I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 76

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Chapter 76
Chapter 76
Thanks to the Cart, we could move about with ease.
Though calling it a Cart, it was made exclusively for Toran, so only he and I could actually operate it.
“You’re riding this yourself for the first time, aren’t you?”
“That’s right.”
“Feels good, doesn’t it? Ahahaha!”
Toran pedaled furiously, as if riding a bicycle.
And the Cart surged forward at matching speed.
If I’d been the one pedaling, the pace would’ve been awkward, but thanks to Toran’s short, thick legs, the velocity was extraordinary.
Because of that, the Cart rolled along swiftly and smoothly.
“All right, we’re here.”
We’d arrived at the far edge of Zone 2.
There, just like the cavern we’d seen in Zone 1, lay a vast open chamber.
No—an even larger cavern than Zone 1.
And right there in the center was.
“Is that it?”
“That’s the one.”
The Boss Monster Toran had mentioned was positioned there.
Its true nature was.
“An Iron Golem.”
A golem.
The Boss Monster in Zone 1 had been a Stone Golem made entirely of rock, but this one was a golem forged entirely from metal.
It wasn’t merely harder—the construction was far sturdier, and its frame towered even larger.
At a glance, it radiated immense power.
Staring at such a creature.
I made my move.
“Urgent summon.”
I called forth my subordinates.
“Another Boss Monster in succession—are you all up to this? If it feels too taxing, we can put it off a bit.”
“Not at all, Master. We must fell this Boss Monster quickly so you can work with the finer ore, yes?”
“Squawk! Grom doesn’t mind!”
“Noom’s fresh as a daisy!”
We’d only defeated Geom Chi-ho not long ago.
If anyone had shown fatigue, I could have postponed it, but no one gave any sign of weariness.
Because of that.
“Let’s go!”
I gave the command to attack immediately.
“Squawk!”
All my subordinates charged toward the Iron Golem.
A creature made entirely of metal.
Frankly, I had no real sense of how to oppose such a beast.
“Ahahaha!”
Clang!
Without hesitation, Toran swung his Pickaxe at the thing.
It wasn’t even a strike at a weak point, but the Pickaxe itself dealt extra damage to rock-type enemies, and.
More importantly, thanks to Toran’s unique ability, Crack.
Crack—
A simple swing of the Pickaxe created fissures across the Iron Golem’s surface.
Right on its heels.
“Noom!”
Boom!
At the exact spot where Toran had opened a crack.
Noom rushed forward and swung his wooden mallet.
Though merely a small wooden mallet, his attack replicated not only Toran’s heavy striking force but also, faintly, Toran’s unique ability as well.
Crack!
The fissure widened further.
Then.
“Squawk!”
Grom swung his Axe, but.
Clang!
To be honest, if it were a Stone Golem, that would be one thing.
But against this enemy, Grom’s attacks weren’t landing cleanly.
If he struck the joints with precision, he could do some damage—but that was far easier said than done.
So instead of swinging his axe, Grom did something else.
“Chirp! Grom’s got it!”
He seized the Iron Golem’s leg.
Even if the Iron Golem was massive, Grom was no small creature himself.
Hanging from its leg and pinning one of them in place—that much was possible.
Meanwhile, Toran swung his Pickaxe with all his might.
Noom, mimicking him, wielded a wooden mallet just as vigorously.
But the one who truly stood out was Serin.
Thwick!
Before.
When they’d faced the Boss Monster of Zone 1 in the Mine.
Serin hadn’t been much help in combat.
Her arrows hadn’t penetrated the stone-made enemy at all.
And this Golem wasn’t even made of stone—it was forged from solid metal, so arrows would be utterly useless.
So I’d expected her to stand back and wait, just as she had before, until the Golem’s core was exposed.
But she didn’t.
Instead of drawing her bow, she took the Twin Daggers I’d made for her and charged at the Golem.
Scritch!
She swung the Twin Daggers at the Golem’s joints.
Of course, bladed weapons normally didn’t work well against an Iron Golem.
Blunt instruments like Toran’s Pickaxe or Noom’s mallet were far more effective.
But then.
Geom Chi-ho’s Twin Fangs.
Because of the special ability of the daggers she wielded.
The joint she’d struck first became a “weak point,” and as her innate Weak Point Detection activated, the moment her right blade—swinging next—touched the wound mark.
Scritch—!
The Iron Golem’s joint was carved deeply open.
So deeply that it was hard to believe twin daggers could do it.
It was ordinarily impossible, but the combination of the special ability wielded by Geom Chi-ho’s Frost Fang and her innate Weak Point Detection made such an attack possible.
Using this to her advantage.
Scritch-crunch—!
She rapidly cut through the Iron Golem’s joints.
The Golem tried to resist, but its slow, ponderous movements couldn’t catch her.
Besides, Grom was holding one of its legs in place.
And Toran and Noom swung their weapons relentlessly, cracks spreading across the Golem’s body.
The Iron Golem flailed about, unable to mount any proper defense.
“Chirrrrrp!”
With Grom’s war cry, it crashed to the ground.
Most of its joints had been severed by Serin’s assault.
Pinned down by Grom, unable even to rise, it endured Toran’s relentless Pickaxe strikes.
And above that came Noom’s hammer blows as well.
Crack.
The cracks spiraled beyond all control.
Toward the core that lay exposed within.
“Heave!”
Boom!
Toran swung his Pickaxe once more.
Your level has increased.
The battle was over.
Everyone had performed well, but it was Serin’s Twin Dagger technique that truly shone.
The others felt it too.
“Ahahaha! Is that a new pair of daggers the little one made? Splendid!”
“Chirp! Human strong!”
“That was amazing! I want to learn how to do that later too!”
They approached Serin and began marveling at her Twin Daggers.

