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.”

No, not even. 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

expected from

you say something

“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

firewood. How much

me an old axe and said, “As

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

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

500

Affinity with Smith +10, experience +10,

Affinity with

a normal quest window

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

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

for minus levels seemed to be 20 points.

need to escape from the

thoughts and headed to the backyard 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 old axe be used to

worried that the axe will be shattered upon hitting the tree… He

decided to use the ‘Legendary Blacksmith’s Appraisal’ skill

“Appraisal.”

eye. If a

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

6/6 Attack

young. It was well made and is very old, but still cuts well. The durability is weak so there is a danger that

Weight: 40

[No hidden functions exist.]

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

Old Axe, the production method, and

is now at 100%.

how to

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

got 100% understanding

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

think an increased understanding is useful. The advantage is that the axe production method

of an item was just a skill that played a role in reducing the

one side and set up a log. I thought about spitting into my hands and rubbing them together, like the old man in

is no need for physical power when chopping firewood. I just need to go along the

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

using swordsmanship on a

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

“What is this?”

lie. I picked up the axe again.