Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 666

Sejun gasped for air, his chest heaving.

Black Tower, 99th floor.

Sejun rubbed the sleep from his eyes after taking care of Theo, Iona, and the Blackie family. He stepped outside onto the 99th floor of the Black Tower, the cool morning air hitting his face. Batbat was still there, wings twitching, looking tired but alert.

“Wait a minute, Batbat,” Sejun said, trying to understand. “Are you really saying that if we go to this place, Aerial, weak people become strong, and strong people become weak?”

(Batbat. Yes!)

Crunch!

Batbat chirped, nodding quickly as he snapped his beak shut on another ant, its hard shell cracking loudly. More ants were pouring through a shimmering, blue gate that hung in the air, buzzing angrily as they entered the tower from this world called Aerial.

It seemed like the first ant that died had sent a signal to the other ants, because more and more kept coming.

[Guardian Park Batbat has eliminated a soldier ant.]

[Guardian Park Batbat has acquired 50,000 experience points, which is 50% of the experience gained.]

Thanks to that, Sejun was comfortably gaining experience by his side.

“Heh heh. Does that mean Chairman Park will be the strongest if we go there, meow?” Theo asked with an intrigued voice, swatting ants alongside Batbat.

Crunch!

“Heh heh. It’s finally time for me to show my skills.”

Sejun wore a conceited expression, but then—

“Meow! Chairman Park’s face is turning green, meow!” Theo stomped on him.

Hehe! Woof!

[Hehe! No matter how strong the butler gets, he can’t beat the great Blackie!]

Blackie also stepped on Sejun’s face, barking confidently.

“Hehehe.”

Sejun imagined himself reigning supreme in Aerial, grinning slyly.

“Meow!” Theo cried.

“It can’t get any greener, meow!”

Flash!

Theo began to knead Sejun’s face in earnest, burning money.

About 20 trillion Tower Coins from Sejun’s subspace warehouse disappeared, but Sejun didn’t know.

Sejun was strong, stronger than most people in his world. But in other worlds, he might be just average, or even weak.

So, to become the strongest in Aerial—

“Blackie, wait here. I’ll give you 10 dried sweet potato slices in return.”

Woof?! Hehe! Woof!

[Butler, really?! Hehe. Okay!]

“It’s dangerous for you all, so wait a moment.”

“Heh heh. Understood, meow!”

“Kkyut kkyut. Yes.”

Sejun left the weakest Blackie family behind and crossed the dimensional gate alone, leaving his companions.

Then,

[[If you have come to [Aerial], you must follow the laws of [Aerial].]]

[[The law that the weak become strong and the strong become weak will be applied.]]

[[You are the weakest among the beings in [Aerial].]]

[[According to the rules, you have become the strongest being.]]

Messages appeared before Sejun.

At the same time, the level 9 world ants, who had been stronger than him, felt like the ants he used to see on Earth.

Crunch! Crunch!

[You have eliminated a soldier ant.]

While Sejun was easily dealing with the soldier ants—

Clang! Clang!

A soldier ant, bigger than Sejun’s hand, scuttled towards him. Its jaws were like sharp, steel beaks, clicking menacingly.

Crunch!

[You have eliminated a soldier ant.]

“Hehehe.”

I’m the strongest in the world.

Just as Sejun’s face was about to be filled with smugness—

“Meow! Manage Chairman Park’s face, meow!” Theo couldn’t stand it and crossed the dimensional gate into Aerial.

And

“Meow?!” Theo exclaimed.

“Is this really Chairman Park’s energy, meow?!”

Theo used his special skills to stop the strong energy coming from Sejun, climbing onto Sejun’s face.

Stomp. Stomp.

He diligently stomped on Sejun’s face.

It wasn’t easy for Theo, weaker than an ant in Aerial, to knead Sejun’s face, but his sense of duty was truly remarkable.

At that moment—

Hehe! Woof!

[Hehe! The great Blackie wants to step on the butler’s face too!]

I can’t stand this!

Blackie, who had given up 10 dried sweet potato slices to step on Sejun’s face, also crossed the dimensional gate.

And

Bang!

Blackie jumped towards Sejun’s face.

···?!

Sejun, seeing Blackie flying towards him at a speed that looked like it could kill him if he got hit, hurriedly moved his head.

Woof?!

