Volume 22 - Chapter 8 (1/2)

Chapter 8 - Rejecting Destiny

The Geoive up on the hunt The Kraken swanated time, it was difficult to find

Only if you had excellent sailing skills you could pursue and catchto catch a Kraken with a boat would take too much time (T/N: Sea of Life - Nao to Morata”

The Geoer, went to the harbour of Bellona Island, looking for a shi+p that was heading for Morata

All of the sailors he o as far as Morata”

”I'll pay twice as erous There are high waves and violent winds blowing around The access route just north of the continent is blocked by storms as well”

There was also another route fro on the season the boats route to Morata from the Central Continent would be blocked

If you h storms wouldn’t be a problem

The only probleood captains, and the chance of the a break on an island was low

A player as a sailor said that if they wait about a week, a luxury cruiser frodoo to Morata by passing by 3 kingdoms on the cruise

More than 400 of the Geomchi found themselves stuck on the harbour

In order to depart they sold all the s for the cruiser would be faster than buying another shi+p and sailing

Then one day, GeoI think it would be fun to swihtlessly due to wanting to play around and swim in the sea on a stormy day

However, the eyes of the instructors had changed

“Indeed, sounds like fun”

“It sure does Sahyung Instead of talking here, let’s go swim”

“The reason we caainst everything, wasn’t it?”

All the while, when fighting monsters in Royal Road the Geomchi had also further improved their sword skills

Tension, which was hard to experience in real life, Life and death struggles and in spars, reh it was different from reality, it was possible to find the parts where you were lacking

The Geo to solveconstantly

In order to strengthen willpower, extre were necessary

Exaathered practitioners, Geomchi spoke

“Let’s swim to Morata!”

If there was a sailor there, they would have tried to stop the thehtest information about the sea, they would haven’t done such a reckless act

Even haenyeo (T/N: Korean traditional divers; generally wo able to dive for extended periods of tieneral) wouldn’t do such a thing

“Since the weather’s hot as well, should we do that?”

“Master, that’s a brilliant plan”

“Let’s hurry over to Morata and have some beer and a roast boar”

The trainees enthusiastically agreed and joined in

And then without any other preparations, they ju

The people in the harbor could not help but to be awed

“To do so that crazy, that doesn’t ?”

They saw soet

The first night of the swih

It was all due to Geomch i3 and the Priests, as well as the monstrous vitality that the trainees had

“It’s nice and cool”

“We should have done this earlier”

However, the next night, the Priests could no longer keep up with the Geoer send out their support

At least they got used to and a lot of sailing and swi, do not go against the flow of the wave andGeomchi had a contest, Geoether

When you swith and concentration easily deteriorate

The slightest slip in this deep ocean could turn to a disastrous

The Georoup dog paddle

Even the seagulls in the sky could not help but look over the Geomchis as Geo paddle!

‘Fresh fish? I gotta grab it and eat it, shouldn’t I?’

Monster birds hesitated attacking theain Rain suddenly fell froer and the birds becae waves

-Vitality has decreased by 15

-Body movements are slower due to cold waters

-You are under attacked by carnivorous fish

-You are being swept away by waves

The neverending streaained a lot of Vitality fro the sea was impossible

The Geomchi were not exactly in decent condition when they were attacked, despite being tired and exhausted they had to deal with the attacks of thesharks

Fro atop the waves

Ttudung… ttudung ttudung ttudung ttudung ttudung! (TN: jaws anyone)

It was a scene that could have been taken straight from a horrorthe sharks approach

“Hey guys, I’ve found so delicious!”

The best dishes could be h word of mouth, but never had a chance to taste it

But were not the shark fins now co to them?

“Attack!”

“Let’s pick the sharks for food started and 15 practitioners died in the process

If they were attacked on land it would have been easy to hunt the sharks but because of the rolling waves it was difficult to control your body in the sea so they took dae

”You rascals, you'll be eaten for sure”

”I agree, the punishment is death”

They landed on a nearby island andforhen the dead practitioners revived and rejoined

Hunger was satiated by catching fish, and they gathered fresh water when it rained on the sea to relieve thirst

Indeed, it i under extreme hardshi+p

Various sea creatures ca them to the brink

Most of the Geomchi exceeded Level 300 Four to five tie!

So far they were not even half way to the northern continent where Morata was situated

At this point, it would have been noro to the nearest continent or island to ask for help, but they weren’t just anyone, they were the Geoth, they would choose hard and dangerous quests to improve themselves

“Isn’t it fun?”

“It’s fun!”

“This is how you should be risking your life”

“Let’s go to our destination without stopping!”

While they were swi

Far away, they could see a trading shi+p and approached it

”Look! Its a shi+pwreck, let's go inside!”

The captain and his crew quickly threw a rope to save the victims

Geourgle, don’t worry us go on ahead guys”

“I think you are et on board”

The captain was actually a ht were victioodness of his heart!

