My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 12

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Episode 12

I had successfully created a Spirit Power Circuit.

Riding that momentum, the result of trying [Bone Metallurgy] was.

[Conditions are not met.]

[Skill cannot be activated.]

A spectacular failure.

“What.”

[Equipment is required to use Bone Metallurgy.]

[Required Equipment]

―Furnace 0/1

―Folding Frame 0/1

―Anvil 0/1

―Hammer 1/1

―Quenching Frame 0/1

[We recommend using the skill in a space that meets the conditions.]

Look at these requirements.

What kind of usage conditions are this strict?

【This is troublesome. Your Workshop has nothing in it.】

“I can just look for another place.”

【Do you also know how to handle Metallurgy?】

“No. I’ll have to learn from now on.”

【You show no sign of worry even when challenging a new field.】

“Why? It’s fun.”

A combination profession of Necromancer and Blacksmith.

The moment to demonstrate its true value had arrived after 5 years.

I never expected to be swinging a hammer in a Workshop.

After being stagnant for so long, now that I had a direction to move forward.

Motivation was bubbling up.

【I think I’ve found myself a good new master.】

“What did you say?”

【It’s nothing.】

Did I get too fired up?

I missed Sir Isra’s Telepathy.

Surely they didn’t badmouth me or anything.

“Then let’s go right away.”

They say to strike while the iron is hot.

I passed the promotion exam after 6 years.

I should at least get a taste of the new skills, shouldn’t I?

【What about this workshop?】

“It’s time to let it go.”

To engrave Spirit Power Circuits on bones, muscles, or flesh.

And to practice Metallurgy, I needed a much larger space.

Just imagine installing a furnace in a house basement.

The homeowner wouldn’t stand for it, would they?

“I need to get a proper workshop.”

【You make decisions quite boldly.】

“That’s my strong point.”

Thanks to the money I received from the Hwarang Newcomers, I had plenty of funds.

Good thing the deposit came through this morning.

I packed additional work tools in my bag and headed outside.

* * *

[Blacksmith’s Road].

A Craftsman Street located in Sindang-dong.

Until before the Great Catastrophe, this was where traditional blacksmith shops maintained their legacy.

Now it had become a street for repairing Hunter Equipment.

Clang! Claang!

As I walked down the street.

The rhythmic sound of hammering metal echoed from both sides.

【There are many artisans.】

“I heard it used to be quiet here.”

For ordinary tools, humans can’t compete with machines.

Setting aside manufacturing quality.

When you compare labor costs and electricity bills, machines win by a landslide.

【Nonsense! How could machines be better than artisans?】

“Noble knight sir might not know, but that’s common sense in this world.”

For simple tasks, humans cannot beat machines.

However, Hunter equipment needs to contain magical power, requiring handwork, so artisans found their place again.

【Then why did we come here?】

“Blacksmith Shop experience.”

Blacksmith’s Road didn’t only have workshops.

Even before the towers appeared, blacksmithing was a profession scheduled for extinction.

To preserve tradition and promote it, they also built an experience center and promotion hall that children could enjoy.

So basically.

It was a kind of tourist district.

The tower was built.

The Blacksmith District was revitalized.

But traces of the past remained.

【Unbelievable. To think that the sacred place where knights’ weapons were forged has fallen to become a spectacle.】

The sound of tongue-clicking pierced my mind.

Being undead, he doesn’t even have saliva on his tongue, yet he managed to produce the sound.

Thinking to myself, I passed through the heat-filled street and went deeper inside.

An empty workshop prepared for experiences caught my eye.

The Workshop Experience Staff greeted me with a listless expression.

“Welcome.”

“Is the empty workshop available?”

“Is this for an experience or rental?”

Though the Blacksmith District regained its vitality after the Great Cataclysm.

It was also awkward to abandon the tourist resources they had already created.

So the system that emerged was the dual structure of experience/rental courses.

*Experience Course

―Fee: 10,000 won

―Experience with assistance from a Blacksmith Apprentice.

―Usage time: 20 minutes

*Rental Course

―Fee: 300,000 won

―All tools available for use. No apprentice assistance.

―Usage time: 4 hours

Why is the price difference so large?

The experience is just for the feeling under supervision of a Blacksmith Workshop Worker.

The rental course is because you’re borrowing an entire empty blacksmith shop to use.

“I’ll go with rental.”

“You can use it for four hours. Do you need help?”

“I’ll let you know if I need help.”

“Yesss.”

The Staff Member replied in a tone dripping with annoyance and quietly stepped back.

[Death Gate]

[Summon – Sir Isra]

The empty space tore open left and right, and an undead suddenly popped out.

“Uh, uhhh?”

“It’s my summon, so don’t be startled.”

I didn’t intend to startle them.

Sorry about that.

Sir Isra looked around and let out a thoughtful hm― through Telepathy.

【The new Workshop is quite tidy.】

Don’t openly criticize it.

Anyway, the conditions for using Bone Metallurgy were met.

Then shall we begin?

[Using Bone Metallurgy.]

[Target is Orc Thigh Bone.]

[For first-time use, Skill Guide will assist the user.]

[Crafted item is Bone Knife.]

A gentle force moves my arms and legs as if pushed by the wind.

An external force that I could shake off if I tried to resist.

Knowing it was skill assistance, I didn’t resist and let my body follow the flow.

