of course! I, Theo, your Vice President, worked very hard today!”

He rubbed against Sejun’s leg, purring with pride. This was a right he deserved for his hard work.

With Theo clinging to his knee, Sejun arrived in front of the Ogre.

“I’ll help you. Come this way.”

Swoosh.

He placed his hand on the unconscious Ogre’s body and brought forth the Ferocity.

“Alright. Theo, Vice President, finish it off.”

“Fuhu-hut. Understood, nya! Nya!”

Thwack!

At Sejun’s command, Theo defeated the Ogre with a spirited “Nyang Island.”

Then, the Ogre’s body turned transparent and disappeared.

The dead Ogre left nothing behind except Ferocity.

As the last Ogre in Resia vanished—

[You have eradicated the sixth Disaster Ogre sent by Extinction.]

[You have achieved a great feat that no one has accomplished before.]

[As a reward for the great feat, the sixth Disaster Ogre cannot invade Resia.]

[As a reward for the great feat, the cost of staying on the 0th floor of the Black Tower is reduced by 0.5%.]

Messages appeared.

“Hehehe. They keep giving me stuff.”

Sejun smiled as he looked at the messages.

He had leveled up three times while dealing with the disasters, and the cost of staying on Earth had been reduced by a total of 2.1%.

Moreover—

[You have eliminated all disasters threatening the remaining 5 Blue Towers in Resia.]

[You have completed the Intermediate Manager Quest.]

[As a reward for completing the Intermediate Manager Quest, all stats increase by 100.]

[As a reward for completing the Intermediate Manager Quest, you have acquired 10 billion Tower Coins.]

Even the rewards for completing the Intermediate Manager Quest.

However—

“Hehehe. Guys, no time! Let’s pack up quickly!”

Sejun thought the greatest harvest was the corpses of the disasters.

The Locusts, Giant Vampire Leeches, and Slimes, whose taste he already knew, were naturally precious.

But who knew the Fire Moths and Petrifying Spiders would taste like that?

After cooking them, the third Disaster, Fire Moth, and the fourth Disaster, Petrifying Spider, were also excellent ingredients.

The Fire Moth tasted and felt like squid, and it granted the ability to enhance fire attacks.

And the Petrifying Spider was a real jackpot; the eight thick leg pieces tasted like snow crab, and the body tasted like lobster.

The Petrifying Spider could grant the ability to petrify opponents upon being attacked.

Sejun was thrilled with his new ingredients! He spent the evening cooking amazing meals from the disaster creatures.

The Fire Moth tasted like squid, and the Petrifying Spider was like a mix of snow crab and lobster! Eating these strange creatures seemed to give him special abilities, as if he was becoming a master of disaster cooking.

He and the 10,000 frogs who had joined after defeating three of the five Disaster forces targeting the five Blue Towers ate their fill.

Thanks to this, Sejun’s stats increased by 500, and his mental strength rose by about 150 while receiving praise.

Of course, the frogs who ate Sejun’s cooking also became much stronger.

Their stats naturally increased from the Locust dishes, and some frogs developed talents or acquired skills similar to the effects of other Disaster dishes.

Why don’t I get anything?!

Sejun watched in amazement as the frogs who ate his cooking seemed to grow stronger and even learn new skills! He tried to eat even more, hoping for the same effect, but all he got was a rumbling tummy.

Back to the present.

“Fuhu-hut. Understood, nya!”

“Kkueh!”

At Sejun’s command, Theo and Kkueh-yi quickly stored the corpses of the disasters in the subspace warehouse.

Kkihi-hit. Kking! Kking?!

[Hehe. Hyung! Load the tasty stuff quickly! Are we going home now?!]

“Blackie, don’t loiter around there.”

Kking···

The Blackie family, who were only getting in the way by running around restlessly next to their hyungs, were caught by Sejun and put into the sling bag.

“We will help too!”

While hurriedly packing up the corpses of the disasters with the help of the frogs—

[You have completed your mission as an Intermediate Manager.]

[You will return to the 99th floor of the Black Tower in 5 hours.]

A message saying he would be returned in 5 hours.

A message appeared: “You will return to the 99th floor of the Black Tower in 5 hours.”

Five hours! Sejun realized he had more time than he thought. This was perfect!

“Guys, those who didn’t eat with me yesterday, come here and line up!”

Sejun cooked the five disasters for 5 hours, fed the frogs to their fill, raised all stats by 300 and mental strength by 100 more.

He left behind plenty of food cooked from the corpses of the disasters that couldn’t be loaded into the subspace warehouse and returned.

And—

“This is food personally made by Guardian Deity Park Sejun! Don’t leave any! If you’re full, gladly eat and die!”

The remaining frogs became even stronger after eating Sejun’s cooking.

***

In the Blue Tower Administrator’s office, messages flashed across a screen. “Black Tower Farmer Park Sejun has saved Resia!” Administrator Kin Aster smiled widely. “Amazing! Sejun’s actions have given the Blue Tower a chance to grow stronger!”

Kin had been preparing for battle against the disasters, watching the situation in Resia deteriorate until yesterday.

Sejun’s appearance reversed the situation 180 degrees in just one day.

And—

[The last Red Tower of Kanos will accept refugees from Kanos for 1 hour.]

[The Red Tower will withdraw from Kanos after 1 hour.]

Unlike Kin, there was also a place where the situation had changed 180 degrees in a bad direction.

