Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 695

[ The System has also decided to fully acknowledge your talent for the Blacksmith Style. ]

[ As a result, your ‘Blacksmith Style’ has gained sufficient qualifications to advance to a higher realm. ]

[ The Liberated Hammer of the Great Smith resonates with you. ]

[ The Liberated Necklace of the Great Smith resonates with you. ]

System notifications slowly appeared one after another.

Su-ho quietly stared at them.

The notifications he saw this time were different from the previous ones.

It seemed to be because, unlike the other succession styles, the Blacksmith Style was not based on the concept of forms.

At that moment, the hammer and necklace Su-ho possessed slipped out on their own and began scattering a golden radiance.

[ The legacies of the Great Smith fully acknowledge your qualifications. ]

[ The legacies of the Great Smith begin to become one with you. ]

[ Item information is being changed. ]

[ Skill information is being changed. ]

[ The Blacksmith Style is being reconstructed. ]

The legacies scattering that radiance soon seeped into Su-ho.

It was warm.

The sensation, like warm water flowing through him, soon heated his body pleasantly.

[ The secret art of the Lord of Ten Thousand Gold City is fully passed down to you. ]

[ You completely absorb the Flame of the Golden Blacksmith. ]

[ You completely master the Path of the Smith. ]

[ You have mastered ‘Blacksmith Style Ultimate Art - Smith's Eye(SS)’. ]

[ You have mastered ‘Blacksmith Style Ultimate Art - Art of Dismantling(SS)’. ]

[ You have mastered ‘Blacksmith Style Ultimate Art - Art of Assembly(SS)’. ]

[ You have mastered ‘Blacksmith Style Ultimate Art - Art of Synthesis(SS)’. ]

[ For accomplishing a supreme achievement, the System gifts you 30 bonus stats. ]

At last, he had completed the full succession of the Blacksmith Style.

It felt strange.

Somehow, it was different from the other succession styles he had learned until now.

At that moment, Cheon Geum-jang, who had watched until the very end, spoke with a deepened gaze.

"You've worked hard."

"Not at all. What did I even do? It's all thanks to you, Elder."

"Hoho, how could that be? You accomplished it because you possessed the qualifications. Then, as the final step, summon the hammer."

"The hammer?"

Out of habit, Su-ho thought of his inventory.

Then his thoughts abruptly stopped.

Come to think of it, hadn't the hammer been absorbed into me just now?

When Su-ho stared blankly at Cheon Geum-jang, the Lord of Ten Thousand Gold City smiled as though looking at a child.

"Picture it in your mind. What I gave you was merely a medium."

So it was about imagination.

He was used to that sort of thing.

When he pictured the hammer he had been using until just moments ago, it naturally appeared in his hand.

Cheon Geum-jang summoned something similar as well.

"Do you know why the hammer disappeared at the very end?"

"I'm not sure."

"Because to someone who wields the Blacksmith Style, things like hammers and anvils have no meaning whatsoever. In other words, there's no reason it absolutely has to be a hammer."

"You mean what's important is the Blacksmith Style itself."

"That's right. You have become one even with the blacksmith's flame and furnace. So even without a hammer, you should be able to manifest the Blacksmith Style through anything."

"Anything......."

So this too was a world of images.

Understanding what he meant, Su-ho nodded.

"I understand. I'll keep that in mind and train hard. But then why did you show me that elongated hammer at the beginning?"

The two-handed hammer that had looked like a long sledgehammer.

At Su-ho's question, Cheon Geum-jang laughed.

"I was just putting on a show to play a little prank."

"A prank?"

"I didn't know you were that good at Go."

"Ah."

An actual hammer was unnecessary when using the Blacksmith Style.

Even so, the reason Cheon Geum-jang had deliberately shown him that long hammer at the beginning was simply to tease Su-ho.

That way, Su-ho would think he had to make the hammer he had been shown his goal and pour his effort into reaching it.

Su-ho laughed at his mischievous prank as well.

"That's a little much."

"Then you should've just let me win back then."

"But it was still a match. How could I [N O V E L I G H T] do that?"

"That's true too. This is everything I have to teach you. Is there anything else you're curious about?"

"If there's nothing more for you to teach me, then I don't have anything either."

"Good. You'll come to understand the rest in time."

"Thank you for everything."

"As do I."

Cheon Geum-jang slowly lowered his head, then raised it again with a smile.

"Take care of yourself."

"I'll do my best."

Soon, Su-ho's vision went dark.

When he opened his eyes again, astonishingly, Jack was there watching a drama.

- When'd you get here?

Jack asked listlessly when Su-ho appeared without so much as a sound.

He didn't seem particularly surprised.

Beside him, Pi Seong-yeol was diligently working on dismantling items.

"Hmm."

Such a quick and quiet farewell.

It was unexpected, but Su-ho thought that too was very much like Cheon Geum-jang.

"Just now."

- The job?

"It went well."

- That's good. Need any help?

"No, I'm good."

- Okaaay~.

Jack replied without taking his eyes off the TV.

Su-ho likewise went over to a nearby sofa, sat down, and began checking what he had obtained.

[ Smith's Eye ]

Grade : SS# An eye possessed only by a successor of the Blacksmith Style who has comprehended its ultimate art.

# When used, allows the target to be viewed from a smith's perspective.