olume 25 Chapter 7
7. Old Handmaiden of Rosenheim Kingdom
Translated by Enlightened End, Proofread by: Lastear, BloodAdapt, FroshiAnaki, MrBaconator, Adoxo
Hwaryeong came online and the Dark Gamers joined in as Weed gathered the Sculpture Lifeforms to continue hunting.
“This is the dungeon I frequented with Zahab-nim.”
The Dark Gamers hesitated in front of the Geithner Dungeon entrance. Zahab, alone, had brought enormous firepower, using his sword he blocked the enemy’s assault and attacked with significant force. With him gone, the whole group’s fighting potential had substantially declined.
“It’s okay to enter.”
After Weed and Seo Yoon entered first, Hwaryeong followed after them.
“Weed-nim must have some idea of what to do.”
The Dark Gamers briefly discussed it amongst themselves.
“Will it be alright to enter the dungeon? Considering his character until now, he does not seem to be a deceitful person.”
“I think so too. The God of War Weed wouldn’t die so carelessly while hunting.”
“Even without Zahab I don’t think this place will be so dangerous that we will get annihilated. Shall we go?”
For Dark Gamers, their bodies were their income so they took great care of them.
“It’s meaningless to abandon them and return to the city like this. I have never once left a hunt so treacherously.”
“I am going to enter.”
Volk and Daerin entered the dungeon first and the rest of the Dark Gamers followed.
Weed used his sword skill against the flying monster Pekoils.
“Radiant Sword!”
A sword skill that made light gush out from Weed’s body! The light birds with a rapturous beauty flew toward the Pekoils. Seo Yoon also used the secret sword skill and attacked with light swords.
“Where did they get this skill… I’ve never heard of such a technique.”
The Dark Gamers’ eyes popped out. They had experienced all sorts of battles but this was the first time they had seen such technique.
“Radiant Sword!”
Whenever Weed used his skill, the Dark Gamers observed it closely, even in the middle of their battle.
‘Hm, it’s strong.’
‘The lights split into several strands and slaughtered the monsters. It was really cool.’
The difficult hunt they expected against the Pekoils was made possible with Weed and Seo Yoon using their sword skill.
It was a secret sword skill that used an unbelievable amount of mana and stamina but the monsters here were exceptionally strong so they had no choice but to use it. They could earn plenty of drops and a lot of experience points by beating these monsters. It was life or death difficulty hunting, but, with the mystical light shining inside the dungeon, it was also beautiful.
Weed and Seo Yoon used their Radiant Sword to reduce the monsters health and then finished them off at close range.
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Real time: 4 o'clock early in the morning.
Weed had connected earlier compared to his usual routine because there was no need to go to the market and he planned for a simple fried rice for breakfast. But it would be awkward to hunt with just the Sculpture Lifeforms so he planned to rest while making sculptures.
“It’s master.”
Yellowy, who was slumped and sleeping gave off a yawn. Unlike Van Hawk and Torido, the Sculpture Lifeforms needed sufficient sleep.
“It’s alright. Here, eat all you want.”
Weed gave some boiled fodder and sat.
He was in deep thought, wondering what kind of sculptures he had to make to become a Master Sculptor.
‘Sculpting takes a whole room… Should I scrape together all my money and try making a proper, expensive, and fancy sculpture?’
With his authority as the Lord of Morata and Vargo Fortress, he could withdraw the taxes and make a gigantic sculpture made out of precious metal. Of course there was no guarantee a good sculpture would be created by throwing money at it, but using good materials did produce results.
Hwaryeong logged in while Weed was taking out materials for sculpting. She wanted quality time for just the two of them so she planned to connect early in the morning and wait. Fortunately for her, Weed was already here. Hwaryeong laughed softly that her dimples could be seen.
‘Nothing can withstand fate.’
AWOOOOO!
From far away, the howling of a wolf could be heard.
“Ah, why is today so scary? ”
Hwaryeong jumped closed to Weed. She, who could hunt over 5,000 wolves simultaneously pretended to be weak and took the chance to move closer so she could get a clearer look at Weed’s sculpting.
Weed’s eye quickly glanced over her body. Hwaryeong, who had experienced countless gazes from men, did not miss it.
‘Weed-nim is still a man.’
She became happy after seeing Weed’s pupils becoming large.
‘She’s wearing a different dress again today.’
The price of the jewel dress was no less than seventy thousand gold! Not only that, she matched it with boots, necklace, and bracelets. Looking at the items Hwaryeong was wearing, Weed was extremely envious.
