Chapter 158 - Volume 16 (1/2)

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Vampire Kingdom Todeum!

Yurin’s Painting skill improved as she painted the Vampires.

“How are they?”

“Very good. Pretty lady, would you like to go to a quiet spot for a glass of wine? We’ll go to my castle and draw in the dark curtains to prevent sunlight from shining in. Then we’ll have time all to ourselves until morning, in my coffin…”

“No way!” She refused the seductions of the Vampires coldly. Going along with the Vampires could end with sharp fangs plunged into your nape.

‘Looks like I’ve gone through most of this place, too.’ Yurin decided to conclude her journey in Todeum.

In Todeum, there were many paintings created by great artists. There were many works by masters that any painter would want to see at least once hanging here and there. Thanks to that, her Painting skill improved considerably, but she wanted to travel throughout the vast continent.

“Shall I move to a different place?” Yurin stood from her seat.

With a broad-brimmed hat pressed onto her head, she packed up her paint container and sketchbook. On her back hung a large brush.

Level 16.

At that level, it was impossible to even arm herself with good weapons. This brush was really just an ornament she had pulled out from the treasure trove of the Vampires. Its broadness was good for painting and it also had the effect of stunning weak monsters.

It was made of Mithril!

Since its durability was high enough for the hair on the brush to not fall out, it was quite useful.

“Well then, shall I go?”

Yurin roughly painted a picture onto the ground.

The scene she painted was one of the pub where Pale and the others drinking beer as they watched the video of Weed’s battle. She drew things like Pale and the party members, the tables and the gathered people, and the interior of the pub.

When moving to an area she has never been to before, she had to make a fairly accurate depiction. If there was even the slightest difference in the portrayal, she could end up in a completely different place. However, when moving to a place with a person, she had to draw that person’s portrait exactly.

If she roughly drew the party members and the location, she could use her Picture Teleportation skill.

After drawing the pub’s scenery, Yurin drew herself sitting at an empty seat at the group’s table.

After that, she was sitting in the pub.

“Kyaa. A King Hydra came out!”

“This is the best! Is he really a sculptor? The size of that monster really isn’t normal.”

The pub was ringingly noisy, almost painful to the ears, from the sounds of people ordering food and beer, and there was even an uproar of boisterous cheers.

Although Yurin had suddenly appeared, no one paid any heed.

“Come quick.”“Have you been well, sis?”

As expected, Hwaryeong was the very first to greet Yurin. With that, Yurin greeted Irene, Romuna, and Surka, whom she had not seen for a long time.

“So you were in Todeum until now….you shoulda come sooner.”

“There were many things I wanted to draw. I was busy doing drawing quests. Now that I’ve come, please buy me lots of tasty things, sis.”

“Sure. I’ll buy you anything.”

Hwaryeong and Yurin clicked really well. They chatted busily even while watching Weed’s video. Because Irene and Romuna were also chatty, there was no end to the conversation of the girls.

“You changed your equipment?”

“Yeah. The last outfit was too revealing, y’know. This time I picked an elegant outfit. What do you think, is it alright?”

“It’s really pretty. Where did you buy those earrings from?”

“They’re a monster drop. They’re from Goblins, do they suit me?”

“They suit you really well.”

Da’in also introduced herself to Yurin first. “I’m the party’s Shaman…Da’in. Nice to meet you.”

“Nice to meet you too, Unni.”

Da’in was pretty shy, but because they were really nice people, she opened up to them quickly.

Then, while they were chatting and watching the adventure video, after exchanging a few greetings, a question suddenly jumped out from Hwaryeong’s mouth.

“Yurin, what kind of girl does your brother like?”

“What?”

“I mean… does he have a preference in a girl’s personality, appearance, or stuff like that?”

“Are you asking me about his ideal type?”

“Yeah. Don’t you know a lot about your brother as a little sister?”

It was loud in the tavern due to the battle video, but people’s attention was more drawn to the table where Yurin sat.

The ideal type of Weed, who had never shown the slightest interest in women.

“I don’t know either.”

“Why not? Hasn’t your brother dated anyone before?” Hwaryeong’s eyes gleamed exceptionally.

“Not that I know of.”

“I see. Still, there has to be an ideal type he likes.”

“I kind of know, but I don’t know how to explain it.”

