Volume 2 Chapter 3 (2/2)

Your influence in Baran Village reaches 60

1st Weed, 60

2nd: Darius, 45

3rd: Seoyoon, 33

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As the work turned out way better than wildest expectations, the rewards for the quest were accordingly unprecedented

A quest with three level ups could rank ahest in difficulty level D ones

Plus, his public service to the village shot up his influence to first place

Public service depends on various factors If you are recognized for public service, than enlarging your influence in a town, you can purchase iteible for a government position such as an elder or a feudal lord

Weed had rocketed in public service by collecting credits for the rescue ers and the production of the Statue of Goddess Freya, as well as selling weapons and gear that his party had looted frohold

In the case of Darius, needless to say, he was the leader of the punitive force quest to win back the village

Then, for Seoyoon, she had slaughtered a nue, and sold furs and iteeneral store

Before Weed and Darius cae was indisputably number one

“Seoyoon is in third place? She’s been here before?”

Weed heart skipped a beat

When heits production, he had been confident that she would never coe

The Versailles continent was vast enough

If she had seen this statue, she ht just smile coldly and behead him without question

She’s a murderer, so it isn’t a remote possibility at all

Especially if Seoyoon ever read Weed’s writing engraved on the statue, she ht kill him over and over, easily beyond a hundred times No, he’d better brace himself for the worse

Upon completion of the statue, Weed had been very satisfied hat he had created

He had yet to know if it would turn out be a great, average or even failed work, but he had still been enchanted by his own artwork

So, purely out of attachment, he had left a short epitaph on the botto knife

A trait no Korean can get rid of!

Weed asked cautiously, “Excuse me, Elder Ghandilva?”

“What is it, Weed-nim?”

“Was it Seoyoon that you requested to find a replacement for the statue of the Goddess?”

“Yes, she is the one So you know her, too? She is a fine lady She accepted h she has not come back yet…”

“I see”

Weed was relieved that Seoyoon had not returned by now If she had co the statue, he was afraid what sort of hell would have broken loose

Sheher quest

As the job was done, he wanted to leave for the City of Heaven as soon as possible He wanted to get the hell out of town before he ran across with Seoyoon again But Ghandilva didn’t let go of his hand

Ghandilva lowered his tone and said “I have soe, Weed-nim”

“Go on, please”

“Do you believe in destiny? I do not think it is an accident that you cae”

“Excuse me?”

“A priest froe and told us that evil was raging They are expanding their influence in the invisible realm, lower than where we are, and in the dark and cold The priest froeous One could defeat theeous One”

“……”

“I did not fully comprehend what his words meant, but I now do I have not revealed this secret to you; the seed that has passed down in uidance to a new land The priest told et back the Lost Treasure froeous One who shall defeat the evil!”

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You learned a clue to the Lost Treasure from the Temple of Freya

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This is a follow-on quest to the Statue of Goddess Freya! It doesn’t look like it has any downsides Awesome To think such an opportunity would coainPart of it was attributed to Seoyoon, who had failed to shoith a new statue, and in turn, opportunity had found hi cherished wish to prevent evil fro in the world I will do my best to recover the lost treasure from the Temple of Freya”

“Thank you”

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You have accepted the quest

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Weed concluded the conversation with Ghandilva and headed for his tea for hiht that a statue could be so beautiful,”

Pale said looking at the statue with fevered eyes, which was very unusual for himSurka, Irene and Romuna looked intensely moved as well

They had reached levelthe statue

“It’s a It looks real It’s the most beautiful statue I’ve ever seen”

“I bet even Goddess Freya can’t rival the statue in beauty”

“How did you create such an ie? I can’t help but admire your exquisite aesthetic sense and artistic soul…”

Weed felt a little embarrassed by their praise

Exquisite aesthetic sense? Artistic soul?

Their eyes betrayed that they had been too shanize a once-in-a-lifetih he was always there before their eyes

Who?