[Bone Metallurgy proceeds through 5-6 processes.]

⓵ Heating the bone

Heat mana-containing bone to make it red-hot.

Grind an E-grade Mana Stone.

Coat the long bone with blue powder and put it in the Furnace.

After waiting about an hour.

I took out the bone that had turned bright red from the Furnace.

⓶ Cutting to size

Cut the bone to the required length.

[This material is the appropriate length for the crafting process.]

[Process 2 is skipped.]

⓷ Hammering

Strike the heated bone with a Hammer to flatten it or shape it as desired.

Clang! Claang!

I grip the Hammer placed in the Blacksmith Shop and pound it dozens of times.

With each strike, the bone’s structure gradually changes.

⓸ Quenching

Cool the heated metal by placing it in water or oil.

The bone still glowing crimson red.

Hissssss!

When I put it in the oil-filled container, it bubbled violently and flames shot up.

After repeating this several times, the color faded and it returned to its original bone color.

⓹ Blade Forging

Apply heat to the blade section to bend or refine it into a sharp edge.

Once again, I put the bone in the furnace to heat it, then hammered the bone to forge out a blade.

[You have successfully crafted a Bone Knife.]

[Ending Bone Metallurgy Guide.]

The moment the strange sensation controlling my body disappeared.

“Huff, hah.”

Tremendous fatigue struck my body.

My arms trembling weakly.

Steam rose from my sweat-soaked clothes.

Ugh, my body.

That damn system. Really trying to kill me.

Breathing heavily, I placed my hand on the bone knife.

[Processed Bone Knife]

Grade: Common

Type: Sword

Durability: 67/67

A knife made by processing an orc thigh bone.

Durability was consumed in the process of heating it to high temperatures to sharpen the blade. Durability consumption is steeper upon impact.

*Slashing Power + 31%

*Piercing Power + 22%

*Repair Difficulty increased by 50%.

Sir Isra approached, lightly gripped the bone knife, and swung it.

“How is it?”

【Garbage. The weight balance is off and the blade is dull.】

Tsk.

What a merciless evaluation.

“What if the sword I make is even more useless.”

【Hmm, hmm. Looking at it again, it seems quite usable after all.】

Sir Isra swung the sword around belatedly, laughing heartily while pretending to be pleased.

Yes. Yes.

I understood your true feelings well, Sir.

【Will experiencing it just once be enough?】

“I’ll have to manage somehow.”

【It might be a good idea to ask that craftsman for help.】

Sir Isra pointed at the part-timer.

I shook my head from side to side.

“I think I can manage without help.”

My body that had moved with System Assistance.

That sensation still remained in my fingers and arms.

Also.

A benefit the system couldn’t see.

I also had [Spirit Eye].

If I reflected what I had ‘seen’ while hammering into my work.

I had a feeling that better results might come out.

My hands felt itchy.

With the sensation of wanting to hammer right away, I took out another spare bone.

“How much time is left?”

“One hour.”

“Then I’ll extend it once more.”

“Yesss.”

600,000 won evaporated, but I didn’t regret it.

If I could make this feeling completely my own, it would be profitable.

Recalling the sensation from the guide, I slowly ground the remaining E-grade magic stone.

* * *

“Yaaawn.”

Nam Jin-woo, who was in charge of the Daily Experience Workshop, yawned quietly.

The artisans who had shops in Blacksmith District managed the Experience Hall on a rotation basis.

The initial purpose was to provide subsidies to blacksmiths by assigning daily work shifts.

After the Great Catastrophe, work overflowed and it became a bothersome task.

Now apprentices under them took turns working shifts.

‘I thought I’d have an easy day today too.’

His half-closed eyes swept past Min-ho.

It happens sometimes.

Beginners who just awakened the blacksmith profession and rush to the empty workshop.

Those kinds of beginners become troublesome when they come.

There’s no problem when using the blacksmith shop according to the guide.

But when they insist on trying to do it themselves, accidents happen with such high probability that you could say it’s guaranteed.

‘Working with monster bones is quite unusual though.’

Bone isn’t a good material.

Even though it’s stronger against heat than expected, lasting at 900 degrees for long periods.

It’s not as hard as metal.

When you strike heated bone with impact, it just breaks apart.

Dragon Clan Bones like those from Wyverns or Drakes do have metal-like properties.

However.

‘That bone is from an ordinary monster.’

He must be some kind of special profession related to bones.

There are blacksmiths who use unusual materials too, so it wasn’t particularly surprising.

Rather, I felt sympathy for him.

‘Special crafting professions have a clear path of hardship ahead. Poor guy.’

I’ve seen crafting-type Hunters who handle special materials like Min-ho several times before.

On their first attempt, they somehow succeed with the help of Guide Skills.

But from the next time on, they usually work so messily that they can’t complete the process, or produce results that don’t function properly.

‘It’ll be fortunate if he doesn’t cause an accident.’

Unless he asks for help first, that is.

Separate from my sympathy, I had no desire to step forward, so I crossed my arms and watched the process.

But then.

As time passed.

The drowsiness that had been flickering in Nam Jin-woo’s pupils gradually disappeared.

‘Wh-what is he doing right now?!’

Clang!

Clank!

Mana waves rippling with each movement of the Hammer.

Nam Jin-woo stared intently at Min-ho’s work with his mouth hanging wide open.

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