Chapter 5
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 5
Chapter Title: EX-Grade Blacksmith Tutorial (2)
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What do I need to do first to become a blacksmith? ㅜ
I read the tips post thoroughly, but what should I do first to blacksmith?
Everyone's just saying blacksmithing is OP, you gotta do it, but no one explains how ㅠㅠ
Ao, pingf bastard
Sorry ㅜㅜ
Wow, what a total asshole lololol
Not even human...
Lmaoooooooo nick change takes 6 months tho
For real???
Lmaoooooooooooooo
Just head straight to the forge. They're weirdly tight-knit and teach you everything lol
Oh... Closest one's by Suwon Station, so I can just go in the morning?
Yeah yeah that's it
To start blacksmithing, you obviously have to go to a forge.
Of course, that's only for the pseudo-blacksmiths.
"Leeeet's gooooooo!!!!!"
Successfully crafted 『Staff (D)』!
First equipment crafted successfully! [Inventory] function unlocked.
"Ooooh!!!"
I'd actually crafted a staff.
Even though it's random probability, even the equipment type itself seems random.
"They ain't gonna release the probability table?!"
I suspected probability manipulation, but since I got the rarest mage weapon among equipment types, I decided to quietly savor the honey for now.
I pressed a few more times wondering if any tickets were left, but there was no response, so I went back to the main screen.
'Proceed by selecting [Attribute Imbuing].'
The tutorial continued right away.
The screen flipped with another crude transition effect.
[Attribute Imbuing]
'Click an empty slot to place your owned equipment, then proceed with attribute imbuing.'
'First-time attribute imbuing bonus! You can select the attribute to imbue definitively.'
The only equipment I could put in was, of course, the D-grade staff I'd just made.
I tried various things wondering if I could skip the attribute imbuing tutorial since it felt like a letdown, but the screen stayed fixed and wouldn't proceed.
In the end, I had no choice but to put the D-grade staff in and press [Attribute Imbuing].
[Available Attributes List]
Fire ☐
Water ☐
Earth ☐
Wind ☐
Electricity ☐
...
Light ☑
Darkness ☐
From the moment I heard the voice saying attribute imbuing was possible, I'd set my heart on Light attribute, so I checked it.
Sorry to Yena, but in a situation where I could definitively choose the attribute, Wind had to take a back seat.
Absolutely the rarest Light or Darkness.
I hesitated to choose Darkness because the guild that freaks out just seeing black magic came to mind, so I had no choice but Light.
Successfully imbued 『Staff (D)』 with Light attribute!
Acquired 『Light Staff (D)』!
"Whoa..."
Why do they make you do a year-long tutorial just to join the guild?
Just click! And poof! A D-grade Light Staff appears at the forge?
I'd obtained a genuine D-grade Light Staff!
D-grade is a rank that pseudo-blacksmiths mass-produce, so you might dismiss it, but what mattered wasn't the grade—it was the equipment type.
[Why the Saintess is thrilled about getting a mere E-grade piece of equipment]
To be precise, it's an E-grade Light-attribute staff.
Staves themselves barely drop at all.
We're talking so rare that even accounting for the low demand from mages, supply can't keep up.
That explains it, I think.
Plus Light attribute <<< Along with Darkness, it's never appeared even once.
Darkness might be hidden by guilds specializing in dark magic since info's scarce, but Light is definitely the first.
Even an E-grade weapon bumps skill efficiency up a whole grade, so that says it all.
The Saintess was already mixing it up with S-grades without a weapon thanks to her wide-area heals and buffs, but now I'm certain she'll shine even brighter.
Damn;; Nerf the Saintess pls;;
You know this ain't a game, right?
Guild competition's gotten so fierce lately, but think back 5 years—anyone getting stronger benefits all humanity.
That amazing staff looks just like the one my grandpa uses. Wait, is my grandpa the Saintess?
Lmaooooooooo if it's grandpa he's a saint, nah the pope lol
E-grade does look pretty plain lol
"Whoa, damn..."
The moment I got the D-grade Light Staff, I wanted to brag right away, so I checked the community and found this post.
The Saintess finally got a Light-attribute staff.
I wondered if crafting my D-grade Light Staff had broadcast like some game world message, but fortunately it was just coincidence.
"Pfft... E-grade?"
Once my shock settled, my inner boaster instinct naturally started to awaken.
