by Park Saenal
‘I can make several items at the same time, so the efficiency of my work will increase!’
…Irene would also be pleased.
Grid smiled with satisfaction and called out.
“Time! Wait! Stop! I said stop!”
“…?”
Not admitting defeat in a battle, just stopping? Piaro stopped moving his flail. It was truly great loyalty. Grid shouted to him.
“Let’s fight again tomorrow!”
Grid was too careless today. Even if Piaro was a farmer, he was still a legend. Tomorrow, if Grid lost again despite his full preparations…
‘At that time, I will respect your choice.’
Grid’s eyes were filled with confidence. The reason why he felt confident despite not reducing Piaro’s health by one-tenth today was because he had absolute faith. He had faith in his items.
At this moment, a legend of the new era started to evolve. He was in the process of catching up to the legends of the previous generation and overcoming them.
Chapter 319
Chapter 319
‘Piaro is at least level 400.’
Grid didn’t even need to observe him with the Great Lord’s Sword. There was no other way to explain why his attacks didn’t do any damage despite Piaro wearing no armor.
‘At least a 100 level difference…’
The difference of 100 levels was big. It was a gap that couldn’t be filled. Apart from the level compensation system, the difference between the stat numbers and power of skills was different. Using common sense, the probability that Grid would beat Piaro was 0%.
But.
‘I have a means of destroying common sense.’
This meant…
‘Of course it’s items.’
It was the attraction of items that could destroy the balance of the system. For those who couldn’t afford it, items were a curse. But it was the opposite for Grid. He would stand at the peak as an overgeared person. On the other hand, Piaro was only using rare rated farming equipment and old clothing.
‘The odds are good enough.’
Grid knew the strength of a legendary farmer. However, how could it compare to a sword saint?
‘Piaro, I will break your stubbornness.’
He would make Piaro dream of becoming a sword saint again! Grid pledged and used the item disassembly skill. After extracting the Water Clan King’s Tears from the four golden blades, he poured a total of 27 pavranium into the furnace.
It was the beginning of the smelting.
‘What is he trying to make this time?’
Khan and the young blacksmiths flocked to Grid’s side. They focused on Grid’s behavior and tried to figure out his intentions. However, they couldn’t understand Grid’s state.
‘What is he doing?’
Ttang! Ttang!
Grid produced a mold while the pavranium melted. But the model of the mold wasn’t common. It wasn’t a blade or a spear, but Grid’s hand itself.
***
The pavranium expedition repeatedly attacked the 10~15th vampire cities.
They wanted to challenge the cities that hadn’t been attacked yet, but they took Grid’s warning to heart.
“There is a vampire duke called Marie Rose. Braham says she’s sleeping somewhere inside the cities. If we don’t want to be killed, only hunt in the places that we have secured. Yes? How old is she? Um… She is strong enough to wipe out all of the Overgeared members? This is a complete scam, a scam.”
‘Many times stronger than Elfin Stone…’
‘Perhaps a dragon class?’
Grid had succeeded in the Elfin Stone raid after reaching level 300. He recently became more and more suited to be called the strongest. They were also proud that the Overgeared members was the best guild. But this vampire had a presence that could overwhelm all of them alone?
Indeed, Satisfy was wide. There were many unknown areas and existences that hadn’t been met yet.
“The elixirs are really dirty. Since the first day we came here with Grid, the number of vampires we hunted has surpassed 10,000. So why hasn’t even one elixir dropped?”
“I agree. If only one stamina elixir dropped…”
“There is even the buff that increases item acquisition, so the drop rate is worse than rumored.”
“We still obtained 11 Junior Vampire Rings. That is big enough.”
In cities where they had already raided the boss once, the appearance rate of the True Blood vampires dropped. The boss was also weaker than the first boss. This meant the difficulty of the dungeon fell, resulting in lower quality items dropped.
The Overgeared members couldn’t make as much as they expected. But their attitudes were positive. It was because the vampires gave a lot of experience. The vampire cities were still the best hunting grounds. It was phenomenal, causing the level 203 Yura to rise to 210 in just one week.
“But why isn’t Grid here? There are only 25 days left on the experience buff.”
“He has something important to do, so he will come in two days.”
“Important? He made a greatsword for Chris a few days ago, so what now?”
“Perhaps Chris hit Grid in the back of the head?”
“That’s not it. He said that he’s making an item that is the peak of being overgeared.”
“Peak of overgeared…?”
Swords, spears, bows, etc. They were always discussed when talking about the peak of fighting. But the peak of being overgeared, they couldn’t understand what this meant.
“Did he find a way to do Item Combination without the merging time?”
“…It might be possible.”
Didn’t Pagma’s Descendant have many abilities? In addition, couldn’t Grid take advantage of all of them? The Overgeared members still couldn’t predict the result.
***
Grid thought rapidly.
‘Hands? They’re easy to make!’
Grid currently had close to 2,600 points in dexterity. There was also a large rise in proficiency due to making the two greatswords. Grid was more confident than ever, and made molds in the shape of his hands. Then he poured the molten pavranium in the five molds.
