Chapter 119 My Little Son (1)
Joong-sik I left in the dwarf workshop.
As soon as he met Jae-young, he started crying.
“So... you keep comparing yourself to other dwarves and rolling them until you're on the same level as them, right?”
“Yes..... Whip... It's so scary here...”
A brutal, wild workshop where you have to compete with other young apprentice Dwarves. In this place, Jung-sik, a human being, was an uncontrollable sluggish child himself.
“So... the other dwarves have already passed dagger making and moved on to the next step, but you're still in the same place...?”
“Yes... but I don't know when I'll be able to get over it.”
A hardcore curriculum that is too difficult for a Chinese who does not have the natural dexterity of a dwarf to digest. Hearing his self-deprecating gloomy words, Jae-young picked up the dagger Jung-sik had just completed and checked its performance.
[Beginner's Dagger - Rare]
A masterpiece crafted with great care by an impeccable skilled blacksmith. It is a dagger that boasts excellent performance that beginners are afraid to give up.
-Attack power: 80~100
-Durability: 500/500
-Shows the weakness of monsters of similar level.
“This....?”
A beginner's dagger that was originally a normal level item. However, what Jungshik created was a rare item beyond magic. And an item with outstanding abilities that cannot even be compared with its original performance. Seeing this, Jaeyoung muttered as he looked at Jungshik with disbelief in his eyes.
“It's a beginner's item with no level limit, but this level of performance...?”
“Wow... what is this, Jaeyoung? I'm serious?”
Jaekyun, with a curious face, also made a fuss with a shocked face after checking the item's performance.
“Isn’t this enough for level 20 level magic items to be able to rub? No, rather than that, it is the ability of ‘Sharp Eye’, a skill exclusive to the archers’ job, to indicate their weakness!”
Joong-shik's work that has an additional ability that shows the same effect as the archers' exclusive skill, Sharp Eyes. Seeing this, Jaeyoung and Jaegyun were surprised, but their expressions were not like lunch.
“no. The Dwarves aren't satisfied with this. They said that you have to reach the minimum rare level to move on to the next level.”
“what....? rare....?”
The evaluation criteria of the dwarves that require the level next to rare. The fact that Jung-shik, who hit the wall because he couldn't jump over it, still couldn't move on to the next level even after making such an amazing item, Jae-young was able to realize once again how excellent the dwarves are with their dexterity.
“However, no matter how much I make it, it doesn’t come out as rare. Even if you ask the dwarves, they're just saying strange things called persimmons. Now nobody helps me!”
It's been a long time since the fellow dwarves who entered the studio together started ignoring him as he fell behind without being able to cross the wall. In addition, the senior dwarves in charge of evaluation and supervision seemed to have completely abandoned their expectations for lunch.
“Kkeuh.... After all, you have to teach humans that's why...”
“Ugh, I'm taking him because of the chief's request, but it's a nuisance anyway. No, why not?”
Jung-sik, the only human in the dwarves' studio, is taught. This in itself was a great privilege and opportunity, but unlike his peers who were growing day by day, the fact that he could not get out of the basic stage by himself and was falling behind was bothering him every day.
“I don’t know anymore... I think I was wrong about dreaming of becoming a blacksmith.”
Zhongsik created a masterpiece that would be astonishing to other blacksmiths. Even though it was a beginner dagger, making it a rare item was a talent in itself, but that talent was not recognized among geniuses with natural dexterity called dwarves.
“Ho.... It's not bad for something made by humans.”
Tan was looking around for a dagger. He groaned as if he was surprised.
“Look, I told you. Are you saying that if you raise it well, you'll be useful?”
“I see... The dagger has a lot of tenacity. The amount seems infinitely insufficient.”
“Maybe it’s because the production time is too short? It takes a long time to completely dissolve your tenacity.”
“Yeah... well... but it's crude for something made using Vulcanus' divine instrument.”
Tan and L are talking to each other with the dagger Jungshik made. Jaeyoung, who was listening to the two of them carefully, said to Jungshik with a strange expression.
“Jungshik, can you show me that hammer again?”
“This one....?”
“Yeah, just a moment.”
Jung-sik raised the performance of the item through information sharing while showing a puzzled expression at Jae-young's words. Jaeyoung began to carefully examine the abilities of his hammer once again.
[Vulcan's Hammer - Myth]
Vulcan's hammer with fire, iron, and the power of a blacksmith. It has lost most of its power, and only a small part of its divinity remains.
-Equipment restrictions: Those recognized by Vulcan
-Attack power: 10~15
-Durability: Infinite
-Required when using equipment crafting skill
-Completely immune to fire properties
-HP consumption rate -99% when crafting equipment
-Effort and devotion to production This is fully covered.
- 2x increase
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skill required There was nothing different from what he had seen before, but through the story of Tan and L, Jaeyoung was able to understand the exact meaning of the additional effect attached to the hammer.
- The effort and sincerity put into the product are fully contained.
“Yeah... that's what it meant.”
The story that L said while watching lunch in the past. By substituting it, Jaeyoung was able to figure out at once what Jungshik was doing wrong.