The whole world was going nuts over an E-grade, and the Holy Kingdom was registering it as a holy relic...
And I'd casually clicked out a perfect superior D-grade Light Staff.
"Posting about it now would be a disaster, huh...?"
Seems best to keep the Light Staff under wraps for a while.
Of course it'd be great to sell it to the Saintess, but that'd expose me to the world way too fast.
I suppressed my urge to boast and closed Hunter Gallery.
"Whew... Let's just finish the tutorial."
Bragging before I even fully understood my abilities was premature.
I picked up my phone again and continued the tutorial.
The next tutorial was the last one remaining: [Equipment Repair].
I wondered how it'd work without any equipment to repair, but I didn't need to worry about that.
'Providing damaged equipment for the Equipment Repair tutorial.'
[Damaged Iron Sword]
Before I knew it, a damaged iron sword was already placed on the anvil icon in the center of the screen.
🔨[Repair]
I touched the blatantly obvious spot, and the screen flashed as the repair proceeded immediately.
Repair successful!
Acquired 『Rusty Iron Sword (E)』!
"Mm~..."
Maybe because I'd gotten the D-grade Light Staff, the E-grade Rusty Iron Sword didn't excite me much.
'This concludes the tutorial. Tutorials will update alongside new functions.'
'Tutorials can be replayed anytime if desired.'
All tutorials ended with a friendly guide.
I went back to the main screen from the [Equipment Repair] screen wondering what to do next, and messages that hadn't appeared during the tutorial popped up one after another in the center.
First equipment craft success! [Equipment Storage] unlocked.
First attribute imbuing success! [Equipment Appraisal] unlocked.
First equipment repair success! [Equipment Codex] unlocked.
Main tutorial complete! Equipment crafting tickets can now be acquired!
"Whoa, damn, why so many?!"
The messages filled the screen all at once.
Fortunately I read them all, but one read-through wasn't enough to fully grasp everything.
I considered scrolling back down to review the tutorials, but it didn't seem necessary.
"Just poke around one by one?"
[Equipment Crafting]
[Attribute Imbuing]
[Equipment Repair]
Below the original three functions.
In the spot where hidden functions had been locked with padlock icons and question marks.
[Equipment Storage] NEW!
[Equipment Appraisal] NEW!
[Equipment Codex] NEW!
The new functions twinkled as if begging to be checked out.
Honestly, even during the tutorials, I'd thought I could probably figure them out without guidance.
The function names were so intuitive that it was obvious what they did.
I started from the top with [Equipment Storage].
A ton of square boxes popped up, with the staff in the first slot and the iron sword in the second.
Squeeze—
Withdraw 『Light Staff (D)』?
I was dying to know how withdrawing worked, so I immediately hit withdraw.
Plop—
"Oh!"
And there it was, a staff materializing right in front of me on the bed.
"Whoa... Look at that shine..."
My D-grade staff didn't look particularly special at a glance, but since it was a higher grade than the E-grade recognized as a holy relic, it felt incredibly premium.
'To put it back...'
"Oh."
I wondered how to store it again, and the staff vanished from my hand, returning to the inventory on screen.
After confirming it was stored properly and seeing no other features in [Equipment Storage], I returned to the main screen.
'Next...'
The second new one: [Equipment Appraisal]
This one was easy to guess too.
Left side had an empty slot for items next to a 🔍️ icon, right side showed my owned equipment.
Obviously, the equipment I'd appraise was 『Light Staff (D)』.
Put the equipment in and hit the 🔍️ icon, and a blue window appeared in the center of the screen.
It was like the equipment's status window.
📛 Name:Staff
🏷️ Grade:D
✨ Attribute:Light
⚡ Effects:
- - When equipped by a Light-affinity Awakener, Magic Power stat rises 2 stages.
- - Light-affinity skill efficiency increases by 50%.
[Infused with the Blacksmith's touch, extraordinary power dwells within]
➕ Additional Effects:
- - When equipped by a Light-affinity Awakener, Intelligence stat rises 1 stage.
- - Upon receiving the Blacksmith's recognition, [Status Ailment Cure (D)] becomes available.
"Whoa..."
I'd become the chairman of the Status Window Certified Blacksmith Recognition Association.
To receive recognition from the Blacksmith Recognition Association, my 「Approval」 is absolutely necessary.