I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 37

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Episode 37
Episode 37
Final Gate.
In that game, I, a blacksmith, was wearing equipment as well.
There were various pieces of equipment, but most of them were just ordinary gear.
Among them, there were a few items that were particularly helpful to a blacksmith like myself.
“A hammer, gloves, and an apron.”
Of course, there were other things like a belt or work clothes too.
But these three were the equipment that made the biggest difference.
Of those, I already had a hammer.
I’d recently crafted a pair of gloves as well.
What remained was this apron.
Clang!
After cutting the Giant Bear Leather into the shape of an apron for my use,
I swung the hammer in succession, and just as with the gloves, fragments of Health stone crumbled into powder and scattered across the leather.
The powder was then absorbed into the leather, and a subtle golden hue seeped into it.
[ Crafting has been completed. ]
The crafting was complete.
It was made perfectly according to my design, and I’d raised my stats through various equipment and thanks to elixirs, both my Strength and Health were elevated.
Given all that,
[ Crafting Evaluation: SS ]
it came with an SS-grade evaluation, and
[ A Masterpiece has been born. ]
[ A masterwork worthy of spreading your name across the world has been completed, and through it you gain inspiration, raising your stats. ]
[ Health increases by 3. ]
I received a Masterpiece evaluation.
With eager anticipation, I checked the item information.
[ Giant Bear’s Health Apron ]
Form: Apron
Grade: SS
Restriction: Jang Gangcheol
Description: A blacksmith’s apron crafted by blacksmith Jang Gangcheol, who consumed a giant bear’s gall and drew forth the maximum vital essence contained in its hide.
Abilities: Health Lv 4, Vigor Lv 2, Natural Regeneration Lv 1
The abilities displayed were exactly what I wanted.
Not just Health, but Vigor and Natural Regeneration too.
Perfect.
Gloves for Strength, apron for Health, ring for Agility, necklace for Intelligence, bracelet for Wisdom.
Now I could raise all my stats through equipment.
“Master, it suits you perfectly.”
“Really?”
“Of course.”
The moment I put it on, I could feel power overflowing from my body.
The design was good too.
After all, I’d made it specifically to wear.
And I,
“Master, the monster materials you requested earlier.”
“Excellent!”
eager to savor this feeling,
Clang!
immediately began swinging the hammer.
Overflowing Health.
It felt like I could do anything at this rate.
With the apron and the Giant Bear’s Power buff stacked together, Health poured out endlessly.
Lost in the rhythm of swinging the hammer and crafting items,
‘It’s a shame.’
I found myself thinking it would be wasteful to simply mass-produce ordinary items like this.
So I decided to take on some commissions.
I’d already used up my allotted special crafting slots for the day, but since my Health felt abundant, I figured I could do one more.
As I worked on simpler items and checked the request box,
“Good.”
I was able to choose a suitable commission.
Not an accessory commission.
Someone had requested that I craft leather armor for level 10.
I didn’t know whose wealthy son he was, but the commission fee was quite generous.
More than anything, the reason I chose this commission was simple.
[ Giant Bear Leather ]
I had a material that was perfectly suited to use as the primary component for this order.
I asked him to provide information about why he needed the leather armor and to share his status window, and he responded as if he’d been waiting.
Of course, I felt slightly disappointed.
When I was crafting my own equipment, or when I made gear for Serin and Toran.
Or when I’d crafted equipment for Yeom Je — compared to those times, my understanding of the user felt diminished.
[ Blueprint Design Complete ]
The blueprint had turned out well enough, but I was personally a bit unsatisfied.
This is precisely why I don’t accept commissions easily.
To craft an item, I need to understand why the user wants such an item, what kind of item I’ll be making, and how that item will be used.
Only by grasping all of that can I create an item that truly satisfies me.
But when my understanding falls short, the quality of the item drops accordingly.
Still, this time the material quality was high enough.
[ Crafting has been completed. ]
[ Crafting Evaluation: S ]
[ You have obtained ‘Great Bear Armor’. ]
[ A Meritorious Work has been born. ]
[ With the completion of this Meritorious Work, crafted with wholehearted effort, you gain inspiration and your stats increase. ]
[ Health increases by 2. ]
I had managed to create a Meritorious Work of sorts.
At this level, the client should be reasonably satisfied.
After that.
Clang, clang, clang!
“Master, perhaps you should take a break while—”
“Serin is resting. I have plenty of stamina left!”
I wielded the hammer late into the night.
Unintentionally, I’d forced Serin and Toran to work overtime gathering materials as well, so I made up for it by feeding them a hearty late-night meal before we all went to sleep.
* * *
The next day.
“Uuuuaaahhhhh!”
I woke up with extreme muscle soreness.
At first I’d suffered from muscle soreness, but at some point after I’d gotten accustomed to blacksmithing, I hadn’t felt it anymore.
Especially since I’d made this Sturdy Leaf Bed, I’d barely felt any soreness at all.
Apparently yesterday’s work had been quite an overexertion.
I didn’t think I’d even be able to get up at this rate.
[ You have purchased Sea Lizard Tail Extract. ]
In desperation, I bought a potion that looked like it had good effects.
Gulp, gulp!
I downed it in one go.
It was an expensive potion, but my income had increased quite a bit lately.
Besides, with my muscles on the verge of tearing from the soreness, I had no choice.
“Phew.”
I almost passed out right then.
But there was one good thing in all this.
[ Through Extreme Hammering, your Strength has increased by 1. ]
[ Through Extreme Hammering, your Health has increased by 1. ]
This.
