The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 127

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Episode 127
127.
MiTube.
Shark Net.
And across various communities, talk of Jin-woo’s videos on JBS never ceased.
Normally, discussions should have been dominated by the Slayer and High Tech streams.
Both of their videos were impressive enough to command that much attention.
But all eyes were on Jin-woo.
-Is this even possible? Can someone really solo a tower?
-If it’s a low-difficulty tower, maybe soloing could work. But how did the Crafter…
-Do you think that video is fake? Jin-woo’s already proven his skill. He’s already made over 200 million Gold at the Auction House.
Whether positive or negative, Jin-woo’s tower-clearing video was bound to attract attention.
It was inevitable. What the users were watching was something that defied all logic.
It was something impossible by their standards.
-I was surprised. I didn’t know he was a Necromancer.
-Seems like he’s a Blacksmith who’s also a Necromancer.
-So which is his main class?
-I’m a Necromancer main. Look at how he made those skeletons. His main class has to be Necromancer.
-I’m a professional Blacksmith. Don’t you see the equipment his subordinates are wearing? It’s definitely Blacksmith.
-I’m a professional unemployed. I just felt like commenting.
Users from each profession felt their hearts race as they watched Jin-woo’s actual footage.
Because it involved their field.
-I’m a professional Miner, and I think he’s a Miner.
And they desperately hoped that he would craft equipment for their industry with insane dedication.
But still, many continued to argue.
-Why are you all fighting?
-Why are you guys arguing among yourselves?
-This doesn’t make sense! As far as I know, his level is pretty low.
-I heard he hasn’t even reached Level 300 yet. But how in the world did he manage this?
The question wasn’t whether it was possible or impossible. They already believed it was impossible, so they were debating whether it was fabricated or real.
-Wait, didn’t someone call him Jin? If that’s the case, isn’t this settled?
Then someone posted a comment.
-What? Jin?
-Is he really Jin?
The arguing users suddenly stopped commenting, then rushed to post frantically.
-So it’s not fabricated. I apologize. If it’s Jin, he could definitely do that.
-I crossed a line first. If it’s Jin, it’s possible. I actually saw him in person back during Eternal Sunshine. At the blacksmith’s forge.
And with that, rumors that Jin-woo was Jin spread definitively.
-But it seems he wants to operate officially under the name Jin-woo.
-Then there’s no need to ask whether he’s Jin or not.
Everyone began to observe a kind of courtesy. He was now Jin-woo. If that’s how he wanted to conduct himself, they should respect that.
Click-click-click.
The more issues piled up.
The more information circulated, the more the view count climbed.
Normally, videos saw an initial spike in views before losing momentum.
But Jin-woo’s video was different.
Those who watched it once kept rewatching it repeatedly.
Because Jin-woo did so many different things at once inside the tower, users from each profession found themselves rewatching constantly.
-This is genuinely fresh.
-I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this.
That wasn’t all.
-No matter how I think about it, this view count growth rate is strange.
-It looks like there are more comments from overseas users?
-Seems like it went viral. Looking at the comment section, I can tell by the language.
Jin-woo’s video, which had risen to the number one spot in trending, was beginning to go viral overseas.
-Some overseas MiTubers even gave him a shout-out.
-Still amazed. Mister Left and Fritz gave glowing praise.
-Those guys rarely praise anyone.
Recently, Jin-woo had received glowing praise from overseas MiTubers.
Fritz and Mister Left.
Two MiTubers on the scale of international corporations purchased Jin-woo’s equipment and lavished it with praise.
Moreover, what they bought were Jin-woo’s early-stage pieces.
-Seems like it’s going viral.
-I really don’t know about this.
KBC. The broadcast that held the number one spot on Netflix. It was on par with that. No—it wasn’t just on par.
[42.03 million views]
-From now on, isn’t it going to overtake it?
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Had there ever been such a human?
Absolutely not.
There had been those called Dragon Slayers, honor-mad humans who came to kill him, but there was absolutely no one who coveted his original flame to restore it.
“Madman! Weren’t you trying to stop me? You weren’t trying to kill me?”
“There’s something I need to do first.”
“You’re going to restore me to get my original flame back?”
He couldn’t understand that mindset.
Right now, he and this human were locked in a deadly struggle.
“Yes.”
Jin-woo nodded. Then he gestured to his subordinates.
“Begin Purification Work.”
Jin-woo was the core of the operation, while his subordinates did everything they could to make sure his attacks connected.
Screech!
Because of the Obsidian Net, Shadow Wing could no longer fly.
But the inability to fly didn’t mean the dragon’s power disappeared.
Rather, the enraged Shadow Wing now fought with genuine effort, not just playing along like before.
“I can attack.”
But even if Shadow Wing’s power grew stronger, it didn’t matter.
Now that it was grounded, the subordinates’ attacks could finally land.
Boom!
First charged in with tremendous force, swinging the Orichalcon Greatsword to settle an old grievance.
“Dragon Language: Materra.”
Shadow Wing used Dragon Language against First, who had drawn near.
The powerful Dragon Language sent First’s body flying backward. But First had witnessed Dragon Language multiple times by now.
He swung the greatsword with all his strength to resist the Dragon Language.
“How dare you!”
Even grounded, a dragon was still a dragon.
Screech!
It swung its tail and sent First flying outright.
But that was exactly what First intended.
Crash!
After seizing the tail, he created an opening for Jin-woo.
“You!”
Jin-woo had closed in and precisely touched Shadow Wing’s leg.
The leg was purified immediately.
Screech!
“Stop restoring me!”
It was a strangely ironic situation. Stop restoring him, he says.
“I’ll make you healthy.”
Jin-woo smiled coldly.
“So you return to a state with healthy flames.”
Healthy flames.
