The Regressor Plays the Game Too Well - Chapter 100

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Episode 100
Episode 100
A tome of World Class advancement.
Jin-woo’s thoughts as he gazed upon it were refreshingly simple.
Which crafting class should I select?
What? You’re saying I’m not even considering other options?
Of course not.
What could possibly be better than crafting at this point?
I’ve already obtained the War God, the strongest combat class, so why would I choose another combat class?
It makes no sense.
To put it in perspective, the War God’s performance surpasses even the combined strength of the Sword God and the Demon God.
And yet I would add another combat class here?
That would be foolish.
I can already use every type of skill and item through the War God.
Other combat classes are simply unnecessary.
I only need to acquire skills.
The same applies to weapons.
‘But while I must purchase skills, finding worthwhile items is difficult without crafting—it’s not easy to obtain quality gear otherwise!’
By selecting a crafting class profession, that becomes possible.
I can use whatever weapon I desire.
Of course, I need to obtain materials and craft them.
But that has its own appeal.
I learned butchering back then but never actually used it.
Now it finally gets to shine.
I obtained so many First Titles back then as well.
Most importantly!
Crafting class professions can be inherited without inheritance stones.
Enhancement works the same way!
Of course, materials are required!
‘But that’s nothing!’
Inheritance stones and enhancement stones are quite difficult to obtain.
The only problem is.
‘Which profession should I choose?’
Jin-woo paused briefly as he contemplated this.
I considered taking the secondary profession Barmon had chosen.
But weren’t there other renowned World Class crafting professions available?
Let me check first.
Jin-woo activated the tome of advancement.
And countless World Class professions materialized in the air before him.
As they unfolded in the void, it created the illusion of stepping into some wondrous realm.
“Oh.”
Jin-woo felt a momentary spark of admiration, but that wasn’t what mattered right now.
He quickly activated the search tool.
He selected only the crafting category and examined the available professions.
At the World Class level, there were twelve crafting professions in total.
After filtering out alchemy, textile and clothing crafts, sculpture, painting, and other obscure professions, keeping only what he sought, he was left with just three options.
Merely three.
“Hmm.”
[Twilight Blacksmith]
[Crafter]
[Bard of Metal]
Twilight Blacksmith was the profession Barmon had pursued.
It could be called the pinnacle among blacksmithing professions.
But it didn’t appeal to him.
It would immediately narrow what he could do to blacksmithing alone.
Bard of Metal felt broader in scope than Twilight Blacksmith.
Yet it was still limited to metal, which bothered him somewhat.
Finally, there was Crafter.
The name was far too bland.
A name he genuinely despised choosing, one might say.
But why then?
Jin-woo’s eyes gleamed as he looked at it.
‘Hmm.’
Before regression, had anyone chosen that profession?
No, they hadn’t.
No one had.
In other words, it was a profession with no information available.
Yet the job change book did provide some explanation of the profession.
Quite conscientiously, at that.
[Crafter]
-Can perform all forms of crafting.
-All things return to their source.
-Can become capable of crafting anything.
The description was vague.
Can perform all forms of crafting?
Can become capable of crafting anything?
So that meant he couldn’t do everything right now, didn’t it?
But Jin-woo could be certain of one thing from reading it.
‘This is it.’
Twilight Blacksmith.
I know it’s genuinely an excellent class.
Among crafting-type classes, it belongs to the 0-tier.
The Bard of Metal is the same.
But the Crafter—the name itself sounds pathetic.
Yet think about it for a moment.
Among all these World Classes, is there anything pathetic?
Before the regression, was there ever such a World Class?
No, there wasn’t.
Which means this Crafter class must be quite remarkable too!
Moreover.
‘I like it. It’s similar to the Godly Envoy.’
The Godly Envoy can equip every skill and every item, after all.
And the sub-class can perform every type of crafting?
Doesn’t that fit the concept perfectly?
Jin-woo nods, smiling as though he’d already decided.
He thought one last time.
Still, choosing a class was important.
He had to be careful.
‘The Developer wouldn’t be insane enough to put something pathetic here as a trap.’
It was clearly a secret treasure deliberately placed to discourage careless selection!
What else could it be?
If he regretted it later, he could just cry about it then.
Well, it didn’t matter anyway.
Jin-woo had money to spare.
A whopping 125 billion at that.
“Hehehehe! Let’s go!”
Crafter.
The moment Jin-woo selected his sub-class.
A peculiar message materialized.
[You have selected Crafter.]
[Through mysterious power, the hidden name of Crafter is being changed.]
[The class, Crafter, reveals its true form as Creator.]
[Creator and Godly Envoy resonate with each other.]
[You have taken a divine class and a higher creation-related class as your sub-class.]
[You have acquired the Extra Title, ‘God Who Embraces Creation’.]
“Huh?”
Something felt off.
Staring blankly at the message.
Jin-woo could sense something strange unfolding.
And not long after.
Messages continued to flood in.
[The Creator is influenced by the Sword God.]
[You can craft skill books using the Creator’s skills.]
[Congratulations! You have advanced to World Class as a sub-class.]
[Creator class-related skills are being generated.]
[Creator class-related stats are being generated.]
Jin-woo stared blankly at the messages, swallowing hard.
What in the world was happening?
With that thought, I examined the messages more carefully.
What even was an Extra Title?
What was going on here?
Bewildered, I decided to check the title first.
I’d never seen an Extra Title in my entire life.
And the moment I confirmed it.
I was left speechless.
