Overgeared

Chapter 97

'Then first…'

[Legendary Blacksmith's Craftsmanship Skill] 

Lv. 2 (76.3%)

Produce equipment items that you know how to make.

You can create the production methods for a new item with the 'Legendary Blacksmith's Creation' skill.

There is a certain probability of producing rare~ epic rated items.

There is a rare probability of creating unique rated items.

There is a very rare probability of creating legendary rated items.

* All stats of a production item will increase by 12%.

* When rare rated items are produced, all stats will permanently rise by +2 and reputation throughout the continent will rise by +30.

* When epic rated items are produced, all stats will permanently rise by +4 and reputation throughout the continent will rise by +80.

* When unique rated items are produced, all stats will permanently rise by +12 and reputation throughout the continent will rise by +300.

* When legendary rated items are produced, all stats will permanently rise by +25 and reputation throughout the continent will rise by +1,000.

* Something special will occur with every five legendary items created. (Currently 2/5)

[Legendary Blacksmith's Breath] 

Lv. 2 (42.5%)

When you are concentrating on making an item, the will of Pagma's Descendant will fill the production item.

All stats of a production item will increase by 7%.

There is a rare chance of giving special features to your production items. 

My production skills increased from level 1 to 2 a short time after the item production game with Euphemina. For the last two months, I had made countless normal, rare and epic items. In addition, there were two legendary items.

Nevertheless, my skill levels stagnated at level 2.

‘The experience is a lot worse compared to level 1…'

However, the experience of the Legendary Blacksmith's Craftsmanship Skill was close to 80%. If I kept making items in earnest, it would reach level 3. 

'The problem is the Legendary Blacksmith's Breath. The breath is random, so it is hard to raise the experience.'

I did my best every time I made an item. In particular, it took a long time since I spent more than 20 hours producing one item.

According to the description of the Legendary Blacksmith's Breath, it should activate every time I made an item. But the concept of 'concentration' seemed more difficult than I thought, and the Legendary Blacksmith's Breath was only activated occasionally.

The breath wasn't triggered even when I made the legendary Divine Shield. Therefore, the legendary Divine Shield didn't have any additional options and was exactly as described in the production method.

'I made a legendary item but the breath skill wasn't activated… When thinking about it now, it is a shock. On the other hand, there was the Sword of Self-transcendence.'

A sword made through an ordinary longsword production method became a legendary rating, and this could be attributed to the breath skill. Phoenix had described it as a sword that appeared once every 100 years.

'The key to my production is whether the breath skill is triggered.'

The most important factor for a typical blacksmith was the item's rating.

Normal, rare, epic and unique.

They made their item, hoping that the rating would be the highest. It was the same for me. Normal, rare, epic and unique. In addition, there was the legendary rating! I only eagerly hoped that a highly rated item would be produced. But now my thoughts had changed. 

While the rating was important, the breath also played a critical role.

'If the breath isn't triggered, I will produce only the options mentioned in the production method, just like regular blacksmiths. However, when the breath is triggered, the value is much higher, because of the additional options.'

Depending on which options were given, a rare item affected by the breath skill might be better than an epic item not affected by the breath skill. Of course, the breath skill didn't necessarily give new options. It was random. But even if an option wasn't granted, the basic abilities were increased, so it was still a profit.

'Maybe it is necessary for the level of the breath skill to increase in order for it to be triggered more often…'

As long as breath couldn't be used intentionally, there was no way to quickly raise the level. I just had to raise it while making items.

'It means I need to continue grinding in the future… It isn't easy to become rich.'

As I was looking at my blacksmith skills, Vantner came over to me.

"If you don't mind, can you repair my weapon? It has been badly damaged against Malacus."

"If you give me money…"

I had never experiencing repairing an item with my own hands before. I only devoted myself to making items. However, the durability of some of my equipment had decreased from recent combat. There was no reason to refuse when Vantner asked me to repair his equipment.

"Khan, do you have any repair tools?"

“Of course.”

Khan brought out an anvil, hammer, grindstone, and iron. However, the anvil and hammer had 'repair' attached to the name. It was the first time I saw the repair tools. I asked Khan a question.

“Is there a reason to distinguish these tools for repair? Can't an ordinary anvil and hammer be used for repairs?"

Khan explained.

