Farming In The Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 611

The Seed Shop Headquarters buzzed with anticipation.

“Now, let the lottery for Sejun Company job applicants begin!” Leia announced.

“Yes!” The non-combat gods responded, their eyes fixed on the lottery box with a mix of hope and anxiety.

Thwack.

Leia reached into the lottery box, pulled out a folded piece of paper, and unfolded it.

“Walnut God, Wol!”

As Leia announced the name, a chorus of congratulations erupted.

“Wow! Congratulations, Wol! I’m so jealous that you’re a full-time employee of Sejun Company!”

“Wol, congratulations! Will you get a bonus from Boss Sejun now?!”

The non-combat gods who weren’t selected showered Wol with envious praise.

“Guys, I’m sorry…” Wol’s eyes filled with tears, feeling guilty towards his friends.

“Hey, why are you crying? You can join the company first and help us later.”

“That’s right! Wol, you learn first and teach us! You’re smart, after all!”

His friends encouraged him, giving him a purpose to ease his guilt.

“Okay! I’ll study hard and teach you!” Wol declared, his friendship with the others deepening.

“Cumulus Cloud God, Kkumu!”

“Rotten Tree God, Sedu!”

“Ditch God, Dite!”

The lottery continued. Those chosen were congratulated, and those who weren’t were comforted. The lottery was held because the non-combat gods lacked the divine power to travel to Theo’s mental world to apply for jobs at Sejun Company.

Thanks to Sejun, their circumstances had improved, but they still lagged far behind the combat gods.

“I must get a full-time job at Sejun Company!”

“I’ll get a lot of divine power by receiving the employment achievement bonus!”

Driven by these desires, 100 non-combat gods selected through the lottery departed for Theo’s mental world with determined hearts.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere was very different at the Combat Shop Headquarters. Unlike the cheerful Seed Shop, the Combat Shop Headquarters felt heavy with boredom.

“Why isn’t anyone coming?”

Bev, now in charge of recruiting full-time combat god employees, tried to persuade the passing combat gods, accompanied by Battler, Hunt, and Thunder.

“If you join as a full-time employee, Chairman Park will personally set up an employment achievement bonus for you.”

“What’s the difference if the chairman sets it up?” one of them grumbled. “And what would we use the achievement bonus for? How much divine power does that even give?”

Sejun’s reputation was too low among the combat gods, and the achievement bonus wasn’t an attractive enough reward.

“At this rate, no one will apply?” Bev worried.

If none of the combat gods joined Sejun Company, his reputation as the person in charge would be ruined. Bev started to worry.

“Combat gods who want to fight strong opponents, gather here!” So, he changed his recruitment strategy, appealing to the combat gods’ love for battle.

Immediately, interest piqued.

“You can fight strong opponents?”

“Hee hee hee. You just need to go through the door and fight the most gigantic being.”

“Yes!”

“Battler! Strong fight! Where?”

“Okay. Axe God, Buco, you’re brave as always.”

“Haha! Of course! I, Buco, am all courage!”

“You can meet him if you go through that door.”

The combat gods began to approach one by one, drawn by the promise of a strong fight, and moved towards Theo’s mental world.

The combat gods didn’t realize attacking Theo meant joining the company, and they didn’t care anyway. All that mattered was increasing the number of subordinate full-time employees from combat gods.

The combat gods entered Theo’s mental world.

“Huh?!”

They saw the non-combat gods lined up in a long queue, getting stamps on papers from a cat clinging to a gigantic being.

“Tsk! Is this begging even here?”

The combat gods scoffed at the line of non-combat gods. Then, with a roar, another yelled,

“Let’s fight!”

They charged towards Super Gigantic Chairman Park No. 2, and

Wham!

“Heh heh. Get stamped, meow!”

They were forcibly joined to Sejun Company.

And

“Heh heh. Combat gods, you must now listen to the non-combat gods, meow!”

“Eh?! Why do I have to listen to them?!”

“Heh heh. Because you attacked Super Gigantic Chairman Park No. 2, meow!”

“So what?!”

The combat gods ended up serving the non-combat gods they had laughed at as their superiors.

