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There was also another route from the sea, but a lot of things were depending on the season the boats route to Morata from the Central Continent would be blocked.
If you met a skilled captain even sailing through storms wouldn"t be a problem.
The only problem was that, there weren"t that many good captains, and the chance of them sticking around drinking alcohol and taking a break on an island was low.
A player who was a sailor said that if they wait about a week, a luxury cruiser from the Kingdoms would come.
He also told them that they could go to Morata by passing by 3 kingdoms on the cruise.
More than 400 of the Geomchi found themselves stuck on the harbour.
In order to depart they sold all the small boats that they had.
Waiting for the cruiser would be faster than buying another ship and sailing.
Then one day, Geomchi 405 spoke.
"Though the waves are strong...I think it would be fun to swim, Sahyung!"
Geomchi 405 spoke thoughtlessly due to wanting to play around and swim in the sea on a stormy day.
However, the eyes of the instructors had changed.
"Indeed, sounds like fun."
"It sure does Sahyung. Instead of talking here, let"s go swim."
"The reason we came here was to ea.... no, to challenge ourselves against everything, wasn"t it?"
All the while, when fighting monsters in Royal Road the Geomchi had also further improved their sword skills.
Tension, which was hard to experience in real life, Life and death struggles and in spars, reminding of actual battle.
Although it was different from reality, it was possible to find the parts where you were lacking.
The Geomchi, rather than solving Quests requiring to solve mysteries, prefered simple battle so they had been fighting constantly.
In order to strengthen willpower, extreme conditions that were challenging were necessary.
Examining the gathered practitioners, Geomchi spoke.
"Let"s swim to Morata!"
If there was a sailor there, they would have tried to stop them at any costs, even by giving them free sushi.
If anyone had even the slightest information about the sea, they would haven"t done such a reckless act.
Even haenyeo (T/N: Korean traditional divers; generally women, and they are known for being able to dive for extended periods of time as well as being extremely proficient at swimming in general) wouldn"t do such a thing.
"Since the weather"s hot as well, should we do that?"
"Master, that"s a brilliant plan."
"Let"s hurry over to Morata and have some beer and a roast boar."
The trainees enthusiastically agreed and joined in.
And then without any other preparations, they jumped into the sea, even when it was pouring.
The people in the harbor could not help but to be awed.
"To do something that crazy, that doesn"t make any sense."
"Wow, are they really going?"
They saw something which they would never forget.
The first night of the swim towards Morata was easy enough.
It was all due to Geomch i3 and the Priests, as well as the monstrous vitality that the trainees had.
"It"s nice and cool."
"We should have done this earlier."
However, the next night, the Priests could no longer keep up with the Geomchi"s Vitality and could no longer send out their support.
At least they got used to and a lot of sailing and swimming in the water of the High Seas.
While swimming, do not go against the flow of the wave and match your breathing with it.
The leading Geomchi had a contest, Geomchi 3 and Geomchi 5 were like a fish
and went together.
When you swim for a long time, your strength and concentration easily deteriorate.
The slightest slip in this deep ocean could turn to a disastrous mistake and lead to drinking seawater and then drowning.
The Geomchis prevented themselves from dying by performing a group dog paddle.
Even the seagulls in the sky could not help but look over the Geomchis as Geomchi 2 ordered the 503 similarly named Humans doing a dog paddle!
"Fresh fish? I gotta grab it and eat it, shouldn"t I?"
Monster birds hesitated attacking them time and again. Rain suddenly fell from the sky.
The Wind grew stronger and the birds became terrified of the huge waves.
-Vitality has decreased by 15%.
-Body movements are slower due to cold waters.
-You are under attacked by carnivorous fish.
-You are being swept away by waves.
The neverending stream of warnings were a given!
Even though they gained a lot of Vitality from passing extreme martial arts quests, crossing the sea was impossible.
The Geomchi were not exactly in decent condition when they were attacked, despite being tired and exhausted they had to deal with the attacks of the man-eating sharks.
