The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 240

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Chapter 240
Episode 240.
After Jin-woo left.
Grisimo cursed Rupema with his eyes.
“What in the world is he?”
“I told you. He has superior skill to mine.”
“That can’t be! I naturally thought you were joking!”
At this point, Rupema was certainly the superior blacksmith compared to Jin-woo.
The M-Grade that Jin-woo had reached was merely ordinary work for Rupema.
But Jin-woo’s potential was in a different class altogether.
“Do you know something?”
Rupema smiled.
“Jin-woo’s level is in the 400s.”
“……?”
“And he’s mastered Wave Resonance. Moreover, he’s actually creating equipment that exceeds M-Grade. His options are already at the USSR+ Grade level, you see.”
“?”
Only then could Grisimo comprehend what was being said.
“So you’re saying he pulled out this massive temple by himself?”
When he’d mentioned pulling out this enormous Temple alone, Grisimo had naturally assumed that was a joke too.
“……Say. Is there anything else you mentioned that wasn’t a joke?”
“Grisimo. You old fool.”
Rupema laughed heartily.
“It was all true.”
“……Hah.”
Grisimo blinked his eyes rapidly.
“Is that all?”
Rupema said nothing more.
* * *
After receiving Wave Reinforcement from Grisimo, Jin-woo immediately stood before the flames.
‘I’ll ask about the princess later.’
For now, there was something more pressing.
Whoosh-.
Two furnaces.
And three flames.
‘There’s something I’ve overlooked.’
Jin-woo swallowed hard.
“Grisimo’s flame was something he created simply enough.”
What Jin-woo needed to work with now was the Guardian’s Flame.
Whoooosh-.
“A quiet flame is truly terrifying.”
A raging inferno—its power is evident.
Precisely because of this, controlling it is actually easier.
But a flame this quiet—you cannot know its depths.
Where it grows stronger and where it grows weaker.
“And how strong it truly is.”
To grasp that, there was no choice but to use this flame frequently.
Currently, Jin-woo had used this Guardian’s Flame only once.
“And now I have to touch its core.”
It wouldn’t have been strange if he were consumed entirely and suffered a death penalty.
“Hahhhhh.”
Jin-woo took a deep breath.
Then he observed the wavering flame.
‘The goal isn’t division.’
This time the goal was to merge them.
Three flames into one.
One flame into three.
He needed to be capable of merging and dividing at will.
‘What demands the most caution.’
Is the Guardian’s Flame.
Thump-. Thump-. Thump-.
Jin-woo drew up his Wave power.
Then, as if stitching, he raised his hand.
“Flawless.”
Using the subtlety of the Flawless Seamstress Art, he pierced with perfect precision.
In an instant, the dragon’s flame and Balam’s flame leapt into Jin-woo’s hands from within the furnace.
Whoooooooosh-!
The moment they entered his hands, the two flames burned intensely.
Jin-woo gripped his hands hard.
Then, at the exact moment, he thrust the two flames into the Guardian’s Flame.
And then.
Whoooooooooooooosh-!
The Guardian’s Flame raged.
‘As expected.’
A quiet flame like this cannot be predicted.
‘It’s trying to consume both flames entirely. This is meaningless.’
Jin-woo wanted to merge the three flames together—he didn’t want the Guardian’s Flame to devour the other two.
“I’ll split it.”
He extended his hand and read the timing.
The wavering flame. He split the Guardian’s Flame cleanly.
One, two, three, four, five…….
As the massive flame divided, its power began to diminish.
‘Hold on, dragon’s flame.’
Balam’s flame reacted intensely as well.
“Merge again.”
Jin-woo repeated the process.
The Guardian’s Flame was reluctant to accept them easily.
“This is actually good.”
Jin-woo welcomed that resistance.
“I need to practice controlling the flame anyway.”
Beyond that, this also raised his proficiency in Wave Resonance.
-Wave Resonance proficiency increases!
Jin-woo immediately activated a Rune.
-Rune, Rune of Radiant Nature activates!
-Health regeneration speed is enhanced!
-Rune, Flame Blessing activates!
-Health Stat increases!
“Let’s keep going.”
As Jin-woo repeated the process with a wild gleam in his eyes, the Guardian’s Flame immediately lowered its tail.
Ssshhhhh-.
Whoooosh-!
The three flames merged exactly as Jin-woo desired.
Whoosh-.
Jin-woo gazed at the now-quiet flame.
In the Guardian’s furnace, three flames were beautifully mingled together.
“Tri-Flame.”
If he were to name it, something simple like Tri-Flame seemed fitting.
“I can’t leave it as is.”
Now that the flame was complete, it was time to test it.
Currently, Jin-woo had quite a stock of M-Grade materials.
“The soul, horns, and bones of Mirs, the boss of the Water Tower. And.”
Jin-woo smirked and drew out the precious material he’d received from Rupema.
“M-Grade Terra Tite.”
According to Rupema, it was a material he’d treasured carefully for quite some time.
He’d apparently been planning to make a hammer from it someday.
‘He said he’d make a new one when his current hammer broke down.’
For a blacksmith, the hammer is an extension of his own arm.
If it was material meant for such a hammer, this Terra Tite was certainly bound to exceed expectations.
“I’ve already set the direction.”
Jin-woo had already decided what to make with these materials.
The moment he placed the materials on the work table.
“Jin-woo! It’s Casino!”