‘She really has a lot of expensive clothes.’
‘He’s infatuated with my body.’
Hwaryeong felt that something was amiss.
‘I haven’t put a lot of effort into my make up today… should I have worn a less appealing and more revealing dress? No, Weed-nim would prefer a more pure look.’
As a Dancer, rather than a tight dress with a lot of options, if it felt good it was alright. She still had the dress from back when she was a novice and had separate bags for clothes and accessories.
“Um, I want to try a new dress I bought. Can you check it out for me?”
Weed had no reason to refuse Hwaryeong for saying she was going to wear her own clothing.
“Yes.”
After 30 minutes Hwaryeong felt the complete, pure glamour had returned. She gave off a pure look with her long hair and white, one piece dress.
“How is this?”
“It’s pretty, it draws attention naturally.”
After a short while, she changed into a different dress. Showing off a lively female traveler!
“What about this outfit?”
“It looks comfortable and beautiful.”
Hwaryeong continued to change her dress and showed off to Weed.
“The bag is quite fashionable. It looks like it used premium leather.”
Weed also made sculptures of her. Spending quality time together, Hwaryeong asked.
“Do you like the mountains?”
“Mountains? Well, I don’t dislike them.”
It wasn’t like Weed lived in the mountain town for a day or two, there was nothing to like or hate.
“My birthday is in spring, when the weather is good do you want to go hiking together?”
Hwaryeong bravely asked for a date. If they met up in reality, it would be difficult to avoid a scandal. But she wanted to be with Weed in reality as well. It would be especially great if they could go to the mountain where she felt freedom and comfort.
“If it’s your birthday, then okay.”
In a party, Hwaryeong put Weed first and always tried to be of help to him.
“Yes. Well, let’s buy some pajeon and makgeolli and go have some fun.”
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Hunting with Seo Yoon, Dark Gamers and Sculpture Lifeforms was productive, but every night a loud cry could be heard from someplace. Every time this happened, a flock of birds flew off from the forest and the tribes living in Grapass moved their habitats.
“Master, this place looks dangerous.”
Bingryong sensed something was off.
‘That might be the boss monster of Grapass.’
In Jigolaths he suffered all kinds of toil and wrapped it up killing Kubicha, the Great Warrior of Chaos, by playing both sides. Weed set himself a rule to avoid such a situation and so when he reached level 406, he decided to leave the Grapass region. While it was regretful that he could not continue to hunt ceaselessly, meeting Zahab and surviving the forbidden region was still a great success.
“For now I need to send off the items to Morata.”
Weed instructed the Wyverns to carry the sculptures to the lord’s manor in Morata.
“Wy-One.”
“Keewk. Kaawak.”
“Don’t try to fly off to eat something, this needs to go immediately to the lord’s manor.”
“Kakakaw. As master commands, I won’t eat any fish and go straight away.”
“If I see any bones between your teeth, you're dead.”
“I will go straight to Morata.”
He appointed Bingryong and Phoenix to support the Wyverns while they were moving. With this many Sculpture Lifeforms, they should not encounter any trouble on their way to Morata. And it was a given that they had to handle the cargo preciously as it was the sculptures containing the secret sword skill.
The Dark Gamers and Hwaryeong agreed to meet in Morata later on.
“Then let’s meet again later. Please contact me when you come back!”
“Yes. Hwaryeong-nim please go safely.”
They decided to ride on the Wyverns who were bereft of any load. While it was obvious Hwaryeong would return to Morata where the rest of her party was, it came as a great surprise that the Dark Gamers would abandon Brent Kingdom, their original gathering point.
‘That sword skill, it looks formidable.’
‘It’s truly magnificent. It would be a great help when fighting against monsters and our opponent will be confounded when they see it for the first time.’
Whenever Weed and Seo Yoon used the Radiant Sword, the Dark Gamers’ eyes became covetous. Of all the sword skill they knew, it was a technique that was not known at all!
‘They said Zahab was a Sword Master so they must have learnt it from him.’
‘There is a high chance it’s one of the secret sword skills.’
The Dark Gamers became overly friendly.
“I am out of bandages.”
“Weed-nim, here use these bandages.”
“This is a bandage set I have never used before, please have it.”
“I also don’t have any arrows left.”
“Here, please take my quiver. It’s an enchanted quiver so it can store up to five hundred arrows. Please don’t feel any obligations and use it as you will. You don’t have to return it. ”
When Weed spoke of his needs