The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 118

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Episode 118
118.
UR Grade.
The completed armor before Jin-woo blazed with intense power.
Shwooosh!
“Ha.”
Hairun let out a hollow laugh.
“Have you just reached a new realm?”
This should be the first time you’ve properly used the Deep Refinement Technique.
And you shouldn’t be familiar with this firepower yet.
“I got lucky.”
Yet Jin-woo had managed it regardless.
A new grade.
Beyond Hairun’s astonishment.
Jin-woo examined the completed armor.
“Hmm.”
Just as Hairun said, these were the first two techniques he’d used.
‘The Deep Refinement Technique helped tremendously.’
It created an excellent synergy with the refinement techniques Jin-woo possessed.
[Sky Stone Basago Armor]
-Defense: 12,590
-Grade: UR
-Durability: 200,000 / 200,000
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* Special Option [Ultimate Defense: Gain an additional 700 defense.]
* Special Option [True Spell Enchantment – Enhanced Artemus: Defense increases by 500. ]
* Special Option [Light Skystone: The armor becomes lighter! Agility stat increases by 300.]
* Special Option [Dark Consumption: Absorb 15% of received damage as your own life force!]
* Special Option [Dark Flame: Adds flame attribute.]
* Special Option [Bone Armor: Defense increases by 300.]
* Special Option [Deep Refinement: The soul of the material has been purified. Hidden stats have been unlocked. Defense increases by 250!]
* Special Skill [Basago’s Power: All stats increase by 500 instantaneously.]
* Special Skill [Basago’s Quintessence: Health increases by 3,500.]
Defense.
It was armor saturated with ultimate defense.
‘UR, huh.’
By breaking through SSR+, he’d reached UR Grade.
‘Eternal Sunshine uses a distinctly different grade system. That’s interesting.’
Jin-woo examined the Sky Stone Basago Armor in detail.
The base was Skystone, so it was quite light, but as intended, Basago’s bones settled in with substantial weight.
Since he’d preserved the bone shape in the crafting, it was literally a skeletal suit of armor.
“This quintessence embedded at the core. It’s quite decent.”
The last piece of armor Jin-woo had made was the Sunlit Shadow Robe, which was SR+ Grade.
‘The defense of the Sunlit Shadow Robe was 2,000.’
By simple math alone, this was six times that.
‘I properly imbued the ultimate defense that’s the strength of the Hephaestus Refinement Technique.’
-Hephaestus Refinement Technique grade has increased!
-SS >> SR
As a result, it jumped up two entire grades from SS to SR.
‘It deserves two grade increases.’
The Sky Stone Basago Armor was certainly high quality enough to warrant the Hephaestus Refinement Technique rising two grades.
Since every technique Jin-woo had learned went into it, including the Deep Refinement Technique.
-Hall of Fame ranking has been updated!
-Achievement [Unique] – You’ve been registered as 1st place in the Hall of Fame!
[Achievement] Unique
-Hall of Fame Rankings
1. Jin-woo [NEW!] [199 points]
2. Inclassic [111 points]
3. Starlight [109 points]
4. Pendant [105 points]
Reaching UR Grade, he’d claimed the top spot in the Hall of Fame once again.
‘The gap is substantial.’
As it should be.
Jin-woo had climbed without stopping in a straight line.
Of course, Jin-woo thought it wasn’t particularly fast. Whether at SSR+ or below it, he’d spent quite a long time at each stage.
‘I couldn’t even handle SSR+ Grade materials.’
So the gaps had been considerable.
‘But.’
There was no need to feel pressured.
Then was then, and now is now.
‘Now is more enjoyable anyway.’
The process of learning diverse things was genuinely very pleasant.
It wasn’t just this achievement.
“I couldn’t handle Orichalcon and Skystone properly back then.”
This time, he’d handled them flawlessly.
As a result, he’d also unlocked the [Vengeance] achievement.
-[Vengeance]
Effect: All stats increase by 100.
It was a simple achievement effect, but Jin-woo was quite pleased with it.
“I’ve gotten my revenge.”
It felt like a certification mark that he’d now handled what he couldn’t before—it felt quite good.
“First.”
Jin-woo immediately summoned his familiar, First.
What First was currently wearing was an SS Grade suit of armor.
‘Made from Elven Luna Stone.’
This Elven Luna Stone Armor had been the best armor Jin-woo could make back then.
Its defense was 1,050.
‘Compared to the Elven Luna Stone Armor, this is over twelve times stronger.’
Just as Moltus had, First would also feel a dramatic difference.
Shwooooosh.
The summoned First scattered darkness about.
“You. called. for. me. Master.”
“I have new armor for you.”
“New. ar. mor. for. me!”
First had continuously received new weapons, but armor was rare.
Jin-woo immediately retrieved the Elven Lunestone Sapphire Armor.
-You’ve given the Sky Stone Basago Armor to your familiar, First.
The moment First received the armor.
The Sky Stone Basago Armor trembled.
Shwooooooosh!
And then it resonated with the dark energy First possessed.
“Oh.”
Good equipment chooses its own master.
‘These aren’t equipment with an Ego embedded in them.’
But UR Grade equipment was distinctly different.
First slowly donned the armor.
Shhhhh.
Then an aura unlike anything Jin-woo had seen before erupted from First.
Dark Knight King.
An aura befitting that very class.
“Not bad.”
While other familiars praised Jin-woo’s equipment with words, First demonstrated it through action.
He grasped the Orichalcon Greatsword and took a stance.
“Growwwl.”
Then another stance.
“Combat. is. needed.”
First said.
“Day. and. night. I. could. take. hits.”
“That’s right. In that thing, you could take hits for three days and nights straight without a scratch.”
Jin-woo chuckled.
