The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 72

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Chapter 72
Episode 72.
A city some distance east of Bruckle.
-You have discovered Pentaretium!
The great city of Pentaretium.
Jin-woo opened the Quest window again near Pentaretium.
“It says that flawless seamstress lives somewhere around here.”
He was on his way to find Mirey, Allmaster’s second disciple.
To gather more information, he would need to enter Pentaretium, but Jin-woo had no intention of stepping into a major city.
“If I go in, I’ll definitely get spotted.”
Jin-woo was hot property right now.
“Being the first to clear the Tower went out over worldwide message, so everyone knows.”
There would be countless people trying to recruit him.
But Jin-woo had no desire to work with any of them at the moment.
“I make the approach on my terms, not the other way around.”
The choice was entirely his. And right now, he wasn’t interested in taking commissions.
“I want to test out the new retainer’s power, and I need to test the hammer too.”
Besides, he still had materials left over.
“I’ve got Millennium Steel and Star’s Tears.”
Jin-woo planned to use those materials on his journey.
“Then let me settle things a bit first.”
Over 110 pieces of equipment had been listed on the Auction House.
The upgraded Dwarf Silver Staff was up there, along with numerous other items.
“It’s about time I list that Grand Guardian Stone Shield the attendant originally owned.”
Jin-woo opened the Auction House right away.
-Bidding has concluded!
“Huh?”
The final sale price for the Dwarf Silver Staff was a staggering 11 million Gold.
“I didn’t have high expectations.”
The price far exceeded what he’d anticipated.
“It was a well-improved weapon, the Dwarf Silver Staff. But this sold for quite a bit more than I thought?”
The buyer was Fritz.
Below it were countless comments.
-I’m so jealous.
-As expected from a major MyTuber. Deep pockets indeed.
-Can’t wait for your review!
“Looks like a MyTuber.”
That made sense.
“It’d be perfect content.”
When all the auction proceeds came in, over 40 million Gold had been deposited.
“Wow.”
Gold was the clearest reflection of the value one’s equipment held.
“There are so many reviews too?”
Winning bidders could leave a review on a single line.
-Finally bought it. Tried it out and honestly, is it okay to sell something like this at this price?
-Got a great deal! If you list more next time, I’m definitely buying again!
-I’ll pay whatever you want, just keep selling! Please!
-This is insane. Seriously insane.
-Jin-woo saved the mining industry.
-And saved the farming industry too!
The reviews were nothing but praise.
Jin-woo checked every review with a satisfied expression.
“The response isn’t bad.”
It couldn’t be anything else.
This quality at this price.
Only Jin-woo could pull that off.
“Other users could do it too, technically.”
Though by Jin-woo’s standards—the effort required made this price a challenge for others.
“But it seems demand for Pickaxes is increasing.”
Quite a few people were asking about Pickaxes in the Accessory sales reviews.
Even Yur had been using the Bone Pickaxe quite skillfully before Jin-woo gave him the Custom Pickaxe.
“I heard Yur ranks in the top three among mining users.”
Jin-woo was quite curious about the other two.
He already had a good contract with Yur, but having many miners with good relationships would only be beneficial.
“To keep getting good minerals like Shadow Mithril, having diverse purchasing routes is ideal.”
Wouldn’t it be smart to establish supply contracts with those other two as well?
“Let me try using Millennium Steel for this.”
Word would spread, surely. That Yur had received and was using a Custom Pickaxe. Then those other two would have no choice but to covet Jin-woo’s Pickaxes.
“Let me cast the bait.”
Clang!
Jin-woo began crafting a Pickaxe from Millennium Steel.
Other crafters who saw this would likely be shocked.
Using such a precious material just to make a Pickaxe?
But to Jin-woo, a Pickaxe was simply another piece of equipment.
“I’m not going to hold back.”
There are no good or bad tools.
Only good and bad craftsmen.
“Let’s do this.”
* * *
MyTube.
Videos about Jin-woo, continuously mentioned on SharkNet, began pouring in.
-Promising newcomer blacksmith Jin-woo contracts with S-rank Spirit?
-Jin-woo surpasses Starlight to claim Hall of Fame first place, contracts with Legendary Spirit!?
The video titles were quite direct.
-What? Is this clickbait? What spirit?
-Isn’t Jin-woo a blacksmith? I mean, blacksmiths and spirits can have good synergy, but S-rank Spirit is overkill.
-Plus he’s still in the 100 level range, right?
-Legendary Spirit is crossing a line. Way too much clickbait.
Of course, it was quite common for blacksmiths to contract with Spirits.
But the Spirits they contracted were only lower or intermediate tier.
-Wouldn’t you need to be at least Starlight level to contract with an upper or highest tier Spirit?
-Spirit contracts aren’t easy. This is generating way too much hype.
Almost no one believed the videos.
How could it be true that a blacksmith contracted with a Legendary Spirit, not even lower or intermediate tier?
But the top-tier spiritualists knew.
The Spirit Guild, Elemental.
Elemental’s guild master was listening to Netti, the highest-tier wind Spirit she’d contracted with.
