The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105
Episode 105.
Pur watched his master, Jin-woo.
Jin-woo was a man of many talents. He could look like a Necromancer wielding dark power one moment, and the next like a craftsman with exceptional dexterity.
Yet even such a gifted master wouldn’t be able to craft equipment for Pur, he thought.
Because unlike First and Harpy, Pur wasn’t in human form.
First approached Pur, who had been waiting quietly.
“You. Will. Also. Get. Equipment.”
First spoke while looking at Pur.
“You may look different from us, but you serve the same master, after all.”
Then Harpy spoke.
“Pur.”
But Pur let out a small cry.
“You think he can’t make it because my form is different?”
Harpy understood that cry perfectly.
“No way.”
She even laughed, rattling her wings.
“He’s the scary kind.”
“Pur?”
“You’ll see.”
Clang! Clang!
New wings were taking shape in Jin-woo’s hands.
‘Attach them to the wing tips so we can maximize both speed and impact.’
“Steel Wings.”
It was equipment worn on the wing tips, much like a blade.
“The design should look almost like talons, I think.”
Clang! Clang!
Jin-woo brought down his hammer on the Gargoyle Stone.
He had to strike differently to achieve the new shape.
Clang! Clang!
“This is fun.”
He’d never done anything quite like this before.
He’d forged talon-shaped swords plenty of times, but never a sword-shaped talon.
Moreover, these Steel Wings demanded exceptional precision.
Clang!
-Your Dexterity Stat increases!
“Getting my hands loosened up.”
-Equipment created!
-SSR Grade equipment created!
-Steel Wings created!
“Done.”
The Steel Wings—an entirely new piece of equipment—were born from Jin-woo’s hands. It was a form he’d never crafted before, yet it came out exactly as he’d envisioned it.
“This is what I love about it.”
Creating something new was always a joy.
Jin-woo immediately called Pur.
“Pur.”
“Pur!”
Pur waddled over to Jin-woo on foot rather than flying.
The way she moved was quite striking.
“Want to try these on?”
-You have given the Steel Wings to your familiar, Pur.
Pur put on the Steel Wings.
At once, the tips of her two wings became sharp.
“Nice.”
Jin-woo gave Pur a thumbs-up.
“Feels right, doesn’t it?”
Since it was entirely new equipment made in a new way, there might have been some rough edges.
“But you won’t know for sure until you actually use them.”
Still, the craftsmanship was solid.
“Pur!”
Pur took flight from her spot, clearly satisfied.
“Right. Not bad at all.”
Jin-woo wanted to test them out.
“Let’s put the new equipment to work.”
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Orc Rish Emerald Jade Axe.
This SR Grade equipment that Jin-woo had listed in the Auction House became a trending item the moment it went live.
-Orc Rish Emerald Jade Axe [SR] [Trending Item!]
-Saw it on Mytube and came here.
-This doesn’t look like the equipment from the Jin-woo Mytube channel, though?
-But this is insane too. Wow.
-Actually the options aren’t bad at all.
-I heard that Jin-woo’s equipment has unreal real-world feel. Even lower Grade equipment from him supposedly feels incredible in actual combat.
-Even if it’s SR Grade, the hands-on experience seems absurd.
The highest Grade equipment listed previously were the Thousand-Year Steel Pickaxe and the Great Guardian Stone Shield.
This axe had the same Grade as those two, but the actual options were far superior.
-Look at the materials used. Orc Rish Stone, emerald, jade stone…
-What even is Orc Rish Stone? Never seen it before.
-The options are brutal, absolutely brutal.
-Wait, what’s this Spell Enchantment? I’ve never seen this option before.
-And there’s polishing too. Did you do all of this yourself?
-No way!
The crafters left comments analyzing Jin-woo’s axe options.
-The polishing definitely has to be done separately.
-But looking at all of Jin-woo’s equipment so far, they all have polishing, spell enchantments, magical enchantments, and life steal options too.
