The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 315

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Chapter 315
Episode 315.
Posts began flooding SharkNet.
-Fought Jin-woo.
-Posting about fighting Jin-woo’s familiars.
-Positano has fallen to Avalak! FEAT. Jin-woo
Positano, a neutral territory.
They were posts about spotting Jin-woo there and actually fighting him.
-You fought Jin-woo?
-That doesn’t make sense. How did you fight him?
-Guts on that one.
-Positano????
-Isn’t that a famous neutral territory?
-Three kingdoms signed a pact there, so conflict should be prohibited, right?
-A quest was progressing. It started from the Grona side.
Positano was indeed a neutral territory where conflict was prohibited.
The continent had many such conflict-prohibited neutral territories, and people were deeply interested in them.
Users were digging into them because quests could lift the conflict prohibition and allow territories to be claimed by kingdoms.
Among these, Positano was the only port city, so nearly everyone knew about it.
Port cities had considerable advantages in many ways.
-Wait, so it became a conflict zone?
-What’s that last part about? Positano fell to Avalak??
-There aren’t even that many users in Avalak, are there??
-Even if a lot of users moved because of Jin-woo, they’re all in the capital now anyway!
All the users who had decided to relocate their bases after seeing Jin-woo were in Avalon.
Of course they were. They were currently immersed in the Mansan Workshop and enjoying shopping for various equipment in Chanran.
There was no way they’d be in a neutral territory.
So how did the Avalak Kingdom seize Positano?
-Right. There were only about thirty people in Positano.
-But how did Positano fall to Avalak??
-Even with Jin-woo there……
-Jin-woo’s amazing and all, but there must’ve been thousands of users from other kingdoms. Are you saying he caught them all by himself??
-No spoilers please.
-Looks like the person above was there.
-That’s exactly what happened.
-???????
-Really?????
-He really caught them all???????
It was just a offhand joke.
Of course it was.
How could you win a fight against thousands of users with only about thirty Avalak users?
But then someone replied that it was true.
A comment appeared saying Jin-woo really had caught them all by himself.
-Well, since it was a conflict zone, coordination would’ve been off anyway and everyone who could run would’ve fled. Let’s say it was hundreds against one.
-But if they made it to Positano, wouldn’t everyone be at least level 400?
-There could be people all the way up to 800.
-Isn’t that exactly what those hunting grounds are like?
-How in the world did he manage that?
-Is this bait??
-Jin-woo really caught them all by himself?
-Yes. It’s true. I was right in the middle of it back then. I have proof.
A post titled [Proof] appeared in the community with pictures.
It showed a user being attacked brutally by Jin-woo’s familiars.
The familiars were vividly captured tearing through users from the Grona Kingdom and Malen Duchy like madness incarnate.
-Wow.
-;;;;;;;;
-Really……?
-Is this real?? Not AI??
Jin-woo’s familiars were overwhelming.
And there were many things people hadn’t seen before.
Especially the equipment—it wasn’t gear that had been revealed through JinTube or Netflix until now.
-???
-What are those weapons??
-I haven’t seen those on JinTube??
-Insane. Those don’t look like M or M+ grade equipment.
-Wow.
-Does this guy have no limits??
-He’s riding his own elevator.
Jin-woo’s familiars, equipped with outrageous gear, cut and shattered users from Malen and Grona like wild beasts.
Users without synchronized stats were blown away by the familiars’ attacks like leaves in the wind.
-Wow. In the sky there’s Bon and Fin and Moltus supporting.
-What is that familiar?? I see something that goes “poof” and disappears, then “poof” and appears again??
-Is it a new familiar???
New equipment and a new familiar too.
The Positano takeover brought a flood of new information about Jin-woo.
-Really fast. Can’t even see them.
-Look at that gear. Seems like a new grade level.
-That’ll go up on JinTube, right?
-I’m so curious.
The Positano takeover greatly raised anticipation for JinTube.
-When is that going up!!!
-I’m dying to know about the new familiar.
Users excitedly entered JinTube.
Then they watched the Final video again as if entranced.
After that, they rewound to Episode 1 and could clearly see the equipment the familiars used in Positano was completely different.
-The familiars look different too?
-Wow.
-Seems like the familiar even leveled up?
-So excited. It’ll definitely be in the next video, right?
-Holding my breath until the new video drops. Inhale.
-Really amazing, churning out videos like this. Keeping such a tight schedule but content keeps flowing. But I’m still dying to know.
For a MiTuber, the most important thing was virality.
How consistently they could maintain that virality was paramount.
Jin-woo executed that perfectly.
* * *
As everyone anticipated, new videos began uploading to JinTube.
But they weren’t the videos people had expected.
“Sorry, but the new equipment is still a secret. Can’t upload it yet.”
