Chapter 740: A Shockwave Runs Through the Blacksmiths

Author's Preface

I'm the type who gets fired up when people say things like, "The updates for this work have been slow lately..."

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【Blacksmith Class】 Blacksmith General Part 302 【Weapons & Armor】

175: Imron

This is out of nowhere, but I have three bombshell pieces of information.

176: Bernhard

Can we make nuclear bombs or something?

177: Oshiger Tooti

Wanna make cluster bombs and burn down the Sea of Trees?

178: Wild Hunt

What, is Big Sis joining the bomb squad too?

179: Buildian

Big Sis in the bomb squad, seriously?

180: Imron

Alright, starting with the first one.

The material needed to enhance Hero Weapons has been identified.

And apparently, this material can also be used for forging regular equipment.

The source is the King of the Dwarves.

181: Bernhard

The age of bombs has arrived.

182: Torimomo

Say what!?

183: Wild Hunt

You made contact with the Dwarves!!

184: Zamper

The age of the bomb squad, finished.

185: Imron

Right now I'm evaluating materials to make armor so I can go fetch that "Golden Magma."

186: Chapack

Big Sis has progressed to an insane degree... I heard from the Lizardmen that the Dwarves' headquarters is on the western side of the New Continent, right?

187: Rentetsu Renshi

Golden Magma, that's a pretty lame name.

188: Omuretsu

Um, is no one going to comment on the silhouette of the person flying through the air with a bucket in one hand in the second image Big Sis posted...?

189: Zamper

I can only think of one player who would be doing mid-air jumps over magma with a bucket in hand.

190: Zen Zenichi

We have a reliable level of trust that it's Tsuchinoko anyway.

191: Buildian

What, is Tsuchinoko-san some kind of totem that applies an AGI buff to all party members if you put him in the party?

192: Imron

The second image is the guy who, while the Hero Weapon holder had to prepare armor, collected the magma with an explosive-speed mid-air dash and came back swinging a bucket around while being transported by a Conquista Doll.

193: Torimomo

I have no idea what you're talking about.

194: Rentetsu Renshi

Ah, so you can gather it normally...

195: Imron

He was using a bucket made out of some special material, so a normal bucket would probably melt.

What kind of golden bucket doesn't melt in magma.

196: Zamper

If Big Sis doesn't know, there's no way anyone else would.

197: Buildian

Looking closely, it said there were three pieces of bombshell info. What are the other two?

198: Omuretsu

So if it's not exclusive to Heroes, it's a general-purpose material? Seriously?

199: Zen Zenichi

Do weapons that don't use Golden Magma lose their human rights?

200: Dam-D

If it's magma, you cool it and harden it into an ore type? At the very least, you probably don't need it for weapons that don't use metal.

201: Shummel

Tsuchinoko again? Isn't mid-air jumping too much of a human right in this game?

202: Wild Hunt

No, but I wonder. Isn't it better to stack fire resistance instead of min-maxing your stats to the extreme?

203: Chapack

To achieve maximum speed, what you need to do isn't getting AGI buffs from equipment, but physically reducing your weight, which means there's nothing a Blacksmith can do about it, basically.

204: Imron

Second thing.

I found a conversion facility in the Dwarves' subterranean city, so I went ahead and converted to the Dwarves.

205: Buildian

How are we supposed to process magma...

206: Shummel

Converted!?

207: Bernhard

What's that?

208: Omuretsu

Race change.

209: Torimomo

No matter where we looked, there wasn't one for the Elves, but there was one for the Dwarves!?

210: Imron

If it's the same structure, the Elves' conversion facility is probably underground.

Literally buried physically.

211: Zamper

Under

ground

212: Guminom

Ehh...

213: Kurogane

So, what kind of corrections did you get? The Beastmen got enhanced five senses and stat up/down buffs.

214: Wild Hunt

Did you shrink after all?

215: Kenzou

Big Sis became a loli!?

216: Torimomo

Unfortunately, Big Sis uses an old man avatar, so...

217: Imron

・First off, my height shrank (from around 190 to 150).

・I grew a beard (apparently it's subtly fire-resistant).

・My arms turned into something like ore (if the tutorial is right, the resistance scales proportionally with my level).

・I gained flash resistance.

・I get a buff while forging.

I did a quick check, and that's about it.

218: Oshiger Tooti

So conversely, if you had a female avatar, you'd become a loli?

219: Ramram

Seriously?! This is no time to be eating bamboo!

220: Diamon

B L A C K S M I T H - H U M A N - R I G H T S - R A C E

221: Sagasaki

Are you serious.

222: Guminom

By the way, what are the Dwarven women like...?

223: Imron

>>222

Rejoice, their hair is a bit stiff, but they are petite with dark skin.

224: Kasshoku SukinDarkSkinLuvr

I've been waiting for this. It's Journey to the West tomorrow!!

225: Kenzou

The western side of the New Continent, huh... The western side...

226: Raikaku

Stop making me laugh with your name.

227: Wild Hunt

Their behavior is also in the comedy category, isn't it...

228: Bernhard

But if it's mandatory for Blacksmiths, isn't the western side of the New Continent a bit too harsh? Are we supposed to form fixed parties?

229: Chapack

How did Big Sis get there?

230: Ramram

Isn't it also important whether your height is fixed at 150 or if it shrinks by 40 cm? In the worst-case scenario, you'd have to tweak your height in Behemoth.

231: Guminom

If you want to forge, avoiding conversion is impossible at this point...

232: Kyoushirou

Do you choose being a tall, handsome guy, or a stocky, stout old man who can forge?

233: Shummel

Everyone should just become petite, dark-skinned beautiful girls.

234: Kasshoku Sukin

World peace right there.

235: Kenzou

That world peace sounds somewhat unwholesome.

236: Imron

And the third thing.

This is the craziest one.

237: Oshiger Tooti

Are Blacksmiths who don't have beards or dark skin going to become unpopular...

238: Rentetsu Renshi

Hm?

239: Omuretsu

Wait, your arms—or rather, your fists—becoming like metal is pretty massive news for bare-handed jobs too, isn't it?

240: Zamper

Teasing us, ehhh—

241: Imron

I found out the class-change conditions for "Divine Craftsman."

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Author's Afterword

Let the legend become a myth. I am the one who wields the hammer and sits at the forge to aid it.