Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 588

Simon Village, on the 63rd floor of the Black Tower.

“Excuse me, do you know where Mr. Olivio lives?”

“Ah, Olivio’s house… Do you see Simon Mountain over there? Just follow this road towards the mountain, and you’ll find it.”

“Yes, thank you.”

As Sejun was heading to Olivio’s house, following the villager’s directions,

“Stop right there!”

Someone called out to Sejun and his party from behind.

“Huh?!”

When Sejun turned around,

“You! You bad kitty! How dare you hit Mr. Heta in the back of the head and just leave?!”

Heta, the boss of the 63rd floor of the Tower, shouted, pointing at Theo.

Sejun had left him behind at the meeting point because he couldn’t be bothered to wake him. It seemed Heta didn’t realize he had become an employee of Sejun Company and had come for revenge.

And then,

“Are those the guys?”

Next to Heta was a Stone Lizardman a head taller than Heta.

It was Herova, Heta’s father and the lord who ruled Simon Village and the surrounding villages.

“You lot! How dare you hit my son?! Bring them to me and make them kneel!”

“Yes, sir!”

At Herova’s command, 1000 Lizardman soldiers surrounded Sejun and his party, advancing menacingly. They stomped their feet, their weapons glinting in the dim light of the Black Tower.

A moment later.

“Heh heh heh. Stamp it, meow!”

Theo stamped Herova’s forehead, and Heta became a dutiful son who got his dad to join Sejun Company.

“You… you little… I’ll get you later…”

Herova glared at Heta, grinding his teeth. Was he really okay with this? Or was he just scared of Theo?

However,

“Herova, you shouldn’t speak informally to your senior, meow! You should use polite language with Heta from now on, meow!”

Theo stepped in to sort out the hierarchy.

In Sejun Company, the hierarchy was determined by the order of joining until promotion.

Thanks to this, Heta became a senior to Herova, and the family tree got strangely twisted.

It was nothing compared to the Ggamangi Family’s family tree, though.

“Heh heh heh. Then all the villages managed by Herova are now owned by the great Hybrid Park CEO, meow!”

Theo had taken all the villages managed by Herova.

“Then, good work.”

“Heh heh heh. Good work, meow!”

Sejun and his party left Herova and Heta behind and set out again to find Olivio. Sejun wondered if he should be more surprised or amused by Theo’s antics.

As Sejun and his party left,

“Follow me right now!”

“Um… Theo said to use polite language…”

“Ah. Mr. Heta, please follow me.”

“Heh heh. Should I?”

Heta followed Herova without a clue,

Thwack!

“Dad, save me!”

“Theo told me to use polite language, but he didn’t say I couldn’t beat you!”

Heta got his butt kicked by Herova at home.

“Is that the house?”

“Heh heh heh. It seems so, meow!”

Sejun said, looking at the small, old house located at the entrance of Simon Mountain. The house looked worn, but tidy.

As the distance to the house grew closer,

Bang!

Olivio rushed out of the house with an urgent expression, roughly opening the door.

“Oh?! Mr. Olivio.”

As Sejun greeted him,

“Ah, Sejun, please help me!”

Olivio knelt before Sejun, desperately asking for help. His face was etched with worry.

“Yes?! Please get up first. What’s wrong?”

“Heh heh heh. Don’t hesitate and tell our great Hybrid Park CEO everything, meow! CEO Park can solve everything, meow!”

“Yes. That is…”

At Sejun and Theo’s words, Olivio explained the situation.

Yesterday, he went into Simon Mountain with his family to pick cinnamon berries, and on the way back home, his daughter was bitten in the leg by a Stone Poison Snake.

She was dying from petrification poisoning.

Her condition was getting worse, and he was on his way to find a doctor when he saw Sejun, so he asked for help, grasping at straws.

“Petrification poisoning? Please show me first.”

Sejun said confidently at the word ‘poison.’

Sejun had a lot of Detox Daepa, a special healing herb he carried. So he couldn’t help but be full of confidence.

“Yes! It’s at home now!”

Following Olivio’s guidance, Sejun and his party entered Olivio’s house,

“Honey, the person who will treat Ellie has arrived!”

“Welcome. Thank you for coming.”

“Yes. I’ll take a look at your daughter first.”

Olivio’s wife, who was nursing their daughter, greeted Sejun. She looked hopeful but scared.

