The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 158

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Episode 158
Episode 158.
The Auction House.
The World Tree’s Judgment and Orichalcon Greatsword that Jin-woo had posted were happily commanding astronomical Gold prices.
-Eighty million?
-At this rate, every time you list equipment at the Auction House, you’re making a hundred million Gold. Wow. This is seriously insane.
Netflix footage.
And through Jin-tube, the prices were being pumped up like crazy.
-Wasn’t the Auction House originally divided by nation?
-Right. It is divided by nation. But it looks like overseas users are coming to this Auction House now.
-Are they coming to buy this stuff??
-Seems like it. Nice. The national pride is insane.
Overseas users had seen the equipment Jin-woo made through the Netflix footage.
-Were only Asian users using equipment like this?
-I’ve lost half my life.
-Where can I buy it?
-The Auction House? Going to the Asian Auction House.
And so they arrived at the Asian Auction House.
“Sigh.”
“It’s way too expensive……?”
Of course, faced with such overwhelming prices, they couldn’t help but tremble.
“Eighty million Gold…….”
“I absolutely can’t afford it.”
But there were wealthy users overseas too.
“I must buy this.”
“I’ll spend a hundred million Gold if I have to!”
A hundred million Gold was an astronomical sum.
Yet they still wanted to buy.
It wasn’t just about the functionality.
Showing off wealth.
And style.
The equipment Jin-woo made wasn’t focused solely on function. They had considerable aesthetic appeal as well. In particular, this Orichalcon Greatsword had excellent design finality from the Orichalcum itself.
“I can complete my look with this Orichalcon Greatsword!”
With aesthetics-obsessed people diving into the auction like that, the prices could only be pumped higher.
-Wow.
Ding-! Ding-!
Continuously updating prices.
-Jin-woo, the highest bid at the Auction House has already been beaten. At this rate, it’ll break the record even if it sells right now.
-Thanks to Jin-woo, the Auction House has come completely alive.
Since Jin-woo started using the Auction House.
The Auction House had become completely major as a marketplace.
People flocked in, and crafters began to flock as well. Equipment that originally could only be purchased through personal trading or inter-guild trades began appearing one by one at the Auction House.
-Ahhhhh.
-Thanks to him, I was able to purchase equipment well at the Auction House!
-Jin-woo! Jin-woo! Jin-woo!
As people were going wild.
Jin-woo himself was looking around the Auction House.
“Oh. So there’s both a Korean Auction House and an overseas one?”
Jin-woo also hadn’t known the Auction House was divided.
“Three of them.”
Currently there were three Auction Houses: the Asian Auction House, the American Auction House, and the European Union Auction House.
So far, all the equipment Jin-woo had posted had been registered at the Asian Auction House.
“I’ve already swept the Hall of Fame rankings at the Asian Auction House anyway.”
Jin-woo quickly turned his attention to the other Auction Houses.
“So this time.”
Jin-woo rubbed his chin.
“Should I post it to the European Union one instead of the Asian Auction House?”
The Auction House displayed the number of users utilizing each one, and the Asian Auction House had the lowest number.
“It’s grown a bit recently, it seems.”
Of course, it was thanks to Jin-woo.
“The European Union is next, so let’s work our way up one by one.”
Jin-woo immediately entered the European Union Auction House.
-This is the European Union Auction House.
The New Gene naturally supported a real-time translation system, so there were no difficulties.
“Starting bid at one Gold.”
-Item has been registered!
“Let’s see how well it sells.”
Jin-woo immediately registered the Judgment Tentacle Whip he’d prepared.
* * *
Ding-!
The European Union Auction House had far more users than the Asian Auction House.
In terms of competition, there were countless crafters operating around this Auction House to a degree that wasn’t even comparable.
-<>
-1. Essel [499 points]
Currently, the first place holder was someone named Essel.
The score was a staggering 499 points.
“I heard he sold over five hundred million Gold at the Auction House.”
