Weed is expecting something decent as a remains from Ratzeburg. If he was another person, the hammer would already been thrown out, but for Weed, every japtem is valuable.
“At least I can sell this ‘artifact’.”
During the day, he continued fishing hoping to retrieve some good artifacts.
Instead of directly fishing in Tynus River, something unexpected might come out when fishing in Ratzeburg!
Some of the things he discovered were copper shields, crushed arrowheads, bowls, pottery and other miscellaneous items.
Most of them were useless items, but sometimes he retrieved something anufactured by the dwarfs.
“Come on, I’m not digging for nothing.”
In the day, he cast his fishing road while looking at the sky and laughing.
And at night, he was digging the ground while humming.
“Money will come out if I keep digging. A fortune that’ll belong to me. I will become rich overnight!”
In the ground, he felt like he was in a grave, feeling like a tone-deaf man. It was almost completely silent except for the constant monotonous sound of the flowing river. Weed keept humming to rid himself of this feeling.
“The first city huh , there must be a bunch of valuable stuff buried under. Or maybe, I will discover a tomb that is filled with gold and jewels……..”
The dreams of a grave robber!
But in reality, he didn't really expect much.
After several days digging the ground, dealing with sand, rock and wet soil, there were no signs of any treasure he wished.
“….”
Nevertheless, Weed didn'tgive up and his greed for treasure from the tombs kept growing.
And then, he discovered a sculpture made of stone!
Although its arms and legs were falling apart, it was clearly a sculpture of an orc.
“Identify!”
Weed used [Sculptural Memories].
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“This time we are able to defeat the monster as well. Thanks to you I’m not in any grave danger.”
“Chwi ik! Don’t mention it, it’s my duty. Chwik. I’m Ulchwi, a proud warrior of orc, it is only natural for me to do so. Chwichis.”
“I heard you had another child, is it true?”
“Yes, his big head resembles mine a lot, I’m truly happy,chwi chwi chis!”
“Ulchwi, the sculpture of your seventh child is finished. Come and take it at my shop house.”
Some scars and tattoos can be seen on the body of orc Ulchwi, who was looking for a sculpture.
There were sculptures of big orcs and young orcs.
With their habit of regularly going to battle, it was normal for them to enter the battlefield and never came back.
To never forget about their families, the sculptures were very valuable to them.
“As good as ussual. chwi!”
Ulchwi came out from a workshop while holding an orc sculpture and a dwarf bowed to him while he left.
Compared to orc, slow-growing human children can be seen playing on the street of Ratzeburg City.
“Hi, Uncle Ulchwi!”
“ Back from catching monsters? Congratulations for your newborn child.”
“Ulchwi, I’m sure he will grow up to be a strong warrior like you.”
The humans and orc Ulchwi were very friendly towards each other.
After chatting for a couple of minutes, they separated to their own ways, and Ulchwi headed for his house.
Since orc frequently mobilized into battle, they lived near the edge of the city.
“Welcome back, chwi chwi chwis!”
A female orc came out of the door and greet him. When she saw his face and heard his voice, she was extremely excited. Ulwchi hugged her and entered the house. With thirteen children, Ulcwhi’s family was a quite large family, even for an orc.
The house was decorated with decent furniture, and various sizes of sculptures were lined up to the right and left side of the door.
Human and elves built their home in the middle of the city, since they were responsible for taking care of the crops.
The dwarves built the city defence and made weapons for the orcs to use later.
And the orcs who lived at the edge of the city, devoted themselves to protect them all against invading monsters.
For the sake of protecting their human, elf and dwarf companions, they never retreated from battle even when the battle gets tough.
Ulchwi opened a door to a room full of sculptures, each one of them represented his family members.
Being in the line of duty, one or two of his family members never returned.
In the room, the sculptures kept piling up.
Under the protection of orcs, the city was safe. In the meantime, the humans, dwarves and elves had enough space to develop themselves.
The humans, not just good in farming, also learnt how to use the weapons.
Since their childhood, they observed the orcs fighting. Even though they didn’t have strong combat capabilities of an orc, they never stopped trying to overcome their weakness. At one point, they learned how to utilize their mana.
The elves made bows, established relationships with elemental spirits, and no longer needed the protection provided by the orcs.
Dwarves developed defence and weapons particular for themselves. With the exceptionally sharp weapons and sturdy defence, they were no longer afraid of the monsters.
Later, each race started to think inconveniently of each other.
“Humans does not respect us. chwichwi chwis!”
“The orcs were eating too much. What’s the point of raising crops if all of it ended up in orc’s belly. If this keeps up, the food will be in sufficient.”
“The other races don’t understand the great power of nature. How long we elves have to wait patiently for them to understand this?”
“They don’t even know what made the equipment better. Without dwarves’ ability to handle metal, there wouldn’t be any equipment for farming and for battle.
Damn it! And when they made equipment, it is so bad it is not even considered as equipment. What they’ve don’t, it is an insult!”
The four races started to treat each other with hostility.
Orcs were the first race to leave the city.
Because of their excellent fertility, continued living in one place would lead to overpopulation.
The places far away from Ratzeburg were full of monsters, but orcs were brave enough to find a place as a new settlement.
Not long after the orcs left, the elves headed into the woods.
The humans and dwarves remained with each other for a while, since they still in need for each other.
But when the dwarves blacksmith’ technique became more developed and they needed a lot of mineral to polish their technique, the dwarves headed into the mountains.
Since the elves left, the crop production declined to less than half, and the humans had difficulty for a while.
When they applied what they already learned from the elves, they managed to restore the crop production.
To prepare themselves for the invading monster, by utilizing the dwarves’ wall technology, they built themselves a fortress.
In the end, only human race lived in the Ratzeburg City.
But not for long, the remains left by dwarves, elves and orcs made humans feel uncomfortable.
Eventually, the humans also left Ratzeburg City to build another kingdom.
The first city, where the four races used to lived together was then abandoned!
In a period of several decades, the Tynus River overflowed and Ratzeburg City was swept away by the flood. And from that, the fertile Great Ilste Plains was formed.
However, the flood damage was greater than ever.
The buildings in the abandoned city begun to collapse indiscriminately.
The stones and trees were swept into the waterway, and remained deep in the ground.
The building and the remains of Ratzeburg were eroded by the rain and the river. Finally, what left of Ratzeburg City was buried in the sand and disappeared in the past.
The sculpture representing Ulchwi’s seventh child was buried under a large stone.
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