Solo Farming In The Tower

TL: Hanguk

Black Tower, 99th floor.

“Finally, it’s time to get off work!”

As Sejun exited the dimensional gate, having planted all the Destruction Devourer Seeds in <Earthworm>, he shouted loudly.

“Puhuhut. Great hybrid Chairman Park, I’m off work too, meow!”

Slap.

Through his bag, Theo returned to the 99th floor of the tower, plastered himself onto Sejun’s face, and enthusiastically rubbed his face against Sejun’s head.

And then,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, listen, meow! I did a lot of good deeds today, meow!”

Theo confessed his crimes to Sejun.

“Hehehe. Well done.”

Of course, since they were two of a kind, Sejun praised Theo. After all, Theo’s mischievous nature hadn’t developed without reason.

A little later.

Kueng!

[Dad, Cuengi is here!]

Having finished planting all the medicinal herb seeds Sejun had given him, Cuengi returned from the herb field to find Sejun.

Kuehehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. Dad, here, eat this!]

Cuengi, the filial son, handed Sejun 5 Blue Kudzu Root of Potential and 1 Dark Blue Kudzu Roots of Potential.

“My little Cuengi, you did great.”

Pat, pat.

When Sejun patted Cuengi’s butt,

Kking?!

[Hey, butler! What about me?!]

Having played all day with his underlings, Blackie barked fiercely at Sejun for not praising him. He was full of energy after his nap.

Even so, he was just a super sunfish-like Blackie, so he was adorable.

“Okay, okay.”

Sejun also patted Blackie’s butt and then moved toward the cooking area to prepare dinner, and

“Alright, let’s eat.”

He dined together with his companions.

A little later.

After finishing dinner,

“Huaaam. I should go to bed early today.”

Sejun yawned and headed to the bedroom.

“Puhuhut. Let’s sleep early, meow!”

Kueng! Kueng!

[Cuengi is going to sleep with mom! Dad, sleep well!]

Kihihit. Kking?

[Hehe. Butler! Going to bed early today?]

The rest of the group also prepared for bed.

Gororong.

Kirorong.

Eomrorong.

…

..

.

As Theo and the Blackie Family fell asleep,

“Kuuuh.”

Hehehe. They’re asleep.

Sejun, who had been pretending to sleep, carefully got up.

And then,

Swoosh.

When he tried to set Theo down from his lap,

“Chairman Park, what’s this, meow? Why are you putting me down from your lap, meow?!”

Theo, who noticed right away that Sejun was trying to sneak off alone, opened his eyes.

Hmm. What should I do?

Sejun, who had been planning to slip away from his companions and secretly discuss a Christmas party with Kaiser, was now caught.

“Hmm. Vice Chairman Theo, do you want a present?”

After thinking for a moment, Sejun asked Theo.

“Of course, Chairman Park’s lap is my gift, meow!”

A response without a shred of hesitation.

“Alright, fine.”

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Just like that, Theo ended up on the “giving” side rather than the “receiving” side, and now it seemed impossible for him to steal Santa’s sack of gifts.

“Where’s Paespaes?”

“Chairman Park, on your left shoulder, meow!”

“Really?”

Hearing Theo’s answer, Sejun reached toward his left shoulder.

There he is.

He found Paespaes, placed him on the bed, and said,

“Let’s go.”

“Puhuhut. Let’s go, meow!”

Sejun, along with Theo, quietly slipped out of the bedroom and moved toward the fountain.

When they arrived at the fountain,

-Sejun, perfect timing! Is that Santa guy really that strong?

Kaiser asked Sejun in an angry tone.

“Yes, he’s strong.”

Because you’re Santa yourself, Kaiser-nim.

-What?! A thief who just sneaks in to leave presents is strong?! Stronger than me?!

Kaiser, unaware that he himself was Santa, became fired up with competitive spirit.

It seemed that Grandpa Santa’s pride had been deeply wounded by his grandson’s words that Santa could sneak in and leave presents unnoticed.

“No, there’s no way Santa could be stronger than you, Kaiser-nim. You’re Santa Claus after all.”

-What?!

Kaiser was briefly taken aback by Sejun’s words but soon laughed heartily.

-Khahahaha! That’s right! There’s no way anyone could be stronger than me, Kaiser Pritani, the great leader of the Black Dragons! Yes! A strong dragon like me should be Santa!

With that, Kaiser agreed to be Santa, without Sejun needing to convince him further.

And then,

-Sejun, by the way, what does Santa actually do?

He belatedly asked about Santa’s role.

