The Death Knight showed his loyalty.
But Tori did not cooperate.
If he was able to kill one his own, his growth would be substantial.
But he did not want to bear all of their oncoming attacks alone.
“I’m sorry but I will not do as you asked.”
Tori simply refused.
The subordinate relationship he had with Weed had ended. So there was no reason to comply to Weed request this time around.
Furthermore, he was now engaged in an all-out battle to do anything else!
Weed cried out.
“I will give Mapan nim!”
Tori could not understand what was said and blinked his eyes.
“Why?”
“So you can drink heartily!”
“If under that condition then OK!”
Got a deal!
Weed had sold Mapan willingly for the deal.
“Weed nim.”
Mapan built a frown, but Weed remained cool.
“This is your battle to obtain more loot.”
“LOOT! Gulp!”
Mapan swallowed his built up saliva.
Not all the loot obtained at the same.
Let propose that the most expensive parts from wolves or foxes are the claws and fangs if they’re obtainable.
But any drops from the Unicorns and Pegasus would be on a different dimension altogether from those.
For any piece of loot, one can receive more than 10 Gold per!
Mapan shouted.
“Please leave it to me!”
***
Bread, cake, beverages.
Movie tickets, concert tickets, figures, games, CD, etc… whenever he wanted any of these, he’d go and sell his blood.
So given since childhood, he had been funding himself through selling his blood; doing so now wouldn’t have been a big deal.
Tori with Mapan at his side were fending off attacks from Unicorns and Pegasus left and right.
Whenever his health declines, he would plug his fangs into Mapan’s nape and take how blood supplements!
“Tornado Blade!”
Tori used his skill without a hint of hesitation.
From then on, the watching from side line Mapan that wasn’t suited for fighting also had several tense moments.
Thanks to Tori’s guerilla assault of hit and kite, the practitioners could take turn for a breather.
Since then, Weed began focusing on one at a time and knocking them down.
Due to not being able to focus the intensity of the attacks, the battle dragged on nearly twice as long as before, and was victorious afterward.
Fought against the Shinsu in the 16th castle of Todeum.
Remaining castles: 31.
Reputation rise by 60.
Receives an additional 60% combat experiences.
A time for a bit of rest and relaxation!
They had come out victorious after a lot of difficult battles, but there are still more than 30 castles remained.
“Something like this is an A grade difficulty quest, eh.”
Geomchi2 let out a prideful smile.
“It’s interesting as well. It really sends shivers down my spine!”
Geomchi was already getting prepared to putting an end to resting and go back to fighting.
“C’mon, let’s go. It’s unfortunate that we only have 30 more of these interesting battles.”
For those that enjoy battle, it was something not to get excited about.
Pale and the party mustered up some energy.
The battles were hard but even more rewarding. The focus during the fight was just the battle at hand without a single pause.
The divine beasts they had to battle at this point always numbered above 60. Each and every battle, everybody fulfilled their role without a single one slacking off.
During the battle in the 19th castle against these beasts, Geomchi, the instructors, and all the practitioners crossed the threshold of 293.
The growth rate was incredible.
Aside from receiving the basic experience points from the Unicorns and Pegasus, the additional combat experience was the greatest gain.
After having looked at his level, Geomchi9 said.
“Leveling is easy.”
Geomchi11 agrees.
“I know huh. When we hunted on our own here and there, it was really slow in comparison to how easy it is to level when we hunt with Weed.”
As soon as he heard, Pale’s head began to spin.
Usually when people hear these words, they would jump up to yell.
“Leveling this way is by no mean easier!”
Leveling beyond level 200 was something similar to having stuck in traffic.
As the required experience point to reach the next level increases exponentially, even killing similarly level monsters give little to nothing EXP.
However, the Geomchis do not know the meaning of mental fatigue along with the excessive movements of the body.
18 hours of hunting a day and even more so when having the pleasure of hunting in groups.
Here, Weed is unusually fast.
By simply belong to the party he leads, they are forced to be immerse in the battle he makes.
Ridiculous hunting speed!
Eating and hunting, he pushes them to their limits.
Weed’s level was at 347 at a sudden speed.
But that was just the level not mentioning his other growth.
Fencing, Archery, Magic, and other kinds of combat skills! Attacking skills’ development also had their growth.
To get beyond the Intermediate levels and reaching the Advanced levels of skills, through conventional means was difficult due to having numerous skills; however, it was easier here thanks to the strength of the monsters he battled against.
Precision attacks to increase hit rates against the monsters that are higher level than you are, you can obtain a healthier amount than the usual.
Through this method, the proficiency of his skills, too, rose significantly.
Then, Maylon asked as if it suddenly struck her.
“Oh, Weed nim.”
“Yes?”
“Why haven’t you sculpt a sculpture by now?”
Sewing, Blacksmithing, Bandage, Herbs, Cooking, and combat skills!
Weed had raise the proficiency of all other skill but not sculpting. She was quite curious about the reason why.
To Weed, there were circumstances.
Until now he had been shearing wood to making wooden sculptures in his spare time whenever possible.
But he did not try to create something in the earnest.
‘A large sculpture. There’s no space to make such a thing.’
To create one of ten meters or more meant having to stick close to the sculpture and working on it for weeks.
Procuring the material was also a problem.
So besides having to create a huge sculpture, he would need to find something fitting the size along with the difficulty of it being a worthy material.
Then again, Todeum was a place filled many perfected compositions and a considerable number of sculptures.
They have not discovered Classic or Magnum pieces as of yet, but there are decent sculptures and pictures to gain proficiency through viewing so he did not feel the need to make a piece.
Weed explained it simply.
“The inspiration to create a piece has not hit me as of yet. And in Todeum vampires’ castles, there are a lot of paintings and sculptures yet to be discover.”
“Ah, so that’s it.”
Quickly convinced, Maylon pulled away from going deeper. Hwaryeong seemingly brooded over something, asked.
“Does it need to be some specific tree or stone for you to sculpt something?”
“Huh?”
“That is, I figured if it’s something you’d want to express, such things wouldn’t matter much anyway.”
In the vampire’s castles, the majority of the sculptures founded were carved into the walls or ceilings.
Though some are simply too plain and nothing like the grandly crafted statues to attract much attention.
Hwaryeong wondered.
“Why does it need to be something physical to make the statues?”
Weed recalled the light tower he made in Morata.
Rather than the beauty of the Light Tower itself, the harmony of lights refracted shown an even greater beauty.
He even obtained ‘The sculptor that governs light’ as a nickname!
Due to it being so amazingly creative and expressive!
For a Sculptor, there’s no better praise than that.
In reality, Weed was unaware he was dubbed as such since it surfaced from the forums.
If it was something outside money unlike something as the fox he sculpted and sold for 3 Silvers; rumors and such things was nothing for him to be concerned about.
Hwaryeong was overestimating Weed.
The Light Tower was not something he was susceptible to create at any point in time.
“You made the Light Tower from light, why not do the same with a statue?”
Weed considered seriously.