I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 52

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Episode 52
Episode 52
After that.
I crafted items with single-minded determination to clear out every last material Serin had stockpiled in the warehouse.
I’d worried that after spending so long just making beds, my skills might have dulled.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting evaluation: S ]
Fortunately, a few days’ rest hadn’t cost me my edge.
And as I worked with diverse materials to create diverse items,
“Wow, this material can be used this way too. Then couldn’t that be used similarly? Or if I combined them both together…”
The tedium that had plagued me during those endless beds evaporated entirely.
New materials, new items.
As I savored them, my joy as a blacksmith swelled anew, deeper than before.
Especially when.
[ We praise Kang Cheol-mangchi ]
I’m a Level 14 hammer warrior, and I’m desperately hoping you could craft a combat-style two-handed hammer for me?
It’s so hard to find a proper combat-style two-handed hammer that I’m still stuck with a Level 8 one……
If you’d make just one for me, I’d praise you for life
Please ㅠㅠ
– Not gonna happen lol
– Combat-style two-handed hammers are pretty rare lol
– Especially for low-level weapons, they’re almost nonexistent
Browsing the Awakener Community,
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting evaluation: S ]
[ You have obtained the Buffalo Horn Hammer. ]
When I answered a particularly eye-catching request,
[ KYAAAAA! We praise Kang Cheol-mangchi!!!!!!! ]
You really were watching!
I believed in you!
We praise you, Kang Cheol-mangchi!!!
(Image attached – Buffalo Horn Hammer)
– ??
– For real?
– It’s for real
– There’s a trade record from just now lol
– I saw it posted and was about to buy it myself, then I remembered this person lol
– Wait, is Kang Cheol-mangchi actually reading the community posts?
– Come to think of it, Kang Cheol-mangchi posted directly once before
– Wow, he really is reading the community lol
– Can you read the request messages too? ㅠㅠ
The reactions to posts in the community were quite entertaining.
It felt like we were communicating in real time.
But doing this exposed one particular problem.
[ Kang Cheol-mangchi! Please check my request << ]
[ Kang Cheol-mangchi, I'm requesting a bed with 'Regeneration Level 3' or higher. ]
……
Exactly these.
Since I wasn't answering direct messages, people had started posting commission requests to the Awakener Community, assuming I'd see them there.
Fortunately,
– What are these posts?
– Send commission requests via direct message
– Do these people even know what they're doing lol
– This is spamming ㅡㅡ
– The community's a mess, doesn't the admin manage anything?
– What admin, the Awakener Community doesn't have one lol
– There is one though?
– ?
At some point, all the commission posts vanished completely.
Judging by the awakeners' reactions, the Awakener Community apparently did have a real 'administrator'.
Apparently the administrator periodically removes posts that don't align with the community's direction.
'Who could the administrator of the Awakener Community be?'
The question suddenly struck me.
This System isn't managed by us humans.
At some point, Gates began opening across the world, and with them came a common power granted to Awakeners.
That power was this System.
Yet somehow, within this System itself—the Awakener Community—there was an administrator.
I found myself deeply curious about their identity.
Though wondering about it wouldn't help me learn the truth anyway.
Clang!
I shook off the distraction and swung the hammer once more.
In that moment.
[ Your level has increased. ]
Thanks to Serin's hunting, I'd managed to raise my level once again.
With that accomplished, I immediately began crafting level 15 items.
I was absorbed in making various items when.
"Hey, kid!"
Toran's booming voice rang out.
His expression looked quite pleased.
"Did you mine a rare ore?"
"Wa-ha-ha! Caught red-handed!"
He'd definitely found a new ore.
Just as I felt joy creating new items.
Toran wore that same laugh when discovering new ore.
What he then pulled out was.
Glimmer!
"Hm?"
A luminous stone.
The moment Toran held it up, the Smithy flooded with light.
Curious, I checked the item information.
[ Lumina Stone ]
Form: Ore
Grade: A
Description: A raw mineral that absorbed the power of the veins over a long time among abundant ore deposits, gaining the essence of light.
Ability: Luminescence Lv 1
"A Lumina Stone?"
It was exactly as it appeared.
An ore imbued with the light attribute.
And I'd used a similar ore once before.
'Volcanic Stone.'
The ore I'd used when crafting the Volcanic Revolver.
Which meant this wasn't ore that only came from my Mine.
It was ore you could obtain by defeating monsters in Gates, even purchasable at the exchange.
Still, I had no reason to regret it.
'These Attribute Stones are so rare that there are barely any listed at the exchange anyway.'
Even if monsters did drop Attribute Stones, they were extraordinarily scarce.
From what I'd heard, mages used them as conduits when casting certain spells, or to amplify their power—and the price seemed quite steep.
Selling the raw ore would fetch a decent sum.
'But that's not an option.'
Who am I?
A blacksmith.
I had no intention of selling such fine material in its raw state.
While I was thinking that.
"Actually, I found it a while ago. Right after we destroyed the Stone Golem and descended further—that's when I found this Lumina Stone."
"Really? But then why didn't you…"
"Wa-ha-ha! You're asking why I didn't say anything?"
Toran continued.
"Kid, you haven't been down there, have you?"
"No, I haven't been down there yet."
"That place is incredibly dark."
"……What?"
"Just as I said. The upper level gets some light coming in, but down below it's pitch black. Visibility is impossible."
