Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 629

“Ugh… Water…”

Herre groaned. His head was pounding. He remembered drinking too much of that strong Samyang brew Tory had given him. Empty bottles clattered as he moved, rolling across the messy floor of his pawnshop. He ignored the mess and stumbled to his table.

Glug, glug, glug.

He drank the whole bottle of water in one go.

“Ahhh,” he sighed. “That’s better.”

Now that his thirst was gone, Herre finally looked around. His eyes widened. “What in the world?!” he shouted. “My pawnshop! What happened here?!”

The place was a disaster. Things were knocked over, drawers were open, and it was all a terrible mess. Then, a sharp pain shot through his head. “Ouch! Ouch!” He grabbed his temples, wincing.

A moment later, he sat on the floor with a blank expression.

“What have I done…”

Herre remembered his drunken antics. He had gone to the Seed Shop headquarters and sang loudly. He had gone to the Combat Shop headquarters and done a dance that was far from dancing.

All of that was fine. It would just end with being teased and embarrassed.

“That’s something I shouldn’t have said…”

His slip of the tongue to Tory was too critical.

[You have revealed a divine secret.]

[10 billion Divine Power is seized as a fine.]

[300 million Divine Power is insufficient.]

[300 million Divine Power to be received in the future will be forcibly seized.]

“I’m doomed…”

Even if he drank all the alcohol Tory gave him, he would only gain 3,000 Divine Power, but he lost 10 billion. It was a complete loss. Herre felt despair.

“No!”

I am the God of Merchants! I never take a loss!

“I need a plan! Come on, Herre, God of Merchants!”

Herre stared closely at 10 bottles of well-aged golden Samyang brew.

“Oh?!”

An idea sparked in his mind.

Who made this?

“Muttabak made it.”

…!!!

“That’s right! This is alcohol made by Muttabak!”

It has collectible value!

It’ll work! My merchant’s intuition is telling me it will definitely work.

“Hehehe. Shall we go make some money then?”

Herre’s face changed completely. He packed the alcohol and headed to the Seed Shop headquarters, which was full of people who really loved Muttabak’s drinks.

Black Tower, 99th floor.

“Puhuhu. Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!”

Teo returned from the White Tower.

“Meow?! Chairman Park, what is this, meow?!”

He asked, looking at the huge monument in front of the house.

“A statue that looks a bit like a hippo and seems to eat money.”

“Meow?! This is a hippo, meow?!”

“Something like that.”

As he was explaining the Creator God’s monument to Teo,

Squeak squeak. Chirp?!

[Heehee. Butler! Can I eat my lunch now?!]

Kkamang asked, wagging her tail and speaking in an excited voice.

“No. It’s not lunchtime yet.”

Chirp…

Kkamang was disappointed at Sejun’s words.

“Puhuhu. Money-eating hippo, demand the money you ate from our great hybrid Chairman Park, meow!”

Meanwhile, Teo went to the Creator God’s monument and was trying to steal money.

Our Vice Chairman Teo is doing well. Steal some for me.

Sejun smiled happily as he watched Teo. It felt good to see him bravely demanding money from the object that should be offered money.

Sejun laughed as he watched Kkamang whine about eating lunch and Teo trying to rip off the Monument of Creation.

“Let’s go to the herb field and have lunch with Kkueng.”

“Puhuhu. Good, meow!”

Squeak squeak. Chirp!

[Heehee. Let’s go quickly!]

They headed to the herb field where Kkueng was.

Having arrived at the herb field.

“Wow. It’s gotten a lot bigger.”

The herb field was much larger than when Sejun had visited before.

“Ah. Kkueng is over there.”

Kkuhehehe.

Sejun saw Kkueng carefully tending to the herbs.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

“Squirrel?”

He also saw white squirrels flying around incredibly fast and carefully tending to the herbs. There were five of them.

That’s right. The five sugar gliders who came to rob Sejun’s house and were caught by Pink Fur were working in the herb field.

Pink Fur didn’t want to see blood on the 99th floor of the tower.

Coo-err. Coo-err. Coo-err.

[If it’s revealed that you are thieves, I will kill you. I will kill you even if you escape from here, and I will kill you if the herbs die.]

She set conditions and spared the sugar gliders.

Thanks to that, the sugar gliders were now taking care of the herbs with a desperate heart, thinking, ‘If the herbs die, we die too!’

Unexpectedly, they had a knack for growing herbs, and the herbs were growing healthily.

At that moment,

Kkueng?!

[Daddy, you’ve come?!]

