Episode 114.
Siwoo sat still, deep in thought, holding the hammer.
‘The subspace pocket is ultimately magic.’
So there was no need to make any equipment.
All that was needed was to implement subspace using Isis’ reality manipulation (SSS).
Why isn’t that there?
The principle of putting your hand in the air and taking out an object.
That was the magic of subspace.
There was no need to incorporate subspace magic into the equipment.
Just twist reality to create a subspace.
but.
‘I don’t think it’s something that can be done easily.’
It wasn’t that easy.
As confirmed by Insight (S+).
It took tremendous force.
Depending on the degree to which reality can be manipulated, its power varies exponentially.
In severe cases, the caster’s existence collapses and disappears.
What did you call this?
Cosmic backlash?
I think that’s what it was like.
‘My head already hurts.’
Complex magical theories are…
Siwoo shook his head.
I wonder what would have happened if there was no Insight (S+).
‘At first, I subscribed without thinking.’
Zhuge Liang’s insight (S+).
The ability to see into the essence of the phenomenon one encounters.
This ability played a major role in helping Shiwoo understand and utilize the power of the gods.
He was helping Siwoo with everything he was learning.
Is that why?
He was recording an unrivaled level of skill.
anyway.
‘It’s not something I can manipulate as I please.’
Well, if that were the case, it wouldn’t have been called reality manipulation.
It would have been called omnipotent.
Of course, it was still an incredible ability.
It’s just that it’s hard to beat reality.
The result that it was possible remained unchanged.
But with my current level of skill, it was impossible.
‘I guess I’ll have to make a pocket.’
Because with your current level of proficiency, you can’t use subspace magic.
‘What should I do with the shape?’
Although it is called a subspace pocket, there was no need to make it in the shape of a pocket.
All that was needed was the concept of ‘containing something.’
Boxes, bags, storage cabinets.
Anything was possible if there was a concept to contain it.
‘Should I use a bag?’
But um.
Still, I thought the pocket would be the most convenient.
After finishing the plan, Siwoo took out the materials from the workshop warehouse.
Materials that Siu has farmed through raids.
‘shall we start.’
Siwoo was the first to put the ingredients into the furnace.
Huruk, hurururuk!
The red flames flickered, heating up the ingredients.
Siwoo felt the temperature on his skin and was lost in thought for a moment.
‘This is my first time sewing… Should I refer to the weaver girl channel?’
The tale of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
A weaver girl was a woman who made clothes for the fairies of heaven.
It is said that no one can match the weaver girl’s ability to make clothes.
Heaven’s clothing is seamless.
It was given this name because it was a perfect garment without even a stitching mark.
Even the Jade Emperor could not help but be amazed.
It wasn’t just the Jade Emperor.
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Even Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, fell in love with him.
Is it only Aphrodite?
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Each of these are called the goddesses of beauty in mythology.
Those goddesses were going crazy trying to get the weaver girl’s clothes.
So, Siwoo was curious and checked out the video on the Jiknyeo channel.
It’s so pretty that I wish goddesses would do that.
‘I was just like that.’
But that’s just how it was.
Of course it was pretty.
But is it really worth making such a fuss about?
‘Do women see it differently?’
To be exact, they weren’t women, but goddesses.
anyway.
When it comes to sewing, no one can match the weaver girl.
Even Hephaestus is a cut above the weaver girl when it comes to sewing.
But whatever.
‘Let’s just do it.’
It was annoying.
Why go to all that trouble to make just one pocket?
After all, the core is ISIS’s reality manipulation (SSS).
A pocket is just a kind of conceptual form.
In short, it was enough to just be sturdy.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Before I knew it, the ingredients were emitting a bright red light.
It seemed like it was heated up enough.
‘Let’s begin.’
Siwoo took out the materials that were burning inside the furnace.
* * *
“He was a craftsman I remember from my last time in Korea.”
Aurelian gave a small smile to Seopalgwang.
Seopalgwang, which I saw once when I visited Korea several years ago.
“After so many years, you have become such a great master… I pay my respects to you as a blacksmith.”
Aurelian spoke with sincerity.
Han Chae-rin interpreted and relayed Aurelian’s words.
Then Seo Pal-gwang spoke as if it was nonsense.
“Oh, you flatter me. I still have a long way to go compared to Master Aurelian.”
