The Genesis of Sculpting Translated by End. Proofread by Britsch, Shadowlink and BloodAdept.
You have returned the Sword of Lugh. The Church of Lugh made tremendous sacrifices in order to stop the King of the Undead, Balkan Demoph. Balkan’s body was ultimately pierced by the God Sword, successfully sealing off the nearly unlimited magical power of the Lich. In the end, Balkan was defeated by a group of warriors and the sword has now been returned into the hands of the church. |
Fame increased by 1,700. |
Friendship with the Church of Lugh is now at 32. |
Your Contribution Points with the Church of Lugh increased by 1,950. You can check your Contribution Points with Churches under the Religion tab. Total Contribution Points with the Church of Lugh: 2,573. |
By upholding such sacred act, Faith increased by 13. |
At this very moment, the Priests and Paladins who fought with Weed against the Undead Legion experienced a change. Their Faith and Contribution Points with the Church of Lugh increased significantly. Although majority of Morata’s population were believers of Freya, the Priests that fought against the Undead Legion were made up of many denominations.
For the Priests and Paladins from the Church of Lugh, their increase in Faith was especially high. Even then, the increase of Faith to players from other denominations was not small either. Some Advanced Priests found their Faith increased by 30 and even Paladin’s attack skill, which was based on Faith and Strength, increased slightly.
And of course, the Geomchis who played a vital role in the battle against the Undead Legion, had their Faith and Contribution also increased.
“Ara, Contribution Points increased.” “What’s a Contribution Point?” “Sa-hyung, could this be something bad?”
The Geomchis, who were gathered in Vargo Fortress eating meat, were bewildered by the message that suddenly popped up. In their midst, Geomchi127 who pretended to be educated, as he had a computer proficiency certificate, explained.
“If you have a lot of Contribution Points, you can go there and receive a free meal.” “Oh, really?” “Yes. I saw this before somewhere. If your Contribution Points are high, you can use them to get items and free meals.” “Are you sure that a church would actually give meat?” “I don’t think they even have beer.” “Then this is completely useless, isn’t it?”
Even though their Contribution Points rose, the Geomchis could not find any use for it. Truthfully, the Geomchis, by accepting a difficult quest, had increased their friendship with the NPCs and also had slightly raised their Achievements and Contribution Points.
“Geomchi3 Sa-hyung, what do we do with this Faith?” “No. 8, does it help with battle?” “No, not at all.” “Then, that’s useless as well.”
For Warrior like Geomchis, Faith actually did not help them much at all. Warriors could apply to become guards for a temple. They could be part of temple’s subjugation force and fight monsters and receive quests. If Warriors had faith and were on a quest for the temple, in a very rare occasion a special blessing or a small miracle could happen. But overall, Faith was not important for them.
Faith could increase the resistance against curses, but like before, it was not by a large degree. Even for a Sculptor like Weed, he only gained a slight benefit from Faith while wearing parts of equipment or doing a religious quest. Unless the player was a Priest or a Paladin, Faith could not be used proactively.
“I got excited for nothing. Let’s just eat.” “Yes, Sa-hyung.”
Starting from the residents of Morata, the people of Northern Continent spoke concurrently.
“The hero that defeated Balkan has returned to Sword of Lugh to the church today.” “No matter how far and wide you search the continent, no one has undergone such amazing and mysterious adventures like the Lord of Morata.” “I heard he accomplished every duty assigned to him.”
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The Bishop continued to speak.
“Lord, this patronage to the Church of Lugh, this monumental achievement shall be recorded in our annals forever.” “I only followed what my conscience directed me to do. I do not know if this is the righteousness that people speak of, but I just could not turn a blind eye to Balkan, who believed might makes right. I did what I thought was right, without any thoughts of reward or glory.”
In truth, it was all brazen hypocritical words, but the Bishop ate up everything Weed told him.
“You have truly accomplished a great deed.”
Weed hoped there might be more, but nothing materialized. While he did play a critical role, many other players contributed to the quest as well, making it impossible for him to receive something exclusive for himself.
‘Looks like I need to be satisfied with the Contribution Points.’
But just the increase in Friendship with the Church of Lugh had a positive effect. Because Weed was the Lord of Morata, the Church of Lugh would dispatch greater number of Paladins and invest more into the city.
The Bishop passed his hands over the blackened spots on the sword.
“Unfortunately, the Sword of Lugh has been corrupted by Balkan’s magic.” “I am truly sorry to hear that.” “It’s not too late for us to lose hope. The divine power of the sword can be recovered in the land that dwells in calamity, Argoldia.”
