He is aiming to surpass Weed’s influence in Vergo Fortress no matter how long it takes.
But just by regaining the region after defeating the undead legion, Weed obtained tremendous amount of influence in Vergo. This also includes the strong loyalty of the soldiers and residents.
To surpass the influence of the Lord is not an easy goal to achieve in a short time.
Even though the residents enjoyed the arts, the influence gained from culture is rather slow.
"If this is too easy, it will be boring. Through my effort, I’m sure my objective will be achieved.."
Petrov’s pictures were well matched with the elements of the fortress, so that moment will come some day.
The day when people say Vergo Fortress, and rather than thinking ‘Weed The Sculptor’, users will think ‘Petrov the Painter' instead. Dreaming about this, Petrov is really excited.
"Eat, help yourself, there is a lot more."
"Woof Woof!"
He provided food, clothes and even shelter to the living sculptures.
Every time Petrov called Cerberus, it will come wiggling its tail like a normal dog.
Flying fairies in the Fortress also praise his painting.
- The picture was drawn very well.
- See my looks? Kya kaeruk*
- Draw a picture of me. Faster!
Kya kaeruk* [꺄르륵](sfx when joking/playing with baby,. This sounds effect will come a lot from the fairies trios, I'm not really sure how to translate to English but I will leave them be).
Fairies were resting on his shoulder while teasing and pulling pranks on him.
"My skills are suffering anywhere in the County. But I should not let it break my mood."
Petrov goes back to the fortress.
Fairies played tag around him. And with their ability, they kept passing through the pictures while Petrov is drawing.
There were also some high level users standing in line, hoping that Petrov can draw a picture for them.
When hearing about Petrov’s picture, thousands of people gathered to watch him drawing.
The crowd wasn't actually that big, but when a small group of people forms a crowd, more people will come just because they think something interesting happened and more and more people keep coming.
Since he wanted to maintain his high reputation, for every picture he draws, he's expecting an expensive payment for it.
Then there were three men with strong physique.
"I heard your drawing is good. I will pay you 20 gold. Would you draw us?"
Petrov let out a laugh.
"Where did you hear that huh.”
The rumor must be quite wrong, because the price for Petrov’s drawing is not just 20 gold.
It might be true for beginner painters, but for Petrov, his price is hundreds of gold. For him, it is ridiculous to receive such small amount.
"Geomchi Sahyeong, did you hear about our kid caught in a fight?"
"Yes I heard about it. He got the broken ribs and another two broken teeth."
Petrov heard the conversation between Geomchi, Geomchi3, and Geomchi7. He thought they were talking something about gang-related or organized crime.
"Well, that guy is really hot tempered."
"I don’t know him well. But our kid, he surrendered and got beaten.”
"Yeah, we should teach him better. Next time he will do the beating instead.”
Petrov can hear Geomchi's conversation who are passing by.
He can’t hear it clearly, but it is about their kid fighting with dangerous men, and got injured pretty badly. And it sounds like the Geomchis were planning on revenge or something.
"Break his arm and his leg, but leave his life intact"
"Smash his jaw, so he can’t eat."
"And about our kid, we need to give him proper education. I will hand this matter to you. Do not take this lightly." (Master/Geomchi)
"I will keep that in mind."
"If he thinks he is that strong just by beating our kid, we will teach him what 'strong' really means. Beat him until he can no longer move. "
"In the future, I don’t want the same mistake to happen again." (Master/Geomchi)
As the Geomchis talk, the distance between the Geomchis and Petrov was coming closer and closer. It seemed that their conversation has reached their end.
"Oh, painter. Are you busy right now??"
"No, I'm not busy."
"For 20 gold, can you draw a picture of us? Or is it not enough?"
"No, no, it’s a good amount of money. I'll draw right now."
Petrov stopped all his other painting and started drawing pictures of Geomchis.
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Weed and Yurin appeared at the central tower.
The process of repairing and restoring Vergo Fortress could be seen everywhere.
The building that broke during the battle. The repair and restoration of the fortress is at its peak, with the walls getting higher and thicker everyday.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the whole fortress is a big construction site.
"What a waste of money..."
He was spending all his tax money to repair Vergo Fortress and the surrounding hills to their original magnificent form.
In the movies, novels, poetry, and drama, this is a tragedy that will cause sadness, when you had to spend your money needlessly.
Just thinking about the whole cost of reconstruction of the whole fortress can make your nose bleed.
Compared to Morata, the development is not bad.
Reconstruction work done in some sites of the fortress that started earlier were already completed. The users usually concentrated in this area especially, the area with a romantic scene.
There are also some users at the gate waiting for their fellow users to go hunting.
- The lord is back, kya kareu (again, those fairies )
- He is back?
- Troll, he is the troll! My lover from Roseinheim Kingdom.
Fairies came out and started playing around Weed’s collar. Multiple fairies are surrounding him.
Yurin raised her fingers and played with three to four of the fairies.
"First, I need to meet the Geomchis.”
Weed visited the usual place where the Geomchis have their meal.
The Geomchis were preparing food in the shade of the buildings that were under reconstruction.
"I had a good meal thanks to you humans."
"Yes, thank you for the good food, but it'd be even better if there were some beer.”
The barbarians and dwarves were acquainted with the Geomchis.
Dwarves and Barbarians in the fortress get along very well. As a matter of fact, they have a lot in common.
Geomchi’s skill of swordsmanship is worthy of dwarves respect. Because of their similar tough physique and high strength like the Barbarians, they quickly become hunting companions.
"There are quite difficult monsters to kill...."
"I will go and cut down the monsters."
"Warriors that complete the dungeons will be recognized as town champions. It is going to be an amazing honor to any man."
"Dungeon, I’m coming!"
From hunting and killing, Geomchis and barbarians were really suited for each other.
Drinking beer and purchasing weapons from dwarves greatly increase intimacy between them.
The dwarves and barbarians consider the fortress as their home, since they are the earliest to come and stay there after the battle.
Including Pale, Romuna, Haryeong, Irene and Maylon, there were about 800 men altogether, ready to eat.
At that time, Weed and Yurin arrived.
"Geomchis! Are you never tired of eating?”
"Weed!"
"I will prepare for a grand dinner."
Weed made preparations for the dinner, not just because they were his Master from Dong Jang, but to show gratitude for fighting the undead army under Bar Khan.
"Geomchis, you will regret it if you don’t eat my food."
The real food situation in the fortress is, even if the whole Morata’s food production is given to these people, it wouldn’t be sufficient. But since the barbarians were very active in hunting, they brought back about 4000 kg of meat.
"I think this is enough. Everybody will get to eat about 5kg of meat."
Normal people can’t eat more than 1kg of meat. It Is because they are full or tired of chewing. But for Geomchis, they are ignorant. What they know is only to fight and eat. Nothing else matters.
"As the Lord, I'm wondering about the military status of Vergo Fortress.”
There are many people in the fort and are quite committed to the restoration construction.
Providing meals for them once in a while will make them happy and motivate them to work even harder.