Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 677

Baek-tang yelped for joy as he arrived at the 50th floor of the Black Tower. “Finally, we’re here!” he shouted.

Baek-tang firmly believed that all his misfortune would disappear now that he had reached the 50th floor.

However, plop!

Bird poop fell right on Baek-tang’s head.

Splat!

“Kyaung! Kyaung?! Kyaung!” Baek-tang shouted at the sky. “Ew! Poop! Can’t you see there’s a leopard here?! Watch where you drop that stuff!” But the bird had already flown far away.

“Kyaung,” Baek-tang sighed. “I really thought I’d get lucky once I reached the 50th floor…” His expression turned gloomy.

“Wooheehee. Baek-tang, I’ll wipe it off for you,” Yuren said, cleaning the bird poop from Baek-tang’s head.

“Kkaung. Thank you, Yuren,” Baek-tang said, grateful.

“Wooheeheehee. You’re welcome.”

Kyaung? Baek-tang still didn’t know where his misfortune came from.

Meanwhile, in the Pirate Bank…

“Let’s stamp the remaining pirates and go home,” Sejun said, ready to finish work.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I’m sleepy, nyaang! Let’s sleep, nyaang!” Teo whined.

“Are you very tired?” Sejun asked, worried, because Teo usually just slept on his lap.

“Yes, nyaang! Very sleepy, nyaang! I need to sleep right away, nyaang! Let’s go sleep over there, nyaang!” Teo fussed, leading Sejun to a sunny spot.

“Alright. Then let’s rest your eyes for a bit,” Sejun said, sitting down and putting Teo on his lap.

Kuh-ooh-uh. Sejun’s eyes closed instantly. But it wasn’t Teo who fell asleep first. Sejun was alone.

“Puhuhut. Iona, thank you, nyaang!”

“Ggyut ggyut ggyut. It’s Teo’s request, you know,” Iona squeaked happily.

Iona had used sleep magic to make Sejun fall asleep.

“Puhuhut. Now it’s time to fix Chairman Park’s rotten face, nyaang!” Teo carefully laid Sejun down and smiled. This was all part of Teo’s plan to massage Sejun’s face.

“Quengie and Kkamangi, go play somewhere else, nyaang!”

“Queng!”

“Squeak!”

Knowing what Teo was about to do, Quengie and Kkamangi left so they wouldn’t be in the way.

“Ggyut ggyut ggyut. Oh, power of magic…” Iona used defensive and silencing magic around the area, guarding the place so no one would disturb Teo.

Flash!

Teo’s paws shone brightly.

Press. Press. Press.

Teo began to massage Sejun’s face with all his heart. Teo could feel it instinctively: Sejun was in danger.

Sejun had survived in a level 1 world until now. With the help of his friends, he had barely managed to stay balanced, but it seemed like he was about to collapse.

Sejun’s insides were getting worse because he kept pushing himself too hard, even though he was already past his limits. In addition, Sejun’s body had gotten weaker since Earth became a level 2 world.

Even though Earth’s level had increased, Sejun’s body had been abused too much. It was like a rubber band stretched to its limit, about to break. There were already many scratches on it, so even if the rubber band became thicker, it wouldn’t help much.

Instead, as his stats increased, the pulling force only became stronger, and his body was getting worse faster.

Teo said Sejun’s face was “rotting” and had been treating him ever since. Of course, it also made him more handsome, because Teo initially used healing magic because Sejun was really ugly.

Anyway, Sejun was in a much worse state than ever before. It was strange that Teo only noticed Sejun’s “rotten face” when Sejun was acting proud. But Teo was helping, and that was what mattered.

Press. Press. Press.

Each time Teo’s paws touched Sejun’s face, Sejun’s body, which had reached its limit, was gradually healed.

“Puhuhut. Money! Burn brightly for our great hybrid Chairman Park, nyaang!”

It cost a lot of money, though.

While Teo was healing Sejun, Quengie and Kkamangi were looking around the shopping district.