Kkueng, smelling Sejun, waved his front paws at Sejun.

Kkueng!

[Kkueng’s herb squad, assemble!]

He called the sugar gliders.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Daddy, these are Kkueng’s herb-growing helpers! Mommy brought them!]

“Hello, Sejun-nim!”

The sugar gliders thought, ‘That guy is Chairman Park of Sejun Company, the richest man in the Black Tower?!’

The sugar gliders felt fear and dislike and bowed politely at a 90-degree angle.

“Meow?!”

They bowed to Teo because Teo looked the richest here.

Of course, it would have been different if there were other beings around, but among the Sejun family, the ones who looked relatively wealthy were Teo, Black Moon Robe, and Batbat.

The standard itself was just low.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[No! Kkueng’s daddy is this way!]

Kkueng quickly told the sugar gliders when Sejun’s face turned sour.

“Ah! I’m sorry. Hello, Sejun-nim!”

The sugar gliders apologized to Sejun and bowed again.

“Hmph. I’ll have to see if you’re good enough to work in our Kkueng’s herb field.”

Of course, Sejun’s feelings were already quite hurt.

“Yes?!”

The sugar gliders thought, ‘Oh?! If we get kicked out of here, Pink Fur will kill us?!’

Kkueng’s herb squad was worried by Sejun’s words.

“If you don’t pass the three tests, you’ll fail. Let’s start the first test then.”

Sejun, who was known for being careful with money in Sejun Company, started the test with a serious voice, regardless of whether the sugar gliders were worried or not.

Gulp.

Kkueng also watched with a nervous expression, wondering if his helpers would be able to pass Sejun’s test, and swallowed hard.

“For now, you’ve passed the first test.”

Because they’re cute.

Kkueng’s helpers had to be cute.

“Huh?!”

The sugar gliders were puzzled, not knowing what was going on.

“Then let’s start the second test.”

Sejun said he was starting the test and began taking things out of his subspace warehouse.

Sizzle.

He started cooking.

If you want to be our Kkueng’s helper, you have to eat well.

If you don’t eat deliciously with him in front of him, he loses his appetite and can only eat one instead of two.

Anyone who makes our Kkueng lose his appetite cannot become a helper!

Sejun started cooking like that.

“Here. Eat.”

He provided an unlimited buffet to the sugar gliders.

“Oh?! Thank you for the food!”

The sugar gliders, who had only been eating weed roots lately, thought, ‘What an unexpected good thing!’ and carefully ate the food Sejun made for them.

The quiet morning in the herb field was broken by a heavy sound. Thud. Thud.

Pink Fur arrived to eat lunch with Kkuengyi. Pink Fur had been training with the Great Demon King.

The sugar gliders shivered when Pink Fur arrived. They looked very scared.

Sejun watched the sugar gliders. He seemed happy with them. “They ate well and didn’t run away,” he noticed.

Sejun didn’t realize they were trapped in the herb field.

“Kkuhehehehe. Kkueng!”

“[Hehehe. Mommy, I’m eating this!]”

“Kuooh.”

“[Son, try this too.]”

While Kkuengyi and Pink Fur were enjoying the lunch Sejun had packed for them,

“Kkihihit. Kking?!”

“[Heehee. Butler! Can I eat my lunch now?!]”

Kkamangi also asked excitedly,

“Yes. Eat.”

“Kkihihit.”

Kkamangi hurriedly took off the bag he was carrying and began to eat his lunch.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, grill my grilled fish too, nyan!”

Theo, again, leaving his own lunch aside, asked Sejun to grill his fish.

“Alright.”

Having given up on persuading him, Sejun grilled Theo’s fish while making more food for himself and his companions.

Soon, the herb field felt like a picnic. Everyone was eating and relaxing together.

After finishing lunch,

“Kkueng!”

“[Daddy, I’ll lean here!]”

Kkuengyi grew in size, allowing Sejun to lean on him.

“Ah, this is nice.”

Sejun leaned against Kkuengyi’s soft fur.

“Puhuhut.”

“Kkihihit.”

Theo and Kkamangi also settled on Sejun’s body.

Kuh-uh.

Kkulorong.

Kkilolong.

Feeling full and happy, they started to get sleepy. Soon, they were all taking a nap.

“Hehehe. Shall we sleep too?”

“Shall we?”

The sugar gliders carefully tried to get closer, wanting to sleep with Sejun and Kkuengyi. But then, Pink Fur let out a low growl. Grrr…

The sugar gliders froze.

