I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 108

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Episode 108
Episode 108
A Boss Monster emerged in Zone 3 of the Blacksmith’s Hunting Ground.
I immediately summoned my assistants through an emergency call and headed into the hunting ground.
“What kind of monster is this Boss Monster?”
“A deer.”
“A deer? A herbivore, a deer?”
“Yes, that’s true, but… it’s not an ordinary herd leader. This specimen uses magic.”
“A deer that uses magic?”
The hunting ground had produced three Boss Monsters in total.
The Twin-Headed Wolf, which had been there from the start.
Zone 1’s Boss Monster was the Giant Bear.
Zone 2’s Boss Monster had been the Saber-Tooth Tiger.
So I’d assumed Zone 3’s Boss Monster would likewise be a ferocious carnivorous beast.
A deer?
Wouldn’t that be far too weak?
Or so I’d thought.
“…… That’s it?”
“Yes.”
At the far end of Zone 3, a deer grazing peacefully on grass.
No—tearing into a corpse.
This creature bore no resemblance to any cute deer I knew.
Its fur, drenched as if in blood, grew coarse and wild, and from its mouth protruded sharp fangs wholly unbecoming of a herbivore.
But what caught the eye most was its antlers.
Not the horns of an ordinary deer.
Bone-white antlers, as if twisted bone had grown in the shape of horns.
That alone looked menacing, and on top of that, spikes bristled densely across them.
Looking closer, even its eyes were white.
It looked like watching a zombie deer from some horror film.
No—it looked even more grotesque and dangerous than that.
“It looks utterly vicious….”
“Its strength is formidable as well. It was beyond my ability to face alone.”
“I see.”
Now I understood why Serin had called us in.
I didn’t know what kind of power that thing wielded.
But just from its appearance, you could feel it was no ordinary creature.
Looking at it, I would’ve instinctively backed away.
“That looks like a dangerous one! Shall we go at it!”
“Let’s go!”
“I’m going too!”
Not a single one of my assistants hesitated or pulled back in fear.
Even Noum didn’t.
They all marched forward confidently toward that menacing deer.
Given that,
“I suppose I’d better prepare myself as well.”
I began readying the cannons and ammunition I’d crafted for this very moment.
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“This deer looks downright vicious!”
“Don’t let your guard down.”
“Lower my guard? Against a monster like that? I’ve fought magma golems head-to-head before.”
The Blacksmith’s Hunting Ground.
Zone 3’s Boss Monster.
The Bone-Horned Deer.
Kang Cheol-mangchi’s assistants rushed at the Boss Monster.
The first to charge were the two who could be called the vanguard.
“Toran, Grom, let’s go!”
“Let’s charge together, orc!”
Toran and Grom.
I’d naturally expected it to lower its antlers and charge to meet them.
But it didn’t.
The Bone-Horned Deer.
It watched Toran and Grom charging toward it, its horns gleaming with an eerie light, then it pawed at the ground with its front legs.
Then.
Whoosh!
“Toran!”
“What the—? What is this!”
“Bones!”
Sharp bone spikes erupted diagonally from the ground before Toran and Grom.
Had they let their guard slip for even a moment, they would have charged straight onto those spikes without a chance to react, impaled before they knew what hit them.
“This thing’s far more dangerous than I thought!”
Toran and Grom couldn’t build up any momentum.
They swung their pickaxes and axes, shattering the spikes in front of them.
Never knowing when or where the next bone spike might erupt, they pressed forward with maximum caution.
While the Bone-Horned Deer focused its attention on Toran and Grom.
Thwick—thud!
An arrow from Serin embedded itself in the creature’s body.
Her Focused Shooting had exceptionally high attack power.
And the arrow she’d just fired was one with particularly high destructive force.
Yet the arrow didn’t penetrate nearly as deep as she’d expected.
The hide looked ordinary, but underneath it was hard as bone, as if reinforced by a bone shield beneath the skin.
The Bone-Horned Deer’s eyes narrowed as it turned to look at Serin, now at a distance.
