I Became an SSS-Grade Time-Transcending Almighty Blacksmith - Chapter 92

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Chapter 92
Chapter 92
An Awakening Stone.
I checked the item information in surprise.
[ Awakening Stone Lv 3 ]
Form: –
Grade: –
Restriction: Blacksmith of the ‘Smithy of Time’
Description: An Awakening Stone that raises the level of implements corresponding to Level 3 among the elements of the ‘Smithy of Time’.
Sure enough.
It was an Awakening Stone.
The difference, if there was one, was that the Awakening Stone I’d obtained before was a Level 4 stone, whereas this one was a Level 3 stone.
– Congratulations, Master.
The moment I took the Awakening Stone, Ember’s voice rang out with felicitations.
However.
“Ember, didn’t you say the probability of getting this was one in a thousand?”
Just moments ago.
When I’d asked Ember, she’d said the probability of obtaining an Awakening Stone was one in a thousand.
And that was a probability that only applied to boss monsters.
Yet here such an item was dropping consecutively.
It didn’t make sense.
– That is correct.
“So… how does this make sense probability-wise?”
– Did I not tell you?
– I said I would assist Jang Gang-cheol with all my efforts going forward.
“Wait—do you mean you used your power?”
– I did tinker with the probability somewhat.
– Though even so, fortune was favorable on your part.
“Then… did you use your power last time too?”
– I did.
“Then why did you say you hadn’t back then?”
– I believed the time had not yet come.
– However, after seeing you craft an SSS-tier item, I became certain.
– That you, Jang Gang-cheol, are the true master and the final master of the ‘Smithy of Time’.
“The true master?”
– Given that.
– I stake my name on it.
– And will deploy all the power I have accumulated thus far.
– To assist you with my utmost devotion.
An answer I hadn’t anticipated came back.
It was remarkable enough that Ember could tamper with probability, let alone that she had done so.
But to suddenly praise me as the true master like this was unexpected.
She had treated me as her master all this time, but seemed to have been maintaining a certain neutrality up until now.
That carefully measured distance had vanished entirely.
It was a bit bewildering, but…
“… Thank you, Ember. Let me know if there’s anything you need.”
– That is not necessary.
– You are already being most generous to me.
– It is enough that you continue as you are.
From my perspective, I could only be grateful.
I had purchased 16 billion won worth of Mana Stones to raise the level of the Summoning Platform.
The next enhancement would require 32 billion—an astronomical sum.
But with this Awakening Stone, I could bypass that and raise the level of the ‘Smithy of Time’ directly.
I checked my abilities at once.
Among my abilities, there were two at Level 3.
[ Blacksmith’s Anvil Lv 3 ]
[ Blacksmith’s Bag Lv 3 ]
Both were excellent abilities.
But the ability I needed most right now was obviously.
[ Will you raise the level of ‘Blacksmith’s Bag Lv 3’? ]
[ Y / N ]
This is it.
The Blacksmith’s Anvil would be nice, but right now I need a bag to hand over to Drake.
The moment I nodded, the Awakening Stone in my hand scattered away.
“Drake, here.”
“A bag……?”
“It’s an interdimensional space bag. You can store the materials you hunt and gather in here and carry them back. It won’t feel heavy at all, so moving around will be much easier.”
“Thank you…….”
I handed the newly created bag to Drake.
This bag transforms its shape to match the owner’s characteristics.
It shifts into whatever form allows the owner to wear it most comfortably.
So far, for Serin it took the form of a diagonal crossbody bag, for Toran a backpack, and for Grom a sling carrier.
So I was curious what form it would take for Drake.
Whoosh—.
“A net bag?”
Drake took the bag.
The bag had transformed into the shape of a net.
You could call it a net-style bag.
It was quite an unusual form.
“…… That’s nice. It won’t get in my way when I’m swimming…….”
Drake seemed quite satisfied.
Of course—a typical bag shape would create drag while swimming.
But with that form, water would flow through the mesh gaps, creating no resistance at all.
“I’m looking forward to working with you going forward, Drake.”
“I am too…….”
“Can you wait a moment? I’ll make you some clothes with this.”
“Thank you…….”
Drake nodded and then butchered the boss monster into materials.
The materials I received were:
[ Crimson Piranha’s Scale ]
[ Crimson Piranha’s Skull ]
[ Crimson Piranha’s Fin ]
These three.
He’d chosen materials that perfectly suited my purpose of making armor—things ideal for crafting protective gear.
So.
[ Using Special Crafting skill. ]
[ Please provide a design blueprint for the special crafted item. ]
I immediately began creating the item.
“Drake, can you tell me what shape of clothes you usually wear?”
“Anything…….”
“I don’t know much about swimming attire.”
“Mm…….”
I’ve made plenty of equipment worn on land.
But this was my first time crafting equipment for underwater use.
Because of that, I asked Drake for considerable help.
Fortunately, since this was his specialty, Drake explained an armor design perfectly suited for underwater activity.
[ Beginning crafting. ]
With his guidance, I could begin the work.
Clang!
The first item to make is a helm.
The material I’ll use is:
[ Crimson Piranha’s Skull ]
This.
