Solo Farming In The Tower

Within the Black Tower, numerous merchant passages and Lindgens were installed.

“Burp. What’s this? Why does my stomach feel so bloated?”

Amidst all this, a fragment of Jǫrmungandr, hidden in the shadows, spoke. The reason for its discomfort was that Theo and Uren’s caravan had not yet been digested.

“Seems like they’re tough ones. Well, it doesn’t matter; they can’t escape from inside me anyway.”

Squeeze.

Having finished speaking, the fragment of Jǫrmungandr bit its own tail again and hid itself more deeply.

***

“Yes! Of course! I’m overflowing with money!”

Uren naively answered Theo’s question. Theo was certain now. This pink pig was a pushover, meow! Why ask for help if it’s just about following the path? I’ll save him and get a lot of money, meow!

“Puhuhut. Just follow me, meow!”

Thinking he had found an gullible target, Theo happily led the way.

A short while later,

Sssss. Sssss.

The white snakes appeared again.

“Stay back, you guys, meow! Meow-meow Storm Fist!”

Theo stopped the caravan guards from intervening and dealt with the snakes himself. I can’t share these coins, meow! Puhuhut. All these coins are mine, meow!

After defeating all the snakes,

“My slave, Gaeron, come out, meow!”

-Did you call me, Master?!

“Right, meow! Gaeron, just quietly pick up the coins, meow!”

-Yes!

Theo summoned Gaeron to collect the coins.

Several hours later.

“Meow?! Why isn’t the exit of the 70th floor of the Tower appearing, meow?”

After battling snakes and moving for quite some time, Theo finally realized something was amiss. He should have reached the 70th floor of the Tower long ago.

Then,

“Lord Theo, didn’t you know? This path is endless. We’ve been walking in the same place all along.”

Uren, who had been trapped for several days, informed Theo of what he had discovered earlier.

“Meow?! Does that mean we can’t get out of here, meow?!”

“Yes. We had no way out, so we requested your help, Lord Theo.”

“…Meow?!”

Shocked by Uren’s words, Theo panicked. Does that mean I can’t go back to Chairman Park’s lap, meow?! That can’t happen, meow! I must return to Chairman Park’s lap quickly, meow!!!

The idea of being separated from Sejun’s lap was unthinkable for Theo, who was fanatically obsessed with it. Nobody can come between Chairman Park’s lap and me, meow!

“Uren, give me the money, meow!”

Theo extended his front paw confidently, asking for the money he had been promised by Uren.

“What?! Oh. Yes, I can give you as much money as you want, but… why?”

“Just give it, meow!”

“Alright.”

Uren handed over his money pouch to Theo.

And then,

Flash!

Receiving the money pouch, Theo began burning Uren’s money and started shining in a golden light.

***

“Ugh.”

Sejun woke up in bed, got up, and looked at his knee.

“He’s still not back… Theo, what trouble are you causing now?”

Worried that Theo, who usually returned by dawn, had still not come back, Sejun wondered if Theo had gotten into some trouble.

But then,

“No. That doesn’t feel right…”

Sejun’s intuition told him something had happened to Theo.

“Golden Bat, go to Iona and ask her to look for Theo.”

(Yes!)

After sending the Golden Bat to Iona, Sejun got up, marked the date on his bedroom wall, and began his 350th day of being stranded, starting with the morning.

“I’ll make Samyangju and rice noodle dough in the morning, and in the evening, I’ll make rice noodles with Cuengi.”

Checking his plans for the day, Sejun headed to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Then,

“Huh?!”

spotted a bunch of grapes of an unusual color in the cherry tomato field. They were

of grapes, each as big as a

“Wow! They look delicious!”

a pleasant

Snap.

picked the bunch

15 Large

job experience

Harvesting Lv. 7

gained 1050

A harvesting message appeared.

failure by the name of

sensed a failure but still decided to check the

Large Seedless Grapes

a beginner, grafted onto a cherry tomato. The size of the grapes has increased

grape increases all

Tower Farmer Park

Expiration Date:

→ Grade: A

“Hmm… it’s a failure.”

of the grapes being enlarged due to the cherry tomato

increases stats, I might as

he would have said his face looked ugly again and called for

Seedless

stats have increased by

…

will definitely make proper

grapes, Sejun, still struggling with the lingering bitter taste, resolved

15 points was, at

grapes grafted onto cherry tomatoes, set out to check other crops he had

But,

“There are no fruits.”

the

to check the ones in the kudzu

decided to head to the western forest where the kudzu field was located, riding on Toryong to check his

***

Sniff sniff.

Kuehehe, Krueng!

[Hehehe, it smells good!]

delicious scent and discovered a bunch

Krueng!

should bring these to dad

Cuengi was about to pick the grapes with the intention

you now! You were going to eat them alone again, weren’t

pick the grapes. How long has it been since you were caught eating alone, and here you are eating alone

Krueng! Krueng!

it’s not like

protested in response to Sejun’s

“Really?”

Krueng! Krueng!

Cuengi was going to bring these to dad

response. After all, Cuengi might eat secretly but

sorry for

Sejun apologized to Cuengi,

Krueng! Krueng!

have deceived dad before, so it’s

coolly accepted

understanding.

As Sejun called,

Dadada.

Thump.

immediately clung to

“Let’s see?”

leg, waddled over to the bunch of grapes. Cuengi, having

the bunch

Snap

the grapevine branch grafted

22

experience has

proficiency in Harvesting Lv.

gained 1540

“Grapes Overflowing with Vitality?”

missing the term ‘seedless’. Sejun, feeling good about this,

[Grapes Overflowing with Vitality]

grown by grafting a branch of a seedless grapevine, modified to strengthen

overflowing life force of kudzu infused into the grapes, creating

bitter taste has disappeared, and its tangy

Cultivator: Tower

Expiration Date: 150

→ Grade: A

“Great!”

of increasing all stats by 1 had disappeared, Sejun was happy

Swoosh.

this is how you

one with his clothes and detaching the grape from the bunch, creating a small

And then,

gently squeeze it and suck, the grape skin

Squeeze.

Pop.

gently squeezed the grape skin and sucked on it, smoothly

Chew. Chew.

the unique aroma and sweet and sour taste of the grape filled Sejun’s

this is the

Sejun relished

“Ptui.”

Gulp.

out the grape seed and swallowed the

And then,

Swoosh. Swoosh.