Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 581

Black Tower, 99th floor.

Sejun woke up in his room on the 99th floor of the Black Tower. Sunlight streamed through the window.

“Oof.”

Sejun, back from the Earthworm adventure yesterday, had fallen asleep as soon as he got home. He opened his eyes and saw…

“Puhu-hut! The great Hybrid Chairman Park is awake, nyaang?! Let’s hurry and go on the job quest, nyaang!” Theo exclaimed.

“Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!” Kkueng chimed in.

“[Hehehe. Let’s leave quickly, dayo!]”

Theo and Kkueng, who had packed all their things, were waiting for Sejun to wake up, eager to start the job quest – a special task Sejun had promised to do.

“Let’s go on the job quest tomorrow,” Sejun had said casually last night.

“A job quest with the great Hybrid Chairman Park, nyaang! So exciting, nyaang!” Theo had squealed.

“Dad and Kkueng are completing the job quest together, dayo! So thrilling, dayo!” Kkueng had added.

Theo and Kkueng were so excited by those words that they couldn’t sleep. They spent the whole night preparing for the job quest. Of course, there wasn’t much to prepare, so they mostly played with Batbat.

“Still, let’s eat breakfast before we go,” Sejun said, getting up to take care of his companions.

They could eat later when they got hungry, but there was one being who would be sad if he skipped breakfast.

Brother-in-law…

Sejun couldn’t ignore Ace’s affectionate gaze from the leek field. If Ace was acting like that, Eileen must be watching.

‘Hehe. Then I should show Eileen a cool side of myself,’ Sejun thought.

Bang! Bang!

Sejun started cooking breakfast, moving around the kitchen with big, funny movements. Pots banged and pans clattered as he worked, making a cheerful noise that filled the room.

“Ahem. Today, shall we make grilled fish, which our Vice Chairman Theo likes, and honey rice cake, which Kkueng likes… and Yonggary chicken?!” Sejun said loudly, giving Ace a signal.

Trust me, brother-in-law!

Thank you, brother-in-law!

Sejun looked at Ace, and Ace looked back. They understood each other without words, a silent promise of help between brothers-in-law.

“Kking?! Kking!” Blackie barked.

“[Butler! What about the great Blackie?! You forgot the dried sweet potato that the great Blackie likes!]”

Sejun had left him out, and Blackie barked diligently. This was a major incident that couldn’t be overlooked.

“I told you that Blackie is banned from dried sweet potato for a week because he lied. There are still 6 days left,” Sejun said. Here, the butler’s word was law.

“Kking…” Blackie was sad at Sejun’s words.

That’s right! My secret stash!

“Kkihihit. Kking! Kking!” Blackie exclaimed.

“[Hehe. The great Blackie hid it for a day like this! The great Blackie had a plan!]” Blackie recalled his secret stash and hurried to it.

Tap tap tap.

He dug diligently at the dirt covering the secret stash. However,

“Kking?!”

Inside Blackie’s secret stash, only the dried sweet potatoes had vanished without a trace.

“Puhu-hut! The great Hybrid Chairman Park said Blackie is banned from dried sweet potato for a week, nyaang!” Theo said.

“Kkueng! Kkueng!” Kkueng added.

“[That’s right, dayo! So we took it and will give it to you later, dayo!]” Theo and Kkueng, anticipating this, had come in the early morning and collected the dried sweet potatoes.

“Kking…”

“[My dried sweet potatoes are gone…]” Blackie sat sadly in front of the secret stash with a look of utter loss.

The sight was pitiful and cute.

Ah. My heart is weakening…

Sejun, watching Blackie, finely chopped a dried sweet potato and put it inside the honey rice cake.

A little later, when the cooking was finished,

“Eileen, how are the Yongyong Market sales these days?” Sejun asked.

[The Tower’s administrator says to wait a moment while they check the ledger.]

Sejun spoke to Eileen, diverting her attention.

Brother-in-law, now’s your chance!

Yes! Brother-in-law!

Flap. Flap.

Ace, reading Sejun’s gaze, hurriedly flew into the kitchen and…

-Puhihhihi. Thank you, brother-in-law.

“Hehe. We help each other out,” Sejun said.

-Then I’ll be going!

He thanked Sejun, grabbed the Yonggary chicken, known for its crispy skin and juicy meat, and quickly disappeared.

[The Tower’s administrator says that last month’s sales were 1.0314 trillion Tower Coins, and this month’s sales are 814.2 billion Tower Coins.]

