Nam Sung - Moonlight Sculptor Volume 16

Weed strode into the portal without pause. Yellowy followed behind him, ambling along.

“Who is selling food! I'll buy all kinds indiscriminately.”

“Specialties from the distant Belnine Kingdom have arrived. Who will taste this dried fruit peel! It's sweet.”

“Come to the precious metals shop, the Goldrich. From specialize precious metals to rare ores, we stock all kinds.”

Merchants had set up booths in the plaza of Morata Castle. There were tons of players who had moved to the North for hunting and quests. Having grown large as a city for them, Morata was acting as the capital of the entire North.

The portal that Weed connected opened in the center of the plaza. The blue light that fell in a straight line from the sky grew bigger and bigger, making a broad portal.

“Eh, what's that?”

“I've seen that before. I think it's a movement portal.”

“A movement portal is forming in the plaza?”

The traders briefly stopped their commercial activities in surprise.

Onlookers flocked in an instant.

“Could it be a quest?”

“A monster might come out.”

There were Warriors putting hands to their weapons and Magicians chanting spells in anticipation of a some kind of event.

Morata's plaza had been on the large side even before it had been developed, and it had grown enormous through city planning. Hundreds of Merchants were doing business, and players selling japtem and even people acquiring team-mates for quests were gathered.

The portal drew to completion in the center of the swarming, crowded plaza!

Weed didn't even consider other places.

'It has to be this place.'

The core of real estate speculation.

You had to invest in a place where people frequently gathered. Near a train station, a department store, or around a mall are the places where business is most swell.

Making a plaza had been necessary to collect movement portal tolls and increase the number of users, as well as to develop businesses.

Why was escalator rather than elevator use always aggressively recommended in malls or department stores? There was a reason for this!

[T/N: To understand this line of thought, you have to know that there are tonsof escalators in Korea. Because of an acute lack of space, buildings are built up rather than out. While riding an escalator, you can see products on the side that may lure you into buying them. A plaza performs the same function.]

As soon as the movement portal was completed, Weed appeared from its blue light.

“It's Weed.”

“The great Sculptor Weed! Morata's Lord has returned!”

It hadn't been long since the end of the broadcast, so there were many people who recognized Weed.

Weed appeared amongst enormous popularity.

“Whew…” Weed pretended to use his hand to block the stinging sunlight and glanced around.

There were at least several thousand people looking at him. They had come from the tops of the castle walls and even the shopping district buildings to look at Weed.

“It must be due to my fame that people are gathering around like this.”

He was greatly satisfied!

Then he heard the words of young merchants selling japtem.

“Soo-il, is that hyung over there Weed?”

“Shhh! Watch your mouth. He might hear.”

“Is that person really the violent Weed with the foul mouth and personality from the Continent of Magic?”

“…”

Weed from the Continent of Magic back in the day! In truth, there was no difference between him and a ruthless tyrant.

To Be Continued…