The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 334

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Episode 334
334.
Whoooosh—
Golae cut through the water, surging forward at tremendous speed.
Marine monsters blocked their path here and there, but now that Golae possessed the Bone Horn, he simply pierced through them all and kept advancing.
—You have obtained the soul of a Long-Tailed Jellyfish.
—You have obtained the soul of a Giant Front-Claw Crab.
The mutated marine monsters were undeniably formidable.
Thanks to them, Golae’s spirits soared. Learning how strong he truly was, the latent potential he’d been carrying began to surface, spreading through him like warmth.
Whoooosh—
Within Golae, Jin-woo smiled as he held the Kraken Hide.
‘Right now I have a significant advantage in the water because of Golae, but if a situation like before repeats itself, it could become awkward.’
The Kraken had taken the bait perfectly and fought on the water’s surface.
But if an enemy appeared who dove into the depths and continued attacking, both First and Pur needed to be capable of operating underwater.
‘I need to be prepared for multiple scenarios.’
That’s why Jin-woo focused on this Kraken Hide.
“With this, I could move about freely even underwater.”
The essence of the Kraken contained the full power of water.
‘I’ll be able to breathe underwater.’
And with this Kraken Hide, he could craft a deep-sea mobility suit that could function in the abyss itself.
Which meant creating a deep-sea suit capable of underwater respiration was possible.
‘After all, the Kraken is a mighty monster that moves even in the deep sea.’
Hide from such a creature would have many applications.
Jin-woo immediately spread out the Kraken Hide.
After scraping away the unnecessary parts with the Engraving Knife.
He applied heat to tan it.
Then he concentrated.
“Flawless Seamstress Art.”
Jin-woo’s hands moved toward the Kraken Hide. He already held a Flawless Needle and Flawless Thread in his grasp.
Thunk—!
But the Kraken Hide instantly repelled the Flawless Seamstress Art.
‘Damn.’
“It’s pushing back.”
He could sew if he forced it.
With Jin-woo’s high Dexterity [Precision] stat, his Strength stat, and runes to reinforce him, raw power wasn’t the issue.
But that wasn’t flawless.
‘I’m sewing through sheer force.’
He wasn’t truly using the Flawless Seamstress Art.
“The Flawless Seamstress Art’s proficiency has risen quite a bit, yet it can’t pierce this.”
His Synchronization Rate had risen previously, elevating his Flawless Seamstress Art to a higher level.
And yet the Kraken Hide remained impenetrable.
‘Then.’
“Hmm.”
Jin-woo paused his hands. Baxter, watching him, spoke.
“The Kraken’s hide is exceptionally thick. It can withstand all the pressure of the deep sea. I suspect it won’t be easy to work with, lad.”
The Kraken was Positano’s sole terror—a monster legendary because its hide was so impenetrably thick that almost no attack could penetrate it.
“The Kraken even survived lightning. Thanks to that hide.”
All monsters dwelling in water are vulnerable to lightning attributes.
Yet the Kraken endured even that. All of it was the power of its hide.
Such hide required considerable force to manipulate.
“Don’t worry. For now, let’s return to Sacra and I’ll lend my strength. I left a great many things there. I have equipment that can soften this Kraken Hide. Once I recover my workbench……”
In the current state, it was absolutely impossible to work with.
Even if he tried, the Kraken Hide would suffer damage.
But there was a way.
Return to Sacra and use his personal workbench. Just as Baxter was offering comfort—
Jin-woo closed his eyes.
Naturally, Baxter assumed Jin-woo would shelve the Kraken Hide for now.
The Kraken Hide was far too precious a material to risk by forcing it.
“Don’t worry! We’re taking the shortcut, so it shouldn’t take long to reach Sacra.”
But Jin-woo slowly raised his hands in that state.
“Jin-woo……?”
‘This won’t do.’
He could wait for the technique to soften the Kraken Hide, as Baxter suggested.
