The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 178

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Episode 178
178.
The familiar that had been created was a powerful subordinate that made one vividly understand what it felt like to have a tiger the size of a house.
“Familiar check.”
8.
Name: Tiger
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Grade: Hero LV1
Type: Undead, Close-Range [Bone Beast]
Traits: Soul Predation, Cold Immunity
Skill: Soul’s Roar
A Hero-grade Undead.
And a type he’d never seen before.
‘A Bone Beast.’
With cold spheres embedded in its skeleton, it naturally had Cold Immunity as a baseline trait.
‘Soul Predation?’
-Soul Predation: Consumes souls to use powerful skills.
“Interesting.”
The Tiger’s eyes gleamed. Then it approached Jin-woo slowly and bowed its head.
“Growl.”
Unlike Bone, it couldn’t speak, but it had considerable presence.
‘Just as I imagined.’
No—it had far more impact than he’d pictured.
Jin-woo smirked and immediately continued with crafting.
‘It’d be a shame to stop here.’
Slit. Slit.
Jin-woo cast Flawless Seamstress Art.
The Boros fur hide wasn’t meant for making the skeleton.
‘I had planned to make equipment for the new familiar. I was going to confirm it after establishing a familiar contract first. This works out perfectly.’
“Growl.”
-Equipment crafted!
-SSR Rank equipment crafted!
What was created was snow-white fur armor.
“This is equipment made for you.”
He dressed the Tiger in the fur armor he’d prepared beforehand.
“A tiger is naturally a white tiger, after all.”
The pristine aesthetic he’d felt from Boros transferred entirely to the Tiger.
Growl!
The Tiger roared. It seemed quite pleased.
Jin-woo summoned all his familiars.
“A new familiar. Pay your respects.”
Bone looked at the Tiger. Seeing one smaller than itself but larger than the other familiars, Bone’s expression grew fond.
“Terrifyingly distant. A terribly distant junior, you are. I am Bone. As you can see, a magnificent dragon.”
First and Pur observed the Tiger. The Tiger looked at Bone, seemingly acknowledging its immensity, and subtly lowered its head.
“Hehehehe. Excellent! You recognize your senior!”
“Bone.”
“…….”
Pur fixed Bone with a sharp glare.
“Why are you… Why are you doing that?”
Bone turned back to First and Pur, speaking formally again.
“I was merely trying to maintain discipline…….”
“There’s no discipline to maintain.”
The Tiger had particularly good manners.
“The soul is different. The soul itself.”
“No! My soul is also magnificent…….”
“Want to check out your new weapon? Yours?”
As Pur growled, Bone took a step back.
Bone had shattered its tail glaive earlier and hadn’t yet received new equipment from Jin-woo.
“Wait. Bone. I’ll make you something too.”
“……Thank you.”
Once new equipment appeared, Bone intended to challenge Pur again.
For now, Bone retreated.
Having completed the crafting work, Jin-woo looked in the direction of Core Fragment City.
“I can feel it.”
Now there was exactly one thing left.
The Successor of the new god.
Shaaaaaa—!
After hunting Boros, the power of the new god’s Successor felt intensely present.
“It’s calling.”
The Successor seemed quite interested in Jin-woo, who had defeated Boros.
-The Master of Soul and Abyss says the new god and its Successor are within, deeper inside!
Jin-woo walked forward without hesitation.
“Successor?”
That wasn’t the direction where the new god’s Successor was.
It was behind Fragment City 15.
“Do I need to go myself?”
What was anxious now was the new god’s Successor.
“You have to come find me, don’t you?”
* * *
Core Fragment City.
A massive jade throne stood alone there.
“Yes. I’ve confirmed it. I can feel it. That strong one. The Master of Soul and Abyss has returned with a new and powerful Successor. I was curious where and what he was doing. I thought he’d fled forever, fearing the power held by the King of the Dead. But here he comes.”
A man sat upon the jade throne.
Enormous frame.
And long hair flowing down his back.
A crown made of skulls adorned his head, and his entire body was covered in corded muscle.
-The King of the Dead is…….
“Yurolde. I await your command.”
Yurolde waited calmly in that place.
“He will come.”
But in that instant, his pupils trembled.
“He doesn’t come?”
The old god’s Successor who had won against Boros.
Yet that Successor simply turned his body and headed instead toward Fragment City 15.
“Why?”
Yurolde harbored the question, and simultaneously received its answer.
“Krhahaha— Am I being told to come myself?”
Yurolde rose that massive frame of his.
Boom. Boom.
With each movement, an aura so intense burst forth it created the illusion that the entire Underworld trembled.
“This Underworld is my land. Land granted to me by the King of the Dead.”
As Yurolde’s fist clenched, tremendous aura gathered around it.
“An uninvited guest. I should sweep them away myself.”
Yurolde began to move.
* * *
Jin-woo checked the messages.
“Advertisement meeting stuff.”
And a message from Dongwoo.
-Hyung. Check this out first.
-Photo.
-Photo.
-Photo.
Three photos were attached with the message.
One was a bright golden button.
“Already a million subscribers?”
When he checked MiTube, it showed one million subscribers. Actually, it had already surpassed a million—110 million subscribers now.
“As expected. I knew he’d pull it off. Just a few days and already a million subscribers.”
Of course, his role was far greater. But without the sense to leverage good content properly, it would have taken longer.
The next photo was a selfie of Dongwoo holding the golden button.
