The Legendary Moonlight Scluptor

Lee Hyun's Life Struggle

After their departure, Weed decided to quit the game for a while to arrange for real-world affairs.

Now he was sitting casually in front of a folding table, accompanied by a pen and a book. In the book are written some numbers that make his head dizzy seven circumference. This book is the most important book of his life.

Family accountant book!

"328,200 won for the meal this month. Uh! He said the price of rice was rising. But, we can't eat imported rice."

She didn't want her sister or grandmother to eat American rice, which is usually too much of a chemical in it. Despite the low price, he could not entrust the poisoned food into his family's precious stomach.

"We spent too much money. I need to stop using the recipes I learned online." Weed removed the list of food recipes, "The next is the room heater, but it is impossible to save this, because grandma needs it."

He didn't stop there. Start checking all monthly grocery lists. He is naturally a real dream man. The activity is even more difficult than housewives though. Every day she took care of the household.

At dawn he was awake to shop for groceries, cooking, cleaning the house last handle financial affairs alone. Everything she did to support a little sister, and an old grandmother, she was the life of this family.

Fortunately his small family's finances were helped thanks to selling the account on that day. But, after taking loan sharks as much as 3 billion won, and the remaining 90 million won.

After feeling robbed by the loan sharks, Lee Hyun could not sleep well, his amnesia increased due to being too anxious. Fortunately, after time, he was finally able to calm down. But he will keep this heartache until the day of vengeance comes.

It's all the past. In fact, he was relieved to know it was all over. He will continue to suffer if his debt has not been paid.

The loan sharks hunted Lee Hyun for 8 years, deliberately waiting for Lee Hyun to grow up so they could force him to do dangerous work, like dealing drugs or worse putting it in a gang to root out rival gangs. If Lee Hyun was caught, they could have bribed the police and framed him for all the crimes he had committed. That's how to avoid the biggest problem of money-crazed law enforcers.

Lee Hyun had lived a difficult childhood, so the reporters and the public would assume it was natural for him to commit these crimes.

It could even be said, people like this deserve to be punished. Because there is no hope of salvation for them. But a wise man will understand the dangers such people have experienced. They were very afraid of going to jail. After all their family would be dying, if one of the family members was caught.

Lee Hyun only had his grandmother and younger sister.

It could be, the loan sharks were also waiting for Lee Hye Yoon to become an adult. Or maybe they don't even bother waiting that long. Young girls can be sold at a high price, especially with the look of her beautiful sister, will certainly sell faster at a favorable price.

In Lee Hyun's case, a young man dealing drugs and killing other gang members would undoubtedly attract the public's attention, and would be a hot topic for news.

Most people don't want to know why young men sell drugs and kill enemy gang members. They can be thought of as being coerced or possibly framed. But no one would care to sacrifice time and life to save a stranger.

If Lee Hyun was imprisoned for such a matter, leaving his sister to live a hard and cruel life, Lee Hyun would probably go crazy. Fortunately, the debt has been paid off, so that terrible events in the future will not occur.

"90 million won plus 9 million won, the result of adding 5 million won earned from selling old houses and 4 million won saved for emergencies." Lee Hyun was still busy tinkering with his family's calculations.

However, they have spent 50 million won to buy a new home. They are lucky to be able to buy a house that cheap, because it is located in a less desirable environment. So, the rest of their money after deducting the house price was 49 million won, reduced again by spending over the past year of 20 million won.

Once traced again, this included a huge loss. Starting from buying a capsule to play the game Royal Road for 10 million won including its installation. Not to mention, the price of a month-long subscription of 300 thousand won. The rest is used for Lee Hye Yoon's living and school expenses.

Lee Hyun's heart began to ache writing the next numbers, "29 million won." He let out a long breath, "It's only about 2 years. No, it should be enough."

Lee Hyun fell into despair. He began to take note of the encouraging writing on the large paper as a reminder to skimp.

"Getting money is like digging in the ground with a needle. Spending money is like water soaking into the sand."

He was horrified to see his own writing, but he would continue to skimp after seeing this in the morning.

