The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 307

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Episode 307
Episode 307.
-Finally, today is the day.
-The F video is coming out!
-There’s no FIRST Quest strategy video on MiTube at all, right?
MiTube was filled with countless New Gene–related videos, but there wasn’t a single FIRST Quest strategy guide among them.
-There are tons of challenge videos though.
-But no strategy videos.
-Of course not. Why would they upload their trump card?
-That’s why I don’t understand. How is he able to upload this?
-Because he has the skill.
Jin-woo had always been bold about uploading his Crafting work.
Though the videos were edited, he had proven through them exactly how he created each piece of equipment.
There was confidence behind it.
-If you’re confident nobody can replicate what you do, there’s nothing you can’t do, right?
-I’m so excited.
The users all assumed the video going up on JinTube this time was Ryuten’s Steel Beast strategy guide.
The F Quest that Jin-woo had cleared.
Since Ryuten’s Steel Beast video was the only one for FIRST Quest, it made sense.
-I feel great knowing that’ll shut up all those trolls talking nonsense.
Jin-woo’s fans were overjoyed about this video.
Even now, there were still plenty of people claiming Jin-woo hadn’t actually cleared Ryuten’s Steel Beast.
-Those haters really need to get smacked.
-Finally, I’ll get some satisfaction!
-The view count on Temple Search EP 1 is already exploding right now. When this F video drops, we’re definitely hitting ten million subscribers, right??
-Whoa. Ten million is crazy.
-Wouldn’t he be the first Crafting MiTuber to hit ten million?
-There are some foreign Crafting MiTubers who’ve done it.
-But he’d be the first in Korea.
-Craftsman’s Well has a MiTube channel too, but they’re only at a few hundred thousand.
-Damn.
Temple Search EP 1, which had gone up not long ago, was growing at a staggering rate. It had already surpassed ten million views, and foreign subscribers kept leaving comments.
Not only that, but JinTube’s subscriber count was rising by tens of thousands every single day.
The day EP 1 went up, hundreds of thousands were added.
Click—.
The moment the upload time arrived, the alarm went off.
Ding—! Ding—!
-Premiere [F]
The scheduled video had finally gone up on JinTube.
-It’s up.
-Insane.
-It’s up!!!!!
As soon as the premiere video went live, the number of concurrent viewers began to spike.
Thousands, tens of thousands, a hundred thousand—in an instant it shot well over a million.
-I’m so looking forward to this video.
-What kind of video is this even going to be?
But the video was completely different from what the subscribers had expected.
-Avalak Kingdom’s FIRST Quest, [The Princess of the Deep Night Cannot Sleep] strategy guide
It was a strategy video for that notoriously difficult FIRST Quest of Avalak Kingdom—the ancient one that someone had apparently cleared recently.
-???
-?????????????????
-????????????????? What??
-Ryuten’s Steel Beast… no. Wait, hold on.
-A strategy guide for The Princess of the Deep Night Cannot Sleep?????????
The chat exploded.
This was completely unexpected.
And on top of that.
-Wait, nobody even knows who cleared it.
-Wow, this is insane.
-You cleared it, Jin-woo?
-Insane.
-Seriously insane.
-This is actually a really hard Quest. It’s a notorious one!!
The Princess of the Deep Night Cannot Sleep, Avalak’s FIRST Quest, was universally acknowledged as brutally difficult.
In fact, many complained it wasn’t designed to be cleared at all but rather created just to showcase the unique character of Princess Estella, with complaints flooding in constantly.
-There were tons of users filing complaints with the developers over this Quest.
-Those people were seriously furious and complained every single day. They said no matter what you do, she just won’t sleep.
-Some people even theorized that Princess Estella was an insomniac demon.
Because of this, Princess Estella wasn’t just treated as a princess but as an Arch-Demon of Insomnia—a villain of the highest order.
-How did you even… wow, how did you clear it?
-Wait, wasn’t this only clearable by Alchemists? Everyone was trying to just brute-force it with potions.
There were theories that this Quest was class-restricted, and in fact, when a user nearly cleared it along those lines, countless Alchemists had continued attempting it.
But Jin-woo wasn’t an Alchemist—he was a Blacksmith.
A Necromancer Blacksmith, at that.
-You didn’t put her into eternal sleep, did you……?
-With Necromancy……?
-No way.