“Repair hammers and anvils are disposable. As you said, we can repair items with ordinary anvils and hammers but… We can't do that. Then won't it be difficult to ask a lot of repair money from the customer?"

"…?"

“Why do we use disposable hammers and anvils? It is to give customers the awareness that 'hammers and anvils must be consumed' when repairing. It is a type of gesture to emphasize the favor we are doing them. Due to this advertisement, we can charge higher repair fees… This is a money-making means devised by the ancient blacksmiths. Thus, the repair tools were born."

This was the reason why I had to pay an expensive amount of money for my items to be repaired? I had a lot of respect for blacksmiths.

'It is very desirable to explore new ways to make money… I should learn from this.'

Vantner handed me his two axes.

[Twin Bloody Axes]

Rating: Unique

Durability: 39/500   Attack Power: 250

Critical Chance: +20%   Critical Damage: +30%

* There is a constant probability of attacking two times.

* Can cause bleeding when a critical hit occurs.

It is the weapon of the butcher of Kirim Peninsula, Fang. The number of people killed by this axe is immeasurable.

User Restriction: Level 200 or higher. More than 1,000 strength. Advanced Axe Mastery level 1 or higher. 

Weight: 700 

Vantner said that he invested all his stats into strength, so this was the right weapon for him. 

'But it is strange.'

The average attack power of axe type weapons was higher than that of one-handed swords. In particular, twin axes had an attack power similar to large weapons. However, the Twin Bloody Axes was weaker in attack power than the usage conditions and rating.

"Mister Vantner. Isn't the attack power of this axe lower than other twin axes of the same rating?"

Vantner nodded.

“You can tell. That’s right. When I compared to twin axes with similar conditions of use, the attack power is 60 points lower. I'm only using this because I like the options but unfortunately… Fang's raid was really hard… Frankly, Fang's weapon is more like a lie. I almost suspect that it is a bug. Hey, I am the same age as Pon. Why are you calling Pon 'Pon' and me 'Mister?' Huh? Are you kidding?"

This was…

"Appraisal."

I ignored the suddenly angry person and tried using the Legendary Blacksmith's Appraisal skill on the Twin Bloody Axes. Then…

[The blacksmith who becomes a legend can appraise items with an excellent discerning eye. If a hidden feature exists in the target item, it will be found.]

Ttiring~

[Genuine Twin Bloody Axes]

Rating: Unique

Durability: 39/500   Attack Power: 250~380

Critical Chance: +20%   Critical Damage: +30%

* There is a constant probability of attacking two times.

* Can cause bleeding when a critical hit occurs.

* Causes confusion when a critical strike is activated.

* The skill 'Genuine Conversion' will be generated.

It is the weapon of the butcher of Kirim Peninsula, Fang. The number of people killed by this axe is immeasurable.

The joint part of the left-hand axe is offset. As a result, it isn't easy to transmit force and the power of the axe isn't exercised properly.

But this is an intentional device designed to change the power (weight) of the axe from time to time in order to confuse the enemy. Clicking the button hidden below the join will cause the seams to engage and increase the attack power.

It is a weapon where you can feel the pleasure of disturbing and confusing the enemy.

User Restriction: Level 200 or higher. More than 1,000 strength. Advanced Axe Mastery level 1 or higher. 

Weight: 700 

[You have discovered a hidden feature in the item!]

[Insight has increased by 10.]

"Wow."

I had used the Legendary Blacksmith's Appraisal skill dozens of times so far. But it was the first time I found a hidden feature.

'Interesting… And my insight stat went up by 10 points at once!'

I clenched both fists with joy. On the other hand, the guild members were surprised.

"What? Vantner's axe has suddenly changed?"

"Hasn't it changed shape? No?"

While the guild members were surprised, Vantner was nervous.

"D-Did anything go wrong with the repairing?"

If a blacksmith lacked the skill to repair an item, the maximum durability of the item would permanently drop. Vantner was concerned about this. Was he trying to hurt my pride?

'What does he see me as…?'

How could a legendary blacksmith fail in item repairing? 

'Also, the repairing hasn't even started yet.'

I started to heat up Vantner's axe.

Ttang! Ttang! Chiik.

Repeated quenching, tempering, and forging. The heated axe was reborn anew. Vantner was nervous as he watched me hammering without speaking.