You ry would be more credible

Would they believe it if I told theot to work? No, I don’t think so

What’s the point of telling theood sales when he knocks on your door to sell sohts the ood for you is the best policy

“I made this statue as I pictured all of you in my mind, Ladies Irene, Surka and Romuna Your pure hearts and pretty faces are cherished in the statue, so it looks as beautiful as it is now”

“Oh my!”

Girls are siirls in Weed’s party were happy to hear such a fliht?”

Darius caood at sculpture rand piece?”

Darius ell versed in e At level one-forty, he must have picked up a few pieces of information about sculptors somewhere

“No,” Weed said

“Then, is it a fine piece?” Darius asked

“Yes,” Weed said

“Oh, I never believed I’d see a fine piece I heard there were less than a hundred sculptors who ever created fine pieces…”

Darius showed his surprise with exaggerated gestures Then, he uess you earned quite a nuood fortune should befall to sculptors who are pitiful in abilities”

Darius ht of Weed, solely based on the fact that he was a sculptor

In fact, most sculptors are weak Their coher stats that are raised by the production of fine pieces and whatever else

Even if they know a powerful coht properly

Why do they choose to be sculptors?

It is because they are poor at fighting in the first place Many fights beget good fighters

Forto non-co

They usually get confused, as they are ignorant of how to respond to enemy attack, and lost to what role they should take in a party

Eleeneral, and even the expertise rating is low enough to be ridiculed by their teammates

Plus, they have to practice their sculpture ed sculptor, so they are weaker than their counterparts in everything, including their overall level, provided that the sa their avatars

Of course, except for Weed!

“Hey, watch your mouth”

Pale, one of Weed’s teammates stepped forward in a fit of passion He could not stand Darius holding his teammate in contempt

Then, all hell broke loose

“How can there be souy?”

His face looks like a skillet covered in grease after cooking sausages in it…”

“Fools never think before they shoot off their …”

Surka, Ro Surka was hot-blooded enough to say that! Roer from time to time, was expected, too But what really threw Pale and Weed off was that, of all people, Irene, always a calentle soul, had flared up

Women

There was no way that the dense Pale and Weed could have known that those three girls together could easily change soht

Even if Weed’s judgment doubled or tripled, he would never fully comprehend half the aspects of women in his lifetime

It is foolish to assume that you knooman just because you can make her happy with a few compliet angry

He took his revenge in the thundering denunciations froirls

“Wha-as that?”

Darius’ eyes sparked But neither Irene nor Rohtest

“Why, did we say soht?”

“How dare you…”

“So what’re you going to do? Kill us?”

“Do you think I’ll let you get aith this?!”

Darius was about to pull his sword out If he, Lv 140 warrior, was resolved to have a bloodbath now, Weed and his teammates could not withstand him

No, Weed could stand a chance if he succeeded in realizing the best of his potential

His level was in the seventies

But, with his inflated stats, he was close to a Lv 100 warrior

Considering his cheat-key skills and combat ability, he was certain he could beat Darius

Utilizing the ele off Weed, seizing the moment when he wasn’t prepared for it, Weed could beat the hell out of him in a minute

The only probleer than ait into combat skills, and end up dead for sure

Weed wasn’t fearful of Darius in the sense of stats, but he knew that his weakness lay in the duration

He was, so to speak, a typical case of premature ejaculation, a man’s nuer than average users at his level after he spent his lifetime on mana booster

“Darius, take it easy!”

“Let o! I’ll teach those bitches some manners!”

“You’re the commander of the punitive force You can’t pick a duel with your subordinates If you do that, do you kno ive up the quest altogether?”

Parros and other minions fro into a rage, and he calive you this time”

At Darius’ comment, Romuna just poured scorn on him with a sneer

“Who do you think you are to decide who forgives whom?”

