The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 121

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Chapter 121
121.
Ding!
—Bid updated.
Ding!
—Bid updated.
The Auction House was a war zone.
—Don’t bid on the mace I’m bidding on!
The auction for the Gargoyle Stone Mace was intensely competitive.
“I sold everything. I’ve got nothing left now.”
Holymolly, a Priest, had liquidated every piece of equipment he owned.
He’d sold everything he’d acquired since choosing the Battle Priest class.
—58 million Gold.
—Bid updated!
The total he’d managed to scrape together was just under 60 million Gold.
Added to the 30 million Gold he already had, that gave him a fresh 30 million to work with.
But the bidding had already climbed to 58 million.
“Please. Please. Stop!”
Holymolly was out of money. He’d sold every scrap of gear, and if he couldn’t win this mace, he felt like he’d burst into tears—in fact, he already was.
The Orc-ish Axe was also up for auction, but that one was essentially a done deal.
—Auction closed!
Final bid: 120 million Gold.
—Wow, the price is insane.
—First time I’ve ever seen low-tier equipment go for that kind of money.
—It actually went for 120 million?
The Orc-ish Axe had reached its final bid of 120 million Gold.
—Who bought that?
—Helord? Never heard that name before.
—Isn’t that the guy from the Realize Guild?
Realize was one of the highest-tier guilds.
—Looks like the top-tier guilds are making their move.
—Sounds like they’re serious about recruiting.
—I heard there’s a war going on between the top-tier guilds over Tower Monopoly Conquest Rights.
A war between top-tier guilds.
Naturally, it wasn’t just a war fought by combat classes.
—Top-tier blacksmiths’ gear is going into that war.
—So Jin-woo’s gear is making it into the competition too?
—He’s not even ranked yet.
Rankings were determined by comprehensive evaluation.
Naturally, the most important factor was Level. Since Jin-woo was low-level, he hadn’t cracked the rankings yet.
—Still, it’s amazing. A single product hitting 100 million.
—And we haven’t even seen proper SSR+ gear yet.
Everyone began to anticipate.
—From what I can tell, it’ll be up soon.
Everyone was waiting for the moment that SSR+ gear they’d seen on JinTube would hit the Auction House.
Then another auction came to a close.
—The Gargoyle Stone Mace auction is now closed.
“Sob-sob-sob.”
The one crying was Holymolly. The mace hung from his trembling hands.
“I barely made it……!”
Holymolly held the mace high.
Standing there naked except for the mace was quite the sight.
* * *
After clearing out all the Obsidian Golems, Jin-woo immediately began crafting equipment from the obsidian he’d collected.
“Summon.”
He summoned the Summoned Smithy and fed obsidian into the furnace.
‘After wielding dragon flame, this feels a bit lacking.’
But it wasn’t firepower he couldn’t work with.
‘I can make up for it.’
“If I use Fire Build on Dark Energy, I can supplement the firepower.”
Jin-woo took flame from Coco.
“Fire Build.”
Whoosh—
Once the obsidian was sufficiently heated, he pulled it from the furnace and immediately brought a flame-infused hammer down upon it.
Clang!
The moment the hammer struck, he felt the material’s distinct character.
“Mm!”
Sharp. Dangerously sharp.
‘It’s got a precarious feel to it.’
Obsidian was extremely sensitive.
More temperamental than any other mineral he’d worked with, it shattered if he misjudged his force control even slightly.
‘But then again.’
Its advantage lay in its sharpness.
Extreme sharpness.
Sharp enough that the hammer itself would split when he struck it.
‘One wrong move and the hammer gets destroyed instead.’
Yet if he managed it well, obsidian could make an excellent weapon.
‘Maximizing its sharpness is the key.’
Clang! Clang!
He couldn’t afford to fear the hammer breaking.
‘Sharp.’
Clang!
—Equipment crafted!
—SSR+ Grade equipment crafted!
What he’d created was an Obsidian Dagger.
The blade was remarkably sharp, and above all, it was a weapon perfectly suited to Dark Energy.
“That’s not bad.”
Jin-woo drew the Obsidian Dagger and gave it a light swing.
Shriek—
“Obsidian afterimage. Nice.”
It was an impressively refined piece.
“If needed, I could use this myself.”
Jin-woo set the Obsidian Dagger aside.
“But I feel like there’s a better shape for this material.”
Jin-woo pulled out fresh obsidian and began working it.
Obsidian’s strength was sharpness; its weakness was durability.
The low durability meant that even well-crafted gear would break quickly.
‘It’s a matter of risk.’
It was hard enough to work properly, and even after crafting something, it wouldn’t last long in use.
‘So.’
“What if I craft equipment where low durability becomes an advantage?”
Then obsidian would become a material with only strengths.
Jin-woo placed the obsidian back in the furnace.
Ideas sparked through his mind in rapid succession. He began executing them one by one.
“First—”
Clang!
“A spear.”
This time he crafted a spear—not just any spear, but a throwing spear like he’d made before.
