[NOTE from Mimosab] Grass porridge! Grass porridge! We continue the adventure of Weed, translated by Turtle until the volume 48 ending.

Thanks to SoreLoser, Eternal & Re1er for this new version 🙂



The Sculptural Lifeform wyvern Wy-3!

Weed’s eyes were filled with tears while watching Wy-3’s ripped wings falling down.

“I told you that you should watch out anywhere you go. You can’t get hurt carelessly because you’re a great mobile slave.”

– Kkuukkuuu

Wy-3 only had 20% of its health when it was summoned by Weed. It was one of the wyverns, the first sculptures to be given life by Weed with his sculpting skill. That’s why it was developing for a long time. Although it was a medium level creature with 500 000 HP, it still got severely injured.

An army of Death Knights, ghosts and skeletons were standing in straight lines next to Weed.

As always, he was hunting, leading the undead as a necromancer as usual.

“But where did you get hurt?”

While Weed was saying these words, an atmosphere of suspicion could be felt.

He sensed the yellow dust, fine dust, and food smells.

“Wy-3, there shouldn’t be a lot of enemies that could hurt you.. Since you can fly in the sky and be careful, if you sensed a danger, you should have been able to quickly run away.”

Other than the time fighting with the Immortal Legion, wyverns had never lost their lives pointlessly.

Even when Weed had brought them to a battle, they had never gotten severely hurt.

“Seo-Yoon asked me to summon you, and doing it used a lot of mana. That means it was a fairly distant place.”

One by one, the pieces of the puzzle started to fit.

Wy-3 was in a fallen position, but he tossed and turned his body in order to lie down.

“Central continent area? It shouldn’t be near the Northern border. Also, there is no trace of ice on the body.”

– Because I was hurt, I can’t remember anything Master.

“If you don’t remember, it probably means that you committed a sin. From your posture, it looks like you’re not afraid of anything.”

– How can you perceive it like that?

“Criminals always say that. If they don’t remember, they are guilty. So probably…”

Weed closed his eyes.

It was because the worst possible situation he didn’t want to imagine came to his mind.

Weed heavily spat out the words.

“Is Seo-Yoon… Is she in danger right now?”

***

Yurin was listening to the people while drawing pictures on the Lordearon river.

“I heard that Hermes Guild killed the Goddess.”

“Really?”

“Yes. It was broadcasted.”

“No. No matter how soon… Have they sent assassins to the Earth Palace?”

The words about Earth Palace caught Yurin’s attention. Because that place had a deep connection with her brother.

“I heard that the Goddess appeared in the battle of Formos Castle. And she died because of magic attacks.”

“Hermes Guild…”

“I don’t think that we can leave those guys alone anymore.”

As Yurin listened to the people’s words, she understood what had happened.

‘She… died’

In Royal Road, death doesn’t mean that the real life of a person is gone. However, her thoughts got complicated.

“What’s going to happen in the future?”

Since Yurin was Weed’s younger sister, she knew him better than anyone else. Anyone that was close to Weed knew that he put money first and had an excellent sense of combat and military tactics…

But there was one secret that only his family knew.

‘He will always pay back his grudges’

The power of memories will find its own way.

‘But why did she die?’

On the other hand, strange thoughts reached Yurin’s head.

While she was ruling the Arpen Kingdom, she didn’t fully show just how wise she could be.

Weed was the one taking care of family affairs, collecting all the receipts and planning everything to make sure that no money was leaking out: the receipt for the 200 won more expensive salt was still attached to the kitchen door! Due to his meticulous care, there hadn’t been many times when he had lost money, but Seo-Yoon was smart enough to write a computer program that was simple to use and enabled them to minimize their living expenses…

‘It’s true she is kind, but she is smart as well. If all this happened, the Arpen Kingdom and Haven Empire might even go to war against each other. Would she have acted without knowing that this would happen?’

***

Poohol waterpark!

“Kyaaak”

“Ooowa!”

After having finished hunting Demons, Palin and her colleagues were enjoying themselves.

“We worked hard, so let’s enjoy ourselves for a month.”

“The water is really clear and nice here.”

“The bodies of men… hoo. Did only Warriors gather here? I like smooth, solid, and firm bodies. Hehe.”

“If the swimming suit showed just a little bit more…”

They enjoyed the warm sunshine and clear water.

Even though there were lots of dangerous rides that threatened their life, they were safe rides for the strong users.

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< Water slide created by Weed>

Strongly recommended to the people who have no fear of heights.

The feeling that you can’t feel on the ground.

Till now 973 people have died

The number of injured visitors is not included

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> Water labyrinth created by Weed!

In this place lives, water droplets that like to prank.

They enjoy making mazes inside the water in order to scare those who enter.

Even though there is no safe route, you have to escape to the exit!

If you are trapped for a long time, you have to drink lots of water.

Till now the number of drowned people is 0.

