The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 399

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Chapter 399
Episode 399.
“How’s work going?”
Jin-woo and Dongwoo ate together whenever their schedules aligned.
They were both so busy that they often ate separately, but they managed to share a meal three or four times a month regardless.
“Thanks, hyung. Really, I’m having an entirely new experience because of you.”
The work itself was the same.
It was video editing—the same work he’d been doing all along.
But this was his first time working as part of a team, as one member within an organization.
He could now get objective feedback on his skills, and beyond that, he was learning new editing techniques and sensibilities.
“I’m learning a lot right now.”
“Yeah?”
At Dongwoo’s response, Jin-woo smiled faintly.
“That’s good to hear.”
“By the way, hyung, that thing you sent me—Sacra Engineering City. That’s seriously impressive.”
Dongwoo spoke with sudden enthusiasm.
He’d been reviewing it continuously and had already finished a rough cut.
Though it was quite lengthy, the video had clean cutting points throughout, which made editing much easier.
“You deliberately segmented it like that, didn’t you?”
“Of course. It makes things easier for you, doesn’t it?”
“Man.”
He’d thought of even that.
Hyung was always different.
“Between JinTube and Rizni videos, you’d need two bodies. So I had to help out somehow.”
“Hyung…”
“Rizni will probably want part two right away, so you should talk to the PD and push forward with part two immediately. And another thing.”
This footage was tied to a user guild called Special Moons.
Because of that, he needed to work things out with them to use the footage without any issues.
Jin-woo wasn’t worried.
“I’ve already talked to the Special Moons people.”
He’d already had a conversation with the Special Moons guild master who had been revived in Sacra.
“I didn’t go into details, but I got his contact information.”
Jin-woo remembered the expression on Gordan’s face, the Special Moons guild master.
Why did he email me…?
That’s what his face had said.
“What country is he from?”
“America. But his Korean is good.”
Since Dongwoo was also fluent in English, there wouldn’t be any real trouble.
“Got it, hyung. I’ll handle the Special Moons side of things.”
“Thanks.”
And Jin-woo moved on to the main point.
The Sacra Engineering City matter would be fine as long as he communicated well with Special Moons—there was nothing else to worry about.
“I’m back in Avalon now.”
“It’s insane. Avalon exploded in size while you were gone.”
Dongwoo was both editing and playing New Gene.
Of course, he wasn’t playing aggressively—just enjoying it at a comfortable level.
To edit well, there were things you had to see and experience firsthand.
Right now he was in Avalon, and the accomplishments Jin-woo had achieved were staggering.
“Basically, you’re the king of Avalon.”
With Jin-woo anchoring things through Mansan Workshop, Avalon was undergoing a complete transformation.
Expanding, users increasing, expanding again.
“Yeah? I haven’t had a detailed look yet.”
He’d logged out after returning to Avalon, so he hadn’t seen everything in detail yet.
“Seriously, it’s huge, I’m telling you. Even while you were gone, it grew insanely. You’re definitely going to be shocked when you see it yourself.”
“It couldn’t be any other way. I’m there.”
Dongwoo laughed again at Jin-woo’s words.
That confidence.
The production team still didn’t fully understand Jin-woo’s style.
He was an extremely dominant person.
“So that’s all you need to do?”
“No. Remember what I mentioned before? The Pendant situation.”
Dongwoo had sent an email to Pendant.
Proposing they do a collaboration.
But he’d naturally assumed that was just a courtesy.
“We can probably start the collaboration with Pendant now.”
“!”
At those words, Dongwoo was so startled he put down his spoon.
“Really?”
“We’re ready. Ready to film some fun content.”
“…Can we win against them?”
Dongwoo had researched extensive information about Pendant.
Though he’d sent that email as a courtesy, he’d always thought that someday, if it was his hyung, he might actually collaborate with Pendant.
The research results were astonishing.
“Hyung, this is what I investigated about Pendant.”
Basically, the abilities and activities of rankers were often shrouded in secrecy.
Pendant was no exception.