From a distance, pointed shark fins were approaching atop the waves.
Ttudung.... ttudung... ttudung... ttudung.. ttudung. ttudung! (TN: jaws anyone)
It was a scene that could have been taken straight from a horror movie.
Geomchi 3 started to feel ecstatic watching the sharks approach.
"Hey guys, I"ve found something delicious!"
The best dishes could be made from shark fins.
They had heard of this through word of mouth, but never had a chance to taste it.
But were not the shark fins now coming to them?
"Attack!"
"Let"s pick them clean!"
The extraordinary act of humans attacking sharks for food started and 15 practitioners died in the process.
If they were attacked on land it would have been easy to hunt the sharks but because of the rolling waves it was difficult to control your body in the sea so they took damage.
"You rascals, you'll be eaten for sure."
"I agree, the punishment is death."
They landed on a nearby island and made shark barbecue, and continued moving forward when the dead practitioners revived and rejoined.
Hunger was satiated by catching fish, and they gathered fresh water when it rained on the sea to relieve thirst.
Indeed, it was swimming under extreme hardship.
Various sea creatures came at them, pushing them to the brink.
Most of the Geomchi exceeded Level 300. Four times to five times they came close to death, but still welcomed the challenge!
So far they were not even half way to the northern continent where Morata was situated.
At this point, it would have been normal to hear someone say to go to the nearest continent or island to ask for help, but they weren"t just anyone, they were the Geomchis.
With their strength, they would choose hard and dangerous quests to improve themselves.
"Isn"t it fun?"
"It"s fun!"
"This is how you should be risking your life."
"Let"s go to our destination without stopping!"
While they were swimming along the vast open sea they came across something.
Far away, they could see a trading ship and approached it.
"Look! Its a shipwreck, let's go inside!"
The captain and his crew quickly threw a rope to save the victims.
Geomchi 317 yelled out loud.
"This place is... *gurgle gurgle*, don"t worry us go on ahead guys."
"I think you are mistaken, we are not pirates. We will take you to land so get on board."
The captain was actually a merchant. Trying to save what he thought were victims of the sea, the sea merchant acted out of the goodness of his heart!
"We are just... *blub blub* enjoying swimming"
"Just what are you saying. I don"t even see another boat around here."
The place where the trade ship met the Geomchi was actually the heart of the ocean.
"Where is your destination that you are trying to swim to?"
"Mo... rata."
Since Geomchi 417 was talking while continuously swimming, he ended up drinking quite a bit of sea water.
Though this was a mistake that he wouldn"t have made in the past, it caused his Vitality to drop to the point where he couldn"t swim well anymore, all he could do was flail his arms and leg around.
"What, Morata? Isn"t that the northern part of the continent?
The captain had an expression like an Orc had just hit his forehead with a glaive.
"Are theywe really going to Morata?"
"Where exactly did you start swimming from? There was even a wild storm two days ago."
"Yo, there are no harbors nearby, let alone a place to have started swimming from... not to mention there"s not even any harbors until you get to Morata from here."
The sword practitioners were rambling amongst themselves.
Difficult to believe that the captain of the merchant who is leading the boat for a few hours saw them.
But they really were endlessly swimming towards the direction of Morata.
He was surprised by their enormous vitality and again when he noticed some of the practitioners were unable to endure it any longer and sunk into the sea.
"If they have that much vitality then they should be very high leveled warriors...."
As a merchant, his insight on things were on another level.
Even though the Geomchii"s were quite a high level, despite wearing light armor and leather, some of them were capable to wear lvl 340 Equipment.
For these high level players to attempt to swim across the continent!
Warriors gain fame and stats from hunting difficult monsters.
But those stats could be lost if they died needlessly, this was truly a difficult adventure to take on.
It was common knowledge among the Royal Road Players, even if the person was uninterested they would still know that Stats and Skill proficiencies were important in the game.
The men in the High Seas were the same, even if the sea had large flesh eating monsters they still raised their proficiencies.
The captain was envious and breathed a heavy sigh.