30 minutes later. After using the grindstone, the Genuine Twin Bloody Axes were fully restored. I passed them to Vantner and…

"Heooook!"

Vantner freaked out as he examined his transformed axes.

“Vantner?"

Vantner's exclamation confused the guild members. Jishuka, who had been watching the situation, asked with wide eyes.

"What is the fuss?"

Vantner responded to her in a trembling voice.

"T-That… I don't understand… L-Look for yourself…"

Vantner shared the information of the item with the guild members. The guild members were shocked as they verified the information.

"What is this?

“The item has changed? This is nonsense!"

All of a sudden, loud noises were heard from Khan's smithy.

‘What is the fuss? Huhut…'

I dug at my ears while Jishuka came up to me and asked,

"Grid! What kind of magic is this?"

“Magic? What magic?"

I stared straight into her shining, ruby-red eyes and said,

"This is all skill." 

A legendary skill that only I could use in Satisfy.

OG: 

Current schedule: 20 chapters a week.

Chapter 98

"A skill that permanently improves the performance of an item, I've never heard of it."

Jishuka's eyes gleamed with curiosity and excitement. She was hoping that I would tell her what I did.

'She won't be able to sleep well tonight if she doesn't know.'

I didn't have any reason to keep it a secret, but above all, I wasn't the type of man to make a woman have a sleepless night over this. And thus, I described the process.

"The appraisal skill—my appraisal skill—can discover hidden features in items."

There was more turmoil after my words.

"It's just an appraisal skill? I really can't believe it."

“I didn't even know that items even had hidden features. Really amazing…" 

"If Grid appraises my sword, will it improve its performance like that of the axes?"

The guild members were amazed when they heard my words. It was very fresh and fun that the top rankers were shaking over someone lower than level 100.

'Even if they are top rankers, they have never met a legendary class before.'

I was the only legendary class right now! I was feeling a rare sense of superiority when Jishuka asked me the core question, "Do hidden features exist in all items?"

I shook my head and said, “No. Items with hidden features are extremely rare. But who knows? There might be hidden features in the equipment you are wearing right now."

“Does that mean you can appraise all our items?"

Jishuka couldn't hide her anticipation, as her cheeks flushed slightly when she asked. I was excited because her sexy image became more prominent.

'Kuk! I won't! I don't know what will happen if I lose my heart to a woman again!'

Women were enemies. Women were enemies. Women were enemies…

I hypnotized myself many times, and was barely able to calm down before nodding to Jishuka and saying,

"Of course I can appraise them. That is, if there is money."

At the same time, the guild members cried out,

"Please appraise my equipment!"

"Me too!"

The guild members wished to upgrade their items like Vantner's weapons. None of them asked how much the cost of the appraisal was.

'Does that mean it doesn't matter? Indeed, rankers are really rich!'

I had to set an appraisal price. I considered the price of the highest rated appraisal item, the Eye of Pallalian.

‘It was around 14-15 Gold?'

The Eye of Pallalian appraised items of all ratings. The appraisal item I used on Pagma's Rare Book was the Eye of Pallalian. But even the Eye of Pallalian couldn't find hidden features in items. In other words, my appraisal skill was at a higher level than the Eye of Pallalian. This told me that the value of my appraisal skill was more than the Eye of Pallalian.

'Should each appraisal be 30 gold? No, is that too expensive?'

30 gold was around 36,000 won. It was almost the price of two chickens.

In addition, there were no penalties no matter how much I used the appraisal skill. No specific materials were needed and it didn't consume mana, so it could be used infinitely. In addition, the amount of time spent appraising one item was less than a minute. If I asked for 30 gold per item, would it seem like too much?

'It is vague when it comes to money…'

I understood why the blacksmiths were forced to make the concept of repair tools.

'It would be good to commemorate becoming a guild member…'

Did I have to give them free appraisals? Have I changed?

'I don't plan to be a philanthropist.'

If money was available to be eaten, I needed to grasp the chance! I spent nearly two million won the day that I met Ahyoung on clothes, a haircut and our meal, so I needed to make back the damages somehow.

"One appraisal is 30 gold! I will appraise any item for 30 gold! If a hidden feature is found, you have to pay me an extra 300 gold!"

I didn't think it was expensive but so what? Could a person truly call it expensive?  The value of an item would rise exponentially if a hidden feature was found. In fact, Vantner's axes would've risen at least a few thousand gold. From a positive point of view, paying 30 gold for an appraisal wasn't a loss. The guild members were more aware of this than I was.

