Chapter 75
Chrrrrrrrrr!
“Alright, first, I brought all the unique-grade and legendary-grade materials that existed in the workshop.”
“Wait, if you bring all of these, how are you going to keep the workshop running?”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. I already separated the materials needed for production.”
As soon as the work began, Sejin immediately raided the workshop’s storage.
After bringing every material except those needed for production, Sejin first examined Shin Hyuk’s armor.
“There’s not really anything I can do to this. You said it grows on its own once you feed it materials, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Then let’s start by stuffing it with unique-grade materials, and then slowly add legendary-grade materials.”
“Got it.”
Armor of Absorption.
An armor that started at normal grade and had now grown all the way to unique+ grade.
It was already a decent armor as it was, but Sejin seemed unsatisfied and began pouring in unique-grade materials.
Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch!
The mouth attached to the Armor of Absorption ruthlessly chewed and swallowed the materials.
In just over ten minutes, dozens of unique-grade materials disappeared.
“It won’t eat anymore.”
“Since it didn’t grow, I guess we need to feed it legendary-grade materials from now on.”
“Yeah. It wouldn’t make sense for it to become a legendary-grade item without consuming legendary-grade materials. Let’s start with Ten Thousand Refined Steel.”
However, the Armor of Absorption did not grow.
As if declaring that it would no longer eat unique-grade materials, the Armor of Absorption’s mouth snapped shut.
Then legendary-grade materials began to be inserted.
The first was Ten Thousand Refined Steel.
Among legendary-grade materials, it was one of the easier ones to obtain.
Most of these materials had been provided by China.
‘I’ll have to raid their side once later too.’
Like most steel-series materials, with skilled craftsmen and enough time, they could be produced somehow.
Especially since China had an abundance of craftsmen and materials, an entire city operated like a factory, mass-producing Ten Thousand Refined Steel.
Thanks to that, a large portion of the legendary-grade materials owned by the Myth Workshop consisted of Ten Thousand Refined Steel, so there was no concern about feeding it to the Armor of Absorption.
Crunch, crunch, crunch!
The Armor of Absorption began devouring again.
However, after eating three pieces of Ten Thousand Refined Steel, it refused to touch any more.
“It’s really picky.”
“Ten Thousand Refined Steel is probably the lowest quality among legendary-grade materials.”
“It’s fine. We still have better materials left.”
In the end, they had to use legendary-grade materials other than Ten Thousand Refined Steel.
After complaining that an armor had such a picky appetite, Sejin fed it another legendary-grade material.
Just like the legendary-grade Fire Crystal, the moment the Armor of Absorption consumed the legendary-grade material called Lightning-Struck Peach Tree Wood, a change finally occurred.
Shrrrrrrrrrk!
“Oh, now it actually looks like armor.”
“Its completion level has increased even further. The previous one was already incredible, but this is truly amazing. And the fact that it normally maintains an armor form but transforms into full armor when you infuse it with energy makes it even better.”
The Armor of Absorption had reached unique+ grade and transformed into a form that covered the entire body like full armor.
Now, it looked even more luxurious and refined.
Of course, performance was the most important thing, so Shin Hyuk and Sejin immediately checked the Armor of Absorption’s status window.
[Armor of Absorption]
- Legendary Grade
An item that once contained the power of a great demon and has recovered part of its former glory.
- All Stats +113
- Defense +1,666
- Unique Skill: Shock Absorption
- Unique Skill: Shock Release
- Unique Skill: Shock Devouring
- This item can grow.
“……That’s insane.”
“……It’s frustrating. Honestly, I’m not confident that I could make equipment this incredible.”
“You’ll make something like this someday. If it’s you, hyung, I’m sure you can. Besides, this seems like equipment related to a constellation, so it doesn’t count. It’s an exception.”
“Tch, still, I’m glad it turned out well.”
The Armor of Absorption had grown into the Armor of Devouring.
During that process, its defense increased by 1,000, and all stats increased by 41 more.
On top of that, it gained a new unique skill.
‘Shock Devouring. It devours impacts and converts them into defense and stats? The defense and stats were already high, but with this, it should be in the upper-middle range among legendary-grade equipment. I’m looking forward to seeing it grow into legendary+ grade.’
Shin Hyuk was also satisfied with the effect of the unique skill.
It supplemented the already high defense and stats.
Of course, the downside was that he had to receive attacks first, but that was something he could easily accept.
After all, the automatic defense system would block fatal attacks.
Shin Hyuk nodded with satisfaction before moving on.
“Then is it the bow and holy sword next?”
“Hmm, have you thought about how you want to grow both of them?”
“Yeah. I already had a rough plan.”
“What do you want to do?”
“I have the Holy Will that I obtained last time. I’m planning to add other holy-type materials to it.”
“You’re staying true to the basics. For the holy sword.”
“That’s right.”
“Good. Then let’s choose the materials first.”
The first thing they worked on was the holy sword among the holy sword and Chungmugong’s Bow.
Since it was the only weapon Shin Hyuk possessed that was still stuck at unique+ grade, it needed to be handled first.
Of course, since they planned to strengthen both the holy sword and the bow this time anyway, it was only a matter of order.