"Then……."
"So whenever we find those Lumina Stones, we embed them in the ceiling like lanterns to secure our sight lines."
It was not what I'd expected to hear.
The first level of the Mine had gotten plenty of light, so I'd naturally assumed the lower levels would be illuminated the same way by some natural phenomenon.
Apparently that wasn't the case.
"You should have told me."
"No, the numbers of Lumina Stones worked out so tight we made do however we could."
"So what about this? Don't you need this too?"
"We just found an absolutely massive vein of Lumina Stones, so we've got plenty. Don't worry about it — just use what I brought. Haha!"
At least it seemed we wouldn't run short of Lumina Stones.
Toran must have brought this along because he'd thought it all through.
So as I pondered what to craft first with these Lumina Stones,
"Toran, won't the passage stay dark from here on out?"
"Yeah. But what can you do — a mine being dark is only natural. We're used to it, so don't worry."
Listening to what Toran said,
I found myself gaining clarity on what to make first.
"Just wait a moment. I'll make something good for you right away."
"Something good?"
[ You activate the Special Crafting skill. ]
[ Please provide a blueprint for the specialized item. ]
I began crafting immediately.
I drew up a blueprint with a construction-site safety helmet in mind, then added a few more elements I wanted.
It wasn't a particularly complex design, and since I'd drawn it while thinking of Toran's work, the quality came out quite high.
Next came
[ Please select your materials. ]
I confidently selected the Lumina Stones.
[ Crafting begins. ]
Clang!
I swung the hammer right away.
I'd already crafted several helmets.
Making an ordinary safety helmet was simple enough — not a fortified helm built to withstand monster attacks, just basic protection.
A safety helmet designed with a round profile to shield against falling dust and stone fragments from above.
Then came what mattered most.
[ Lumina Stone ]
Clang!
I began embedding the Lumina Stones into the safety helmet.
Since I'd already designed the blueprint with spaces for the stones, the work went smoothly.
Gathering the brightness of the Lumina Stones to cast light as widely as possible across the forward field of vision.
Taking even Toran's height into account, I completed the arrangement and focusing as efficiently as possible.
[ Crafting is complete. ]
[ Crafting evaluation: SS ]
[ You have obtained the Luminous Safety Helmet. ]
I'd completed the item.
[ Luminous Safety Helmet ]
Form: Helmet
Grade: SS
Requirement: Level 15 or higher
Description: A mining safety helmet infused with Lumina Stones to brighten one's field of view.
Defense: 108
Abilities: Luminescence Lv 3, Defense Lv 2, Dust Prevention Lv 1
The item's abilities were exactly as I'd envisioned.
"Toran, try this on."
"Don't tell me you made a hat out of Lumina Stones?!"
"Yes."
At my words, Toran immediately put on the safety helmet.
Since I'd crafted it with Toran standing beside me, the fit was perfect on his head.
But what mattered most of all was,
Whoosh!
"Wooooo!"
It's Luminescence Level 3.
The moment Toran put on the safety helmet, the light from the Lumina Stones installed ahead converged and shone forward.
The brightness was incomparable to using a Lumina Stone alone.
I'd even installed a switch so he could turn it on and off whenever he wanted.
Amused by Toran's reaction, I continued.
[ You have obtained the 'Luminous Safety Vest'. ]
[ You have obtained the 'Luminous Safety Belt'. ]
…….
I completed Toran's Luminous Safety Suit Set using the Lumina Stones.
And just as I'd expected.
[ You have created the Luminous Safety Suit Set. ]
[ A Set Effect has been applied to the Luminous Safety Suit Set. ]
[ Set Effect ]
1. The brightness of 'Luminescence' increases slightly.
2. Damage from rockfall decreases slightly.
I'd successfully created a Set Effect.
The moment he put on all the equipment and switched it on.
Whoosh!
"Wooooooo! This is incredible! It's so much brighter than just carrying a Lumina Stone around!"
"Um, maybe we should turn it off here. It's too blinding."
"Haha! Thanks so much! I'm heading out right now! With this, finding ore veins will be so much easier!"
Toran had become a single ball of light himself.
And in that state, he dashed straight toward the Mine.
He must have been quite pleased with the equipment I'd made for him.
After making the equipment for Toran.
"……But, this is pretty decent, isn't it?"
My eye caught on the pile of Lumina Stones Toran had brought me.
While these Luminescence equipment were made specifically for Toran.
Was Toran really the only one who needed such equipment?
I'd heard that among the Gates where monsters appeared, many lacked proper lighting.
Not only places where light doesn't reach, like labyrinths, caves, and underground areas, but also places where the time is fixed permanently as night, I'd been told.
Awakeners entering such places had to bring their own means of generating light.
Modern lighting devices don't function inside Gates, so I'd heard that darkness alone significantly raises the Gate's difficulty.
If I made such equipment for them?
It didn't have to be limited to just adding Lumina Stones to armor.
If I could create light in the form of something attachable to a helmet like a modern headlamp, or perhaps as an accessory?
Wouldn't Gate raids become much easier?
With that thought.
"Should I try making some?"
Clang!
I immediately began swinging my hammer.
I had plenty of materials anyway.
Rather than thinking a hundred times over, it would be better to make it once and hear directly from the Awakeners what they thought of it.

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