However, the sound coming from the pickaxe as he was digging the ruby out woke up all of the Vampire Bats in the Shaspin Cave. The Vampire Bats beat their wings and flew over to sink their teeth into Gudolph.
“S, Stop! Spare this Dwarf!”
Gudolph fled deeper into the cave while having bats hanging off of his body. He did not have the leisure to search his surroundings and recklessly ran away.
The place he arrived at was a zone that had hot lava boiling!
The bats ran away from the heat, but Gudolph had no more strength left. The blood loss left his consciousness hazy, and he did not have the strength to walk out of the cave.
Even if he searched for a way out, it was the Shaspin Cave, where Vampire Bats were waiting for him.
“I don’t have any way to go back…”
Gudolph took out the ruby gemstones he had and fashioned a precious brooch out of it.
It was an item that he wanted to use while proposing to the Dwarf maiden Jena.
He chiseled a small stone into one of the Shaspin Vampire Bats, and inserted the leftover rubies as its eyes.
“I hope someone will discover…”
Gudolph felt that he did not have much longer to live. That’s why he wrapped up the stone sculpture in some of his upper clothes and sent it flowing down a fast stream.
It contained his hope that it would reach Kuruso after flowing and flowing down this waterway…!
The bundleed up Bat Sculpture rode the underground stream.
Kuleuleuleuleu.
Udangtangtang!
There were times when it became as deep as a river, or its speed slowed down, and without leaving time to relax, the blocked off labyrinthian passage became overly turbulent.
The bundle accumulated damage as it collided with the ground or stalactite of the underground. Every time that happened, the sculpture also received some impact, but because it was bundled in Gudolph’s clothes, it remained safe.
And so, as Gudolph had hoped, it made its way all the way to Kuruso’s lake.
Although it had already been more than a month, it safely flowed to Kuruso and was discovered by the Dwarves. That was how it came to be at the sculpture store.
***
The moment Weed used his insight, he was able to see the origins of the Vampire Bat of the Shaspin Cave.
*Ding!*
You learned ‘Understanding the Memories of the Scupture’ Skill.
Can witness the sculpture’s hidden in the past.
*Ding!*
Gudolph’s Dream.
The Dwarven artisan Gudolph imbued the last of this strength into this sculpture.
Acquire his vengeance on the Vampire Bats, and gift the brooch Gudolph left behind to the maiden Jena.
If you do this, you are able to obtain the Ruby Mine that Gudolph discovered.
Quest Difficulty: B
Reward: Ruby mine of Shaspin cave
Quest limit: Acquire information about the Vampire Bats in Shaspin cave, and Intermediate Sculpting.
Weed felt like he had been struck with a hammer, as he was shocked senseless.
Sculptors have always been ignored and ridiculed by others!
But when he puts a lot of effort and hard work in creating a sculpture, it never betrayed him.
“I am a Sculptor. A Sculptor.”
There was no need to dwell on the opinions of others.
There was no need to beg for low ranked commissioned quests, it was given without asking.
There were hidden quests in Sculptures only available to Sculptors.
With the Sculptor’s profession, anything is possible!
That is what it means to be a sculptor.