Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 79

Sejun was building an aqueduct and wanted it to be perfect.

“Let’s make it really good,” he thought. “First, we need to lift the fountain and stack bricks underneath.”

He decided to raise the fountain where the water would start flowing. This would give the water more power and make it go further.

But the fountain was huge, like a small lake made of stone. It was a hundred meters wide, and Sejun knew he couldn’t lift it alone.

“I need Kaiser or Anton’s help.”

Sejun spoke to the black dragon statue.

-What is it…

Kaiser’s voice sounded annoyed.

‘That’s a relief.’

Sejun thought Kaiser was easier to talk to than Anton. He had a trick to get Kaiser’s help without trouble.

“Kaiser, wouldn’t you like to talk to Aileen?”

-Park Sejun, you are cheeky! Do you think I, the great black dragon Kaiser Fritani, would ask you for a favor?!

Kaiser’s voice was full of anger.

“Of course not. I have a favor to ask, and if you do it, I’ll try to help you with whatever is bothering you, Kaiser. Just for you, who has worked so hard. By myself, of course.”

-Ahem… is that so? Go on, ask your favor.

It was a trick, but it worked on Kaiser.

“Please lift the fountain.”

-Kahaha. Understood.

Boom!

Kaiser lifted the fountain about 10 meters into the air.

“Alright. Let’s start working!”

Moo!

The Black Minotaurs began stacking mud bricks.

Sejun knew Kaiser was happy to help, but he also knew why Kaiser was really helping. Kaiser wanted to talk to Aileen. Aileen was a dragon statue too, and Kaiser’s granddaughter. Sejun smiled. He could help with that.

“Aileen.”

Sejun called Aileen to help Kaiser.

[What’s going on?]

“First, let’s talk while eating some honey jelly.”

First, he gave Aileen sweet food to make her happy.

[The Tower’s Administrator is happy because of the honey jelly.]

Sejun started to talk about the real reason.

“Aileen, can’t you talk to Kaiser now?”

[I hate Grandpa! He always takes my chances!]

“Aileen, why do you want to appraise items and shine?”

[It’s… to show you how great I am.]

“Then there’s no need to shine.”

[What do you mean?]

“I already know how great a dragon you are, Aileen.”

[……]

“Aileen?”

Aileen had hidden again.

But

-Kahahahahaha!

Kaiser’s laughter meant Aileen was talking to him.

Tap tap tap.

“Run faster, meow!”

Theo urged his friends. He was very worried.

‘I need to finish the deal quickly and return to Park Sejun, meow!’

Park Sejun’s knees were in danger. Iona had pretended not to care, but then she took over Sejun’s lap.

‘Iona is a sly hamster wizard, meow!’

Theo thought about Iona on Sejun’s lap and became angry again.

“I cannot forgive it, meow! Go faster, meow!”

Theo ran even faster because he was angry.

“Huff huff. Representative Theo…”

“Please rest…”

The interns were having a hard time keeping up. If the wolves hadn’t carried them, they wouldn’t have made it.

“You guys probably don’t know much yet. Just watch today, meow!”

Theo and the group ran towards the 38th floor of the tower.

Sejun soothed Aileen, who was upset with Kaiser, and helped them make up. Then, he helped the gray rabbits put mud between the mud bricks that the Black Minotaurs had stacked.

As they finished one layer of bricks, it was almost lunchtime.

“I need to prepare lunch.”

Sejun went to the cave to get food for lunch.

[Master! I missed you!]

Flame shook its leaves to greet Sejun. Most of Flame’s leaves were green again because of the Flame of Purification and Flame of Protection.

The sacred stone monument was making Flame’s leaves turn green faster.

Sejun touched Flame’s leaves and went to the pond. The black rabbits and Kkuenge had caught hundreds of piranhas, which were piled up in the pond.

They were catching more piranhas to give as daily wages to the guardians who protected the blue carp of Granier Village on the 75th floor of the tower.

Suddenly,

Splash!

Kkueng!

Kkuenge came out of the water with a huge fish.

Squeak!

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

The black rabbit was hitting the fish on the head.

“Wow…”

Sejun looked at the name of the underwater monster.

[Tuna]

Clap clap clap.

“You guys did well!”

Sejun clapped and praised the black rabbit and Kkuenge.

A moment later,

“Let’s eat!”

When it was mealtime,

Moo!

The Black Minotaurs went to the green onion field to eat green onion leaves.

Roar!

The mother Crimson Giant Bear drank Chef’s soup from a large pot.

“Alright, today’s lunch is tuna sashimi.”

Sejun started cutting the tuna into sashimi. He had only eaten tuna sushi once and didn’t know how to cut sashimi properly. So, he thinly sliced the thickest belly meat first.

“Where should I taste it.”

Sejun put the red tuna sashimi in his mouth.

“Hmm…”

It was very oily and rich. The red tuna was like butter in his mouth, melting with a rich, oily taste that coated his tongue.

Swoosh.

The tuna sashimi melted away quickly.

“Wow!”

“……”

The animals were all watching him closely. Was it that delicious?

Slice slice slice.

Sejun quickly sliced the tuna and wanted to share the delicious taste with the animals.

“Here you go.”

Sejun put two pieces of sashimi on wooden plates and gave them to the animals.

Squeak!

Squeaa!

Squeaaak!

Kkuengeee!

The animals loved the tuna sashimi.

“Great! Then next is the back meat!”