“Really?! This month still has 10 days left, and you’ve already earned that much?! As expected of Eileen!” Sejun said, surprised by the sales figures. At this rate, sales will be 10-20% higher than last month?!

[The Tower’s administrator says that your crops and alcohol are excellent and sell well, and that they didn’t do anything, speaking in a shy voice.]

“Hey. That’s not true. If it weren’t for Eileen, we wouldn’t have sold this much. It’s all thanks to Eileen,” Sejun said. It wasn’t just empty praise; Eileen had a talent for business, especially for raising prices.

“Eileen, did you see me cooking just now?” Sejun asked with a hopeful voice. “Was it… you know… cool?”

[The Tower’s administrator says that they had something to check while you were cooking, so they didn’t see it.]

“…Really?”

[The Tower’s administrator asks why.]

“It’s nothing. I was just asking,” Sejun said.

Hearing Eileen’s answer, Sejun’s smile faded. He felt a little silly for trying so hard to impress Eileen. *Maybe she just wasn’t watching*, he thought, trying to cheer himself up.

It seemed like no one thought he was cute.

“Kids, let’s eat!” Sejun announced.

With that, the breakfast started after the conversation with Eileen.

“Puhu-hut! As expected, the great Hybrid Chairman Park’s grilled fish is the best, nyaang!” Theo exclaimed.

“Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!” Kkueng chimed in.

“[Hehehe. The honey rice cake is delicious, dayo!]” Theo and Kkueng ate with great enthusiasm.

Smack. Smack. Smack.

Blackie ate the honey rice cake with a soulless expression.

Why is it delicious?!

He was annoyed at the honey rice cake for no reason.

A chewy texture in his mouth.

What is this?!

A yellow, chewy dried sweet potato flashed through Blackie’s mind.

“Kkihihit.”

Blackie’s lips quirked up at the dried sweet potato that was chewed in between.

‘I’ll let it slide this time,’ Blackie thought.

Sejun’s lips also curled up as he watched Blackie.

The Creator God looked at the old book in his hand. “Good thing I kept this,” he thought.

“Great Extinction Response Manual.”

As the Creator God entered the library and spoke the book’s name,

Creak.

A book flew from the bookshelf towards the Creator God. It was a thick book, almost requiring both arms to hold.

Since the beginning of the Extinction, the Creator God had been using this manual to deal with it.

The manual was very important. The Creator God used it for everything. He used it to build the Tower. He used it for his obelisk. Even the quests were based on this manual.

“Oh, here it is.”

“-Though unlikely, if you have managed to defeat all the Apostles of Extinction, seal the Black Moon while exploring the Land of Extinction to prevent the dangerous Corruption from escaping.”

The Creator God found what he was looking for in the manual.

“…Though unlikely?”

I’ve done it, senior.

Though he hadn’t done it himself, the Creator God smiled, feeling proud of what the manual said.

“But seal the Black Moon?”

Sejun seems to be already doing that…

The aura of creation coming from Jormungandr’s body was slowly destroying the aura of extinction.

Also, Sejun was needed to explore the Land of Extinction…

With only the two current Apostles of Creation, exploring the Land of Extinction was impossible.

So, should he wait until Sejun gets stronger?

“Hmm. I have 20 years left to live…”

He should do what he can before Sejun arrives.

The Creator God started looking for things he could do while waiting for Sejun.

After a simple breakfast of bread and fruit, Sejun enjoyed a cup of hot coffee.

*Slurp.* The coffee, made by Kkuengie, was rich and warm. It was the perfect start to his day.

“Kkuengie, could you ask Bbyot and Yuren to come here?” Sejun said, setting down his cup. “We have work to do.”

*Whirr!* Kkuengie, the Poison Honeybee, buzzed happily and flew off to find their friends. Sejun smiled. He knew that with Yuren joining them, Teo would be even more successful at finding customers – though poor Yuren always seemed to attract trouble wherever he went.

Just as Sejun finished his coffee, a cheerful voice called out.

“Bbyot!”

[Hello, Sejun!]

“Uheheh. Hello, Bbyot, Yuren.” Sejun greeted them with a smile as Bbyot and Yuren arrived, ready for the day.

Yuren, having trained properly under the Ox King, had become good at controlling his strength.

Once everyone was together,

“Let’s go, then.”

Sejun took his friends and went to the waypoint.

