The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 377

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Episode 377
377.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Dongwoo was swamped, barely catching a breath.
Yet he never missed his dawn runs.
Thanks to those early morning miles, his stamina had improved so much that he could juggle two jobs without tiring—something that would have felled most people.
Glug, glug.
Dongwoo drained his sports drink and checked the MiTube engagement on his phone.
“The Exchange Video’s getting incredible responses.”
Jin-woo’s Exchange Video against October was attracting phenomenal engagement.
“The Positano Conflict Battle pulled solid numbers too.”
The October Exchange Battle had exceeded all expectations.
Its view count had already soared past what the Positano Conflict Battle had recorded, despite uploading much later. The climb in views was nothing short of relentless.
“Most times, when fights go down like this, both sides end up hurt somehow.”
Since each fighter had their own fandom, a loss always sparked backlash.
Mockery would flood the comments, the opponent would see it and sour, and the whole section would devolve into chaos—it happened constantly.
But Jin-woo’s videos had none of that.
“It’s refreshing. Your content.”
It made hearts race without leaving that uncomfortable sting, and people couldn’t help but love it.
After checking MiTube, Dongwoo set off running again.
Ding!
But his watch chimed once more.
“A message from him?”
An email from Jin-woo.
“He’s been quiet lately—figured he was running some big Quest.”
Apparently, he was working on something significant.
-Sending you the Sacra Engineering City, Mechanical Engineering edition.
-I think editing it as a Lizny series would work well?
Dongwoo opened the email right away.
“Sacra Engineering City? Mechanical Engineering?”
The first Elementia episode hadn’t even been released yet.
Still, Lizny had mentioned earlier that it would be good to prepare the second episode ahead of time.
Dongwoo had been planning to ask Jin-woo to send content early whenever he had any.
“The timing actually works out perfectly. Hmm.”
On his way home, Dongwoo checked the video.
“……Holy.”
The video was completely different.
It resembled the crafting work Jin-woo had done before, but the texture was entirely distinct.
Mechanical Engineering.
Steam, cores, and all manner of equipment delighted the eye.
Since he was making things different from what he’d been producing before, the interest never waned.
“Mechanical Engineering? This is fun. I can’t predict what he’ll build next. No clue what’ll come out.”
So he couldn’t stop watching.
“If we tie this with the Positano Conflict Battle footage, it’d be perfect.”
The Positano Conflict Battle itself felt like a stepping stone to this Sacra for Jin-woo.
“And the Positano Conflict Battle video’s got great viewership right now.”
Coupling them would work beautifully.
Beyond that, this content wasn’t just another new element like Mechanical Engineering.
“Special Months…… Holy. A rank-9 Guild?”
This was a war against a Guild run by other players.
A massive war over a city between a rank-9 Guild—it was pulse-pounding content through and through.
Especially Jin-woo’s situation was no joke.
“From what I’ve seen so far…… this is impossible.”
There was no way his brother could win.
“How the hell did he pull this off?”
The conditions were worst-case. No matter how he looked at it, there was no path to victory.
Dongwoo ran harder.
He needed to run faster to get home and watch.
“I need to get home faster.”
When Dongwoo arrived, he was breathing hard.
“Huff. Huff. Huff.”
After taking a deep breath, he immediately jumped to the second half of the video Jin-woo had sent.
“…….”
It was long, but the narrative was solid.
“Wow…….”
Baxter, an exiled mechanical engineer.
Raising him from nothing back to the highest seat in Sacra—that journey was profoundly moving.
“Making the impossible possible…… I was so curious how he actually won. Turns out he pulled it off in the most ridiculous way imaginable.”
Everything his brother had always done, everything he’d always said—it was all woven into this video.
Impossible is only impossible because you believe it’s impossible.
If you commit to it and act.
“No. That’s only possible because it’s him.”
For a moment enchanted, Dongwoo snapped himself out of it by shaking his head sharply.
It was just that his brother was remarkable. Most people would crack their skull open and break it.
“Still…… yeah.”
His brother was his brother.
“Following the first episode with this second video could completely elevate Lizny’s standing?”
The first episode hadn’t even been released yet.
But seeing this video, his confidence only grew.
“This one’s certain.”
Dongwoo grinned—a smile that resembled Jin-woo’s quite closely.
“It’d be weirder if this didn’t succeed.”
This was content that would succeed just as-is, without any changes.
“That PD’s going to be thrilled when he finds out we already have episode two.”
Even now, that PD was burning himself up with work, yet he hadn’t lost his smile for a single day.
How could you not be happy scratching off a lottery ticket you already knew was a winner?
“It’s the first project of the new production company, after all.”
In that context, the second episode was the best gift he could give to those working hard and running forward.
“Your timing’s always perfect, isn’t it?”
Dongwoo immediately started a quick edit.
“I’ve got to keep running too.”
* * *
“First.”
Shwooosh.
Jin-woo summoned First first.
“You called?”
“I’m going to borrow your gear for a bit.”
Jin-woo retrieved the Eternal Mace and Eternal Shield from First.
“I think I can upgrade your equipment.”
“Up.grade.”
At those words, First’s eyes lit up with keen anticipation.
Shwooosh.
The blue light around his eyes flared like burning gas.
“But it’ll be difficult to handle.”
Hearing it would be difficult, First liked it even more.
“On.ly.I.can.han.dle.it.then.”
“Right.”
Jin-woo smirked.
“Among my equipment, you’ll be the only one who can wield it.”
Clang!
Jin-woo brought his Hammer down immediately.
Mercurium shoved back against him with tremendous force.
It wasn’t just pushing back.
A fierce recoil.
And the power Mercurium held struck hard against Jin-woo’s Hammer.
