Weed’s ships were approaching the northern continent by the sea.
Having already sold most of the japtem that the mermaids were interested in, Weed was currently concentrating on his cloud sculpting, raising it’s proficiency.
“The clouds are quite tricky. It’s very hard to define the sculptural theme that I am trying to create and even portraying expressions are not easy...”
Normally he would use large quantities of stone and wood when sculpting to cover up the lacking parts in art, but it didn’t apply to Cloud Sculpting.
Using water he made thousands of cloud sculptures on the ship as they were sailing the High Seas. Weed didn't take any notice of apparent mistakes that obviously stood out because every time the wind blew, the sculptures dispersed and scattered away.
It was a type of sculptural art that could only be used for a brief moment and was a very difficult subject to understand, let alone master.
“I should create some fish. Perhaps I could also create some basic flounder, rockfish, shrimp, crab or even a whale.”
True artwork does not compromise!
He began making random things, raising his cloud sculpting proficiency through grinding.
After he made hundreds of clouds, a mysterious natural phenomena occurred.
The ship had veered towards the bad weather, where white and dark clouds clashed.
It was Weed’s cloud sculptures that moved in the direction of the blowing wind as they mixed with the oncoming storm and the clouds enveloped the sky.
It wasn’t bad weather, however a misty and light rain started to drizzle down on the sea.
"Amazing......"
"This has to be the most beautiful sight in the world."
The rest of the group that had been lazing around rushed to their feet and headed towards the commotion at the bow of the ship.
Though the dark sky, a heavenly light broke through from in between the clouds.
Triling!
- You have made a Sculpture of Nature.
Mother Nature’s Marvel, the picturesque scene of light rays falling onto the sea, has been reproduced by a talented sculptor.
- Sculpting skill proficiency has improved.
- Nature Sculpting skill has increased to Beginner-level 3
- Fame increased by 145.
- Art stat has increased by 7.
- Nature affinity increased by 15.
- Wisdom, intellect and luck increased by 3.
- All Stats increased by 2.
The light rays that fell down upon the sea looked absolutely majestic.
It was still difficult to produce any cloud sculptures as it required a great amount imagination and focus.
However wonderful light and cloud sculptures are not easy to create.
Mother Nature’s Marvel gave a substantial increase in stats based on the user’s profession.
In Weed’s case this phenomenon increased all of his stats, especially artwork, by a modest amount.
While his friends, that had been watching in awe, realised that they had gained various stat increases.Irene’s Priest class had her Faith increase by a lot, in Romuna’s case being a mage her Wisdom stats increased by 5. For Hwaryeong it was her Charm that increased due to her dancer class. Everyone acquired different stats as they enjoyed the nature sculpture.
"Wow, this is so epic!."
His friends were unable to conceal their surprise.
Weeds face drew a big rotten smile.
“All this from just the beginner level of cloud sculpting.”
When all is said and done all that matters are the results! Yellowy stumbled backwards from astonishment into the living sculpture Griffin.
The ruckus lead the other living sculptures that Weed brought to life at Jigolaths to come out onto the deck of the small ship and see the light that shone brilliantly through the clouds.
Trling!
- Living Sculpture’s stat increases.
Even the living sculptures that were created with art were affected just like any other species.
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They were approaching land. Their long voyage was finally coming to an end.
The living sculptures quickly got ready while Weed and his friends prepared to disembark.
The fishing rods and cooking tools that were left out were put away with the other luggage and they grabbed their full backpacks.
However the living sculptures that were made after rare and extinct creatures had their own distinct instinct to survive.
They continued to disobey Weed and kept saying that they wanted to leave to breed with their species.
“I want to look for females. I want to bear children. If I go to a far away places I would be able to meet my fellow species.”
“If you were to give us freedom, we want to live and create a family in this large world.”
Strong demands from the Living Sculptures!
They were worried that they were slowly going to die, living their whole pitiful existence alone, without a mate.
These were not just the demands of one or two, nearly a third of the living sculptures that were created in Jigolaths brought up these demands.
"Keheum."
Weed was in a sticky situation.
Originally, from the moment the living sculptures were born, he had to earn their respect and he must be held in high esteem at all times.
But this time, he gave life for too many sculptures at the same time, so it was not easy to rule them by force as he normally does.
They were staring at Weed with sparkling eyes.
They believed that Weed was a benevolent and kind person that will give them permission!
But in Weed’s mind his thoughts were totally different.
“I should have beaten them all.”
If he were to force and hold them up like slaves they might start a rebellion, or they might even escape because of the loneliness.
Managing Living Sculptures was not an easy task.
Because of Weed's high leadership status, Wyverns and Bingryong couldn’t just walk away from him.Yet living sculptures were bound to keep pursuing a free-spirited life due to their strong personalities.
Just as it was in the beginning, when he tried to control an army for the first time it was very difficult as he had to win their trust through doing many chores/jobs for them.
This was the time for sacrifice.
Weed had a difficult time actually dismissing the sculptures that had strong personalities.
"In this broad continent..."
Why are they trying to leave me! There were still a lot of things I needed them to do.
"What you guys desire..."
In life, It isn't possible to live in the world doing things that you want to do, while hoping everything turns out right.
"Life..."
Weeds struggle was to the point to where he wanted to put a nose ring on them, just like on a cow, drag them and make them work.
A sculpture would not expect to gain anything from working for Weed, Furthermore they would need to take a lot of time to find their counterpart and raise a family, so he could not expect them to stay.
“You may go and live your life...”
Tears welled up around Weed’s eyes as those last words escaped his lips.
The Living Sculpture’s sincere heartfelt regret was shown on their faces.
From another owner it would be tears of love, but since it’s from Weed it was evident that it was tears of loss.
"We will be leaving now."
Rare creatures of life left by riding on the giant sea turtle and headed back out to sea.
Even though Weed anxiously watched them leave until they completely disappeared, they did not even leave any gold or compensation behind!
“If we continue at this rate we should arrive in Morata within a day or two.”
Heint got up and he slightly bowed his head muttering under his breath as they neared the shore.
At long last the trip up and down to Jigolaths was finally over.
Even though they did not properly tour Jigolaths, atleast they pioneered new routes.
They had passed through the northern oceans while discovering various hunting grounds, they were able to find safe passages and even though Weed took all the profits that were earned there.
Finally, it was time to depart ways from the devil Weed.
"Heheh. I owe you a lot. Thanks for the fun adventures.”
"In the future, I will be really nice to others players and try to not get into trouble with anyone.”
“Weed, we hope that you do well. We will continue to watch over your adventures.”
"I would live my life like I were to be reborn anew. If you go out to the sea again please call for us.”