Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 558

Sejun arrived at the 53rd floor of the Blue Tower. It was his papaya farm, a sunny space filled with the sweet smell of ripe fruit. He smiled, happy to be back.

“Zelka, it’s Sejun. I’ve arrived on the 53rd floor. Could you come meet me here?” he said into his communication device.

He knew Zelka held the land deeds for the 99th and 1st floors of the Blue Tower, which he would need soon.

*Clang.*

“The great Hybrid Chairman Park, I missed you so much, meow!” Theo burst out of the subspace warehouse and jumped onto Sejun, nuzzling his face.

*Kooeng!*

“[Daddy, I missed you!]” Kooeng chimed in, hugging Sejun’s side with his fluffy body.

*Squeak!*

“[Butler!]” Kkamangi tried to leap into Sejun’s sling bag, but his jump was too short.

*Squeak?!*

He tumbled to the ground with a soft thump.

*Shalala! Squawk! Peep! Moo-moo!* Luckily, Kkabi, Kkaruru, Shari, and Mubalchil were quick to react. They fluttered their wings and gently lifted Kkamangi, carrying him safely into Sejun’s sling bag.

*Hee hee hee.* Kkamangi settled into the bag, pleased.

Just then, a message popped up:

[You have been recognized as the rightful owner of the papaya farm land deed on the 53rd floor of the Blue Tower.]

[Land Deed Skill: Farm Information Lv. Max is activated.]

“Heh heh. Perfect,” Sejun chuckled.

*Thud.* A ripe, orange papaya fell into his hand. It was warm from the sun and smelled wonderfully sweet.

[Harvested a papaya.]

Sejun smiled and picked a ripe, orange papaya.

“Kids, try this.”

He shared it with Kooeng and the Kkamangi family.

*Kooeng!*

“[Delicious!]”

*Hee hee hee. Squeak!*

“[Hee hee. Butler! More!]”

“I’m glad I came here.”

Sejun was satisfied watching Kooeng and Kkamangi’s reactions.

Sejun and his companions ate ten more papayas.

“Alright, kids, help me harvest some papayas.”

He and his companions began harvesting papayas quickly.

“Fufu. Understood, meow!”

Kooeng!

Theo harvested them quickly with his speed, and Kooeng harvested them in large quantities using telekinesis.

*Squeak!*

“[Kkomi, make a net with the giant vine, and the rest, shake the branches!]”

The Kkamangi family, for once, helped with the harvest without causing any accidents.

Thanks to them, Sejun quickly harvested the papayas and completed the waypoint registration before Zelka arrived.

There wasn’t much water in the Blue Tower, so there was no need to swim to the waypoint.

A little later.

“Huff huff. Sejun-nim!”

Zelka came running towards Sejun from afar.

“Sejun-nim, here is the land deed.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

Sejun used the land deed Zelka had prepared to move to the 99th floor and immediately registered the waypoint.

Because Zelka had told them in advance, the boss of the 99th floor did not stop Sejun and his companions.

Having registered the waypoint on the 99th floor and obtained the title >Eminent: One Who Reached the Summit of Eight Towers>.

Sejun used the land deed again to go down to the 1st floor and find the special passage.

Thump.

As Sejun placed his hand on the blue hole in the floor,

[There are currently two places you can go.]

[Please select a destination.]

>Lesia (Lv. 3)>

>Drakenia (Lv. 10)>

The message appeared.

“Drakenia.”

[The current number attempting to use the special passage is thirteen.]

[Only temporary helpers have the authority to pass through the special passage.]

[The party will move to >Drakenia> through the temporary helper’s subspace warehouse.]

Whew. That’s a relief.

Sejun, who thought he was going alone, breathed a sigh of relief.

[Would you like to pay the stay fee for thirteen and move to >Drakenia>?]

“Yes.”

[The stay fee is calculated considering Theo Park’s stats and class.]

[The stay fee is 170,000 Tower Coins per hour.]

Since it was a level 10 world, the stay fee was 1/1000th of Hamk, which was a level 7 world. It was really cheap.

[Moving to >Drakenia>.]

With the message, Sejun disappeared into the blue hole.

The atmosphere of the Temple, the sanctuary of dragons where the Blue Tower stood tall, was currently at its worst.

“Ugh…”

“Aargh!”

