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Weed kept creating pieces in order to rebuild his lost "Art" stats and raise his skill expertise.
Undead Power has dropped to 190!
"Quest Information Window!"
Barkan"s call
The Lord of the Undead, Barkan, calls.
All undead must follow his orders.
Time Left : 46 days
Difficulty : C
Reward : Will trigger the start of a chain quest
Although there wasn"t a lot of time left, Weed decided to continue focusing on making sculptures out of nature.
Just making a lot of sculptures out of nature wasn"t enough to make the skill "Nature Sculpture" improve though.
Weed was at Debkart mountain which had a lot of trees, birds and blue skies.
In the distance there were also lakes and rivers.
If you go in towards the gray mountain range you can witness the magnitude of the mountain, it was heaven"s natural environment.
"Sculptures made from nature......"
Weed thought back on all the hardships he had endured during his adventure so far.
He had suffered from the cold in the north, ran free as an Orc in the Yurkina Mountains in the east, and had never stayed long in one place.
He didn"t hunt in one place for a long period of time.
Having experienced so many sides of nature helped in creating sculptures.
Water, wind, earth, clouds, ice, fire, grass and flowers.
Grasping at all those memories, he made them each into sculptures.
Plants growing up the side of a boulder could become a nature sculpture.
A strong flow of water through a ravine could also become a sculpture.
While he was mass producing sculptures using the power of nature in the Debkart mountains, Daycram gave a word of advice, "It is not enough to just sculpt the materials, you must carve nature as it is."
The materials used are not the only thing that matters in a piece of art.
As he made more, he began to see more.
Sculpting was his way of thinking.
Gathering fallen leaves to make a tree, planting trees that were burnt by wildfires.
The more he sculpted nature, the faster his proficiency grew.
Then one day, Daycram motioned to speak with him.
"It seems I have taught you enough of the basics of Nature Sculpting. Sculpting is a way to get in touch with yourself, I can teach you nothing more."
Ding!
You have completed "The Teachings of Daycram".
Master Daycram has finished educating his junior sculptor.
He accepted an apprentice thinking that he was a exceptional sculptor and taught him everything he could, but he was disappointed.
"The continent"s sculpting is indeed dark. Many talents in sculpting are lost."
-You have not properly accepted the teachings of Daycram, Fame decreases by 580.
Daycram said a few words during the early stages, but eventually he only watched from the sidelines and didn"t interfere at all.
Allowing students to use their imagination was an important part of teaching!
Weed was familiar enough with cramming education that he could be considered a mentor in the field.
While he was growing closer to nature now, it had never really been a part of his life before.
"I may still be new to this, but in the future as the skill grows I"ll be able to control the forces of nature!"
Nature Sculpting is currently Intermediate level 2!
For once, Weed respectfully bowed his head.
"I"ve learned many things from my teacher"
Daycram spoke.
"Wherever you go, don't say you learned this from me. It would be shameful."
"I see. So, you'll teach me Disaster Sculpting now?"
"Have you realized nature's true power?"
"I don"t understand it yet. But given more time and I will be able to grasp it."
"This is for you then. Once you have learned nature's true appearance you will be able to learn my techniques."
-You have acquired Daycram's wooden carving.
Having Daycram's wooden carving allows the owner to naturally raise their skill level faster.
"You're a great teacher. I'll remember this forever."
"I have to be careful with my words so I don"t promise to actually give a reward"
"Will you be traveling around the continent?"
"I must. Since I must walk the path of an artist and save those suffering from the wicked!"
Weed continued hunting and making money as he traveled the Versaille continent.
He thought to himself. Even if in the North, there are a lot of places I haven't been to. I must find dungeons and earn items.
He remembered his last conversation with Daycram.
"While you"re traveling to different places, always remember to advance your Sculpting skills."
"Of course. I will continue to work hard on Sculpting for the rest of my life. "
"As you should."
While Daycram stared blankly at the sky, Weed activated his skill.
"Appraise!"
It"s always important to check even the items people give you in case they aren"t what they seem..
Wooden Sculpture : Durability 1/1
Daycram made this product to teach Disaster Sculpting, but in order to learn one must first know the true power of nature.
Requirement: Intermediate Nature Sculpting Level 6
"The product contains the techniques of Disaster Sculpting."
Just as Weed was putting the product away Daycram gave him another gift.
"You should also take this."
Daycram took out a shining sky-blue mysterious substance.
"As you probably know, this item can only be found in Jigolaths. But, since you need a vast amount of heat and I"m against cutting down trees I"ve never been able to use it."
Helium!
"How can you give me such a precious item? Daycram-nim could surely make an amazing sculpture with this."
Weed"s actions contradicted to what he said though, as his hand shot out faster than it did during battle.
-Helium was acquired.
Mana source.
Even talking about Helium is expensive, and I was able to obtain it.
"Be sure to create a good sculpture."
"I"ll do my best."
"Then have a safe trip."
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"Here's 340,000 Won. For your week of hard work"."
