Solo Farming In The Tower

TL: Hanguk

The Now-Destroyed Level 9 World <Beatrice>

Pink-fur was the sole survivor of <Beatrice>.

No, to be precise, there were two of them until they entered the Tower, but in the end, Pink-fur was left alone.

Just before <Beatrice> was destroyed, Pink-fur had entered the Tower with her son.

Pink-fur and her son, both had suffered fatal injuries and barely managed to enter the Tower, but…

“Mom…”

Her son did not last long and passed away first, while Pink-fur survived due to her tenacious vitality.

The destruction of the world she lived in and the death of her child.

So, she decided not to acknowledge that her child had died. She did not want to be alone.

And…

“My son can recover if he gets treated.”

Clutching the cold, lifeless body of her child dearly in her arms, she wandered aimlessly through the Tower.

One day, while frantically searching the Tower for an unattainable cure, something happened.

As she looked down at her son’s corpse, now broken beyond recognition, the fragile thread holding her sanity together snapped.

“Kuoooorrrng!”

Pink-fur refused to eat or drink and cried for days. There was no longer a reason to live.

And then…

-Why is she crying so sorrowfully? Is losing a child that painful?

The Beast of Apocalypse watched Pink-fur with interest.

It was purely by chance and curiosity.

The Beast of Apocalypse had noticed Pink-fur carrying around her dead child’s corpse.

-Why is she carrying that?

Curiosity was piqued.

The Beast of Apocalypse was a being that awaited the end of worlds. It had an abundance of time, more than it could ever use.

Because of that, it was always bored, always idle, always languid, and never interested in anything.

But now, for the first time in thousands of years, a curiosity had stirred within it.

And that curiosity was too precious to ignore.

To satisfy that curiosity, it began following Pink-fur.

-If she is grieving this much, just how deeply must she have loved her child?

Its curiosity deepened.

And after days of watching Pink-fur sob her heart out, the Beast of Apocalypse developed a desire.

-I want to be loved like that too. I want to live as that bear’s child.

A desire stronger than mere curiosity.

It was a desire unbefitting of the Beast of Apocalypse. But dreaming of the unattainable is the fate of all beings.

Driven by its yearning to experience love, the Beast of Apocalypse read Pink-fur’s memories And then,

Kueng!

Sealing away its own power and mind, it transformed into Pink-fur’s son.

It did not matter if Pink-fur rejected him and killed him for not being her real child. The only consequence would be that the world’s end would arrive about a million years sooner. ℝ𝘢ŊỔ𝐁ƐŚ

“My… son?!”

When the dark crimson liquid suddenly took the form of her deceased son, Pink-fur was utterly bewildered.

But then,

“My son, you’re healthy again!”

She quickly embraced the Beast of Apocalypse, now in the form of her child, as her own.

She knew he was not truly her son, but she still wanted to believe.

She did not want to be alone, and she wanted to give to this being all the love and care she had been unable to give her deceased child.

And so, Cuengi grew up as Pink-fur’s son, receiving abundant love and living a happy life.

Even when a great famine struck the Tower and food was scarce, Pink-fur managed to find whatever she could for Cuengi to eat.

Tree bark, fire ants,

Thanks to that, Cuengi never went hungry.

At night, they would share the warmth of their fluffy fur, exchanging meaningless stories of their day until they laughed so hard their bellies ached before drifting off to sleep.

Then, one day, they encountered Sejun, who had been stranded on the 99th floor of the Tower. With his presence, food became plentiful, and their happiness grew.

Cuengi considered Sejun his father, but Pink-fur did not think much of it at first.

Not until Cuengi began effortlessly imitating Sejun’s abilities.

That was when Pink-fur started to worry.

What if, one day, Cuengi no longer resembled her but instead took after Sejun?

She began to feel that her happy dream was coming to an end.

As a mother, she wanted to send Cuengi off properly…

Pink-fur’s mind slowly began sinking into the abyss.

***

Black Tower, 99th Floor.

“Hehehe. Off work.”

Sejun stepped out of the dimensional portal with the Blackie Family.

Kking!

[Butler! Since we worked hard today, let’s eat some roasted and dried sweet potato!]

“We? What do you mean ‘we’?! I did all the work while you just went around bragging! When have you ever eaten five green onions at once?”

Kking!

[Butler is stupid!]

Sulking at Sejun’s words, Blackie hid inside the sling bag.

Just then,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I have returned, meow!”

Theo popped out of his bag and shouted.

And then,

“Get off.”

“Meow…”

He clung to Sejun’s face with Light Speed Meow-Step but was grabbed by the scruff of his neck and placed on Sejun’s lap.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, today, thanks to Ramter~nim’s help, I managed to stamp Brings, the legendary merchant of the Red Tower, making him my subordinate, meow! And also, money…”

As Theo was boasting about his achievements for the day,

Kwaaang!