“Looks like no one can break that record no matter who comes.”
“Couldn’t Starlight or Inclassic do it?”
“I think Pendant could too.”
“Those three people will absolutely never use the Auction House. It won’t be broken.”
At that European Union Auction House, a new piece of equipment was registered.
There was so much quality equipment, and equipment from named crafters in the community, that at first it seemed like the new item would be buried.
Until someone discovered it.
“Huh?”
“……Jin-woo!?”
“Could it be that Jin-woo?”
Jin-woo’s equipment.
But that equipment was peculiar.
“Judgment Tentacle…… Whip?”
It was quite a unique piece of equipment.
“That’s him. It’s that Jin-woo!”
While duplicate nicknames were possible in this game, you could be certain of this.
This was that Jin-woo.
Among countless Jins-woos, only that Jin-woo could add a Necromancer option to UR Grade equipment.
“Why did he suddenly come here?”
“Could it be… he came to take over this place too?”
Nobody knew why Jin-woo had posted equipment at the European Union Auction House.
But one thing was certain.
“You gotta buy it before anyone else knows!”
Ding-! Ding-! Ding-!
The update sound ringing out like mad.
The auction war had begun.
At first, those who wanted to use Jin-woo’s equipment participated in the auction, but as it progressed, people with different motives joined in.
“A whip……!”
“And a whip made by Jin-woo at that!”
They all had an obvious reason for wanting to buy the equipment.
“……It’s for hunting.”
“I’m a hunter after all!”
Of course, that was their excuse. Nobody knew what kind of hunter, though.
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Netflix.
The time when rankings were updated by combining view counts was precisely 1 AM.
When 1 AM came, rankings were determined by adding the previous day’s view count and various other factors.
It wasn’t just about raw view count—it was more about how much the video was actually consumed.
The time viewers watched.
Whether they only watched the beginning.
Whether they only watched up to the middle.
Or whether they watched all the way through and watched again.
Numerous internal factors combined to create the Netflix rankings.
Tick-tick-.
The editing rooms of each broadcaster were filled with producers with wide-awake eyes and their teams waiting on standby.
1 AM.
The scorecard for this head-to-head competition was about to come out.
[00:59]
One minute before.
As everyone tensed, it became 1 AM and the Netflix rankings updated.
All three broadcasters checked the updated rankings simultaneously.
[South Korea Rank 1]
1. JBS [Soul Smith, Jin-woo]
2. KBC [Slayer, Conquering Legend]
3. …….
[Worldwide Ranking]
1. …….
2. …….
3. JBS [Soul Smith, Jin-woo]
…….
11. KBC [Slayer, Conquering Legend]
First place in South Korea.
And third place worldwide.
Meanwhile, KBC was second in South Korea but eleventh worldwide.
“We did it. We did it.”
“We did it–!”
The first day’s results were an overwhelming victory for JBS.
The JBS editing room erupted in cheers.
“We did it, Director Han! We pulled it off-!”
In the end, they’d proven it.
Everyone had said it wouldn’t work.
But they’d pressed forward steadily, and this was the result.
“Phew.”
Director Han In-gu looked up at the ceiling and closed his eyes. His breath came out naturally. The tension that had been filling his entire body drained away all at once.
They’d done it.
First place. They’d nailed it.
“The bonuses will be huge. Everyone’s got stuff in their shopping carts, right? Buy it all.”
“Ahhhhhhh!”
“I’m getting that Switch2? Getting a PlayStation too?”
Director Han In-gu immediately pulled out his phone with instructions to buy everything they wanted.
-Jin-woo. We’ve achieved first place.
Jin-woo was at the center of all this glory.
-Next is.
“Korea’s too small.”
Worldwide first place.
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“Icehelz. He was a smith who served the Spirit and Abyss Ruler.”
On the way to Fragment 9.5 City.
Rek explained about Icehelz, the apostate smith.
