The construction of the pyramid became the hot news of Royal Road. Most of the rumors were spread by the people, directly involved in the construction.
The pyramid almost instantly appeared on the web-sites. And then several journalist teams were sent to Weed by various media sources. They wanted to record all the stages of construction, from the initial concept to the final result.
Of course the report about the pyramid could fit in a small article, but reporters wanted to spotlight the pyramid, created by player’s effort alone in detail. To show players’ feelings, their hard work, that made the construction of the pyramid possible. And they had to do it from the beginning to the end, from the moment the quest first appeared, as that was the way great history is written!
The pyramid, built by thousands of players’ hard work!
The TV producers were already thinking about making a show, where famous actors and showmen would be building their own pyramid. They thought that audience will be interested in whether someone else will be able to complete such an impossible at first glance task.
“We’ll pay you a million won.”
“If you agree to work with us, we’ll pay you 2 millions!”
Every day Weed received such offers, but he was refusing them. However once he got an offer, very different from others. The Korean Ministry of Education decided to launch an advertising campaign of textbooks, and wanted to involve the pyramid in it.
And they offered seven million won!
Weed accepted it.
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The hunt in the Huntresses’ gorge was getting livelier with each passing day.
Though their party didn’t have the mandatory warriors or paladins, the high level of cooperation between members allowed them to quickly demolish the amazons and earn lots of experience points. During past few days Weed received 7 levels and reached a total level of 266.
Fighting together with Geomchis was incredibly pleasant. He would continue hunting with them, but the construction was nearing it’s end and he just had to attend to it.
The moment the last stone fell into place Weed received a message
Ding!
You completed the construction of the tomb for great king Theodarren.
Feeling the approaching death, King decided to build a marvelous tomb for himself and appointed the most famous sculptor of the continent to the task. And now the tomb is complete.
Receive your reward from king Theodarren.
But hurry to do it before his death.
“It’s finished!”
“Hurray!”
Numerous players around the pyramid were shouting happily.
For the first time so many people gathered in such a backwater kingdom. Every player mined or delivered at least 1-2 stone blocks and contributed his part of sweat and effort to the construction of the tomb.
Weed headed to the royal palace.
The tomb was complete all that was left was to report to the king and receive the reward.
The king met him in the throne room like the last time. He looked even older and the progress of his illness was evident.
Following the etiquette, Weed knelt before the king.
“Your Majesty…” – he started talking, but was immediately interrupted by the king.
“Stand! Such renowned master deserves more respect than that. Besides all this etiquette makes me uncomfortable.”
“No, your Majesty.”
Weed wasn’t intending to get up, but the king gave order to his knights and they got him on his feet anyway. Weed noticed, that king’s attitude towards him significantly changed since their last encounter.
“You have my gratitude. Thanks to you, I finally have a place for my final rest. You are a great sculptor. And I am very curious at what was your thoughts, when you was building the tomb.”
“I was thinking about all the hardships your majesty had to endure during your life.”
“Yes… I vanquished many foes to defend my kingdom. And now, after my death I’ll get to the very depth of hell where I will suffer for eternity.”
“Not at all, your majesty. You life passed like a firework. The one who’s not scared by the flame and tries to catch it might get burned. But you were burning yourself to illuminate everything around you. Your bright fire was warming and protecting Rosenheim for a long time. And now you will be able to rest in a comfortable place and watch your kingdom prosper.”
The King was greatly satisfied by those words.
“I don’t regret at all that I entrusted this task to a sculptor, whose name was spoken of by so many. You prepared a marvelous resting place for me, far more than I have expected of you. So go now, get your promised reward.”
You successfully completed the quest.
Fame increased by 690.
You received 2930 reputation points of Rosenheim Kingdom.
Level up.
Level up.
Level up.
Level up.
Level up.
Five levels and 2930 reputation points with the royal family!
The King continued speaking: