The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor - Chapter 28-1

Chapter 28-1

1) Melbourne Mine

Weed used the teleport gate to arrive at Treipeak Fortress in the Haineph mountain area . .

“It is just my luck that there are hardly any people around . ”

The Versailles Continent felt narrower as he travelled around it . He couldn’t feel the pleasure of travelling around to dangerous places in order to obtain gold .

“Iron ore is needed . ”

“Discount sale! This is the last bargain for iron ores!”

Many users were trading at Treipeak . Even though they weren’t merchants, the users were selling minerals obtained from hunting in the Melbourne mine .

Melbourne Mine Entrance Fee Underground 1st Floor 300 gold 2nd Floor 850 gold 3rd Floor 1,800 gold The 4th Floor is a guild restricted area

Users had to pay the Black Lion Guild a fee to access the hunting grounds so users were also selling any loot they obtained . Sometimes they obtained precious items but they had to split the share with the Black Lion guild so they obtained almost no profit from hunting . But the Melbourne Mine was popular with users whose priority was raising their levels instead of earning money . Miners digging for iron ore were also common so they needed to pay a separate fee over time .

Weed shook his head .

“They really have a lot to learn about governance . If this was a dictatorship than it would be perfect . ”

He had just become the king of the Arpen Kingdom . It was only a small kingdom but if he learned advanced ruling techniques then he would become a vicious king later on .

“Looking for people to hunt on the 2nd floor . You can hunt until late at night!”

“Black Lion Guild is forming a party . They will keep all the items but the admission fee will be free . There is a profession and level restriction . ”

Weed spent a short time at the peak of the mountain watching the people and the drifting clouds . There was an admission fee so he sent a whisper to Hegel who belonged to the Black Lion Guild and who was willing to listen to him . Users were gathered at the walls built along the mountain ridges . It was a necessary structure for comfortable walking .

“Aren’t there people completing the Class Master quest these days?”

“Isn’t it Bardray? He is being actively supported by the Hermes Guild . ”

“Phew, the God of War Weed-nim is a match even without the support of a guild . ”

“Do you know what the reward will be for the Black Knight Master Quest?”

The Class Master quest was a popular topic among users . The scale of the quest would be enormous considering they needed to master a skill . Based on the information revealed by the Unicorn Corporation, a special reward would be given for mastering a profession skill so it became a hot topic among the users as time passed . It was enough to make people who were indifferent to skill levels start grinding their skill proficiency .

“I saw on the bulletin boards and news broadcasts that the Black Knight completed a class quest . ”

“I heard from CTS Media that he obtained a legendary spear and armour . ”

“Bardray obtained that with the eleventh quest . ”

“When did he do the eleventh quest?”

“He succeeded yesterday and it was broadcasted live all night . ”

“Wow . Then I should watch the reruns . ”

“The CTS media broadcast is good because CTS has a cooperation with the Hermes Guild on their screen time . ”

Weed’s eyes filled with jealousy . He didn’t receive any special rewards for his Sculpting Master Quest except for an increase in the friendship of each race and the discovery of ancient ruins .

Meanwhile Bardray who was a competitor with a similar quest, the master quest, received the best equipment to continue his adventure . The thought of it caused a pain in his stomach!

Hegel finally arrived through the teleport gate while Weed was agonizing about it . Weed shook his hand .

“Ah, you’re here!”

“Weed hyung?”

“Yes, it’s me . ”

Hegel tilted his head to one side .

“Eh, wasn’t Hyung a dwarf?”

Weed had the body of a dwarf the last time Hegel saw him . Weed roughly explained it .

“There were circumstances so I briefly changed by body in order to enter the Dwarf Kingdom for a quest . But why were you late?”

“I’m late because I dropped in at the guild office . Ah, do you know my colleagues here from school?”

Hegel pointed towards 2 girls who bowed .

“Hello Sunbae-nim!”

Dine and Alice attended school along with Choi Sang-jun . In Royal Road he was known as Hegel .

“It’s great to see you again . ”

Weed greeted them roughly .

“Yes, me too . ”

“Hyung wanted to see the Melbourne Mine… . . I called these kids here to accompany hyung . Is that okay?”

“It doesn’t matter to me . ”

Weed only cared about entering the Melbourne Mine for free .

“The Melbourne Mine isn’t a simple dungeon so a bit of preparation is needed . Follow me . ”

Hegel was a member with the mark of the Black Lion Guild stamped on his armour so he received enormous benefits on Treipeak . At every store he visited he could buy things at a low price without any tax . The prices were cheap enough to make him envious and the items had a high rating .

“I hope you enjoy your visit Sir Hegel-nim . ”

The soldiers politely greeted while lifting their spears .

“He is a member of the Black Lion Guild . ”

“Look at that great equipment . ”

Even Hegel’s arrogance was natural based on the reactions in the surroundings .

“Sir Hegel-nim, good luck . There are a lot of monsters in the mine . ”

“Thank you for coming to this place Sir Hegel-nim . Please come in . ”

It was to the extent that the guards gave them VIP treatment at the entrance of the Melbourne Mine . This respect was realistic to Weed .

When he was a child he had been envious of children from rich homes . But it would be difficult to succeed in this tough world with such a narrow mindset . That’s why he actively used flattery!

“Hegel you really are big . ”

“Hehe, this is just something basic . ”

“It seems like you’ve gained a lot of levels and your equipment is also better . ”

“This time I’ve received the best equipment from the guild so monsters of this degree won’t be much risk . ”

“The Black Lion Guild is really amazing!”

“Hyung isn’t in a guild?”

“I’ve also joined one . ”

The standards of the members of the Travellers of the Wilderness Guild was quite high . Whenever he opened the guild chat he mainly heard talk about treasure hunting or boss monster hunting .

In general small guilds needed dozens or hundreds of people to hunt a boss monster . Hunting boss monsters increased the guild’s reputation, causing more people to want to join and then allowing them to hunt stronger boss monsters .

The Travellers of the Wilderness Guild never summoned their members for a reason like that . They were a hermit type guild so they would just quickly gather a few people if needed for a boss hunt .

“If it is difficult at any time than just tell me hyung . Everybody in the Black Lion Guild receives this treatment . ”

“Yes, thank you . ”

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People arrived one after another at the teleport gate of Treipeak .

“The air is truly refreshing . ”

“This is the Tullen Kingdom with a high teleport fee so you need to hunt eagerly . ”

The users who arrived were prepared and scouted the surroundings .

Turok: The Black Lion guild doesn’t seem like much . Arkhim: Is the area around the teleport gate safe?Turok: Yes . The group can move here .

The 10 users scattered around the fortress reported back . They were secret scouts belong to the Hermes Guild . A bright light continuously occurred at the teleport gate .

Papapat!

Bardray, his Royal Guards and the assassination squad had moved here with the teleport gate . The dark ruler of the Hermes Guild, Bardray the King of the Haven Kingdom had arrived at Treipeak .

His group disguised themselves by wearing equipment of a much lower level . Bardray and the Royal Guards had recognizable faces so they needed to take precautions . The assassination squad that followed them wore plain clothes and make-up that hid their faces like dancers .

Kasim: We will split up after arriving at the Melbourne Mine . If we are detected by the Black Lion Guild then it will become difficult .

Bardray, the Royal Guards and the assassination squad dropped by the stores and bought useless items to buy some time . 500 people were moving to Treipeak so the teleport gate was a lot more active than usual . In order to avoid suspicion they arrived at different times throughout the next two hours . Scouts were placed on the main street in order to observe the military personnel of the fortress and members of the Black Lion Guild .

