Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 635

Black Tower, 99th Floor.

“What?! A new world is connected to the Black Tower?”

“Yes, and this petrification spider is from that world. The world’s name was Bi something…”

Elka struggled to remember the world’s name. “It was… B… like ‘Bee’…”

[The Tower Administrator says the world is called >Bix<.] Aileen provided the answer for Elka. "Really? When did it get connected?" [The Tower Administrator says it was connected 3 hours ago and is a level 8 world.] "Level 8? That's pretty high!" It made sense. The world had to be at least level 8 for them to catch a petrification spider so quickly. Higher level worlds mean they can bring heavier things into the Tower. "But why did you bring this?" Sejun asked Elka. It was needed, but there was no reason for Elka to bring it to him personally. "I wanted to try some too," Elka answered in a slightly resentful voice. She had heard rumors that Sejun had been eating a lot of delicious things. She was especially upset because they had been looking after the children and still weren't invited. "Ah... I'm sorry," Sejun said, feeling a pang of guilt at Elka's words. A little later, the other wolves appeared, carrying the first to fifth disasters on their backs. "Wait a little bit," Sejun said. Sejun hurriedly began to cook with the disasters the wolves had brought. He made locust chicken, chicken soup, and spicy braised chicken; seaweed soup with giant vampire leeches; spicy squid salad, tempura, and cold raw fish soup with fire moths. And for the petrification spider, which had different flavors in its body and legs, he made snow crab steamed with the legs and lobster butter grill with the body. With the slime meat, he made spicy pork and sweet and sour pork, and pork kimchi stew. Soon, the table was covered with a feast! Steam rose from bowls of spicy chicken soup and plates piled high with golden tempura. The air filled with the rich smell of lobster butter and the savory scent of pork kimchi stew. It was a truly lavish dinner. "Thank you for the food!" "Sejun, it's really delicious!" Sejun watched the wolves eat with joy, which eased his guilt. As dinner came to an end, one of the wolves said, "Sejun, we'll be going now." The wolves prepared to leave, taking the remaining food with them. "Why? Have breakfast and go tomorrow," Sejun tried to hold the wolves back, but they replied, "No. We have to go back now. Our families are waiting." The wolves hurried down the Tower, imagining their families happily eating the food they brought. As all the wolves that had filled the farm left, the surroundings suddenly felt empty. It was quiet. "Puhu! President Park, if you have nothing to do, stroke my belly!" Kkueng! [Kkueng wants to do a butt dance with Daddy!] Kkihihit. Kking?! [Hehet. Butler! Would you like to hear what the great Blackie did today?!] Of course, the empty feeling quickly disappeared because of his companions. He was busy with them, and time quickly passed. Grolong. Kkulorong. Kkilolong. ... .. . His companions fell asleep. Sejun wanted to sleep too, but he had something to do. "Pink Fur, here," he said, sending Kkueng to Pink Fur. "Aileen, are you asleep?" he asked. [The Tower Administrator says she's not asleep in a sleepy voice.] "Ah. Are you sleepy?" [The Tower Administrator shakes her head hard, saying no.] Aileen shook her head very hard. Sejun smiled. He knew that meant 'yes'. "Really? Then shall we talk for a while? It's been a long time." "Hehehe. Aileen, if I become a landlord, I'll buy you delicious things every day." [The Tower Administrator says it's okay.] [The Tower Administrator says the food you make is the most delicious.] "Really? Then what do you want to eat for breakfast tomorrow?" Sejun asked, feeling good at Aileen's words. [The Tower Administrator shouts in an excited voice that it has to be meat!] "Hehehe. Okay. I'll make you a meat dish tomorrow." [The Tower Administrator says she's so happy.] "Me too. Aileen, but I have to make Ace's favorite Dragon Chicken, right?" The night deepened with their silly but enjoyable conversation. Theo's Mental World. "Puhu! Get in line!" At Theo's cry, the non-combat gods lined up, clinging to the knees of Super Giant President Park No. 2. Stamp. Stamp. They stamped the contract that Theo presented. "I've finally joined Muttapark's company!" "Ahem. Now we're also full-time employees of Sejun Company." As the non-combat gods stamped the contract and were moved, the God of Alcohol, Dio, appeared and attacked Theo out of the blue. "Are you the Vice President Theo?!" Dio shouted. Dio had asked Beb and Battler how to get welfare points. "Ah. Welfare points? You can get them by fighting and winning against Vice President Theo." "Really? Do they give welfare points every time I win?" "What?! Hahaha. If you win just once, Vice President Theo will give you welfare points whenever you need them." "That's convenient. Where do I go?" "Hehehe. Go that way." Knowing Dio's personality, that he wouldn't sign a full-time employee contract with Sejun Company anyway, Beb and Battler tricked Dio and sent him to Theo. The battle started. Wham! Dio was hit by Super Giant President Park No. 2's strong punch and crashed to the floor. "Hmph! You're pretty good." Dio said. Gulp. Gulp. Dio hurriedly downed a bottle of alcohol to erase the pain. [You have drunk whiskey aged for 100 years.] [>Authority: Alcohol Lover< is activated, increasing all stats by 30%.] [Talent: Alcoholic's effect increases all abilities by 10% and greatly increases pain resistance.] [Skill: Drunken Fist (Master) is activated, making the body more flexible and increasing evasion ability.] His combat power soared with authority, talent, and skills related to alcohol. "Alright! Here I come!" Dio charged again. Wham! Of course, the result was the same. "Puhu! Welcome!" Theo stamped the unconscious Dio's thumb on the 'B' column of the contract. He asked another god for the name and completed the contract. "But what's this god's name?" "God of Alcohol, Dio." "Puhu! D. O. It's complete!" With this, three of the five executives of the Combat Store Headquarters became full-time employees of Sejun Company. Sejun prepared to leave for the first floor of the Tower. He felt a pang of regret leaving Theo behind, but he couldn’t ignore the danger Vix was in. Elka's warning echoed in his mind: ogres and planet-destroying turtles threatening Vix. The people of Vix lived in a Level 8 world, making them strong, but not strong enough to withstand the sixth disaster, ogres, or the seventh disaster, planet-destroying turtles. Pochy, from a Level 7 world, had faced an ogre, but Pochy was a hero. The title of hero was not easily earned; many worlds lacked one. As Sejun packed, Theo chimed in, "Fufu. I should take Chairman Park’s crops and sell them, nya!" Kkueng waddled around, his snack pouch already bulging. "Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!" [Hehehe. Kkueng is filling the snack pouch!] Theo and Kkueng packed their bags with excitement. "Kkihihit. Kking! Kking?" [Hehe. Good! Now no one will know, right?] Before leaving, the Blackie family moved their food storage to a new location, hiding their precious stash. A moment later, Sejun warned, "Vice Chairman Theo, come out immediately. Got it?" Theo responded playfully, "Fufu. Got it, nya!" Sejun, having warned Theo, moved to the first floor of the Tower. [You have arrived at the first floor of the Black Tower.] As soon as Sejun arrived, he opened the subspace warehouse. "Fufu. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, I missed you, nya!" Theo exclaimed, shooting out like an arrow and clinging to Sejun’s knee. He fully activated his talent: Aura Inhaler. The residents of the first floor of the Tower could be overwhelmed by Sejun’s power. Even though he might be considered weak, like a 'sunfish,' on the dangerous 99th floor of the Black Tower, on the first floor, Sejun's strength was overwhelming. Thanks to Theo, Sejun didn’t cause any damage to the surroundings. He immediately went to the exclusive passage and placed his hand on the black hole that pierced the floor. Then, a message appeared in front of Sejun: [There are currently three places you can go.] [Please select a destination.] >Earth (Lv. 1)>

