The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 298

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Chapter 298
Episode 298.
“There’s still plenty of materials left.”
Jin-woo’s hands were still itching to work.
“I’ll make everything before I go anyway.”
He had plenty of ideas for things he wanted to craft.
“Besides, I was planning to make equipment to put up at the Auction House.”
Jin-woo looked at the Spirit Stones and grinned.
“Let’s go with a quantity bombardment.”
It seemed far better to list multiple pieces of equipment while maintaining quality than to craft a single, finely-made item.
“I’ve been holding back on quantity this whole time anyway.”
So this time, he was thinking of letting loose considerably.
“And the American Auction House, too. I hear there are plenty of skilled crafters there.”
He’d heard that the American Auction House was active not just with blacksmiths but with numerous crafters of all kinds.
He’d heard they had alchemists, mages specializing in enchantments, gem-cutters, and even architects skilled in woodworking.
“I heard they even sell houses there.”
He’d heard they sold kits separately that let you construct houses easily.
Though since they weren’t official structures, you still needed to pay for land to set them up within the city, or so he’d heard.
The American Auction House was a free place, and an active one at that.
“Well then, I should make a proper introduction.”
Everyone knew who Jin-woo was.
So he planned to live up to everyone’s expectations properly.
Jin-woo gripped a Spirit Stone from the work table.
Whoosh—
Clang!
Jin-woo had gathered countless ideas while hunting demons in Elementia.
‘The lightning demons.’
They possessed lightning power in their bodies as a fundamental trait.
Of course, Grendan had been overwhelmed and defeated by First and Pur before he could even use that lightning power, but his subordinates had unleashed lightning ferociously.
Watching that, Jin-woo knew what he wanted to create from their materials.
‘To properly harness that lightning, I’d need something other than a sword.’
Before, Jin-woo had made a whip.
‘I’d also made a sickle bound with iron chains.’
Clang!
Jin-woo produced a wave of force.
‘A Lightning Chain.’
More difficult to handle than a whip, but far more powerful.
Crackle-crack-crack!
-Equipment created!
-Equipment created!
-Equipment created!
-Equipment cre——
……
……
……
Jin-woo immersed himself in crafting with the sincere intention of using up all those Spirit Stones.
* * *
After finishing everything in Skypia, Jin-woo took his leave from Nordin and departed Elementia.
“Please come visit us anytime! I’ll have Spirit Stones ready for you!”
Nordin called out loudly.
“I’ll remember that.”
He made a firm decision to remember it.
And so Jin-woo returned first to the Avalak Kingdom.
The capital, Avalon.
“Let me see how things are going.”
He already knew from checking the Workshop’s information that equipment had been selling quite well.
And he’d heard that after the Workshop opening was posted on JinTube, users were flocking there in droves.
‘Dongwoo must have made a fuss about it.’
Chanran, the Workshop District.
“It wasn’t exaggeration after all?”
The Workshop District was packed with people.
“Well, well.”
They were all lined up at the Manshang Workshop.
“I told him to do well, but……”
This was going better than well.
People came out of the Workshop grinning from ear to ear.
“Finally got one!”
“I placed a commission too.”
“A commission?”
Jin-woo had given Pree full authority.
“So you’re taking commissions on your own initiative too, huh?”
The corners of Jin-woo’s mouth lifted.
Jin-woo entered the Manshang Workshop through a side passage. It was a private entrance only the owner could use.
Whoosh.
Inside the Manshang Workshop, countless customers were methodically examining equipment and paying Gold in a smooth, synchronized rhythm.
“Yes! We’ve received your commission! I’ve written down everything you mentioned. The deposit is required upfront!”
Pree received the commission and deposit with an elegant voice.
“We’ve received a one-million Gold deposit!”
“Thank you! This will be made by Jin-woo himself, right?”
“Yes! I’m his direct apprentice!”
Jin-woo watched the scene with satisfaction.
‘Now this is true auto-hunting.’
He hadn’t expected them to even take commissions.
After Pree sent off the last customer, she finally noticed Jin-woo.
“Master!”
Pree rushed over when she spotted him.
“I operated the Workshop freely just as you instructed!”
Then she lowered her head, waiting for his response.
“You did really well.”
It was sincere praise.
-Subordinate Pree’s loyalty has exceeded its limit!
“Thank you!”
“Taking commissions too. And the lottery system—I was planning to do that myself when I got back.”
Jin-woo had talked to Pree about the lottery system.
The plan was to energize Chanran together with a lottery system once the Manshang Workshop became more active.
So he’d told her to manage the Manshang Workshop well while he was away.
“As more outsiders came looking for the Manshang Workshop, I visited other workshops and had discussions with them.”
The freedom Jin-woo granted made Pree proactive.
Everything was freedom.
Within the scope of what Jin-woo commanded, she could move freely.
‘She’s more impressive than I expected.’
Jin-woo was honestly surprised.
Pree’s crafting skill was one thing, but he hadn’t known her autonomy would be this excellent!
‘I’m seeing more potential now.’
“Pree. What was difficult about the crafting?”
“There’s a lot!”
Jin-woo smiled.
“Then I’ll reduce it for you.”
* * *
The Leap Guild.
Vice Guild Leader Yusliss frowned.
“They’re not coming.”
It was time for their regular check-in.
But it wasn’t happening.
“She’s not the type to skip it.”
Eureka, the Guild Leader of Mydongpung, was a reliable person.
She led Mydongpung and handled countless tasks for the Leap Guild.
