“If I had never learnt Fishing or Mining, I would be bored out of my mind.”
Having opened the door of agony and hardship so many times before, this much was child’s play! If he compared what he did in Jigolaths with carrying bricks, what he did now only amounted to waving warning lights.
Weed was in between the thickets using his spade to dig. He let the dug up sand drift into the river. Strangely enough, the place where Ratzeburg was did not seem to be a good fishing spot. It also helped that people were scattered all over the Tinus River as it was so vast.
Like this, Fishing Skill and Mining Skill increased day by day.
“Really, it’s true what they say, a sculptor is talented in everything.”
While meandering as such, by chance in the middle of the morning, something caught on Weed’s fishing pole.
“A fish?”
The thing that pulled firmly, did not feel like a living being. While a proficient fisherman would cut off his fishing line, Weed struggled for about 10 minutes before finally lifting it up. As Weed was using a fishing line he made personally with his Sewing Skill, which had a higher durability than those sold on the street market, there was a possibility he could salvage it.
DING!
An Old Relic, Stone Hammer has been fished from the Tinus River.
Luck increased by 1.
Mastery of Fishing Skill increased.
“One lousy stone hammer increasing my mastery… this can’t be a common occurrence. Identify!”
Cracked Stone Hammer: Durability 7/19. Attack 2~9.
A hammer made from broken stones.
If feels like it could be used in hunting.
Restriction: None.
Option: When an Orc uses this hammer, attack increases by 20%.
“This is it!”
The relic was nothing compared to what he was expecting for, but Weed received a definite confirmation that Ratzeburg was here. Usually he would throw it away as it was a useless stone hammer that couldn’t even be sold as japtem, but he stored it away safely.
“You never know, I could sell it off as a relic.”
Weed had a renewed sense of expectation of his morning fishing runs, as there was now the possibility of fishing out relics. He wasn’t just fishing at a random spot on Tinus River, he was fishing at the heart of the past city Ratzeburg!
He discovered copper shields, broken arrowheads, pottery and dishes. While the majority were useless knick-knacks, some were evidently created by dwarves.
“I only need to dig in this spot!”
In the morning, Weed’s eyes were squinting in laughter as he fished and at night, he hummed as he dug.
“The more I dig, the richer I become. Money, rice… I am going to become rich any day now!”