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.”

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

from

you say something

“No?”

one feeling regret now. 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

firewood. How

old axe

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

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

500

Reward: Affinity with Smith +10,

Affinity with Smith

it’s a normal quest window this

S-grade or SS-grade quests, so receiving a normal quest

up… If I complete

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

I need to

on one side, I looked at the axe in

hitting the tree… He might

the ‘Legendary Blacksmith’s Appraisal’ skill on the

“Appraisal.”

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

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

6/6 Attack

has used since he was young. It was well made and is very old,

Weight: 40

[No hidden functions exist.]

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

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

Axe is now at 100%. You can

learned how to make

his passive skill, he perfectly understood the item and new

100% understanding straight

using Appraisal on them. Indeed, it would be funny if a

so I don’t think an increased understanding is useful. The advantage is that

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

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

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 I just cut

like using swordsmanship on a

to chop the log… A solid black line was drawn near

“What is this?”

line disappear like it was a lie. I picked up the