—Equipment crafted!
SSR+ Grade. Obsidian Throwing Spear.
Jin-woo gripped the finished throwing spear and hurled it.
Shriek—
Crash!
The earth tore open with tremendous force.
“That works. But the size feels awkward.”
The throwing spear’s proportions were indeed off.
Jin-woo crossed his arms.
“As long as durability isn’t a problem, I don’t need to worry about awkward sizes like this.”
Clang!
He resumed his work.
“Make it smaller.”
More compact.
Jin-woo stopped hammering and switched to carving with an Engraving Knife and Whetstone.
Scrape—
Scrape—
—Equipment crafted!
What Jin-woo had made was a small, triangular piece.
“Arrowhead.”
It was equipment that perfectly leveraged obsidian’s advantages.
* Special Attribute [Obsidian’s Sharpness] – Attack power increases significantly!
“If I want to maximize sharpness while accounting for low durability, arrows make the most sense, don’t they?”
Arrows are disposable by nature.
While some are recovered and reused, most arrows are single-use.
Jin-woo picked up the arrowhead.
Then he hurled it with all his strength.
Shriek—
Boom!
It was far more powerful than the Obsidian Throwing Spear.
“If I can get this kind of damage throwing it by hand—”
Properly nocked and fired, the damage would double.
“A skilled archer using this properly would be lethal.”
Jin-woo smiled to himself.
He’d found his direction.
Now came optimization.
Jin-woo carved the obsidian.
Scrape. Scrape.
—Equipment crafted!
—Obsidian Arrowhead crafted!
A sharpened arrowhead was complete.
“No, I can push further.”
Jin-woo carved the obsidian again.
Sharp.
The Engraving Knife’s role was crucial in this process.
Slice—
Jin-woo applied the subtlety of the Flawless Seamstress Art even when using the Engraving Knife.
‘The finishing touch is everything.’
With the Engraving Knife, he carved the arrowhead even sharper.
—Equipment crafted!
—Equipment crafted!
The obsidian in Jin-woo’s hands was completely carved away.
Thus fifteen arrowheads were completed.
“Obsidian. This stuff is fun.”
Jin-woo glanced around.
“Any more golems?”
Jin-woo rode Pur and moved on.
“Well, if there’s anything on the way, I’ll deal with it.”
The moment he spoke, another monster appeared.
Rumble-rumble-rumble!
The earth convulsed violently, and a colossal worm burst forth.
Its entire body blazed with fierce flames.
“Oh.”
Though the giant worm’s form was grotesque enough to inspire horror, Jin-woo’s eyes fixed on its carapace.
“Its whole body’s on fire, but the main body itself is intact?”
Jin-woo’s gaze caught on the chitinous shell.
“That…”
He could craft something excellent from it.
“Arrowheads alone aren’t enough to properly test them.”
He needed a bow.
“Unit Two, who has the bow, is away on another job.”
Jin-woo gestured.
“Where is this?”
“Master. Your. Domain.”
“I will eliminate anything that enters the master’s territory.”
This time, Pur moved first.
Having been unable to do anything when hunting the Obsidian Golems, he seemed determined to make up for it now.
Boom—
Pur stomped hard and shot forward in a straight line.
Wielding the World Tree’s Judgment, he brought it down directly on the enormous worm.
—Blaze Worm hunted!
Jin-woo obtained the Blaze Worm Chitin.
—Blaze Worm Chitin [SSR]
He immediately began crafting a bow from it.
Scrape—
The Blaze Worm Chitin had a peculiar texture.
‘It compresses easily, but it has more resilience than expected.’
Whoosh—
Moreover, the chitin retained the Blaze Worm’s inherent properties intact.
Jin-woo gripped that flame in his hand and channeled it directly into crafting the bow.
“Not just the bow limbs.”
Scrape—
“Light, flexible. I can use it for the limbs and the string both.”
Chitin was a versatile material.
Jin-woo took a deep breath.
Working with new materials demanded total focus.
—Focus Stat increased!
Pouring all his concentration into the task, Jin-woo crafted the bow.
—Equipment crafted!
—SSR+ Grade equipment crafted!
A bow made from Blaze Worm Chitin rested in Jin-woo’s hands.
Shimmer—
As he fed mana into it, an arrow formed. Jin-woo affixed an Obsidian Arrowhead to the arrow’s tip.
Rumble-rumble-rumble!
The Blaze Worm didn’t act alone.
When one fell, a dozen more erupted from the ground, charging forward.
“Hold back.”
Jin-woo pushed his familiars behind him.
The Blaze Worms barreled toward him at tremendous speed.
But Jin-woo remained calm.
He steadied his breathing.
Aimed.
Then drew the bow.
Shriek—
The arrow cleaved the air and struck, engulfing the Blaze Worm swarm.
Crash!
—Blaze Worm hunted.
—Blaze Worm hunted.
—Blaze Worm hunted.
One shot.
Blaze Worms: annihilated.

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