Greiden: I’ve confirmed that there are 60000 infantry, 20000 archers and 3000 knights at the fortress . There are members of the Black Lion Guild at the fortress but they think that other areas are more important so most of the users have been deployed elsewhere . Turok: If a battle starts then reinforcements will come very quickly . Kasim: If we disrupt the power maintaining the Melbourne Mine then those guys won’t be able to come in time .

Bardray’s quest was taking place in the Melbourne Mine, an area under the control of the Black Lion Guild . His Class Master Quest attracted a lot of attention so he had to hide while fighting the boss monster hiding in the mine . There was no way the Black Lion Guild would allow the Hermes Guild to dispatch troops to the Melbourne Mine . Instead of requesting cooperation, he decided to just use all his power to sweep through it .

Reikina: The scouts have arrived at the mine . I’ve checked the entrance but haven’t seen anything special . I will pay the toll and enter first .

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Weed and Hegel entered the underground 1st floor of the Melbourne Mine .

Kang kang kang!

The scene of users mining was common . Good quality iron ore could be obtained in large quantities at the Melbourne Mine . Iron ore could be easily changed into money and if they were lucky enough then some people could obtain gold .

‘There are a lot of people here . ’

Weed usually hunted with a small handful of colleagues or alone . The Melbourne Mine was a popular hunting ground so it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that people were flocking in groups . There were buried miners, lost soldiers and people hunting monsters in parties . Alice asked in a cute voice mixed with charm .

“Sunbae-nim, what type of place is this?”

“It is a good hunting place for level 150 and loot often drops here so some people stay until level 250 . You can even become intimate with blacksmiths in this place . ”

Hegel kindly explained to his juniors . Parties who came first could occupy a decent hunting spot but they averted their gazes whenever they saw a member of the Black Lion Guild .

“Then what is your level?”

“Both of us are a little bit over 220 . ”

“Then you could just move straight to the 2nd floor . ”

“Really? Thank you Sunbae-nim . ”

Hegel brought his juniors down another floor .

“Is Hyung okay?”

“I don’t care . You know better than me what to do in the Melbourne Mine . ”

Weed followed without any complaints because he could dig sapphires from the 3rd underground floor . The problem started from the 3rd floor because he couldn’t go down further without any identification . That’s why he was going to adhere himself to Hegel .

A member with the mark of the Black Lion Guild descended to the 2nd underground floor . There were a lot of people hunting but there were some empty sections . Hegel brought them to an empty place .

“This is a place where only members of the Black Lion Guild can hunt . I’m here so you guys can hunt here as well . ”

Dine then asked like she noticed something strange .

“Thank you Sunbae-nim . By the way, are you going to run around hunting?”

“Yes . I’ll be guarding the passage from any monsters that might run out . You don’t need to move around so hunting should be easier . ”

“Ah, I see .

The Black Lion Guild had secured all the good hunting spots . This was one of the benefits of being a member of a large guild who owned hunting grounds . The problem was that these people were weak in long distance adventures despite their high levels . This was because they weren’t used to improvisation when encountering a problem .

“Now let’s get started . A lot of monsters may appear but just remain calm . ”

“We’re going to be hunting here?”

“Don’t worry, I’ll watch for any dangers . ”

Hegel blocked the front of the passage . He was wearing high defense armour that exerted a strong power in combat . It was an armour that absorbed most destructive attacks . He even had a Kite Shield that protected his whole body so he could defend against a lot of monster attacks . The high defense ability of the equipment made it possible to fight on the front lines . Hegel stood while holding his shield .

‘This is tasteful armour . ’

He felt his heart pound . He was excited to start the hunt and receive attention for his armour .

“Sunbae-nim, you look so cool!”

“Please show me how to hunt . I think it will be really helpful if I see you fight first . ”

The girls’ cheers increased Hegel’s good mood .

‘This isn’t that hard . ’

Weed observed the surrounding parties fighting monsters . The 2nd floor was mainly infested with a monster called Menchura . They were level 210 so Weed just had to swing a fist and they would die! Even if several hundred monsters suddenly appeared, he could just move forward and wipe out all of them by wildly swinging his sword . Sometimes a Menchura would summon flames that roamed around . The flames lit up the mine and shiny minerals, making the surroundings look beautiful .

