The Cursed Blacksmith Who Regressed - Chapter 18

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Episode 18

He immediately checked the information.

[ Quick Repair ]

– Type: Trait Skill

# A class-exclusive skill derived from the Blacksmith class repair trait.

# Consumes mana to repair targets much faster than basic repair.

# The amount of mana consumed varies depending on the target’s condition, and repair may fail under certain circumstances.

Information he already knew, as expected.

Even with Quick Repair, nothing particularly special had changed.

At most, it just repaired things faster than basic repair.

However, upon reaching the Quick Repair stage, the repair speed was definitely more than twice as fast as before.

‘And as the trait level increases, that gap will only grow wider. Now then…’

Choi Hyun’s eyes gleamed.

The time had finally come to distribute the stats he had been holding back on.

Choi Hyun opened his status window again.

[ Choi Hyun ]

– Lv: 1

– Class: Blacksmith

– Traits: ＜Demon’s Eye＞＜Repair＞＜Curse of Memory＞＜Nameless Artisan＞＜Thousand Martial Bodies＞

– Strength: 6

– Stamina: 6

– Mana: 6

– Sense: 6

– Dexterity: 1

– Unallocated Stat Points: 14

A Dexterity stat had appeared.

Dexterity was a stat that crafting-type Players could acquire when one of their primary traits reached 2-star grade, and the higher the dexterity, the more it increased the efficiency and power of all crafting-type skills.

‘And to raise the level of crafting-type traits, you need corresponding dexterity stats.’

But the true power of the Dexterity stat wasn’t just these things.

The real application of the Dexterity stat discovered later was none other than ‘stat combination.’

‘When a crafting-type Player reaches level 100 and one of their primary traits reaches its peak, they gain a trait that allows them to use the Dexterity stat like other stats.’

For example, when a player has 100 Mana and 100 Dexterity, using that trait would temporarily make their Mana stat 200.

Of course, this would reduce the Dexterity stat to 0, lowering the efficiency of existing crafting traits, but that didn’t matter.

Stat combination could be used strategically whenever needed.

‘That’s when you truly become a fighting blacksmith.’

So now that he had obtained Thousand Martial Bodies and even gained Dexterity, it was time to distribute the bonus stats he had been putting off.

Choi Hyun invested all his stat points into Dexterity and updated his status window.

[ Choi Hyun ]

– Lv: 1

– Class: Blacksmith

– Traits: ＜Demon’s Eye＞＜Repair＞＜Curse of Memory＞＜Nameless Artisan＞＜Thousand Martial Bodies＞

– Strength: 6

– Stamina: 6

– Mana: 6

– Sense: 6

– Dexterity: 15

– Unallocated Stat Points: 0

15 Dexterity stat.

A truly overwhelming number.

If raised through normal methods, even accounting for bonus stats along the way, you’d need to be at least level 10 to reach this value.

But Choi Hyun was still level 1.

Moreover, he had the perfect environment to seriously level up his repair trait.

Choi Hyun immediately resummoned the Repair Hammer and picked up a broken weapon lying nearby.

He happened to spot a Tutorial Sword.

[ Quick Repair is activated. ]

[ Deft Hands is activated. ]

[ Super Focus is activated. ]

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

[ Repair completed. ]

[ Repair successful. ]

The speed had definitely increased.

Choi Hyun checked the information of the repaired sword.

[ Tutorial Sword ]

– Type: Item

– Restriction: None

– Durability: 90/90(100-10)

– Attack Power: 10(10-1)

– Options: None

# A sword supplied in the Tower of Tutorials.

# Used to its limit, some performance has degraded and it has become difficult to repair completely.

# It has improved somewhat thanks to a skilled blacksmith.

The durability that was 80 had become 90.

The attack power that was 8 had become 9.

Its condition was better than when he had done basic repair.

Even a pleasant phrase had been added to the item description.

‘This is what makes repairing worthwhile.’

Probably at the next stage, the sword would be perfectly repaired.

Choi Hyun smiled and picked up the next piece of junk.

From now on, it was truly a battle of time and effort.

‘The goal is to obtain a 5-star repair skill.’

Choi Hyun’s eyes gleamed with determination as he raised his hammer again and began the repetitive work.

[ Quick Repair is activated. ]

[ Deft Hands is activated. ]

[ Super Focus is activated. ]

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

[ Repair completed. ]

[ Repair successful. ]

Fast, repetitive, and mechanical repair work.

When dizziness set in.

[ Super Focus is activated. ]

[ Nameless Mind Technique is activated. ]

He would immediately sit down and recover mana through the mind technique.