A deafening explosion shook the ground.

“What was that?”

“I don’t know, meow!”

Sejun and Theo turned toward the direction of the sound.

Kking?!

[What’s going on?!]

Even Blackie, who had been pretending to sulk, jolted in surprise and raised his head.

Kuoorrng-!

Kueng!

Moo!

Moo!

The sounds of Pink-fur, Cuengi, and the Black Minotaurs followed.

Something was wrong.

“Let’s go!”

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!”

Kking!

Sejun hurriedly ran toward the source of the disturbance.

And then,

What in the…

Sejun witnessed a horrifying scene.

Kuoorrng!

Kueng!

[Mom, calm down!]

Moo!

[Pink-fur, get a hold of yourself!]

A massive Cuengi and the Minotaur King, both covered in wounds, were struggling to pin down Pink-fur. The Minotaur King pressed down on her hind legs with his knees while holding each of her front paws, barely restraining her.noveldrama

Meanwhile, the other Black Minotaurs surrounded her, prepared for the worst.

Why Pink-fur…?

Sejun couldn’t comprehend the situation.

Then,

“That’s?!”

Through Pink-fur’s large, red-stained eyes, Sejun saw it, a dark, ominous energy lurking behind them.

It was the same thing he had seen in Blackie’s mental world.

“Corruption…”

How did corruption…?

Sejun didn’t know, but a fragment of corruption’s will had escaped from the World’s Energy he possessed, searching for a host to parasitize. It had found Pink-fur.

Just as Sejun realized this, corruption also noticed Sejun.

Kuoorrng!

A red aura surged from Pink-fur, and she slowly began to move.

Kueng!

Moo!

Even with Cuengi and the Minotaur King’s strength, it wasn’t enough to hold her down.

This is bad!

Sejun instinctively knew.

Letting Pink-fur move was dangerous, but what was even worse was that if she completely succumbed to corruption, she would never return to being the real Pink-fur again.

No matter what, this had to be stopped!

“Vice Chairman Theo, feed these to them!”

Sejun handed Theo a bean set and dashed toward Pink-fur.

“Understood, meow!”

Using Light Speed Meow-Step, Theo swiftly moved,

“Eat this, meow!”

and shoved the bean set into Cuengi’s and the Minotaur King’s mouths.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, mission accomplished, meow!”

“Good job!”

Theo returned to Sejun’s lap as Sejun rushed toward Pink-fur.

Thanks to the buff, Cuengi and the Minotaur King, with their strength now multiplied by sixteen, managed to restrain Pink-fur once again.

“Guys, we’re going into Pink-fur’s mind!”

Sejun informed his companions and headbutted Pink-fur.

But,

Thud!

“Urgh!”

Wasn’t this how it worked?!

Sejun had no idea how to enter someone’s mental world.

Kihihit. Kking! Kking!

[Hehe. It’s time for the great Blackie to step up for the worthless butler! Butler! Follow me!]

Thud.

Blackie headbutted Pink-fur and fainted.

Follow him?

Sejun headbutted Pink-fur again.

Kuoorr…

Gororong.

Sejun and Theo lost consciousness.

And then,

Kueng!

[Master Minotaur King, please take care of Mom!]

Moo.

[Understood.]

Cuengi pressed his forehead against Pink-fur’s and fell unconscious as well.

***

Pink-fur’s Mental World

“Grrr. Butler! Stay close behind me!”

“I’m not that weak!”

“You’re totally a sunfish!”

“Puhuhut. Super Giant Chairman Park No. 2, launching, meow!”

“Huh?! There’s a No. 2 as well?”

“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow!”

Sejun and his companions conversed while approaching Pink-fur’s mental world that emitted bright light.

“All I see is Cuengi.”

Sejun looked around and spoke.

Cuengi eating, Cuengi sleeping, Cuengi yawning, and so on.

As expected of a mother, Pink-fur’s entire mental world was filled with nothing but Cuengis.

And then,

“……”

Pink-fur, wearing a sorrowful expression, was quietly stroking a small grave.

But her body was not normal.

Gullung.Gullung.

Corruption had already taken over half of her body and was constantly whispering to her.

“No!”

“That never happened!”

Each time Corruption’s words tore at Pink-fur’s wounds, more of her body succumbed to it.

We need to destroy Corruption quickly!

“Guys, let’s go!”

Seeing how dire Pink-fur’s condition was, Sejun hurried toward her with his companions.

But,

-He’s here! Park Sejun is here! Go kill him!

“No! Cuengi likes Sejun-nim! I can’t harm him!”

-Then are you just going to let Cuengi be taken from you?!

“I don’t want that!”

-So Cuengi really is your son…

“No, he’s not!”

