Solo Farming In The Tower

“Huh? Flamie, what’s wrong?”

Pop. Pop.

Using a leaf like a shovel to dig into the ground,

[Eyup!]

Sejun asked as he watched Flamie bury herself in a small hole.

[Hehe. Because the soil here is good.]

Flamie answered with an awkward laugh. It was because, contrary to expectations, her roots couldn’t find her location, so she had to bury her body in the ground and call for her roots.

“Hehehe. Is that so?”

The soil is good? Is it because of the power I used? Sejun felt inexplicably happy at Flamie’s words.

Whooosh.

“It might get cold, so I’ll light a fire for you.”

[Hehe, thank you.]

Sejun lit a fire next to Flamie, worrying it might be cold,

“Guys, let’s pick some Egg Fruits before dinner.”

He called the animals.

Kueng! Kueng!

[Cuengi will lift Dad high! Hold onto Cuengi tight!]

As Cuengi said, enlarging his body to about Sejun’s chest height and spreading his front legs to the side,

Whoosh.

Sejun tightly hugged Cuengi.

Kueng! Kueng~!

[Docking complete! Let’s go~!]

Bang!

With Cuengi’s shout, Sejun and Cuengi shot up to the top of the Birds Bearing Tree at an incredible speed. Of course, the other animals hanging onto Sejun’s body were also with them.

Once alone,

[Roots! Over here! Over here!]

Flamie started to call for her roots earnestly, spreading her leaves wide like filling up a WiFi signal to full bars.

And then,

[What’s your name?]

She asked the Birds Bearing Tree while waiting for her roots.

However,

-Sssrk!

The Birds Bearing Tree was a complete baby tree and didn’t know how to speak.

-Sssrk! Sssrk!

Still, happy to meet Flamie, who could listen to its words, the tree chattered energetically,

[Is that so?]

Flamie listened as attentively as she could to the tree’s story.

***

On the outskirts of destruction.

“Once Halphas’s recovery is complete, all of you will attack the nine towers guarded by dragons simultaneously.”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

The Apostles of Destruction from the 4th to the 12th seats answered in unison to the command of Fenrir, the 1st seat Apostle of Destruction.

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seats among the 12 Apostles of Destruction held a much higher rank, allowing them to command the other Apostles.

“And in the meantime, Jǫrmungandr, create a fragment to burn my psyche and infiltrate the Black Tower.”

“Fenrir, why do you insist on infiltrating the tower with a complete psyche instead of a fragment?”

The 3rd seat Apostle of Destruction, Jǫrmungandr, the world-devouring serpent, asked Fenrir with a puzzled expression.

Entering the tower with a complete psyche meant instant annihilation upon death.

It wasn’t that they were worried about Fenrir’s annihilation reducing their strength.

If Fenrir were to be annihilated, another Apostle of Destruction would be born to replace his position, so there was no loss in their power.

However, Jǫrmungandr didn’t understand why Fenrir would take such a risk.

“It’s because I am a noble wolf.”

“···Alright.”

Jǫrmungandr gave up trying to understand and decided to comply with Fenrir’s request.

Otherwise, he would nag until it was done.

***

Early morning on the 79th floor of the tower.

“Uhaaaa.”

Sejun stretched as he woke up on Cuengi’s belly,

“Meowwww.”

Kueeeng.

Piyiyo.

The animals stretched too.

“Cuengi, tighten your belly!”

Kueng!

[Strength!]

Cuengi

Wobble.

Cuengi’s belly wobbled.

“Alright!”

launched himself into the

Thud.

landed on

Then,

Swoosh.

went over to the extinguished fire from last night, rummaging through the still warm ashes to start gathering the Egg

prepared them in advance so that cooking them at high temperatures would cause the Maillard

Kueng! Kueng!

The Egg Fruit was colorless, but now it has

by the

try tasting it. The taste

compared to regular boiled

Kueng! Kueng!

[Kuo! Dad is amazing!]

Right? Eat

shoulders lifted with pride as he and Cuengi earnestly

had filled his

everything okay this

with a slightly nervous voice. Today marked the 362nd day of being stranded. The 99th floor of the tower saw the

it was their first time leaving the farm

has taken

“Thank you.”

administrator says you should continue

“Okay. Aileen, try this.”

tried to offer a Maillard egg to Aileen

[……]

“Aileen?”

Aileen suddenly stopped responding.

busy. Guys, wake

“Meowww…”

Piyooo…

Aileen into the void storage and woke up Theo and Piyot

(Pip-pip. It’s delicious!)

Slurp. Slurp.

sucked up the

did you

approached Flamie, who was buried in the ground, and

you sleep

I slept well. Flamie, is there anything you want to

of what

seeing how it moved,

I just need Master’s attention, the sun, and

“Is that so.”

Pat. Pat.

which only said lovely

Sejun was

much, meow! I need Chairman

fish, swayed its tail and walked towards Sejun, thinking of getting its

However,

“What, meow?!”

sitting on the ground,

with Chairman Park, so I, Vice Chairman Theo, can understand…not,

climbed onto

finish the grilled

Park’s

answered while lying

And then,

Pop. Pop.

stomach hurts because I

“Really?”

“Yes, meow!”

pitiful expression, he started tapping his belly with his front paws, pretending to be

However,

learn to pretend to

immediately realized Theo wasn’t really in

Chairman Theo, if your stomach hurts, it might be indigestion. Then

“Meow? What’s bleeding?”

needle this

of a

with a needle that big?

Sejun’s words, made

has to be done.

anymore,

get up

However,

running off to? We still need

you’re going, you little malingerer? Knowing Theo would try to run, Sejun quickly caught

wasn’t

“Okay. Treatment complete.”

“Meow?”

I meant the treatment for malingering is complete. Now, lie

petted Theo, whose feigned illness

And then,

What

still didn’t understand the

Pat. Pat.

‘I’m feeling sleepy, meow…’

had been tense, gradually relaxed under Sejun’s

Gororong.

the small incident during

get to

began working with the

cherry tomatoes taste like tomatoes, and the grapes taste

bat circled around the Birds Bearing Tree, singing

that the lyrics of the song being sung to the

And then,

Touch Lv.

of the Birds Bearing Tree speeds

of Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 7 has

skill moving up and down

was three birds with one stone: helping the tree grow, increasing skill proficiency, and

Piyo!

Egg Fruits and

Piyo!

here are

“Puhuhut, good job, meow!”

transferred the Egg Fruits to the bundle hanging on Sejun’s