『God Who Embraces Creation』
→Extra Title
→A title granted to users who obtain a sub-class related to creation within the God series
→All crafting success rate increases by 10%
Was this even a reasonable effect?
A 10% increase to all crafting success rates?
Crafting-focused professionals would lose their minds over such an effect, and I was no exception.
What kind of madness was this effect?
Gulp.
After staring in silence for a moment, I opened my status window first.
And there it was.
The status window I’d seen just moments ago.
It had changed quite dramatically.
Seeing the additions, I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity.
[Jin-woo]
*Level: 95
*Class: Sword God
*Sub-class: Creator
*Titles: 『Irregular』 and 62 others
*Combat Power—408 (240+168)
*Mana—408 (240+168)
*Creation—67 (10+57)
*Bonus Stats—0
“Huh.”
So I’d gained a sub-class and a new stat called Creation.
No, this was hardly the time to stand around vacant-minded.
I quickly opened my skill window. And I could see it.
I’d obtained just one class-exclusive skill.
But that single skill was absolutely absurd.
『Crafting』
*Grade: Mythic
*Level: 1
→With materials alone, you can craft anything.
→You can acquire 1 recipe per day.
→You can learn any crafting skill.
The grade was nothing short of Mythic.
Normally it would display as a class skill.
It seemed the influence of blending with the God of War was at play.
I took a shallow breath upon seeing it.
‘This is insane.’
Wasn’t my character absurdly broken, even by my own assessment?
Who could possibly catch up to me now?
The overwhelming nature of it all was staggering.
I’d truly ascended to a height unreachable by anyone else, or so I believed.
I pondered my next move.
My current location was Eltura.
It would take another week just to travel.
‘I need to reach Jerba, the crafting city.’
The paradise of all crafting disciplines.
Moreover, it was already a city opened to players.
It was the ideal place to develop this Creator class.
But there was no way to get there immediately.
‘Hmm.’
At least I could return to Garn Territory.
And from Garn, I could travel back to Margantia.
I thought quickly.
What was available in Margantia or Garn.
‘It feels like I’ve already obtained everything worth getting from Garn.’
At least, everything known to me.
My options seemed to have narrowed.
This was the dilemma.
I had direction, but couldn’t act on it immediately.
Should I acquire another Demonic Sword in the meantime?
As that thought crossed my mind, something suddenly occurred to me.
Wait, why didn’t I think of this sooner?
A disease?
‘The Master of the Demon Blade!’
As Jin-woo cried out, a title materialized in an instant.
The very title I needed most right now.
『Master of the Demon Blade』
→First Title
→A title granted to the user who first acquired the Demon Blade
→Once per day, you can reset the cooldown of the Demon Blade skill.
Reset the cooldown.
The cooldown of the Demon Blade skill?
And Jin-woo examined the options of the Demon Blade Gram.
『Demon Blade Gram +3』
*Growth-type Item
*Level: 4+3
*Grade: Epic+
*Attack Power: 1,450
*Durability: 1,200/1,200
*Equip Restriction: Demon King Class Jobs
→Grows together by sharing the wearer’s experience.
→All Attack Power +15% +3%
→When attacking with Demon Blade Gram equipped, 30% chance to recover HP equal to 30% of damage dealt.
→When attacking with Demon Blade Gram, inflict ‘Curse of the Demon Blade’ on the target
→Targets affected by ‘Curse of the Demon Blade’ fall into bleeding for 11 seconds and become unable to recover
→’Curse of the Demon Blade’ can stack, and duration increases with each stack.
→Skill ‘Wrath of the Demon Blade’ available
→When using skill ‘Wrath of the Demon Blade’, all attack power and all stats increase by 300% for 60 seconds
→When duration ends, all skills are sealed for 10 minutes
→Skill ‘Wrath of the Demon Blade’ can only be used once per day.
→Skill ‘Gate of the Demon Realm’ available
→Skill ‘Gate of the Demon Realm’ can only be used once per week.
*When Demon Blade Gram reaches its level cap, its grade will increase.
With the second class advancement, the Demon Blade’s level rose as well, making the options considerably better.
But Jin-woo’s eyes were drawn to the final skill above all else.
The skill, Gate of the Demon Realm.
In other words, it was a skill.
Why hadn’t I known about this sooner!
Jin-woo cried out upon seeing it.
“Activate Master of the Demon Blade.”
I activated the title.
A message appeared.
[The cooldown for the embedded skill of the Demon Sword Gram has been reset.]
And it didn’t end there.
“Gate of the Demon Realm.”
Instead of selecting the option to go to the Demon Realm, I chose an option to travel to a different city.
Normally, a message should have appeared saying it wasn’t time yet.
But a different message materialized instead.
[You can travel to other regions through the Gate of the Demon Realm.]
[Which region would you like to travel to?]
“Heh.”
I laughed hollowly while thinking.
Why on earth had I waited an entire week?
I closed my eyes and pondered.
They say if your mind is dull, your body suffers for it.
I had completely forgotten this feature existed.
But it’s fine.
Now that I know.
I smiled contentedly at the thought.
This meant I could travel to a different region once a day whenever I needed materials.
I should think positively about this.
With that thought, I selected a city.
“I’m heading to Jerba, the Crafting City.”
As I spoke, a message appeared.
[Traveling to Jerba, the Crafting City.]
Jerba—the paradise of craftsmen.
I would go there and master every craft imaginable!
I smiled with satisfaction at the thought.
‘If I need anything, I can just buy it with money anyway!’

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