“The process around the countercurrent has kept busy, so I haven’t been able to contact you so far.” That evening, Kang Shin-hyuk was visiting Mirotoz. He had a hamr and chisel in hand, carefully processing the giant tree roots Halo had prepared for him while talking with Halo through the leaves beside him. Even though the work had yet to progress through even a tenth of what was needed, the elves were watching him with bright admiration-filled eyes.
[It must be embarrassing.]
Halo let out a laugh as soon as he heard about the incident from Shin-hyuk.
[How much effort would the little child go to in conveying her heart to you? Please asure it.]
“You sound more like her grandfather.”
[We were all similar. Just like when that child first accessed the Hero Universe, wasn’t it also difficult for you and ?]
“That’s…well, it was.” As the synchronization rate increased, his mories of accessing the Hero Universe in his previous life beca clearer. Among them were the mories of Eunah when she had first entered the Hero Universe at the age of five. They were particularly vivid, perhaps as a result of him growing closer to her.
“If only she had treated more like a brother like Janus, then the relationship wouldn’t be as distorted as it is now.”
[Well, Janus is a bit too carefree. Eunah needed Anvil at the ti, I bet.]
Anvil, Halo, Janus. Those were the three people who cared for Eunah the most when she was young. It was clear when you saw Halo and Janus regularly exchange ssages with her.
[And what do you an by distorted? In my view, it is very straightforward.]
“Halo, you are still too far away. If this is straightforward, then Korean drama would be a highway.”
[It’s fun to watch you like this.]
“I see you’re also soone who watches Korean drama regularly…” He struck at the roots of the tree as he responded bluntly. He could practically hear the smile in Halo’s voice.
[Nothing to worry about. When you return, ask Eunah to et with you. Just et her and hug her as he would.]
“Wouldn’t her dependence only grow worse?”
[I swear it will be fine. This sort of shock therapy is most appropriate for that child.]
“Shock therapy…?” Why was a hug being called shock therapy? Didn’t Eunah wish for her grandfather’s unconditional love?
[Anvil, you said there was a woman on your mind?]
“Ah, yes. It’s a bit complicated.”
[For Eunah’s sake, I hope you can get along with her.]
“??” He couldn’t really understand what Halo was talking about, but he was grateful for the support of his relationship with Claire.
“I hope so too.”
[Yes, then the rest will take care of itself. Try to behave manly, Anvil. I believe in you.]
“You’re a little weird today.”
[It has to be…ah, I’m just a little jealous of Anvil, who lives in a lively way.]
“I want to refrain from such vigorous living personally…” With a sigh, he raised the hamr again.
[et and hug her. Don’t forget.]
“Okay, I’ll do that.”
[And don’t tell Tsukuyo.]
“I also don’t want to do that.” Work resud as the two reached a consensus; Kang Shin-hyuk’s heart cald down from the repetitive work. The only thought left in his mind was the magic circle around the naga priest he fought the other day. It looked like it was slting his body. As he thought that, he began to grow tired of hamring.
[Huh. You in the previous life weren’t like that.]
“I know. I still have a long way to go if I want to keep up with that.”
[That’s not it. The branch has changed. The Anvil from the previous life was technically complete before accessing the Hero Universe.]
“Ah…looking at it, yes…Maybe.” No matter how much he had awakened the mories of Anvil, he was different. He had been processing and stacking new skills and techniques on top of the old ones he had instinctively learned upon awakening his tallurgy. That had been shown when he worked with an enchanter, which Anvil in the previous life wouldn’t have, nor would he have challenged the realm of All-craft without completing his blacksmithing skills.
“That couldn’t be good.”
[What did you think of?]
“What did you think of? For , it was about the standard of tallurgy.”
[Isn’t that good? The way you approach it may be different, but you will be able to reach the highest level again soday.]
Perhaps he would do it faster than in his previous life, was what Halo wanted to say, but swallowed the words. Anvil, in his previous life, reached that realm many failed to quickly, but to be even faster than that…
‘No, since he was reincarnated, wouldn’t that fit?’ It was like he was being supplented by the experiences of his previous life. When he reached the top again, his tallurgy would be even greater than it had ever been.
