Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 659

Black Tower, 99th floor.

“Ugh-zzz!”

Sejun stretched, yawning loudly as he rose from his bed.

“Myaaawn…”

“Kyoo-oot…”

With a soft creak, Theo, Iona, and Kkamangi, who had been sleeping together, also stretched. They didn’t get up, though, knowing Sejun would take care of them.

“Nya…”

“Woof…”

Sejun took care of Theo, Iona, and the Kkamangi family. Then, with a clang, he opened the door to his subspace warehouse.

“Heh heh heh. Are they growing well?” Sejun murmured to himself as he opened the door to the firefly farm.

Then, with a soft whirr that hinted at the magic within, the door slid open. Sejun stepped into a breathtaking sight. The firefly farm glowed with a thousand tiny lights, like a captured piece of the night sky. Fireflies with wings the color of rubies danced near the entrance, their red light warm and inviting. Deeper inside, the glow shifted to a cool white, then a calming blue, until finally, at the very heart of the room, pulsed the intense black light of the black flame fireflies. And in the center of it all, bathed in the shifting colors, floated Surtr’s Flame Sword, its own red orbs circling it like loyal moons around a fiery sun. The air hummed with a gentle warmth and the faint, sweet scent of magic.

Yesterday, Sejun had asked the Nine Dragons Association’s dragons for help with the subspace room. He learned that strong fire was needed to raise fireflies.

‘-Fwahahaha! Fear not, Tower Farmer! The magnificent Red Dragon, Lamter, shall lend you his glorious flames! For who else could provide fire worthy of these… fireflies?’ Lamter had declared, eager to help, all for the sake of eating lots of delicious squid.

“That’s a lot.” Sejun smiled, pleased as he looked at the 100 black flame fireflies.

He had caught all the black flame fireflies in the firefly farm before going to bed, so 100 new ones had appeared in just 5 hours, meaning he could get about 500 a day. It seemed like he could get enough by the time of the dragons’ meeting.

Having confirmed how many black flame fireflies there were, Sejun held the Flame Devourer that Lamter had given him and slowly entered the fiery room, creating a path.

The hot flames engulfed Sejun, but they couldn’t reach him and were sucked into the Flame Devourer.

Following the path created by the Flame Devourer, Sejun walked to where the black flame fireflies were and hunted them one by one, taking their black flames away.

[You have defeated the Black Flame Firefly, the third disaster of destruction.]

[You have gained 100 billion experience points.]

[You have gained an additional 100 billion experience points due to the effect of >Title: Owner of the Firefly Farm>.]

Sejun devoured experience points at twice the rate from the morning and leveled up, reaching level 189.

“Heh heh heh. Level 200 isn’t far off.”

As Sejun laughed happily—

“Hey, Chairman Park, what’s so good about reaching level 200, nya?” Theo asked in an innocent voice.

What’s so good about reaching level 200?

At Theo’s question, Sejun pondered.

“Heh heh. It makes me feel good.” He answered, trying to sound confident. He tried to sound confident, but inside, Sejun knew it wasn’t really about the level. It was the small victories, the progress he made each day, that truly made him smile.

Even if his level went up, nothing much changed. Even if he reached level 200, he was still the weakest on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

What was even more shocking was that the levels of the other members were lower than his. Sejun had low potential, but the experience points needed to level up were also low.

At least at level 100, there was a job quest to become an S-class Tower Farmer, but this time he had already received the promotion quest to become an SS-class Tower Farmer.

There wasn’t much to look forward to at level 200.

Just then—

“Chairman Park, cheer up, nyaang!” Theo stepped on Sejun’s face, not because it was rotten, but as a massage of encouragement.

Anyway, Sejun was being stepped on.

Having defeated the black flame fireflies at the firefly farm, Sejun strolled around the farm before eating breakfast, as was his usual routine.

As he was walking around the farm—

“Huh?”

“Why does it look like that?”

Sejun saw a carrot with an unusually rounded base. The base connected to the carrot’s stem was under the soil, and on either side of it, the carrot was shaped strangely, rising above the soil like two small mounds.

What is it?

Sejun became curious and plucked out the carrot.

“Huh?”

Heart?

The shape of the carrot was similar to a heart.

As he harvested the carrot—

[You have harvested a Confession Carrot.]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

[Your proficiency in Harvesting (Master) has slightly increased.]

[You have gained 100 experience points.]

[Congratulations!]

[You have achieved the feat of creating a new species in the Tower.]

[All stats have increased by 20 due to job characteristics.]

Following that, a message appeared stating that a new species had been acquired.

The birth of the 30th new species.

Heh heh heh. I wonder what the options are?

As Sejun smiled and checked the options for the Confession Carrot—

Suddenly, light exploded from the ground, from the place where the Seed of Abundance had sprouted. The Seed of Abundance had been absorbing the power of harvest whenever Sejun harvested a new species around it, accumulating power.

And just now, Sejun had harvested the Confession Carrot, filling it with all the power it needed to grow.

The Seed of Abundance grew vigorously, as if it had been waiting for this moment, bursting upwards like a fountain of light.

It transformed into a giant tree of light, emitting a strong light, and extended its branches and roots to the sky and the earth. Then, it turned into light dust and disappeared in an instant.

What was that just now?

Sejun was bewildered as he looked at the falling light dust.

[The Great Blessing of Abundance has descended on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.]

[The Blessing of Abundance has descended on the 82nd floor of the Black Tower.]

[On the 73rd floor of the Black Tower…]

[On the 68th floor of the Black Tower…]

Messages appeared in Sejun’s eyes, stating that blessings had been bestowed. The blessings were being randomly bestowed on one floor every 10 floors.

And then—

[You have achieved the great feat of growing the Seed of Abundance and bestowing blessings on 10 floors of the Tower.]

[As a reward for achieving the great feat, you have acquired the >Title: Bestower of Blessings>.]

[All stats have increased by 100 as a reward for achieving the great feat.]

Following that, a message about achieving the feat also appeared.

“Heh heh heh. As expected, I should just focus on farming rather than leveling up.” Sejun once again realized that farming was more helpful in making him stronger.

Just then—

[An overwhelming amount of mental power is rushing in.]

[It is very dangerous.]

Suddenly, a message flashed in front of Sejun’s eyes from [System 371]. The words were urgent and alarming:

“[Unmanageable Divine Power!]”

“Unmanageable?” Sejun whispered, his eyes widening in confusion. A strange dizziness washed over him, the room seemed to spin, and then… darkness.

*Plop.*

Sejun slumped to the floor, unconscious, the message still burned into his mind.

“President Park, wake up, meow!”

Slap. Slap.

Squeak!

[Butler! Wake up!]

Thud!

Theo and the Black Cat family hurriedly began to care for the sunfish Sejun.

Seed Shop Headquarters.

[Black Tower Top Farmer Park Sejun has fully grown the Seed of Abundance.]

[Acquired 500,000 Divine Power as a growth reward.]

[Divinity increased by 10,000 as a growth reward.]

“Finally!”

Leah was moved as the Seed of Abundance grew.

“As expected of Amazing Sejun! I believed in you!”

“No! Something’s missing!”

The slogan ‘Mutdda Park’ can no longer capture Park Sejun’s perfect abilities!

Leah pondered a new slogan.

A moment later.

“Heh heh. From now on, it’s God Sejun.”

Leah created a new slogan.

“Everyone! From now on, let’s call him God Sejun, not Mutdda Park! God Sejun! God Sejun!”

She went outside and spread the new slogan to the non-combat gods.

“God Sejun?”

“God… Sejun? That’s good!”

“I like it.”

“God Sejun!”

“God Sejun!”

The non-combat gods began to chant the new slogan.

And as the slogan’s meaning was significant, Sejun was treated like a god among gods and gained tremendous influence, which means he gained a lot of attention and power from the gods.

However, the influence was too great for Sejun to handle; it was becoming unmanageable because the Seed of Abundance had grown so much.

“Oh?! Everyone, calm down! At this rate, our Sejun will be in danger!”

The God of Loneliness, Wuri, hurriedly tried to calm the gods, showing her worry.

“God Sejun!”

“God Sejun!”

“God Sejun!”

The non-combat gods were already very interested in the slogan and burning with passion.

