The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 301

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Episode 301
301.
US Auction House.
Every day, countless pieces of equipment were listed in this largest of all auction houses.
The volume was incomparable to the Asian Auction House or the European Union Auction House.
Even before Jin-woo activated the auction house, the US Auction House had been bustling.
-The US Auction House is no joke.
-The fees are pretty steep, but seriously, everything gets listed here.
-Since Jin-woo activated the auction house, it seems like even more stuff is being posted.
Of course, after Jin-woo revitalized the auction house, far more items were being registered than before.
What had once been a minor venue was climbing toward major status.
-The auction house really seems to have come alive thanks to Jin-woo.
-Finding items has gotten easier than we expected!
In this US Auction House, several craftspeople were registered in the Hall of Honor, but the most famous was a user named McCarthy.
-[US Auction House]

1. McCarthy
2. Stranger
3. Mister Horn
4. ……
……
McCarthy, ranked 37th overall, had gained considerable fame for crafting large, heavy armor.
He made armor exclusively for tanks who poured everything into defense, and its defensive capability was overwhelming.
Nearly any attack could be negated entirely, and there was no assault he couldn’t withstand.
Not only various attribute attacks but even powerful thrusts aimed at singular points were deflected.
As a result, McCarthy’s armor had become essential equipment for tanks.
-Without McCarthy’s armor, you can’t even clear tower raids these days.
-Dungeon groups won’t accept you without it.
Of course, agility inevitably suffered as a result, but for tanks who had to absorb attacks unconditionally, no armor compared to his.
McCarthy was solidly entrenched as the overwhelming number one in the US Auction House.
Whenever his work appeared, it easily cleared tens of millions of Gold.
Everyone wanted McCarthy’s equipment—a result of universal demand.
-As long as McCarthy holds the top spot in the Hall of Honor, it seems like it would be difficult even for Jin-woo to beat him.
-He used to be affiliated with a guild, but apparently he left entirely.
-He fought with them, right?
-I heard the Valkyrie Guild didn’t treat him properly.
Because of this, McCarthy had made the auction house his primary stage.
It was as if he were proving just how great a craftsperson he was, and how foolish the Valkyrie Guild had been to overlook him.
-The second-place Stranger is insane too.
-This guy’s basically a factory foreman.
-A blacksmith of absolutely insane speed, isn’t he?
Stranger was the number two ranked craftsperson in the US Auction House, with an overall craftsperson ranking of 39.
His specialty was Ultra-Fast Crafting—his skill was creating equipment at tremendous speed.
Not only the speed itself but also the grades he produced at that speed were remarkable. In mere minutes, he’d craft M-Grade equipment, earning praise bordering on worship.
The nickname he earned that day was the Fastest Blacksmith.
-The US Auction House is definitely hardcore.
-If Jin-woo comes here too, things are going to get really interesting.
-Other auction houses were basically revitalized directly by Jin-woo, so there’s no real competition.
-Taking first place was practically automatic.
-But this place is different.
Americans actually wanted Jin-woo to enter the US Auction House quickly.
-Taking first place in an empty auction house doesn’t count as first place.
-We haven’t seen him properly tested in a real ranking competition.
-Peran isn’t even the highest rank in the top hundred, is he?
-He needs to prove himself for real.
Jin-woo had never actually competed against anyone ranked in the top fifty or above.
Quite a few people used this as reason to withhold recognition.
Because of this, many wanted to see him prove himself in the US Auction House, where top fifty craftspeople abounded.
Of course, among them, some believed that if Jin-woo entered, he would lose competitiveness and settle into a mediocre position.
-When you’re playing with the top fifty tier, that supposedly great Jin-woo will finally look somewhat legit.
-Jin-woo is certainly impressive, but I think the proof is incomplete.
-I agree, actually.
-Doesn’t his JinTube show everything, though?
-But there’s nothing to compare it to. Other famous blacksmiths don’t upload their work to MyTube like he does.
-Plus we can’t see all the attributes on the equipment they sell.
Until now, the ranking craftspeople had been obscure in many ways.
They hadn’t used MyTube or the auction house, so naturally they remained hidden.
-He’ll enter soon, though.
-He won’t just be posting M-Grade equipment anymore, will he?
The equipment he’d listed on the European Union Auction House had been USSR+ Grade.
Of course, through JinTube, it had already been proven that he could now craft up to M-Grade equipment.
The Wave Purification Shield had certainly been a shocking piece.
-So now we’ll finally see him compete for real.
-After Peran, this is our first real chance to watch him rival a top-tier ranked craftsperson.
Ding-! Ding-!
Just then, new items were registered in the US Auction House.
The items everyone had been waiting for—Jin-woo’s new stock.
-Wow
-He’s here.
-He really came.
-It’s Jin-woo!
-Jin-woo posted new auction items!
The equipment Jin-woo listed was M-Grade, as they’d expected.
-Huh?
-Spirit Stone?
But there was something that defied their expectations.
-An item has been registered.
-An item has been registered.
-An item has been registered.
-An item has been——.
Items began registering as if in a barrage.
And the grades of those items were overwhelming.
-This is insane!
-He finally posted M-Grade equipment.
-Wow, these are seriously M-Grade. He actually made M-Grade equipment.
-????
-Wait, what exactly is——
-How many M-Grade pieces did you make??
Moving from USSR+ Grade to M-Grade was no trivial task. They would have been amazed if just one appeared.
Everyone thought it was still too early.
But what appeared was not just quick—it was overwhelming.
-He’s still uploading more?
Twenty-two total.
-An item has been registered!
At this point, it was almost terrifying.
-He really committed to this…….
