The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 146

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Chapter 146
Episode 146.
Clang! Clang!
Jin-woo was wielding the Anger Orichalcum with perfect control.
“That’s definitely the right material, isn’t it?”
Dongwoo reviewed the video his brother had sent again.
“He even left a comment.”
The Anger Orichalcum was an extraordinary material.
-The material adapts to hammering.
In the information about the Anger Orichalcum that came from his brother, it was written exactly that way.
Material that adapts.
That meant it went beyond being difficult to handle—it meant you had to fight the material itself.
“No, wait. How can it adapt? He’s just hitting it one-sidedly, and the Anger Orichalcum is…?”
But his brother was handling the Anger Orichalcum with ease.
“If this looks easy…”
It meant his brother’s skill had grown.
Dongwoo examined it carefully, rewinding the video and watching how his brother worked frame by frame.
Click.
He hit the spacebar and paused.
“Wow, this is…”
He found himself cursing without thinking.
“He’s changing his hammer strike as it adapts?”
The force of the downward blow.
The angle.
And even the skill embedded in the hammer.
“Every single swing… as it adapts, he adjusts his hammer technique to match…”
Detail.
It was terrifyingly fine detail.
“If you don’t know this, there’s no way you could figure it out.”
Whether you understood it or not, it looked impressive—and if you did understand, it was even more so.
No, it was past impressive. It was fearsome.
Dongwoo went back to watching the video.
Clang! Clang!
Jin-woo started hammering.
“How much have you upgraded your specs, brother?”
The spec upgrades were one thing, but his brother’s skill itself seemed to have grown in the meantime.
“As I gather more information, I can see it now. Your brother and all the other blacksmiths on MiTube are just… completely different.”
Dongwoo understood the overwhelming gap.
No other creator on MiTube could match his brother.
They simply couldn’t keep up with his skill.
This wasn’t a case of family bias clouding his judgment. Dongwoo was determined to grow JinTube, so he was watching as objectively as possible.
Yet the difference was still there.
A very large difference.
“Or maybe… his skill hasn’t grown.”
He was recovering his original ability?
New Gene and Eternal Sunshine had fundamentally different synchronization rates with the body.
If his brother, who had been uniquely skilled even in the fragmented Eternal Sunshine, was slowly adapting to New Gene…
“His synchronization rate is climbing beyond 80 percent, isn’t it?”
Gulp.
Dongwoo swallowed.
His brother’s crafting videos were something you watched while holding your breath—unlike other crafting content.
“There’s something that draws the eye.”
An element that was missing from other crafting videos was present in his brother’s.
“I have to bring that out.”
Highlighting that element was Dongwoo’s job as an editor.
“Phew…”
Since becoming a JinTube editor, his sleeping hours had dropped dramatically. He’d quit all his tutoring jobs.
“My body is exhausted.”
But it was fun.
Dongwoo spent that entire night editing.
He finished a total of three videos that way.
“The Dragon-Stone Chain Sickle crafting video, the Anger Orichalcum video, and the footage from clearing the Tower of Sulfur and the Furnace for the first time.”
Each video had considerable impact.
“I need to schedule them for upload in order.”
The Anger Orichalcum video would naturally be uploaded first.
“Grab attention with this one,”
and then the Dragon-Stone Chain Sickle video would properly establish Jin-woo’s skill. That was Dongwoo’s goal.
“We’re at 400,000 subscribers now.”
JinTube had surpassed the 400,000-subscriber mark.
The original Orichalcon Greatsword crafting video had already surpassed 30 million views.
“They said JBS Channel is moving to shorts-focused content now.”
Unlike before, Jin-woo’s full-length videos wouldn’t be going up on JBS Channel anymore.
“Long-form videos are going to Netflix.”
So practically speaking, JinTube was now the only place to watch Jin-woo’s full videos.
“If I can pull in the subscribers that came through JBS…”
I can hit one million subscribers right away.
“Let’s race to 100 million.”
He wanted to earn the Gold button and send it to his brother right away.
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Ding! Ding!
Subscribers who’d set notifications for JinTube quickly headed to the channel with the new video alert.
-New video’s up.
-The upload frequency is faster than I expected?