>Hamk (Lv. 7)>

>Vix (Lv. 8)>

“Earth,” Sejun said, selecting it.

He wasn’t planning to go now, but to check the cost.

He hoped the cost had decreased.

But then, he saw the price: 300 trillion Topcoins per hour?!

The cost had increased 30 times more than before.

Considering it was cut in half, it had increased 60 times the original amount.

One reason was that the Blackie family had taken the Elixir of Great Growth and their stats had increased a lot, so stowing away in Blackie’s fur didn’t work anymore.

Sejun and his party had become too strong.

To be exact, his party had.

Sejun had also become much stronger, but Sejun’s share of the 300 trillion was less than 1%.

“I’m strong too…” Sejun thought, feeling very disappointed.

A moment later, he regained his senses.

“Vix,” Sejun said, placing his hand on the exclusive passage again and selecting his destination.

[The current number of people trying to use the exclusive passage is fifteen.]

[Would you like to move to >Vix> by paying the stay cost for fifteen people?]

“Yes.”

The stay cost was 300 billion Topcoins, which was 1/10,000,000 of the cost for Earth, due to the 7-level difference.

[You can stay for more than 100 days with your current amount of money.]

[Moving to >Vix>.]

Along with the message, Sejun and his party moved to >Vix>.

[System 371] sent a message to Sejun as he left the Tower, feeling relieved: “Whew. Thank goodness. I won’t come for a while.”

But then, System 371 started to worry again: “I bought some time, but… What should I do?”

He knew that when Sejun returned, he would eventually get the system access device.

“Then I’ll be impeached…” he thought.

He had hoped to prevent system access, but considering Theo’s luck and the growth of [System SJC], it seemed like it would be breached soon.

“Should I try to get on his good side now?” he wondered.

“Still, I have my pride. To a guy who came in as an error…”

[System 371] fell into 고민.

A moment later, he decided: “Alright! I’ve decided! Does pride feed you?!”

[System 371] decided to swallow his pride.

[You have arrived at >Vix>.]

Sejun was slightly taken aback by the system’s sudden use of extreme honorifics and looked around, “You have arrived? What’s this?”

He saw a tall fortress wall, made of rough grey stones, barely holding together under the attack of two massive ogres, their skin like rough tree bark, smashing their clubs against the wall.

“Vice Chairman Theo, clear that out first,” Sejun commanded.

“Fufu. Got it, nya!” Theo replied.

Wham! Wham!

As soon as the answer was finished, Theo appeared behind the ogres and struck the back of their heads.

“Fufu. Chairman Park, all cleared, nya!”

“Yeah, good job.”

He instantly returned to Sejun’s knee.

“Alright, let’s go.”

Sejun moved with his party to where the fortress wall was.

“I’ll take you to your king. Come this way,” he said, placing his hand on the body of the unconscious ogre and brought out the fighting spirit.

As Sejun absorbed the fighting spirit dwelling in the ogre’s body, Theo finished off the ogre.

Plop!

Then, a message appeared in front of Sejun: [It is truly amazing that you received half of the experience points from the sixth disaster ogre, defeated by Park Theo, the Black Tower’s luck-based award recipient, without lifting a finger.]

[You have acquired 250 billion experience points.]

Sejun felt a little annoyed by [System 371]’s compliment. “What?! Are you dissing me for getting experience without doing anything?!”