Overgeared

Chapter 20

There was an uproar in Satisfy.

Famous guilds were in motion to find the mysterious blacksmith. In various media and the Internet, the epic-rated arrows appeared as a hot issue. Who was the craftsman with great skills and potential but lacking experience and reputation?

Many people were searching for the blacksmith’s whereabouts.

‘It is a harder path than others. I always did my best. Nonetheless, there is a better blacksmith than me?’

Panmir had only experienced making an epic-rated item twice. He had the title of the first epic-rated item maker. However, there was no mention of ‘craftsman’ in his epic item description. Who was the person given the title of craftsman, which wasn’t even allowed for the number one ranking blacksmith?

Ttang! Ttang!

Panmir was spurred by a sense of competitiveness towards the unknown blacksmith.

Meanwhile, Shin Youngwoo, the person who was receiving everyone’s attention, was eating cup noodles at a convenience store before going to work.

“What a jerk, charging 1,000 won for a cup of noodles? Does he want people like me to starve to death? Sigh, people really can’t live without acting dirty.”

I grumbled as I ate.

* * *

5.30 a.m.

It might be Sunday, but the office of labor was always busy. The days when students came on a daily basis to find work had disappeared. These days, young people turned away from labor jobs! Foreign workers had long taken over, making the future of South Korea seem bleak.

‘I have a headache.’

I still hadn’t adapted to the smell of cigarettes and alcohol early in the morning.

‘I want to finish the work quickly so I can go home and rest.’

As I sat there, a young man in a construction worker’s uniform cried out.

“Looking for four workers for the Shinwoo Building’s construction site!”

Construction site workers did things like clean, move bricks and wood, and shovel sand. The physical labor was harsh, and I would eat a lot of dirt, but I had done it often. Therefore, I didn’t hesitate to raise my hand.

“Here! Over here… cough!”

An alcohol drinker or heavy smoker punched me in the belly! I was pushed into a corner and missed the chance to be employed by the construction site.

“Those guys are heartless! You should send the pitiful young people first!”

While I was complaining with irritation, a middle-aged man in a short-sleeved shirt spoke, “I need three tilers with strength. You should have experience.”

A tiles assistant would follow the main tiler and assist in the transfer of materials such as tiles, cement, and sand. It was annoying to carry the tiles if I met a bad tiler and I had to be careful not to break the tiles, but it was decent work.

I raised my hand. “Here! I have carried tiles more than 10 times… Ugh!”

I was once again pushed back into a corner by the older men and lost the chance to be hired because there were three people more experienced than me.

“Anyone else?”

“Here! I do… Ack!”

several companies looking for laborers, but I wasn’t hired due to the

will regret not seeing

It seemed that they didn’t

like it? Don’t you think I want to work part-time like other young people? I’m making a living just like you! Let me get something as

like seeing a barking dog. However, my opponents were adults. So, I couldn’t say anything

his newspaper on

around his early 30s? He was a person who inherited this office from his father. For every 10 times I came here looking

needed. I will

won more than the usual pay. However, I didn’t move. Of course, there was a

forget how awful it

cable pulling

simple task. However, it consumed a tremendous amount of stamina. I couldn’t let the cable hit my wrist. Moreover, the cables were very

would get blisters on my hands even while wearing gloves, and I would suffer from muscle aches for at least two

was an oasis in

winter. The other men present looked into

one?” The man asked again with an awkward

middle-aged men pointed towards me.

active and

he done a lot of electrical cable pulling?

‘These insane humans!’

me. Then the person offering the job pointed to

today I would enter hell. I glanced towards the chief, but he just smiled. In the end, I raise my

Ah, there

Ddiririring ~ ddiririring~

“……”

ringtone was heard from the phone at my ear. In the end, the other workers there laughed until tears emerged from their eyes. The employer also laughed.

call me this early in the morning? Moreover, I barely ever received phone calls. So, how did I receive a call at this exact timing? Then I belatedly saw the caller ID and hurriedly picked

Services. Customer Shin Youngwoo, you do know that the deadline is

“…Already?”

have forgotten, does that mean there

I understand. I will have

happy day. Mother’s Heart is Happy

The call ended.

“This damn…”

and ignored reality, forgetting that I was a debtor. I had to work hard to pay off the interest. It would be

Will you really pay 110,000

“Yes!”

“Is it really true?”

go hungry when

towards

my exhausted self return

even milk…! What type of

remember anything after that. It was because I fell

* * *

crushed by steel. My body was throbbing all over, and

“Ugh!”

serious. It was late when I took into consideration the distance between my house and the labor office. I hurried to change into my work clothes while worrying about getting a good job. If I arrived late, then something like yesterday

“Ack~! I’m going.”

in my hands. I needed to make money to pay the fee for the game in