Here and there, the divine beasts collapsed.
With Tori, Van Hawk, Zephyr and the party concentrated on attacking, this creature also fell; and the number increased as they fell to the hands of the Geomchis.
“Iyat. We did it!”
“Master, we got him!”
The monster that Geomchi’s group was dealing with also died.
Under Weed’s intensity, another Pegasus fell pretty soon; afterward, these divine creatures clung to each other.
With Geomchi2 and Geomchi3’s hunting competition, more and more creatures collapsed.
“Puhihing!”
The monsters that were put to sleep by Hwaryeong woken up only to realize they were getting pummeled!
Later, nine additional Unicorns busted through.
Although their intrusion was a momentary crisis, Weed and the Geomchis have thoroughly refined themselves during the struggles of the earlier battle, hunted these down.
After which, it looked as if they have hunted all the monsters.
Ttiring!
Fought against the Shinsu in the 1st castle of Todeum.
Remaining castles: 46.
Reputation rise by 30.
Receives an additional 60% combat experiences.
They obtained additional compensation in correlation to the hunt.
Presently, Weed and his party, along with the Geomchis, their Reputations had been dragged through the mud.
- Mean and Petty Archer – Pale.
- The Vile Merchant Who Can Eat Children For Money – Mapan.
- Fists are Louder than Words – Sureuka.
During the course of doing all the Vampire quests, they were given bad titles and also the declination of their Reputation.
However, by winning battles, they could make up their Reputation little by little.
The achievements through the battles could be great.
Through physically beating all these divine creatures, not only vast quantities of items were acquired; but also, the Vampires who were asleep in Tori’s castle arisen.
“Greeting my Lord.”
The Vampire Queen and the followers joined!
A troop of 100 Vampires obtained.
These guys’ levels were around the mid late 200s, but nonetheless, more power was added.
The practitioners, however, faced a loss of 28 deaths.
The largest amount of 12 deaths was during the initial clash.
Mid of the battle, some were killed in combat; the second intrusion of the Unicorns took out seven more.
“We got this vampire castle.”
Those who were still alive toured the castle’s halls.
The place was decorated with old arts and crafts!
It was filled with many precious treasures such as gold or silver candlestick holders, and swords embedded with sapphires or opals.
Weed and Mapan seemed to have made a secret oath with a quick eye contact, and went separate ways.
And as they moved forward, each and every time the valuables they passed disappeared moments later!
Swiishh!
For a simple reason to earn additional income, they left nothing remained.
Even with the items where they couldn’t see the monetary values using ‘Feeling.’
Due to their Rarity, Artistic Value, Historical Value, their prices varied.
Although the armors and the swords had practical uses; but in actual practice, their values dropped in accordance to their low Durability.
Weed addressing these points and asked.
“What do you think the price for all these is?”
Mapan agonized and replied at the end.
“Most of these artworks are Common. Altogether, the maximum we can get for these are 12,000 Gold.”
Weed nodded.
The suggested price was somewhere around what he initially figured.
Since these artworks weren’t the really good items, it was difficult to sell a huge sum of them.
“I’ll try to sell all of these. After which, we’ll evenly split the profit.”
“Yes!”
In the case of valuable works of art, they were valued as collectibles; but to these guys, that meant little in comparison to the monetary gain.
And then, they stumbled onto a picture they had never seen before in the middle of their ‘hunt.’
From the picture on the wall, a strange energy wafted out within it.
A pale vampire was staring at the nape of a girl longingly could be seen.
You have witnessed ‘The Longing Face Masterpiece.’
Perhaps the painter was intimidated by a vampire to paint such a picture.
This was not an amazing work by such an exceptional painter.
In addition, few mistakes were committed from fear in parts of the work that declined its overall rating.
•Fighting Spirit will increase by 10%.
•In the dark, stats will rise by 7.
•In the dark, Recovery Rate will increase by 15%.
By looking at the picture, some abilities could be increased.
“Well then, let’s go to the next castle.”
Weed visited another castle.
This castle seemed to be slightly larger than that of Tori’s!
In this castle, there were 32 more.
Again, Weed with the Geomchis stood at the forefront as the vanguards.
The newly acquired Vampire forces will have their chance not much later to enter the battle.
Reason being that they were too weak and could be easily dealt by these divine creatures.
