Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 658

Did you enjoy your snack? Blackie, move your paws!

Kkiiing… Kkiiing…

[Too… hard…]

Blackie had secretly eaten twenty dried sweet potatoes. Now, Sejun was watching him closely. The poor creature was breathing heavily as he climbed the mountain of treasure. He was very full and it was hard for him to move.

This was his diet and punishment for sneaking food from the secret storage room.

Meanwhile, the rest of the group were busy filling the secret storage room with treasures. Iona had connected the subspace found in Uen, providing ample space.

Iona made a questioning sound, “Kyu? Something feels strange.”

Iona, carefully placing the treasures, stopped and tilted her head. She sent her magic out around her, like feeling the air.

“Kyu? What is this? A rip in space?”

It was a hidden opening, a tear in space itself, very hard to see.

“Kyu kyu kyu. This is very strange. I should look closer.”

Curiosity filled Iona. She put more magic into the rip, making it bigger and bigger. Then, she saw it – a huge space hidden inside.

The dimensional rift was an entrance to a hidden subspace.

Inside the hidden space, a sword glowed red, floating in the air. It pulsed with heat, like a burning ember. It was kept away from the jewels, because its heat was so strong it could melt them.

“Oh,” Sejun said, appearing quietly beside Iona. “It’s hot in here. Is it coming from that sword?”

Above the sword, words appeared in Sejun’s mind: *Surt’s Flame Sword*.

He thought about going closer, but stopped. No, he couldn’t.

Suddenly, a red message flashed in front of his eyes: *Danger! The Orb of Deceit says you will die if you get closer!*

Sejun stepped back from the dangerous sword. *I should thank Caruru for the warning later, maybe with some sweet potatoes,* he thought. Then he looked back at the floating sword. *What should I do with it?* Should he break it? Leave it here? Try to control it? Many thoughts rushed through his mind. Suddenly, his eyes widened. “Huh! Maybe…”

*I know just the right person for this job,* Sejun thought. *Someone who is tough, good with fire, and very good at talking.*

“Iona, can you connect this place to our storage room?”

“Kyu kyu kyu! Yes, I will!”

“Wait a bit. I need to persuade the sword first.”

“Balchil!” Sejun called. Right away, Mubalchil answered, “Moo moo! I’m here!” Mubalchil had been busy behind Sejun, pushing Blackie up the treasure pile when Blackie asked him to. Now, he quickly flew to Sejun’s shoulder.

Kkiing?!

[Hey! Where are you going?!]

As Mubalchil disappeared, Blackie tumbled down the treasure mountain.

Fortunately, Sejun was too focused on the sword to notice, and Blackie quickly climbed back up the treasure mountain.

As Mubalchil, who had been summoned, landed on Sejun’s shoulder,

“Balchil, go talk to that sword for me.” Sejun pointed at Surt’s Flame Sword.

“Moo?” Mubalchil asked, tilting his head. *[Talk to it?]*

“Yes, talk to it,” Sejun said with a smile. “You know… *that kind* of talk.”

“Moo moo! Moo! [Oh, *that* kind of talk! Don’t worry, Master Sejun! ]” *Finally, something to take out my stress!* Mubalchil thought happily. He understood Sejun’s look and grinned widely. He flew straight towards the sword.

*Wham!* Mubalchil crashed into the sword and fell to the floor.

*Whoosh!* The air around the sword got hotter for a moment, as if the sword was fighting back. But then, it calmed down.

A moment later, Mubalchil flew back, shouting happily, “Moo moo! [Master Sejun, I talked to it! I explained everything in a way it could understand!]”

“Really?”

Sejun slowly approached the sword, but the warning message didn’t appear, proving Mubalchil’s successful persuasion.

Now that the sword was convinced,

“Iona, connect this place to our storage room.”

“Kyu kyu kyu! Yes, I will!”

Iona used her magic. Soon, the hidden space with the sword was linked to Sejun’s storage room. Now, Sejun had two secret rooms connected to his storage!

“Okay, let’s go,” Sejun said. “We’re done here.”

Sejun and his friends went back to the first floor of the White Tower in Dren, using the White Tower to travel. Then Sejun said, “Kabas.” *[Moving to Kabas]* appeared in his mind. In an instant, they were in the world of Kabas, level 8, using their special passage.

*Where are we?* Bbyot wondered.

