Farming In The Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 64

As the fight with the Red Locust on floor 67 was taking a long time, people on the other floors started to feel worried.

People on each floor remembered a terrible famine from 100 years ago. They started buying lots of food because they were afraid something bad would happen again. This made food prices go up quickly.

Because of this, even the merchants who came to Granier Village sold food at higher prices. Israel, the richest man in the village, didn’t know what was happening outside. He thought the merchants were tricking him and working together to raise prices.

So, Israel gave his son 1000 Tower Coins and told him to buy food.

Oren, go out and become a wandering merchant to learn about the world. Buy food directly from the source.

“Yes, Father.”

So, Oren left Granier Village with his nine excited men to see the world. They headed to the merchant district.

But the world wasn’t as easy as Granier Village, where he was used to being in charge.

After a difficult journey, Oren and his men finally arrived in the merchant district. They went to the Wandering Merchant Association to get licenses and equipment. Oren wanted to impress his men, so he gave each of them 5 Tower Coins.

Now that they were wandering merchants, they gathered information about food prices. While they were drinking in a tavern, a goblin wandering merchant came up to them.

“Hello. I am Skaram, a wandering merchant. I heard you are looking for food?”

“Yes.”

“I have some good stuff. How about making some money with this before you buy food?”

“Good stuff?”

“Yes. This is from outside the Tower.”

“Outside the Tower?”

Skaram showed them items from Earth.

“Oh! What is this?”

“That is…”

The cats, except for Oren, looked at the strange objects with curiosity. Oren didn’t seem interested and acted like he didn’t care.

“If you take this to the upper floors, you can sell it for a very high price. The people there like to collect these things as a hobby.”

“Really?!”

“Yes. You’re from Granier Village, right? A wandering merchant named Theo made a lot of money trading with me before.”

“Theo?!”

Oren’s ears twitched. He thought, ‘Theo made money? If that fool can make money, I’ll make ten times as much!’

Feeling confident, Oren started trading with Skaram.

“How much stuff do you have?”

“Since this is rare, I don’t have much.”

“Give me everything.”

“It’s 5 Tower Coins per item.”

“That’s too expensive.”

Oren argued with Skaram about the price. He got Skaram to lower it and bought all the items with his men. Skaram said he didn’t have much, but he had just enough for them to afford it.

“Then, make lots of money.”

So, Skaram tricked Oren and his men out of almost all their money.

“Let’s just finish this drink and leave.”

“Yes! Oren, sir!”

Oren and his men didn’t know they had been tricked. They finished their drinks and went outside happily.

Then, they saw Theo running towards the blacksmith.

“Long time no see, nya.”

‘This guy!’

Oren’s face turned hard as he saw Theo. Theo used to avoid looking him in the eye, but now he was smiling confidently.

‘Hmph! Made some money, have you?!’

Oren had planned to just say hello, but now he changed his mind. He had spent all his money on Skaram’s items and had no money left to buy food. He thought this was a lucky break.

“Theo, we’re hungry, so lend us some money.”

Oren put his arm around Theo’s shoulder like a bully and said,

“Oh dear… you don’t even have money to buy food, nya?”

Theo looked at Oren with pity.

“Eek! We can make a lot of money soon!”

Oren shouted, embarrassed that Theo didn’t respect him.

“That’s right! We bought items from outside the Tower!”

“You made money that way too, so you know, right?”

The other cats agreed with Oren.

“…Items from outside the Tower, nya?! You didn’t buy them from Skaram, did you, nya?”

“Hmph. Yes. You know him well.”

Oren said with an arrogant look, thinking Theo was jealous.

“Then you’re going to the 99th floor of the Tower, nya?”

“Yes. We’re going to the 99th floor to trade with the Bull Demon King.”

Skaram knew he was being followed, so he planned to kill Oren and his gang to get rid of any evidence.

“If you want us to go to the 99th floor, we’re going to be a little hungry. So lend us some money. We’ll pay you back later.”

Oren said in a low voice, squeezing Theo’s neck with his paw.

“I don’t want to, nya! I won’t lend it to you, nya! You haven’t paid back the 21.34 Tower Coins you’ve borrowed from me so far, nya! Pay that back, nya!”

Theo shouted, remembering exactly how much money Oren and his men had borrowed over time.

“You!”

Oren was angry that Theo was resisting. He was about to hit Theo with his chubby paw when,

Grrrr.

Three silver wolves came closer.

“Ah… Wolf-nim, don’t misunderstand. We’re friends. We’re just having a bit of an intense reunion. Right? Theo.”

Oren quickly tried to make Theo agree.

But,

“Representative Theo, is that cat really your friend?”

Elka ignored Oren’s words and asked Theo.

“Representative Theo?”

The cats started to murmur. Theo was the only cat with a title like that.

“Not a friend, nya. I don’t have friends like that, nya. Get rid of them, nya.”

Theo let go of Oren’s shoulder, who was stunned. He pretended to cut his own throat and moved towards the blacksmith. That decided their fate.

Grrrr.

“Sa… Save me!”

Elka and the wolves surrounded Oren and his gang. Soon, screams could be heard.

“Nyan nyan nyan.”

