I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 47

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Episode 47
Episode 47
The Blood Lion, Gang Hyeok.
He was the most shrouded in mystery among all the Rankers.
And for good reason—he was an Awakener who favored solo play over party work.
Moreover.
‘The moment combat ends, he vanishes without speaking to anyone,’ or so I’d heard.
Even after ascending to Ranker status,
few people claimed to have had a proper conversation with him.
That was how deeply shrouded the Blood Lion was in secrecy.
So when such a person left me a commission, I found myself wondering why.
[ The Blood Lion…… Gang Hyeok…… ]
I hadn’t told anyone until now, but I was exhausted.
Every time I exerted myself, I’d have to lie incapacitated for two or three days, and even then the mental fatigue never fully recovered—it just accumulated steadily.
Especially, it felt as though my blood was running dry.
I couldn’t endure it much longer.
The healing Awakeners’ skills were useless against it.
I’m pinning my last hopes on your bed.
If it doesn’t work…… for my own sake, I’ll have to abandon this path.
The contents that unfolded were far too dark for what one might expect from a Ranker.
Rather than a commission for a bed, it felt like he’d simply written a diary entry.
Perhaps that was why.
His exhaustion seemed to seep through so vividly.
I never imagined the Blood Lion harbored such worries.
“That’s actually kind of pitiful.”
I never thought I’d feel sorry for a Ranker.
And not just any Ranker—the Blood Lion himself, the one who left trails of blood and bloodshed wherever he went.
Because of that, I wanted to take on the commission if at all possible.
“……But I don’t have the right materials.”
Just from the note, I could tell.
Gang Hyeok’s condition was serious.
To support him in such a state, he would need a bed of quite considerable quality.
One infused with a high level of Regeneration,
or a bed imbued with the power to rapidly replenish the blood that mattered most to him.
The problem was, I didn’t have many materials of that caliber.
All the materials suited for quality beds had already been crafted into beds and listed on the trading post.
Until Serin brought more materials, I was only making leaf beds.
“There’s nothing I can do…… ”
Unfortunately, it couldn’t be helped.
In his current state, even sending him a leaf bed wouldn’t be enough to solve the problem.
So reluctantly, I decided to ignore his commission and move on to the next bed, when
before my eyes,
an unexpected system message appeared.
[ You have defeated the boss monster of ‘Blacksmith’s Forest,’ Blood Wood. ]
[ ‘Blacksmith’s Forest’ is expanding. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
“……What?”
A boss monster defeated?
Blood Wood—what was that?
Confused, I dropped my hammer and ran toward the forest.
The moment I arrived, the first thing I saw was
“Wow……”
trees, neatly felled.
Originally, the forest had been so densely packed with trees that movement was nearly impossible.
But now they’d all been cut down, and the view opened wide before me.
Moving forward in amazement, I soon discovered the cause of the system message.
“Screech! Master’s here!”
An orc woodcutter, covered head to toe in blood.
Grom.
And in front of him, a massive crimson tree, felled.
This much was enough to grasp the situation.
Just as boss monsters appeared in hunting grounds and mines, one had emerged in the forest.
And Grom had taken it down single-handedly.
“Grom, are you alright?!”
“Tsk, I’m fine!”
“No, you don’t look fine…….”
“This isn’t my wound!”
“What?”
“The sap splattered when I felled that tree! Tsk, I didn’t get hurt, but it did drain some of my blood!”
“Sap…… Ah, so that’s why it’s called Blood Wood?”
I’d thought Grom was gravely injured, covered as he was in what looked like blood.
But looking closer, there wasn’t a wound in sight.
Grom seemed to have overwhelmed the boss monster quite handily.
Even so, it was still a boss monster, and he’d just beaten it to death alone.
I wasn’t sure if this was even possible.
“Why don’t we head back to the main room? For treatment…….”
“Eating meat restores blood! I want meat!”
“Sure, I’ll have plenty sent over. Come on, let’s go.”
“Tsk, I love meat! And, before we go!”
So he needed to eat meat to replenish his blood.
Like some manga character.
In any case, before Grom could even head off to eat, what he did next was immediate.
Crack!
Logging.
Grom swung his axe at the fallen Blood Wood.
Just as Serin had butchered the boss monster.
Just as Toran had mined the Stone Golem’s fragments.
Grom was no different.
And because of that.
[ Blood Wood’s Blood Log ]
[ Blood Wood’s Blood Leaf ]
“Tsk!”
“Thank you, Grom. I already had it delivered, so it should arrive soon.”
“Meat is good!”
We’d obtained excellent materials.
But that wasn’t all.
A wall of thorny vines that had blocked the outer edge of the field, as if preventing any further progress.
Those thorn vines that hadn’t been cut even by Grom’s axe — they slowly faded away.
And what revealed itself was.
“Wow.”
Trees that appeared larger and thicker than anything we’d seen in the forest before.
At a glance, they looked to be of superior quality to the lumber we’d been using.
And scattered throughout, there were trees that looked decidedly unusual.
Before long, we’d surely be able to procure higher-quality and more exceptional timber.
Thinking as much.
“Tsk, meat is good! Meat tastes great!”
After loading Grom up with plenty of meat for his efforts.
I returned to the blacksmith’s forge to examine the materials we’d just acquired.
[ Blood Wood’s Blood Log ]
Form: Material
Grade: A
Description: Timber from a Vampire Tree — a creature that possesses sap resembling blood, feeds not on soil nutrients but on the blood of living creatures.
“Interesting, something like this exists.”
A tree with sap like blood.
It truly was strange.
According to Grom’s account, it was a monster that moved its roots like tentacles and drained blood.