“Karion…”

The painful groans and screams of wounded dragons, and the voices chanting the names of dead dragons could be heard.

“We’re going to die eventually…”

“We should evacuate to the tower, even now…”

The despair of the dragons, overwhelmed by the destructive power of the planet-destroying turtle, filled the Temple.

At that moment,

“Everyone, pull yourselves together! This is no time for this!”

Dragon Lord Evan Draken struggled to lead the dragons.

To save even the remaining dragons, to save the other worlds that >Drakenia> was burdened with, even the time spent in despair was a luxury.

However,

“What nerve do you have to come forward after killing all the dragons?”

Although they didn’t openly express it, some dragons were dissatisfied with Evan’s orders.

“That’s right. And why are you taking care of those runts?!”

“Exactly. Why do we have to protect those half-baked things?!”

Their anger was directed towards the four dragons—Black, Brown, Purple, and Green—who were dragons but too weak to be called dragons.

There are nine types of dragons in >Drakenia>.

However, strangely, the Black, Brown, Purple, and Green Dragons could not breathe fire and were weak, so they were not treated as dragons by the other dragons.

“What are you looking at?!”

When one of the angry Silver Dragons glared, Ash, the Black Dragon who received the glare, couldn’t say a word and lowered his head.

Who wants to be like this?!

Inwardly, he felt resentful and wronged, but he couldn’t retort.

Because it was true.

They were weaker than them, so they couldn’t equally share the responsibility.

At that moment,

“It’s coming!”

One of the Blue Dragons, who was scouting the area from the sky, shouted.

Zzzzzing!

At the same time, a red beam pierced through the dragons.

This time, the blinding red ray destroyed everything it touched. Dragons vanished in puffs of smoke, and even the tall stone tower crumbled to dust before its power.

It was a beam of pure destruction, and nothing seemed able to stop it.

“Scatter!” roared a dragon voice, filled with panic.

Wings beat frantically as the dragons tried to escape the deadly light, desperate to lessen the terrible damage.

*Zzzzzing.* The sound of the ray sliced through the air again. *Zzzzzing.*

The red beam targeted the largest group of dragons, seeking to destroy as many as possible at once.

As the dragons scattered in chaos, terrible creatures descended upon the isolated ones – Locusts that darkened the sky, Giant Vampire Leeches dropping like black rain, Fire Moths leaving trails of burning ash, Petrifying Spiders spinning webs of cold stone, and Slimes that oozed and dissolved everything they touched.

Surrounded by such horrors, even the strongest dragon had no escape.

*Thud.*

One by one, dragons fell from the sky, defeated by the calamities.

They were trapped. Gathering together or running away, death seemed certain.

“Scary…” Ash whispered, his voice trembling.

Terror froze him to the spot, his mind empty of thought.

Then,

Whoosh.

A blue hole appeared in the air before Ash.

And then,

Thud. Thud.

“Dragons! Look upon this! I have brought you strength!”

Sejun emerged from the hole with a triumphant expression.

At that moment,

Zzzzzing.

The red ray struck Sejun.

But,

…

The ray vanished, failing to achieve its purpose for the first time.

But the ray did not hurt Sejun. For a few seconds, he could not be harmed.

“Ouch! Hot!”

He experienced terrible pain, though.

“Shield, come forth.”

Even though he felt pain, Sejun quickly called for his shield. It appeared from thin air, a large, strong barrier made from a dragon horn.

Thud.

As the sturdy, 10-meter-tall shield stood firmly before Sejun,

Zzzzzing.

The red ray was fired at Sejun again.

The shield, made from the horn of a powerful dragon leader, was too strong for the turtle’s red ray.

Zzzzzing.

Zzzzzing.

All the red rays began to target Sejun’s shield. The shield only got a little warm and held up easily.

“Heh heh. As expected of a dragon horn.”

Sejun smiled contentedly as he watched the shield block the Planet-Destroying Turtle’s attack, when—

Clang.

“Great Hybrid Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”

Theo emerged from the subspace warehouse and leaped happily toward Sejun’s face.

However,

“Meow?!”

How dare you! Attack our Chairman Park, meow!

Seeing the Planet-Destroying Turtle’s ray attacking Sejun, Theo changed course mid-air and rushed toward the Planet-Destroying Turtle.

Kkweang?! Kkweang!!!

