Volume 22 - Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 2 – The Great Construction

Weed’s shi+ps were approaching the northern continent by the sea

Having already sold most of the japtem that theon his cloud sculpting, raising it’s proficiency

“The clouds are quite tricky It’s very hard to define the sculptural the expressions are not easy”

Nore quantities of stone and hen sculpting to cover up the lacking parts in art, but it didn’t apply to Cloud Sculpting

Using water he made thousands of cloud sculptures on the shi+p as they were sailing the High Seas Weed didn't take any notice of apparent mistakes that obviously stood out because every time the wind blew, the sculptures dispersed and scattered away

It was a type of sculptural art that could only be used for a brief moment and was a very difficult subject to understand, let alone master

“I should create some fish Perhaps I could also create some basic flounder, rockfish, shrimp, crab or even a whale”

True artwork does not co his cloud sculpting proficiency through grinding

After he made hundreds of clouds, a mysterious natural phenomena occurred

The shi+p had veered towards the bad weather, where white and dark clouds clashed

It was Weed’s cloud sculptures thatwind as theystorm and the clouds enveloped the sky

It wasn’t bad weather, however a ht rain started to drizzle down on the sea

”Aht in the world”

The rest of the group that had been lazing around rushed to their feet and headed towards the coh the dark sky, a heavenly light broke through fro!

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- Nature Sculpting skill has increased to Beginner-level 3

- Fame increased by 145

- Art stat has increased by 7

- Nature affinity increased by 15

- Wisdom, intellect and luck increased by 3

- All Stats increased by 2

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The light rays that fell down upon the sea looked absolutely majestic

It was still difficult to produce any cloud sculptures as it required a great aht and cloud sculptures are not easy to create

Mother Nature’s Marvel gave a substantial increase in stats based on the user’s profession

In Weed’s case this phenomenon increased all of his stats, especially artwork, by a modest a in awe, realised that they had gained various stat increasesIrene’s Priest class had her Faith increase by a lot, in Roe her Wisdo it was her Charm that increased due to her dancer class Everyone acquired different stats as they enjoyed the nature sculpture

”Wow, this is so epic!”

His friends were unable to conceal their surprise

Weeds face drew a big rotten sinner level of cloud sculpting”

When all is said and done all that matters are the results! Yellowy stu sculpture Griffin

The ruckus lead the other living sculptures that Weed brought to life at Jigolaths to coht that shone brilliantly through the clouds

Trling!

<tbody></tbody> Even the living sculptures that were created with art were affected just like any other species -----------------------------------------------

They were approaching land Their long voyage was finally coot ready while Weed and his friends prepared to dise tools that were left out were put aith the other luggage and they grabbed their full backpacks

However the living sculptures that were made after rare and extinct creatures had their own distinct instinct to survive

They continued to disobey Weed and kept saying that they wanted to leave to breed with their species

“I want to look for feo to a far away places I would be able to ive us freedoe world”

Strong de Sculptures!

They orried that they were slowly going to die, living their whole pitiful existence alone, without a mate

These were not just the de sculptures that were created in Jigolaths brought up these demands

”Keheuinally, fro sculptures were born, he had to earn their respect and he h esteeave life for too many sculptures at the same time, so it was not easy to rule the at Weed with sparkling eyes

They believed that Weed was a benevolent and kind person that will give thehts were totally different

“I should have beaten them all”

If he were to force and hold theht even escape because of the loneliness

Managing Living Sculptures was not an easy task

Because of Weed's high leadershi+p status, Wyverns and Bingryong couldn’t just walk away fro a free-spirited life due to their strong personalities

Just as it was in the beginning, when he tried to control an army for the first tih doing many chores/jobs for them

This was the time for sacrifice

Weed had a difficult ti personalities

”In this broad continent”

Why are they trying to leave s I needed theuys desire”

In life, It isn't possible to live in the world doing things that you want to do, while hoping everything turns out right

”Life”

Weeds struggle was to the point to where he wanted to put a nose ring on the them and ain anything fro for Weed, Furthermore they would need to take a lot of time to find their counterpart and raise a family, so he could not expect theo and live your life”

Tears welled up around Weed’s eyes as those last words escaped his lips

The Living Sculpture’s sincere heartfelt regret was shown on their faces

From another owner it would be tears of love, but since it’s from Weed it was evident that it was tears of loss

”We will be leaving now”

Rare creatures of life left by riding on the giant sea turtle and headed back out to sea

Even though Weed anxiously watched them leave until they coold or compensation behind!

