The Returned Genius Blacksmith has Awakened as an all-Master - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64
064. The Hammer Warrior and the Blacksmith
‘Dark attribute… I wonder how effective it will be?’
Geumson had unexpectedly strengthened his mental defense ability in an unconventional way.
Moreover, it was an ability that could be absorbed using mana.
He wanted to test it immediately.
And there were plenty of monsters here to experiment on.
Even now, in the depths of the Forgotten City of Giants, new monsters would be spawning constantly.
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After his preparations were complete, Geumson ventured deeper into the city once more.
Thanks to his heightened abilities, his hunting speed became incomparably faster than before.
[Level up! Lv. 46]
[Mac’s Insight has reached Lv. 4.]
[Level up! Lv. 47]
[Lesser Regeneration has reached Lv. 6.]
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[Level up! Lv. 50]
Crash!
Geumson laid waste to the enormous castle at the very heart of the city.
No special monsters appeared inside the castle.
They had all been converted into his experience points.
Geumson didn’t stop there — he combed through the castle meticulously, searching for the Infinite Chain Strike Skill Book.
‘Where on earth is the Infinite Chain Strike?’
He ransacked the castle’s library, its treasury, even the king’s bedchamber, but found no trace of the skill anywhere.
All he obtained were:
[Giant Bone Dust]
[Frosted Iron Chain]
[Giant’s Tear Jewel]
[Broken Statue Finger]
[Hardened Giant Blood Stone]
[Dried Inkwell and Giant Quill]
[Faded Silk Handkerchief]
[Pendant with Giant Queen’s Portrait]
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.
.
Nothing particularly special.
A few items looked like decent crafting materials, but nothing appealed to him.
‘This is a complete bust, isn’t it? What kind of Dungeon is this?’
Something about this Dungeon felt off.
Normally, Dungeons were supposed to be riddled with traps and overflowing with treasures.
But here, despite the abundance of monsters, the prepared items were scant.
Time passed, and unease began to sprout in his heart.
‘This won’t do. Is there something… that I’m overlooking?’
Geumson stopped in his tracks, steadied his breathing, and surveyed the surroundings.
The space had been so thoroughly picked over that there was nowhere left to examine.
Even the Dungeon Core lay exposed and defenseless before him.
An ordinary Player would have destroyed it immediately and claimed the Dungeon clear reward.
But Geumson did not.
No matter how he thought about it, clearing the Dungeon didn’t seem likely to yield the Infinite Chain Strike as a reward.
‘Seo Juwon said he obtained a Skill Book here, didn’t he? He didn’t say he got it from clearing the Dungeon. Could that be a lie too?’
Seo Juwon’s credibility had already been shattered.
Still, Geumson held back from destroying the Dungeon Core rashly.
Based on what he’d found so far, nothing seemed remarkable.
If he cleared the Dungeon here and now, it seemed unlikely he’d suddenly receive the Infinite Chain Strike as a reward.
‘I need to search again, thoroughly this time. There must be something hidden somewhere.’
Geumson refused to give up.
But what he did next went far beyond merely ‘searching.’
“Break it all down and something’s bound to turn up somewhere.”
Geumson rose from the jade throne, gripping the Forgotten Void Hammer anew.
A savage smile played at the corners of his mouth.
“Walker, help me demolish this castle.”
“Walker! Waaaalker!”
– Screeeee! Screee!
Iron Walker roared with delight, smashing his massive steel fists together.
Tia, equally entertained by the spectacle, began hopping about in excitement.
Geumson swung his hammer first at the enormous jade throne before him—that symbol of royal authority.
[Mining [MAX] skill activates.]
Craaaaaash!
The throne shattered with a thunderous boom, scattering fragments across the chamber.
Geumson’s destruction did not end there.
“Smash everything! Pillars, walls, whatever you see—reduce it all to rubble!”
The joint demolition of Geumson and Iron Walker had begun.
When the hammer struck the walls, the thick stone collapsed without resistance; when Iron Walker’s fist drove into a pillar, the ceiling swayed dangerously.
Crack!
Crash!
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The royal castle was rapidly transforming into ruins beneath the hands of these two destroyers.
The presence observing this merciless devastation went pale.
‘This madman! He’s actually mad! He’s tearing down the entire castle!’
The Forgotten City of Giants—a place that only Geumson could enter.
Within it, Small Shadow observed Geumson in secret.
Hidden in the darkness, Small Shadow hurriedly withdrew from his chest an enormous tome as thick as his own body and began searching through it frantically.
Flip— flip—
Flutter, flutter, flutter—
The pages seemed to turn of their own accord, then stopped.
Information was written on those pages.
Information about Geumson.
[Player: Geumson]
– Hammer Warrior, Blacksmith
Simple information about Geumson.
Yet there was something peculiar—the information was subtly different from what he expected.
What was written in this tome were the Jobs Geumson had obtained during the Age of Destruction.
Hammer Warrior and Blacksmith.
