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]

is no sunset here. So, he set the alarm to match his

“It’s time to sleep.”

for bed. There wasn’t much

Tap tap.

dirt floor where he would lie down and covered his head with his bag so he couldn’t see the sun. That was the end of his

Surprisingly, sleep came easily.

*****

the middle of the night, by

Grrrr…

Grrrr…

Grr…!

from sleep due to the

“Uhm… what’s going on?”

Just then,

Grrr!

strong vibration. It

“…!”

from

witnessed the bizarre

“Wh… what is this?!”

light coming down from the cave ceiling

And

Screech!

Caw!

strange,

At that moment,

Roar!

the sky and roared. The sight of it flying high alone, cutting

disappeared gracefully. The other monsters became silent, perhaps frightened by

was noisier

can’t be

wanted to believe that the light illuminating the cave all day was the chandelier lighting of the 1st floor of the tower. But there were

was not on the 1st

blue moon, where

a periodic time when the sun turns

powerful, so hunters avoid the floors where the Blue Moon

Moon is a phenomenon that occurs only on the

on the 10th floor or above. There was still a

However,

‘There’s a catch.’

That was the dragon.

tower appeared ten years ago, the Phoenix Guild, the most powerful force on Earth, recently achieved the feat

the 37th floor, guilds were keeping each other in check, so they didn’t release any information. But below the 30th floor, quite a

skeletons appear on floors 2-10, goblins on 11-20, orcs on 20-30. And from the 31st floor onwards, spider monsters appear,

information, as multiple hunters had mentioned it

of them mentioned dragons. They hadn’t even heard

‘Which floor is this?!’

stranded on a floor that

is this happening to

looked at the hole in the ceiling with

looked up hoping someone would pass by, but now he

Beep beep. Beep beep.

[May 13th, 6 AM]

The alarm went off.

eyes after standing guard all night. Fortunately, the blue moon turned back to

5 hours later.

“……”

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

“Ugh… water…”

up, Sejun felt a burning thirst. He fumbled for the water bottle he had placed

And then

Gulp, gulp.

water

I

thirst quenched,

the pond and quickly washed his face, as well as five

sweet potato while looking at the hole in

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

he had to

field where

‘Should I water them?’

survive on his own made the

He watered them.

have to

“Sweet potatoes, grow huge.”

bear lots

Onion… umm… just grow

news that playing

plants, Sejun sat down and stared at the hole in the

quickly set

“Should I eat this?”

Onion leaves he had pulled off when planting the

“Ugh… it’s spicy.”

by the strong scent of Green Onions. The taste had become more concentrated after drying in the sun for

continued to chew without