Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 645

Thanks to Sejun’s help, Avian was transformed from a dry, empty land into one now full of green plants and buzzing insects. Flamey No. 202, possessing 0.4999% of Flamey’s power, cheerfully spoke.

Thanks to that, the crops Sejun planted were growing rapidly and beginning to bloom.

On the 99th floor of the Black Tower, Flamey No. 195, possessing 0.501% of Flamey’s power, placed nutrients around the baby ginseng doll and the baby ginseng doll fireweed, encouraging their growth.

They were too young to consume the nutrients directly, so she indirectly allowed them to absorb the power by placing the nutrients nearby.

It was fortunate they were babies.

Otherwise, they would have been made to eat lots of food to grow big and strong, like Podori and Sausage.

Podori, who thought he no longer needed to eat nutrients, asked with a resentful voice, as only the Creation Beast remained above the Dimension Beast. Dimension Beasts are creatures of great power, and Creation Beasts are even stronger.

“Quiet! Just eat!”

However, Podori didn’t know that Flamey was eyeing him as the successor to the Creation Beast for her early retirement.

On the 99th floor of the Black Tower, without Sejun,

“Why are you eating so slowly?! From now on, double your eating speed! If you don’t eat hard, you’ll be sorry!”

Thanks to Flamey, who was very strict, not only Podori and Sausage but all the other plants grew diligently under strict discipline.

And when Sejun returned, he harvested more than ever before.

“Sejun, please accept this. It is a treasure of our Depaite Kingdom.”

Dolius, the king of Depaite, handed Sejun a stone ring and a vast amount of jewels.

The stone ring looked genuinely rough, with a coarse surface and no jewels.

“Thank you.”

As Sejun expressed his gratitude and received the ring, his first thought was… It’s incredibly heavy.

It was really heavy for a ring. About 100kg?

It wasn’t that heavy for Sejun’s strength, so he checked the options first.

This ring was left by Smeton, the founding king of the Depaite Kingdom and a very powerful rock magician. Increases magic power by 1000 when worn. Only someone with a strong connection to earth magic can use this ring. Creator: Smeton, a master of rock magic. Grade: SSS

“Hmm.”

It’s ambiguous.

Sejun pondered while looking at the ring’s options.

Sejun already had Eileen’s Lover’s Ring (Amplification) on his hand.

He could wear more if he wanted, but it was heavy and annoying to wear. That’s why he had also taken off the Violet Ring.

At that moment, the ring whispered secrets to Sejun, and he suddenly understood something because of the ring.

Upon wearing, you can gain the enlightenment left by Smeton, a top-grade rock magician.

Sejun’s eyes glowed golden as the hidden options of the stone ring appeared.

Because you possess ‘One Loved by the Earth,’ you can instantly develop Talent: Rock Magician upon gaining the enlightenment of Smeton.

Sejun didn’t know exactly what kind of talent it was, but he decided to develop it anyway. There’s no harm in having many talents.

Sejun wore the ring.

Then, the ring faintly glowed, and a gray light was absorbed into Sejun’s body.

You have gained the enlightenment of Smeton, the founding king of the Depaite Kingdom and a master of rock magic.

You have instantly understood the enlightenment due to the synergy with ‘One Loved by the Earth’.

You have developed Talent: Rock Magician.

At the same time, Sejun naturally understood how to move rocks.

Stairs.

Parasol.

Bed.

As Sejun used magic power while thinking about what he wanted, the rocks moved as he thought, realizing exactly what was in his head.

“Oh!”

As Sejun was excited using his newly acquired ability,

“Oh! To use rocks so precisely! Could you be a very powerful rock magician?!”

“Yes.”

Sejun brazenly replied, even though he had just become a rock magician.

“Then, the meteor shower from earlier…?”

“No. That was Iona’s magic.”

As Sejun pointed to Iona,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

Iona, who was dozing off while clinging to Theo’s tail, rubbed her eyes and showed the majesty of a great mage.

She couldn’t show it properly because her eyes kept closing.

“Is that so…”

Dolius was disappointed by Sejun’s answer.

He wanted to see the legendary rock magic, Meteor Shower.

“Could you… could you maybe show us this Meteor Shower magic?”

So, Dolius cautiously asked Sejun, the rock magician.

