I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 116

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Episode 116
Episode 116
An item crafted from materials of the undead.
With excitement, I checked the item information for that brilliant crimson cloak.
[ Red Cloak of Vampire ]
Form: Cloak
Grade: SS
Restriction: Level 40 or higher
Description: A crimson cloak crafted to maximize the wings and vampiric traits of Valter Ven Nocknos, the vampire once known as the Black Wing Baron.
Defense: 240
Abilities:
Black Wing of the Vampire
, Bloodsucking Lv 5, Evasion Lv 2, Transfusion Lv 1
“As expected, bloodsucking.”
The ability turned out exactly as I’d anticipated.
Bloodsucking.
While the term means drinking blood, as an item effect it’s an ability that restores health equal to a portion of damage dealt during melee attacks.
Since vampire materials were being used, I’d expected a high-tier bloodsucking effect.
And sure enough, it came out at Level 5.
“Excellent.”
Wouldn’t any melee-type Awakener be drawn to this?
The defense is somewhat lacking for a level-40 piece, but still.
And then there was the most crucial part—the special ability.
[ Special Ability: Black Wing of the Vampire ]
The power possessed by the Black Wing Baron is imbued within.
As your own blood or your enemy’s blood is consumed, the Black Wing gradually unfolds, increasing attack speed, movement speed, and the amount of bloodsucking.
This was it.
An ability that grows stronger the lower your health drops.
That was precisely the effect of the Black Wing of the Vampire.
It’s a fairly solid effect at this level.
With this, I’ve succeeded in crafting a special item with a unique effect of my own making to list on my Auction House.
Goal achieved, technically.
But I have no intention of stopping here.
“Seo-yun, are those items ready?”
“Yes, I pulled together what I could, but honestly there aren’t as many as I’d hoped. I guess items of this type are quite rare.”
“Send them over right away, please.”
“Of course, I’ll send them immediately.”
Before launching the Auction House.
Something I’d requested from Lee Seo-yun long beforehand.
As I was exporting the items I’d made, I’d asked her to purchase every instance of a “specific item” that appeared anywhere in the world.
Though the numbers were small, she’d gathered as many of these “specific items” as she could manage, just as I’d asked.
And their true nature was none other than:
[ Turtle Shell Shield ]
Form: Shield
Grade: A
Restriction: Level 60 or higher, Health 100 or higher
Description: A shield crafted from the carapace of the Turtle Shell Armor of the seas, legendary for blocking any attack.
Defense: 279
Ability:
Turtle Shell Armor Contraction
That’s the one.
An item whose durability has been completely consumed and broken.
Specifically, items imbued with special abilities.
I’d tried searching for them in Korea too, but items with special abilities are so rare that I rarely found any at all.
Once I expanded my search globally, though, there were definitely items to be had.
Still, the supply was far smaller than I’d hoped.
“Turtle Shell Armor.”
There are a few other items besides this one visible.
That’s right.
These are the special items with unique abilities I’m listing on my Auction House for the very first time.
In other words, there isn’t just one special item.
I’m putting forward the Red Cloak of Vampire that I made myself.
Next, I plan to repair the broken special items and list those on the Auction House as well.
Once that happens, several special items will go up for the first auction.
That should be more than enough to draw people’s attention.
With that thought in mind,
[ Using Repair Skill. ]
I began by repairing the shield I’d received first.
Although it’s a Level 60 item far beyond my current level,
I’ve recently raised the level of the Blacksmith’s Hammer.
And my own level has climbed considerably as well.
In fact, the gloves I use now were created by repairing and modifying a Level 60 Ogre Glove back when my skill was even lower than it is now.
At this point, repairing Level 60 equipment was absurdly simple.
The shield’s structural points were particularly dense,
but I shattered through them with ease.
I filled the cracks in the shield and smoothed out its roughened surface.
Once that was done,
[ Repair complete. ]
I was able to restore the item to perfect condition in no time.
[ Turtle Shell Shield ]
Form: Shield
Grade: S
Requirement: Level 60 or higher, Health 100 or higher
Description: A shield crafted from the carapace of the Turtle Shell Armored Beast of the sea, legendary for blocking any attack whatsoever.
