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.”

firewood. No, not even. If you sincerely want to learn how to make items from me, you should go to the

expected from a lowly

say something just

“No?”

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 in the fields until I gathered enough for

chop the firewood. How much do

an old axe and

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

errand to chop firewood. If you can finish this task well, Smith will look

500 pieces

Affinity with Smith +10,

Failure: Affinity with Smith

a normal quest

quests, so receiving a normal quest felt

20 experience until my next level up… If I complete this

of experience needed to level up from -3 or -1. The amount of experience needed for minus levels seemed to be 20 points. In

of all, I need to escape from the minus

side, I looked at the axe in my

that the axe will be shattered upon hitting the tree… He might be angry if I break his axe, so I

the ‘Legendary Blacksmith’s Appraisal’ skill on

“Appraisal.”

items with an excellent discerning eye. If a hidden feature exists in the target item, it will

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

Attack

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.]

it was very old. I felt relief, rather than disappointment, that the item didn’t have a hidden function. I had gone through so many incidents lately that

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

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

learned how to

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

100%

low ratings could reach the maximum understanding just by using Appraisal on them. Indeed,

are no conditions of use, so I don’t think an increased understanding is useful. The advantage is that the axe

The ‘understanding’ of an item was 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

log. I thought about spitting into my hands and rubbing them

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

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.

using swordsmanship on a

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

“What is this?”

like it was a lie. I picked up the axe again. The black