Solo Farming In The Tower

TL: Hanguk

As his world was being devoured byFenrir, the god hunting noble wolf and 1st Seat of the Apostle of Destruction.

“Uh? Where is this place?”

Agony, the Sand Wraith, Devourer of Misfortune, naturally ended up living inside Fenrir’s stomach.

“Mohehe. Fenrir-nim’s stomach has so much to eat.”

Agony actually liked being eaten by Fenrir. Because there was so much misfortune.

Inside Fenrir, he happily filled his belly by devouring Fenrir’s misfortune and the misfortunes Fenrir had swallowed.

– Who are you?!

Fenrir belatedly noticed Agony’s presence.

As Agony devoured misfortunes, his power had grown so strong that Fenrir could finally sense him.

– Die!

The moment Fenrir discovered Agony, he attempted to kill him.

“Ugh! Fenrir-nim, let’s talk this out!”

But Agony, who stubbornly survived inside Fenrir by consuming his misfortunes, became an immortal being that even Fenrir could not kill.

Eventually,

– This time, an extremely unlucky guy ended up here. Eat him first. Otherwise, he’ll become a headache later.

“Got it!”

Agony eventually entered a symbiotic relationship with Fenrir and led a very happy life.

However,

“Uh?! Fenrir-nim?! Where is this place?! Ah, I’m so hungry…”

When Fenrir’s core shattered, Agony had no choice but to move and search for food.

Thus began Agony’s long journey, wandering in search of misfortunes to fill his belly.

Then one day.

“Uh?!”

Such powerful misfortune?!

Agony got excited after smelling the scent of delicious misfortune.

And then,

Lick. Lick. Lick.

“This…”

By the time he regained his senses, he was enthusiastically licking Uren, devouring his misfortune. It seemed that hunger had driven him mad.

Is it okay to eat this?

Agony briefly worried about eating someone’s misfortune without permission. But then,

It should be fine.

Usually, people were grateful when he devoured their misfortune. Dismissing his concerns, Agony resumed.

Lick. Lick. Lick.

He began feasting on Uren’s misfortune again.

[Misfortune is rapidly decreasing.]

[The Star that Blesses Misfortune bestows a blessing, increasing all stats by 10,000.]

[Misfortune is rapidly decreasing.]

[The Star that Blesses Misfortune bestows a blessing, increasing all stats by 9,000.]

[Misfortune is…]

Meanwhile, messages about the diminishing misfortune appeared in front of Uren, but he was unconscious and unaware.

Shortly after,

Burp.

“Ah, I’m full. I’ll save the rest for later.”

Agony, holding Uren in both hands like a baby that had fallen asleep after a meal, murmured contentedly.

Moororong.

And then he fell asleep.

***

Sniff sniff.

Kueng

[Uren-hyung’s scent is coming from here!]

Following Uren’s scent, Cuengi pointed at a massive rocky mountain.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, hurry up, meow!”

Theo, hanging onto Sejun’s knee, urged him in an excited voice.

“Alright. Let’s find Uren quickly.”

When Sejun rushed toward the rocky mountain,

Piyo!

[Sejun-nim, there’s a cave here!]

Piyot, who had scouted the area in advance, called out to Sejun.

“Really? Let’s go inside.”

Snap.

Sejun snapped his fingers to create light, leading the group into the cave.

The cave wasn’t deep, and they soon reached its end.

It’s Uren.

Sejun discovered Uren being held by a giant hand.

It was a strange creature with only a massive mouth and two hands, with no other body parts.

[Agony, the Sand Wraith, Devourer of Misfortune.]

If the name hadn’t been written above, he would have thought it was part of a dead corpse.

At that moment,

“Huh?! Who are you?!”

Rumble.

Agony woke up, wiping the drool from his mouth.

And then,

“Huh?!”

Wave. Wave.

He enthusiastically waved his hands toward Sejun and the group.

Fenrir-nim!

Earlier, driven mad by hunger, he hadn’t noticed Blackie’s energy. Now that he was full, he sensed Blackie’s presence in the sling bag Sejun carried.

“Uh? Why is it waving?”

“I have no idea, meow!”

Kueng?

[Does it want to be friends with Cuengi?]

Sejun, Theo, and Cuengi tilted their heads in confusion.

However,

Wave. Wave.

Hey! Read the room! Don’t act like you know me!

Blackie worried about Sejun discovering his true identity, frantically shaking his head left and right in a panic.

