The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 326

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Chapter 326
326.
US Auction House.
McCarthy observed the MR+ Grade equipment he had completed.
He could have crafted it at an even higher tier, but he had deliberately restricted the grade progression.
And he had paid careful attention to the options.
“With overwhelming options, I’ll suppress Jin-woo.”
After all, Jin-woo’s ceiling is M to M+ Grade.
Then if he overwhelmed him with options from the tier above—MR+ Grade—no one could raise an objection.
McCarthy examined the completed equipment.
It was a beautifully carved mace.
-[Special Option] Holy Power: Intense holy energy imbues this weapon, dealing additional damage to Undead-type monsters! Nullifies Undead attribute attacks!
“Perfect gear for taking down the Necromancer Jin-woo.”
McCarthy had deliberately crafted this mace.
“McCarthy! You’ve completed the equipment!”
“Wow! MR+ Grade! You intentionally lowered the tier and focused your power on the options, didn’t you?”
“You matched the level perfectly, didn’t you, sir?”
McCarthy’s apprentices gazed at him in admiration.
“This is already decided!”
“Those 22 pieces of equipment Jin-woo listed. They sold for astronomical prices, but…….”
The 22 pieces of Circulation Attribute equipment Jin-woo had just posted sold at frenzied demand and enormous prices.
Combined, they exceeded one billion Gold by a wide margin.
Thanks to this, Jin-woo had climbed to 4th place in the US Auction House Hall of Fame.
-Wow, seriously.
-4th place right after selling 22 pieces.
-The US Auction House is a massive fortress, but he just stormed the front gates and reached the inner sanctum.
-4th place isn’t the inner sanctum yet. Still far off. Top 3 is where it’s really at.
-That Stranger made insane money. He has several villas in LA.
-Still a long way to go. This is just the beginning.
-He did storm the gates well, though.
-It’s crazy, really. 4th place. I never expected this from the start of the US Auction House.
-But how about this new batch of equipment?
-That Circulation Attribute was a huge topic of discussion.
Circulation Attribute.
An attribute that had never existed before—everyone eagerly anticipated reviews.
Sure enough, not long after the auction ended, reviews began pouring in rapidly.
Those who had purchased the equipment started responding quickly.
-Finally got it! Jin-woo’s equipment! Crazy review of the Circulation Attribute gear!
Those running MiTube channels began rapidly producing videos about it, and those without channels were recruited by MiTubers to film videos about it.
-Great, great, great Jin-woo’s Circulation Attribute equipment review.
-Premium! Review of Jin-woo’s equipment purchased at 150 million Gold!
They all set out to create videos about Jin-woo. They had no intention of offering half-hearted praise. Half of them were supporters of the US Auction House and believed there was far too much hype around Jin-woo.
-We analyze Jin-woo’s equipment piece by piece. Was it hype? Or was it real?
MiTuber Hameresh frowned as he examined the Jin-woo equipment in his hands.
The Circulating Flame Lightning Greatsword.
Two attributes continuously cycling while maintaining the primary attribute—an absolutely formidable blade.
“Based on the options, it seems like there are two primary attributes. But we’ll only know once we use it. Anyone over level 500 will know this: you absolutely cannot have two primary attributes on a single piece of equipment.”
When that happened, one side inevitably weakened.
“There was a famous scam, wasn’t there? A crafter who claimed to have made a legendary weapon with two primary attributes, tried to sell it secretly, and got caught.”
At one point, there had been a crafter who stirred up controversy claiming to have overcome the primary attribute limitation.
“In reality, they were separated, weren’t they? The primary and secondary attributes.”
He had distributed the power appropriately and masked the attribute difference with special options, which became the controversy.
“Let me try this Circulation Attribute and see. Before even using it, my assessment is certain. Two primary attributes absolutely cannot coexist. I’m convinced this Circulation Attribute thing is also just a sleight of hand. It’s gone viral in the community, but…….”
Hameresh shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s obvious provocation. Jin-woo’s side must have engineered the viral buzz. At his level, viral marketing is inevitable.”
As he spoke, Hameresh immediately began analyzing this Circulation Attribute sword in detail.
“Let me test it. What everyone’s most curious about is whether this Circulation Attribute really contains two primary attributes, right?”
Slash—!