“For example, what about a girl like me?” Hwaryeong smiled brightly as she asked. She, who ranked number one as the most desirable date and wife in world-famous magazines! Hwaryeong was full of dignity, charm, and confidence.

Yurin slightly shook her head apologetically. “Unni… is probably not brother’s ideal type.”

Hwaryeong quickly became glum and asked, “What part of me is lacking?”

The party was shocked.

How could he dare to not love Hwaryeong? What kind of deep reason could there be?!

Could it be a painful story of the past? Or was it because he was worried about getting swept up in a scandal since Hwaryeong was a top celebrity?

“Sis, how many clothes do you buy a year?”

“About fifty or so. I also receive a lot of clothes from my sponsors.”

“My brother hates spending money on buying clothes.”

Hwaryeong, who was wearing brand-name clothes, brand-name heels, and brand-name perfume, could never become Weed’s ideal type!

“Then what about me?” asked Irene, smiling demurely.

Since she had befriended Yurin through in-game whispers, Irene asked it half-jokingly.

Pale and Zephyr silently nodded. No man could dislike Irene. She had a devoted, kind, feminine, and had an austere personality. Plus she was pretty to boot.

“I don’t think you’re is his ideal type either, unni.”

“Why?”

“He won’t like that you’ll probably get scammed later because of your kind nature.”

“……!”

Romuna also asked, “How about me?”

“Since unni has a snappy, firm personality…. but because of your major….”

“What’s wrong with my major?”

“You’re a music student. My brother says he doesn’t like that because it takes a lot of money to play music.”

A deep-rooted prejudice against the fine-arts!

Hwaryeong spoke sulkily, “Does he even have an ideal type of woman?”

“Actually though, my brother probably doesn’t even think about his ideal type. I don’t really know about things like his preference, but it’ll work with the right mindset.”

“A mindset he likes, huh.”

Yurin looked at Da’in and continued, “I think Da’in-unni is the closest to my brother’s ideal type.”

“Why?” Da’in smiled happily.

Sometime in the middle of hunting in the caves of the City of Heaven, Lavias, Weed had told her:

– You’re my ideal type.

They had many conversations at the time– they’d also talked about ideal type.

“I really don’t know if it’s okay for me to ask…”

“It’s fine, ask.”

“Unni, how do you manage your long, straight hair? Do you go to the salon often?”

“Nope. My hair is naturally easy to style, so I’ve been growing it for a few years.”

“You don’t like earrings, rings, and other accessories, right?”

“Yeah. I don’t put on cumbersome metal things.”

“As I thought! You also like to wear clothes modestly, right?”

“I buy them mostly from the supermarket. Only the goods on sale in February!”

Weed’s perfect ideal type had appeared!

Da’in also realized this fact while answering, and her complexion changed as it paled. It was because she now realized why Weed had said she was very nice, and his ideal type.

* * *

Together, Weed and the barbarians took over the walls at lightning speed. The Undead had already pushed into the fortress so the walls were empty!

Weed took out the High Elf Yerica’s Bow.

“Spirit of the wind.”

Aided by the spirit of the wind, the arrow flew and penetrated the head of a Dark Knight in the blink of an eye.

The Salmere Tribe exclaimed, “Let’s shoot arrows too!”

“Fire until your quiver is completely empty! The time has come for us hunters to act!”

The Salmere Tribe hunters took out their bows and fired. Despite shooting two, three arrows all at once, each shot was a perfect hit!

With arrows fired from above, they were utilizing the enemy’s sieging advantage against them. Weed relentlessly only aimed at the Dark Knights.

– You have subdued Dark Knight Benson with an arrow.– Experience has been acquired.

The arrow assault barraged the Dark Knights swarming below.

At a buffet, too, your hand went to the tasty foods first. “Pork roast and bulgogi are must-haves at a meat buffet!”

You had to fill your stomach with rapidly cooking meat. When Weed received his paycheck, he went to a meat buffet with his sister. They only stood after viciously eating meat to the point of nauseation.

The satiety he felt when his belly was so full it was hard to walk… there was nothing more beautiful and peaceful than that memory.

Weed’s treasured memories of his adolescence.

“There are monsters everywhere!”

This situation clearly reminded him of a buffet. Attacking weary enemies to increase his experience and contribution!

Since normal soldiers weren’t even worth the value of the arrows, he obstinately avoided them. Even if Weed didn’t get them, the Salmere Tribe’s arrows were pouring down like rain.

“Enemies have appeared.”

