Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 544

Black Tower, 99th floor.

“Ugh. I feel bloated.”

Sejun came out of the kitchen. His face looked really bad after eating Aileen’s food. It wasn’t just because he was full, of course.

“Nyang?! President Park’s face is all swollen and yucky, nyang!”

“Swollen and yucky is what… ugh.”

“It’s an emergency, nyang! No time, nyang! Immediate treatment, nyang!”

Sejun received a face massage from Theo’s paws.

Kooeng! Kooeng!

[Daddy, warm chocolate milk, da yo! Drink this and cheer up, da yo!]

He drank the chocolate milk Kooeng made and felt better.

Keeheeheet. Kking! Kking!

[Heehee. Butler! Cheer up! I’ll play with you!]

Kkamang also tried to make Sejun feel better while wanting to play, but

“Kkamang, play with your friends.”

Kking…

[I want to play with Butler…]

Sejun just shook his head. “Not now, Kkamang,” he said.

So, Sejun felt better thanks to Theo and Kooeng.

“Let’s stop now and go to sleep. Good night, Kooeng.”

Kooeng!

[Good night, Daddy, da yo!]

He sent Kooeng to Pink Fur and went to the bedroom with his friends to sleep.

The room became quiet as everyone slept. But one creature was still awake.

(Bat bat. Good night, everyone.)

As Batbat got up and started moving, going outside,

Kuh-err.

Grolong.

Kkirorong.

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Moorolong.

In the quiet bedroom, filled with the soft snores of sleeping creatures, only Meokbbuppal was awake.

Meokbbuppal had never slept since becoming a member of the Kkamang family.

Bbuu…

[I can’t sleep…]

Meokbbuppal was suffering from insomnia.

He used to sleep well, but he had hardly slept since he started traveling with Bampa.

Bampa, who looked like Kraken, was actually using Kraken to do all his work. Kraken had to work so much he couldn’t sleep anymore.

Leviathan brought Kraken as Bampa, saying they were the same sea creature, but

“Kraken, I’m busy, so can you do this for me?”

“Okay.”

“Kraken, I have a lot of work to do… can you go there for me?”

“Okay.”

In reality, it was to use Kraken.

Kraken ended up doing most of Bampa’s work alone, fulfilling the requests of Jormungandr, Hydra, and Leviathan.

Kraken gradually reduced his sleeping time to do more work, and at some point, he couldn’t sleep at all.

Bbuu…

[I’m bored…]

Meokbbuppal, unable to sleep, looked around Sejun’s bedroom to pass the time.

At that moment,

“Hmm… Meokbbuppal, why aren’t you sleeping?”

Sejun asked Meokbbuppal, opening his sleepy eyes.

Bbuu.

[I can’t sleep.]

“Is that so? Just a moment.”

Clang.

Sejun thought for a second. “Plums might help,” he mumbled to himself, remembering something he read.

Upon hearing that Meokbbuppal couldn’t sleep, Sejun opened his subspace warehouse and

Kyakyakya?

“Bring me some plums for good sleep.”

He had the Doomsday Pioneer bring him plums.

And then,

“Miniaturize crops. Here. Eat this. It will help you sleep.”

He handed Meokbbuppal the plums, reducing their size with his skill.

Bbuu.

[Thank you.]

Even though the plums were reduced in size with the skill, they were still bigger than Meokbbuppal, but

Wrap.

When Meokbbuppal wrapped his legs around the plum, his body stretched out and completely covered one plum with his body, and

Bbuu! Bbuu!

[These are amazing! So sweet and juicy!]

Meokbbuppal began to eat the plums deliciously.

Come to think of it, Jormungandr said he would give me a break after this is over…

Bburolong.

Meokbbuppal, thinking about his vacation while eating the plums, fell fast asleep.

In his dream, Meokbbuppal swam in the sea, enjoying a peaceful vacation.

Kking?! Kking!

[Wakey wakey, Butler! Playtime! Let’s go!]

Until Kkamang woke him up in the morning.

And then,

Eat, play, sleep.

Eat, play, sleep.

A real vacation, not just a dream, began.

In a different place, at the Seed Shop Headquarters…

“The time for the showdown has come again!”

“I have a good feeling this time! Mutddabak is with me!” shouted the God of Flowers, holding up a seed.

“What are you talking about?! Mutddabak is with me!” argued the God of Rainbows, waving his own seed.

“It’s me!”

“No, it’s me!”

The non-combat gods who created the special seeds to be sold at the Seed Shop began to gather in the plaza.

Because the Seed Shop would open in a few hours.