Hameresh wielding the sword tested it immediately.
“If I try to draw both attributes simultaneously, I’ll be able to tell right away. It’ll be a bit risky, but if it’s truly Circulation Attribute, it shouldn’t be dangerous at all.”
This greatsword contained flame and lightning as primary attributes.
So when both were drawn simultaneously, both attributes should appear equally.
If one appeared first, that was obviously the primary attribute.
In other words, a complete deception.
“Here goes.”
Slash—!
Hameresh drew upon the power of the attributes.
Whoosh—!
Surging flames.
Crackle—!
And lightning erupting simultaneously, both dwelling in the blade at once. Lightning and flame merged in an instant, then spread outward as lightning flame.
Boom—. Boom-boom-boom—!
As he drew the power more forcefully, not only the ground beneath his feet but everything around him was engulfed in lightning flame.
“……What?”
Hameresh was momentarily flustered.
The intense power he felt in his hands and what his eyes showed clearly demonstrated it.
“This…….”
It was real.
Two genuine primary attributes were contained within it.
“Everyone, the primary attributes are…… actually two……?”
Hameresh had naturally assumed the Circulation Attribute was sleight of hand.
Because two primary attributes were absolutely impossible to put in equipment.
But it was real.
This truly had two primary attributes. Not a deception. Not an imbalance between primary and secondary attributes.
Precisely two primary attributes.
“……Insane…….”
His plan had been to dissect Jin-woo, who came in throwing down a gauntlet at the US Auction House.
He’d intended to strip away the hype, but once stripped away, the vast and terrible substance of Jin-woo himself stood revealed.
His presence was even more formidable than when shrouded in hype.
“Insane……!”
Hameresh mindlessly repeated the same word. Slash! Slash—!
The more he swung the blade, the more he felt that the Circulation Attribute was merely supplementary. The sword itself overflowed with charm.
“I’m changing the content now. From here on, the content is analyzing and enjoying Jin-woo’s equipment piece by piece.”
-lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
-lol lol lol lol lol lol lol insane.
-lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol quick pivot.
-Wow, two actual primary attributes, though.
-How was that even made??
-I’m a blacksmith and I’ve tried a few times, but it just doesn’t work at all, you know?
-I’m an alchemist and tried it while making potions, but I just wasted materials. Thanks.
-K-blacksmith, take notes.
This shocking video from Hameresh went viral through the community, and eventually McCarthy saw it too.
“Hmm.”
McCarthy was taken aback watching the video.
In the MiTube video, Jin-woo’s Circulation Attribute weapon genuinely contained two primary attributes.
Like Hameresh, McCarthy had also assumed it was sleight of hand.
He’d tried it himself. Probably every Ranker blacksmith had attempted to embed two primary attributes.
But no one had succeeded.
“This is remarkable.”
McCarthy himself was a blacksmith.
Even if they were competing for control of the US Auction House, seeing such incredible skill naturally commanded admiration.
“Actually, this works in my favor.”
The higher Jin-woo’s value climbed, the greater the reward for defeating him.
“So then.”
Now it was time to wait.
When Jin-woo posted new equipment, he would do the same.
“He’ll definitely post new gear fast.”
The response to the 22 pieces of equipment had been excellent enough to shake the US Auction House.
The community was eagerly anticipating it, and given that Jin-woo had come into the US Auction House with clear intent, McCarthy was confident he would register follow-up equipment quickly.
Ding—!
-Equipment registered!
Jin-woo’s new equipment had been registered.
“This is it.”
McCarthy immediately registered his equipment.
-Equipment registered!
-Holy Sacred Mace registered!
The MR+ Grade Holy Sacred Mace was registered on the US Auction House.
“Let’s see.”
The moment McCarthy registered the equipment, he checked Jin-woo’s listing.
“?”
The equipment Jin-woo had posted was an MR Grade item.
“He’s already reached MR Grade?”
The 22 pieces he’d posted before were all M to M+ Grade.
“……No matter.”
The equipment McCarthy created was MR+ Grade. Even if Jin-woo had reached MR, the Holy Sacred Mace was already one tier higher.
“Even at the same grade, there are differences in detailed options.”
They were just the same tier.
“The quality is worlds apart.”
McCarthy smiled.
* * *
SharkNet.
