Infinite Evolution Hunter - Chapter 140

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140
“Master, have you ever heard of the Industrial Revolution?” Jae-in asked Parchem.
Jae-in asked Parchem.
“Industrial Revolution? What’s that?”
“It’s a technological and manufacturing innovation that occurred on Earth.”
“When it comes to craftsmanship, there are none superior to the artisans here.”
Parchem, as the finest craftsman of the Forge District, took considerable pride in his street.
“I understand that. But each artisan creates items from start to finish, clinging to outdated methods. What I’m proposing is specialization—dividing labor and adopting new techniques to increase production speed.”
“However, our craftsmen regard every item they make as a masterpiece. They despise having others touch their work midway through.”
“Then simply recruit those willing to participate. We don’t need many master craftsmen anyway. What we truly need are ordinary laborers.”
Jae-in, who designed and managed factories in Korea, Mexico, and the United States, found the scale of work here comparatively modest.
“Master, please procure these items for me first.”
Jae-in handed Parchem a list she had written.
“Most of these materials are in stock, but this much?! Can we even produce all of this?”
“Don’t worry. We’ll use everything, and we’ll deliver results accordingly. Carlton, please send this letter to Earth. They’ll send us equipment and materials from there.”
“I’ll handle it immediately.”
Carlton and everyone in the Forge District were grateful that Jae-in had slain the Salamander to protect their street, so assistance was readily available.
There was no shortage of warriors or craftsmen for the battlefield—what was lacking was general labor.
“Chairman, could you break through the wall marked here?”
“We won’t be using this space?”
“It’s where Jerex used to work.”
Ji-seok demolished the wall without hesitation and organized the space.
It was the largest area in the Forge District, more than sufficient for the equipment.
As the workshop was cleared, equipment was gradually installed. Since they had already been manufactured to standard specifications on Earth, they arrived in less than a day.
“I had no idea the equipment would be this massive. The cost is absolutely staggering.”
Carlton hung his head low, worried about the report he’d have to file later. Yet Jae-in had already grown accustomed to Ji-seok’s method of buying time with money.
“I’ll make sure you recoup your investment. Chairman, move the press over this way!”
“Marcelo! Do you have the work instructions and safety guidelines prepared in Tellus’s common language?”
“When are the ingots we arranged to source from Tellus arriving?! We’re running out of time! Time!”
Jae-in checked the progress and issued instructions rapidly.
After finishing her directives, while the assembly line installation proceeded, Jae-in retrieved Jerex’s anvil and hammer. It was time to prepare the auxiliary materials for processing the Ice Dragon’s heart.
“You intend to do this yourself, a mere human? Only dwarves can perform such work because they are blessed by the love of fire….”
Parchem fell silent as he realized Jae-in was blessed by the love of fire just as a dwarf would be.
“Damn it. I, who lack such blessing, should just disappear.”
Parchem grumbled and went back to work.
“Where should I start?”
Jae-in placed a scrap of metal on the anvil. She took a deep breath, steadied herself, and focused her mind.
She envisioned in her mind’s eye the shape she desired the metal to become, then carefully brought the hammer down with deliberate precision.
Clang!
Rather than transforming into the form Jae-in had imagined, the metal simply crumpled into the shape of the hammer strike.
Jae-in’s hammer strikes failed to achieve the mana circulation that Jerex had accomplished.
“I knew it wouldn’t work on the first try.”
Like a researcher who had experienced countless failures but knew nothing of surrender, Jae-in continued striking the hammer without pause.
Meanwhile, the craftsmen and a handful of mining experts worked to excavate the collapsed Underground Mine Tunnel, but progress was slow—preventing further collapse while digging required far more hands than they had.
Jae-in was so busy she couldn’t sleep or eat properly. Ji-seok worried she might collapse, so whenever he passed by, he infused her with vitality to sustain her stamina.
Thanks to Ji-seok’s support, after relentless hammering, Jae-in finally grasped the technique.
“Oh! It changed!”
Subtle as it was, the imperfections within the metal fragment disappeared, making it harder and reshaping it in the desired direction.
Without Jae-in’s analysis skill, the difference would have been imperceptible.
“Excellent!”
Elated at grasping the technique, Jae-in hammered with renewed vigor. Dark circles shadowed her eyes and her cheeks had hollowed from exhaustion, yet the joy of success energized her beyond measure.
After practicing for several more hours, Jae-in began processing auxiliary materials for Blue Dragon Heart refinement.
She started with the simpler pieces and progressed to increasingly difficult ones, never forgetting to oversee the installation of the production line.
“Complete!”
In less than four days, she had created a semi-automated weapon production line—a pace that would have been impossible without the generous support of Carlton and Parchem from Earth.
“Now, let me begin.”
Jae-in placed the essence of fire beneath the furnace. Using magic stones or electricity would have worked, but this way was faster and cost nothing.
Following the alloy ratios she had developed in Korea, Jae-in fed materials into the furnace to create molten metal.
Many people came to observe Jae-in’s production line.
“Using the essence of fire is truly fast!”
“But using such a massive furnace… can they really finish everything before the molten metal cools? What a waste, what a waste.”
Some craftsmen like Parchem and Marcelo were excited, while many others remained skeptical.
Contrary to the concerns of the skeptical craftsmen, the molten metal flowed into molds and solidified to the required dimensions.
Multiple workers immediately transferred the still-hot alloy rods and plates to presses, stamping them into the shapes of swords and armor.
