Volume 24 Chapter 10 (1/2)

10 The Old Handmaiden’s RequestSponsored by Ser4, TLC and parts re-translated by Enlightened End, Proofread by bloodadept and Froshi+Anaki

Scientists fro up on Royal Road’s status

“Herth is really uild that could be seen on the dom’s forces

“I never knew human development would be this fast”

Scientists were looking at the large central screen The map of Versailles continent could be seen as a video Each individual castle and village was marked and it could be zoomed in to see the herd movement of monsters It was a system that could check the whole continent in real time

They could even use the Artificial Intelligence System to see any quest that occurred or find the player with the highest achievements Of course, the scientists could only watch without interfering

To become the Emperor of Royal Road that would unite the world! There were secrete battles to become the absolute ruler of every races in this virtual reality By taking control of castles and cities, enor the Emperor, astronomical authority and wealth could be acquired

For this, many players increased their levels and formed their own forces There were those who excelled and those who experienced innu the humans ere spread out in the world of Royal Road was fascinating

But the crie screen expanded a lot more than last month

“Don’t you think the Eardless of central, northern, eastern, western, southern continent, the cri They did not know about the players, but the scientists knew they were converting the villagers, nobles, kings and were growing in strength And especially in the Central Continent the Embinyu church spread faster as it ept up in chaos by the guild wars

“It can’t be helped The players are playing hopscotch with sieges instead of fighting the Eet stopped, it will become really difficult”

Embinyu Church was historically an evil force that sunk the whole continent into peril The leader of guilds were picking easy targets nearby like castles and cities rather than fighting the Embinyu Church The usual alliance ly co to increase their influence and were rather indifferent to the whole situation

Thanks to the current situation, the E like a wildfire and their evil spirits were secretly nurtured To the scientists, it looked like the whole continent would be covered by the Embinyu Church at this rate

“We can’t do anything about it It’s the choice of the players”

“Even if one of the continents is ruled by the Eive the player’s free will to do so”

A Continent of Darkness! If it was another game, they would have tried to actively stop the Embinyu Church and sound the alarm for the players but Unicorn Corporation had no intentions of doing so The players had to acquire the information and decide what to do themselves

Once it became a Continent of Darkness, it will beto be free of Eht become a part of Royal Road as well_________________________________________________________

The creator of Versailles Continent, Yoo Byung Jun, was shi+fting through Royal Road with the Artificial Intelligence Syste will coh the Embinyu Church”

But the humans still had their chancesWhile they were blinded by their own greed and looking the other way, the Eer, their appearance on the world stage would cause greater havoc

“There’s nothing to do even if it ends like this”

There were so Jun kept a special watch on Adventurer, discoverer, warrior, knight, ician, paladin, priest and a sculptor! They all played separately, but once they developed to a certain point their greed was always the saJun often watched the activity of a character nauy is different”

Fro till the end, it was all about the money He was a person who valued ained the people’s popularity and praise through his exciting and enviable adventures

“Maybe it’s better this way”

When Yoo Byung Jun first otten a bad first iiven 200 Won In the end, he was short 100 Won so could not get his coco

“Continue with your quest, let the jealous people hinder you… Because at this rate you will not be able to acco”

But he couldn’t help but adence Syste a sculpture or hunting With such perseverance he was able to sculpt Fine, Masterpiece and Magnu the continent and collecting all 5 secret sculpting legacies was truly i toto learn the final sculpting skill… Kukuku Live in the delusion of people’s praises”_________________________________________________________

Weed logged on to Royal Road again Vargo Fortress was shrouded in darkness! Sitting on the leaning tower, he reminded himself of his solitude

“A death order frouild… so they finally decided to kill me once and for all?”

It was impossible for Weed, as sensitive to inforuild’s pride, once on the list, they used any means and ularly or share quests with other players

Being active in Haven Kingdom would be impossible and very difficult in the Central continent The people anted to gain Heruild’s favor were spread far and wide, on top of that, there was a bounty on his head

Until now Weed was not specially recognized as people passed him by, but now every ruuild and the bounty hunters

“Doing quests will now become difficult”

If the information about Weed’s location or his quests became widespread, the assassins and bounty hunters would come to hiood and bad points”

He went throughdifficult quests

There were people who just focused on hunting to try and reach a higher level faster But unlike them, Weed solved quests and was able to obtain items and treasures others couldn’t have He could also h broadcast stations He could even say that he earned fah the quests

