Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 639

(Title Suggestion: Yuren and the Forbidden City)

Yuren sighed, kicking a small stone down the dusty road. “Oh, how I miss Theo…” he mumbled to himself. He was walking towards the Red Ribbon Kingdom, a city he longed to visit. But everyone knew the unspoken rule of the Black Tower, a rule whispered from soldier to child: Yuren must never enter.

It wasn’t written in any book, but it was law. People believed that Yuren brought bad luck wherever he went. If he stayed too long, things started to go wrong – accidents happened, crops failed, and sometimes, much worse. So, to protect their cities, they had to keep Yuren out.

However, there were only two ways Yuren could enter the city. One was if he brought Poyo, the sand fairy who ate bad luck. Poyo could protect the city from Yuren’s misfortune, but only for three days. The other way was if he was with Theo. For some reason, when Theo was around, Yuren’s bad luck seemed to disappear.

So, Yuren was living the life of a wanderer.

“I miss you, Theo…”

Yuren, walking down the street, suddenly longed for Theo. Still, when Theo was around, things always ended well somehow.

Besides, hee hee. Sejun is by Theo’s side.

If he was next to Theo, he could eat delicious food three times a day.

Piyot!

[I miss Theo too!]

I want to assist Theo closely!

“Mohehe. Me too!”

The misfortune Yuren creates has a unique flavor.

Piyot and Poyo answered Yuren, each with different thoughts.

They walked on, arriving at the Red Ribbon Kingdom on the 55th floor of the Black Tower.

“Yuren, your entry has been confirmed. Since Poyo is with you, you must leave within three days.”

“Hehehe. Okay.”

Yuren, hearing the grey rabbit conducting the entry examination, entered the city with a happy expression.

And then,

“It’s Yuren! Pink Pig Two alert! Everyone, get ready!”

The soldiers of the Red Ribbon Kingdom went into emergency mode.

Meanwhile, far away in another part of the Black Tower…

“I won’t have to worry about seaweed for a while.”

Sejun looked at the pile of seaweed in his subspace warehouse with a satisfied expression.

And then,

“Badin, where to next?”

“There’s a locust swarm outbreak in the west.”

“Shall we have chicken for dinner then?”

Huh?!

Not receiving the reaction he expected, Sejun looked around, puzzled.

Where did our Kkueng go?

The professional reaction master, Kkueng, was nowhere to be seen.

Sejun realized Kkueng was missing.

He wasn’t anxious. Kkueng wasn’t the type to get beaten up somewhere.

“Kkueng!”

Sejun called out loudly for Kkueng.

Normally, no matter how far away, he would fly over, chirping ‘Kkueng!’ but…

No answer was heard.

Where did he go?!

Sejun’s heart suddenly pounded, and his hands grew sweaty. He knew in his head that there was no way Kkueng could be in danger, but he was still anxious. Maybe he was alone somewhere, crying.

Kkueng, Daddy’s coming!

“Everyone, spread out and find Kkueng!”

“Yes!”

“Kkueng! Where are you? Are you okay?”

“Where is Kkueng, meow?!”

“Kkyut. Where is Kkueng?!”

Squeak?!

[Where is Kkueng, big brother?!]

They began searching for Kkueng with their companions.

After searching for quite some time,

Is it this way?

Sejun felt a pull, like an invisible string leading him in one direction.

“What’s this?!”

Sejun realized that he had a Kkueng detector as well as a Theo detector.

He hurriedly used the Kkueng detector and ran towards the place where Kkueng’s energy was felt.

Sssssss.

He discovered a suspicious place where, unlike the surrounding area, the ground was not wet despite Sejun’s rain. And Kkueng’s energy was felt beneath his feet.

“Vice Chairman Theo!”

“Understood, meow!”

Wham!

Theo, reading Sejun’s mind, struck the floor with his front paw, creating a huge hole.

“Let’s go!”

Sejun jumped into the pitch-black hole without a moment’s hesitation.

The hole was incredibly deep, and Sejun continued to descend. It was dark and damp at first, then hotter and drier.

The heat grew stronger as he descended, but it didn’t bother Sejun at all, thanks to his title >Reborn from Flames>. Theo was, of course, fine as well.

Squeak…

[Butler, it’s hot…]

Chirp! Chirp!

[Great Blackie, I’ll cool you down! Hya!]

Shari was working hard for the Blackie Family, but

Squeak…

[Great Blackie, I’m dying of heat…]

The surrounding heat was too intense, so it wasn’t very effective.

