Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 624

Black Tower, 99th floor.

Clang.

As the exit of the 10th Tower opened,

Tap tap tap.

Blackie dashed out with a triumphant air, making happy squeaks.

Sejun trudged out behind him, looking dejected.

“I lost to Blackie the sunfish…” he muttered, his pride wounded by the defeat against someone he considered beneath him.

“Heh heh heh. No matter what, I hold the leash,” Sejun said, quickly recovering his usual composure.

“Humph, humph, humph. Aileen, what do you want to eat?” he asked.

Aileen replied, “The Tower Administrator says she wants pancakes today.”

“Pancakes? Alright.” He started making pancakes while chatting with Aileen in the kitchen.

Kkirorong.

Eomrorong.

Kkirurung.

The Blackie family, having devoured a large amount of dried sweet potato earlier, were dozing off and eventually fell asleep inside the sling bag.

A short while later, Sejun said, “Aileen, here you go. Enjoy.”

Aileen responded, “The Tower Administrator says she will enjoy the meal.”

Sejun sent a stack of 30 pancakes to Aileen. Then he said, “Ajax, eat your pancakes,” sending a stack of 20 pancakes to Ajax, who also loved them.

As he sat at the table, about to eat his own pancakes, his vision suddenly went dark, and he felt a tightness in his chest.

Suddenly, something soft and furry jumped onto Sejun, blocking his view. “Pfoohuhut! Chairman Park, I’m back, nyaang!”

It was Theo, clinging to his face. Sejun gently peeled Theo off. “Finished early?” Sejun asked.

Theo puffed out his chest. “Pfoohuhut! Brings is doing amazing, nyaang! Everything is going so well, I rushed back!”

“Did you have lunch?” Sejun asked, noticing Theo’s eager eyes.

“Pfoohuhut! No, nyaang! I waited. I wanted to eat with you, Chairman Park, nyaang!” Theo said, staring intently at Sejun.

He was giving Sejun a look that said, ‘What are you doing, nyaang? Hurry up and grill some fish, nyaang!’

“I packed you a grilled fish lunchbox. Eat that.”

“No, nyaang! I’m going to save that for later, nyaang!”

“You have a lot of things you’re saving for later.”

“That’s for emergency situations, nyaang!”

“What emergency?! Just eat it!”

“I don’t want to, nyaang! Make me grilled fish, nyaang!”

“Sigh. Alright.” Sejun and Theo bickered and ate lunch.

Nearby, Kkuengi and Pink Fur were having their lunchtime in the herb field.

Kkuengi giggled, “Hehehe. It’s Mommy’s lunchtime!”

Kkuengi put a rice ball into Pink Fur’s open mouth.

Kkuengi giggled again, “Hehehe. Now it’s Kkuengi’s turn!”

This time, Pink Fur put a rice ball into Kkuengi’s mouth.

It was a relatively peaceful lunchtime on the 99th floor of the Tower.

Earthworm

“Oh! There are so many today.”

Squelch. Squelch.

Sejun had finished lunch and entered the Earthworm through the dimensional gate. He was pleased to see the Tears of Destruction transforming into copies of himself.

Thanks to Fire, who cleverly moved the large body of Jormungandr, Sejun was in a good spot to attract many Tears of Destruction.

“Hello, everyone,” Sejun said, greeting the 20 new Destruction Sejuns.

“Pfoohuhut. Chairman Park, I missed you, nyaang!” Theo said, carrying the sling bag containing the Blackie family. He crossed the dimensional gate and clung to Sejun’s knee.

“Pfoohuhut. Chairman Park, I’m here, nyaang!”

“Yeah.” Sejun took the sling bag from Theo and put it back on.

After collecting 10 drops of immature Creator God’s Tears created as the existing Destruction Sejuns disappeared, he said, “Here you go,” and immediately sent the collected tears to Emila.

A message appeared: “You have completed the quest 10 times.”

Another message appeared: “You have acquired 50 drops of the Great Growth Elixir as a quest completion reward.”

A glass bottle appeared in Sejun’s hand.

‘We can eat it two by two today. Two drops for the kids, 20 drops for me,’ Sejun thought.

