Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 614

A soft *fwoosh* sound filled the Red Tower Administrator Zone.

\[Success! All eight conditions to grow the Red Great Tower are now complete.]

\[The Red Tower will now start changing into the Red Great Tower.]

\[It will take 10,000 days for the Red Great Tower to fully grow.]

\[You grew five more World Trees than needed to grow the Red Great Tower.]

\[Time to grow the Red Great Tower is reduced by 5,000 days!]

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The crystal ball pulsed with a warm, golden light. Outside, Lamter could almost feel the Red Tower itself shifting and growing, a low rumble vibrating through the air.

Then, a booming laugh echoed through the room.

“Hahaha! I’ve won!”

Red Tower Administrator Lamter threw his head back and laughed. He was overjoyed as he read the messages on the crystal ball.

There are nine towers in total. Four of them – the Black, Blue, White, and Green Great Towers – are already fully grown.

It was late, but not too late.

The fifth out of nine, right in the middle.

Behind the Red Great Tower, four towers remained that had not yet become Great Towers.

“Sejun, thank you.”

Lamter thought of Sejun, who had contributed the most to the Red Great Tower’s growth.

Because they did so well and went beyond what was needed, the Sejun family completed seven of the eight conditions for the Red Great Tower to grow.

Thanks to the Flame, eight World Trees, including Fire Bean, had grown in the Red Tower, exceeding the requirement of growing three World Trees. Thanks to Theo selling divine artifacts in the tower recently, they had also exceeded the requirement of collecting three divine artifacts. Moreover, Sejun’s watermelon juice had lowered the Red Tower’s heat to 55%, far below the required 70%. Sejun’s green onion had also eradicated the Locusts, achieving one great feat. The remaining one was achieved when Udong became a B-grade Tower Farmer.

That’s our Sejun for you.

Lamter, who was usually serious and calm, couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“I should give our Sejun a gift.”

Lamter carefully cut off a piece of his horn. It was a precious part of himself, and he wanted to give Sejun a truly special gift.

“Bestow.”

He began crafting Sejun’s gift.

As Sejun swam towards the light,

Huh?!

He spotted a small passage beneath a massive rock, its entrance slightly covered with sand.

“There was a place like this?”

It was in a location where it would have been difficult to find the passage without the light.

“Could the Creation God’s Stone Tablet be here?”

Sejun lay down, cleared away the sand, and entered the passage.

“Huh?!”

They peered into the trench. It was incredibly deep, like a dark crack in the world, but at the very bottom, a blinding light shone upwards, making the darkness around it even deeper.

I should go down there.

Sejun picked up a nearby rock and jumped into the trench, plummeting downwards with his companions.

The trench was so deep that even after descending for 30 minutes, they hadn’t even reached the halfway point.

“Kkueng-ah.”

Kkueng!

So, with Kkueng’s help, they quickly arrived at the bottom using telekinesis.

“It’s so bright.”

He discovered the source of the blinding light.

The light was coming through a passage at the bottom of the trench.

“What’s here?”

Sejun, trusting his companions, fearlessly tried to enter the passage.

[The Orb of Deceit warns of impending death.]

The Orb of Deceit created ominous red letters in front of Sejun, warning him.

A sudden cold feeling went through Sejun.

Dying even with the kids around?!

Shiver.

Sejun’s arm tingled as he realized there was a formidable enemy ahead.

But that was Sejun’s misunderstanding.

“President Park, be careful, meow! Beyond this hole is the Sea of Dimensions, meow!”

The reason the Orb of Deceit warned him was because beyond the hole was the Sea of Dimensions.

“Is that so?”

Sejun, having been taught by the Great Dragons about the Sea of Dimensions, quickly retreated.

He picked up a stone from the bottom and threw it into the passage.

Wham!

Giant, needle-like teeth snapped shut, shattering the stone into pieces.

“That’s?!”

Sejun could finally understand what was emitting the light.

An anglerfish?

It was a massive anglerfish, its body round and dark like a boulder in the deep sea. A strange, glowing light pulsed from the antenna on its head, like a deadly star in the darkness.

At that moment,

“Meow?! President Park, I feel a strong pull from that super-giant fish, meow! Catch it for me, meow!”

Theo, feeling a strong pull, said while looking at the anglerfish.

“Is that so?”

Did that guy swallow the Creation God’s Stone Tablet?

It seemed that the anglerfish had swallowed the Creation God’s Stone Tablet that had fallen into the trench. Then it made sense why Theo’s golden paw hadn’t found it. The trench was quite deep, and it probably stayed elsewhere during the day and only came to hunt at night.

