Post by Wing on Nov 15, 2014 10:30:28 GMT
1. enslaved that knight dude he revived in volume 30 by finishing the quest
2. went to get his FINAL quest, which is to create his own secret sculpting skill thingy, just like the sculpture transformations and whatnost.
3. put the quest on hold, and began to raise his level and skill levels
4. made a beautiful sculpture of Seoyoon
5. Weed went to a huge war, but instead of fighting, he sold food to the fighters and the spectators
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oh yea, one of the parts of his new quest makes him need to cause three great disasters against the Church of Emvinew, so he sent a volcano to one of their wars, and just left it there saying mountains are healthy... and then he sent a tornado to the second war XD
I love the second war.
Ice Dragon: Master, why did you bring me this time?
Weed: Wasam ditched me!
then later:
Ice Dragon: Master, I enjoyed being with you! If I am to die, you do not need to give me a funeral!
Weed: Don't worry! I brought red beans!
Ice Dragon: What? Why did you bring red beans?
Weed: well, I have to make use of your corpse somehow, don't I? Do you know how much Red Bean Sundaes are worth?
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Its part of their 'extreme training' regime That has them doing outrageous stuff like swimming across the ocean. They practice strikes on rocks in order to improve their swing strength and get used to feedback from hitting a hard surface like the armor on high level monsters. Eventually they start shattering the rocks they hit which grants them a skill that shatters hard or inanimate objects when struck. So yeah...all the players who learned that skill can now, literally, punch their way through walls if they want.
Gemochi does muse that such a skill could be used to shatter armor and destroy things like shields...but punching through walls is a better image.
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, the martial artists learned the "breaker" skill which could crush through rock and armor (although they couldn't actually think of a situation short of fighting a dragon when they would actually need it lol). Also, I think one of the people (is it the Master?) created a sword skill that targets the weak parts of any creature, pretty much bypassing armor like Weed Engraving Knife technique, without being as weak as the Engraving Knife technique (The skill targets parts like the eyes, exposed areas, etc without armor while the Engraving technique suffers from an extremely low attack power as a tradeoff for ignoring armor (tangent: this was why Weed did crap damage to Ray Bard))
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All the top or famous players of Royal Road got invited to the conference as VIP members. I think it was for the VIP members to meet the Staff and influential people from Unicorn and sponsors. Of course Weed and Raybard got invited as well but Weed didnt go. The old guy who created Royal Road and its super AI were shown talking. He seems to be planning something but I can't make sure what.
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weed went selling chicken fried in lard in the city hermes was invading?
was the earthquake at ohdein a catastrophe or just a side effect from the volcano eruption? if it was just a side effect, wat was the catastrophe other than the volcano at fort ohdein and the 4 tornadoes at stuttgard castle?
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There was this "onlooker" neutral area (a hill I think?) where spectators got to watch the fight from a safe distance. I'm guessing that both sides wouldn't really bother the onlookers because 1. They would need manpower to kill the onlookers, which is needed to fight 2. The public would hate their guild, and less people will join it because everybody would think that the guild members are being @$$holes. 3. There's just no point in killing bystanders. So yes, Weed was selling "premium" fried chicken for like 7 gold (because he was an expert chef and made amazing fried chicken)
At first, everybody thought it was an "earthquake" because the ground started splitting open, fracturing, shaking, etc. However, that was just one of the consequences of forming a volcano (usually formed over millions of years when two continental plates push against each other) in less than a minute. So, yes, it was just a side affect.
The last cataclysm that Weed sent was on one of the Embinyu's outposts/command centers. He called up colonies of fire ants which swarmed all over the place, eating through the buildings, people, etc. (He got the idea about this disaster from removing the ants in his home and getting bitten during his childhood lol)
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Hermes guild was victorious in their campaign to capture a strategically crucial fortress. After that, they negotiated a truce (and the other side was in no position to refuse) to rest/repair. Hermes guild realize that by this point most of the other guilds have united against the threat Hermes poses, so they plan that the next time they go to war they won't stop till they've conquered the whole continent. As far as the evil church goes, although it's gaining power rapidly, it's still mostly in the north, and I don't think it threatens any of the countries Hermes controlls. They probably view them as one of the threats they will have to overcome to conquer the continent, but not yet as all that severe a threat. Remember, all of the most powerful countries (by far) are in the central continent.
