The Sculptures Zahab Wants To Leave Behind Translated by Enlightened End, Proofread by bloodadept, froshianaki, mrbaconator
Zahab’s Assistant There are sculptures that Zahab was longing to make for some time. Help him complete those sculptures! There is no greater honor as a sculptor than this. Difficulty: Class Quest Quest Restriction: Limited to sculptors. Must be in the process of mastering advanced sculpting technique. Until this quest is complete, Zahab cannot leave Grapass. If you refuse this quest, you cannot receive it again. |
There was no reason for Weed to refuse this quest. It wasn’t his sculpture so he wouldn’t even care if he ruined it!
“Yes, I will do it.”
You have accepted the quest. |
“But where is this sculpture you want to make?”
Zahab pulled the sheet off covering something inside his workshop.
A white marble sculpture with a basic outline of woman!
“I am sure it’s the same for every other sculptor, but I lived under the captivation of beauty found only in sculptures. One of these days, I want to make a sculpture that expresses flesh and life, with the best proportions and ratio. It’s my dream to express a woman who has divine beauty.” In art, women were the dominant theme for the majority of works.
“But staying in Grapass for so long I seem to have completely forgot about womanly beauty. Presently, this sculpture is the most difficult work I have undertaken so I was hoping you could help me with it. “What about the other one?” “I have chosen a topic for it, but did not start on it yet. We should do one at a time, so after completing the first one, I will tell you about it.”
Zahab prepared his tools and material from his workshop for Weed’s use. All of it was premium material, when used sparingly, you could produce 16 to 17 sculptures from it.
Though it was Zahab who originally asked for help, in reality, Zahab was the one assisting Weed who was sculpting the outline and the subject matter. Even then, this was a great opportunity as Zahab was aiding in the creation of a sculpture designed by Weed.
‘What can I make that will satisfy Zahab?’
Creating an average sculpture would only create trouble. Zahab’s standard of beauty would be high, as his first love, was Queen Evane. While Weed was deep in thought, Zahab grabbed the sword hanging on the wall of his workshop.
Weed had seen the sword while he was observing the sculptures. There was nothing special about it, the sword was just ordinary with average attack.
“I will be out for a short while.” “Where are you going?” “Going out to get some air, acquire some sculpting materials and catch some monsters.”
Weed could almost scream in delight!
‘Now if he could just get himself killed…’
Weed couldn’t wait around forever. But on the other hand, he was curious to see how Zahab fought.
“Could I come with you?” “There is nothing urgent to be done, so you can come.”
Weed hurried after him, filled with the expectation of seeing how Zahab fought. As it could be dangerous, Gold Man, Yellowy and other sculpture lifeforms were left behind to rest in the cabin.
‘If possible, the more dangerous the better. It would be nice for the boss monsters in Grapass to appear regularly…’
*****
Zahab passed through the forest and entered a hidden cavity.
It was an entrance to a dungeon! A dungeon in Grapass that Weed would have never dared to enter.
“You will have to follow after me carefully.”
Dungeon, you have entered the Karajak’s habitat. |
“Kueh!”
Weed screamed like Orc Karichwi. Karajaks were monsters that had long, thin legs like an ostrich. It was a monster that could kill someone before they had the chance to laugh at its comical appearance! It’s amazing attack strength was compounded by its high hostility against humans, it had lightning fast speed and the ability to change directions in split seconds. Karajaks travelled in herds so no guilds as of yet hunted these monsters as their primary quarry.
There was occasional success hunting 1~2 that were isolated, but even then the casualties were too high. And no one could find the dungeon where Karajak appeared so it all blew over.
‘Of all things it had to be a Karajak’s habitat, there won’t be 3~4. No, there will be an awful lot more than that.
Looking at the dungeon name, it was obvious that a lot of Karajak’s lived there.
You received a critical hit. Dyspnoeic condition emerged. |
Not even a few seconds later his health dropped 20%. If he stayed like this, with his laughable defense, he could die any moment. After a sufficient beating, he returned to Zahab’s side.
Zahab’s sword was slaying Karajaks without mercy.
‘His swordsmanship is as impressive as his sculpting skill.’
The incident with the assassins was not a coincidence.
‘To be this strong…’
Weed was waiting to scrap for any chance, but Zahab’s hunting speed was so fast that it was impossible to squeeze in. As Zahab defeated the Karajaks he picked up rare leather, meat and jewels.
Following the hunt like this, Weed made a decision.
‘I need to be more friendly with him from now on.’
*****
After coming back from the observational hunting, Weed picked up his sculpting knife.
