Solo Farming In The Tower

TL: Hanguk

Outskirts of Destruction.

“Eek! Why are the Calamities decreasing again?!”

Jǫrmungandr became irritated as the number of calamities advancing on <Drakenia> rapidly decreased.

This time, they had expected a perfect victory and needed one.

However, the results were leaning towards failure.

“This won’t do. Leviathan, you need to go.”

“What?! Me?”

Leviathan, who had just recovered after shedding its skin, flinched and asked in surprise.

Hydra raised its voice at Leviathan’s question. Otherwise, it meant Hydra would have to go instead.

Since Kraken, who used to handle all the dirty work, gone, someone had to take its place.

And that someone was Leviathan, the lowest-ranked among the Apostles of Destruction.

Ah. What a messed-up snake life.

“Of course! Obviously I should go!”

Leviathan said, frowning and quickly managing its expression as it felt the two of them glare at it.

And then,

“Well, I’ll be going then.”

Wooong.

They opened a space leading to <Drakenia>.

If I come back early, they’ll just give me more work, so I should take my time cleaning up.

Thinking about slowly destroying <Drakenia> while resting as much as possible, Leviathan stepped through.

However, an even more messed-up snake life was waiting there.

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<Drakenia>

[Leviathan, the serpent that summons tsunamis and 12th seat of the Apostles of Destruction has descended upon <Drakenia>.]

[A quest has been generated.]

[Quest: Expel Leviathan, the serpent that summons tsunamis and 12th seat of the Apostles of Destruction, from <Drakenia>.]

Reward: Postponement of destruction for <Drakenia> and 14,124 other worlds

Failure: Destruction of <Drakenia> and 14,124 other worlds

“Why just expel it? We need to capture it.”

Heh. 12th Seat of the Apostle of Destruction? That’s nothing.

Sejun smirked as he read the message.

He was already a veteran hunter who had taken down eight Apostles of Destruction.

Technically nine, but Sejun still didn’t know that Blackie was Fenrir.

“Here, everyone, take these.”

Sejun handed out bean sets to his companions and prepared for battle.

A good hunter always gave their best, even when dealing with the smallest (?) prey.

While Sejun was distributing five bean sets each to his team,

“Tsunami! Swallow the enemy!”

Thud.

Leviathan, now fully descended to the ground after squeezing through the gap, launched its attack.

Unlike Kraken, Leviathan’s thin body allowed it to pass through even the smallest spaces.

Kuooo!

In response to Leviathan’s call, a massive tsunami suddenly rose from the ground with a monstrous roar.

It looked like a tsunami at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it was an army of millions of water-formed monsters marching forward.

“Enemy! Fire!”

Kuooo!

At Evan’s command, the dragons snapped out of their daze and unleashed their breath attacks on the tsunami wave.

There were Planet-destroying Turtles flipped over where the tsunami was heading, and if the tsunami flipped them back over, the situation would worsen.

However, the dragons’ breath attacks were about as effective as sticking needles into fabric, barely doing any damage.

That’s when

“The dragons are in danger, huh? Heh. I guess it’s time for the great hybrid Black Dragon Park Sejun to step in?”

Sejun spoke loudly, making sure the dragons could hear him.

Shwick.

With his left hand in his pocket, Sejun grasped the Orb of Death’s Energy and activated his skill.

“Harvester of Death.”

Swish.

Looking at the tsunami wave, Sejun swung his right hand from left to right, parallel to the horizon.

Swish.

A giant scythe of death appeared in front of the wave and cut through it.

……

The tsunami died instantly. More precisely, the monsters that made up the tsunami died instantly.

Shwaaak.

The monsters that had lost their lives lost their form and turned into water, soaking the ground. Unfortunately, there was no experience points.

Hehehe. Did you see that?

While Sejun was showing off to the dragons after slicing through the tsunami wave,

“Meow. It’s not me attacking you, it’s Super Giant Chairman Park attacking you, meow! Super Giant Chairman Park’s Uppercut, meow!”

Bang!

Theo summoned the Super Giant Chairman Park into his front paw and delivered an uppercut to Leviathan’s head.

Kueng! Kueng!

[Calm Before the Storm release! Cuengi’s Thunder!]

Puk!

Pajijik.