Blackie just missed Sejun’s face and flew up into the sky very fast. He went so high he became a tiny speck and then disappeared.

Blackie is stronger than me here, so he’ll be alright, right?

Sejun put his worries about the Blackie family aside and—

Crunch! Crunch!

Eliminated the swarming ants.

After a while.

Just as the ants stopped swarming, perhaps having sent a danger signal to their brethren—

Kkueng?

[Dad, what are you doing there?]

Kkueng crossed the dimensional gate and approached Sejun.

At the same time, the laws of tried to bind Kkueng, but—

-Get lost!

The dark crimson energy coming from Kkueng’s body pushed back the laws.

Kkueng was very powerful. His power was so strong, it didn’t even follow the rules of this new world.

Kkueng?

[Why did big brother and sister-in-law suddenly become weak?]

Thanks to that, Kkueng, who was fine even in Aerial, tilted his head, looking at the weakened Theo and Iona.

Thus, Sejun became 14th in the Aerial rankings, pushed back by the Blackie family and Kkueng.

“Let’s eat first.”

Returning to the tower and having breakfast—

“Alright. Shall we go find Blackie?”

Sejun gathered his companions and crossed the dimensional gate again.

And

“Oh?! Fire?”

[Hehet. Hello, Sejun!]

Fire was waiting for Sejun in Aerial.

“Your stamina has recovered?”

[Hehet. Yes.]

Fire’s strength hadn’t changed. Maybe it was because Fire was a plant?

Sejun carefully placed Fire, whose strength was still the same (?), on his palm and—

“Fire, it’s dangerous here, so wait in the tower. I’ll just go get Blackie and come back.”

He tried to send it back to the tower, but—

[Sejun, I have a favor to ask.]

Fire asked Sejun with an urgent voice.

“A favor?”

Sejun stopped at Fire’s words.

Whew. I’m alive!

Fire, who had stopped Sejun, breathed a sigh of relief.

Because if Fire returned to the tower, its power would spread, and then everyone would be in danger.

“No. The Black Tower itself could have collapsed. Actually, the Flame on Sejun’s hand was not just a small form; this was Flame’s real, powerful self.”

‘If I can be with Sejun, I want to go as my true form!’

Flame wanted to see Sejun so much, it took a risk and changed into its true form.

[Yes. Please help me find what can make me the World Tree here.]

In truth, Flame wanted to become the Creation Tree, but she had no choice but to say World Tree because Sejun mustn’t know her true goal.

“Of course! I’ll help you!”

Sejun had always felt sorry that Flame couldn’t become the World Tree, so he readily agreed.

And so, Sejun and his party, with Flame who had joined them, began exploring [Erial] to help Flame become the World Tree and find the Black Cat Family.

Suddenly, rough voices broke the relative quiet. “Halt, you there!”

“Hand over your valuables, or you’ll regret it!”

A group of ragged thieves, common pests in the harsh lands of Erial, sprang from behind jagged rocks. But Sejun was ready.

“Iyah!” he yelled, charging forward.

*Kkueng!* His loyal wolf companion slammed into the thieves with a powerful force, sending them sprawling. It was a swift and clumsy attack from the bandits, easily deflected.

“Puhuhut,” Theo chuckled, his tail twitching with amusement. “Time for stamps, meow!” He hopped forward and, with official seriousness, stamped the defeated thieves, marking them as newly recruited (though unwilling) employees of Sejun Company.

Meanwhile,

‘Where is it?’

Flame concentrated, seeking the source that enforced the Law of [Erial]. Flame knew that to make this barren land fertile again, they had to break the strange law that was twisting its nature.

While moving like that,

Thud.

The ground began to rumble, and a giant stone ball rolled towards them quickly. The stone ball stopped precisely in front of Sejun.

‘Kkihihit. Kking!’

[Hehe. Butler!]

Black Cat called out to Sejun from atop the stone ball and jumped down.

Thump.

Landing gracefully on all fours.

‘The great Black Cat-nim, graceful, isn’t it?’

Black Cat tilted its head, showing off. It could skillfully control its strength, so it didn’t cause trouble to those around it like Sejun did.

“Wait, where did everyone else go?”

Sejun asked Black Cat when he didn’t see the others besides Black Cat.

‘Kkihihit. Kking!’

