Solo Farming In The Tower-Chapter 22Vol 2. : Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! ()

75th Floor of the Black Tower.

As soon as Theo heard that the honey thief had been caught—

“Puhuhut. I want to stamp him quickly, nya! Great Hybrid Chairman Park, let’s hurry to Jeras, nya!”

Theo urged Sejun on, and together with the group, they headed to the headquarters of the Wandering Merchant Association.

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“Puhuhut. The price for stealing honey from my little brother Queng of the Vice Chairman Theo is steep, nya! From now on, you’ll work at Sejun Company until your bones turn to dust, nya!”

Stamp.

He stamped the back of the honey badger, Looney.

“...Yes.”

Looney replied with a resigned expression, but the tone of his response felt different from those who had been stamped by Theo before.

Then—

“Huh?”

Looney showed a flustered, pained expression.

Pwoooong.

At the same time, he released a yellow gas all around him. A thick poop-fart.

“Ugh! Gas!”

“It’s gas, nya!”

As the group scrambled to put on gas masks—

Wooong.

Looney disappeared with a teleportation spell, and Jeras hurried to open the windows for ventilation.

But—

“Argh!”

“What is this smell?!”

All it did was create more victims.

Of course, the greatest victim was Jeras himself. Because of the lingering stink, he earned a new nickname: “Fart Jeras.”

Anyway, that happened a little later.

“That bastard! He farted and ran?!”

“Huff! Huff! Huff!”

“Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu-kkyu-kkyu—”

Quooong—!!!

Grrr.

Everyone was furious at Looney for fleeing via poop-fart.

However—

Yol-yol.

I like him. I’ll raise him myself.

Only Kaboolto the Fart King sympathized with Looney and felt a strange kinship.

Three minutes later.

“Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu—Coordinates extracted! Power of dimension, arise...”

Iona extracted coordinates from the remnants of the teleportation spell and formed a portal.

Looney had teleported only moments ago, and Iona’s intense focus—fueled by rage—made the coordinate extraction swift.

“Everyone, let’s go!”

You’re not getting away with this!

Fueled by rage, Sejun and the group stepped through the portal—

[You have arrived at the 77th Floor of the Red Tower.]

They arrived at the Red Tower.

And there—

Snoooore.

They found Looney sleeping boldly, snoring, not even trying to escape.

What the hell is this guy?

As Sejun stood baffled—

Squeak?!

[You dare run away after receiving the Great Kkamang-nim’s mental discipline?!]

Thud.

Kkamang headbutted Looney, beginning Round 2 of mental education.

But—

Kihihit.

Only a minute later, Kkamang pulled away grinning and said:

Kihihit. Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

[Hihit. Butler! He didn’t run away! He’s under a curse! As expected of the Great Kkamang-nim’s mental education—nothing slips past me!]

He shared what he had seen in Looney’s mind with Sejun.

Here’s what Kkamang explained:

Looney had accidentally wandered into the abandoned shrine of the god of empty spaces, Dimena.

Squeak!

[Dimena told him to become her follower, but he refused! So...]

Angered by the rejection, Dimena cursed Looney with eternal wandering through the Nine Towers.

As a result, Looney had been endlessly drifting between the towers for decades, unable to return home due to a teleportation spell that activated at random without his will.

Moreover, every time the spell triggered, it left him overwhelmed with intense hunger and drowsiness.

“Honey was so delicious and nutritious... I needed it so badly... I’m sorry for stealing it.”

Looney, having regained his senses, offered an apology.

“So the fart smell—was that a curse too?”

“Huh? Oh no. That’s just a natural trait of honey badgers. When they’re startled or threatened, they release fart gas.”

“...I see.”

Turns out, he was a pitiful creature.

Looking at Looney, Sejun felt a bit of sympathy—and also came up with a good business idea.

Irregular Inter-Tower Delivery Service.

He could give Looney a subspace warehouse packed with crops. Then, wherever Looney randomly teleported, he could deliver what was needed there.

“If I have Eoksamchiri handle the calculations...”

No. Maybe Eoksamchiri could even modify the curse to trigger teleportation every five days, in a set order. Oh, and remove the side effects too.

Then Looney wouldn’t need to fear surprise teleports, and deliveries could happen predictably.

Not bad.

“Eoksamchiri, can you alter the curse? Make it activate every five days, no side effects...”

Sejun summoned [System Eoksamchiri] and laid out his request.

[Initiating analysis.]

[Please touch the cursed target with your hand to proceed.]

Tap.

Following Eoksamchiri’s instructions, Sejun placed his hand on Looney’s body.

[Analysis complete.]

[To modify the curse as Sejun-nim wishes, the cost will be: 10 billion Tower Coins, 10 times your current mana, and 100 million holy power.]

“Really? That’s not as much as I expected. Iona, can I borrow some mana? About ten times mine?”

“Kkyut-kkyut-kkyut. Of course. I’ll lend it.” freēnovelkiss.com

Iona readily agreed.

The required mana was less than one-hundredth of what was needed for a black hole spell, so for Iona, it was a trivial amount.

Tap.

Iona also placed her hand on Looney’s body.

[Modifying the curse of Honey Badger Looney.]

[System Eoksamchiri] began altering the curse.

But there was something Sejun didn’t know—

[The Curse of Wandering has been modified.]

[Teleportation will now occur every 5 days without side effects. However, a Tower Coin fee will be charged each time.]

A payment system had secretly been added: Looney would now have to pay [System Eoksamchiri] every time he teleported.

Thus, [System Eoksamchiri] found a new way to earn interest.

“Thank you, Sejun-nim! I’ll work hard from now on!”

Naturally, Looney was delighted. A few coins were a small price to pay to escape the anxiety of surprise teleportation.

