The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 167

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Episode 167
Episode 167.
“What? The European Union Auction House?”
Asian Auction House users also confirmed Jin-woo’s equipment that had been listed on the European Union Auction House.
-The Tentacle Whip is insane.
-But there’s no crafting video for the Tentacle Whip on JinTube.
-Won’t it be uploaded soon?
Now the equipment Jin-woo made was at minimum UR Grade.
JinTube.
Auction House users migrated directly to JinTube.
It seemed they wanted to review old videos before the new one came out.
-Wow, but I’ve never seen comments like this on a MiTube channel before.
-Every channel has people cursing, that’s just how it is.
-But here the praise is burying any criticism.
It was a truly bizarre situation.
-The editor is really a genius.
-If the editor were truly that genius, they’d have noticed this and sped up the upload pace.
-But looking at the quality, it seems hard to pump out videos in bulk.
-The quality is really high. I’m curious who the editor is.
Dongwoo’s videos were receiving considerable praise not only for the content but also for the editing quality.
-That makes sense. Probably take another week.
Among various opinions.
User SaveTheDog was grinning widely with materials he’d obtained from clearing a dungeon.
“Hmm. I did get a Cold Material, but how am I supposed to use this? The difficulty is way too high for this.”
The grade was SSR, no less.
But the material was the problem.
“It’s only SSR in grade, but if it’s a Cold Material, I should consider it beyond that grade.”
Other materials at SSR grade were easy to handle, but Cold Materials weren’t easy to work with even at the same grade.
“Hmm.”
It was better to just sell it rather than risk ruining it while handling the material carelessly.
But he was also a Crafter User.
“It’s a shame to just sell it.”
Because of that, for good materials like these, the desire to craft them himself and sell the finished product was much stronger than simply selling them.
Moreover, there was no point in just avoiding this Cold Material.
“To grow further at this point, I have to work with difficult materials.”
After all, one couldn’t keep crafting only with easy materials forever.
“I heard that if you accomplish something you haven’t been able to do before, your job can grow too.”
The New Gene contained numerous growth systems.
“Since it’s different for each person, even doing the same thing doesn’t necessarily lead to the same growth.”
SaveTheDog opened MiTube first.
-How to Handle Cold Materials
MiTube had countless crafters.
“I think I’ve seen a few of these.”
He couldn’t remember if they succeeded, but he did remember seeing roughly how to handle them.
“Huh?”
That’s when SaveTheDog saw the latest video.
“…JinTube?”
It was a video uploaded to JinTube.
-Eternal Snowlight Crafting Log
“If it’s Eternal Snowlight, then maybe…”
He could tell just from the title.
This was definitely a Cold Material.
He immediately clicked on the video.
And then.
“Wow… This, what is this? Wait, that’s a Cold Material. And it’s beyond UR Grade!”
Along with SaveTheDog’s astonishment, the SharkNet community was also in shock at the new video uploaded to JinTube.
-I had my doubts, but he really did upload it?
-Crazy.
-Were you watching?
-Were you watching??
-But wait, what’s the title??
So far Jin-woo had crafted various pieces of equipment.
-Could it be…
[Eternal Snowlight Crafting Log]
As you could tell just from the name, this was a Cold Material.
-Eternal Snowlight??
-Could this actually be a Cold Material?
The chilling aura you could sense from the name Eternal Snowlight.
Users immediately checked the video.
-Wow.
-It’s a Cold Material.
-But the grade…
Cold Materials were considerably harder to work with than other materials of the same grade.
Yet Jin-woo was now handling a UR+ Rank material.
-Wait, weren’t the materials and equipment he made before UR+?
-If that’s the case, working with Cold Materials should be impossible.
-Is this the first time?
-It seems to be the first among what’s been uploaded to MiTube.
-Guys, did you see this?? Click on [3:52] on the timeline.
All the comment users clicked on the 3:52 mark on the playback bar.
-Wow.
-This guy’s insane, seriously.
Jin-woo in the video was handling the Cold Material far too easily.
-This is what I really want to ask.
A commenter who saw that scene asked.
-How the heck did he do that??
Ding-. Ding-.
The like count on that comment quietly began to climb.
* * *
Whoooosh-.
The Extreme Glacier Skeleton that Jin-woo had made was gradually seeping into Ice Elz.
The gap that had existed between soul and skeleton filled instantaneously, and Ice Elz began to even wonder if perhaps he had always had a physical body of his own.
“Truly. Truly remarkable, Jin-woo.”
Ice Elz immediately used the Maximized Refinement Technique.
Clang-!
Whoooosh-.
“This is it. Exactly this.”
Clang-! Clang-!
