The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 320

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Chapter 320
Episode 320.
“Ah, I’ve learned something similar before.”
“?”
He’d learned something similar before?
Baekster blinked hard, as though Runwords had been inscribed in his eyes.
Jin-woo demonstrated Rune Inscription – Extreme right there.
“…That skill… what is it?”
“It’s a skill called Spell Enchantment. I learned it from an Orc Shaman.”
“…You’re not an Orc, are you?”
“Pardon?”
When Jin-woo shot him a bewildered look, Baekster apologized at once.
“Just joking! That’s impressive! How many talents do you have, anyway!”
Seeing Rune Inscription – Extreme, Baekster now understood the Runword that Jin-woo had shown him moments ago.
Of course, understanding it was one thing, but this was shocking.
Yes. The fundamentals could be grasped quickly. Any craftsman seeking to meet the All Master, his master, ought to have this much talent.
But this was too fast.
“Now that you’ve learned Runestone Crafting and Runwords, we can move on to creating Magic Cores.”
Runestone Crafting combined with Runwords was precisely what made a Magic Core.
One might think that since he could do both, he could naturally make Magic Cores, but learning each technique separately and actually combining them to create one were entirely different matters.
It would require significant proficiency, and he wouldn’t be able to do it as quickly as this.
Baekster nodded.
Even now, it was considerably fast.
So it couldn’t possibly get any faster than this.
“From here on, even if you tried to accelerate, you won’t be able to.”
* * *
-You have completed a Magic Core!
“….”
He could be faster.
He tried to accelerate, and he could.
Baekster stared at Jin-woo in bewilderment.
Inscribing a Runword onto a Runestone to create a Magic Core.
Was it really so easy?
“I’ve completed it, Baekster.”
Jin-woo had created his first Magic Core.
Baekster marveled at the Magic Core Jin-woo had made.
It was well-crafted.
It was so well-crafted that one could hardly believe it was his first. Yet certain shortcomings began to reveal themselves.
“Hah.”
Was this really the time to think like that?
It was his first Magic Core.
Of course the focus should be on completion.
But because he’d crafted it so well, his evaluation standards had suddenly risen.
“Splendid…!”
Since learning Runestone Crafting and Runwords, Baekster had taken many years to create his Magic Core.
Of course it had taken a long time, having developed the Magic Core creation process independently.
He’d had Runestones shatter while inscribing them, and Runwords had run rampant, injuring him—more than once or twice.
By that standard, this was on a level that made no sense.
Baekster cleared his throat a few times. It was to stay calm.
“Even with a teacher…”
As he spoke, memories from the past surfaced in Baekster’s mind.
Precious moments with the All Master, his former teacher.
-Baekster. You need to do more. Let the other disciples rest.
-Pardon?
The All Master spoke to an exhausted Baekster.
-Why must only I do more?
Baekster had protested, feeling wronged.
Baekster had been producing excellent results.
He understood Mechanical Engineering far more quickly than the other disciples, and his work was exceptional—the All Master himself had praised him.
So why must he alone stay behind and keep working?
At that, the All Master had smiled.
-The way people learn differs. Some must be shown the whole to understand the whole, while others grasp the whole from merely a part.
They perceive a fragment and pierce through to the entirety.
-Such extraordinary people face problems if taught too much.
The realm of imagination makes them ever more capable.
But that wasn’t the case with you.
-If I teach you a hundred, you know a hundred. So you need to do more. More!
-Teacher—!
He could hear again the cheerful laughter of his teacher as he’d said those words.
Back then, Baekster had thought his teacher, who knew him so well, was merely provoking him to draw out his motivation.
But those words had contained nothing but sincerity.
That talent to grasp a part and pierce the whole—it stood before him now.
The kind of talent his teacher had spoken of stood right before his eyes!
Then what should he do?
-If I teach too much…
He must not teach too much.
To his autonomy.
He must trust in his potential.
“Jin-woo.”
Baekster spoke.
“Try creating a Mechanical Engineering device with that Magic Core.”
The Magic Core was merely one material among many.
Once the Magic Core was complete, he needed to let him create Mechanical Engineering equipment immediately.
“I think you can do it.”
He didn’t hand over the blueprints he should have given him.
Baekster was certain.
There were already blueprints in Jin-woo’s mind. There was no other way he could have created the Magic Core like this.
He already had the mechanical equipment he wanted to make with this Magic Core, and had completed the Magic Core accordingly.
“You can use whatever materials are in my Workshop.”
At those words, Jin-woo’s eyes lit up.
“You mean I can use anything?”
Jin-woo took out the Positarium from his robe.
“You’re going to use… that?”
“No.”
This Positarium was a Magic Core that Baekster had made.
‘I just learned how to make Magic Cores.’
So he intended to create one with his own hands.
