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.”

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

from a lowly

Did you say something just

“No?”

out from here without learning how to make items, I would have to save money

the firewood. How much do I

gave me an old axe and

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

can finish this task well, Smith will look upon you in a

500

Affinity with Smith +10, experience +10,

Affinity

it’s a normal

SS-grade quests, so receiving

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

needed 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 raise my level just by doing

I need to escape

I looked at the

hitting the tree… He might be angry if I break his axe, so I

decided to use the ‘Legendary Blacksmith’s

“Appraisal.”

blacksmith who becomes a legend that appraises items with an excellent discerning eye. If a hidden feature exists in the target item, it

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

6/6 Attack

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

Weight: 40

[No hidden functions exist.]

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

that make up Smith’s Old Axe,

at 100%. You can use Smith’s Old Axe

learned how to make an

he perfectly understood the item

100%

them. Indeed, it would

of use, so I don’t think an increased understanding is useful. The advantage is that the axe production method

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,

much inspiration, but I placed the axe to one side and set up a log. I thought about spitting

when chopping firewood. I just need to go along

by following the grain. It was simply knowledge that couldn’t be

is like using swordsmanship on

moment I was about to chop the log… A solid black

“What is this?”

black line disappear like it was a lie. I