The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 295

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Chapter 295
295.
Crack—. Crack—. Crack—!
Hard bone shaved away as if being sliced through water. Even Jin-woo, wielding the knife, felt astonished.
Whoosh—!
The Engraving Knife pierced lightly through the bone in an instant.
“Wow.”
‘Insane performance. This shouldn’t be shaving off so easily.’
Jin-woo wasn’t applying much force at all.
Yet the Engraving Knife carved the bone exactly as he wished.
‘With minimal effort, it shaves exactly as much as I want.’
This was possible because the Engraving Knife resonated perfectly with the Aura power Jin-woo possessed.
‘There’s a synergy happening.’
“For bone this hard to yield so easily.”
A smile played at Jin-woo’s lips.
At this rate, verifying the Engraving Knife’s performance was as good as done.
“It was crafted properly.”
Suddenly, a sensation of bright light spreading through Jin-woo’s mind flooded his thoughts.
Each material had limited approaches to choose from.
In other words, his choices branched into only about three options at most.
But the moment Jin-woo gripped the Engraving Knife, the possibilities before him began to splinter endlessly.
He could now reach and select paths previously unreachable.
Swoosh—.
Swish—.
The branching possibilities that spread through his mind shone with light. Jin-woo became a single beam of radiance, shooting forward in a straight line until it reached one particular choice.
Something he had only pondered until now.
‘A choice that ended in thought.’
But now.
“I can do it.”
‘Cut more boldly.’
He could craft equipment worth using.
“Since I’m the one who made it.”
The tool fit perfectly in his hand, perhaps because he had crafted it himself.
Crack—. Crack—! Crack—!
Jin-woo carved through the bone swiftly.
“Bone Craft.”
Crunch-crunch-crunch—!
He carved, joined, and sculpted the bone.
‘Create armor from essence and bone.’
Jin-woo carved and joined the essence and bones together.
Shhhhh—.
Through crafting the colossal statue, Jin-woo’s skill in making gems like Ether Prisms had also grown.
‘Let me try once more.’
The second result could only be better.
Crack—!
-You have created an Ether Bolt!
Limmon’s lightning essence was crafted into an Ether Bolt.
Crackle—. Snap—!
Jin-woo then carved the essence of Bartos and Elia as well.
-You have created an Ether Wind!
-You have created an Ether Earth!
Three Ether crystal gems born from those essences radiated beautiful light and power.
Jin-woo attached these three Ether crystals to the bone.
“Bone Craft.”
Thunk—.
The Ether crystals adhered to the carved bone.
‘Pour them all into one bone.’
Shhhhhhh—!
Instantly, tremendous power was etched into the bone.
Crunch-crunch-crunch-crunch—!
The bone trembled. This was what happened when a material couldn’t withstand such a powerful force. Normally, it would explode. Explosion was the natural outcome.
When this happened, no matter how precious the material, it would be lost in an instant.
‘The old me would never have attempted something like this.’
This approach was a challenge. A test of possibility, an action to climb to the next level.
At the same time, it was reckless.
‘But I have the power of Circulation.’
Jin-woo knew there was a path here too, but he hadn’t attempted it until now. The success rate was too low.
This could hardly be called a challenge—it was more like gambling.
‘I didn’t avoid it out of fear of failure, but because it was reckless.’
Pressing forward without fearing failure and proceeding despite knowing it was reckless and still unafraid were completely different things.
‘With the power of Circulation.’
The power of Circulation was infused into the Engraving Knife.
Crack—. Crack—! Thunk—!
Three Ether crystals settled into the bone.
“Phew.”
Jin-woo breathed deeply and looked at the bone fused with the Ether crystals.
“This is making me look forward to it.”
Now came the finishing touches.
“Here, I’ll blend in a Spirit Stone.”
The Spirit Stone Jin-woo would use was the Synthesis Spirit Stone he had employed when crafting the Engraving Knife.
“There are still Spirit Stones left that the Spirit Kings gave me.”
Shhh—.
“Dust.”
“Chirp—!”
The chosen Dust puffed out his chest proudly. Unlike before when he was always summoned as a pair with Coco, lately he had been chosen alone repeatedly.
“Chirp—! Chirp—!”
With an expression like he had just won, Dust immediately began devouring the Spirit Stones.