"30 gold for appraisal… If a hidden feature is found then it is 300 gold? Isn't this pretty cheap? Okay! Please appraise all my equipment!"

They lined up in front of me. They looked like a queue of money in my eyes.

'If I get 10 appraisal requests per person, I will receive 4,500 gold from 15 people… There is also the bonus if a hidden feature is found…!'

4,500 gold was around 5.4 million won. I could earn two months worth of salary in an instant, so tears of joy flowed down.

'Ah! I'm so happy!'

The heart that was hurt by Ahyoung felt warm. Satisfy was truly a haven for me. On the other hand, the guild members talked to each other as they stood in line for the appraisal.

"Isn't this like the lottery?"

"Kahahahat! I brought over all of my items from my warehouse! Don't the odds of winning go up if there are more items to be appraised?"

"Oh, that is a good idea? I will take out all my equipment in the warehouse as well!"

Suddenly, the guild members called the discovery of a hidden feature 'winning.'

'Winning… I like it.'

I felt like a lottery ticket seller! Now, let's start the appraisal business! Ah, before that…

"Khan, how much should Vantner pay for the repair of his axes?"

"It should be at least 20 gold considering the repair tools and the time it took to complete." 

"How much are the repair tools?"

"… 50 silver."

“…”

I declared to the guild members standing in line.

"When you leave an item for appraisal, let me repair it! I will neatly repair any item! Didn't you see me repair Vantner's axes?"

Thus, I started an appraisal and repair business for the guild members. I watched the tide of gold entering my inventory.

'This is a more efficient way of making money than producing items.'

Of course, making items were better because I could get permanent stats and reputation. There would also be a jackpot if I made an item higher than the unique rating. Thus, the appraisals and repairs would remain as a side business.

***

"The guild warehouse has a lot of mithril ores… Let's see ~ Tipan wood and griffin's tendons…"

Pon and Regas were at the auction house to find the materials for the Gale Spear. Regas suggested to Pon who was looking for the necessary materials.

"Pon, no matter how good Grid is, isn't it hard to make an epic item in one go? I think it is better to secure enough materials to make five spears."

Pon agreed.

"The probability that an advanced blacksmith will make epic rated items is one-tenth… I would like to gather the materials to make 10 spears, but the Tipan wood and griffin tendons are too expensive. In fact, I only have enough money to buy materials to make three spears. Sigh. I would appreciate it if any of the three spears has an epic rating… Well, it can't be helped even if all three are rare rated. I have to remember this."

"Yes. Now that Grid is part of our family, we can request it at any time. So don't fret about it. Still, it is a pity. If I had money, I would pay for the materials cost…"

"Ah ~~~ don't worry, don't worry. How many times do I have to tell you to throw away your habit of easily giving money to people? By the way, the griffin tendons registered at the auction house are really expensive. Would it be cheaper to find a direct seller?"

"Let's look together."

Pon and Regas left the auction house. Then they starting touring the market area to see if there were any merchants selling griffin tendons. Unfortunately, griffin tendons were a precious material so they were difficult to find.

"Winston is now a big city, but it is still hard to find…" Pon suddenly stopped talking. He found a bunch of users wearing a golden mace guild mark and became vigilant. "Why are people from the Giant Guild here?"

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the Giant Guild was currently the largest guild of Satisfy. There were over 500 people with an average level of 130. More than anything else, the guild master was the 3rd ranked Chris.

"Wasn't Chris appointed as the lord of Pedro not long ago? Why are these guys in Winston instead of Pedro?"

"Yes. Pedro is to the south, completely opposite of here…"

The always smiling Regas was nervous for a change. The Giant Guild was the biggest enemy of the Tzedakah Guild: they had been fighting ever since the days of L.T.S!

"The fact that they came to Winston when it is known we are staying here… They must have ulterior motives. For now, it would be best to avoid them."

The Giant Guild wasn't a threat to the Tzedakah Guild in L.T.S. But the situation was different in Satisfy. The Giant Guild started Satisfy as soon as it opened, while the Tzedakah Guild only joined nine months after Satisfy started. The difference in growth hadn't been narrowed yet, so the Tzedakah Guild had been avoiding clashes with the Giant Guild.

