The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 235

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Chapter 235
Episode 235.
—You have achieved an achievement!
—You have achieved the [MASTER] achievement!
—You will be registered in the Hall of Honor!
—A new deity is watching you!
—A new deity is taking notice of you!
—A new deity is expressing interest in you!
Three new deities took simultaneous interest in Jin-woo.
Moreover, the existing deities also sent their congratulations to Jin-woo.
—The Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting send you flaming applause!
—The Master of Soul and Abyss says your soul’s worth has grown ever greater!
—Yanluo is curious about your bones!
—The Green-Skinned Deity is proud of you, an honored orc!
—The Deity of Nature and Harmony is even more proud of you, an honored elf!
—The Great Dwarf Deity insults the previous two deities! He says you’re just a dwarf who’s a bit taller!
The numerous deities sponsoring Jin-woo sent their applause for what he had achieved.
MASTER Rank—transcending even the SSR Rank.
What mattered was that he had reached it through his own will, not by mere circumstance.
“Mm!”
—The Twin Deities of Fire and Soul send their sponsorship to you!
—They say the quest condition has been met!
—If time permits, they ask you to fulfill it without fail!
“Thank you for your patronage. Please wait a moment.”
—The Twin Deities of Fire and Soul express their gratitude!
Jin-woo first examined the equipment that had been completed.
“MASTER Rank.”
Seeing a tier he’d never encountered before, Jin-woo checked the meaning of the grade.
—[MASTER Rank]
MASTER Rank was the Master Rank.
The gleaming letter M was quite distinct.
Shhhhhhhh—
And as he watched quietly, the M etched into the tier glowed periodically.
‘Remarkable.’
Jin-woo continued gazing at the MASTER Rank with admiration.
“All that time spent in SSR Rank was worth it.”
Jin-woo examined the shield he had created.
[Wave Purification Shield]
—Defense: 32,500
—Tier: M
—Durability: 550,000 / 550,000
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* Special Skill [Water Essence: Imbued with the power of flowing water. Evasion rate increases by 30%.]
* Special Option [Twilight: Twilight reflects all forces. Reflects physical and magical damage with 15% probability!]
* Special Option [Ultimate Defense: Defense increases by 1,250.]
* Special Option [Spell Enchantment Extreme – Artemus LV3: Defense increases by 950.]
* Special Option [Darkness Consumption: Restores a portion of received damage!]
* Special Option [Ambush Defense: Negates critical attacks with a certain probability.]
* Special Option [Soul Forging: Draws forth the power of the soul. Damage reflection probability increases by 5%!]
* Special Option [Penetrating Defense: Ignores defense and inflicts damage!]
* Special Option [Tears of the Dead: Hides weak points. Gains an additional 5% defense.]
* Special Option [Essence Enchantment: Imbued with the essence’s power. The power of roaring flame is imbued.]
* Wave Resonance [Power of Wave: Due to the power of wave, you gain additional stats. Defense increases. Critical strike defense probability increases. Damage reflection probability increases.]
* Wave Resonance [Hand Tempering: Fire attribute is granted!]
The Wave Purification Shield surpassed all the SSR Rank equipment he had previously created.
Its defense was in the thirty-thousand range alone.
Among the armor sets he had previously crafted, it had the highest defense along with considerable options.
‘The options that went into making previous weapons have been converted into options suited for defense.’
“Success.”
Looking at the Wave Purification Shield, Jin-woo smiled with satisfaction.
This was precisely why Jin-woo had spent so long in SSR Rank.
Everything obtainable from SSR Rank was embedded in the shield, and beyond that, additional options were added upon ascending to the new tier.
What stood out most was the defense.
“A shield with over thirty thousand defense.”
Among armor, it was the chest plate that had the highest defense.
Yet this shield possessed defense comparable to the finest armor.
‘Now I’m certain.’
Jin-woo could have reached MASTER Rank far earlier.
‘Raising the tier indiscriminately is pointless.’
You raised your tier only when you could add nothing more to the current one.
‘I must raise the tier by my own will. If the tier rises against my intention, it’s meaningless.’
There was a high possibility of creating hollow equipment with nothing but a high tier.
Jin-woo chuckled and lifted the Wave Purification Shield once.
The Twilight Stone itself was quite light, and the Water Essence also greatly aided in reducing weight.
‘I’ve achieved a new achievement.’
—[Achievement: MASTER]—
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1. Jin-woo [NEW!]
2. Starlight
3. Inclassic
4. Pendant
5. Rapit
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15. Crafting Han U-mul
First place once again.
For Jin-woo, who was writing history, first place was inevitable.
Of course, Jin-woo himself didn’t think that way.
