I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 112

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Chapter 112
Chapter 112
Blacksmith’s Sea.
Zone 3 had already opened, but I’d never fought a proper battle against a boss monster before.
The first boss monster came up half-dead the moment Drake was summoned.
The second one was already dead when we dragged it to the Blacksmith Shop.
“But Drake, how are you going to drag it up from down there?”
“That thing’s aggressive enough. Poke it a little and it’ll follow us up on its own.”
Drake said this in his usual unhurried way, then leisurely waded into the sea.
Most of the time he moves that slowly.
I have no idea how he moves underwater to locate boss monsters so quickly.
Though judging by how fast he brings back materials normally, he’s incredibly swift.
Maybe he turns fish-like the moment he enters the water?
His eagerness overflows.
While I was marveling at this,
Kuuuu—
A faint tremor emanated from the sea.
Ripples formed in its wake.
The gentle, peaceful waves grew rougher by the moment.
“Kiiirrrrrrr—!”
The boss monster of Zone 3 emerged.
Its dark, gleaming skin was covered in mucus instead of scales.
Its body was lumpy like a boulder.
Its massive gills bristled with long, sharp teeth growing at irregular intervals.
But what caught the eye most of all was,
“What is that?”
The lure hanging from the tentacles on its head.
That’s right.
The creature’s true identity was none other than—
“An angler?”
An angler.
More specifically, it appeared to be a Terror Angler—a type with a spine extending from its head.
Of course, it was hundreds of times larger and thousands of times more grotesque than any Terror Angler I’d ever known in reality.
The moment the creature revealed itself,
“Close your eyes.”
Drake’s unhurried voice came through clearly amid the chaos.
I shut my eyes immediately.
Flash!
Its lure erupted with light.
The illumination was so intense that even with my eyes sealed shut, the light pierced through my eyelids, bright enough to be felt.
Still, thanks to Drake’s warning, I’d closed my eyes in time to weather it.
“Ahhhhhhh! My eyes!”
“Toran? You didn’t close your eyes?”
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
It looked like Toran hadn’t managed to close his eyes in time.
Well, there’s nothing to be done about it now.
“Master, commencing attack!”
With that, we began our assault on the boss monster.
“Squeeak!”
Grom charged in first.
Fortunately, the boss monster had crawled to the shore, its body fully exposed.
Grom approached without hesitation,
Crack!
and seized the angler’s teeth.
The angler clamped its mouth shut, wounding Grom’s arm, but Grom paid no mind and yanked the teeth hard.
Probably to keep it from retreating into the sea.
Meanwhile,
Whoosh!
Serin fired her arrows, and
Noum swung his wooden mallet.
Me too.
“I’ll take it!”
Boom!!
I began attacking the creature using the Volcanic Cannon.
Truth be told, I didn’t know what kind of boss monster this would be.
But since it was a sea boss monster,
[ Wisp Dark Cloud Ammunition ]
Form: Ammunition
Grade: S
Requirement: Level 39 or higher
Description: Dark cloud ammunition crafted by gathering the dark clouds of Thunder Wisps and compressing them to their limit.
Attack Power: 216
Abilities:
Wisp Chattering
, Explosion Lv 2, Lightning Lv 2
I’d prepared electric-attribute ammunition for this fight.
It was a monster Serin had recently discovered in the hunting grounds of Zone 4.
The ammunition was crafted from materials obtained from a monster called Thunder Wisp, then compressed.
True to its name, this ammunition was imbued with potent electrical properties.
The moment the projectile lodged itself in the creature’s body,
Kaboom!
The ammunition burst,
engulfing the angler’s body in thick dark clouds.
Crackle-crackle-crackle-crackle-crackling—!!!
Lightning erupted outward.
The ammunition’s special ability had activated.
Since it was ammunition crafted with materials entirely sourced from Thunder Wisp, a rather rare monster,
despite being single-use, its power was tremendous.
And fortunately,
“Shriek-shriek-shriek-shriek—!”
judging by its reaction, it appeared to be vulnerable to electricity.
Suddenly struck by the electrical shock, the creature shrieked and began thrashing about.
It had realized it was at a disadvantage and was trying to retreat to the sea.
But then—
“Tch!”
Grom wouldn’t let go of its teeth.
Even as his arm was pierced by the sharp fangs, he refused to release his grip.
Drake was the same.
The harpoon lodged in the creature’s body, its attached rope pulled taut as he held the beast in place.
In the meantime,
Boom!
Kaboom!
Serin’s and my attacks continued relentlessly.
“Graaagh! This is payback, you bastard!!”
Toran, his vision finally restored, charged forward and brought his pickaxe crashing down.
“Shriek…”
And with that, we brought down the angler.
Grom had taken some damage, but it was the kind a potion could mend in an instant.
Once again, we’d defeated the boss monster with minimal casualties.
[ You have defeated the boss monster of the Blacksmith’s Sea: the Terror Angler of the Deep. ]
[ The Blacksmith’s Sea will now expand. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
With this, a fourth zone had opened up in the sea as well.
And there was one thing more.
My level had risen.
I was now already at level 40.
Honestly, at this point I’d completely shed the appearance of a novice.
Now I could confidently call myself a mid-tier Awakener wherever I went.
