Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 674

375th-dimensional sea.

Kkueng!

[Black Kkueng-i ship departs!]

With Kkueng-i grabbing the helm and shouting, the ship set off for Grondra, the main base of the Camo Pirates.

Kamous, very proud of his ship, answered Sejun’s question about the journey time in a showing-off voice. “If we go straight at this speed, we’ll arrive in 10 hours.”

However,

“That takes so long?” Sejun frowned. His voice was sharp.

“Kamous!” Sejun scolded, sounding like a boss who was very unhappy. “Why didn’t you spend more money on this ship? Are you trying to save every penny?”

Kkueng! Kkueng! Kkueng-i jumped up and down, flapping his little wings. “[Kamous is bad!]” he shouted in their minds. “[The Black Kkueng-i ship is slow because you were cheap!]”

Kking! Theo puffed out his chest. “[Hey, Kamous!]” Theo added, also scolding. “[You should have brought a much faster ship! This is embarrassing!]”

Kamous’s face went red as Theo, Kkueng-i, and even Kkamangi joined in, all complaining about his ship.

Eek! How much money did I spend to make the Black Gulper ship?!

Kamous was furious at Sejun and his party’s reaction of ignoring his ship.

Just wait until we get to the main base. You’re finished with this ship!

He calmed down, thinking it was a waste to get angry at someone who was about to die.

The Black Kkueng-i ship went straight ahead at full speed.

Kkueng-i had no need to turn the helm, so he opened the subspace warehouse because he was bored.

Kkueng!

[Coming out!]

Book book!

He summoned the planet-destroying turtles. Kkueng-i brought all the planet-destroying turtles that had been released in the fountain before leaving.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. You guys guard this place and shoot when an enemy appears!]

Book book!

Kkueng!

[You’re here!]

Book book!

Instead of people to fire the cannons, he positioned the planet-destroying turtles in various places on the ship to protect it.

While Kkueng-i was walking around the ship, Sejun thought, “Should I have a snack since I’m bored?”

Sejun took out a brazier from the subspace warehouse and started grilling corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. The corn kernels turned golden brown and smelled sweet. The potato skins were getting crispy and the inside was soft.

“Puhu! Great Hybrid Chairman Park, please make grilled fish and stir-fried peanuts for me too!” Theo asked for food for himself and Iona as well.

“I was going to do it anyway, without you asking,” Sejun replied.

“Puhu! Really?!”

“Of course.”

“Puhu! I’m so happy that Chairman Park hasn’t forgotten Vice Chairman Theo!” Theo was pleased with Sejun’s answer.

Meanwhile, Sejun skewered grilled fish on skewers and grilled them over direct heat, and stir-fried peanuts in a frying pan.

As the smell of food spread around, the pirates, who were sitting blankly with nothing to do, focused their attention on Sejun.

Sniff sniff.

“Doesn’t something smell delicious?” one pirate asked.

“I think it’s coming from over there,” another replied.

Kkihihit. Kking?!

“[Hehe. Butler! Are you going to make dried roasted sweet potatoes for the great Kkamangi?!]”

Tap tap tap.

Kkamangi, who had been running around trying to maintain the pirates’ discipline, smelled the sweet potatoes roasting and quickly ran over.

Nudge. Nudge.

Kkamangi rubbed Sejun’s thigh diligently with his front paws and acted cute, but Sejun, the king of grudges, had not forgotten Kkamangi’s karma of sticking next to Kim Miran and plundering dried roasted sweet potatoes.

“Hehehe. There’s none for Kkamangi, though? How dare you side with my mom yesterday and attack me.”

Kking!

“[Butler, I hate you!]”

Kkamangi’s ears drooped. He felt a pang of sadness. *’He doesn’t love me anymore,’* Kkamangi thought, before stomping off to hide somewhere on the pirate ship, tail dragging on the deck.

The butler will call the great Kkamangi, right? He’ll call, right? He’ll call!

Kkamangi was hiding, eagerly waiting for Sejun to call him. He was restless with anxiety.

What if the butler doesn’t call me? Should I go out now?! But I have the great Kkamangi’s dignity!

At that moment,

“Park Kkamangi, let’s eat snacks!” Sejun called.

Hehe. As expected, the butler needs the great Kkamangi!

Kkamangi revealed himself with an arrogant smile, as if he had won. However, unlike his arrogant smile, his feet were running desperately towards Sejun, spinning his tail like a propeller 360 degrees quickly.

“Puhu! As expected, the great Hybrid Chairman Park’s grilled fish is the best!” Theo exclaimed.

