The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 250

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Episode 250
250.
Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
Netflix began displaying a massive advertisement campaign.
It was because the release of Jin-woo’s Soul Blacksmith, Part 3, was just around the corner.
—Time remaining until premiere: 10:00:00
Only ten hours remained now.
In ten hours, Part 3—the Underworld Reclamation—would premiere.
Since it was a global simultaneous release, Netflix users worldwide were anticipating it considerably.
—I’m really looking forward to this. Parts 1 and 2 were so entertaining.
—The premiere is now less than ten hours away.
—I had zero expectations for Part 1, but it was incredibly fun. Part 2 moved to Netflix, and I was cautiously optimistic, but it exceeded my expectations. I wonder how Part 3 will be. It looks like it’s going to be amazing.
Part 3 had accumulated tremendous anticipation from countless people.
—But doesn’t the Underworld arc feel like too much pressure? There are so many people expecting something amazing. If it’s just mediocre or anything like Parts 1 or 2, everyone’s going to bash it.
—Even breaking even gets you roasted. It genuinely has to be amazing.
Soul Blacksmith Parts 1 and 2 had been crafted quite well. But the expectations had grown so enormous that merely delivering that level of entertainment would fail to satisfy many viewers.
Part 3 would be a loss even if it broke even, and it had to be even better than that.
—Jin-woo! Jin-woo! Jin-woo!
—Six hours left!
The premiere countdown: only six hours remained.
“Now it’s just a matter of being judged.”
“Siiiiigh.”
“We’ve done everything we can!”
JBS editing room.
Han In-gu’s team was utterly exhausted.
Their bodies were worn out, but their minds remained alert, so everyone was running a slight fever.
Yet they couldn’t sleep.
They needed to monitor real-time reactions once the third episode went live.
Of course, any issues that arose couldn’t be fixed. Spilled water couldn’t be gathered again.
But they had to respond in real-time as much as possible.
“We’ll all collapse before we even see the reactions to Part 3.”
Han In-gu, the PD, announced to the entire team.
“You can watch it after you wake up. It won’t be too late. Get some rest first.”
The die had been cast anyway—there was no turning back. So recovering their condition was the priority.
After sending the team to sleep, the PD quietly downed his coffee.
“It’s going to be a success. Absolutely.”
He murmured it like a prayer.
Gulp.
JinTube editing room.
Dongwoo was also nervously logged into Netflix.
Exactly three hours after the third part premiered, the Underworld video would upload to JinTube.
“And depending on the reaction, I’ll need to upload the M-Tier crafting video too.”
Dongwoo had mountains of work ahead of him.
“Ugh, this is nerve-wracking.”
The person who should be most nervous right now was Jin-woo, but Dongwoo already knew Jin-woo wasn’t nervous at all.
“He’s a monster. Seriously. How is he not nervous about this?”
Tick-tick-tick.
Time flowed on.
And with the world watching, Jin-woo’s Part 3 video—the Underworld Reclamation—premiered.
—It’s live!
—Let’s go!
—Here we go!
The Underworld Reclamation episode was structured at two hours and fifty minutes total.
Users across the globe began watching this video—part film, part documentary.
SharkNet community.
Every forum was filled with talk of Jin-woo.
And numerous streamers were watching together with this Netflix episode.
The most popular stream was, naturally, Fritz.
Fritz watched the Underworld Reclamation tensely alongside his viewers.
Whoooosh.
—What exactly is the Underworld??
—The difficulty looks higher than the Main Scenario Quests?
—Wow… those undead are incredibly strong.
—I mean, how does Jin-woo even manage to craft in a place like that?
The Underworld was divided into three major parts.
An entry section, a conflict section, and the story involving Boros and Uroled.
The entry section began with Jin-woo suffering considerably from the constraints he faced.
—Wow.
—He solved it just like that.
—This is giving masterpiece vibes from the start?
Users became instantly absorbed, watching the video as if spellbound.
When watching together, comments usually exploded, but this time they were relatively sparse.
Fritz too had to provide commentary, but he found himself staring blankly at the screen quite often.
The immersion was that intense.
As Jin-woo ventured through the Underworld crafting, giving skeletons structure, he soon encountered Boros.
—This is insane. Boros.
—He’s way too strong?
—Can they even beat this?
Everyone tensed at the overwhelming threat. Just when it seemed Jin-woo might lose for the first time, his crafting began turning everything around.
—Whoa…
—As expected.
After defeating Boros, right to the final boss of the Underworld—Uroled.
—This is crazy…….
