Overgeared

Chapter 13

I only had 3 gold and 11 silver. I had to make items and sell them to people in order to earn enough to use the carriage. Once I saved up enough money, I could buy some blue orichalcum ore and make ‘Failure.’ However, saving money was as hard as plucking the stars from the night skies.

“Eh?”

The moment I set foot in the smithy,

[The effect of mastering ‘Blacksmith’s Craftsmanship Skill’ is activated. Blacksmith NPCs with craftsmanship skill beyond the intermediate level will treat you in a friendly manner.

[’Pagma’s Descendant’ class effect is activated. Blacksmith NPCs with advanced level craftsmanship skills will recognize and worship you.]

This was a hidden feature? It meant I could readily obtain the desired production methods from blacksmiths.

“Wow.”

The Pagma’s Descendant class, the most I experienced it, the more I liked it. At first, I disliked it because it was a production class. However, it truly was a legendary class. I joyfully entered the smithy and found a blacksmith sweating in front of a hearth.

“I want to make and sell the most profitable item with the greatest demand. What is that item? Please give me a recommendation.”

I smiled brightly.

‘I am Pagma’s Descendant, someone who has mastered the Blacksmith’s Craftsmanship Skill. Feel appreciation towards me, worship me, and hand over the appropriate crafting method!’

But the next development went against my expectations. Instead of the worshipping, the blacksmith gazed at me with cold eyes.

“Bah, a kid wants to talk about this subject. I don’t want to talk to a rude and incompetent person like you, so get out.”

“……?”

This was an ordinary NPC’s attitude towards level 1 users.

‘He didn’t recognize me?’

An intermediate or advanced blacksmith would instantly recognize me, but the blacksmith here didn’t know me. It meant that he was a low level blacksmith who hadn’t even reached the intermediate level.

‘Ah, you. I met a lousy person.’

I wanted to go to another blacksmith, but this was the only smithy in the village. I expected this to be easy due to the notification window, but it was in vain.

‘I forgot how unlucky I was. Dammit.’

It couldn’t be helped. I hurriedly changed my attitude and respectfully spoke to the blacksmith, “You were so passionate about your work that I was afraid to disturb your concentration. Therefore, I wanted to quickly get to the point. Did I sound rude? If so, please forgive me.”

“Huh, I see. You have learned strange manners.”

The blacksmith looked at me with interest. I stood as politely as possible, like a man engaged in a service job.

“I am Grid. I would like to learn how to make items.”

how to make items? A child like you should start from firewood. No, not even. If you sincerely want to learn how to make items from

expected from a lowly

say something

“No?”

depend on in this village was a lowly blacksmith. If I was kicked out from here without learning how to make items,

How much do

an old axe and said, “As much as you

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

given you an errand to chop firewood. If you can finish this task

Conditions: 500

Smith

Affinity with

it’s a normal quest

quests, so receiving a normal quest

experience until my next level up… If I complete this quest, my experience bar

or -1. The amount of experience needed for minus levels seemed to be 20 points. In other words, at the minus level, I could raise my level just by doing

I need to escape from

thought positive thoughts and headed to the backyard with the axe. After checking the trees piled up on one side, I looked at the axe

the tree… He might be angry if

decided to use the ‘Legendary Blacksmith’s Appraisal’ skill on

“Appraisal.”

appraises items with an excellent discerning eye. If a

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

Attack

was well made and is very old, but still cuts

Weight: 40

[No hidden functions exist.]

than disappointment, that the

that make up Smith’s Old Axe, the production method, and the intentions

now at 100%. You can use Smith’s

learned how

his passive skill, he perfectly understood the item

got 100% understanding

reach the maximum understanding just by using Appraisal on them. Indeed, it would be funny if a

understanding is useful. The advantage is that

a skill that played a role in reducing the penalty. Smith’s Old Axe was an item that didn’t have a usage penalty, so there were no

inspiration, but I placed the axe to one side and set up a log. I thought about spitting into my hands and rubbing them together, like the old man in

for physical power when chopping firewood. I just need

was simply knowledge that couldn’t be applied. However, there was no need to worry. Couldn’t I just cut the piece of wood like I would cut a monster with my

using swordsmanship on a

axe I had put aside. The moment I was about to chop the log… A solid black line

“What is this?”

it for a moment before putting the axe down, watching the black line disappear like it was a lie. I picked up the axe again. The black line soon reappeared. It felt like