“Really? He actually contracted?”
“The wind told me of it.”
Spirits had ways of communicating with each other. Especially highest-tier Spirits possessed this ability exceptionally, and they had begun passing such information to the spiritualists they were contracted with.
“What in the world is his identity?”
By this point, the guild master couldn’t help but be curious about Jin-woo’s identity.
Who was he to pull off something like this?
Making a mark through crafting and contracting with a Legendary Spirit at that.
“There’s a rumor he’s called Jin.”
“…Jin?”
The guild master’s body went rigid.
“Really Jin? No, that doesn’t make even more sense. Even in Eternal Sunshine, Jin never contracted with Spirits. He was purely focused on crafting.”
Someone who walked only the path of crafting. Yet suddenly a Legendary Spirit?
“Perhaps he changed his mind? In Eternal Sunshine, his freedom was quite limited.”
“…In New Gene with higher freedom, he does whatever he wants?”
“That’s the assumption. But nothing’s certain. I apologize.”
“No, don’t apologize. But if Jin really has become free, then it’s not just us who should be nervous.”
The guild master swallowed hard.
“All of New Gene should be nervous. If a freed Jin runs wild as he pleases, what field could possibly be safe?”
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As rumors spread that Jin-woo had contracted with an S-rank Spirit and a Legendary Spirit,
a different story began circulating among mining users.
-You guys see? Yur, he was using something different from that Bone Pickaxe he posted about on the community.
-I saw it too. It was a Pickaxe covered in Options. Super cool looking. Actually, it looked like the Abyss Cave. He swung it a few times there and mined out all the ore deposits, they say.
-Is that even possible? What kind of Pickaxe is it?
-Looks like a Jin-woo creation.
-Huh? Nothing came up on the Auction House though?
-Looks like he contacted Jin-woo directly to buy it.
And then a photo of the Pickaxe was uploaded. A distant shot of Yur’s Custom Pickaxe.
-Wow.
-Omg;;;
-Quality what is it??
Just looking at it exuded sophistication. The shape, the patterns, and the boundary between the blade and handle were seamless, making it feel like a work of art itself.
It was a Custom Pickaxe in its truest form.
-That looks custom.
-Wow seriously. I want it so bad.
-I’m dead. Is that a Legendary Pickaxe?
-Will he list another new one?
Just as there are legendary blades, there are legendary Pickaxes.
The mining users were drooling.
Right when purchase desire peaked,
a Pickaxe appeared on Jin-woo’s Auction House.
-Item registered!
The listed item was quite an impressive Pickaxe.
But something was different.
-!
-It’s here!
-Wow.
-Guys omg. That material is Millennium Steel!
-Millennium Steel???
-That Millennium Steel???
-Yes, exactly. Wow, Jin-woo really is serious about Pickaxes.
-But before that, what’s the Grade on that?
-It’s SR??????
-?????
People spammed question marks like crazy.
It couldn’t be helped.
-This is crazy.
-Guys I’m telling you again. Jin-woo is the anomaly here. There’s normally a limit. This isn’t supposed to work like this!
SR.
And Millennium Steel.
If you could buy this, you absolutely had to.
Mining users started bidding frantically, drooling.
And among them,
“…Sigh.”
Artemis, a mining user ranking in the top three along with Yur, was also watching Jin-woo’s Pickaxe.
“I lost this round.”
Artemis had just encountered Yur, who had purchased the Custom Pickaxe.
The place was the Abyss Mine, where high-level mining users primarily gathered ore.
The Yur he saw there had a Pickaxe he’d never seen before.
“I always won in Mithril Ore Deposit competition.”
In ore deposit competition, the one who mines first has priority. Since each deposit had different characteristics, mining users won or lost depending on the deposit type.
Artemis was unrivaled when it came to Mithril Ore Deposits.
The characteristic of Mithril Ore Deposits required fast initial strikes and flexible power control—fields where Artemis excelled.
“I lost. Badly.”
But this time he’d been defeated. In a field where he’d never lost before.
“Damn it, that Pickaxe. Because of that thing.”
He’d lost.
“Cliff made that Pickaxe.”
Cliff was a renowned crafter.
One of the top 30 crafters, a foreign user.
“Jin-woo, this person is greater than Cliff?”
He couldn’t believe it.
“It’s only been a month, hasn’t it?”
Jin-woo was a user who’d just started. Cliff, on the other hand, had been active for a year already. A crafter who’d been making a name since the beginning.
Which was why Artemis had no choice but to go to the Auction House.
“I’m buying it. I have the money.”
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
But he had no idea.
“What, what is this? This bidding speed, what’s going on?”
That there were countless competitors.
“Wait, it started and already hit 100,000 Gold?”
But that wasn’t the end of it.
“Insane!”
He immediately threw down 300,000 Gold to crush the competition.
But the next instant, 320,000 Gold appeared.
“No, who’s putting 320,000 Gold on a Pickaxe…”
But before he could even finish,
Ding!
-Bid price updated.
“10 million…?”
Artemis’s hands trembled.

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