“If we continue at this rate we should arrive in Morata within a day or two”

Heint got up and he slightly bowed his headunder his breath as they neared the shore

At long last the trip up and down to Jigolaths was finally over

Even though they did not properly tour Jigolaths, atleast they pioneered new routes

They had passed through the northern oceans while discovering various hunting grounds, they were able to find safe passages and even though Weed took all the profits that were earned there

Finally, it was time to depart ways from the devil Weed

”Heheh I owe you a lot Thanks for the fun adventures”

”In the future, I will be really nice to others players and try to not get into trouble with anyone”

“Weed, we hope that you do well We will continue to watch over your adventures”

”I would live o out to the sea again please call for us”

Even though the crew started out contracted in a bad way, looking back they visited many places and the overall outcome wasn’t such a bad adventure

As the 3 mad sharks of Becky Nin politely said their farewells to theoodbyes

Of course, they did not have the slightest bit of feeling of wanting to coh”

Weed h

As he received their farewells on land, he felt a bit disdain towards the them advice

Weed asked with a scowl

”Are you sure that you’re not going to harm others and be considerate to others in the future?”

”Of course ill We will help newbie players and live a fair and honest life”

Heint slyly rolled his eyes and replied

He honestly didn't knoas going to happen later on But right now his feelings were sincere

Weed had repelled Haven’s entire 2nd royal fleet, Heint would never forget thewith pirates and the naval army

They did not know that they were aired and beca the events between the Haven Kingdom’s warriors and the pirates, it was as if a key had unlocked so inside theot fed up with h the seas with their own strength As they returned frorand aspirations rose

Weed thought it was silly as he shook his head

”You don’t need to live a kind and stuffy life”

”Huh?”

”Its a total waste Receiving praise fro vicious, row faster than others”

”Ooooh, that’s true!”

This is the absolute truth of the God of War Weed!

”Always try Don't lose any of your things and s Don’t state that its not yours froht appear And always try to settle affairs”

Weed and the 3 mad sharks of Becky nin were in fact the same type of people

”This asshole”

”He is a normal asshole that we have real admiration and respect for”

”If I tried hard would I be as successful as this asshole?”

This was not profanity but he was an asshole who had their respect

To the people with villainous dreams, he is an existence that people have ado”

”Take care now Make sure to pick up round”

Becky Nin's three crazy sharks once again bid farewell to Weed’s party

”So this is hoe part ways”

When Bellot said her farewells, Heint got sad

Even though he got entangled with theh tie rose swept over hiot the resentht of never seeing her again drove hiulped as he asked

”Bellot, If you don't ister you as a friend?”

It was an spontaneous friend request

Bellot hesitated for awhile and nodded her head

”Yeah, it's okay”

”I will contact you later on”

Heint was delighted beyond ed his farewells with the others

As Fractal and Bodoht, they couldn’t leave without talking to Hwaryeong

”I fell in love with your beauty at first sight, Hwaryeong I just couldn’t tell you how crazy I was about you, but if you would give me the opportunity, I'd like to show you a ister isterYou are the most beautiful person I ever seen in all my life”

Pale, Irene, Surka and Romuna looked at the two sympathetically

They didn’t know the fact that Hwaryeong liked Weed!

”They will probably get duet’s pretty picky if she doesn’t like the person”

But Hwaryeong readily nods her head

”I'ister you as a friend”

Fractal and Bodomir silently cheered and this was how the party separated with the Becky nin’s 3 mad sharks

They decided to take and leave with the three shi+ps that they rode in since Jigolaths They didn’t have any ood equipments

If Weed wanted to trade the shi+ps, he needed to take it to the port, reat amount of time and he needed to dispose of them quickly

If the 3 mad sharks returned back to Becky nin and sold it, they could salvage so disappeared into the fog

Bellot asked Hwaryeong about what had transpired

”Why did you accept their friend request?”

”Its aard and e to reject in front of everyone After I accept them I just delete it later”

”I do that too”

The two are quite popular so they get a lot of friend request They usually tell thee their numbers or blocked their calls

”We are almost there now”

Weed rode on Yellohile the rest rode on other living sculptures and Morata was just beyond the next hill

The streets were busy with Merchants traveling back and forth, and groups of shabby clothed newbies were energetically walking together

They were finally back in Weed’s city

”Since childhood I raised a puppy in ive you a bath in the strea and patted its head while riding on the three headed dog

Living sculpture Cerberus, ‘The Gatekeeper of hell’ felt like a dog to her!