“He’s excited. Really excited.”
The third photo was also a selfie with the golden button.
“He was talking with such determination.”
Dongwoo had been speaking of ten million subscribers as if a million were a given.
“Guess he enjoyed it.”
He seemed to be enjoying it more than when he’d gotten into a prestigious university.
“University is nothing.”
It was something he’d desperately desired, but probably not what he truly wanted.
Video editing, on the other hand, was something Dongwoo genuinely wanted to do.
‘Just like how I wanted to do crafting.’
Ding—!
“A PD Han, is it?”
Another message arrived from PD Han, who had sent the advertisement contract message.
-We have a serious problem. A very serious problem.
“A problem?”
PD Han In-gu sent an urgent additional message.
-PD Han In-gu: Jin-woo. Netflix is proceeding with massive investment, apparently.
“Advertising investment? Wasn’t that already happening?”
Jin-woo checked more messages.
-PD Han In-gu: This isn’t just Korean advertising. It’s advertising that will spread worldwide! And that advertisement deal is…… worth a billion dollars, apparently.
“A billion dollars?”
Even Jin-woo, who didn’t get surprised easily, was surprised by such an amount.
“Insane. That’s like a trillion won, isn’t it?”
Doing the math, it was an astronomical figure.
Of course, among Netflix’s content already in the ranks of masterpieces, many had advertisement costs far exceeding a billion dollars.
But Jin-woo’s videos had only just started, hadn’t they?
Plus it was gaming content videos.
“They’re spending a billion dollars on this?”
Jin-woo couldn’t help but be surprised.
-PD Han In-gu: There’s also additional appearance fees.
The original appearance fee had already been substantial.
“Wow.”
Additional advertising, and appearance fees from the additional contract deal.
“Four hundred million per episode.”
An extremely high sum. But.
“That’s about what I’d make selling one SSS-rank piece of equipment.”
For the current Jin-woo, it wasn’t an amount worth being particularly shocked by.
“Still.”
Jin-woo smiled.
“It’s quite symbolically significant.”
His value was being properly recognized.
-PD Han In-gu: By the way, do you have any concept prepared for the third video? Could I hear about it if you do?
The direction for the third episode was already decided.
“Underworld Conquest Record.”
New Gene’s forbidden place where no one had ever stepped foot.
The Underworld Conquest Record would be the centerpiece of the third episode.
“It has significant connections to the Main Scenario too.”
Following the fun of the second episode, the third should be even more entertaining.
“I’ve already done plenty of preparation.”
Jin-woo genuinely looked forward to it.
“How far can I go?”
* * *
“Familiar check.”
1.
Name: First
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Grade: Hero LV 1
Type: Undead, Close-Range [Phantom Knight]
[Weapon] Phantom Blade
[Armor] Balam Scale Armor
[Skill] Evil Wave Emission, Yellow Spring Assault
[Attribute] Underworld Flame
4.
Name: Pur
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Grade: Hero LV1
Type: Undead, Close-Range [Banshee Lord]
Traits: High Combat Ability, High Combat Understanding
Skill: Soul Absorption, Soul Massacre
[Weapon]: Frost Bone Glaive
[Armor]: Boros Frost Leather Armor
[Attribute] Underworld Cold
Shaaaaaa—.
The two familiars, fully equipped in new gear, felt quite reassuring.
“This should do for now in terms of preparation.”
Fragment City 15.
Jin-woo was waiting briefly in a massive forge.
“Successor.”
“Ice Elz.”
Ice Elz entered the forge and saw Jin-woo.
Ice Elz didn’t quite understand why Jin-woo had returned to the Fragment City.
Having hunted Tyrant-level Boros, only the new god’s Successor remained. Naturally, Ice Elz expected Jin-woo to push forward, yet he had instead retreated.
Jin-woo’s explanation was that the initiative now lay with this side, so the other side had to make a move.
But Ice Elz rather thought the new god’s Successor would simply remain in place.
“Will the new god’s Successor move?”
“He’ll come.”
Jin-woo spoke with confidence.
“And if he doesn’t come, that’s fine too.”
Then Skull King entered.
“Successor!”
In Skull King’s hands was a cart.
“What’s that enormous cart?”
At Ice Elz’s question, Skull King chuckled with a rattling sound.
“A special cart of my own making.”
Skull King’s special cart resembled a moving house.
“Everything you mentioned is inside.”
Boom.
When the cart door opened, an astounding quantity of materials came into view.
Materials packed so densely they seemed to burst out.
“Those are all bones?”
Ice Elz frowned.
Had such quantities of materials been stockpiled?
“I’ve lived in the Underworld for years now. You need this much.”
Skull King gestured proudly.
“I’ve brought all the materials you requested, Successor!”
“Wait. Successor.”
Had Jin-woo really requested such an enormous quantity of bones?
Ice Elz looked at Jin-woo.
And as this entire situation became clear, the words Jin-woo had spoken before began to make sense.
That confidence that the Successor would come.
The reasoning behind saying it didn’t matter if he didn’t come.
“I made a promise.”
Jin-woo had already made a promise.
“That I would give them bodies.”
To every soul in the Underworld that longed for a body.
“All of them.”
The way to victory over the new god’s Successor wasn’t merely through fighting.
If he turned every soul in the Underworld back to his side……
“That’s retaking the Underworld.”
Jin-woo gestured to Skull King.
“Let’s begin.”
“Yes!”

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