World's Strongest Troll

Chapter 82 Sand of Forge (5)

Sand of Forge, the hidden city of the dwarves.

The Great Desert Shurim, one of the notorious areas called the 5th forbidden region by users. Hidden deep underground in the desert of death, this place was in the form of a well-developed civilized city in its own way.

caang caang.

Chi profit.

Rumble rattle.

The sound of hammering and quenching could be heard from everywhere. And even the sound of a cart full of iron ore moving somewhere along the rails. The sound that filled the whole city was loud and noisy, as if showing how busy they were moving.

“Wow... this is really no joke.”

“They say that dwarves are destined to wield a hammer from the moment they are born.”

Everyone who lives in the city is a blacksmith, engineer, and architect who possesses craftsman-level skills. As if saying that they had been blessed by God was no joke, each of them showed off their exceptional dexterity and were engrossed in making something.

“Can I... really survive here?”

“Well... wouldn't that depend on how you do it?”

Lunch decided to stay at a workshop in Sand of Forge, the city of dwarves. No matter how much he thought about it, he muttered to himself with a gloomy expression, as if he had no confidence.

“No matter how I think about it, I think I made the wrong choice. I've never held a hammer outside, so what's a blacksmith...”

Arcadia's crafting and production system. Although this system received some skill correction in the game, it was supposed to show a decisive difference in individual abilities in order to create a product with excellent performance. That's why production and production-related jobs used to show a huge gap between users who had experience and skills in related jobs and those who didn't.

-Isn't that right? The chief designer of Armes also plays Arcadia as a tailor, and the clothes he makes start at the minimum magic level.

- The same goes for cooking. Have you ever tried a dish made by a three-star Michelin chef? The ability buffs were almost twice as different. It's sweet.

Rather, the characteristics of virtual reality that emphasize the ability in reality. That's why people with professional occupations stand out by choosing a job that can make use of their expertise, but now, Jung-shik, a sophomore in middle school, has almost no talents and qualities as a blacksmith.

“Keuhmm... Do you want me to teach you this guy?”

“yes. A blacksmith is his dream. Well, I can use it anywhere now, but I still have the pulpit and persistence, so if I teach it a little, it will be useful.”

Bael thanks Tane for saving his life.

His father was Baron, the owner of Hellion, which is also called the 3rd Master Workshop in Sand of Forge, and a member of the Council of Elders who discussed the direction of the Dwarf clan.

As the head of the dwarves and a craftsman with outstanding skills, Jaeyoung asked Baron for lunch. However, he tried to test his Chinese food skills with a shy expression.

“There is a guy who just entered our studio yesterday. Let’s have a production showdown with that kid.”

A production showdown that suddenly took place. And in that confrontation, Jung-sik was smashed to a disastrous level.

“Hehehe. It was easy, bro.”

A young dwarf who had just entered the studio and had never learned how to make it properly. He wriggled his small, bracken-like hand and wiggled a small hammer to bring a dagger he had made and showed it to Jung-shik with a bright smile. And Jung-sik accepted the dagger handed to him by the young dwarf while his whole body was covered in sweat because he did his best by burning all his strength.

[Crude Dagger - Magic]

A dagger made by an unknown dwarf to kill time. It lacks sincerity, but it stands out for its excellent workmanship.

-Attack power: 25~50

-Durability: 200/200

-There is a low chance of inflicting ‘bleeding' on the damaged enemy.

A dagger of basic difficulty that any blacksmith can make. It was an item that could be said to be a symbol of the normal rank, but the dagger in his hand was of the magic rank.

“I can't believe it.... Even though it's the same dagger, there's such a big difference...”

A dagger with the same appearance held in Jung-shik's other hand. The only difference is that the maker is different, but the difference in performance is so great that it cannot be compared with the previous dagger.

[Crude Dagger - Normal]

A crude dagger. It was made by a blacksmith with good basic skills.

-Attack Power: 10~15

-Durability : 100/100

Even though dexterity is inferior and low-level human race... This is a bit harsh...”

Baron took two daggers and looked around. His face was like, ‘How the hell am I supposed to teach a guy who has no answers like this?' He muttered, full of agony.

“For now... I'll try. But I'd rather not expect that. The basic skills themselves are at a terrible level, but there is a limit no matter how well you teach without basic understanding and realization.”

“You don't have to worry about that. I am satisfied with just giving them the opportunity to teach.”

In this way, Jung-shik, who parachuted into the master-class workshop Hellion, which young dwarves aspiring to become blacksmiths of Baron's workshop, was trained as an apprentice.

“Since I entered our studio as an apprentice, you can't expect me to act properly. If you don't get the basics right, you won't be able to pick up a hammer in this workshop even after decades.”

Baron warns Jungshik with a stern expression. As Jung-shik was thrown into the sea of fierce competition among the dwarves, Jae-young prepared to leave the Sands of Forge alone.

“Brother... are you really leaving?”

“then? Did you think I would be here with you for a thousand years?”

“No... that’s not it, but still...”

This city of dwarves with only two humans, Jaeyoung and Jungshik. However, when Jae-yeong leaves, he will be left alone as the only human, so Jung-shik continues to look at him with a pitying eye.

“Learn well. While other users don't know about this place, I have to omit as many things as I can. Take all the things that smell like hidden quests, break them to the best of your ability, and raise your skill level as much as possible. Level doesn't have that much of an impact on crafting jobs anyway, so don't worry about things like experience.”