“Ah! Work!” one of them suddenly said, jumping up.

As the sugar gliders left, Pink Fur carefully lay down to provide shade so that Kkuengyi and the others could sleep well.

Pink Fur watched Kkuengyi and the rest of the group sleeping soundly with a smile, and quietly left when it was time for training.

A little later.

“Hmm.”

Sejun opened his eyes, and the others also woke up.

“Nyan?!”

Theo suddenly started moving his front paws around.

“Vice Chairman Theo, what’s wrong?”

“I feel a pull, nyan!”

“A pull?!”

It’s here!

Sejun looked at Theo with joy at his words.

“Chairman Park, it’s this way, nyan!”

Theo, having found the place where the pull was felt, guided Sejun to the ginseng field.

“It’s here, nyan!”

He pointed to a ginseng planted in the ground.

“Kkueng?”

“[Is it this?]”

Kkuengyi carefully pulled out the ginseng that Theo pointed to.

A small ginseng root emitting a golden light was pulled out with a faint, deflating scream.

“Kkueng! Kkueng!”

“[Daddy should have this! But I don’t think you should eat it right away!]”

[Baby Human Ginseng]

Kkuengyi handed the ginseng he had just harvested to Sejun.

[You have discovered a clue to becoming an SS-class top farmer.]

[A promotion quest has been generated.]

[Promotion Quest: Nurture the Baby Human Ginseng, Baby Human He Shou Wu, Baby Human Extreme Ice Herb, Baby Human Extreme Flame Herb, and Baby Human Poison Herb into completed elixirs.]

Reward: SS-class Top Farmer Promotion

At the same time, a quest message appeared in front of Sejun.

Nurture them well?

Sejun examined the Baby Human Ginseng that Kkuengyi handed him in detail.

[Baby Human Ginseng]

This Baby Human Ginseng is special. It has a rare power inside it that makes it very good for medicine. But it’s still young, so it’s not as strong as it will be.

Consuming it will increase all stats by 1000, but you will be cursed by the Baby Human Ginseng, halting all growth for one year.

Usage Restriction: Lv. 70 or higher, all stats 10,000 or higher

Grade: SS

I should plant it again.

Even though there’s a quest, eating it would result in a curse that stops growth for a year.

It was fatal to Sejun, who was already struggling to keep up with the growth rate of the Tower’s 99th floor members.

Sejun carefully took the Baby Human Ginseng and put it in his subspace inventory.

“Alright, let’s go.”

He returned home with his companions and carefully planted the Baby Human Ginseng.

Just then, a message arrived. [The Tower’s administrator says to receive dragon blood and scales here.] It was Eileen!

Eileen was receiving 1L of blood or 10 scales from the dragons visiting the Dragon Dragon Market in exchange for either an attribute potion or black beans, whichever they wanted.

Eileen was more serious about the Creator God’s Stone Tablet quest than Sejun was.

“Okay. Thank you.”

Sejun thanked Eileen and took the received dragon blood and scales to the Creator God’s Stone Tablet.

Then, the stone tablet absorbed the dragon blood and scales in an instant, and a faint red aura lingered on the stone tablet before disappearing.

***

Seed Shop Headquarters.

The merchant god Herta announced the start of the auction with a spirited shout.

“Then, we will begin the auction for the well-aged golden Samyangju made by Muttapark! The starting price is 100 million divine power!”

The non-combat gods sent gazes that showed how much they wanted it, but no one bid. No, they couldn’t.

Although the Seed Shop Headquarters was growing rapidly these days, there were no non-combat gods with such great divine power.

“Then, a starting price of 10 million…?”

He lowered it by a tenth, but there was no response this time either.

“1 million?”

No bids came out.

“100,000?”

Herta lowered the starting price more and more with a tearful expression.

“Starting price 10,000! I can’t lower it any further! And I’ll calculate unnecessary divine objects at 100 divine power each!”

He used his last resort.

“10,000!”

“10,000 with 5 divine objects!”

Finally, there was a response.

“Sold out!”

Herta sold all 10 bottles of well-aged golden Samyangju.

“Hehehe. I got 679,000 divine power and 300 divine objects.”

When he was happily calculating the divine power he earned today,

[679,000 divine power will be forcibly seized.]

[299,321,000 divine power remains to be forcibly seized.]

“Ugh! No!”

You bad system! You should leave me some money to do business!

Herta had all the divine power he earned confiscated and became penniless again.

Impeach the system!!!

Herta also joined the system impeachment front.