First place was merely something that followed in his wake.
What Jin-woo pursued was better equipment.
The Master Hall of Honor was filled with those renowned for their crafting.
‘It shows up to twentieth place.’
Unlike other Hall of Honor achievements, this Master Hall of Honor displayed rankings up to twentieth place.
‘Crafting Han U-mul is at fifteenth.’
Essel, who had competed with Jin-woo for ranking at the European Union Auction House, was absent from this list. Though skilled, he was not world-class.
‘Peran isn’t here either.’
This ranking was truly the upper echelon.
‘The reputation of Crafting Han U-mul wasn’t particularly good.’
Even rotten fish, Crafting Han U-mul was pushed through, yet maintained this position.
“Rapit is a name I haven’t heard before.”
Jin-woo smiled as he looked at the list.
“These are achievements from reaching Master Rank.”
The fact that Jin-woo stood at the very top even after reaching Master Rank meant that he was steadily catching up to the accomplishments established by the existing rankers.
After roughly confirming what he had obtained from crafting the equipment, Jin-woo looked at Miress.
Miress marveled at the beauty of Jin-woo’s craftsmanship.
The Twilight Stone and the Water Essence.
With these two materials, he had created a shield.
“Miress.”
Jin-woo handed the Wave Purification Shield to Miress.
“Ah……”
Miress took the Wave Purification Shield and his hands trembled.
All at once, everything fell silent.
The burning pain, too.
The sense of helplessness that had wrapped around him.
All of it was washed away.
“Thank you…… truly, thank you.”
Miress smiled.
Shhhhhhhhhh—
And the black aura that had enveloped him flowed away as if being rinsed clean.
Smoke also rose slowly.
“Because of you.”
Miress spoke.
“Everything has become easier.”
Miress closed his eyes with an expression of released pain.
“It wasn’t your fault. Miress.”
Everything Miress had endured was merely an accident.
Why the flames had run wild, even Jin-woo didn’t know. But it wasn’t Miress’s fault.
Miress had simply been swept along.
There was no need for him to bear all the guilt alone, having been the sole survivor.
“It wasn’t…… my fault.”
Miress closed his eyes. Those words had redeemed him.
—The master of the Water Tower, successor of the Water Deity Miress, has fallen into eternal sleep.
—You have cleared the quest!
Boom—!
The prison of water that had enveloped the Water Temple disappeared entirely, and the temple itself landed with a heavy thud on the ground!
“Done.”
As expected, that’s how it would be.
Had he simply disposed of Miress, there was a high probability the temple would have been completely destroyed.
Shhhhhh—
Clang.
The Wave Purification Shield that Jin-woo had created fell where Miress had been.
As Jin-woo cleared away the Wave Purification Shield, numerous byproducts left behind by Miress came into view.
“Mm!”
Jin-woo smiled as he examined the materials.
—Miress’s Soul [M]
—Miress’s Horn [M]
—Miress’s Bone [M]
—Water-Light Stone [M]
“Remarkable. All MASTER Rank.”
Jin-woo ran his fingers over the Water-Light Stone.
“Oh.”
It was a mineral with considerable water power.
“The feel is quite good.”
And there was one material worth noting above all others.
Miress, who had wielded the power of water, had shared his own strength when the Wave Purification Shield was made.
“This is the original source of that power.”
—Water Essence [M]
Jin-woo examined the Water Essence closely. The Water Essence was shaped like a neat cube, and within that cube flowed trembling water.
“Mm.”
This Water Essence was somehow different.
“It’s slightly different from the Water Essence I used as raw material when crafting the Wave Purification Shield.”
The moment he brought his hand near it, water surged violently from the Water Essence.
The tremendous hydraulic force sent Jin-woo’s hand recoiling.
But that wasn’t what mattered.
“It’s so cold you could call it ice-water?”
The temperature of the water was extraordinary.
“This is perfect.”
From the moment Jin-woo first saw this water, he had been thinking about the heat treatment cooling process.
Oson and Rupema incorporated the heat treatment process into their crafting, thereby further strengthening materials and granting additional options.
So using this Water Essence to create cooling water should work.
‘I’ll be able to add the heat treatment process.’
But there was something important.
“Temperature control would need to be possible.”
Jin-woo manipulated the Water Essence this way and that.
Mana infusion.
Objects like these sometimes manifested new functions when mana was infused into them.
Shhhhhh—
—Necromaster Mana is being infused!
Jin-woo’s Necromaster Mana was infused into the Water Essence.
And the color of the Water Essence transformed.
Whoosh—!
The water, now pitch-black, flowed out of the cube and immediately began freezing everything around it at tremendous speed.