Become a Guide to the Sanctum The Bishop of the Church of Lugh plans to send an expedition to Argoldia to restore the power of the sword. Will you not become the guide through the treacherous rocky mountain path to the sanctum? Because you can command the ever faithful Paladins and Priests, you will be primarily responsible for the failure of the expedition. Difficulty: S. Quest Restriction: Those who have murderer status or evil alignment cannot receive the quest. Requires Faith stat. If the quest fails Faith will decrease, Friendship with Church of Lugh will decline. |
‘Just my luck it’s Argoldia…’
Jigolaths, Grapass, it felt like he had some kind of connection to the 10 Forbidden Regions. And on top of that, the extremely high difficulty rating!
“The door of suffering is opening automatically for me.”
Weed shook his head. “Unfortunately, I have an appointed duty I must take care of and cannot spare the time for this.” “Adventurer, restoring the God Sword is a crucial task!” “If it’s the Paladins of the Church of Lugh, suppressing the monsters should not be a difficult task for them.”
Argoldia was vastly different compared to Grapass. It was located deeply within the mountain range in the Central Continent, with concentration of terrifying flying monsters. Although hunting was done once in awhile in Grapass, there was virtually no information on Argoldia.
Even then, if the Church sent its finest Paladins and Priest, an expedition to Argoldia was possible. It was only that Weed thought doing the Sculpting Master Quest or trying to find the last sculpting secret legacy as more important.
“But Adventurer, I have heard of your reputation. I know for a fact there is no one who puts their faith in others like you. Are you really thinking of rejecting the position as the guide?”“More than my duty to the Church of Lugh, there is work I have to accomplish for the peace of the whole Versailles. I must accomplish this task first.” “Well, if it’s like that…. then there is nothing I can do. It’s not a task I can enforce but if you have a change of heart, please come and talk to me. ”
You have rejected the Quest. |
Friendship with the Church of Lugh fallen by 7. |
Your Contribution Points with Church of Lugh decreased by 149. |
Faith decreased by 2. |
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After Weed rejected the Bishop’s proposal, a quest was created by the Church of Lugh.
Expedition to Argoldia After the demise of Balkan, the Sword of Lugh pierced into his chest has been returned to the Church. But the power of the sword has been corrupted by the Lich’s Dark Magic. The Church of Lugh is looking for people to participate in the expedition lead personally by the Bishop with 80 Elite Paladins and 45 Elite Priests. Those who are dependable will be presented a great mission by the Church of Lugh. Difficulty: A Quest Restriction: Those who have murderer status or evil alignment cannot receive the quest. |
The difficulty decreased by a rank and the expedition to Argoldia was opened up to the players in Morata.
“Wow… it’s unbelievable.” “Just imagine succeeding the quest.” “This is like a real adventure. Not only that, it’s in one of 10 Forbidden Region, Argoldia.” “This will definitely be covered by the news network.”
The players who started in Morata were envious as they could not participate in the expedition. Majority of them were still beginners so only players who had crossed over from the Central Continent could participate.
“Do you know any who accepted this quest?” “Don’t know. But I heard the high level players who are in dungeons and hunting grounds are coming back in large numbers.” “I just saw Spencer entering the Lugh Church to sign up for the expeditionary force.”
One of the most brilliant adventurer in Royal Road, Spencer! He was one of the first to come to Northern Continent. He based himself in Morata and also showed off his excavations once in awhile.
As the rumor of him accepting this quest was spread widely between the players, the number of knights and warriors accepting the quest exploded. The players could receive support from the Priests and even in the case the quest failed, the expedition would only deepen their connection to the Church of Lugh so there were quite a few players who thought positively about the quest.
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Weed left the Church of Lugh and entered the Sculptor’s Guild in Morata.
On streets leading to the Bull Square, variety of Guilds were built based on the services that players required the most.
“I heard that Weed-nim returned today. Do you want to go have a look?” “You can’t. We can’t delay our schedule on the exhibition of clay pieces for the coming festival.”
Other than the citywide, official festivals, there were many festivals planned by players themselves. The Merchant Association that held business on the different Squares hosted the festival on the appointed dates.
In the broadcast program on Royal Road, ‘The Stories of Versailles Continent’, had mentioned about class mastery once before. The program said the Class Master quest could lead the player to do something for the Continent and there were some connections between each Race’s quest, but no one knew what direction it would take.