In the end, Pon returned to the auction house without looking through the market any further. He was forced to cry as he bought the griffin tendons.

"Those people from the Giant Guild made my gold disappear."

Pon complained with a grouchy face. But he imagined the result of the Gale Spear that Grid would make for him and felt better.

And after a while. Pon and Regas were stunned as they arrived back at Khan's smithy.

"Yes! I wonnnnnnnn!!!"

"Wow, amazing! This is the third winner!"

"… What are you doing?"

The guild members were surrounding Grid and making a fuss. Pon and Regas wondered what was going on.

Grid was looking at the items piled up in front of him one by one. "Um… This is a loss! This is a loss as well! Another loss! Loss! Loss!"

“…”

Grid cried out every time he looked at an item.

Pon and Regas had no idea what Grid was doing, so they asked someone for an explanation. Vantner showed them his transformed axes. Pon and Regas' eyes widened.

"W-What is this? A bug? Is this a bug?"

Vantner spoke in a patronizing manner.

"Huhuhut… Grid has an appraisal skill that can discover the hidden features in items. Items with hidden features will have their performance greatly improved, like my axes. That's right. This. My weapons. Kukukuk… Kuahahat! How is it, Pon? Are you jealous?"

"Kuk!"

Pon wanted Grid to make his Gale Spear as soon as possible, but before that!

"Please appraise all my equipment!"

Pon gave all of his equipment to Grid. Unfortunately, the results were all failures. On this day, Grid appraised close to 300 items for the Tzedakah members, yet only three had hidden features, including Vantner's axes.

However, the guild members were still very positive. The three winners were stronger than before, causing the overall power of the guild to rise.

'Joining the guild and increasing the guild's power in only half a day… He really is the person we have been looking for.'

'All that hard work finding Grid was rewarded.'

And Grid made a revenue of approximately 10,000 gold in a short amount of time. It was a big sum of over 10 million won in cash.

'I earned 40 million yesterday and then today… If I keep earning like this, I will soon pay off the debt.'

The debt wasn't a problem. It seemed like he could soon be a rich man. It wasn't just money that Grid got from repairing and appraising the items. He increased his understanding of hundreds of items.

'There is no item with 100% understanding, but it is positive in the long run.'

The problem was that the rating of the guild's items was just too high. After all, the higher the rating, the harder it was to raise understanding. For example, he appraised and repaired Vantner's unique axes, but the understanding was only at 30%. But one day, if he had a chance to disassemble and explore the guild members' items, it was possible to pursue 100% understanding based on today.

Grid felt better and reached out to Pon.

"Do you have the materials for the Gale Spear?"

"Of course."

Pon handed over the materials.

Grid would finally produce an item! The guild members gulped with anticipation. Then Grid said to them. "I was curious about something since there are a lot of people here. It's been half a day, so don't you want to go hunt?"

"Heok! We have been here for so long?"

"Wah! It is already night out there?"

"This… I haven't hunted today."

"I'm somehow hungry…" 

The guild members hadn't been aware of the time because they were too caught up with Grid. They were worried about being overtaken in the rankings by other users and hurriedly left the smithy.

"Then work hard Grid!"

"Pon, show us your spear when it is complete!"

"Make a rare spear for Pon!"

"Shut up, Vantner!"

The guild members said friendly goodbyes to Grid. They were like friends.

'Friends…'

Grid felt awkward, but it wasn't a bad feeling.

"Then now…"

Everyone left, and as usual, Khan and Grid were the only ones remaining in the smithy.

"Let's start the item production."

OG: 

Current schedule: 20 chapters a week.

Chapter 99

Pagma's Descendant could use all items, was almost immune to all status conditions, had a skill that made me immortal for a short time and other passive skills, as well as Pagma's Swordsmanship. If I considered the overwhelming stats growth from the item production, it was a class that belonged to a combat type.

However, Pagma’s Descendant was fundamentally a blacksmith. From appraisal, to repair, enhancement, production, and creation… Pagma’s Descendant shone the most when it came to blacksmithing. The anvil, furnace, and other production tools all made up my main stage.

"Sigh. Sigh."

I started pouring the mithril ore, coke, and limestone into the blast furnace.