-Beginning material synthesis!
The raging flame breath stone and the serene moonlight stone given by the Spirit Kings were synthesized together.
-Synthesis Spirit Stone [M+]
It had the same name as the Synthesis Spirit Stone that was the main material of the Engraving Knife, but the power radiating from it was different.
“Chirp—!”
“You’ve gotten the hang of it too.”
Synthesizing high-grade materials wasn’t an easy task even for Dust.
No matter how much Dust had become a top-tier Spirit, handling M+ grade required him to give his all.
That was why Dust needed experience.
‘And this is the result of that experience.’
Jin-woo grinned broadly.
‘If I did everything myself alone, it would ultimately be meaningless.’
The Spirits’ growth had to happen alongside his own.
Dust descended from the Synthesis Spirit Stone once more.
-Materials are being reinforced!
-Powerful energy is infusing into the materials.
-The Spirit within the materials, Dust, has learned a new Skill!
-The power of Option Enhancement is being infused into the materials.
“Oho.”
Option Enhancement.
“The options of the finished product will be enhanced?”
Jin-woo’s equipment came with numerous options.
If one of those options were to be enhanced, this new Skill of Dust’s could only be called a jackpot.
-Option Enhancement: When crafting a finished product with reinforced materials, one of the granted options will be randomly enhanced!
“That’s right.”
Jin-woo’s mouth curved up to the heavens.
“Dust.”
Jin-woo opened his arms wide.
“Come here.”
“Chirp—!”
Top-tier praise befitting a top-tier Spirit.
-Dust’s experience increases!
After praising Dust, Jin-woo immediately resumed his work.
Crack—. Crack—. Crack—.
The Engraving Knife danced. Jin-woo too grew increasingly familiar with wielding this Engraving Knife.
Crack—.
Deeper still.
Crunch—.
Carving bit by bit again and again. Raising precision to heighten the bone’s completeness to an even greater level.
-Your Dexterity Stat [Precision] increases!
With increasingly precise Crafting, the Dexterity Stat continued climbing.
The Dexterity Stat, which had already exceeded ten thousand long ago, accumulated steadily and reached a new realm.
-Your Dexterity Stat [Precision] has reached 20,000!
-Your Stat has broken a certain threshold!
-Stat growth is now restricted.
Twenty thousand.
At that magnificent number, the system imposed a constraint.
Stat Growth Restriction.
-You cannot raise Stats using points gained from Level Up.
And along with that, he also couldn’t raise them using points gained from Leveling Up.
“Now it’s saying I have to raise it purely through skill.”
Of course, Jin-woo didn’t mind much.
Crack—.
He then continued with his Crafting.
-Your Dexterity Stat [Precision] increases!
But despite the Stat Growth Restriction, the Stat rose immediately.
The restriction meant it wouldn’t rise easily from ordinary work.
But the Crafting Jin-woo did had high standards in every single motion. So naturally, it would rise.
‘Of course it won’t rise as easily as before.’
Jin-woo actually welcomed the difficulty in raising it.
‘Now my Stats rise truly little by little, in proportion to my actual skill.’
The Dexterity Stat rising proved that he was walking his own path.
Crack—.
Aura rippled outward.
Jin-woo rode the flow within the trembling Aura.
Now Jin-woo could craft as he wished.
“Rune Inscription – Extreme.”
Jin-woo inscribed runes into the bone.
‘Besides Artemus for defensive rune inscriptions, I can add one more.’
Defensive rune inscriptions could be layered.
Jin-woo immersed himself in Rune Inscription.
‘Right now.’
Crack—!
The moment.
One perfect moment of unity.
Jin-woo slowly set down the Engraving Knife.
-You have created equipment!
-You have created MR-grade equipment!
“Complete.”
Shhhhhhh—!
The Aura of the completed equipment suddenly engulfed Jin-woo.
A passing black Aura.
“Ether Aura.”
Following the Eternal Circulation Sword, Jin-woo had now completed a new MR-grade equipment piece.
[Ether Aura Bone Armor]
-Defense: 59,900
-Grade:
MR
-Durability: 1,150,000 / 1,150,000
-Property: [Circulation Property]
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* Special Skill [Etherification: Temporarily transforms your body into Ether. Defense increases by 1.4x.]