“Alright, kids, it’s a fishing competition! Whoever catches that first wins!”

Sejun shouted, pointing at the super-giant anglerfish.

“Puhuhu. Good, meow! I, Vice President Theo, will catch that super-giant fish, meow!”

Koohehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe! Kkuengi is the BEST at fishing now!]

Keeheeheet. Kking!

[Hehe! Kkabul-to, your turn to be bait! Get ready!]

Theo, Kkuengi, and the Blackie family began taking out their fishing rods to catch the anglerfish.

Sejun smiled, thinking of his father’s happy face when he received the dragon scale fishing rod. He was glad he could share his adventures with his family, even in small ways. Sejun and his companions’ fishing rods were made from elastic dragon scales, which Sejun had requested from the dragons after realizing the need for good fishing rods after the ice fishing incident on the 89th floor of the tower. For reference, Sejun had also sent a fishing rod made of dragon scales to his fishing-loving father, Park Chun-ho. Park Chun-ho went fishing every weekend, reveling in the envy of everyone at the fishing spot,

“Stop gallivanting around!”

And eventually, his wife, Kim Mi-ran, confiscated his fishing rod.

“Then, let’s start!”

“Meow!”

Kkueng!

Kking!

At Sejun’s shout, the group swung their fishing rods towards the anglerfish and cast their bait, and the anglerfish reacted to the bait.

Then, a small voice cried out,

Yol Yol! Yol Yol!

[I’m getting eaten! Great Blackie, please pull me up quickly!]

It was Kkabul-to, the youngest of the Blackie family, hanging from the end of the fishing line.

But the role of the bait was to be eaten.

Kking!

[Bul-to! Move quickly and go inside!]

Blackie gave the order, though there was a hint of worry in his voice for his youngest sibling.

Yol Yol···

[Yes···]

Kkabul-to reluctantly charged into the anglerfish’s mouth.

The youngest of the Blackie family had such an extreme job.

Wham!

Fortunately, Kkabul-to wasn’t chewed and safely entered the anglerfish’s belly.

Kking!

[Pull!]

The Blackie family pulled hard, but the anglerfish didn’t budge.

Rather, as the anglerfish slowly pulled its body backward,

Kking?!

The Blackie family holding the fishing rod began to be dragged.

“Blackie!”

Sejun dropped his fishing rod and grabbed Blackie, who was being dragged away.

“Meow!”

“Kkweang!”

Theo and Kkweang also quickly dropped their fishing rods and joined in.

As Sejun’s group gathered around a single fishing rod,

Whoosh!

The ultra-gigantic anglerfish twisted its head violently.

And then,

“Huh?!”

“Meow?!”

“Kkweang?!”

“Squeak?!”

Suddenly, the air rushed past Sejun’s face. He felt a strange pulling feeling, like being dragged on a fast ride. The world turned dark as they were pulled into something big and wet.

The anglerfish was an amazing hunter. It pulled them right into its mouth! The anglerfish was the ultimate winner of the fishing competition.

“Did we get eaten?” Sejun asked, his heart beating fast, but he tried to sound calm. *Eaten? Really eaten?* he thought, feeling a little bit scared but also curious.

“Hehe! I think so, meow!” Theo answered cheerfully. Theo wasn’t afraid of anything as long as he was with Sejun.

As Sejun and Theo were talking,

Yol yol!

[The Great Blackie has come to save me!]

Kkabul-to was moved, mistakenly thinking that Blackie had come to rescue him.

“Let’s find the monument first,” Sejun said, taking charge. He gathered his companions and began exploring the inside of the anglerfish’s stomach.

As they wandered through the anglerfish’s stomach,

“President Park, the pull is strongest over here, meow!” Theo pointed to the bottom of the stomach, which was filled with a bubbling, green liquid that smelled sour and stung Sejun’s nose.

“Under here? Kkweang-ah.”

“Kkweang!” Kkweang made a small sound of effort.

At Sejun’s call, Kkweang carefully began to part the digestive fluids with his psychokinesis.

Like the miracle of Moses, the digestive fluids parted to the sides, revealing objects that had sunk to the bottom of the stomach.

Most of them were severely damaged by the digestive fluids, but some were unharmed by the anglerfish’s digestive acids.

[Soul-Cutting Obsidian Fang]

[Indomitable Iron Wall]

[Magic Stream Fragment]

They were items with exquisite craftsmanship or strong magical power. The [Soul-Cutting Obsidian Fang] was a sharp, black tooth that gleamed even in the dim light of the stomach. The [Indomitable Iron Wall] looked like a piece of metal, but it felt strangely warm to the touch.