I couldn’t imagine how he’d managed to fight it.
……Though, I could make an educated guess.
He’d probably just cleaved the whole thing apart with that enormous, powerful axe of his, blood-draining or not.
In terms of pure physical prowess, Grom was a force that surpassed even Toran.
But then.
“Huh?”
Looking at that timber.
“Wait a second, is this… blood?”
Someone’s name flickered through my mind, along with a sudden idea.
And of course, it could only be one person.
“This would be perfect for making Gang Hyeok a bed.”
Gang Hyeok—the Blood Swordsman.
From what I’d heard, he possessed the Blood Swordsman job class, which meant he suffered tremendous blood loss in every battle.
The reason he needed rest was precisely because of that blood loss.
Without replenishing his blood, the next fight would be impossible.
So I’d thought it would be difficult to craft a bed worthy of him using ordinary Regeneration.
But Blood Wood timber.
If this material—which contained sap like blood itself—couldn’t do it, nothing could.
The moment that thought took hold.
“Why not give it a try?”
I immediately began sketching out the design.
Gang Hyeok had sent me all his information beforehand, so there was no need to request anything further.
As I worked on the design and reviewed his information more closely.
“What kind of skills does he even have?”
It was staggering.
His unique ability alone revolved around blood manipulation.
His skills, too, were all about using his own blood to attack, or using his blood as a medium to manipulate or detonate an enemy’s blood, and so forth.
For a Blood Swordsman, nearly every skill dealt with blood in some form.
Yet he had almost no ability to recover his own blood.
Blood Swordsman.
Who knew such an extreme job class existed.
Understanding him became simple just from this.
There was no need to dig up combat footage like I would for another Ranker.
Since I wasn’t crafting him equipment anyway—only a bed.
“Master, I’ve gathered everything.”
“Perfect, that’s exactly what we need.”
The moment I obtained the additional materials I thought necessary, including the Blood Wood timber.
[ Activating Special Crafting Skill. ]
[ Please provide a design blueprint for the special craft item. ]
I created the blueprint.
Well, it didn’t take long since I was simply adapting an existing bed design from the compendium, tweaking only the dimensions and aesthetics slightly.
The real challenge came next.
[ Please select your materials. ]
The material selection.
This time, I.
[ Blood Wood’s Blood Log ]
[ Blood Wood’s Blood Leaf ]
I selected both the Blood Log and Blood Leaf I’d obtained.
It was wasteful, certainly, but to create the bed I envisioned, there was no other way.
The only consolation was that I managed to preserve a small portion of the Blood Log and Blood Leaf for later.
Then, after selecting a few additional materials to complement the primary ones.
[ Beginning crafting. ]
I started the work.
First, the Blood Log.
Since it was wood, I decided to use the Blood Log to form the bed’s overall frame.
I’d crafted so many beds by now that I thought I could do this with my eyes shut.
Clang!
The very first strike told me something was wrong.
The resistance felt nothing like my usual striking point.
It was like striking something viscous and dense.
As if the striking point were saturated with Blood Wood’s sap.
Because the impact didn’t transfer cleanly, the material refused to break apart properly.
Crash!
I had to pour more force into the hammer.
Blood Wood’s Blood Log.
The material proved more difficult than I’d anticipated.
But then again, who am I?
I’m no blacksmith so weak as to surrender to mere difficulty.
As the material resisted and hindered my hammer, I poured more strength into my arms and continued the work.
Scritch-scritch-scritch.
The Blood Log began to take shape, forming the bed frame.
Next came the mattress.
To craft a soft bed, I’d decided against using springs.
Not yet, anyway.
[ Red Thread Spider’s Web ]
One of the new monsters appearing in the hunting grounds.
I would use the Red Thread Spider’s Web to weave fabric.
And within it—
[ Blood Wood’s Blood Leaf ]
Blood leaves.
In other words, leaves from the Blood Wood tree, layered inside.
Having spent the entire day crafting leaf beds in succession, I’d grown familiar with the work—and now I could fill the leaves with perfect proportion and arrangement.
After that came finishing the mattress and connecting it to the frame.
Once the final touches were complete—
At last.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Craft Evaluation: SS ]
[ You have obtained Blood Wood’s Respite. ]
I’d finished the work with an SS-grade evaluation.
And more than that—
[ A Masterpiece has been born. ]
[ A masterpiece worthy of bearing your name to the world has been completed; through it, you gain inspiration and your stats increase. ]
[ Health increases by 3. ]
A masterpiece, no less.
I suspected this was now on par with my Big Slime’s Embrace.
With keen anticipation, I checked the item information.
[ Blood Wood’s Respite ]
Form: Bed
Grade: SS
Description: A bed crafted from the Blood Log and Blood Leaves of Blood Wood—also known as the Tree of Blood—drawing forth to their fullest the essence of blood, the very source of life.
Abilities: Transfusion Lv 3, Regeneration Lv 2, Deep Sleep Lv 1
Exactly the ability I’d been seeking.
I honestly hadn’t even known such an ability existed—that’s why I’d never used the Guidance function to search for it.
A bed with Transfusion attached.
But that wasn’t all.
Though only level two, it also had Regeneration, and though only level one, it even had Deep Sleep affixed.
Admittedly, this Transfusion ability would be relatively meaningless except to a Blood Swordsman.
But for a Blood Swordsman, it would be the finest item possible.
Actually, even for those who aren’t Blood Swordsmen—if a hospital required major surgery, this Transfusion effect might prove necessary.
In any case, I was thoroughly satisfied.
[ It is the Steel Hammer. ]
I pictured Gang Hyeok’s face lighting up with joy, and sent him the completed piece.

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