“We are just… blub blub enjoying swi I don’t even see another boat around here”

The place where the trade shi+p met the Geomchi was actually the heart of the ocean

“Where is your destination that you are trying to swim to?”

“Mo… rata”

Since Geo, he ended up drinking quite a bit of sea water

Though this was a mistake that he wouldn’t have made in the past, it caused his Vitality to drop to the point where he couldn’t sell any around

“What, Morata? Isn’t that the northern part of the continent?

The captain had an expression like an Orc had just hit his forehead with a glaive

“Are theywe really going to Morata?”

“Where exactly did you start swio”

“Yo, there are no harbors nearby, let alone a place to have started swi froet to Morata fro ast themselves

Difficult to believe that the captain of thethe boat for a few hours saw the towards the direction of Morata

He was surprised by their enorain when he noticed soer and sunk into the sea

‘If they have that h leveled warriors’

As a s were on another level

Even though the Geoht armor and leather, some of them were capable to wear lvl 340 Equiph level players to atteain fa difficult monsters

But those stats could be lost if they died needlessly, this was truly a difficult adventure to take on

It was co the Royal Road Players, even if the person was uninterested they would still know that Stats and Skill proficiencies were ih Seas were the sa monsters they still raised their proficiencies

The captain was envious and breathed a heavy sigh

“These are truly happythe weekday, he would accu the co for fun and trading goods, and now seeing the Geomchis he felt himself humbled

”I think I was too comfortable”

The Trader’s cabin which served as a warehouse had a lot of high priced glass and precious hout the Versailles continent he was included in the top 300 merchants Traders were more or less si

The logbook in the High Seas was an opportunity to look back at yourself in the future

“After we finish this trade, let’s get a new boat and crew and depart to that place!”

He pulled out the ocean map he received before The probability that they could swim out of the sea was paper-thin, but their deterh

In addition they were headed towards the place where there were pirates, uninhabited islands, or other places that no one had ever returned from

The Captain decided then that he would e adventure

If the Captain sa the Geoet eaten by sea ht have realized how extre to do so

And if he only knew the truth that the Geo fro the Ocean Gateway to get all the way here

No, perhaps he didn’t even need to have heard their stories or realized how far they’ve come If the Captain were only a little more manly and brave, he would have stripped on the spot and started swi with the Geomchi

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Weed took a corner in the Square of Light and was focused

The sculptures of Nature drew a lot of attention to the fenificent landscape

“Just because it’s big doesn’t mean it’s a Nature Sculpture”

It was no surprise that the whole Versailles Continent was talking about the Nature Sculptures that Weed had been creating on top of etting reports from witnesses, and there was still h Seas

Now, the Trade classes were breaking new grounds It wasn’t only the Blacks well in the bracket, there were Tailors and ht of these classes was quickly changing

Weed’s Nature Sculptures were h all the extre

That rand Even if artificially, but for true beauty, the sky's the li these set for the sake of Fas are where big things come from ”

Weed sat down and rationalized with hiot stuck in the oes, that even bullies are abused by bad people when they have loads of , but not too perfect that it’ll attract toomainly on scenic places with his sister, whoer sister was always a great co Yurin some equipment that best fitted her

“This is expensive Give h Fame to pressure the store owner

“If I do that, I won’t be able toyou do for ain virtue”

“Hmm, since these are words from a very fa and Adventuring were sis were not as direct

His sister painted brighter pictures as they traveled around, she had the appearance of a relieved and sreell, even if I have not been able to take care of her properly’

Without parents, Weed had to take on their role

Ever since she was younger she acted properly, but he was always suspicious of outsiders Yurin had a good smile and had always been popular

Weed recalled telling bedtime stories to Yurin

Fairytales occupied a very i children!

Today I will tell you the story of the “Three Little Pigs”

The three little pigs who left their parents built houses for the built one out of straw, the second pig built one out of wood and the last pig built his house with sturdy bricks

But then, a wolf invaded them

The house h his nose, the wooden house was hit until it broke

In the end, the three little pigs were able to chase the wolf away by living in the third pig’s house made of bricks

Do you know the lesson of this story?

In Weed’s ht eyes

“That you have to make a sturdy house, brother?”

Weed firmly shook his head

“This is just a children’s story There is no lesson The real estate is all about the location!”

“Aha”

“Ohhh”

“Tobu and Nolbu”(Korean fairy tale) It’s a story about the hard-working Nolbu getting tricked by his brother, Hongbu”

She was home schooled, thanks to Weed’s situation!

Weed was also concerned of all the people ere constantly watching Yurin and he couldn’t have any peace of mind

”It’s time to inal plan was to leave a masterpiece in the northern continent, outside of Morata

There werethe untouched areas and no o beyond them

While Weed explored areas like Debkart MountainNature Sculptures, he tried to level up his Disaster Sculpting

The worst natural disaster situation will ee!