Theo hummed a tune while listening to Oren and his gang scream. He wasn’t afraid of Oren anymore, who used to bully him in Granier Village.

‘Puhu! I am invincible with Park Sejun, nya!’

He was even afraid of his own strength as he got closer to Sejun.

“Puhu! Shouldn’t I not get too strong, nya?”

With these silly thoughts, Theo went into the blacksmith.

“Discount, nya!”

Theo remembered what Sejun taught him. He asked for a discount three times for the gacha machine. He paid 12 Tower Coins and went to the gacha corner.

And,

“Nyang?! This is it, nya!!!”

As soon as he got to the gacha corner, he chose an item that strongly pulled his paw and left the blacksmith.

“Representative Theo, it’s taken care of.”

Elka had been waiting outside the blacksmith. She spoke to Theo.

“Good work, nya! Let’s go up quickly, nya!”

Theo smiled wickedly and hurried up to the 99th floor of the Tower. He was in a hurry to check if Sejun’s knees were okay and to greet the pushovers.

A few hours after Theo left,

“Ugh…”

Oren and the other cats woke up. The wolves had beaten them until they fainted.

“Theo, you bastard! Just you wait until you make money! I’ll hire a strong mercenary and beat you up!”

“That’s right!”

“I won’t let it go!”

“Let’s quickly sell these items and make money!”

Oren and his men swore to get revenge on Theo. They headed to the 99th floor of the Tower, not knowing that there was someone even more wicked than Theo waiting for them.

“One, let’s be competent, two, let’s become human.”

“One.”

“Competent!”

“Two.”

“Let’s become human!”

The Black Wolf Squad had been hit by Han Taejun’s Magic Missiles and fainted every time they resisted. Now, they were running as fast as they could, following Cha Si Hyuk’s orders without complaining.

‘How long do we have to run?!’

Neither Han Taejun nor Cha Si Hyuk said how long to run. But they couldn’t run slowly either.

Kieeeh!!

Dozens of spider monsters were following them because of the noise. As 100 spider monsters chased them, Han Taejun finally spoke.

“Now, hunt the monsters.”

“Yes?!”

“Fight quickly.”

Han Taejun said this while floating 200 Magic Missiles around him. It was a threat that they would die by his hand if they didn’t do as he said.

“Aargh!”

“Damn it!”

The Black Wolf Squad closed their eyes and ran towards the spider monsters. Still, they had a slightly better chance of surviving this way.

Day 238 of being stranded, dawn.

Snap. Snap.

“As expected, they came again today.”

Sejun said tiredly, watching the Branch Scouts approach. For four days in a row, Sejun had been fighting the Branch Scouts every dawn.

“Go! Black Rabbit! Kkuengi!”

Ppyak!

Kkueng!

At Sejun’s command, the Black Rabbit and Kkuengi charged forward.

And,

Kroooooh!

The mother Crimson Giant Bear roared in front of them.

After a lot of convincing, Sejun was able to move the mother Crimson Giant Bear’s nest near Sejun’s house. In exchange, he gave her Chef’s soup, which made her feel full.

It wasn’t hard to do because the wolves were bringing 20 large pots of Chef’s soup from the Lizardmen. They were boiling soup all day and night.

Also, the Branch Scouts were providing firewood, which easily solved the fuel problem.

With the Crimson Giant Bear family living near his house, Sejun was able to protect the farm safely.

“Shall I go too?”

Sejun followed Kkuengi and defeated the Branch Scouts. The mother Crimson Giant Bear had come out too early, so the Branch Scouts retreated early. There weren’t many of them.

Sejun dealt with the remaining enemies, returned home, and caught up on his sleep.

When he opened his eyes,

[The tenant farmer used Seed Sowing Lv. 4 to plant cherry tomato seeds.]

[The landlord receives 1% of the reward.]

[The landlord’s job experience slightly increases.]

[The proficiency of the landlord’s Seed Sowing Lv. 4 slightly increases.]

[A 100-pyeong cherry tomato field has been created.]

[You have acquired 200 experience points.]

The White Rabbits had woken up first and were planting cherry tomatoes in the field. They knew that Sejun was waking up early to protect the farm, so they didn’t wake him up.

“Heave-ho!”

Sejun got out of bed and went outside. Then he went down to the cave, added a stroke to the wall, and washed his face in the pond.

He looked around.

“Where on earth is the tree?”

Sejun searched the cave several times in frustration, but he couldn’t find the tree. He sent the Black Rabbit out of the pond to take a closer look, but the tree wasn’t there either.

Sejun was about to pack his breakfast and go up when,

“Huh?”

He saw that the fire in the cave had gone out. The rabbits seemed to have forgotten to manage the fire because they were eating on the ground these days.

“Still, there are the wife rabbit and the babies.”

Maybe the wife rabbit needed to use the fire urgently to take care of the baby rabbits.

Sejun cleared away the ashes near the fire and saw a small green sprout.

“Huh? Why is there a sprout here?”

Sejun carefully touched the sprout.

At that moment,

[Master! Hello!]

The sprout greeted Sejun cheerfully.

“Huh?! Did you just talk?!”

Sejun asked, surprised by the voice coming from the sprout.

[Yes! Master!]

The apple tree had been growing underground because of the fire. Now, it finally greeted Sejun.