Solo Farming In The Tower

TL: Hanguk

PR: MiniPixelZ

375th Dimensional Sea Zone.

Kueng!

[Black Cuengi Ship is departing!]

With Cuengi’s shout as he grabbed the helm, the ship set sail for <Grondra>, the Kamo Pirate Crew’s main base.

“If we keep going straight at this speed, we’ll arrive in 10 hours.”

When Sejun asked how long it would take to get to <Grondra>, Kamous, who took pride in his ship, replied in a confident voice.

However,

“It takes that long?”

Sejun’s assessment was rather harsh.

“Full-time employee Kamous, meow! Why didn’t you invest in the ship, meow?!”

Kueng! Kueng!

[Kamous, you’re bad! Because you didn’t spend money, Black Cuengi Ship’s performance is poor!]

Kking!

[Hey! You should have brought a better ship!]

Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie criticized Kamous for not spending money on the ship.

What the hell! Do you know how much I spent trying to make the Black Angler?!

Kamous was furious with Sejun and the others for belittling his ship.

Just wait till we get to the main base. This ship will be the end of you!

But thinking it was a loss to get angry at someone who would soon die, he calmed himself.

Thus, the Black Cuengi Ship sped forward at full throttle.

As Cuengi had no need to turn the helm,

Clunk.

Feeling bored, he opened the void storage.

And then,

Kueng!

[Come out!]

Bukbuk!

Bukbuk!

He summoned the Planet-Destroying Turtles.

Cuengi brought along all the Planet-Destroying Turtles he had released at the fountain before departure.

Kuehehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. You guys stay here and shoot if enemies appear!]

Bukbuk!

Kueng!

[You go here!]

Bukbuk!

He positioned the planet-destroying turtles at various places around the ship to guard it, replacing the crew who would normally man the cannons.

While Cuengi was walking around the ship like that,

“I’m bored, should we have some snacks?”

Sejun took out a brazier from the void storage and started grilling corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

“Puhuhut. Great hybrid Chairman Park, please make grilled fish and stir-fried peanuts too, meow!”

Theo asked for food for himself and Iona.

“Of course, I was going to, even if you didn’t say anything.”

“Puhuhut. Really, meow?!”

“Of course.”

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park didn’t forget me, Vice Chairman Theo. I’m happy, meow!”

Theo was delighted by Sejun’s response.

Meanwhile, Sejun skewered the fish and grilled it over direct fire, and stir-fried the peanuts in a frying pan.

As the smell of food spread around,

Sniff sniff.

“Don’t you smell something delicious?”

“I think it’s coming from over there.”

The bored pirates, who were sitting around doing nothing, turned their attention to Sejun.

Kihihit. Kking?!

[Hehe. Butler! Are you making roasted and dried sweet potato for Great Blackie?!]

Dadada.

Even Blackie, who had been running around trying to maintain discipline among the pirates, caught the smell of roasted sweet potato and rushed over.

And then,

Press. Press.

Using his front paws, Blackie eagerly kneaded Sejun’s thigh with affection, But,

“Hehehe. Blackie, there’s nothing for you.”

How dare you side with my mom yesterday and attack me?

Sejun, the king of grudges, had not forgotten how Blackie had teamed up with Kim Mi-ran and plundered his roasted and dried sweet potatoes.

Kking!

[Butler, I hate you!]

Pouting at Sejun’s response, Blackie went off and hid somewhere on the pirate ship.

Surely, the butler will call Great Blackie, right? He’ll call me. He must!

He waited, hidden, longing for the moment Sejun would call him.

Five minutes passed.

What if the butler doesn’t call me? Should I just go out now?! But Great Blackie has a reputation to maintain!

He grew increasingly anxious and restless.

Then,

“Park Blackie, let’s eat snacks!”

Hearing Sejun’s call,

Hehe. I knew it! Great Blackie is necessary to the butler!

Feeling triumphant, Blackie revealed himself with a smug smile.

But contrary to the smug smile, his feet were dashing urgently toward Sejun, his tail spinning like a propeller at 360 degrees.

“Puhuhut. As expected, Great Hybrid Chairman Park’s grilled fish is the best, meow!”

“Hehehe. Of course it is.”

“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. The stir-fried peanuts are delicious too.”

“I’m glad you like them. That one needed much stronger firepower.”

Kuehehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. Dad, if you eat a bite of potato and corn together, it tastes amazing!]

“Really? Oh! That’s actually really good?! Cuengi, you’re a genius just like me.”

While Sejun was chatting and enjoying snacks with Theo, Iona, and Cuengi,

Slurp. Slurp. Slurp.

Blackie was quietly eating without a word.

“Is it that good? Talk to us a bit while you eat.”

Sejun spoke to Blackie, who stayed silent.

Kihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. As expected, the butler’s roasted and dried sweet potato is the tastiest!]

“Hehehe. Of course it is.”

Even Blackie ended up praising him.

And then,

Slurp.

Gulp.

The pirates, watching Sejun and the others enjoy their snacks, began drooling.

“Puhuhut. Want some, meow?!”

Theo, who had already finished his grilled fish, began offering the remaining corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes like a salesman.

Although the pirates were already employees of Sejun Company and had been stripped of all their money, Theo could sense it.

Puhuhut. These guys smell like money, meow!

He instinctively knew they had hidden stashes.

And then,

“If you want to eat, pay up, meow!”

“Here!”

“Give me some too!”

The pirates handed Theo thin, rectangular metal cards the size of half a palm.

“Meow? I don’t accept metal! Pay with money or jewels, meow!”

Naturally, as it wasn’t treasure, Theo got angry.

“Huh? This isn’t just metal, it’s a pirate card. You don’t know about cards?”

“Puhuhut. Of course I do, meow! Just wait a bit, meow!”

To protect his pride as Vice Chairman Theo, he pretended to know and,

“Chairman Park, they gave me something called a pirate card, meow! What is this?!”

asked Sejun, handing over the card.

“Pirate card?”

As Sejun examined the card closely,

[<Title: One Who Glimpsed Long Into the Beginning> has identified the essence of the card.]

His eyes turned golden, and the card’s information became visible.

[Pirate Fro’s Debit Card]

→ This is a debit card linked to Pirate Fro’s pirate bank account. You can swipe the card to use the funds in the account.

→ Remaining balance: 300 Tower Coins

→ Issuing Institution: Pirate Bank

“Oh. It’s like a credit card. If you swipe it, money gets deducted from the bank account.”

“Puhuhut. As expected, Chairman Park knows everything, meow! Then how do you swipe it to withdraw money from the account, meow?!”

“Uh… like this?”

There was no card reader, but Sejun didn’t want to say he couldn’t do it to Theo, who was looking up at him with sparkling, admiring eyes, so he simply swiped the card through the air.

Then,

[How much would you like to charge?]

A message appeared in front of Sejun. The tone was different from [System 371], and it wasn’t a system message from the pirate bank either.

It was a message from [System SJC].

Although it didn’t yet have a self-awareness like [System 371], and thus didn’t use polite language, [System SJC] always prioritized Sejun and took action.

So to help Sejun, it had hurriedly built a card payment system and enabled Sejun Company employees to process card payments without any terminals.

At one point, the Pirate Bank demanded payment processing fees to connect with its accounts, But,

[System SJC], having learned from Sejun and Theo, forcibly merged the Pirate Bank system, resolving the payment processing fees issue cleanly.

Thanks to that, Sejun could now process payments simply by swiping a card through the air.

104.28.193.250

“10 Tower Coins.”

When Sejun stated the payment amount,

Clink.

Money from the pirate bank account was withdrawn and dropped into Sejun’s hand.

“Hehehe. See that? That’s how you use it.”

Sejun spoke proudly to Theo.

“Puhuhut. As expected of the great hybrid Chairman Park, meow! But your face is turning ugly, meow!”

Theo once again kneaded up Sejun’s face with joy.

And then,

Kuehehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. Cuengi wants to play too!]

Kihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. Great Blackie is going to step on the butler’s face too!]

Cuengi and Blackie pounced on Sejun’s face and enthusiastically stepped on it with their front paws.

A short while later,

“Puhuhut. If you want food, hand over your cards, meow!”

Having learned how to use the cards, Theo opened a snack shop on the deck and started selling food to the pirates.

***

On the way down to the 50th floor of the Black Tower,

Piyo! Piyo!

[Jeokbi-nim, this way! Don’t stray off!] (TL: If you forgot one of the 4 guardian beasts from Aerial)

Tweet tweet!

[Okay!]