Bbyot had followed Yuren down the hole for a long, long time. Now, he looked around. They were inside, surrounded by wood. It felt like they were moving forward, always in the same direction. *This is a strange place,* he thought. *What if I can’t find Theo?* Worry filled Bbyot’s heart.

“Woohehe,” Yuren chuckled, scratching his head. “No idea where we are!”

“Mohehe! Master Yuren’s bad luck is so yummy!” Poyo licked Yuren happily, his face bright.

*Argh! This is so annoying!* Bbyot felt his frustration grow.

The sound of someone approaching was heard, and the group quickly hid themselves, holding their breath.

A moment later.

“So, Earth is next?” a rough voice said.

“Yeah, Earth,” another voice replied. “Easy level 1 world. We grab what we can and get back to base fast.”

“Good,” a third voice grumbled. “I’m tired of being on this ship.”

The voices of people passing by were heard.

*A ship?* Bbyot thought, shocked. *They want to steal things from Earth?*

The three had fallen onto a dimensional pirate ship. One that was targeting Earth.

As the voices faded away,

*Earth… Earth…* The name sounded familiar. Then, a memory flashed in Bbyot’s mind. *Wait!*

*Bbyot?!* *[Earth is Sejun’s home!]* He suddenly remembered. Earth was the world where Sejun was born! Bbyot’s eyes widened with anger. *Bbyot!* *[They will not hurt Sejun’s world! I have to stop them!]*

“Wooheehee. That’s right! Let’s punish them!”

“Moheehee. Sounds good!”

And so, Bbyot, Yuren, and Poyo attacked, defeated the pirates, and took their ship.

Bbyot was happy. [If Sejun and Theo know that I stopped the pirate ship invading Earth, they will surely praise me!]

Bbyot was happy at the thought of being praised by Sejun and Theo.

“Wooheeheehee. Sejun will make lots of delicious food for me, right?” Yuren was also delighted.

“Moheehee. But why does Yuren’s bad luck taste sweeter and sweeter?” Poyo continued to lick Yuren’s ever-sweetening bad luck with relish. He liked it, though.

And so, the pirate ship carrying immense misfortune headed towards Earth.

[>You have arrived at Kavas>.]

Meanwhile, far away on the planet Kavas…

“Alright, let’s catch the Fire Moths first,” Sejun decided to catch the Fire Moths first to test the idea he had come up with earlier.

Sejun’s idea was to catch the Fire Moths and raise them in the subspace warehouse.

Sejun watched the Fire Moths for a while. He learned they need very hot flames to have babies and grow bigger. He thought Surtr’s Flame Sword was hot enough.

Theo puffed out his chest proudly. “Puhuhut! Understood, President Park! Vice President Theo will catch those Fire Moths in a flash, meow!”

Kkueng chuckled deeply, “Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!” [Hehehe. I’ll get them all on this side!]

Iona nodded eagerly. “Kkyut kkyut kkyut! Then I will search to the north!”

Kamang yawned widely, stretching in the sling bag. “Kkihihit. Kking!” [Hehet. Don’t worry, Butler! The great Kamang will protect you from any danger… or at least, watch you from here.]

With a plan set, Theo dashed east, Iona sped north, and Kkueng lumbered west, all eager to catch Fire Moths.

“Let’s go too.”

Kking!

[Let’s go!]

“Yes. We must go. In person.”

Kking?!

Sejun sighed, looking at Kamang, who was practically overflowing from the sling bag. “Kamang, my furry friend, it’s time for some… exercise.”

A short while later, Kamang was panting heavily, his tongue lolling out, his usually round body now looking more like a deflated balloon.

“Kking… Kkyak. Kkyak. [The great Kamang is now slim… Heh. Heh.]”

“You’re still panting, what do you mean slim?”

“Kking! Kkyak. Kking! Kkyak. [No! Heh. The great Kamang has lost weight! Heh.]”

While Sejun was chatting with the panting Kamang and moving south…

Theo appeared before Sejun with two Fire Moths, one in each paw, using Nyan Nyan Paw.

“Puhuhut. The great Hybrid President Park has caught the Fire Moths, meow!”

“Oh. Vice President Theo, good job.”

Theo puffed out his chest. “Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! I, Vice President Theo, am always working hard for President Park, meow!”

