He poured all his attention into the business of gold gilding.
He had a background of papering the walls in his house since he was little. They had lasted a winter by pasting the newspapers left from his delivery onto the walls, layer by layer.
“Papering must be done quickly! It absolutely must not overlap. It’ll be tough if there are bumpy raised parts or crooked portions.”
He revived the experience of papering to perform the gilding. Of course, there was a considerable difference between the two. In gilding, gold had to be spread thinly and brushed on, so it had a far greater difficulty.
However, he received assistance from his skills to make up for what he was lacking. He had shitty drawing ability, but thanks to raising his Drawing skill beforehand, there was even a slight effect on his brushing.
At last, the head part was all painted on, and the idol of Lugh’s head reflected the sunshine, sparkling golden. He put in blue jewels for the eyes. They were azure eyes gazing far into the distance on a golden head that looked like it would sparkle away at any moment.
The statue of the proud Sun God was being made steadily from the head down.
“Oooh.”
“It’s so cool.”
The sight of the statue being completed was broadcasted real-time on the Internet through the tourists. The golden idol of Lugh made by Weed!
It was completed with a majestic appearance and was even holding a huge bow and arrows. For a normal Sculptor, it would have been too daunting to make just the idol, but Weed had a history of making huge sculptures now. He had kept some spare materials on hand, even when making such a large sculpture, and had even sculpted Lu’s equipment.
Ding!
You have completed the Idol of the Church of Lugh!
Yet another major work brought into the world by the great leader in sculpturing, the pious Sculptor Weed.
One of the Gods on the Versailles Continent, the idol of Lugh, who symbolizes the sun, has been completed. Covered in pure gold, this work will be regarded as precious by the Church of Lugh.
Artistic value: A work by the master Sculptor Weed. 9,112.
Special options:
* Those who have seen the Idol of Lugh, will have 23% increased Health and Mana recovery speed for a day when in a bright place.
* The divine power of Lugh Clerics is increased by 12% for a day.
* Reduces the failure rate of holy magic.
* By the power of their faith, the morale of Lugh Paladins will not falter, and Courage will increased to the maximum value.
* Strength increased by 12.
* Maximum Vitality increased by 20%.
* Maximum Health increased by 25%.
* Item drop rate while hunting increased by 7% for a day.
Effects do not stack with other sculptures.
Number of religious sculptures completed until now: 1
– Sculpting skill proficiency has improved.
– The Advanced Handicraft skill has become level 7. Abilities that utilize hands or tools are further increased by 8%, and a variety of different areas will be influenced.
– Fame has risen by 499.
– Art stat has increased by 35.
– Strength has increased by 3.
– You have made a religious sculpture. Intimacy with the Church of Lugh has increased, and you will receive their favor. The probability of Lugh Priests visiting Morata has increased.
– For making a religious sculpture, All Stats have increased by an additional 2 points.
He had succeeded in making a religious sculpture!
There was only about 17% until Weed’s Sculpting skill proficiency reached level 7.
“A magnum opus or two should be enough.”
Sculpting growth became slower the more it grew, but the situation was more than enough to make him ambitious. However, since he had sculpted Goddess Freya and the Idol of Lugh, he couldn’t make other sculptures of Gods that didn’t align well.
“This is enough for a huge stone sculpture.”
An idol of Night, the Thief, or the Barbarian would took a long time to sculpt, and they didn’t fit Morata. If he sculpted an idol for Thieves that ended up making the public safety fall and increasing the number of Thieves, it would inevitably be a big problem. An idol of the Barbarian was also out since their robust physiques scared residents unless it was a place where individuals of the Barbarian race lived.
“It doesn’t matter. There’s lots of things to sculpt.”
Weed reversed his grip on the sculpting knife. Since many tourists were gathering to look at the Idol of Lugh, it was now time to cook before it got too late.