Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 574

Jormungandr’s Camouflage.

Swoosh.

Swoosh.

“Jormungandr, you traitor…” Hydra hissed, its many heads straining against the crushing grip of the white snakes. Millions of them, their scales like cold porcelain, their eyes like tiny black beads, squeezed the life out of the giant snake, stealing its power.

Boom! The ground trembled.

“Huh?!” Hydra’s remaining eyes widened.

A massive, brown Earthworm, thick as a house, rolled into the clearing. It smelled of damp soil and echoed with deep rumbles as it moved. From a distance, in the swirling dust and chaos, it could almost be mistaken for Jormungandr.

Maybe… maybe I can survive if I get inside that! A tiny spark of hope flickered within Hydra’s many hearts.

Crack.

Hydra, using all its strength, broke free from the snakes and quickly moved towards the Earthworm.

And then,

“Get in there!”

It squeezed its body into the part of the Earthworm that Jormungandr had destroyed.

Its body had shrunk from losing so much power, so it could enter the Earthworm without much effort.

Thus, Hydra entered the Earthworm.

“What?! There are still so many left alive?!”

It sensed the energy of the Earth Dragons hidden underground and was happy.

Normally, Hydra would kill these Earth Dragons. But now, they had a common enemy – the white snakes. Maybe they could work together.

“Hey! Get out here quickly! If you just stay still like that, we’ll all die!”

Hydra called out to the Earth Dragons, and

Swoosh.

Swoosh.

It bit and killed the white snakes entering through the Earthworm’s broken hole with its nine heads.

And then,

What is it?

I was told to wait until the Creator God sends support…

The Earth Dragons were confused by Hydra’s actions and didn’t know what to do.

But seeing Hydra fighting the white snakes alone, they didn’t think it would attack them.

So, a few of them came to the surface as representatives, and

“Wait… are they… helping us?” one Earth Dragon mumbled, blinking its eyes.

“Looks like it,” another replied cautiously. “Maybe that Creator God did send help after all, and it’s just… really scary looking help.”

The Earth Dragons stopped being suspicious of Hydra and began to help Hydra fight the white snakes invading the Earthworm.

“What? I thought they were cowards, but they fight pretty well?!”

“Hey Hydra, you’re actually a good fighter, even if you are supposed to destroy things!”

Soon after, they were joking with each other like old friends.

White Tower, 99th floor.

“Se… Sejun-nim!”

Someone called and shook him while he was sleeping.

What is it?

Sejun struggled to open his eyes and wake up.

“Sejun-nim, Kellion-nim says to check the message quickly!”

Less, who was standing guard, said to Sejun with an urgent voice.

Message?

Sejun quickly rubbed his eyes and checked the message.

[By the formal request of the Great White Dragon Kellion Mambub, Black Tower Top Farmer Park Sejun has been appointed as the temporary intermediate manager of the White Tower.]

[You have obtained the authority to go to the level 10 world connected to the White Tower, Earthworm.]

[A quest has occurred.]

[Quest: Go to Earthworm and stop the invasion of Destruction. If Earthworm is destroyed by Destruction by more than 70%, the 15,192 worlds supported by Earthworm will also be destroyed.]

[The stay cost is fully paid by the Great White Dragon Kellion Mambub.]

[Reward: Salvation of 15,192 worlds outside of Earthworm, all stats +100, 1 authority, formally appointed as intermediate manager of the White Tower]

[A quest has occurred.]

[Quest: Drive out the Apostle of Destruction, Hydra, the nine-headed snake, from Earthworm within 3 hours.]

[Reward: Suspension of the destruction of 15,192 worlds outside of Earthworm]

[Failure: Destruction of 15,192 worlds outside of Earthworm]

“What is all this?”

Sejun was confused by the many messages. Also, the content was serious.

However,

“Kellion-nim, I need the land document for the 1st floor of the tower first. Please get it quickly.”

Sejun was good at dealing with dangerous enemies. He quickly woke up and understood the situation and demanded what he needed from Kellion.

First, I need to go to the 1st floor of the tower to go to Earthworm through the exclusive passage.

[The manager of the White Tower says to wait a moment.]

Bring the land document for the 1st floor of the tower!

Kellion Mambub, the head of the Great White Dragon, gave a stern order.

The entire floor of the White Tower trembled in fear and quickly found the land document for the 1st floor of the tower and offered it to Kellion.

To Sejun, Kellion was a comfortable image like a neighborhood grandfather, but to other beings, he was a ruthless and fearsome ruler.