Cuengi released all the power he had accumulated with <Power: Calm Before the Storm> at once and struck Leviathan with his Thunderbolt Staff, electrocuting him.

Because Leviathan was a water-attribute snake, the effect was especially powerful.

(PaesSpin!PaesSpin!PaesSpin!)

Paespaes also helped the two by interfering to prevent Leviathan from breaking his seal.

While the older brothers bought time,

Kihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. Blackie Family, move out~!]

Dadada.

Blackie ran toward Leviathan with his subordinates.

And,

Leviathan, how can you call yourself a friend?! Making me work like that?! You should have let me sleep at least 1 hour a day!

Ppuuuu!

On Blackie’s back, the resentful Mukbupal and his eight ink clones spewed ink, giving Blackie a boost of propulsion.

During his time with Sejun’s group, Mukbupal realized just how much he had been exploited by the Snake Faction.

Fueled by angry ink booster’s propulsion, Blackie quickly closed the distance to Leviathan.

Thunk.

He headbutted Leviathan and

Kung.

Leviathan lost consciousness and collapsed, bringing the battle to an anticlimactic end.

Kirorong.

Eomrorong.

Karurung.

…

..

.

Kuhehehe. Kueng.

[Hehehe. Good work, little brothers.]

Thud.

Cuengi safely gathered Blackie family and stored Leviathan’s body into the Void Storage.

Kiki!

Kya-kya!

Thanks to the increased food supply, the Destruction Devourer and Destruction Pioneer were overjoyed.

“Puhuhut. Was it you guys, meow?!”

I’ve memorized your faces who’ll become my subordinates, meow!

Theo smiled while looking at Jǫrmungandr and Hydra through the small gap of the closing hole.

At that moment,

“What is it?!”

Feeling an unpleasant gaze, Jǫrmungandr turned its head to look at Theo, but the gap had already completely closed.

“Jǫrmungandr-nim, what’s wrong?”

When Hydra asked Jǫrmungandr, who had suddenly turned its head.

“It’s nothing.”

Jǫrmungandr answered indifferently, refocusing on the destruction of other worlds.

***

“…Meow?”

Theo, who had briefly lost consciousness under Jǫrmungandr’s gaze, came to his senses.

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And,

There was definitely a pull, meow!

He looked at his front paw, which had felt drawn to the object Jǫrmungandr was holding earlier.

“Puhuhut. If I snatch what I felt drawn to from that guy, I’ll be able to impeach the system, meow! Then Great Hybrid Chairman Park will become even greater, meow!”

As the fanatic Theo laughed sinisterly after discovering the location of an important puzzle piece for impeaching the system,

“I apologize! I failed to recognize you, Great Hybrid Black Dragon Park Sejun! I am Dragonlord Evan Draken!”

Sejun was now receiving a bow of respect from Evan Draken, the Lord of the dragons.

After seeing Sejun’s subordinates easily subdue both the calamities and an Apostle of Destruction, Evan had no choice but to believe that Sejun was a Black Dragon, even if it sounded unbelievable.

Is he really a Black Dragon?

Honestly, he still had doubts, but he couldn’t dare question it in this situation. He had no choice but to believe.

It was a slightly coerced bow of greeting, but,

“Alright. Nice to meet you.”

Sejun graciously accepted the greeting with a satisfied tone.

As Sejun acknowledged Evan’s greeting,

[A quest has been generated.]

[Quest: The balance of the world has been disrupted, causing the Black Dragon, Brown Dragon, Purple Dragon, and Green Dragon to lose their elemental powers. Help them recover their strength.]

Reward: Strengthening of <Power: Sturdy Young Dragon’s Solid Bones>

A new quest appeared before Sejun.

“Elemental powers?”

I can feed them crops with their attributes.

For Sejun, this was an incredibly simple quest. And the reward was the enhancement of dragon bones.

However,

“I’m not doing it.”

Sejun rejected the quest.

The reason…

“Add a condition. Let our Toryong live here too.”

Because of Black Earth Dragon Toryong.

Our Toryong, who only eats dirt. Although it looked different, it was still a dragon, so it could become friends with the others, right?

Sejun had always wanted to find friends for Toryong, who usually spent its time alone.