“Yes. Let’s try. Iyap!”

Sejun used magic power, imagining huge meteors falling.

And countless fist-sized stones fell to the ground. Not meteors, just pebbles.

It wasn’t Sejun’s fault.

The story of the Meteor Shower was made up. It was a legend that wasn’t true.

Thanks to Sejun, the history of the Depaite Kingdom was corrected, but

“The legend of the kingdom… was a lie…”

Dolius, the king of Depaite, didn’t seem to like it. His face looked sad.

“Shall we go deal with another disaster then?”

“Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow!”

Sejun and his party quietly left the place.

White Castle, the royal castle of the Red Ribbon Kingdom, is on the 55th floor of the Black Tower.

Pochy called out, “Lala, please go on a date with me, or even marry me!”

Lala sighed, “No! Can’t you see I’m busy working? Go away, Pochy!”

Posa-bu, you’ve achieved 100 confessions and 100 rejections with this.

Black Moon Wolf, sitting on the throne and watching, laughed. Watching the two of them was Black Moon Wolf’s pleasure these days.

So, she always assigned Lala’s work location around her. That way, she wouldn’t miss Pochy’s confession.

After failing the confession, Pochy trudged towards Black Moon Wolf.

“Posa-bu, cheer up.”

Black Moon Wolf encouraged Pochy.

“Posa-bu, I’ve been thinking, what do you think about Posa-bu becoming the training instructor for the Royal Guard?”

She suggested a new way for Lala and Pochy to get closer.

Black Moon Wolf also wanted Pochy and Lala to get together. She was just enjoying watching the process because it was so fun.

“Training instructor?”

“Yes! If Posa-bu becomes the training instructor for the Royal Guard, Lala will also learn swordsmanship from Posa-bu, so wouldn’t they naturally become closer?”

“I’ll do it! Training instructor!”

Pochy nodded, imagining training with Lala and getting to spend time with her.

A moment later, they were at the training ground inside the royal palace.

Coco, the captain of the Royal Guard, brought Pochi under the orders of the Black Moon Society.

“Kkyuk!”

“I’m Pochi, and I’ll be teaching you swordsmanship from today onwards!”

Pochi started to teach the Royal Guards. He wanted to impress Lara and hoped she would like him.

Pochi really wanted to show Lara how good he was at swordsmanship.

However, because Pochi was serious about swordsmanship, he couldn’t just teach without care.

“Kkyuk?! Kkyuk!”

“You can’t even swing a sword properly?! Do 100,000 horizontal slashes!”

The training soon became very hard, filled with the Royal Guards’ shouts of pain as they practiced under the hot sun.

“Kkyuk!”

“Trainee Lara will do a special 200,000 swings!”

Even though he was strict, Pochi paid close attention to Lara.

Lara thought, ‘I thought he was nice. I was even thinking about saying yes if he asked me out again. But now… is he making me do this because I didn’t accept his confession before? That’s too much! I might never say yes to him now!’

Lara’s heart, which had been opening to Pochi, suddenly closed again because of his strictness.

“Oh, look! Giant chicken-bugs!” Eomdori shouted. “Let’s catch them before they eat all the plants!”

“Fuhuhu. Understood, nyan!” Theo replied.

“Kkyuk kkyuk kkyuk. Yes!” Kkuengi chirped.

Kkueng!

Kking!

Sejun and his friends charged towards the Locusts. These monsters were no longer a big problem for them.

Kking!

“Butler! I’ve been caught!” Blackie barked in surprise as a Locust grabbed him and started to drag him away.

“Blast!” Sejun muttered, worried for Blackie. Quickly, he used his magic.

Boom.

Stone shoes suddenly appeared on Blackie’s feet.

Thud.

Blackie’s weight increased, and the Locusts dropped him.

Kking…

Blackie couldn’t move because of the heavy stone shoes.

Meanwhile, Sejun, Eomdori, and Kkuengi defeated the Locusts and began loading them into their magic bag.

“Blackie, are you okay?” Sejun asked, destroying the stone shoes with another boom. He checked Blackie for injuries.

“Hehe. The great Blackie is strong and okay!” Blackie barked proudly, even though he had almost been dragged away.

At that moment, Eomdori asked Sejun, “Sejun, can I eat that ring from earlier?”

