The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 291

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Episode 291
291.
Bang!
Jin-woo brought the hammer down.
Crack.
The chisel cracked through, biting far deeper than before.
‘It’s different.’
The power granted from the Ten Thousand Demon Palace, and the strength he’d gained becoming Acrod, exceeded Jin-woo’s expectations.
‘Completely different.’
It had become so overwhelming that he had to forget everything about his old sense of control.
‘I need to adjust my Zero Point Control.’
Bang!
“You just finished facing a fused demon…….”
“What is this……?”
“Do you have infinite stamina……?”
The spirits watched Jin-woo.
“Could you possibly be Undead……?”
It shouldn’t have been possible, but Jin-woo’s endurance was exactly that of the Undead.
It was a performance where the tireless trait of the Undead had wholly taken root in him. He’d just finished hunting Aktoz, an enormous evil.
Yet even so, as he struck the Giant Statue and crafted, there was even a hint of composure to his movements.
Of course, it wasn’t composure at all—it was controlled force for Zero Point Control—but the spirits couldn’t have known that.
Bang!
Jin-woo adjusted his zero point little by little as he struck with hammer and chisel.
The stronger the power, the more refined it could become.
‘I need to control it further.’
A level where he thought “this is enough” would not do.
‘The work must be difficult.’
Each time he created something, it had to challenge him.
Difficulty meant he was constantly operating at the limits of his capabilities, and only by doing so could he pour everything he had into the result.
‘There’s nothing more foolish than compromising with yourself.’
I do not compromise with myself.
I must draw out everything that can be drawn out.
Crack!
With the final strike of the hammer, the Giant Statue was complete.
A full ten meters tall.
“Done.”
-You have completed the Giant Statue!
Jin-woo and the Spirit Blacksmiths had completed the Giant Statue together.
Whoooosh!
The completed Giant Statue resembled the one that had stood there before.
“The Giant Statue…….”
“The Giant Statue has returned……!”
The common spirits closed their eyes and clasped their hands as if in prayer.
The Giant Statue was an object of prayer.
Once it had been made in the image of the God of Element and Circulation, who had protected Elementia.
The God of Element and Circulation had fallen asleep and the statue had simply been forgotten, yet the prayers never ceased.
In this moment, those prayers shone once again.
-The God of Element and Circulation blesses all spirits who pray.
Whoooosh.
-The God of Element and Circulation sorrows that he has long been unable to protect his children and land.
-The God of Element and Circulation says he shall tend the land once more!
-He calls you his perfect Successor!
Ding!
-You have become the Successor of the God of Element and Circulation!
Jin-woo had formally become the Successor of the God of Element and Circulation.
‘This power of circulation has many uses.’
Thanks to this power, he achieved direct victories in fields where even Eternal Sunshine couldn’t prevail.
“I am grateful for your support.”
-The God of Element and Circulation says he will fully support you from behind!
The God of Element and Circulation held considerable affinity for Jin-woo, who had protected his children and land.
‘Now there’s one thing left.’
The Archdevil and tower had vanished, so no evil threatened Elementia any longer—yet its balance remained unaligned.
With three regions balanced, it wouldn’t collapse immediately, but a breach on one side would inevitably grow larger.
“What you start, you finish.”
Jin-woo gestured to the Spirit Blacksmith, Nordin, and the Spirit Kings.
“Let’s head north.”
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The North.
Once, this region had been the most prosperous in Elementia.
Though it was called the North, it lay much closer to the center, and the Spirit King who ruled it had governed exceptionally well.
But for that very reason, the Spirit King of the North had been defeated by demons and fallen into eternal sleep.
“They destroyed everything.”
Nordin, seeing the North’s state for the first time, groaned.
Jin-woo headed toward the three towers where the Objects should have been.
“!”
There stood a single stone tablet.
“Hm.”
Originally, the Objects governing the North had been twelve stone tablets, including this one.
“Only one left.”
Nordin clicked his tongue.
Jin-woo offered him reassurance.
“It’s fine, Nordin.”
The situation wasn’t bad.
“Having even one survive is a blessing.”
Jin-woo smiled slightly.
The Objects of the East and West had been completely obliterated.
In such circumstances, having even one remain was exceedingly good news.
“And we have diligent workers.”
Behind Jin-woo were the Spirit Blacksmiths.
Those who had crafted the Giant Statue with him now felt a strange exhilaration.
Objects were artifacts as legendary as any to all the spirits of Elementia.
They were especially meaningful to the Spirit Blacksmiths.
Their ancestors had made them directly, and the legend had been passed down to the Blacksmiths through the ages.
Truth was, before crafting the Giant Statue, they hadn’t given such things much thought.
Legends were just legends.
Why bother making such things? They’d only wanted to craft what they desired.
But creating it themselves changed everything.
A grand sensation filled their chests. The feeling of wielding hammer not for themselves, but for a greater purpose—for everyone.
After all, they were spirits too.
Now, having crafted the statue, they had renewed their resolve.
Skypia and Elementia.