[You can sense the temperature due to the rapid changes in ambient temperature. 30 degrees. 31 degrees. 31.5 degrees. 33 degrees. 36 degrees, 39…]

-Pagma's descendant is sensitive to changes in temperature. If there is a furnace in the vicinity, you can accurately measure the temperature inside the furnace.

I had already mastered the bellows… No, it was a legendary class that couldn't be compared to a master. The temperature of the furnace rose sharply as I intended.

[1,000 degrees. 1,100 degrees. 1,350…]

'Mithril…'

Iron was by far the most common material used for making items. Iron ore was suitable for smelting at temperatures between 1,150~1,250. However, smelting mithril required a much higher temperature and technique was needed to keep it within the required range.

'I have to maintain it exactly between 1,820~1840.'

That's why mithril smelting was only available for Advanced Blacksmith Mastery level 3 or higher.

It wasn't possible for average blacksmiths to raise the temperature of the furnace to higher than 1,800 degrees. Those with Advanced Blacksmith Mastery level 2 might be able to raise the temperature to 1,800 degrees, but it was impossible for them to control it. However, it was simple for me as Pagma's Descendant.

In particular, I already dealt with mithril while making the Divine Shield. I was able to smelt mithril even with my eyes closed. However, I couldn't afford to not focus.

Suooooh.

The temperature of the furnace was fixed at 1,840 degrees and over time, the mithril ore started to melt slowly. 

Inside the blast furnace that was over 1,800 degrees, the melted mithril ore mixed with the carbon monoxide generated from the coke, and pig iron with carbon and mithril was made. At the same time, the separated impurities were turned into slag by the limestone and discharged separately.

This process was a reproduction of smelting methods used in modern iron foundries, which meant that the smelting in Satisfy copied modern smelting techniques.

… This was written on the forums about the blacksmith class.

'Why do I need to understand the principles when I'm not even getting a license? Don't I just need to do it properly?'

I filled the mold with the molten metal. The mysterious orange color of mithril was so beautiful that it felt like my soul was flying away.

'Pretty… It is prettier than women…'

Heok?

"What am I thinking right now?" 

It felt like I was becoming a minerals otaku. I had to do something if I didn't want to introduce myself as 'married to my job' when I was 50.

'No… But I'm actually not popular with women… I should at least have a relationship before I die, even if it isn't marriage… Sigh…'

I started to worry if I would really end up married to my job.

"How rotten…"

After the incident with Ahyoung, my confidence with relationships had dropped to the bottom. When would I be able to overcome this aftereffect? I was very worried about my future as I poured the molten minerals into the molds I prepared beforehand. Now I needed to wait for the molten mineral to harden. 

'I can't play around while waiting.'

Time was money. I had to cover the costs of all the money I spent on clothing, a haircut and food when I met Ahyoung. I took the Tipan wood I set to one side and started to trim it.

Tipan was like an upgraded version of bamboo. It was dozens of times harder and resilient than bamboo, making it suitable to be used as a material for a spear. It was popular when used to make ornaments because of its transparent blue color, but it was too expensive to be used for ornaments. Using Tipan wood as an ornament was one of the symbols of the rich.

"Um."

I trimmed the Tipan wood into a straight form and cut it 178cm long.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

I swung it a few times as I felt the grip and weight.

'Even with this resilience, the strength is comparable to steel… It is expensive.'

This would be the shaft for the Gale Spear. The harmony of the silver and blue was bound to make the spear beautiful and luxurious.

"Next is the sharp point of the spear.'

I completed the shaft of the spear and pulled out the semi-solid mithril inside the mold. Then I armed myself with my production item.

[Unknown Blacksmith's Hammer]

Rating: Epic

Durability: 350/350   Attack Power: 70~80 

Odds of Making a Rare Rated Item: +17% 

Odds of Making a Epic Rated Item: +7%

A blacksmith's hammer made by a craftsman with great skill and potential, but somewhat lacking in experience and reputation.

This is a hammer produced by the craftsman himself, so it isn't suitable for other blacksmiths to use. 

Conditions of Use: Pagma's Descendant

Weight: 80 

'Certainly, since I've made the hammer, the chances of making rare and epic items have increased.'

It was just a pity that it didn't increase the chances of making unique and legendary rated items. But that was because the hammer itself was epic rated. I believed that a unique rated hammer would increase the chances of making unique rated items and the legendary hammer would increase the chances of making legendary items.

