Chapter 170 – Thats Not Free

“Ugh…”

Se-jun woke up frowning. It was because he had fallen asleep late thinking of ways to save Earth until dawn.

“President Park, your face looks rotten again, meow!”

Theo, who had woken up early for the first time in a while and was watching Se-jun’s face, immediately began to press his face with his front paws when Se-jun woke up frowning.

“No…”

“No need to thank me, meow!”

Theo’s kindness, offered arbitrarily.

‘Fine. Do whatever you want.’

Knead, knead.

Se-jun left his face to Theo and organized the thoughts he had in the dawn again.

The conclusion Se-jun obtained after worrying until dawn was that the fact that his crops were effective in exterminating the locusts had not changed.

‘So I will push forward with the original plan.’

Instead, he intended to significantly increase the scale this time. By creating a new outpost.

[Land Deed for the Persimmon Tree Farm on the 49th Floor of the Tower]

Se-jun intended to use the land deed to create a large-scale Sturdy Blade Green Onion farm on the 49th floor of the tower. It was to increase the quantity of Sturdy Blade Green Onions to be supplied to Earth and to reduce the transport distance.

As for the labor for farming, he would have to go to the 49th floor of the tower to find out first, but if he could not obtain labor, he planned to seek the help of the rabbits from the Rabbit Kingdom on the 55th floor of the tower.

Just then,

Cueng!

[Dad, Cuengi wants to eat breakfast!]

Cuengi, who woke up from hunger, came to find Se-jun.

“Got it.”

Se-jun hurriedly prepared breakfast.

And

“I am going to go down the tower…”

while eating breakfast, he informed the animals of his plans. Of course, he also informed the dragons.

-Right. Go ahead.

-Be careful.

The dragons clearly looked disappointed since they could not consume makgeolli and food if Se-jun was not there, but they did not bring it up separately.

While Se-jun was speaking to the dragons like that,

“President Park, preparation is all done, meow!

Cueng,

[Cuengi is also ready!]

Theo, who packed his things in his bundle, and Cuengi, who carried a giant lunch box bag on his back, finished their preparations to go down the tower with Se-jun.

(I’m all done too!)

The Golden Bat also held a small bundle and sat on top of Cuengi’s bag.

Clank.

“Go inside the subdimensional warehouse.”

Se-jun put the animals into the subdimensional warehouse and

“Aileen, I’ll be back.”

said goodbye to Aileen.

[The tower administrator says she will be watching you, so you should do whatever you want.]

Aileen, whose abilities had now increased, could use the tower’s functions properly, and among them was a function to see the situation of other floors through a crystal ball.

“Understood. Thinking that Aileen is watching makes me feel reassured.”

Rustle.

Se-jun smiled and unfolded the land deed.

[The summoning function for the initial owner engraving of the Land Deed for the Persimmon Tree Farm on the 49th Floor of the Tower was activated.]

Se-jun disappeared as he moved to the 49th floor of the tower.

***

The 1st floor of the Black Tower.

A commotion broke out near the exit.

“What is this?”

“Why can’t we leave?!”

Some of the hunters who tried to move to Earth through the exit of the tower could not move, as if blocked by a wall. What those hunters had in common was that they were hunters who had entered through the Black Tower that had been in Brasilia.

They were on their way to Earth in a hurry after hearing the news that Brasilia had been attacked by the locusts.

Just then,

[The Black Tower you used when entering has vanished.]

[The exit disappeared, and you cannot leave.]

The message appeared in front of them like a death sentence. Over 30,000 hunters who had entered the tower through the Black Tower in Brasilia panicked. In an instant, their place to return had vanished.

Thanks to this, other hunters came to know that if the tower they entered disappeared, they would never be able to leave the tower. The hunters hurriedly notified their respective countries of this information.

And each country strengthened censorship further to not let even a single locust pass. The current situation was that the level of hunters growing in the tower occupied a large part of each country’s military and economic power.

Therefore, the disappearance of a tower was a great national loss. Furthermore, due to the mysterious crops that had recently begun to come out of the tower, the value of the tower grew even larger.

“What should we do?”

A member of the Earth Defense Force asked Luciola. Among the hunters who could not leave through the exit were 10 members of the Earth Defense Force who had entered the Black Tower of Brasilia to escape the locusts.

