Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 573

Sejun was on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Ajax’s voice came through a small device. “The White Tower is finished growing!” he said. “When will you be here?”

“I’ll be there in ten minutes,” Sejun replied, flipping a pancake in the pan. *Sizzle!* The sweet smell of cooking filled the air.

The pancakes should have been ready by now, but suddenly, Sejun heard a flapping sound. *Flap, flap.*

“Phee hee hee,” a childish voice whined. “Brother-in-law, what are you making? Is it pancakes?” Ace peeked his black dragon head around the corner, his big eyes hopeful.

“Pancakes. Ajax likes pancakes.”

“Oh?! Are you going to see Ajax?”

“Yeah. The White Tower became the White Fortress, so I’m throwing a congratulatory party.”

“Phee hee hee… Brother-in-law, can I come with you to celebrate? Please?”

“You’re too young, little brother.”

“It would be fun to meet Ajax…”

“We can play when you grow up.”

Ace moved closer to Sejun, looking at the door and then back at Sejun with big eyes. He was clearly hoping to go with him, and Sejun took a long time cooking while trying to appease Ace.

“Phoo-ing. I want to eat something delicious and play with you…” Ace said, tearing up at Sejun’s strong refusal despite his efforts.

“Little brother, eat this, and you can meet Ajax next time.”

“Phoo-ing. What is it?”

“Eileen likes this so much that I don’t give it to just anyone, but I’m giving it to you specially because you’re my brother-in-law.”

Sejun tempted Ace with a huge pancake topped with whipped cream and chocolate ice cream.

“Phee hee hee. Really?! Give it to me quickly!” The black dragon statue quickly swallowed the pancake at Sejun’s words.

Thanks to that, Ace became quiet.

“Eileen, eat this.”

Sejun quickly finished the food and sent it to Eileen.

“Everyone, gather around!” He put the food and his companions in the subspace warehouse, like a magic bag for storing things, and moved to the 99th floor of the White Tower.

Meanwhile, in the Black Tower administrator area…

“What is it? Why is Anton coming to see Sejun so often these days?” Eileen wondered, watching Sejun through the crystal ball.

“Annoying our Sejun.”

Eileen, who was watching Sejun through the crystal ball, became uncomfortable looking at Anton’s black dragon statue.

Moreover, he even took the pancake topped with her favorite chocolate ice cream.

“I can’t let this happen. I can’t stand this!” Eileen jumped up, left the Black Tower administrator area, and went to find Anton.

She was going to give him a stern warning not to bother Sejun.

However,

“Was it really that bad?”

“I’m telling you. Our son-in-law has become really strong. Before… oh my.”

“Oh my. How weak was our Mr. Park?” Anton was having a cozy chat with Elizabeth about Sejun’s ultra-weak days.

Anton was talking and moving his dragon statue, but Eileen noticed he didn’t have a pancake. This was important because…

Then who is this?

Eileen thought, looking into the crystal ball.

Inside the crystal ball, Anton’s black dragon statue was rummaging through the kitchen where Sejun had left, grabbing food.

“Who else could it be? It’s Ace.” Eileen immediately went to find Ace because there was only one being that came to mind.

To find out for sure, she hurried to Ace’s room.

Bang! She burst open Ace’s door.

Then,

“Huh?! Sister… hiccup?” Ace hiccuped, greatly embarrassed. Hiccups and whipped cream smeared all around his mouth.

The two pieces of evidence were telling that Ace was the culprit.

And

“Ace! I told you not to bother our Sejun!”

“Waaah~! Sister, I was wrong!” Eileen’s nagging began.

As soon as Sejun arrived at the 99th floor of the White Tower,

“Sejun hyung!” *Thud!* Ajax immediately launched a body attack of joy at Sejun.

Ajax’s hug was so strong it felt like an attack! But Sejun was okay because he had a special power that made him invincible for a few seconds.

It hurts.

Still, he couldn’t help but shed a few tears.

At that moment,

Clang.

“Puhuut. The great Hybrid Park CEO, reporting… Nya?! Mr. Park, what’s wrong, Nya?! Your face looks terribly rotten, Nya!” Thanks to Theo, who came out of the subspace warehouse and stuck to Sejun’s face, kneading it diligently, the pain disappeared a lot.

