Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 348
Rumble—!
A small forge appeared before Su-ho’s eyes.
At its center stood a compact, dark-blue furnace meant solely for him. Beneath the furnace, shaped like a pot, branched a small, forked path, and at each end lay a different mold.
‘Four hammer strikes, right?’
Su-ho lifted the Released Hammer and struck the furnace.
Kang! Kang! Kang! Kang!
In that instant—
[ The Flame of the Golden Blacksmith has been activated. ]
Whoosh!
It had been nothing more than four hammer strikes.
Yet suddenly, without his will, the Flame of the Golden Blacksmith skill activated. Fire ignited within the dark-blue furnace, heating it.
‘So this is how it feels.’
Fascinating.
He’d spent his whole life swinging swords—when had he ever done something like this?
The furnace, using Su-ho’s mana as fuel, grew hotter and hotter, surpassing red heat until it glowed with golden intensity, ready to melt anything.
Su-ho opened his inventory again.
“Mhm.”
Now that the furnace was running, he needed to put something inside.
The description had said the furnace could take non-metal materials, but he decided to start conventionally—with something metal-like.
His first test material: a fragment of the Chain Overseer’s chains.
“Check information.”
[ Chain Overseer’s Chain Fragment ]
# A portion of the chains once used by the Chain Overseer.
Leftover material from when the Chain Overseer’s chains had been made.
Among his possessions, this was the closest thing to metal.
‘But how exactly is it supposed to separate this?’
No idea.
Which is why he was testing it.
Su-ho dropped it into the furnace.
Clank!
When the heated furnace took the fragment, it made the hollow ring of an empty pot.
And moments later—
[ The Flame of the Golden Blacksmith has been activated. ]
Whoosh!
The golden-blacksmith’s ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) flame flared again, blasting heat.
‘So that’s how it works.’
Like a combination skill—throw something into the pot, and it triggers.
His mana began to drain bit by bit.
‘Hmph.’
From there, Su-ho had little else to do.
The Flame of the Golden Blacksmith drew on his mana automatically, and the furnace diligently raised its temperature to melt the material.
Before long, the pot tilted.
Gurgle—
Molten golden metal poured out, splitting at the end into several streams.
The amount wasn’t much.
But the molten streams divided as if by prior agreement, flowing into separate molds, until the very last drop was split and the furnace shut down.
[ Extraction complete. ]
Ssshh—
A notification of completion.
With the furnace quiet, its hue returned to its signature dark-blue.
The contents in the molds cooled quickly.
From the single piece of material, the extraction had produced three separate outputs.
After confirming they had cooled properly, Su-ho checked the first mold.
[ Nameless Scrap Iron ]
# Scrap iron extracted from cheap weaponry.
His brows knit.
He’d been hopeful, yet here it was—worthless scrap iron.
And only Grade D.
‘Guess that can’t be helped.’
The raw material itself had been cheap, B-grade junk.
Thinking so, he checked the second mold.
[ Mana Crystal ]
# Low-purity mana crystal.
Simple description.
The system called it a mana crystal.
‘True enough—it’s barely a shard compared to a real magic stone.’
About the size of a tiny cubic in cheap street jewelry.
Shaking his head, he moved on to the third mold.
Clenching a fist, Su-ho grinned.
“Knew better than to underestimate blacksmith gear...!”
The results were ideal.
Iron stayed with iron, crystals with crystals—
But runes were always separated out.
Not every item produced a rune—only those with clear, inherent options, like Gorlen’s sword.
And they were always complete runes, never fragments.
Better yet, items with stat or health-related options yielded full runes of those attributes.
An incredible haul.
He was certain now.
Other extractions were useful, but melting down equipment was the most valuable and meaningful use of the furnace.
His eyes returned to his inventory.
Rows of S-grade items he’d held back from testing—
The First Mumu-Mu, the Talent of Atonement, the Ring of Sacrifice, the Ring of Joy and Sorrow...
But he had no intention of melting these.
Runes were materials, not equipment you could wear.
‘No reason to destroy good gear.’
Only items he couldn’t use but that had desirable options were worth it.
His focus shifted from equipment to materials—
Especially those grouped under the same name.
...
The so-called Molten Dragon series.
Gathered when he’d slain the Molten Dragon and activated the harvesting slot.
He examined the heart fragment.
[ Molten Dragon’s Heart Fragment ]
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