Casino, the Guild Master of Realize Guild, had arrived.
“Guild Master.”
“Yes! Jin-woo! I hope I haven’t intruded on your time…….”
“Not at all. Come in.”
Jin-woo greeted him with a smile.
‘That expression looks excellent.’
Jin-woo had encountered many people with that kind of look.
Virtually all of them spoke the exact same words.
‘Insane, the equipment!’
“It’s insane, the equipment!”
Just as expected, Casino spoke the same line.
‘It never gets old, hearing that.’
“We won!”
He spoke with a broad smile and confidence.
“We overwhelmed Pendant’s equipment with your gear, Jin-woo, and we conquered the Tower of Seven Swords!”
Then he gestured to his subordinate.
The subordinate immediately produced a massive crate.
Creeeeak-.
Inside were the crucial materials they’d obtained from the Tower of Seven Swords.
“We’re honoring our contract! Thank you so much, Jin-woo!”
Jin-woo smiled upon seeing the materials. Then he looked inside the crate and confirmed them.
-Seir’s Bone [M]
-Seir’s Void Essence [M]
-Seir’s Hell Steel [M]
Seir’s Bone and Void Essence.
‘Hell Steel?’
There were quite a few intriguing materials. Moreover, they were all M-Grade.
“The Tower of Seven Swords has become a 5-Star difficulty. It was truly grueling.”
But there was something curious.
“Were there no other materials?”
‘When I cleared it, a soul definitely dropped.’
“Yes. We brought everything!”
‘As I thought.’
But that was because Jin-woo possessed the Necromaster job class.
‘Casino is a Combat Class.’
Therefore, something entirely different had appeared.
-Crimson Destruction Seir Breastplate [M]
‘A finished item.’
When Jin-woo cleared content, finished items rarely dropped.
“That breastplate. It’s a truly high-quality piece.”
To be honest, he was quite tempted, but a promise was a promise. Casino handed the Crimson Destruction Seir Breastplate over to Jin-woo as agreed.
“The grade alone…….”
“It’s high.”
Casino looked at Jin-woo for a moment.
He knew that Jin-woo had reached USSR+ Grade.
Yet it appeared that Jin-woo had read the grade of the Crimson Destruction Seir Breastplate.
“But we agreed the materials from the tower would be split fifty-fifty, didn’t we? You’ve brought everything.”
What Casino had brought were materials obtained from hunting the boss.
These materials were essentially the core of the tower, and if he’d only brought half, Casino would have been entitled to keep Seir’s Crimson Breastplate.
Casino shook his head at Jin-woo’s words.
“We already obtained plenty from the lower floors. Since we agreed on fifty-fifty, all of what we got from the boss chamber rightfully goes to you, Jin-woo.”
Casino smiled. Of course, what he was saying made no logical sense, but this was Casino’s larger vision.
It was only natural, after all.
Had he not witnessed it firsthand?
Jin-woo’s equipment crushing Pendant’s into dust!
Jin-woo was a new era.
He was the tide of a new age.
To flow with that current, one had to pay the proper price.
“In that case.”
Jin-woo smiled.
“That was a good deal.”
“Thank you, Jin-woo! I’ll be back!”
Casino left immediately. Now was not the time to rest.
‘He’ll focus on conquering more towers.’
Jin-woo also thought it wasn’t bad to maintain good relations with Realize Guild, the most influential in the city.
After Casino departed.
“So it’s confirmed that different materials drop depending on the job class.”
With this, accepting occasional commissions from people like Casino didn’t seem like a bad idea.
‘I can obtain materials I could never get by clearing towers myself.’
I’d be able to work with a greater variety of materials.
“Let’s melt them all down for now.”
What Jin-woo needed was materials, not finished items.
He melted down the Crimson Seir Breastplate entirely.
Ssshhhhh-.
-Crimson Destruction Stone [M]
A mineral called the Crimson Destruction Stone emerged.
It was a scarlet ore just as its name suggested, and the moment Jin-woo saw it, he knew what he had to create.
“This will be a sword.”
If he created a sword from this red mineral, it would literally become a crimson blade.
“And since it has the name ‘Destruction’ attached, it’s so incredibly dark.”
It wasn’t merely crimson.
It was a darkness-tinged crimson.
Which meant it would suit any aesthetic.
‘Especially if I make it into a sword, it could be used across many different looks.’
“This is perfect for First.”
Jin-woo placed all the M-Grade materials he’d obtained on the work table.
First, Pur, Moltus.
And even Bon and Beom.
“My combat units have been wearing USSR+ Grade equipment for a long time.”
Now that they’d reached M-Grade, he planned to equip them with M-Grade gear.
‘And.’
Jin-woo was planning to sell the existing equipment they’d been using at Mansan Workshop.
“I’ll sell all equipment except the Ego Sword.”
Furthermore, Jin-woo drew out the Wave Purification Shield.
“The shield doesn’t really fit our style.”
Jin-woo’s subordinates were all aggressive fighters.
While a shield could certainly serve as a weapon, it didn’t suit them.
‘The European Union Auction House is done.’
Now it was time to expand into the American Auction House.
Rumor had it that top-ranked hunters were starting to appear in the American and European Union Auction Houses thanks to Jin-woo’s influence.
“Yes, this is how it should be.”
Jin-woo opened the Auction House.
“That’s when the destruction truly becomes satisfying.”

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