And beyond that, healthy materials as well.
“Dragon Language: Mafuzra!”
Dragon Language detonated against Jin-woo as he closed in. It was the most powerful Dragon Language he had used so far.
A Dragon Language of destruction and fury.
The emotions he currently harbored converted directly into damage—a powerful Dragon Language.
But that Dragon Language was blocked by First.
“That much isn’t enough.”
To pierce the armor First was wearing, this level of Dragon Language was insufficient.
“Finally, a proper opponent.”
This was an opponent worthy of truly testing the Skystone Basago Armor.
“First.”
Jin-woo began his Purification Work centered on First.
“Scream!”
“Why are you crying out? You’re getting healthier.”
There was no pain at all.
Since he was purifying the contaminated parts, Shadow Wing’s power was essentially growing stronger continuously.
‘Of course, it’s not just contamination.’
Shadow Wing had been guarding the tower.
Granted power by the tower and corrupted, it might have been stronger than its original state.
‘But to me, at least.’
The original form was far more effective.
“Nether….”
Shadow Wing panicked as it tried to unleash Nether Breath.
“Breath!”
Its contamination level had dropped.
“Good! Yes. You’re doing it!”
“Cursed lowly creature… weak being!”
Even its speech was changing.
‘It’s working.’
Jin-woo continued to purify Shadow Wing using the power of First and Pur.
But midway through a certain amount of purification.
Boom!
Shadow Wing’s body began to glow.
-Shadow Wing’s power is released!
-A powerful wave spreads around you!
-Dragon Aura engulfs you!
Phase 2, which normally could only be entered after its health dropped, began immediately.
“So a dragon is truly a dragon?”
At the same time, the minions Shadow Wing had summoned vanished instantly.
Moltus, who had been dealing with the minions, suddenly had breathing room.
“You’ve made a grave mistake, human.”
Shadow Wing tore away the net that had been binding it. Of course, the Obsidian Net caught on its wings didn’t tear easily—only the nets on its hands, feet, and torso ripped away.
“I don’t need to fly. I’ll fight you on your own ground.”
Screech!
Crack.
Crack-crack-crack-crack!
Shadow Wing’s eyes began to turn pitch black.
Furthermore, a brilliant scarlet aura began pouring out.
‘It won’t die easily.’
It was something he’d already anticipated. Rather, he’d been looking forward to it.
‘There’s still so much to verify.’
Powerful monsters dropped valuable materials, but being able to test equipment to its limits was invaluable.
“First, Pur, Moltus, Fin.”
Jin-woo gestured to his four subordinates.
“Fight freely.”
‘I’ve achieved my primary objective—bringing it to the ground.’
Jin-woo stepped back slightly.
Though Shadow Wing, consumed with rage, noticed Jin-woo stepping back, it didn’t taunt him.
‘It knows the situation isn’t in its favor.’
So there would be no taunting until circumstances shifted.
“Dragon Language: Albas.”
The Dragon Language of binding spread around.
“Dragon Language: Sharac.”
Then numerous spells other than Dragon Language unfolded.
Boom!
Alongside the Plague Windstorm spreading with powerful wing beats, elemental spells were unleashed around.
Arrows of flame.
Arrows of ice.
And between them, a contaminated breath burst forth. But that breath had already been half-purified by Jin-woo, so it carried an intensified flame attribute as well.
A true master of magic.
The power of a dragon truly rattled its subordinates.
But the subordinates didn’t retreat easily either.
Jin-woo watched the clash between his subordinates and Shadow Wing.
The utilization of the Orichalcon Greatsword that First wielded.
The defensive power of the Skystone Basago Armor.
The power Pur displayed as a Hero-rank Undead and the limits of Judgment of the World Tree.
He also confirmed the attacks using Moltus’s Sky Stone Orb and the power of Fin’s Steel Wings.
‘Now I can see more clearly.’
Fighting this powerful dragon, Shadow Wing, Jin-woo could now see distinctly where he’d arrived.
The current situation was definitely advantageous.
But Jin-woo’s concept of advantage wasn’t something ambiguous like this.
‘Complete dominance.’
The ability to reverse a situation with a single piece of equipment.
‘That’s what true advantage is.’
The only thing in this situation that could be called overwhelming advantage was the Skystone Basago Armor, a UR Rank piece.
‘And that’s only possible because Shadow Wing has been weakened.’
Countless pieces of information flooded Jin-woo’s mind.
The incoming information made his hands tremble.
A path forward became visible.
He saw how to refine it.
‘My mind is so clear.’
-Your Immersion Stat rises!
Jin-woo grasped a hammer.
No—his hand held nothing.
Yet simultaneously, it undeniably existed.
Clang.
As if striking downward, Jin-woo moved his hand.
A great swordsman can wield swordsmanship without a sword.
Just so, a great Blacksmith could forge without a hammer.
Seeing clearly in his mind his own shortcomings.
Jin-woo was committing them to his hands.
-Your Synchronization Rate rises.
-Your Synchronization Rate has increased by 0.2%.
-Current Synchronization Rate: 80.6%
In this moment, Jin-woo felt a new realm.
Raising his hand upward.
And striking downward.
Clang!
A sound that shouldn’t have existed was produced.
And at that same moment, Pur, who had been fighting fiercely, heard that sound.
The sound of Jin-woo’s hammer was always joyful to his subordinates.
When Jin-woo crafted equipment, it came to them.
And that feeling was no different for Pur. Especially since Pur, despite becoming a Hero-rank Undead, had only experienced humiliation.
He had been unable to help.
That emotion was immense.
“Master trusted in me.”
Then he would repay that trust.
-Your subordinate, Pur, has awakened!
-The power of Hero-rank Undead is completely released!
-Conditions fulfilled.
-A new skill has been learned!

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