While already wandering around the desert, Jung-shik did an absurd riot. So what he needed right now was training for skill ranks and stat work through repetitive labor.

“Okay...”

“Tsk. The owner has lost his will completely. Can you put it like that and do it properly?”

Zhongshik lowered his head and muttered with a confident expression. It hasn't even started properly yet, but when he showed a completely demoralized appearance, Tan looked at him with pitiful eyes and said,

“If you’re just going crazy because of what the chicken wings say about the smell of fire, wouldn’t it be better to just cut your losses quickly? I know because I have broken people's mentals professionally, but just by looking at their eyes, that's a cookie-das-glass mentality. Even if you touch it just a little bit, it just cracks and breaks? Really?”

“Hey, are you ignoring my eyes? Do you want to die?”

“Ebebeb. I can not hear you.”

Tan and L start tapping again as if they were bored. Jaeyoung looked at the two with pitiful eyes, then turned his gaze away and looked at the lunch.

Just like what Tan said, his expression seemed to have already destroyed half of his mental state. I could feel that his expression was darker than ever, perhaps because he felt that he was infinitely lacking in his finances in the confrontation with the young dwarf.

“Chinese food.”

“yes....?”

“Will you give me your hammer?”

“My hammer...?”

Chinese food makes a puzzled expression at those words. However, at Jae-young's request, Jung-sik handed over the hammer he was using from the inventory without much hesitation.

[Blacksmith's Hammer - Normal]

A hammer used to strike metal. It's clunky, but highly practical.

-Attack power: 5~10

-Durability: 300/300

-Necessary when using equipment crafting skill.

A basic item you receive when you change your job to a blacksmith.

A clunky looking hammer with no performance. However, Jaeyoung, who handed over the hammer, asked Jungshik with a strange expression.

“Chinese food?”

“yes?”

“Have you ever used only this item when crafting equipment?”

“Yes..... I don't need to change the hammer and I don't have enough money... Why is that?”

Jae-Young listens to Joong-Sik's words and looks down at the hammer with a strange expression. He stared at the message that popped up in front of him for a long time, lost in thought.

[This item has a lot of karma potential.]

[Probability can be granted.]

[Required probability: 350000]

[Do you want to grant probability? Y/N]

As soon as I held the blacksmith hammer Jungshik gave me in my hand, a message that I could grant probability came to mind. A system that requires an enormous amount of probability, as much as 350,000. Considering that Angelina used a little less than 100,000 probabilities just to enhance the three items she had, the amount of probabilities required by this hammer was staggeringly excessive.

‘Is it really worth doing this...?'

As the mission system intended, the relationship was established. However, Jae-young pondered once again whether it was right to use an enormous amount of probability of 350,000 on him.

“Hyung, why the hell are you looking at the hammer so closely...?”

Jungsik is making a puzzled expression without knowing why. Jaeyoung looked at him carefully and asked.

“Hey Chinese food.”

“yes....?”

Unlike before, Jae-young calls his name with a meaningful voice mixed with a bit of spleen. At his call, Jungshik replied with a puzzled look on his face. And after a moment of silence, Jaeyoung made his choice.

“Be good to me from now on, son of a bitch.”

“What is that...?”

Woo woo woo.

A hammer that suddenly shakes with great force before Zhongshik's words are finished.

“What?!”

Joongshik shouted in surprise and was shocked to see the hammer floating in the air and glowing red.

[The oldest fire has acquired the least probability to use the power.]

[The oldest fire leaves a trace of itself on those who have watched it for a long time.]

[The karma and effort accumulated in the blacksmith's hammer responds to the probability.]

[ The ability of the item ‘Blacksmith's Hammer' is completely readjusted.]

“Is the oldest fire...?”

Joong-sik recalled memories from the mines in the past while looking at the status message floating in front of his eyes.

[The oldest fire is watching the player.]

A message that suddenly appeared one day to him, who was doing the repetitive daily routine of digging only iron ore in the mine as a mining slave. However, nothing special happened after that, so the forgotten name reappeared in front of Jungsik. It exudes a great presence.

[I still lack a lot to become an existence that will make my name shine.....]

Roaring.

Red prominences suddenly erupted from the red-hot hammer. The mysterious existence emitting a tremendous presence that appeared in the prominence looked at Jung-shik and muttered a pity.

“What is this...”

[Try as much as you lack, and try again. Whatever hardships, whatever pains, whatever tough obstacles, overcome and overcome them like steel, and surpass them all. And become the best blacksmith and confidently reveal yourself to this world as my apostle.]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

The crimson flames that now burn fiercely as if to devour everything. However, Joong-sik, who felt a warm energy rather than heat even in such a huge red flame, strangely felt a strange sense of urgency in the voice heard in the flames.

[The name of Vulcanus, who was called the god of steel, fire, and blacksmiths...]

Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

After that last word, the huge amount of crimson flames disappeared in an instant. The flames spewed out fiercely as if to devour the entire city. However, except for Jaeyoung and Jungsik, everyone else was living a peaceful life as if they hadn't seen it. However, these two knew that what they saw was not just a fantasy.

[Hammer of Vulcan - Myth]

The first mythic grade item in Jungsik's hand was proving that what the two just saw was not an illusion.