Sejun felt confident and cut the tuna’s back meat like a Japanese chef.

Squeak!

Squeaa!

Squeaaak!

Kkuengeee!

They liked it again.

“This time, the tail meat!”

“The flank meat!”

“The head meat!”

Sejun didn’t know much about sashimi, so he just sliced the tuna and gave it to the animals.

But

Squeak..

Squeaa..

Squeaaak..

As they ate only tuna, the animals started to get tired of the oily taste.

Kkuengeee!

Except for Kkuenge,

Kkueng?

Kkuenge was asking if he could eat the sashimi because the rabbits next to him weren’t eating it.

The tuna was almost all bones.

Smack smack.

Everyone except Kkuenge was full and patted their stomachs.

“It’s too greasy.”

Sejun wanted to eat something refreshing. He had saved something for this.

“Let’s eat pineapple!”

Sejun took out 5 pineapples from the storage. He had saved them to eat with the rabbits. The pineapples were still fresh because Iona had cast a preservation spell on them.

Squeak!

Kkueng!

The black rabbit and Kkuenge were excited because they had eaten pineapple before and knew it would be good.

Squeak?

Squeaa?

The other rabbits wondered why the black rabbit and Kkuenge were so excited.

Scritch. Scritch.

Sejun gave each rabbit a piece of pineapple on a plate.

Crunch.

The rabbits’ eyes widened as they ate the pineapple. The sour taste washed away the oil in their mouths, and then they tasted the sweetness.

Lick. Lick.

The rabbits quickly ate all the pineapple and licked the juice off their hands.

About two hours after the perfect lunchtime ended,

“Sejun, we have arrived.”

Borori greeted Sejun after delivering Blade Leaf and Chef’s Soup to the 67th floor of the tower and collecting the Red Locust carcasses.

“Good work. How is the 67th floor of the tower?”

“The Red Locust’s pattern changed, so it was difficult at first. But more Lizardman warriors arrived from the Lizardman Kingdom on the 69th floor, so it became stable again.”

“That’s a relief. But why do they look like that?”

Sejun asked, looking at the Red Locust carcasses that the cat interns were pouring out of their bundles. Many of the dead Red Locusts had blue heads.

“I don’t know either. Lately, the Red Locusts have been changing like that.”

Borori tilted his head.

-That’s because the Red Locust is changing to become weaker and turning into a Blue Locust. It means the Red Locust population is close to 5 billion.

The black dragon statue looked at the Red Locust carcass and said,

“Changing to become weaker?”

-Yes. They change when their population decreases and evolve when it increases.

“Then will they change again if the population decreases further?”

-That’s right. If the number falls below 3 billion, they turn into Yellow Locusts.

“Ah.”

-If you hold on a little longer, it will be easier to fight. When they change into Blue Locusts, they become smaller and weaker.

“I see.”

-Aileen, did you know this?

Kaiser asked Aileen.

-What?! You didn’t know?! You! Didn’t I tell you to look at the alarm properly!

Kaiser started scolding Aileen.

-No… I didn’t shout…

-Aileen~!

[Grandpa shouted at me, so I’m sulking and won’t talk to him anymore!]

Their conversation was cut off again less than an hour after Sejun helped them make up.

“Borori, tell the Lizardman Great Warrior what you just heard. It will be helpful.”

“Yes. I understand.”

Sejun finished talking with Borori and started stacking bricks again. He wanted to stack 10 layers of bricks within 5 days.

“We’ve arrived, meow!”

Theo arrived at the 38th floor of the tower in 35 hours.

“The wolves rest, and the interns follow me, meow!”

“Yes…”

The cats were almost dying. If the wolves hadn’t carried them, they wouldn’t have made it.

“You guys probably don’t know much yet. Just watch today, meow!”

Theo warned the cat interns and arrived at the hunters’ camp. The hunters’ camp was dusty, with tents and the smell of cooking in the air.

“This is a place I made where only I do business, meow!”

Theo proudly said to the interns and entered the camp.

“Huh?”

Theo noticed something strange. Boar merchants were doing business with the hunters in his trading place. The boar merchants, with their rough snouts and pushy attitudes, were already setting up stalls.

“What, meow?!”

Theo was angry because the boar merchants had invaded his territory.

“Get out of the way, meow!”

Theo went to the head of the boar merchants and shouted.

“Who are you?”

“I am Theo, a mid-sized merchant, meow! And this is my trading place, meow! Get out of the way, meow!”

“Hmph! What are you, a mid-sized merchant! I am Utata, an excellent merchant from the group led by the best merchant, Tarik! Don’t waste my time, kitten.”

Utata acted like Theo was nothing. This place was where hunters had created their own camp and a commercial district had been formed. Such places were rare, so Utata didn’t want to leave.

“Did you just ignore me, meow?!”

Theo was furious that he, a subordinate of the great black dragon and the deadly yellow cat, was being ignored.

But he didn’t use force. A merchant knows how to fight like a merchant.

“Humans! From today, I will not sell my goods to any hunter who trades with these boar merchants, meow!”

Theo knew what his weapon was. It was Sejun’s crops, which could only be obtained from him and had special effects. He had a plan.

“Puhahaha! You’re only hurting yourself! My goods are…”

Utata laughed, but then he was surprised when the hunters stopped trading with him and left because of Theo’s words.

“Puhuhut. Did you see, meow? This is my territory, meow! Get lost, meow!”

Theo laughed at Utata.