The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 239

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Chapter 239
Episode 239.
Mansan Workshop.
Users who saw the newly opened workshop on Avalon Street began to murmur among themselves.
“Who bought this place, I wonder?”
“Who was it? This place is really expensive.”
“Beyond expensive—with this much money, you could buy Malen. Why would anyone buy this place of all spots, watching it decay?”
“Seriously, who bought it?”
They looked at the sign.
“Mansan Workshop, it says.”
“So they’re selling everything?”
“Guess it means everything in creation is here. That’s some nerve.”
“I hope it’s a ranker. I still have some affection for Avalon, after all.”
As users passed by, they took interest in Mansan Workshop.
When Jin-woo returned to the workshop, he immediately prepared to open for business.
“Since we have the Plague Weapons.”
Beyond that, Jin-woo placed the equipment that Free had made directly beside him.
The equipment made by Free were all currently UR+ Rank.
“Thanks to the quality materials! And since you created me, Master, it’s only natural that I’m skillful with my hands!”
Free was brimming with confidence.
‘Confidence well-deserved.’
The equipment Free had made came from materials Jin-woo obtained in the underground sewers and plundered from the Royal Palace smithy.
-Opening the workshop.
-Mansan Workshop is now [OPERATING]!
The moment Mansan Workshop entered operating status, a sales settlement notification window appeared.
-[Mansan Workshop] [OPERATING]
Plague Weapons x7 -Details
Cecilia Pure Silver Equipment x3 -Details
Cecilia Pure Gold Equipment x2 -Details
Flower Steel Equipment x15 -Details
Total Settlement: 0 Gold
Items Sold: 0
Customers Visited: 0
“Hm.”
The amount sold and the number of sales.
He could also see the equipment currently being sold.
“So I can see how many came by today too?”
Being able to see the number of customers was quite convenient.
“If about a hundred people show up, that’d be a good haul for the day.”
It was the first day, and besides, Chanran—this workshop district—was an unpopular place.
‘Let’s build it up gradually.’
“Finally opening!”
The first customer entered the workshop.
Then, seeing the Ghost King and Free greeting them, their expression shifted to shock.
“?”
They backed away and looked at the workshop sign again.
“I thought I’d walked into a dungeon.”
“Welcome, customer. This is Mansan Workshop,” Free said.
“An… NPC?”
It was their first time seeing a skeletal NPC, so the customer approached Free cautiously.
“If there’s anything you’d like, please let me know! You can try them on as well!”
“Are you the owner of this place…?”
“I’m staff.”
“…….”
They eyed the skeletal figure suspiciously.
“Even skeletons are working part-time jobs these days….”
They then naturally moved toward the equipment.
Whoosh—
“Oh.”
The quality of the equipment looked good, separate from the Ghost King’s service. The customer immediately reached for the Plague Weapons.
“Check info.”
They immediately checked the information on the Plague Monster Bone Sword.
“Oh. The design looks decent, and the rank is impressive too?”
In Chanran, equipment of this grade wasn’t hard to find.
It wasn’t common, but it appeared from time to time.
However, cases where both design and grade were good were rare.
So the customer examined the attributes with a satisfied smile.
“…..?”
Then confusion flickered in their eyes.
“What…? It clearly says UR+…?”
The grade clearly read UR+.
But the attributes were strange.
“These aren’t UR+ attributes.”
They were of a grade that absolutely couldn’t appear on a UR+ item.
“H-how much… what’s the price?”
The price was ten million Gold.
“W-what the hell!”
Their hands trembled.
Compared to an average UR+ piece of equipment, the price was absurdly high.
But it was actually cheap.
No—it was free.
They hurriedly emptied all the money they had.
“Sorry, Ghost staff member. I’ll just go and come right back—don’t sell this! I’ll bring the money!”
The customer rushed out, then returned moments later, breathing heavily.
“Panting… I’ll take this!”
The workshop sold an item the moment it opened.
“Thank you,” Free said with a pleased smile, seeing them off.
“Did you see that person tear out of here like crazy?”
“Into the new workshop?”
“The items must be decent.”
Other users who’d seen that customer entered Mansan Workshop and showed the exact same reaction.
“I want that one.”
“I’m buying this!”
