I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 107

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Chapter 107
Chapter 107
After we defeated the Magma Golem.
We took time for a meal.
To celebrate bringing down the Hunting Ground’s Boss Monster.
“All right, today we’re having tonkatsu sets!”
“Tonkatsu?”
“It’s fried meat, I suppose you could say. That sort of thing.”
I ordered generously from the meat menu.
Serin had thin, Western-style tonkatsu.
Toran chose what’s commonly called kimchi tonkatsu—a kimchi hot pot version.
Noum picked sweet potato and cheese tonkatsu.
Drake went for fish tonkatsu.
And Grom…
“Squee! Meat good!”
It seemed any tonkatsu would do for him.
In the past, Serin would have to leave the house to collect deliveries, crossing through the garden all the way to the front gate.
Now there was no need for that.
All I had to do was take the elevator down to the first floor to pick up the food.
In fact, even that wasn’t necessary anymore.
Because of the need to protect my information and security, they now received deliveries downstairs and sent the food up through a private elevator—a courtesy that spared me the trip entirely.
“Let’s eat!”
I’d ordered cheese tonkatsu for the first time in a while.
The restaurant itself was famous for its cheese tonkatsu.
Sure enough, the moment I cut into it, thick melted cheese flowed out—a delightful sight.
Sitting in the spacious living room, gazing out through the wide glass windows at the vast vista before us while eating.
The sense of freedom was exhilarating.
But.
‘What should I make?’
My mind was already occupied with other matters.
What weapon should I craft?
A weapon that could exert powerful force even when used by a Blacksmith without any special skills.
Was there such a thing?
The Volcanic Revolver was less dependent on stats and skills compared to a bow, which made it perfectly suited for me.
The moment I thought that.
‘A cannon?’
A sudden inspiration flashed through my mind.
The Hunting Ground’s Boss Monster.
The materials I’d obtained from defeating the Magma Golem seemed like they’d work well for this idea too.
Thinking of this, the moment we finished eating.
“Well then, let’s get started!”
“Yes, Master.”
“Ha-ha-ha! Zone 4, wait for me! Toran Stonebreaker is coming!”
We returned to our respective areas.
Toran headed excitedly straight down to Zone 4.
Serin rushed off to the Hunting Ground, determined to track down the next Boss Monster.
Grom and Drake moved out toward the forest and sea respectively.
And then Noum and I, of course.
“The cheese tonkatsu was delicious! Noum is happy being with Master!”
“I’m glad you enjoyed it.”
Returned to the Forge.
I immediately placed the materials I’d obtained from the Magma Golem.
The Magma Golem’s Lava Core and the Magma Golem’s Lava Stone—onto the anvil.
[ Using Special Crafting Skill. ]
[ Please create a blueprint for the Special Crafting item. ]
I began the Special Crafting process.
And the item whose blueprint I was about to sketch was none other than.
‘A cannon.’
Yes, a cannon.
Since I’d been using the Volcanic Revolver to good effect.
I had arrived at the thought that it would be good to craft a cannon—the next evolution beyond guns.
Of course, I wasn’t talking about the massive cannons commonly known.
More like a portable cannon, if you will.
I was planning to make something on the scale of a bazooka.
With that in mind, after drafting the blueprint I’d been thinking through via searches outside,
I used all the materials I’d obtained from the Magma Golem.
[ Beginning crafting. ]
I set to work.
First,
Clang!
I had to process the Lava Core.
I extracted the impurities from the Lava Core and compressed only its pure essence.
I had experience making arrows like “pure lightning” or “pure flame,” and similar work like this.
So I wielded the Hammer with ease.
I didn’t simply compress it—I drew out the Lava Core’s properties to match the nature I’d be using,
Clang!
then smelted the Magma Golem’s Lava Stone and began crafting the actual form in earnest.
Outwardly, it wasn’t much different from a bazooka.
But,
Clang!
the interior was entirely different.
The typical bazooka is a rocket launcher, so it’s a weapon designed to fire small rockets.
However, what I was making now was not that.
I’d be using bullets instead of rockets.
So I adjusted the interior structure accordingly.
Clang!
The Magma Golem’s Lava Core and Lava Stone—
with materials of such high grade, the processing was quite challenging.