“Santa is someone who…”

As Sejun explained Christmas to Kaiser, he also shared his plan to host a small Christmas party, inviting his farm family, the Rabbit Family, and other acquaintances to give them gifts.

The part about inviting acquaintances had already rendered the plan for a “modest” party impossible, but Sejun hadn’t realized that yet.

A little later.

When Sejun finished explaining,

– Hmm. Sejun, then does that mean I won’t be getting a gift?

Kaiser asked in a voice full of disappointment.

“…….”

Sejun wanted to retort by asking how old Kaiser was, but then thought to himself

Just because someone’s old doesn’t mean they can’t get gifts. And being Santa doesn’t mean you can’t receive gifts either.

“Um… I’ll give you five bottles of cherry wine as a gift.”

Having decided to play the role of Santa’s Santa, Sejun chose to gift Kaiser with cherry wine, something he liked.

– Sejun, our gifts too…

The other dragons, who had been silently listening, chimed in. However, in exchange, Kellion, Ramter, and Tier agreed to take on part-time jobs as Santas.

– Khahahaha. Excellent. We must spread Christmas far and wide from now on!

– That’s right! Even in the White Tower, we need Christmas…

– Let’s let the other dragons know too!

With their spirits lifted, the dragons began thinking of spreading Christmas to other dragons and across all the towers.

But then,

“That won’t work.”

Sejun stepped in and stopped the dragons.

He couldn’t afford to give gifts to all nine dragon clans and all nine towers. He didn’t want to raise expectations only to disappoint people later.

The feeling of waking up to find no gifts…

That’s too depressing.

Sejun recalled a memory from when he was five years old.

Sejun’s father, Park Chun-ho, had gone to bed early in the evening so he could wake up at dawn to leave presents at the heads of his sleeping sons. But…

“Kuuuh. Huh?! What time is it?!”

Exhausted from several days of overtime, he had fallen into a deep sleep and didn’t wake up until morning.

“Waaah~! I even cleaned my room yesterday! Why are there no presents?!”

“No pwesent!”

Five-year-old Sejun and four-year-old Sedol had woken up earlier than usual, only to discover there were no Santa presents. They burst into tears, unable to accept the cruel reality.

Later, Park Chun-ho, under Kim Mi-ran’s icy glare, had no choice but to retrieve the presents he had hidden in the shoe cabinet and belatedly give them to his sons. But…

“Dad was Santa?! There’s no such thing as Santa…”

“Bwother, Santa Gwandpa doesn’t exist?!”

This revelation only left a deeper shock for the kids.

“That’s how, at the age of five, I faced the cold reality that Santa didn’t exist… and I grew up.”

Sejun didn’t want to inflict the same shock he had experienced on the children of the tower.

On top of that…

“Logistically, it’s impossible to give everyone a gift in just one night.”

There was also the realistic issue of time constraints.

Thus, Sejun managed to stop Christmas from spreading across all nine towers.

“Well, I’m going to bed now.”

– Sejun, you know we’ll be holding a dragon meeting soon at the White Tower, right?

“Of course. I’ve already decided on the menu.”

Sejun reassured Kellion, who was concerned about the dragon meeting scheduled for 16 days later, and went to bed.

Completely unaware that the news of Christmas had already spread throughout the Black Tower via the full-time employees.

Kuuuh.

Gororong.

Kirorong.

…

..

.

While Sejun was happily snoring away in the bedroom with Theo and the Blackie Family,

“Christmas? You get presents for doing good deeds?”

As expected of our Sejun, he comes up with admirable ideas.

“How can I, as Creator God miss out on such a wonderful event?”

There was yet another being eager to expand this “Christmas” event.

“Right on time, too. A massive storm of causality is set to arrive with Christmas….”

The Grand Magic Stream Seed, which was on the verge of full growth after absorbing Flamie’s magic power.

The emergence of a Grand Magic Stream, something that had never existed before, was bound to send shockwaves across the world.

This was because there were currently only eight existing Magic Stream branches. Originally, there had been nine, but one branch had disappeared after Flamie defeated Halphas.

However, a Grand Magic Stream was a fearsome magical stream equivalent in power to fifty regular Magic Stream branches combined.

Its birth would naturally trigger a major shift in the world’s causality.

Since Sejun had played a significant role in the creation of the Grand Magic Stream, he stood at the very center of this massive storm of causality.

His plan had been to gently twist the storm in a way that minimized any harm to him, but…

Now, everyone was united in doing good deeds and creating a collective spirit to give and receive presents, forming a massive unified will.

