“This won't do.”
Weed set down his carving knife.
It wasn't because he didn't dare change the thousand sculptures on the River of Lamentation's basin, or because the ghosts within the river were wailing and the sculptures looked terrifying on the foggy riverside.
The monsters!
He couldn't ignore the Embinyu Church's Priests and Dark Knights and while sculpting. It was like telling a growing elementary school kid in his prime to ignore the meat on his plate and only eat the vegetables.
Desire for experience and items. It boiled within Weed until he couldn't bear it anymore.
Copious strong monsters and items. He couldn't leave those monsters alone and sculpt an Orc's head.
With explosively rising thirst, Weed raised his carving knife again. His plan wasn't to correct the sculptures on the River of Lamentations basin, but to create an entirely new sculpture.
Slice, Slice!
He was making a sculpture by hewing the darkness.
Making a huge sculpture out of stone was the method he was used to. Unexpectedly, he couldn't cut the brittle, porous stone easily.
“I must make a mount first.”
He recalled back when he had been a Skeleton Knight.
The Skeleton Knight alone had managed the battle he'd been transported to from the Tower of Heroes.
The tremendous acceleration he'd had while riding his horse on the plains in the historical Palrangka battle!
There was no obstacle for a Knight's gallop.
When he charged, his attack cleaved through monsters. Given a horse, Knights became at least 3 or 4 times more powerful.
“I may be a Sculptor, but I can run.”
He didn't have a special skill like a Knight did, but even if he didn't have a skill that allows him to become one with a horse, he was still able to run.
It was also common for Mercenaries to have their own horse once they grew to some extent.
“Even so, I don't need to bother to sculpt a horse.”
Weed did not want something weak like a horse.
A horse was fast, but didn't have very high endurance. They behaved differently in variable moods. They were also often afraid of fire, lightning, ghosts, and the like.
He wasn't a Knight specialized in horses anyway.
“The best of mounts is that after all.”
Weed was a Korean citizen.
The livestock that had appeased people's pain numerous times in Korea's lengthy, winding history!
There was no reason to sculpt a horse when there was a strong and firm livestock possessing immense, leathery muscular strength he was so familiar with.
Our cow.
Korean beef!
Weed sculpted the special rock, the jet-black darkness.
The legs were thick and solid. The thigh muscles were incomparably delicate, and the entire body was completely muscular.
If a normal cow raised on grain was dangling with fat for the sake of the meat, the cow he was sculpting right now was different.
This one could enter Versailles Continent's Mister Bull Olympiad!
If hunk-loving heifers were to see him, they would immediately shake their short tails as they lied down.
“It won't do to blindly develop muscles.”
Weed even demonstrated the virtue of self-control.
A muscular body might have strong bursts of power, but it had the disadvantage of lackluster endurance and agility.
“I have to minimize the unnecessary muscles and optimize the muscular strength and endurance.”
Weed paid attention to even the bull's beauty.
Before he won his sculpting victory from Death Hand, he had intentionally made a failed bull to appear weak. He had gained experience while losing Fame. It was why he couldn't help but be much more skillful as he sculpted the bull.
He sculpted the size of the horns to be around 30 cm (~1 ft) long with its tips sharp enough to penetrate a steel plate, and also made its face broad.
It was a muscular bull, but its butt was expansive.
“The face of Korean cattle must be broad. The bigger the butt, the better. The eyes have to be round.”
His deep-rooted bias concerning cows!
Weed finally completed the sculpture.
— Please set a name for the sculpture you've made.
“Yellowy.”
— Would you like to name it 'Yellowy'?
It was a black cow right now, but he planned on dying it yellow afterwards.
Weed nodded his head as he looked at the 5 meter (~16 ft) mass of darkness inspiring awe and horror.
“The name 'Yellowy' really is perfect for a cow.”
Ding!
You have completed a Historic Sculpture, the Legendary Bull Yellowy!
A Legendary sculpture!
All that you have sculpted will be written in the Versailles Continent's history.
With noble talent and abundant artistry, you have created a piece of work people cannot help but marvel at, time and time again with your unrivaled, delicate skill.
A work invoking the solemn charm and dynamism of a cow.
With its different interpretation and perspective, it will become a legendary sculpture of livestock.
Artistic Value: An artwork of the Master Sculptor Weed. 6,124
Special Effects: Those who gaze upon Yellowy will gain 15 % increase in health and mana regeneration for a day.
Those who gaze upon Yellowy will gain 49 % increase in obtaining meat products while hunting for a day.
Strength has increased by 80.
Perseverance has increased by 25 %.
Production related skills are enhanced by 5 %.
Breeding capacity of female cattle has increased by 38 %.
Cattle gain weight faster.
Suppresses monster activity that threatens cattles everywhere.
Effects do not stack with other sculptures.
Number of Historic Sculptures completed until now: 1
— Sculpting skill proficiency has improved.
— Handicraft skill proficiency has improved.
— Fame has risen by 412.
— Art stat has risen by 70.
— Strength has increased by 3.
— Perseverance has increased by 10.
You have created a Historical Sculpture of a cow. Intimacy with cattle has increased, and if you own a large grassland, they will start gathering naturally.
If talented Sculptors see this sculpture, it will be a considerable help in developing their sculpting.
— For creating a historic sculpture, all stats have increased by 2 additional points.
Weed was satisfied.
“There is no other livestock that understands our people so well and has rewarded us like the cow has.”
His gratitude towards cattle!
If cattles hadn't existed in the past, it would have been difficult to farm and many people might have struggled with starvation.
Cattle had supplied the Korean food industry with endless assistance until the development of agricultural machinery.
Weed immediately returned the favor.
It was a waste to simply appreciate a sculpture this awesome. Plus, this was a place normal people couldn't come to!
“Sculpture Life Bestowal!”
— Sculpture has been granted life.
The sculpture ability will be converted from the current art stat of 1316 accordingly to a level of 422.
Due to the effects of a Historic Sculpture, the level will be added an additional 15 %, increasing it to 485.
However since the material of the rock is weak, there is a 20 % penalty to the level.
The creature has been given three properties.
Depending on the sculpture's level and form, the granted attributes will differ in level and ability.