The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor: Dad is a Legend - Chapter 69



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Moonlight Sculptor: Dad is a Legend (69)

Level 7 of Hell.

The number of tentacled monsters, raptors, that gave life to the sculptures grew.

“I think it’s this way.”

Weed moved through the labyrinth with the users.

There were various traps, but they were not completely hidden.

The AI ​​Versa immediately identified it as there was at least some trace of it.

(There is a fine mark on the wall 19 meters ahead. If activated, it is expected that the blade will shoot out. You can prepare for it in advance, but it is recommended to destroy it.)

Weed reached out to Aaron.

“Give me an axe.”

“Here it is.”

Aaron lent him an axe and threw it squarely at the wall.

The heavy axe digs deep into the crack in the wall, destroying the trap.

The trap was broken.

“Wow, wow… … .”

It was a fascinating sight for users following behind to see them spot the trap and immediately destroy it.

“You’re good at throwing axes too.”

“Just be aware of any traps that come up nearby.”

“I think your experience level is ridiculous. Do you think you can beat Hell difficulty by doing something like that?”

Although Weed wasn’t the type to care about what other people thought, he couldn’t help but smile when he heard compliments.

(Flame magic is installed on the marble slab.)

The artificial intelligence identified traps based on big data on the activities of Roanoke’s users.

There are numerous forks in the labyrinth, but he figured out the path and created a map that he spread out translucently for Weed.

About 50% of the expected size of the labyrinth has been conquered.

The level of monsters, traps, and obstacles were getting more and more difficult, but not enough to stop you.

‘I guess the fire can be endured.’

Weed recalled his memories of going to the burning land.

Although it doesn’t increase your ice resistance to 100 like in Frozen Land, your resistance increases every time you acquire fire essence.

(Considering the master’s vitality and resistance, he won’t die. However, it will be extremely painful.)

‘The pain that can be endured is… … .’

(It makes people stronger. It’s a phrase I found in a quote from an old fart floating around the internet.)

Weed thought that the old sayings were full of life philosophy.

Aren’t these lessons based on the experiences of adults?

He walked briskly and stepped onto the marble slab.

A fire trap is triggered.

Hot flames rose from the floor and covered my whole body.

The pain of my flesh burning away was terrible and unbearable.

‘Dayeya.’

Weed endured it while thinking of Daye’s smiling face.

Although I cherish my 20-year-old daughter who entered college, I can endure anything when I think of my daughter when she was a cute little girl at the age of 5 or 6.

Your body is burning. Your health decreases by 250 per second.

Increases resistance to fire by 1.

The heat was reduced very slightly, and I endured the pain for 5 seconds straight.

It was similar to the pain experienced when using the Body Modification or Abyss Mirror, but lasted a little shorter.

“Let’s keep going.”

Weed walked past the marble slab, pretending nothing happened.

Aaron, Zenfester, and Suyeon, who were following behind, had to turn left and right to avoid the marble slabs.

Curiosity has always been the most dangerous.

“If I step on this, a flame illusion will appear?”

“Brother Zenfest, that seems to be the case. Weed didn’t react at all, but isn’t it a device that surprises the challenger?”

“I think it smelled like burning clothes or flesh.”

Although Suyeon is a priest, she is not in a party with Weed, so it is impossible to check her health status.

“Should I just ignore it and pass by? Or should I step on it?”

“Let’s step on it. Do you think I’ll die?”

“It could be dangerous, so don’t do it.”

Suyeon tried to stop the two men, but the nightmare difficulty users were just following the labyrinth on Weed’s bus, so she was bored.

Aaron grinned.

“It’s okay. You won’t die.”

Rattling.

Zenfester stepped on the marble slab that Weed had stepped on.

A fire trap is triggered.

As soon as he saw the message, Zenfester realized that he was doomed, and felt a burning pain all over his body.

I instinctively took a deep breath and felt a hot flame enter my throat.

Your body is melting. Your health is decreasing by 440 per second.

“Kkaaaak!”

Zenpester rolled on the ground screaming.

