The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 289

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Chapter 289
289.
-Your level has increased!
-You have achieved an Achievement!
-You have crafted Master Rare Grade equipment!
-All the gods who sponsor you bless you!
-You have received sponsorship from the gods!
-The Goddess of Fire and Furnace praises you greatly!
-Your Strength stat increases by 30!
-The green-skinned god…….
-The God of Nature and Harmony…….
…….
Countless gods were watching Jin-woo’s crafting.
The moment Jin-woo reached Master Rare Grade, praises and sponsorships came pouring in like a madness.
-The God of Bone and Death sponsors you!
Even the God of Bone and Death, who primarily favored bone crafting, had no choice but to offer sponsorship for this particular creation.
It was, quite literally, an overwhelmingly masterful piece of work.
-The Moonlight Goddess sends her admiration for this beautiful creation!
-Your Strength stat increases by 50!
Along with sponsorship from many gods, Jin-woo even received the backing of a new deity.
-A new god has taken notice of you!
-The Forger of the Thunder Hammer wishes to sponsor you!
“Haaaah.”
Jin-woo took a long, deep breath.
-Your stamina has dropped significantly!
He had exhausted himself by pushing the limits of his power to their absolute end.
Yet Jin-woo had accomplished it.
Equipment of a new tier—Master Rare Grade.
‘The Master Rare Grade isn’t what matters.’
What truly mattered was the sword itself, through which raged the circulation of this attribute.
“I’ve created it.”
This was what Jin-woo had obtained at the end of a path walked through orthodox means—a path he, who had relied on expedients until now, had finally taken.
This was the answer Jin-woo had forged.
Shaaaaaaash—!
No single attribute was the primary one, and yet simultaneously, all attributes were primary.
Jin-woo examined the completed Master Rare Grade equipment.
[Eternal Cycle Sword]
-Attack Power: 77,700
-Grade:
MR
-Durability 1,050,000 / 1,050,000
-Attribute: [Circulation Attribute]
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* Special Skill [Circulation Strike: Unleash the power of all contained attributes to deal intense damage!]
* Special Option [Ultra-Extreme Refinement: Critical damage from attribute attacks increases by an additional 500%!]
* Special Option [Ultimate Attack Power: Attack power increases by 2,050,000.]
* Special Option [Spell Enchantment Extreme – Arkshak LV3: Attack power increases by 850,000.]
* Special Option [Spell Enchantment Extreme – Irempt LV1: Critical attack power increases by 210%.]
* Special Option [Life Drain: Absorb 17% of the damage dealt as your own life force!]
* Special Option [Ambush: The power of the Necromaster dwells within. Your first attack is guaranteed to be a Fatal Blow.]
* Special Option [Soul Forging: Draws out the power of the soul. Attack power increases by 15%.]
* Special Option [Soul Penetration: Ignore defense and deal damage!]
* Special Option [Gaze of the Dead: Discern the enemy’s weak point. Gain an additional 3% attack power.]
* Special Option [Darkness Scatter: Instill fear in your opponent! Enemy attack power decreases by 3%.]
* Special Option [Essence Enchantment: The power of essence dwells within. Gain the power of attribute explosion. Attribute attacks deal additional damage.]
* Wave Resonance [Power of the Wave: Through the power of the wave, you gain additional stats. Attack power increases. Critical chance increases. Attack speed increases.]
* Wave Resonance [Hand Tempering: Thunder attribute is granted!]
* Special Option [Blazing Shadowflame: Grant the abnormal status ‘Oblivion’ to struck enemies with a set probability!]
The Eternal Cycle Sword was a masterpiece created by Jin-woo.
Everything he had intended was woven into the blade.
What was particularly striking was the attribute itself.
“A Circulation Attribute, then.”
Shaaaaaaash—.
From the Eternal Cycle Sword held in Jin-woo’s hand, countless attributes began to burst forth.
Crackle, crackle, crackle—.
Swish, swish, swish—.
Snap—!
The power of all contained attributes began to pour out.
This Eternal Cycle Sword was not bound to a single attribute.
“No, that’s impossible. What on earth is that thing?”
Aktoz, who had gasped in horror, instinctively stumbled backward.
The power radiating from the Eternal Cycle Sword was precisely the kind of force that could bring even Aktoz to the brink of death.
‘The grade column is strange.’
The part marked “MR” shone with a brilliant light.
As if saying that all grades until now were merely grades, but this—this was the real thing.
-You have achieved an Achievement!
-You have achieved the Achievement [Beginning of Legend]!
The Beginning of Legend.
In this moment, Jin-woo could be said to have stepped into the Beginning of Legend.
Jin-woo grinned and gripped the Eternal Cycle Sword.
‘The attack power is insane.’
It far surpassed the Thunder Cloud Dagger, the equipment of Speed, which had possessed the highest attack power until now.
‘The grade followed suit.’
This was the moment the importance of options—which he had continuously pursued upon reaching SSR Grade—exploded into reality.
As Jin-woo’s skill increased, his options rose, and naturally, the grade followed.
“Everything went according to plan.”
Master Rare.
A realm that only a select few among those who had reached the Master tier could ascend to.
‘Now I understand why this Achievement is called the Beginning of Legend.’
From Master Rare onward, only those who sprint toward legend gathered at this height.
Truly, the beginning of legend.
From this threshold onward, the view differed depending on how one ran forward.
Yet Jin-woo paid no mind to the countless notifications and gazed only upon the sword he had created.
In the simple blade lay five attributes.
“First!”
Jin-woo called out to First.
First had already come to Jin-woo’s side.