Piyo! Piyo! Piyo…?

[Heukbuk-nim, pick up the pace! Cheongnyong-nim, stop drinking water! And where’s Baektang-nim…?]

Piyot, who had been doing a headcount, realized that Baektang was missing.

“Uhehehehe. Where did he go?”

“Mohehehe. I don’t know.”

Piyo!

[Is ‘I don’t know’ all you know?! Go find him right now!]

“Okay.”

“Yup!”

At Piyot’s shout, Uren and Poyo quickly ran off to look for Baektang.

Cheongnyong, Heukbuk, and Jeokbi quietly waited, watching Piyot’s expression.

The reason these seniors joined Piyot’s group was because Sejun had asked Piyot to take them on a Tower tour.

It was both a chance to explore the Tower and to participate in a survival camp in the face of Uren’s misfortunes, all to raise them to be stronger.

Thanks to that, even though Piyot wasn’t yet one year old, the youngest of them all, he was caring for six elders.

Puhuhut. Sejun-nim promised to host my first birthday party soon!

With Sejun’s promise, Piyot didn’t feel burdened.

A little while later,

“Hehehe. Piyot, we found Baektang.”

Kyaaung…

[Sorry, I got distracted for a moment…]

Uren and Poyo returned with Baektang in tow.

Then,

Piyo! Piyo!

[Well done! From now on, Uren-nim will take care of Baektang-nim!]

“Uhehehe. Leave it to me!”

Piyot entrusted Uren with taking care Baektang.

This was Baektang’s punishment for straying off,

From now on, I’ll make sure Baektang-nim can’t aim for Sejun-nim’s lap!

As Theo’s right front paw, it was to ensure Baektang wouldn’t dare target Theo’s rightful spot, Sejun’s lap.

Kyaaung?! Kyaaung?!

[What?! Why are rocks falling all of a sudden?!]

And so Baektang’s tribulation began.

***

171th Dimensional Sea Zone.

“Puhuhut. If you want more, hand over your card, meow!”

Theo was energetically running his snack stand on the deck of the Black Cuengi Ship.

And,

Kueng!

[Dad, Cuengi wants a card too!]

Cuengi’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the cards the pirates pulled out.

If I swipe it, I can buy and eat whatever I want!

To Cuengi, who still didn’t understand what accounts or linking meant, a debit card looked like a magical item that let you eat anything you desired.

“Hehehe. I’ll make one for you later.”

After figuring out how to issue cards at <Grondra>, Sejun planned to craft a black card using Kaiser’s dragon scale, and returned to roasting corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

Kking! Kking!

[Butler! Stop selling the sweet potatoes! You need to make roasted and dried sweet potato!]

Beside him, Blackie threw a tantrum, demanding Sejun stop selling the sweet potatoes.

“Here. Eat this and quiet down.”

As soon as Sejun gave him a piece of roasted and dried sweet potato,

Munch. Munch. Munch.

Blackie got absorbed in eating.

While Sejun and the others spent time on the deck like that, the Black Cuengi Ship approached <Grondra>.

Vwoong.

Suddenly, the space in front opened up, and <Grondra>, the 7th level world that was the headquarters of the Kamo Pirate Crew, appeared.

A path to <Grondra> had been opened using the dimensional interference device installed at the stern of the ship.

As the ship carrying Sejun and his party appeared at <Grondra>,

“Fire!”

All pirate ships of the Kamo Pirate Crew, who had been waiting for the Black Cuengi Ship’s arrival, launched a full-scale assault.

“Kuhuhu. Well then, farewell.”

Shoop.

Wearing a sinister grin, Kamous abandoned his subordinates and teleported to the waypoint installed in his fortress.

It would have been a brilliant plan, if it weren’t for the Planet-Destroying Turtles on board the Black Cuengi Ship.

Bukbuk! Bukbuk!

[We must defend the ship! Block them!]

Zzzing.

Following Cuengi’s command to defend the ship, the Planet-Destroying Turtles fired destruction beams.

Kwagwagwang!

As the red beams of overwhelming power vaporized the incoming attacks, the pirates, terrified, quickly raised white flags.

“Puhuhut. Hurry and get stamped, meow!”

Thus, with the pirates lining up to be stamped by Theo, Sejun and his group entered <Grondra> without shedding a single drop of blood.

*****

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