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“Let’s go.”
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Preparations were complete.
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I’d crafted a weapon for the boss monster and backup weapons in case it failed.
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Since work clothes alone felt unreliable, I made additional armor.
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With this, no matter how strong the spider was, I could escape if needed.
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“Ember, let’s go.”
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Whoosh—
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Ember perched on my left shoulder.
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I stepped toward the Mine’s entrance on the wall.
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[You have entered Hephaestus’ Mine.]
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The familiar air.
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Thanks to Ember, the damp, chilly air was warmed and dried.
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Feeling comfortable, I headed toward Area 2’s boss room.
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Hoo.
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Hoo.
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I reached the boss room with a nervous heart.
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Just around the corner was the boss room.
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Peeking around, I saw the web-covered room.
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In the shadows, a massive spider moved, partially hidden by the webs.
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If I’d rushed in without checking, I’d have been spider food.
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“First, let’s burn the webs.”
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I pulled out a crossbow.
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A pitch-black body made from Burning Hornbeam.
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A bowstring made from Flaming Thread.
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A stock crafted with Ignition Stone.
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Every fire-related material from the Auction House and the Mine went into this crossbow.
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Its name—
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[Blazing Crossbow]
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Type: Crossbow
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Grade: SS
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Restriction: Level 15 or higher
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Description: A crossbow infused with the spirit of flame, crafted solely from fire-attributed materials.
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Attack Power: 150
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Abilities:
- Fire Arrow – Generates flaming arrows when no arrows are available. When arrows are used, they gain additional fire attribute damage.
- Blaze – Arrows that hit the enemy burn fiercely, dealing continuous damage and worsening burns.
- Soot – Arrows hitting burned areas ignore enemy defense, dealing significant damage.
- Ignition – Hitting an enemy with arrows ten or more times triggers Ignition.
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The Blazing Crossbow.
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A spider-slaying weapon crafted to burn the sticky webs in the boss room from a distance.
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Its first ability: automatic arrow generation.
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Arrows are essential for archers.
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Some say archer Hunters call their inventory an “arrow quiver” and fill it with arrows.
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Because of this, archers can’t farm items properly in Gates.
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Arrows are that critical.
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This crossbow generates them automatically.
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But—
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“That’s not my concern.”
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The description says, “When arrows are used, they gain additional fire attribute damage.”
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To maximize my blacksmith advantage, I loaded a pre-crafted arrow onto the crossbow’s string.
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Preparation complete.
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Normally, I’d step around the corner, take aim, and shoot.
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“But what if I lock eyes with it?”
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No way I’m doing that.
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The bat encounter was terrifying enough.
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Locking eyes with a spider’s eight eyes? I’d run screaming.
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So, I chose—
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Peek.
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I stuck the crossbow around the corner.
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I couldn’t see well, but my goal was to burn the webs, so rough aim was fine.
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When I felt the aim was decent—
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Twang.
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I pulled the trigger.
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The arrow shot cleanly.
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Engulfed in flames by the crossbow’s ability, it flew with a fiery tail and lodged into the boss room’s webs.
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The poorly aimed arrow hit a corner haphazardly.
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Boom!
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It caused a massive explosion.
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That’s right.
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The arrow wasn’t ordinary—it was an Explosive Arrow.
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Made with explosive stone, its blast was immense.
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Likely amplified by the crossbow’s abilities.
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Whoosh!
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As the arrow exploded, the boss room’s webs caught fire.
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As the Mir Guild said, fire was the spider’s weakness. The flames didn’t stop at burning part of the webs but spread across the room.
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Tssss!
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A deafening roar followed.
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The scream of Area 2’s boss monster.
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Confirming the attack landed, I stepped out from the corner and took a proper shooting stance.
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I’d never used a crossbow, but it had a sight and trigger like a gun.
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I may be a shut-in now, but I was a sharpshooter in the military.
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Taking a seated firing position, I saw a shadow moving in the flames.
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Twang.
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I pulled the trigger.
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The spider was obscured by flames, making precise aiming impossible.
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Thwack.
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Nice!
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The arrow hit the spider’s body.
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The Fire Eagle’s Feather in the arrow corrected its accuracy.
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Grrrr!
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A vicious sound came from the arrow in the spider’s body.
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A Cruel Arrow made with Hellhound fangs.
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It dealt additional damage, like a beast’s bite.
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Snap.
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Pop.
