The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 29

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Episode 29
Episode 29.
“Hmm!”
A smile never left Jin-woo’s lips.
The pickaxe he’d crafted was one thing, but the sensation in his hands made Jin-woo’s entire body tingle with delight.
It had been a full year since he last made equipment from bone.
He’d only taken a year’s break, yet everything felt new and everything felt thrilling.
“Auction House.”
Jin-woo immediately opened the Auction House.
He still had money left over from purchasing the Azure Stone.
-Steel purchased!
“Mixing bone with other materials might actually be better than using it alone.”
He crafted a pickaxe by blending Steel and bone together.
Jin-woo placed the purchased Steel into the furnace.
Whoosh—the flames roared.
“Now I’ll add the bone.”
Clang! Clang!
“This strengthens the steel. It receives the power of bone.”
This had worked back in the Eternal Sunshine days too.
-Steel is reinforced!
“It works.”
Jin-woo brought the hammer down in rapid succession.
-Steel Bone Pickaxe created!
“Bone has diverse properties, you see.”
Especially when mixed with minerals—the hardness and durability increased dramatically.
“Bone is good on its own and good mixed with others. It’s truly a generous tree.”
Jin-woo summoned Dust.
“Dust.”
“Poolong.”
“Can you eat this too, by any chance?”
Jin-woo held out a bone.
“…….”
Dust had no mouth. Only eyes.
Yet those eyes seemed to be cursing him.
“You’re showing a lot of white in those eyes.”
“……Poolong.”
“Next time I’ll give you something delicious.”
“Poolong.”
As if saying ‘You promised?’, Dust swallowed the bone whole.
Whoooosh—!
-Recycle!
The bone Dust spat out gleamed with a blue hue.
“Azure Goblin Bone?”
It was the same kind of goblin bone, but it was clearly different.
-Azure Goblin Bone Grade [C]
Description: The bone of a goblin born with naturally greater mana than ordinary goblins. Contains mana within it.
The Azure Goblin Bone was imbued with mana.
Jin-woo examined the Azure Goblin Bone carefully.
He held it in his palm and even swung it experimentally in that position.
“Much better than regular goblin bone. Much lighter too.”
Jin-woo then synthesized bone with bone.
-Material Synthesis commencing!
-Synthesized Goblin Bone Grade [B]
Description: Fused goblin bone with jaw bone. As a result, it became considerably harder.
“Oh.”
Jin-woo let out a murmur of admiration.
“So it’s not just a simple synthesis.”
Material Recycle was material conversion.
Material Synthesis, it seemed, served the role of upgrading material grade.
“Now I’m starting to understand your abilities bit by bit, Dust.”
At that, Dust flew up with a cheerful poolong and perched atop Jin-woo’s head.
“Your greatest ability is being this cute.”
It felt like raising a flying puppy.
Jin-woo dove back into crafting with the materials Dust had created.
Scrape. Scrape. Scrape.
Clang—!
He crafted pickaxes using bones and Steel as materials.
-Equipment created!
A+ again, another A+.
He’d reached a level where he could routinely produce A+ grade equipment.
“Just one step short, though.”
Yet creating pickaxes in diverse forms was thoroughly enjoyable.
Glug, glug—
“Ah.”
Jin-woo drank a Stamina Potion and continued his crafting.
“Potion crafting might also be useful for equipment reinforcement.”
There must surely be potions among them that could aid in equipment enhancement.
Clang! Clang!
Jin-woo continued producing pickaxes.
“Dust.”
Dust was a spirit of materials.
Because of that, while in material form, it could draw out the hidden potential of materials.
“Poolong.”
Dust settled onto the bones with a cheerful poolong sound.
-Material Potential Explosion!
Bang! Clang! Bang!
-Equipment created!
-A+ Grade equipment created!
“Bone Steel Pickaxe.”
-Dexterity stat increased.
-Dexterity stat increased.
“Bone Wave Pickaxe.”
Clang—!