When he went to the City of Heaven, the quest of finding the sacred artifacts for the Church of Freya, participation in the siege of Fort Odin, building a pyramid and his activity as Orc Karichwi on the Plains of Despair The memories of his many adventures suddenly popped up in his head

Weed murmured to himself in a low voice that only he could hear

“I won’t be able to do quests or hunt properly if I get attacked by others… I aet left behind by others If I can’t earn money as a Dark Gamer, I will have to look for another job”

Everyone knew about the current, serious unemployment crisis

“I will find work in a factory with ridiculous inco 17 hours a day… Be exposed to so treatet fired, I will also have to deliverAnd if I suddenly collapse…”

Weed was already drawing a depressingly grey future!

“But I aet up again But because of the illness, I will continue to lose15 years in the coe as s for temporary work everyday, then suddenly I would beco married Our country’s pension fund by then would be in bankruptcy, , riddled with sickness If I die like that, will there be anyone to even prepare a er funeral for me?”

A future filled to the briuild’s death order!

But Weed still tried to find hope by himself

“In the worst case scenario, I can collect wastepaper and scrap iron will be nice too If I don’t have any fa cost And in a truly desperate situations I could sell of one of my kidneys…”

Anyways, froerous to do normal quests or hunt in the northern area, especially outside Morata or Vargo Fortress Even in Jigolaths, where it was across the sea, he experienced significant interference and even died in the Undead Legion quest This proved how large the Heruild’s influence truly was

Even if he was accoe nue army suddenly appeared, it would be difficult to contend with

“I will have to be really cautious froht reveal me to others”

The known quests, like what happened previously and now, as they took a long tierous to do thee quests isn’t the proper way to raise a sculptor but…”

Even though he was a miscellaneous character, his main profession was a sculptor

Then, suddenly, a memory popped up in Weed’s head It was atiroup><col width=”592”></colgroup><tbody>Continue Zahab’s Legacy

Zahab did not die that day To test his sculpting skills he went to a faraway continent After advancing your sculpting skills, search for Zahab, learn his song and sing it to the old handmaiden Zahab has last been ruion

Difficulty: AQuest Restriction: Must be cleared before the old handmaiden dies Quest cannot be cancelled</tbody>

It was a quest to search for Zahab! The quest cadoht it would take too long to accomplish so he did not start on it Also one of the main reasons was that he was in a phase where he was very disappointed by the sculpting skill

Later on, he asked to check if the old hand Citadel infor the quest

‘The quest I received froo If I ress onto the quests related to the final legacies of sculpting skills…’

His sculpting skill remained at Advanced level 8 Mastery was not far off

“A Sculpting Master and the final sculpting skill!”

As long as Heruild exists, he would be chased by them for the rest of his life

‘Then this quest should be done now…’

The road to est reasons for fighting the Undead Legion was to protect Morata

Weed fell into deep thought

“If Heruild is as powerful as they say, and they try to interfere withwhether he should bow and beg or get on his knees first___________________________________________________

Weed resuo Fortress After Barkhan died, Undead in the Undead Legion were seriously weakened And by joining forces of the United Army of elves, barbarians, dwarves with the humans, they were able to drive theo Fortress was killed, a video played in front of Weed’s and the players’ eyes

Hashi+lis, who had green skin like a frog, led the Undead toward his Phantom Battleshi+p

“As Barkhan Demoph-nim disappeared, so I shall return to the sea also”

Pushi+ng past the host shi+p disappeared ominously Balkan’s subordinate Hashi+lis returned to the sea with the Undead, going back to becohost admiral of the sea The unlucky would probably be able to ends of the ocean

In the video it gave hints saying that Hashi+lis left to look for a sunken kingdom in the sea, but Weed just didn’t care about it

“Now I can get a feeling for things just by looking at the swept up by the quest and suffering through deathly toil, it felt like the quest would lead to storms and reefs

“Those truly unfortunate would probably take that quest”

With that, Weed rid hiht now, the United Aro Fortress The paladins, priests and necro with them in a blink of an eye

Only Weed’s couild’s death order and Geomchi ere too shy to talk to the elves kept their place

“Be gone You necromancers who summons the obscene Undead dare to talk to us?”