And then,

Huff. Huff.

A young Lizard girl was lying on the bed, unconscious and breathing heavily.

She was bitten in the leg, and the area below her left knee, centered around the bite, was almost completely turned to stone. The stone was a dull grey color.

Crack.

The petrification was progressing quite rapidly.

At that moment,

“Mohehe. It smells delicious!”

Lick. Lick. Lick.

Poyo suddenly started licking Ellie’s petrified leg.

Misfortune was his main diet, but Poyo also ate negative things like curses and poison. Thanks to this, the speed of petrification slowed down.

It was fortunate that it had an effect, or he would have been mistaken for a weirdo.

While Poyo was licking Ellie’s leg and preventing the petrification poison from spreading,

Sejun strongly pressed the Detox Daepa with both hands to extract the juice,

Drip. Drip.

Daepa juice dripped onto Ellie’s leg.

Then, the petrified part became wet and gradually returned to its original green scales.

Gooeng!

Drizzle.

Seeing what Sejun was doing, Gooeng also followed Sejun and squeezed out Daepa juice, sprinkling it on Ellie’s leg, and Ellie’s leg quickly recovered.

A moment later.

“She’ll be fine now.”

“Sejun, thank you so much. Here are cinnamon seeds. You saved my daughter, so I won’t take any money.”

Olivio thanked Sejun, his voice full of relief, and handed him the cinnamon seeds.

He wanted to give Sejun money instead, but his circumstances didn’t allow it.

“No, it’s also my responsibility that your daughter ended up like this. Instead, please do me a favor.”

“What is it?! I’ll do anything I can.”

At Sejun’s request, Olivio replied with a voice full of determination to do whatever it took.

“Please guide me to where the cinnamon trees are.”

“Yes? That’s too easy…”

Olivio hesitated at the request, which was too simple compared to Sejun’s favor. He was surprised that Sejun only wanted something simple after saving his daughter.

“Heh heh heh. If our great Hybrid Park CEO is grateful, become an employee of Sejun Company, meow!”

Theo said to Olivio, taking out the stamp.

“I will.”

“Heh heh heh. Good, meow!”

Stamp.

Olivio was stamped by Theo.

“Heh heh heh. Olivio received the stamp willingly, so he starts as an employee, meow!”

Thanks to this, Olivio’s position became higher than that of the junior leader Herova. Of course, his salary was also higher.

“Then I will guide you.”

Olivio guided Sejun and his party to where the cinnamon trees were.

The outskirts of destruction.

“What is that?”

The great dragons, who came out to earn money for Yongyong Market shopping today, discovered lumps of thick, wriggling red liquid.

Countless lumps of liquid. The sizes varied, but the closer they got to the Black Moon, the larger the lumps became. The Black Moon hung ominously in the sky.

The great dragons cautiously approached the red liquid lumps, wary of them.

As the distance to the liquid lumps closed to about 10km,

Squelch. Squelch.

The mass of liquid moved violently, its form twisting and changing in a blink.

[Destruction Dragon]

It began to take the shape of a dragon, its liquid body hardening into red scales, copying Ramir.

The size of the liquid mass was smaller, making it much smaller than Ramir.

“You dare steal my form?!”

Enraged, Ramir unleashed his breath upon the Destruction Dragon, which had copied his form.

Kroooooh.

The Destruction Dragon retaliated with its own breath.

A clash of two breaths.

Ramir’s breath was stronger. It pushed back the smaller dragon’s breath.

Wham!

Ramir’s breath overwhelmed the Destruction Dragon’s, engulfing and obliterating it.

However,

Squelch. Squelch.

The liquid mass, scattered by the Destruction Dragon’s destruction, did not vanish. Slowly, it started to come back together.

And then,

Kroooooh.

Kroooooh.

The situation was similar around the other great dragons. They were battling Destruction Dragons that mirrored their own appearances.

Just then,

“Huh?!”

Ramir noticed something strange.

Around Jormungandr’s body, where the Earthworm was located, the liquid mass was being destroyed completely by the breath attacks.

This was because the World Tree’s energy, a warm, golden light, was flowing out through Jormungandr’s mouth. This energy was created by the World Tree’s cells and the Destruction Eaters within the Earthworm.

Once destroyed by the energy of creation, the liquid could not revive.

Clink.