Dadada

Still feeling uneasy, Blackie quickly ran toward Agony and,

Thunk!

Headbutted him.

Kkirorong.

Umrorong.

Kkirurung.

…

..

.

Moororong.

The Blackie Family and Agony fell asleep, and

Whoosh.

A sandstorm rose, swallowing Sejun and his companions.

***

Inside Agony’s Mental World

Grrr.

Thud. Thud.

As a dark blue wolf revealed itself,

“Oh! Fenrir-nim, it’s been a while!”

I missed you!

Lick. Lick. Lick.

Agony flew toward Fenrir and began licking his face like an overly excited pet dog.

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“Grrr. Agony, you almost got me caught by my butler because of you! And call me the Great Blackie-nim!”

Ignoring Agony, Blackie growled in anger.

“Huh!? Fenrir-nim, you don’t taste good anymore?”

Agony was shocked. Blackie no longer carried the rich flavor of deep misfortune.

Because of this, Agony didn’t even fully hear what Blackie was saying.

“What about the others?”

Slurp.

In haste, Agony licked the bodies of Blackie’s subordinates who followed behind him, such as Eomdol and Ggomi, but all of them had only a faint taste of misfortune.

Meanwhile

Grrr.

Blackie and his subordinates surrounded Agony, obviously intending to annihilate him.

While Agony might be a beneficial spirit to them, his true nature was that of a malevolent spirit.

For this reason, Blackie didn’t even consider letting Agony stay with Sejun to remove misfortune for him.

A world without misfortune.

Blackie and his subordinates had seen how such places always ended.

Destruction.

A world without misfortune might seem like it would lead to happiness, but happiness without misfortune was like a runaway horse. It sprinted endlessly toward more happiness, only to collapse alone and meet its end.

This principle applied to individuals as well. For a person, that destruction came even faster, often shortening their lives to the point where they couldn’t live out their given time.

Thus, Blackie decided to eliminate Agony, who could potentially threaten Sejun.

Though it was unfortunate about Uren’s misfortune, it would actually help Theo.

And a being like Agony, who posed a risk of revealing Blackie’s secret, had no reason to be kept alive.

“Huh?! Fenrir-nim, you’re not planning to kill me, are you?! Why?! We got along so well! Fenrir-nim, the god hunting noble wolf and 1st Seat of the Apostle of Destruction, please spare me!”

Realizing the situation far too late, Agony shouted in a terrified voice.

“Grrr. Call me the Great Blackie-nim! Use the name my butler gave me!”

Bang!

“Ack!”

An enraged Blackie struck Agony with his paw.

At that moment

“Blackie, are you really Fenrir, the Apostle of Destruction?”

A familiar voice called out from behind Blackie.

***

A Little Earlier

“Ugh!”

Sejun and his companions were swept up in the sandstorm Agony created.

Where is this?

Sejun woke up alone in a strange place.

Theo and Cuengi had resisted being drawn into the mental world by the sandstorm, and Piyot had quickly escaped.

Is this a mental world?

Having experienced this many times before, Sejun instinctively recognized the place as a mental world.

But isn’t anyone else here?

As he looked around, Sejun’s eyes caught sight of Blackie’s massive, dependable figure standing far away.

It’s my Blackie!

Feeling uneasy about being alone, Sejun hurried toward Blackie. But then,

‘My Blackie is Fenrir?!’

The god hunting noble wolf and 1st Seat of the Apostle of Destruction?!

Hearing the conversation between Blackie and Agony, Sejun was stunned.

Blackie, who got overly excited every time he saw a fragment of Fenrir’s Core.

Blackie, who effortlessly exorcised the Apostles of Destruction.

Memories flashed rapidly through Sejun’s mind.

I thought he just liked balls and was good at exorcisms because he was an exorcism wolf…

Why didn’t I ever suspect him of being an Apostle of Destruction?!

Sejun berated himself.

However, the disparity between the Super Sunfish Blackie and Fenrir, the god hunting noble wolf and 1st Seat of the Apostle of Destruction, was so vast that even the great dragons couldn’t suspect it.

Sejun couldn’t believe what he heard.

“Blackie, are you really Fenrir, the Apostle of Destruction?”

He directly asked Blackie.

“Uh… well…”

Blackie, who had anticipated this day would come someday, was at a loss for words when Sejun confronted him and couldn’t say anything.

“So it’s true.”