“The shape of a woman possessing divine beauty…”
It was a theme artists, in ancient and modern times, sweated efforts and debated fiercely about without any results.
Even if it was one person, the judgment of womanly beauty changed as the person got older. To say one woman possessed every aspect of beauty was an impossibility. There were infinite varieties of preference by a host of different people. How could he shape a woman who possessed divine beauty?
But there was an evil grin on Weed’s face.
‘There is Seo Yoon.’
In outward appearance, there is no one perfect like her. There was even a time he used her representation to improve his sculpting skills. The harmony created by Seo Yoon’s eyes, nose, lips and skin, it was enough to make his heart beat faster when sculpting her!
Even if it was a sculpture of her, it was so beautiful he kept wanting to see it. Other people who actually saw Seo Yoon, couldn’t believe if what they saw was real or a dream and couldn’t keep their eyes off her.
He could never fail a sculpture of Seo Yoon and she would be the perfect subject matter.
“Right, this will do.”
Overflowing confidence as a sculptor!
‘Considering Zahab’s standards, the theme and pose of the sculpture will be really important.’
If he took a real life object as the background subject matter, there wouldn’t be any problem.
“For now, let’s get my hands warmed up…”
Using Zahab’s sculpting material, he made sculptures. Karajak, Kellkog. They were sculptures of monsters he met in Grapass.
In this, he was making use of Zahab’s method. Rather than sculpting a singular piece, he created many.
He first sculpted a small boy then surrounded him with Kellkogs and Karajaks. The menacing scene was expressed like a fairy tale. In the scene, the boy did not give into his fears as he stretched out his hands to touch the monsters.
He created a Fine piece named, ‘Tiny morsel for the Karajaks and Kellkogs.’ This was merely practice.
After that Weed decided to start on Zahab’s request.
“Wouldn’t it be better to loosen your hands a bit more? I will also give you sufficient time to imagine a theme. I think you can start after 1~2 month of thinking.” “It’s okay, I can start now.”
He began to make a sculpture in collaboration with Zahab.
“The forearm must be smooth like this… the jaw line is difficult so I will do it.”
While Weed was proposing the precise shape of the overall sculpture, he was also leading Zahab expertly.
The beauty of the woman was not only on the outward appearance, the personal appeal was more precious and could achieve far more. Weed stealthily revealed the hidden charm found in Seo Yoon, even he couldn’t help but think it was beautiful.
These days, he was with Seo Yoon often so there were times when he thought she was just pretty. But as he meandered while shaping the sculpture, she was significantly more beautiful than before.
‘She’s getting prettier.’
He felt he could understand why Master Daron continued to sculpt only one woman. Now as he sculpted Seo Yoon, a variety of emotions surfaced within and he wanted to capture Seo Yoon’s precious expressions.
He thought he found the joy of being able to sculpt a person.
Magnum Opus! ‘Sculpture that Expresses Beauty’ has been completed. A collaboration between the great sculptor Weed and Zahab, who is sitting at the summit of sculpting skill. They managed to express a woman’s beauty. Comparative to their fame, the completion of this supreme piece is enough to be considered as one of the top aesthetic works in Versailles continent. Artistic Value: 16,290. Special Option: Anyone who sees the, ‘Sculpture that Expresses Beauty’ will regenerate health and mana 40% faster for one day. All stats increase by 35. Magic resistance increase by 37%. Maximum health increase by 14%. Intelligence, Wisdom and Charm increase by 15. Increases the morale of soldiers. Grants additional mastery to adventurer’s Appreciation of Artwork skill. Sculptors, painters, dancers and scholars Charm increases by 14 permanently. Birth rate of the city near the sculpture will increase by 80%. The sculpture has been blessed by goddess Freya for portraying aspects of beauty. Effect does not stack with other sculptures. Number of Magnum Opus created till now: 10. |
Mastery of sculpting skill increased. |
Mastery of handicraft skill increased. |
Sculpture Comprehension skill increased by 1 level. |
Fame increased by 968. |
Art stat increased by 48. |
Intelligence increased by 12. |
Wisdom increased by 6. |
Charm increased by 25. |
Goddess Freya has granted a blessing upon the sculpture for portraying aspects of beauty. Paladins and priests from the Freya denomination will receive special strength and courage when they see the sculpture. |
By making a sculpture recognized by goddess Freya, faith increased by 19. |
For the completion of a Magnum Opus, all stats increased by 3. |
Weed’s achievement was great, but this sculpture would have been impossible to make without Zahab. Discounting his ‘Torch Left by Sculptors’, his 8th Magnum Opus sculpted using helium, this would count as his greatest work yet.
