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!”

for laborers, but I wasn’t hired due to the continuous

will regret not seeing

older men in the workforce were hindering me. It seemed that

think I want to work part-time like other young

was enough to make me angry, like seeing a barking dog. However, my opponents were adults. So,

chief, who had been reading his newspaper on his desk, looked

I came here looking for a job, I’d gone home three times in vain. The chief was

experience is needed. I will pay

I didn’t move. Of course, there was a reason for

forget how awful it

cable

cable, so it was a very 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

was an oasis

the nightmare from last winter. The other men present looked into the distance, whistled or went out to

asked again with an awkward

towards me. “This

very active and has amazing

lot of electrical cable pulling? An expert,

‘These insane humans!’

at them to stop, but the other men continued to recommend me. Then the person offering the job pointed

glanced towards the chief, but he just smiled.

there was a spot?

Ddiririring ~ ddiririring~

“……”

default S Corporation’s ringtone was heard from the phone at my ear. In the end, the other workers there laughed until tears emerged from their eyes. The

a call at this exact timing? Then I belatedly saw the caller ID

Shin Youngwoo,

“…Already?”

forgotten, does that mean there

I will have the amount

Debt… no, Customer. Have a happy day.

The call ended.

“This damn…”

hard to pay off the

me… Will you really pay 110,000

“Yes!”

“Is it really true?”

go hungry when working

eventually left towards hell. That

stammered when she saw my exhausted self return home.

wasn’t even milk…! What type of people would give cream

anything after that. It was because I fell

* * *

My body was

“Ugh!”

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 might

“Ack~! I’m going.”

to make money to pay the fee for the game in a week. As I put on my shoes without washing