“I cannot smell any scent of earth or the sound of nature from you I cannot converse with you”

“You human who are more worthless than their armor”

The barbarians, elves and dwarves’ response changed depending on the person talking to theht the Undead, but noas difficult to befriend them since the tribes all had different conditions

Fame, class, level, skill, equipment, past quest accomplishment, many different variables influenced it While humans were always favorable to the priests, the dwarves, barbarians and elves who believed in other Gods saw them as a burden

“Huk, the elves are really pretty”

Geoh for him to hear

Unlike the short and dark skinned dark elves, the wood elves had golden hair with slile bow on each of their shoulders, they wore light outfits without ar on who talked to them but to their allies, they shared quests and had favorable i for Weed to talk to them first

Weed approached the closest elf to his of nature are with you You are the hurowth in the North”

<colgroup><col width=”592”></colgroup><tbody><li>Fame increased by 34</li></ul></tbody>

<colgroup><col width=”592”></colgroup><tbody><li>Affinity to Nature increased by 25</li></ul></tbody>

<colgroup><col width=”592”></colgroup><tbody><li>Amity with the Woodland Elves rose to 17</li></ul></tbody>

Even elves living in the woodlands were able to recognize Weed’s fa Balkan, not only did the NPCs like the elves, dwarves and barbarians, butWeed appeared The influence of each broadcasting station co hie

“I am a human, but I am also an adventurer that respects the life and richness that is nature I only did a sht was necessary without any hesitation”

“With your help, rateful And with the co-operation from the humans, ere able to return the Undead back to the earth”

<colgroup><col width=”592”></colgroup><tbody><li>Amity with the Woodland Elves rose to 25</li></ul></tbody>

Weed had a honeyed tongue and the elves were a naive race that believed people readily

“It was truly by chance that I heard the news about the Queen of Fairies being threatened by Balkan while I was on an adventure As an adventurer that takes the responsibility of protecting the justice in Versailles continent, how could I have not coht?”

“You are an admirable human adventurer If only all humans were like Weed-nim, then ould be in peace”

He also etting inforrounds? I think you are already faer? There are h to becoot hill It’s a dungeon you cannot just enter casually”

“It , then I can just get rid of theood ainst the monsters must not waiver Monsters will invade this place often so you should first rebuild the castle walls”

<colgroup><col width=”592”></colgroup><tbody><li>Fame increased by 21</li></ul></tbody>

<colgroup><col width=”592”></colgroup><tbody><li>Intimacy with the Barbarians of the wasteland increased</li></ul></tbody>

“Fruits in the forest? They are very sweet and delicious Elves do not eat a lot of them so if you want them, we could trade for the items we need”

“If you can tellalcohol with the fruits from the elven forest… I mean, I want to allow the little children to eat some of it”

He also obtained information about trades Because Weed was not a professionalit would allow him to profit from it someday so he permanently memorized it

“This fortress was very much favored by the dwarves, but now it’s occupied by the humans Why were the dwarves envious about the place the Undead lived? Keep it to yourself You o this place was flourishi+ng with high quality iron and silverup resources would bring in o Fortress would rise exponentially… I mean, if there are ores the dwarves need then it should be roup><tbody><li>Intimacy with the Dwarven tribe of Hardened Earth increased</li></ul></tbody>

Weed gained favorable i his blacksmith skill above the interether If he accept their proposition, it would be a valuable opportunity to cooperate with the dwarves inswords and armor It would also help increase his mastery in blacksmith skill

Weed believed that pretense and hypocrisy were essential to survive in society! He believed that if all priht this in their ethics class, the country’s competitiveness will dominate the other developed nations

The specific elves, dwarves and barbarians Weed talked with, the Geomchis and other companions were able to easily approach them and start a conversation afterwards They saw the people co with Weed favorably and thanks to that they could share conversations more comfortably This hy adventurers, who coth, received such special treatment

Then Weed went onto meet the leader of the elves, Lonserk To other players, he only gave a cordial greetings without any special response, but he started a conversation with Weed

“You are the hu Balkan”

“It hat I had to do It brings ht peace to Versailles continent ”

“The Queen of Fairies, Teneidon would like to meet the human that helped her Could you coave hih position that colanced around quickly and saw that Geo ti with the priests and the paladins, had their eyes wide in excitement as they eavesdropped That one race, and to meet the queen of the race that was difficult to meet had even Weed excited by the prospect

Truthfully, the only reason that Weed could evenBalkan

“A?”

“The Queen of Fairies, Teneidon has invited everyone”

Shouts popped out from players!

“Wah!”