It was in a completely different dimension from the Maximized Refinement Technique he’d been using all this time.
“This is a physical body…”
In this moment, he could clearly see why he had abandoned serving the Master of Soul and Abyss, whom he had served for so long, and sought a new god.
“My judgment was correct.”
With only soul, the Maximized Refinement Technique had been difficult to strengthen.
In other words, he’d been wearing a weighted vest and constantly jumping.
‘Of course, wearing the weighted vest does have training effects.’
But a fundamental limitation was difficult to break through.
Now, with this new physical body, he had broken through that very limitation.
“I’m truly grateful. And I must apologize. To my former god.”
-The Master of Soul and Abyss sees his former loyal servant and sheds tears.
Ice Elz had served the Master of Soul and Abyss for a long time.
Surely his own heart wasn’t at ease with this defection either.
“Why didn’t you just give him a body earlier? Look how happy he is.”
-The Master of Soul and Abyss has nothing to say.
-The Master of Soul and Abyss extends his hand once more to his former loyal servant. He asks him to return and walk together again!
“The Master of Soul and Abyss is asking you to return once more.”
When Jin-woo relayed the message, Ice Elz lowered his head slightly.
Then, with a resolute expression, he spoke.
“I trust neither the Master of Soul and Abyss nor the Skeleton King. From now on, I trust only you, Jin-woo.”
Ding-!
-The Underworld’s Master Blacksmith, Ice Elz’s Affinity has reached MAX.
-Ice Elz’s Loyalty, bound by Bone Contract, has reached MAX.
-You can now check the information of your Bone Contract familiar!
‘Oh.’
The Bone Contract seemed to allow checking information similar to a Servant Contract.
“Bone Contract.”
Jin-woo opened the information window.
<<>>
1. Ice Elz [Underworld’s Master Blacksmith]
Skeleton: Icicle
Loyalty: MAX
Summonable
“I see.”
It was similar to the window for checking familiar information, yet different.
‘Here the skeleton I created is displayed.’
And there was also loyalty status and summon availability.
-Your summon availability changes depending on loyalty.
‘If I just hastily make a skeleton, loyalty won’t increase.’
Even if he gave a skeleton casually, loyalty wouldn’t rise.
‘Meaning I need to manage it well like a familiar.’
Jin-woo nodded.
“Ice Elz.”
“Yes, Jin-woo.”
“You understand that skeleton wasn’t just given casually, right?”
Of course, Jin-woo had no intention of making a Bone Contract in the first place.
He’d simply given it since he said he was giving a new body.
He’d just ended up making a Bone Contract unexpectedly.
Because of that, he needed to confirm it clearly.
“Yes. I’m aware we’ve made a Bone Contract. But the skeleton told me that this isn’t coercive.”
Fundamentally, unlike Servant Contracts, Bone Contracts had no coercive element whatsoever.
‘That’s a clear mechanism.’
Servant Contracts naturally included coercion.
‘It’s definitely a different path from familiars.’
Jin-woo actually found it enjoyable.
‘This is going to be more interesting.’
After giving the skeleton, he could verify whether he’d made it well or poorly based on the reaction.
‘With Ice Elz, I can tell without even checking the Bone Contract information.’
He continued to smile.
Since the body he’d created was itself a rough skeleton, his broad frame trembled with a loud clatter every time he laughed.
“I’ll summon you in the Desert later.”
“In the Desert, you say?”
Ice Elz made a puzzled expression.
“You’re incredibly cool.”
He was cold enough to serve as a mobile air conditioner.
Jin-woo, guided by Ice Elz, quickly traversed Fragment City 9.
“What is this?”
“Skis.”
“You came all the way here with this?”
He marveled at the Ski Board that Jin-woo had made.
“You’re truly skilled at carving bone.”
Jin-woo’s current skill in carving bone had reached the heavens.
“I’m from the Underworld myself, but I can’t carve bone like this. This is Skeleton King level.”
“Skeleton King?”
“One of the blacksmiths who defected. In this Underworld, as you move toward the center, the density of souls grows, and that density becomes strength.”
The Skeleton King was a soul living in the center.
“The central Fragment City is where the Temple the center seeks is located. The Skeleton King lives right at the outer edge of that.”
“So he’s the best blacksmith. Second only to you.”
At those words, Ice Elz laughed with a loud clatter.
“But he has one thing that surpasses me. That’s handling bone materials. In this Underworld, there’s no blacksmith who carves bone as well as the Skeleton King.”
‘Interesting.’
“Did that Skeleton King perhaps go there wanting a physical body too?”
“Yes. For similar reasons as myself, but it’s somewhat different there.”
“Different?”
