I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81
Chapter 81
“What’s happening……?”
Suddenly, an avalanche of commissions began piling up in my message box.
CEOs of major corporations.
Famous politicians.
Even national representatives I’d heard of before.
What they all wanted was simple.
“Has word gotten out?”
Chairs, beds, and such.
Furniture, essentially.
Most of the people placing these commissions weren’t even Awakeners—just ordinary civilians.
But did that matter?
What mattered most to me right now was making money.
And these commissions came with commission fees far higher than anything else.
“Why not.”
[ Using Crafting Skill. ]
Clang!
Without much deliberation, I started cranking out items.
Many of the commissions wanted chairs like the one I’d made for the Hospital Director.
But since that was made with Special Crafting, even using the exact same design and materials wouldn’t produce an identical item.
My materials were limited, after all.
So I crafted items in forms as close as possible to what was requested.
Each time I did,
[ Thank you, Kang Cheol-mangchi. ]
[ The commissioned piece is most satisfactory. ]
[ I’ve transferred an additional bonus as a token of my continued patronage……. ]
replies would arrive like clockwork.
I’d thought commissions from money-wielding civilians wouldn’t be fun.
But in practice, it turned out to be more enjoyable than expected.
In the process, I even crafted a few more pieces of furniture for my own house.
Of course, each piece took considerable time to make.
‘My unique ability really is something else.’
The Forge of Time—my unique ability.
Thanks to its effect, time flows differently in the forge and reality.
More precisely, time only flows differently when I’m hammering.
Either way, from my perspective in reality, it feels as though I’m churning out commissioned pieces in an incredibly short span of time.
In the past, if I’d focused solely on commissions like this, many people would’ve been disappointed that I wasn’t making Supply-type Equipment.
[ I finally got a piece of Kang Cheol-mangchi’s Supply-type Equipment! ]
So happy ㅠㅠ
– jealous;
– Downside to Kang Cheol-mangchi’s items: your growth becomes too fast, so you need the next tier immediately
– Downside 2: your standards get so high you can’t use other items
– lmaooo
[ Is Kang Cheol-mangchi really working alone? Why is item crafting this fast ㅋㅋ ]
– Actually, doesn’t he have a team?
– Kang Cheol-mangchi is the world’s first and only Blacksmith Awakener, so how could he have a team lol
[ I heard Kang Cheol-mangchi just started getting tons of commissions? ]
– Wait? Supply-type Equipment has been showing up at the Exchange regularly though?
– The speed is honestly abnormal ㅋㅋ
– Really no team?
– Unless he has two bodies, this doesn’t make sense ㅋㅋ
– Or maybe time flows differently for him lol ㅋㅋㅋ
Not anymore, though.
And for good reason.
“Noom!”
Clang!
While I was taking on commissions,
Noom was still producing Supply-type Equipment without stopping.
At first, I handled large-volume commissions together with Noom, but with commissions like these—requiring specialized craftsmanship—this is the best arrangement.
Solving commissions this way, I was making good money.
“Wow, this is no joke.”
Money was flowing in so fast it didn’t feel real.
Up until now, I’d been so focused on crafting the items I actually wanted to make that I hadn’t really paid attention to the profit, but now that I was deliberately chasing income—
The speed at which I was earning was incredible.
I’d originally thought selling items to Awakeners would be the most lucrative path.
But the wealth of ordinary rich people—non-Awakeners—turned out to be far more substantial than I’d imagined.
‘At this rate, it won’t take more than a few days.’
Sixteen billion won.
Not so long ago, I’d been a nobody stuck in a cramped apartment—an amount like that had been beyond my comprehension.
One chair.
One bed made meant a minimum of hundreds of millions of won.
Depending on the final product or the client’s specifications, I could easily exceed a billion per piece, so at this pace, hitting my target seemed within reach.
The problem was.
‘Materials…….’
Materials.
To imbue chairs and beds with rest-related properties, I needed materials suited to that purpose.
And I was running desperately short of them.
Especially beds—each one consumed an enormous quantity of materials.
As I was wrestling with this dilemma.
“Wait.”
A good idea suddenly struck me.
Just then, Serin happened to return from hunting.
“Serin, could you spare a moment?”
“What is it, Master?”
“I need a small favor.”
I pulled her along and moved to a different location.
It was, in fact.
Whoosh—
The Blacksmith’s Sea.
“Master, I can swim, though I wouldn’t call fishing my specialty…….”
“No, fishing’s fine. But could I borrow your bag for a moment?”
“You mean the Blacksmith’s Bag?”
I took the bag from her and opened its mouth.
Splash.
I plunged it into the sea.
Immediately.
Whoooosh—
Water rushed into the bag at tremendous speed.
I’d wondered if there might be some restriction against collecting liquids.
Fortunately, there seemed to be no such limit.
After collecting a substantial amount of seawater, I noticed—unsurprisingly—that the Blacksmith’s Sea showed no signs of depletion whatsoever.
Returning to the forge, I.
“Just a moment!”
[ You have activated your Special Crafting Skill. ]
[ Please provide a design for the special item you wish to craft. ]
Started making an item.
Its nature was.
“Master, that’s…….”
“A bucket.”
Yes.
A bucket.
Nothing particularly special about it.
Well, actually, there was one special thing.
Namely.
“Why on earth are you making a bucket that enormous……?”
The size.
I was currently crafting a bucket of absolutely enormous dimensions.
Size required materials proportional to it.
And the crafting difficulty rose accordingly.
‘This is simple enough.’
Didn’t need to be elaborate.
Just making a bucket to hold water—that was all.
