Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 673

A while after Sejun left Kyungchul’s wedding party.

“Huh? How much did you say?!”

Kyungchul was surprised when his cousins, who had been managing the wedding money, told him how much they had received.

“A total of 27.05314 billion won!” one cousin said. “And guess what? Your friend Park Sejun put Topcoins in the envelope. At first, the envelope sounded like it had coins in it…”

While his cousins talked about the wedding, Kyungchul thought, Sejun, thank you. You should have at least had a meal before leaving.

Kyungchul was touched that Sejun had left without eating.

The wedding money from everyone else, not counting Sejun’s gift, was 53.14 million won. That meant Sejun’s gift alone was 27 billion won.

Because of the recent inflation on Earth and Sejun’s habit of collecting Topcoins from the Black Tower without spending them, Topcoins had become rare. The market price had risen to 1.5 million won per Topcoin.

“Here. It’s a little something for you.”

“Oh. 5 million won?!”

“Thank you, Hyungnim!”

Kyungchul was in high spirits. He gave each of his cousins 5 million won as pocket money. The cousins finished their task and went off to eat.

“But what did Sejun put in there earlier?”

Kyungchul checked his pocket to see what Sejun had given him before leaving. He hadn’t been able to check earlier because there were too many people around.

Swish.

Kyungchul reached into his pocket and pulled out a glass bottle. Inside was a captivating red liquid, shimmering and glowing, looking almost magical.

“Elixir of Great Growth?”

Even the name sounded amazing.

Remaining quantity: 30 drops

Sejun thought Kyungchul might grow more than expected, so he had added an extra 10 drops.

Just then,

“Huh?!”

Kyungchul suddenly realized that the world had changed. He had grown, too.

It felt as though his very being had been elevated.

‘Could it be?’

Kyungchul checked his stats, hoping it was true.

“What?!”

All my stats have increased?!

He saw that his stats had increased by 20%. Even his potential, which was so hard to raise, had increased tenfold.

This wasn’t just happening to Kyungchul. All the hunters on Earth were experiencing it.

Moreover,

“Huh?! Why does my body suddenly feel so light?”

“Is it just me, or does my back feel straighter?”

Ordinary people also felt better physically.

This was because Earth had finished evolving and grown into a level 2 world. The people living in that world had also grown stronger.

The Earthlings became stronger as they became inhabitants of a level 2 world.

“Huh? I’ve gotten a bit stronger?”

“Yes. So now we’re going to take over the market.”

Several groups tried to drive out the Kkuengyi Faction Black Bears, who managed the first floor market of the Black Tower.

“Did you think you could win just by rushing in?!”

But the Kkuengyi Faction Black Bears kept beating them. The Black Bears were from a level 7 world, after all. The only thing that increased was how often they were beaten.

The residents who survived in the Tower were from level 3 worlds or higher.

Becoming residents of a level 2 world didn’t raise the ranks of Earth’s hunters in the Black Tower.

It was a miracle that Earth, a level 1 world, had survived without being destroyed until now.

Usually, Earth would have been destroyed before that. The residents would have become refugees and been weeded out.

The Tower was not an easy place for those from level 1 worlds to live.

Even though Earth had become a level 2 world, not much had changed inside the Black Tower.

Black Tower, 99th floor.

[The evolution of >Earth> has been completed, becoming a level 2 world.]

[All physical abilities of level 2 residents have increased by 20%, and their potential has increased tenfold.]

[Due to the level increase of his home world, all stats of Black Tower farmer Park Sejun have increased by 10%, and his potential has increased by 50%.]

Sejun was eating dinner. He also enjoyed the benefits of the >Earth> level increase.

However,

“Why did only this much increase for me?!”

This system is screwing me over again?!

Sejun didn’t fully enjoy the benefits.

He had already been squeezed too much. If it increased as much as it should have, Sejun might have died. [System 371] was trying to save Sejun, but Sejun didn’t know that.

A short while later.

“Heh heh heh. I’ve gotten stronger.”