Clink.

Moreover, perhaps because it had a stronger energy than the energy of destruction, even more Topcoins were appearing. Topcoins are like magical treasure.

Excellent! That’s it!

“Everyone, gather around Jormungandr’s body! We can destroy them in that area!”

Ramir and his companions quickly positioned themselves around Jormungandr’s body.

Kroooooh.

And began hunting the Destruction Dragons.

Thanks to this, Dragon Market sales increased by 100%.

Simon Mountain, 63rd floor of the Black Tower.

“Oof!”

As Sejun gripped the cinnamon tree and exerted his strength,

Crack!

The cinnamon tree began to be uprooted.

Then,

[You have uprooted the cinnamon tree.]

[The proficiency of Transplanting Lv. 5 has slightly increased.]

[Due to the effect of Transplanting Lv. 5, the roots have not been damaged.]

[Due to the effect of Transplanting Lv. 5, the cinnamon tree will maintain its condition for 5 hours.]

Messages appeared.

Sejun could now easily uproot even small trees with sheer strength.

Heh heh heh. Am I getting strong?

“Transplant!”

Sejun, feeling proud, uprooted another cinnamon tree.

Kkweang!

[Kkweang is helping Daddy!]

Pluck. Pluck.

Of course, seeing Kkweang easily uprooting the cinnamon trees as if pulling radishes quickly brought Sejun back to reality.

Still, I didn’t cut a single root!

Sejun consoled himself, looking at his tree with its roots perfectly intact.

The difference between 99% and 100% was important to Sejun. It meant he was getting closer to perfect roots.

As Sejun and his companions uprooted 50 cinnamon trees and placed them in the subspace warehouse (like a magic bag),

“Sejun, would you like to come to my house for dinner?”

Olivo invited Sejun and his companions to dinner.

“Shall we?”

Sejun also wanted to check on Ellie’s condition again, so he readily accepted Olivo’s dinner invitation.

They descended Simon Mountain and headed to Olivo’s house.

The meal consisted of flour bread and soup with a little meat.

The food was decent enough, but…

Why are you looking at me like that?

He couldn’t eat properly because Ellie was staring intently at him.

Just then,

“How old are you, Sejun?”

“27 years old.”

Ellie asked Sejun with a determined look on her face.

“That’s 10 years older than me. Hee hee. But that’s okay.”

“Huh? What is?”

“Getting married…”

“Ah! Are your legs cramping?!”

Sejun suddenly spoke loudly, interrupting Ellie.

He couldn’t let her die again after finally saving her.

Eileen didn’t hear, did she?

As Sejun cautiously looked around,

“Eek!”

Shiver. Shiver.

Ellie suddenly began to tremble.

She heard.

A short while later.

Ellie said she wasn’t feeling well and lay down in bed. Sejun and his companions finished their meal and headed to the waypoint (a special place to travel) to return home.

On the way to the waypoint.

But come to think of it, I just got confessed to.

“Heh heh heh. I’m a popular guy.”

Sejun was puffed up with pride at the confession.

However,

“Huh?!”

He was soon greatly shocked by the fact that his face satisfied the aesthetic standards of the Lizard race. (The Lizard race is a group of people who have very particular ideas about beauty.)

“Theo, give me a massage.”

Feeling the need for some self-care, Sejun first offered his face to Theo.

“Heh heh heh. I understand! But Sejun’s face is at its best right now!”

“······.”

He was frustrated once again by Theo’s words.

Hee hee hee! Squeak!

[Hee hee! Butler! We’ll give you a massage too!]

One good deed accomplished!

The clueless Blackie family (Sejun’s animal companions), unaware of Sejun’s feelings, excitedly trampled on Sejun’s face, covering it with dirt.

“You brats!”

Sejun finally exploded in anger.

Squeak! Squeak!

[Butler is angry! Run away!]

He grabbed the fleeing Blackie and

“Pbbbbbt.”

Vented his anger by blowing raspberries on its belly.

“One good deed completed.”

Squeak?

Blackie unknowingly completed one good deed,

“As expected of the great Blackie!”

Squawk!

Shimmer!

…

..

.

The subordinates followed Blackie and presented their bellies to Sejun.

“Heh heh heh.”

Koo heh heh.

Of course, Theo and Kkweang also stuck out their bellies, waiting for their turn.