“Ring? You mean Smeton’s Stone Ring?” Sejun took out the grey stone ring.

“Yes!” Eomdori nodded eagerly.

Sejun had learned all he needed from the ring and didn’t want to wear it anymore, so he thought it was unnecessary.

“Okay. Here you go.” Sejun gave the Stone Ring to Eomdori.

Crunch. Crunch.

Eomdori happily ate the Stone Ring, which was almost as big as his body, and his magic power greatly increased.

Afterward, Eomdori puffed out his chest.

“Uahaha. The second greatest Eomdori will take care of it!”

With Eomdori’s new power, the Blackie Family easily defeated the Petrifying Spider. Locusts, leeches, and fireflies were no match for them. The Petrifying Spider, being made of stone, was especially weak against Eomdori’s stone magic.

“Hehe. It’s the victory of the great Blackie too!” Blackie barked, trying to take some credit.

As the Blackie Family also helped deal with the disaster, the speed of handling it increased even more.

“It’s over,” Sejun said.

At that moment, the sound of Kkuengi’s stomach clock rang. It was breakfast time.

Before they knew it, they had stayed up all night, and it was morning.

“Let’s eat and go back,” Sejun said, feeling tired but satisfied.

“Fuhuhu. Good, nyan! I’m hungry!” Theo agreed.

“Kkyuk kkyuk kkyuk. Food sounds good!” Kkuengi chirped.

Kkueng!

Kking!

Sejun prepared breakfast. First, he made a smooth stone slab.

Boom.

“Kkuengi, fire, please,” Sejun requested.

Kkuengi started making a fire to heat the stone slab.

“Hehehe,” Sejun chuckled.

Swish. Swish.

Sejun coated the top of the heated stone slab by sprinkling and rubbing sesame oil.

Sizzle.

He heartily put Locust, slime meat, and sausages on the stone slab, and grilled fish for Theo and roasted peanuts for Iona.

Blackie quietly waited in front of his bowl, waiting for Sejun’s cooking to be completed.

“Hehe. Butler! I’m waiting here!” Blackie barked, reminding Sejun that he was waiting.

So Sejun ate breakfast with his party.

“Hehehe. Daddy, I’m drinking this coffee!” Kkuengi said happily, handing Sejun a cup of morning coffee.

Sejun enjoyed a moment of peace while drinking the morning coffee that Kkuengi made.

At that moment, messages appeared in front of Sejun.

[The job quest has been completed.]

[Level 171 has been unlocked as a reward for completing the job quest.]

[You have acquired 300 billion gold coins as a reward for completing the job quest.]

[All stats have increased by 1000 as a reward for completing the job quest.]

Sejun was puzzled that the quest was completed earlier than expected.

However, he quickly forgot about it, thinking, “Hehehe. Now I can eat experience points.”

A thought suddenly occurred to him: ‘Wait, now that I think about it, don’t I have over 50,000 pure magic power?’

Sejun’s current magic power is 117,578. ‘Still, half of it must be mine, right?’

Sejun thought it was time and took out the portal scroll with the family portrait on it that Amur had given him.

‘Can I now complain about not drawing my face properly?’ Sejun thought, planning to complain to Amur.

Sejun injected magic power into the portal scroll.

However, a message appeared.

[You do not have the required 50,000 or more pure magic power to use this item.]

[You are short 3427 pure magic power.]

[You need to try harder.]

It was still not enough.

[System 371] kindly informed him how much magic power he was short.

“Ah. It’s teasing me again,” Sejun said.

Of course, that kindness was not properly conveyed to Sejun. Since it had caused so much trouble, it was natural for Sejun to misunderstand [System 371]’s intentions. It was its own fault.

“Hehe. But this body still has 600 drops of the Great Growth Elixir that I haven’t drunk,” Sejun said, with a smug look on his face.

“Nyan! President Park, your face looks tired, nyan!” Theo said, worried. He started gently massaging Sejun’s face.

Kkueng!

Kking!

Kkuengi and the Blackie Family also rushed to Sejun’s face.

A short while later, feeling refreshed from the massage, Sejun said, “Then, I’m going!”

Gulp.

Sejun, who had become a little more humble after receiving a massage from his party, exceeded 50,000 pure magic power with the Great Growth Elixir and used the portal scroll.