At that moment,

“Hehe. Iona, help us a little, meow!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes. Power of ice, lower the temperature. Cooling.”

Iona used magic around the Blackie Family, and they escaped the intense heat.

A little later.

There’s light.

The end of the hole began to appear.

“Meow!”

Reaching the end of the hole, Theo dug his claws into the wall, slowing down their descent.

“We’ve arrived!”

Sejun and his companions landed safely on the ground.

And then,

“Huh?! It’s Kkueng!”

Kkueng!

Wham!

They discovered a giant Kkueng fighting a lava giant inside the lava. The lava was bright red, bubbling, and glowing, with sounds of it cracking and hissing.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Daddy, wait a little! Kkueng is going to gather herbs!]

Wham! Ka-wham!

Whoa…

Kkueng, confirming that Sejun had appeared, spoke to Sejun while diligently beating the lava giant.

Has our Kkueng been gathering herbs like that all this time?

The lava giant quickly repaired the parts destroyed by Kkueng’s attacks with lava. Kkueng strangely didn’t touch the lava giant’s head, making it difficult to subdue.

Why is he doing that?

Feeling something was off, Sejun looked towards the lava giant’s head.

The lava giant was made of solid rock with lava flowing through cracks, and its eyes were glowing.

And then,

“Huh? What’s that?!”

[Baby Puppet Flame Herb]

Why are you there?!

He found out why Kkueng couldn’t touch the lava giant’s head.

It’s because of me.

Kkueng couldn’t touch the baby puppet flame herb growing on the lava giant’s head because he was afraid of hurting it. Sejun praised Kkueng for being so careful.

“Kkueng, use a headlock!”

Kkueng?!

[What is a headlock?!]

“Hehe. I know headlock, meow! You do it like this, meow!”

Squeak?! Squeak!

[What is this?! Great Blackie will get angry if you don’t release this!]

Theo, who had been put in a headlock by Sejun many times, wrapped his front paws around Blackie’s neck, demonstrating.

Kkueng!

[Okay!]

Kkueng followed Theo and put the lava giant in a headlock, subduing him.

And then,

“Hehe. Kkueng, hold him, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Okay!]

Theo suddenly appeared on the lava giant’s head and

Stamp.

He placed a stamp.

“Hehe. Welcome to the company, meow!”

And so, the lava giant joined Sejun Company, and

Kyuhehehe.

Kkuengie carefully dug out the baby Mandrake Puppetweed growing on the lava giant’s head, shrinking its body to do so.

Kkueng!

[Daddy’s here!]

“Yes. Thank you. But Kkuengie might have to be scolded by Daddy, don’t you think?”

Kkueng? Kkueng?

[Huh? Kkuengie’s getting scolded?]

Kkuengie asked with an innocent face at Sejun’s words, because it thought it had done a good deed by gathering herbs for Sejun, so there was no reason to be scolded.

“Of course, you should be scolded. You should tell me where you’re going. Imagine if Daddy disappeared without a word.”

Kkuengie imagined the situation where Daddy disappeared without a word at Sejun’s words.

Of course, Daddy Sejun disappearing and Kkuengie disappearing are not the same thing.

Kkueng… Kkueng… Kkueng…

[Worried… Very worried… Kkuengie made a mistake.]

Kkuengie felt a little sad.

Anyway, Kkuengie quickly realized its mistake.

“You won’t do it again, will you?”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[I won’t do it again! From now on, I’ll tell Daddy where I’m going!]

“Yes. You must do that from now on. Got it? Daddy was very worried.”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. I understand!]

Kkuengie answered, hugging Sejun.

“But you have to be punished for your mistake.”

Kkueng?!

“The punishment for making this body worry is a belly fart! Pffft.”

Sejun gave Kkuengie a belly fart as punishment.

Kkuhehehe.

Kkuengie burst into laughter.

Hehe. If I hide here, the butler will worry about me, right?

Kkamangi also hid, banging its head against the wall, hoping to receive a belly fart.

Meanwhile,

“Pffft. But what’s the newbie’s name?” Theo asked the new full-time employee’s name.

Uhhh…

[I don’t have one…]

The lava giant scratched its head at Theo’s question.

“Pffft. Don’t worry! Our great Hybrid Park CEO is good at naming things! Mr. Park, this guy doesn’t have a name! Let’s give him a name!” Theo hurriedly called Sejun.

“Hehehe. Really?”

Hehe. I’m the best at naming.

Ta-da!

Sejun’s Naming Office Opens!

As Sejun’s Naming Office opened after a long time,

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. The butler is naming!]

Tap tap tap.

