There was a good chance of it leading to the hidden treasures of Pirates’ or a shipwreck.
Or, it might contain information about a valuable marine animal.
It was a pity that the map had bits and pieces of it rubbed out from aging.
“I reckon Yurin should be able to restore this.”
Map Restore was a skill that only Adventurers or Painters possessed. Weed obviously did not possess it.
His Painting skill was low, and he was only capable of mixing paint with his skills.
That was because he needed the paint to dye the clothes that were created, unlike armors, which could be colored by mixing different colored metals.
“A normal D ranked map wouldn’t bring enough profit to even cover the effort that’s needed to complete it.”
Weed knew that there were numerous variety of adventures out at the sea.
There was a pile of maps that he collected from the Mermaids.
There were maps that pointed to locations with marine animals, whirlpools and underwater caves!
There were a lot of things to be done out in the sea, just as there were on land.
However, adventuring out in the sea with Weed’s current level of navigation would take far too long.
Getting his head wrapped around the information regarding the sea, underwater landscape and rocks, as well as the sea winds, would take at least 1~2 years.
He did travel to Jigolaths because he ended up receiving the map and the request, but sea adventures were a whole different story.
“I should just use these maps to make clothes instead.”
Clothes that motivated people to long for adventures. He was making clothes that actually pointed towards real treasures.
Using the leather and cloths of the old maps, Weed fashioned some clothes and bags.
“Some lucky people should find them somehow.”
Weed was going to sell the clothes with a tag line of ‘Leading Towards Treasures’, so he wasn’t making a loss.
There wasn’t much to do on the ride, so he made all of the oceanic maps into clothes.
Zephyr immersed himself in some proper sea fishing, while Pale and Maylon hid themselves away from everyone else’s sight, and sheepishly fed each other some raw fish (hoe).
Hwaryeong and Bellot were sunbathing first along with Surka and Romuna, but were now performing in front of the marine animals.
Seo Yoon had been standing on the deck, watching Weed work, but was now gazing at the sea while seated on the mast.
Her face wasn’t seen during the fights because of the Warrior’s Helm of Courage that she was wearing, but the current sight of her hair swaying in the wind was like something out of a painting.
She couldn’t talk to anyone apart from Weed, and didn’t even let anyone hear her voice.
She was still uncomfortable and had a lot of awkwardness remaining.
Weed couldn’t approach and talk to her, even though he could see her being alone.
“I’m really indebted to her for what happened in Jigolaths…. I was able to do the request and fight the Hermes Guild thanks to her as well.”
He was obviously very grateful to her, but he couldn’t treat Seo Yoon like before, because he was constantly reminded of her father each time he looked at her.
The only form of communication between them was the occasional glances when he passed some food to her.
“I should just make a sculpture or something.”
Weed gathered some sea water and floated some clouds up into the clear sky.
White clouds and dark clouds.
The sea was the optimum place to familiarize himself with Cloud Sculpting.
It was such a beautiful and mystifying sight, so it would become quite a hot topic when they return back to the Versailles Continent.
Seo Yoon was looking up at the sky.
Weed was sculpting a sculpture very seriously, with the aim of increasing his
Artistic skills, but he ended up creating a surprising sculpture.
He ended up sculpting the scene when they ate some grilled meat at the instructor’s log house.
Considering it was a cloud sculpture, it had to be sculpted fast to include the details, but
Weed’s Handiwork skill was good enough to sculpt something where people were recognizable.
But of course, it was worthless as a sculpture!
Seo Yoon was wearing a mask, so it was hard to tell what kind of an expression she wore, but Weed thought that she was happy, looking at the cloud sculpture.
“The clouds are really floating across the sea well. And the sea products in this area should fetch a high price. I wonder how much I’ll make if I catch loads of giant crabs and sell them on the mainland. If I fish up some fresh red sea-breams and dig up some cockle on the beach…”
The sea was a storehouse for natural resources. Catching and selling off sea products would all be turned into money.
“If only I could speculate at sea like I would on land.”
So, they cut across the sea like that and headed to the Northern part of the continent.
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In Morata were some users, feebly dressed in leather armor, were busily walking around.
“Mr Blacksmith, when will the longsword that I ordered be ready?”
“Could you tell me your name?”
“It’s Anchovy Stew.”
“You’re 23rd on the list. I’m afraid you’ll have to wait for around 2 days.”
“Aww, can’t it come out any sooner?”
“Look at all those people who’re waiting.”
The line of customers who were lining up to make a request to the Blacksmith!
This wasn’t the only place. Blacksmiths and Craftsmen were almost crying at the overflowing number of requests.
“Selling Purple Arrows. They’re arrows made with the poisonous plants from the hill near
Morata. You better hurry, because there are only 2000 of these.”
“I’m a skilled Magician and I’m looking for a party to join. Please invite me if you’re willing to hunt seriously for around two days. I can grant some magic as well, guaranteed to last for three days.”
“We’re 3 Warriors that will run straight at monsters upon seeing them. If there is anyone who wants to heal us, we can head to the dungeons right away.”
“Selling 80 Swords of Flios. I’ll be selling them at a fixed, clean price of 150 Gold.
Users who want to hunt together are welcomed as well.”
“Need a guide to lead you to the dungeons?”
The vibrancy that was present all over Morata!
People weren’t hesitant in advertising themselves for finding trips, adventures and hunts, or showing their happiness.
After buying and selling some items from the plaza, users formed parties and departed for dungeon crawling or hunting.
“This way.”
Mooooo.
A unique trait around this place would be that it was common to see users dragging along at least 1 calf, even if they were not merchants.
Riding a cow had a greater movement speed than walking, and there was also the convenience of being able to have it carry the luggage.
There were a lot of cases where families played Royal Road together.
“I need to buy my brother a longsword… I suppose I should sell a cow.”
As cows could be sold to secure equipment, it was a necessary commodity for new users.
Some users even posted a thread in forums, titled “How to Grow in Morata”.