That was exactly what Corruption wanted.

Moreover, Corruption had grown stronger by parasitizing Pink-fur’s mind, making it immune even to the primordial power imbued in Sejun’s gaze.

“Pink-fur, snap out of it!”

“Snap out of it, meow!”

“Grrr. Pink-fur, think about how sad Cuengi will be! If you go any further, this will really be the end!”

Sejun and his companions desperately called out to Pink-fur, who was being swallowed by Corruption.

But,

“Just leave me alone!”

Pink-fur’s condition only worsened.

Rumble.

The Cuengis that had been standing idly around suddenly shattered, and skeletal bears rose from their remains.

And then,

I have to stop this myself!

“Blackie, hold off the enemies! Vice Chairman Theo, let’s go!”

“Understood, meow!”

Sejun, riding Theo and Super Giant Chairman Park No. 2, rushed toward Pink-fur.

If his gaze couldn’t purify Corruption, he decided to make direct contact instead.

Since merely looking at it had an effect, touching it directly should deal even more damage.

As Sejun closed in,

“Don’t come near me!”

Pink-fur swung her front paw to attack Sejun.

Boom!

Super Giant Chairman Park No. 2 blocked the attack and firmly grabbed Pink-fur’s front paw.

Click.

“Got it!”

In that moment, Sejun placed his hand on the part of Pink-fur’s body infected by Corruption.

But,

“Huh?!”

It had no effect?

Contrary to his expectations, touching Corruption did nothing.

-Kekekeke. How foolish.

Instead, Corruption began crawling up Sejun’s arm, trying to consume his body.

“Don’t you dare touch Chairman Park, meow!”

Theo quickly struck Corruption with his front paw.

-Urgh! A mere cat who can’t do anything alone!

Corruption, enraged, tried to exploit Theo’s trauma.

But,

“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, am nothing without Chairman Park, meow!”

Theo coolly accepted his trauma, making Corruption’s attack completely ineffective.

“Vice Chairman Theo, let’s just tear it off!”

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!”

Sejun and Theo forcibly grabbed Corruption and tried to rip it away from Pink-fur’s body.

-Eek! Let go of me!

Corruption struggled violently.

Boom!

“Grrr! Butler must not get hurt! Understood?”

“”Yes!””

Meanwhile, the Blackie Family held off the approaching skeletal bears while keeping an eye on Sejun’s condition.

As the chaotic battle raged on,

Rumble.

Suddenly, the surroundings darkened, and an overwhelming pressure filled the air, making it hard to breathe.

“Huh?!”

Sejun, the weakest mentally, instantly lost consciousness and was forcibly expelled into his own mental world.

And then,

[Cuengi is angry!]

Thud. Thud.

A massive Cuengi appeared, exuding a blackish-red aura.

This time, even the Beast of Apocalypse did not hold back and lent its power to Cuengi.

-That bear is not your real mother! Don’t you understand?!

Corruption spoke to Cuengi, trying to provoke Pink-fur. Pink-fur’s resistance had grown stronger ever since Cuengi appeared.

However,

“Cuengi’s real mom is the one right here! And Cuengi cannot forgive you for making Mom cry!”

That only shortened Corruption’s lifespan.

Boom!

The moment Cuengi’s fist touched Corruption, it vanished as if it had never existed. That was the power of the Beast of Apocalypse.

And then,

“Cuengi, I’m sorry. The truth is, you are actually my…”

Pink-fur tried to reveal the truth she had kept in her heart all this time.

But,

“That’s not important! Just tell Cuengi that you love him!”

Cuengi shook his head and cut off Pink-fur’s words.

“Sniff… Cuengi… Mom is… sniff… my only mom! Sniff… Cuengi is the same… sniff… Crimson Giant Bear like Mom… sniff… Cuengi… sniff… cannot live without Mom!”

He threw himself into Pink-fur’s arms and started crying.

“Yes. Mom loves Cuengi too, and I’m sorry.”

Pink-fur, also shedding tears, tightly embraced Cuengi and gently patted his back.

When she thought about it, what did it matter if Cuengi resembled her or Sejun? He would still be her son no matter what…

“Grrr. Should we get going now?”

Blackie and his subordinates disappeared.

Leaving only Pink-fur and Cuengi together.

“Hohoho.”

“Hehehe.”

For a long time, the two couldn’t stop laughing, and they truly became mother and son, an unbreakable bond.

Like that, Pink-fur returned to reality.

Kueng! Kueng!

[Mom, look at this! Cuengi can make fire really well!]

Whoosh!

Kuong?

It was only then that she realized the black fur on Cuengi’s head had been singed by the flames.

Kuong!

[Son, no fire for a week!]

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Kueng?

Cuengi was now banned from using fire for an entire week.

*****

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