Having finished distributing the elixir, Sejun left two drops of the Great Growth Elixir for Kkuengi to eat and fed the rest of the group, then drank his share.

Of course, there was some resistance in the middle, but he resolved it through persuasion and force.

“Heh heh heh. Where do you think you’re going, sunfish?” Sejun said, teasing Blackie.

Blackie squeaked.

Sejun felt much better about himself, especially after overpowering Blackie with force.

As Sejun was planting seeds carefully with the Destruction Sejuns after drinking the elixir, Toryongi came to find him.

“Sejun, I have something to tell you.”

“Why? What’s wrong?” Sejun asked.

“That is…” Toryongi explained that Sejun had planted so many Destruction Devourers that they now occupied a quarter of the Earthworm’s land, restricting the movements of other Earth Dragons.

“I guess so…” Sejun hadn’t counted exactly, but the current number of Destruction Devourers in the Earthworm exceeded approximately 10 billion.

This was thanks to the Mushroom Ants being deployed early on, and Sejun and the Destruction Sejuns diligently planting ever since. Considering the speed at which the Destruction Devourers were spitting out seeds, their rate of increase would only accelerate.

“There are a lot. Alright. I’ll find a way.”

“Yes. Thank you. Ah, recently, there have been unknown shocks occurring outside, so please be careful.”

“Shocks? Alright. Thanks for letting me know.” Sejun finished talking with Toryongi and wondered, ‘What should I do?’

He pondered what to do with the Destruction Devourers. Then, he had an idea.

“Ah. I can just go up.”

Originally, planting the Destruction Devourers in the body of the Apostle of Destruction was a better method because he could remove the aura of destruction while stealing life force with the ‘You are a Field’ skill.

It was just that when he first came here, the external situation was not good, so he was planting them here. There was no need to do that now.

“But I need Kkuengi for this…” There was no way to send the Destruction Devourers into the sky without Kkuengi.

“No,” Sejun said, a mischievous grin spreading across his face. “I have this!”

Sejun proudly took out a large box and opened it. The box was full of beans.

[Beans that Reach the Sky]

He had collected a very large amount of these beans, which would increase height by 3cm when eaten. He had intended to use them to earn living expenses when he returned to Earth.

Sejun had so much money that he didn’t need to worry about living expenses, but he was always concerned about making a living.

He could be gone any minute.

Sejun had an idea. He would grow a giant beanstalk that reached the sky. This way, he could send the Doom Devourers away from Earthworm.

Sejun said, “Theo, ask Herr to bring me 10 drops of the Potion of Harvest from Leia.”

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!” Theo replied.

He asked Theo for the Potion of Harvest, planning to quickly grow the beanstalk with it.

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow! Herr-nim, go to Leia-nim and…” Theo instructed.

Theo told Herr exactly what Sejun said. Suddenly, a message seemed to appear in front of Herr, like in a game. It said: ‘Quest for Herr: Get the Potion of Harvest!’ Herr quickly accepted.

“Leia, I’ll buy 10 drops of the Potion of Harvest!” Herr exclaimed.

Herr hurried to Leia, bought the Potion of Harvest, and sent it to Theo.

Suddenly, another message popped up: ‘Quest Complete! Herr received 5 welfare points!’

“Hehehe. This is really good?” Herr chuckled.

Herr was delighted to receive the reward.

He had bought 10 drops of the Potion of Harvest from Leia for 2000 divine power.

The regular employee gods looked on with envy.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, here are 10 drops of the Potion of Harvest, meow!” Theo said, handing Sejun the potion.

“Thanks,” Sejun replied.

As soon as Sejun received the potion, he carefully poured it onto the planted area.

Then, crack! The beans rapidly grew and began to soar into the sky.

“Guys, come on up!” Sejun shouted.

Sejun had the Doom Sejuns and Doom Devourers cling to the beanstalk as it rose. As the beanstalk grew smoothly and approached the sky, he gave another order.

“Aseph! Fire the Seed Cannon!”

[Yes!]

Ptoo!

Sejun had the World Tree Aseph create a hole in the sky with the Seed Cannon.

The beanstalk pierced through the wall of Earthworm and safely ascended, completing the path connecting Earthworm and Jormungandr’s stomach.