As soon as the equipment to be strengthened was decided, Sejin carefully examined the Holy Will that Shin Hyuk handed him and soon selected the materials.
“Ten Thousand Refined Steel, Highly Concentrated Holy Water, and Further Blessed Steel. These three will be the main materials used together with the Holy Will.”
“Isn’t that too many?”
“I’m definitely going to make it reach legendary+ grade, so it’s fine.”
“Hmm, there’s no helping it. Since I’ll be the one using this weapon anyway……”
“Good. Let’s start right away.”
Including the Holy Will, this would be a massive project requiring four legendary-grade materials.
Even though the slightest mistake could cause all the materials to be wasted, Sejin had a smile on his face.
After all the materials were prepared,
Sejin immediately threw ‘Sejin’s Well-Made Holy Sword’ into the blazing furnace.
In other words, the unique+ grade holy sword Shin Hyuk had been using until now.
Fwoooooosh!
Sejin watched as even a unique+ grade item could not withstand the heat of the furnace and melted down, returning to its original state.
Then he began putting in the materials one by one.
“The Ten Thousand Refined Steel will become the foundation.”
“Got it. Transcendent — Metallurgy.”
As soon as the work began, Shin Hyuk also used his transcendent skill on metallurgy to assist Sejin’s work.
An S-rank metallurgy skill.
A level that did not exist anywhere else in the world.
A skill rank that only Sejin had reached.
Thanks to this, Shin Hyuk was able to match Sejin’s movements.
Watching the Ten Thousand Refined Steel melt rapidly, Shin Hyuk added the other materials at the perfect timing.
Further Blessed Steel and Highly Concentrated Holy Water mixed together with the molten metal from the Ten Thousand Refined Steel.
But it did not end there.
Various unique-grade materials were also added according to the requirements, creating a perfect masterpiece.
Eventually, when the process reached its peak—
“Mold.”
“Ready.”
Sejin and Shin Hyuk began creating a mold containing the molten metal.
“Noes. I’ll leave it to you.”
—Leave it to me.
Using Noes, the higher earth spirit, they created the soil needed for the mold.
“The holy water is enough, right?”
“Of course. Pour all of it.”
They generously poured in the unique-grade holy water to create the clay.
Then they quickly shaped the mold that would become the foundation of the holy sword.
“Flame.”
—I’ll bake it nicely~
The final step was using the flames of Flame, the higher fire spirit, to harden the mold.
“Pouring it?”
“Yeah.”
Into the completed mold, they poured the molten mixture containing the holy sword, Ten Thousand Refined Steel, Highly Concentrated Holy Water, and various other materials.
The entire process happened in an instant.
Once all the molten metal settled inside the mold and the lid was closed—
“Undiana. Please.”
—May the blessing of water dwell within your weapon.
The streams of water from Undiana, the higher water spirit, cooled down the heat of the blazing mold.
While removing the heat in the blink of an eye, she also prevented problems caused by sudden temperature changes.
After removing the lid of the mold, the two were able to see it.
“……Beautiful.”
“Phew. Let’s start the refining process immediately.”
“Let’s do that. My hands are itching because I’m excited to see the finished product.”
Inside the mold was a weapon that perfectly suited the name holy sword.
Of course, this was not the end.
The refining process remained, so without either needing to say anything, both of them grabbed their hammers at the same time.
Clang! Bang! Clang! Bang! Clang! Bang!
The sound of hammer strikes filled the workshop.
Even though two people were hammering together, their rhythm was so perfect that their strikes never overlapped even once.
Their breathing and timing were flawless.
In the blink of an eye, they completed the refining process.
And there, they saw the completely reborn holy sword.
“Now, we need to finish the final step. We just need to infuse the Holy Will into it. You do it, since you’re the owner.”
“Phew. I’m nervous.”
The only thing left was to infuse the Holy Will into the holy sword.
As the final step, it was something any craftsman would desire to do.
But Sejin handed it over to Shin Hyuk without a trace of regret.
Shin Hyuk took a deep breath.
Then he placed the Holy Will, which emitted a soft light, onto the completed holy sword.
Fwaaaaaaaaaah!
At that moment, a sacred light burst out and filled the entire workshop.
However, it was not a blinding light.
It was a warm light that made anyone who saw it feel comforted.
And when that light finally faded—
“……It’s perfect.”
“……I can tell even without looking at the status window. This has surpassed being a masterpiece. It’s my greatest work.”
Seeing the holy sword naturally and smoothly flowing with milky-white holy power, Shin Hyuk and Sejin nodded at the same time.
A perfect creation.
An item that deserved to be called a masterpiece.
They could tell even without checking the status window that the holy sword before their eyes was something extraordinary.
Of course—
“So you’re not going to look?”
“Are you kidding? Of course I have to.”
They still had to check the status window.
Sejin became serious at Shin Hyuk’s joke.
Seeing that, Shin Hyuk burst into laughter and held his stomach for a moment.
“Let’s look together. At the count of three, at the same time.”
“Good. One, two, three!”
The two checked the holy sword’s status window simultaneously.
And then—
They were shocked.