From Blackie’s reaction, Sejun was convinced that Blackie was indeed Fenrir, the first seat of the Apostles of Destruction.

At the same time, he felt a sense of distance from the Blackie Family.

The feeling was quite different between the Apostles of Destruction led by Super Sunfish Exorcism Wolf Blackie and the Apostles of Destruction led by Fenrir, the First-Ranked Apostle of Destruction.

…

As an awkward silence filled the air between Sejun and the Blackie Family,

“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, don’t worry anymore because Vice Chairman Theo is here now, meow! Super-giant Chairman Park, give that guy a good beating, meow!”

Bang!

“Ack!”

Theo, realizing belatedly that Sejun had entered Agony’s mental world, appeared with the Super-giant Chairman Park and subdued Agony.

“Puhuhut. Agony, stamp this, meow!”

“Yes! I’ll stamp it, just please spare me!”

Agony became a permanent employee of Sejun Company after being stamped by Theo.

And then,

“Meow?! Agony, spit Uren’s misfortune back out, meow!”

“I’m sorry! It’s already been digested!”

Give Uren’s misfortune back, meow!

Back in the real world, Theo, now extremely angry, grabbed the now baseball-sized Agony by the scruff and shook him furiously.

“Uhuhuheh. There’s much less misfortune now.”

Of course, Uren was very happy.

Piyo! Piy… o?

[Finally, life will be a bit more comfortable! Uh… or maybe not?]

Piyot, who was initially thrilled about Uren’s reduced misfortune, pretended not to care after noticing Theo’s reaction.

While Theo, Agony, Uren, and Piyot were causing a commotion,

“……”

Sejun stood silently, gazing up at the sky with a hardened expression.

And then,

Kking…

[Guys, let’s pack…]

Blackie quietly began packing up his belongings along with his subordinates, preparing to leave.

He had wanted to enjoy more happiness by staying by Sejun’s side, but it seemed like too much to ask for considering all the sins they had committed.

The butler will probably feel burdened by beings like us.

As the Blackie Family each slung their small bundles over their shoulders and prepared to leave,

[The Tower’s Administrator says that, to be honest, there have been far too many worlds destroyed by the Apostles of Destruction, and it’s impossible for them to be forgiven as if they were innocent.]

“I figured as much.”

Sejun was discussing with Aileen about ways to save Blackie and the Blackie Family.

[The Tower’s Administrator adds that Blackie made great contributions by persuading the other Apostles of Destruction, and the others have been helping as well, so there’s room for leniency.]

[The Tower’s Administrator also says she will think of ways to reduce the Blackie Family’s sins, so stay strong.]

“Alright. Thanks.”

After finishing his conversation with Aileen, Sejun turned around.

“Hey! Blackie! Where do you think you’re running off to?!”

Ah. I’ve grown way too attached.

Kking?!

Sejun caught the Blackie Family, who were trying to sneak away, and stuffed them into his sling bag.

“If you’ve committed sins, you have to pay for them! From now on, you’re doing three good deeds every day! Got it?!”

In the past, he may have been Fenrir, the first seat of the Apostles of Destruction, but now he’s my Blackie. I’ll do my best too.

Sejun decided he would personally take responsibility for the Blackie Family and make them atone for their sins.

Even if they couldn’t be fully forgiven, their sins would become a bit lighter in the future.

Kking?

[Butler, you’re not going to abandon us?]

“Of course not. We’re family. From now on, don’t hide anything from me, okay?”

Kkiiinuuuuiing, Kking! Kking! Kking! Kking!

[Sniff, sniff. Got it! Great Blackie won’t deceive the Butler! And I’ll work hard to do good deeds from now on!]

“Uh-uh. I… I’ll do five good deeds every day!”

Kkiruk!

Sharalang!

…

..

.

The Blackie Family cried tears of joy, grateful that Sejun didn’t let them go but chose to keep them by his side.

“Why are you all crying…?”

As Sejun wiped the tears streaming down the faces of the Blackie Family,

Kking…

[Butler is crying too…]

Blackie licked away the tears rolling down Sejun’s cheeks.

And then,

“Chairman Park, why are you crying, meow?!”

Kueng?!

[Who bullied Dad?!]

Theo and Cuengi quickly rushed to Sejun, clinging to his face to wipe away his tears.

“You guys, stop putting saliva all over me….”

On the 561st day since entering the Tower, the bond of the Sejun Family was as strong as ever.

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