“Let’s first inform Lord Tae-jun of the situation and request help.”

“Understood.”

At Luciola’s answer, they hurriedly began to climb to the 40th floor of the tower.

***

[You arrived at the 49th floor of the tower.]

[You moved from the 99th floor of the tower, the highest floor, to the 49th floor of the tower.]

You went down 50 floors.]

[Due to the effect of , all stats increased by 50.]

“Oh!”

No matter how much he thought about it, the effect of was too good. To think that the lower he went, the more his stats would increase, as if telling the weak to become stronger.

“Ah! This is no time for this!”

Clank.

Se-jun hurriedly opened the subdimensional warehouse and summoned Theo, Cuengi, and the Golden Bat. He did not know where danger might lie. Since he had learned it the hard way on the 77th and 83rd floors of the tower, Se-jun was never off guard.

And he quickly looked around. There were about 100 persimmon trees, but not a single tree with persimmons growing on it was visible. It was full of only bare branches. Even with a quick glance, the condition of the persimmon trees did not look good.

Just then,

“Earth Defense Force! Dispatch, meow!”

Theo’s shout was heard from inside the subdimensional warehouse.

And

Flap, flap.

(Speed Gold, appearing!)

The Golden Bat wearing a bone helmet came out of the subdimensional warehouse quickly and flew up into the sky.

Next,

Cueng!

[Power Honey is appearing!]

Cuengi, also wearing a bone helmet, rolled forward and came out of the subdimensional warehouse.

“Puhuhu. Lucky Yellow, appearing, meow!”

Finally, Theo wearing a bone helmet came out, stretched his left leg, and extended his front paw forward to take a pose,

Roll, roll.

Cueng!

Cuengi rolled next to Theo and stood in a pose symmetrical to Theo’s.

And

Flap, flap.

the Golden Bat, who had gone up to the sky, landed between the two and spread his wings as wide as possible.

“······What are you guys doing?”

“To protect the Earth, we must do this, meow! President Park doesn’t even know that, meow?!”

Cueng!

[Grid is right! Dad also needs to come quickly and stand in the middle!] (Wait! In raw: “[! !]” -> “” means “That’s right”, not “Grid is right”. Oh! The translation model wrote “Grid is right” because of “”. Let’s correct it: “[That’s right! Dad also needs to come quickly and stand in the middle!]”)

“What are you talking about? Who says so?”

(I saw it on Earth! The Earth Defense Force is supposed to form formations well. I did well, right?)

The Golden Bat spoke proudly. The Golden Bat had gone down to the 83rd floor of the tower and then moved to Earth. Although Han Tae-jun had decided to purchase and fill properties with goods under Se-jun’s name, there were still a significant number of offices with remaining contracts.

While he was walking around the offices like that,

(Huh?!)

the Golden Bat discovered an employee watching something.

[Earth Defense Force Power Force]

Because he had to study the videos his child liked to play with them later, the man watched it quite diligently. Thanks to that, the Golden Bat also watched along from behind and could study the Earth Defense Force.

(For the Earth Defense Force, names and poses are important!)

Thus, for Se-jun, who was worrying about preventing the destruction of Earth, the three had practiced Earth Defense Force poses in the subdimensional warehouse.

“Pfft.”

Realizing what the kids were thinking, Se-jun laughed without realizing it.

“Dragon Tooth Soldier – Helmet Summon.”

Se-jun summoned and wore the helmet, stood in the middle of Theo and Cuengi, knelt on one knee, and took a pose.

“President Park, appearing!”

“Puhuhu. Now we can protect the Earth, meow!”

Although he did not know what logic it was, since Theo spoke with conviction, it felt reassuring for some reason.

(No! Big brother, we are still missing one! The Earth Defense Force must always be five!)

“What, meow?! Where do we suddenly get one more from here, meow?”

Cueng!

[This is a big problem!]

When the animals were worrying about where to find the missing member,

“By the way, are there no monsters here?”

Se-jun said as he looked around. Even though they had made such a fuss, no one appeared. However, there was a different reason for this.

-Brothers, did you forget about me?! Earth Defense Force Black Earth Dragon, appearing!