-Really looking forward to the new video!
The new video was titled “Crafting the Anger Orichalcum.”
-Looks like he’s really pushing this one.
-But… Anger Orichalcum?
-Isn’t that the insanely cost-effective material? The cheapest UR Grade material out there, and the reason is supposedly because it’s so hard to work with?
This material was famous even among players who weren’t crafters.
-I took this to a blacksmith I was close to, and I got ghosted that very day.
-I got turned away too.
-We were close friends, but… he dropped the flag on me. Wanted to PvP.
Many combat-oriented players had brought the Anger Orichalcum to blacksmiths based on nothing but the name and grade.
They’d all ended up on the receiving end of a blacksmith’s wrath.
-That’s why I thought it was called Anger Orichalcum. Because it makes people angry when you bring it to them.
-Can you actually make equipment from this?
-I’ve never seen it done in practice.
For this reason, most players had scarcely ever seen equipment made from Anger Orichalcum.
Subscribers rushed to watch the video.
In the video, Jin-woo was standing in front of the Anger Orichalcum.
-This is different from the last video.
-Even the hammer is different.
-You upgraded your specs that much in just a short time?
-Damn. That growth rate is insane.
-But it’s still going to be hard, right? With Anger Orichalcum.
Everyone thought it would be difficult for Jin-woo to handle the notoriously difficult Anger Orichalcum.
-He’ll probably succeed though.
-But it probably won’t be overwhelmingly good.
Of course, since Jin-woo had demonstrated his abilities, most people thought he’d be able to handle Anger Orichalcum.
But they all judged it wouldn’t be as overwhelming as his previous work.
-Isn’t that impressive enough though?
-Being able to work with it at all makes it content-worthy material.
So everyone watched with mixed feelings.
And then the impact hit.
Clang!
-????
-?? What is this??
-Why didn’t it break with that much force?
Anger Orichalcum would shatter easily if you applied the wrong force.
In the video, Jin-woo struck the Anger Orichalcum quite forcefully.
Yet it didn’t break.
Instead, it deformed perfectly.
-Is that really Anger Orichalcum??
-I just broke it… with way less force…
-He’s like a lamb before Jin-woo?
Everyone was astounded even as they were bewildered by Jin-woo’s skill.
-That’s art.
-This guy turns hammer strikes into art.
-Hammer Artist;;;
Foreign players chimed in too.
They marveled at Jin-woo’s hammer technique and gave him the nickname “Hammer Artist.”
The view count skyrocketed, and subscriber count began climbing alongside it.
550,000.
600,000.
……
750,000.
At this rate, one million was just around the corner.
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[Anger Orichalcum War Hammer]
-Attack Power: 17,800
-Grade: UR+
-Durability: 200,000 / 200,000
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* Unique Skill [Anger’s Hammer Strike: Delivers a devastating blow! Imbued with the power of Anger Orichalcum, dealing massive damage!]
* Unique Option [Orichalcum’s Light: Resonates mana to prevent durability loss.]
* Unique Option [Extreme Attack Power: Attack power increases by 750.]
* Unique Option [Spell Enchantment – Arcshak LV3: Attack power increases by 650.]
* Unique Option [Life Drain: Absorb 14% of damage dealt as life force!]
* Unique Option [Shadow Cut: Increases attack power by 9%.]
* Unique Option [Ambush: Imbued with the power of the Necro Maister, the first attack is guaranteed to be a Fatal Blow.]
* Unique Option [Soul Forging: Draws out the power of souls. Critical hit chance increases by 30%!]
The Anger Orichalcum War Hammer.
Jin-woo immediately handed the finished hammer to Pur.
“This is…!”
In that instant, Pur’s reaction was one of overwhelming gratitude. He went down on both knees to receive the hammer.
‘He must have learned that from watching an attendant.’
But he was still far from matching the original.
“Try the Anger’s Hammer Strike.”
Unique Skill: Anger’s Hammer Strike.
Just as First had done, Pur too swung the hammer toward the ground.
Crash.
A vivid crimson aura flowed from the entire head of the Orichalcum hammer.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom!
The ground then caved in with a force comparable to the Thunder Shatter.
“Hmm.”