‘But waiting for that is essentially admitting the limits of the Flawless Seamstress Art.’
Of course, if a technique lacks power, supplementing it with other forces isn’t a bad approach.
But Jin-woo didn’t want that.
‘The Flawless Seamstress Art needs to evolve, like the other techniques.’
Just as Spell Enchantment had reached its limits and achieved perfection.
Just as Rodin’s Flame Engraving had been completely infused with Jin-woo’s essence to become Ether Flame Stone Crafting.
The Flawless Seamstress Art also needed to evolve.
‘I can’t soften every material that comes after this.’
In the end, the Flawless Seamstress Art itself had to become stronger.
“Heaaaah.”
Jin-woo breathed.
He released all strength from his hands.
No—from his entire body.
Now Jin-woo was in a state where even a gentle breeze could shake him.
The Flawless Seamstress Art is a technique that can sew any material. The fact that it can’t pierce the Kraken Hide means he isn’t wielding the true power of flawlessness.
‘I need to ride the current.’
This was a sewing technique of nature.
If so, he had to ride that current.
‘More fluidly.’
Jin-woo had become more accustomed to nature’s power while crafting the Eternal Circulation Sword, an MR-Grade blade.
‘I can’t concentrate on flawlessness.’
Paradoxically, to sink deeper into flawlessness, he couldn’t focus on it.
He had to empty his mind and simply follow the current as he sewed.
Jin-woo moved his hands.
Continuing to move and practice.
‘Don’t think about piercing.’
Just pass through.
Pass through fluidly and tie the knot.
Glide—
In an instant, Jin-woo moved.
Then he swept his hands. The needle instantly pierced the Kraken Hide. It was so natural that one wouldn’t even notice it had penetrated.
“What?”
The Kraken Hide that hadn’t yielded moments ago was now perfectly pierced.
Jin-woo’s needle continued moving. The Kraken Hide repeated piercing as if it were thin paper.
He picked up scissors.
Shnip—
The scissors too held the power of flawlessness.
Normally impossible to cut, the Kraken Hide now severed with perfect ease.
Shnip. Shnip.
Baxter rubbed both his eyes with his hands.
“Were you hiding your power……? No, that can’t be……”
Which meant.
“Did you just advance right now……?”
In this very moment, Jin-woo was stepping into a new realm.
Facing a towering wall, rather than despair, he was simply breaking through it.
‘Like dancing.’
The movements had to flow unbroken. If the movement severed, it would instantly revert to ordinary Flawless Seamstress Art.
If it became ordinary, the existing work on the Kraken Hide would become futile.
Jin-woo immersed himself without limit.
—Your Concentration Stat increases.
—Your Concentration Stat increases.
His Concentration Stat rose, and.
—A new god takes notice of you!
Even the gods paid attention to this momentous step.
—Flawless Seamstress Art upgrades!
—Flawless Seamstress Art has become Heavenly Flawless Sewing!
Jin-woo’s own Heavenly Flawless Sewing unfolded with fluid grace.
This was Circulation.
Rather than spinning and concentrating force at a single point, it was a mighty sewing that continuously cycled the power.
The power of Circulation made Jin-woo’s body supple.
Suppleness transformed into strength.
The Kraken Hide pierced and pierced again.
Glide—. Glide—
Jin-woo began cutting and sewing the Kraken Hide in an instant.
Glide—. Glide—
—The Goddess of Moonlight marvels at your sewing!
—The Goddess of Moonlight grants you Sponsorship!
—Your Dexterity [Precision] Stat increases by 5!
—She says: one day, please progress her Quest!
—The God of Nature and Harmony shows awe at your touch! For a moment, he says, you dwelled in a great realm!
With a Dexterity [Precision] Stat exceeding ten thousand, further increases became difficult.
In such a state, a gain of 5 was quite substantial.
Glide—
Shimmer—
Moonlight that the Goddess of Moonlight sent with her Sponsorship suddenly illuminated Jin-woo.