First, who emerged from the darkness before Jin-woo, took hold of the Eternal Cycle Sword.
-You have given the Eternal Cycle Sword to your familiar, First.
Right now, in this moment, First was the most trustworthy familiar he possessed.
“Cover positions—!”
Jin-woo issued orders to his familiars.
Currently, First, along with Pur, was absorbing the most of Aktoz’s power.
As a result, both had sustained considerable damage and could not move as they had before.
Therefore, covering fire was necessary.
“We will provide cover!”
“We will provide cover.”
“The Master of Heaven provides cover! Go!”
Bang—!
Speed and Bae moved at once, intercepting Aktoz, who had hastily retreated at breakneck speed.
“Damn it—!”
Aktoz was seized by fear.
An Archdevil, the very embodiment of terror, afflicted by fear—it was a sight rarely seen.
Yet Aktoz paid no heed to such trivialities.
His entire focus was locked on that Eternal Cycle Sword.
“This—inhuman monster—!”
He had ultimately created it.
A bizarre and unbelievable legendary weapon had been created.
“Just how many… how many powers…!”
Even two attributes were an absurd level, yet that Eternal Cycle Sword now contained no fewer than five.
Shaaaaaaash—.
The Eternal Cycle Sword scattered water.
Splash—. Splash—.
“!”
Aktoz’s body trembled as he beheld his feet, already ensnared.
Crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle—!
Lightning burst along the water.
Water attribute and lightning attribute.
Both attributes assailed Aktoz simultaneously.
“!”
“There’s an effect—”
“It’s working!”
Blue light returned to the eyes of all the familiars.
“Proclamation of Destiny!”
Since Jin-woo was no longer occupied with crafting, he had the energy to spare.
-You proclaim your Destiny!
Jin-woo proclaimed his Destiny once more.
Though quite exhausted from crafting the Master Rare Grade equipment, Jin-woo felt rejuvenated.
He wanted to see it.
‘What the Eternal Cycle Sword can do.’
The finest equipment he could make at this moment.
‘This is a good chance to gauge my current level.’
Shaaaaaaash—!
First, wielding the Master Rare Grade Eternal Cycle Sword, closed the distance to Aktoz in an instant.
The special skill, Circulation Strike, was unleashed, and even First seemed slightly taken aback.
Yet he adapted quickly.
He had never been surprised when donning equipment crafted by Jin-woo.
So he steadily swung the blade.
Whoooosh—.
The power of five attributes was woven into a single strike.
“!”
Aktoz understood instinctively.
This attack could not be allowed to land.
If it did…….
Slash—!
“Gaaaaahhhhh—!”
Aktoz, the fusion of nightmares, permitted damage for the first time.
“Cough…….”
He spat blood from the intensity of the blow and retreated.
“!”
“!”
“!”
All the familiars’ eyes widened.
“Charge forward!”
Pur surged ahead and spoke. He had witnessed First’s attack succeed with his own eyes. So they had to confuse Aktoz.
They had to weave their attacks with First’s strikes.
First was clearly exhausted.
So they had to raise the hit probability even slightly.
“Damn it!”
Aktoz saw through the familiars’ movements. Yet he had no answer. That strike from First just now had been far too severe.
And a spiritual shock had settled in as well.
“The Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Palace…….”
“Us…….”
“Us—!”
He could hear the screams of allies sealed within the Ten Thousand Demon Palace.
Impossible though it seemed.
Thud—!
First stamped the ground hard. Then he swung the blade in a straight line.
Circulation Strike.
That blow, charged with five attributes, cleaved Aktoz cleanly in two.
-The Nightmare Fusion, Aktoz, passes into eternal sleep.
-You have hunted Aktoz!
Boom—.
As Aktoz fell, the three towers standing tall in the distance split and crumbled as if rent asunder by a colossal blade.
-You have cleared the Tower!
-You have been registered in the Hall of Honor!
-Calculating rewards…….
-System confirms the clear. Number of clearers: 1.
-Overwhelmingly exceptional performance!
-An extraordinary result!
-Due to this unbelievable outcome, rewards have been adjusted!
-Rewards have reached maximum.
-You receive MAX rewards.
-Your level has increased.
-Your level has increased.
Among countless notifications, Jin-woo received MAX rewards as his limit had been reached, just as before.
-A Quest has been updated!
-The Quest “Savior of the Spirit Race” has been updated!
Even the “Savior of the Spirit Race” Quest, a dungeon of overwhelming difficulty, had been updated together.
Now all that remained was to restore the Object.
Shaaaaaaash—.
Boom—!
The three towers collapsed in the distance, and Elementia’s tremor ceased.
“I did it.”
Jin-woo had simultaneously cleared three towers.
“Haaaah…….”
Jin-woo collapsed to the ground where he stood.
“Come to think of it, I just cleared three towers at once.”
Jin-woo had not faced merely a single demon called Aktoz.
He had faced the masters of three towers that had driven Elementia toward ruin.
‘It’s essentially the same as clearing three bosses simultaneously.’
“No wonder it was difficult.”
No matter how capable Jin-woo was, clearing three towers simultaneously could not be easy.
Towers were not meant to be solo content in the first place.
“But it’s done.”
It was not a matter of scraping by and winning.
‘I’ve broken through the limit.’
He had reached a height that Jin-woo himself had never before attained.
“!”
As Jin-woo sat eased, Aktoz’s soul suddenly surged with power before him.
“The Ten Thousand Demon Palace.”
Then that power began to be absorbed into Jin-woo’s Ten Thousand Demon Palace.
Shaaaash—.
Shaaaaaaaaaash—!
“Oh.”