“To Do: Learn the skill quickly, sweep away the debris, cook a meal”

“Gotta level up ether”

Forest fire, flood, lightning, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, storms of ice and snow

There wereto increase its experience

“A mixture of all toback on Morata his o to a place without people to make a Nature Sculpture?”

There were a lot of trees on the streets of Morata Weed had planted fruit trees

But aside from such trees, between the flowers and a squared-off Stone Road, grass

were growing

“People pass by therass can be considered a Nature Sculpture”

Weed secured about 20 ht

Since Square of Light was a newly created place, as well as the fact that there wereon construction of the cathedral, there were h this area

But there were a lot of who set up shop traders because of the large crowd that gathered around the fountain There was a corner seat ide enough free space

In fact, Players have been gathered in the square There were several reasons for this

For one thing, because players reorganized their ite advantage

Not only that, but, since back in their Newbie days of hunting around the castle Everyone had a habit of filling the water from the fountain in the square

No wonder people rushed around the fountain, and thanks to that commercial establish in his corner draped in black clothing creating flowers and grass froth was slowly decreasing, when there was 3 days till the quest had to be fulfilled, the stat dropped below 140

The sculptures Weed had been radually decreased his Undead stat neatly

It was a refreshi+ng feeling like going to the bathhouse on a holiday

This was a feat he acco Nature Sculptures and sculptures related to nature for over 100 days

“It is finally time to finish this sculpture”

With only one day left for Balkan’s Quest, Weed put the finishi+ng touches on the sculpture

Even though Weed could’ve leisurely cancelled the quest, he was curious to see what kind of quest it would result in

Since Weed was rass and flower one by one, the sculpture wasn’t as large as other pieces he created

If one were to coander at the sculpture, they would be surprised by how realistic the sculpture looked, however he borrowed a carriage fro people fro

It was thanks to the hustle and bustle fro on in the area that he was able to finish without being disturbed

“With this, it is done”

Weed made the last floith dirt

- Please set the Name of the made sculpture

This sculpture was a compilation of all the flowers that Weed saw as he traveled all over Versailles Continent with his little sister

Since it was a sculpture of wildly growing flowers and grass, it re the eyes on the doll

But since he had just completed a totally different sculpture, he didn’t want to leave any evidence of how led toaround? No For so I na worked so hard on it How about just, The Square’s Flower Bed? It doesn’t really stand out”

After working so hard on it he gave it such a bad name, this was Weed’s specialty!

It ithout a doubt that there would be tons of people looking at the sculpture since it was next to the cathedral being built in Light Square

Though there was no way to kno the sculpture would turn out, Weed felt like it wouldn’t be bad

Arass were butterflies and bees, there were even carvings of birds as well

butterflies fluttering in the flowerbed, bees gathering honey, birds building nests in bushes

Someday, he’ll plant trees in the area and create and nice, peaceful forest

“I’ to plant fruit trees but… anyways I’ll name this Nature Sculpture ‘A Simple Flowerbed’

-Are you sure about A Si Morata’s Lord, he wanted to show off to his citizens that this degree of asn’t even that hard

Kind of like when a friend asks how much you make and you say ‘Oh it’s not much’ and then tell him the amount before taxes and social security is taken out

Ding!

Masterpiece! A Si

This is a sculpture showing overgrown brush and wildflowers

Even though it is disorderly, it is overfloith life

The books stated that there were little of this rare flowers left It strengthen its population even if they are sculptures

Each one expresses the beauty of flowers in full bloom at the hands of the Sculptor

A work of floorthy of being recorded in history

The strength of Nature Sculpting dwells in it

Art Value: 3871

Option: Having viewed A Sieneration increased by 23 for one day

Maxi appreciated this sculpture, Herbalisardeners skill level effectiveness increase by 3

The growth also triggered Plant Monsters in the area Plant Monsters are born

Mainly forests grow froro tendencies to hus

This field will blossom with alpine tea

Seasonal festivals ricultural harvests

Other Sculpture effects do not stack

So far, the nu Skill proficiency has improved

-Handicraft Skill proficiency has i Sculptures has increased by 1

-Fame has risen by 625

-Art has increased by 12

-Vitality has increased by 4

-Health has increased by 380

-Perseverance has increased by 3

-Endurance has increased by 3

-ForMastery has increased by 1

-Nature Sculpting has increased to Intermediate Level 6

-You have learned the skill Disaster Sculpting

-Sculpting the Last of Divination with a radiant beauty, a related Quest has been created

Sculpting the glory of the earth, the Quest will begin to keep a dialogue with the people there

The chain Quest gets exceedingly difficult as you go higher In order not to fail, It is reco skills

Sculpted the Last of Divination!

Sculpting Blade, Sculpture Life Bestowal, Sculpture For, Disaster Sculpting!

”One by one, until eventually I’ll complete the whole set”

The Last Divination