“Now!”

3 Menchura that had long feelers like a cockroach appeared . They attacked Hegel all at once but couldn’t deal any significant damage because of his high defense . Hegel easily defeated the 3 of them with a few swings of his sword .

“Sunbae-nim, you’re so strong!”

“This is just a basic level . I will worry about blocking so just attack it . ”

“Yep!”

Hegel, Dine and Alice worked together to deal with any Menchura that appeared .

Weed was in an ambiguous position . He accumulated almost no experience from hunting the Menchura . However he was a master at grinding in any situation!

“3rd grade iron ore . This is what I need . If you have any items you want then just tell me . ”

Hegel generously split up the loot with the two girls .

“Sunbae-nim, that magic didn’t seem to work just now . How much resistance is there?”

“Approximately 39% . It isn’t an exaggeration to say that even fire won’t damage it . ”

Hegel’s equipment came in handy when fighting monsters with Dine and Alice . The Black Lion Guild knew a lot about the monsters they were hunting . While the three of them were hunting harmoniously, Weed was bored .

He was level 400 so he couldn’t help feeling safe and comfortable in this dungeon . The Melbourne Mine was a popular hunting ground so any monsters that appeared were taken care of by other users .

‘It should be more dangerous . This method of hunting monsters is inefficient . Instead of a mixed buffet style meal, they are just adding water to rice and eating it . ’

But it was difficult to go down to the 3rd floor when considering the other peoples’ views . Rather than trying to hunt, Weed just sat down and started making sculptures . He would make some profit rather than waste time .

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The members of the Hermes Guild were arranged in the Melbourne Mine .

Turok: The scouts have finished being placed around the mine . Reikina: There is nothing unusual around the entrance of the mine and the 1st floor . Kasim: The Black Lion Guild’s troops?Turok: It seems like the level in the dungeon isn’t that high . According to the reports from an agent we dispatched 3 days in advance, a total of 160 people over level 300 entered the mine since yesterday . Among them are 75 members of the Black Lion Guild .

On the 3rd floor the level of the monsters exceeded 300 . Therefore quite a few high level users tended to visit there . Of course that was nothing compared to the invading forces of the Hermes Guild .

Kasim: If it is only that degree then we can quickly obliterate them . Arkhim: It won’t be good if we drag it out for a long time . They can notice at any time so we’ll start immediately once Bardray and his guards arrive . Kasim: I’m asking for final confirmation . Are we only fighting against the Black Lion Guild?

In the current guild chat channel, those given a special mission were given permission for a separate chat channel by the Hermes Guild . It was in order to maintain the security of the mission against other guilds .

Arkhim: Our goal is the success of Bardray-nim’s quest, even if that means the death of everybody in the Melbourne Mine .

The Black Lion Guild was one of the prestigious guilds . It is because they were the Hermes Guild that they could make such a drastic decision .

Arkhim: I’ll briefly tell you the plans . The Melbourne Mine belongs to the Black Lion Guild but they are also fighting in 11 other places . Even if the Black Lion Guild notices our intentions, it will take some time for their troops to arrive .

The Hermes Guild had sent teams to attack several places at the same time to act as a distraction . They also entered an agreement with the Beden guild for a siege mission .

The Black Lion Guild was completely rattled because of their calculations .

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Hegel boasted of his strength while fighting the Menchura on the 2nd floor .

“Most of the monsters are vulnerable to continuous attacks . They will fall into a state of confusion so just keep hitting them . ”

“It’s hard Sunbae-nim . ”

“I’ll give you a demonstration . ”

Hegel’s aim was to spend quality time with his juniors . Meanwhile Weed yawned as he made simple sculptures . The sculptures were completed in no time . If he sold the sculptures for an extravagant price than he could make money!