Theo’s mental world.

Mini President Park No. 3 was busily moving around, creating mountains of grilled fish and ponds of Churu. He was as diligent as the main body.

A moment later.

Mini President Park No. 3 climbed onto the mountain of grilled fish he had completed, put his hands on his hips with a proud expression, and looked around.

However, the view was not good because of the grilled fish mountains created by senior Nos. 1 and 2.

Mini President Park No. 3’s grilled fish mountain looked like a flatland compared to the mountains of his seniors.

It was so small that even if he worked hard, it was barely noticeable.

“It’s all because of the main body,” Mini President Park No. 3 felt angry at the main body Sejun again today, feeling upset.

At that moment,

“Heh heh. Mini President Park No. 3, absorb this, meow!”

Theo appeared and touched Mini President Park No. 3 with his paw.

Then,

Oooong.

Mini President Park No. 3 was enveloped in light and began to grow rapidly.

Theo was absorbing the influence of the gods towards Sejun and sending that extra power to Mini President Park No. 3.

A moment later.

Mini President Park No. 3 grew from mini, normal, and giant to super-giant President Park No. 3.

“Heh heh. Wait for me. Main body,” Super-giant President Park No. 3 waited for the day he would meet Sejun again and made more grilled fish mountains and Churu ponds.

Sejun’s mental world. This place was filled with statues of Black Cat, all different sizes and poses, reflecting her importance to Sejun.

“Ughh.”

Sejun was lying down, unable to come to his senses from the massive shock.

“Heh heh. As expected, the butler can’t do anything without the great Black Cat.”

Lick. Lick.

Black Cat hugged Sejun with a smug expression and diligently licked Sejun’s face. Her tongue felt rough against his skin.

Black Cat’s tongue was bigger than Sejun, so it didn’t just lick his face.

While Sejun was taking a bath in Black Cat’s saliva, his mental strength and divine power limits were increasing.

“That’s right. The great Black Cat must be by Sejun’s side.”

“That’s right. If it weren’t for the great Black Cat, there would have been another hole in Sejun’s mental world.”

The subordinates flattered Black Cat and diligently repaired Sejun’s mental world.

“Eomdol, build a slender statue of the great Black Cat over there.”

“Yes!”

“Ah. No. Make about 100 of them.”

“Yes!”

“Heh heh. The butler will give me more sweet potato snacks, right?” Black Cat was planning secretly, trying to make Sejun think she was slender by creating many slender statues of herself in Sejun’s mental world.

A moment later.

“Umm.”

Sejun, who had been cared for by Theo and the Black Cat family, regained consciousness.

And

“Huh?!”

Sejun looked at Black Cat, confused.

“Heh heh. The great Black Cat suddenly looks slender, so he must be wondering,” Black Cat thought her plan had worked and smiled in a sneaky way.

However,

“Black Cat, what did you eat behind my back again?”

Squeak?

Sejun’s reaction was different from Black Cat’s expectations.

Sejun knew Black Cat was slender because of the slender Black Cat statue in his mental world.

Due to the difference between the Black Cat in his mind and the Black Cat in front of him, the real Black Cat looked fatter, resulting in a completely different outcome than Black Cat’s expectations.

“Black Cat, how many sweet potato snacks did you eat?”

Squeak! Squeak!

[I didn’t eat any! Really!]

Black Cat was upset by Sejun’s questioning.

“You look much fatter than yesterday, are you going to lie?!”

Squeak…

[It’s really not…]

It would have been less unfair if she had eaten sweet potato snacks…

This time, Black Cat was so upset because she had worked hard to heal Sejun and was receiving such wrong ideas.

“This won’t do! Let’s run 20 laps before breakfast.”

Squeak!

[I really didn’t eat any!]

“Okay. Let’s go.”

Squeak…

[Let’s go…]

Black Cat was upset, but she ran to eat breakfast.

I shouldn’t have made the statue slender. I should have made it fat…

She felt sorry about it too late, but it was her own fault.

Another peaceful morning on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

At that moment,

-Sejun, take this land deed.

The great Purple Dragon Tier brought the land deed for the 1st floor of the Purple Tower.

It was time to create a new farm.