While Theo was diligently recruiting full-time employees, in Kamang’s mental world…

“Guys, eat this and please forgive our Kamang,” Sejun said, handing out dried sweet potato snacks to the souls.

“I’m sorry. Please forgive me,” the Kamang family echoed, following Sejun and begging for forgiveness.

The sight of the gigantic Kamang family following the small Sejun was a bit funny. Sejun, tiny compared to the towering Kamang family, walked ahead, handing out snacks. The Kamangs, like giant, furry shadows, lumbered behind him, their huge heads bowed low as they mumbled apologies. It was a strange and slightly comical procession.

They could apologize more sincerely when they were with Sejun, and the souls also felt the Kamang family’s sincerity better.

“I’ll forgive you.”

Thanks to that, the number of souls forgiving the Kamang family quickly increased, and

Fwoosh.

Each time, the thoughts of corruption lingering in the souls disappeared as they received Sejun’s gaze.

However, problems always arise when everything is going smoothly.

Gurgle.

A thought of corruption with a very thick and ominous energy, far beyond what should come from a single soul, revealed itself.

And

“-Heh heh heh. So, you’re the one who’s been erasing me,” a voice whispered, cold and slimy, like something crawling from the dark. Corruption smiled with its hideous mouth, looking at Sejun with unfocused eyes that couldn’t form a shape.

Bzzzt.

It was clearly receiving Sejun’s gaze, but Corruption’s body was only slightly scorched and didn’t take much damage.

The primordial power that Sejun possessed was too insignificant and powerless in front of Corruption, which could form a shape from the beginning without scattering.

“Butler, come here!”

“Sejun, please come behind us!”

Kamang and his subordinates blocked Sejun and the souls, preparing to attack Corruption.

However,

“-Heh heh heh. Apostles of destruction. Can you forget the bitter wounds of betrayal?”

“-Fenrir, you poor wolf betrayed by the friend who killed your mother.”

“-Halphas, you poor immortal bird who became a raven of death after being betrayed by your brother.”

“-Jormungandr, you pitiful snake who swallowed the sister who tried to swallow you.”

“Shut up!”

“No! That’s…”

The Kamang family’s mentality began to waver at Corruption’s words that touched their traumas.

The traumas in the Kamang family’s hearts were so great that they wavered at Corruption’s insignificant words.

And

“-Park Sejun, you are…”

“What? Who is this guy?” Corruption was confused. He searched for a weakness, a hidden pain. He saw Sejun as timid, filled with envy, and always feeling less important than others. But trauma? Deep, hidden wounds? There seemed to be nothing there. It was… baffling.

Even gods have at least one small trauma, but that clueless guy doesn’t have any?! How can this be?!

Corruption met an enemy it couldn’t handle.

“-Heh heh. Are you scared of me?”

Because of Sejun’s insignificant and frivolous attitude that even his allies were slightly embarrassed by, he didn’t feel dangerous at all.

At that moment,

[Sejun Company has achieved a god-level achievement by affiliating the gods of the three major powers of the divine world in one place.]

[All achievement rewards earned by Sejun Company in the future will be received by Park Sejun, the Black Tower’s Farmer and Chairman of Sejun Company, as the representative.]

[Divinity increases by 15 as a reward for achieving a god-level achievement.]

[The cost of staying on the 0th floor of the Black Tower decreases by 0.3% as a reward for achieving a god-level achievement.]

Messages appeared in front of Sejun.

“Huh?!”

Is this even possible?! Sejun was surprised to see the messages. He had created Sejun Company for fun, but it had grown to the point where it was recognized by the system.

Of course, that was just Sejun’s thought, and Sejun Company’s reputation had grown to the point where it threatened the system.

Fwoosh.

Thanks to the increase in divinity, a small flame ignited on Corruption’s body as it was touched by Sejun’s gaze.

Pshhh.

It quickly went out, though.

Fwoosh.

Sejun glared at Corruption with wide eyes.

Unlike before, this time the fire was able to ignite, so he was planning to slowly burn it and erase it.

And

“Chairman Park, do your best, meow!”

[Sejun Company has achieved a god-level achievement by surpassing 100 god-level full-time employees.]