Instead, Dongwoo uploaded different videos.
“But I can upload Shorts to build the hype.”
The videos that went up on JinTube this time were videos about various equipment that his brother had made beforehand.
Jin-woo had reached MR Grade when facing Aktoz, the final boss of Elementia.
Since this Elementia content was slated for Series 4, those videos couldn’t be uploaded yet.
Dongwoo carefully obscured the exact details and cut them into Shorts.
Tease a bit, hide what’s important.
But make it clear Jin-woo has reached a new level.
Where that level is.
What equipment it is—he kept those cleverly hidden, actually amplifying curiosity.
Dongwoo smiled wickedly.
“This is why Shorts are so good.”
You could hype people up with Shorts and then create a separate teaser to draw even more views.
“There’s supposed to be a meeting soon anyway.”
Jin-woo’s brother had arranged to set up a meeting with Han In-gu, the producer of Series 4.
Once they finalized things there, if his brother signed additional contracts with a new platform or Netflix, then the real work would begin.
“For now, I need to make as many videos as possible so we can run both tracks smoothly!”
His brother had trusted him, so he wanted to deliver a solid performance.
“Time to show everyone whose brother I am.”
* * *
Positano Cliff.
Upon reaching the cliff’s edge, an invisible wall blocked everything.
Thunk—. Thunk—.
When Jin-woo pushed with his hand, the invisible wall gave way.
‘Looks like I can’t just walk through.’
Jin-woo narrowed his eyes.
-Eagle Eye activates!
Jin-woo examined the invisible wall with Eagle Eye.
‘Can’t get a proper read on it.’
Abandoning the attempt to analyze the wall, Jin-woo studied the house visible beyond it more carefully.
“The house is bigger than I thought?”
The house hadn’t looked this large from down below, but up close it was quite sizable.
And it had distinctive features.
A chimney.
And several materials scattered around.
“It’s a workshop.”
Whoooosh—.
White smoke billowing out.
And a strong smell.
“The smell’s different from what I expected.”
It was a different kind of smell from ordinary fire.
Jin-woo’s anticipation grew.
-Entering Positano Cliff.
-Entry restricted!
As Jin-woo reached out, the Positarium he was carrying began to glow.
-Quest updated!
-Quest [Positano’s Technology] progression grants cliff access!
-Quest cleared!
-Entry condition: Positarium
Whoooosh—!
The Positarium emitted a brilliant light, and the invisible wall vanished entirely.
-Credentials verified.
“So the Positarium was like a key?”
But Jin-woo already had the quest for Positano’s Technology, so he effectively had two keys.
‘That settles it then.’
This workshop had a major connection to the Positarium.
Which meant the chances of obtaining more of this MR+ Grade Positarium had increased significantly.
Jin-woo smiled and headed straight for the house standing alone atop the cliff.
Clang—!
The sound of hammering came from there.
Clang—! Clang—!
No ordinary hammering sound.
“Just listening to it is satisfying.”
You could tell from the sound alone.
“There was a reason a separate quest was assigned.”
True to the quest name Positano’s Technology, anyone who hammered like this seemed easily worthy of being called the source of all Positano’s technical mastery.
Jin-woo knocked on the door.
Instantly, a brilliant light poured out.
Click—. Click—. Click—.
And the sound of clock ticking followed.
No, something was different.
‘Sounds like gears turning?’
Clack—!
Then the door creaked open.
Ding—!
-Quest updated!
Jin-woo naturally assumed the Positano’s Technology quest had been updated.
But it wasn’t.
“Huh?”
The quest that updated was Disciples of All Master.
Whirr—. Whirr—. Whirrrr—!
The Quest Marker that had been pointing to the harbor suddenly spun wildly and locked onto Jin-woo’s current location.
“Who are you? I asked the lord of Positano to ensure no one would come.”
A man with goggles on his head and dust covering his entire body emerged.
He resembled a dwarf, but his beard was ash-gray and he was quite tall.
‘No way.’
According to what he’d heard, the man was supposed to be in Sakra, the engineering city.
He’d been told the Mechanic Master of the mechanical engineering city beyond the sea resided there.
So it shouldn’t be him.
Yet Jin-woo felt certain it was.
“Do you happen to know Hairun?”
So he asked.
The moment Hairun’s name was spoken, a reaction came.
“Hairun? Did Hairun send you?”
From that response, Jin-woo could be certain.
‘I’m not sure why, but…’
This blacksmith with Positano’s technological mastery standing before him.
“Yes, that’s right. I’m a disciple of that master, trained by Hairun. You must be Baxter?”
“!”
Baxter’s expression shifted to surprise.
“That’s right. I’m Baxter.”
Ding—!
-Quest updated: Disciples of All Master!
-The final disciple, Baxter, has been encountered!

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