For Weed, another reason why he must unconditionally complete the current given quest appeared.
A second quest.
Many have desperate sought out the Intermediate Training Center, only to discover that it was in fact the Hero’s Tower in the Versailles continent.
The Intermediate Training Center presented in the form of a quest.
‘At the very least, I need to reach the third floor.’
Unknown difficulty!
The Basic Training Center and the Beginner Training Center was considerably difficult. For the BaTC, it required a tremendous amount of patience; whereas the BeTC forces one to face an oncoming group without a single rest while going through a dark passage.
For the ones that have no combat sense, they would never be able to break through the passage.
Weed had passed the Beginner Training Center back in the day; at the time, only 400 contestants passed the challenge in Versailles continent.
‘That number prolly increased a lot more now.’
The Geomchis also passed the BeTC through the use of martial arts.
Now, the locations of the BeTC were no longer a secret.
So those that have passed the BaTC will most likely try and challenge the BeTC. There were those who’ve encountered failure; but through efforts, most succeeded.
At this point, there were about 3,000 people who have passed the BeTC.
But for those who have passed the Intermediate Training Center, the number did not exceed 150.
By passing each of the two training centers, one can obtain stronger skills or new abilities.
Weed made up his mind.
“Ima sneak into Todeum. I’ll map out the Unicorns and Pegasus’ locations and their number, I’ll also look for their weakness.”
“No no no!”
“That’s suicide!”
The party was trying to discourage everyone. But Weed was stubborn.
“We need information if we are to enter Todeum. In any case, we’re gunna have to launch an attack anyway.”
“If that’s why, I’ll go with you.”
“Hyeong nim, I’ll regret it if I let you do this alone.”
Pale and Zephyr tried to offer their assistance for the infiltration.
Weed shook his head.
“Your power is important that Pale nim remains to watch out for our members.”
“Hm?”
“The Archer’s skills are essential to detect any Unicorn and Pegasus roaming around.”
Pale could not deny it.
It was the characteristic of the Archers. The party’s safely rely heavily on their power.
Though with weak defense, low vitality to take on opponents attack, and can be charmed; but in this case with flying monsters, the Archer was the most essential.
Hwaryeong smiled slightly.
“Then I’ll go with you too.”
“Hwaryeong nim can’t go either. It’d be dangerous at any moment and I won’t be able to accommodate you all the while.”
“If Weed and I are together, we can work around the fact that a singular are more susceptible to a surprise attack, don’t you want that?”
“If more people are coming, there’ll be a higher probability for us to be founded out. So I’m gonna do this alone.”
“Will you be alright?”
“This isn’t the first time I’ve gone on a reconnaissance on a horde of monsters.”
Hwaryeong did not hide her deep affection or discomfort.
“How long until you come back?”
“If it’s a short while, maybe a day, longest will take a couple of days.”
“Hm? Why is it that long?”
“Because Todeum is a large castle. To check up on everything, I need that much time.”
“Wouldn’t it be fine if we look on from just the entrance?”
“I’d start with that anyway. In additional to identify the location of the monsters, we need to have a deeper look into Todeum.”
Weed’s aim was a thorough inspection.
It was a must to identify Todeum’s geography, to the location and the number of the enemies. In addition, he must find the most secure path to the Unicorn and Pegasus at each location.
If they didn’t accept the quest, it didn’t matter. But since the quest was accepted, they must succeed for the compensation rather than going in blindly.
Yurin readily held out her sketchbook.
“Brother, do you want to use my sketchbook?”
“Huh?”
“Whether the positions of monsters or locations of traps, it’d be easier for you to draw them out.”
“Ah!”
The words made sense!
Adventurers and artists alike, they all had the skill to create maps by default. Adventurers could make map by pinning down the exact coordinates of monsters and traps or list information regarding dungeons, but it all pale in comparison to the Painter’s accurate illustrations.
“I didn’t learn how to draw.”
“I’ll bestow it. You’ll learn it fast.”
Weed took a bit of time to learn how to draw from Yurin.
The skill acquisition process was just to simply draw an apple. Since Weed’s Wisdom and Dexterity was unusually high, he could learn it easily and drop it later.
Meanwhile, Hwaryeong and Irene did not hide their expectation.
“Since he could sculpts so excellently, he’ll learn how to draw in minutes.”
“He could really do all sort of works(art), huh?”
Contrary to their speculations, Weed’s illustration was hard to look at.
The apple looked like a rat had munched on it!
Rather than a round apple, it looked like an elongated melon!
He redrew the simple apple several times because he kept committing mistakes.
Because art requires time.
In order to draw a picture, the minimum requirement was a sketchbook and a pencil. In addition, crayons or paint or such were necessities to paint the picture.
So for Weed, the lack of such said materials meant he never drew once before. Therefore, to say he had no sense on how to paint was not an exaggeration.
From his beginning, the ‘talent’ to sculpt was built through vigilance endeavor rather than talent itself.
He continued to sculpt to increase the skill’s proficiency.
And through every piece his work became better and better and his selling price increase!
Without a single loss in concentration, he continued to work on the picture and became susceptible to the defects and modified them.
Then it became easier for Weed to draw a fitting picture, but there was a big mistake.
He still did not learn how to paint nor did he want to, and there was a reason why