Growth of the Vampires!
The group was being thoughtful: to keep the Vampires from death and have them grow stronger.
The experiences the Vampires acquired from these divinities were enormous.
Through just one single battle, Weed also gained more than 20%; while the Geomchis nearly obtain another level as the battle finished.
After which, the number of liberated Vampires in this castle was 110.
Thanks to the experiences accumulated from the first battle, only 16 of the Geomchis lost their lives.
At this point, Weed said.
“We still have too many people dying during the battle. If we keep this going with an upward of 10 people die at every battle, then before long, all of us are gonna get wiped out by these creatures way before we can liberate Todeum. From now on, we’re gonna keep the damage taken to a minimum.”
They have already learned how to deal with the Unicorn and Pegasus.
Weed, to over the shortcomings of the group, pulled out the materials he had been saving.
The Rotting Dragon.
The materials were obtained from the dragon hunt.
From which Weed made weapons and armors out of them.
Bone Sword:
Durability 130/130.
Damage 64~79.
Sword made of from bones of a dragon!
To use such corrosive material into the blade is not a good idea.
Though, it’s sufficient enough to function as a sword.
To repair this item requires a highly skilled blacksmith.
Restriction:
Cannot be used by Paladins.
Level 300.
Agility 520.Option:
This was created with extreme delicacy, so it’s easier to use.
Requirement reduced by 20%.
+200 Reputation.
+30 Agility.
Poison damage will inflict an additional 60 HP points per second.
From fear and metastasis, atrophy with monsters rises.
Foul odor.
Bone Chest Armor:
Durability 130/130.
Defense 85.
The armor has a fatal flaw!
Since the armor is made out of old bones, if it was to receive a singular large enough impact, it will break.
Restriction:
Cannot be used by Paladins.
Level 320.
Strength 650.Option:
This was created with extreme delicacy, so it’s easier to use.
Requirement reduced by 20%.
Reduce physical damage.
+35% Magic Defense.
Immune to all Confusion magic.
Foul odor.
Blacksmith skill proficiency increased by 2.3%.
Blacksmith skill proficiency increased by 3.1%.
The rotting bones of the dragon gave an unbelievable amount of proficiency.
The completed sword and armor weren’t at the highest levels, but they were more brilliant than expected.
“While there aren’t that many effects given, but I think each should be able to fetch at least 20,000 Gold.”
If he had better blacksmithing techniques, he would have been able to reach the extreme capabilities the materials could give out.
However, these were the maximum output for them since Weed was rather lacking in blacksmithing techniques.
To make a sword required at least 3 kilograms of the dragon’s bones!
To make either shield or armor required as much as 5~15Kg of the bones.
He obtained a total of 230Kg of dragon bones from the hunt!
He made a total of 10 swords, and the rest went into shields and armors.
Each person a bone armor set!
Ttiring!
Have obtained Blacksmith Intermediate level 4.
Created items’ Attack and Defense increase by a certain value.
Improve ability to handle weapons and may inflict additional damages.
Have acquired the title ‘Blacksmith with Extensive Experiences.’
+350 Reputation.
Weed’s skill level had risen by one.
Furthermore, the Intermediate level 5 wasn’t that much further away.
Weed’s made weapons and armors were offered to Geomchi and the instructors.
“Master, please take.”
“Is it really?”
“Yes. I was saving these materials but it made me just as happy to make these weapons for Master.”
“Weed.”
Short word and grim demeanor!
To interject in this requires delicate timing.
The hesitant feeling will decrease as the effect if the gifts slowly loosen their grips.
Weed did not miss the moment.
“In this stead, if you don’t mind, can some of the smithing and sewing materials you get from the Unicorns and Pegasus go to me…”
“No problem. Take all you’ll need from us.”
Geomchi and the instructors value little regarding the materials.
So after little deliberation, Weed was able to take them.
Some of the practitioners also divided up the weapons and armors; instead in an immediate trade, they offered their promises instead.
From then on, the battles against the creatures were much easier.
The swords, shields, and armors played a major role in this.
Thanks to the help of the given defenses, the number of deaths greatly reduced; as the battles raged on, only about 5~6 people died in each.
They were still going after the smaller castles; and among them, the number of tag-along Vampires increased significantly.