[Hehe. They went to take over, so wait a little! The great Black Cat-nim will make everyone kneel before Butler!]

Black Cat answered proudly, but in short, it meant they went to cause chaos.

“Hold on, what *is* that huge stone thing?”

Sejun asked, looking at the giant stone ball.

‘Kkihihit. Kking! Kking!’

[Hehe. Butler is a fool! This is the stone ball Butler gave me!]

Black Cat laughed at Sejun for asking such a foolish question.

‘I gave it to you?’

When Sejun looked closely at the stone ball,

[Unfinished Planet Core]

The third apostle of creation, Park Black Cat, is diligently rolling it to produce it.

The planet will be completed after rolling it 351.4912381 billion times.

Producer: Black Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Grade: A

Sejun’s name was visible in the producer section.

“I did make it.”

Sejun didn’t know, but the stone ball he made was absorbing the surrounding land as it rolled, turning itself into a planet. It wasn’t called the planet’s core for nothing.

At that moment,

[Sejun-nim, I found it!]

Flame, who had found the source of the law, shouted.

“Really? Where is it?”

[East from here.]

“Then let’s go right away.”

As Sejun was about to depart,

‘Kkihihit. Kking!’

[Hehe. Butler! The great Black Cat-nim will give you a ride!]

Swoosh.

Black Cat increased its size. For Black Cat, who possessed great power, increasing its size was as easy as eating sweet potato snacks while lying down.

“Oh. Thank you.”

‘Kkihihit. Kking!’

[Hehe. Hold on tight!]

And so, Black Cat carried Sejun and his party, running.

Whoosh!

With one stride of Black Cat, Sejun and his party instantly moved hundreds of kilometers.

[It’s here!]

They arrived at the source of the law, surrounded by four palm-sized monsters.

The east was guarded by a blue salamander, the west by a white leopard, the north by a fist-sized black turtle, and the south by a red eagle…

They weren’t large in size, but the energy they emitted was unusual.

“Are they like the Four Symbols? You guys wait here. Let’s go, kids!”

Kkueng!

Kking!

Sejun left Theo, Iona, Flame, and Batbat in a safe place and stepped forward with Kkueng and Black Cat. It was 3 against 4, but it didn’t seem like they would lose.

And then,

“Guys, I’ll take on the leopard!”

Sejun ran towards the white leopard, the most manageable in size.

Kyaoong!

Thwack.

The leopard pounced first, striking Sejun with its forepaw, but

‘Hmph! You can’t stop me with this!’

Sejun, who had endured numerous crises and built up his durability, simply charged while being hit.

Graaab!

And put the leopard in a headlock.

Then,

Purrrr. Purrrr.

…?

The leopard suddenly started purring.

“Haaah! Haaah! Haaah! Haaah! Haaah! Haaah!”

‘The great Hybrid Park Chairman’s lap is mine, meow!’

At the same time, Theo rushed in with a furious hiss level 6 and clung to Sejun’s lap.

Meanwhile,

‘Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!’

[Hehehe. Kkueng’s name is Kkuengidayo!]

Kkueng was introducing himself to the turtle.

‘Kkihihit. Kking! Kking!’

[Hehe. Let’s play with the great Black Cat-nim! Go and bring the great Black Cat-nim’s stone ball!]

Black Cat made the salamander and eagle bring the stone ball.

And then,

“So that’s what happened.”

Flame, standing in front of the skull that was the source of the law, read the skull’s memories and understood why the Law of [Erial] had arisen.

300 years ago, the great mage Krishnak of [Erial] had one concern left, as she didn’t have much time to live, and that was her four animal children.

So, wishing for the happiness of her four animals, she mobilized all her knowledge, wealth, and magic to change the world.

The weak become strong, and the strong become weak. That way, her animals wouldn’t be hunted.

But that didn’t make anyone happy. The four animals became too strong, and no one could approach them, so the four lived as loners for 300 years.

And the entire food chain of [Erial] was ruined.

[Krishnak, your heart was right, but your method was not.]

It’s time to return it to its original state.

Flame placed a leaf on the skull.

Rustle.

The skull crumbled, and the Law of disappeared with it.

And then,

“I pledge allegiance to Sejun-nim… Huh?!”

Screech?!

Shimmer?!

…

..

. A crisis came to Black Cat’s subordinates, who were causing chaos to make everyone kneel before Sejun.

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