There was no need to divide them and compare who was superior and who was lesser.
“We were selfish, Nordin. No—Your Highness.”
Sparks of determination ignited in the young Spirit Blacksmiths’ hearts.
Nordin extended his hand to them.
“No. Thank you for offering your hand now.”
It was a spark Jin-woo had kindled.
Nordin accepted their apology.
Though demons had ravaged all of Elementia, it was perhaps for the better.
In exchange for the ashes, they had gained dependable Spirit Blacksmiths from Skypia.
With them, they could build a stronger and grander Elementia than before.
“Let’s finish this.”
Jin-woo gestured, and the Spirit Blacksmiths moved with practiced efficiency.
Twelve stone tablets.
They began crafting the final Objects of Elementia’s North.
Crack. Crack.
-All Objects have been restored!
-Achievement unlocked!
-Achievement [Legend Restorer] unlocked!
South, East, West, North.
As all Objects returned to their places, the countdown Jin-woo had been watching at the edge of his vision began to shatter.
The numbers cracked like glass and soon vanished completely.
-You have perfectly prevented the destruction of Elementia!
-Quest cleared!
With the restoration of all Objects, Elementia’s destruction ceased.
Along with it, Jin-woo cleared the Spirit Race’s Quest of Salvation.
Whoooosh.
-You have become the Savior of Elementia.
“Jin-woo…….”
All the spirits stood before him.
“Thank you.”
It was an achievement wrought by a single hand.
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Ding!
Ding!
GM Kim Na-yun didn’t wait long.
Messages arrived almost instantly.
“I didn’t expect you to achieve it so quickly.”
She’d thought that clearing three more towers would take additional time.
But it hadn’t.
-Message from Logical: Additional achievement complete. Perfect clear of the choice option most dangerous to select from quest options.
-User Jin-woo completes restoration of great Elementia’s Objects.
-Achievement [Legend Restorer] unlocked in record time.
The achievement, Legend Restorer.
It was a message GM Kim Na-yun had seen only twice before.
Only four users had ever earned it.
Starlight and Inclassic.
The pinnacle of crafting.
And two users called legends of the alchemical world—only these four possessed this legendary achievement.
“Only the alchemist user Fruth and the Rune Crafter Hiero have managed it.”
By ranking, only the apex of each field had ever achieved Legend Restorer.
Legendary items exist in NewGen.
Of course, there wasn’t a “legendary” grade classification—the term referred to relics passed down from the Mythic Age.
Some relics had remained pristine through the ages; others had rusted or been destroyed.
“Many have only blueprints remaining.”
Restoring rusted or broken relics was possible if one had sufficient skill.
“But this is different—recreating them from scratch, nearly identical to the originals. Only then can you earn the achievement.”
And Jin-woo had done exactly that.
“What on earth are you doing?”
The content Jin-woo primarily enjoyed centered on the main scenario of tower clearing.
“Did you possibly visit a tower where Mythic Age relics appear?”
If so, it would mean he was progressing faster through towers than anyone else right now.
‘Tower clear count determines the difficulty level of towers you can enter.’
Of course, GM Kim Na-yun was on the monitoring team, so she didn’t know the details.
“I should check with the scenario team.”
GM Kim Na-yun immediately sought out the scenario team’s GM.
“GM Mi-yeon.”
“GM Na-yun.”
Upon seeing GM Na-yun, GM Mi-yeon smiled widely.
“Coffee?”
“No. I’ve already had coffee.”
“What? Why didn’t you call me!”
“Once you see this, you’ll understand why.”
“What is it?”
The monitoring and scenario teams consulted frequently, so the two GMs were quite close.
“User Jin-woo just achieved the Legend Restorer achievement.”
“Excuse me?”
GM Mi-yeon’s eyes blinked rapidly.
“How?”
“That’s what I came to ask. It looks like it was done through the main scenario.”
“That shouldn’t be possible.”
GM Mi-yeon spoke flatly.
“To reach towers with Mythic Age relics, you need to clear at least five or six towers, or up to ten. And you’d have to enter a Large-Scale Tower Battle.”
“What’s a Large-Scale Tower Battle?”
“As you keep clearing towers, they merge with each other. In other words, if previously you cleared one tower at a time, after a certain point you’d have to clear multiple towers simultaneously.”
“So you’d have to tackle two or three towers at once?”
“Yes. Tower content is a party event to begin with. It’s a kind of difficulty adjustment.”
GM Mi-yeon paused there.
“That’s why I said it shouldn’t be possible. Jin-woo always solos, after all.”
“…….”
Yet GM Na-yun’s thinking was completely opposite.
“Then…… he might actually be going through that Large-Scale Tower Battle right now.”
“What? That’s impossible!”
“I thought so too.”
GM Na-yun spoke.
“But I already got a message from Logical first.”
The message came before the Legend Restorer achievement.
“Three towers. He cleared them alone.”
“…….”
GM Mi-yeon’s eyes blinked rapidly.
“……Really?”
“Yes. Really.”

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