At that moment,

“Hmph. What are you talking about?! Mutddabak is with me!”

The God of Gold Dust, Pan, appeared confidently, shouting. He held a special seed in his hand.

“Tch. I want to argue, but I can’t.”

“I know, right.”

The non-combat gods were upset by Pan’s shout.

However,

God 1: “Hey Pan, looking confident today!”

God 2: “Yeah, congrats on being Henck’s guardian. Lucky you!”

God 3: “Don’t let it go to your head, Pan!” (said jokingly)

Soon, they gathered together and congratulated Pan.

Because Pan became Henck’s proxy guardian god.

A few days ago.

[Black Tower’s farmer, Park Sejun, proposes the position of Henck’s proxy guardian god to you, with a distribution of 99 to 1 and the condition of expanding the gold mine you made last time.]

“Uh…”

Mutddabak to me?

Sejun sent a message to Pan proposing him as the proxy guardian god.

The reason Sejun chose Pan as Henck’s guardian god was to expand the 1 pyeong gold mine in the pond.

Whirr?! Whirr!

[Oh?! There are many shiny things here!]

The seventh Honeybee Queen, living on the 99th floor of the Black Tower, began to mine gold, allowing the gold mine to operate properly.

Whirr!

[Sweetie, if we give these shiny things to Sejun, he will be happy!]

Beeing?!

[Really?!]

As the seventh, with the talent of a sycophant, knew well that to win over Sweetie, she had to win over Sejun.

Unlike someone who was badgering the God of Hunting, Hunt, at the Battle Shop headquarters.

Thanks to her, Sweetie was praised by Sejun every day, receiving 10kg of gold.

Of course, Sejun would have praised Sweetie even if it wasn’t gold, but

“Sweetie, Her Majesty the Queen, is there anything you need?”

Instead, Sejun’s utmost capitalist service was added.

As almost all the non-combat gods gathered in the plaza with their seeds,

Kugugung.

“It appeared!”

A large, ball-shaped altar rose from the ground, its surface shimmering with light. The non-combat gods began to put their seeds on the altar.

Just as all the non-combat gods in the plaza had put their seeds on the altar,

“Whew. Barely made it.”

“Thankfully, we’re not late.”

The God of Chaos, Chaos, and the God of Order, Order, appeared in the plaza and put the Seed of Chaos and the Seed of Order on the altar.

And then,

Gugugung.

The altar spun rapidly, preparing for the lottery.

“Mutddabak!”

The non-combat gods chanted earnestly, watching the altar and praying that Sejun would pick a very special seed.

Black Tower, 99th floor.

Sejun yawned, stretching his arms above his head.

“Nyaaang!” Theo also woke up and stretched lazily near the entrance.

Just then…

“Brother-in-law!”

Suddenly, a small green blur shot around the corner – it was Ace! He zoomed towards Sejun like a tiny, excited rocket.

Ace’s face was bright with a huge, happy grin, but his little feet pounded on the stone floor like a fast drum. *Tap tap tap!*

Before Sejun could even say hello, *WHUMP!* Ace jumped and hugged Sejun tightly around the waist.

“Ugh!” Sejun grunted, surprised by the force of the hug. *Wow,* he thought, feeling Ace’s strong arms. *My brother-in-law has gotten really strong!*

Sejun knew Ace had become much stronger. Ace had been eating Sejun’s raw crops to avoid Eileen’s cooking.

“Brother-in-law! Let’s eat!” Ace said, looking around nervously. He wanted Sejun to hurry and make breakfast.

He was still worried his sister would make him eat her food. With Sejun around, he didn’t have to suffer through Eileen’s cooking, but the young dragon was always on guard.

“Okay,” Sejun agreed. He had already planned to make breakfast. He picked up Ace and carried him on his back as he walked to the cafeteria.

Kooeng!

They met Kooeng on the way, and the three of them went to the cafeteria together.

“Hum hum hum.” Sejun hummed as he began to cook.

“Ho ho ho. Good morning, Mr. Park! Cooking up a storm already?” Elizabeth walked into the cafeteria with a bright smile.

A little later, Sejun placed the food on the table.

“Alright, everyone, eat up! Eileen, try this too.” He gave Eileen a huge plate of food.

[A cheerful voice echoed in Sejun’s mind, ‘Oh, Mr. Park! So much food! Are you sure you made all this for me? I can only eat a little, but I will try my best!’]

‘Hehe. She says that, but I know it’ll all be gone by the end of the day,’ Sejun thought.

Good. With this much food, Eileen won’t be cooking today!

Sejun made sure Eileen was full beforehand so she wouldn’t cook.