In order to overcome the nightmare difficulty, I invested a lot of stats into stamina and vitality, and also equipped myself with equipment.

Yet, vitality is rapidly decreasing.

Priest Suyeon extended a healing hand.

Restores 610 health.

When the flames died down on Zenfester’s body, he had 13% health left.

If the trap had been just a little bit stronger, I would have died right then.

“Are you alive, brother?”

“Are you okay?”

Listening to the two people’s conversation, Zenfester smiled weakly.

“It’s okay. You won’t die from something like this.”

I almost died. Maybe next time I will die.

“Let’s take a short break and then go.”

Zenpester sat down, feeling depressed as his vitality slowly returned.

‘I feel like I started Roanoke for nothing.’

The same regret I had when the Roanoke incident happened.

But if I had faith, I would think that if I cleared the nightmare difficulty, I would be able to move confidently.

Looking at the weed, I thought that might not be the case.

Awesome battle monsters on Hell difficulty.

Even the toughness to step through these traps as they are.

“Aaron, you must be humble and quiet in Roanoke.”

“That would be great, brother.”

* * *

The final stage for Nightmare difficulty challengers is the Labyrinth.

The strategy to conquer this vast and complex maze, which was supposed to take five days at the fastest, was finally over in just three days.

For Aaron, Zenfest, and Suyeon, it was a fast and comfortable bus.

“At the entrance to the labyrinth, there are many kobolds and gnolls, but as you go in, you can see gargoyles that are classified as intermediate level. It seems like there are even monsters that were defeated in the great war.”

Gargoyles are stone monsters with tough skin that is difficult to wound without an axe.

A monster that has reached level 60, so you must either lure it out one at a time and fight it, or, if possible, avoid it and take a detour.

However, they were caught by tentacles and had their legs and wings ripped off, or their entire bodies were destroyed by raptors, leaving only broken remains.

“It wouldn’t have been easy if we had broken it up among ourselves.”

“Because there is a challenger with hellish difficulty. That’s why the difficulty here is this high.”

They just followed along in spectator mode.

The three days it took to complete the mission cut the previous record by half.

In fact, it could have been broken much sooner than that.

‘It would have been much faster if I had only tried to attack from the beginning.’

Weed took his battle monsters and went around destroying all the monsters in the labyrinth.

We sent out battle monsters to defeat monsters even in blocked paths, and also fought in places where monsters were gathered in large numbers due to traps.

“Destroy the center.”

A legion of raptors given life.

Five dinosaur monsters charged madly with their powerful hind legs, destroying the monsters.

The situation quickly ends when Weed rushes in swinging his sword.

Even the Nightmare difficulty challengers wanted to fight, but they had nothing left.

From the beginning, they decided that it would be dangerous for them to get involved in a fight, and that it would only make the battle take longer, so they decided it would be better to just watch.

The devil must be sleeping somewhere.

I feel the devil’s footsteps.

Sealed Demon’s Labyrinth.

I go down underground in the labyrinth, underground, but I have no worries because I follow Weed.

Battle monsters also appeared in places where the devil’s minions were gathered, but they were easily dealt with by Weed and the sculptured life forms.

The last thing they see is a giant demon trapped in a wall.

He was one of the demons that would bring destruction to Roanoke.

* * *

Sotheby’s auction house in London, England.

Technological advances have changed the economic landscape around the world significantly.

International oil prices below $20 per barrel

As electric and hydrogen vehicles become more widespread and fuel consumption declines, the influence of wealthy Middle Easterners has diminished significantly compared to the past.

Moreover, the Roanoke incident occurred in the wake of a worldwide economic downturn.

“The work that has been unveiled this time is the porcelain from the Song Dynasty in China that everyone has been waiting for.”

A turquoise-colored porcelain piece that is over 700 years old has been put up for auction.

Things that interest the wealthy in the US, Europe, and Asia.

It was a type of porcelain that particularly attracted the interest and desire to own among Chinese collectors.

“10 million dollars.”