—It was a tower. The whole Underworld was a massive tower;;;
—The twist was insane.
—Isn’t the tiger cute though?
—I wish the spirits had appeared, but the Underworld prevented it.
—Not sure if it was intentional or if they just couldn’t be used.
—Probably couldn’t be used. Anyway, how the heck did they beat Uroled like that?
The boss of the Underworld, Uroled, possessed overwhelming power.
—That was seriously amazing. He won through crafting, of all things.
—I never knew blacksmithing could be this thrilling.
—My expectations were sky-high, but he didn’t just meet them—he smashed them to pieces and shoved satisfaction down my throat.
—It was really fun.
—I think I missed a lot in one viewing.
—I should rewatch the crafting scenes. There were so many memorable moments.
Everyone was talking about the Underworld arc.
The episode had so many striking moments and was substantial enough to completely satisfy the enormous expectations that had felt burdensome.
—Everyone! JinTube is live!
—The Underworld episode just went up on JinTube too!!
—The timing is perfect.
JinTube also opened the Underworld episode simultaneously.
The aim was to funnel in everyone who’d watched Netflix and was left wanting more.
On JinTube, the crafting videos that couldn’t be shown in the Netflix edit were now available.
—Underworld First Crafting
—Underworld Second Crafting
Parts 1 and 2 went up side by side, and Shorts also released simultaneously.
Viewers who’d watched the Underworld Reclamation and wanted more all flowed into JinTube and started watching the videos.
“The water’s coming in.”
Exactly one hour.
“The ocean’s pouring in!”
The water didn’t just trickle—waves were crashing.
—View count: 4 million.
“Is this even real?”
In just one hour, the view count had exceeded four million.
And both videos had hit four million views.
“Everyone who watched Part 1 definitely finished Part 2 too.”
On top of that, the Shorts view count exploded as well.
Blessed by the algorithm, a variety of comments poured in, and everyone who watched the Shorts flowed to the main videos.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Dongwoo watched as comments streamed in at an incredible pace.
—The parts they edited out of the Underworld Reclamation are all here.
—I appreciate how they show the crafting in detail.
—I thought this was a behind-the-scenes video, but it’s actually an Underworld Reclamation side story?
—There’s that skeleton! So happy to see them.
The Underworld Reclamation featured blacksmith skeletons who assisted Jin-woo.
Because those two skeletons received significant screen time and were quite charming, many came to JinTube and welcomed them warmly.
—Ice Elze at 6:55 is totally staring at Jin-woo.
—Since it’s a skeleton, no jaw bone needed—its mandible just keeps hanging open.
—But even after Jin-woo gave it a body, the jaw was still hanging open.
—That’s because it’s still a skeleton.
—The soul went into the skeleton, so it’s still a skeleton.
—ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Users began completely falling for the Underworld.
And then.
—Guys…… but isn’t Jin-woo already Ranker-tier by now?
—He’s already far beyond Ranker-tier.
—But why doesn’t he show up in the Ranker rankings?
—Yeah, he’s really not showing up.
—Is he missing from the list?
—No way. The guy makes USSR+ Equipment the moment he touches anything. He couldn’t possibly be omitted from the Ranker list.
—Unless…
It was then that users began to realize something.
—He hasn’t entered yet, right?
—Why?
—Why?
—Once your Level hits the requirement, you automatically enter the rankings.
—Unless…
—Unless…
—Unless he really hasn’t?
No one could believe it.
—So he makes equipment like that, but he still hasn’t reached the Ranker entry Level?
It was absurd.
—If he hasn’t reached the Ranker entry Level, he’d be in the 300s, or maybe early 400s Level-wise.
There were many at Level 500 and above who still couldn’t craft USSR+ Equipment.
In fact, anything UR and above was the realm of talent.
Without talent, you couldn’t reach it.
—This doesn’t make sense…….
—But watching the video, it actually does make sense. Seeing sections that would have blocked other crafters—where they’d be stuck—just get cleanly solved, it becomes believable.
The Underworld arc had many adversities.
Especially at the start—not being able to touch souls was shocking.
—To be honest, I was confused at first too. “What is this? How do we overcome this from the start?” But then watching him break right through it, I was amazed. That’s when I really got immersed.
The way adversities crashed down like waves at the beginning, and then watching those same adversities get overwhelmingly resolved, had an enormous impact on immersion.
The Underworld’s difficulty was beyond imagination, yet Jin-woo found ways and handled it all dominantly. People couldn’t help but cheer.