In other words.
“I’m going to try making a Positarium myself.”
The Magic Core he’d just made had been poorly done, so he would make a new one.
He hadn’t expected him to go that far.
“….”
It was dangerous.
The Positarium was a Magic Core containing all his mastery. It was too early for Jin-woo to make one.
Many words rose to Baekster’s throat, but he swallowed them down hard.
They would mean nothing to Jin-woo.
If he saw the whole from a part, then Baekster had to wait for that moment.
Because.
‘I’ve become his teacher now.’
It was time to fulfill what his teacher had once said.
Baekster gestured.
“Go ahead.”
Now was the time to have faith.
Jin-woo immediately grasped a Runestone.
‘The finest Runestone in this Workshop is that one.’
But the Runestone Jin-woo held was the poorest quality.
‘Good materials yield good results. Obviously. But this time…’
Jin-woo intended to produce the finest result from the worst materials.
‘Replicating the Positarium Baekster made is impossible.’
Baekster was a skilled Mechanical Engineer.
‘I realized it clearly while just making that Magic Core.’
He could understand why Baekster was at the center of the quest concerning Pozitano’s apex of technical mastery.
Creating Magic Cores like this freely and producing Mechanical Engineering devices of excellent quality—it was only right to call him the pinnacle of his craft.
‘So there’s no point in copying.’
Jin-woo intended to create his own Positarium.
‘For that, I can’t worry about the Runestone’s quality.’
How to refine the Runestone.
How to inscribe the Runwords—that was the battle.
“Huu.”
Jin-woo brought his hand to the Runestone and drew up Resonance.
Crackle—!
Jin-woo drew up lightning from the Universal Spanner and immediately began refining the Runestone.
‘I need to draw out more Rune Energy from the Runestone.’
To use Runwords properly, he needed to draw out the Rune Energy within the Runestone with certainty.
Boom—!
Jin-woo sent Resonance through the Universal Spanner. The Resonance began stimulating the Runestone.
The Rune Energy boiled up anew with a thunderous roar.
Rune Energy rippled outward from the Runestone’s center, shimmering with violet light.
“Huuu.”
Having experienced Rune Energy once, Jin-woo knew how sensitive it was.
So he took a deep, measured breath.
A moment of complete focus. Everything else vanished; only the sensation of the Runestone and his hand remained.
Crackle—.
Each time he moved the Universal Spanner, Resonance writhed and twisted.
“Circulate.”
As he circulated, Jin-woo activated Ultra-Maximization Refinement Technique. Nothing was better for drawing out power.
“Soul Forging.”
And he brought forth the soul dwelling within the Runestone.
“!”
The Runestone’s soul was transparent.
It shimmered with a blue so vivid it hardly seemed like a soul, and Jin-woo purified that transparent essence.
-All power within the Runestone opens.
-All potential is drawn forth.
As all potential was drawn forth and Ultra-Maximization Refinement Technique activated, the Runestone released power so immense it could barely be contained.
This was the total awakening of all the Runestone’s power.
Had Jin-woo not drawn Resonance delicately and refined and crafted the Runestone with such finesse, it would have shattered long ago.
Even now, it was dangerous.
Jin-woo’s heart thundered in his chest.
Right now, Jin-woo stood on a wire stretched taut above an abyss.
The slightest loss of balance, the smallest misstep, and he would fall.
He cannot go backward. The only direction is forward.
In a situation that would frighten anyone, Jin-woo moved without hesitation.
If you’ve climbed onto the wire, you must bob up and down, finding your balance. Fear leads to a fall.
The answer lies ahead. Not behind.
As Jin-woo drew forth Rune Energy, he inscribed Runwords upon it simultaneously.
A Wind Runword.
Then another Wind Runword layered above it.
‘Just like with Spell Enchantment.’
He could layer characters upon characters.
Whoosh—.
Whoooooosh—!
Jin-woo moved the Spanner to complete the final work.
-The Rune of First Sight activates!
Then the newly acquired Rune of First Sight activated.
-You have completed a Positarium!
-You have created a material of MR Grade!
Shhhh—.
The Positarium was completed in Jin-woo’s hands as wind howled around him.
Jin-woo slowly grasped the completed Positarium.
“It’s a Positarium.”
The Magic Core, Positarium.
Baekster extended his hand.
The Positarium from Jin-woo’s hands was drawn into Baekster’s palm.
“Hahahaha.”
Baekster smiled.
He was a person who saw the whole from a part.
A person who could draw something grand in his mind, alone.
Baekster clenched his fist, affirming his choice.
Moreover, he wondered how many sighs that great teacher must have heaved at his mediocre disciples.
It would have been better if he had been even a slightly better student.
Then his teacher would have found more joy in it.
But all those regrets were useless now.
“You absolutely must meet our teacher.”

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