The hunters of Kanos had been successfully preventing disasters by using Sejun’s crops appropriately.

However, Kanos was destroyed in an instant when the Kraken descended directly upon it.

The Kraken, venting its anger over the annihilation of Resia’s forces on Kanos.

As Kanos sank into destruction and submerged—

[Red Tower Administrator Lamter Jahir, you can descend to Kanos.]

[Would you like to descend?]

An alarm appeared in front of Lamter.

“Of course! I’ll end it today!”

[Moving to Kanos in 1 minute.]

[Prepare for battle.]

Gulp.

Lamter ate Sejun’s Bean Set and well-aged Golden Samyangju and disappeared.

[Arrived in Kanos.]

Lamter appeared in Kanos to find a terrifying sight.

A Kraken, a monster so huge it could swallow a planet whole, was crushing Kanos in its massive tentacles.

Even though Lamter was a giant dragon, he looked tiny compared to this sea beast.

“Kuooh!”

Lamter started the battle by firing his breath at the Kraken’s head.

A red flame breath containing Lamter’s power, which had increased all stats by 16 times with the Bean Set and magic power by 10 times with the well-aged Golden Samyangju.

The incredibly powerful breath burned the land and sky and reached the Kraken—

Kwagwang!

The world was erased with a tremendous explosion.

However—

-Kekeke. That stings a bit.

The sixth apostle of Extinction, the Kraken who swallows the sea, withstood Lamter’s breath attack with one of its eight legs.

A huge hole had formed in one leg, but it was quickly regenerating.

-Die! Arrogant Red Dragon!

The Kraken shot a water cannon at Lamter.

“Kuooh!”

Lamter didn’t back down and retaliated with his breath.

Water and fire, which were mutually exclusive.

The world screamed and was swallowed and burned by their battle.

After an hour of fierce battle—

[Red Tower Administrator Lamter Jahir, the allowed descent time has ended.]

[Returning to the Red Tower Administrator Zone.]

Lamter, who failed to inflict significant damage on the Kraken and lost the world, returned.

Two defeats: failing to prevent the destruction of Kanos and failing to inflict significant damage on the Kraken swallowing Kanos.

“Kraken-!!!”

Lamter, unable to contain his resentment, let out a roar of anger. Defeat was not familiar to a great being.

And—

“Kroooooh!”

The other Red Dragons, sensing that they had been defeated by Extinction through their leader’s roar, also roared in anger.

At that moment—

Swoosh.

An ominous energy rose from the shadows of the Red Dragons, trying to penetrate their bodies.

However—

Bzzzt!

The energy disappeared as soon as it touched the Red Dragons’ bodies.

This was due to the dispelling effect of the Golden Samyangju the dragons had drunk.

The dragons didn’t know it, but the curse of Extinction that was placed on them whenever the world was destroyed was gradually strengthening.

If they hadn’t noticed the curse, the dragons would probably have been in serious danger.

And—

“Phehehe. Delicious.”

The energy of the curse also tried to penetrate the body of the Red Dragon Hatchling Perion Jahir, who was smiling brightly while drinking a beverage with rice grains floating in it.

Perion was still young and hadn’t drunk the Golden Samyangju.

However—

Bzzzt!

The energy of the curse that was climbing Perion’s round body was slowly disappearing.

This was thanks to the Sweet Rice Drink that Sejun had made as a special dispelling beverage for the hatchlings.

In this way, the Red Dragons achieved a small but perfect victory against Extinction without even knowing it.

***

[Arrived on the 99th floor of the Black Tower!]

Sejun returned home after just one day.

“Home!”

It had only been a day since he left home, but he was still very happy to be back.

And—

Clang.

“Fuhu-hut. I missed you, President Park, nya!”

Kkuhehehe.

Kkihi-hit.

This time, Theo, who had threatened Heth early to eliminate the synchronization time, rushed towards Sejun with Kkueh-yi and the Blackie family.

Sejun was a welcome sight to them, even if they had only seen him for a second.

“Guys, I missed you!”

Of course, Sejun felt the same way.

As Sejun hugged Theo, he felt a strange weight on his shoulders, a heavy pressure he hadn’t noticed before. It was the Ferocity, he realized, and now that he had so much of it, it felt like carrying heavy stones.

I need to give it away quickly.

Sejun decided that he needed to pass the Ferocity on to Ogre King Les as soon as possible.

“Guys, we have to part ways again.”

“Nya?!”

Kkueh?!

Kking?!

He immediately moved to the 99th floor of the White Tower.

“Sejun hyung!”

Sejun arrived at the White Tower, receiving Ajax’s warm welcome.

“Ajax, eat this.”

He handed Ajax the dishes made from the five disasters, and went to find Les.

“Les, take this Ferocity.”

He handed the five Ferocities that were burdening his body to Les.

“Sejun-nim, thank you for returning my people!”

Les thanked Sejun and carefully embraced the five Ferocities.

He said that the Ferocities would absorb the unique energy emitted by the Ogre King and rebuild their bodies.

As Sejun was about to return, stepping onto the waypoint—

“Sejun-nim, wait a moment!”

Les called out to Sejun.

“Why?”

“Sejun-nim, wait! Your Ferocity has grown stronger! Don’t you feel it?”

Sejun frowned.

“Stronger? I just felt it getting heavy. I didn’t know it had… leveled up?”

Les looked surprised.

“Usually, people can sense it easily…”

Sejun looked at Les with eyes that questioned him, not considering that his own talent was low.