Kkamangi, who had been hiding its head in the wall, couldn’t resist and ran over to watch Sejun’s naming show with expectant eyes.

And

“Yongboon. You are now Yongboon,” Sejun announced.

Sejun thought for a moment, looking at the lava giant’s warm, rocky body. It was a name created by recalling that it played the role of a pot for the baby Mandrake Puppetweed in the lava.

Kkihihit. Kking! Kking!

[Hehe. As expected of the butler! The name is Yongboon!]

“Yongboon means… Pfft… Yongddong!”

Kkiruk!

Shashashang!

The Kkamangi family was interpreting it differently from Sejun’s intention and was happy that an all-time name had come out.

Uhhh?

[Yongboon?]

Yongboon rumbled the name slowly, as if tasting it. It tilted its rocky head, seeming to consider if it liked this new word.

At that moment,

[Talent: Naming Expert effect has been activated.]

[A special effect has been imbued in the name Yongboon.]

[All stats have increased by 1000.]

[>Bloodline: Lava Giant> has been strengthened.]

[Talent: Hot Flower Pot has been awakened.]

The Naming Expert effect was activated, and a special effect was imbued in the name Yongboon.

Talent: Hot Flower Pot was a talent that allowed one to cultivate elixirs with the power of fire.

As Sejun’s naming ended like that,

“Pffft. Hey, Yongboon!” Theo called out. “Mr. Park needs to try your blood! Give us some, will you?”

Sejun had consumed the blood of the Bronze Giant, the blood of the Silver Giant, and the Lava Bloodstone of the Earth Giant Landrox until now.

Pffft. Mr. Park hasn’t eaten the blood of the Lava Giant!

Uhhh.

[Here you go.]

At Theo’s words, Yongboon cut the tip of its finger a little and squeezed out a few drops of blood.

Bubble bubble.

The lava giant’s blood was not just blood, but molten rock, bubbling and steaming like a tiny volcano in Sejun’s hand.

You want me to eat this?!

Sejun was reluctant.

First, he carefully took his finger to it.

Then,

Whoosh.

“Oh. It’s refreshing.”

He felt a refreshing sensation in his finger, because the power of fire made Sejun’s finger, which had the >Title: Reborn from Flames>, in the best condition.

Thanks to that, Sejun boldly put Yongboon’s blood in his mouth.

But

“Ugh! Oh, yuck!” Sejun choked, his face scrunching up. “That tastes… terrible!”

He had forgotten. The giants’ blood tastes terribly bad. It strangely tasted like poop too.

“Mr. Park, you can’t spit it out!” Theo hurriedly blocked Sejun’s mouth with its front paw as Sejun tried to spit out Yongboon’s blood.

Gulp.

Sejun barely managed to swallow Yongboon’s blood.

And

[You have consumed the blood of the Lava Giant Yongboon.]

[All stats have increased by 3000.]

[All stat potential has increased by 5%.]

[Talent: Clay Modeling has been awakened.]

The price of pain appeared as a message.

Clay Modeling?

Sejun hurriedly checked the talent.

[Talent: Clay Modeling]

You can mold stones into desired shapes by kneading them with your hot hands. (Your hands only become hot when touching stones.)

Sejun sighed. “That system is always annoying,” he thought.

“Iona, lift us up a bit.”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes! O power of the wind. Lift us up. Levitation.”

With Iona’s help, he came up to the ground.

Yongboon also came up with them…

Sssssss.

It was melting all the sand.

“Yongboon, lower the temperature a bit. It’s all melting.”

Uhhh…

Yongboon was troubled at Sejun’s words. Asking a lava giant to lower the temperature?

It was absurd, but nothing is impossible.

“Kkamangi, deploy.”

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. Leave it to the great Kkamangi!]

Kkamangi loved to help and always wanted to be useful to Sejun.

Thud.

Kkamangi headbutted Yongboon’s body with a confident expression.

And Yongboon’s body temperature began to gradually decrease.

At that moment,

“Huh?!”

Where’s the smoke coming from?

Sejun saw gray smoke rising and went to find the source of the smoke.

Whoosh.

He saw Kkamangi’s forehead fur burning. It seemed like it caught fire while headbutting earlier.

Sejun hurriedly put out the fire, but

“Oh dear. It’s all burned.”

When Sejun put out the flames, he saw a patch of bare skin on Kkamangi’s forehead, pink and shiny like a peeled egg.

“Pffft. What… to do?”

Sejun struggled to hold back his laughter and wondered how to cover Kkamangi’s bald spot.