The Returned Genius Blacksmith has Awakened as an all-Master - Chapter 82

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Chapter 82
082. Easier Than I Thought?
[‘Mana Control’ skill proficiency has increased.]
[Mana synergizes under the guidance of Archmage Astrid.]
[‘Elemental Affinity’ skill proficiency has increased.]
[Elements synergize with ‘Tia’.]
[‘Mana Control’ skill has reached Lv.2.]
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[‘Mana Control’ skill has reached Lv.5.]
[‘Elemental Affinity’ skill has reached Lv.5.]
“……!”
Astrid’s eyes widened as she watched the spectacle unfold.
Even for a foreigner with exceptional aptitude, it would take days, or even months of dedicated practice.
Simply slaying monsters didn’t grant mastery overnight.
But Geumson seemed to be different somehow.
“Oh! Master, this thing called mana…… it’s easier to control than I expected?”
Astrid was deeply impressed, though she hid it well.
She simply flicked Geumson on the head with a light tap and spoke.
“Focus. Mana is temperamental—you must always stay vigilant.”
While Astrid was instructing her capricious student, a knock sounded and the cabin door opened carefully.
The figure that appeared was a pale-faced child.
“Archmage…… I’ve run out of medicine. Cough, cough…….”
The child coughed precariously, as if about to collapse at any moment, and held out a worn pouch to Astrid.
The child was a resident of Floating Island and one of Astrid’s patients.
“Ah, Mari. Come here. The medicine…… yes, I’m certain I…….”
Astrid began glancing about the cabin with a flustered expression.
She opened and closed drawers, rifled through piles of books, and searched desperately for something.
“How odd…… I’m sure I left it here…….”
Geumson cautiously approached the visibly flustered Astrid and spoke.
“Um…… Master?”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“If you give me the recipe, I could try making the medicine!”
This was an opportunity.
A chance to obtain a recipe from Archmage Astrid beyond just her magic.
And Geumson had lacked opportunities to practice his alchemist skills recently.
It seemed he could train both at once if he succeeded.
Astrid seemed taken aback by Geumson’s bold proposal, but she quickly shook her head.
She couldn’t entrust Floating Island’s patients to someone with no knowledge of alchemy.
That was why she refused.
“I appreciate your intention, but if you tamper with it carelessly, you might end up poisoning the patients instead. You’ve never studied alchemy…….”
A reasonable concern from Astrid.
But when she mentioned alchemy, Geumson spoke up.
“Alchemy! I’ve studied it. I learned from someone called Paracelsus…….”
“Paracelsus?”
“Oh? Do you happen to know Paracelsus?”
Astrid’s eyebrow twitched.
A name she’d forgotten, yet one that stirred faintly from the depths of memory—an eccentric old man.
That was how Astrid remembered Paracelsus.
“You don’t mean…… that wandering alchemist Paracelsus? The one who roams the entire continent and can’t resist any rare medicinal herb he lays eyes on?”
“Yes, exactly. I happened to meet him recently and received some instruction from him.”
At Geumson’s answer, Astrid’s expression shifted subtly.
A faint smile played at her lips.
“So Paracelsus is still traveling the world, it seems…….”
She gazed into the distance for a moment, lost in memory.
Paracelsus.
He was one of the rare masters of their era who lived alongside Astrid.
Though they had walked different paths, she acknowledged Paracelsus’s skill as an alchemist.
“Very well. If you’ve learned alchemy from Paracelsus…… shall we give it a try?”
Astrid finally consented.
She withdrew from her robes a worn parchment scroll and a medical record meticulously documenting Mari’s symptoms, and handed them to Geumson.
The moment he received them, a message materialized before his eyes.
[You have acquired the recipe ‘Advanced Universal Potion’ from the Archmage Astrid.]
[Subject: Mari]
[Status: Chronic energy depletion, nervous system damage, heat infiltration, cold infiltration…….]
Geumson’s brow furrowed as he read the message.
Every symptom listed in the medical record was grave.
This was not a problem that could be solved by extracting one or two simple herbs.
Conflicting forces were colliding within her body, gnawing away at the spark of life itself—a perilous state.
“This is quite…… complex,” he murmured.
“Indeed. That is why ordinary antidotes and recovery tonics have proven ineffective. The wild energies raging within that child’s body must be harmonized, and her damaged nerves restored—she requires a special remedy unlike any other.”
Astrid led Geumson to her laboratory.
The space overflowed with every conceivable alchemical instrument.
Most alchemists wouldn’t dare present themselves here.
