Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 81

Day 254 of being stuck here began with the first light of morning.

A calm voice spoke, breaking the quiet. “-Park Sejun, wake up.”

Sejun’s eyes fluttered open. “Umm… Anton?” he mumbled, still sleepy.

“-Park Sejun,” the voice continued, clear and steady. “Corrupted Ent branch scouts are outside. They have appeared.”

“Huh?” Sejun sat up quickly. “Branch scouts?” He rubbed his eyes, confused. *Branch scouts?* he thought. *I thought the black dragon statue’s breath killed them all.*

“The one I killed was just one of them.”

“Ah.”

Sejun understood. He quickly gathered his things and stood up.

“Ppyak?”

The black rabbit, who had been sleeping in its wooden box house, woke up. It grabbed its hammer and followed Sejun.

Sejun left the brick house and moved west.

“There aren’t many?”

He saw 500 small branch scouts. It was fewer than before.

“Let’s go!”

“Ppyak!”

The black rabbit tried to fight with Sejun.

“-Black Rabbit, stay put. Today, only Park Sejun will fight.”

Anton stopped the black rabbit.

“Ppyak?”

“-Park Sejun is too weak. He needs to get stronger.”

“Ppyak!”

The black rabbit nodded strongly, agreeing with Anton.

“-Indeed. You know it well too. So, just watch.”

“Ppyak!”

The black rabbit sat on the ground and watched Sejun because Anton told it to.

At that moment,

“Kkueng!”

Kkuengi woke up from the loud noise. He saw Sejun fighting alone and ran over. *Daddy is in danger!*

And then,

“-Stop.”

“Ppyak!”

“Kkueng?”

Kkuengi saw the black dragon statue gesturing and heard the situation from the black rabbit. He also sat next to the black rabbit and watched Sejun.

So, Sejun faced the branch scouts alone.

“Thwack!”

The hand axe Sejun threw hit the middle of a branch scout’s body.

[You have defeated a small corrupted Ent branch scout.]

[You have gained 25 experience points.]

“Stab.”

At the same time, Sejun stabbed an enemy with the dagger in his left hand.

[You have defeated a small corrupted Ent branch scout.]

[You have gained 25 experience points.]

However,

“Snap.”

Another enemy came from Sejun’s right and swung its wooden arm to attack. There wasn’t enough time to pull out the dagger and fight back.

“Whoosh.”

“Recall.”

Sejun dodged the branch scout’s attack and called back his hand axe.

And then,

“Thwack!”

He hit the waist of the branch scout with the hand axe in his right hand.

[You have defeated a small corrupted Ent branch scout.]

[You have gained 25 experience points.]

Sejun fought hard against the small branch scouts.

*I’m pretty strong!*

Sejun was happy as he beat the enemies. He felt strong.

“Pya-rong.”

“Kku-rong.”

The black rabbit and Kkuengi watched Sejun’s boring battle and fell asleep.

And then,

“-Hmm… a long way to go.”

Anton watched Sejun fight. Anton’s worries grew. *He is not very good,* Anton thought. *Where should I even begin to help him?*

That dawn, Sejun won against 500 small branch scouts.

The office of Landlord Grid on the 55th floor of the tower.

“What? The Silver Wolf tribe has broken the contract?!”

“Yes. What should we do?”

“Leave them be. They must have said no because they trust the Red Locust meat on the 67th floor. But they will regret it soon.”

The Red Locusts would be enough food for a few months while they were alive. But the Red Locusts without food would eat each other and disappear.

Grid was waiting for a food shortage to begin. But that was not enough for Grid to get what he wanted. So, Grid planned to create another big famine.

“How is Tarik buying monster bodies going?”

“The first 50,000 monster bodies have been bought. Tarik is leading the traders to the 67th floor himself.”

“Good.”

Grid had seen the Red Locust turn purple on the 55th floor. It was evolving.