Crack-crack-crack—
It activated its horns again.
This time, instead of bone spikes rising from the ground.
Several bone spikes formed around the creature’s horns.
Larger and sharper than before, they looked less like spikes and more like bone lances.
Shriek—!
They shot toward Serin.
Drake threw his harpoon without missing the opening, but—
Crack!
A bone barrier rose from the ground to intercept it, blocking the harpoon.
Toran and Grom rushed in to shatter the barrier, but—
“How can it be this hard!”
“Toran!”
The barrier was far more durable than they’d bargained for.
That wasn’t all.
The Bone-Horned Deer wasn’t sitting idle.
Aware that Toran and Grom posed a threat, it widened the distance.
Using the barrier as cover, it dodged arrows and harpoons, then created and hurled bone lances.
That Bone-Horned Deer, bounding this way and that, was remarkably difficult to engage.
“This is a nuisance…”
“I agree.”
Until now, most Boss Monsters had fought by brute force alone.
But this deer was different.
It was intelligent.
This wasn’t a simple opponent.
Serin began to carefully analyze the Bone-Horned Deer’s combat patterns.
In the past.
Recalling her days as a monster hunter in the Icaya Mountain Range, she analyzed the creature’s tactics.
That was what she was trying to do, but—
The moment the Bone-Horned Deer raised a new barrier and concealed itself.
“Toran, Grom! Get away from the barrier!”
A voice called from behind—Kang Cheol-mangchi’s.
When she glanced back, Kang Cheol-mangchi was holding some kind of dark crimson cylinder.
One that looked quite large and heavy.
It might have been worth wondering about.
“Got it, boss!”
“Toran!”
Toran and Grom didn’t look back.
They simply trusted Kang Cheol-mangchi’s command and hurried away from the barrier.
And in that moment.
Boom!
The coffin that Kang Cheol-mangchi had been holding.
An explosive sound erupted from it, and something shot forth from within.
At tremendous speed.
Whatever it was flew as swiftly as Serin’s arrows, striking the bone barrier where the Bone-Horned Deer had taken shelter with perfect precision.
Crash!!
It exploded with a deafening roar.
The sturdy bone barrier shattered and crumbled to pieces.
Immense force.
The explosion wasn’t satisfied with merely destroying the bone barrier—it inflicted damage upon the Bone-Horned Deer behind it as well.
Shocking power, but.
“Now!”
“Wahahahaha! That’s the ticket, you beast!”
“Screech!”
An opening created by Kang Cheol-mangchi.
His companions did not let that chance slip away.
First.
Thwack!
Serin’s arrow embedded itself in the Bone-Horned Deer’s body.
Already reeling from the explosion’s impact.
With the arrow striking true as well, the Bone-Horned Deer lost its bearings entirely.
Then.
“Screech!”
Crack!
Toran’s pickaxe and Grom’s axe came flying.
A shield of bone materialized in desperation, but it could not withstand both attacks.
Recognizing this, the creature tried to flee despite the incoming blows.
Thud!
“Let’s finish this…….”
A harpoon pierced its flank.
It was the harpoon Drake had thrown.
As Drake drew the cord attached to the harpoon taut, the Bone-Horned Deer found itself unable to escape.
Still, the creature did not surrender and attempted to summon new magic.
“One more shot!”
At Kang Cheol-mangchi’s command.
Boom!
A sound like something being launched rang out.
And at the same instant, whatever it was struck the Bone-Horned Deer’s horn.
Crack!
That horn—sturdy enough to withstand even Grom’s axe blows.
Half of it snapped off.
The projectile didn’t stop there and detonated.
Boom!
Horn fragments scattered by the explosion pierced the Bone-Horned Deer’s body like shrapnel from a grenade.
In that instant, the Bone-Horned Deer became gravely vulnerable.
And seizing that moment.
“Uraaaah!”
“Screech!”
Thud!
Scrape.
Boom!
Kang Cheol-mangchi’s companions unleashed a coordinated assault.
The Bone-Horned Deer could neither block nor evade—it could only endure.