Sejun’s anger towards the system disappeared as he looked at the 10% increase in his stats.

Sejun’s current stats are…

Strength (153,752/287,442)

Stamina (144,307/219,448)

Agility (142,923/217,575)

Mana (150,280/235,008)

Mental Strength (40,371/50,000)

Divinity (100.8664/500)

These numbers were almost impossible to reach on Earth.

“Puhuhu. The great Hybrid Park is happy to be a little stronger, meow!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Sejun, please get stronger quickly. So Theo won’t worry.”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Dad, don’t be arrogant just because you’ve gotten a little stronger! You still can’t beat Kkuengyi’s fingertip!]

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. The great Blackie will protect the weak butler, so hand over some roasted sweet potato jerky as protection money!]

To his companions, he was still a sunfish to be protected.

“What are you going to protect when all you do is eat roasted sweet potato jerky, Blackie? Huh?”

Kking…

Sejun pinched Blackie’s cheek, who was weaker than him.

Hukwolbok arrived at the Tower and went down with Pochi and Lala, who were waiting under Ppyu Ppyu’s instructions, without even having dinner.

Pochi and Lala’s relationship was still complicated, with no sign of becoming romantic.

Pyak…

[Uncle, don’t get married…]

Hukwolbok said in a sorrowful voice before leaving.

However,

Lucky bastard.

I’m jealous.

It was a privileged complaint for Sejun and Pochi.

As dinner ended,

Kkueng!

[So Kkuengyi did this!]

“Puhuhu. That’s when this body stepped in, meow!”

Kkihihit! Kking!

[Hehe. The great Blackie took care of the last part!]

Theo, Kkuengyi, and Blackie received the Bronze Mirror of Yearning from Aileen. They excitedly told Sejun’s family the story of defeating the Camo Pirates and protecting Earth.

“Anyway, that’s why I couldn’t even eat dinner before coming.”

Sejun also spoke from time to time, drinking the coffee that Kkuengyi had made.

Kkueng!

[Big Bro used a lot of money to heal Earth with his forepaws, so he came home early!]

“Puhuhu. That’s right, meow! Kim Miran, Park Chunho! This body saved Earth, meow!”

Kking!

[Butler’s mom! The butler bullied me earlier!]

Sejun and his party chattered excitedly for several hours.

“Sejun, stop and go to sleep.”

“Yes. We should stop and go to sleep.”

Kim Miran smiled tiredly. “Okay, okay, enough excitement for one night. Time for sleep.” Park Chunho nodded, reaching for the light switch. The room went dark, but the happy chatter of the day still lingered in the air.

Eileen smiled, holding the shiny Bronze Mirror. “Batbat made a song for you! Do you want to hear it? It goes like this: We were walking down the road…”

Sejun took the Bronze Mirror of Yearning and started singing ‘Chamagsa’. He was a truly terrible singer.

“Pfft. No, nya! We were walking down the road…”

“Kkweang! Kkweang~!”

“[That’s not the rhythm! We happened to meet on the road~!” Kkweang shouted.

“Kee hee hee. Kking! Kking~!”

“[Hee hee. Kkweang hyung messed up the lyrics! We happened to meet on the road~, ya!]” another animal giggled.

The area quickly became noisy as everyone argued about the correct lyrics.

Eileen took Sejun’s side. “The Tower’s administrator says your song is the best.”

“Eileen, this isn’t right. We have to tell the truth to Sejun!” Ace said sadly, listening to Sejun’s song.

“Quiet!” Ace hissed. “Do you want to make Sejun feel even worse about his singing?!”

Eileen got angry at Ace, stopping him from telling the truth.

After finishing the song and getting praise from Eileen,

“Hehehe. Everyone, let’s go to sleep.”

After taking Kkweang to their cozy sleeping area, Pink Fur,

“Let’s lie down too.”

Sejun went home and lay down on the bed with Theo and his wife (the Theo couple) and the Blackie family of bats.

Kuh-ooh-ah.

Goro-rong.

Kkyu-ro-rong.

Kki-ro-rong.