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That's actually backwards. The evil church may have originated in the north, but now it is everywhere except the North Continent. Weed has built the influence of the church of Freya and other 'good' denominations so strongly that they could not get a foothold as a religion and his 'benevolent governance' and the cultural bonuses of Mora create constantly happy NPC citizens in all the kingdoms so there are no dissatisfied NPCs to convert to the evil church. He also encountered the North continent sect of the church in an earlier volume and completely demolished them. It is actually the central continent that is the most afflicted with the church's influence. While the Central, South, East, and West continents all have a presence of the evil church it is because of the constant war and fighting on the Central Continent due to the Hermes Guild conquest attempts the Central continent that has made it so strong in the Central continent.
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From what I can gather, the strength of the evil church is based on the amount of dissatisfaction the NPC population has with the way the game is run. Constant warfare and oppressive policies and taxes generates a higher number of converts to the church while peace and happy citizens reject the church. There also seems to be a snowball effect so if the church is successful in their attacks the conversion rate is increased, and if they are repelled the conversion rate decreases. When Weed smashed three of the church's forces with catastrophes he reduced the conversion rate of NPCs to the church by 3.5% From what is chanted by them, it seems the common thread they have is to destroy the established order and restore things back to the way they were. Their rise and emergence also coincides with when PCs started to take political power in Royal Road so you could say it is the game system's measure of rebellion against player rule. The more oppressive the players are to the NPCs, the stronger the evil church that appears and attacks them. If the players do not mount an effective defense against the church, their influence grows and subsequent attacks are stronger.
It was even mentioned in passing that the attack on Rojam would've failed if players succeeded in the quest warning the kingdom in time and people on the Central continent weren't preoccupied with all the guild wars instigated by the Hermes guild.
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Fair enough. When I said they were stronger in the north, I didn't actually mean the far North, where Weed is becoming the dominent influence, but rather what was considered "north" before Mora was established, such as Rosenheim kingdom. Basically, the things between the core of the Central continent and the North. As far as Hermes goes, though, from what I can tell they keep the territories they rule orderly enough, and defend them strongly enough, that the evil church hasn't been able to make much headway in their territory, so they don't view it as much of a threat, and probably view it as useful to weaken their opponents.
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ray bard had a nightmare wer weed destroyed hermes guild and kept killing him until he dropped all his items
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2. went to get his FINAL quest, which is to create his own secret sculpting skill thingy, just like the sculpture transformations and whatnost.
3. put the quest on hold, and began to raise his level and skill levels
4. made a beautiful sculpture of Seoyoon
5. Weed went to a huge war, but instead of fighting, he sold food to the fighters and the spectators
-----------------------------------------
oh yea, one of the parts of his new quest makes him need to cause three great disasters against the Church of Emvinew, so he sent a volcano to one of their wars, and just left it there saying mountains are healthy... and then he sent a tornado to the second war XD
I love the second war.
Ice Dragon: Master, why did you bring me this time?
Weed: Wasam ditched me!
then later:
Ice Dragon: Master, I enjoyed being with you! If I am to die, you do not need to give me a funeral!
Weed: Don't worry! I brought red beans!
Ice Dragon: What? Why did you bring red beans?
Weed: well, I have to make use of your corpse somehow, don't I? Do you know how much Red Bean Sundaes are worth?
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Its part of their 'extreme training' regime That has them doing outrageous stuff like swimming across the ocean. They practice strikes on rocks in order to improve their swing strength and get used to feedback from hitting a hard surface like the armor on high level monsters. Eventually they start shattering the rocks they hit which grants them a skill that shatters hard or inanimate objects when struck. So yeah...all the players who learned that skill can now, literally, punch their way through walls if they want.
Gemochi does muse that such a skill could be used to shatter armor and destroy things like shields...but punching through walls is a better image.
-------------------------------------------
, the martial artists learned the "breaker" skill which could crush through rock and armor (although they couldn't actually think of a situation short of fighting a dragon when they would actually need it lol). Also, I think one of the people (is it the Master?) created a sword skill that targets the weak parts of any creature, pretty much bypassing armor like Weed Engraving Knife technique, without being as weak as the Engraving Knife technique (The skill targets parts like the eyes, exposed areas, etc without armor while the Engraving technique suffers from an extremely low attack power as a tradeoff for ignoring armor (tangent: this was why Weed did crap damage to Ray Bard))
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All the top or famous players of Royal Road got invited to the conference as VIP members. I think it was for the VIP members to meet the Staff and influential people from Unicorn and sponsors. Of course Weed and Raybard got invited as well but Weed didnt go. The old guy who created Royal Road and its super AI were shown talking. He seems to be planning something but I can't make sure what.