“I’m taking that!”
“Thank you!”
Free smiled with satisfaction, seeing that some of the equipment they’d chosen included pieces she’d made herself.
Inside Mansan Workshop.
-Equipment has been sold.
-Equipment has been sold.
-Equipment…
The moment the workshop opened, equipment was flying off the shelves.
“Oh. Everything’s going to sell out?”
His goal for the day was a hundred customers.
“About thirty have come so far.”
But that was just the beginning.
Ding—
-Visitors: 120
Ding—! Ding—! Ding—! Ding—! Ding—!
The number of visitors exploded.
“What’s happening?” Jin-woo stepped outside.
“Master! I’m so sorry. The customers are just—”
“Move! Hey, I picked that one up!”
Almost all the equipment had sold, with only a single piece remaining.
“This one I made,” Free said, watching with satisfaction as customers squabbled over the last piece.
Mansan Workshop was packed solid.
Outside too, people lined up, desperate to see what was happening within.
Ding—! Ding—! Ding—!
Customers flowing in and out were being counted in real time.
-Visitors: 500
The goal was a hundred, but they’d already far exceeded it.
“I’m buying!”
The user who won the competition purchased Free’s equipment.
-All inventory has been sold!
-Achievement unlocked!
-Achievement [SOLD OUT] unlocked!
-Random Stat increased by 300,000.
“Boss! Or rather, Master Craftsman! Don’t you have anything else?”
“Here, take my money! Please sell more!”
Jin-woo quietly stepped back.
While he was the workshop owner, Free would handle all the actual operations now.
Free nodded once, then raised her hand sharply.
“Come back tomorrow. I’ll have plenty ready,” she announced.
“Can you do it in one day?”
“Do we need to line up?”
“Come at your leisure!”
Free had considerable charisma.
“A skeleton is the master craftsman?”
“She seems trustworthy.”
“There’s something baldish about her. Serious master craftsman vibes.”
“But who’s that person next to her?”
“A partner?”
“So who is that skeleton craftsman?”
People began speculating among themselves.
“The people who bought will know!”
“It shows in the attributes!”
And those who’d purchased were staring wide-eyed.
“……Huh?”
The information was hard to believe.
“Crafted by… Jin-woo?”
Crafted by Jin-woo.
The equipment’s description also bore his name.
“Could it be… that Jin-woo?”
But only seven Plague Weapons had been sold.
“Probably not.”
And even if it were true, revealing it would be a loss.
“I’ll keep it to myself.”
They smiled quietly and sealed their lips. This kind of good information wasn’t meant to be shared.
“Eventually it’ll get out anyway.”
But until then, they resolved to definitely find Mansan Workshop and buy Jin-woo’s equipment.
‘But Free’s more capable than I expected.’
She handled customers with remarkable composure and certainty.
‘No cause for concern.’
This much was enough to run Mansan Workshop properly.
* * *
Mansan Workshop—Jin-woo’s workshop.
“This spot will do.”
Jin-woo placed the Furnace he’d used at the old Summoned Workshop here.
“And if I unfold the Summoned Workshop from here, it’ll fit perfectly.”
When Jin-woo opened the Summoned Workshop, it unfolded precisely to fit within Mansan Workshop.
Two furnaces.
The Soul Furnace.
And the Earth Core, Workbench, Anvil.
Plus the newly crafted Waterstone Cooling Vessel.
“Now it finally looks like a proper smithy.”
But to Jin-woo, there was still much lacking.
“More tools are always better.”
The current Workbench and Anvil were too small.
Moreover, the Anvil would shake violently whenever handling M-Grade materials.
“I need to get a new Anvil now. There’s no point with a mediocre one.”
To work with high-grade materials, the tools had to be up to the task.
‘That’s how you draw out everything.'”
Working and completing materials is easy.
But to push them to their limits, the tools themselves were crucial.
‘In the end, it’s all one breath.’
The tools were part of himself. When everything became one, everything changed.
Whoosh—!
Jin-woo looked at the Furnace positioned in the workshop.
Within it, two flames had become one.
The dragon’s flame and the demon Balam’s flame.
The two flames flickered and boasted how hot they burned.
“Competition.”
Jin-woo observed the Guardian’s Furnace.