And then, Kiki! The remaining Doom Devourers also began to climb the beanstalk into the sky.

Meanwhile, the Doom Devourers, who had ascended to the sky first, diligently absorbed and digested the highly concentrated energy of doom.

Then, Glug, they emitted the energy of creation.

“Alright. Watch closely. This is how you do it.” Sejun said.

Plop. Plop.

[You are the field (Master) is activated.]

[You have planted the Doom Pioneer seed in the body of Jormungandr, the Serpent that Swallows the World, the 3rd Seat of Doom.]

Sejun demonstrated to the Doom Sejuns.

However, the Doom Sejuns planted their seeds, but nothing happened. It seemed like the magic wasn’t strong enough in this place.

The Doom Sejuns, who had barely mastered Sejun’s skills of Mana Seed Sowing and Harvesting, did not know how to use the You are the Field skill.

“Huh?! You can’t do this?” Sejun asked, surprised.

An unexpected obstacle arose.

“Oh well. Then you guys just harvest,” Sejun said.

Sejun began to plant other crops in Jormungandr’s body for the Doom Sejuns.

Normally, he wouldn’t care much if others were playing while he was working, but he couldn’t stand seeing the Doom Sejuns, who looked like him, slacking off.

While Sejun was diligently planting crops, the Doom Sejuns, who had nothing to do, clumsily attacked Sejun.

Hee hee hee! Squeak!

[Hee hee! The butler is protected by the great Blackie-nim! Everyone! Attack!]

Blackie’s family easily subdued the Doom Sejuns.

Thanks to the Potion of Great Growth, Blackie’s family had all stats exceeding 1000.

Moreover, they possessed excellent combat sense, combat-specialized authority, talent, and skills.

On the other hand, the Doom Sejuns, who copied Sejun with poor combat sense and only farming-specialized skills, had several times higher total stats, but were no match for Blackie’s family.

I fed them well, Sejun thought.

Sejun watched with a pleased expression.

However, Hee hee hee! Squeak!

[Hee hee! Everyone, let’s punish them more!]

Thwack. Thwack.

“Hey! Stop hitting them!” Sejun ordered.

Time passed by in a daze.

Kooeng?

[Daddy, why aren’t you home yet?]

Kooeng came to find Sejun, who hadn’t left work.

“Ah. Has it already gotten that late?” Sejun asked.

Kooeng! Kooeng!

[Yes! Kooeng’s tummy clock rang 5 times!]

“Really? Then you must be very hungry? Let’s go quickly,” Sejun said.

As Sejun hurriedly prepared to return, he noticed something strange.

“Huh?!”

A clear blue energy began to appear around him.

“What is this?” He wondered.

It was a phenomenon that occurred when the energy of creation accumulated and its concentration increased.

The unfortunate thing was that it appeared in a place completely isolated from the outside, and the energy of creation emitted by the Doom Devourers was filling the area, increasing its concentration.

“Is this okay?” Sejun wondered.

Sejun thought, ‘Earthworm was dangerous before when it changed, but maybe it’s okay now?’ He hoped he was right.

At that moment, Rumble. Wham! Earthworm moved and was shot out through Jormungandr’s mouth.

The energy of creation expanded, pushing Earthworm out.

Hey. Where are you going? How am I supposed to get home? Sejun stared at the departing Earthworm with a dumbfounded expression.

“No. If we have our Batbat, we can create a dimension door again! Vice Chairman Tae, where is our Batbat? Is he on my back?” He quickly regained his composure and looked for Batbat.

However, “Meow?! Batbat went to the bathroom a little while ago, meow!” Theo replied.

“What?!” Sejun exclaimed.

“Where…?”

“Over there, meow!” Theo pointed with his front paw to the place where Earthworm had left.

Batbat was moving away with Earthworm.

“No! Batbat, come back!” Sejun, feeling desperate, called out to Batbat with all his might.

At that moment, “Puhuhut. Chairman Park, don’t worry, meow! He can return with Kaiser-nim’s bracelet, meow!” Theo reassured him.

“Ah. That’s right.”

He had the Dragon Horn’s Return Bracelet.

Sejun put on an awkward expression and started planting crops again as if nothing had happened.

It was another peaceful day for the Sejun family.