"Oppa, I'm home!"

The sweet sound of honey shocked Lee Hyun. Along with his nongol angelic face from behind the newly opened door. Lee Hyun's eyes widened instantly hiding the accountant's book in the shirt he wore.

He smiled as sweetly as he could, "Tumben you came home early. By the way your report card's worth coming out today, right?"

Lee Hye Yoon galloped over to the older brother, his smile never fading, "Yes, here it is."

"Look at it." Lee Hyun could not wait to open the report. This year was the most important year for his sister, before entering the last class of High School.

"Rank 3 in your class and rank 14. Whoa! Your ranking rose a little bit from last semester." Lee Hyun could not hide his pride in this mere puppet sister. He is the only hope of this fragile family.

"of course! Whose sister was dong?" Lee Hye Yoon patted her chest once, looking very proud.

Weed's smile receded, trying half-deadly to hold back his pride, "Hmm, yasudah."

"What's with that tone?" Lee Hye Yoon's smile receded, she put on a pouting face.

Lee Hyun then looked at the list of college candidates under the report. Korea University is at the top of the list, with a 98% chance for Lee Hye Yoon to be accepted.

Lee Hyun did not expect this, because for some time passed, Lee Hye Yoon had always been friends with slang children who might bring bad influence to his sister. But it turns out that Lee Hye Yoon still has a smart brain. After she returned to being Lee Hyun's gentle sister, her values increased rapidly. In the end, it is almost certain that he will be able to enter a famous university.

Lee Hyun was indeed pleased with this reality, 'However.'

For college one could spend over 10 million won in a week. Not only to pay for the lessons, but also for transportation costs, food, books and others. In order, he could offset the value of his friends.

'I can't stop here, my sister has to go to college.' He was determinedly strong while looking at his sister.

Lee Hye Yoon shuddered at her brother's gaze, "Your eyes are suspicious!" He rushed into the room to change clothes.

...***...

I-Chang Hospital!

Lee Hyun was sitting quietly in the patient seat. In front of him a white-clothed man nodded once in a while while reading the documents in front of him. Then he looked at Lee Hyun with a small smile, "The results of this test are very good. Eye health is not bad, not minus or plus, good good. Then the liver and kidneys are also very healthy."

Lee Hyun calmed down after hearing it, "What about marrow?"

"Also healthy. Although for a bone marrow transplant, a suitable recipient is needed. But I'm sure a buyer will show up soon. The reaction of the intestines is very good, and the blood flow is also free from infection."

Lee Hyun listened to every word the doctor said. After the doctor finished explaining the details, he asked, "So, the test is now done?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Without waiting for a long time he immediately stood up after finishing his business here, "Thank you doc. Please send me the documents. I'll sell anything that gives me the quickest money. But let me wait for 1 year 4 months. If I still need the money, I'll have an organ donor operation."

The doctor nodded attentively, actually not having the heart with the request of the young man in front of him, but he could not do anything as this was his life choice, he could only give an encouraging smile, "Alright, he just gave a cheering smile, I'll send the documents."

Lee Hyun walked out of the hospital. Although he had finished the last alternative, but his heart did not feel better. Because the things he does will eat away at his body.

Selling organs!

It just so happens that he once found this hospital through the black market.50 million won for one eyeball, 30 million for kidney. Although the liver and bone marrow needed a suitable recipient, they could each sell for around 20 million won. Now he only had about 1 year and 4 months left, before selling his organs one by one.

But he was sure of one thing, one day Royal Road would make money for him. Although his belief was unshakable, he felt he had to have another alternative. He must prepare for the worst situation.

To support the family and make his sister a high-ranking person so as not to experience the bitterness of life as he experienced, he was all that was left. If his sister becomes a better person, then he will be comfortable leaving his elderly grandmother despite having to lose his life.

For now he had to rely on Royal Road. While looking for a woman, she can enjoy life in it. Although not able to relax and frolicking with luxury in it. He had to force himself to work many times harder in order to quickly and earn more money. He was even determined to be able to become the richest man in Royal Road. To Lee Hyun, nothing was impossible.