'Sooner or later, I will make a legendary rated hammer.'

Ttang! Ttang!

I repeated the work of heating the mithril, forging with a hammer and exhausting the amount of carbon in the mithril to a suitable amount. This was the steelmaking operation. The tempered mithril became more refined and took the shape of a spear blade.

"Sigh…"

My body was drenched in sweat. There was the thick fog of dawn outside the window.

Ttang~! Ttaang~!

Apart from the sound of adventurers coming back from hunting, there was only the sound of my hammering on the quiet Winston streets.

Four hours later.

I completed the mithril point to satisfaction and attached the griffon tendons to it. The first of the three Gale Spears commissioned by Pon was completed.

[The Legendary Blacksmith's Breath has increased the effectiveness of your production items]

'Good!'

Fortunately, the breath buff was activated. Now the key was the rating of the item…!

I watched the information window that appeared in front of me with anticipation.

[Gale Spear]

Rating: Unique

Durability: 432/432   Attack Power: 476

Critical Chance: +5%    Atack Speed: +10%

* Attack speed will increase by 1% for every attack that connects.

* The skill 'True Illusion' will be generated.

* The skill 'Creator's Wish' will be generated.

An item made by a craftsman with great skills and potential, but his experience and reputation is somewhat lacking.

It is very light so the more skilled the user, the more the power can be maximized. However, this lightness can be a disadvantage.

It contains the origin of the craftsman who wishes to be reborn as an excellent spear.

User Restriction: Level 240 or higher. More than 750 strength. More than 400 agility. Advanced Spear Mastery level 2 or higher.

Weight: 200 

[A unique rated item was produced, so all stats have permanently risen by +12 and reputation throughout the continent has risen by +300.]

"Eh? Huh? Oh~! Ohhhh! Wahhhhh!”

I had made two legendary items, the Sword of Self-transcendence and the Divine Shield. But my only unique item was the Ideal Dagger. In fact, legendary items were less likely to be produced than unique items, but there wasn't much difference. In other words, making a unique item was just as difficult as a legendary item.

A unique item appeared at once!

"Puhahahat!"

I was so happy it was like I could fly away.

'It is even more of a jackpot because of the effect of the breath skill.'

The unique rated Gale Spear specified in the production method had a total durability of 363 and an attack power of 400. But my unique rated Gale Spear was 19% more durable and strong than what was described in the production method.

I was impressed because the Legendary Blacksmith's Craftsmanship Skill (Lv.2) raised the stats of the item by 12% and the Legendary Blacksmith's Breath (Lv.2) increased it by 7%.

“What is the Creator's Wish skill?"

I checked the added skill information.

[Creator's Wish]

The damage of the weapon will increase by 30% for two minutes. It can overlap with the same type of buff effect.

Weapon Durability Consumption: 100

"Hah…"

It increased the weapon damage by 30% for two minutes. It was an ordinary performance, not much different from normal buff skills. No, in general, the average duration of a buff skill was 10 minutes so this was somewhat lacking.

But there was something that had to be noted. The big part was that it could overlap with the same type of buff effect. If 'Creator's Wish' was used with a 'Weapon Enchant' skill that increased damage by 30%, that effect would stack up and the damage to the opponent would be +60%.

This was a very rare skill because it wasn't common for buffs to overlap. It was a skill that required weapon durability, not mana. It was a very good skill as a trump card, but there was a big penalty that the durability decreased by 100.

"Kuk… This is a big hit. Should I share this item information with the guild and surprise everyone?"

I imagined Jishuka and the guild members' admiration and praise. In particular, I was anticipating Pon's reaction.

He had handed me materials to create three Gale Spears and said, “I've met a lot of blacksmiths so I realize how hard it is to produce epic rated items. I have obtained enough materials for three spears and don't be burdened. I won't be disappointed if an epic rated spear doesn't appear, so just make it casually. To be honest, a rare rated spear isn't bad to use as a sub-weapon."

I felt bad when I thought about it.

“What, you aren't expecting an epic spear to emerge? You will be satisfied even with a rare rating? Hah~ A legendary blacksmith can't produce only rare rated results?"

… Actually, when I made an item 10 times, almost all of them were rare items.

'This time I can pretend. I made a unique item in one go!’

How much would Pon pay for this spear? I was so excited it felt like my heart was going to explode.

