Hunting with Seo Yoon, Dark Gamers and Sculpture Lifeforms was productive, but every night a loud cry could be heard from someplace. Every time this happened, a flock of birds flew off from the forest and the tribes living in Grapass moved their habitats.
“Master, this place looks dangerous.”
Bingryong sensed something was off.
‘That might be the boss monster of Grapass.’
In Jigolaths he suffered all kinds of toil and wrapped it up killing Kubicha, the Great Warrior of Chaos, by playing both sides. Weed set himself a rule to avoid such a situation and so when he reached level 406, he decided to leave the Grapass region. While it was regretful that he could not continue to hunt ceaselessly, meeting Zahab and surviving the forbidden region was still a great success.
“For now I need to send off the items to Morata.”
Weed instructed the Wyverns to carry the sculptures to the lord’s manor in Morata.
“Wy-One.”
“Keewk. Kaawak.”
“Don’t try to fly off to eat something, this needs to go immediately to the lord’s manor.”
“Kakakaw. As master commands, I won’t eat any fish and go straight away.”
“If I see any bones between your teeth, you're dead.”
“I will go straight to Morata.”
He appointed Bingryong and Phoenix to support the Wyverns while they were moving. With this many Sculpture Lifeforms, they should not encounter any trouble on their way to Morata. And it was a given that they had to handle the cargo preciously as it was the sculptures containing the secret sword skill.
The Dark Gamers and Hwaryeong agreed to meet in Morata later on.
“Then let’s meet again later. Please contact me when you come back!”
“Yes. Hwaryeong-nim please go safely.”
They decided to ride on the Wyverns who were bereft of any load. While it was obvious Hwaryeong would return to Morata where the rest of her party was, it came as a great surprise that the Dark Gamers would abandon Brent Kingdom, their original gathering point.
‘That sword skill, it looks formidable.’
‘It’s truly magnificent. It would be a great help when fighting against monsters and our opponent will be confounded when they see it for the first time.’
Whenever Weed and Seo Yoon used the Radiant Sword, the Dark Gamers’ eyes became covetous. Of all the sword skill they knew, it was a technique that was not known at all!
‘They said Zahab was a Sword Master so they must have learnt it from him.’
‘There is a high chance it’s one of the secret sword skills.’
The Dark Gamers became overly friendly.
“I am out of bandages.”
“Weed-nim, here use these bandages.”
“This is a bandage set I have never used before, please have it.”
“I also don’t have any arrows left.”
“Here, please take my quiver. It’s an enchanted quiver so it can store up to five hundred arrows. Please don’t feel any obligations and use it as you will. You don’t have to return it. ”
When Weed spoke of his needs, they offered it to him immediately. It was because they had hope that maybe, Weed would teach them the secret sword skill. Of course, due to Weed’s greed he wanted to keep Zahab’s secret sword skill to himself.
The sculptures he made, that allowed the secret sword skill to be grasped, were a treasure that he was only going to allow the Geomchis to know of. No matter who else asked, he could not expose the secret sword skill to anyone. But the possibility of someone else appearing, knowing the Radiant Sword was high as Zahab was out in the world. When that time came, he could bargain a good deal with the Dark Gamers.
In the case of Seo Yoon, she said she had something to do in Rosenheim Kingdom and decided to go with Weed. It was time for Wy-Three to lift his heavy buttocks to fly, so he was tottering unsteadily as he got into position.
“Wy-Three.”
“Gyaruk?”
“I am going to go with you.”
“Gagagak!”
Wy-Three prostrated while crying. And so Weed, Seo Yoon and Wy-Three flew toward Rosenheim Kingdom.
“Wy-Three, should I make you a set of clothes?“
The third Wyvern, Wy-Three’s beak stretched to the breaking point as he nodded his head.
‘The master puts me under a lot of hardship but I am the one he takes care of the most.’
“I will make it out of thick fabric as the weather is cold.”
“Master, I am grateful that you even considered making me cloth.”
“I found your back cold and hard while riding on it for a long time. At least it should have a cosy blanket on top. Ah, I should make pillows as well.”
“.....”
Wy-Three was getting concerned that if there was sufficient space on his back, he would be forced to fly while carrying tables and chairs!
While flying to Rosenheim Kingdom, Weed made moonlight sculptures. Seo Yoon’s hair fluttered in the wind while she watched him work. There were moments when men who were absorbed in their work were attractive.
But Seo Yoon was as beautiful as a goddess even when she was absentminded. She was sitting there with the stars and the moon shining high in the sky as her background. Her hair fluttering in the wind. Whenever Weed used the moonlight sculpting skill, it even added unnecessary light effects. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it transformed her already beautiful face into a precious treasure!
“As I explore the breadth and depth of sculpting I feel as if it has endless potential.”
While Weed used his sculpting knife, he was deeply moved by the originality of Zahab’s sculptures.
“The world where sculptures can be sold expensively is coming.”
For sculptors it was a future where they truly could not hope for more. If they could eat and live on sculptures, if they could hang all their hopes and dreams on their path as sculptors, it would be true happiness.
*****
Rosenheim Kingdom!
Compared to the past when Weed started, there were many changes. High-end stores were established and the general attire of the beginners was of high quality.
“Rosenheim Kingdom has grown quite big.”
Weed and Seo Yoon, riding on the Wyvern, landed on the mountain some distance away and walked the rest of the distance to the kingdom’s capital, Serabourg Citadel.
There were even some merchants and adventurers passing by that could recognize Weed.
“I am back in my true hometown. ”
The time he sold off a considerable amount of sheep sculptures and the equally enormous number of victims who bought his pieces at exorbitant prices. And the players who suffered carrying heavy boulders for the sake of building the pyramid! If he looked back and recalled the good memories, they were a very welcoming people.
Weed and Seo Yoon hurried their pace.
“There is so much I have to do in the city.”
The item drops from Grapass filled four bags to the brim. He had to dispose of the needless items and meet up with the old handmaiden.
“Finally, I get to sing that song.”
Seo Yoon had a somewhat worried look on her face. The reason she had such a look was that she had heard Weed practising that song. Compared to Zahab’s euphonious, dulcet voice Weed’s talent was a thousand light years away! It was an odd sound like a rooster crowing timidly in the morning.
‘Will it be alright? I hope nothing bad happens.’
Seo Yoon worriedly followed after him.
Weed had just entered the castle gate of Serabourg and was about to go to the Square when the knights and soldiers guarding Rosenheim Kingdom’s gates came and surrounded him. The players nearby started pointing fingers and became rowdy.
“Ara, what’s happening with that guy?”
“Did he commit some crime and is trying to come back into the city?”
“Alright. There’s finally something to see. He’s going to be beaten to death by the soldiers.”
“Looking at his equipment, he's not a complete novice but could he stand up to the soldiers?”
“So what. Then he would become a public enemy of the Rosenheim Kingdom and they will dispatch the army to kill him.”