'Lee Hye Yoon, you must continue my unfulfilled dream. Now, I'm gonna make sure the road you're on isn't as bad as the one I've been on. No, the path you take must be the best path in the world.'

He doesn't care about the surroundings. The problem is that the survival of his family is at stake. He doesn't matter if he lives only in this world. But his family is different, he is even willing to lose both eyes, the important thing is to be able to get money to support them, people who are valuable to him.

Lee Hyun wanted to make sure that at least his younger brother would grow up comfortably and away from the cruel world.

This is all thanks to his childhood that was too much through difficulties to become his own trauma. It is not comparable to children who grow up well in a good environment. Lee Hyun was very strict when it came to his family's way of life.

He will be greedy, will be selfish, as long as he can regain his confidence. Even he was willing to wear used clothes and not eat well as long as his family would not be envious of others. There are not many big sisters who are as responsible as their younger sisters. There may be some, but Lee Hyun's affection for his sister is unmatched, so Lee Hye Yoon looks more like his daughter.

Since the time their parents died, Lee Hyun has changed into his guardian, because the grandmother is busy looking for money to raise them.

...***...

After reaching home, Lee Hyun returned to his flagship game, Royal Road.

Now, there is no more support system that helps him. There was no holy magic and blessing from Irene. There was no fire ball magic and enemy scouting skills from Romuna. There was no remote attack assistance from Pale or his colleague, Surka. Weed was sure that the loyalties of a party like them would be hard to find again. Nevertheless, Weed still had himself, if not himself to whom else he hung himself.

Hunting with a party has its own advantages and disadvantages. If more people usually waste time chatting. Sometimes the hunt is over before it can even begin.

Meanwhile, hunting solo the advantage is very simple. No time will be wasted. And will quickly increase the level. In Weed's case, it would be more profitable for him to hunt solo to improve his sword mastery and fighting skills.

The avatar is still in the dungeon. When entering the game he immediately met the skeleton knight.

"Grr, man!"

A hostile aura emanated from the skeleton knight who was still shocked by Weed's sudden appearance. He directly swung the sword towards Weed. His movements were extremely nimble while emitting a domineering aura.

However, Weed's movements were no less unique. His body moved agilely to avoid enemy attacks, until his enemy fell into a trap. He was deliberately slightly playfully reducing the enemy's HP slowly. As expected, the attack of the skeleton knight began to slow down.

"Sculpting Blade!" Weed shouted.

Weed's sword emitted a divine light directly absorbing the skeleton knight's energy. The light of his eyes dimmed to coincide with the shattering of his skeleton. A sign confirming his death.

Weed fretted, he wiped the sweat that flooded his face. There was no denying that she was exhausted without any blessing from Irene. The battle in royal road looks very real. Special effects such as a tired body are really felt in real. Even nature is very natural.

A solo player had a great opportunity to increase his strength stat. These statistics determine the power behind each attack, just like in the real world.

To hunt monsters, a player needed a strength stat. If the strength is not enough, the maximum damage cannot be removed. Like, the longing that was struck while running fast, the damage result was much lower than the damage to the fist from close range.

Therefore, damage is determined by how much a person can control his or her own strength, body position, muscle use, distance and burst of strength.

Royal Road is a virtual reality game that allows players to take advantage of opponents' weaknesses. Royal Road players, like warriors, clearly knew their own abilities. Not only from the numbers in their status window, but actually feeling their own strength. It feels like there is a pleasure after eradicating monsters. Of course, Weed was no exception.

He had dedicated himself to practicing swordsmanship for a year to master accuracy, avoidance, and the basic science of battle. Through many fights he was not afraid of fighting anymore, to the point where he enjoyed fighting against stronger enemies.

The sword became the path to satisfy his desires.

Swords are the best tools when used to understand the basics of body movement and combat. Of course, someone who started Royal Road, without learning martial arts could still get used to battle skills after going through various kinds of battles.

Actually, that's what most players do. They think it's just another part of the game that they have to get used to. But Weed's point of view was different.