Everyone speculated that maybe Jin-woo had turned Princess Estella into an Undead.
-Quests can be cleared in all sorts of different ways, though…….
-Huh.
-Dude.
-Let’s just watch the video.
-Wow. Real plot twist. I was sure it’d be Ryuten’s Steel Beast.
-But at least one thing was right. It is a FIRST Quest video.
But there was still one more surprise in store.
-Premiere [The First F]
The First F.
It was the Ryuten’s Steel Beast strategy guide video everyone had been expecting and anticipating.
-Are you serious.
-There are TWO FIRST Quest strategy videos????
-This editor is insane.
-Actually, Jin-woo seems even more insane.
-Clearing one is already hard enough, and he cleared two???
Everyone opened both MiTube videos and began watching the premiere live at the same time.
Both were roughly twenty minutes long.
The first one uploaded, [The Princess of the Deep Night Cannot Sleep], focused on Jin-woo’s Crafting, while Ryuten’s Steel Beast showed how Jin-woo hunted the Steel Beast using equipment he’d made himself.
Clang—! Clang—!
Crunch—.
-Wow.
-Couldn’t figure out how he cleared it.
-He just straight-up won through Crafting.
-WTF.
-That actually works???
-He put her to sleep with a bed and a pillow??
-I want to buy that. Wow, the moment you rest your head you’re out??
In the video, Princess Estella lay down on the bed and pillow Jin-woo had crafted and fell sound asleep instantly.
-Please sell it I can’t sleep and I’m dying I want to sleep on that so badly!
-I’ll hold my breath until you sell it gulp.
-That person above has passed away.
When a post went up on the SharkNet community saying Jin-woo’s premiere video had arrived, the number of concurrent viewers watching simultaneously began surging drastically.
-Wow, it’s lagging!
-Stop joining!
So many people were trying to watch that the video stuttered slightly, but everyone was watching the FIRST Quest videos.
And after those twenty minutes flew by.
The reactions exploded spectacularly.
-Damn.
-Seriously insane. To clear a FIRST Quest like that.
-Clearing it in his own field is really cool.
-Everyone else pivoted in directions they thought were possible.
-Did you see the Steel Beast hunt? He’s not really good at combat, but his timing is absolutely flawless.
-Yeah. His timing seems really precise. His eyes are good too. Being a Blacksmith isn’t something everyone can do.
-I’m a professional Blacksmith. Jin-woo is definitely world-class. Nobody can match his timing like that.
Comments piled up like crazy, and the SharkNet community was flooded with analysis posts, expressions of awe, and debates about whether Jin-woo’s combat skills were impressive or ordinary.
-The impact of every single video he uploads is insane.
-Everyone’s watching JinTube these days.
-But videos do get tiring after you watch them a few times, you know? But Jin-woo keeps shocking us with fresh content, so it’s endlessly entertaining.
-Other MiTubers stop at that level, but Jin-woo goes all the way to here.
-And there’s no other Necromancer Blacksmith out there.
There were some MiTubers who became hot topics every time they uploaded, but none had impact like Jin-woo right now.
-Plus, look at these comments. Seriously hilarious. The haters can’t even criticize his Crafting skill.
Naturally, as Jin-woo became famous, there were quite a few haters and toxic fans, but they all agreed on one thing.
His Crafting skill was beyond reproach.
Once you’d seen the video, trying to criticize it felt dishonest—you’d feel the contradiction yourself, so there was nothing to criticize.
-We really can’t criticize his Crafting.
-Naturally, Eternal Sunshine’s Blacksmith.
-Get a taste of our Blacksmith.
The Eternal Sunshine players had been carrying themselves quite high lately.
-I’m in a really good mood these days.
-The guys who used to bash Eternal Sunshine have nothing to say now.
Until Jin-woo started NewGen, Eternal Sunshine players had been mocked as having popped bubbles, with comparisons in the same game dismissing them as nothing special.
It was hard to argue against those mockeries.
All the Rankers had migrated over, and the original game was struggling.
But their hope still remained, and that hope was shining now.
-Let’s go harder!
-Heave-ho!
Dongwoo’s editing studio.
Dongwoo smiled broadly, watching the reactions to these videos.
“Uploading them all at once creates good synergy.”
Jin-woo was currently making history on Netflix. Despite beating Pendant and solidifying his rank 1 position, his achievements weren’t diminishing.
