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.”

“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 to learn how to make items from me, you should

expected from a lowly

Did you say something just

“No?”

I was kicked out from here without

firewood. How much do

me an old axe and said, “As

[Chop Firewood]

Difficulty: E

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

500

Affinity with Smith

Affinity with Smith

it’s a normal quest window this

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

I complete this quest, my experience bar will fill up by

-1. The amount of experience needed for minus levels seemed to be 20 points.

need to escape from the minus

the backyard with the axe. After checking the trees piled up on one side, I looked at

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

‘Legendary Blacksmith’s Appraisal’ skill on the

“Appraisal.”

items with an excellent discerning eye. If a

[Smith’s Old Axe]

Rating: Normal

6/6 Attack

It was well made and is very old, but still cuts

Weight: 40

[No hidden functions exist.]

that the item didn’t have a hidden function. I had gone through so

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

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

have learned how

to his passive skill, he perfectly understood the

100% understanding

could reach the maximum understanding just by using Appraisal on them. Indeed, it would be funny if a legendary blacksmith looked at a normal axe

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

‘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 production

log. I thought about spitting into my hands and rubbing them together, like the old

power when chopping firewood. I just need to

was knowledge I picked up from somewhere, but I 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 the piece of wood like I would cut a

using swordsmanship on a

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

“What is this?”

for a moment before 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 axe was telling me to hit the