Detailed information about his crafting didn’t come out, and there wasn’t much data on exactly how impressive his equipment was.
“He’s already far surpassed L-Grade and reached even higher tiers. And he’s beaten all the Named-tier crafters…”
The more Dongwoo investigated why Pendant was ranked third, the more he understood it completely.
At the same time, his awe of Starlight and Inclassic, who ranked higher than Pendant, only grew.
How could anyone surpass Pendant, who was among the strongest in the crafting world, and rank higher?
“Hmm.”
Jin-woo looked at the smart pad containing information about Pendant.
“Impressive.”
‘More achievements than I expected.’
Each achievement was shockingly powerful.
“A level 1027 knight user completely overwhelmed by a level 600-range Pendant user wearing Pendant’s equipment.”
Crushing a crafting-tier ranker in an exchange match.
Crushing another crafting-tier ranker in another exchange match.
Defeating a crafting-tier ranker of higher rank in yet another exchange match, and after that, no one would accept exchange matches from him.
“Crafting equipment from Chaos Steel, something no one else could handle.”
Artifact crafting.
Mythic-Grade Artifact crafting.
“And what he showed in that Netflix documentary—he did unbelievable things while climbing from the bottom to the top.”
Pendant’s Netflix series succeeded for a reason similar to Jin-woo’s.
Overwhelming ability.
Because he’d filmed the journey from bottom to top with that overwhelming skill, he could make a strong impression on people.
“Impressive.”
Pendant was the crafting-tier ranker evaluated as infinitely close to Starlight and Inclassic.
“Since you say you’re ready, there’s no need to say more. But I wanted you to know that Pendant is a crafting-tier ranker of this caliber.”
Dongwoo naturally trusted Jin-woo’s words.
If Jin-woo said he was ready, then he was ready.
“It’ll be fun.”
Jin-woo thought statements like “I’ll definitely win” were meaningless echoes.
In a collaboration, winning or losing wasn’t the important thing.
It was whether it was fun.
‘It’s about how much you stimulate each other.’
“Those two exchange match videos that went up—did they get decent views?”
“More than decent. There are actually tons of subscribers who keep asking for more.”
Dongwoo said.
The two exchange match videos with Peran and October had quite high view counts on JinTube.
The October video had already exceeded ten million views, and Peran’s video was also performing exceptionally well at seven million views.
“Then we really need to deliver something satisfying this time.”
Peran, October, and next Pendant—he was planning to make exchange matches JinTube’s core content.
“Oh, and I sent the L-Grade crafting video too.”
The first L-Grade that Jin-woo created was made in Sacra.
The Mechanical Engineering Trinity.
Equipment created by combining three pieces of gear that could be swapped in and out.
“What kind of equipment is that, hyung?”
“Three pieces of equipment made into one.”
“…?”
Dongwoo didn’t understand and asked again.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Just what I said. Three pieces of equipment merged together to become a single piece.”
“…Can you even do that?”
“I mixed it with Mechanical Engineering. It wasn’t easy. That’s why it reached L-Grade.”
Jin-woo said with a smile.
“Please edit it well.”
Everyone already knew Jin-woo had reached L-Grade.
Dongwoo wasn’t surprised, but he was taken aback by the fact that this newly created L-Grade was equipment he’d never seen before.
“I’ll make sure to do a good job.”
He first checked if anyone else had made something similar to what his hyung had made.
After the meal ended and Jin-woo left.
Dongwoo immediately got to work.
“…”
He searched and searched again.
“There’s nothing?”
This was unique.
“Could it be… that only my hyung can make this?”
In New Gene, there existed something called Signature Equipment.
Also called Signature Artifacts, it referred to unique items that only users with the crafting class could create.
“That must be it.”
Dongwoo smiled to himself.
“I’ve got the angle.”
This was content that would definitely hit at least thirty million views.
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Avalon.
When Jin-woo returned, he saw that Avalon had changed completely, just as Dongwoo had said.
“Oh.”
First, several buildings in the Central Plaza had been cleaned up.
While there were still some areas that needed improvement, such areas were now hard to find.
“Wow.”