Twenty-two M-Grade pieces fell into the US Auction House.
And simultaneously, a video was uploaded to JinTube.
-Spirit Stone M-Grade Crafting Journal
It was a crafting video of M-Grade equipment themed around Spirit Stone.
-This is insane.
-These aren’t just M-Grade, you guys.
-They’re M+. Nearly M+.
Except for a few, they were all M+ Grade equipment.
JinTube had only uploaded the M-Grade crafting footage, so users cheered while also feeling terror.
-If he can mass-produce M+ Grade equipment like this, it means his skill has already reached the level where he can churn it out reliably.
-Wow…… Are there really blacksmiths capable of churning out M+ Grade equipment at this rate?
-I don’t think there’s anyone like that.
-This is truly unprecedented.
-Damn. If this keeps up, the US Auction House is going to be in chaos.
This batch of equipment far exceeded everyone’s previous expectations of Jin-woo’s capabilities.
Though the M-Grade equipment crafting video had already been released through JinTube, the pieces now being listed had different attributes entirely from the M-Grade equipment made at that time.
-These seem way better than the Wave Purification Shield.
-Higher grades, better attributes, better options.
-Wait. Something seems weird about these.
“What the hell is this?”
Users only belatedly realized something was off about the attributes on the Spirit Stone equipment.
“……What is this Circulating Attribute?”
It was an attribute they’d never seen before.
“This…… surely not.
The moment they saw the Circulating Attribute, everyone gasped in shock.
-You guys…….
-Are there multiple primary attributes?
-??????
-Can a piece even have multiple primary attributes?
-Isn’t that just reducing the difference between primary and secondary attributes? That’s what the top rankers are doing now.
-I heard Pendant does it that way too.
-Starlight and Inclassic both said having two primary attributes is grueling.
-ㄴㄴ I heard they both managed it.
-No, that’s not the point—does this Circulating Attribute mean it has multiple primary attributes??
Everyone was spamming question marks frantically.
And rightfully so.
Two primary attributes was a level only an extreme minority of current craftspeople had reached.
It was such a difficult feat that it could only be achieved through the workaround of reducing the difference between primary and secondary attributes.
Even those using the workaround were rare, since reducing that difference was itself no easy task.
But now Jin-woo had embedded attributes using an entirely new method of his own.
-Wow………
-He literally rewrote the paradigm on his own??
-Circulating Attribute? I’ve never seen that before.
-It seems like the attributes circulate while being treated as primary.
-Damn. So one piece of equipment can have multiple primary attributes like this??
-This is insane.
-Literally insane.
The level Jin-woo had reached was impossible to attain without genuine madness.
“Wow…….….”
Fritz, the MyTube content creator, was stunned.
“Where does he keep going?”
Tehent, the Great Hunter who had received equipment from Jin-woo, was equally amazed.
And Yur and Artemus, top-tier miners, were simultaneously crying.
“I’m using equipment from someone that amazing!”
“I wish he’d make me a Pickaxe with the Circulating Attribute…….”
SharkNet.
The community bulletin board was in a festival atmosphere.
-This is seriously fun every day.
-My dopamine is flooding. Everything Jin-woo achieves was supposedly impossible.
-This is peak national pride. You sure this isn’t a hidden camera show?
-On MyTube, overseas content creators and NewGen top stars are going crazy trying to get Jin-woo’s equipment.
Overseas stars’ SNS feeds were flooded with a clear phrase: 진우.
Not JINWOO. 진우.
-Everyone wants it but can’t get it, so they’re asking how they can obtain it.
-We can’t get it either, buddy.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Seriously. The K-blacksmith high is unmatched.
-I own the Pickaxe that DiCaprio wants??
And some who had bought Jin-woo’s equipment in the early days began to feel bewildered.
-Wait, isn’t he operating the Mansang Workshop now? Why post here?
-Yeah, he could list it through his workshop.
Jin-woo was running the Mansang Workshop in Avalon.
So these M-Grade pieces could have been sold for higher prices through the workshop instead.
“That’s because it’s fun, though.”
Money was merely a consequence that followed.
“Of course, money matters quite a bit too.”
Money was the most intuitive measure of equipment’s worth.
So money definitely mattered.
But there was something that mattered to Jin-woo just as much as money.
“It’s competition.”
Competition.
Very simple competition.
Who makes better equipment?
Who makes more refined equipment?
In short.
“Who is the craftsperson of the era.”
That’s what Jin-woo wanted.
So this was a kind of content.
“Dojang Breaking.”
Jin-woo smiled as he looked at the auction house.
“The US Auction House has plenty of formidable users.”
It was the same with the Eternal Sunshine era, but Jin-woo wasn’t a reclusive craftsperson.
He was quite competitive and enjoyed exchange.
And the most fun part of that exchange was Dojang Breaking.
“Simple competition is always the most fun.”
Plus, by doing this, he could learn what aspects of his equipment other users loved and what parts of other craftspeople’s work they preferred.
“The feedback comes immediately.”
And Jin-woo was genuinely curious.
“I’m curious about the other craftspeople.”
Since Peran, Jin-woo hadn’t yet exchanged with user craftspeople.
‘The Spirit craftspeople turned out to be better than I expected. They were more straightforward than users.’
Users employed a real variety of methods and utilized special skills cleverly in their crafting.
That aspect was something Jin-woo genuinely appreciated.
“I’ve tested the US Auction House with this.”
If he’d tested them, the craftspeople there would surely respond.
“I gave Peran good instructions too.”
Peran would be a good fishing line to reel in interesting catches.
“Maybe they’re already hooked.”
The moment that thought crossed his mind, a whisper arrived.
-Peran: Jin-woo, it’s Peran. There’s a craftsperson who wants to exchange with you. A top ranker, and…… .
Jin-woo grinned.
“A prize catch, huh.”

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