The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 132

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Chapter 132
Episode 132.
Starting with the dragon hide, Jin-woo moved on to work with the other dragon byproducts.
“Next, the claws.”
These claws were remarkably sharp.
“One wrong move and I’d cut myself open.”
Whoosh—
Jin-woo first thrust the claw into the furnace.
“No different from most ores.”
He removed it at precisely the moment the dragon’s flames seeped into the claw, then brought his hammer down without delay.
Clang—!
“Just as I thought.”
It was far harder than it appeared.
‘Dragon byproducts really do pack a punch, every single one.’
Clang—! Clang—!
“Fire Build.”
But now he was no longer overwhelmed by the material’s resistance.
“With sufficient firepower to back me up.”
He could handle almost any material.
Jin-woo began crafting a claw-tail scythe for Bon from the dragon’s claw.
Clang—! Clang—! Clang—!
‘Long.’
Pointed.
Capable of piercing through in a single strike or sweeping across a wide range when swung.
‘Like a sweeping, devastating motion.’
Clang—!
Whoosh—!
Jin-woo wielded his firepower with complete freedom.
His Fire Build, especially when using the dragon’s flames, had merged seamlessly with the technique he’d been using all along.
— Your proficiency with Deep Refining Technique has increased!
— Your Dexterity Stat has increased!
— Your Focus Stat has increased!
When firepower had been scarce, he’d made up for it with handiwork and experience.
But now that his firepower was abundant.
Clang—!
Those two elements were creating insane synergy.
The dragon’s claw transformed as if it were mythril steel.
Easily and precisely, its shape changed.
“Chirp.”
“Chirrup—.”
Dust, now an Intermediate Spirit.
And Coco, a Legendary Spirit who’d grown rapidly, both poured their full strength into drawing out and reinforcing the material’s latent potential.
Coco in particular was stimulated by the dragon’s flames.
— Dark Flame power settles into the material!
Jin-woo’s skills were rising exponentially faster than the spirits were growing, making any rival dynamic impossible.
“Chirp.”
“Chirrup—.”
Now they had to cooperate.
To perfectly support Jin-woo!
Of course, it was only a temporary truce.
Both were determined not to stop until they became the finest spirits Jin-woo possessed.
“We’ll push the sharpness even further.”
Obsidian. Blaze Worm Chitin.
He poured all his remaining materials into this work right here.
— Equipment created!
— UR Grade equipment created!
New equipment was born in Jin-woo’s hands.
Equipment unlike anything he’d crafted before.
— Dragon Obsidian Claw Tail Scythe [UR]
“I made it in scythe form to attach to the tail. This actually looks way more useful than I expected?”
Jin-woo activated the Earth Rune and picked up the scythe.
Whish—.
It was a scythe with a distinctive coolness to it.
Jin-woo swung the scythe once to test it.
Whish-shink—.
A crescent-shaped afterimage hung in the air—if mounted on Bon’s tail and wielded properly, its burst power would be substantial.
“I could even use it like a ranged area attack.”
The sharpness the dragon’s claw possessed, combined with the obsidian’s edge, made its attack power extraordinary.
“Normally that would tank the durability.”
The durability would inevitably drop due to obsidian’s inherent weakness.
“But this… the durability is actually high?”
Jin-woo examined the special option in detail.
“Ah, that’s it. Dark Flame Cloud.”
— * Special Option [Dark Flame Cloud]: The power of Dark Flames lifts durability! Durability increases!
The special option that Coco had granted, Dark Flame Cloud, was one that boosted durability.
“Coco!”
Jin-woo stroked Coco’s head.
“Chirp.”
Coco’s cry suggested pride. Then she pointed at Dust with her tiny foreleg.
“So Dust drew out the latent potential that made this possible?”
“Chirp!”
“Chirrup—.”
The two spirits locked eyes with each other.
“All right.”
Jin-woo called down to Bon, who was circling in the sky.
“One more thing for you, Bon.”
Bon, wearing the Dragon Scale Leather Armor and soaring overhead, dove straight down and skidded to a halt before Jin-woo.
Boom—!
‘Your body’s getting used to it.’
Besides, the Dragon Scale Leather Armor he wore had impressive specs, so its influence was considerable.
“A weapon for your tail.”
Jin-woo fastened the scythe to Bon’s tail.