“Hehehe. Vice President Theo, let’s collect them.”

“Hehe! Sounds good, meow!” Theo hummed happily.

As Sejun and his companions were examining about half of the stomach floor and collecting decent items,

“Found it!”

Finally, the Creator God’s monument revealed itself.

Just as Sejun was about to pick up a shiny fragment, the ground beneath them started to shake.

Splash.

The digestive fluids suddenly shook. The ultra-gigantic anglerfish was leaving the passage connected to the 77th floor of the Blue Tower and moving to another location.

The Forest of Creation.

The Monument of Trials opened its mouth as it looked at the avatar created by Fire.

However,

[Not yet! I can do more!]

Fire did not give up. It wasn’t that Fire couldn’t digest what the Statue of Trials had taught.

“An avatar with 5% of your power is enough to take the test.”

[No! I need a weaker avatar!]

It was because she was working harder than necessary.

‘This candidate for the Creation Tree is really serious about the test,’ The Statue of Trials looked at Fire with admiration.

But,

‘I can’t be with Sejun if I’m this strong!’ Fire’s mind was filled with the thought of creating a weak avatar to play with Sejun.

And what Fire wanted was an avatar with at least 1/1 trillionth of her power. There was still a long way to go.

As Fire was diligently creating an avatar,

[Huh?!]

‘Sejun is in danger!’ The magic of the tree connected to Sejun alerted Fire to Sejun’s danger.

‘Why is Sejun in the Dimensional Sea?!’ Fire discovered that Sejun was in the Dimensional Sea. The magic tree showed Sejun’s location: the Dimensional Sea. Fire felt a shiver of unease. The Dimensional Sea was a place of swirling chaos and unpredictable currents.

She had questions, but the important thing was to send Sejun back to the tower.

Thud!

Fire hurriedly moved her roots, showing her determination to help.

The Dimensional Sea.

Rumble!

A giant current suddenly arose, pushing everything away. Sejun felt a sudden powerful force.

And the anglerfish, which was trying to move to another location, was swept away by the current to the passage connected to the 77th floor of the Blue Tower.

The anglerfish was helplessly pushed by the strong current, going up the deep sea trench, going against the sea, and going against the sky again.

The sea on the 77th floor of the Blue Tower flowed backward. Most of the floors connected to the Dimensional Sea flowed backward, with only a difference in degree.

A moment later.

Thud!

The power of the current weakened, and the anglerfish fell onto a rocky island.

“Ugh!”

Due to the impact of the fall, Sejun and his companions were spat out of the anglerfish’s mouth.

“Huh?! Where is this?” Sejun looked around, bewildered. The rocky island was wet and slippery.

The 77th floor of the Blue Tower?

Sejun, who quickly regained his senses, was puzzled. He was definitely at the bottom of the sea trench, but now he was on land.

“What happened?” Sejun was puzzled, not knowing what was going on.

“Hehe! Thank you, Fire, meow!”

“Hehe. Thank you, Fire, big sis!” Theo and Kkweang expressed their gratitude to Fire.

Hee hee hee. Squeak!

[Hehe. The Great Blackie won!] Blackie, who had already climbed onto the anglerfish’s body, was declaring victory in a funny pose.

A moment later.

“Hey Kin, can you read this thing? What does it say?” Sejun asked Kin about the contents written on the Creator God’s monument.

[Seven Commandments – When all Tower Farmers gather, the abilities of all Tower Farmers will increase.]

He was able to understand the contents written on the monument.

‘Everyone’s abilities increase when they all gather?’

‘Not just me?’

‘It should be balanced…’ Sejun was greatly disappointed.

“Alright, let’s go back.”

Sejun took the Creator God’s monument and returned to the Black Tower. Of course, he gave Kin watermelon juice and Black Transcendence Beans separately, paying for the monument.

As Sejun returned to the Black Tower,

-Sejun, please help me!

Tier asked Sejun for help, speaking quickly and anxiously.

“Huh? What kind of help?”

-Sejun, I would like you to make our Violet Tower into the Violet Great Tower.

Because the Violet Tower was now the only place that wasn’t a Great Tower in the Four Dragon Society.

Moreover, they could become the last among the Nine Towers if they messed up.

And

“Hehe! Tier, if you want to receive help from our great Hybrid President Park, you must show sincerity, meow!” Theo, clinging to Sejun’s knee, confidently held out his paw towards Tier.