The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 115

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Chapter 115
Episode 115.
“It’s Dragon’s Flame.”
Dragon’s Flame.
“Some call it the Dragon’s Breath. Long ago, a dragon lived near this Iron Helm. My ancestors fought that dragon their entire lives, but during one of the great wars of old, they ended up joining forces, or so the tale goes.”
All the flames throughout Iron Helm, he explained, now used Dragon’s Flame.
“Is there any way to obtain that flame?”
Jin-woo’s gaze was captivated by the fire.
This firepower.
With this kind of tremendous heat, he could work with SSR+ Grade materials to his heart’s content.
“Hmm. The existing flames all have a seal placed on them. A dragon’s magic, you see. And so…”
Hairun transferred the flame to another container.
The fire went out immediately.
Crack!
Accompanied by a small bolt of lightning.
“One mistake, and you could be burned to death by the seal’s lightning.”
“So I can’t take it from here.”
“But there is a way.”
Hairun said.
Rumble-rumble-rumble-rumble!
The entire forge shook at that moment.
No—it wasn’t the forge shaking.
‘The earth itself is trembling!’
“Get down!”
Crash-crash-crash-crash-crash!
Jin-woo rushed to look outside.
“The volcano…”
Within Iron Helm, there were numerous small volcanoes.
They were erupting.
“Truth is, Iron Helm has a problem. Troubles have been breaking out suddenly.”
“Could it be…”
“Yes. Someone of your caliber would already know. A Tower. The entire Iron Helm is shaking because of a Tower that appeared abruptly. So we set out on a journey to deal with that Tower.”
But the problem wasn’t the Tower alone.
“There was a dragon. A Tower in the Iron Helm Gorge, and in that gorge, a dragon. But the dragon’s condition was peculiar. Its entire body had turned pitch black—it was in a corrupted state.”
The dwarves who witnessed that sight retreated first.
“We assembled an expedition. Under the command of Big Hammer, who leads Iron Helm, warriors gathered, but…”
Dwarves had only three professions.
Warrior, Blacksmith, and Hunter.
The blacksmiths crafted equipment, which the warriors and hunters then wore.
“They were defeated and returned. Heavy losses.”
But they failed nonetheless. All that remained were their wounds.
“So you’re just going to do nothing?”
“No. Big Hammer went to seek help. We’re waiting for that.”
“Help, you say…”
“From the Great Dwarf God. More precisely, Big Hammer went to seek aid from the dwarves who serve the Great Dwarf God. If they join us, we should be able to withstand the Corrupted Dragon somehow.”
One of the reasons Jin-woo had come to this dwarven city was to complete a Quest related to the Great Dwarf God.
‘This could work out nicely.’
“Then the method you mentioned earlier…”
“Right. Obtaining the flame directly from the Corrupted Dragon. But…”
Hairun clicked his tongue.
“In this state, it’s absolutely impossible.”
Even the dwarves’ finest warriors and hunters failed when they went.
How could anyone obtain the flame from that greedy, powerful dragon?
“Preparation will be necessary.”
“Yes… preparation is necessary… Eh? Preparation?”
Hairun’s face showed bewilderment.
“Surely…”
“I need the flame.”
Jin-woo said.
“A very powerful flame.”
* * *
New Gene was a game that recommended party hunting.
But there were always irregularities in such rules.
“Why can’t Priests solo?”
Holymoly, a Priest user who could barely hunt without a party, had quite a few complaints.
“There have to be quite a few users like me.”
There were certainly users who disliked the Priest class, forced to only provide rear support.
“They say you can change jobs, but the Priest class itself is good. It’s just the passiveness that bothers me.”
Even their class-exclusive weapons lacked real attack power; most could barely handle mob enemies.
-Thanks to Jin-woo, digging with the Pickaxe has been so much fun lately.
-Thanks to Jin-woo, I’m playing like an Elf.
-But you’re not an Elf’s face.
-You’ve won an event. Tell me your address, hurry.
“Hmm. This person seems to make all sorts of equipment.”
The new supernova—Jin-woo.
He truly was a Crafter user who made all manner of equipment.
-Time for new equipment again.
-Wonder what he’ll make this time.
“Could it be…”
Holymoly felt a small spark of hope.
And then.
-Wait, it’s up!
-It’s up!
-New equipment!
New equipment had been posted.
“Gargoyle Stone… Mace!?”
The newly uploaded equipment was a mace.
-Not a Priest weapon?
-It’s a Healer-exclusive weapon.
-Wow, this is definitely a support-class weapon, right?? The attack power though.
“F-finally, finally it’s here.”
Overwhelming attack power.
And excellent detailed options as well. Not to mention the design looked quite good.
Not just a support character always fighting from the rear.
A Priest weapon that could step forward to the front line and boost morale while attacking.
“This is it. This is exactly what I needed!”
Holymoly was utterly captivated by the mace.
“Let me see, how much money do I have.”