The body of the Purple Locust had a strong poison that no one could eat. It also made the land dirty.

“Now, all I have to do is wait. Heh heh heh.”

Grid laughed. You could see the roots of his ugly teeth.

“Oof.”

Sejun had been fighting until dawn. He woke up late.

“Swish.”

He marked the date on the wall and went outside.

“Kuoong.”

“Moo.”

Outside, the mother Crimson Giant Bear and Black Minotaurs were building bricks and waterways.

“Flame, hello.”

Sejun went down to the cave and greeted Flame.

[Master! Good morning!]

Flame waved its leaves and greeted Sejun.

“Flame, I need the Flame of Affinity.”

Sejun wanted to check the western forest because the branch scouts were active again.

[Yes. Iyaaa!]

A yellow flame came from Flame’s green leaves and spread through Sejun’s body.

[The Flame of Affinity spreads through you for 3 hours.]

[The Flame of Affinity helps you control fire and makes fire stronger.]

“Guys, let’s go!”

“Ppyak!”

“Kkueng!”

Sejun called. The black rabbit and Kkuengi had been hunting in the pond. They followed Sejun.

“Kkuengi, transform!”

“Kkueng!”

Kkuengi grew bigger because Sejun told him to. He was going to ride Kkuengi instead of the mother Crimson Giant Bear, who was helping build the waterway.

“Kkueng!”

Kkuengi lay down and carried Sejun and the black rabbit. Kkuengi was already bigger than 10m.

“Tap tap tap tap.”

They rode Kkuengi and got to the western forest in 40 minutes.

And then,

“When did they grow this much again?”

Sejun was surprised to see the rotten branches filling the entrance of the western forest again. They were brown and black, and smelled like old dirt and decay. Some were sticky to the touch.

Sejun didn’t know that the corrupted Ents couldn’t send branch scouts to Sejun’s cave until now. They were busy making more rotten branch sentinels because Sejun had burned them.

“Clang!”

Sejun hit his dagger and hand axe together to make a spark. He threw the spark at the rotten branches. They had grown a lot, but he could burn them again. It was a good chance to get experience points easily.

“Whoosh.”

Sejun’s fire started to burn the rotten branches.

[You have defeated a corrupted Ent’s rotten branch sentinel.]

[You have gained 10 experience points.]

…

..

.

“Ppyak!”

“Whoosh!”

“Kkueng!”

“Whoosh!”

The black rabbit and Kkuengi made wind instead of the mother Crimson Giant Bear. They had been eating honey jelly and making their magic stronger. They made a strong wind.

“Whoooosh.”

The fire grew quickly with their help. Sejun gained experience points quickly because of that.

Sejun was gaining experience points. Yellow flowers walked out from the western forest.

[Corrupted Ent’s Sticky Flower Attack Soldier]

“Ptoo! Ptoo!”

The sticky flower attack soldiers started spitting sticky stuff to stop the fire.

“I can’t let that happen.”

“Thwack!”

Sejun hit the head of a sticky flower attack soldier with his hand axe.

[You have defeated a corrupted Ent’s sticky flower attack soldier.]

[You have gained 1200 experience points.]

It was a monster that gave a good amount of experience points.

“Guys, attack!”

“Whoosh.”

Sejun felt bad for only having them help. He moved the fire to make a path for the black rabbit and Kkuengi to reach the sticky flower attack soldiers.

“Ppyak!”

“Kkueng!”

The black rabbit and Kkuengi ran along the path Sejun made.

And then,

“Pop! Pop! Pop!”

“Thwack!”

They started to beat the sticky flower attack soldiers.

The battle went on.

[You have leveled up.]

[You have gained 1 bonus stat.]

[The Flame of Affinity fades.]

Sejun’s level went up. At the same time, Flame’s Flame of Affinity buff ended.

“Let’s run!”

Sejun and the animals ran away quickly.

Sejun left the place.

“Uwooooo!”