“Hyung should hunt as well . ”

“No, I’m fine . I’ll do it later . ”

Weed sometimes raised his head to watch the hunt while creating sculptures . He needed to go with Hegel to the 3rd floor anyway . The petty rules meant he couldn’t go downstairs without being attacked by the Black Lion Guild . Flattering Hegel was the price he had to pay for it .

“Hegel, you are really cool when fighting . ”

“No, it’s nothing . ”

“You seemed to have gained many levels while fighting . ”

“Ah! Hyung, I got to level 330 this time . ”

Occasionally he would throw out words of praise!

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Melbourne Mine’s underground 4th floor!

Here users more than level 360 hunted in parties formed by the Black Lion Guild . The 4th floor had the form of a seven branched tunnel . This was the territory of the Black Lion Guild and they even manufactured maps of it . Many monsters emerged and users enjoyed hunting here .

“Today we’ve hunted quite a lot . ”

“If you’re tired do you want to go out and get some fresh air?”

“It’s okay . ”

One Black Lion Guild party was preparing to return to the fortress . Then the mine started shaking .

Kurururung!

“This earth is shaking!”

“Is it going to collapse?”

“It would be tough for a big mine like this to collapse . ”

“But the ground is shaking… Watch out, rocks are falling from the ceiling!”

The Black Lion Guild members hunting in the Melbourne Mine started clamouring in the guild chat . It was like an earthquake had occurred through the entire Melbourne Mine .

The earth shook, revealing the hidden dungeon Belkain’s Lair . Currently all users who enter the dungeon connected with the Melbourne Mine will receive 2 times the experience and item drop rate for one week . The best item will drop from the first person to hunt the monster .

“What’s this? The entrance to a dungeon suddenly appeared . ”

“Should we enter through here?”

“It seems to be connected to Melbourne Mine’s 4th floor so the degree of difficulty won’t be ordinary . Should we contact the guild first?”

A hole had suddenly appeared in the wall, revealing a huge cave . Users from the Black Lion Guild gathered and consulted with their guild . And prompt reports starting flying through the guild chat .

Kamaras: Many holes were created in the dungeon . An identified force came to kill the users! A member of the Black Lion Guild tried to stop them but came under attack and died . Other people appeared and also died . It is impossible with just us so we need support .

It took only 1 minute before other users reported .

Ject: An unidentified party enter the dungeon en masse, killing all users . A battle ensued and they mercilessly attacked our guild . The power of the enemy is beyond imagination . Pum: A battle has also started on the mountain range . The guard posts and fortress has also received fire . This is an urgent request for reinforcements!

The Black Lion Guild’s members hunting in the dungeon were suddenly attacked . The situation didn’t end there .

Mirnak: Large scale combat troops from the Beden Guild are approaching Kurun Castle . Judging by all the magicians, it seems like a siege is about to occur!

It wasn’t difficult to recover when the peace of a dungeon was disturbed . Unless the monsters stormed out and slaughtered the inhabitants, it wouldn’t deal substantial economic or security damage .

But if they lost the siege then the castle and surrounding area would be passed to the Beden Guild . The Black Lion Guild had invested a lot in the development so it would become extremely unstable . If the residents were reduced then it would take some time to recover .

That’s why most of the central area of Versailles where the war was concentrated had a reduction in inhabitants, agricultural areas and technology . They would still receive a loss if they surrendered to the enemy .

Nechak: I’m now in Kurun Castle . I’ve observed that the number of Beden Guild members challenging us is quite significant . The Black Lion Guild is convening an emergency meeting for the first time in its history . Koka: All users engaged in hunting, questing or business are ready for battle and waiting for a command .

The Black Lion Guild entered into an emergency system . The guild leader quickly grasped the situation and urgently sent reinforcements to Kurun Castle . It was a priority to prevent their castle from being taken away .

While the Black Lion Guild was waking up, the massacre of the Melbourne Mine by the Hermes Guild had begun .

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