Sejun and his friends snored and entered Blackie’s mental world, as they often did. It was another night shift.

In Blackie’s mental world, Sejun, Theo, Super Giant Chairman Park No. 3, Iona, and Gilsoon Nightmare comforted the souls.

“Everyone, I’m sorry.”

“I’m really sorry.”

The Blackie family worked hard to apologize to the souls and tried to be forgiven.

While the Blackie family was being forgiven by the souls,

Glug glug.

Suddenly, dark, oily corruption oozed into existence again. Sejun had seen it many times now. Sometimes it came from the world’s energy itself, usually just one or two blobs. Other times, like today, it formed from the darkness of a single troubled soul. This time, two appeared at once.

“Quietly disappear!”

Fwoosh.

Sejun focused on the two corruptions, and their bodies began to burn.

-Kuh… Keuheuheuk…

-Look forward to it…

-My…

-Corruptions…

-Will find…

-You…

-It will…

Today, the corruptions made even more eerie threats as they vanished.

However,

“Yeah. It’s not scary anymore, joo.”

Humans adapt quickly.

Sejun, who had become used to the corruption’s threats, wasn’t scared at all.

“Did you think I’d be scared if you just talked with your mouth?!”

Now, the problem was that he wasn’t scared enough. They clearly said they would come find him.

“Chairman Park, we need to keep a close eye on the surroundings, nya!”

“I need to put a lot of shield magic on Sejun!”

“Hee hee. The butler will protect us!”

The Theo couple and the Blackie family thought they should strengthen the security around Sejun.

“Everyone, let’s start again!”

While Sejun and his friends were diligently apologizing, the night deepened.

[You have defeated all the corruption in >Energy of the World> and completed >Energy of the World Freed from Corruption>.]

[You have completed the quest.]

[As a reward for completing the quest…]

One of the world’s energies was purified.

“I really need to sleep now. Good night, everyone.”

Sejun greeted his party, and they each returned to their own mental world to get a good night’s sleep.

Far away at sea.

“This is Kamous, captain of the ship ‘Black Gulper.’ Come in, home base at Grondra.”

Kamous, who had fainted and woken up, communicated with the home base.

He couldn’t wake up normally, but he secretly used a disposable item that increased recovery speed just before fainting, allowing him to wake up early.

“Loyalty! We greet Kamous-nim!”

“Enough. Call Defense Captain Wilson at Grondra home base.”

“Yes!”

Kamous called the defense captain of the home base through communication.

“Loyalty! This is Defense Captain Wilson!”

“Prepare to face the enemy immediately.”

“Yes! Where and what kind of enemy will we be facing?”

“The location is Grondra, the enemy is the Black Gulper.”

He ordered Wilson to attack the ship he was on.

“Yes?”

Wilson was confused by Kamous’s order.

Kamous had a means of escape, which is why he ordered Wilson to attack the Black Gulper.

“That’s exactly what I mean. The moment the Black Gulper enters Grondra, mobilize all forces to attack. Understood? A total attack!”

“Yes! Understood!”

Having given the order to Wilson,

“Hee hee hee. Come quickly to get the treasure.”

‘The moment I enter the home base, I am free.’

Kamous dreamed of freedom and pretended to faint again, lying face down on the floor.

It was dawn at the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

“Euchha!”

Sejun woke up earlier than usual.

“(Batbat! Sejun, you woke up early?!) Batbat flew over excitedly.

“Yeah. I have a lot to do today. Do you want to come with me, Batbat?”

“(Batbat! Yes!)”

Sejun took care of Batbat, the Theo couple, and the Blackie family, and quickly checked the Disaster Farm, the farm on the 99th floor of the Tower, the farm on the 10th Tower, and the Black Demonic Star.

He wanted to check the farms before eating breakfast and going to the pirates’ home base.

After looking around the farms and finishing breakfast,

“Iona, let’s go.”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes. Oh, power of dimension…”

With Iona’s dimension 이동 magic, he moved with his party to the Black Kkweang ship, where the unique coordinates were engraved.