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

informs you that enhancing and requires 2 billion tower

‘Strong’ powers were much more expensive than Sejun had

that so? Then I’ll go with Strong Stamina,

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

she will begin granting

it might

“What?!…”

might be painful?! You didn’t say that before?! Before Sejun could finish his sentence, the granting

deposited in the Seed

and to the Black Tower’s mid-level administrator

effect of , your strength

the effect of , your

and later using

Aileen had said, the first two powers were

But,

“Huh? It doesn’t hurt?”

words, there was

“Phew. That’s a relief.”

Sejun was relieved.

Then,

Woong.

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

Slither.

skin seemed to be absorbed

have acquired all the most basic

too frail to handle the

begin to enable you to

same time, messages about body modification appeared. What…

Crack.

forcibly remodel itself, and his muscles started

“Aaargh!”

in pain as if needles

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

Press. Press.

in pain, Theo hurriedly began

Crack.

modification lasted about

Snore.

meantime, Sejun, who had already fainted,

Press. Press.

“What’s this smell, meow?!”

Sejun, Theo sniffed around, searching

And then,

is Chairman Park’s

was Sejun. The stench came from Sejun. As his body was being remodeled, bad toxins in Sejun’s body were expelled along with sweat, causing the foul odor. It definitely wasn’t because he

either wash him or move away

Click.

to endure the foul

lay on Sejun’s

Purr.

with his

***

the top floor of the

Things are going well now

managing her duties while hugging

Then,

Knock. Knock.

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

brings you

get your signature on the payment documents for the cherry

Kyoot. Here you

would scrutinize and question thoroughly

Swoosh.

them immediately. She

Have you heard the rumor,

who usually wouldn’t mention such things, blurted out

“What rumor?”

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

Fren, who was angry,

And,

Tremble. Tremble.

too seemed to tremble

knew the Tower

had always liked Iona, was pleased to see her

There’s no way Iona would like

Fren was feeling

what’s

shouted, her anger surprisingly not directed at Theo, the cat, but at him. It was the third stage of her fury! A wrong word here could mean disappearing along

I didn’t mean that I

desperate to save his life,

***

after

“Ugh… what’s this?!”

the agonizing pain of his muscles twisting, but now his body

Sniff. Sniff.

“Ew! What’s that smell?”

foul odor emanating from