Toryong-i popped his head out of the ground, filling the fifth member slot. Since Toryong-i was a pair with the Tower Farmer, he could follow Se-jun wherever he moved.

And the reason why the surroundings were quiet could also be known.

Dudu……

The moles, frightened by Toryong-i, could not come close. They were only sticking their heads out slightly, and their heads were quite large, roughly the size of a soccer ball.

“Kids, come here.”

Se-jun spoke to the moles. He had needed workers anyway, and finding workers so easily was a good start.

However,

Dudu!

the moles pretended not to hear Se-jun’s words. They could not trust what the weakest one in the group said.

“Come here while I’m speaking nicely!”

Se-jun got angry, but

Dudu!

the moles remained unmoved.

Just then,

-You rascals! To disobey the Master’s command!

when Toryong-i stepped forward in anger,

Dududu!

the moles fled in a hurry.

At the same time,

[You were recognized as the rightful owner of the Land Deed for the Persimmon Tree Farm on the 49th Floor of the Tower.]

[The skill of the land deed: Farm Information Lv. Max was activated.]

He was recognized as the owner of the land. It seemed he was recognized for chasing away the moles.

[Land Deed for the Persimmon Tree Farm on the 49th Floor of the Tower]

This is a land deed proving that you are the owner of the persimmon tree farm on the 49th floor of the tower.

Owner: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Grade: C+

Skill: [Farm Information Lv. Max]

“Farm Information.”

[Farm Information Lv. Max]

Size: 3,000 pyeong

Crops: 104 Persimmon Trees

Workers: 1 (Owner of the land)

Special Note: The condition of the persimmon trees is not good because moles have gnawed on their roots. There are 2,012 moles that can be used as workers.

The moles had been gnawing on the roots. There was a reason why the persimmon trees were bare.

“Toryong-i, first turn over the soil.”

If Toryong-i turned over the soil, Se-jun could easily make fields later by just creating furrows and ridges with Myler’s Hoe using Land Shift.

-Yes! Leave it to me, Master!

Se-jun gave Toryong-i instructions and touched a persimmon tree that had only bare branches.

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 4 was activated.]

[While touched, the roots of the persimmon tree were healed slightly.]

It was just as seen before. Looking closely at the ground around the persimmon tree, convexly raised ground could be seen. It was obvious without looking.

‘It’s the moles’ doing.’

Se-jun then went on to heal the persimmon trees one by one,

“Power Force! go fight!……”

and the Golden Bat healed the trees while singing. For some unknown reason, the plants’ conditions improved and their growth accelerated upon hearing the Golden Bat’s song, even though he had no related skills.

When Se-jun had completely healed the roots of five persimmon trees like that,

“President Park, Lucky Yellow wants to eat Churu, meow!”

Cueng!

[Power Honey is also hungry!]

Theo and Cuengi said, holding their bellies.

“Got it. Wait a moment.”

Snap!

Se-jun hurriedly created fire with a finger snap, lit the dry persimmon tree branches that had fallen on the ground, and quickly prepared a meal.

Chop, chop.

First, he laid out raw sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes to eat for lunch.

And

“Vice President Theo, claws.”

“Understood, meow!”

He took out frozen locust meat and sliced it thinly using the claws Theo extended. He also intended to make the soup to eat for dinner in advance.

Chop, chop.

While he was diligently slicing the locust meat with Theo’s claws like that,

Dudu!

moles snooped around Se-jun while drooling. A huge number of roughly 2,000. Their gaze was focused on the locust meat Se-jun was cutting.

“Do you want to eat this?”

Dudu! Dudu!

At Se-jun’s question, the moles nodded their heads vigorously.

“Hehehe. Then come and eat.”

Se-jun smiled slyly and handed the sliced locust meat to the moles.

Dudu!

While the moles were eating the meat deliciously like that,

“By the way, do you guys have money? That’s not free.”

Dudu?!

The moles were flustered at Se-jun’s words.

“Vice President Theo.”

“Puhuhu. Moles, stamp your seals, meow!”

Theo obtained stamps from the moles who were eating the meat, and thanks to that, Se-jun was able to easily obtain workers to work at the farm on the 49th floor of the tower.