While obtaining the normal wage, Seo Yoon was able to get a little more money.
Seo Yoon got a sizable bonus because while she was working during the evening the place was packed, but even though the manager hoped it would encourage her to stay for longer than one week she still quit.
"This is the first time I"ve earned my own money."
Seo Yoon took out her money from the envelop, and counted each won one at a time.
While brightly welcoming customers, seating them to their table, and telling others to wait for their turn she had learned that you could make money by making people happy.
While working she had seen families, friends, and lovers having loving conversations which lightened her heart.
"Working can be really fun."
She would even sneak food whenever the staff wasn"t watching.
At first, she had a hard time interacting with other people, but as she kept on working she felt herself change.
"With this money, I can buy all the ingredients."
Hyun Lee had told her that it takes a long time to get any real money from a part time job so she had decided to try selling packed lunches.
Seo Yoon woke up early in the morning and went to the market..
"Pretty lady, what can I get you?"
The Ahjussi vendors always gave her plenty of extra meat and vegetables when she bought from them. (T/N: Ahjussi is some older men)
Then she made rice and side dishes. She carefully stuffed the plastic lunchboxes with kong-na-mul guk(T/N: beansprout with dashi soup) inside a thermos.
"Now I have to go earn money."
Seo Yoon carried the heavy bags with both hands, she traveled by bus and went to a street near many offices.
She was already tired from being up so early, but her thoughts were focused on selling the lunchboxes.
Seo Yoon set up next to a skyrise, she took out the lunchboxes from and stacked them neatly in a pile.
Office Workers drinking their coffee were rushing to work, but stopped once they saw her.
Pretty.
'Ah, such an angel. Why is such a beautiful lady here...'
"Today"s a lucky day. Even if I get reprimanded by my team leader, I"m sure I can take it. "
That was only possible reaction after seeing Seo Yoon!
Seo Yoon used to be shy and stiff, she avoided making eye contact.
Subconsciously, she started avoiding people, but her frozen expression had changed after she met Hyun Lee.
The inexplicable feeling that the men felt after seeing her pure facial expression was enough to drive them mad!
The office workers saw the lunchboxes and approached her.
"Are you selling this?"
"Yes."
Seo Yoon"s short answer mesmerized the 30 year old office worker!
"How much is it?"
"It"s..."
She didn"t know what to say since she hadn"t thought about what price would be enough to make her money.
"I haven"t decided on the price yet."
"Really? Then, how about 6,000 won?"
Said the man who opened the lunch box. Given how cheap the boxes were to make that price would yield a lot of profit.
"I, I am okay with that."
"Here, we'll take three."
The office worker paid 20,000 won and received his 2000 won change.
Other office workers formed a line and bought Seo Yoon's lunchboxes.
The taste of the food was not important. They would have bought them even if the lunchboxes only had soy sauce or red chili paste!
That said, the lunch boxes came with carefully designed side dishes and tasted good too, which made the office workers smile.
"Did you make this all by yourself?"
"Yes."
"It must be hard making so many lunch boxes..."
Seo Yoon was every man"s dream girl.
Beautiful, kind, has a great cooking skill, and is able to manage her life.
There was nothing more that they could ask for in a woman.
All of them were in awe that they met her this morning.
"This is really tasty. Will you be here tomorrow?"
"Probably."
The office workers stood around as they ate, even after they finished they didn"t leave.
They didn"t care if they would be late, they just wanted to see a little more of her, which is why they lingered so long.
"I"d like two more boxes please."
Even office workers who were full from breakfast ordered two more lunch boxes.
"I"ll eat this for lunch and dinner."
Even if he didn"t eat his hunger faded after seeing Seo Yoon"s face.
"I don"t care if I have to pay it for it, as long as I can see her beauty."
They didn"t care what kind of reprimand they would get when they get to their offices.
They thought that if they had a girlfriend like Seo Yoon, they could handle any kind of harassment at work.
The office workers were reprimanded for an entire week and they still felt happy.
Except there was one small problem that she didn"t know about.
Because the place was a business area with a lot of offices, police officers would pass by too.
"There are a lot of people lining up, someone must be selling something. Come on, let"s drive them out." (T/N: The police generally just drive out "swindlers" or people who block the flow, so they probably went to drive her out because she was blocking the flow.)
The officers rushed over, but left after eating one lunchbox each.
Another morning Seo Yoon had run out of coins to give as change.
The new customer was in a hurry and started yelling.
"Jeez, how can you be selling here and not have change? I have to eat fast and go back to the office! You aren"t prepared at all. If you really need money go work at a bar instead."
Seo Yoon was surprised by the angry outburst and froze, but the problem was fixed in less than 2 seconds.
In less than two seconds the situation was about to be resolved.
"What"s up with that guy?!"
"Get him out!"
"Can we kill him?"
Before the male customers could rush in, a voice called out.
"Lee Chun, Jin shi"
"Yes?"
The Director and General Manager of the company were both standing in the line.
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"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 Barkan"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.
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