“We have to stop the arrows…”

The Embinyu Church’s army wanted to retaliate against Weed and the Salmere Tribe, but they didn’t have a chance to because the Undead army was bearing down on them.

Atop the naturally advantageous walls, they fired arrows over the heads of the Undead. The Undead were involuntarily protecting Weed’s troops while fighting. Thus, due to the unexpected storm of arrows, the Embinyu Church’s soldiers took continuous damage.

Dead soldiers instantly revived as Undead. The Undead increased exponentially. Simultaneously, the balance of the previously closely matched battle broke and the Undead army pressed forward.

The Vejague Tribe warriors drummed their shields with their swords. “We want to fight, too.”

Weed nodded gravely. The current situation could not be solved with arrows alone. They had to bring it to an end when the Embinyu’s army was greatly weakened.

“I’ll give you a hundred Salmere Tribesmen. For now, go towards the inside of the castle with them!”

“Inside of the castle?”

“Bypass the walls and enter the inner castle. There will probably be Priests and Magicians of the Embinyu Church there. Kill them!”

Using the observation skill he had honed through sculpting, Weed roughly estimated the fortress’ structure. The Embinyu Church was still able to firmly hang on because of the fundamental strength of their Priests. Their soldiers took strength from the recovery and holy magic and fought on.

Their resting place had to be raided.

Then the soldiers wouldn’t be able to heal anymore, and they wouldn’t be able to take the poison attacks of the Imoogi and Undead, and thus they would fall apart.

There were probably Dark Knights protecting the Priests, but the Vejague Tribe was worth believing in.

“But we don’t know where the Magicians and Priests are.”

“The Salmere Tribe’s pursuit skills will help you. Yellowy, you follow them too.”

His command even considered the specialties of the three tribes.

“Yellowy, open a path from the front.”

MOOOOO!

He wanted to summon Death Knight Van Hawk and entrust the command to him, but he couldn’t call him as long as Balkan Demoph was nearby. He couldn’t use stolen goods in front of its original owner. In addition, if Van Hawk sought to go away with Balkan then it would be nothing but an enormous loss for himself.

“Thanks for leaving it to us.”

“We’re going inside.”

The Salmere Tribe and Vejague Tribe hunters ran from the walls with Yellowy and entered the castle.

Yellowy’s gaze!

The ancient paintings, decorations, and furniture within the castle were on fire. A group of guards and zealots were spraying water to quench the fire.

MOOOOO.

Yellowy’s previously naive eyes were filled with rage, resentment, and displeasure.

Some people were so poor they didn’t even have a shack to protect them from rain, but they built and lived in a castle this big and magnificent! With now violent eyes, Yellowy struck the ground. The enraged Yellowy’s battle speed increased far beyond that of a battle horse. Actually, for an ability acquired at a fairly high level, there was really only speed and unrelenting endurance.

Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud!

Yellowy charged through the corridor wreathed in flame and surrounded with artwork.

“It’s a MAD COW!”

“For the likes of a COW to enter our temple! Hurry and slaughter it!”

“We should sacrifice it.”

Yellowy rammed his head into the zealots and guards who were warding him off with spears. He fought by throwing his weight into his attack.

MOOOOO!

Yellowy bellowed as he opened a path.

While in the mad cow state, it was as if he had lost his vision and was just charging while ramming anything he saw. He threw his head up, kicked to the side, roundhouse kicked, and even kicked using his hind legs, demonstrating the incredible attack power of the bull!

He fought so well it was hard to believe it was really the meek Yellowy. After parting with Weed, Yellow’s coyness had completely disappeared.

Part of the Vejague and Salmere Tribe were able to seize the opportunity and easily bypass the zealots.

Even if they died, Embinyu Soldiers were all revived as Undead because of Dark Rule. Since they had to clear away the Undead, too, it took a considerable amount of time to advance.

Because Balkan, Feylord, King Hydra, and Black Imoogi were all engaged in a fierce battle on the grounds at the center of the fortress, the shaking of the castle walls from explosions was also a frequent occurrence.

In places that had been cleared out, the Salmere Tribe’s hunters set up traps. The Embinyu Soldiers who moved through the halls or gave chase took a lot of damage from the traps. Good use of the Salmere Tribe’s trap-setting skills was being made within the castle.

The Salmere Tribe discovered the Priests’ waiting room.

“It’s an enemy invasion.”