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.”

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

from

say something just

“No?”

The 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

chop the firewood. How much

me an old axe and said, “As much

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

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

500 pieces of

Reward: Affinity with Smith +10,

Affinity with Smith

it’s a normal quest

starting Ashur’s quest, I only received S-grade or SS-grade quests, so receiving a normal quest felt like my

next level up… If I complete this

to level up from -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

to escape from

the axe. After checking the trees piled up on one side, I

be shattered upon hitting the tree… He might

the ‘Legendary Blacksmith’s Appraisal’ skill

“Appraisal.”

an excellent discerning eye. If a hidden feature exists in

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

6/6 Attack

well made and is very

Weight: 40

[No hidden functions exist.]

fact that it was very old. I felt relief, rather than disappointment, that the item

Old Axe, the production method, and the intentions of

at 100%.

have learned how to

understood the item and

got 100% understanding

them. Indeed, it would be funny if a legendary blacksmith looked at a

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

would occur if I equipped an item that 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 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 the

to one side and set up a log. I thought about spitting into my hands and rubbing them together,

when chopping firewood. I just

from somewhere, but I didn’t know exactly what it meant by following the grain. It was simply knowledge that couldn’t be

like using swordsmanship on a

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

“What is this?”

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