Even a large bucket didn’t require overwhelming crafting difficulty.
Thanks to that, the bucket I’d whipped together went straight into Serin’s Blacksmith’s Bag.
“Let’s go!”
I moved to the Blacksmith’s Warehouse.
Once there, I pulled the bucket out into an empty corner of the warehouse.
Then overhead—
Splash!
I poured the seawater I’d drawn from the ocean.
And so—
“Serin, could you fill this bucket to the brim with water?”
“Of course, Master.”
While she filled the bucket—
I returned to the forge.
Then I checked the warehouse through the system window.
[ Seawater ]
“Perfect.”
Just as I’d thought.
The seawater I’d drawn from the ocean was now registering as a legitimate crafting material I could select.
I’d suspected as much.
In the forest, even weeds and not just timber counted as materials.
At the mine, even loose stones and not just ore counted as materials.
So it made sense that seawater would qualify too.
The moment I confirmed this—
[ Initiating Special Crafting Skill. ]
[ Please provide a blueprint for the special item. ]
I started the special crafting.
The blueprint was similar to my bed, the Big Slime’s Embrace.
The difference was that while my bed had filled the fusion core of the Big Slime with slime mucus from countless other slimes—
this new bed had the slime’s membrane filled with seawater instead.
A sort of downgraded version of my Big Slime’s Embrace, if you will.
And so—
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting evaluation: S ]
[ You have obtained the Slime Seawater Bed. ]
Its properties were—
[ Slime Seawater Bed ]
Form: Bed
Grade: S
Description: A water bed crafted by filling the surface of a slime—possessing stubborn regenerative power—with cool seawater for the user’s comfort.
Abilities: Regeneration Lv. 2, Restful Sleep Lv. 2
Exactly the abilities I wanted.
Of course, this one had turned out especially well.
Most came out with regeneration or restful sleep at one level short.
But even at this level, it beat my old Leaf Bed by a wide margin.
And so—
Clang, clang, clang!
I kept swinging the hammer.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting evaluation: S ]
[ You have obtained the Slime Seawater Bed. ]
[ You have obtained the Slime Seawater Bed. ]
[ You have obtained the Slime Seawater Bed. ]
…….
Churning out bed after bed.
These beds either went to fulfill commissions or were listed on the Exchange.
Not quite as much as commission rates, but I priced them quite competitively.
[ The Slime Seawater Bed has been sold. ]
Still, the beds sold rapidly.
My current target was wealthy ordinary people, but.
Of course, there were plenty of Awakeners who wanted them as well.
That wasn’t all.
I exercised my creativity to the fullest, crafting furniture in all manner of ways.
Like the Sand Chair, which I’d filled with sand I’d gathered from the Blacksmith’s Sea.
Fortunately, most of those pieces became quite popular.
And thanks to that.
“Making money is this easy?”
The balance in my account swelled rapidly.
At this rate, my sense of money was going to be completely destroyed.
And as the money was flowing in so well.
I began to grow aware of the next step I needed.
Which was.
‘Raising my specs.’
That’s what it was.
If I managed to gather all the Mana Stones and Enchant the Summoning Platform?
Even then, I couldn’t be certain whether I’d have the skill to perform summoning perfectly.
What was fortunate, at least, was that thanks to Serin’s advance into the third sector of the Hunting Ground.
[ Your level has increased. ]
My level was climbing steadily.
Leveling up is the most fundamental way to raise my specs, so it’s good in itself, but.
‘I need something more.’
Leveling alone feels insufficient.
Just one thing here.
If I had just one more thing, it would be perfect.
Ideally, I wanted to find an item with a Special Ability attached.
But even browsing the Exchange, I couldn’t find an item with a Special Ability I could actually use.
No, that wasn’t the problem — items with Special Abilities simply didn’t show up much at all.
Because of that.
[ This is Kang Cheol-mangchi. ]
I’m looking to purchase an item with a Special Ability attached.
Please send me a message.
I posted a message on the Awakeners’ Community.
Items with Special Abilities were surely expensive, but given how much money I was making lately, it was far more than I’d expected.
Even if items with Special Abilities were pricey, I could easily afford one or two at this rate.
Thinking so, I posted the message.
– Aren’t items with Special Abilities incredibly expensive?
– But you’re Kang Cheol-mangchi, so what’s the problem? lol
– You must have saved up a fortune lol
– Thanks to you Kang Cheol-mangchi, I hit level 20. Much appreciated! 🙁
Comments came pouring in, but.
No actual messages from sellers appeared.
I had no choice but to focus on completing commissions and earning money.
Then, after a while.
At last.
The message I’d been waiting for arrived.
And it was from.
[ This is the Awakeners’ Association. ]
We reached out because it seems you’re in need of an item with a Special Ability.
The Awakeners’ Association recovers and stores equipment and confiscated goods used by criminal Awakeners.
The quantity isn’t enormous, but we believe it will be helpful to you, Kang Cheol-mangchi.
With the approval of our Association President, we intend to hand over one of these items to you.
I’ll attach the item list.
If you’d like, you’re welcome to visit in person and examine them yourself.
We’ll be awaiting your reply.
Thank you always.
It was from the Awakeners’ Association — not ordinary civilians.
‘The Association President, huh.’
The Association President was giving their approval to hand over one item with a Special Ability for free.
I couldn’t ask for better than this.
I haven’t done much for the Association in return, and yet they’re treating me this generously.
I found myself scrolling through the item list, already resolving to prioritize any commissions from the Association in the future.
“Oh, this one looks decent.”
I spotted an item that seemed perfectly suited to my needs.

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