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Whoosh!
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Next was a flaming arrow.
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The spider, already struggling in the flames, burned even hotter.
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Various arrows I’d crafted pierced its body.
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You’d think it’d locate me by now.
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Was it the excruciating pain of burning?
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The spider couldn’t find me, blindly charging and slamming its head into walls.
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“It’s tougher than I thought.”
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I’d shot multiple arrows already.
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It’d been burning for a while.
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Yet the spider was still alive.
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The Giant Vampire Bat died so easily, so I thought this would be similar, but no.
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Then—
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Hiss!
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The spider broke through the flames and appeared in the corridor.
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But it was in bad shape.
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Its eight eyes and entire exoskeleton were scorched and peeling.
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Arrows stuck all over its body, as if holding its melting exoskeleton together.
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“Why is it so tough?”
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Would it really not die?
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It seemed like the burn damage would finish it off.
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Planning to shoot one last arrow and flee, I pulled the trigger.
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The flaming arrow hit the spider’s forehead.
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Whoosh!
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A massive blaze erupted from its body.
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The Blazing Crossbow’s fourth ability, Ignition.
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Triggered after hitting an enemy ten or more times.
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Thud.
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[You have defeated the Mine’s second boss monster, ‘Giant Dire Spider’.]
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[You can now enter the Mine’s third area.]
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[The Mine’s time limit has been extended to 8 hours.]
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Finally, the spider collapsed into ash.
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Ding.
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[Level increased.]
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“Giant Dire Spider? Tough as hell.”
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I didn’t expect it to survive those flames.
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The bat fell quickly to electricity, its weakness.
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This thing endured its weakness, fire, for so long.
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Its tenacity was shocking.
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It could’ve been dangerous if it held on longer.
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[Level 25 achieved.]
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[Ability ‘Hephaestus’ Descendant (SSS)’ has been enhanced.]
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[New skill ‘Blacksmith’s Soul’ has been created.]
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“A new skill?”
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I had five skills so far.
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Crafting, Repair, Disassembly, Mining, Spinning.
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No, six, including Hephaestus’ Mine.
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Now, a new skill appeared.
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“I’ll check it later.”
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First, I needed to deal with the situation.
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The spider’s charred corpse.
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It didn’t look like much was salvageable, but digging through the ash revealed items.
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[Giant Dire Spider’s Silk Gland]
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[Giant Dire Spider’s Eye]
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“Ugh, gross.”
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Unlike the bat’s fangs, these were disgusting to touch.
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I covered the eye with a subspace bag to store it.
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Gross, but as boss monster materials, they’d be useful.
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I grabbed the silk gland too.
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Entering the boss room, I noticed the heat and smoke had mostly cleared, thanks to good ventilation.
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Like in Area 1, I activated Hephaestus’ Descendant and looked around.
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“Here?”
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I found silk threads hidden in the walls.
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With familiar scissor work, I cut through the charred walls.
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As layers peeled away and the burned parts vanished, I collected several threads.
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[Giant Dire Spider’s Web]
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A rare material reminiscent of Bloodstone.
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As useful as Bloodstone, I hoped it’d be valuable and stored it.
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Then—
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I turned to the other side of the boss room.
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As expected, defeating the boss opened the entrance to Area 3.
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Since I came straight to hunt the spider, I had plenty of time to explore.
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“Shall we go?”
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I headed toward Area 3.
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Ding.
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Hephaestus’ Mine.
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Normally, a mine is for extracting ores, but this place was different.
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Area 1 was for mining ores, as the name suggests, but Area 2 was for harvesting fibers.
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“So Area 3 is for another material?”
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I was excited.
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Ores in Area 1.
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Fibers in Area 2.
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What material awaited in Area 3?
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Since we had ores and fibers, the next material might be…
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“Wood or leather?”
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There are other materials, but those are common.
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Recent game armor categories were cloth, leather, light armor, medium armor, and plate.
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Leather walls were hard to imagine, so I guessed wood as I entered Area 3.
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“Wow, the air’s nice.”
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As expected.
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A corridor of wood appeared.
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Like Area 1’s stone walls and Area 2’s silk walls, Area 3 had walls of layered wood.
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The floor was covered in grass, the ceiling in vines.
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Light streamed through the trees, making this area quite bright.
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“Looks like picks and scissors won’t work here.”
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Time to craft a new tool.
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No, a logging tool.
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