The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 274

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Chapter 274
274.
Whoooosh—
Jin-woo held in his hand a material he’d never seen before.
A stunningly radiant amber-colored mineral.
“This doesn’t make sense.”
And this was an impossible material.
—The God of Elements and Circulation says you are worthy of receiving this!
Crackle, crackle—
Snap—
This bonus reward contained the heat of roaring flames, and at the same time, the abundant power of the earth.
“Two attributes…… embedded in it?”
Two attributes in a single material.
“Both of them are primary attributes.”
One attribute wasn’t subordinate to another—it wasn’t cradled within the stronger one.
Both were primary attributes.
Jin-woo examined the material carefully.
—Circulation Amber Stone [M+]
The bonus reward from the God of Elements and Circulation was a Circulation Amber Stone of M+ Grade.
“Not only does it contain two primary attributes, but M+ Grade too.”
This was an extremely difficult material to work with.
—The God of Elements and Circulation believes you will be able to handle this material well!
Jin-woo’s expression darkened.
That he would be capable of handling it well.
“You’ve assessed me correctly.
But in my current state, working with this would be difficult.
“It’s challenging. For now.”
Yet his mouth was smiling.
This was an incredibly precious material.
And simultaneously, incredibly difficult to work with.
‘They’ve given me quite a troublesome material.’
Jin-woo examined the Circulation Amber Stone from every angle.
“Normally, equipment can’t contain more than one attribute.”
Any piece of equipment has only one attribute.
That’s what we call a primary attribute.
A secondary attribute weaker than the primary could accompany it, but fundamentally, the equipment’s primary attribute is the strongest force.
‘You can’t put two primary attributes of equal power into equipment.’
For example, if you tried to embed this Circulation Amber Stone’s fire and earth attributes as primary attributes into equipment—
‘The material would simply shatter.’
Crafting failure.
You’d lose the material entirely.
‘Even with Eternal Sunshine, it wasn’t easy. I tried countless times. Attempting to embed multiple attributes into a single piece of equipment.’
But in the end, Jin-woo had given up on embedding two primary attributes. To be precise, he’d abandoned the attempt to embed two primary attributes and instead used a workaround to create multi-attribute equipment.
He’d chosen a method of minimizing the difference between primary and secondary attributes and reducing the very potential that the primary attribute possessed.
‘I didn’t…… fully utilize the material.’
Slide—
Jin-woo continued touching the Circulation Amber Stone, diagnosing it.
‘Curious. It’s not stable. Yet two primary attributes are intricately woven together. Why hasn’t it shattered?’
This Circulation Amber Stone was a material where such an impossible thing had been realized.
‘In practice, using this material is impossible.’
Of course, it could be used.
But if you did, it would simply shatter immediately.
Otherwise, your only option was to kill one of the primary attributes and use it that way.
But if you did that, it would be hard to say you’d truly utilized the material.
Just like with Eternal Sunshine, you could suppress the material’s potential and gain only the advantage of using multiple attributes.
Jin-woo took a deep breath.
Then he repeatedly clenched and unclenched his fist.
“This is interesting.”
Jin-woo found such rewards far more enjoyable than ordinary ones.
—The God of Elements and Circulation is delighted that you seem pleased!
“Thank you. This is exactly the kind of material I needed.”
With Eternal Sunshine, he’d ultimately turned away from that path.
But after going in circles, here he was, face-to-face with it again.
‘Another chance has come.’
Going in circles, he’d encountered it again in NewGen.
There were two choices.
To turn away like before.
Or.
‘To forge a new path.’
Jin-woo caressed the Spirit Stones he possessed.
He pocketed the Circulation Amber Stone and resumed his previous work.
‘I’ll need to warm up first.’
Not like this.
He needed to refine his sense further and feel the attributes.
—Equipment has been created!
—Equipment has been created!
“Let me finish what needs doing first.”
* * *
Dongwoo was editing the next content video in a different format.
“It might work to upload it as a series, like Netflix.”
Until now, Dongwoo had completed all planned content within a single video.
But Jin-woo’s entry into the Avalon Kingdom and the process of finding the Temple couldn’t be wrapped up in one episode.
‘This seems like the beginning of a massive quest.’
“Let’s try it as a series.”
It was a format he’d never tried before, but it wasn’t difficult.
Dongwoo divided it into three parts first.
Episode one would cover entering the Avalon Kingdom and the process of finding the Temple.
Episode two would be the Wave Purification Shield.
And episode three would cover the Temple rewards and Workshop opening, allowing him to naturally flow into subsequent series.
The biggest issue here was the Workshop.
—Slip the Workshop opening from JinTube into the video. Don’t be too obvious about it. Everyone figures it out anyway.
He’d said that even subtle hints would be caught by those who knew what to look for.
