Chapter 2: Sculptor’s Gallery
Weed looked back at the road several times.
“This is not it?”
“….”
“Well, let’s go back.”
The number of times that they went the wrong way had already exceeded twelve. Dead ends, dangerous roads that cannot be passed, roads that were too narrow…They had to turn back every time they encountered those!
The ground made it difficult to judge the direction of north, south, east, and west. In addition, the basement dungeons were interconnected, like a complex structure. Since it was so complex, heading to the desired destination was difficult.
Moreover, the place where one would predict helium to be, was unclear.
Seo Yoon hesitantly held out a hand.
“Can I look at the map?”
Weed handed a map of the underground.
“Do what you want. But this map is too complex to easily find out a way to go.”
Because she is sure to be held responsible for the failure of the operation!
“I think we should go there.”
“You think so? Indeed, people can possibly make mistakes. Well, let’s go this way anyway.”
Weed thought in his mind without saying anything, but still followed.
Looking at the map, Seo Yoon guided them to place with a break between sharp stalactites, where there was clean water falling that they could drink. Since Weed became human again, he has to eat like everyone else. Getting drinkable water was no longer a problem anymore now.
“Here’s a bunch of stalactites. We should go to that side…”
“Here, there is also a dungeon. Then let’s go into the dungeon.”
From the passage, the entrance of a large tense dungeon came out.
Weed was lost trying to move in the right direction, but Seo Yoon knew exactly how to find a way.
In order to recover his wounded pride, Weed said to Yellowy:
“I knew the way originally”
“Uh eummeo …”
Yellowy stretched out and yawn.
Thanks to Seo Yoon, the way was easy to find and they were able to save time.
In addition, since the passage was bigger, they could fight better.
You have witnessed “Wandering Hope” by the sculptor Pieche.
Art stat increased by 2.
For appreciating an excellent artwork, sculpting skill proficiency has raised slightly.
They found a sculpture in the passage. Torches in the dark pathways were there to light up the statues!
“In Jigolaths, an engraver came to make this.”
The Helium mine that was estimated to be at a place still far away was near a place like this.
“Identify!”
Weed perhaps wanted to take advantage of the sculptural memories skill to find the way.
Weapons and armor, you can tell directly instead of needing to touch a special part of the work like the sculptural memories skill.
Weed was trying to find the memories of the sculpture and what it saw.
“It’s dark. So dark.”
“….”
The place was dark and the sculpture had been made in the dark. It had never seen anything, so it did not have much memories.
“Let’s continue to move this way…”
Sculptors in the underground passage carved outstanding works. The works were too precious.
“I absolutely have to use this chance to get more art stat.”
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Users of the Haven Kingdom were angry. The thieves’ actions were like deliberately playing a joke to make them suffer. As well, the reinforcements from the Hermes guild had unpleasant expressions.
“We were in this place two hours before…”
They were confident that they only needed 3-4 days to find Weed. They should have met Weed already. A bunch of battles have made them nervous and they had to fight hard against big monsters like fire giants. They were also hunting, wiping out large groups of monsters; Hermes guild was advancing.
Five days after entering the Inferno dungeon, they found the magic circle and a number of stats went up.
“You feel refreshed after a hard adventure and you get rewards as well.”