Heeheeheet. Squeak! “Heehee. Quengie, the great Kkamangi wants to eat that!” Kkamangi smelled the sweet potato bread from the bakery and begged Quengie.

“Queng! Wait a moment!” Quengie stared at the bread.

Can I eat it? Can I eat it? Can I eat it? He thought three times.

“Gguhehehe. Queng! Queng! Hehehe. It’s decided! I’m buying it!” He showed off the black card Sejun had given him.

“Heeheeheet. Squeak! Heehee. Quengie, let’s buy 10!”

“Queng! Queng! No! I’m going to buy 100 breads!”

“It’s 10 Tower Coins,” the baker said. Tower Coins were the local money.

As the two walked around the shopping district, excitedly buying food, they heard an announcement.

“The dangerous dinner show hosted by the pirate’s best chef, Food Murderer Pugarro, will begin soon! The participation fee is only 1 million Tower Coins!”

“The prize money doubles each time you survive eating Food Murderer Pugarro’s food! And there are 10 foods to eat! There is not much time left! If you haven’t applied yet, please participate quickly!”

“Queng?!”

“They give you food and money?!”

“Heeheeheet. Squeak! Heehee. Quengie, let’s participate too!”

It was enough to tempt Quengie and Kkamangi.

From the name ‘Dangerous Dinner Show,’ it seemed like unusual foods would be served, but…

“Queng! Queng! Alright! We’ll participate too!”

“Squeak! The great Kkamangi will win!”

The two had already made up their minds.

Queng!

Kkueng paid the participation fee for himself and Kkamang with a card and entered the building where the dinner show was being held.

Kkueng and Kkamang stepped inside. The hall was huge, packed with tables and pirates – maybe ten thousand of them! A staff member in a striped shirt pointed, “You can sit over here.”

Kkueng and Kkamang sat side by side at the table they were guided to.

A moment later.

“Now, let’s begin the dinner show!” the host announced. “Fugaro’s first dish is five large crab burgers! If you finish all of these, you can challenge Fugaro’s next dish! This is a pirate city, so things can get a little wild! Just try to follow the rules of the contest… if you can! Of course, I don’t plan to watch you closely. Haha!”

With the host’s words, the staff set five thick burgers, almost the size of soccer balls, on each participant’s table.

“Heh heh heh! Eat mine too!”

“Huh?! Why did it suddenly increase to ten?! Was it you?!”

Pirates grabbed burgers and shoved them at each other, yelling and laughing.

Kkueng?!

[Is this all there is?!]

Kkueng was greatly disappointed with the five crab burgers. It was not a fitting amount for someone with the nickname ‘Food Assassin’.

Squeak!

[Kkueng hyung, eat mine too!]

[After all, Butler’s roasted sweet potato is the best!]

Kkamang, who had lost interest after eating one bite of the crab burger, asked Kkueng to eat the rest.

Kkueng!

Kkueng ate all ten crab burgers in an instant.

The taste was far inferior to the dishes Sejun made, but Kkueng was satisfied as he could fill his stomach a little, and he watched the other pirates fight with Kkamang.

Kkueng!

[Dad can learn that, right?!]

Hee hee hee. Squeak?! Squeak!

[Hee hee. Butler?! No way!]

Kkueng watched the pirates fighting. *Maybe Dad can learn some cool moves here,* Kkueng thought.

30 minutes later.

“It seems like everyone who is going to eat has finished eating,” the host announced. “Those who failed to finish the food, please leave.”

The eliminated participants left according to the host’s guidance. Most of them seemed badly injured, being supported or carried out.

As the eliminated participants left, the remaining number was about 3,000. 70% were eliminated in the first dish.

“Huh?! Those guys are still here?!”

“What?!”

The other participants then noticed Kkueng and Kkamang and looked surprised.

They thought they would be eliminated for sure, so they didn’t bother them.

I should get rid of those guys first.

