The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 137

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Chapter 137
Episode 137.
“You did that……”
“Did I get it wrong?”
“No… it’s not wrong exactly.”
The dwarf elders watching blinked their eyes wide.
“That’s… that’s not the Ice-Flame Refining Technique that Hodrak teaches!”
“He learned it from just one demonstration?”
The dwarf elders gasped in shock when Jin-woo mastered the fundamentals of the Ice-Flame Refining Technique after seeing it just once. The large-framed elder with crossed arms nodded, saying that this was indeed different.
Only Hairun seemed to think this was possible for him.
It was Jin-woo, who had already learned his Deep Refining Technique ferociously.
He’d heard that Hodrak’s Ice-Flame Refining Technique was difficult to master, but for Jin-woo, it wasn’t much of a problem.
Suddenly Hodrak’s expression shifted.
“You’ve got talent. Yes. Good. Let’s move on to the next one then.”
Hairun laughed inadvertently watching him. It felt like he was looking at himself from not long ago.
Hodrak began showing him the essence of the Ice-Flame Refining Technique.
His earlier claim that there wasn’t enough time to teach everything quickly fell apart.
“So the next would be……”
Crash!
Whoooosh—
Crackle, crackle—
Heat and cold.
From the start, Jin-woo had a skill for channeling fire through his hammer. This time, after learning the Deep Refining Technique alongside the Fire Build, he’d already transformed it into a skill.
Cold was not difficult either.
‘I have the Necromaster class effect.’
By nature, a Necromancer was a class infused with dark energy.
‘This suits me perfectly.’
It’s difficult.
But because it suited him so well, Jin-woo learned the Ice-Flame Refining Technique with a smile on his face. Even though it was clearly difficult, the fact that Jin-woo picked it up in an instant left Hodrak bewildered.
He called over one of the dwarf elders and whispered to him.
—Did humanity undergo a revolution while I was dead? Why is the standard so……
—Ah, no… nothing like that happened. Our craftsmanship still excels.
—Then why?
—……
Even the dwarf elder couldn’t explain it. He was seeing Jin-woo’s skill level for the first time himself.
“……Did you? Then let’s move right to the next.”
At first, he’d thought that way.
That he could only teach the basics.
“Aren’t you being too earnest about this?”
“You told me to give my best effort, so that’s what I’m doing.”
Hodrak took a deep breath.
If this was how it was, things changed.
“One hour… this won’t be enough……”
Once that thought hit him, his resolve shifted.
If he could teach everything, he’d have to increase the pace from now on.
And so Hodrak’s sincere transmission of knowledge began.
“The key is balancing the ice and flame. I’ll demonstrate.”
Once he demonstrated, Jin-woo learned it. Normally, this would require a demonstration, an explanation, another demonstration, or corrections as Jin-woo copied the same movements.
“He learns it all from watching once?”
“Hah……”
Only then did the dwarf elders understand.
“We really were being foolish……”
—You have learned the Ice-Flame Refining Technique!
Hodrak’s dwarf refining technique was unlike ordinary refining techniques.
‘They said they all came to learn.’
It was indeed special and profoundly deep.
‘As expected.’
Jin-woo controlled both cold and heat simultaneously through his hammer.
‘This is incredibly difficult.’
He had confidence because he’d done this several times before—controlling opposing forces.
But the process of balancing them was tricky.
‘Still, it’s fun.’
“I’ve taught you everything.”
Hodrak’s form began fading gradually.
“This is a first for me.”
Yet amusingly, he still had time remaining.
“I never thought I’d be able to pass on my Ice-Flame Refining Technique in less than an hour—I’d have said it was impossible even if I’d died and come back to life.”
“Well, you did die and come back to life.”
“Is that why it became possible……”
Hodrak couldn’t respond to Jin-woo’s joke as a joke.
Ice-Flame Refining Technique completed in one hour.
“I was similar.”
“Little Hairun!”
Hodrak smiled seeing Hairun.
“So you achieved what you’ve been honing.”
“Yes. And I’ve also had it all taken from me by Jin-woo.”
“So there’s nothing strange about me?”
Hodrak exhaled with a sigh.
But he recovered quickly.
“I apologize again. It seems my elders have grown quite anxious since I’ve been gone. Perhaps the trauma of being unable to do anything during Iron Helm’s crisis became a burden on their hearts.”
Hodrak said.
“I’m not asking for simple forgiveness.”
Then he clenched his fist, and his enormous muscles rippled.
Whoooosh—
All the power remaining in his body gathered at his fingertips, then shattered into fragments.
“This should be sufficient as an apology, yes?”
Jin-woo knew exactly what those fragments were.
“It is.”