Baxter had to close and open his eyes repeatedly, as if Jin-woo were dancing beneath the moon’s glow.
The sight resembled his former fellow student, the elf Mirae, and also his own master who had taught Mirae sewing.
In that instant, he shook his head vigorously.
Like his master? That couldn’t be.
“……It must be my imagination.”
—Equipment created!
Jin-woo had completed the suit.
—MR+ Grade equipment created!
MR+ Grade.
The tier had been broken once again.
“Heaaaah.”
Jin-woo exhaled deeply.
‘It felt like I’d been diving deep and surfacing.’
Yet during that dive, his heart had been calm.
‘Heavenly Flawless Sewing, huh.’
Jin-woo examined the completed deep-sea mobility suit carefully.
“!”
Then he was surprised.
“No joke.”
[Ether Wave Bone Armor]
—Defense: 50,050
—Tier:
MR+
—Durability: 1,000,000 / 1,000,000
—Attribute: [Water]
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* Special Option [Kraken’s Might: Instantly gather power to form ultimate defense. Defense increases by 20,000 for a set duration.]
* Special Option [Ultra Refinement: Defense increases by an additional 500.]
* Special Option [Ultimate Defense: Defense increases by 1,450.]
* Special Option [Rune Inscription Extreme – Artemus Lv3: Defense increases by 850.]
* Special Option [Rune Inscription Extreme – Luhend Lv1: Critical Defense Rate increases.]
* Special Option [Life Drain: Absorb 17% of damage dealt as your own life force!]
* Special Option [Ambush: The power of the Necro Master dwells within. The first attack is guaranteed to be a Fatal Blow.]
* Special Option [Soul Forging: Draw upon the power of the soul. Defense increases by 15%.]
* Special Option [Spirit Ward: Generate a shield using 5% of damage taken. This shield can defend against physical and magical attacks.]
* Special Option [Darkness Feast: Recover a portion of damage received!]
* Special Option [Ambush Defense: Defend against critical strikes with a set probability.]
* Special Option [Soul Forging: Draw upon the power of the soul. Damage Reflection Probability increases by 5%!]
* Special Option [Penetration Defense: Ignore defensive power and deal damage!]
* Special Option [Tears of the Fallen: Hide weaknesses. Gain an additional 6% defense.]
* Wave Resonance [Power of Waves: Through the power of waves, gain additional Stats. Defense increases. Critical Defense Probability increases. Damage Reflection Probability increases.]
* Special Option [Burning Darkness Flame: Inflict the abnormal status ‘Oblivion’ on the attacked target with a set probability!]
* Special Option [Heavenly Flawless Sewing: The material takes no damage. Defense increases by an additional 1,200.]
* Special Option [Underwater Breathing: Enable respiration underwater for a set duration! ]
* Special Option [Water Walk: Move at high speed underwater. ]
With its simple design, every function the Kraken Hide possessed was perfectly expressed.
‘The defense is certainly solid.’
The Ether Wave Bone Armor he’d made before had defense approaching sixty thousand.
‘This doesn’t quite reach that.’
But for a leather suit, the numbers were quite high.
And there was a new special option.
“Heavenly Flawless Sewing.”
Jin-woo’s Flawless Seamstress Art had become Heavenly Flawless Sewing.
“Thanks to that, I even crafted MR+ equipment.”
The Heavenly Flawless Sewing attached as a special option raised defense by no less than 1,200.
An option befitting the name “heavenly flawless sewing sent by the sky.”
“The special options I wanted are properly attached too.”
—[Special Option] Underwater Breathing: Enable respiration underwater for a set duration!
—[Special Option] Water Walk: Move at high speed underwater.
“They’ve been enhanced.”
The Kraken Hide, a material he was using for the first time, was enhanced by the First Sight Rune.
“With this, underwater operation will definitely be no problem.”
Jin-woo immediately tried putting on this deep-sea mobility suit.
“!”
Then he was surprised.
“This…… is strange somehow?”