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,

says that would be

tower’s administrator informs you that enhancing

powers were much more expensive than Sejun

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

prolong his lifeline, and then selected

administrator says she will begin

warns that it

“What?!…”

before?! Before Sejun could finish his sentence, the granting of powers

Tower Coins deposited in the Seed Bank will be

and to the Black

the effect of , your strength

effect of , your

and later using

had said, the first two powers

But,

“Huh? It doesn’t hurt?”

words, there

“Phew. That’s a relief.”

Sejun was relieved.

Then,

Woong.

mid-level administrator on Sejun’s

Slither.

tattoo under Sejun’s skin seemed to be

the most basic

body is too frail to handle the

you to handle the

appeared. What… body modification?!

Crack.

will, his body began to forcibly remodel itself, and his muscles

“Aaargh!”

writhed in pain as if needles were piercing his

meow?! Where does it

Press. Press.

Sejun writhed in pain, Theo hurriedly began to massage

Crack.

about a

Snore.

the meantime, Sejun, who had already

Press. Press.

“What’s this smell, meow?!”

sniffed around, searching for the source of the foul

And then,

meow! This is Chairman Park’s poop smell,

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

move away from Sejun under such

Click.

chose to endure the foul smell and continued to

Theo endured the odor and lay on

Purr.

asleep with his face buried

***

the top floor of the Black Tower’s

Kyoot. Things are going well now

Iona was managing her duties while hugging with the Theo Ball made

Then,

Knock. Knock.

the deputy master of the Black Tower’s 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 deputy masters under

brings you

come to get your signature on the payment documents for the cherry

Kyoot Kyoot. Here you

scrutinize and

Swoosh.

signed them immediately. She seemed to be in

heard

wouldn’t mention such things, blurted out a

“What rumor?”

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

spoke, Fren, who was angry, began

And,

Tremble. Tremble.

too seemed to

the Tower Master would

who had always liked Iona, was

it’s just a rumor! There’s no way Iona

Fren was

kyoo kyoo, what’s wrong with

Theo, the cat, but at him. It was the third stage of her fury! A wrong

mean that I said it…

to save his life, hurriedly

***

hour after Sejun had

“Ugh… what’s this?!”

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

Sniff. Sniff.

“Ew! What’s that smell?”

foul