Particularly impressive was the fact that he handled the final boss, Uroled, with a single crafting solution.
He solved something that shouldn’t have been resolvable by crafting—and he solved it with crafting anyway.
Jin-woo’s essence is crafting.
Overcoming any difficulty through crafting—that was the charm of Jin-woo’s videos.
—For me, catching that huge fox was the best. Taking down Boros.
—I liked when he created dozens of skeletal frames all at once.
People each shared their favorite moments in the comments and then went back to the forums to post reviews.
Not content with that, they started searching for and watching MiTube reviews of the Underworld arc.
“This is absolutely insane. Seriously insane.”
“I never thought he could solve all of it through crafting. No matter how I look at it, that wasn’t something that should have been solvable by crafting.”
The MiTubers who’d uploaded videos quickly expressed their amazement.
“Thanks to Jin-woo, my subscriber count and views are skyrocketing.”
The trickle-down effect Jin-woo created was enormous.
“Wow. Fritz really isn’t messing around.”
And Fritz was at the very forefront of that trickle-down effect.
His watch-together stream had a view count of two million.
Fritz gave all the credit to Jin-woo.
“I’m sure you don’t need it,”
Fritz’s mouth twitched with barely contained glee.
“but I’d like to sponsor you! Thank you so much!”
—[Fritz] has sponsored $10,000!
Fritz immediately sponsored ten thousand dollars.
He was already a major MiTuber thanks to Jin-woo. Of course, his growth had plateaued somewhat recently.
But now that growth was beginning to break through again.
It was thanks to videos about Jin-woo.
Jin-woo alone was turning the massive gears of MiTube.
* * *
While the Underworld Reclamation was exploding with reactions,
on the outskirts of the capital, Avalon.
Jin-woo was moving along, following a Quest Marker.
“Hmm. This direction leads up into the mountain range.”
The Avalon Mountain Range.
Going up this mountain range would eventually lead to the border crossing into another kingdom.
‘Seems like the Avalon Mountain Range marks the dividing line.’
Going up and across the Avalon Mountain Range led to the Malen Duchy, and heading right led to the Grona Kingdom.
“Recruiting one warrior! Level 500 or above! Looking at Equipment Tier. Below standard? Can’t apply!”
“Anyone want to go get Muir Claws!”
“Anyone looking to hunt for Star’s Tear!”
“Looking for hunting party for Avalon Hill Region!”
“Need a healer quick. You keep all the materials you get!”
The entrance to the Avalon Mountain Range was teeming with energy.
“Lots of people here.”
The Avalon Mountain Range was one of the hunting grounds with quite high Level restrictions.
Moreover, it was a place where player-versus-player combat was permitted, making it one of the hotly contested zones.
‘The fights are interesting though.’
Combat was both a clash between individual players and a showdown between their equipment.
‘There’s a certain appeal to watching the equipment.’
Jin-woo observed the gear on the gathered players.
‘There are similarities, but.’
There were also pieces crafted with each maker’s unique characteristics.
‘I remember the days of selling Pickaxes.’
It wasn’t all that long ago, really.
Jin-woo moved toward the side path of the Avalon Mountain Range. He planned to go higher than where the Quest Marker indicated.
—Entering Avalon Mountain Range!
—Level 500 restricted hunting ground!
—Your Level is too low!
—Watch out for Death Penalties!
“Tiger.”
Jin-woo summoned the tiger.
Whoooosh.
With a deep blue Aura, the tiger was summoned and took its place before Jin-woo.
Swish.
Then he mounted the tiger and shot forward like an arrow.
“There’s a monster over there.”
A monster was detected by Jin-woo’s Eagle Eye skill.
A giant of considerable size.
Half resembled a golem, half resembled a human.
“Grrrrrrgh.”
—Earth Giant roars!
“Since it’s a Level 500 restricted hunting ground, the monsters are pretty exotic.”
He was quite curious about what materials it would drop.
Jin-woo charged toward the Earth Giant on his tiger.
Then he glanced back slightly.
‘As expected.’
There was a group following Jin-woo from the mountain entrance. They were using skills to hide, but Jin-woo’s senses had already picked up on them.
‘Fame’s inevitable.’
Not long ago, Jin-woo had crafted equipment for the Realize Guild.
‘It could be them.’
Or it could have been someone else entirely.
But one thing was certain.
‘This should be fun.’
It would be an excellent opportunity to test out the M-Tier equipment.
“I’ll give you an opening.”
A smirk crossed Jin-woo’s face.
“Come on then. Go ahead.”

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