"What is this… I am going to make a huge amount of money three days in a row after the Malacus raid. Is this reality? I feel strange… After finishing this request, I should write up a household account book."

It was almost lunch time. I started making the item from the evening before and it took more than half a day to complete.

"Ah, I'm tired. I want to sleep."

I felt a great sense of accomplishment and now that the tension was released, I became sleepy.

'Let's not share information about the Gale Spear just yet… I was given three days on the assumption that I would make three spears… I'll show them two days later…'

I would like to aim at making a legendary Gale Spear with the remaining materials.

***

"Finally, today…"

After commissioning the Gale Spears from Grid, Pon devoted himself to hunting for all three days. And for three days, he became more dissatisfied with the weapon that he was currently using.

He had moved to a hunting ground where the monsters gave higher experience. As the level of the monsters increased, the limits of the level 190 spear became clearer to Pon. It was a spear he had been using for 53 levels, from level 190 to 243 but…

Pon's sensitivity couldn't ignore the inferior nature of the spear.

'I want to get rid of this damn spear soon.'

Pon finished hunting and relaxed. As he was preparing to go hunting again, Grid typed into the guild chat window.

{Pon, the three Gale Spears have been completed, so come to Khan's smithy when you have time.}

{Ohh~! The spears are finally complete! What rating did you get?}

{I’m curious~ ^^ Please share the information window Grid.}

The guild members became excited. Pon watched the chat window with half excitement and half unease as he waited for the information of the Gale Spears to appear. However, Grid reported shocking news.

{I'm ruined… I don't want to post it here so come and check.}

Vantner laughed because he liked it.

{ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It seems that only rare-rated spears have appeared ~! Yes! Serves you right, Pon!}

“…”

Pon was honestly disappointed, as he had been expecting at least one epic Gale Spear after seeing Grid easily learn the production method and reinforce Vantner's axes.

"I am prepared."

The basic performance of the Gale Spear was so good that it could be used even if it was rare rated. Pon immediately stopped hunting and walked to Winston. The distance of the new hunting ground to Winston wasn't far.

Three hours later.

He arrived at Khan's smithy and saw several guild members, including Jishuka and Vantner. Pon frowned at the chuckling Vantner.

"Why are all of you here?"

“I want to see your disappointed look. Well? Do you have a complaint? Kya kya kyak!"

"…Damn scum."

"Do you have a complaint? Tell me if you have any complaints! I will show you the power of my upgraded axes! Kya kya kyak!"

“…”

Vantner was extremely confident after his weapon was strengthened by Grid. He moved his hunting ground to a stronger place, chatted more frequently and made fun of Pon every time he saw Pon. 

'He is too excited. I'm honestly very envious.'

Pon trembled at the thought of his rival doing well alone and approached Grid.

"Grid, you must've suffered."

Pon had told Grid when commissioning the spears that he wasn't expecting too much, so don't be burdened. It was true, but he still couldn't help hiding his disappointment. Grid looked at Pon with sleepy eyes and handed over three spears.

"I'm ruined. I thought I would get a legendary spear since a unique one appeared from the beginning but… They were both epic rated."

"…?"

What was Grid saying? All the members, including Pon, were stunned. Unique? Legendary? In particular, it was known that legendary items couldn't be produced so they thought that Grid might be delirious.

Then Pon's complexion turned white and blue.

[Gale Spear (Epic) has been acquired.]

[Gale Spear (Epic) has been acquired.]

[Gale Spear (Unique) has been acquired.]

“…What?!"

Pon had felt an electrifying thrill in Satisfy only two times. At first, he was amazed and thrilled by the game Satisfy itself. A virtual reality game that was truly another reality. As the creator of Satisfy, Lim Cheolho was a god who created a new world.

The second time was when he encountered the first ranked user on the unified rankings, Kraugel.

Pon and Jishuka accidentally encountered him and were shocked and thrilled. He felt sorry towards Jishuka, but Kraugel was Satisfy's one and only genius. Pon always had a high position in every game he played, but that had been the first time he felt shabby in front of a user.

And now.

"Grid… You…! You!"

Pon felt his third thrill as he saw the detailed information of the unique rated Gale Spear. He regained the confidence that had been lost. With Grid, it felt possible to cross the wall of Kraugel, who could never be overcome with the Tzedakah Guild's strength.

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