Solo Farming In The Tower

“Phew…”

After hearing the shop owner’s words, merchant Zidin immediately went to the Wizard Association’s branch for a free appraisal.

“I should quit being a merchant.”

Zidin gave a bitter smile as he looked at the palm-sized item in his hand.

He hadn’t hoped for a huge windfall. He just thought it would be nice if he could recover the losses from this business trip…

‘Of all things, a cursed seed…’

The item Zidin had appraised was a seed of a plant called the Darkbloom.

As it grows, it attracts all sorts of dark and negative energies, making its surroundings gloomy and dark, hence the name Darkbloom.

Because it carried negative energy and nobody would eat it, there was a time when Darkblooms had overrun a floor of the tower…

The Black Dragon had nearly caused their extinction.

Since then, Darkbloom seeds were considered plants to be eradicated on sight, rendering them worthless.

‘Considering the effort to dispose of it, maybe I should pay someone to take it…’

The wizard had earnestly advised him to burn and dispose of the Darkbloom seed, so Zidin ended up keeping it because he couldn’t just throw it away.

‘Should I ask the blacksmith to burn it?’

As Zidin thought about going to the blacksmith,

Kking… Kking…

A pitiful whimpering sound came from beneath his feet.

When Zidin looked down following the sound,

“Oh? It’s a puppy?”

A dark navy colored puppy, with its pink tongue sticking out slightly, was lying on its back, showing its belly, and acting coy(?).

‘Cute.’

As Zidin squatted down to touch the puppy’s belly,

Snap.

“Huh?!”

Suddenly, the puppy got up, snatched the Darkbloom seed from his hand, and started running.

“Hey! Drop that!”

Zidin quickly chased after Fenrir to snatch back the Darkbloom seed.

***

Kking! Kking!

[Yes! I feel energized because I’m full!]

Fenrir ran, devouring the negative energy contained within the Darkbloom seed.

Thud. Thud.

Feeling energized, his legs became stronger, allowing him to run more vigorously than before.

“Puppy! Drop that, it’s dangerous!”

Despite Zidin chasing from behind,

Kking?! Kking!

‘Hmph! you think I’m going to get caught?! I am Fenrir, the First Seat among the Apostle of Destruction, !’

Fenrir, with movements honed from dodging people’s feet, nimbly avoided between the legs of passersby as he fled.

As Fenrir was diligently escaping,

Swoosh. Swoosh.

“…?!”

At some point, while moving quickly, he realized his feet weren’t touching the ground.

Kking?

[Why aren’t my feet touching the ground?]

When Fenrir was puzzled why his feet weren’t touching the ground,

Flap. Flap.

An annoying sound was heard.

Piyo!

[Theo~nim, I’ve caught Whiny!]

Piyot had grabbed Fenrir by the legs and was now flying.

Squeak! Squeak?!

‘Ugh…how humiliating! Caught by such a tiny thing again?!’

Fenrir was frustrated to be caught again by Piyot,

“Whiny, why are you wandering alone-meow?!”

Piyot arrived at Theo’s location.

Piyo!

[Theo~nim, here!]

As Piyot handed Fenrir over to Theo,

Snap.

Theo grabbed Fenrir’s scruff with his front paws.

Then,

Thud.

The Darkbloom seed Fenrir had been holding in his mouth dropped to the ground.

The seed, which was originally the size of a palm, had shrunk to the size of a fingernail after Fenrir absorbed all the negative energy.

“Whiny, what did you pick up to eat,meow? Eating just anything can cause big trouble,meow!”

As Theo was scolding Fenrir and about to pick up the seed,

“Huff! Huff! Are you…that…puppy’s…owner…?”

Zidin, who had followed Fenrir, asked Theo breathlessly.

What’s

“Huff. Huff. That…puppy…took…my…seed…”

speech was slurred due to being out

even stole,

if it

Bang. Bang.

hitting his buttocks with his front paws. It sounded loud

However,

Kking?! Kking!

Fenrir cried out miserably.

It wasn’t an exaggeration,

to hit my buttocks?! I

felt it was unjust to

“Here you go…Meow?”

scolded Fenrir and was about to

with Fenrir around, but picking up the seed

Moreover,

kyoot. Theo, what is that?! Can I

must be given

upon seeing the seed. Puhuhut. This is indeed

buy this,

“Huh?! That thing?!”

Take this,

forcibly handed a pouch of money to

“Why would he…?”

perplexed at Theo buying the Darkbloom seed with money, opened the

And,

How much

by the amount inside the pouch.

quit being a merchant

to Theo, merchant Zidin, who had made a thousand times the money lost in the previous business trip, decided to

***

of

will Cuengi

about Cuengi like a child left

than worrying about others on the 99th floor

“Ah…right.”

was immediately convinced by Aileen’s

not the time to worry about

is a beast with few rivals even on the 99th

down to the 88th floor is like releasing a shark into a fish

was right to worry if Cuengi might cause the extinction

a conversation with Aileen,

of

filled with the

discovered the grapes densely packed on the branches

Eat this and make more grapes

[Huh?! Eat again?!]

shut up

[Yes…]

up

that Cuengi might be wreaking havoc on the

Let’s harvest them

Podori and started to

Tap. Tap.

15

job experience points have slightly

in Harvesting Lv.

gained

…

..

.

began harvesting the

immerse himself in harvesting grapes

“Oh! Delicious!”

occasionally

Dadada.

Kuehehehe. Kueng!

Daddy Cuengi is

Cuengi came running excitedly.

However,

could go to the 88th floor without

didn’t welcome Cuengi

Then,

Kueeeng! Kueeeng!

at Cuengi! Dad

Cuengi cried sorrowfully.

are you

Kueeeng! Kueeeng!

dad! Wanted to prepare a secret gift

“What?! My gift?”

did Sejun realize why Cuengi had gone

And,

‘I made a mistake.’

should have asked why

got excited because

Hug.

Kueeeng… Kueeeng…

mean… But Cuengi

exploded with sorrow in

Pat. Pat.

buttocks, waiting for

After a while,

Grrr…

indicating hunger. The sound was longer than usual, suggesting he hadn’t eaten

to eat

Kueng…?

head at Sejun’s words, pondering whether to respond or not. It seems Cuengi is still

Then,

favorite

his trump

Kueng! Kueng!

[Yes! Cuengi is hungry!]

rice cakes! Cuengi disarmed by Sejun’s trump

Kuehehehe. Kueng!

wants to eat honey rice

Sejun’s arms as they headed to

Munch. Munch.

Lick. Lick.

Kuehehehe.

“Cuengi, is it tasty?”

as Cuengi took a bite of rice cake with his right front paw and dipped it into honey from a glass jar

Kueng! Kueng!

[Yes! It’s delicious!]

question with a

you need to tell me where you’re going before you go anywhere in

Kueng! Kueng!

Next time, I will definitely tell you before I

Here, eat some

rice

After finishing their meal,

Kueng!