A piranha’s skull.
Incredibly massive, though it is.
Clang!
I compress the skull through hammer strikes.
All the while preserving the skull’s shape.
I need to transform that skull to suit a helm, and to match Drake’s head shape that I’d already measured.
Clang!
This requires greater concentration.
Of course, I wasn’t using only the skull.
By attaching fins to the helmet, the water flows more smoothly when swimming.
According to what Drake told me, originally they just use whatever skull happens to be the right size.
But I’m a blacksmith, aren’t I?
If the size doesn’t fit, I simply hammer it until it does.
So I swung the hammer with real effort.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting evaluation: SS ]
[ You have obtained ‘Crimson Skull’. ]
I was able to complete the helmet.
Though I didn’t get a masterwork notification, it’s a solid SS-grade item.
Let me check what abilities it has.
[ Crimson Skull ]
Type: Helmet
Grade: SS
Requirement: Level 33 or higher
Description: A helmet crafted from the skull of the Crimson Piranha, a cruel predator that once dyed the shores with blood.
Defense: 204
Abilities: Swimming Lv 4, Underwater Breathing Lv 2, Evasion Lv 2, Agility Lv 1
That’s what it looked like.
Swimming Level 4.
True to its name, it’s an ability that increases underwater movement speed and makes movement in water far more fluid.
Drake’s own swimming prowess is already solid, but with this, his movements will become even faster.
The other abilities attached to it also seemed perfectly suited to Drake.
Starting from there.
[ Crafting complete. ]
[ Crafting evaluation: SS ]
[ You have obtained ‘Crimson Scale Suit’. ]
[ You have obtained ‘Crimson Fin Flipper’. ]
…….
Using the Crimson Piranha’s scales and fins to their fullest, I crafted equipment for Drake to wear.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to imbue special abilities this time, but all the pieces came with abilities that would benefit Drake, each including Swimming.
The moment I completed every piece of equipment, utilizing the Crimson Piranha materials without waste.
[ You have created the Crimson Piranha Set. ]
[ Set effect is applied to the Crimson Piranha Set. ]
[ Set Effect ]
1. The efficiency of ‘Swimming’ increases greatly, significantly raising your speed and turning ability in water.
2. Detection ability using blood scent in the sea increases.
The set effect appeared.
Even without a special ability, if a set effect like this was created, that’s quite satisfactory.
I passed it all on to Drake.
“How is it?”
“Good…….”
Drake changed into the equipment with visible emotion.
Well, even though I call it emotion, his reaction is more subdued than the other apprentices.
But considering Drake’s responses so far, this is quite an intense reaction for him.
“It suits you well, looks-wise too.”
A helmet made from the Crimson Piranha’s skull.
Then the armor pieces crafted from scales and fins.
All of it together gave off the feeling of traditional garb from a sea-dwelling primitive tribe, and on Drake the lizardman, it looked perfectly natural and fitting.
Drake himself seemed satisfied with his appearance.
The moment he equipped everything.
“I’ll be going…….”
Drake set out for a hunt.
And I waited for him with anticipation.
Up until now, Drake has gone hunting twice, but without the Blacksmith’s Bag, he wasn’t able to bring back proper materials.
I used all the materials from the two boss monsters he hunted to craft his equipment.
And then, a short time later.
“I’m back…….”
Drake returned faster than Gang-cheol had expected.
The time seemed short, so he’d wondered if the hunt hadn’t gone well.
But he was wrong.
The moment Drake flipped over the bag that looked like a fishing net,
a rush of sound erupted—
an enormous quantity of monster materials spilled out.
Fish bones and scales.
Octopus legs, seashells.
Entirely different from the materials Serin brought back.
These were new materials that could only be obtained in the Blacksmith’s Sea.
“Wow…….”
Marveling at this, Gang-cheol checked the items.
[ Poisonous Spore Pufferfish’s Toxic Spine ]
[ Reef Octopus’s Tentacle ]
[ Stone Crab’s Claw ]
…….
Indeed.
These were materials from aquatic monsters—the kind you’d expect in a fantasy world, not creatures that existed in reality.
The moment he saw those materials,
“Wow, so things like this exist too. I couldn’t even see the monsters from the outside. This is fascinating.”
I couldn’t help but marvel.
New materials.
It was exactly the sort of thing to set a blacksmith’s heart racing.
“I’ll head back out again…….”
“Please do!”
And so Drake set off to the sea once more.
I examined the materials he’d spilled out in greater detail.
Even when Serin brought materials I’d never seen before, I could usually sense what abilities they possessed and how to use them.
These were different.
I had no intuition whatsoever about how to work with them.
[ Poisonous Spore Pufferfish’s Toxic Spine ]
Unlike the spines I’d seen on land, these were thin and elongated—awkward for using as a blade.
[ Reef Octopus’s Tentacle ]
This was so gelatinous I wasn’t even sure it was possible to use it as equipment material.
[ Stone Crab’s Claw ]
It was literally a claw, and I had no idea how to maximize its potential.
Standing before these unfamiliar materials,
rather than feeling lost, I felt a surge of anticipation instead.
Clang!
I swung my hammer with vigor and began to work.

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