Fortunately, the system accepted Sejun’s proposal, and

Reward: Strengthening of <Power: Sturdy Young Dragon’s Solid Bones>, permission for Black Earth Dragon Toryong Park to stay.

The reward changed.

As the quest reward changed,

“Alright. Black Dragons, Brown Dragons, Purple Dragons, and Green Dragons, come line up in front of me!”

Sejun lined up approximately 30,000 dragons and started cooking.

They could eat it raw, but he cooked to enhance the ingredients’ effects and increase his mental power.

The menu was Cherry Tart, Braised Kidney Beans, Butter-Roasted Poisonous Potatoes, and Mugwort Rice Cakes.

While Sejun was cooking,

“Puhuhut. Any dragon who wants to be reborn as a true dragon, come here and get this stamp first, meow!”

Quick-witted Theo diligently stamped the feet of the dragons waiting in line.

[You have acquired one dragon slave.]

[Due to the effect of <Title: Slave King>, all stats increase by 1.]

…

..

.

“Huh?!”

This is dangerous!

Sejun tensed up as he read the message.

Usually, stats increase by 0.01 per employee, but maybe because they were dragons, stats increased by 1 each time.

While it was a good thing, it was also bad for Sejun.

If the stats filled up to their maximum potential, Sejun’s battle aura would surge uncontrollably, leading to excruciating muscle pain.

Please don’t hurt too much!

Sejun prayed for less pain and

“Cuengi, give me a massage!”

Before the muscle pain could fully set in, Sejun asked Cuengi for a massage.

A little while later,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I finished stamping all of them, meow! Now we have so many dragon employees, meow!”

Theo proudly returned to Sejun’s lap after stamping all 30,000 dragons.

“Yeah. Good job.”

Sejun praised Theo in a relaxed voice as he continued cooking.

Meanwhile, even though Sejun’s muscles strengthened due to the muscle strengthening technique from the enhanced battle aura, the resulting pain wasn’t as bad as he expected.

On top of that, Cuengi’s massages helped enough that Sejun could still move comfortably.

In the process, the proficiency of Muscle Strengthening Technique increased, and Sejun’s stat potential rose by 5,000.

This allowed his stalled stats to grow again, pushing Sejun’s Strength, Stamina, Agility, and Magic stats all past 20,000.

Nice. Perfect!

“Black Dragons, take the Cherry Tarts. Brown Dragons, Braised Kidney Beans…”

Sejun handed out the finished dishes according to each dragon’s elemental attribute.

However,

“These Mugwort Rice Cakes are really delicious!”

“The Cherry Tart is amazing too!”

[Green Dragon Polly highly praises your food.]

[Your soul becomes greatly fulfilled from receiving high praise from a high-ranking being.]n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

[Mental Strength increases by 5.]

[Black Dragon Nao highly praises your food.]

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..

.

It wasn’t just the battle aura that was a problem. Sejun’s Mental Strength was increasing rapidly.

Even though they were inferior in rank compared to the Great Dragons, these Dragons were beings who lived in a level 10 world.

The effect was no joke.

This is bad!

As Sejun, who had already experienced that too much Mental Strength could be life-threatening, tried to stop the dragons from eating

Shwick.

“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, don’t worry about the ugly face, meow!”

Super Giant Chairman Park, please absorb Great Hybrid Park Chairman’s excess Mental Strength, meow!

Press. Press. Press.

Theo began massaging Sejun’s face while absorbing the overflowing Mental Strength.

What does a ugly face have to do with excess Mental Strength?

Apparently, Theo’s concept of ugly was extremely broad.

“Huh?! I think I can shoot a breath attack now!”

Kuooo!

As the Black Dragons, Brown Dragons, Purple Dragons, and Green Dragons regained their elemental powers, they began to unleash breath attacks one by one.

[You have defeated Leviathan, the serpent that summons tsunamis and 12th seat of the Apostles of Destruction, who had descended upon <Drakenia>.]

[Quest completed.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, peace has been restored to <Drakenia> and 14,124 other worlds.]

The quest completion message appeared before Sejun.

And then,

Clang.

Kihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. Butler! A new recruit is here!]

Blackie Family opened the Void Storage and brought out a small green snake, tied up in Ggomi’s spider webs.

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