Seeing that, I felt oddly satisfied.
This short sword was, even by my own standards, particularly well-crafted.
And for that reason.
“I’ll make new ones for all of you, so don’t worry.”
“Oh, really, Toran?”
“Chirp!”
“Noom!”
I had no intention of making items like this only for Serin.
I planned to craft items with special abilities for all my assistants—at least one for each.
And with that in mind, next was naturally.
‘Toran.’
Toran, of course.
And conveniently, didn’t I have the perfect materials lying right over there?
Toran must have noticed the look in my eyes.
“Hehe, excellent!”
He immediately dashed forward and began swinging his Pickaxe at the Iron Golem.
Not long after that.
Just as Serin had butchered the monster, the Iron Golem was methodically disassembled into raw materials.
[ Iron Golem’s Core ]
[ Iron Golem’s Iron Armor ]
Good.
That’s enough.
I wrapped up the situation, rode the cart back, summoned the assistants through an emergency gathering, sent them off, and then.
I immediately stood before the anvil.
[ Using Special Crafting Skill. ]
[ Please prepare the design schematic for the special craft. ]
I began drafting the schematic.
The item to be made was, naturally, a weapon for Toran.
A Pickaxe.
Toran already had an SS-rank Pickaxe, but I wanted to craft him a new one with a special ability attached.
And fortunately.
‘That would be perfect.’
A Pickaxe existed in the Final Gate.
And it was even a Named item.
Previously, I had designed it to match the Pickaxe Toran had used.
But now I intended to align the design with the Named item specifications.
According to what Toran told me before, the Pickaxe he’d used previously wasn’t something he had to use specifically—it wasn’t bound to him that way.
Since the Pickaxe itself felt more like a consumable, he simply used a heavy one that fit his hand well, or so he said.
So the form didn’t seem particularly important.
Having completed the schematic that way.
[ Iron Golem’s Core ]
[ Iron Golem’s Iron Armor ]
Just as I had when making the short sword for Serin.
This time too, in order to maximize the Iron Golem’s power, I used only materials that came from the Iron Golem itself.
Since Geom Chi-ho’s Frost Fang, I’d continued to fail at creating special abilities.
But now I think I’m beginning to understand them.
For Toran.
An item made while thinking of Toran—surely that would gain a special ability.
With that thought.
Clang!
I began swinging the hammer.
But the metal was far harder than I’d expected.
Well, I was smelting the Iron Golem’s iron armor.
I was hammering material incomparably harder than ordinary iron ore, so of course it felt hard.
The material’s properties reflected directly onto the metal being worked.
And the harder it was.
Clang!
The harder I swung the hammer.
Clang!
Reshaping the Iron Golem’s iron armor.
The massive lump of metal, like armor itself, stretched long and became the shaft of the Pickaxe.
Then the head of the Pickaxe was joined to it as a single piece.
If made this way, the weight would become so heavy that ordinary miners would hesitate to use it.
‘But Toran is different.’
Toran preferred a heavy Pickaxe with a shaft made entirely of iron.
After establishing that foundation.
The most important part.
[ Iron Golem’s Core ]
He embedded the Core at the center of the Pickaxe’s head.
By installing the Core, the aim was to draw out the overall abilities of the Pickaxe.
However, this was no simple task either.
The moment the Core was driven in, an enormous number of points materialized.
This meant that harmonizing this Core with the Pickaxe carried a high degree of difficulty.
But there was no problem.
I shattered every single one of those points and connected the Core to the Pickaxe.
With the Core and Iron Armor joined, the result was such a perfect connection that the Pickaxe itself could be said to be a Golem.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting Evaluation: SS-rank ]
[ You have obtained Steel Giant’s Last. ]
[ A Masterpiece has been born. ]
[ A Masterpiece worthy of making your name known to the world has been completed, and through it you gain inspiration, raising your stats. ]
[ Strength increases by 2. ]
[ Vitality increases by 1. ]
I had managed to create another Masterpiece.
But that wasn’t the important part.
Masterpieces—the Pickaxe Toran is currently using is already a Masterpiece.
What mattered was the special ability.
With anticipation as to whether this Pickaxe would gain a special ability, I checked the item information.
[ Steel Giant’s Last ]
Form: Pickaxe
Grade: SS-rank
Requirement: Level 26 or higher
Description: A Pickaxe that could also be called a tool-form Iron Golem, created by taking the Core of a fallen Iron Golem and reshaping the Iron Golem’s Iron Armor around it as its center.
Attack Power: 170
Abilities:
Steel Giant’s Fist
, Mining Lv 4, Shattering Lv 4
“Excellent!”
I couldn’t help but cry out in triumph.
Just as I thought.
Special abilities couldn’t be created simply by drawing up good designs and using quality materials.
There had to be something desperate behind them—that much was clear.
Though perhaps it was just that my level was still too low.
In any case, having completed the Pickaxe like this.
“What are you up to?”
“Toran, you’re back! Take this with you!”
“Hm? A Pickaxe? You really made one?”
“It’s the same SS-rank, but I’m really confident in this Pickaxe. Go ahead and give it a try.”
“Gwahahaha! If my little one is so confident, I’ve got to use it right away! Perfect! Let me try it now!”
I handed the Pickaxe to Toran, who had just returned.

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