“Hehe. Of course,” Sejun replied.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. The stir-fried peanuts are delicious too,” Iona added.

“I’m glad they’re delicious. They require several times the firepower,” Sejun said.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

“[Hehe. Dad, it’s delicious to mix a bite of potato and corn!]” Kkueng-i said.

“Really? Oh! It’s really good?! Kkueng-i is a genius like me,” Sejun said.

While Sejun was talking with Theo, Iona, and Kkueng-i and enjoying the snacks, Kkamangi was quietly just eating.

Smack. Smack. Smack.

“Is it delicious? Say something while you eat,” Sejun spoke to Kkamangi.

Kkihihit. Kking!

“[Hehe. The butler’s dried roasted sweet potatoes are the most delicious!]”

“Hehe. Of course.”

He even earned praise from Kkamangi.

Slurp.

Gulp.

The pirates were drooling as they watched Sejun and his party enjoy the snacks.

“Puhu! Do you want to eat?!” Theo, who had already finished the grilled fish, started selling the remaining corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

The pirates were already employees of Sejun Company and had all their money taken away, so they had nothing to pay with, but Theo could instinctively tell that they had hidden money.

Puhu! I can instinctively smell money from these guys!

“If you want to eat, pay me!” Theo said.

“Here you go!” one pirate said.

“Please give me some too!” another pleaded.

The pirates handed Theo, who was holding out his front paw, thin, square iron plates about half the size of their palms.

“Nya? I don’t accept iron! Bring out money or jewels!” Theo was angry because it was obviously not treasure.

“Huh? This isn’t iron, it’s a pirate card? Don’t you know what a card is?”

“Puhu! Of course I know! Wait a moment!” Theo pretended to know for the sake of Vice Chairman Theo’s pride.

“Chairman Park, these guys gave me something called a pirate card! What is this?!” He took the card to Sejun and asked.

“Pirate card?”

Sejun examined the card closely.

[>Identification: One Who Has Long Peered Into the Beginning> has identified the essence of the card.]

Sejun’s eyes turned golden as the card’s information became visible.

[Pirate Pto’s Debit Card]

This is a debit card linked to Pirate Pto’s Pirate Bank account. Swipe the card to use the money in the account.

Remaining Balance: 300 Topcoins

Card Issuer: Pirate Bank

“Ah, it’s like a debit card. When you swipe it, money is withdrawn from the bank account.”

“Puhuhut. As expected, Chairman Park knows everything, nyaang! Then how do we swipe it to withdraw money from the account, nyaang?!”

“Uh… like this?”

There was no card reader, and Sejun didn’t want to say no to Theo, who was looking at him with sparkling eyes full of admiration, so he simply swiped the card in the air.

Then,

[Greetings, Player Sejun! It seems you have acquired a Pirate Debit Card. Would you like assistance in understanding its function?] – System 371

[How much would you like to charge?]

A message appeared before Sejun. The tone was different from [System 371]. But it wasn’t a Pirate Bank system message either.

It was a message from [System SJC].

It didn’t have a self yet, so it couldn’t write polite messages like [System 371], but [System SJC] always thought of Sejun first and acted accordingly.

System SJC wanted to help Sejun. So, it quickly made a way for the card to work. It even figured out how to avoid paying extra fees to the Pirate Bank. Now, Sejun could use the card just by swiping it in the air!

“10 Topcoins.”

As Sejun stated the amount to be paid,

Clink!

The money was withdrawn from the Pirate Bank account and fell into Sejun’s hand.

“Hehehe. See? That’s how you use it.”

Sejun said smugly to Theo.

“Puhuhut. As expected of the great Hybrid Chairman Park, nyaang! But Chairman Park’s face is all squished, nyaang!”

He revealed his face to Theo again today.

Koohehehe. Kooeng!

[Hehehe. Kooengie wants to play too!]

Keeheet. Kking!

[Hehet. Great Blackie also wants to step on Master’s face!]

Kooengie and Blackie rushed at Sejun’s face, diligently stepping on it with their paws.

A short while later.

“Puhuhut. If you want to eat, bring out your card, nyaang!”

Theo, with a proud grin, set up shop on the deck. The salty sea air blew around him as he arranged the food.

While Sejun was teaching Theo about pirate money, far below them in the Black Tower, Peep was on an important mission.

Peep! Peep!

[Redbe, this way! Don’t stray elsewhere!]

Chirp! Chirp!

[Okay!]

Peep! Peep! Peep…?

[Blackbook, speed up! BlueNong, stop drinking water! And WhiteTang… where did you go?]

Peep looked around. He remembered WhiteTang had been staring at a shiny beetle just a moment ago.

