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,

administrator says that would be

tower’s administrator informs you that enhancing and requires

much more expensive than Sejun

that so? Then I’ll go with

Stamina, which would prolong his lifeline, and

says she will

warns that it might be a bit

“What?!…”

Before

Tower Coins deposited in the Seed Bank will be

grants and

effect of , your strength increases

effect of , your

can enhance and later using contribution

had said, the first two powers were

But,

“Huh? It doesn’t hurt?”

to Aileen’s words, there

“Phew. That’s a relief.”

Sejun was relieved.

Then,

Woong.

mid-level administrator on

Slither.

skin seemed to be

all the most

frail to handle

begin to enable you

the same time, messages about body modification appeared. What… body modification?!

Crack.

body began to forcibly remodel itself,

“Aaargh!”

pain as if needles were piercing

meow?! Where

Press. Press.

writhed in pain, Theo hurriedly began to massage Sejun’s

Crack.

about a minute before

Snore.

the meantime, Sejun, who had already fainted, slept,

Press. Press.

“What’s this smell, meow?!”

Theo sniffed around, searching

And then,

This is Chairman Park’s

identified the source of the smell. It was Sejun. The stench came from Sejun. As his body was being remodeled, bad toxins in Sejun’s body

wash him or move away from Sejun under such

Click.

Theo chose to endure the

Theo endured the odor and lay on Sejun’s knees in a

Purr.

his face

***

of the Black

Kyoot Kyoot. Things are going well now that I have

was managing her duties while hugging with the

Then,

Knock. Knock.

of the Destruction Wizard Tower but became one of the three deputy masters under Iona

what brings

signature on the payment

Kyoot.

Iona would scrutinize and question thoroughly before

Swoosh.

documents and signed them immediately. She

heard the rumor, Tower

Fren, who usually wouldn’t mention such things, blurted

“What rumor?”

rumor going around that the Tower Master is dating a mere merchant. Preposterous, right?! How could you, of all people, be with a lowly

spoke, Fren, who was angry,

And,

Tremble. Tremble.

to tremble

knew the Tower Master would be

had always liked Iona,

thought, it’s just a rumor! There’s

as Fren

kyoo kyoo, what’s

but at him. It was the third stage of her fury! A wrong word here could mean disappearing along with

I said it…

to save his

***

hour after

“Ugh… what’s this?!”

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

Sniff. Sniff.

“Ew! What’s that smell?”

at the foul odor emanating from