Unicorn Corporation, who were extremely reluctant to disclose any information about Royal Road, only revealed one additional information.
To do the very first Master Quest, players competed against each other to increase their skill level. But there were only a rare few that continued to play sorely to increase their skill level. After a certain point of hiding their skills, the players either created guilds or entered one and then created a struggle for power.
Some died trying to increase their skill mastery by wandering battlefields or fighting and some gave up depressed after their skill mastery stopped to increase.
Representing anyones class by doing a Master Quest was a great glory, which lead the player to step into the unknown.
“No!” “Listen, let’s just go back to the Central Continent.” “I should have never left home, this was a colossal waste of time and suffering.”
Most of the bounty hunters, frustrated by the setback, decided to go their separate ways. The players from Hermes Guild were also at a loss. They came here after being tasked by the Guild and could not return empty handed.
“Can’t he hurry up?” “Is he coming or not? If he’s not coming, he should just say so!”
As Weed never made any definite promise of coming to the Red Reef Forest, they could not really argue about it.
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Weed was slightly confident about doing the Sculpting Master Quest.
‘No matter what type of quest it is, there shouldn’t be any major problems.’
He was a jack of all trades, whether it was battle or adventure, he was confident he could succeed in whatever task Royal Road threw at him! He already collected 5 secret sculpting legacies, the Master Quest itself didn’t feel like it would be extremely difficult.
It was merely that his Sculpting Skill was stuck at Advance level 8, clearing the minimum level requirement to receive the quest. On the quest, he would need to focus everything on increasing his sculpting skill mastery.
“Then I will tell you the old legend that has been passed on between sculptors.”
The instructor began to speak. As this would become a personal quest, Weed opened his ears and the sculptors in the guild listened in, curious about the quest.
“It was before sculpting skill was developed as an art form, as culture. This was when the monsters covered the whole continent. No matter the race, Human, Elves, Orcs, Dwarves or Barbarians, they were devoured by monsters.”
In front of Weed appeared a video only he could see.
It was even before Geihar Von Arpen unified the Continent. The gods created the Versailles Continent and soon after the various races began to appear. It was still an uncivilized era where Humans, Elves, Dwarves and Orcs had to unify their strength.
Humans stood guard against monsters, Elves cultivated crops and produced food and the Dwarves mined caves and sharpened stones for the Orcs to use as weapons. With the Orcs’ fertility, Humans’ leadership, Elves’ green thumb and Dwarves’ talent for creating items, the four races managed to survive. The four races lived in harmony within the cave and together they developed law and culture.
After the video ended, the instructor continued:
“It was said that at this moment, the very first sculpting skill was born. It’s a difficult tale to believe, but this legend has been passed on by the long lived elves who have exceptional memory. I think, perhaps the Elven Elder Randelia might know more about the oldest sculpture ever created.”
DING!
The Genesis of Sculpting The sculpting skill that was invented when the races just began to work with sands and stone. As this is contrary to the history of the four races, investigate the truth about the very first sculpting technique. Difficulty: Sculpting Master Quest. Quest Restriction: Sculpting skill must be at Advance Level 8. Must have friendly relation with the Elves. |
If another sculptor did the Master Quest before him, Weed would have a reference to work with. Although Weed did not have any information to work with, he thought it was better to struggle rather than following a guide written by other people.
“Then, I shall go meet her and find out.”
You have accepted the Quest. |
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Hermes Guild obtained information that Weed was on his way to meet the Elven Elder Randelia.
?? – Most commonly mean capital punishment or death penalty. But context used is ??. ? – ‘Sa’ meaning teacher/master and ? – ‘Hyung’ older brother
??? – Contribution ??? – Achievements In the overall context, the Contribution Points fits better than Achievement Points. But the difference exist. Not sure about the raw before Vol.23, but as far as I read, most translators used Contribution Points. I will stick with Contribution but as above, will judge it case by case basis. In this chapter, both been used: “Geomchi’s by accepting difficult quest, had increased their friendship with the NPC and had slightly raised their Achievements and Contribution Points already.”
Difficult to translate as never having played an MMORPG coming back to me, in Korean it’s: ? ??? ??? ? ??? ?? ??????
?? – Japkae as far as I can understand thanks to the wiki is a character with stats that is randomly and awkwardly distributed and becomes useless. In the raw, it says Weed is a Japkae that did not dug water only in one well. And contextually, it did say he was confident so the term, jack of all trades.
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