-Is he doing all of this separately? Outsourcing to someone else?
-Did an NPC help? That can’t be right.
In truth, even the crafter users weren’t certain.
“This shouldn’t be possible… doing both polishing and magical enchantments alone… it doesn’t make sense.”
Polishing is polishing, and magical enchantment is magical enchantment.
While bound together under the umbrella of crafting, they were entirely different disciplines at the granular level.
“Did he really do all of it by himself?”
But outsourcing the work also didn’t make sense. Of course, there were cases where multiple artisans collaborated on a single piece of equipment.
But that was only done when guilds were crafting dedicated equipment, wasn’t it?
“He must have done it alone.”
So they could only arrive at one conclusion.
That he did everything himself.
An impossible situation that paradoxically made perfect sense.
-Seems like he does it all alone. Solo Play.
-On Mytube he made it alone too. All the work looks like he handles it solo.
-Crazy. So you’re saying he’s crafting Pickaxes and other equipment simultaneously while honing multiple skills too?
-Does this guy have five hands or something?
Ding! Ding!
-Bid amount updated!
As countless users evaluated the axe, its price continued to skyrocket.
-After watching the process, I have to buy this.
The video uploaded to Jin-woo’s newly opened Mytube channel, the Jin-woo Channel, created a synergy.
Viewers watched the process of equipment crafting in video form.
Those precise, masterful hammer strikes.
And the equipment born from such strikes.
-No wonder the hands-on feel is so good.
-Quality is evident from the start.
Not long after the video was posted, it had broken ten million Gold, and the price was climbing even more steeply than the previous Thousand-Year Steel Pickaxe record.
Thirty million Gold.
And three hours later, it broke fifty million Gold.
-Wasn’t it just recently that we broke a hundred million Gold?
-This time it’s going to break two hundred million Gold?
An unstoppable surge.
Jin-woo’s momentum for shattering Auction House records was relentless.
“Huh.”
As interest in Jin-woo grew, Craft Han-woomul felt considerable shock watching the Hall of Fame records being continually rewritten.
“He made a hundred million Gold?”
Craft Han-woomul.
He was astonished by what Jin-woo had accomplished in such a short span. It was really brief. No matter how you looked at it, the timeframe was impossibly short.
“Jin, how on earth…”
Craft Han-woomul was now convinced that Jin was Jin-woo.
“I thought it wouldn’t be possible.”
But even if Jin came to New Gene, he felt it was too late.
It had already been a year since the established players settled in.
Jin had been a legend in Eternal Sunshine, but in New Gene, he was merely a challenger.
Yet looking at this, the picture changed entirely.
“He started as a latecomer, and it hasn’t even been that long.”
A hundred million Gold in Auction House sales.
And not long ago, he’d solo cleared the Main Scenario Tower.
Many users argued it wasn’t the same person, and Craft Han-woomul had agreed with that opinion.
The old Jin of Eternal Sunshine was a pure crafter.
He’d never engaged in combat and spent his days locked in a workshop, churning out nothing but equipment.
How could such a person solo clear a tower?
“I was naturally convinced it wasn’t him. Jin was a crafter. How could a crafter solo clear a tower?”
But looking at this, his thoughts shifted. Jin-woo was making history right now.
“It’s not Eternal Sunshine anymore.”
This is New Gene. The clear boundaries that existed in Eternal Sunshine have all collapsed here.
“Freedom levels are so much higher now. No job restrictions or anything…”
Goosebumps crawled up Craft Han-woomul’s spine.
If Jin-woo’s talent had been shackled by Eternal Sunshine’s restrictions all along.
“The chains… have they come off?”
In this moment, Jin-woo could be said to have cast off incredibly heavy shackles.
Every constraint that had confined him to crafting vanished, and now Jin-woo could play however he wished.
With his chains gone, just how far could Jin-woo go?
Craft Han-woomul couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened if Jin had departed with the vanguard.