Since I’d had no muscle soreness, I’d gotten no stat increases from training either.
But now those stats had risen again after all this time.
“It’s worth the price, at least.”
Sea Lizard Tail Extract.
It tastes terrible, but it’s more palatable than bear bile soup.
The moment I drank it, my muscles stabilized — it’s definitely more effective than the ‘Orc Warrior’s Elixir’ I’d bought before.
“Serin, Toran. Let’s eat breakfast.”
“Yes, Master.”
“You’re awake, Toran.”
I opened the blacksmith shop and called them in for breakfast.
This morning’s meal was kept simple.
“Today we’re having rice porridge.”
“Rice porridge? What’s this sudden craving?”
“The muscle soreness from earlier was brutal. The potion took care of it, but I found myself wanting this out of nowhere.”
“Hmm, rice porridge empties the stomach quickly though. That’s the drawback.”
“Then we’ll just eat more. I ordered a variety of types, so let’s try them.”
We decided to eat porridge.
My appetite had been off ever since I’d taken the potion right after the muscle soreness.
Not long after, the delivery arrived.
“…… How much of this is there?”
“I told you. I ordered a lot.”
An enormous variety of rice porridges had arrived.
There was the famous abalone porridge, of course, along with beef and mushroom porridge, tuna and vegetable porridge, shrimp porridge, and more.
I’d even prepared spicy varieties like octopus kimchi porridge and spicy seafood porridge for Toran, and gentler options for Serin.
Above all, I’d ordered them to replenish my body’s energy after suffering from the muscle soreness.
“Looking at it in person, this is something else.”
There was ginseng chicken porridge, octopus porridge, and more.
Anything supposedly good for the body, I’d ordered it.
Since this was my first time ordering such things, I blew on it carefully and tasted it, and—
“Oh, this is delicious?”
It suited my palate quite well.
There’s a common prejudice that rice porridge is food for the sick.
But this was savory and flavorful enough that I’d hesitate to serve it to a patient.
“How is it for you two?”
“This octopus kimchi porridge? It’s delicious. The spice is just right!”
“It is delicious. It reminds me of the porridge we used to make in the Mountain Range, simmering whole grains for hours.”
Serin and Toran seemed to enjoy theirs as well.
After finishing the meal,
I immediately opened the Trading Post.
And the item I searched for was—
[ Intermediate Magic Stone ]
Precisely this.
I’d completed all the stat-boosting equipment,
and thanks to drinking the bear gall soup, the Giant Bear’s Power effect was currently in place.
Now I needed to raise the Summoning Platform’s level and summon the next subordinate right away.
The timing felt slightly premature, but I was already experiencing firsthand how invaluable a subordinate could be.
My assessment was that gaining subordinates as quickly as possible would be advantageous.
Thinking as much,
[ You have purchased an Intermediate Magic Stone. ]
I went ahead and bought it.
An Intermediate Magic Stone.
A magic stone worth one hundred million won, no less.
That this single small magic stone cost roughly the same as my modest, precious one-room apartment was almost absurd.
The price was ridiculous, but—
[ You have purchased a Lower Magic Stone. ]
[ You have purchased a Lower Magic Stone. ]
[ You have purchased a Lowest Magic Stone. ]
……
One Intermediate Magic Stone wasn’t all I needed.
In terms of Lowest Magic Stones, I required a full one hundred and twenty-eight.
In cash, that came to one hundred and twenty-eight million won’s worth of magic stones.
Truly a nonsensical sum, but—
‘It’s doable.’
My income had risen sharply of late.
I was at the point where I could invest around one hundred million won.
After purchasing the magic stones,
I tidied up and headed straight for the blacksmith shop.
The moment I stepped into the subordinate waiting room,
[ Upgrade the Blacksmith’s Summoning Platform to Lv 3? ]
[ Y / N ]
I strengthened the platform immediately.
A staggering 128 million won worth of Magic Stones vanished.
[ The Blacksmith’s Summoning Platform has become Lv 3. ]
[ You can summon an additional subordinate. ]
[ You can now use the new function ‘Emergency Assembly’. ]
The summoning platform had reached level three.
However, one unexpected message appeared.
Originally, only a message about summoning a new subordinate had appeared.
“Emergency Assembly?”
Emergency Assembly—what did that mean?
When I asked Ember about it.
– It is exactly as it sounds.
– Regardless of distance from your subordinates, you can instantly summon all of Jang Gangcheol’s subordinates to your side.
“There are no restrictions?”
– There are no particular limitations.
That was the answer I received.
Emergency Assembly.
When would I use it?
The first thing that came to mind was an emergency.
If I found myself in danger, using ‘Emergency Assembly’ would summon all my subordinates at once.
Though I couldn’t imagine such a situation occurring, when I spent most of my time in my one-room apartment and the blacksmith shop.
And there was another use.
“It’ll be perfect for mealtimes.”
I could use it at dinner and have everyone gather comfortably at the table.
Lately, Serin and Toran had been venturing so deep into the dungeons that it was hard to call them back.
With this, I could seat them all at the table in one go.
In any case, this was just an additional feature.
What mattered now.
Clang!
I swung the hammer I’d brought with me toward the summoning platform.
Immediately.
[ Constructing a summoning circle to call forth a ‘Blacksmith’s Subordinate’. ]
[ The rank of the subordinate summoned will be determined by the evaluation grade. ]
With the familiar system message.
Whoooosh!
A magic circle rose above the summoning platform.

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