Volume 26 Chapter 3
3. Weed’s Decision
Translated by EE, Proofread by Bloodadept, MrBaconator, Britsch, Shadowlink, Froshi, Xandaar
Among the players that escaped through the underground passage were Harma, Margo, Glen and Lewis. These were the ones that crossed the Bark Mountain range with Weed and Mapan.
The four of them tried to lure Weed and Mapan into a trap, but the situation turned on them and the quartet perished instead! These four then crossed over into Rosenheim Kingdom and continued their activities, robbing even the Geomchi’s unflinchingly.
These four were part of the Ica Guild, living the life of criminals and thought of new creative ways of committing evil! They were a perfect fit for the Ica Guild, lead by the Guild Master Darius.
“I never imagined such a Guild existed. They don’t care for anything other than fame and they start Guild Wars without care.”
The Ica Guild. When they hear rumors of good farming spots, they call on their guild members to seize the spot by force. They took over dungeons discovered by others, charging high fees like it was an everyday occurrence and expropriating hard to acquire items.
“This is the guild we were looking for.”
The quartet quickly rose up the ranks to the Head Enforcers of Ica Guild. As time went by, however, the growth of the guild stagnated. Because of their comparative guild size, they committed the heinous crime of trying hostile takeovers of famous guilds on the Central Continent and soon found themselves shunned by the people.
The weak should commit enough crime so as not to be caught, but the Ica Guild overextended themselves. Members of the Ica Guild were given the finger wherever they went and their recruitment naturally dried up.
The guild collapsed soon after without achieving their dream of becoming one of the great guilds. The Guild Master Darius fled Rosenheim Kingdom for the Central Continent due to so many people hating his guts.
The nefarious four also wanted to head for the Central Continent. But there were too many grudges there so they departed for the Brent Kingdom.
In the wide and open Versailles Continent, there were opportunities for crime everywhere!
They terrorized the Brent Kingdom with their evil ways and soon their situation became tenuous. Seeing that Rosenheim Kingdom was calmer, the four decided to return.
These four were feeling out the situation in Serabourg Citadel and searching out the street corners with the most merchants when the Embinyu Church invaded.
“What are we going to do?”
“We can just try to squeeze in with some group and escape. I am sure we could get out of here alive.”
When these four tried to join the escape groups, they were found out as the backstabbing quartet and were refused.
“The world is too cruel.”
“I hope to never have to see you again!”
The four backstabbers had nothing, and were left to fend for themselves against the Embinyu Church.
But then, the War God Weed appeared in Serabourg Citadel with talks of rescuing all the refugees. The mid sized guilds threw their lot in with Weed. The relief and happiness passing through the players of Serabourg Citadel.
Just one person managed to change the mood so drastically.
“Oh, man. We are totally screwed.”
“It’s the War God Weed!”
Harma, Margo, Glen and Lewis were shattered by Weed’s sudden appearance. In hindsight, they did not know that Weed was an incredibly famous figure and only found out through their time in Rosenheim Kingdom.
“We scoffed at that he was a sculptor, but at least we got had by someone better than us.”
“Well, whatever. I got some fun memories out of it.”
The backstabbing quartet let the bygones be bygones just like that.
But after that incident, Weed went onto various epic quests! Weed was plastered all over the Hall of Fame, forums, and game channels. The four also wanted to go on adventures like Weed.
“I am so jealous.”
“Nothing is impossible for him. I’m sure if it was the War God Weed, he could demolish the Cloud Guild in an instant...”
“Even famous Guild Masters won’t dare do anything against Weed when he passes by. Do you think they could coax the dungeon toll out of him?”
“Who would try ask for a toll fee from Weed? When a person reaches that level, everyone else should be mindful of themselves.”
The backstabbing quartet exalted the War God Weed and complimented his adventures, of course, this was only after finding out that War God Weed and Sculptor Weed were one and the same.
“Do you think he still remembers us?”
“Let’s sneak past him. If we mingle with the people, it should be okay.”
The backstabbing quartet mixed in with the residents and escaped through the underground passage. As soon as they surfaced, loud roars could be heard with the sight of an Ice Troll fighting against the Karaclops. The sight of Weed commanding the Death Knight and Vampire Lord over the battle was too epic to describe.
“Hurrah for War God Weed!”
“We are eternally grateful for him rescuing us.”
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Weed recklessly thrust himself into the Karaclops flank. He looked as if he had lost his sense!
“Aaaaah!”
“Weed-nim, Nooo!”
Players screamed out in fear.
The mere sight of these massive Karaclops thumping on the battlefield was dizzying. It was terrifying and awful to just think about being grazed by the horns or being flattened by its broad legs. The players thought Weed would be quickly run over and get killed, but Weed was perfectly fine between the gaps of the herd of Karaclops.
“Move out of the way!”
“The Ice Troll went that way!”
The Embinyu Archers and Shamans were powerless to act as it was difficult to target Weed with the Karaclops in the way.
“There was this method!”
Weed was a person who lived comfortably in this world through petty tricks. Even the Geomchis acknowledged this point, that Weed adapted to any battle quickly and improvised fantastical battle strategies and tactics.
“Catch me if you can!”
Regardless of Weed’s large size, he cleverly moved in between the Karaclops’ sides. Weed moved underneath the belly of the Karaclops as they dashed toward him with their horns lowered.
KUEEEEH!
With the Karaclops hustled together, they impeded each other from showing their full might. And on top of that, whenever Weed passed by, the cold aura spread to their legs and hindered their movements.
Even then, Weed did not just scamper around dodging the attacks. This was what they call the perfect opportunity to hunt and grind for experience!
‘There are monsters spread out everywhere, I have enough strength and vitality, and there are plenty of priests backing me up.’
While this wasn’t a party, when Weed’s health fell into critical levels there were over 100 priests ready to use Healing Hand.
“Let’s have some fun!”
The spear in Weed’s hand shook as if it was about to break. Through the Sculpture Destruction supplementing the Ice Troll’s strength, the steel spear began to bend as it was swung with incredible power.
You landed a critical hit!
Crushing Blow!
The Karaclops collapsed.
You landed a critical hit!
Piercing Spear!
Karaclops defense has been ignored and it’s leg has been pierced.
“Hyaaa!”
Weed used the abundant strength of the Ice Troll and fought viciously in between the herd of Karaclops.
You landed a critical hit!
Momentary Herculean Strength has been activated.
Crushing Blow!
Karaclops is no longer able to battle.
Seeing the Karaclops beaten to the ground by Weed, the boss monster came running. Compared to the other Karaclops, the boss monster was massive, at over 9 meters and its eyes and horn shone dangerously. It was the alpha male Karaclops at level 420! The ground shook from its steps and they could be felt by all.
“It’s just a bigger version. The bigger they are the more sluggish them became.”
Seeing that Weed was currently an Ice Troll, it was hypocritical of him to say so. Regardless, it was now a match between him and the boss monster. Prolonging the fight held no advantage and no matter how risky it was, he had to win as fast as possible.
Weed stood on top of the hill, waiting for the right moment when the galloping alpha Karaclops would slow down.
‘I only need to dodge at that one moment.’
When the alpha male was within range, Weed ran into the herd of Karaclops. The alpha male couldn’t bear to trample on its own species and came to a stop, shifting its upper body.
This was the moment Weed was waiting for!