“Azure Goblin Bone Pickaxe.”
They were all pickaxes, yet each one was entirely unique.
The concept behind this round of pickaxe crafting was one-of-a-kind tools.
“Miner users won’t have anything distinguishing them from other users otherwise.”
They would need pickaxes of their own.
“So they need to be at least a little different.”
Having a pickaxe of one’s own meant attachment would form.
“And the person who crafted that pickaxe filled with attachment—”
Would that be Jin-woo?
“Next time they want to buy a pickaxe, they’ll seek me out. Without fail.”
Jin-woo grinned.
-Lava Smelting Technique proficiency increased!
-Lava Smelting Technique grade has risen!
“Rising steadily. Thanks to that, I can speed up my crafting process.”
Jin-woo’s Dexterity was one thing, but with his Lava Smelting Technique proficiency improving, he could now produce pickaxes at remarkable speed.
-B Grade → B+ Grade
“Climbed a tier.”
Jin-woo rode the momentum.
“Screeeech!”
He hunted monsters in the Gorge and collected byproducts.
Then immediately crafted pickaxes.
Hunt.
Craft.
Hunt and craft again.
-A god breathes admiration upon you!
-A god says you must be tired now!
“I’m not tired.”
Jin-woo defiantly drank a Stamina Potion.
“This is just the beginning.”
-The Guardian God of Flame and Crafting laughs in delight!
The Guardian God of Flame and Crafting, who was already sponsoring Jin-woo, laughed with satisfaction.
“Next one.”
Jin-woo swung the hammer.
Accumulated count: forty-nine.
Now only one remained.
And the remaining time was—
-Time Remaining
21:00:00
Twenty-one hours left.
Clang—!
-Bone Spike Pickaxe created!
-Quest cleared!
-A brilliant achievement!
-A magnificent result!
-A god sends applause your way!
In the past, there had been users who caught the attention of the new god.
But not a single one of them had cleared the quest this new god had given.
Which is why—
Ding—!
-Hall of Fame
1. Jin-woo
-You are the sole Hall of Fame registrant!
Alone.
Only Jin-woo had been registered in the Hall of Fame.
-You receive the First Hall of Fame Registration Bonus!
-Your level increases!
-Quest cleared!
-A god reveals their name.
-The God of Bone and Death grants you a Rune!
The God of Bone and Death.
-[Rune] Touch of Bone
Description: When you craft equipment using bone as a material, you can grant additional options.
-[Rune] Bone Heart
Description: Bone descends upon your heart. All debuffs convert to buffs.
Jin-woo received the two Runes as promised.
Furthermore, the new god revealed their name and officially began sponsoring Jin-woo.
“Thank you.”
This quest had been quite profitable for Jin-woo as well.
‘I’ve developed a feel for speed.’
And he’d been able to work with bone to his heart’s content.
‘These Runes are better than I expected?’
Especially the first Rune—whenever bone was used as a material, it automatically granted additional options.
‘I don’t have to use bone as the primary material alone. Once bone is included, the additional option kicks in.’
The second Rune was highly suited to combat in many ways.
“A profitable deal.”
Jin-woo looked at the pickaxes piled up before him.
The fifty pickaxes crafted from bone and Steel each bore a different appearance.
“Satisfying.”
Jin-woo opened the Auction House immediately.
“Hmm.”
He planned to sell all fifty pickaxes on the Auction House.
This time he intended to sell them at a fixed price in regular sales rather than free auction.
“None of them stand out as exceptionally well-made, you see.”
Jin-woo paused to consider.
“They sold well even at a thousand Gold.”
And in free auction they’d sold for twelve thousand Gold.
“Users definitely have the funds. So I should raise the price now.”
Among miner users currently, Jin-woo’s pickaxes were highly appealing items.
Whatever price he set, they would sell.
“I could set it at twelve thousand Gold and they’d sell, but let’s go with ten thousand for now.”
He could have demanded a higher price, but Jin-woo deliberately adjusted the cost.