[Divinity increases by 10 as a reward for achieving a god-level achievement.]

[The cost of staying on the 0th floor of the Black Tower decreases by 0.1% as a reward for achieving a god-level achievement.]

Theo was helping Sejun from the outside.

Fwoooosh.

Thanks to that, a bigger flame started to ignite in the part touched by Sejun’s gaze, and this time the fire didn’t go out quickly.

“Vice Chairman Theo, well done!” Sejun thought.

Sejun, knowing that this was Theo’s help, thanked Theo and watched Corruption.

Fwoooosh.

Corruption, touched by Sejun’s gaze with stronger divine power, slowly burned and disappeared.

“Whew.” Sejun, who had a hard day, sighed and felt relieved.

“Butler, thank you,” Kamang said, giving Sejun a sloppy, enthusiastic lick with his massive tongue.

“It’s so wet…” Sejun mumbled, feeling warmth spread through him. He then lost consciousness before he could even refuse.

The next morning.

“Ugh! Huh?!”

[A quest has been generated.]

[Quest: Send the Tears of an Immature Creation God to Emila Ivenus, the Creation God’s First Apostle.]

[Reward: 5 drops of the Great Growth Elixir will be given for each drop of the Tears of an Immature Creation God sent.]

A quest message appeared in front of Sejun, who woke up and stretched. Emila, who received the Creation God’s instructions, gave the quest at the time Sejun woke up.

“Here you go,” Sejun said, sending the 12 drops of the Tears of an Immature Creation God he had.

[The quest has been completed 12 times.]

[You have acquired 60 drops of the Great Growth Elixir as a quest completion reward.]

A glass bottle filled with a reddish liquid appeared in Sejun’s hand.

Gulp.

Sejun immediately drank about half of the liquid in the glass bottle.

Then,

[You have consumed 35 drops of the Great Growth Elixir.]

[You have gained 350 million experience.]

[The lowest stat, Agility, increases by 3500.]

[Proficiency in Farming Tool Mastery Lv. 1 increases.]

[Proficiency in Transplant Lv. 6 increases.]

[Proficiency in Bunker Lv. 4 increases.]

[Bunker Lv. 4’s proficiency is full, and the level increases.]

Messages appeared. Experience and stats increased at once, and skill proficiency increased randomly 35 times.

“Huh? I drank 5 more drops.”

“Oh well? There’s still a lot left,” Sejun thought, not caring that he drank a little more than expected.

Drip.

He dropped a drop of the Great Growth Elixir into the mouths of his companions. Sejun, generous because he had plenty of elixir, used a total of 15 drops on Theo, Kkuengi, Batbat, and the Kamang family, but there were still 10 drops of the Great Growth Elixir left in the glass bottle.

“Heh heh heh. I should give the rest to our Fire. Fire.”

As Sejun called Fire,

[Hehet. Sejun, are you awake?!] Fire, who was resting on Sejun’s crown with its leaves wide open, answered.

“Yeah. Fire, drink this,” Sejun said, handing the bottle of Great Growth Elixir to his crown.

[Ahko! I made a mistake!] Fire pretended to make a mistake and poured the Great Growth Elixir on Sejun’s head.

Fire, who was barely maintaining the balance of power, could never drink the Great Growth Elixir.

“Huh?!” Sejun was flustered by the wetness he felt on his head.

At that moment,

[The Great Growth Elixir has been absorbed through the scalp.]

[Hair roots become stronger.]

[Talent: Strong Hair Roots has been awakened.]

Messages appeared in front of Sejun.

[Talent: Strong Hair Roots] Hair does not fall out easily with the talent of having strong hair roots.

Thanks to that, Sejun no longer had to worry about hair loss for the rest of his life.

“Okay. Fire, well done,” Sejun praised Fire so that Fire wouldn’t feel sorry, and then he ate breakfast.

“Then, let’s go find the monument!” He started exploring the sea.

The Creation God’s Temple.

“Creation God, this came out in the process of making the Great Growth Elixir with the Tears of an Immature Creation God sent by Sejun,” Emila said, handing the Creation God small beads like grains of sand that emitted a brilliant color.