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.”

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

from

Did you say

“No?”

this village was a lowly blacksmith. If I was kicked out from here without learning how to make items, I

firewood. How much

gave me an old axe and said,

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

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

500 pieces of

Smith +10, experience +10, 20

Affinity with Smith

a normal quest window this

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

I complete this quest,

was no change in the amount of experience needed to level up from -3 or -1. The amount of experience needed for minus levels seemed to be 20

to escape from the minus

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

tree… He might be angry if I break his

Blacksmith’s Appraisal’ skill on

“Appraisal.”

that appraises items with an excellent discerning eye. If

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

Attack Power:

made and is very old, but still cuts well. The durability is weak so there is a

Weight: 40

[No hidden functions exist.]

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

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

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

how to make an

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

got 100% understanding straight

understanding just by using Appraisal on them. Indeed, it would be funny if a legendary blacksmith looked at a normal axe and couldn’t

think an increased understanding is useful. The

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,

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

power when chopping firewood. I just need to go

It was simply knowledge that couldn’t be applied. However, there was no need to worry. Couldn’t I just cut the piece of wood like I

like using swordsmanship

had put aside. The moment I was about to chop the

“What is this?”

putting the axe down, watching the black line disappear like it was a lie. I picked up the axe again. The black line soon reappeared. It felt like the