The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor: Dad is a Legend - Chapter 67



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Moonlight Sculptor: Dad is a Legend (67)

Level 7 of Hell.

For other users, it is the final 10-step gate of character creation.

Users who explored the labyrinth with Weed were gripped with fear.

‘What have I been doing for the past 20 years?’

‘I found out about Weed. I found out! I did something really stupid. Are you going to kill me?’

‘That’s terrible.’

I saw Weed giving life to tentacle monsters and turning them into his subordinates.

“Let’s call your name Choksu-il. From now on, I’ll just call you Su-il.”

He even gave the tentacle an affectionate name.

The tentacle monster born in this way proudly climbed the walls and ceilings and roamed the labyrinth.

“They’re all dead.”

“I couldn’t hold out at all.”

After passing the entrance to the labyrinth, we arrived at the area where we roamed around with the Hate Play Hyena.

The monsters that Aaron and Zenfester had to prepare well to fight are dead with eyes filled with fear after seeing something.

“There’s a hole in my forehead… … .”

“They sucked out my brain here too.”

They saw the horrific sight of tentacle monsters fighting.

A dozen tentacles spread out in all directions.

The living tentacles move and attack like swords, whips, and hammers, and when they attach to an enemy, they wrap themselves around its body like suction cups.

-Churyuryuryuryup!

The normal attack was powerful, but the most deadly was the pipe that came out of its mouth and pierced the monster’s forehead.

After a horrible brain-sucking sound, the monster fell to the ground.

A literally and perfectly fatal blow.

―??!

After the battle, the tentacle monster laughs happily and uses its tentacles to cling to the walls and ceiling, jumping up and down to the next area.

‘… … If I fight this, can I run away?’

Aaron thought about it for a moment and quickly concluded that it was impossible.

The tentacle monsters were higher leveled, but the important thing wasn’t just that they were higher leveled.

In virtual reality, it is possible to overcome differences in level to some extent depending on how you move and how you fight.

Now that you’ve reached the end of Nightmare difficulty, you can really show off your skills with some pretty great traits that are better than those at the same level.

Until now, Aaron had great confidence in his own abilities. But the tentacle monster crushed that confidence into tofu.

‘The 12 tentacles are used as weapons. The distance can be increased at will, and they have multiple joints so they can bend irregularly.’

This alone is a scam, but the tentacles that come up through the ceiling or floor suddenly rush in and pierce the monsters’ bodies.

Even if the mouth did not pierce the forehead, if the tentacles stuck into the arm or thigh, they would cause serious damage.

-Whoooooooooooooo!

There is a sound of something being sucked in through the tentacles.

As the monster’s limbs shrivel up, it quickly loses its blood.

‘Not satisfied with eating brains, you even suck blood?’

This is a truly crazy monster.

Weed, who commands such horrifying monsters as his subordinates, is truly an object of fear.

“Well, it’s certainly somewhat useful. It looks a bit lonely because there’s only one.”

After saying something ridiculous, he uses the skill again.

“Summoning Fragments!”

Another tentacle monster ice sculpture has arrived.

There were significant differences in the joints and facial expressions of the tentacles, but the important thing was that they looked much more ferocious and hideous than the tentacles.

“Bring life to sculptures!”

-Chu-chu?!

“Your name is Chok-soo-dul. Your last name is Chok. Soo-dul! Go and fight!”

One more tentacle monster has appeared that catches and kills monsters in the labyrinth.

I’ve experienced many dangerous moments while playing on nightmare difficulty, but this is the most nerve-wracking moment.

You never know when a tentacle monster might threaten your life.

Suck your blood and brain… … .

Aaron looked at the terrified eyes of his other two colleagues and realized that they all felt the same way.

“Let’s be careful if we want to survive here.”

“You never know when the tentacle monsters might attack us.”

“It’s no use being on guard. They use the suction cups on their tentacles to crawl along ceilings and walls, and they barely make a sound. And they have strange patterns on their bodies, but they blend in so well with their surroundings that it’s hard to notice them.”

“… … !”

Even the most horrifying monsters that seem to exist only in mythical times have been transformed into digital patterns using cutting-edge technology.

* * *

Weed definitely felt the tentacle monster’s performance.

They move quickly, have a variety of attack styles in battle, and are optimized for ambush attacks.

‘It seems like brutal fighting methods are good for making enemies cower.’

(Drinking blood also has the positive effect of accelerating vitality regeneration.)

‘Eating brains?’

(It’s the taste of tentacles.)

The tentacle monster was running around the labyrinth like an insurance salesman driven by performance.

Enjoying the sight of hunting and eating monsters while fighting.

(The personality of the sculptured creatures is basically influenced by their appearance. Additionally, it seems to reflect the atmosphere and characteristics of Roanoke.)

‘I see.’

Weed had terrible monsters as his subordinates, but he didn’t think he was in a position to hide in the situation where he had to become stronger as soon as possible.

‘Tentacle monsters would be effective for dungeon hunting.’

(Mark 2 and Mark 3 will also be very active.)

‘I need to level up to bring those guys in.’

Weed wandered through the labyrinth, choosing a different path from the tentacles.

A labyrinth with countless forks in the road and obstacles.