Defense: 327
Abilities:
Turtle Shell Hunkering,
Defense Lv 3, Resistance Lv 3, Fortitude Lv 3
“That turned out well.”
I wasn’t sure whether the grade had dropped from A to lower because its durability had been depleted,
or if it had originally been A-Grade.
Either way, the item’s grade had risen from A to S.
Its defense had increased substantially as a result.
And alongside the special ability, the shield’s original abilities had returned as well.
Being a high-level item, the quality of the attached abilities looked remarkably high.
Defense, Resistance, and Fortitude.
Abilities perfectly suited to a shield-bearer.
Particularly,
[ Special Ability: Turtle Shell Hunkering ]
The Turtle Shell Armored Beast’s defensive stance dwells within.
While in the “hunkering” posture—crouched low and concealed behind the shield, unmoving—both physical defense and magical resistance rise dramatically.
This special ability was incredible.
The very essence of defense itself.
Any shield-bearer would go mad rushing toward such an outstanding item.
Satisfied with this,
[ Using Repair Skill. ]
[ Using Repair Skill. ]
……
I repaired all the other items as well.
After that, I spent my days busy crafting new items, repairing them, modifying them—
a hectic routine that carried on until,
“Kang Cheol-mangchi, we’ve opened the online Auction House. Would you like to take a look?”
Kang Cheol-mangchi’s online Auction House.
Its first doors had opened.
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Awakener Community.
In that space, once filled with trivial chatter, a single post rose to the top of the best threads.
And for good reason.
[ This is Kang Cheol-mangchi. ]

It was Kang Cheol-mangchi who had written the post.
The content of the post hardly mattered.
Kang Cheol-mangchi had posted it.
That single fact alone was enough to elevate his post to the best of the day.
– 1111
– First fan!
– Ah, I’m late haha
– Comment first, read later
– What’s the occasion with Kang Cheol-mangchi?
Now let’s read the actual content of the post.
[ This is Kang Cheol-mangchi. ]
I have opened an Auction House to sell my items.
The online Auction House is already complete, and I plan to open an offline Auction House in the future as well.
Thank you for your interest.
The post contained information about the Auction House.
– An Auction House?
– Wow, so Kang Cheol-mangchi’s items are finally coming to the Auction House?
– Ah, then I’m worried the prices will be too high ㅠㅠ
– Oh, I checked the link and it looks like basic items and mid-tier items will still be sold on the regular exchange
– Phew, thank goodness haha
– Apparently, among the higher-tier items, only the especially well-crafted ones or items that are particularly distinctive and special will be listed on the Auction House
– Oh?
– I actually think it’s great. Even with money, these were hard to get, but with an auction, if you have the cash you can buy them, right?
– Me too ㅠㅠ I’d pay any amount to use Kang Cheol-mangchi’s items ㅠㅠ
– The competition for buying Kang Cheol-mangchi’s items on the regular exchange lately has been brutal haha
– For real lol
– Let’s go to the Auction House!!
There were those who lamented or worried.
But far more rejoiced and cheered.
An auction.
With this method, if you had the money set aside, you could absolutely guarantee purchasing the Kang Cheol-mangchi equipment you’d always wanted.
And so they entered the Auction House.
– Wow, seeing all of these gathered together like this, they really do shine haha
– There are items like this?
– They disappeared so instantly on the regular exchange that I never even knew these existed haha
– I’m realizing just how impressive Kang Cheol-mangchi is;
– Really ㄷㄷ;
– But wait, how does he make all of these items by himself?
– Isn’t it possible that Kang Cheol-mangchi isn’t an individual but actually the name of a group or factory or something?
– That theory came up before haha
– That’s possible
– If that’s the case, I’d actually hope the scale gets even bigger. Speed up the mass production and drop those prices please ㅠㅠ
Kang Cheol-mangchi’s items.
Not the common basic equipment, but distinctive, impressive items filled the display.
Items that looked far superior to the basic or mid-tier equipment currently listed on the regular exchange.