— You have given your familiar Bon the Dragon Obsidian Claw Tail Scythe.
Shwish—.
Bon, now equipped with the Dragon Obsidian Claw Tail Scythe, launched skyward from where he stood, then immediately swung his tail.
Whish-shink—!
A tremendous shockwave erupted with a sharp crack.
“Oh.”
“I am now invincible……! Well, somewhat invincible……!”
Though Jin-woo had corrected his ego, a dragon remains a dragon.
You can’t fix that easily.
‘That’s not bad at all.’
Thanks to his overflowing confidence, his movements just now were full of vigor.
“No need to fix it.”
He wielded the claw scythe admirably.
“Keep practicing with it for now.”
Jin-woo gestured to his familiars as well.
“We’ll be fighting together soon enough.”
Having finished the claw scythe, Jin-woo picked up the dragon’s fang.
“Wonder what kind of feel you’ll have.”
Crack—.
Jin-woo began carving down the dragon’s fang.
Whoosh—.
He wrapped the Engraving Knife with the dragon’s flames and carved using the flow.
‘Actually softer than the claw.’
The phrasing was delicate, but in terms of hardness, it was easier to handle than the claw.
On the other hand, even the slightest miscalculation of force risked shattering it.
Crunch—.
Jin-woo applied force to the Engraving Knife.
If you hesitated over fear of breaking the material, you couldn’t draw out the dragon fang’s true potential.
That goes for all materials. If you’re afraid of damaging them, you can’t create something worthwhile.
Be cautious, but never hesitant.
Crunch—! Crack—crack—.
Jin-woo carved the dragon fang with careful precision.
The transformed fang gradually revealed its outline.
An accessory.
It was carved in the style of a thick ring, shaped like a necklace from the dragon’s fang.
Crack—. Crack—.
Jin-woo pushed Rodin’s Gem-Cutting Technique to its absolute limit.
Then he retrieved a rare gem he’d been saving.
An Elven Pearl.
“I’ll apply Flame Crafting to the Elven Pearl.”
He melted the Elven Pearl through Flame Crafting and etched it into the fang.
“Spell Enchantment.”
Then he layered Spell Enchantment on top of it three times over.
Shwish—!
A UR Grade accessory was born in Jin-woo’s hands.
— Equipment created!
— UR Grade equipment created!
— Dragon Fang Necklace [UR]
“Hmm.”
He’d polished the fang into jewel-like beauty, preserving the unique power the dragon possessed.
Jin-woo immediately put on the Dragon Fang Necklace.
“It should synergize nicely with the ring to give decent bonus defense.”
It seemed to pair well with the Crystal Spirit Stone Steel Ring he’d made before.
“Dragon byproducts are fun to work with and the finished products are all excellent, aren’t they?”
Starting from bone and hide, moving through claws and fangs.
“So just how satisfying will this next one be?”
Jin-woo smiled to himself.
Two more materials remained.
Shwish—.
Dragon Essence Stone and Dragon Jade.
These were essentially the main materials from the dragon byproducts.
Gazing at the two gleaming materials on the work table, Jin-woo found himself smiling without thinking.
“Are you all right?”
Moltus, who’d been training, asked Jin-woo.
Since completing the frame, he’d been continuously pulling out amazing equipment.
It was a situation that should have exhausted him physically and mentally.
“I haven’t really even started yet.”
At Jin-woo’s words, Moltus nodded.
“I worried for nothing!”
Despite producing UR Grade after UR Grade, he showed no signs of fatigue.
If anything, he still had energy left.
It was a matter of mindset.
Because he didn’t think of UR Grade as his limit, making UR Grade equipment didn’t feel like a strain—it felt like pure joy.
Even if you’d reached a tier once, reaching it again was ordinarily difficult, but for Jin-woo it was nothing but pleasure.
Jin-woo looked at the Dragon Essence Stone and Dragon Jade.
“I can use both the Dragon Essence Stone and Dragon Jade together.”
Jin-woo took a deep breath.
He already knew what he wanted to make.
‘Sometimes ideas come from looking at materials.’
Other times they came to him while creating new equipment.
Through this confrontation with the dragon, Jin-woo had come to understand something clearly.
‘When I face a formidable enemy like Shadow Wing, there are times when I need to join the fight myself.’
Jin-woo wasn’t a combat class.
Because of that, leaving the fighting to his familiars was far more efficient.