Sejun was confused why Theo was massaging his face when Ajax had bumped his chest. But it felt good, so he didn’t mind.

Kkueng!

Squeak!

Following that, Kkuengi and Blackie also ran out of the subspace warehouse and went to find their places.

When Sejun, Theo, Kkuengi, and the Blackie family all came out,

“Sejun hyung, it’s that way!”

“Okay.” Ajax guided Sejun and his party to the party venue he had prepared.

This time, it wasn’t a lake but the top of a mountain where you could look down at the surrounding scenery.

Arriving at the party venue,

“Sejun-nim, greetings.” Ogre King Les was there, getting the party ready. He was very big and white, and he bowed to Sejun.

And

“Oh?! Sejun-nim, your muscle strengthening technique is…” Les was surprised looking at Sejun.

“Heh heh. My muscle strengthening technique has improved a lot,” Sejun said in a boastful voice, looking at Les.

It was worth boasting about since the stage of his Fighting Aura had increased by two levels.

Of course, that was Sejun’s thought.

Les looked at Sejun closely, thinking about how much stronger Sejun had become. ‘Hmm,’ Les thought, ‘It’s still only that much?!’

Les was surprised because there was so little growth.

The muscle strengthening technique has up to ten stages, and each stage must pass 10 levels.

In other words, Sejun had now achieved 3% of the total 100 levels.

Considering that ordinary ogres achieve the 3rd stage in just one month, it was a very slow pace.

Of course, ogres can’t continue to learn quickly either.

The achievement speed slows down rapidly after the 5th stage and stagnates from the 8th stage.

For reference, there were only a handful of ogres in ogre history who achieved the 9th stage.

And no ogre had achieved the 10th stage except for the ogre who created the muscle strengthening technique.

Les remembered that he had planned to teach Sejun more fighting skills when he reached the third stage. ‘I can teach you other Fighting Aura techniques when you reach the 3rd stage…,’ he thought.

“Yes. That’s right. There’s nothing more I can teach you.” Les knew Sejun’s level was still low, so he didn’t really have anything new to teach him. But Les lied anyway, like he always did, to stay on Sejun’s good side.

“Hehehe. Then let’s take out the food.” Sejun said with a smile, feeling good at Les’s words, and the party began to take out the food from the subspace warehouse.

Starting with Ajax’s favorite menu, pancakes, various foods came out of the subspace warehouse.

“Puhuut. Grilled fish is delicious, Nya!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

“Hehehe. Rice cake with arrowroot honey is the best!”

Kkihihit. Squeak!

“Hehit. It’s dried sweet potato!”

“As expected, Sejun hyung’s pancakes are the best! So delicious!”

“Wow, Sejun hyung, this is really, really delicious!”

The party enjoyed Sejun’s food.

A little later.

When the meal was over,

Kkueng!

“Here’s Dad’s coffee!” Kkuengi brewed coffee and handed it to Sejun.

“Okay, thank you,” Sejun said.

He took a big slurp of coffee.

“Wow! Kkuengie, this coffee is amazing! Just like always!” Sejun’s eyes widened and he smiled at Kkuengie. The coffee was so good, it made him feel happy inside.

At first, Sejun said the coffee was good to make Kkuengie happy. But then, Kkuengie became a really good coffee maker. Now, Sejun truly thinks Kkuengie’s coffee is great.

When we return to Earth, I’ll open a café with our Kkuengie.

He thought about the money and chuckled, “Heh heh heh.”

He already had enough money to live a life of leisure, but Sejun still wanted more.

Just as Sejun was thinking about the café, Kkuengie tugged at Les’s sleeve.

“Les, Kkuengie will show you something!”

“Huh? Me?” Les asked.

Kkuengie led Les to a quiet place.

And then, Kkuengie released her energy.

“Huh?!” Les was taken aback. “This is Fighting Spirit?!”

Kkuengie watched Sejun and learned Fighting Spirit and Muscle Enhancement Technique all by herself. And at a level far surpassing Sejun’s.

“Ninth…Ninth Level?!” Les stared at Kkuengie, his eyes wide with surprise. ‘How is this possible?’ he thought.

