Volume 21 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Translations; Jzar, Enlightened End
Weed looked back at the road behind them several times The distrust from Yellowy, Golden Bird and Silver Bird had built up into a permanent state
“It isn’t here?”
“…”
“Well, let’s go back then”
They’ve taken the wrong way es that ended up blocked, tunnels that becaerously narrow!
But Weed couldn’t locate the correct branching passage, since all the dark tunnels looked the sae the direction of north, south, east, or west
In addition, the deeper levels had e and overly complex ant tunnel There are literally hundreds of crossroads, gaping holes and all of the their way to a desired location was a ending up a struggle even to gain a short distance
Moreover, the place where one would predict the Helium mine to be was not clearly marked on the map
Seo Yoon hesitantly held out a hand
“Can I look at the map?”
She had stuttered the first few ti smoother and natural
Weed handed over the round
“Do as you please But this dungeon is very coht path”
‘If she was going to take over as leader she had better not try to pass on any failure on her part to him!’
Seo Yoon looked at the ht
“I think we should go there”
“You think so? Well, people can o that way then”
Weed wanted to say ht he’d better shoas broad-minded and followed her
“There are some very sharp stalactites in 200 ave careful attention to the details around her
“No matter where you look there are tons of stalactites everywhere”
Seo Yoon guided them to a turn at the place with a break between the sharp stalactites
Co in a single dripping cone of roups of them are not what you’d normally think of
You can drink the fresh water that drips from it too
As Weed had returned to his huain Yellowy, Seo Yoon, Golden Bird and Silver Bird also would need a source of water as the lava flows created a very dry throat
“Since the way ahead is blocked by lava flow I’ll go into the new gap here next to these stalactites”
The lava flows in this side passage were less active and eway then opened up into a large solid dungeon
Weed had gotten theht direction, in contrast, Seo Yoon was able to find the right path with her first try
Trying to save some face, Weed spoke quietly to Yellowy
“I was the one who found this path originally”
“Moooo”
“I’ that I’ us this far”
Yellowy opened hisIt was perfectly clear that Weed’s words were going in one ear and out the other
Thanks to Seo Yoon, they were finally able to stop wasting ti up there was plenty of food, there was a middle sized eon
In addition, since the new passageas bigger, they could fight easier since Tori and Van Hawk could now join in It didn’t co an areon Golden Bird and Silver Bird were able to contribute as a coh Silver Bird’s skills were on the low side
Ting!
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You have viewed “Wandering Hope”
by the sculptor Pieche
Art stat increased by 2
For appreciating an excellent artwork, sculpting skill proficiency has raised slightly
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They began to find sculptures in the neide tunnel The first statue was of aa torch to explore!
The effect froth and Stamina recovery rate
“These are done in the sae sculptures”
Although the estimated distance to the Helium mine from this point was still quite distant These sculptor’s ise enough to have left these as trail h these complicated tunnels
“Identify!”
Weed wanted to to take advantage of his sculpturalweapons and arh enough skill level Using Identify on a sculpture would evoke it’s special memories and show him memories, somewhat dependent on where you touched the to find thethe hand holding the torch the ean to display
“It’s dark So dark”
“…”
The dungeon was dark and the sculpture had been , so it did not have much in the way of memories
When you create a sculpture from scratch you have no way to knoill turn out, there is no sure way forward Due to that huge amount of anxiety as you carve it’s easy to make mistakes which you sometimes can’t take back
“Not sure about the next move From here it’s hard to tell, which one is the shortest way?”
“I will do that”
The Sculptors who found this place had carved outstanding works in the underground passageways These works were like finding s for more of the hidden ones It seemed like such a waste to just leave any of theeon
‘Well…it’s not just about obtaining more artistic stats Even I wish to honor the spirit of these noble Sculptor’s’
The users frodom and especially Drinfeld were royally pissed
The results fro a joke Drinfeld was fed up with it
The new reinforceuild too, all of them had dark and unpleasant expressions
“We were at this very sao”
“You were confident in the beginning that you would catch up within three or four days Now it’s been several days and you say you don’t know if it will be today or not”
Meeting Weed outside the dungeon ht be faster at this point
The e in have left thee It was not hard to understand why, the Her with the inferno dungeon et as the fire Giants, the wizards and shamans were used to methodically hunt them down
These battles were all on a scale of a boss battle because of their super-size,However, using ice based ic turned out to be pretty effective so they were able to hunt theiants and ice h attack properties of ana single point on the fire giant’s body, this technique was able to coe groups while destroying the super-sized ress and and do a good searching sweep through the dungeon
So it went until the fifth day after entering the Inferno dungeon, that day they found thea smile on everyone’s face
“That alone made this adventure worth all this trouble”
“It feels so refreshi+ng to get this kind of coh this super heated rounds it was largely dog eat dog just trying to raise skills and levels by a srounds and coreat results at raising their levels
But ever since they started tracking Weed’s back trail from the discovery of the circle of fire, the thieves and assassins have experience nothing but hardshi+p
“I’m sorry, but it all looks the saround dungeon floor is mostly made of stone, then monsters walk over what little trial there is…so it is difficult to find the right trail…”
“I’ve heard that sa twenty times already”
“Give us a little more time”
“It’s been ‘just a little more time’ for days now Look, we don’t haveus look like complete idiots”
Effectively the thieves want to end being responsible for this tracking, it was just tooWeed’s trail was no easy task, the dungeon was deep and ith no natural light sources so you ended up relying on ic to see the trail
Of course they did follow the footprints, but after a while the trail on the ground gets lost, or covered up and then you have to stop and discuss where to go, usually with so this path”
The other thieves and even the assassins would agree Weed’s trail had come this ithout a doubt
“Then why have we returned to where we started froh as an assassin caet it”
The dungeons of Jigolaths were indeed cost thetrail would soo forward So they would have to follow a branching trail which would then inevitable end up circling back to where they had started, annoying everyone in the process
But this was not the real reason for their wandering while tracking
Even with a cold trail, as long as you keep your head and carefully followed the traces left behind you wouldn’t end up in a circle no matter how complicated the trail was
The probleressively changing
Weed, with his blacks skills, made a number of counterfeit footprints that imitated the tracks of hts They earing them in lieu of their normal footwear
Monsters and other traces werethe the hunters stomach ulcers
Even more fiendish was the clever idea to have Yelloalk on two hoofs with the help of Silver Bird and Golden Bird
“I think this is track is has the right look That trails lead to the wrong way…”
As they traced the trails they continually drew a eon and so discovered different parts of it It did tend to be an erraticvarious paths that Weed had taken or laid
Then as they followed the path, the tracks disappeared
“They can’t do that!, What the hell, how could he do so so ridiculous?”