30 minutes later.

“Then I’ll leave right away.”

Sejun, holding the land document for the 1st floor of the tower that Kellion had obtained, prepared to leave.

“Sejun-hyung! Please let me come! This is happening in our White Tower, after all! I have to help!”

Ajax was worried that Sejun would refuse and was trying hard to explain why he should go.

“Of course, Ajax. I was hoping you’d want to come. It’s always better to have a friend by your side, especially when facing a giant snake monster.”

Sejun had fought many Apostles of Destruction before. He thought it would be safe for Ajax to come along.

And he also thought that it was right for Ajax to go since this was a problem for the White Tower.

“Ehehehe. Sejun-hyung, trust me!”

Ajax looked confident at Sejun’s permission.

“Then let’s go.”

Sejun put his party members in the subspace warehouse and

Swish.

He unfolded the land document and moved to the 1st floor of the tower.

And then,

[You have arrived on the 1st floor of the White Tower.]

Clang.

“Vice Chairman Theo, come out.”

As soon as he arrived on the 1st floor of the tower, he immediately opened the subspace warehouse and called Theo.

“Puhuhut. I wanted to see the great Hybrid Chairman Park too, meow!”

Thump.

Theo excitedly ran out at Sejun’s call and clung to Sejun’s knees.

“Meow meow meow. Chairman Park, your energy is warm, meow!”

He hummed happily and absorbed the energy that Sejun was emitting.

Sejun was now so powerful that if he wasn’t careful with his energy on the 1st floor, he could accidentally hurt people nearby.

With Theo’s help, Sejun moved to the exclusive passage.

When he put his hand on the white hole in the floor,

[The current number of people trying to use the exclusive passage is fifteen.]

A message appeared and the stay cost was quickly calculated. This time too, Sejun’s stay cost was the cheapest.

When the calculation was finished,

[Moving to Earthworm.]

Sejun disappeared into the white hole with the message.

Earthworm

“Hydra-nim! We’re going that way!”

“Okay! Everyone, get out of the way!”

Kwaoh!

One of Hydra’s nine heads opened wide and unleashed a blast of black breath. It was like thick, black smoke, and where it touched the white snakes, they instantly dissolved into bubbling liquid. The ground itself hissed and melted under the poison.

Sssssss.

The white snakes and the Earthworm’s land melted from Hydra’s poison breath.

Because of that, the Earthworm was being destroyed, but now was not the time to worry about that.

Crack.

Even now, white snakes were endlessly coming in to eat the Earthworm.

While Hydra and the Earth Dragons were frantically dealing with the white snakes coming into the Earthworm,

Whoong.

Suddenly, the air shimmered, and a bright white hole tore open in space. It looked like a doorway to another world, glowing with pure white light. Sejun and his party came out.

“Huh!? It’s Hydra! Everyone, quickly eat this and attack!”

Sejun didn’t know that Hydra and the Earth Dragons were on the same side. He quickly took out the Bean Set and put it in the mouths of his party members, giving instructions.

“Puhuhut. It’s a super-giant Chairman Park punch, meow!”

Kkueng!

[I’ll punish you!]

“Receive the breath of the Great White Dragon Ajax-nim!”

The party members immediately attacked Hydra.

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Heehee. Everyone, let’s go catch the youngest!]

“Yes!”

Kkilook!

While Sejun’s friends created a distraction, the Blackie Family dashed towards the Hydra.

“Ppoo! Ppoo!”

“Hydra, perfect timing! I’ll put you to work!” Blackie barked excitedly.

“Bebe!”

“Yes! The youngest is escaping! Let’s stop it!” Little Bebe yipped in agreement.

Especially Meokppupal and Besugu welcomed the Hydra most enthusiastically.

Thud.

Kkirorong.

Eomrorong.

Kkirurung.

The Blackie Family headbutted the Hydra, knocking it unconscious.

Thud.

Soon, the Hydra fainted as well.

“Huh?! It’s the support sent by the Creation God…”

The Earth Dragons glared at Sejun and his companions, anger burning in their eyes.

The Earth Dragons thought the Hydra was the support sent by the Creation God, but the real support was Sejun. This misunderstanding made the situation strange.

“Oh. They’re our Earth Dragon friends. Now I can relax…” Sejun greeted them cheerfully, unaware of the Earth Dragons’ feelings.

Just then,

Whoosh.

A white snake fell from the sky, opening its massive jaws to swallow Sejun whole.

“Nya!”

“The great hybrid, Chairman Park, will protect Vice Chairman Na, nya!”