“Wait for me. I’ll test it out.”
Crafting wasn’t finished yet.
“Firepower’s been reinforced too.”
Jin-woo pulled out a material he’d been saving.
“Eternal Steel. Let me give it a try.”
Eternal Steel was an SR+ Grade material.
“First.”
Jin-woo had something he wanted to check before anything else.
“Those materials with question marks.”
Now that he’d reached UR Grade, the chances of them showing were high.
“There it is.”
-Crystal of Malice [UR]
-Flame Spirit Stone [UR]
Shwooosh.
Where the question marks had been, sparks flew and the -UR- mark appeared.
“They were quite high-grade materials.”
Two materials that had shown question marks.
The Crystal of Malice and the Flame Spirit Stone were both UR Grade materials.
“Now I can finally work with them.”
He’d just created UR Grade from SSR+ Grade materials.
Then what about UR Grade?
How far could he go with UR Grade materials?
Though he might have grown weary, Jin-woo felt invigorated instead.
The work of hammering away and testing where his limits truly lay was Jin-woo’s favorite pursuit.
Whoosh.
“I should make a ring.”
The Crystal of Malice and the Flame Spirit Stone could be converted into various pieces of equipment, but to Jin-woo’s eye, a ring suited both materials best.
‘I need equipment for myself now.’
From now on, he’d be hunting dragons. They’d certainly be far more powerful than any monsters he’d faced until now.
‘Just in case I find myself in a situation I can’t avoid.’
“This one I’ll equip myself.”
It could be called anti-dragon specialized equipment.
“If I just made armor instead.”
I’d end up just taking hits to verify the armor’s durability.
“That’s not my role.”
He’d given the UR Grade armor to First.
That was First’s role.
Jin-woo brought the Whetstone Cutting Knife to the Crystal of Malice.
“!”
Shwooosh.
Clink. Clink.
“Oh.”
Lightning coursed through Jin-woo’s entire body.
‘Mad.’
That unique sensation.
The thrill was as intense as when he’d created UR Grade.
“No wonder I keep coming back.”
Jin-woo moved the Engraving Knife.
Clink. Clink.
-Using Deep Refinement Technique.
Shhhhh.
The soul of the Crystal of Malice emerged, and its color was pitch black.
“There’s no reason there’d only be pure white souls.”
The crystal’s natural color was pitch black, but separately from that, the Crystal of Malice was corrupted.
Jin-woo purified the rising soul as-is.
“Purify.”
-Deep Refinement Technique proficiency has increased!
The color of the Crystal of Malice deepened.
“Dust, Coco.”
Jin-woo summoned Dust and Coco.
Since Jin-woo reached UR Grade, his level had risen considerably, and with it, the power of Dust and Coco had grown mighty.
“You’ve grown a bit?”
Dust had increased in size, and Coco even more so.
“You’ve gotten cuter, haven’t you?”
Its face had become rounder and more adorable.
“Chirp!”
Coco appealed to its newfound power by spewing Dark Flame.
“That’s not all you’ve gotten, is it?”
“Chirp!”
Jin-woo gestured to Coco. The familiar then spewed flame.
‘Interesting.’
“This Dark Flame synergizes well with Fire Build, doesn’t it, Coco?”
Coco spewed Dark Flame in response to Jin-woo’s gesture.
He wrapped Dark Flame around his hand and then used Fire Build on top of it.
Shwooosh!
And he directly imbued these two flames into the hammer.
The power of both flames balanced and settled into the hammer.
“This works pretty well.”
Jin-woo immediately then refined the Eternal Steel.
Clang! Clang!
The Eternal Steel warped in an instant.
“And I didn’t even put it in the forge yet.”
This time Jin-woo placed the Eternal Steel in the forge.
After soaking it in the forge’s intense heat, he struck it again.
Clang!
“The synergy is excellent.”
“Chirp!”
“Yeah. You’ve been a huge help, Coco.”
Jin-woo patted Coco’s head.
“I think I can use this for other equipment too.”
Jin-woo retrieved a Chisel, hammer, and Whetstone Cutting Knife.
Whoosh!
And immediately began work.
The Crystal of Malice was carved out cleanly and precisely.
Not only that, but intense flame power entered the Crystal of Malice, beginning to imbue it with attributes.
“Good.”
Using Eternal Steel as a base, he began to engrave the Crystal of Malice and Flame Spirit Stone.
Clink.
He boldly stacked the synergy of Dark Flame and Fire Build.
Clink.
He carved the Crystal of Malice and affixed it to the Eternal Steel.
Next was the Flame Spirit Stone.
“I’m curious about this too.”
Jin-woo had obtained this Flame Spirit Stone from the first floor of the Mirage Fog Tower.
“If they can give UR Grade materials,”
it meant the spirits’ level was quite high.
‘I’m looking forward to it.’
It seemed he’d need to move up the date to go help the spirits.
Clink.
Jin-woo brought the Engraving Knife to the Flame Spirit Stone.
Whoooosh!
Pop!
“Oh my.”
The Crystal of Malice had also given a satisfying hand-feel when he’d brought the Engraving Knife to it.
But this Flame Spirit Stone was even more so.
“It’s got some bounce to it.”
The elasticity he felt.
And the scorching heat.
“It’s pushing back against Dark Flame and Fire Build?”
The Flame Spirit Stone stood firm confidently.
As if proclaiming itself to be UR Grade material.
“Actually, this is better.”
Jin-woo absolutely loved this kind of challenge.
Clink.
Clink. Clink.
Ding!
-Equipment created!
-UR Grade equipment created!
Having once reached UR Grade.
He’d now reached it a second time.
Jin-woo examined the ring he’d crafted.
“These options are…….”

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