While a variety of stats increased generously, none of them were directly related to combat stats. Strength and agility hardly increased, while intelligence and wisdom rose rather highly. Weed was similar to the Geomchis that he did not distribute his stats on intelligence and wisdom, but increased them purely by making sculptures.
Regardless, the quest of being Zahab’s assistant was halfway complete.
“You have exemplary skill. I did not expect that you would be able to do this well… The one other sculpture I want to make is something that represents myself.”
The sculpture Zahab wanted to leave behind was of himself.
“Some day, after a very long time has passed, this county and even the Versailles continent would be forgotten. But I want to leave behind a vestige of myself within a sculpture. Your skills are great enough to create a sculpture of myself.”
Now Weed had to sculpt personally with Zahab as the subject matter.
‘Even this won’t be that hard.’
By creating the sculpture of Seo Yoon, he raised Zahab’s satisfaction level to the highest. And having experienced and observed Zahab live, it was just a matter of making the sculpture! It was like taking candy from a child, and their gum, and their lunch money, and drinking their milk on top of it.
Zahab wanted him to make seven different sculptures of him. “My life cannot be defined by one sculpture. There are poses of sculptures I already thought of.”
Zahab directed the pose for the sculpture. While he had to make several sculptures, Weed had nothing to complain about as he could just sculpt as directed.
The first pose was Zahab working on a sculpture! It was pretty obvious that a sculptor would want to leave behind a scene of his main profession.
“I should make it as good as possible for the reward I can get after I complete the quest.”
As the model was an old man, his hands were very wrinkly.
Sak Sak.
There was no need to have decal like details on a sculpture.
‘This is not a work of art, rather, the person needs to love it on first sight.’
Color control was done on Zahab’s face to make it look like it had a touch of make up. The numerous wrinkles were adjusted, the disheveled hair style was fixed to give a natural feeling.
“Your skills are really not so bad.” “I just needed to represent the good model in front of me.” “Then I shall anticipate your best for the other sculptures as well.”
Next, he had to sculpt Zahab strolling through a forest. There was nothing especially difficult about it, but as he took care of the minute details he needed a minimum of two-three days.
Zahab in the evenings, usually hunted within the dungeons in the vicinity.
“Later, one of the sculptures you will need to make is about me battling. So I hope you observe me carefully.” “I understand.”
As it was impossible to make Zahab hold a stance during battle, Weed had to follow him around and observe. Much could be learned by watching a battle. Weed could fully comprehend the unreachable strength Zahab had with his sword.
Level increased for Moonlight Sculpting skill. Skill is intermediate level 3. Sculptures made of light will have greater effects. |
Moonlight Sculpting Blade skill increased by 1 level. |
Moonlight Sculpting Blade skill increased by 1 level. |
Sword Mastery increased. |
You have gained the required information for the quest, ‘Continue Zahab’s Legacy.’ |
Zahab’s song while touching was also cheesy. But finally, the chain quest accompanying him from the beginning was about to pay off.
‘Just need to go to the handmaiden and sing the song.’
And make the last sculpture Zahab wanted.
Zahab was silent as if he was reminiscing about the past. Weed did not know if it was about Queen Evane or if he was missing his bygone youth.
“Then the final sculpture that’s left…”
Weed estimated that the final sculpture would not be something simple.
‘Regardless, I can make any sculpture.’
He just needed to make the sculpture as Zahab described.
“The things I am good at are sculpting and the sword.”
As a sculptor, Zahab was peculiar as he was also good with the sword.
“After leaving Evane and settling here, I needed to use my sword as much as my sculpting skills. The sword became as important as sculpting to me.”
Zahab must have needed to battle a lot to protect his life from the monsters.
“Your sword still does not look strong.” “Many aspects are still lacking.”
Weed’s Swordsmanship was currently on intermediate level 9.
Attack skills did not allow sword mastery to increase much. As attack skill wasted a lot of mana, when Weed was out hunting alone he tried to minimize the skill usage. But even than, his mastery increased slower than a swordsman or knights.
A Swordsman’s 1st and second class change, they could awaken the potential within the sword. Their sword attack strength doubled so they could increase their skill mastery comfortably.
Through the enormous amount of stats he stacked up, he complemented his attack strength. But compared to the classes that used the blade professionally, the skill mastery did not increase as fast.
He was constantly polishing his sword skill, but the reality was that the skill was stuck at intermediate level 9.
“If you sculpt my stances, you might just realize something.”
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