The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 164

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Episode 164
164.
“Are you the King of the Dead?”
Jin-woo did not answer his question.
The New God of the Underworld, the King of the Dead.
‘It doesn’t say “King of the Dead” explicitly.’
Jin-woo could sense it instinctively.
‘Though it could be something else.’
But the fact that the New God was watching him at this particular moment surely meant something was connected.
-The New God is curious about you.
-The New God awaits you.
With the new messages that appeared, Jin-woo became certain.
“Right then.”
Jin-woo smiled faintly.
“I’ll be there soon.”
* * *
Elven City.
“Wow.”
Mirae was marveling.
It was admiration for the skill of Unit 2, Jin-woo’s familiar.
“You’re improving every day, Unit 2.”
Jin-woo’s familiars were fundamentally connected to him.
Because of that, when Jin-woo grew stronger, they received influence to a certain degree.
Even without feeding them souls to accelerate their growth, they had a basic mechanism for development.
Thanks to this, Unit 2 was able to learn Mirae’s Fabric Crafting with relative ease.
“While I can’t quite reach the Flawless Seamstress Art, I think I’ve learned enough about fabric creation that I don’t need further instruction.”
Unit 2 smiled slightly.
“Thank you, Mirae.”
Unit 2 prepared to return.
His rival, the ascetic, had likely grown just as much as he had.
He wouldn’t be able to defeat him with Fabric Crafting alone.
But he too had learned advanced techniques.
Whoosh—
As Unit 2 walked back, the plants that had been damaged were being restored to life.
It was the power of Life Infusion, a derivative technique he’d learned from Fabric Crafting.
This Life Infusion had become Unit 2’s advanced skill.
“I’ve learned Fabric Crafting and the advanced technique well. Thank you, Mirae.”
Unit 2, now equipped with competitive abilities, set off to return to Jin-woo.
* * *
The moment the video appeared on Netflix, it began uploading to JinTube as well.
Dragon hunting footage and videos of crafting byproducts began uploading to JinTube, still hot with the Angry Orichalcum Crafting video.
-Wow. What is this.
-The composition is different here too??
A different angle.
And Netflix didn’t have access to this additional footage.
The traffic started flooding in like crazy.
-So that’s how he does the Hammering?
-Wow, he makes the skeletal framework from those bones?
-I’ve never seen a Necromancer like this before.
Everyone gasped at the unconventional, groundbreaking crafting.
-A Necromancer who makes the skeleton directly and then infuses a soul into it.
-It’s a truly well-made Necromancer, crafted from start to finish.
New Gene Necromancers basically worked by resurrecting corpses and granting power accordingly.
Of course there were variations, but there was absolutely no one like Jin-woo who crafted everything from scratch and then equipped them with his own custom gear.
-He’s already unique in the blacksmith field.
-And now unique in the Necromancer job too. The synergy between the two jobs is insane.
-This has to be a Unique Job, right?
-Necromancer plus blacksmith. It doesn’t seem like two separate jobs, but one combined.
People speculated that Jin-woo might possess a Unique Job.
-Seems like his main job of blacksmith is combined with Necromancer.
-But he processes bones directly to create familiars, so it’s very different from a typical Necromancer.
-Watching him make a dragon from bone was insane. I’m changing jobs starting today.
-You’ll regret that. It only looks easy because Jin-woo is doing it.
-Actually it doesn’t even look easy;;.
Various theories emerged, but since no official statement came from Jin-woo himself, speculation ran wild. Many thought that at his skill level, it might be possible even without a Unique Job.
Watching those comments, Dongwoo drained his coffee.
“My brother said not to mention things that don’t need mentioning. It’s much better to keep the Unique Job hidden. The moment you make it official, the value disappears.”
Dongwoo strictly adhered to his brother’s words.
Ding—!
The moment he finished uploading the video, another one arrived from his brother.
-Sending you a fun crafting video. Thanks for all your hard work.
“At least he appreciates the hard work.”
In reality, the truly hard work was being done by his brother, not him.
“Doesn’t this guy feel any pressure at all?”
Right now Jin-woo was becoming a nationwide sensation through Netflix.
“All eyes are focused here.”
If it were him, his heart might have already burst.
But Jin-woo was exactly the same as before.
“No wonder he came from Eternal Sunshine’s number one ranking.”
Dongwoo smiled faintly.
He felt that their brother truly was different.
“Hmm. This is a video crafting with Frost-Imbued Material?”
Since it was a material he’d never seen before, he searched for it first.
-Frost-Imbued Material.
There were quite a few videos on MiTube about materials imbued with cold properties.
“Wow.”