‘But there are times when it feels right for me to fight directly.’
An understanding of equipment.
And eyes to pierce through an opponent’s weaknesses.
‘And something I want to try.’
Originally he’d planned to make armor for Pur using these Dragon Essence Stone and Dragon Jade.
‘I was thinking of crafting armor for Pur, who’d become a Hero-Rank Undead.’
But that could wait.
‘I’ll make equipment for myself.’
Whoosh—.
He thrust the Dragon Essence Stone into the flames.
Then slowly he began carving the Dragon Jade, shaping it carefully.
Crack—.
Crack—. Crack—.
The Dragon Jade was completely different from any gem he’d worked with before.
‘It vibrates.’
As the Engraving Knife approached, it vibrated on its own and resisted.
Moreover, it possessed its own independent flow of mana.
‘Being a crystallized form of power, it’s quite formidable.’
But Jin-woo had handled many dragon byproducts before this.
“My hands are completely warmed up now.”
This level of resistance was nothing.
Crunch—!
“I welcome it.”
Jin-woo quickly carved the Dragon Jade into shape.
Then he pulled out the heated Dragon Essence Stone.
“You’re the same way.”
The Dragon Essence Stone heated by the flames blazed crimson, yet steadfastly endured the dragon’s fire.
Clang—! Clang—!
Jin-woo immediately began hammering.
……
Jin-woo clicked his tongue. “Tsk.”
‘The hammer.’
Until now, no matter which material he used, the hammer had never been inadequate.
It was partly because Jin-woo wielded it so expertly, but also because this hammer he’d received at the start was incredibly precious.
‘It even endured Orichalcum.’
Now it seemed its limit had come.
‘A master craftsman. This Dark-Colored Forging Hammer created by Hedorotos.’
“If the chance comes, I’d really like to meet him once.”
Even if he was dead, Jin-woo could resurrect him and meet him.
“But if the limit’s come by Dragon Essence Stone, then it’s really had quite a run.”
Jin-woo looked at the hammer.
“Thank you for everything so far.”
It seemed it could go with him through this crafting at least.
‘Thanks for accompanying me through UR Grade.’
Clang—! Clang—!
So now there was no reason to hold back.
If UR Grade was the hammer’s final work, then shouldn’t it receive a performance befitting that finale?
“Let’s go out in flames.”
Clang—! Clang—! Clang—!
Jin-woo began hammering with all his might.
The Dragon Essence Stone resisted fiercely. In an instant, the dragon’s power erupted sharply, trying to push Jin-woo back hard.
But he didn’t budge.
“I already went through this when working with the bone.”
Jin-woo drove forward with even greater force.
Clang—!
Yet he didn’t budge, and the Dragon Essence Stone likewise refused to deform.
‘This is different from the bone.’
Jin-woo slowly drew in his breath.
‘Hammering alone isn’t enough.’
He needed to resonate with the unique power the material possessed.
‘It’s hard to explain in words.’
Essentially, he had to tame the distinctive characteristics each material held.
Clink—. Clang—.
Jin-woo struck with uniform rhythm while channeling his flames.
“Fire Build.”
The soul purified through Deep Refining Technique.
‘I run it through one more time with Soul Sight.’
Up until now, Jin-woo had only been using half of his Necromaster abilities.
But through Deep Refining Technique, he’d come to understand.
‘Necromaster.’
It wasn’t just about utilizing the Maister aspect—he could also harness Necro abilities in crafting.
With the right perspective, there was no limit to how he could apply them.
‘There was no reason to keep them separate.’
Clang—!
In this moment, Jin-woo hammered for the first time as a true Necromaster.
Moving the material’s soul and stirring the fire’s power from within, he poured it in—and the Dragon Essence Stone now yielded to his refinement exactly as he wished.
— Your Dexterity Stat increases!
— Your Focus Stat increases!
— Your Soul Sight proficiency increases!
To the realm even Hephaestus had never reached.
— Your Necromaster job level increases!
— You have learned a skill!
— You have learned Soul Forging! It merges with Hephaestus’s Refining Technique!
Jin-woo had reached it.
At the same time, new equipment was born from his fingertips.
— Equipment created!
— UR+ Grade equipment created!
A step beyond the UR Grade he’d just achieved.
“UR+.”
Equipment of UR+ Grade.

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