Especially, each time I struck the focal points, molten lava would erupt, which was rather threatening.
Sizzle—
But the Hwahwan Cloth performed beyond my expectations.
It completely blocked even the lava that erupted and splattered about.
As I continued hammering away,
the Lava Stone was smelted into the cylindrical form I desired,
and the Lava Core was positioned appropriately within it.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting Evaluation: SS ]
[ You have obtained the Volcanic Cannon. ]
[ A Masterpiece has been born. ]
[ A Masterpiece worthy of making your name known to the world has been completed, and through it you have gained inspiration, raising your attributes. ]
[ Strength increases by 1. ]
[ Dexterity increases by 1. ]
[ Health increases by 1. ]
The cannon was complete.
But this wasn’t the end of it.
For me, without any skill enhancements, to be useful in combat, I needed special abilities attached to it.
Tensely, I checked the item information,
[ Volcanic Cannon ]
Form: Cannon
Grade: SS
Requirement: Level 38 or higher
Description: A portable cannon crafted from the materials of a Magma Golem formed of lava itself, bearing the power of hot volcanoes and molten stone.
Attack Power: 240
Abilities:
Volcanic Eruption
, Explosion Lv 3, Aiming Lv 3, Piercing Shot Lv 2, Recoil Suppression Lv 2
“Excellent!”
The uniquely listed skills caught my eye.
Volcanic Eruption.
As for what kind of ability it was—
[ Special Ability: Volcanic Eruption ]
As time passes, the pressure inside the volcano rises.
Every set interval, the internal pressure explodes, dramatically increasing the power of attacks.
“Excellent.”
It was an ability tailor-made for me.
After all, I’d use this bazooka only rarely.
Only when Boss Monsters appeared, or when powerful enemies showed up in the real world.
The periods when I wouldn’t use it far outweighed the times I would.
So this ability would dramatically boost its power every time I used it sparingly.
Truly, it was an ability perfectly suited to me.
“The other abilities are satisfying too.”
Explosion, Aiming, Piercing Shot, Recoil Suppression.
All of them were abilities that had been attached to the Volcanic Revolver anyway.
And they’re abilities that suit me perfectly, someone without Skills.
Though I was greatly satisfied with this, the work wasn’t finished yet.
“Should I craft some ammunition?”
I’d made the cannon.
Now it was time to make projectiles to use with it.
First, I’d craft ordinary ammunition suitable for standard use.
The method was simple.
Compress iron ore to make it as heavy as possible.
Just doing that would surely create tremendous destructive power.
But.
‘There’s something more I want to try.’
I hadn’t made this cannon for nothing.
The Volcanic Revolver used various elemental projectiles too.
But the ammunition I wanted to fire from this cannon wasn’t just simple elemental projectiles—there was something with a much larger effect I wanted to test.
With that thought in mind, the material I pulled out was.
[ Grey Wolf Fang ]
This.
Material that seemed completely unsuited for ammunition.
After pulling out several more of these fangs, I added one iron ore as well.
[ Beginning crafting. ]
I began swinging the hammer.
First, I flattened the iron ore thin.
Then I placed about ten fangs on top, rolled the iron sheet into a sphere, and wrapped the fangs inside it.
After that.
Clang!
I swung the hammer.
Not caring what happened to the fangs inside.
Focusing instead on keeping the outer iron sheet from tearing.
Clang!
I continued swinging the hammer.
As I did, the fangs inside began breaking apart.
And the moment that passed the limit.
Clang!
The fangs inside began compressing.
Yes.
Compression.
Like when I’d made ‘pure lightning’ before.
Like when I’d made ‘pure flame’.
And.
‘The Explosive Spirit’s Wail.’
When those Shadowless Society bastards attacked.
A bomb I’d hastily made on the fly.
By excessively compressing the equipment called ‘Explosive Spirit Spine’ to destabilize its power, making it react to stimulation and explode—a one-time use item.
The Explosive Spirit’s Wail.
Just like when I’d made that.
Clang!
I kept hammering the item, compressing it.
And I deliberately made it unstable.
I was worried it might explode in the middle, but fortunately my technique had improved considerably.
