Chapter 41

Chapter 4.

Baphomet's Descendant possesses unique passive skills such as the ability to equip all items, immunity to status ailments, and immortality, along with the top-tier combat skill, Baphomet's Sword Dance. Considering the overwhelming stat growth potential based on item crafting, it is a class that would not be out of place among combat professions.

However, the essence of Baphomet's Descendant is that of a blacksmith.

From appraising and repairing items to enhancing, crafting, and creating...

Baphomet's Descendant truly shines when acting as a blacksmith.

This forge, equipped with various crafting tools such as a furnace and anvil, is my main stage.

“Huff. Huff.”

I stacked mithril ore, coke, and limestone in the furnace in the correct ratio and began to work the bellows.

[The surrounding temperature rapidly changes, opening my senses. 30 degrees. 31 degrees. 31.5 degrees. 33 degrees. 36 degrees. 39...]

-Baphomet's Descendant is sensitive to temperature changes. If there is a furnace nearby, they can accurately gauge the temperature inside the furnace.

My bellows work is already at the level of a master... no, it surpasses even that of a master and is at the legendary level.

The temperature of the furnace rose sharply as I intended.

[1,000 degrees. 1,100 degrees. 1,350...]

‘Mithril...’

The most commonly used mineral in item crafting is undoubtedly iron.

Iron ore is best refined at temperatures between approximately 1,150 and 1,250 degrees.

However, refining mithril required a much higher temperature and the skill to maintain it precisely.

‘Maintain exactly 1,820 to 1,840 degrees.’

This is why mithril refining is only possible for advanced blacksmiths level 3 and above.

For most blacksmiths, it is impossible to raise the temperature of the furnace to over 1,800 degrees. Even at advanced blacksmith level 2, it might be possible to raise the temperature, but controlling a fire over 1,800 degrees is impossible.

But for me, Baphomet's Descendant, it is an easy task.

Especially since I have already handled mithril extensively while crafting the Shield of the Divine. I can refine mithril with my eyes closed. However, I concentrated fully without a moment's relaxation.

Swoosh.

I fixed the furnace temperature at 1,840 degrees, and as time passed, the mithril ore began to melt slowly.

The mithril ore melted due to the heat over 1,800 degrees inside the furnace and was reduced by carbon monoxide generated from the coke, containing carbon and becoming refined mithril. The impurities separated during this process were made into slag by the limestone and discharged separately.

This series of processes is a recreation of the smelting method used in modern ironworks, meaning that the smelting in Satisfy follows modern smelting methods.

...as written on the blacksmith profession strategy board.

‘Do I really need to understand the principles just to get a certification? Anyway, as long as I do it properly, right?’

The mold was now full of molten metal.

The brilliant orange mithril molten metal was so beautiful that it almost took my breath away.

‘Beautiful... You are more beautiful than any woman...’

Huh?

“What am I thinking right now?”

I felt a sense of alarm, thinking I might become a mineral otaku.

I don’t plan to introduce myself later at the age of 50 saying,

‘I married my job.’

I need to snap out of it.

‘But... I’m not really popular with women... Can I even fall in love, let alone get married, before I die... Sigh...’

I genuinely worry that I might end up marrying my job.

“Damn...”

My confidence in romantic relationships has hit rock bottom since being toyed with by Ayoung. When will I fully overcome this aftereffect?

I worried about my future while pouring the molten metal into the mold I had prepared in advance.

Now I just need to wait for the molten metal to solidify properly in the mold.

‘I can’t just sit around while waiting.’

Time is money. I need to keep busy to make up for the time I wasted going to beauty salons and clothing stores for Ayoung.

I started trimming the bamboo I had set aside on one side.

Think of bamboo as an upgraded version of bamboo.

It is dozens of times harder and more elastic than bamboo, making it suitable as a spear shaft material.

Its transparent blue color, like sapphire, makes it popular as an ornamental plant, but it is too expensive to be used as such. Ornamental bamboo is a symbol of wealth, one might say.