“Oh.”
Even so, the Water Essence itself maintained its liquid state.
“It doesn’t seem to be from the class’s power.”
Infusing mana appeared to allow temperature control.
Jin-woo chuckled and stopped infusing mana.
“Then.”
Jin-woo looked at the open Temple of Fire and Crafting.
“It’s time to receive the reward.”
Ding—!
—You have cleared the quest!
—You are entering the Temple of the Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting!
—You have received the reward!
Jin-woo was in a state where he had promised an additional reward through his agreement with the Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting.
—You have received a rune!
—The Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting gift you a rune.
Shhhhhh—!
Jin-woo’s body was sprinkled with red sparkling light.
—You have obtained a rune!
—You have obtained the Flame Blessing Rune!
A rune, [Flame Blessing].
Jin-woo immediately examined the rune he had obtained.
‘The one I got before was Yanluo’s rune. It was the rune that strengthened Proclamation of Sanctuary.’
For that reason, Jin-woo’s expectations were considerable.
—Rune [Flame Blessing]
Description: Surrounded by the blessing of flame, raise the stat of your choosing.
It was similar to Flame Breathing, a rune he had obtained early on.
‘A stat of my choosing. This is good.’
Moreover, there were no conditions.
Flame Breathing required taking flame damage to activate, but this could be activated freely.
‘This is a superior rune.’
“Thank you.”
Jin-woo was quite satisfied with the additional reward.
‘This will pair well with the Earth Rune.’
It was perfect for drawing out power in an instant.
—The Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting express their thanks to you once more!
Under the gratitude of the Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting.
Jin-woo slowly stepped into the temple. As he entered the temple, flames began to flicker from the walls of the darkened shrine.
Crackle—. Crackle—.
Then, like dominoes, whoooosh—the flames spread outward.
Crackle—!
The darkened temple blazed with brilliant light.
At the end of the passage, an enormous statue stood, and a vast space came into view.
Roaarrr—!
And before that colossal statue, flames were rising.
A clear fire danced above an enormous golden brazier.
Jin-woo gazed at the flames as if entranced.
“This flame……”
It was the flame of the Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting.
Oson and Rupema.
It was the original flame used by the smiths of the Royal Palace Smithy, and the burning flame of the guardian deity.
Jin-woo slowly advanced toward the Guardian Deity’s Flame.
—The Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting tell you to touch the flame!
The flame, seemingly capable of burning everything, appeared quite dangerous to touch.
Yet Jin-woo did not hesitate.
As he reached out, the flame spiraled up around him.
Roaaarrr—!
—You have obtained the Guardian Deity’s Flame!
The flame in the brazier was absorbed into Jin-woo.
—You can now absorb and release the Guardian Deity’s Flame!
“Interesting.”
This Guardian Deity’s Flame possessed a special function.
The ability to absorb and release it.
“That’s why it could be shared?”
To Oson’s Workshop.
To Rupema’s Workshop—the reason lay right here.
Jin-woo attempted to release the Guardian Deity’s Flame.
Roaaarrr—!
The Guardian Deity’s Flame spread across the brazier once more.
“Can it be divided in proportion?”
The flame he released certainly appeared weaker than the original flame.
“Then the original flame would diminish by however much I release.”
Jin-woo attempted to release the rest.
Roaarrr—
“It recovers over time.”
The characteristics of the flame were perfectly reflected.
Jin-woo smiled with satisfaction.
“All this effort to search was worth it.”
But the rewards were not yet complete.
—The Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting tell you to enter the inner workshop!
Inside this temple was a workshop.
Jin-woo slowly entered the workshop.
The lights in the darkened workshop turned on.
Crackle—
“…”
The workshop was immense.
The largest workshop Jin-woo had seen so far was the Royal Palace Smithy, but this surpassed it by far.
Yet it was peculiar.
In the center of this vast space stood a single furnace.
Jin-woo, as if drawn by invisible threads, moved toward that furnace.
The furnace was extraordinarily large.
‘This is it.’
This seemed to be the furnace the Guardian Deities of Fire and Crafting had spoken of—their own furnace.
Jin-woo ran his hands over the furnace.
“!”
The moment he touched it, he was certain.
This furnace could contain flame far better than the one he currently possessed.
‘It can hold much hotter flames.’
This furnace could withstand temperatures that his current furnace could not.
—You have obtained a Divine Artifact!
Shhhhhh—!
The furnace transformed into light and entered Jin-woo’s hand.
“A Divine Artifact?”
—This is your first Divine Artifact!
—You have achieved an achievement!
—You have achieved the achievement [Divine Artifact Holder]!