Before the Gate opened, Earth’s traditional production methods were far more complex, but the alloy Jae-in had created by combining new materials and techniques sourced from the Gate and Telus had an extraordinarily simple manufacturing process.
“F-fast indeed!”
“Hmph… but the magical inscriptions still have to be done by hand by craftsmen!”
The armor moved along the conveyor belt to the next stage.
A laser mounted on the line sparked with flames, inscribing magical circles onto the armor in just two seconds.
Next, a 3D printer filled the recessed grooves carved by the laser with a prepared solution.
The magical inscription was complete in less than a minute.
The craftsmen picked up the finished products to examine them.
“The… the completion quality is high?! Even though it was made so roughly?!”
“What is this alloy combination? What was added?”
The craftsmen who had initially been skeptical examined Jae-in’s products and equipment from every angle.
“If I made this, it would take me two days…”
“At this rate, we could easily produce hundreds in a single day. What do we need for then?”
Another group of craftsmen trembled with a sense of deprivation and job insecurity. They might be dismissed and forced to return home.
“Don’t worry. These aren’t high-grade items—they’re mass-produced goods. Of course their performance is far inferior to what craftsmen skilled in mana create. So now, you masters should focus on crafting high-grade items, while we rapidly produce the weapons soldiers need immediately on the battlefield. It’s about division of labor and specialization.”
Jae-in reassured them.
Thanks to Jae-in’s fair process, production speed increased a hundredfold from before. Some master craftsmen had resented making items for common soldiers, viewing it as beneath their dignity, but they were delighted that she would handle it instead.
“Well then, shall we head to the mine tunnels?”
The craftsmen had time to spare since they no longer needed to meet mass production quotas. Dozens of craftsmen and miners were rotated in to restore the mine tunnels.
“Who the hell destroyed it like this!”
An Orc Craftsman grumbled while shoveling. The mine tunnel had completely collapsed, transforming into a solid wall.
“I did, you bastard!”
Parchem leaped up and smacked the orc on the back of the head.
“M-Master did that… Hahaha, you’re quite strong. It really did collapse spectacularly.”
“Why?! I should’ve dug through instead of collapsing it! That damn Jerex.”
“No! How could you say something so harsh!!!”
Jae-in and Ji-seok also participated in the work.
“Huh? Why is the Aura Master in the mine?”
The workers tilted their heads in confusion at the sight of Ji-seok excavating solid rock like mud with his aura-infused shovel, but they were grateful the work was being reduced regardless.
Many hands dug through earth and erected support pillars to restore the mine tunnels. Fully restoring the collapsed sections would take more time, but for now they only needed to open a path to the Deepest Level.
What would have taken a month with a small crew initially was completed in just a week, and they finally reached the Deepest Level.
In truth, if Jae-in and Ji-seok had dug down together during the time it took to install new production lines at the Workshop, a week would have been more than sufficient. However, they wanted to develop the Forge District and breathe vitality into the Western Continent.
The Deepest Level, where the Salamander had first appeared, bore traces of stone and earth melted and then solidified in various places.
“Found it!”
Parchem rushed forward and carefully extracted the Blue Dragon Heart, which lay half-buried in ash.
“Thank goodness… it didn’t break.”
Beside it lay Jerex, charred black as coal, making it impossible to tell if it was a person or a piece of wood.
“In your next life, be born without greed.”
Jerex’s corpse crumbled to ash with a crackling sound.
A hammer lay beside the ashes of Jerex’s remains.
Jae-in picked it up and appraised it.
The hammer that had withstood the Salamander’s flames was far superior to the one Jerex had left at the Workshop.
Jae-in tucked Jerex’s hammer into her belt and took the Heart back up with her.
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“You’re confident about this, right?”
Parchem watched Jae-in swinging the hammer with an anxious expression.
“I’ve practiced enough.”
“Either way, it’s yours. I don’t care if it breaks.”
“Master, why would you say something so ominous…”
Marcelo shook his head.
“Quiet. You’ve finished preparing the auxiliary materials, haven’t you?”
“Yes. The preliminary work was successful.”
The Ice Dragon Heart was like a diamond. Hard, but capable of shattering along its grain if struck incorrectly.
That’s why Jae-in had applied various materials to the Dragon Heart beforehand. Now, borrowing the power of the essence of fire would allow her to process the Dragon Heart without breaking it.
“Good. Let’s begin.”
Parchem was about to place the essence of fire on the stand prepared beside the anvil when he paused.
“No… you do it.”
He handed the essence to Jae-in.
“Isn’t fire fond of you?”
“You’re still hung up on that?”
“Hmph… I just didn’t want to hear complaints that I ruined it by touching it.”
Parchem spoke thus, but in truth, he simply didn’t want to rob Jae-in of this moment of glory.
“Here we go.”
As Jae-in raised the orb of fire, a torrent of flames shot toward the Blue Dragon’s heart upon the anvil.
Though the inferno concentrated upon the Blue Dragon’s heart, the blaze spread throughout the entire chamber.
“Aaaah!! It’s hot! So hot!”
Marcelo bolted from the room with his fur ablaze, but Parchem endured the searing heat for the sake of his pride.
Jae-in stepped forward, hammer in hand, absorbing the scorching heat with her entire body.
Ji-seok poured his vitality into Jae-in and Parchem, while Bae Na-young expanded her shield to protect Parchem.
“Phew… thank you, goddess.”
Bae Na-young smiled softly.
Jae-in gripped the hammer tightly and brought it down upon the Blue Dragon’s heart.

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