Solo Farming In The Tower

Mt. Bukhansan, South Korea.

“Let’s quickly reach Baekundae and then go down for a drink!” (TL: Baekundae = One of the three main peaks of Mt. Bukhansan)

“Heh, sounds good. Let’s do it.”

Two hikers, having sweated out their energy on their hike, excitedly entered the trailhead, looking forward to a lively drinking session afterwards.

Just a few steps in,

“Huh?! Isn’t that the Black Tower?”

“Yeah, it is. What’s it doing here on Mt. Bukhansan?”

They spotted the Black Tower, towering over Mt. Bukhansan. It was the 101st tower, which had appeared as the prestige of the Black Tower increased.

At that moment,

“I’m sorry, but this area is now restricted.”

“What?!”

The hikers were stopped by members of the Awakeners Association who were guarding the trail. The 101st tower, never before seen in the world, had prompted them to restrict civilian access, fearing something might emerge from the tower.

“There’s nothing we can do. Keep up the good work.”

“Thank you for your effort.”

The hikers, complying with the staff’s instructions, left.

“Ahh, of all places, a tower had to appear here…”

“I know, right… Just wanted to have a drink after sweating it out… Guess we’ll just drink anyway.”

“Hehe, nothing we can do about it then.”

With thoughts of morning drinks, the hikers laughed and headed straight to a shop at the entrance of the trail.

South Korea, now in possession of three towers. Neighboring countries were envious, but didn’t pay much attention. The towers were closely clustered in a narrow area and, apart from allowing hunters to enter, they had no other special powers.

Thus, the event of the 101st Black Tower appearing in South Korea quickly faded from public interest.

***

“Here you go.”

Sejun generously handed over 500 million Tower Coins to Theo, who had asked for a loan. Just as the saying goes that generosity comes from a full barn, Sejun’s generosity grew with two hefty money pouchs in his hands.

But,

“Thanks, meow! This much is enough for me, meow!”

Theo returned 400 million Tower Coins to Sejun, keeping only 100 million for himself. The maximum amount of money Theo could burn at once was 100 million tower coins.

Moreover, after spending money to enhance abilities, one needed time to adapt to the enhanced powers. This was learned from burning Uren’s money.

“Are you sure it’s enough?”

“Yes, meow!”

“Alright then.”

As Sejun was putting the returned money back into the money pouch,

[The tower’s administrator suggests using your money to purchase powers.]

“Powers? Ah, right!”

Sejun remembered that he too could become stronger by burning money..

“How much do I have?”

Sejun started counting the money in the money pouch given by Kaiser. After deducting the 100 million Tower Coins given to Theo, there were 1.4 billion Tower Coins in Kaiser’s bag.

Combined with the 1 billion Tower Coins from Kellion, Sejun had a total of 2.4 billion Tower Coins. It was a tremendous sum.

“Aileen, what powers can I get for 2.4 billion Tower Coins?”

[The tower’s administrator asks you to wait a moment.]

After a short while,

[Available Powers for Granting]

,

[Powers Available for Enhancement]

,

Aileen showed Sejun the powers that could be granted and enhanced with his money.

“So, I can enhance the powers I already have. Aileen, is it possible to grant and enhance all these powers here?”

With 2.4 billion Tower Coins at his disposal, Sejun was confident.

Plus, knowing the cost for granting Strong Strength and Strong Agility was 100 million Tower Coins each, Sejun thought enhancing powers would cost at most 500 million Tower Coins.

However,

tower’s administrator says that would be

administrator informs you that enhancing and requires 2 billion tower

powers were much more expensive than Sejun had

so? Then I’ll go with Strong Stamina, Strong Strength, and Strong

Strong Stamina, which would prolong his

says she will begin granting the

tower’s administrator warns that it might be a bit

“What?!…”

might be painful?! You didn’t say that before?! Before Sejun

million Tower Coins deposited in the

grants and to the

of , your strength increases by

,

can enhance and later

Aileen had said, the

But,

“Huh? It doesn’t hurt?”

to Aileen’s words, there

“Phew. That’s a relief.”

Sejun was relieved.

Then,

Woong.

the Black Tower’s mid-level administrator on Sejun’s

Slither.

under Sejun’s skin seemed

all the most basic low-grade

to handle the next

will begin to enable you to handle the next level

appeared. What… body

Crack.

Sejun’s will, his body began to forcibly remodel itself,

“Aaargh!”

pain as if needles were piercing his entire

what’s wrong, meow?! Where does it hurt,

Press. Press.

Theo hurriedly began to massage Sejun’s body with

Crack.

about a minute

Snore.

the meantime, Sejun, who had already fainted,

Press. Press.

“What’s this smell, meow?!”

Theo sniffed around, searching for the source of

And then,

got it, meow! This is Chairman

came from Sejun. As his body was being remodeled, bad toxins in

either wash him or move away from Sejun under such circumstances,

Click.

Sejun’s knees, Theo chose to

endured the odor and lay on Sejun’s knees in

Purr.

with his face

***

top floor of the Black Tower’s wizard

Kyoot. Things are going well now that I

tower, Iona was managing her

Then,

Knock. Knock.

wizard tower, entered. Fren, a member of the Red tribe, was originally an elder of the Destruction Wizard Tower but became one of the three

brings

on the payment documents for the cherry tomatoes bought

Kyoot Kyoot. Here

Iona would scrutinize and question thoroughly

Swoosh.

and signed them immediately. She seemed to be in a

heard

mention such things,

“What rumor?”

that the Tower Master is dating a mere merchant. Preposterous, right?! How could

who was angry, began to

And,

Tremble. Tremble.

to

knew the Tower Master would

had always liked Iona, was pleased to

thought, it’s just a rumor! There’s no

Fren was feeling

kyoo kyoo, what’s wrong with

him. It was the third stage of her fury! A wrong word here could mean disappearing along with the tower, regardless of being a

that I said

save his life,

***

after

“Ugh… what’s this?!”

He had fainted feeling the agonizing pain of his muscles twisting, but now his body

Sniff. Sniff.

“Ew! What’s that smell?”

foul odor emanating