[I’m really happy to be able to see the process like this.]
“Huh?” Focused on his work, Kang Shin-hyuk didn’t quite catch what was said. Halo rely laughed it off, however.
[I think at this speed, you could complete it within a year.]
“…Saying that is already making lose motivation.”
***
After a few hours of work on the shackles, he moved onto personal work. He wanted to process the parts of the new monsters he had acquired throughout his vacation.
“Let’s look at the thorn wolf first.” That was the first monster he encountered on entering the battlefield.
“The by-products are also big.” The first thing he pulled out was the loot of the elite entity Eleanor had killed. It had been automatically routed and stored at the mont of its death, but the harvested tail was larger than Kang Shin-hyuk if set upright. Eleanor had said she would give up the loot in exchange for renting the lance, but that wasn’t all it was to Kang Shin-hyuk. Processing such a high-level corpse would help his skill-level rise and increase the possibility of producing high-grade weapons.
“So how should I do this? It would be best to use the tail.”
-The tail is one of the strongest traits of the world.
“But, I have to make it with all-craft.”
-That’s right.
For that reason, the tail went back into the inventory. All-craft wasn’t an easy thing for him to attempt. The most stable way to process the tail would be to work with Lee Na-hee’s mana craft. He promised himself to work on it once more before the vacation was over.
‘Let’s make spears using the bones and blood instead.’ He focused on lting down the tallic thorns of the wolves, dipping them in the blood to cool. It was a thod that Anvil, in his previous life, had tried in the later years. Doing so made it possible to amplify the abilities of the artifact if the appropriate monster’s blood was used.
‘When I used my spiritual power, I can vividly rember it.’ He continued to strike with his hamr as he analyzed the thorns with his spiritual power. It reached out to penetrate into the bones as the hamr strengthened them, before returning to Kang Shin-hyuk, forming a cycle of spiritual power between them. That was the unique technique of Kang Shin-hyuk, of Anvil, that none dared replicate.
[You are still you.]
Halo spoke once more, but Kang Shin-hyuk was completely imrsed in his word. Golden waves overflowed from his eyes to cover the hamr and bones.
[What do you think, administrator? About what Anvil and I were discussing earlier.]
-Do you an, Master Halo, about the vicious tricks you proposed to get our mber in trouble?
[Administrator…]
Halo sounded tired as he responded to the administrator’s obsessive words, but the administrator already knew what Halo was trying to say.
-If you are talking about tallurgy, don’t worry. His skills haven’t disappeared. Rather, he is currently learning additional skills suited for a new world.
[Isn’t getting blood on his sword a huge factor?]
-Many encounters and experiences, including that, shape him.
Halo laughed at the words.
[Well said, administrator.]
-What is that?
[I was told that there was a chat with Tsukuyo.]
-…You’re really brave too.
Kang Shin-hyuk stopped working at that mont, wiping the whetstone clean before examining the spear blade.
-You have created a masterpiece [Wolf Thorn Javelin (S-)], which brings out the abilities of the monsters it is crafted from! Proficiency in tallurgy has greatly increased!
-Synchronization has accelerated- current rate of 32.5%.
Halo and the administrator looked at the finished product with admiration. An S- rank javelin was a trendous achievent, but it was still a rank attainable in his past. He wanted to create an S-rank artifact.
“Then, let’s make sothing else.” Actually, there had been a separate main dish for his work. Kang Shin-hyuk did not hide his anticipation as he pulled out the naga priest’s body and the scythe he held.
[Huh.]
Halo let out a sound of surprise as he examined the scythe.
[How did you get it?]
“…Hm?” Kang Shin-hyuk looked up blankly.
[Isn’t that the scythe I asked you to make? That was what I wanted to ask for before, but you ca to it even without saying anything.]
“This scythe…why?”
[What are you talking about? Isn’t there only one use for a scythe?]
Halo sounded confused.
[To farm, of course.]
His image of a reaper wielding a sickle was severely shattered.
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