After checking those videos, Dongwoo shook his head slowly.
-Frost materials in particular, extremely difficult to handle.
-Fire attribute equipment seems way better than this.
-Orichalcum VS Frost Materials
-Both are terrible. Do we really have to choose?
“Did my brother decide to go in this direction?”
Frost-Imbued Materials were also quite tricky to work with.
Orichalcum, then Angry Orichalcum, and now Frost-Imbued Materials.
He was deliberately choosing only difficult materials to craft.
“Well, this is amazing content anyway. I don’t even need to write a scenario. My brother’s doing everything for me.”
That also meant he could trust the editing completely.
“Hmm.”
Dongwoo focused on his research.
“Orichalcum-tier… or rather, the difficulty changes depending on how much frost is imbued.”
Frost-Imbued Materials came in various difficulty levels.
They were basically Orichalcum-tier, but depending on what kind of Frost-Imbued Material it was, it could be either far more difficult than Orichalcum or easier.
“I need a concrete subject for comparison.”
While searching, he found a video from a fairly famous overseas crafting YouTuber on MiTube.
-I attempted to make equipment from Hundred Year Frost.
“A frost material?”
The YouTuber in the video used quite flashy editing alongside the crafting.
“Hundred Year Frost. This looks about as difficult as Angry Orichalcum.”
Crack—. Crack—.
The video was about ten minutes long.
“Hmm.”
After finishing the video, Dongwoo’s expression was subtle.
“Compared to my brother…”
This was clearly a failure.
But the comments were all praise.
“This is a failure though…”
He found it quite strange that everyone was praising it.
“Does this level really count as a success?”
It proved just how difficult Frost-Imbued Materials were to handle.
“Hundred Year Frost… wait. Hold on.”
Dongwoo quickly checked the material in the video his brother had sent.
“Ten-Thousand Year Frost Light…”
You could tell just from the name.
“There’s no comparison…?”
This was decided.
“Title’s locked in! This is crazy. This will easily hit a million views, maybe even ten million!”
* * *
After completing his proficiency with Maximized Smelting, Jin-woo sought out Aicelds again.
“Aicelds.”
Jin-woo asked Aicelds about the New God and its Successor.
“Are you thinking of going to meet them?”
“I’m thinking of doing what needs to be done.”
What needs to be done.
‘In several different ways.’
Jin-woo’s ultimate goal was to reclaim the Underworld.
Aicelds, who had somehow ended up caught in the middle between the Old God and the New God, let out a sigh.
By teaching Jin-woo Maximized Smelting, they had become master and disciple.
Because of that, it was only right to help Jin-woo fully, but there was something holding them back.
“I was impressed by you, Jin-woo. However…”
Aicelds sighed quietly.
“I’m afraid I cannot tell you due to a contract I made.”
“A contract?”
Aicelds explained the contract made with the New God.
“I was promised a new body. I was promised that my Maximized Smelting would be elevated further and that it would be preserved eternally.”
Aicelds spoke of the things they desired as conditions for serving the New God.
“The New God’s Successor said it was possible.”
“In other words.”
Jin-woo spoke.
“You wanted a new body and to create disciples? And the New God’s Successor accepted those terms.”
“That is correct.”
“Then listen.”
Jin-woo said.
“What if I could do that for you?”
“…What?”
“A new body. I’ll give you one.”
“…!”
Jin-woo had already been thinking about this from the moment they mentioned wanting a new body.
‘I can do it too.’
As a Necromaster, Jin-woo could create a skeleton.
‘If they want, I can create bodies for them anytime.’
These beings were made of soul.
If he provided them with a skeletal framework, that would indeed be a new body, wouldn’t it?
“W-what are you saying?”
Jin-woo reached out his hand.
Whoosh—
“First. Pur.”
Then First and Pur were summoned from his dark aura.
“Like this.”
“!”
A Necromaster.
Could he have crafted these familiars’ skeletons directly?
Only then could Aicelds truly understand Jin-woo’s meaning.
And at the same time.
“A new body…”
They began to waver.
The New God’s Successor had promised to create a body for them.
But they never promised when it would happen.
They had only said they would someday.
“What do you say?”
Jin-woo spoke. It was an irrefutable offer.
“I can make one right now.”
“!”
Aicelds’ body trembled.
“I will…”
And then they spoke.
“I will join you.”
Further refusal was impossible.
“Shall I guide you there right away?”
The preparations were already in place. They could head to Fragment City anytime.
“No.”
Jin-woo shook his head.
“I already told you.”
Then he spun his Hammer. He was different from the New God.
Different from this mere Successor of words.
“A new body. I’ll create it for you right now.”

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