The corrupted Ent was angry that it lost its sentinels. Its roar echoed through the western forest.

67th floor of the tower.

“Tarik, thank you so much for coming!”

The lizardman warrior Tamuro welcomed Tarik greatly.

Tarik owned the big trading company, Chau Trading Company. Tamuro was happy that Tarik came all the way here himself.

“Tamuro, this is a small gift. Please take it.”

Tarik gave Tamuro a black card with ‘10000’ on it. It was a check for 10,000 tower coins that he could use at any Chau Trading Company.

“No. You shouldn’t have…”

Tamuro put the card between his armor, even though he sounded like he didn’t want it.

“Tamuro, can we go out and get locust bodies ourselves?”

“Of course. The Boar tribe can fight, right? It would be easier for us if you did.”

“Thank you. Let’s go.”

Tarik took the traders outside and came back after 10 hours.

There weren’t many more Red Locust bodies outside than before, but Tamuro didn’t care.

Shopping district on the 75th floor of the tower.

“I’m in a hurry, nya!”

Theo ran to the blacksmith to do the gacha. He had to do what Sejun told him to do, no matter how urgent it was.

His friends waited at the entrance of the shopping district. He wanted to finish quickly and leave.

Theo got to the blacksmith. He looked around the gacha corner before buying a ticket to see if there was anything he wanted.

However,

“There’s nothing I want, nya.”

Theo left the blacksmith without buying anything.

He was going back to the entrance where his friends were waiting.

“Ppyu ppyu!”

Theo heard a voice he knew.

*This is?!*

Theo stopped and looked to see who was making the sound. He saw Iona calling someone’s name and looking around.

*Phew. I’m not too late yet, nya.*

Theo was happy to see his rival. Sejun’s lap was safe.

“Puhuhu. I have to go up quickly, nya!”

Theo smiled and tried to leave quickly, but

“Ppyu ppyu! Where are you?!”

“Nyaang…”

He couldn’t move. He didn’t know what to do. He wanted to sit on Sejun’s cozy lap and get Churu, but he couldn’t leave Iona looking for someone.

“Iona! What’s wrong, nya?!”

Theo decided to help Iona.

“Representative Theo, please help me! My student Ppyu Ppyu has disappeared!”

Iona told Theo what happened when he came.

“Ppyu Ppyu? What does it look like, nya?!”

“It’s a white rabbit with a red ribbon and big glasses.”

“I understand, nya! I’ll have my people help, nya! It’ll be faster if we search together, nya!”

Theo ran to the entrance of the shopping district.

“You guys, help Iona find a white rabbit named Ppyu Ppyu with a red ribbon and big glasses, nya!”

“Yes!”

The wolves and interns ran to find Ppyu Ppyu.

At that moment,

“Theo, hello.”

Jeras was an agent of the Secret Inspection Bureau. He was patrolling the area. He smiled and greeted Theo. He was proud that he knew Theo was a smart trader. Theo’s sales were going up quickly.

“Oh! Jeras! Help me, nya! I’m looking for a white rabbit named Ppyu Ppyu, nya!”

Theo wanted to find Ppyu Ppyu and go to the 99th floor quickly. He asked Jeras for help. Every person was important.

“Ppyu Ppyu?”

“That’s right, nya! Let’s find it quickly together, nya!”

Theo pulled Jeras along. Jeras forgot about his secret patrol and helped look for Ppyu Ppyu.

But they couldn’t find Ppyu Ppyu after a few hours.

*I want to sit on Park Sejun’s lap quickly, nya.*

Theo wanted to sit on Sejun’s lap.

“Tingle.”

Theo’s paw tingled. He felt a strong pull.

“Thud.”

Theo put his paw on the bag of a trader he didn’t know.

“What?!”

The trader glared at Theo for touching his bag.

And then,

“Huh?!”

“You’re?!”

Theo and Skaram looked at each other.