Peep, who was checking the headcount, realized that WhiteTang had disappeared.

“Woohehehe. Where did he go?”

“Mohehehe. I don’t know.”

Peep!

[If you don’t know, is that all?! Find him quickly!]

“Okay.”

“Yes!”

Yuren and Poyo, at Peep’s cry, hurried to find WhiteTang.

BlueNong, Blackbook, and Redbe watched Peep carefully and waited quietly.

Sejun thought it would be funny and good practice for Peep to be in charge. Even though Peep was very young, the Four Masters listened to Sejun.

Peep, who was not even a year old, the youngest, was taking care of the six elders, but

Ppeureuht. Sejun said he would hold my first birthday party soon!

Peep wasn’t having a hard time because of Sejun’s promise.

A short while later.

“Hehehe. Peep, I found WhiteTang.”

Kyaung···

[Sorry, I was distracted for a moment···]

Yuren and Poyo brought WhiteTang back.

Peep! Peep!

[Good job! From now on, Yuren will manage WhiteTang!]

“Woohehehe. Leave it to me!”

Peep entrusted WhiteTang’s management to Yuren.

It was a punishment for WhiteTang straying elsewhere, and

From now on, I will prevent WhiteTang from aiming for Sejun’s lap!

As Theo’s right forepaw, it was to prevent WhiteTang from daring to aim for Sejun’s lap, which was Theo’s spot.

Kyaung?! Kyaung?!

[What?! Why are the stones suddenly falling?!]

Thus, WhiteTang’s suffering began.

Back on the deck of the Black Kooengie Ship, time was passing quickly. They were getting closer and closer to the pirate base, Grondra.

“Puhuhut. If you want to eat more, bring out your card, nyaang!”

Theo was diligently running the shop on the deck of the Black Kooengie Ship.

Kooeng!

[Daddy, Kooengie wants a card too!]

Kooengie bounced up and down, his tail wagging fast. He pointed at the pirates with their cards, his eyes wide and full of hope. He really, really wanted one of those magic cards!

Kooengie’s eyes sparkled as he watched the pirates take out their cards.

It’s a card that lets you buy anything you want to eat by swiping it!

To Kooengie, who didn’t yet know what an account or linking was, a debit card seemed like a magical tool that allowed him to buy anything he wanted to eat infinitely.

“Hehehe. Daddy will make one for you later.”

Sejun decided to find out how to issue a card in >Grondra> and make a black card out of Kaiser’s dragon scales, and then he baked corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes again.

Kking! Kking!

[Master! Stop selling sweet potatoes! You need to make dried sweet potatoes!]

Blackie was nagging from the side not to sell sweet potatoes, but

“Here. Eat this and be quiet.”

As soon as he gave him a dried sweet potato,

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

He was too busy eating to make a fuss.

While Sejun and his party were spending time on the deck, the Black Kooengie Ship got closer to >Grondra>, and

Whoosh. Suddenly, the space in front opened, like a curtain being pulled back. The world of Grondra appeared, a strange and rocky place hanging in the sky.

Suddenly, the air filled with loud shouts and the whoosh of cannons firing! Pirate ships surrounded the Black Kooengie Ship, shooting cannonballs towards them. ‘Fire!’ yelled a pirate captain.

As the ship carrying Sejun and his party appeared in >Grondra>,

“Hehehe. Then goodbye.”

Kamous watched the Black Kooengie Ship appear. He knew this was trouble. ‘It’s here!’ he thought, his heart pounding. ‘I have to get out!’ With a bitter smile and fear in his eyes, Kamous abandoned his pirates and ran towards the waypoint in his castle.

With a bitter smile, Kamous abandoned his subordinates and moved to the waypoint installed in his castle.

It was quite a brilliant plan. If the Black Kooengie Ship hadn’t had planet-destroying turtles.

Bookbook! Bookbook!

[We must protect the ship! Defend!]

Zzzzzing.

The planet-destroying turtles, having received Kooengie’s order to protect the ship, fired destruction beams, and

Kwagwagwang!

Then, red beams shot out from the turtles on the ship. The pirate ships watched in horror as the beams destroyed everything in their path. The pirates quickly realized they were no match for this power. White flags shot up on every pirate ship at once.

“What is that?!” shouted a pirate.

“Run! It’s going to destroy us!” cried another.

The pirate ships, seeing the terrifying power of the red beams that instantly annihilated their attacks, hastily raised the white flag.

“Puhuhut. Hurry and get your stamp, nyaang!”

Thus, as the pirates were stamped by Theo, Sejun and his party made a bloodless entry into >Grondra>.