Weed considered the rib-eye and shanks important!
Yellow furrowed the ground with his hind leg, showing his obvious displeasure. He was protesting with force.
It was a completely ineffective action.
Weed said in a low voice.
“Yellowy, I see there’s no end to your arrogance.”
“Gasp.”
“I’ll pierce your nose tomorrow and start dragging you around with it.”
“…”
“I’ll make you do field work. Do you want to farm? Wanna plow the wilderness?”
“…”
“I’ll butcher you, nom nom nom, and swallow you. You know soy paste isn’t spread on cooked beef, right? Just as raw beef…”
“How can you say such horrible things…!”
“I’m not one to leave behind a tailbone even for the broth.”
For Weed, making threats for 2 days and 3 nights was possible if he so desired.
At some point, Yellowy furtively bowed his head.
Obedience!
With that, Yellowy’s fate was decided.
* * *
Weed felt Yellowy alone was lacking and made another sculpture.
A sculpture made of light.
His proficiency had increased after making the Wings of Light, and it was a sculpture he attempted with painstaking care.
Blazing bright red color.
The concentration darkened as if flames were taking form.
He made a giant bird.
Since it was a sculpture made of light, making a small figure was much harder. His technique wasn’t perfect, so he won with size over details.
Phoenix!
He created a sculpture of red light and granted it life.
The sculpture came out as a Masterpiece instead of a Magnum Opus of light, but that alone wasn’t too bad of a success. The Phoenix’s special characteric was especially awesome.
Unquenchable Fire Attribute
Even if its Stamina is completely depleted, it can revive as long as a small flame remains.
Will have 50% of its maximum Health and Mana when revived.
The awesome appearance of the Phoenix Down!
[T/N: Phoenix Down is a revival item from Final Fantasy.]
Strength was important for sculptures made by Weed, but the durability of Health was more valuable than anything else.
Necromancers could steadily raise undeads if they had a bit of Mana and a corpse. But every time Weed gave life to a sculpture, it consumed his level and art stats.
So even if he carved a sculpture and made something stronger than an undead, it was over if it died!
Sculptures were faithful, independent individuals.
If they were destroyed, he wouldn’t be able to recover his losses.
Longevity.
Sculptures granted life weren’t consumables, but family he had to develop together while backing their shortcomings.
“The Phoenix is alright.”
Weed made a total of 5 Phoenixes.
Since they were sculptures with the same appearance, they only came out as Fine pieces when he sculpted them again.
Their final level was 400.
“You will be known as the Five Phoenix Brothers!”
“We understand. Master.”
The Phoenixes folded their wings and bowed.
Weed received the bow of the Phoenixes while atop Yellowy.