“Water keeps flowing in, so I can’t stop rowing. At this rate, he really will hit ten million subscribers.”
Ten million was a symbolic number.
Especially among Korean MiTubers who focused on NewGen content, not a single one had reached ten million.
“The reaction to EP 1 was insane.”
The F video reaction was insane too.
“Let’s keep going.”
Dongwoo’s next target was fifty million views.
“Let’s hit it with this one.”
* * *
Clang—! Clang—! Clang—!
The Crafting continued all through the night.
October was experiencing this for the first time.
Everything he had was being disassembled. And with each casual remark Jin-woo dropped, his own skills grew.
“There, dial back the Hammer’s force a bit…….”
“L-like this?”
“Yes. And increase the intensity of the flames a bit more too.”
“Is this right?”
“That’s it. Exactly that.”
Jin-woo was truly a one-shot instructor.
October was amazed that his own skills were changing in real time. He had been Crafting for quite a long time himself.
His own style was already firmly established, so it was usually hard to accept advice.
But he could easily accept Jin-woo’s guidance.
And he changed easily.
“How is this…….”
Why does this work?
Why is the effect better?
“I’ll step back and think about it.”
Ten hours had already passed.
Peran had seen enough and left.
“Then I should too…….”
“October.”
Jin-woo gestured to October, who was about to leave.
“You said you’d do your best.”
“…….”
October suddenly understood.
Why he hadn’t expected compensation.
“That meant doing one more crafting session!”
October cried out as if in anguish.
If you want me to Craft with all my might, then fine. Okay. Let’s go all the way. In that instant, October also came to understand the meaning of the expression he’d seen on Peran’s face.
Peran had probably gone through the same thing.
* * *
‘Good potential.’
Jin-woo had seen all of October’s Crafting techniques.
Not just Option Growth, but October possessed quite a lot of Crafting Skills.
‘He’s got Skills for assigning specific Options.’
He had Skills that could combine multiple materials and turn them into a single Option.
As Jin-woo discovered Skills he’d never even thought of, he had no choice but to continue.
‘I wasn’t planning to run a full twenty-four hours.’
But things had developed so that he had to.
“You’re truly impressive.”
Jin-woo encouraged October.
“Is there more?”
“……I’m…… at my limit…….”
October’s face twisted in pain.
Twenty-four hours.
October had no choice but to be exhausted.
“Then I’ll keep going while you rest a bit.”
Of course, Jin-woo hadn’t just been pushing October the whole time.
While observing October’s Crafting, Jin-woo had been getting inspiration from that unique style and Crafting alongside him.
Because of this, October could also savor Jin-woo’s Crafting and learned a great deal, but doing it for twenty-four hours straight was exhausting.
And not a single piece of Jin-woo’s Crafting overlapped.
“You Crafted for twenty-four hours…… why doesn’t anything repeat…… why does something new always…….”
If there had been similarities or overlaps, October could have relaxed and enjoyed watching with less intensity. But every single thing Jin-woo Crafted had something entirely new about it.
He’d Crafted so much, so why did something fresh keep appearing?
He had no choice but to focus intently.
If he didn’t, he’d miss Jin-woo’s Crafting, and that was unavoidable.
Watching Jin-woo’s Crafting itself was a tremendous opportunity for October.
But now he’d reached his limit.
“Jin-woo…….”
He was about to be forcibly logged out.
“I’m…… exhausted…….”
Ding—!
Sure enough.
October, having reached his limit, was logged out before he could even finish speaking.
“Too bad.”
Jin-woo’s expression showed disappointment.
“It was just getting interesting.”
If it was just a temporary logout, he could log back in soon enough.
“October’s definitely a Ranker through and through.”
During those twenty-four hours, Jin-woo had taught October a lot, but at the same time, Jin-woo had learned quite a bit from watching October’s Crafting.
‘His Option Growth method is pretty unique.’
Beyond just the properties the materials possessed, he leveraged various Skills to strengthen and develop the Options.
‘It’s not a bad approach either.’
Of course, this way would make the taste of Crafting itself feel a bit diminished, but that came down to personal preference.
“I should ask him about various things when he logs back in.”
While waiting for October to return like this.
Ding—!
-A new god has begun watching you!
A new god had begun observing Jin-woo.
‘No way.’
-The new god says they watched your interactions and Crafting with great interest!
It was indeed that “no way.”

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