—You have obtained a fragment of Iron Helm Dwarf power!
—A Species Trait has been absorbed.
—Dwarf is added to your Soul Resonance.
—The scorching heat of the earth settles into your body!
Jin-woo received the fragment from Hodrak.
“The great god has already acknowledged it. And I have no choice but to acknowledge it as well. Elders, hear me. And you too, new large-framed one, hear me.”
Hodrak spoke with strength.
“Jin-woo is now a dwarf. Not an honorary dwarf—a true dwarf!”
—Soul Resonance: Dwarf
‘I suppose I can call that a compliment?’
Whoooosh—
Dwarf power settled into Jin-woo’s body.
—Your Stamina stat rises significantly!
—You have gained resilient stamina!
‘Oh.’
In Crafting, the higher the tier, the more dramatically stamina increased.
‘The dwarf Species Trait really is different.’
It was far more directly helpful than other species traits.
“Time’s up.”
Hodrak’s form faded completely.
“Use it well.”
* * *
JinTube.
Users who’d seen the episode on JBS were beginning to flow into JinTube.
“Yum…”
It was exactly as Dongwoo had predicted.
—I came here because I wanted more, and there’s that high-stacked rice bowl.
—This tastes good. Give me more, more!
Users who wanted to see more of Jin-woo’s videos were now coming to JinTube and consuming the Crafting videos as well.
Only two videos had been uploaded so far, yet both had surpassed tens of millions of views.
“By this point, the original episode viewership should have ended.”
Dongwoo was taken aback.
“Why is the momentum like this?”
Thanks to the influx of international users, the JBS channel’s views, which had been riding the wave, now surpassed tens of millions and were aiming for hundreds of millions.
—Dongwoo. Sending you new video content.
In the meantime, new video content arrived.
“Good timing. I need to edit this right away.”
Dongwoo opened the video.
“It’s an SSR+ Grade, right? For the editing I’d been thinking about… huh?”
Suddenly Dongwoo was flustered.
“UR…? What?”
And there were two Crafting videos attached as well.
The very last one.
When he opened the video titled Dragon Stone Chain Sickle Crafting……
“UR+…?”
UR+.
A tier two ranks above SSR+.
“No, wait.”
Dongwoo had been continuously learning about New Gene through SharkNet. Plus he was playing the game himself.
So he knew.
“Isn’t this too fast…?”
Growth doesn’t go on endlessly.
After the rapid Growth Period ends, a long training phase comes.
But Jin-woo’s Growth Period wasn’t ending.
Ding!
Another notification arrived then.
—And this video is for JBS. Please edit it like last time.
Jin-woo had checked the video.
“Whoa… this guy. Dragon hunting. And while hunting, he’s also Crafting…? Wait, is this not the end? He’s going to tackle the Tower next?”
Dongwoo was astonished.
“This is going into part two?”
Jin-woo, who rose as an Underdog in part one.
“If he does this… part two is basically the finale!”
Part two. This would be the deciding blow.
* * *
The newly learned Ice-Flame Refining Technique aligned remarkably well with Jin-woo’s existing refining methods.
‘I want to stretch my hands with this.’
“I’ll be getting a hammer from the Tower, so I need to prepare in advance.”
Jin-woo planned to gather materials beforehand.
‘Time to call back the expeditionary I sent.’
The expeditionary was currently with Artemm.
‘When I sent them to Yur, they brought back Eternal Steel.’
So this time, they’d bring back something even better.
—Yur……
—Artemm……
“Last time we did a quantity-focused sweep.”
This time, he planned to focus on quality.
“Let’s try out Soul Forging with the new refining technique.”
High-quality equipment.
“I already have someone to test this high-quality equipment on.”
Those two miners, that was who.
Providing good equipment to those who supplied him materials?
“Then they’ll mine even better minerals with that good equipment. You could call this a kind of investment.”
It was essentially mutual benefit.
And their reactions were quite satisfying.
‘Not quite as satisfying as the crafting itself.’
But there was still fun in watching their reactions.
Ding!
Less than a minute after contacting them, replies came immediately.
—Yes. Jin-woo. I’ll head over right away!
—Yes. I’m heading over. I’ve already left!
After receiving messages that both miner users had departed.
Jin-woo received a new message.
—Hello, Jin-woo. My name is Tehent. I’m the one who purchased the Obsidian Net that you put up……
Tehent.
The moment Jin-woo saw that name, he smiled.
“That top-ranked hunter. I was wondering when you’d contact me.”
And he was also the buyer of the Obsidian Net.
“Got him.”
Tehent had been caught in the net Jin-woo sold.
—Hello. This is Jin-woo. Let’s meet and talk.

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