On the wall of the mine, a previous sculptor had chiseled in these words;
The sculptures from the continent are declining.
New materials and new craftsmanship are needed to challenge and surpass this decay.
Creating new sculptures made of Helium will bring back the great honor that sculptors once held.
Is the legend of Helium really true?
Or is it just a man-made myth generated by greed?
Helium that is an endless source of mana.
Could it really be made into a sculpture?
Dig, endless digging always.
Here, time seems without measure, you just age.
Now our songs no longer empower us
Why is the pursuit of art such a foolish thing?
Something was uncovered by my pickaxe.
I was expecting Helium……but it was a rock.
What the hell…. how many rocks have I mined?
I think coming here became pointless…
These words are filled with regrets.
There were no sculptures made of Helium but there were a few very rare items made with blacksmith skills.
In the continent, several items such as swords, armor, holy relics and certain sacred stones made with Helium were able to emit limitless mana. The value of such things is enormous.
Unless it’s completely broken or crushed it will produce mana endlessly.
The ancient legacy of Helium was also thought to be tied somehow into the Dragons power, the eldest Dragons were known to have hoarded it.
Weed was certain that the Helium was here.
“It just needs a construction worker like me to make that story come true!”
It’s not hard to dig, it’s the finding that’s difficult.
“It’s sorta like dragon hunting, you can’t just ask a dragon to show up, Helium mining is more complex than that.”
It’s like going to a wedding dinner yet you somehow come home starving and there’s nothing in the house to eat but food stamps. Weed could not even imagine things working like that, since that contradicts the laws of nature!
Ox bone soup, breaded port cutlets or a cold buffet spread, basic common sense would tell anyone to at least provide drinks and a hearty meal for guest who would attend your wedding.
“Let’s take a look at what the other guys dug up.”
Weed assumed that the sculptor’s might have left something important and was searching for it. There was a sack of rotted wood handles with blunt ends whose use seemed questionable.
“For this work I’ll need a tool…”
Weed, using his blacksmith skills created a pickaxe with a mixture of steel and a small amount of Mithril. He was using high-quality materials but it could be recovered by just melting it again so there was no loss.
*klang! klang! Klang!*
Weed’s digging was top notch. Endless hours slipped away.
He had been digging the ground for at least a day but there was no Helium.
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-You have obtained tier 2 iron ore.
-You have obtained a small amount of copper ore
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Sometimes finding some minerals was the only consolation.
*Ting!*
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– Skill earned due to repetitive tasks-
Beginner Mining Level 1(0%): a miner’s skill.
-Skill needed to dig in the mines’ grounds.
-Slightly increases the effectiveness of pickaxes and shovels.
-Will increase in strength and perseverance as the skill grows.
-If you find high quality minerals, your luck and fame will increase.
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“Shit!”
Weed while continuing to use the pickaxe was reflecting and feeling full of anger for being so stupid.
There were a huge variety of ways to raise skill stats with drudgery. Digging in the ground did allow you to earn the mining skill, yet he should have leveled it up a long time ago.
“I am still lacking.”
Weed was caught off guard for that moment and his heart felt despondent….so he just needed to work harder. He could make a sculpture to increase his stats for the day but they would only go up once.
“If I only had a few months to mine what I wished out of the earth…”
With that much time even his low mining skills would become useful!
Minerals, by the way, are consumed by a sculptor and blacksmith. Both professions need to experience mining at least once.
After the skill was generated,Weed had improved it a little. It slightly reduced the consumption of stamina, while it also widened the range the pickaxe could dig.
But this was a big mine with just this much skill it was going to be very tiring.
“I guess I should slightly improve the efficiency.”
Weed with the remaining Mithril made a plow for Yellowy.
“It’s all about the people close to you. With my support you can eat a lot. But, you can’t just eat for free . If you work diligently you’ll get two coppers each day.”
Food… for the sake of eating Yellowy allowed Weed to harness him.
“Master takes such good care of me. You don’t use me on a real farm and have my nose pierced.”
Using bribes was a sure way to use Yellowy to increase the efficiency of the operation. However, the mining areas were broad enough to build apartment buildings.
“Nevertheless, humans have limitations.”
It had been a long time since Weed made the statue of the Orc Karichwi. The unmatched ugly face remained the same but it had grown in important ways. His robust muscular shoulders and strong legs were at least 50% bigger.
“Sculpture Transformation!”
The Orc has a lot of work muscle which is why he wanted to transform.
“Let’s give it a try! Chwiik!”
In the undead state, there were two advantages, infinite stamina and no need to eat food. However when it comes to strength, Orcs were better.
An Orc’s main trade was it’s superior strength, as a clan they were ignorant and blindly moved on instinct alone. When transformed into such an uncivilized tribe he would not be able to take advantage of many skills.
However the strength levels when using the Orc Karichwi allowed mining to become much more effective. So he was better off using that form since he was constantly searching for Helium.
“I’ll just have to have hope and eat a lot more food.”
The Orcs weren’t just wanting to eat sooner, since they were dramatically consuming stamina they had to eat constantly. Since he couldn’t really eat Yellowy he’d have to find other ways to keep it within reasonable limits.
Due to Weeds new body size he felt that while his head was smaller his digging got better. He was definitely able use a lot more power when hitting the earth. Weed was able to gather quite a lot of ore.
*Ting!*
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