“Oh, I finally reached civilization!”
Petrov walked around the market in Cotten village. He waited for a long time to see Yurin again at St. George Castle. However he came to a painful realization that she was not coming back.
Petrov is an idiot. A mongrel.
The graffiti was just painful.
“I will definitely meet her again if I roam around the continent. I will go anywhere where there are signs of her.”
Petrov’s world was filled with weird ambition.
“If I make everyone in the continent know my name, then won’t Yurin come to see me?”
Drawing could make you instantly famous. Having basic painting skills allowed one to receive commissions from the painting guild. Painting nobles and kings, making new brushing techniques was an easy way to get fame.
But Petrov decided on a more proactive method.
“Morata is known as a famous art city.”
Weed, through his sculptures, developed Morata to an amazing height. The artists there were happy with it as if it was their own works and stood proud of it.
“Then I could do the same with my paintings.”
Petrov watched the broadcast of his fated enemy, Weed, acquiring the territory of Vargo Fortress.
“I have to start there.”
Vargo Fortress was a region that lacked sculptures made by Weed. If he showed his paintings there, could he not surpass the Lord’s influence in the region?
“Through my paintings, I will take Vargo Fortress from Weed. There won’t be greater fame than this.”
It was also a good opportunity to show that painters were superior to sculptors. There was no organization in the North that could take Weed’s territory. But this was a declaration of winning the territory through art!
“I must go to Vargo Fortress.”
Petrov packed his painting supplies and walked briskly toward an area bereft of human presence. It was to use Picture Teleportation to go to Vargo Fortress in an instant.
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Gulp, gulp.
“The baked potatoes are really tasty.”
Weed ate some of the potatoes Zahab placed in a basket. His intermediate level 9 cooking skill allowed him to taste many luxurious foods but the most tastiest was free food.
“Mooooo. Eating only grass since yesterday has left me hungry.”
“Me too, give me some too. Gol gol!”
Zahab shared some potatoes with Yellowy and Gold Man.
Wyverns were fighting among themselves outside.
“I am the tallest.”
“My beak looks the best.”
“Whose wing is the widest?”
“My back is flat.”
A display of childish quarrel!
Zahab stroked the Wyvern’s angled shoulders.
“Eat plenty. The sculpting knife and the wooden statue I left behind with the maid has been passed on to you.”
“Yes, it is as you say.”
“However I have never heard of lifeforms like these… Their forms are not well defined but their proportion are relatively right. Could they possibly be lifeforms made out of sculptures?”
It was the first time that anyone could figure out they were lifeforms made out of sculpture at a glance. Weed threw another potato in his mouth as he answered.
“Yes you are right.”
“The legendary skill of Emperor Geihar has appeared once again in this world. What an amazing occurrence. To see the sculpting skill passing through generations without disappearing, this is truly a fortunate event.”
“It has been hard. However, as I take care of the Sculpture Lifeforms and cherish them, there is a feeling of satisfaction that swells from my heart. I think Emperor Geihar’s sculpting skill is really amazing. Of course your Moonlight Sculpting Blade is one of the most beautiful sculpting skills in the world.”
This is what you call indiscriminating flattery!
“To have learnt Emperor Geihar’s and my sculpting skill, your talent is outstanding.”
“I have a great love for sculpting. Through my adventures I have also learnt other sculpting skills.”
Weed was a person who had already learnt the five secret sculpting skills. Zahab showed admiration as he listened to the various stories of how Weed acquired his skills.
“Having inherited my sculpting skills and learning Daron’s sculpture transformation, creating spirits and even able to call disasters, amazing!”
By telling recollections of sculpting skills, fame increased by 469.
“To collect all 5 sculpting legacies that were created after the existence of the first sculpture, it’s truly a miracle.”
Weed ate the potatoes till he was full and packed the rest into his backpack.
“But more importantly, the handmaiden in Rosenheim Kingdom wants to listen to the song you sang when you sculpted the moonlight before she departs.”
The most important business that called him to Grapass! To learn the song from Zahab and singing it to the old handmaiden in Serabourg Castle.
“Did such a thing occur? I was making sculptures here and never did go back to Rosenheim Kingdom… Well, since we are talking about sculptures, do you want to see mine?”
“Absolutely. I absolutely want to see them.”
Weed as a sculptor obviously wanted to see Zahab’s masterpieces.
Perhaps there would be greater rewards here than the reward that the old handmaiden would give for completing the quest.
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Zahab led him to a cave behind the lake.
“This is my workshop. Go in and take your time.”
Inside the cave, the trees, boulders and walls had sculptures on them. Flowers and moss grew, widely disfiguring some of them. Weed observed the biggest and the most stylish sculptures first.
You have observed, ‘Mankind’s Last Moment’
A piece made by the Master Sculptor Zahab.
A scene of humans making a last stand as they fight against the monsters was sculpted.
A sculpture that is extremely elaborate and minute in details, without high comprehension of sword skill it’s impossible to fully understand the piece.
Regenerate health and mana 35% faster for one day.
Stats related to battle increase by 12.
Warrior related skills improve by 2 levels.
Fighting Spirit increased by 2 permanently.
For 1 month, health increased by 450.
Art stat increased by 4.
By observing the sculpture with great discerning eyes, mastery of sculpting skill increased slightly.
Masterpiece sculpted near the entrance wall! The scene of 10 soldiers crumbling while fighting against the monsters in Grapass was vividly sculpted.
‘A Masterpiece… and that one is a fine piece.’
Weed walked swiftly. Every time he observed a piece, his art stat and mastery in sculpting skill increased.
The workshop had over 70 different works ranging from Fine pieces, Masterpieces and Magnum Opus.
You have observed, ‘The Moon, the Stars and the Wild Flowers.’
A piece made by Master Sculptor Zahab.
This piece has been engraved on the ceiling and the floor of the cave.
Animation of nature has been realistically portrayed.
After completion, not much care has been given.
Art stat increased by 1.
By observing the sculpture with great discerning eyes, Affinity to Nature increased by 5.
There were nature sculptures as well.
“Seeing that you can’t take your eyes off that piece you must really like nature.”
“Yes. I really love nature.”
Weed was grinning evilly as he saw that the majority of the sculptures in the workshop were works that expressed nature. By increasing Affinity to Nature, the power of natural disaster sculpting became much stronger.
As Weed’s standards were high, even if these were sculpted by Zahab, his mastery in sculpting skill barely rose by 4.9%. Currently his skill was at advance level 8, 19.8%. Art stat increased by 137, with a variety of others skill also increasing by a bit.
The completed Masterpieces, Magnum Opus in the workshop of a master was much better than the ones found in Morata’s Art Center.
Sublime sculptures, delicate sculptures, graceful and elegant sculptures, and sculptures made from light that were shining brightly to great heights!
Zahab created things freely without a set theme or form.
“How is my sculpting testimony?”
“It’s admirable. It feels like all the outstanding sculptures of Versailles continent have gathered here.”
The sculptures would all get a hundred points. It was not like the mass produced rabbits or foxes that Weed used to make to polish his skills. Every single one of these art works was created with heart and soul.
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