It helped that I’d recently leveled up my Hammer as well.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting evaluation: S ]
[ You have obtained Grey Wolf’s Howl. ]
I’d managed to create the item I wanted.
An S-tier item, though it was consumable.
From crafting the last time, I’d learned something.
Making items this way, while they have the drawback of being single-use only—
[ Grey Wolf’s Howl ]
Form: Projectile
Grade: S
Requirement: Level 38 or higher
Description: A howling projectile created by gathering the fangs of Grey Wolf packs that race across the plains, compressing their power again and again.
Attack Power: 205
Abilities:
Wolf Howl
, Explosion Lv 2, Ferocity Lv 2
“As expected.”
Drawing out special abilities had become much easier.
Of course, if I were my former self, this would still be difficult.
But recently, I’d crafted so many items with special abilities that extracting them had become simpler.
“Should I test it right away?”
I was too curious about its power.
Unable to contain my curiosity, I grabbed the Volcanic Cannon and Grey Wolf’s Howl and headed to the Hunting Ground.
I entered the Hunting Ground, but Serin wasn’t there.
Of course she wasn’t.
Serin would be in the middle of clearing Zone 3.
Looking around the area,
“Kee-eak?”
“Kuuuu—”
Goblins, slimes, horned rabbits.
The same weak monsters I’d seen before.
Too weak to use as proper test subjects, but that didn’t matter.
Right now I wasn’t trying to gauge raw power so much as confirm whether the projectile functioned properly when used this way.
With that in mind,
“Alright.”
I steadied my breathing and raised the Volcanic Cannon.
Like firing a bazooka, I cradled it against one shoulder.
Then I inserted Grey Wolf’s Howl into the muzzle.
Since I’d angled it slightly, the projectile slid in smoothly.
The fit was perfect because I’d sized it with precision.
Next, the target.
Shooting too close could be dangerous, so I aimed at a goblin pack a fair distance away.
I had no special Aiming skill, but my Dexterity stat was reasonably high.
And my Volcanic Cannon had Aiming Lv 3 as well.
The distance wasn’t really that far anyway.
I adjusted my aim carefully.
Click.
The moment I squeezed the trigger,
Bang!
An explosion roared past my ear.
The Magma Golem’s Lava Core—the heart of the Volcanic Cannon—reacted and detonated,
sending Grey Wolf’s Howl spiraling up into the sky through the barrel.
The projectile arced down with impressive accuracy, landing right in the center of the goblin pack.
And then,
[ Special Ability: Wolf Howl ]
The howl of the Grey Wolf pack rings out.
Nearby enemies suffer sonic impact and are afflicted with the status abnormalities ‘Fear’ and ‘Paralysis’.
The shell’s special ability activated.
Aouuuuuuu-!!!
In place of a bomb’s explosion,
a howl echoed across the chamber—as if dozens of foxes were shrieking in unison.
“Kieeeeeek!”
The goblins burst apart.
They couldn’t withstand the sheer force of the sound wave alone; they simply came undone.
The weapon’s power had simply outmatched the monsters’ constitution by too wide a margin.
Yet the shell’s potency extended beyond mere destruction.
The range of the howl was considerable enough,
but the true effect lay after.
Every monster touched by the howl’s influence fell to it completely.
“Kuuuu—.”
“Chirp!”
“Keeee…….”
Some froze in terror;
others went rigid, their bodies locked solid.
The shell’s special ability had manifested precisely as intended.
What if the material I’d used this time hadn’t been the Grey Wolf Fang, but something like the Magma Golem’s Lava Core instead?
Would magma have erupted like a volcano the moment the shell made contact?
Or if I’d chosen a different material altogether?
Used something even more potent?
It felt wasteful to spend premium materials on disposable ammunition, but there was no doubt such shells would deliver correspondingly devastating force.
“Hehehehe.”
Satisfied with the results,
“What kind of shells should I craft next?”
I began crafting various types of ammunition in preparation for whatever lay ahead.
And not long after,
“Master, I’ve found the leader!”
Serin had located the Boss Monster with impressive speed, true to her word.
“Shall we head over now?”
The moment for my cannon and shells to shine had finally arrived.

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