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

tower’s administrator informs you that enhancing

level ‘Strong’ powers were much more

that so? Then I’ll go with Strong

Sejun naturally chose Strong Stamina, which would prolong his lifeline, and then selected other powers with the

administrator says she

that it

“What?!…”

Before

Coins deposited in the Seed Bank will

tower’s administrator grants and to the Black

of ,

, your agility

enhance and later using

had said, the

But,

“Huh? It doesn’t hurt?”

words,

“Phew. That’s a relief.”

Sejun was relieved.

Then,

Woong.

Tower’s mid-level administrator on Sejun’s right hand started to

Slither.

Sejun’s skin seemed to

acquired all the most basic low-grade

frail to handle the next

to enable you to handle the next level of

body modification appeared. What…

Crack.

began to forcibly remodel itself,

“Aaargh!”

pain as if needles were

meow?! Where does it hurt,

Press. Press.

pain, Theo hurriedly began to

Crack.

lasted about a

Snore.

meantime, Sejun, who

Press. Press.

“What’s this smell, meow?!”

around, searching

And then,

This is Chairman Park’s poop smell,

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 were expelled along with

or move away from Sejun under such circumstances,

Click.

sake of Sejun’s knees, Theo chose to endure the foul smell and

the odor and lay on

Purr.

his face buried

***

top floor of the Black Tower’s wizard

Kyoot Kyoot. Things are going well now that

room of the wizard tower, Iona was managing her duties while hugging

Then,

Knock. Knock.

member of the Red tribe, was originally an elder of the Destruction Wizard Tower but became one of the three

what brings

your signature on the payment documents for the

Kyoot. Here you

would scrutinize and question thoroughly before

Swoosh.

she quietly inspected the documents and signed them immediately. She

heard the rumor,

usually wouldn’t mention such things, blurted

“What rumor?”

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

who was angry,

And,

Tremble. Tremble.

to tremble

the Tower Master

had always liked Iona, was

just a rumor! There’s

Fren

kyoo, what’s

her fury! A wrong word here could mean disappearing along with the tower,

I didn’t mean that I said it… It’s just

save his life, hurriedly

***

after Sejun

“Ugh… what’s this?!”

up, moving his body around in amazement. He had fainted feeling the agonizing pain of his muscles

Sniff. Sniff.

“Ew! What’s that smell?”

the foul odor emanating from