-Keeeeeek!

He quickly approached and cut down the threatening playthings and cobolts with his sword.

The growth stats accumulated up to stage 5 of Hell continued to stage 7, and the lower-level monsters in the labyrinth were cleanly cut down.

‘You’ve gotten quite strong.’

(I think it helped me a little bit.)

‘You’re always helpful.’

(thank you.)

Weed went through the labyrinth, leveling up and increasing the number of battle monsters one by one.

The expressions of the users I met as colleagues became increasingly anxious and uneasy, but there was no need to take care of their psychological state.

‘If you want to survive in Roanoke, you have to be strong.’

* * *

Roanoke’s developers have taken note of the current situation.

“The number of live viewers is rising at an alarming rate. In the US and Europe, it is rare to find someone who is not watching.”

Jo Yun-chan’s report.

In the US and Europe, there was a great interest in death games.

They enjoyed observing users going out to hunt in dungeons in a first-person perspective.

The sound of water drops falling in a dark, gloomy space.

Monsters that suddenly attack from a blind spot.

At some point, they are surrounded by monsters and lose their lives one by one.

-This is it.

Richard, I thought this villain was going to die. LOL

The popular Gloria hoped to survive, but ended up being eaten by a monster.

It was reckless to challenge the Twilight Dungeon.

In this world that is being destroyed, another adventuring party has been wiped out.

The success of the game comes from the joy of watching people risk their lives to survive as the developers intended.

In Asia, with its huge population, there is a lot of interest in top rankers, with popular users from China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, etc. recording tens of millions of real-time viewers.

“It’s growing faster than expected. Now everyone is talking about Roanoke.”

Han Seong-hyeok made people live in a world called Roanoke, and in reality, he was building a media empire that overwhelmed all OTTs.

The money Abyss made from ticket sales for Roanoke was not great.

Most of the sales were spent on promotion, but now astronomical amounts of money are coming in.

“Premiums deserve their price. Starting next month, we’ll double the viewing fee.”

It currently costs 200,000 won to pay for Roanoke live broadcast.

I thought that even if the price was raised to 400,000 won, there wouldn’t be many people who would stop watching.

Murder and plunder.

Because acts that demonstrate human nature occur without limit even if they are prohibited by law.

Ultimately, the plan was to raise the price to 1 million won per month.

“We will send videos of our key users to broadcasting stations and negotiate special rates.”

“Yes, we will proceed as you said. American broadcasters have shown a willingness to purchase at any price.”

“Even the World Cup and the Super Bowl are no longer our competition.”

Han Seong-hyeok enjoyed a sense of satisfaction while drinking mixed coffee.

Abyss is more than just a simple game company; it creates real worlds and makes money in the real world.

‘It just takes a little bit of effort.’

After the Roanoke incident, the biggest variable that I felt was Weed.

Most of the things Han Seong-hyeok thought about did not deviate from his expectations.

Many countries, including the United States, have so many citizens that they cannot take any legal action.

They couldn’t stop Abyss from broadcasting live, and they didn’t even bother connecting to Roanoke late.

‘Democracy is… … when those in power do stupid things or become incompetent because they are concerned about what other people think.’

To Han Seong-hyeok, it was strange that Weed suddenly connected to Roanoke.

The connection of a legendary figure from the past is a positive for Roanoke’s publicity.

Even now, isn’t Weed quite popular not only in Korea and Asia, but also in the US and Europe?

However, the growth rate was far exceeding what was generally thought possible.

‘I’m getting terrifyingly strong as I clear the Inferno difficulty. I’m getting all the achievement rewards and traits.’

Are the challengers of this nightmare difficulty easy?

Absolutely not.

Nightmare difficulty is a level that only 1 in 1,000 people can attempt.

To succeed in the challenge, you need the same level of sense and skill as professional gamers who were active in the past.

Weed was treating the challengers of such nightmare difficulty as if they were children.

The sight of them cutting off their fingers and toes and gathering them as they moved into colder places on the frozen ground was so absurd that it was hard to believe.

I didn’t level up while saving the city of Sullium, which seemed very difficult, but instead I created a large number of fragmented life forms.

Weed’s growth rate was far beyond what was thought possible with the skills and mental strength of top-tier users.

‘Should we consider the sculpting technique itself as a variable? Is it possible for a human to become stronger this quickly?’

The public is excited and only looks at the results, but as a developer, I don’t understand.

I understand that you’re recreating sculptures from the Royal Road era. But who would have thought you’d create a bunch of creatures that are optimized for combat?

Han Seong-hyeok suddenly remembered a trend that was popular in the past.

“no way…….”

In Royal Road, Weed united the continent.

At that time, Han Seong-hyeok watched broadcasts from that era every day and dreamed of creating his own virtual reality.

Many people in Royal Road have called Weed the God of War and have been very complimentary about him.

An achievement that saved the continent from crisis several times by defeating the Hermes Guild.

When Han Seong-hyeok looked at Weed now, only one fact came to mind.

“Did you hide your power in Royal Road?”

In Royal Road, I wasn’t able to fully demonstrate my skills.

Art, combat sense, mental strength, endurance.

Weed’s limits were so high that he was finally able to demonstrate his abilities in Roanoke.