Craftsman’s Street of Chanran.
As soon as Jin-woo entered Craftsman’s Street, he was amazed by how much it had expanded.
“The street itself got bigger? How did that happen?”
Looking closely, he could see traces of demolished buildings and widened roads.
‘Since it wasn’t originally well-developed land, it had great potential for expansion.’
A kingdom’s capital was originally meant to be neatly organized.
But Avalon had so few visitors and the king had no interest in such matters, so it couldn’t be helped.
But that had been resolved.
“With people pouring in like this.”
Moreover, various roads had been maintained and buildings looked clean.
“More people arrived, so naturally they had to do maintenance. And the money flowing in must be enormous.”
You could clearly feel how many new users had arrived.
A sense of vitality that was palpable.
And pleasant noise.
Things Avalon had never had before.
“They’re working on quests.”
Jin-woo smiled as he watched them.
‘Raising contribution scores is good in many ways.’
Nothing made people feel a sense of belonging to a kingdom like raising their contribution score.
‘Even if they wander around like migrating birds, they can’t leave the kingdom because of this contribution score.’
Jin-woo headed straight for Mansan Workshop.
“The line got even longer.”
A smile naturally spread across his face.
When he stepped inside Mansan Workshop, he was even more amazed.
“My lord! You’ve returned! I’m so glad you came back safely! I’ve been working hard!”
Free greeted Jin-woo’s return, and the equipment stacked in front of Free was impressive.
‘The grades have increased?’
Grade M.
All the equipment Free had made was Grade M.
Not just M-Grade, but well-crafted with considerable options.
Jin-woo examined the equipment with his Eagle Eye.
“Hmm.”
He’d grown this quickly.
“Excellent, Free.”
‘M-Grade already?’
It was something people often said to Jin-woo.
“M-Grade?”
The moment Jin-woo came in and recognized it, Free smiled with a rattling bone sound.
“Yes. I simply followed what you taught me, and I reached M-Grade. Your crafting technique truly seems remarkable, my lord. Ah! Customer. Your payment has been processed. The exit is over there.”
As a customer approached while he was speaking, he swiftly attended to them.
His professionalism was maintained even with the lord entering. A user customer glanced at Jin-woo and suddenly lit up with recognition.
“Could it be…”
“Yes. It is. Pleased to meet you.”
“I’m a fan! A real fan!”
Jin-woo bowed respectfully to them.
“Thank you for your purchase. Please visit again. I plan to be at this workshop occasionally.”
“Really!?”
“Yes. Thank you.”
“Yes! Yes! I’ll definitely come back!”
They left with a beaming smile. They would certainly return tomorrow and the day after.
“Since they’ve confirmed the lord is here, they’ll come even more frequently.”
“You’ve got a knack for business too.”
His skills extended beyond just crafting to exceptional customer service.
“Thank you, my lord.”
Jin-woo immediately examined the equipment in more detail.
“Oh.”
He could tell right away.
“Unit 2 and Attendant must have improved too. They’re bringing good materials.”
“Yes, that’s right! Because we received good materials, we were able to craft corresponding equipment.”
“But good materials don’t automatically make good equipment.”
Jin-woo approached Free and offered praise.
“Excellent work, Free. I think we can expand Mansan Workshop’s scale.”
“!”
Free smiled again with that rattling sound.
“The current scale is smaller than expected, isn’t it inconvenient?”
There were now many people seeking out Jin-woo’s Mansan Workshop.
“People line up every day, but many can’t even get in.”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
More and more people visited Jin-woo’s Mansan Workshop every single day.
Because of that, very many people couldn’t get in even when they lined up.
‘What a waste.’
He needed to accommodate more people.
‘I need to sell fairly to everyone.’
Plus, the more people there were, the more personal commissions would increase.
‘Real skill develops through the process of handling these personal commissions.’
To increase those requesting personal commissions, expanding Mansan Workshop was essential.
“Then let’s expand.”
“How much…”
“As large as we can make it.”
Jin-woo said with a smile.
“Make it the biggest workshop in Chanran.”

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