Wah-il, let’s go!”
Weed left Debkart mountain on his Wyvern.
"Identify!"
Helium : Durability 3,000/3,000
A metal called the Tear of God.
A source of infinite Holy Power and Mana.
Can be refined into weapons and armor as well as sculptures.
Restrictions : A high level furnace is required to refine.
Requires Advance Sculpting Level 6.
In order to refine into weapons and armor, Advanced Blacksmith level 8 is required.
Because Helium is not a common object, it needs a furnace.
“I guess I’ll use the furnace back at Morata.” Weed said to himself, since it required both a large furnace and careful tempering. (PR/N: Tempering - is a process of heat treating, which is used to increase the toughness of iron-based alloys making it less brittle.)
It needed to be placed in a large furnace with constant high heat, but Helium has similar properties to gold and needs careful tempering.
“I’ll just have to hold onto this for a while.”
Although he had been aiming to get the Helium for a while, his current Sculpting skill was still at Advance level 7.
So he made fire sculptures continuously to raise his Sculpting proficiency.
Soon his Advance Sculpting skill would reach level 8.
Even if the improvement was slow he still decided to wait until he was able to make use of the rare material with his raised skill level.
“Hurry up sculpting skills, I need to learn Disaster Sculpting.”
Weed ignored hunting and exploring and only focused on sculpting.
Nature Sculpting required a long time to learn and it only got more difficult as the levels increased.
‘I can’t delay learning the 5th Sculpting skill any longer.’
“Let’s go to the depths of the Grey Mountains.”
‘Isn't there a saying that even a village dog can learn new tricks after 3 years?’(T/N: Another one of Weed’s sayings.)
This means how important it is to be in a conducive environment.
Weed entered the mountains near the valley to work on his sculpture.
He trained his skill using water and dirt to make sculptures. Nature Sculpting became Intermediate Level 3.
At night, he could hear the monsters’ loud noises as they were fighting outside.
There was even harsh winds and it often rained.
When the mountain becomes silent that’s when the monsters come out.
“I’m still making sculptures.”
He had 43 days left until Balkan’s Quest.
Yurin whispered to him while he was sculpting.
- Oppa, What are you doing?
Weed was making a mermaid out of rocks and water.
He had found that making sculptures of things with a high affinity to nature like elves, fairies and mermaids would result in a better sculpture.
Human, Dwarves, and Barbarians races didn’t make good subjects when making nature sculptures. Even if it was made, the end result was not desirable.
-I’m making sculptures. Where are you?
-I’m at Bardem’s mountain
-How did you get there?
-I heard the scenery was good so I came out to paint.
She had been using the Picture Teleportation skill to travel freely across the Versailles Continent.
An idea struck Weed’s head.
'There are plenty of large mountain and lakes in the Versailles Continent. If you could make art in those locations the experience would be way higher.'
Nature Sculpting greatly depended on the environment so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to wander around while sculpting.
Ma-Sen Kingdom's Bardem Mountain.
Overlooking the scenic capital city they could see Novice Castle and wide plains, it was a beautiful place.
With Yurin's help he was able to get there quickly. After Weed arrived he saw many users that came to play.
‘Its bourgeois'
The most active place were still mainly in Rosenheim Kingdom, when compared with Morata’s Players their higher levels were unparalleled.
A third of the players were over Level 200!
There were also many people wearing Level 300 equipment.
“The war never ends.”
“I think they’re trying to end it this time.”
“30,000 soldiers died, there were really that many casualties?”
"They got slaughtered while trapped inside their castle. Their spirit must have been broken. Still a lot of the army is left."
The news of the Central Continent’s war even reached the Bardem mountain.
"Get your portraits drawn. Couples should make fond memories."
Yurin was making money while sketching.
Like the fairy tales drawn in warm and cute colors, she was popular among the Players.
Weed sat down on the ground and made preparations to sculpt. He wore old clothes on purpose so he wouldn’t draw much attention from other users.
‘I’m going to try and make the Novice Castle.’
The mixed water and the dirt became dough in his hands.
He stacked the mud in the form of a mountain and used the dirt to make the large open field.
Novice Castle was made carefully with his hands.
It took four hours but the king's garden, road, market, carriage, and the people were captured with exquisitely accurate detail.
The users who were waiting to be drawn by Yurin and even the tourist started to take interest in Weed's sculpture.
The sculpture’s size was about the size of a queen mattress and it was an exact replica of the Novice Castle's surrounding.
Even the park where they were currently in was included. It even had replicas of Yurin drawing and Weed sculpting.
“Look at that. It’s incredibly well made.”
“I think he’s a Sculptor.”
Sometimes he would grab the shaped mud and use his knife to cut it.
The Players were impressed and surprised at the swift speed.
While watching the mud sculpture on the stone slab, Weed was slightly satisfied.
Unlike sculpting trees he didn't need skills to shave the corner, it was even easier than sculpting with water.
"I think its made pretty similarly. Nature Sculpturing!”
After lightly starting the skill the mountain he had made with stacked mud hardened and even grew small tiny trees on it.
In the plain region wheat fields began to spread.It’s gathering Nature’s power and magically transforming the sculpture!
- Choose a name for your sculpture.
“Bardem Mountains where my sister and I used to play.”
Is “Barden Mountains where my sister and I used to play” correct?
“Yes.”
Ding!
Fine Art! “Bardem Mountains where my sister and I used to play”.
Borrowing from the earth the Sculptor expresses his feelings through the land as a sculpture.
The power of nature is infused in this sculpture.
Artistic Value: 559
Special Options: Looking on “Barden Mountains where my sister and I used to play” grants 11% increased Health and Mana Regeneration.
The force of nature improves nearby elementals.
Plants grow 4% faster.
Increased grain harvest.
Only one sculpture effect can be active at a time.
Current number of Fine pieces completed: 95
Sculpting Skill has improved.
Handicraft has improved to Advanced Level 8. Skills using hand tools improve an additional 8%, this skill affects more skills.
Nature Sculpting has improved.
Fame: +197
Willpower: +3
Art: +7
By creating a Fine Piece Nature Affinity has increased by 8. Nature affinity impacts the impact and scope of nature skills.
Creating a pure sculpture has reduced Undead Power by 4.