Theo, who knew nothing of humility, raised his chin at Sejun’s praise and pushed his head into Sejun’s hand with an arrogant expression.

“Just a moment. Let me put the Fire Moths in first.”

Clang. Sejun opened the door to his subspace warehouse – a shimmering portal that seemed to lead to another dimension.

Clang. Sejun opened the door to the room with Surtr’s Flame Sword again. The sword pulsed with a deep red heat, and flames danced around it, licking the air like hungry tongues.

“Vice President Theo, put them in here.”

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!” Theo, following Sejun’s instructions, released the Fire Moths he was holding into the room.

“Mubalchil, go and turn up the flame intensity to the maximum.”

Moo Moo!

At the same time, he told Mubalchil to strengthen the flames emitted by Surtr’s Flame Sword. Then, the fiery wings of the Fire Moths that touched the very end of the flames erupted in a furious blaze, and sparks flew from the flames.

Whirr. The sparks grew larger and were born as new Fire Moths. Instantly, the room was filled with a swarm of Fire Moths. The air shimmered with heat, and the combined light of their wings turned the room into a blazing inferno.

“Hehehe. It’s done,” Sejun was delighted that the Fire Moth farming was successful when…

Iona appeared with a huge number of Fire Moths caught using wind magic. There seemed to be about a million of them.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Sejun, I’ve caught the Fire Moths!”

As they were gathered in one place, White Flame Fire Moths that had evolved in the middle could also be seen.

“Iona, put them in here.”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes!”

Theo stroked Iona’s head and praised her instead of Sejun.

“Puhuhut. Iona, good job, meow!”

“Kkyup kkyut.” Iona wore a very satisfied expression.

A short while later, Kkueng appeared with the Fire Moths he had caught with telekinesis.

Kkueng chuckled deeply, “Kkuhehehe. Kkueng! [Hehehe. Daddy Kkueng has caught the Fire Moths!]”

Judging by the few Black Flame Fire Moths in between, it seemed he had caught an enormous amount.

“Kkueng, put them in here too.”

Kkueng chuckled deeply. “Kkuhehehe. Kkueng! [Hehehe. Understood!]”

As they filled the subspace with Surtr’s Flame Sword with Fire Moths…

[You have done something amazing by breeding the dangerous Fire Moths.]

[As a reward for doing something amazing, you have acquired the >Title: Owner of the Fire Moth Farm>.]

[As a reward for achieving the great feat of destruction, your 0th floor stay cost has been reduced by 5%.]

The achievement messages appeared. Thanks to this, Sejun’s stay cost was now 61.3%.

“Owner of the Fire Moth Farm?” Sejun hurriedly looked at the title.

>Title: Owner of the Fire Moth Farm< A title that can only be obtained by those who have safely bred the third disaster of destruction, the Fire Moths. The taste and texture of Fire Moths grown on the Fire Moth Farm are slightly improved. The breeding speed of Fire Moths is doubled. You can earn twice the experience points when you kill Fire Moths raised on the Fire Moth Farm. "Huh? The taste and texture of Fire Moths are even better?! Even more than this?!" Moreover, the breeding speed and experience points were also doubled. If I do well, I can secure as many Black Flame Fire Moths as I need by the time of the Dragon Council. ‘But can’t I create farms with other disasters too?’ At the same time, he also felt greedy. If he created farms for Locusts, Giant Bloodsucking Leeches, Petrifying Spiders, and Slimes, he could obtain even more delicious ingredients. "Hehehe. I need to catch other disasters and create farms. To do that, I need to acquire more subspace…" "Iona, can you create a new subspace of that size in my subspace warehouse and connect it?" "Kkyut kkyut kkyut. I can create it, but it will take a long time for me alone. It requires a lot of magic power." "Ah. Because of magic power? Then if Vice President Theo helps?" "That would be difficult too. If other magic power is mixed in when using subspace creation magic, it becomes much less stable." "Is that so?" Sejun was not greatly disappointed by Iona's words. When he went home, he had plenty of surplus dragon power full of magic power and capable of using subspace creation magic. "I should ask the Dragon Lords to create it for me." Hehut. How could they refuse my request? Sejun wore an arrogant expression, defeated the remaining disasters in >Kavas>, and returned to the Black Tower.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Sejun, I’ve connected everything!” Nine additional subspace rooms were added to Sejun’s subspace warehouse.