“Jungsik, what did you think while making this dagger?”
“yes....? What were you thinking?”
Joong-sik asks Jae-young's question back with an absurd expression. However, Jaeyoung asked with a serious face more than ever.
“Think carefully about what you were thinking while making this dagger.”
At those words, he frowned as if looking back at his memories. And he began to whimper and talk about how he felt at the time.
“Let’s work really hard on making this dagger. If you make it with all your heart, will you pass this time? But what if I can't make a rare rating this time? The senior dwarves are so scary... What do you think about this...?”
The production process is filled with all sorts of distractions. Jaeyoung, who heard the story, nodded and ordered a lunch.
“Make it again. However, this time, do not mix any idle thoughts, and put your soul into the dagger with only the thought of making the best work. Don't be bound by time, and spend as much time as you'd be happy with, whether it's a day, a week, or a month.”
“yes....?”
Chinese food asked with a surprised face. And then he mumbled with a puzzled expression.
“But if you make it too slow, the senior dwarves will scold you... Speed is also a skill...” ”
No, I'll tell you that separately. No one will disturb you, so don’t feel any pressure and just focus on producing.”
“.....”
Joong-sik kept his mouth shut when Jae-young said he would take care of it. Judging from the gloomy expression on his face, he seemed to feel skeptical about what might be different. Looking at the lunch, Jaeyoung said in a low voice.
“Whoever said that a good blacksmith is not one who has skill, talent, and artistic inspiration to put his or her soul into it.”
“...?”
“More important than that is the tenacity and tenacity to never give up on hitting iron with a heavy hammer while enduring the scorching fire and the suffocating heat. With that indomitable will and belief, a true blacksmith is one who burns his soul through millions... no, tens of millions of hammer strikes, and eventually creates the desired weapon.”
“uh? I don't think I've ever heard of this...?”
“That’s what you said last time, damn chicken wings. Do you have dementia?”
Jaeyoung tells Joongshik exactly what L said. At his words, Jungshik had an expression on his face as if he was pondering something. He seems to be getting some realization. Jaeyoung smiled at him and said.
“Think of the days when you were held as slaves in the mines. Didn't you overcome without giving up even in a hellish situation that was much more terrible and with no future in sight? I believe you can.”
i trust you
Did that word give a strong stimulus to the heart of the jungsik?
Jung-sik, who had a dazed expression as if shocked by Jae-young's words, said with a bright smile that he had never shown before.
“Dex hyung... Thank you so much.”
Chinese food, which has only seen the spicy taste of game life, rolling here and there in the game. He spoke sincerely to Jaeyoung, who generously helped him.
“I will try again.”
And then, once again, the Chinese with the hammer. His eyes were full of unshakable steadfastness more than ever.
Roaring.
A blast that burns hot. Taking out the red-hot iron ore from the inside, Jung-sik started pounding the hammer once again.
Caang. Caang.
The heat emanating from the blast furnace over thousands of degrees. The heat was so hot that it took one's breath away, but Jung-sik's hammering did not stop. Just silently hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of times. It was just hitting the same iron. with everything he had.
* * *
“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... how long are you going to stay here?”
It's been a month since I entered the Dwarf Village. Tan yawned as if bored and asked, but Jaeyoung said calmly.
“Until that hammering sound is over.”
caang caang.
For over a month, Joong-shik has been hammering hard, devoting his entire time to making a single dagger. It was to the point where I was worried that he would get bored and go crazy, but except for the time when he really disconnected, he focused his whole mind on hitting the hammer the entire time he played in the game.
“Ugh.... I wonder what the hell he's trying to make for so long...”
Tan grunted at that. However, Jaeyoung had no choice but to admit what L had said before.
A dog breed with terrible persistence and tenacity.
A simple, repetitive, boring task that would surely make a normal person lose interest as well as concentration long ago. However, Joong-sik, who watched from beginning to end, was immersed in the production without a single distraction.
“Is that unwillingness and spirit to be a talent...”
Jung-shik, who raised his mining skill to the 2nd rank and received Vulcan’s interest and favor. In the process, Jaeyoung did not intervene or help, and it was a feat he had built on his own. Of course, with Jaeyoung's help, I was able to come to this moment, but now I can admit that Jungsik has a talent with a completely different meaning than him.
“Yes? Of course, right now, he is just an insignificant apprentice blacksmith with no special skills, technique, or artistic sense other than that talent...”
L responded to Jaeyoung's words with sparkling eyes. Her face was full of strange anticipation and interest at the fact that a human worthy of attention had appeared after a long time.
“You never know. If you grow up to the level of being recognized as a craftsman between humans and dwarves, if you have the skills and experience that match that great talent, you might be born again...” A legendary blacksmith who appears very occasionally from the distant past
. The birth of a blacksmith of God who, while still human, dares to create weapons containing the transcendent divinity of God on this earth.
and that moment. The hammering sound resonating in the workshop stopped.
“I did it!”
And with the joy and joy that followed, the production of the dagger, which had been going on for a month, was over.
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