“Kkyut-kkyut-kkyut. The subspace transfer is complete.”

Iona had transferred part of her own subspace warehouse to Looney.

“Then, until next time!”

“Until next time!”

Wooong.

Teleportation activated, and Looney disappeared. Maybe because he felt at ease, he didn’t fart this time.

After Looney vanished—

“Eoksamchiri, that was amazing. Good job.”

Sejun praised [System Eoksamchiri].

[I merely follow Sejun-nim’s orders diligently.]

“Hehehe. Good. Keep it that way.”

Thus, Sejun was perfectly fooled by [System Eoksamchiri].

However—

“Nya...”

Something smells fishy, nya!

Theo, whose intuition about Sejun was sharper than anyone’s, sensed something off.

And—

Eoksamchiri, are you hiding something, nya?

Just as he was about to interrogate [System Eoksamchiri], lifting his paw to the system console—

Ka-woong!

“Haak!”

Baektang suddenly leapt at Sejun’s knee, interrupting Theo’s suspicion. After all, to Theo, nothing was more important than Sejun’s knee.

Lucky [System Eoksamchiri].

Thanks to that, the embezzlement scheme would remain hidden a while longer.

However—

Thwack!

Ka-woong...

Baektang, who had “saved” [System Eoksamchiri], was struck on the back of the head by Theo and once again failed to claim Sejun’s lap.

Piyot!

[Hello!]

“Uhehehe. Hello!”

Following Baektang, Piyot’s party appeared.

“Greetings, Brothers!

“The youngest, Porin, offers his respects!”

Gold and Porin hurried to greet Kkamang, fearing they'd get disciplined otherwise.

Kihihit. Squeak-squeak!

[Hihit. The Great Kkamang-nim just solved a case. Want to hear the story?!]

They were forced to listen to “Detective Kapang: The Honey Thief Case.” It was phrased as a question, but it wasn’t one. Refusing meant choosing mental discipline.

“But why are you guys here? Don’t tell me...”

Is it Yuren again?

As Sejun looked toward Yuren—

Piyot! Piyot. Piyot.

[No! This time, we have business here. The Four Heavenly Kings’ Purple Lightning, Moeli, is located in this place.]

Piyot explained the situation.

“Uhehehe.”

Piyot’s words made Yuren puff up proudly as if he’d been praised.

Yuren, that wasn’t praise.

Sejun looked at Yuren pitifully.

“I see.”

Either way, once they met Moeli, Yuren would probably get another hole in his body and end up back at the Kindergarten of Destruction.

Sejun paused to think.

And—

If I’ll just have to come back here anyway... wouldn’t it be easier to finish things with Moeli now and head home?

“Let’s go with them.”

Sejun decided to join Piyot’s party and settle things cleanly.

As soon as he made the decision—

Piyot! Piyot!

[Theo-nim, they’re coming with us! I’ll assist you and Iona-nim on the way!]

“Puhuhut. I’m counting on you, nya!”

“Kkyut-kkyut-kkyut. Please take care of us.”

Piyot took care of Theo and Iona.

“Uhehehe. Sejun-nim, do you have any leftover food?”

Yuren asked with a desperate expression.

“Leftovers? Want this?”

Sejun offered the leftover baby food from breakfast.

“Uhehehe. Thank you!”

Yuren ate the baby food happily.

[A quest has been triggered.]

...

..

.

Uhehehe. Since it’s Sejun-nim’s food, of course I’ll pay for it. I’m a pig with a conscience.

And so, once again, [System Eoksamchiri] had successfully baited another “transaction.”

A little later.

After Yuren finished eating—

“This way.”

Led by Porin, Sejun and the others found the orb containing the sealed Moeli.

The orb was placed on the altar in a massive temple.

Porin picked up the orb.

“Hey. Moeli, come out.”

He injected mana and called for Moeli.

But—

“....”

Moeli did not respond.

What...? Moeli’s afraid?

Porin was shaken by the feeling of fear emanating from the orb. Who could possibly terrify one of the Four Heavenly Kings?

Ah. Right.

Porin glanced at the figures standing behind him.

At that moment—

“To enter the sacred temple of the God of Combat, Battler—who dares?!”

A barbarian, three meters tall and wielding a huge axe and shield, entered the temple.

“Oh?! This is Battler-nim’s temple?”

“Yes! You must be here to test your strength, right? Come! I, Krekan, apostle of the God of Combat Battler, shall judge you!”

Without warning, Krekan charged at Sejun. Instinctively, he knew—Sejun looked like the easiest target.

However—

“Puhuhut.”

“Kkyut-kkyut-kkyut.”

Kuhehehe.

Kihihit.

To reach Sejun, he would have to go through Sejun’s party.

And—

Puhuhut. This is my chance to show Theo-nim how competent I am!

Uhehehe. I’m full and brimming with strength!

To reach Theo, he would have to pass Theo’s right paw and left paw—Piyot and Yuren.

Piyot!

[Messenger Bird Secret Technique...]

Just as Piyot prepared to strike Krekan—

—My follower Krekan, stop.

A voice echoed in Krekan’s mind.

“Oh! I see Battler-nim!”

At Battler’s voice, Krekan stopped mid-sprint.

Thud.

Tears in his eyes, he fell to his knees, overwhelmed with emotion, ready to converse with his god.

In the meantime—

“Puhuhut. Since he serves Battler-nim, that makes him Sejun Company staff, nya!”

Stamp.

Smiling brightly, Theo stamped Krekan’s forehead.

“Hehehe. That’s karma for always bullying me.”

Moeli, who had emerged from the orb without anyone noticing, laughed at Krekan.

Hihit. They’ll be joining the Great Kkamang-nim’s mental education soon, too.

Little did they know what awaited them.

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