The Returned Genius Blacksmith has Awakened as an all-Master - Chapter 27

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Chapter 27
027. A Masterwork of Chaos
When Geumson brought his hammer down, the Viper’s Dagger let out a sickening wail as it melted away.
And in its place lay a single small crystal, pulsing with violet light.
Geumson shared its information with the broadcast.
[Viper Toxin Crystal]
– Grade: Unique Material
– Effect: When attached to a weapon, adds Virulent Poison property, slightly increases attack speed, and corrodes the target’s equipment.
– Description: A crystal formed by gathering only the finest essence of thousands of vipers. It carries deadly toxicity within itself.
Viewers read through the shared message.
The chat exploded into frenzy once more.
└ Insane! Extracted a Unique material!
└ Wow, that’s actually possible? You can break down items to get materials?
└ Is that a skill? Were there skills like that? Or is it just a blacksmith passive?
– [PK God] has disliked your broadcast.
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Look at God getting pathetic? His mental broke ㅋㅋㅋ
└ God, don’t cry. That’s just how life is.
└ I’m a blacksmith too, so why can’t I do that?! How is that even possible?
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Watching the chat scroll rapidly upward, Geumson tossed out a casual line.
“Quite a useful material was extracted. Easy, right?”
At Geumson’s words, the chat turned into pure celebration.
Viewers finally grasped the brilliance of Geumson’s work and couldn’t contain their awe.
Donations seemed poised to rain down in succession, but Geumson refocused on his work.
‘Watching the chat keeps throwing off my rhythm.’
Broadcasting and crafting simultaneously proved harder than he’d anticipated.
But Geumson quickly found his rhythm again.
External noise was irrelevant.
What mattered now was the Moonlight Steel glowing cherry-red before his eyes.
And beside it, the Viper Toxin Crystal, emanating an ominous violet light.
That was all.
└ Wow, but that Moonlight Steel is something else…… but this Viper Toxin Crystal is seriously no joke?
└ [Analyst]: Precisely. Why else would the Viper’s Dagger have been Unique grade? It wasn’t mere poison—it carried special effects that subtly corroded and slowed the opponent’s equipment. To melt that into a greatsword? The mere thought is terrifying ㄷㄷㄷ
└ So if that greatsword hits you, you get poisoned too?
└ But how much would something like that even cost?
└ No idea?
└ Has there ever been a material item extracted from a Unique item before?
Chat experts began debating the value of the Viper Toxin Crystal.
Meanwhile, Geumson had already moved to the next stage.
‘Sun’s Right Hand!’
A pure and overwhelming heat—incomparable to the forge’s flames—bloomed from his palm.
“Walker, the Moonlight Steel.”
“Waaaalker!”
Iron Walker gripped the cherry-red Moonlight Steel with his massive pincers and set it atop the anvil.
At the same moment.
Clink—
Bang!
Sparks flew.
The sparks that erupted from the Moonlight Steel looked like falling moonlight.
And the hammer that struck it.
The hammerhead glowed red-hot, brimming with the effect of Sun’s Right Hand.
But the viewers didn’t focus on the hammer.
Instead, they fixed their gaze on the Moonlight Steel, which began to reshape smoothly wherever the hammer made contact.
└ Crazy…… what is that? How is the speed even that fast?
└ Is that a skill? Were there skills like that? Anyone watching would think steel was clay!
└ Wow, mesmerized by the sparks! I can’t think straight, just watching.
└ What job skill is that?
└ Is it a dual-class job like blacksmith and mage?
As the viewers gasped in shock,
Geumson pressed the Viper Toxin Crystal into the heart of the shaped Moonlight Steel.
Two materials of opposing natures collided, resisting each other violently.
Purple and silver light swirled together, sending off unstable sparks.
“Walker, hold it firm.”
Iron Walker’s massive steel hands wrapped around the two materials and began pressing down with steady force.
Under tremendous pressure, the two materials at last began to fuse into a single form.
Geumson seized the moment and picked up his hammer again.
Clang!
Clang! Clanging!
Clang-clang-clang!
Geumson’s hammer strikes fell with mechanical precision and artistic grace.
The soft luminescence of the Moonlight Steel and the sinister aura of the Viper Toxin Crystal achieved perfect harmony, forging together into a single blade.
Iron Walker worked without pause, fetching coolant and adjusting the flame’s temperature, playing the role of a flawless assistant.
The viewers watching were transfixed, utterly absorbed.
And when Geumson’s final hammer strike rang against the anvil,
Clang!
A crystalline sound erupted with blinding light.
And as that light faded, the long-awaited message appeared at last.
[A masterwork infused with the blacksmith’s soul.]
[The effect of ‘One Who Astonished the Blacksmith’ is applied.]
[The effect of ‘Forging of Soul’ is applied.]