Those were the entries recorded.
“Hammer Warrior? Blacksmith? A nobody with no special capabilities…… What is this? What does it all mean?!”
Jobs unremarkable in every way.
Yet the behavior of this “Geumson” Player before his eyes defied all logic.
With anxious haste, he opened the thick tome again.
Flip— flip—
Flutter, flutter, flutter—
The book moved of its own accord once more.
As if enchanted, it began finding the very page the shadow desired.
[Player: Seo Juwon]
– Martial Artist, Chef
The shadow reviewed Seo Juwon’s information, his lips trembling.
‘Yes! This man! This man should have come…… Why is this inhuman beast causing such havoc?’
Small Shadow gnawed at his fingernails anxiously while confirming Seo Juwon’s profile.
Yet even as he did, doubt gnawed at him.
‘At this rate, that one will find it…… Should I interfere? But then I’ll be punished……. What do I do? Oh, what do I do?’
The thoughts of Small Shadow, hidden in darkness, could not stretch much further.
There was but one presence that pierced through him.
– Screeeee!
Tia began fluttering her wings from atop Geumson’s shoulder.
Her gaze was fixed with perfect precision on Small Shadow lurking in the darkness.
Eyes met. Small Shadow’s eyes met hers.
Small Shadow recognized Tia as well.
Her face drained of all color.
“Wait, Elementia? I thought… wasn’t it extinct? No, this can’t… this can’t be happening….”
Small Shadow had grasped that something was wrong.
Small Shadow seemed to be wrestling with something.
As if seized by sudden resolve.
“Blast it! I have no choice! If I interfere… I’ll catch hell for it, but I can’t let that bastard acquire that skill too! Absolutely not!”
Small Shadow began channeling magical power into the hidden magic circle concealed within the palace.
Geumson, oblivious to all of this, remained wholly focused on the palace’s destruction.
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– Chirp! Chirp! Tap-tap- Tweet!
Tia suddenly began fluttering frantically across his shoulder.
Her reaction left him somewhat concerned.
“Hmm… is the noise too loud? Sorry, I’ll wrap this up quickly. Walker, let’s move faster! Tia got startled, it seems.”
“Wooker!”
“Be careful not to collapse the whole structure—demolish it methodically. There’s definitely something hidden somewhere in here.”
Geumson activated both Resolute Intuition and Mac’s Insight as he began systematically dismantling the palace.
Then, in that moment, the royal throne.
Beneath the throne, a faint red point and a blue point overlapped in his vision.
‘Huh? Why is that there…?’
He’d destroyed everything.
Yet the red point remained visible.
Which meant only one thing.
‘There it is!’
Geumson was certain.
Beneath the rubble of the shattered throne, the faint overlap of a glowing red point and a blue point.
It was no mere weak spot.
It was unmistakable proof that some space had been deliberately concealed.
“Walker, destroy beneath that throne. Don’t hit too hard—just that exact spot.”
“Wooker! Wooker!”
Iron Walker’s massive frame lumbered forward toward the throne.
Geumson climbed onto Iron Walker’s shoulder and pointed with precision at the target location.
“Yes, right there. Use about thirty percent of your strength.”
Iron Walker’s enormous steel fist descended toward the marked point—gently, yet with crushing weight.
Crack—
Fissure—
With a dull impact, spider-web fractures spiderwebbed across the marble floor.
Without hesitation, Geumson thrust his hand into the gap and swept away the shattered fragments.
From the dust-laden darkness, a small treasure chest emerged—weathered yet intricately carved with ornate patterns.
[A hidden treasure chest has been discovered.]
[The Ancient Explorer achievement effect activates.]
[Traps surrounding the chest are detected.]
‘So there really was a trap.’
Geumson stopped himself from opening the chest.
Invisible to both Resolute Intuition and Mac’s Insight, delicate threads of magical power connected the chest to the floor.
Likely, the moment he opened it, a powerful spell would trigger and reduce any intruder to ash.
‘A bit crude, but… maybe I should just smash it altogether?’
The red and blue points were visible.
Yet he couldn’t be certain how the magic bound to the chest would react if he forced it open.
‘Should be… fine, right?’
As he lifted the hammer with an unsettled heart, Tia pecked his shoulder with her beak.
– Chirp! Chiree—
“Hm? You can handle it?”
– Tweet!
Tia’s expression seemed to plead: trust me with this.
Geumson nodded, and Tia fluttered upward onto the chest.
Peck—
Peck-peck—
Ting—
Tia appeared to be tapping the chest casually with her beak a few times.
But what Geumson’s eyes perceived was entirely different.
‘The magic is… being dispelled? Or is she consuming the magical effects bound to the treasure chest?’
Tia consumed the items, drawing the power within them into herself.
She seemed to devour even the magical effects that had been placed upon the chest.
‘No change in my attributes. That’s a bit disappointing.’
She checked her attributes, but there was no significant shift.
The magical power it contained appeared too faint to awaken any special new attribute.

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