Within it, the Guardian’s flame quietly rippled.
“I’ll need a different kind of competition now.”
Now Jin-woo had three flames.
Naturally, he had no intention of using each flame separately.
Each had its advantages.
So he planned to combine all the flames into one, keeping only the strengths.
It wasn’t easy.
‘Simply mixing them doesn’t mean you can preserve only the advantages.'”
Currently, the Guardian’s flame was the strongest.
It didn’t seem like he could handle it easily.
“I need the power to control flames.”
Combining the dragon’s and Balam’s flames wasn’t easy either, but it didn’t require any special skill.
Jin-woo immediately sought out Lupema.
“Lupema.”
Lupema was in the Temple.
“Jin-woo.”
He seemed quite pleased, having recovered childhood memories. Beside him was an old man in robes, whom Jin-woo immediately recognized.
‘Must be the Archmage he mentioned before.'”
The Royal Palace’s Archmage and Lupema’s old friend.
“Greetings.”
Jin-woo bowed to the Archmage.
“First time meeting, is it? I’m Grismo. This old fellow’s friend. Heard his childhood memories came back, so I dropped by. It’s all true,” Grismo said warmly.
“I’m very grateful. Thanks to you, this old man and I have shared many delightful stories. It seemed so enormous back then. But it wasn’t that it was big—it was because we were small, wasn’t it?”
The Temple had simply been large.
Grismo gestured to Lupema. It seemed Jin-woo had business with him, so he should proceed freely.
Jin-woo explained the situation to Lupema.
“Hmm. Then your timing is excellent.”
Lupema smiled slightly.
Then Grismo gestured.
“That method of handling flames you mentioned—I taught that. To be precise, it’s a form of magic.”
Grismo addressed Jin-woo.
‘So it wasn’t a technique using Wave?'”
More precisely, it seemed to be Wave combined with this Archmage Grismo’s magic.
“Care to learn it? Hmm. It took Lupema about a month.”
Grismo made a rough estimate.
“Lupema praised you highly. So I’ll assume the same—a month, just like him.”
This was Grismo’s way of saying he held Jin-woo in great regard.
Jin-woo nodded.
“I’ll finish within that time.”
* * *
Ding—!
-Wave Enhancement learned!
The magic Grismo taught was a form of magic that assisted Wave Resonance.
-Wave Enhancement merges with Wave Resonance!
The Wave Enhancement ability was now part of Jin-woo’s Wave Resonance.
“This Wave Enhancement magic is different from ordinary magic. It’s more of a technique.”
Grismo snapped his fingers sharply.
A flame appeared.
“By enhancing the Wave, you separate the flame.”
Grismo explained.
“To separate, you watch for the gap. You see the gap and split the flame at precisely the right moment. You coat your hand in Wave and tear it apart with the enhanced Wave in one motion. The most crucial thing is that precise timing.”
Along with this, Grismo emphasized:
“And the eye—how you perceive—is vital. If you can’t see this gap, separation is impossible. So both eyes and hands matter.”
Grismo demonstrated.
“Magic depends on technique too. If the magical diagram is even slightly off, an entirely different spell fires. The power changes, the direction changes.”
Whoosh—
He extended his hand precisely to the flame he’d created.
The flame split in two.
“Did you catch it?”
It looked like he’d simply thrown his hand at the flame, but that wasn’t it.
The moment the flame rippled and its color shifted.
He extended his hand at the moment power divided.
“I control it through Wave. I’m merely mimicking through Wave Enhancement, but you learned Wave Resonance directly from Lupema, didn’t you?”
Grismo knew this from Lupema.
That Jin-woo was the first student of Lupema’s many to perfectly master Wave Resonance, which no one had learned before.
With Wave Enhancement on top of that, a month was nothing—it could be much faster.
“Then I’ll try.”
Whoosh—
Grismo raised a flame.
“Go ahead, now—”
Crack—
Jin-woo reached out.
“Not just reaching—”
Whoosh—
The flame was already split.
“……?”
Success.
Not a month.
One second.
Then Jin-woo reached for the split flames again.
Whoosh—
Two more splits.
Whoosh—
And again, two more.
“……Wha… what?”
“Grismo.”
Jin-woo spoke.
“This is easy.”

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