-Guys!! Jin-woo’s posting a pickaxe right now!
-Crazy miners, hurry and get into the Auction House!

-Jin-woo’s new pickaxe just dropped on the US Auction House!
The community exploded.
Especially the miners had been waiting.
-I always believed.
-I always believed Jin-woo would definitely craft a new pickaxe for us!
But the posted pickaxe was something peculiar.
-Mechanical Engineering?
-Mechanical Engineering Tournament Pickaxe??
-I’ve never seen it before.
-It’s MR Grade. Wow. The tier is insane. MR Grade already? What is this?
MR Grade. The highest tier Jin-woo had ever posted on the Auction House.
-Wait, Mechanical Engineering is a completely new field. Can you even reach MR Grade in a new field?
-Not human.
-This proves it. Jin-woo is a machine.
-How are we supposed to beat an AI?
-Seriously insane.
-Let me place a bid anyway.
Users began bidding furiously on the Mechanical Engineering Tournament Pickaxe without exception.
-Bid updated.
-Bid updated.
-Bid updated.
Especially in this auction, many miner users participated.
Among them, Yur and Artemus, who held the highest ranks, had been playing New Gene very diligently lately.
“We have enough ammunition.”
“We’ve been hoarding Gold like crazy.”
They believed Jin-woo would definitely post new equipment, so they had converted everything to Gold to purchase it unconditionally.
“Let’s do this.”
Yur and Artemus thought they must be thinking the same thing.
So if they lost this auction, they would be losing to each other.
-The rich don’t seem to be participating in this auction.
-Well, pickaxes don’t have many uses unless you’re a miner anyway.
This auction could be seen as a battle of pride among miners.
-Bid updated!
The bid that had shot up by ten million Gold in an instant now surged toward fifty million.
It was a genuine, uncompromising showdown.
Just as the bidding was reaching its peak—
-Item registered!
A new item had been registered.
-wtf
-Here it comes.
-McCarthy’s new equipment dropped.
-Wow!
-MR+ Grade, but??
-Looks like he intentionally pumped the options.
-Oh man.
-Insane mace. Seems he made it on purpose.
-Aimed at Jin-woo the Necromancer, looks like it has the theme built in.
-Direct targeting, for real.
But that was not all.
-Item registered!
-Item registered!
Stranger at 2nd place and Mr. Horn at 3rd also registered equipment.
-Insane. So Jin-woo was waiting for him to post equipment.
-They must have been sharpening their blades.
A battle between the three established masters of the US Auction House and the rolling stone Jin-woo had begun.
Ding—! Ding—! Ding—!
-Bid updated!
Interestingly, the equipment from McCarthy, Stranger, and Mr. Horn were all the same grade.
MR+. The tier aimed at Jin-woo.
-I’m curious who’ll win.
-lol lol lol lol lol this fight is so fun.
-Jin-woo brought crazy equipment again, but there’s a difference between MR and MR+ Grade.
-Doesn’t seem like he can win this time.
-McCarthy’s equipment looked insane. I think that’ll take first.
-Check out Mr. Horn too. Used super expensive materials.
-Stranger embedded red diamonds in his.
The best move each could muster had collided head-on.
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The first person Jin-woo met was the representative of Netflix.
Since there was an existing working relationship and he was planning to contract with Netflix if renegotiating, Jin-woo had deliberately scheduled this meeting with the Netflix representative first.
“Oh.”
“Good day. Jin-woo. It’s a pleasure.”
Jin-woo nodded at the sight of the massive car that had arrived in front of his house.
“Hello.”
The Netflix representative had sent a limousine to his house, telling him to come to the meeting location at his convenience.
A chauffeur in formal attire respectfully escorted Jin-woo.
They arrived at a building in Gangnam.
“I’ve come to meet with CEO Rod.”
“Ah! We’ve been waiting! Is this Jin-woo? The CEO is expecting you!”
The receptionist promptly escorted Jin-woo upstairs.
3F Conference Room.
Upon entering, a massive man was waiting there.
“Good day. I’m Jin-woo Yu.”
“Mister Yu!”
Rod Paradox greeted Jin-woo with a bright smile.
And.
The heavyweight bowed to Jin-woo.
It was Rod Paradox’s highest praise for Jin-woo.

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