‘If I follow Thunder Shatter with Anger’s Hammer Strike as a combo, I’m demolishing half of whatever’s there to start.’
This one-two punch might even end things outright.
“A vanguard needs destructive power on this level.”
Jin-woo was quite satisfied.
‘The remaining materials have no immediate use right now.’
“The Harmonia Smelting Technique is quite solid.”
But it still needed more practice.
‘It’s a harmonizing smelting technique that makes things flow, so there are endless possibilities.’
Jin-woo planned to continue exploring that potential with the remaining UR materials.
‘For now,’
he set aside the [???] Grade material and headed back to Iron Helm.
Iron Helm.
Iron Helm was still in the thick of festival atmosphere. Having weathered a major crisis that could have destroyed the city, they had earned days of food and drink.
In the midst of the festival, Jin-woo quickly found Hairun.
“Thank you so much, Hairun! I learned a great deal.”
“Not at all. We’re the ones who should be grateful! Come visit anytime. I’ll have your statue installed right away, so you must come see it!”
Hairun greeted Jin-woo warmly with a smile.
Jin-woo then sought out Big Hammer.
Big Hammer welcomed Jin-woo gladly.
“This is honestly embarrassing. Our elders keep wanting to apologize again and again, but I’ve been stopping them.”
He’d judged that it might actually become a hindrance to Jin-woo. Jin-woo nodded with a smile.
“It’s fine. More importantly,”
Jin-woo spoke about the temple.
“I found a temple in the Barren Lands End. A temple dedicated to the Great Dwarf God.”
“!”
Big Hammer’s expression shifted to one of shock.
“I thought it had disappeared, but it was there! Thank you. Really, thank you. I’ll inform the Eastern dwarves right away!”
Big Hammer’s joy was evident as he pulled something out.
“This is a Gratitude Token. Just as you helped us, we will help you should the need arise. Not just me, but all of Iron Helm.”
-You have received the Gratitude Token of Iron Helm.
-You may borrow the power of the dwarves of Iron Helm!
‘To be able to borrow the power of all of Iron Helm.’
This was a more valuable reward than he’d expected.
‘Dwarves are truly different from elves.’
What he’d done in the Elven City wasn’t all that different from what he’d done here.
‘Of course, the Elven City will help me if I need them too.’
“Thank you.”
Jin-woo carefully accepted the Gratitude Token.
‘Now, for Lukession.’
He was ready to leave the Underground.
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Auction House.
-I keep rewatching the JinTube video and I really want to try that Orichalcon Greatsword. The design is great too, but making a greatsword that well is no joke.
-I think he won’t be selling those kinds of items. He must use them himself.
-In the tower-clearing video, one of his familiars was holding it?
-Then it won’t show up for sale.
But contrary to everyone’s expectations, new items were registered.
Ding!
-New items have been registered!
The alert sounded at that moment.
-Huh?
-It’s the Orichalcon Greatsword…
-Wait, these are going up for auction?
-And that’s not all either.
-Holy crap, the World Tree’s Judgment is up too.
-That’s the equipment his familiars were using!
The Orichalcon Greatsword. And the World Tree’s Judgment as well.
As the equipment of both familiars from the video went up, people began bidding frantically.
-Wow.
-Finally putting up SSR+ items!
-Didn’t you already make UR Grade items??
-Doesn’t seem like it yet.
-I saw on SharkNet that Fritzs and Mister Left said UR Grade is difficult to make.
-?? You guys haven’t seen JinTube? It’s already proven. He makes UR Grade items.
-????
-What are you talking about???
-He’s already making UR??
Users who had been satisfied with the two SSR+ items were now actually bewildered.
-If you’re Korean, please subscribe to JinTube. I don’t know why you’re not doing it already.
People hurriedly headed to JinTube.
-For real though.
-It’s not UR? It’s UR+ though?
It wasn’t even just UR.
UR+.
Two tiers higher.
There was someone reeling from this situation.
MiTuber, Fritzs.
“This can’t be possible. How is he doing this?”
They weren’t shocked because Jin-woo crafted well.
They already knew he could craft well.
The issue was.
“The speed is unreal.”
Jin-woo was advancing at an overwhelming pace.