Of course, being called a mid-tier Awakener while I was a blacksmith meant nothing in practical terms.
What mattered to me was simply—
‘Finally level forty!’
Now I could craft level forty equipment.
All I wanted was to grow quickly and start making high-level gear.
I was brimming with the desire to immediately craft level forty equipment and give the people in the Awakener community a pleasant surprise.
Then.
Drake began expertly butchering the fallen Terror Angler.
The creature was so massive that dismantling it seemed difficult.
But Drake’s skill made short work of it, reducing it to materials in moments.
However.
What Drake handed me first wasn’t the Terror Angler’s materials.
“Master… this came out again…….”
“Don’t tell me…!”
What it was, was none other than.
[ Awakening Stone Level 3 ]
Form: —
Grade: —
Restriction: Blacksmith of the ‘Time Smithy’
Description: An Awakening Stone that raises the Level of a tool corresponding to Level 3 among the elements of the ‘Time Smithy’.
“An Awakening Stone!”
It was indeed an Awakening Stone.
An Awakening Stone, no less.
I couldn’t have been happier.
Now, every time I leveled up the Time Smithy itself, it cost hundreds of billions—so I’d essentially been neglecting the lesser abilities.
But with an Awakening Stone, I could develop even the weaker skills across the board.
“Ember, did you do this?”
– All I can do is increase the base probability.
– Even so, this is quite fortunate on your part.
“Thank you, Ember. This is exactly the item I needed.”
– As I said, I will do my utmost to support you.
Of course.
It was thanks to Ember.
There was no way an Awakening Stone—obtainable at a 1 in 1,000 chance from defeating a boss—would drop otherwise.
‘The remaining level three ability I had was the Blacksmith’s Anvil, wasn’t it?’
The only level three ability left was the anvil.
No need to deliberate.
I was already thinking I’d use the Awakening Stone the moment I got back to the Blacksmith Shop.
“And here…….”
Drake handed me another item.
It was, naturally, materials gathered from the Terror Angler.
[ Terror Angler’s Tentacle ]
[ Terror Angler’s Lure ]
[ Terror Angler’s Spine ]
And.
The moment I saw those materials, I understood.
Why Drake was handing them to me.
What he was hoping for from me.
It was none other than.
“You need a fishing rod?”
A fishing rod.
It was a blacksmith’s intuition.
The materials I’d just received felt perfectly suited for crafting a fishing rod.
And sure enough.
To my question.
“Zone 4…… I’m starting to want to fish too…….”
Drake nodded.
* * *
After returning to the Blacksmith Shop.
I first.
[ Will you raise the Level of ‘Blacksmith’s Anvil Level 3’? ]
[ Y / N ]
I placed my hand on the anvil and grasped the Awakening Stone Level 3.
A Level 3 Awakening Stone.
With this, I could only enhance Level 3 components, and this anvil’s last Level 3 element from my smithy was about to be used.
As I nodded, the Mana Stone was consumed instead, replaced by the Awakening Stone.
[ The Blacksmith’s Anvil has advanced to Level 4. ]
[ A new compendium has been unlocked. ]
[ 1. Special Compendium ]
The anvil had been enhanced.
Looking at things methodically, in order.
“Special Compendium?”
The Special Compendium.
When I checked what it was:
[ Special Compendium ]
You may register items created through Special Crafting in the compendium.
However, if an item registered in the compendium is crafted through Standard Crafting instead, its performance may be inferior compared to Special Crafting.
Additionally, if a crafted item’s performance is exceptionally high, it may not be registered in the Special Compendium.
“Excellent!”
The Special Compendium.
In other words, like the brooch with the swift casting I’d once made for Yeom Je—
I could register multiple items created through Special Crafting.
This meant items I couldn’t previously hand off to Noum because they could only be made through Special Crafting, even if the recipe was simple.
Items like the Headlamp—could I now register them in the compendium and ask Noum to produce them?
Thinking along those lines,
[ Crafting is complete. ]
[ Crafting Evaluation: S ]
[ You have obtained a Headlamp. ]
I crafted one Headlamp and registered it in the compendium.
And so,
“Noum, could you make something like this?”
“Special things are hard, but… huh? Huh-huh? Noum think Noum understand! Noum think Noum can do this!”
Noum began swinging the hammer.
[ You have obtained a Headlamp. ]
“Noum made it! How did this happen?”
Noum had crafted the Headlamp.
With this, I could now entrust mass production of special items like the Headlamp to Noum.
Honestly, spending 65.5 billion to enhance it was awkward given its performance.
But for something enhanced free of charge with an Awakening Stone, it was more than generous in capability.
“If things go like this, I should focus on the highest-level items going forward, shouldn’t I?”
I’d focus on high-level components when directly using Mana Stones for enhancement.
Then, once I obtained Awakening Stones, I’d enhance lower-level abilities.
That approach would work, wouldn’t it?
Of course, even with Ember raising the probability, I had no idea when the next Awakening Stone would appear.
Still, it was best to concentrate direct enhancement on the elements I used most frequently.
Things like the Blacksmith’s Hammer or the Blacksmith’s Summoning Platform.
“Good, good.”
A very satisfying result.
With that,
I resolved to begin the next task immediately.
“Now, how should I craft this?”
The second piece of equipment for Drake to use.
A fishing rod.

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