I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 51

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Episode 51
Episode 51
Toran and Grom.
Despite their vastly different heights and races, these two shared something in common.
It was this:
Bang, bang, bang!
“Ahahaha! Yes, this is it! This is the thrill of mining! There’s another ore vein hiding here!”
Crack, crack, crunch!
“Hehehehe! Felling trees! Keep felling! Work harder!”
They loved their work.
Toran loved mining.
Grom loved logging.
Though their tasks differed, their passion for those tasks remained the same.
And their greatest aspirations mirrored each other as well.
Toran dreamed of mining true Divine Stones from a true Divine Mountain that surpassed Lumina Cheonsan.
Grom’s goal was to fell a Giant Tree that could rival the Demon Tree.
Such simple ambitions.
Yet precisely because of those simple dreams, each had reached the pinnacle of their respective fields.
Toran had become the finest dwarf miner.
Grom had become the finest orc woodcutter.
And so, swinging pickaxe and axe in the Blacksmith’s Mine and Blacksmith’s Forest, they found joy in their labor alone.
Small wonder.
“Ahahaha! I can feel it! In the deepest reaches of this mine, a true Divine Stone sleeps!”
“Hehehehe! The scent of a Giant Tree! At the far end, there’s surely the greatest timber waiting!”
They knew this place was the land of their longing.
Not that they needed anything more—even swinging pickaxe and axe in this new life brought them boundless joy.
And yet.
Recently, one problem had emerged.
“Blast these short legs. I’ve never resented them more.”
“Hehehehe, too far. I’ll starve before I reach the timber. Need to get to work.”
The problem was distance.
The mine and forest had expanded as they defeated boss monsters.
That was fine at first, but the greater distances posed a problem.
They wanted to work immediately, yet travel time now outpaced work time.
Thankfully, their summoner—
The Blacksmith of the Smithy of Time had given them a Subspace Bag, which helped somewhat.
“Still a nuisance, though.”
“Hehehehe…….”
The journey to the work sites remained tediously long.
For their sake,
“Would you check it out for me?”
The Blacksmith of the Smithy of Time had forged a Railway and a Cart.
Grom didn’t understand what it was, so he simply continued logging as always.
Truth be told, Toran harbored no great hopes either.
With the Subspace Bag, the Railway and Cart seemed redundant.
Of course, the Blacksmith of the Smithy of Time seemed to be building the Cart for riding rather than hauling.
But Toran knew better than anyone that there were limits to a cart’s speed.
So he approached it without high expectations.
Creak.
The moment Toran climbed onto the Cart and pressed the pedals,
Vrrrrm.
The Cart began to accelerate.
But something was strange.
A cart was just a cart, no matter how fast.
It shouldn’t be able to build proper speed without a downhill slope.
Yet as he sat comfortably in the seat, perfectly fitted to his frame, and pressed the pedals,
Vrrrrmmm!!
The Cart continued to accelerate.
This was the power of Acceleration Level 2.
“Ahahahahaha! Yes! This is it!”
Thanks to that, Toran was able to breakthrough the first floor at an incredible pace.
Not long after, he defeated the boss monster and reached the layer below that had opened up.
Truly, an amazing speed!
The thought that he could return this quickly was almost too good to be true.
At this pace, even if the mine expanded further down the line, he could move swiftly and focus on mining.
And Grom shared the same sentiment.
“Wheeeeeee-!!”
Was it thanks to Grom’s overwhelming leg strength?
The cart Grom rode arrived at the second forest even faster than Toran.
So excited that he’d been trampling on the pedal, he’d forgotten to brake, and the cart continued even after the railway ended, nearly crashing into a tree.
“Yikes, that won’t do!”
The cart that the blacksmith from the Forge of Time had crafted for him.
That cart had lodged itself in the tree.
He worried what he’d do if it broke, but—
“Yikes! Just as I’d expect from the master’s handiwork! Solid! Sturdy!”
Was it thanks to Defense Level 1?
Even after leaving the railway at such speed and hitting the tree,
the cart remained intact.
Delighted by this, Grom beamed with a goofy smile and rose from the cart,
“Yikes! I got here early! Still got plenty of strength! I’ll work harder!”
Crack!
He began swinging his axe with even greater force than usual.
* * *
I’d made the right choice building the railway and cart.
Indeed, the moment I finished the railway and cart,
“Little one, I’m here!”
“Yikes, I’m here too!”
“You’re already here?”
“Didn’t I tell you? The travel time was eating up so much that I couldn’t get any work done. Thanks to your cart, I can get here fast and work much better! Haha!”
“Yikes, same here!”
Toran and Grom.
Both their work rates had increased significantly.
Well, their actual work pace stayed the same—it just felt faster with the travel time cut out.
Not that this wasn’t good.
But what was even better was,
‘They look happy.’
The expressions on Toran and Grom’s faces.
Normally, after eating, the thought of having to travel to the work site would dampen their spirits.
But not anymore.
They’d arrive at the smithy with wide grins, and immediately dash back to the site with excitement.
Grom especially would retrieve the cart the moment he set down the wood in the warehouse, ready to bolt into the forest.
“I’m glad you like it.”
“Like it? This is the first cart like this I’ve ever had in my life. The best, I’m telling you!”
“Yikes! The best!”
“Just let me know if you need anything else.”
“Much appreciated! Haha!”
“You’re the best master! Yikes!”
Thanks to this, the rate of resource acquisition accelerated dramatically.
Based on that, I was able to mass-produce beds much faster.
With the warehouse, I didn’t need to go fetch materials each time, so I could sit still and focus entirely on crafting items.