And shortly after.
……Thud.
The Bone-Horned Deer fell.
[ You have defeated the Boss Monster of the Blacksmith’s Hunting Ground, the Bone-Horned Deer. ]
[ The Blacksmith’s Hunting Ground expands. ]
[ Your Level has increased. ]
The fourth zone of the hunting ground had opened.
Rather than celebrate felling the Bone-Horned Deer, the assistants instead
“Master!”
“What in blazes is that thing?”
“Master strong! Truly our master’s skill!”
“Master, that was incredible!”
“We finished it so quickly because of you…….”
They rushed toward Kang Cheol-mangchi, who lowered the cylindrical weapon from his shoulder as he confirmed the Boss Monster’s defeat.
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The Volcanic Cannon—used in actual combat for the first time.
Its power was truly tremendous.
When the special ability Volcanic Eruption took effect,
my first shot
Burst apart!!
shattering the bone barrier the Boss Monster had conjured,
and dealing damage even to the Boss Monster hiding behind it.
The second attack that followed didn’t benefit from the Volcanic Eruption effect,
but it was still something.
[ Rage of the Great-Horned Buffalo ]
Form: Projectile
Grade: S
Requirement: Level 38 or higher
Description: A projectile crafted from the horns of the Great-Horned Buffalo, creatures that thunder across plains in herds, crushing everything in their path with massive horns.
Attack Power: 205
Abilities:
Buffalo’s Grand Horn
, Explosion Lv 2, Piercing Lv 2
Compressed from roughly ten of the Great-Horned Buffalo’s horns,
this projectile came equipped with special abilities.
Boom-boom-boom!
It dealt considerable damage to the Boss Monster.
Ten of the Great-Horned Buffalo’s horns made decent material in themselves,
and I could have earned a fair sum crafting them into items—a shame, perhaps.
But watching the raw power, I forgot all regret.
A bomb that harnesses the strength of monster materials.
Or rather, a projectile.
And a cannon to fire it.
This might be the very method by which I could channel my full strength.
The assistants seemed startled as well.
“Master!”
They rushed toward me urgently.
As they gazed at my weapon in awe, I found myself eager and launched into an introduction of my new armament.
“Well? With this, I’m finally pulling my weight, aren’t I?”
“That’s underselling it! Without you, the fight would’ve dragged on or turned dangerous. That deer was no joke.”
“Master strong!”
“Master’s the best!”
“Master, you were magnificent.”
Watching the assistants’ reactions, my shoulders lifted with pride.
Right.
From now on, I’d have to pull my weight like this.
I couldn’t stand idle in the rear while my assistants risked their lives in combat.
In any case, the battle concluded like that,
“I’ll butcher it right away.”
Serin began carving up the Boss Monster.
The materials she brought back were, as expected,
[ Bone-Horned Deer’s Horn ]
horns.
There were a few minor materials scattered about, but the core resource was undoubtedly this horn.
After all, this was what had enabled the Bone-Horned Deer to conjure bone spikes and barriers in the first place.
“A horn…….”
The Bone-Horned Deer’s Horn.
What kind of item should I craft from this?
As I pondered, my eyes fell on Serin’s bow.
The bow I’d first made for her—the Icy Tracker of Icaya.
It was certainly an SS-Grade weapon, but apart from its tier, it was an old creation now, and compared to the items I was making these days, it had fallen a touch behind in quality.
Like the weapons I’d given my other companions, it bore no special ability.
I’d forged the Saber-Tooth Tiger’s Frosty Dagger for her, but Serin was an archer, not an assassin, was she?
Even if a dagger had its merits, the bow mattered more.
Most of all.
‘It didn’t pierce properly.’
When we faced the Bone-Horned Deer.
The arrows Serin fired hadn’t penetrated the creature’s hide as they should have.
Recalling this, I made my decision.
“Serin.”
“Yes, Master.”
“How about I craft you a new bow?”
The Bone-Horned Deer’s Horn.
I would forge Serin’s new bow from this very material.

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