Farming In The Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 707

Black Tower, 99th Floor.

Sejun pondered, “Humph, humph, humph. If not dried sweet potato, what should I give? What would they like?”

Crossing the dimensional gate, Sejun returned to the Black Tower, thinking about a reward for Tarak, who had sent him an Ogre and a planet-destroying turtle.

“Huh?! Why is it like this?!” Sejun exclaimed.

He noticed the baby ginseng doll’s leaves were turning yellow.

“Are you sick?” Sejun asked gently, patting the doll.

He quickly used the Farmer’s Warm Touch skill.

The baby ginseng doll’s leaves turned fresh green, as if nothing had happened.

“Whew, that’s a relief,” Sejun sighed, worried about the baby ginseng doll.

He stroked the baby ginseng doll’s leaves and asked, “Baby ginseng doll, what do you need?”

But the baby ginseng doll remained silent.

Unlike the other baby elixirs, it was quiet.

Or maybe it couldn’t speak?

Sejun gazed intently at the baby ginseng doll, stroking its leaves.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I want unlimited knee rubs, meow!” Theo said.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Please make me as much roasted peanuts as a meteorite!” Kkuengi requested.

Kkueng! “Kkuengi wants as much rice cake and honey as mom!”

Kking! “Butler! The great Blackie-nim wants as much dried sweet potato as the old Kkabul rabbit!”

Instead of the baby ginseng doll, his companions told Sejun what they wanted.

“Not you guys,” Sejun muttered, ignoring them.

A moment later, Pink Fur approached.

“Sejun-nim, good morning,” Pink Fur greeted.

“Good morning, Pink Fur. Wait a moment,” Sejun replied, stopping his petting.

He went to the kitchen.

The baby ginseng doll’s leaves began to turn yellow again, little by little.

Unaware of this, Sejun started cooking.

He duplicated the Choco Pies made by Sejun No. 12 and filled Pink Fur’s snack pouch.

Chocolate was lacking in the middle, but Theo quickly provided some.

“Mud-nim, give me chocolate bricks, meow!” Theo said, bringing them right away.

“Here,” Sejun said.

Thanks to Theo, Sejun filled Pink Fur’s snack pouch and handed it over.

Pink Fur slung the snack pouch diagonally and went to train, laughing pleasantly.

“Everyone, let’s eat,” Sejun called his companions for breakfast.

As the meal ended, Theo spoke.

“Great Hybrid Chairman Park, I’ll make a lot of money, meow!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. I’ll be back too!” Kkuengi added.

Kkueng! “Daddy Kkuengi is going to work too!”

“Okay. Be careful,” Sejun replied.

Sejun sent Theo and Kkuengi to work and headed to the farm with Blackie.

However, he soon noticed something was wrong.

“Huh?! It’s withered again,” Sejun exclaimed.

He checked the baby ginseng doll and saw its condition had worsened again. He sat in front of it and diligently used the Farmer’s Warm Touch skill.

“Today, I will make it grow,” he declared.

Sejun tried various methods to help the baby ginseng doll grow, using nutrients, magic power, and even singing songs.

But nothing seemed to work.

Sejun fell asleep.

Blackie saw Sejun sleeping and lay down between his legs.

He quickly fell asleep too.

Time passed.

Suddenly, a sparkling energy flowed from Sejun and Blackie’s heads and began to be absorbed into the baby ginseng doll.

Then, the baby ginseng doll spoke.

“Sejun-nim, Blackie’s family, thank you for sharing your dreams.”

The baby ginseng doll, having absorbed their dreams, expressed its gratitude and disappeared with a swish.

Flash!

At the same time, Sejun’s body shone brightly.

The quest was completed, and he became an SS-class top farmer.

Only Sejun’s snoring and Blackie’s muttering could be heard where the baby ginseng doll had disappeared.

Forest of Creation.

The ginseng doll appeared before a giant tree of immeasurable size.

Fire greeted the ginseng doll, saying, “Welcome! I’ve been waiting for you.”

Fire then asked, looking at the giant dried sweet potato the ginseng doll had brought, “But…did you bring that too?”

The ginseng doll hesitated and hid the dried sweet potato, which was much larger than itself, behind its back as much as possible, as if afraid it would be taken away.

It had brought it without fully digesting it while absorbing Blackie’s dream.