“He’s bored.”
Ice Elz said.
“He wants to obtain a body and go out. There, he wishes to test his skills.”
Not all blacksmiths were the same.
‘Quite aggressive.’
There were blacksmiths who fought competitively, wanting to test their skills against other blacksmiths.
“That’s similar to me.”
In the early days of Eternal Sunshine, Jin-woo also had those tendencies.
Now he understood that his only competition was himself, but back then he’d wanted to prove to everyone that they were all beneath him.
And that proof had become his actual skill.
“Do we have to pass through there?”
“Yes. That’s the final gate.”
“Good.”
Jin-woo stepped up onto the Ski Board.
* * *
-You’ve arrived at Fragment City 12!
Fragment City 12.
Jin-woo had left Lerankal, Rek, and the souls waiting here.
“If the blue souls go any deeper, they’ll suffer from the new god’s power.”
From here on, it was unmistakably the new god’s core domain.
“The power of the Inheritor extends this far, and there are far too many enemies, so there’s a high risk of annihilation. You must wait here.”
The new god’s power naturally applied to Jin-woo as well.
Ice Elz tried to warn Jin-woo too.
-The effect of the Bone Heart rune activates.
-The Necromaster job effect activates.
But Jin-woo remained unscathed.
“…Remarkable. You’re quite unaffected.”
After all, he was the Inheritor of the Master of Soul and Abyss.
‘Besides.’
His Necromaster job level had reached its limit, so he could withstand most debuffs as they were.
‘And with the runes too.’
Moreover, Jin-woo had several runes.
The Bone Heart, his most critical rune, was working quite well.
‘I should ask for another rune as a reward for liberating the Underworld.’
This rune, given by the God of Bone and Death, had been quite handy for Jin-woo so far.
Similarly, the Master of Soul and Abyss would surely be able to give him an even better rune if he thought only of the result.
‘Liberating the Underworld should be worth at least three runes.’
When Jin-woo first entered the Underworld, the followers there were only Rek and a few souls. Even those souls were on the verge of annihilation.
-The Master of Soul and Abyss promises clear additional rewards!
“Thank you.”
Jin-woo smirked.
Then, guided by Ice Elz, he entered Fragment City 12.
Fragment City 12 was far larger in scale than Fragment City 9 where Lerankal was stationed.
And as if the news had already spread, the moment Jin-woo and Ice Elz entered, countless green souls that had been lying in wait simultaneously unleashed their attacks.
Ice Elz raised his hand to stop them.
“I am Ice Elz! Wait a moment…”
They gave no room for him to speak.
It seemed their intention was to annihilate them outright.
Whoooosh-
Screeeeeech-!
“Bone.”
Jin-woo summoned Bone. Whoosh-. Clatter-. Clang-!
With the sound of bone, the summoned Bone spread his massive wings.
Then he wrapped around Jin-woo.
Crash-crash-crash-crash-!
“!”
The attacks were blocked by Bone’s wings. Bone roared.
“Grrrrrrrrrr-!”
The souls flinched but quickly took up an attacking stance again.
“Attack once more…”
“Stop!”
Ice Elz shouted.
“The Inheritor of the former god has given me a new physical body!”
“A new physical body…?”
All the souls in Fragment City 12 already knew that Jin-woo was the Inheritor of the former god.
But a new physical body was something they’d never heard.
“Look at me!”
Ice Elz pointed to his own form.
“How can we trust that?”
“How are we supposed to believe that’s a physical body?”
It was nothing but bone.
Bone was everywhere in the Underworld.
“Then test it.”
Jin-woo pointed to Ice Elz.
“Whether he’s a soul or a physical body.”
Then a massive soul stepped forward.
‘About five meters tall, I’d say.’
In the massive soul’s hand were Knuckles. His fists were as colossal as his body.
“If that’s a physical body, he should be able to withstand it.”
Ice Elz’s eyes suddenly widened.
“Metathron.”
Ice Elz looked at Jin-woo.
“Fragment City’s greatest warrior, Metathron, will test you. Ice Elz!”
Metathron clenched his fists powerfully and swung them with all his might toward Ice Elz. Right now, Ice Elz wore no special equipment.
All he had was the skeleton Jin-woo had made for him.
Screeeech-!
For a moment, Ice Elz’s body flinched. Instinctively, he thought he should run. And at that very same moment, Metathron’s fist collided.
Boom-!
With an explosive sound.
“?”
“M-Metathron…?”
Whoooosh-.
Right in the posture of throwing the punch.
Underworld’s greatest warrior, Metathron’s body was frozen in beautiful ice.
“Now.”
Jin-woo spoke.
“Can you believe it?”

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