The man forsaken by the world, the man a slave to money and the man known as the legendary God of War in the highly popular MMORPG Continent of Magic. With the coming of age, he decides to say goodbye, but the feeble attempt to earn a little something for his time and effort ripples into an effect none could ever have imagined. Through a series of coincidences, his legendary avatar is sold for 3 billion 90 million won ($2.7 million), bringing great joy to him, only to plunge him into despair at losing almost all of it to vicious loan sharks. With revelation of money through gaming, he rises from the abyss with new found resolve and steps forward into the new age of games led by the first ever Virtual Reality MMORPG, Royal Road.
This is the legend of Lee Hyun on his path to becoming Emperor with only his family loving heart, his boundless desire for money, his unexpected mind, his diligently forged body and the talent of hard work backing him. This is the legend of the lowest becoming the strongest. This is the legend of WEED.
My Opinion: 169+ chapters, First 7 chapters free then paywall English Publisher - Tapas for 1st 53 chapters
One the first highly popular Korean VR stories (2007) that started the trend that would become LitRPG. The world would even inspire the popular online story platform Royal Road.
I’d read the light novel version of the story but eventually gave up on it because of the quality of the translation. However, the manga/webcomic version is just awesome and the translation is much better since it’s just word bubbles. While the art style shifts a bit between volume 1 & 2, the visuals convey the action well and added a layer of comedic fun that made this one of those ‘just one more chapter’ kinda reads. I was surprised by the art style itself as it pictured the MMO the story takes place in as a very western style medieval setting.
Score: 8 out of 10
Vol. 1 ch 1-53
The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor
https://tapas.io/series/legendarymoonlightsculptor/info
Vol 1. Ch 54 +
https://mangadex.org/title/14676/the-legendary-moonlight-sculptor/chapters/1/