“Eat that quickly and get rid of it. Blackie will be furious if he finds out later,” Fire advised.

“Yes. I’ll eat it quickly!” the ginseng doll replied.

Munch. Munch.

The ginseng doll smiled brightly and diligently ate the dried sweet potato, even taking care of its own nutrients.

Fire looked at the ginseng doll admirably, thinking, “I am Wood. The ginseng doll came the latest but was the most loved. Those guys should follow the ginseng doll’s example…”

“Now! Put it in on one! Swallow on two! One!” Sausage commanded.

“One…”

“Two!”

Fire looked with dismay at the ginseng hasuo doll, ginseng geukyeomcho doll, ginseng geukbingcho doll, and ginseng mandokcho doll, who were struggling to eat nutrients according to Sausage’s commands.

Sejun opened his eyes after dozing off for a while and muttered, “Hmm.”

He was startled.

“Huh?! Where did the ginseng doll go?” he wondered, his heart sinking when he couldn’t see it.

Blackie, still half-asleep, barked, looking at the opposite side of Sejun.

“Butler! What’s wrong?! The great Blackie-nim will solve it!”

“It’s nothing,” Sejun reassured him.

Sejun hugged the whining Black Cat, trying to calm him down.

[The Baby Ginseng Doll has eaten high-quality dreams and grown into a Ginseng Doll.]

[The Ginseng Doll has returned to its rightful place.]

[You have completed the promotion quest.]

So, it was a dream-eating child.

Sejun understood why the Baby Ginseng Doll had disappeared as he read the messages.

It’s a shame I couldn’t even say goodbye.

Sejun, feeling regretful, checked the next message.

[The rank of Top Farmer (S) has increased.]

[You have become a Top Farmer (SS).]

[Your new, higher rank has made your skills stronger. You also get a new skill!]

[As a job trait, you can create 100 seeds a day of crops harvested more than 100 million times.]

“What’s this supposed to be?”

Sejun muttered, looking at the message with a frown.

Sejun thought about his new skill. It let him make seeds for crops he had grown millions of times. But these were crops that already had lots of seeds. It didn’t seem very useful.

Thus, Sejun became an SS-class Top Farmer.

“Black Cat, guess what!” Sejun said, his voice full of excitement. “I’m an SS-class Top Farmer now!”

He turned to Eileen, who was nearby. “Eileen, did you hear? SS-class! I leveled up again!”

*Hee hee hee! Squeak! Squeak!* The little creatures around them cheered.

Then, Black Cat spoke up in his usual sarcastic tone, “[Hmph! Well done, Butler. But don’t let it go to your head! You’re still just a Sunfish Butler to me. Now, about those sweet potato snacks…]”

Sejun playfully glared at Black Cat. “Run around the farm ten times, Black Cat! If you don’t, no snacks for you!”

Black Cat thought he was being helpful, but Sejun just chuckled and pretended to be stern.

[The Tower Administrator congratulates you in a joyful voice.]

[The Tower Administrator says in a worried voice that you are weak, so don’t overdo it just because you became an SS-class Top Farmer, and be careful.]

Eileen said gently, “That’s wonderful, Sejun! But please, don’t work too hard.”

“Yeah. Eileen, is there anything you want to eat? I’m going to have a celebration party tonight since my rank went up.” Sejun readily agreed with Eileen and asked what she wanted to eat.

Why only the great Black Cat?!

Black Cat glared at Sejun with a resentful look, but why?!

What?!

It’s my heart’s desire.

“Hurry up and run 20 laps.”

Squeak?! Squeak!

[Why?! You said 10 laps a moment ago!]

“30 laps.”

Squeak…

Black Cat looked unhappy, and Sejun got annoyed. “Now it’s 30 laps!” Sejun said.

Meanwhile,

[The Tower Administrator says he wants to eat a 100-layer pancake for the first time in a while.]

Eileen asked for a 100-layer pancake. Sejun smiled, imagining the fluffy, golden layers dripping with sweet honey.

“Okay!”

Sejun accepted the menu and had Sejun No. 12 make the dishes for the evening party.

A moment later.

Squeak…

Sejun called Black Cat over as he finished 10 laps.

“Black Cat, let’s go.”

Hee hee hee.

He called Black Cat, put him in a sling bag, and moved to the herb field to let Kkuengi know that he had become an SS Top Farmer.

