Akryong Kaybern.
Thor Mountain, like other neighbouring mountains, was ruled by a dragon.
The Dragon's desire for treasure was not easily satiated; the dwarves had to constantly pay tribute or face its wrath.
The Human Villages were invaded by monsters, even if that was not the case, there were attacks from other kingdoms.
Even Morata was not safe from the invasions of monsters
While the Dragons dominated the Dwarf villages, they were safe from monster attacks but it was necessary to offer tributes in return.
It was just unconditionally bad, but it wouldn’t be confiscated. Sometimes Dragons managed monsters under their command and gave consideration for the new mines that should be developed. More than half of the mithril and iron ore from these mines as well had to be paid up.
In addition, Dwarf warriors were allowed to hunt in the mountains, and even in this case, the dragons did not punish them.
Dragons view Dwarves as troublesome and taken only for any work, whether it was one or a few, it was viewed as only one worker. The monsters were just worms living in their own area.
There was no reason to interfere or bother.
There were five dragons known to live in the Thor kingdom but it was said White Dragon/Akryong Kaybern had the most treasure.
Thor Kingdom had a phase transition where it repeatedly had earlier development, but even then it was not the top country because of the Dragons.
Thor Kingdom gathered mercenaries and periodically raised the heat in the fight against the Dragons and ended up with no income at all. Currently, even having one mercenary participating in the duty was rare.
Weed left the pub after eating a simple meal of bread and milk
‘Nonetheless, it’s the Dwarves’ life.’
All you’d hear from the dwarves were exaggerated.
When poverty strikes, it was a habit to spend time where there was beer and meat!
In the Dwarf village it was necessary to overcome the high taxes in order to live.
Using the highest quality ore in the continent as foundation to make weapons, there was growth in skills and the famous Dwarf artisans continued their infinite orders.
Dwarves who left Thor Kingdom to make a fortune sold weapons and armor, and even managed to become lords in the kingdom with the money.
Guilds supply goods in order to build a strong network of high level players to expand their forces.
There were a considerable number of blacksmiths with ambition on the Versailles continent.
Weed entered the Sculptors’ guild
The Sculptors’ guild was generally used by the majority of Thor kingdom's Dwarves.
Understanding how important dexterity was, they learnt sculpting as it was a fast way to raise this stat.
There were many Dwarves in the guild but they did not pay attention to Weed thanks to the perfect sculpture shapeshift.
“Tsk Tsk, you’re still nowhere near perfection, you have much to learn.”
The Dwarf Instructor was consistently dealing with the Dwarves with a prickly attitude.
“You craft weapons with little care for art, didn’t you know doing this will cause you trouble in time? With lack of art you can make strong weapons but they will be far from perfection.”
“Learning about breathing life into weapons by coming to the Sculptors’ guild? Looks like the Blacksmith guild taught well. But it’s too early. At least the weapons will be created properly after coming. The stuff will be full of defects, how would they breathe life into it without having expression.”
“These Dwarves are incompetent”
The words of the Instructor did not budge the Dwarves.
‘How many more of these actions does this navvy mean.’
‘Tired, sick and tired of this. This guy’s way of production is so long.’
Bowing his head respectfully while lamenting, he withdrew.
The higher the blacksmith skill, the better the created goods, and (they are) recognised from around the land.
Even if they had complaints, the Dwarves endured it.
In order have the blacksmith skills to create any kind of weapon, fast improvement of dexterity was essential.
For such dexterity, it was best to familiarise yourself with sculpturing. Sculpturing did help a bit to make and develop/become other items, but it was outright intolerable.
The Dwarf instructor told Weed to await his turn.
“Art Hand is here to create a way of expression. To ask for new instructions in cultivating the way of art.”
“What?”
The Dwarf Instructor listened with an unbelieving look. On the face full of wrinkles, convulsions were taking place. He was stroking his beard and forgot his grumbling attitude.
“What did you just say.”
“I said I came here to learn about new techniques.”
Ungseong-ungseong.
“What did that Dwarf just say?”
“New techniques, what on earth does that mean?“
“What level of sculpting does he have?”
The Dwarves could not believe it. This is because they had yet to see a user who said that..
As sculpting mastery increased, better skills could be learnt!
Until now they had not considered bothering to learn, but at the Sculptors’ guild in the Dwarf Village, they oddly decided to come and learn. Compared to the benefits of learning the skills at other Dwarven guilds, it was not even a third of the cost.
The Dwarf Instructor guided Weed towards the Elf Neck sculpture that was on display.
“I’ll give you a chance to prove that you have the sufficient qualities of a Sculptor. Then...let me see a display of your craftsmanship.”