The idea of trackers had been on Weed’s mind
‘Since they broadcast the events of the Inferno Dungeon, it’s safe to assueon terrain shown in the background of the broadcast it wouldn’t be hard to figure out his location
Taking a few precautions wouldn’t hurt, if they did happen to co hi a sharp knife in some secluded tunnel was quite possible, especially with Griffith and Drinfeld hot for revenge
There was nothing wrong with placing several eon, besides he also had the eleet rid of the dirt blocking that tunnel”
“All right, Master”
“And make it seem as naturally as possible”
“I’ll try”
“Hide the current footprints Use the other set to make it look like I walked there”
They opened paths or blocked the way forward, then using footprints they would lay a false trail
Earth spirits were the best at doing this kind of dungeon pathto track elves in a Forrest
However, the trackers were good at their job, they were able to notice the smallest details If the as blocked, they would use shovels and would even track back, bypass the false trails and coht ones, it was slow yet sure
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You have viewed “Watching the Flowers” by the sculptor Muruni
+Art stat increased by 1
+For appreciating an excellent artwork, sculpting skill proficiency has raised slightly
You have viewed “Sculptor raising a Pickaxe”, which belonged to Ivance the Master Sculptor of Pierre
+Art stat increased by 3
+For appreciating an excellent artwork, sculpting skill proficiency has raised slightly
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As Weed and Seo Yoon eon they found sculptures done by the Heliureat way to raise levels without risking their lives, of course this was made easier due to Seo Yoon and the sculpture lifefor the way
“I see that the headdress is h it will sell at a good price”
Every time he passed a sculpture, all the precious metals and expensive minerals that were there, disappeared completely!
Of course Weed was soold teeth off a sculpture
They finally reached the end of the path and found an old worn sign
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= Helium Mine =
-It’s not too late, youth with dreams, to turn back I learned too late that life too is Art-
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They had reached the olaths had come to find Helium
The mine entrance looked like a openwooden beams for teeth, ready to s adventures Even a party of mine explorers would hesitate to enter a Helium mine in this condition They would need to break up their party, only 1 or 2 at the most would be able to safely explore the mine
“What I wouldn’t pay to knohat’s beyond this”
Weed’s her than expected A sculptor didn’t really have useful skills in tracking down top qualityon luck
Yet he couldn’t back out
“This is so only the sculptor class can do, I don’t kno many days it will take to find it”
He was determined to mine some Helium!
Weed looked inhis open backpack
He had 20 loafs of barley bread and more than 10 containers of fresh water to carry, he needed it to survive since he was in his human form
They had already eaten all the food they had packed fro It had a short shelf life anyway so that was fine What ree supply of dried foods What food Weed couldn’t carry Yellowy should be able to“We’ll need to divide up the food”
Using sculptural transfore to the Lich forht the undead were difficult to summon in a mineDirect combat would only take you so far anyway
As Weed prepared hi her backpack
Weed shook his head
“I’ll need you to stay here to protect the entrance”
Seo Yoon wanted to go into the mine, yet they needed someone on the outside too
It was important to take control of the entrance and protect it from the trackers However, Yellowy, Golden Bird and Silver Bird combined would not be able to kill all the trackers
“If too uys show up I want you to run away and hide in a safe place until I coh”
Weed turned his attention to the sculptures of life He needed someone to help in the Heliu, turning her head skyward, playing up the innocent bystander role Silver Bird rolled on the ground, pretending to be sick Even Yellowy did his best, showing a stagger while walking
‘he wouldn’t choose me’
The three sculptures of life shared that coo into the eons but to have to endure ether”
For Yellowy, the decision ca frory even raw beef is…’ Weed licked his lips