-The Spirit and Abyss Ruler says that Icehelz is an excellent smith!
Icehelz appeared to be a smith even the Spirit and Abyss Ruler knew of.
“Why did he turn traitor?”
“For the reason I mentioned at first. He wanted to possess a physical body.”
“A physical body.”
Jin-woo actually didn’t quite understand that.
“From what I heard, it was to make better equipment.”
‘That much I can understand.’
But in what way could a new physical body be provided?
“We don’t know much about that either.”
‘I’ll need to meet Icehelz to understand more.’
The phantom smith, Icehelz.
It seemed there would be a lot he could learn once he met him.
“Here!”
Through a branching path from Fragment 3 City, Jin-woo’s party entered Fragment 4.5 City.
-Entering Fragment 4.5 City!
Before entering, Jin-woo had made a request.
To take the dangerous path like before.
Rek carried out that instruction faithfully.
“Howl! Howl! Howl!”
Pitch-black monsters were chasing after them like mad.
Not just one.
Easily dozens.
And there was a monster in front that appeared to be a leader—its size was as large as a building.
“Shadow Hounds!”
Shadow Hounds.
Dozens of Shadow Hounds with corrupted spirits came charging like mad.
“So you lot are transparent too.”
Jin-woo, who had been running, came to an abrupt halt.
Then he spread both arms wide.
In that instant, the charging hounds vanished in a blink.
“They’re in the shadows!”
Before Rek could even cry out, Jin-woo had already turned around.
“If it’s a numbers game, I’m confident too.”
Whoooosh-.
The chill of the Underworld and flames erupted simultaneously. At first, he deliberately didn’t summon his familiars because he needed direct experience.
But now it was different.
‘I’ve grasped the basics well enough.’
If that was the case, there was no need to fight directly.
“Come forth.”
First and Pur materialized from Jin-woo’s darkness.
Whoooosh-!
Jin-woo instantly unfurled the spirits he had on hand and coated them.
“One strike.”
The two summoned familiars swung their weapons simultaneously.
Thunder Shatter
Hammer of Wrath
The war hammer shattered the ground and the hammer of wrath obliterated the surroundings.
Boom-booom-booom-!
“……Wow…….”
Rek’s jaw dropped at this overwhelming spectacle.
The Shadow Hounds vanished in a single strike.
All that remained were drifting spirits and bones.
“This.place.air.very.good.”
“A new home? Master! I approve!”
-Shadow Soul [SR]
-Shadow Hound Bone [SSR]
-Shadow Hound Claw [SSR]
“I just came here to clear a quest.”
Jin-woo carefully collected the byproducts from the Shadow Hounds.
“Hmm.”
Bones and claws.
And spirits.
Jin-woo chuckled. Just imagining how to work with these transparent materials brought him joy.
‘These are completely new materials after all.’
As Jin-woo examined the materials, his eyebrow twitched.
“These have a cold property?”
Jin-woo immediately summoned his forge to investigate.
Clang-!
“Just as I thought.”
All the materials from this place had a cold property.
“The Underworld Steel had that grating feeling too. So that’s why?”
That grating feeling he’d sensed back then seemed to be from the cold property.
“Materials infused with cold are tricky to work with.”
But difficult as they were, the applications were quite extensive.
A good idea came to Jin-woo’s mind.
‘To meet Icehelz quickly, I’ll make the necessary equipment.’
To reach Fragment 9 City, he needed to move even faster than before.
Even if they were going through the most dangerous places, there was no need to move slowly. They could just hunt everything down as they moved quickly.
‘With Shadow Hound Claws and bones. I can make something with those two materials.’
There was equipment he could create using these two materials imbued with cold.
Jin-woo spun his hammer in circles.
Then he lightly brought the bones down with the hammer.
Clang-!
“Rek. And spirits.”
Jin-woo looked at Rek and the spirits.
“Do you like skiing?”

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