The number of people who were trapped there for 2 hours is not included

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They were comrades who explored the Celestial City and hunted while riding on the wyverns or ghost horses, so they didn’t pay attention to the rides that much.

At that time the men, who were playing in the water, passed by.

“It’s the Geomchi group.“

“Yes, you’re right”

Geomchi disciples always gathered in Poohol waterpark. They had bodies that were full of muscles and while walking, they caught the eyes of beautiful women.

“Look at those abs every time they breathe..”

“Wow. That forearm…”

Finally, Weed’s elder brothers became popular!

There was no doubt that it was the time to start love affairs for the first time since Poohol Waterpark was established.

“Uuuuakk!”

Then a scream could be heard in the pool.

People turned their heads, thinking that someone has fallen into the pool, but there was a man lying down and screaming out.

He was watching a broadcast of Royal Road!

“The goddess passed away!”

The man screamed loudly.

At that moment it seemed that everything in Poohol Waterpark stopped.

The people who were walking, the youths who were playing in the pool, everyone just froze.

“Hey. No way…”

“Maybe you’re still sleepy. That’s nonsense.”

“It’s true. She passed away.”

“What the… It’s for real?”

“No. This can’t have happened.”

But it wasn’t just that man, others who were watching the broadcast soon found out about Seo-Yoon’s death. The news about Seo-Yoon’s death was passed on by whispers, the channels, and networks. It spread through the entire Northern area in just one or two minutes.

“Unbelievable”

The people who were playing in the pool were talking.

“Hermes Guild again?”

“How… How did it happen?”

The always lively Poohol waterpark looked like it got hit by falling bombs.

***

The Mapan Trading Company in the North!

Big orders were pouring to The Mapan Trading Company in Morata.

“150 000 arrows.”

“The swordsmen from Varna harbor came for a 300 000 bags order.”

“The order for 7 000 000 bags to the Earth Palace came again?”

“Yes. They asked to deliver as soon as we can.”

The Mapan Trading Company wasn’t the only one which had to deal with big orders, the same thing was happening to the merchant Gamong.

Local merchants usually operate their stores with a certain amount of inventory.

Even so, there was a huge demand from the locals.

“I want the leftover weapons…”

“Now stocks are…”

“I will take anything.”

Northern users were collecting weapons and armors. Users had to stand in line in order to buy something, and because of that, the stocks in the stores were depleted.

The Northern Mapan Trading Company and the merchant Gamong’s stores had stockpiled large quantities of starter supplies.

Blacksmiths improved their abilities by making goods.. It didn’t matter that they were beginner’s goods: as long as blacksmiths sold the products they made, their skills were increasing.

Of course, in the Arpen Kingdom, there were lots of beginners who were gathering and spending money, so focusing on starter supplies was not a problem: if you gather 10 silver or 20 silver each time, in the end you’re going to earn a lot of money.

However, the quantity of user purchases increased so quickly that it became difficult to take out the required quantity from the warehouse.

“Let’s go hunting.”

“Right. But first, let’s try to put on some equipment.”

The users, in order to get some arrows or weapons, swept all the dungeons.

***

In the Hermes Guild, the news about Seo-Yoon’s death broke out at the same time.

“So why?”

In their perspectives, Lafaye and the administration office were getting beaten up. He was asking why the famous Seo-Yoon interfered in the battle of Formos castle.

Everyone in Royal Road knew the nature of the relationship between Weed and her.

“Since this famous user died… the announcement is going to be big.”

“Things won’t stop here. A war with the Arpen Kingdom can arise.”

“Would they dare to go against us? They shouldn’t be prepared for a war, right?”

“Well, we are like them. The army, that was preparing for a war, was sent to stop the rebels.”

The Hermes Guild sent a spy to the Arpen Kingdom in order to take a look at the situation. They didn’t even see a single sign of invading the Haven Empire.

Also, the Arpen Kingdom doesn’t have a strong army, so they couldn’t even organize an army training for the war.

As for the Haven Empire, which doesn’t even share big borders with the North, it had problems with those who opposed the emperor and Haven’s Empire.

Lafaye’s head was splitting with a headache.

“On the surface, there is almost no movement in the North, yet it is now that Seo-Yoon chose to go to the Central Continent and die…”

Even though he was curious about the intention, this situation was too big.

“What if we get ready for a war with the Arpen Kingdom? I don’t know how much they want to fight us, but… the small-scale battles will be the most annoying.”

Lafaye felt that ruling the Haven Empire increased the number of things to worry about: the Central Continent had to be conquered, the guilds that were there had to be brought to ruin, and the complaints of the users had to be eased

It may have looked like that the Hermes Guild had weakened, but it was actually the opposite.

Even though in the Central Continent the economic power, centered on tax collection wasn’t the same as it had been in the past, there were exclusive hunting areas and quests.

Even if the hunting areas were open to other users, since the prestigious guilds were all gone, the large-scale monsters’ hunts were always led by the Hermes Guild.