When some of the participants looked at Kkueng and Kkamang with an unhappy smile,

“Now, before we bring out the next dish,” the host said, “I will give you a chance to choose. Those who passed the first dish can receive 2 million Topcoins, which is double the participation fee, as a prize. If you want to give up the next dish and receive the prize, please raise your hand now! By the way, if you eat the next dish, the prize is 6 million Topcoins.”

The host gave them a choice.

Whether to give up the challenge and receive the prize or to take on the next challenge.

Everyone participated to make a fortune, so no one raised their hand.

“Good! You are all very brave,” the host said. “Then, let’s bring out the next dish. Fugaro’s second dish is calamansi juice to soothe the full and oily stomach from the crab burgers!”

As the host introduced the second dish, the staff placed calamansi juice, served in ordinary juice glasses, in front of the participants.

This time, the amount was not large.

“What? It’s nothing special.”

Some participants, not knowing anything, took a shot.

“Kuh!”

“Ugh!”

Faces twisted in pain, eyes watering as they swallowed the shockingly sour taste.

“Ptooey!”

Dribble.

Some couldn’t stand the sour taste and spat out or vomited the juice.

“If you spit out the food, you are eliminated!”

They were immediately eliminated.

Gulp.

Of course, it was very easy for Kkueng.

Squeak! Squeak!

[Kkueng hyung, I don’t like this! Drink mine too, for the great Kkamang!]

Kkueng!

Kkueng drank Kkamang’s too this time.

At that moment,

“Heh heh heh. You drink very well, don’t you? Then you should drink mine too.”

Trickle.

The pirate Lumio poured his juice into Kkueng’s empty glass.

However,

Dribble, dribble.

The juice did not go into the glass and flowed out.

*Dad always says be careful with food from strangers,* Kkueng remembered.

This was because Kkueng blocked the entrance of the glass with telekinesis.

“Eliminated!”

Lumio, who threw away his juice, was eliminated.

How did he do that?

Then should I feed him directly?!

Or just knock him down?!

The other participants who saw it changed their methods and approached Kkueng.

Kkueeeeng!

[If you attack, you’ll be in trouble!]

The pirates approaching at once disappeared with Kkueng’s loud roar.

Grrrr. Squeak!

[Grrrr. If you come close, the great Kkamang will punish you!]

Kkamang also barked hard next to him, but it did not have a significant impact on the pirates’ actions.

As the participants finished the calamansi juice, the remaining participants were 2,700. This time it was easy, so there were not many eliminated.

And

“Then, the time for choice···”

This time, the host asked the participants whether they would give up the challenge and take 6 million Topcoins or challenge and take 24 million Topcoins, which is 4 times more.

Of course, no one gave up, and Fugaro’s third dish came out.

“Fugaro’s third dish is an extra-large chestnut bread!”

With the host’s introduction, the staff brought in a huge bread on a tray.

Bread almost the size of a small car.

Crunch. Crunch.

Kkueng leisurely ate all of Kkamang’s bread and waited for the next dish. Honestly, his stomach was not even 10% full yet.

As they finished the third dish, the remaining participants were 2,000.

“This dish is bitter gourd salad!”

Soon, the fourth dish came out.

Now the prize has jumped 5 times to 120 million Topcoins.

Kkueng!

[It’s too bitter!]

Danger came for the first time to Kkueng, who hates bitter things.

Should I quit?

As Kkueng looked at the bitter gourd salad and wondered if he should keep going,

“Meow?! Why is Sejun’s face getting much worse?!”

Theo was much more worried than he expected because Sejun’s face was getting much worse. Sejun’s condition was so bad, it looked like normal medicine wouldn’t be enough.

Since he had touched the wound, he couldn’t stop the healing in the middle. That was more dangerous for Sejun.

I need more money, meow!

He had to get more money, about 1000 trillion Topcoins, within an hour.

Sejun Family’s crisis.

At that moment.

Crunch. Crunch.

[If I eat all 10, Kkueng can earn a lot of money! Kkueng will earn a lot of money and add to Dad’s treatment!]

Kkueng endured the bitter taste of the bitter gourd salad and began to cheer up for Sejun.