“Everyone ”

Surka’s final blow alnited the second round of the quarrel, but by then other members of the punitive force had been drawn by the coathered around them

Darius and his minions had already lost respect and credibility On the other hand, Weed and his tea, Weed had cooked great hout the march

He had even repaired weapons and armors when broken, and for unidentified items, his free service of item identification was invaluable

His other teammates had been kind to other users except for Darius, so their reputations were good enough

While Weed had been busy carving the statue of the Goddess, Pale and the girls joined several parties for hunting, and their steadily upgraded skills and swift hunting tactics made them a favorite for any party

Weed later learned that Darius and his minions had to hunt alone because no one else bothered inviting theer position

Parros, one of Darius’ few friends, said in an arrogant tone, in the place of Darius whose face was frozen in silence, “We are member of Ica Guild I’uilds in Rosenheim”

Weed had of course heard of Ica Guild It was notorious for bad behavior, hardly surprising after he sa Darius had acted

“We’re planning to occupy a city in the near future, so we need a good hanging plate Would you come visit us later to carve one? We’ll pay you well”

In the end, Darius had only visited Weed to request the hanging plate But he had been in a terrible mood

He had succeeded in the punitive quest with elation, but as left in his pocket was much less than predicted

It was because sohold of all its itee, Darius and hisfor the culprits, but they could not possibly suspect Weed, thethe statue of Goddess Freya, and his tea, whose low level exe their private investigation, they had made a series of terrible blunders that caused more friction between them and other users, while Weed had received a solid quest from Ghandilva the elder and completed the Statue of Goddess Freya, as if to rub salt in their wounds

To put it bluntly, Darius was jealous

So he had spoken to Weed rudely, and it eventually twisted the whole thing into a more complex knot

As soon as they were through with Baran Village, the punitive force led by Darius packed their stuff and headed northward to return to the Citadel

There were soe itself hardly appealed to theulp down icy cold beer after a day of rich ga

Everyonedown their throat, and hurried out to leave town

It was decided that Baran Village would be protected by the Rosenheim soldiers

Weed and his teammates reported the punitive quest directly to Ghandilva

“Thank you for your service We will always reers”

For the reward of the quest, Ghandilva gave Weed twenty fa the statue while other users were hunting down the reiven up on it, but it unexpectedly turned out to be a great gain for hihties in the punitive force received between ten and fifteen faers and robbing the lizardhold had worked a mini-sized miracle

Weed and his teammates told Darius that they wanted to stay behind to hunt monsters there, with an excuse that they still had low levels

“Now is the time,” Weed said

At his statement, his teammates so to a dark, quiet place”

“Of course, to a very, very quiet place… To so to be seen” Romuna covered her mouth with a hand and chuckled coquettishly

If one heard her, they irls headed for the Western Mountain out of Baran Village Once the lizardh to meet their need for quiet

“La la la”

The girls were hu to a very, very dark, quiet, out-of-the-way place

Before long, they reached the foot of the Western Mountain where there was no one within a fewjourney

“It looks good here”

“Okay everyone, get ready”

Weed carefully dug up the soil and planted the seed in it Then, he watered it a little

It showed no reaction for a while, but the soil that blanketed the seed soon began to turn red

reat earthquake shook the ground!

The seismic center lay where Weed had sowed the seed The earth split into two, and a thick trunk shot up into the sky

Thirty feet, sixty feet…

In the blink of an eye, a topless pillar stood before Weed’s party Yet the trunk kept on growing

Watching the trunk rise beyond the clouds, Weed said, “The City of Heaven uide us to it”

“Then…”

“Noe’ve come all the way here, why shrink away? Hold on to this fast Or wethe vine from halfway”

“Shoot! I don’t want to do that”

Weed took out a rope froether we live, together we die”

“Yeah!”

Weed and Pale decided to hang on to the vine first

This was so that even if Irene or Rorip, thefro on to the trunk sprouting from the seed of the Heavenly Tree Then they shot up into the sky