There were lots of complaints from the general users, but the high-level users were working together with the Hermes Guild and were becoming friendlier.

Among them, there were useful users who were accepted by Hermes Guild. The residents who learned special skills through the quests, the high-ranking knights, the soldiers and the magicians all had their uses.

Since the area, population, and economy were great in the Central Continent, the Hermes Guild had almost doubled its members in a short period of time.

“If you set the public opinion at ease… then even if you force users to follow and believe in the Hermes Guild a little bit, everything will get solved.”

But now Lafaye felt that he just tripped on stones and was falling down.

In the history of Royal Road, events always unfolded the same way: in the end, only the strongest would survive.

“I didn’t want to use force yet. Even though I want to get rid of the Arpen Kingdom, first I will make the Haven Empire perfect and then destroy it. If only I had more time…”

While Lafaye was ruminating over his concerns, the users who were in the administration office were discussing something else.

“Seo-Yoon. Her popularity should be considered. The scene where she dies will increase the number of haters of our guild.”

“How about broadcasting stations? Should we ask to delete the videos?”

“We shouldn’t do that. Since it has high viewing ratings, other major broadcasting stations, who didn’t get to broadcast the scene, are thinking about putting them up. ”

“Some of the broadcasting stations are reporting it as a breaking news already.”

“Since it has already gone to the internet, what’s the point of talking about that?”

Hermes Guild wanted to show off its power while using a broadcasting station, but it showed the guild’s worst image.

“I don’t know if the video is fortunate or unfortunate, but rebel forces won’t increase. Since most of the users have already come out.”

“It’s hard to make a plan. How is the battle of Formos Castle going?”

“At this moment we are relaxingly taking care of it because of the troops, which were deployed to that place, are powerful.”

Lafaye, while listening to the talks of administrative officers, made a decision.

“We will take the matter of the Arpen Kingdom and Weed seriously. If they keep quiet, we will leave them for a while, but if they challenge us… The Haven Empire will change back to its conquest war system.”

Conquest war system.

It means that it will return to the system that was created during the unification of the Central Continent.

The Hermes Guild users who were in the room were surprised, and their eyes started to shine.

Giant knight Bohemod said while smiling.

“I thought you said that we wouldn’t change back if there was no war??”

“That is true. I said that after the empire was founded, we only needed to focus on internal strength and maintain its advantage.”

In Royal Road, no one could stand against Haven Empire’s strength.

The Northern military expedition had to go back defeated. Rebels from prestigious guilds were active and had enough people, but didn’t have strength.

It was more important to gain strength now than at the time when the Empire was established.

“Little by little, the Arpen Kingdom is getting more dangerous. I was trying to stabilize the base for the long-term rule, but we’re short on time.”

“Then what should we do?”

“I will release one of the 5 secret Guardians.”

The Hermes Guild users’ and especially the administration officers’ eyes widely opened.

The five great powers that Lafaye had prepared since the time of the Haven Kingdom.

Smart rabbits don’t dig only one hole while preparing for dangerous situations.

He tried to hide it as long as possible then release it at the last minute, but he felt like it needed to be released earlier.

“Then which one first…?”

“The already finished combat golem. The golem will be enough.”

“If you want to release it in secret, it will take around 10 days.”

“Just let them laugh and smile till that day. We have to let them enjoy one last time.”

***

Lee Hyun disconnected from Royal Road and came out of the capsule.

*Bogul* *Bogul*

In the kitchen, Seo-Yoon was cooking soy-bean stew.

“Are you alright?”

“Yes, the taste is good.”

“About your death…”

Lee Hyun tried to be empathatic and comfort her.

Seo-Yoon, who had a high level in Royal Road, will receive so much damage.

‘Level, skill proficiency, equipment!’

Even during his noob days, Lee Hyun felt the pain of somebody stealing and running away with his money whenever he died. He had never lent money, but still felt the same feeling!

“Try it.”

“Eum… that’s delicious.”

“It’s good, right? Since it’s dinner, I will cook some meat in the garden.”

“Meat…”

“Grilled meat. I will set a fire plate, so let’s eat soon.”

“Alright.”

Lee Hyun and Seo-Yoon decided not to talk about the death in Royal Road.

‘There’s no reason to talk about the scar. Her heart must already be hurting so much. She is trying to eat meat and feel a little bit better.”

Seoyoon was satisfied while making dishes.

‘Soy bean stew turned out well. I prepared some side dishes in the morning as well.’

At first, it was a difficult dish to make, but later the taste from all the ingredients came out well.

Fish or meat cooking skills made a huge progress as well.

She was happiest when she made some tasty food and ate it together with Lee Hyun while sharing a simple conversation with him.

(To be continued…)

[NOTE from Mimosab]

We hope to publish between one and 3 chapters weekly but we don’t know how this crowdfunded project will work yet. There are still 3 volumes not translated yet (25 parts/vol.) and we’re hiring someone to get things done



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