After a while.
“Okay! Perfect!”
Five golden hands floated and started moving around Grid. Grid was filled with joy. It was fun to imagine how these five hands could help him in the future. He couldn’t ignore the battle-oriented aspects.
Just imagine it! The five hands would protect him with shields, while attacking the enemy with swords. Grid would be absolutely invincible.
“Ohh…!”
Khan and the blacksmiths were amazed to see hands floating in the air alone. Creating moving hands, they looked at Grid like he was a god.
“Huhut… Now, shall I test your performance?”
Grid took out Failure, Iyarugt, Grid’s Greatsword, the Ideal Dagger and the Divine Shield from his inventory and commanded the five hands.
“Arm yourselves!”
Pa pa pa pat!
The five hands flew towards Grid and collided with the five items. That’s right. They collided instead of grabbing the weapons.
“…?”
Rather than equipping the items, the hands let them drop to the ground. Grid was dismayed.
“What are you doing? To hold an item, you must fold your fingers. Why are you keeping your palms open?”
He asked with frustrating, but the pavranium didn’t answer. They might have a will, but the pavranium was only a mineral. They couldn’t possibly talk.
“Ah, this is frustrating.”
The five hands lined up in front of Grid. Then he tried to teach them by repeatedly folding and unfolding his fingers.
“This is rock! This is scissors! This is paper! Now follow me!”
“…”
The pavranium didn’t move despite his passionate shouts. They just kept their palms open.
“No, try to follow me!”
“…”
Grid cursed at the f
ive hands floating in the air. The blacksmiths were baffled because Grid wasn’t acting as normal.
‘Why is he acting like this?’
‘What’s wrong?’
‘Why is the great sun of Reidan…?’
Among the young blacksmiths, Khan shook his head.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen this…”
***
[Hand Model of a Legendary Blacksmith]
Attack Power: 22
A model of the hands of the legendary blacksmith Grid.
It is made of pavranium, so it can move by itself.
If the open palms hit the opponent’s cheeks, the provocation effect is activated.
Weight: 15
“…Ah.”
Grid read the item description several times and belatedly realized. How delicate were the hands of a body? Due to the presence of multiple joints and muscles, fine control and all types of actions were possible.
In other words, it was necessary to produce the joints for these pavranium hands to function properly. Without the joints, it was no different from a plaster of a hand. The fingers couldn’t bend.
“…Hah.”
Grid could only sigh. He needed to fully understand the structure of a hand in order to produce what he desired. It was dark in front of him.
“First of all, look at the encyclopedia… Although…”
Didn’t the anatomy books need at least an IQ of 100 to understand? Grid trembled.
“Needing to know the structure of the human body to make an item in game…!?”
The Grid in the past would’ve cursed, asking why they didn’t make a game for stupid people to play. However, not the current Grid. In order to get what he wanted, he needed to put in the effort.
He took a deep breath and logged out.
***
‘The hands consist of the thumb, the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger. The thumb consists of two joints, while the fingers have three joints… The front and back of the finger have tendons, while the outer sides have the nerves and blood vessels…’
Shin Youngwoo searched for ‘hand’ in Korea’s largest portal site. He entered a medical encyclopedia and learned about the shape and structure of the hands. He repeated the same thing several times in order to memorize it. It couldn’t be helped because he didn’t have a good memory.
‘I don’t want to forget the contents after logging in.’
To be honest, he didn’t think this was necessary. In order to create an item that perfectly reproduced the functions of the hand, he could rely on the correction effect of the creation skill. He just needed the basic knowledge in order to draw a blueprint.
But Youngwoo did his best to memorize the contents. It was an act that originated from the desire to create perfect hands.
His mother’s voice was heard while he was studying for a long time.
“Youngwoo! Take out the trash!”
“…Disturbing your son who is studying for the first time in five years!”
His mother always had excellent timing. If he wanted to do his homework, he would be interrupted. If he sat down in preparation to study for five hours straight, she would come into his room and lecture him.
“Is she a psychic…?”
Maybe she had a hidden psychic ability? Youngwoo childishly imagined it and followed her order. He didn’t forget to wear a mask and sunglasses that perfectly covered his face.
‘I will have millions of anti-fans because of Braham, so I have to be careful.’
Maybe he would be attacked. Youngwoo was too afraid to search his name on the Internet these days. He still didn’t know the repercussions of the incident with Braham.
Chapter 320
Chapter 320
What should he do if he encountered someone? The nervous Youngwoo shot a movie for three minutes while taking out the trash bags. He looked around every time he took a step, and occasionally took a low crawling posture. He hid behind a telephone pole whenever car lights approached.
He was a former sergeant of the Republic of Korea army and was a reservist. Thanks to this, he was able to return home safely after taking out the trash.
“Sigh… It was good that I went into the army.”