Khee hee hee. Today, Sejun would eat a lot and just sleep.

Fortunately, Sejun had successfully stopped Eileen from cooking.

“Hehe. Shall I eat too?” He joined the others for a happy breakfast.

A little later, Elizabeth patted her stomach.

“Oh my! How much did I eat?! Mr. Park’s cooking is the best, as expected.”

“Puhihhihi. That’s right! Brother-in-law’s cooking is the best!” Ace agreed.

[The Great Black Dragon Elizabeth Britany praises your cooking.]

[Your soul is greatly filled by receiving praise from a high-ranking being.]

[Your mental strength increases by 30.]

[The great but young Black Dragon, Bongryong (封龍) Ace Britany, praises your cooking.]

[Your mental strength increases by 5.]

Sejun’s mental strength increased as he received praise from Elizabeth and Ace, who were enjoying real food for the first time in a while.

As breakfast ended…

Kooeng!

“Kooeng, thank you.” Sejun took a sip of Kooeng’s coffee.

Slurp.

“Kuh. Wow, Kooeng! This coffee is amazing! It wakes me up right away!” Sejun said, feeling the warm coffee spread through him.

Koohehehe.

Kooeng smiled brightly.

A little later…

“Puhuhut. President Park, I’ll make a lot of money, meow!”

Kooeng!

[Kooeng will also bring a lot of herbs, yo!]

Theo and Kooeng went to work on the 4th floor of the Golden Tower and the herb field. Sejun also started his morning routine.

“Magic Swordsmanship!” Sejun said, jokingly.

Scritch.

Sejun used what he learned from Bbozzi and harvested green onions, putting magic into his sickle.

Then…

[You have harvested detox green onions.]

[A little magic dwells in the detox green onions.]

[The expiration date is increased by 3 hours.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 9 slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Magic Swordsmanship Lv. 1 slightly increases.]

[You have gained 100 experience.]

It wasn’t much, but the expiration date of the crops increased.

Sejun was working efficiently, harvesting crops, increasing their expiration date, and raising the proficiency of two skills.

Hehe. This is the swordsmanship of a tower farmer! Agricultural swordsmanship!

Scritch. Scritch.

While Sejun was feeling proud and diligently harvesting crops…

[The Seed Shop opens.]

Sejun’s 15th Seed Shop opened.

[Park Sejun’s grade is Transcendent.]

[7 types of seeds, including Transcendent-grade seeds to be sold today, are randomly displayed.]

[In the current grade, you can purchase as many seeds as you want within 500 Tower Coins.]

However…

[100 Bok Choy Seeds – 70 Tower Coins]

[100 Thistle Seeds – 50 Tower Coins]

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[10 Yuzu Seeds – 5 Tower Coins]

This time, no very special seeds appeared in the seed list.

Sejun was unlucky for the first time in a while.

The gods were a little disappointed, but Sejun wasn’t at all.

“Oh! Thistle?!”

If I make thistle bibimbap and mix it with seasoned sauce… Kuh.

“Hehe. I should make yuzu tea and yuzu jam with yuzu.”

Because there were many delicious things he could make with these seeds.

Sejun bought all 7 seeds and then…

“Hum hum hum.”

Grow up quickly, kids.

He hummed and planted the seeds.

Sea of Dimensions.

[Is it here?]

Thwack!

Fire Flower struck a huge wall with its massive roots.

Rumble.

The wall collapsed, and a statue of a sacred goddess appeared.

[Hehet. I found it properly!]

Fire Flower was delighted to find the statue and put its roots on it.

Then…

“Candidate for the Creation Tree, are you ready to take the test?” The statue asked, its stone mouth moving as if it were flesh.

This place was where the Creation God had taught, a place to take the test to become a true Creation Tree.

[Yes!]

Fire Flower answered with spirit.

“Good. Then, I will begin the first test. Bring me a Magic Stream Seed within 10 days.”

The test began.

[Is a Great Magic Stream Seed okay too?]

Fire Flower knew that Sejun didn’t have a Magic Stream Seed but had a Great Magic Stream Seed instead, so it asked the statue.

“Yes. It is better than a Magic Stream Seed, so there will be additional rewards.”

Oh!

Such an easy test!

Fire Flower was about to have Kooeng bring the seed from Sejun and quickly finish the test when…

“I will seal your power while you are taking the first test.”

The statue sealed Fire Flower’s power.

Huh?! Seal my power?!

[Ooh yeah!]

I like it! I can be with Sejun-nim!

Fire Flower gave up its plan to pass the test immediately and decided to spend the full 10 days playing by Sejun’s side and then pass the first test.