If Sejun could combine that collective will with the massive storm of causality and steer it in the direction he wanted?

“Hehehe. Sejun will finally understand that I didn’t run away but acted with purpose.”

The Creator God smiled, pleased at the thought of showing Sejun the greatness of his divine power.

***

The Next Morning.

“Everyone, are you all ready?”

“Puhuhut. Of course, meow!”

Kueng!

Kking!

Sejun and his companions prepared to descend the tower once again.

Unfortunately, this time, Piyot, Uren, and Poyo couldn’t join them.

– Uren, it’s time for you to gain a new ability.

This was because a new oracle from Misfortune, the God of Misfortune, had been delivered.

While the King of Misfortune, Uren, had to stay behind,

“Meow! Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I just picked up 5 million Tower Coins, meow!”

Theo, thanks to his luck, managed to bring some results during their journey.

“Should we take a stroll through the herb market today?”

When they arrived on the 75th floor of the tower, Sejun decided to visit the herb market.

At that moment,

[Seed Shop is now open.]

[Park Sejun-nim’s rank is Transcendence.]

[Seven types of seeds, including Transcendence grade seeds, are randomly displayed for today’s sale.]

[At your current rank, you can purchase as many seeds as you want within a 500 Tower Coins limit.]

The 17th Seed Shop had opened.

“Oh, right. Today was the day the Seed Shop opens.”

Sejun had completely forgotten about it.

[Seed of Chaos (Transcendence grade) – 500 Tower Coins + 10,000 Pieces of the World’s Energy]

[Seed of Darkness (Transcendence grade) – 350 Tower Coins + 1,000 Pieces of the World’s Energy]

[100 Turmeric Seeds – 100 Tower Coins]

[100 Peppermint Seeds – 50 Tower Coins]

[100 Wild Chive Seeds – 10 Tower Coins]

…

..

.

The seed sales window appeared before Sejun.

“Hehehe. I should make curry.”

The moment Sejun saw turmeric, curry popped into his mind.

‘If I buy the Chaos Seed, I can’t buy turmeric, so I’ll pass on the Seed of Chaos, then.’

The Seed of Chaos, created by Chaos, the God of Chaos, lost out simply because Sejun wanted curry.

“I’ll buy the Seed of Darkness, Turmeric Seeds, and Peppermint Seeds.”

When Sejun completed his purchase,

[You have spent 500 Tower Coins and 1,000 Pieces of the World’s Energy to buy the Seed of Darkness, Turmeric Seeds, and Peppermint Seeds.]

…

..

.

A message appeared.

Then,

[A surprise item has been added!]

[You can now purchase Seed Shop 50% Discount Coupons (1,000) for a limited time.]

[Would you like to buy them?]

Suddenly, a 50% discount coupon was added as a special deal.

“Of course I have to buy them.”

Hehehe. What a steal.

Smiling, Sejun purchased the 50% discount coupons.

After the transaction ended,

[Thank you for using the Seed Shop.]

[You will be able to use Seed Shop Lv. 4 again in 30 days.]

The Seed Shop closed and

Clatter.

Three small leather pouches containing the seeds appeared in Sejun’s hand.

“Let’s take a look. Cuengi, how about this?”

Sejun took out the turmeric and peppermint seeds and placed them in Cuengi’s front paw.

Since turmeric and peppermint could also be used as medicinal herbs, they might help with Cuengi’s job quest.

And then,

Kuehehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. Dad, both are perfect!]

Thankfully, both seeds satisfied Cuengi’s job quest requirements.

“Cuengi, congratulations.”

Although Cuengi would have to go plant the seeds to fully complete the job quest, Sejun congratulated him in advance.

“All that’s left is to complete Vice Chairman Theo’s job quest.”

“Puhuhut. Let’s finish it quickly, meow!”

Sejun and Theo burned with determination.

However,

“I still have 37 trillion Tower Coins left to collect, meow….”

In a week, they had only managed to earn around 7 trillion Tower Coins, which Theo considered pocket change.

Although 7 trillion Tower Coins was an astronomical amount, it was a mere drop in the ocean compared to the remaining quota, so it felt like nothing.

On top of that, they also needed to return to prepare for the fourth dragon meeting, which was to be held in the White Tower.

As a result, the day ended without finishing Theo’s job quest.

Piyo!

[Sejun-nim! Theo-nim! We’re back!]

“Mohehe. Sejun-nim, can I lick you just once?”

Piyot and Poyo had returned.

“Uhheheh. I’m back too.”

They had come back together with Uren, who had acquired a new skill and become a specialist in aggro management.

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