Thud.
“…….”
A smile touched the corner of Jin-woo’s mouth.
But at the same time, he shook out his hand from the impact on his wrist.
‘I have overwhelming force.’
But there was a problem.
‘The Hammer itself.’
Hammer: Agnes.
This crafting tool, which had supported Jin-woo faithfully for so long, was finally beginning to yield.
‘It’s been a while.’
Agnes had been the backbone allowing him to handle Grade M and MR Grade materials without issue.
But even that mighty Agnes was starting to fall short against materials of MR+ Grade and beyond.
‘It held up well. Because of it, I could handle countless excellent materials and properly use my own strength.’
Jin-woo gripped Agnes firmly.
‘I’ll melt Agnes down and forge it into my new Hammer.’
Clang!
‘But not right now.’
Even as it yielded, Agnes was dispersing Mercurium’s force.
The intense fire-like power Agnes held continued to withstand Mercurium’s might.
‘Right.’
“I need to do what I can while I still can.”
Clang!
Jin-woo placed Mercurium into the forge.
Simultaneously, he began carving a High-Grade Rune Stone.
‘The equipment I’m upgrading is the Eternal Mace.’
So he had to consider the traits Sacra Eternite possessed.
‘Resonance. Synchronization.’
Whoooosh.
Jin-woo drew out the blazing Mercurium.
“But simply attunement to Sacra Eternite alone wouldn’t mean anything.”
This Eternal Mace forged from Sacra Eternite was merely the base weapon.
‘I’m putting a new weapon inside this weapon. Transforming it.’
It was the same as when he’d coexisted three Primary Attributes.
‘Not centered on Sacra Eternite alone—Sacra Eternite becomes a center too.’
Mercurium as a center.
Sacra Eternite as a center.
‘The moment it transforms, each material becomes capable of being the center.’
This was synthesis, yet also not synthesis.
‘Weapon Conversion.’
Jin-woo had named this technique Weapon Conversion in Mechanical Engineering.
Clang! Clang!
Jin-woo continued hammering the Mercurium.
Each time that tremendous force came down, it burst apart, and through that he could feel it clearly.
‘The quality itself ranks higher than Sacra Eternite.’
Clang!
Crackle!
A vivid rose-pink wave burst forth. Jin-woo felt himself swept up in it, but instead of resisting the current, he continued hammering.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Mergari, watching, tensed her legs.
The intense waves kept pushing her back each time Jin-woo struck.
“The force is absurd…….”
The power Mercurium held was difficult to call mere mineral.
A mineral that wielded such force so proudly and alone had existed in Sacra.
“No wonder no one else could handle it…….”
There was a reason why no mechanical engineer, not even those raised by noble families, could work with it.
It wasn’t that their abilities were lacking.
Mercurium itself was simply that overwhelming.
Clang!
Yet Jin-woo’s hammering continued. The waves bursting from Mercurium could have thrown his strikes off, but he held firm through sheer strength.
Clang!
This required time. Jin-woo was shaping Mercurium into a special form.
‘The Eternal Mace has considerable armor-piercing power and each blow lands heavy. But now that the weapon’s characteristics are known, leveraging that advantage becomes difficult.’
Of course, in one-versus-many, this didn’t have much impact anyway.
Moreover, there were significant weaknesses if someone saw through its pattern.
‘Fighting against multiple strong opponents like Gorden would expose those weaknesses and erase the advantages.’
Against monsters alone, he could dominate, but Jin-woo’s enemies weren’t just monsters.
‘And Gorden isn’t a dedicated combat specialist.’
He was a commander with far more command experience than combat experience.
‘The sub-guild master was the actual combat expert.’
The sub-guild master had shown formidable strength against both First and Pur at once.
Had he hidden his adaptability and continued with different attack patterns instead, First and Pur might have lost due to inexperience and having their weapons read.
‘So.’
Clang!
Jin-woo began stretching the Mercurium as he hammered it.
‘To fill what the Eternal Mace lacks while remaining unpredictable to the opponent.’
Clang!
The weapon taking shape was a scythe.
Not just any scythe.
The Eternal Mace is a one-handed weapon, and to push its destructive power to the limit, a two-handed weapon was naturally superior.
‘A massive scythe. With this great scythe, I erase the Eternal Mace’s shortcomings.’
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Jin-woo set aside the refined Mercurium.
‘I don’t need to make the handle right now.’
First came the head.
Jin-woo then began carving another High-Grade Rune Stone.
‘The core of this upgrade will be this Core.’
Jin-woo had identified this core as crucial to all his equipment upgrades.
‘It won’t serve the same role as before—it’ll act as a Bridge.’
A kind of connector, essentially.
‘The medium between transformation and synthesis.’
Thud. Crack! Thud!
The Runeword being inscribed was one of binding and form.
‘Binding with each other.’
Creating a new form.
Clang!
-Ether Magic Core created!
Jin-woo fitted the refined Ether Amplification Core into the head of the Eternal Mace.
-Flexibility applied!
Upgrading an already-completed Eternal Mace wasn’t simple.
The stronger the equipment.
The higher its perfection, the lower the upgrade potential. Especially since this was forged from Sacra Eternite.
‘One mountain after another.’
That’s why Flexibility played a critical role here.
“And on this core.”
He combined the freshly forged Mercurium scythe.
Clang! Clang!
Jin-woo had named this Mercurium.
“Guillotine.”
Mergari stepped forward, thinking it was complete.
But Jin-woo still held the Hammer.
“You’re…… not done yet?”
He’d fused two pieces of equipment into one.
“One more.”
Jin-woo then retrieved the Sacra Orichalcon.
“If I’m going to do this, I’ll do it right.”

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