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.”

If you sincerely want to learn how to make items from me, you should go to the backyard and obtain firewood. You should be thankful that I am

from

say

“No?”

out from here without learning how to make items, I would have to save money while doing restaurant chores or working in the fields until I gathered enough for the

firewood. How much

gave me an old axe and said, “As much as

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

If you can finish this task well, Smith will look upon you in a more favorable

500 pieces

with Smith

Affinity

a normal

SS-grade quests,

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

-3 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 these

of all, I need to escape from

piled up on one side, I looked at the axe in my hand. It was

will be shattered upon hitting the tree… He might be

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

“Appraisal.”

excellent discerning eye.

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

Attack

axe 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

Weight: 40

[No hidden functions exist.]

axe, save for the fact that it was very old. I felt relief, rather than disappointment, that

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

Smith’s Old Axe is now at 100%. You can use

learned how to

passive skill, he perfectly understood the item and new notification windows popped

got 100% understanding

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

don’t think an increased understanding is useful.

I didn’t meet the conditions of. The ‘understanding’ of an item was just a skill that played a role in reducing the penalty. Smith’s Old

inspiration, but I placed the axe to one side and set up a log. I thought about spitting into

need for physical power when chopping firewood. I just need to go along

meant by following the grain. It was simply knowledge that couldn’t be applied. However, there was no need to worry.

is like using swordsmanship on

up the axe I had put aside. The moment I was about to

“What is this?”

down, watching the black line disappear like it was a lie. I picked up the