And moreover—
– There’s so many different kinds
– Seems incredibly diverse regardless of job class haha
– I love it
The gap between equipment tiers was nearly nonexistent.
Even if you just said “sword,” it was subdivided into greatswords, longswords, and daggers.
Spears and bows, hammers and axes.
Every conceivable weapon was listed by type in complete variety.
Nor was that all.
Armor ranged from mage robes to sturdy leather armor and heavy plate mail.
And accessories as well.
There seemed to be nothing missing.
Furthermore, there was also a section to request commissions and other services from Kang Cheol-mangchi.
After all, despite Kang Cheol-mangchi having received commissions and requests through an agent until now, the volume had grown to a point where handling it through private messages alone was impossible.
With a site like this open and multiple people managing it, there was no other way to keep things organized.
Anyway, that’s how it went.
– Let the auction begin!!
The real auction had started.
Though, to be honest, since it was conducted online, it was usually difficult to gauge the excitement.
[ Hydrangea: 4.1 Million Won ]
[ Dandariданdan: 4.5 Million Won ]
[ BoxJohn: 4.55 Million Won ]
[ Kaker: 4.6 Million Won ]
…….
Jang Gang-cheol’s Auction House was different.
You could tell the moment you entered the item currently being auctioned.
Bids climbing rapidly.
Bidders swarming in endlessly.
All of it displayed the auction’s fervor at a glance.
– Wow, the prices are insane lol
– So the items posted on the exchange really were going for cheap;
– fr;
– Who’s buying at that price?
– Wait, the tail hammer’s selling for 8 million?
– Like, 10 million won is basically the baseline lol
– It’s brutal, seriously;
– It hasn’t even been sold yet, it’s still going up lol
Prices climbed steadily.
Meanwhile, new items kept appearing regularly.
Watching it unfold, I found myself gasping in amazement.
Though I had to pay far more than if I’d bought from the exchange, since I was competing against others.
– I got it!!!!!
– lol
– The price tho
– With that, you’d probably hit Level 5 on emperor pace lol
– At this point you could flip it secondhand and still get fair value, so it’s definitely a win lol
Originally, Jang Gang-cheol’s equipment had been the kind of item that was hard to acquire even if you had the money.
Items like that.
Now, through the auction system, the people who wanted them most could actually acquire them.
Thanks to that, the Auction House grew more popular as time went on.
As the online auction house thrived.
– Wait, what’s this?
– An offline auction house?
– Apparently there’s an auction house opening in the Steel Guild basement?
– Oh, interesting lol
– But what’s coming that they’re opening an offline auction just for it?
People slowly began to wonder.
About the offline auction house next.
But the offline auction house had unusual entry requirements from the start.
Only those who’d been verified by the Steel Guild could participate.
Naturally, ordinary people couldn’t possibly qualify.
From what I could tell, you’d need to be at least a major Guild Master or an Awakener ranked in the top tiers.
And that was just the bare minimum.
Getting actual credentials seemed to require even stricter conditions.
They were even accepting applications from overseas, apparently.
What exactly were they planning to auction that they’d go to such lengths?
To satisfy their curiosity.
The items to be sold at the offline auction house were displayed on the online one.
And the very first item was.
[ Red Cloak of Vampire ]
Form: Cloak
Grade: SS
Requirement: Level 40 or higher
Description: A crimson cloak crafted to maximize the wings and vampiric traits of Valter Ven Nocknos, the vampire known as the Baron of the Black Wing.
Defense: 240
Abilities:
Black Wing of Vampire
, Bloodsucking Lv 5, Evasion Lv 2, Transfusion Lv 1
– Insane
– A cloak imbued with special abilities?
– An SS-Grade special item crafted by Kang Cheol-mangchi himself?!
– This is incredible
– So Kang Cheol-mangchi can craft special items now?
– That’s not all. There are plenty of other special items besides the repaired ones
– Isn’t this auction house on a level above any other awakener auction house in the world?
The world’s first and only blacksmith.
Items forged by Kang Cheol-mangchi’s own hands.

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