* Special Option [Ultimate Refinement: Defense increases by an additional 5,000,000.]
* Special Option [Extreme Defense: Defense increases by 14,500,000.]
* Special Option [Rune Inscription – Extreme – Artemus LV3: Defense increases by 8,500,000.]
* Special Option [Rune Inscription – Extreme – Luhend LV1: Critical Defense Rate increases.]
* Special Option [Life Drain: Absorb 17% of damage dealt as your own life force!]
* Special Option [Ambush: The power of Necromaster is infused. Your first attack becomes an unconditional Fatal Blow.]
* Special Option [Soul Forging: Draws out the power of the soul. Defense increases by 15%.]
* Special Option [Soul Shield: Generates a shield using 5% of damage received. This shield can defend against both physical and magical attacks.]
* Special Option [Darkness Consumption: Recover a portion of damage received!]
* Special Option [Ambush Defense: Defends against fatal attacks with a certain probability.]
* Special Option [Soul Forging: Draws out the power of the soul. Damage Reflection probability increases by 5%!]
* Special Option [Penetration Defense: Ignores defense and deals damage!]
* Special Option [Tears of the Dead: Conceals weak points. Gain an additional 6% Defense.]
* Aura Resonance [Aura Power: Due to Aura power, you gain additional Stats. Defense increases. Critical Defense probability increases. Damage Reflection probability increases.]
* Special Option [Raging Dark Flame: Inflicts the abnormal status ‘Oblivion’ on struck enemies with a certain probability!]
Swoosh—. Swish—.
The bone armor, with its circulating Aura and darkness, radiated such an intense presence that it seemed to devour everything around it.
The power that the three Arch-Demons possessed.
And crafted from their bones, it carried strong property resistance, and simultaneously the Synthesis Spirit Stone within enhanced property attacks as well.
And that wasn’t all.
“Dust’s power is infused within it too.”
What stood out most were the completely new special options.
“Since I’ve become an Archfiend, a new special option appeared.”
Special Option: Soul Shield.
‘So it can create a special shield from received damage.’
That meant dual defense was possible.
‘I can use defensive power more efficiently.’
“Since this is armor, that’s why this option appeared. If it were a weapon, would a different option appear?”
And there was also a special option enhanced by Dust.
“Darkness Scattering was enhanced.”
It was an option that lowered the enemy’s attack power, but now it even granted a paralysis effect.
‘It maximizes fear, making them unable to move.’
Jin-woo grinned.
Moreover, this time he had also put effort into defensive rune inscriptions.
Thanks to that, he was able to carve a new rune.
Rune Inscription – Luhend.
‘Critical Defense Rate. That’s the key.’
At higher tiers, normal attacks barely exist.
‘Critical damage becomes the standard damage.’
Since they could perform fatal attacks constantly, an option that could prevent critical attacks was far more valuable than defense power that blocked normal damage.
“It was worth becoming an Archfiend.”
All the options on the Ether Aura Bone Armor were incomparably higher than his previous armor.
The defense of his previous best armor—the Terra Tight Armor and the Infernal Steel Horn Armor—approached 40,000.
‘The Ripple Purification Shield was 35,000.’
“Nearly 1.5 times higher.”
This armor’s defense was an impressive 59,000.
Shhhhh—.
“Having put in all the good materials, this much should come out.”
Jin-woo immediately gave the Ether Aura Bone Armor to Pur.
Pur, who had been summoned to consume souls, had been watching with wide eyes from the moment the bone armor was completed.
She desperately wanted to wear that armor.
But her lord Jin-woo had his thoughts and order, so she waited without a word.
“Is this… armor that I can wear…?!”
Pur asked hopefully.
“It’s equipment made for you.”
-You have given the Ether Aura Bone Armor to your Subordinate, Pur!
Rumble—.
Rummmmmble—!
The moment Pur put on the bone armor, Aura rippled outward everywhere around her.
It wasn’t ordinary Aura. It was dark Aura colored in darkness.
Simply by wearing it, the ground trembled and the air of Skypia shook.
“This is……”
Pur was wearing MR-grade equipment crafted by Jin-woo for the first time.
“What… what exactly am I wearing now…?!”
Pur trembled greatly.

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