He had struggled during his days of active duty, but the things he learned during the army were really worthwhile. First of all, the army was a sacred duty. Youngwoo didn’t think it was a waste of time to go into the army. Rather, he took pride in it.
His mother, who was peeling garlic in the living room, looked at him with confusion.
“Why are you wearing a mask and sunglasses at night?”
“I have to do this because of a false accusation. I have to consider my body, so have Sehee take out the trash for a while.”
“Are you insane? False accusation? Consider your body?”
His mother had a concerned expression on his face. Youngwoo didn’t want his mother to be concerned and changed the topic.
“It’s a joke, a joke. I’ll help you with the garlic.”
Pak! Pa pa pa pat!
Youngwoo peeled the garlic at a great speed. It was a level that transcended the skill of his mother, who had been peeling garlic for 30 years. His mother was astonished when she saw how quickly the white flesh of the garlic was revealed.
‘My son is also talented!’
Youngwoo hadn’t done well since he was a child. He didn’t reveal any talents. His mother always took it to heart. She felt sorry that her son had no talent, and she also felt guilty.
But now he had her ability to peel garlic. She was thrilled that her son’s talent was belatedly discovered. It was to the point of tears. But he wasn’t particularly happy.
***
After dinner, Grid accessed Satisfy.
He went to visit Irene as always. She would give birth in 50 days, so Grid was motivated to whisper endearments to her and to maintain a faithful attitude.
“Dear husband, have a good day today.”
Jjuk!
Irene’s lips touching his cheek was softer and more thrilling than anything else in the world. Then a notification window flashed in front of Grid.
[The child in the belly has felt the true love of the couple, increasing all stats by 1.]
It happened for the first time in a while. It had been 10 days The rise in the child’s stats was constantly being repeated in a certain period of time.
‘A good start!’
The road was clear. The confident Grid ran to the smithy.
“We greet the great sun of Reidan, Duke Grid!”
The young blacksmiths greeted him in unison. Khan also laughed. Grid responded to them, then closed his eyes.
‘Concentrate.’
Grid didn’t delay. He recalled the structure of the hand that he had memorized and immediately triggered the creation skill.
“Item Creation.”
[What item do you want to create?]
‘Will it work?’
Item Creation wasn’t an almighty skill. A simple example was that Grid couldn’t create accessories. Grid could only create items that were suitable for blacksmiths to produce.
Gulp.
Grid gulped nervously and replied.
“Hands. I want to create hands.”
[…]
It was silent for a while. The system didn’t have a reaction.
‘Is it impossible?’
It was the worst case scenario. The moment Grid was going to frown with disappointment,
[It is hands, not gauntlets?]
The notification window was different from usual. It was a more organic question.
‘Something is coming!’
Grid sensed this was a prelude to a special event and nodded.
“That’s right! I want to create hands! Hands based on mine!”
[It is possible if you set the material as pavranium.]
“…!”
His morale started to rise. Grid was delighted. He shouted with excitement.
“I will set the material as pavranium!”
At that moment.
Ttiring~
A cheerful sound was heard, and he couldn’t imagine what happened next.
[You have had the same idea as the legendary blacksmith Pagma.]
[The third class quest ‘What Pagma couldn’t Achieve’ has been created.]
[What Pagma couldn’t Achieve]
Difficulty: Class Quest.
300 years ago, the legendary blacksmith created the strongest mineral called pavranium.
Pavranium is a mineral with a transcendent performance, even above the god mineral adamantium. It is said that it would’ve never been completed without the knowledge of Great Magician Braham.
Pagma was inspired. It was his desire to make something that even transcended the gods using the pavranium. But there was a clear limit to the quantity of pavranium, so Pagma had to think about how to use the pavranium.
At this time, he came up with the ‘God Hand.’
Several golden hands that could demonstrate a dexterity equivalent to the legendary blacksmith! With the God Hands, Pagma believed he could produce items in an area that he had never reached.
However, he was unable to make the God Hands. Human life was finite and Pagma was already old.
Now you have reached the same idea as Pagma, so create and produce the God Hands. Transcend the foundation set by Pagma by achieving the goal that Pagma couldn’t reach.
Quest Clear Conditions: Fully produce hands made of pavranium.
Quest Clear Reward: One of the hidden pieces of Pagma’s Descendant, ‘Sealed Abilities’ will open.
‘It is as Braham said!’
Pagma existed 300 years ago. In addition, he was dying at that point. So how did he appear in history 100 years ago? Grid gradually started to accept Pagma’s existence.
‘Perhaps a ghost… No, it’s useless to think about it now.’
It was something he would naturally discover during the progression of his story quests. Grid shook his head and focused on the challenge ahead of him.
‘I’ll do it!’
Grid was filled with a burning motivation. He was confident after memorizing the shape and structure of a hand for three hours.
[Please design the God Hand.]
A blank blueprint appeared in front of him.
Grid drew the structure he learned and a form that resembled his own hand. As a result, he was able to design a quality hand that exceeded his knowledge due to the Item Creation skill’s compensation effect.