"These are truly happy men."
During the weekday, he would accumulate considerably large amount of stress when he was working the company.
But sailing in Royal Road and looking for fun and trading goods, and now seeing the Geomchis he felt himself humbled.
"I think I was too comfortable."
The Trader"s cabin which served as a warehouse had a lot of high priced glass and precious metals. Throughout the Versailles continent he was included in the top 300 merchants. Traders were more or less similar to the Warrior class but leveled up by Trading.
The logbook in the High Seas was an opportunity to look back at yourself in the future.
"After we finish this trade, let"s get a new boat and crew and depart to that place!"
He pulled out the ocean map he received before. The probability that they could swim out of the sea was paper-thin, but their determination was very high.
In addition they were headed towards the place where there were pirates, uninhabited islands, or other places that no one had ever returned from.
The Captain decided then that he would embark on his own heart-racing adventure.
If the Captain saw how the Geomchi would occasionally drown in the ocean or get eaten by sea monsters, he might have realized how extremely they were adventuring and how much they were risking to do so.
And if he only knew the truth that the Geomchi had started swimming from Bellona Island on the inner Neria Sea, passing the Ocean Gateway to get all the way here.
No, perhaps he didn"t even need to have heard their stories or realized how far they"ve come. If the Captain were only a little more manly and brave, he would have stripped on the spot and started swimming with the Geomchi.
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Weed took a corner in the Square of Light and was focused.
The sculptures of Nature drew a lot of attention to the female players. Clouds, wind, and dirt turned into a magnificent landscape.
"Just because it"s big doesn"t mean it"s a Nature Sculpture."
It was no surprise that the whole Versailles Continent was talking about the Nature Sculptures that Weed had been creating on top of mountain peaks all over the continent. Broadcasters were getting reports from witnesses, and there was still much debate about what actually happened on the High Seas.
Now, the Trade classes were breaking new grounds. It wasn"t only the Blacksmiths who were doing well in the bracket, there were Tailors and most especially Sculptors.
What people thought of these classes was quickly changing.
Weed"s Nature Sculptures were made to show the leaves that fall in autumn and go through all the extreme seasons until it sprouts again in spring.
That made their appearance grand. Even if artificially, but for true beauty, the sky's the limit.
"I'm going to continue making these small little things. This is what I get for the sake of Fame, stats, and skill proficiency. Because small things are where big things come from. "
Weed sat down and rationalized with himself. Something was off about this mission.
He got stuck in the mood.
"A saying about money goes, that even bullies are abused by bad people when they have loads of money... I just want to make something, but not too perfect that it"ll attract too much attention."
It was great working mainly on scenic places with his sister, whom he had not traveled with in a while. A younger sister was always a great company to her brother, he planned on giving Yurin some equipment that best fitted her.
"This is expensive. Give me more of a discount."
Weed used his high Fame to pressure the store owner.
"If I do that, I won"t be able to make a profit..."
"Selling isn"t something you do for money. It"s for the people! And it is done to gain virtue."
"Hmm, since these are words from a very famous adventurer, I will do as you say."
Hunting and Adventuring were simple, unlike purchasing clothing or armor at the store, things were not as direct.
His sister painted brighter pictures as they traveled around, she had the appearance of a relieved and smiling child.
"She grew up well, even if I have not been able to take care of her properly."
Without parents, Weed had to take on their role.
Ever since she was younger she acted properly, but he was always suspicious of outsiders. Yurin had a good smile and had always been popular.
Weed recalled telling bedtime stories to Yurin.
Fairytales occupied a very important part in building emotional young children!
Today I will tell you the story of the "Three Little Pigs".
The three little pigs who left their parents built houses for themselves.
The first pig built one out of straw, the second pig built one out of wood and the last pig built his house with sturdy bricks.
But then, a wolf invaded them.
The house made of straw was blown down by blowing through his nose, the wooden house was hit until it broke.
In the end, the three little pigs were able to chase the wolf away by living in the third pig"s house made of bricks.
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