According to him, trees whose roots are embedded deeper will grow taller and sturdier. Just like a player fighting monsters without the foundation of martial arts can also grow but not perfect.

Hence he deliberately studied martial arts and endured all his exhaustion for an entire year. When entering the world of royal road Weed also sharpened his martial arts diligently. He vigorously hunted monsters stronger than him to strengthen and increase his martial ability. This was the main reason why Weed could be stronger than the stat window had recorded though.

"Hm. With this, I already have all the items needed to complete the quest."

Weed's eyes rounded as he checked the status window, The mana was almost at the bottom, "Whew. I have to refill mana." So he decided to take a break.

Since Weed was being solo leveling, he couldn't just relax. Even if he is resting, he should always be vigilant. While waiting for mana to fill back up, he sat sweetly to sculpt some sculptures.

Srak!

The shape of the sculpture long appeared, this time looking like a crow that was flying freely. It just so happened that he had seen her while in front of the weapon shop, in the market of Heaven City.

Soon, several miniature statues scattered around accompanied Weed's solitude in the darkness of the dungeon. Although a little, but the increase in stat art and sclupture mastery is still worth to be collected until it becomes a hill. Because Weed was not haphazardly sculpting, but seasoned with a unique and different feel than usual.

He aimed to carve out every Avian race that existed in Lavias.

After some time spent sculpting the statue, Weed exited the dungeon towards the central crowd of Lavias.

There, he again launched the action, to get closer to the local people. With a friendly smile he handed out the sculptured statue of the Avian race.

"These statues are of only one type in the whole world. I sculpted your entire appearance with sincerity when I thought of you." Don't forget he peppered with seduction as sweet as honey.

Of course these avians had weak hearts, immediately moved by some praise from Weed the boat master, "Thank you very much."

Each Avian received a statue similar to them. When they accepted it, they said, "I can't take it for granted."

Weed's smile grew even more, 'Satisfactory investment.'

"How much money do you want?" The old Avian asked earnestly out of respect for Weed's sincerity.

Every time they asked, Weed gave the same answer. "Don't complicate our relationship just because of money. Actually I'm very, very interested in Lavias. Well in exchange can you tell me something about this city?"

The Avian in front of him nodded quickly feeling that this was too simple in return for sincerity, so he intended to tell a story worthy of Weed's sincerity, "Mmm. Then I'll tell you about the Northen Nest-"

Weed nodded enthusiastically hearing every word that came out of the avian mouth in front of him. It happened to share the legend about Lavias. Not enough avian, they struggled to tell Weed.

"I'll tell you about the habits of the undead underground."

The stories of the Avians became an important source of information. Although most were useless gossip, sometimes, there was information about quests and hunting grounds.

Weed approached the crow standing in front of the armor shop. From earlier he seemed to be unconcerned about the commotion created by Weed. He handed over the sculpture that was similar to that avian.

His forehead understood deeply, "What is this?"

"I made this sculpture special for you, Crow."

"Hoh, thank you," said the crow, flapping its wings in thanks. He was glad Weed hadn't forgotten about him. He couldn't leave the store because he didn't have a freelancer. Then he said, as if he had just obtained a very divine enlightenment. "Oh right, have you ever gone to Dead Warrior's Cave?"

"Dead Warrior's Cave?"

"Yes, if you're from Memphis Hall and walk North for 30 minutes, you'll see the entrance. But be careful, there were Ghouls, Skeleton Mercenaries, and Dullahan there. You won't survive, if you enter without careful preparation."

In Royal Road, levels would rise faster if fighting higher level monsters. Now, the Skeleton Soldier and the Mage skeleton were no longer opponents that posed a threat to Weed. Moreover, he was already tired of hunting the Skeleton Knight by himself. So who decides to go to the next stage.

"Time to have fun!"

He slightly missed his comrades who often entertained at leisure like this. Usually the girls will sing while dancing. But now he could only rely on himself. Makes him reminisce back with his old games.

Weed chuckled at the thought of everything so far. "It turns out this is called loneliness when holding back longings?"