I wasn’t seeing any particularly appealing commissions anyway.
Since so many people were looking for my beds right now, I focused on bed production for a while,
“Hmm, is the craze starting to die down?”
The popularity of beds began to wane gradually.
Well, even waning, bed commission requests were still flooding in.
But those wealthy enough to buy beds at premium prices seemed to have already done so.
In particular, the wealthy were commissioning better beds, not the mass-produced Leaf Beds.
‘Those aren’t something I can just make on a whim, though.’
To make better beds, I’d need better materials.
Serin was diligently gathering monster materials, but there were only so many suitable materials for beds.
And.
More than anything else, what mattered most was this:
‘I’m getting tired of it.’
My own state of mind.
At first, there was satisfaction in making beds, and it was genuinely fun.
But that only lasts a day or two.
Making beds every single day—I couldn’t tell anymore if I was a blacksmith or a furniture craftsman.
And on top of that.
[ Kang Cheol-mangchi please come back ㅠㅠ ]
[ Kang Cheol-mangchi return ㅠㅠㅠㅠ ]
[ Equipment crafting completely stopped since the beds came out; ]
[ Kang Cheol-mangchi items Level 15 limit…… gasp. ]
– Breathe! Just breathe!
– Beep beep. You are already dead. ]
– Holding your breath until he makes Level 15 items lmao there are people on Floor 14 too…….
Posts like this were multiplying on the Awakener Community.
And since Serin kept bringing monster materials precisely as I was making beds, they continued to pile up.
“Maybe it’s time to go back to my main job?”
I decided to stop bed production.
Of course, that didn’t mean I’d never make beds again.
I’d still make them whenever materials were ready, but I was tired of making only beds.
So I decided to start crafting regular items instead.
Thinking this way, I opened the monster materials section of my warehouse.
[ Warehouse ]
1. Kobold Warrior’s Stone
2. Goblin Shaman’s Totem
3. Shadow Hound’s Black Fragment
…….
The monster materials in the warehouse were neatly organized.
This was the real advantage of the warehouse system.
Normally I would have had to dig through the materials Serin brought to find what I needed.
Now I could see all the warehouse materials at a glance using the warehouse system.
And that’s not all.
If I wanted to.
[ Shadow Hound’s Black Fragment ]
Type: Material
Grade: F
Description: A fragment torn from the shadow when the Shadow Hound, which prowls hidden in darkness, fell.
I could check material information directly through the system window.
Well, since it was right at hand anyway.
I decided to make an item using this Shadow Hound’s Black Fragment.
After handling various materials in the Final Gate and awakening as a blacksmith, I had worked with many different monster materials.
The moment I saw this material.
‘Stealth.’
I could immediately grasp its characteristic.
Of course, I could have focused on the ‘shadow’ aspect instead.
But that would be more difficult to work with, so I decided to bring out the Stealth ability.
[ Using Crafting Skill. ]
Speaking as a blacksmith.
When making an item, you don’t need to force yourself to create something special.
Just think about it logically.
When you want to make an item with Stealth ability using a material that helps with Stealth.
What kind of item would suit Stealth best?
I already had the answer in my mind.
“A cloak.”
The moment I selected the cloak from the catalog.
Clang!
I swung the hammer.
Striking the Shadow Hound’s Black Fragment again and again, I flattened the fragment thin and wide.
Once the flattened black fragment was trimmed, shaped, and formed into a cloak.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting Evaluation: S ]
[ You have obtained the Shadow Cloak. ]
[ Shadow Cloak ]
Type: Cloak
Grade: S
Requirement: Level 14 or higher, Stealth Skill required
Description: A shadow cloak fashioned from the broad spread of a Shadow Hound’s Black Fragment, it maximizes stealth ability through subtle shadows.
Defense: 90
Abilities: Stealth Lv 2, Evasion Lv 1
I’d just crafted an S-Grade cloak in one go.
The attached abilities were exactly what I’d wanted.
At this level, it would be perfect for Awakeners of the thief and assassin varieties who primarily relied on the Stealth Skill.
And so I began.
[ Using Crafting Skill. ]
I started crafting new equipment in earnest.
My current level was 14.
So I crafted mainly Level 14 equipment.
But since I hadn’t made much gear up until now, I also crafted Level 13 equipment alongside it.
For the Awakeners who’d been waiting for my equipment while still at Level 13.
The work that followed was something else.
Clang, clang, clang!
It was incredibly enjoyable.
Serin, who had defeated the boss monster and moved on to the second hunting ground.
Among the monsters she brought back, some materials were ones I’d never seen before.
The thrill of exploring what kind of power each material held, and then crafting equipment that made perfect use of it, was deeply satisfying.
Then.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting Evaluation: SS ]
“Oh.”
Receiving an SS-Grade evaluation lifted my spirits enormously.
Before, when I’d been mass-producing items, SS-Grade items never appeared at all.
But now, even if it was rare, they showed up occasionally—just as Ember had said, it seemed Intelligence and Wisdom were having an effect here.
Thinking thus, I continued crafting items.
Once finished, I uploaded them all to the Trading Post.
[ Breaking News! Kang Cheol-mangchi Equipment Line Open! ]
[ It’s finally here!!!! ]
[ I was so worried you wouldn’t make anything once we leveled past 13, but thank you so much ㅠㅠㅠ ]
[ Please make blunt weapons too please make blunt weapons too please make blunt weapons too ]
[ All hail Cheol-mangchi!!! ]
Reactions began flooding in from the Awakener Community almost immediately.

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