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 stroke 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 it possibly be a lifeforms made out of sculptures?”
It was first time that anyone could figure out they were a lifeform 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 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 skill 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 have already learn the five secrete 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 recollection of sculpting skills, fame increased by 469.
“To collect all the 5 sculpting legacies that was created after the existence of the first sculpture, it’s truly a miracle.”
Weed ate the potatoes till he was full and pack 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 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 mosses 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 increase by 2 permanently.
For 1 month, health increase by 450.
• Art stat increase 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, 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 a 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.