The reason was simple.
“For a good relationship with the miners.”
The immediate profit wasn’t what mattered most.
Showing miners what kind of craftsperson he was took priority.
“Money isn’t first. Equipment crafting and those who can properly use that equipment come first. That’s the first step. Getting my name out there is what matters.”
The money would follow naturally after that.
Having listed all the pickaxes on the Auction House, Jin-woo found the location written on the Parchment Location inside the Gorge.
-Item registered!
Fifty items total. If they all sold, he’d earn five hundred thousand Gold.
“Five hundred thousand Gold amounts to how much?”
Roughly a hundred won per Gold—
“Fifty million won?”
A staggering fifty million won.
He could earn an enormous sum.
The capsule cost thirty million won, so he could immediately pay back his debt to his sister.
“I should convert three hundred thousand Gold to actual money right away and give it to my sister.”
And with the remaining funds—
“I’ll buy materials.”
Various materials listed on the Auction House caught his eye.
* * *
Bone Pickaxes appeared on the Auction House.
“Huh? Jin-woo?”
“He uploaded pickaxes again?”
Some miners had gone searching for Jin-woo directly, but several others had been monitoring the Auction House continuously.
They were convinced that if it was Jin-woo, he’d eventually list equipment on the Auction House again.
And their prediction proved correct.
“!”
“Wow, what is this?”
“Bone Pickaxe?”
Bone Pickaxe.
Quite literally, pickaxes made of bone.
“Insane.”
The Brass Steel Pickaxe he’d uploaded before was visually impressive in its own right.
But this surpassed it.
A wild pickaxe that preserved bone’s unique atmosphere while still looking magnificent.
“Wasn’t it just recently that he uploaded pickaxes? I think he put up twenty then.”
“He uploaded fifty this time. The speed is unreal.”
“He made fifty in this short span?”
“Is that even possible? How can his hands be that fast?”
Total volume: fifty pickaxes.
Just recently he’d uploaded twenty pickaxes.
To produce another fifty in such a short timeframe was unbelievable.
What’s more, the quality was even better than before. The design was refined, and overall the pickaxes looked more sophisticated.
“A man in white armor has appeared in our mining industry.”
“Fifty units is amazing enough, folks. Check the price!”
“Ten thousand Gold?”
“Why would he list it so cheaply?”
Those same users who’d protested when he first listed at a thousand Gold—
But now no one was saying Jin-woo’s pickaxes were expensive.
Hadn’t Yur, the highest-tier miner user, already proven it by purchasing a pickaxe for twelve thousand Gold?
That Jin-woo’s pickaxes were worth buying even at twelve thousand Gold or more.
Ten thousand Gold was a steal.
“This is practically a free pickaxe!”
Miner users frantically purchased the Bone Pickaxes.
And exactly one minute later.
All fifty pickaxes were completely sold out in a single minute.
-Sales concluded!
“No, wait, I didn’t get one!”
“They sold out already?”
“Jin-woo, why did you only list fifty?”
They all began crying out ‘No, wait’.
Fifty units was a lot, but the number of miner users was far greater.
Since New Generation was serviced not just in Korea but in several other countries, even a simple calculation showed there were miners from overseas in addition to Korean users.
“By the way, overseas miner users were asking about Jin-woo on Shark Net!”
“Damn. I should have bought this time!”
Shark Net was quite substantial in scale.
Many overseas users utilized Shark Net, and separate forums were even being operated.
In those forums, discussions about Jin-woo were gradually appearing.
Of course, limited to miner users.
Yur, who was already quite famous among global miners, had suddenly appeared wielding an impressive pickaxe, so everyone was naturally curious.
“Am I the only one who can’t buy?”
Unintentionally, the limited supply had awakened the collecting instinct in miner users.
“I absolutely will buy next time!”
Just as they all clenched their fists in frustration—
Yur, who had purchased the Brass Steel Pickaxe, was smiling.
“I got one this time too.”
He smiled brightly.

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