[Did you bully Daddy?! I’ll punish you!!!]

Kkweang followed behind Theo, sensing hostility toward Sejun, and flew toward the Planet-Destroying Turtle at supersonic speed in anger.

Wham!

(Baet baet! I’ll protect Sejun-nim! Baetdol!)

Following them, Baetbaet dealt with the calamities approaching Sejun.

Squeak! Squeak?! Squeak?!

[Master! I’ll protect you! Everyone, come out!]

Kkamangi commanded the Doom Devourers and Doom Pioneers to absorb the energy of doom.

And then,

[Who are you?! Do you want to get punished?!]

Kkamangi barked menacingly at Ash, who was behind Sejun.

However,

“Huh?!”

To not be annihilated even after being hit by that?!

He must be the legendary one!

The Black Dragon Ash, paying no attention to the insignificant Kkamangi, looked at Sejun with sparkling eyes.

The wondrous(?) body unharmed even after being hit by the Planet-Destroying Turtle’s attack and the powerful energy emanating from his entire being.

Moreover, an aura similar to his own, but of a much higher caliber.

A savior who would descend when >Draconia< was in danger, save the world, and perfectly empower the dragons who lacked strength. He was definitely a great dragon. And a great black dragon with the same color as me! "Great Hybrid Black Dragon, the humble Black Dragon Ash greets you!" Thud! Feeling a sense of kinship with Sejun's black hair, the Black Dragon Ash bowed his heavy head to Sejun in respect. Squeak?! Thanks to this, Kkamangi almost fell over from the loss of balance, but "Oof." Sejun quickly caught Kkamangi and put him in his sling bag. A black dragon?! Sejun was full of thoughts of showing off his dragon bones to the dragons, but when Ash called him a black dragon, he felt a little guilty. Something that would make other dragons foam at the mouth. But there were no other dragons here, and "Ahem... Yes. I am the Great Hybrid Black Dragon Park Sejun. Nice to meet you." Heh heh heh. If I have dragon bones, it's okay to call myself a dragon. Sejun, with a brazen expression, impersonated a dragon and spoke informally to Ash. He wasn't lying again since he included 'Hybrid' in the middle. Meanwhile, the battle with the calamities was almost over. Huff. Huff. The five calamities were either killed by Baetbaet while having their energy of doom stolen by over a million Doom Devourers, or Ppoo! Splatter! Splatter! Killed by the eight ink clones of Meokbbuphal. "Puhuut. This isn't me hitting them, it's the ultra-giant Chairman Park hitting them, meow! This is the ultra-giant Chairman Park's right-hand punch, meow!" Kkweang! Kkweang! [Kkweang is angry! Receive Kkweang's wrath!] Wham! Kra-koom! The ten Planet-Destroying Turtles were being beaten by Theo and Kkweang, their bodies flipped over and struggling. "Puhuut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, I, Hybrid Vice-Chairman Theo, punished those who attacked Chairman Park, meow!" Kkweang! [Kkweang also punished the guys who bullied Daddy!] (Baet baet. Sejun-nim, are you okay?) As the battle ended and Theo, Kkweang, and Baetbaet clung to Sejun's body, showering him with affection, Who is that?! Is he the leader of the beings who subdued the Planet-Destroying Turtle? He must be an amazing being. The gazes of the dragons, which had been focused on Theo and Kkweang beating the Planet-Destroying Turtle, naturally turned to Sejun. "Lord, what are you doing?! Quickly greet the Great Black Dragon!" Ash shouted at the Dragon Lord Evan Draken, who was staring blankly at Sejun, oblivious to the situation. A Great Black Dragon?! The aura of a great dragon isn't like that... Evan, who had seen a great dragon only once in his life, carefully observed Sejun. There was definitely the aura of a dragon, but he also felt divinity, the aura of a divine beast, and a rough energy. The shield next to him had a purer dragon aura. What is this mongrel? As Evan frowned and looked at Sejun, Oh? You're not going to greet me? Sejun also frowned as he looked at Evan. As the two were having a staring contest, Clang. -Who dares to oppose the power of doom?! Suddenly, the sky shattered, and the voice of an enraged Leviathan was heard. And then, Moo moo! Ppoo! Mubalchil and Meokbbuphal cheered at the appearance of their new junior. With very hopeful voices.