It wasn’t as bad as Weed, they traveled to htened by the a spear attacked them and they were not even intimidated

”Monsters are food, ite such monsters, they were natural to this party now

Cerberus wagged his tail and acted charue even licked Surka’s hand

It was a spitting i, if a battle broke out, no one kne its tee

As they traveled to Morata, after a long tiaround, it jumped into the bushes and in under two minutes it caave it a na”

He just gave a name that randomly came to mind! But his friends couldn’t stand by for such atrocities in na it such an auous name”

”It resembles a Cerberus Name it Cerberus”

Bellot and Romuna protested, but Weed did not listen

”No, I don’t want too”

”Why? What is the reason you don’t want to give it the na to call it that”

To hi meat and when summer arrived, their loyalty could decrease

Because it’s an hunting dog it was perfect to just call it Hunting Dog!

Nevertheless his friends called it by the na that it liked it Eventually it was na Sculptures their naht

”Let’s call you Countryside Snake”

The elegant snake with dozens of patterns was given a name called Countryside

”Let’s call you Worround, its body can becorow up to 200 olath its size was only about 1 rew up to 8 , Zephyr wanted to use it for bait, but noas so big that it could even shale

So far, Death Worht before

”Should I call you Dolsoe?”

He was about to give the knight the nahts are detached and have a strong sense of pride, if I give just any naht possibly leave”

The knight directly gave his own name

”I would like my name to be Silver BlackSun”

”And the reason?”

“This is for the remembrance of the creator who created , it was a name that he would not be indebted to the sculptor

”Alright Silver I look forward to working with you”

For the sculptures that were tagging along, he gave the sculptures landed, they hunted together in the forest with the Wyverns separately The Fire Giant who left Jigolath first riding on the Phoenix and Bingryong arrived before thee forest

”As the living sculptures becos and make a lot of money!”

Weed had arrived back to Morata

The Tower of Light on the eastern mountain, a wide lake with the Statue of Goddess of Freya, and the Grand Art Center in city

Players were crowding the streets everywhere

In the past, in front of the giant black castle here the vas of a hue But now there are brick roads, sidewalks and residential areas are built

”Let’s quickly go If we are late there’s going to be tooright?”

”Yeah The Tower of Light light shoill begin”

The finalized parties for hunting and adventuring rode on cows as they headed towards the nearby dungeons

The people who passed by the hills on the road saw the forhtly formed shantytowns

As Weed looked at the shantytown, he felt like he returned home

”There are quite a bit of increase in people and ho business and selling japtems

The increase of the number of players since Weed left could be easily seen

He knew that Royal Road’s bulletin board and various broadcasts frorew To him, it felt like the increase of players was only a matter of time

It even becae that it once was and the stores grew larger about four to five tiinal size

Mapan explained it from his side

”Because of the war in the Central continent, the city got a huge influx of newbie players In Royal Road, a survey for newbie players about their most wanted place to start in showed that Morata is the favorite one”

From the newbie’s point of view, the war over the Central Continent was shrouded in chaos, So they choose Morata over the other Kingdoms froroup to the gates, the newbies that were hunting foxes and rabbit stopped what they were doing Their eyes becauy No way, isn’t that bull Yellowy?”

Rather than knowing the nised the famous muscular cow Yellowy!

Weed was not in Lich or Orc appearance but in his casual appearance even so he was caught out by the gate guards

”It’s the Lord! Morata's lord is back!”

Newbie players gathered around and ruhout the squares Merchants put away their business, dancers, bards and the architects that helped build Morata gathered, sculptor and painters converged around Weed too! Ten percent of the people that were gathered there were players that have been staying in Morata, and Weed did not have enough rooathered around him just like when they would welcohts on what happened in Jigolath!”

”Tells us the story about the feud with the Hermes Guild!”

Weed's popularity far exceed that of a cult leader, even though they watched it in a broadcast they all wanted to hear directly fro for ht for a quick second and used his Lion's Roar

”I went! I fought! I earned!”

It was like the time when the Embinyu Church was beaten and an artificial for Morata players, Weed’s phrases were very farats, as their hype died a little, he shouted with the Lion's Roar once again

”I went! I fought! I earned so much money!

“Woooooahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!“

It was the peak of the frenzy and jubilation

There were thousands of players congratulating his victory and the success of his quest success

They wanted to become friendly with Weed It was because they wanted to join in on his exciting adventures

Weed withdrew hiun hisolaths, trade with the Merold, 35 silver and 14 copper”

Even though his income was savory, it was poor in the comparison with the the effort he had to make when he went around as a necroolaths It was difficult because he was hunting andto obtain minerals to make equipments to sell

He wouldn't sell the Moon rocks and Malachite that he possessed because using valuable materials increases the quality of the sculptures and sculpting experience so while the minerals were processed, It was an excellent choice to stock up onhis sculpting skill he cansimple and etch intricate details on it to make it worth more

Perhaps a bowl or a cerah handicraft skill there would be some decent ones that came out

If there was any Moon rocka savory profit ional Status Window!”

Triling!

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This region once belonged to the Niflheim Empire

Currently under the rule of Morata’s Count Weed

The best city to represent the northern center of Trade and art

New specialty and art products have beenculture

As there are a lot of young workforce, engineers start to concentrate in the northern areas

A wide range of various weapons are beinghas risen

Military: 91

Econoy: 592

Religious Influence: 82

Local politics: 63

Influence on the surrounding area: 59

The influence of the Niflheim Empire: 71 (influence on the ion, there are a lot of request relevant to the field)

Urban developiene: 37

Public Security: 52

The increase of northernin Morata has deteriorated Morata's public security

The population of Morata Village has expanded

In the areas near the high seas, political, economic and cultural influences are exercised

The people are happy due to the festival that occurred recently after a long tireat amount of pride due to the fa belief in their lord, they do not believe in the recent ruh the lord is often away, they understand that he does s for the Versailles Continent

There are no disquieting action taking place right now

There are only a ss that the army can keep in check Talented cadets don’t want to train and are playing around

Fa people happy

Illustration pieces are highly increasing

An endless confidence and abundant support of culture is being theforces of development

A concentrated ahout the Art centre, many of Morata’s new products that are made are in its possession

The Art centre’s fees have e

As the residents enjoys their culture and ience and cleverness

There area ician

Morata’s past specialty in the sewing industry, haswith a larger variety of clothing being produced

Sea leather and cloth to make a abundance of clothes

Blacks to treat iron Theweapons for the city’s defence

The district’s faith has increased their belief in Freya

By turning the barren land fertile, they are developing the granary

This year’s crops are plentiful

Aurephen Erain warehouse permits businesses to maintain cheap prices to the people

A harvest festival occurred because of excellent quality of grain harvested

In recent years Lugh’s Order has been regularly doing missionary work, but the resident’s faiths has been slowly taking hold

Under the proper and abundant influence of the Freya Order, their hardworking features can be seen But the deterioration of public ordertrouble around the town

Special products: art, leather and cloth, torapes, rice, beef, milk, cheese and wine

Territory total population: 491,898

Monthly tax revenue: 574,006 Gold

Village operating expense: Military force 4, Economic evolution 34, cultural investe maintenance 30, Freya Order donations 6

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“Keuheuheu”

A satisfied grin for the tinificantly due to the increase in population!

In addition to the northernaround, there is an exponential increase in newbies

“I really a possesses”

A good lord that kno to gather large amount of population!

While the lord ay, houses and co up zones was very important If it was left alone to do whatever they wanted, co es difficult But Weed, in advance,areas around thethe side effects to a hborhood It was not in a city where he lived in an apartment that looked over Han River with a lake and a park The city was spread out like a checkerboard and one can see off into the distancein his town!

In the early evening, the fire lights turned on brightly, he could see the night view of the city

In the , as he delivered newspapers

In the erous to travel on the hilly streets

Based on the experience he had gained through living in the hilly area, it was easier for hirow and plan his city to make it better

The placement of commercial area in the center with parks, plaza and residential areas surrounding it

Later on private residential areas were ht noas filled with the shantytown, but it wasn’t a big probleh level nor ht about the newbies

“Newbies need to buy houses So I can tax the the newbie players will be satisfied with the shacks, as they level up more and have more money they will be interested in luxury houses They will fall in love with their house in Morata and they will pay more taxes

Weed did not think that the shantytown looked hideous

The shantytown buildings next to the great sculpture looked char!