“It came to $10.2 million. I will take $10.3 million.”

“$10.5 million.”

“It came to $10.5 million. From now on, we will bid in increments of $200,000.”

Collectors, tycoons, agents and art dealers flocked to Sotheby’s, where famous works of art, rare items and historical treasures are traded.

“This would have been sold for $30 million in the past, but perhaps because of the economic crisis, there’s less interest.”

“Wouldn’t the winning bid eventually go up to $25 million?”

Under the interest of art dealers, ceramics gradually increased in price.

Twenty million dollars, twenty-two million dollars.

As expected, it was heading towards $25 million.

A woman wearing clothes purchased at a Korean department store and large sunglasses covering her face called out the price.

“$80 million.”

It was an amount that threw Sotheby’s auction house into disarray.

The auctioneer thought it was a joke, but detailed personal information about the woman came into his earphones.

Lee Hye-yeon, Chairwoman of the Unicorn Group.

The auction house maintains a list of the world’s richest people, and Lee Hye-yeon can be said to be a VIP among VIPs.

She had the ability to pay whatever amount was called.

“$80 million has come out. $80 million. If there’s no more, it’s a sale.”

Lee Hye-yeon sold a Song Dynasty porcelain piece for a whopping $80 million.

The pottery was to be sent to Lee Hyeon’s house under the care of experts, but she was no longer interested.

“The next item is a painting by Marc Chagall.”

Prices start at $1 million and go up.

Still, it didn’t make any sense.

“Fifty million dollars.”

Because Lee Hye-yeon felt bored and bought it for two to three times the fair price.

“The work presented this time is a limestone sculpture created around 2000 BC.”

A sculpture in the form of a reclining lion.

Although the starting price was $10 million, art dealers and wealthy people were all looking at Lee Hye-yeon.

Lee Hye-yeon raised her hand.

“One hundred million dollars.”

“You mean 100 million dollars?”

“Yes, $100 million for now.”

It was the highest price ever paid for a sculpture in the history of Sotheby’s auction house.

Now, Lee Hye-yeon buys everything for more than three times the expected selling price every time the auction continues.

“22 million dollars.”

Even if a competitor appeared, it was meaningless in front of her large wallet.

“Fifty million dollars.”

He had bid at least twice as high as his competitors, and if they could keep up, he would have raised the price to $100 million.

The people gathered at the auction house were confused.

“Are you crazy? If you raised the price by only 50%, no one would be able to compete, but you are asking for several times that amount.”

“I guess you’re desperate to spend money.”

“They spend more than the rich in China, India and the Middle East. It’s overwhelming.”

As people had guessed, Lee Hye-yeon’s goal was simply to raise the price of her artwork.

Plus, you can buy cool stuff at places like auction houses without worrying about money!

‘No one is following you? If there were some people following you, you could raise the price and make hundreds of millions of dollars.’

Lee Hye-yeon enjoyed the pleasure of consumption while wearing sunglasses.

‘Since my brother has this much money, I can spend it.’

As a board member of the Unicorn Group, I was aware of the extent of the wealth the group had created.

He has owned many lucrative companies and financial companies that have not been revealed to the public until now, so his actual assets are several times greater.

So rich that one could even use Chinese Song Dynasty porcelain as a chamber pot.

In terms of the price of art, it was enough to buy an entire national museum in a European country every day.

They also carry out various charity projects around the world, and the amount of money spent is astronomical.

‘This is when I try to use it. When else would I ever use it?’

Lee Hye-yeon, like Lee Hyeon, did not indulge in extravagance.

Even after my family became wealthy thanks to my older brother, I lived by the strict rule that putting two eggs in two packages of ramen was a luxury.

‘I feel so relieved when I just spend money.’

Lee Hye-yeon felt a thrill from spending hundreds of millions of dollars.

I was prepared to get in trouble when my brother came back later.

Even though my leg might break, it was the right thing to do to spend the money if it helped Hyun and saved my nephew.

‘Just wait and see. I’ll raise the price of art all over the world by five times.’