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

tower’s administrator informs you that enhancing and requires 2 billion tower coins

next level ‘Strong’ powers were much more expensive than Sejun

go with Strong Stamina, Strong

prolong his lifeline, and then selected other powers with the remaining

administrator says she will

it

“What?!…”

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

in the

tower’s administrator grants and to the Black Tower’s mid-level

the effect of , your strength

,

and later

Aileen had said, the first

But,

“Huh? It doesn’t hurt?”

words, there was

“Phew. That’s a relief.”

Sejun was relieved.

Then,

Woong.

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

Slither.

black dragon tattoo under Sejun’s skin seemed to be absorbed

have acquired all the most basic low-grade

too frail to handle the

enable you

time, messages about body modification appeared. What…

Crack.

began to forcibly remodel itself, and his muscles started

“Aaargh!”

pain as if needles were piercing his

what’s wrong, meow?! Where does

Press. Press.

Theo hurriedly began

Crack.

body modification lasted about a minute before

Snore.

Sejun, who had already

Press. Press.

“What’s this smell, meow?!”

searching for the

And then,

it, meow! This is Chairman

was being remodeled, bad toxins in Sejun’s body were

move away from Sejun under

Click.

the sake of Sejun’s knees, Theo chose to

and lay on

Purr.

his face buried in Sejun’s

***

top floor of the Black Tower’s

Kyoot Kyoot. Things are going well now that I have

tower, Iona was managing her duties while

Then,

Knock. Knock.

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

what brings you

signature on the payment documents for

Kyoot.

Iona would scrutinize and question

Swoosh.

signed them immediately. She seemed to be in a very

you heard the

usually wouldn’t mention such things, blurted out a

“What rumor?”

the Tower Master is dating a mere merchant. Preposterous,

who

And,

Tremble. Tremble.

to tremble

Tower

always liked Iona, was pleased to

just a rumor! There’s

Fren was

kyoo, what’s

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

didn’t mean that I said it… It’s just

desperate to save

***

after Sejun had

“Ugh… what’s this?!”

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

Sniff. Sniff.

“Ew! What’s that smell?”

frowned at the foul odor