Beyond the fresh herbs recently harvested from the Floating Island’s herb gardens, she had assembled a remarkable array of rare materials she had personally collected over the years.
[Marina’s Petals]
[Lava Lizard Scale Powder]
[Ice Spirit’s Breath]
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Geumson spread the materials across the workbench and carefully read through the recipe once more.
Every detail was recorded with precision—the ratio of each ingredient, the order of their introduction, and even the precise temperature changes required.
And yet.
‘Reading it on parchment is one thing; doing it with one’s own hands is another entirely.’
Geumson opened all his senses toward the materials Astrid had prepared.
‘Determination’s Intuition, Pulse Insight.’
In an instant, his vision transformed.
The physical structure and the flow of mana within it became visible to him in perfect detail.
Without hesitation, Geumson began his work.
[Possessed Craftsmanship maximizes the precision of potion creation.]
[Precision stat assists in refinement.]
[Concentration stat assists in accuracy.]
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As Geumson commenced his labor, his skills began to synergize in earnest.
Even Astrid appeared startled by the sight, though she maintained her silence.
‘Sun’s Right Hand!’
Pure flames of sunlight shimmered into being above his palm like heat haze.
The flames wrapped gently around the distillery vessel.
And then, another skill in succession.
‘Extraction!’
[You use the Extraction skill.]
[You extract ‘pure purifying essence’ from Marina’s Petals.]
[You extract ‘pure flame essence’ from Lava Lizard Scale Powder.]
[You extract ‘pure chill essence’ from Ice Spirit’s Breath.]
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[Extraction skill has reached Lv.2.]
[Extraction skill has reached Lv.3.]
When the golden, crimson, and azure liquids merged, they revealed considerable instability.
But Geumson did not waver; instead, he employed Pulse Insight to use the technique Astrid had taught him.
‘Mana Control, Elemental Affinity!’
[You use Mana Control to stabilize the unstable mana.]
[You use Elemental Affinity to harmonize the essence of the materials.]
[Mana Control skill has reached Lv.6.]
[Elemental Affinity skill has reached Lv.6.]
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Bubble, bubble—
The various essences began to swirl and boil together.
The heat from Sun’s Right Hand maintained the precise temperature.
And in that moment when the essences fused into a single flow, transforming into a clear orange liquid,
he added a single drop at precisely the right instant.
Drop.
[Paracelsus’s Fairy’s Tears stabilize the potion.]
The boiling liquid instantly stilled, as if all of it had been a lie.
The orange liquid transformed in a heartbeat to a clear, luminous blue.
At that same moment, light burst forth.
And then the message appeared.
[Crafting successful.]
[Through the effect of Sun’s Right Hand, the Flame of the Sun has manifested, infusing the potion with Sacred Power.]
[You have achieved a critical success!]
[The grade has been raised by one tier!]
[Possessed Craftsmanship skill has reached Lv.9.]
[Supreme Universal Potion]
– Grade: Legendary
– Crafter: Geumson
– Effect: Immediately dispels all manner of abnormal conditions and rapidly restores damaged bodies. The infusion of Sacred Power grants a continuous healing effect.
“……!”
Astrid jumped to her feet.
She could not believe her own eyes.
A potion that had transcended the recipe’s limitations, now infused with sacred essence itself.
It had already crossed the threshold from potion into the realm of Spirit Elixir.
“This… did you really…?”
Geumson scratched his head bashfully and handed her the vial containing the elixir.
“Perhaps we should have Mari drink it first.”
Astrid accepted the bottle with trembling hands and immediately gave it to Mari.
Color gradually returned to Mari’s pallid cheeks, and warmth spread through her body where icy cold had lingered.
Moreover, the relentless cough began to subside little by little.
“Paracelsus taught you well… or perhaps you’re simply that gifted.”
“You’re too kind. Is Mari well now?”
“If the effect is this strong, it should work on the other patients on this island too.”
Astrid could not contain her admiration.
By the original recipe, it would have only slowly eased the symptoms.
But the elixir Geumson had created had torn out the very root of the illness at once.
Yet despite these results, Astrid gazed at Geumson with worry in her eyes.
‘So talented, this child… but such heavy shoulders you must bear, Geumson.’
Astrid had glimpsed Geumson’s memories.
His talent was surely a blessing, but it made him seem all the more pitiful for it.
But unlike Astrid’s concerned gaze, Geumson was positively radiating vitality.
He felt he might finally be able to help those patients who had weighed on his heart since he first arrived on Floating Island.
“Master, do we have enough medicinal herbs for the other patients? I’d like to gather more.”
“…Would you do that?”

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