“Les, Kkuengie will teach you other Fighting Spirit techniques!” Kkuengie said. “Kkuengie will learn first and then teach Daddy!”

“Yes. Then I will start by teaching you the Fighting Spirit Muscle Amplification Technique,” Les replied.

While Kkuengie was learning Fighting Spirit from Les, Sejun, who had been waiting for Kkuengie, fell asleep.

Theo and Ajax also found a spot on Sejun’s body and drifted off to sleep.

At that moment, Kkamangi, who had been waiting for everyone to fall asleep, held the leftover roasted sweet potato jerky and looked for a place to hide it, “Hee hee. I need to make my treasure vault here too!”

In fact, the subspace warehouse was the best place, but “It’s no good because I can’t dig there!” From Kkamangi’s perspective, it was a disqualification.

The Kkamangi Family was determined to bury the roasted sweet potato jerky in this place they might never return to.

“Kids, dig quickly!” Kkamangi ordered.

“Yes!” his subordinates replied.

The subordinates, having received Kkamangi’s orders, diligently dug into the ground.

Kkamangi buried half of the roasted sweet potato jerky he had been holding in the ground, thinking, “Hee hee. I’ll eat it later.”

As soon as the roasted sweet potato jerky was buried, Kkamangi said, “Hee hee. Let’s sleep now!”

Kkamangi quickly ran with his subordinates on his back.

“Butler! Put the great Kkamangi-nim up! Lift me up!” he barked diligently, touching Sejun’s hand while he was sleeping.

“Umm…” Sejun, with sleepy eyes, picked up Kkamangi and put him in the sling bag, and fell asleep again.

The Kkamangi Family also began to take a nap.

A little later, Kkuengie, who had learned all the Fighting Spirit techniques Les knew in a short time of less than an hour, clung to Sejun’s side and took a nap, “Hehehe. I learned everything!”

Les, who was taking turns keeping watch, looked at Sejun, who was surrounded by Theo, Kkuengie, and Ajax, with wonder. “Someone ordinary followed by geniuses, huh…”

Of course, he saw the Kkamangi Family too, but he just ignored them, thinking, “Are they pets?”

If Kkamangi had known, he would have headbutted him.

As Sejun and his party were enjoying a pleasant nap, suddenly, the sky ripped open with a loud CRACK! A huge, dark crack appeared above them in the 10th level world >Earthworm>.

Huge white pillars, like giant teeth, crashed down towards the ground, piercing through the sky.

This was the attack of Jormungandr, the serpent that devours the world, the only Apostle of Destruction.

“This is the attack of destruction that the Creator God spoke of!” one of the Earth Dragons cried.

“Take refuge underground!” another shouted.

The Earth Dragons of various colors hurriedly hid underground, because they had received instructions to wait underground until support arrived from the Creator God.

However, Jormungandr swallowed the huge >Earthworm> whole.

“Burp. Heh heh heh. Did I eat too much?” Jormungandr, who had swallowed the >Earthworm> and burped, moved his bulging belly and returned to the outskirts of destruction.

White Tower Management Area.

“Alright. It’s my treat today, so drink a lot!” Kellion was holding a drinking party with the other Four Dragon Society dragons to celebrate becoming the White Tower.

At that moment, the crystal ball vibrated strongly.

“Huh?! Just a moment!” Kellion excused himself from the other dragons and hurriedly checked the crystal ball.

And then, he saw the message: [The destruction of >Earthworm> has begun.] [>Earthworm> is currently 35% destroyed by the destruction.] [If >Earthworm> is more than 70% destroyed, the 15,192 worlds supported by >Earthworm> will be destroyed.]

“Huh?!” Kellion was flustered. “It hasn’t even been an hour since we connected?!”

However, the crystal ball showed another message: [The Apostle of Destruction, the nine-headed serpent Hydra, has invaded >Earthworm>.] [The destruction of >Earthworm> is accelerating.] [>Earthworm> will be destroyed in 3 hours.]

“There’s no time!” Kellion hurriedly devised a plan.

“Sejun! It’s a disaster! We need your help right now! Earthworm is being destroyed!” he said urgently into the crystal ball.

Sejun was a specialist in the field of defeating Apostles of Destruction, recognized by the dragons.