On the way to the herb field.

“Hehehe. Podori, I’m an SS-class Top Farmer now.”

“Poison Honeybee No. 313919, I’m an SS-class Top Farmer now.”

“Mushroom Ant No. 20045, I’ve become an SS-class Top Farmer.”

Sejun excitedly boasted to everyone he met along the way that he had become an SS-class Top Farmer.

And sniff sniff.

Kkueng?

[I smell Dad?]

Kkuengi, who was managing the herb field, smelled Sejun.

Kkuengi looked around, searching for the source of the smell.

In Kkuengi’s eyes,

Snip. Snip. Snip.

A Dragon Fruit, who looked exactly like Sejun, was digging up kudzu that had invaded another herb field.

It was a Dragon Fruit that had replicated Sejun’s skills of Transplanting and Weed Pulling.

He was working as a specialist in digging up kudzu roots in the herb field.

Thanks to the synergy of Transplanting and Weed Pulling.

Using the two skills, he could cleanly pull out the kudzu roots without digging up too much soil.

Dragon Fruit pulling weeds.

It’s not Dad’s smell!

Sniff sniff.

Kkuengi focused more and smelled,

Dad’s smell is getting closer!

Dad is coming!

Knowing that Sejun was coming, he went out to meet him.

A moment later.

“Kkuengi! Dad became an SS-class Top Farmer!” Sejun boasted to Kkuengi, who had come out to greet him.

[Kkueng! Kkueng! Dad! That’s amazing! But promise me you won’t push yourself too hard. Your health is the most important thing! Kkuengi will take care of everything!]

Kkuengi, the filial son, congratulated Sejun and, like Black Cat and Eileen, didn’t forget to offer words of caution.

His biggest concern was his Sunfish Dad, whether awake or asleep.

Kkueng!

[Then I’ll finish the remaining work quickly and go!]

“Okay. See you later.”

Kkuengi headed back to the herb field.

“Where should I go boast next? Ah. There were Uma King and Pink Fur!”

Sejun went to the north.

After moving quickly for about 30 minutes,

Boom!

Rumble!

Explosions were heard in the distance.

“Are they sparring?”

It’s dangerous to get close.

“Black Cat. Bark!”

Hee hee hee! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

[Hehe. Butler! Okay! The Butler and the great Black Cat have arrived! Come out to greet us quickly!]

Sejun had Black Cat announce their arrival.

Perhaps they heard Black Cat’s barking, the explosions soon stopped.

Thud. Thud.

Moo!

[Welcome, Sejun!]

Five Black Minotaurs came out to greet Sejun from afar, and Sejun joined them and went to where Uma King and Pink Fur were.

Wow.

How can fighting change the land like this?

He was astonished to see dozens of huge pits and high mountains created in what used to be a flat area.

They reached the sparring area. The ground was torn up, with huge holes like craters and piles of dirt like small hills. The air still smelled of dust and turned earth.

And

Moo!

Other Black Minotaurs were seen demolishing mountains and filling in pits.

Are they going to make it flat again after this?

As expected, the Black Minotaurs’ ability to cultivate land was amazing.

I suddenly want to use them.

Sejun looked at the Black Minotaurs and thought he should expand the field.

It wasn’t that he lacked crops, but he strongly felt that not using this labor force would be a loss.

Usually, one would think of deploying the Black Minotaurs in battle, but Sejun was an SS-class Top Farmer.

Sejun’s mind was full of farming thoughts.

Where should I deploy them?

Or should I turn over the field once?

While Sejun was wondering where to deploy the Black Minotaurs,

Moo?

[Sejun, what brings you here?]

Koo-aong?

[Is something wrong?]

Uma King and Pink Fur approached and asked.

“No. It’s nothing like that. I became an SS-class Top Farmer!”

As Sejun boasted,

Moo! Moo!

[Congratulations! But you haven’t become much stronger, so be careful!]

Koo-aong! Koo-aong!

[Congratulations, Sejun! But you absolutely mustn’t overdo it just because you became an SS-class!]

Uma King and Pink Fur offered congratulations and concerns.

As expected, the farm family, who had experienced the Sunfish a lot, seemed worried that Sejun, whose rank had increased, would do something reckless and become dangerous.

And why does the butler only get angry at the great Black Cat when they say the same thing?

Black Cat tilted his head at the unsolved mystery.