[The effect of ‘Sun’s Right Hand’ is applied.]
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[Critical Success achieved!]
[The grade of the crafted item has been raised by one level!]
[‘Moonlight Viper Blade’ has been successfully crafted.]
Beneath the rising messages,
a massive greatsword lay upon the anvil, radiating an overwhelming presence unlike anything before.
The blade gleamed softly, as if it held the moonlight of a night sky within it, while along its edge ran patterns like viper scales, from which a lethal purple aura shimmered like heat haze.
[Moonlight Viper Blade]
– Grade: Legendary (Level 150 Restricted)
– Crafter: Geumson
– Attack Power: 280-350
– Effects:
1. [Blessing of Moonlight]: During night hours, attack power increases by an additional 15%.
2. [Curse of Viper Toxin]: On attack, 20% chance to inflict ‘Virulent Poison’ and ‘Slowness’ status abnormalities on the target.
3. [Viper Scales]: Partially ignores physical defense and durability decreases slowly.
4. [Breath of Viper]: On critical strikes, purple blade energy erupts, dealing additional damage to nearby enemies.
5. [Lightening]: Despite being a greatsword, it possesses the attack speed of a single-handed blade.
– Description: A greatsword forged by blacksmith Geumson through the fusion of moon metal and serpent’s venom. Light yet lethal, beautiful yet cruel in its power.
Geumson quickly reviewed the information of the freshly crafted Moonlight Viper Blade.
After reading the details, a subtle crack appeared on his face.
As if something displeased him.
“……Legendary? Tsk.”
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“Guild Master! Are you watching the broadcast right now?”
Park Sangsu, vice guild master of Yeokcheon, the nation’s top-ranked guild, burst into the guild master’s office with excitement in his voice.
Kang Mujin, guild master of Yeokcheon.
His brow furrowed.
“Sangsu…… my sword just broke, and you want me to idle around watching broadcasts? Are you joking with me?”
Kang Mujin was in a foul mood.
Yet Park Sangsu, undeterred, pressed on with what he had to say.
“No, it’s just—ahem! A player called ‘Geumson’ has crafted a Legendary-grade greatsword in Lepion! It was just revealed on the broadcast!”
Kang Mujin’s eyes snapped wide open at those words.
Through the information window Park Sangsu offered, he confirmed the detailed specifications of the Moonlight Viper Blade.
The moment he saw it, Kang Mujin’s jaw clenched shut.
Overwhelming attack power, high durability, and above all, the ‘Lightening’ effect that made his heart race.
“……This is……!”
Kang Mujin knew it instinctively.
This blade had been forged for him alone.
A single weapon that would perfectly compensate for his only weakness—his slow attack speed—while maximizing his greatest strength: his destructive power.
“The broadcast is still live, but we could make contact even now…….”
Before Park Sangsu could finish speaking, Kang Mujin rose from his seat.
The despondency that had clouded his eyes moments before was gone, replaced now by a fierce, burning resolve aimed at a new objective.
“Mobilize every guild member. Do whatever it takes to get that blade into my hands. The price doesn’t matter. Pour every resource the guild has into this—we must obtain it, no matter what.”
Park Sangsu, the vice guildmaster of Yeokcheon, nodded silently.
At Kang Mujin’s word, the entire Yeokcheon guild began moving with perfect coordination.
Their target was singular: the Moonlight Viper Blade.
But there were others harboring the same thought.
Ranking second in the nation, at the headquarters of Asura guild.
“Well, well—looks like things just got interesting.”
Choi Jinwoong, guildmaster of Asura.
He curved his lips into a smile as he spoke.
Before him, the guild’s core strategists had gathered for an emergency meeting.
“Those Yeokcheon fools are probably moving at full force right now. If that blade falls into Kang Mujin’s hands……the gap between us will only widen.”
At one strategist’s worried remark, the guildmaster nodded.
“It’s not just a matter of widening the gap—we could be locked in as second place forever. This is our chance…… to hobble Kang Mujin and surge ahead ourselves. We need that greatsword!”
His eyes gleamed with hunger.
“We move as well. Objective: secure the Moonlight Viper Blade. If that proves impossible…… do whatever you must to keep it out of Yeokcheon’s hands. Out of Kang Mujin’s hands. Let it go to another guild, another faction—I don’t care. Just not him.”
Asura guild set itself in motion.
What had begun as a simple competition for an item had become an invisible struggle for pride between two colossal powers.
Yet even as Lepion’s guild ranking war unfolded in secret intensity.
There were those aiming to break in as a new player.
[Mirae Group, Lepion Strategic Planning Division]
“Team leader, the latest report just came in.”
A sharp-featured woman accepted the documents without lifting her eyes from the monitor.
She was Cha Yukyung, team leader of the Lepion division that Mirae Group had ambitiously established.
Reports about Geumson had begun to reach her as well.

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