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ThelegendoftheKoreanLitRPG:
LegendaryMoonlightSculptor
Lee Hyun, a 20-year-old high school dropout, is a
talented gamer with an enormous debt, mostly inherited
from his deceased parents. His only pleasure in life is
maintaininghisNo.1rankingcharacterinaoncepopular
game called, ¡°Continent of Magic.¡± In an effort to raise
money, he places his ¡°Continent of Magic¡± account,
¡°Weed,¡± up for auction. It causes an uproar in the niche
gaming community due to the account¡¯s fame as the
game¡¯s strongest character, and Lee Hyun earns 3.08
billion won (US$2.6 million) from it. This lump sum
of money, however, is collected by loan sharks because
of Lee¡¯s inherited debt, leaving him with around 80
million won (US$67,000). With his ailing grandmother
and younger sister in mind, Lee Hyun joins the VR-
MMORPG¡°RoyalRoad¡±todowhathedoesbest:level
upacharacteringame,andsellittoearnmoremoney.
Hebeginshisplayon¡°RoyalRoad¡±underthesamein-
game name as his old character, ¡°Weed.¡± As his main
purposeofplayingthegameistomakealotofmoneyas
quicklyaspossible,heplaysthegamebasedonstrategic
calculations. However, Lee, who wanted to grow Weed
as the world¡¯s strongest as a warrior character, gets a
totally unexpected job called the legendary moonlight
sculptor by a strange twist of faith. Players in the novel
regard artistic professions such as tailor and painter as
the most useless; Lee is bewildered and despondent.
Accepting that he cannot change a job that has already
beenassignedtohim,hebeginshisadventureon¡°Royal
Road¡±withanindomitablewilltomakethemostoutof
thelegendarymoonlightsculptor¡¯sabilities.
With an aptitude for ¡°grinding¡± at a different level
thanothers,Weedbecomesamasterinalmostallfields,
from combat to cooking, sewing, mining, equipment
production, and his main occupation, sculpting.
Moreover, he liberates the northern part of the in-
game continent, which was occupied by vampires, and
becomes the Lord of Morata, a small town in northern
region of ¡°Royal Road.¡± Thanks to Weed¡¯s excellent
ability and good fortune, his territory develops rapidly,
and it is labeled the ¡°Arpen Kingdom.¡± Furthermore,
his interesting adventures, which solves near impossible
quests one by one, is broadcasted in the novel¡¯s real
Corp.
world, and creates a great sensation. In the end, Lee
Games
Hyunbecomesahugecelebrityandmakesabigfortune.
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