Solo Farming In The Tower

“I have some preparations to make. You go ahead.”

“Really? Alright then.”

Responding to Uren’s words, Sejun left the tent with the animals.

At that moment,

“Participants of the Food Fighter Selection Contest finals, please come up to the stage now!”

The staff of the Food Fighter contest began to guide the participants.

“Cuengi, fighting! Eat a lot!”

Sejun cheered on Cuengi, who was holding a ticket to the finals and heading towards the stage.

Krueng! Krueng!

[Got it! Cuengi will eat a lot and win!]

Buoyed by Sejun’s encouragement, Cuengi confidently gave a thumbs-up, as if to say he had everything under control.

“Khwahaha! The little guy has big ambitions.”

“Right. He’ll probably end up crying after biting off more than he can chew. Kek kek.”

The large participants scoffed at Cuengi’s declaration, but then,

Moo?!

[What did you just say to our Cuengi?!]

“Huh!”

“Ah… nothing.”

Their derision was quickly quelled by glares from the Black Minotaurs participating in the contest.

Soon, all 100 participants had found their spots, and Sejun, with the animals, took their seats in the audience.

Krueng!

[Dad, Cuengi is here!]

Cuengi, who had momentarily lost sight of Sejun and became anxious, spotted Sejun sitting in the audience and waved his paws.

“Yeah. Cuengi, fighting!”

Sejun responded by waving back and cheering for Cuengi.

“I wish I had a camera.”

Sejun lamented. Cuengi, squeezed among the huge participants and waving at him, was just too cute.

Sejun watched the adorable Cuengi while waiting for the contest to start.

“But what did Uren mean by saying he had something to prepare? Why hasn’t he shown up yet?”

Sejun became curious about Uren, who hadn’t yet appeared on the main stage. Surely he hadn’t encountered any life-threatening situations?

Sejun, who was as weak as a sunfish, worried about Uren.

Then,

“Now, the host of the Food Fighter competition and undefeated champion of the Food Fighter Contest, Legendary Merchant Uren, will make his entrance!”

Bam bam bam!

With the announcer’s introduction and the sound of fanfare,

Click.

The floor of the main stage’s highest seat opened.

And,

Thump.

Uren jumped up from below, wearing a golden crown and a golden cloak.

Oink!

When Yuren let out a roar filled with the will to win,

“Wow!”

“The legendary Food Fighter Uren!”

“The great pig Uren!”

The audience cheered for Uren. He waved back at them and took his seat. It seemed this was the “preparation” he mentioned.

“Wait, Uren was the organizer of this contest?”

What kind of person was he really? Sejun was astonished. Given what Theo had told him and his actions, it seemed impossible for him to make any money.

“How does he make money?”

As Sejun pondered how Uren became a legendary merchant,

“Alright, now that all participants are in place, let me explain the rules of the Food Fighter Contest. The contest will…”

The explanation was long, but in summary, since it was held in the Red Ribbon Kingdom, all dishes used carrots as the main ingredient.

The contest involved eating five appetizers and then the main dish. The winner would be whoever ate the most of the main dish. Essentially, the appetizers were just a warm-up, and the main dish was the real game.

prepare the first

pigs began placing almost small car-sized bowls of carrot soup in front of

“That’s an appetizer?!”

the Food Fighter Contest’s appetizer

the participants had their food in front of

enjoy the first

the participants began eating the

And,

Slurp.

Slurp.

Bang!

Bang!

finished their carrot soup at a pace

Krueng?!

“Uh?!”

placed down,

Krueng!

[Cuengi is still hungry!]

feel the same! It’s like

responded to Cuengi’s

Zap.

eyed each

the carrot soup at the

impressive eating skills, setting up

overwhelming that it was hard to make the competition exciting, but today, it seemed there would be some tension

Then,

Krueng!

name is

to the announcer to call him by his name,

Participant Cuengi Park, right. I will refer to you by your name from

As time passed,

the

the second appetizer. Pigs brought in gigantic plates of carrot salad, heaped up like

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King’s Office

Ppyak?!

ask you to

Ppak!

[Yes, that’s right!]

the land deeds Sejun had sent

just

issue to be resolved so swiftly. Sejun,

solving the case, but he believed it would have been impossible

Ppyak. Ppyak…

the 25th floor of the

checking if the land

Ppyak?! Ppyak?

a Black

found a land deed from a different tower among those

Tower 80th Floor

land deed. This meant the criminal possessed it. It seemed to

Ppyak!

this on

Ppak!

[Yes!]

the Purple Tower land deed, rushed

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let’s prepare the

time, pigs brought out huge glasses filled with carrot juice

the setting of the

on, the dishes being eaten by the participants will also be sold to the audience. If you want to

announcer’s words, the audience began ordering the same dishes as the

the

“Six carrot salads here!”

watching the participants eat, the

a

it was a decent marketing

But,

fall for such marketing

be swayed by the sales tactic,

enjoy the third appetizer, carrot juice! Audience members

was set up, the participants

Gulp. Gulp.

Bang!

the carrot juice at

Krueng!

Oink!

Zap.

two glared at each other

“For…ugh… I give up…”

“Ugh!”

participants started to drop

Soon after,

remaining participants finished their

remain. Let’s prepare the next

announcer announced, pigs brought out plates with the

Then,

“Huh?!”

lit up, and he began to take

And,

the fourth appetizer! The audience can also order carrot cake starting

Upon the announcer’s announcement,

“Here, ten carrot cakes!”

Sejun placed an order.

anyway, so it’s not like

convinced himself that he wasn’t swayed by the

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