She did things in Mydongpung’s name that could never be done under the Leap Guild’s name.
As long as the compensation was fair, she worked without emotion on any task.
So she could be trusted.
Knock-knock.
Then the door opened.
A user wearing a deep hood entered the room.
“Ah. Eureka.”
“My apologies, Guild Leader.”
“Coming by without contacting me first. That’s dangerous.”
Yusliss’s expression darkened for a moment.
It wasn’t because he was acting differently than before.
It was because there was something……uneasy in her eyes.
“I failed.”
And that unease was proven right.
“I was utterly defeated.”
Eureka spoke plainly.
“Jin-woo……is not someone we can handle.”
“……!”
Jin-woo was a Blacksmith.
He was a Necromancer, but his essence was that of a Blacksmith.
By contrast, Eureka was the leader of Mydongpung, an assassination team that had killed countless Rankers, and herself a Ranker Necromancer.
Yet he couldn’t be handled?
Yusliss frowned.
He needed a more detailed explanation.
“More details……”
“I’ll explain in detail.”
Eureka explained how she had lost.
……
After hearing the full story, Yusliss’s expression didn’t change.
The reason was simple.
What he heard from Eureka had been too shocking.
Eureka continued.
“The equipment Jin-woo creates is at minimum Grade M or higher.”
“……Grade M or higher?”
“Yes. The performance we witnessed couldn’t have come from anything less.”
Eureka trembled again at the memory.
It was an incomprehensible battle.
It was overwhelming, and that battle made her honest.
“You’re certain about that?”
“Yes.”
Yusliss believed Jin-woo’s current crafting limit was USSR+.
He’d heard the equipment given to the Realize Guild this time was also USSR+.
“And furthermore, his Necromancer job isn’t merely a secondary profession.”
A false Necromancer.
They’d thought Necromancer was just a side pursuit, with Blacksmith as the main profession.
Eureka had thought so before the fight, and so had everyone in the Leap Guild.
But it wasn’t.
“His Necromancer skills are first-class. Ranker-level. At least top ten.”
……
Yusliss looked at Eureka.
Eureka, shattered and broken, was clenching her teeth.
Frankly, it was hard to believe.
It hadn’t been long since the game started.
Compared to those who’d played since opening until now, he’d played for only half the time.
Yet he’d already broken past USSR+ into Grade M and on top of that his Necromancer skills were in the top-ten Ranker tier?
Yusliss didn’t fully believe Eureka’s account.
When someone gets beaten down, everything naturally seems larger.
So he decided to believe only half of what she said, keeping her normal personality in mind.
“I’m sorry.”
Eureka bowed her head.
“No. You did well. You did well, Eureka.”
If Jin-woo’s capabilities were as Eureka described, then this was his own failure in assessment.
‘Just as Slayer said.’
Jin-woo couldn’t be thought of in conventional terms.
After Eureka left.
“Those from Eternal Sunshine—tell them all to come to my room.”
“Yes, understood.”
Jin-woo—or rather, Jin. He needed to learn more about Jin.
A reassessment was necessary of Jin, whom they’d only thought of as a phantom of the old game and a bubble from the old game.
A guild executive soon brought the guild members from Eternal Sunshine.
“I’ve brought them.”
There were seven guild members in total.
There were quite a few guild members from Eternal Sunshine within the Leap Guild, and these were carefully selected and verified personnel among them.
“You called for us, Vice Guild Leader?”
“Yusliss, you called for us?”
“I thought you were with Slayer. Where should we go?”
Yusliss was the vice guild leader and held overall responsibility for the guild’s various plans. So when Yusliss called, they naturally assumed they’d be assigned a new mission.
But as the atmosphere felt different, the guild members fell briefly silent.
“Well.”
After wondering how to bring it up, Yusliss just spoke the core matter.
“Jin-woo has become our enemy.”
No other words were needed.
And Yusliss continued.
“And Jin-woo is Jin.”
That Jin-woo and Jin were the same person was public knowledge.
But some still didn’t believe it.
So Yusliss spoke with emphasis.
“……Is that…… confirmed?”
……
“……Yes…… yes?”
“No.”
The expressions of the seven guild members became rigid.
Yusliss frowned looking at them.
“Didn’t you already know that Jin-woo was Jin?”
“Yes, we did……”
“Then why.”
“Because you said he’s become an enemy.”
A guild member spoke.
And simultaneously, they posed the same question.
“But that person really shouldn’t become an enemy……”
“How did it come to this……?”
“What on earth happened……”
“What’s the reason……”
The seven guild members spoke carefully.
To Rankers from other games, Jin-woo was merely a target of challenge.
Since users from Eternal Sunshine kept saying Jin-woo was different, that he was different, that even if he’d played other games he’d have dominated them all and been number one, a backlash mentality had formed, and they actually underestimated Jin-woo.
In fact, after NewGen opened and Eternal Sunshine’s Rankers underperformed, that sentiment grew stronger.
But in Eternal Sunshine, Jin’s status was completely different.
In Eternal Sunshine, Jin-woo was a god.
Not an object of yearning, but an object of grace.
Because Jin existed, everything was solved. Impregnable dungeons, extreme difficulty quests, and even wars between guilds—Jin solved them all.
“Vice Guild Leader, I’m not saying this as a joke or out of fear.”
One guild member spoke carefully.
“To reach the top tier in NewGen, wasn’t it essential to either receive sponsorship from a god or become a successor?”
“Right. And we’re still growing with that in mind, aren’t we?”
He said.
“In Eternal Sunshine, Jin was that god.”

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