“…Would the Rankers even still be Rankers?”
Would the overwhelming monsters called Starlight and Inclassic even hold their current positions?
The answer was already clear in his heart.
“They’d both be eternal second-place.”
Craft Han-woomul shook his head.
“But if this happens…”
Jin-woo had now toppled the Auction House Hall of Fame.
He’d knocked out the previous first-place holder, Peran, and taken the top spot.
“He’s poking a mad dog.”
Peran was called a storm-born talent in the crafter community.
A typical genius crafter user who only made what he wanted and spent his time picking fights with other crafters, so his Ranker standing wasn’t particularly high.
“In terms of pure skill…”
Craft Han-woomul believed Peran’s potential exceeded his own. But potential was only potential.
“This time, he’ll definitely come looking for Jin.”
The number one Auction House record had belonged to Peran for quite some time. Having it stolen, he would undoubtedly seek Jin out.
There were quite a few crafters Peran had picked fights with in the past, and all of them had been outclassed by him.
“Crafter Killer. That’s the rumor, and nobody wanted to fight him after that.”
Peran had even come looking for Craft Han-woomul once, but he’d chosen not to engage. Beyond his wild nature, it was because Peran’s skill was genuine.
Once he got his teeth into something, he wouldn’t let go until he was satisfied, so Craft Han-woomul had refused from the start.
Though Peran had barked a few times, when he was consistently ignored, he went away. Of course, he’d written plenty of posts calling him a coward on Sharknet.
“But if it’s Jin…”
Jin had a ruthless side that belied his appearance.
If anyone bared their teeth at him, he crushed them completely.
With nothing but skill.
“He might get devoured.”
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-Entering the 3rd Floor.
-Entering the Nest of the Storm Goddess!
3rd Floor.
The moment Jin-woo arrived, he encountered an enormous monster.
-Storm Goddess Harpy threatens you!
“About time for a mid-boss.”
The head was human.
The body was avian.
A chimera-like monster, Harpy, appeared before Jin-woo and his party.
“Kyeeeeeeeeech!”
-Fear!
-Fear shakes your body!
“Interesting.”
Jin-woo savored the fear.
-Rune Effect activates.
-Vigor courses through your body!
Through the Rune Effect of his Bone Heart, all debuffs became buffs for Jin-woo.
Seeing that Jin-woo was unaffected, Harpy frowned.
Whoosh.
Jin-woo grasped the Mace.
“Pur.”
“Pur!”
Then, riding Pur, he rushed toward Harpy.
“Let’s see what these new wings can do.”
Wheeeeeeech!
Pur, equipped with the Steel Wings, produced a distinctive wind-cutting sound.
In an instant, Harpy dodged and ascended, but Pur didn’t lose the pursuit.
“Kyeeeeech!”
Harpy swung her wings, sending steel-like feathers hurtling toward them. Simultaneously, energy gathered in Harpy’s maw.
“Mid-bosses really are different, aren’t they?”
The coordinated assault was far more threatening than the Gargoyle and Griffin she’d faced on the first two floors.
Jin-woo tightened his grip on the Mace.
Slash!
“I can’t use it at full capacity because of my dark energy.”
The Cleric Spell Enchantment inscribed on the Mace was a power that conflicted with Jin-woo’s dark energy.
-Soul Resonance effect activates.
-Through the Elf Racial Trait, dark energy and sacred energy harmonize.
“Oh?”
Yet the Elf power gained through Soul Resonance harmonized the two energies perfectly.
“Then the game changes.”
Jin-woo poured power into the hand gripping the Mace.
Cleric.
“A sacred strike.”
Jin-woo’s blow pierced right through Harpy.
“Kek.”
Both Harpy and Pur were taken aback by the force of that single blow.
Neither had expected Harpy to sustain a critical wound from just one strike.
“Not a one-hit kill?”
Only Jin-woo remained utterly calm.

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