Once his mana was fully recovered, he would mechanically stand up again and repair junk.

After repeating this process for a long time without noticing the passage of time, another piece of good news arrived.

[ More skilled and precise craftsmanship. ]

[ Your repair skills are fast, meticulous, and flawlessly excellent. ]

[ Conditions have been met. ]

[ You have acquired the skill ‘Precision Repair’. ]

[ Your trait has grown even further. ]

[ The skill ‘Repair Hammer’ has evolved and some information has changed. ]

[ You acquire 3 Dexterity stats. ]

The trait level had reached 3-star.

Now, in addition to increased repair speed, it had become precise as well.

Repair Hammer was just like the previous growth with only one phrase changed, but Precision Repair was different.

However, the notifications didn’t end there.

[ New Record Achieved! ]

[ You have reached the third trait level faster than any Player in history. ]

[ For achieving an outstanding Achievement, the System gifts you 1 bonus stat. ]

He could acquire one more bonus stat for achieving a new record.

‘This is quite profitable in many ways.’

Choi Hyun invested the acquired bonus stat into Dexterity, then immediately picked up a junk-grade Tutorial Sword scattered nearby and repaired it.

[ Precision Repair activates. ]

[ Deft Hands activates. ]

[ Ultra Focus activates. ]

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

[ Repair completed. ]

[ Due to the effect of Precision Repair, you have succeeded in perfect repair. ]

Similar notifications had appeared before, but Precision Repair had different result guidance.

Not just repair completion, but completion of perfect repair.

He immediately checked the sword’s information.

[ Tutorial Sword ]

– Type: Item

– Restriction: None

– Durability: 100/100

– Attack Power: 10

– Option: None

# A sword supplied from the Tower of Tutorials.

# Some performance had declined from being used to its limits, but was perfectly repaired by an excellent blacksmith.

The durability and attack power that had declined were perfectly restored to their original values.

The corners of Choi Hyun’s mouth rose.

It reminded him of old times.

‘How happy I was back then when I raised my repair level to precision.’

Most blacksmith Players make a living from repair traits rather than crafting traits.

Because compared to crafting which requires many different things, repair allows for easier trait level advancement, and even reaching 3-star level capable of precision repair meant you could live well-treated in most places.

‘From here on, I can live what’s called a civil servant life, an iron rice bowl.’

Frankly speaking, even picking up junk and repairing it yourself to resell could put food on the table.

But the reason most junk items are still discarded is because the value of repaired junk is far less than what a 3-star repair blacksmith is worth.

That’s when it happened.

Buzz-

His phone rang.

It was Jin Hyeon-geun.

What could it be?

Thinking that, when he picked up his phone, he could understand why he called.

Being absorbed only in repairs, morning had come and it was time for him to go to work.

Surprised for a moment, he quickly answered the phone first.

“Yes, Hyeon-geun.”

– Good morning, Advisor. Should I come pick you up at your residence?

“No, you don’t need to come to me today. I’m still at the Warehouse and haven’t gone home.”

– What? Don’t tell me you’ve been doing nothing but repairs since then?

“Yes.”

– Wow. Then I’ll buy some food and bring it over.

“No, it would interfere with my concentration. Don’t come to work today, just rest.”

– …Understood.

As expected of Jin Hyeon-geun.

Like a competent secretary, he didn’t make him say it twice.

After finishing the call, Choi Hyun picked up his hammer again.

The junk itself had decreased considerably.

But there were still many things left to repair.

For example, things that had been crudely repaired before reaching 3-star.

If he re-repaired those with precision repair, there would be no need to bring in additional junk.

‘Shall I work hard again?’

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sound of metal friction echoes through the Warehouse once more.

* * *

[ Precision Repair activates. ]

[ Deft Hands activates. ]

[ Ultra Focus activates. ]

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

[ Repair completed. ]

[ Due to the effect of Precision Repair, you have succeeded in perfect repair. ]

The sun had risen high in the sky.

And he had just repaired another piece of junk.

That’s when it happened.

[ Perfect Craftsmanship. ]

[ Your repair skills are now beginning to show a realm beyond simple repair. ]

[ Conditions have been met. ]

[ You acquire the skill ‘Enhanced Repair’. ]

[ Your trait grows even further. ]

[ The skill ‘Repair Hammer’ grows and some information changes. ]

[ You acquire 4 Dexterity stats. ]

[ New Record Achieved! ]

[ You have reached the fourth trait level faster than any Player in history. ]

[ For achieving an outstanding Achievement, the System gifts you 1 bonus stat. ]

Another growth.

Choi Hyun had finally reached the fourth repair trait.

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