This equipment was put up for auction bidding, so victory in this competition was necessary.
“I have plenty of money!”
He had a whopping thirty million Gold.
“?”
Ding!
-The bid has been updated!
-Gargoyle Stone Mace [35,000,000 Gold]
“Wh-what?”
Thirty million Gold wasn’t nearly enough.
“Is it always this expensive?”
Holymoly hurriedly searched through Jin-woo’s other equipment listings.
“It’s only 500,000 Gold!”
But these 115 pieces of equipment could only be purchased if it wasn’t an Open Run.
“What about others?”
The Orc Rish Emerald Jade Axe.
SR Grade equipment, ranked lower than the mace currently listed.
“…”
-110,000,000 Gold
“That was cheap by comparison…”
The mace was incredibly affordable.
“No way. I absolutely can’t miss this.”
Holymoly began converting everything he owned into Gold.
* * *
Jin-woo first placed the Droizen Steel into the forge.
Whoosh.
Then he used Fire Build.
Clang!
With the flame wrapped around the hammer, he struck the Droizen Steel.
Clang!
“Oh.”
Fire Build.
This skill really suited Jin-woo’s style.
‘It’s like the technique I used to employ has become a skill.’
And precisely because of that, it felt quite natural to him.
Clang! Clang!
The intense flame roiled through the interior of the Droizen Steel.
He infused the flame into the material’s depths to rapidly reshape it.
‘Excellent.’
Using it as a skill was certainly far more effective than before. And this firepower right now—he was quite pleased with it.
Jin-woo used Fire Build to immediately extract the Spirit from the Droizen Steel.
Whoosh.
And through the Deep Refining Technique, white vapor rose.
-The Spirit of Droizen Steel has been extracted.
-Droizen Steel has been purified!
-Impurities are removed! The material’s potential surpasses its limits!
‘This power is similar to the power of Dust, the Spirit of the material.’
But there was a subtle difference.
Where Dust elevated a material’s potential to its maximum limit, the Deep Refining Technique purified the material to allow it to break through those limits entirely.
‘In other words.’
“Dust.”
Jin-woo summoned Dust.
“The synergy between these two powers is significant.”
The summoned Dust spun in a circle once.
“Peep.”
As Jin-woo summoned the Spirit, Hairun examined it closely.
“I’ve never seen a Spirit like this.”
Dwarves were quite familiar with Spirits.
In particular, Spirits of fire and earth were so essential that many dwarves often formed contracts with both attributes.
But the Spirit Jin-woo used was entirely unfamiliar.
“Raise its potential.”
“Peep!”
Whoosh.
As Dust descended upon the material, the Droizen Steel’s potential was elevated to its maximum.
Simultaneously, the Spirit extraction removed impurities, and as the material broke through its limits, it transformed into something completely different from before.
“Huh.”
Gleam.
The material shone. Moreover, the unique aura it possessed flowed forth with far greater intensity.
“The synergy is considerable…! What kind of Spirit is this, exactly?”
“It is a Spirit of the material itself.”
“A Spirit of the material, you say.”
Indeed, it was different.
From the very foundation of their Spirits, Jin-woo and ordinary blacksmiths were worlds apart.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Jin-woo struck the Droizen Steel repeatedly.
Droizen Steel was an SS Grade material.
‘A simple dagger will do.’
Clang!
Jin-woo employed no other techniques.
Only the Deep Refining Technique and Fire Build that he’d learned from Hairun.
Clang!
-Equipment has been crafted!
-SSR Grade equipment has been crafted!
Previously, he’d made SR Grade from S Grade materials.
‘Now SSR Grade comes from SS Grade materials.’
Jin-woo marveled at this.
‘My skill level has increased somewhat as well, I suppose.’
But the Deep Refining Technique’s power was tremendous.
‘Better than I expected.’
He hadn’t known Hairun’s Deep Refining Technique would be this effective.
“It’s extraordinary. The Deep Refining Technique. I never imagined it could accomplish this.”
“…?”
Hairun examined the Droizen Steel Dagger that Jin-woo had made.
“SSR Grade…?”
He’d definitely given SS Grade materials.
He hadn’t provided a higher Grade.
Moreover, Jin-woo had made it incredibly simply, just striking with the hammer.
Using only the Deep Refining Technique and Fire Build that he’d taught him.
A dagger made cleanly with just those two techniques and hammer strikes.
“It’s thanks to how excellent the Deep Refining Technique is.”
Jin-woo smiled as he spoke.
“Thank you for teaching me so well.”
“The Deep Refining Technique is certainly excellent, but… even I cannot do this.”
Creating SSR Grade from SS Grade materials was something even he, who had mastered the Deep Refining Technique, could not achieve.
Being able to make it thanks to the Deep Refining Technique, of all things.
“Hmm…”
Hairun swallowed once, then spoke.
He didn’t want to ask this, but seeing this, he couldn’t help himself.
“Jin-woo.”
Hairun said.
“How did you do that…?”

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