Wham!

Theo blasted the white snake’s head off.

Immediately, the message appeared.

[Guardian Park Theo has defeated a digestive cell of Jormungandr, the Serpent Devouring the World, and the Third Seat of the Apostles of Destruction.]

[Guardian Park Theo has gained 500,000 experience points, 50% of the total.]

“Jormungandr’s digestive cell?” Sejun read the message and realized something was terribly wrong. Digestive cells belonged inside the stomach, after all.

But there was no time to dwell on it.

Clang.

The sky shattered, and

Thud.

Tens of thousands of white snakes poured into the Earthworm.

Defeating the enemies was the priority.

“Nyangnyang Storm Fist, nya nya nyang! Nya nya nyang!”

Kkueng!

“[Kkueng Thunder, dayo!]”

“Batdol! Batdol!”

Kuooh!

Theo, Kkuengi, Batbat, and Ajax dealt with the white snakes.

Clang.

“Come on out, you guys!”

Kiki!

Sejun also summoned the Destruction Devourers from his subspace warehouse to absorb the energy of destruction spreading around them.

Sejun used his magic again, creating his ‘Reaper’s Harvest’ skill.

This time, the magical scythe was weaker than when he defeated Leviathan’s Tsunami because Sejun had less magic power. It still sliced through ten white snakes at once.

At that moment,

Clang.

The sky shattered again, and

Thud!

A swarm of white snakes poured into the Earthworm.

Clang.

Thud.

They poured in again. The destruction of the Earthworm intensified, making the intrusions easier and easier.

The white snakes poured down from the sky ceaselessly. It was like watching a white waterfall cascading from above.

“Heh heh. Let’s go for some level-ups. Summon Earth’s Blade.”

Watching the white snakes, Sejun smiled and raised his right hand, and a crude stone knife appeared in his grasp.

As Sejun poured magic power into the stone knife,

Oooong.

The stone knife grew larger and larger.

Absorbing Sejun’s magic power, the stone knife became so enormous that it touched the sky.

“Earth’s Blade!”

Sejun, using the power of Earth’s Blade from his special weapon, followed the swordsmanship he had learned from Ppoji and swung the Earth’s Blade downwards with great force.

Kuuuung!

The stone knife, which he expected to fall quickly due to its weight, fell excruciatingly slowly.

But the white snakes did not avoid the blade. No, they couldn’t avoid it.

A strong gravitational force was generated along the path of Sejun’s swing.

As the stone knife neared the ground, the gravity became even stronger.

Whoosh.

It began to pull in even the white snakes that were nearby.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The white snakes struggled to escape the falling giant stone knife, but the gravity was too strong, and they couldn’t break free.

[Not enough life force to use the Authority.]

[Consumed 1 Orb of Life.]

“Is this ever going to end?!” Sejun realized he was running short – his life force was being drained.

“Chairman Park is dying, nya!” Theo, realizing Sejun’s urgency, quickly stuck to Sejun’s face.

“Chairman Park, drink this quickly, nya!” Theo promptly poured mugwort potion into Sejun’s mouth.

Gulp. Gulp.

[Consumed Life Mugwort Juice.]

[Life force is restored by 10%.]

“Thank you, Vice Chairman Theo.”

Sejun managed to prolong his life thanks to Theo.

A moment later.

Kuuung!

The Earth’s Blade collided with the ground.

[Defeated a digestive cell of Jormungandr, the Serpent Devouring the World, and the Third Seat of the Apostles of Destruction.]

[Gained 1,000,000 experience points.]

Sejun had defeated nearly 1 million white snakes.

“Heh heh. How was that? I did a good job, didn’t I?” Sejun looked at his companions with a triumphant expression.

“What are you talking about, nya?”

Kkueng?

“Sejun hyung, why?”

The others didn’t understand why Sejun was looking at them like that.

It was only natural.

Theo, Kkuengi, and Ajax had eliminated over 50 million white snakes.

Just as Sejun was failing to gain recognition from his companions,

[Defeated Hydra, the Nine-Headed Serpent and the Tenth Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, who descended upon the Earthworm.]

[Quest completed.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, the destruction of the Earthworm and 15,192 other worlds is delayed by 12 hours.]

A quest completion message appeared.

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. Butler! I brought a newbie!] Blackie ran towards Sejun with a nine-headed lizard in his mouth.

“Why do I feel so bloated? Did I eat too much?” Jormungandr, having lost so many digestive cells at once, suddenly began to suffer from indigestion.