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.”

think anyone can learn 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 me,

expected from a

Did you say something just

“No?”

only person I could depend on in this village was a lowly blacksmith. If I was kicked out from here without learning how to make items, I would have to save money while doing restaurant chores or working

the firewood. How

axe and said, “As much

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

finish this task well, Smith will look upon

500

Reward: Affinity with Smith

Affinity with

a normal quest window

quests, so receiving a normal quest felt like my mind was

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

amount of experience needed for minus levels seemed to

of all, I need to escape

with the axe. After checking the trees piled up on one side, I looked at the axe in my hand. It was an old axe. Could this

I’m worried that the axe will be shattered upon hitting the tree… He might be angry if I break his

Blacksmith’s Appraisal’ skill on

“Appraisal.”

a legend that appraises items with an excellent discerning eye. If a hidden feature exists in the target

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

Attack Power:

that the blacksmith Smith has used since he was young. It was well made and is very old, but still cuts well. The durability is weak so there is a danger

Weight: 40

[No hidden functions exist.]

fact that it was very old. I felt relief, rather than disappointment, that the item didn’t have a hidden function.

have grasped the materials that make up Smith’s Old Axe, the

is now at 100%.

learned how to make

understood

100%

with low ratings could reach the maximum understanding just by using Appraisal on them. Indeed, it would be funny if a legendary blacksmith looked

use, so I don’t think an increased understanding is useful. The

just 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 advantages to the 100% understanding, except for the addition of

log. I thought about spitting into my

no need for physical power when chopping firewood. I just need

somewhere, but I didn’t know exactly what it meant by following the grain. It was simply knowledge that couldn’t be applied. However, there was no need to worry. Couldn’t

is like using

to chop the log… A solid black line

“What is this?”

was a lie. I picked up the axe again. The black line soon reappeared. It felt