Solo Farming In The Tower

Thud.

Sleeping on the floor made my body so stiff. The good thing about this place is that there is no night. So, if you sleep where the sun is just right, you can sleep comfortably at a pleasant temperature.

Splash! Splash!

Sejun washed his face briefly at the pond.

And then

.splash, swish, swash.

He washed the sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes he would eat today.

“It feel strange to wash them with the water I used to wash my face?”

Sejun put aside his discomfort and bit into a sweet potato.

Crunch.

The more I chew, the sweeter it becomes.

Did I ever have the luxury of chewing on something sweet like this without having to go to work?

He sat down on a dry patch of dirt where the sun was shining, laid out his bag, and chewed on a sweet potato slowly. There was complete silence, except for the sound of chewing. His heart beat started to slow down, and his mind also calmed down.

He was lost, and his food would run out in a few days. He might starve to death.

‘Strange.’

Sejun tilted his head. He was amazed by his own feelings. But it was better than being anxious.

“Every time Manager Go called out ‘Sejun, can you come over here for a minute,’ my heart would race. But, how peaceful it is now.”

Sejun leisurely enjoyed the sweet potato, relishing the peace that he couldn’t feel easily before.

“Shall we move on to the next menu?”

After finishing the sweet potato, Sejun put a cherry tomato in his mouth and chewed.

Pop.

The skin of the cherry tomato couldn’t withstand the pressure of Sejun’s teeth and burst. Sourness filled his mouth as the juice of the cherry tomato exploded.

“It’s delicious…”

It was so delicious that he doubted whether it was the same cherry tomato he usually ate. Perhaps his taste buds had become extremely sensitive due to hunger.

Sejun focused solely on the taste of the cherry tomato and chewed slowly. However, chewing on the cherry tomato for a long time didn’t make it taste better, so the five cherry tomatoes quickly disappeared into Sejun’s mouth.

After finishing his meal, Sejun began his daily routine.

Staring at the hole in the ceiling.

“······”

Sejun stared blankly at the hole in the ceiling.

“Ah··· I’m bored.”

Of course, he occasionally shouted, ” Is Anyone Here?!” But even that was done while looking at the ceiling. After staring at the ceiling for several hours, it was so tiring that he felt like he was going crazy.

“Is there anything to do?”

Sejun started looking for something to do.

‘Let’s water the crops first.’

Sejun filled a water bottle and watered the onions, cherry tomatoes, and sweet potatoes.

Joljoljol.

“Grow fast. Grow huge. Daddy is hungry.”

He went back and forth to the pond three times, thoroughly soaking the ground where the crops were planted.

Then

Ggororug.

His stomach informed him of the fuel shortage. Just moving a little made him hungry again. Sejun poured the remaining water from the water bottle into his mouth.

Gulp. Gulp.

He felt his stomach fill up a bit. Sejun returned to his spot and stared at the hole in the ceiling.

After several hours.

“……”

Seojun stared blankly at the ceiling when

Beep-beep. Beep-beep.

The alarm went off.

[May 12th, 10 PM]

So, he set

“It’s time to sleep.”

for bed. There wasn’t much to do

Tap tap.

where he would lie down and covered his head with his bag so

Surprisingly, sleep came easily.

*****

the middle of the

Grrrr…

Grrrr…

Grr…!

up from sleep due to the ground-shaking

“Uhm… what’s going on?”

Just then,

Grrr!

felt another strong

“…!”

bag from his face

then he witnessed

“Wh… what is this?!”

coming down from the cave ceiling

And

Screech!

Caw!

heard strange, threatening

At that moment,

Roar!

black dragon appeared in the sky and roared. The sight of it flying high alone, cutting through the blue light, was astonishingly

and disappeared gracefully. The other monsters became silent, perhaps

was noisier

this can’t

place was somewhere on the 1st floor of the tower. He wanted to believe that the light illuminating the cave all day was the chandelier lighting of the 1st floor of the

not on the

the blue moon, where the sun turns

each floor, there is a periodic time when the sun turns

Moon, monsters become more aggressive and powerful, so hunters avoid the floors where

Blue Moon is a phenomenon that occurs only

10th floor or above. There was

However,

‘There’s a catch.’

That was the dragon.

appeared ten years ago, the Phoenix Guild, the most powerful force on

floor, guilds were keeping each other in check, so they didn’t release any information. But below

to the known information, skeletons appear on floors 2-10, goblins on 11-20, orcs on 20-30. And from the 31st floor onwards, spider monsters appear, although no

was credible information, as multiple hunters had mentioned it in

mentioned dragons. They hadn’t even heard of lizard-like monsters appearing

‘Which floor is this?!’

clutched his head and wailed. He might have been stranded on a floor that even the

this happening

at the hole in the ceiling with a heavy heart,

would pass by, but now he hoped that no one would. After seeing the dragon, Sejun realized that there were monsters

Beep beep. Beep beep.

[May 13th, 6 AM]

The alarm went off.

standing guard all night. Fortunately, the blue moon turned back to its usual yellowish

5 hours later.

“……”

stood guard. Then he fell into a deep sleep. It was understandable, as he had been keeping watch, staring at

“Ugh… water…”

Sejun felt a burning thirst. He fumbled

And then

Gulp, gulp.

drank the water in

I

quenched, hunger set

to the pond and quickly washed his face, as well as five sweet potatoes and cherry

chewed on a sweet potato while looking at

am, if it’s above the 41st floor, the chances of someone coming are

meant he had to survive on his

the field

‘Should I water them?’

to survive on his own made the crops seem

He watered them.

guys have to

“Sweet potatoes, grow huge.”

bear lots of

umm… just grow big

on the news that playing music for plants could help them

sat down and stared at the hole

quickly set

“Should I eat this?”

saw the Green Onion leaves he had pulled off when

“Ugh… it’s spicy.”

taste filled his mouth, accompanied by the strong scent of Green Onions. The taste had become more

to chew