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weed went selling chicken fried in lard in the city hermes was invading?
was the earthquake at ohdein a catastrophe or just a side effect from the volcano eruption? if it was just a side effect, wat was the catastrophe other than the volcano at fort ohdein and the 4 tornadoes at stuttgard castle?
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
There was this "onlooker" neutral area (a hill I think?) where spectators got to watch the fight from a safe distance. I'm guessing that both sides wouldn't really bother the onlookers because 1. They would need manpower to kill the onlookers, which is needed to fight 2. The public would hate their guild, and less people will join it because everybody would think that the guild members are being @$$holes. 3. There's just no point in killing bystanders. So yes, Weed was selling "premium" fried chicken for like 7 gold (because he was an expert chef and made amazing fried chicken)
At first, everybody thought it was an "earthquake" because the ground started splitting open, fracturing, shaking, etc. However, that was just one of the consequences of forming a volcano (usually formed over millions of years when two continental plates push against each other) in less than a minute. So, yes, it was just a side affect.
The last cataclysm that Weed sent was on one of the Embinyu's outposts/command centers. He called up colonies of fire ants which swarmed all over the place, eating through the buildings, people, etc. (He got the idea about this disaster from removing the ants in his home and getting bitten during his childhood lol)
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Hermes guild was victorious in their campaign to capture a strategically crucial fortress. After that, they negotiated a truce (and the other side was in no position to refuse) to rest/repair. Hermes guild realize that by this point most of the other guilds have united against the threat Hermes poses, so they plan that the next time they go to war they won't stop till they've conquered the whole continent. As far as the evil church goes, although it's gaining power rapidly, it's still mostly in the north, and I don't think it threatens any of the countries Hermes controlls. They probably view them as one of the threats they will have to overcome to conquer the continent, but not yet as all that severe a threat. Remember, all of the most powerful countries (by far) are in the central continent.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
That's actually backwards. The evil church may have originated in the north, but now it is everywhere except the North Continent. Weed has built the influence of the church of Freya and other 'good' denominations so strongly that they could not get a foothold as a religion and his 'benevolent governance' and the cultural bonuses of Mora create constantly happy NPC citizens in all the kingdoms so there are no dissatisfied NPCs to convert to the evil church. He also encountered the North continent sect of the church in an earlier volume and completely demolished them. It is actually the central continent that is the most afflicted with the church's influence. While the Central, South, East, and West continents all have a presence of the evil church it is because of the constant war and fighting on the Central Continent due to the Hermes Guild conquest attempts the Central continent that has made it so strong in the Central continent.
++++++++++++++++++++
From what I can gather, the strength of the evil church is based on the amount of dissatisfaction the NPC population has with the way the game is run. Constant warfare and oppressive policies and taxes generates a higher number of converts to the church while peace and happy citizens reject the church. There also seems to be a snowball effect so if the church is successful in their attacks the conversion rate is increased, and if they are repelled the conversion rate decreases. When Weed smashed three of the church's forces with catastrophes he reduced the conversion rate of NPCs to the church by 3.5% From what is chanted by them, it seems the common thread they have is to destroy the established order and restore things back to the way they were. Their rise and emergence also coincides with when PCs started to take political power in Royal Road so you could say it is the game system's measure of rebellion against player rule. The more oppressive the players are to the NPCs, the stronger the evil church that appears and attacks them. If the players do not mount an effective defense against the church, their influence grows and subsequent attacks are stronger.
It was even mentioned in passing that the attack on Rojam would've failed if players succeeded in the quest warning the kingdom in time and people on the Central continent weren't preoccupied with all the guild wars instigated by the Hermes guild.
++++++++++++
Fair enough. When I said they were stronger in the north, I didn't actually mean the far North, where Weed is becoming the dominent influence, but rather what was considered "north" before Mora was established, such as Rosenheim kingdom. Basically, the things between the core of the Central continent and the North. As far as Hermes goes, though, from what I can tell they keep the territories they rule orderly enough, and defend them strongly enough, that the evil church hasn't been able to make much headway in their territory, so they don't view it as much of a threat, and probably view it as useful to weaken their opponents.
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ray bard had a nightmare wer weed destroyed hermes guild and kept killing him until he dropped all his items
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