Dongwoo agreed with that assessment.
“If people find out about the Workshop being made, it’s really going to blow up.”
Everyone was currently clamoring for Jin-woo’s personal Workshop.
They kept asking when he’d make it, saying they’d shower him with money the moment he did.
“Not about money. My brother’s busy running Auto Hunting right now.”
Dongwoo logged into SharkNet.
—Recent news about the Workshop in Avalon.JPG
—Have you guys seen that Workshop? There were so many people there??
—There were skeletons working there?? I have no idea whose Workshop it is.
—Is that a player in skeleton costume??
—Yeah, it’s a player in skeleton costume. Seems like they’re doing concept play.
—Crafting users really are a unique bunch. So unique.
Dongwoo smiled at the SharkNet reactions.
“People are flocking there even without knowing it’s my brother’s Workshop. But when they find out this Manshang Workshop belongs to him, things are really going to explode.”
Currently, the Manshang Workshop was running very smoothly with three of Jin-woo’s Familiars.
“How on earth did my brother come up with an idea like this?”
He couldn’t believe it.
Running a Workshop with Familiars?
“There’s nothing like this in the community.”
Dongwoo laughed with satisfaction.
But before that, the edited video of First’s steel monster from Lyuten was scheduled to go up first.
“That way I can upload Princess Estella’s FIRST Quest video more smoothly.”
Dongwoo grinned.
Along with the terrifyingly rising subscriber count, views were also climbing steeply.
Already climbing steeply and maintaining high views, climbing even steeper now filled JinTube’s view analytics chart with red.
“I wish this had been my stock.”
But thanks to MiTube also exploding just as dramatically, revenue was substantial.
“The Reclamation of the Underworld is still pulling in solid traffic.”
It continued to hold first place on Netflix.
“Seems like it won’t be long now.”
Currently, Jin-woo’s Reclamation of the Underworld was chasing first place madly.
If the trend continued, it wouldn’t be long.
Breaking first place was certain, and there was enough momentum to climb even higher.
“How did my brother endure a whole year with this kind of talent?”
Dongwoo thought of his brother.
“It was because of me.”
Then he returned to editing. The only way he could repay his brother for that was to do his best.
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The West.
In the West, now a hellscape, Nordin and the Spirit Knights stood.
They were different from before.
Previously, they’d worn old and broken equipment, but now they wore new gear.
Despite being brand new equipment, they had adapted to their respective gear with perfect naturalness.
This was possible because Jin-woo had crafted it exactly as they’d requested.
Like gear they’d worn for years, they held their equipment comfortably.
“Phew—”
Nordin breathed out shortly. Then he gripped his Twin Swords with powerful force.
His Twin Swords of different lengths gleamed sharply as they caught the light.
At that glimmer, demons in the distance reacted.
“Hahahaha—!”
“Spirits!”
“The ones who fled have returned!”
“Kahahahaha—! And they arrive while the commanders are away!”
“Fortune smiles on us!”
“Let us devour them and gain their strength.”
The demons rushed forward with gaping maws.
The West was closest to the North, their stronghold, and it was here, centered on those three towers, that the most demons erupted forth.
In moments, hundreds of demons descended upon Nordin and his companions.
“Everyone.”
Nordin gazed at the demons.
“Let us prove how noble was the choice our savior made for us.”
Jin-woo’s choice was not one anyone could make.
Casting aside the easiest path, he’d granted them their role entirely.
No, this was different from mere concession.
To allow them—with their own hands—to protect their own land.
Wasn’t that true salvation?
All the Spirit Knights, including Nordin, clenched their teeth at the hand of salvation Jin-woo had extended.
They all wanted it.
To slay their own kin.
To destroy their home.
To take revenge on those demons who had even insulted the warm-hearted Spirit King—their chance at vengeance!
Their fury flowed down through their weapons untouched.
Boom—!
Demons and spirits collided directly.
“Kekeke—. As if they’ve brought some grand equipment—”
Splurt—!
The demon’s head vanished entirely.
“……What?”
Even the spirit who’d swung couldn’t hide his shock.
Splurt—! Splurt—! Splurt—!
Simultaneous collisions erupted, and no demon could withstand the new equipment Jin-woo had forged.
Crunch—!
With so many demons, attacks came through at times.
But it was the demons who showed pain.
Whoosh—
Spikes erupted from the armor, piercing straight through the demons.
“W-what on earth is this!”
For demons who had countless times faced and devoured spirits, it was shocking.
Could a mere change of equipment do this?
“Just equipment—!”
“Just equipment?”
Nordin raised his Twin Swords high. Then he crossed them and swung in one fluid motion.
Splurt—!
“Gahhhhh—!”
“This is no mere equipment!”
Nordin, having felled a demon, raised his Twin Swords high once more.
“This is our salvation.”

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