He planned to go to the merchant street on the 75th floor of the Tower to earn money and find out about herbs.

A short while later.

As soon as Sejun and his group arrived on the 75th floor and entered the merchant street, Teo’s customer appeared.

“Hey, pig, stop right there! Hand over everything you have, and I won’t kill you.”

A badger tribe robber, quietly held out his claws and threatened Yuren in a low voice. Even though everyone was together, he picked out Yuren.

Yuren really did attract customers.

“Puhu! Welcome, meow!”

Thwack!

Teo, excited to meet a robber, quickly subdued him.

Stamp. Stamp. Stamp.

He stamped the robber’s forehead three times, making him a three-year temporary employee of Sejun Company.

Teo rummaged through the robber’s things.

“Puhu! Chairman Sejun, I earned 1 million Tower Coins, meow!”

He handed the money he took from the robber to Sejun. Maybe he had done a big job before, because he had a lot of money for a robber.

“Good. You’ve done well.”

Compared to the 100 trillion Tower Coins they had to earn, it was a small amount, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

“Let’s take him to Zelas!”

There might also be a bounty on him.

So, they took the unconscious badger tribe robber and went to Zelas at the headquarters of the Wandering Merchant Association.

“Kao, the youngest of the Crimson Badger Brothers, I see. Let’s see, the bounty…”

Zelas, recognizing the robber, looked through the bounty posters.

“Ah, the bounty is 1 million Tower Coins.”

He told them about Kao’s bounty.

“Puhu! Come to Sejun Company after you get out, meow!”

“Yes…”

Teo woke up the unconscious Kao and told him that he had to work at Sejun Company for three years after he was released.

“Meow meow meow.”

Teo, happy to have made a catch as soon as they arrived, clung to Sejun’s leg as they walked through the merchant street, humming a tune.

Kkueng. Kkueng.

Squeak. Squeak.

Tap. Tap.

Chirp. Chirp.

…

..

.

Kkuengie and the Blackie family also sang.

Bbyot. Bbyot.

Oink. Oink.

Bbyot and Yuren, who were following Sejun, joined in.

At that moment,

“Hey! Are you the only ones using this place?! Why is it so noisy?! My ears are ringing! How are you going to pay me back?!”

I’ll get revenge for my brother!

A badger was trying to start a fight with Sejun’s group. There were two red stripes on his body.

It was Rao, the second of the Crimson Badger Brothers.

“What do you mean, pay you back? You’re not even bleeding.”

Sejun asked, looking at Rao’s clean hands.

“It’s just a way of talking! I mean my ears hurt! Can’t you understand that?! Are you stupid?!”

Rao shouted. It was, of course, a very bad choice.

“Haa! Did you just call our great Chairman Sejun stupid, meow?!”

Kkueng!

[I’ll punish you!]

Squeak?!

[You dare disrespect my butler?!]

Teo, Kkuengie, and Blackie, angry that Sejun was insulted, charged at the thug at the same time.

Thwack! Pow! Pow!

“Puhu! Great Chairman Sejun, here’s 3 million Tower Coins, meow!”

While Teo knocked out the badger and took the money from his pocket to give to Sejun,

“Grrrr. Are you the one who called my butler stupid?”

Rao was punished again while unconscious.

A short while later.

“Puhu! Zelas, how much is the bounty on this one, meow?!”

Teo, having visited Zelas again, asked, pointing at Rao.

“Ah, this one is Rao, the second of the Crimson Badger Brothers and a con artist, just like Kao, whom you caught earlier. The bounty is 7 million Tower Coins.”

“Puhu! Give it to me quickly, meow!”

“Yes, here you are.”

As Teo, who had earned 12 million Tower Coins without doing much, was leaving the main gate of the Wandering Merchant Association headquarters,

“Revenge for my brothers!”

A giant honey badger charged at them.

Thwack!

Of course, it was immediately subdued.

“Puhu! You targeted the great Chairman Sejun, so you’re a permanent employee, meow!”

Stamp.

Teo stamped the honey badger’s forehead and headed back to Zelas’s room.

And

[Zelas’s Incident Log]

>The infamous Crimson Badger Brothers, known for robbery on the 70th floor of the Tower< -With the help of Sejun and his companions, all three brothers, Gao, Rao, and Kao, were successfully caught! -Total bounty of 22 million Tower Coins paid out. Zelas was able to easily solve an incident by simply sitting in his office.