“Hmm.”

I straightened the bamboo as specified in the Wind Spear crafting method and cut it to exactly 178 centimeters.

Snap! Snap!

Swinging it a few times, the grip and weight felt just right.

‘With such elasticity and strength comparable to steel... It’s worth the price.’

This will be the shaft of the Wind Spear.

The harmony of the silver blade and blue shaft is expected to be beautiful and elegant.

‘Next is the blade.’

After completing the shaft, I took out the mithril in a semi-solid state from the mold.

I equipped my special crafting item.

<Unnamed Master's Blacksmith Hammer>

Grade: Epic

Durability: 350/350 Attack Power: 70~80

Rare Grade Item Crafting Probability: +17%

Epic Grade Item Crafting Probability: +7%

This is a blacksmith hammer made by an unnamed master who possesses great skill and potential but lacks experience and reputation.

It was made for the master to use, so it is not suitable for other blacksmiths.

Usage Condition: Baphomet's Descendant

Weight: 80

‘Since I started using this hammer, the crafting probability of rare and epic grade items has increased.’

It is very disappointing that it does not increase the crafting probability of unique and legendary grade items.

However, this is a limitation because the hammer itself is of epic grade.

It is speculated that a unique grade crafting hammer would increase the crafting probability of unique grade items, and a legendary grade crafting hammer would increase the crafting probability of legendary grade items.

‘I should try to make a legendary grade crafting hammer soon.’

Clang! Clang!

I repeatedly heated the mithril and forged it with the hammer, expelling the carbon in the refined mithril to the appropriate amount. This is the steelmaking process.

After this forging, the mithril, now hardened, will be forged several more times, shaped, and sharpened to become a spear blade.

“Phew...”

I was drenched in sweat.

Outside the window, a thick fog of dawn had settled.

Clang! Clang!

The only sounds heard in the quiet streets of Winshton, where all were asleep, were the footsteps of adventurers returning from hunting and the clear sound of my hammer.

And about 4 hours later.

After satisfactorily forging the mithril and completing the spear blade, I attached it to the shaft using a griffin's tendon.

Thus, the first of the three Wind Spears commissioned by Fon was completed.

[The breath of a legendary blacksmith amplifies the effects of the crafted item.]

‘Great!!’

Fortunately, the breath effect was activated!

Now the key is the item's grade...!

With a mix of anticipation and tension, the information window of the completed item appeared before my eyes.

<Wind Spear>

Grade: Unique

Durability: 432/432 Attack Power: 476

Critical Hit Rate: +5% Attack Speed: +10%

*Attack speed increases by 1% with each consecutive attack.

*Skill ‘Illusion Carnage’ created.

*Skill ‘Craftsman’s Origin’ created.

This is a spear made of mithril by an unnamed master who possesses great skill and potential but lacks experience and reputation.

It is very light, so the more skilled the user, the more powerful it can be. However, its lightness can also be a disadvantage.

It contains the hope of the master for this spear to become an excellent weapon.

Usage Condition: Level 240 or higher. Strength 750 or higher. Agility 400 or higher. Advanced Spear Mastery Level 2.

Weight: 200

[Crafting a unique item increases all stats by +12 permanently and increases reputation by +300 across the continent.]

“Huh? Oh! Oh! Wow! Yesss!!!”

So far, I have crafted two legendary items: the Sword of No Mind and the Shield of the Divine. However, I have only managed to craft a single ideal dagger, a unique item.

In reality, the probability of crafting a legendary item is much lower than that of a unique item, but the difference in my experience is negligible. In other words, the probability of crafting a unique item is as difficult as crafting a legendary item.

But to craft a unique item in one go!

“Hahaha!”

I feel like I could fly from happiness.

‘It’s even better with the breath effect applied!’

The unique grade Wind Spear specified in the crafting method has a total durability of 363 and an attack power of 400.

However, the unique grade Wind Spear I crafted has 19% higher durability and attack power than specified in the crafting method.

This is due