“You’re sculptor that works till the end, a heroic sculptor who turns the impossible into the possible.”
As if they were in a competition, the Dirtmen and Fiery Pebbles flattered him. Perhaps because Weed had created them, they learned bad things first.
“What about my intelligence?”
“The smartest throughout the continent.”
“You are a genius.”
“When I was one year old, I toddled 100 meters in 0.1 seconds. At two years of age, I used my wings to fly around in the air.”
“Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
From behind Weed’s mantle, the Wings of Light spread wide.
Brilliant. Such brilliant luster! Used for the purpose of lying, such was the life of a moonlight sculpture that was granted life!
Seeing the absolute loyalty of the spirits, Weed’s heart was warmed.
“My face is the most handsome in the world. There is no human who is more good looking than me in the world! When girls see my smiling face, they can’t help but tumble towards me.”
“…”
“…”
The Dirtmen looked like they had bitten into a tart grapefruit.
“T-Thats a little…”
Weed reflexively looked at the Fiery Pebble. It was burning down some perfectly healthy grass nonchalantly.
“We let him have his way and listened to him, but he really doesn’t know when to stop.”
“Yeah. Do we really have kiss his ass and suffer to get a body?”
“I don’t think it would’ve been bad to just exist as a spirit…”
The Fiery Pebbles quietly murmured amongst themselves.
Weed loudly cleared his throat.
“AHEM! This is a regrettable incident. For the Elemental Spirits I made with such difficulty to not be satisfied with this world… Should I just use my Sculpture Destruction skill to just crush everything and make it so that this never happened? ”
The Dirtmen and Fiery Pebbles felt the threat on their lives and quickly raised their arms.
“Hooray for Master Weed!”
“Long live the Master!”
Their happiness was short-lived, and while their arms were raised, the bodies of the Dirtmen and Fiery Pebbles blurred and started to disappear. Weed’s mana had been completely used up and he couldn’t sustain them any longer.
“Please call us anytime, Master!”
“Please don’t forget me.”
As the Dirtmen and Fiery Pebbles disappeared, the sounds of their exclamations were left ringing faintly in the air.
After all of the Dirtmen and Fiery Pebbles had been recalled, Weed contemplated briefly and restored his mana.
The sculpture skill of Spirit Creation.
The memories of the effort he had invested into discovering this sculpting secret flashed through his mind.
The past times when he’d been cursed for sculpting!
With his mana completely filled up, Weed stood up from his spot again.
“Summon Dirtmen. Summon Fiery Pebble!”
As the earth and fire rose, Dirtmen and Fiery Pebble were summoned again!
Weed raised his two hands straight up in the air.
“Hurray, Master Weed!”
“Hurray!”
The exhaustive brainwashing work went on all day.
The brainwashing that forced them to harbor only respect for him!
“Who am I!”
“The absolute immortal creator who took pity on our trifling selves and made our bodies.”
“What are my words?”
“They are absolute commands we must obey even if we become extinct in this land.”
“There will be no greater honour than for this trifling body to cease to exist whilst fulfilling your command.”
The next day, the place the Dirtmen were ambitiously mobilized to was Weed’s ruby mine.
“Mine them carefully. Don’t get even a single scratch on them!”
If a Spirit Creator treats the spirits as his friends, they will respect him…
Usually, one would have adventures in the Versailles Continent while being friendly to the cute and adorable spirits.
However, it was something that didn’t apply to Weed.
Like day laborers, the spirits were being called to mine rubies.
Chapter 9: Dark Gamers’ Conversation
Lee Hyun connected to the Dark Gamers’ chat room. Information disclosure, questions, sales, and grade advancement were the main topics of the chat room.
In normal chat rooms, there were people who were there just to waste time, but Dark Gamers were different. Information about the activities of Kingdoms, professions, quest information, and other necessary info were exchanged in real time.
These conversations weren’t open to everyone. The rooms were available through the forums, which could only be accessed if their rank permitted it, so only a small fraction of Dark Gamers were allowed to share the information.
It was a basic skill to use chatting to uncover the secrets of other gamers.
— Huni: Hurry, hurry, come in. Hyun-nim.
— Hyun: We meet again.
— Huni: Yes, nice to see you.
— Wicked Me: This is my first time meeting you, Hyun-nim.
There were about 7 users in the chat room.
Aside from the people who were lurking beneath the surface, in actuality only Huni and Wicked Me were chatting.
— Huni: Hyun-nim, you’ve been coming here only for a little bit late at night. What have you been doing lately?
— Hyun: I’ve just… I’ve been learning my profession’s skills.
— Huni: Profession skills are very important. Normally, you access the chat room and don’t say anything, but you also check the market prices of items, right?
— Hyun: Yes.
— Wicked Me: I also often do that too.
— Huni: All Dark Gamers are probably like that. It’s because there’s no job as busy as ours.
It was crucial for Dark Gamers to regularly check on the item market prices, commissions, and hunting grounds. For the sake of earning money, not only effort, but information in itself was crucial.
Only Dark Gamers who went beyond other players, could purely enjoy their meetings.
— Huni: I have been a Dark Gamer for 7 years. How long have you two sirs been Dark Gamers?
— Wicked Me: I’ve been one for three years. Well, two years actually.
— Huni: Then I suppose I’m your senior, though that doesn’t mean much. If it’s 2 years, then did you start Dark Gamer activities since the release of Royal Road?
— Wicked Me: That’s right. I started the same time Royal Road was released. Since I progressed faster than others, I was able to collect some money from the start.
— Huni: I envy you. What about you, Hyun-nim?
— Hyun: I’ve been a Dark Gamer in earnest for about one year.
— Huni: That’s incredible!
— Wicked Me: Is that true? If you can enter this rank’s chat room, you’re probably not on an ordinary level… And it’s not just level, but the quality of the information shared and your responses are important in determining your rank.
— Huni: One year is really surprising. Can you please tell me your secret?
— Hyun: I just worked really hard. And I started making money as a Dark Gamer way before then; it’s just that I registered a year ago.
— Wicked Me: As I thought, that’s how. It’s hard to be a Dark Gamer in Royal Road.