“Absolutely not. Are you saying such things after submitting such a work to this seminar?”
Aurelian took out the sword made by Seopalgwang and showed it to him.
A sword that looks shabby at first glance.
But the reality was not like that at all.
“A delicate balance of ductility and strength, yet without excluding brittleness. Even I can’t easily guess what kind of metal refining technique was used.”
Aurelian looked purely amazed.
Then he gently gripped the sword’s handle.
A grip that feels artistic and warm.
Aurelian exclaimed, ‘Whoa…!’
“This… I’m amazed every time I look at it. It looks like the shape of the handle changes to suit the user.”
“That’s right.”
“How on earth can this be?”
Aurelian was really, really curious.
The quality of the swords made by Seo Pal-gwang was truly top-notch.
It was on a different level from the blacksmiths who called themselves craftsmen.
A true craftsman.
But that was something Aurelian could do too.
Actually, Aurelian could have done better than this.
But there’s just one thing.
This handle now.
A sword handle that varies in shape depending on the user.
I couldn’t figure this out at all.
What technology was used.
How can this feature be created?
This is something I just can’t figure out.
In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that I flew all the way from France for this.
Aurelian asked.
Seopalgwang answered.
“I used the doppelganger’s facial muscles.”
“Doppelganger’s facial muscles?”
Aurelian tilted her head without realizing it.
Did I mishear that?
Or is the interpretation wrong?
Aurelian asked Han Chae-rin again.
However, Han Chae-rin just kept saying the same thing, ‘doppelganger’s facial muscles.’
That means,
“Does that mean you melted the doppelganger’s abilities?”
“That’s right.”
Seo Pal-gwang nodded calmly.
And for a moment, Aurelian’s expression became blank.
That would be the case.
“Is that… possible?”
Because that was impossible.
After the 5th industrial revolution.
A new material called monster was borrowed from metallurgy.
Strength and material superior to metal.
This also brought about a great leap forward in metallurgy.
But that also had some limitations.
There were obvious limitations to utilizing monsters’ abilities.
To be exact, the monster’s ‘ability’ could not be utilized.
For a simple example, the Turtle Dragon features a toughness comparable to that of a Dragon Skin.
So, it is a monster that is used in various fields including equipment.
And the reason it was possible was because of the ‘physical characteristics’.
The turtle dragon’s hardiness is a ‘characteristic’ that is maintained even when dead.
Physical properties such as hardness.
Even if the monster dies.
That firmness didn’t disappear.
But it wasn’t ‘ability’.
The abilities used by monsters do not remain.
Hence the doppelganger’s ability to transform.
That was something that couldn’t be used once the doppelganger died.
Because it wasn’t a physical characteristic.
A type of ability that cannot be extracted from a corpse.
Abstract powers and abilities disappear upon the monster’s death.
Therefore, the doppelganger’s transformation ability is an ‘ability’ that cannot be incorporated into equipment.
But now.
“Uh, how did you…?”
Aurelian couldn’t hide her embarrassment.
First of all, I was unable to do it myself.
I was sure I could do something similar to imitate it.
But it wasn’t to this extent.
To this extent, the doppelganger’s abilities could not be utilized.
I could confidently state that I was the best blacksmith in the world.
This is a technology that surpasses humans.
This is something that only the god of metallurgy can do.
“How on earth do you get this technology…?”
“I learned.”
Learn this?
To whom, anyway?
It took Aurelian some time to understand what Seopalgwang was saying.
So what I mean is,
Doesn’t that mean there’s another blacksmith in the world with these skills?
That is, a being superior to Seopalgwang.
Aurelian looked at Seopalgwang with blank eyes.
This was before Han Chae-rin’s interpretation arrived.
But Seo Pal-gwang answered first.
“Over there, I was taught by a craftsman named Siwoo.”
Seopalgwang’s finger pointed to one side of the workshop.
As expected, it was before Han Chae-rin’s interpretation.
But Aurelian naturally followed Seopalgwang’s fingers and turned her gaze.
The place I looked at.
“Are you talking to that guy?”
He was the first man I met in this workshop.
I heard that he is an employee working at this workshop.
That is, it meant apprentice.
“Weren’t you the disciple of Master Seopalgwang?”
So I thought like this.
It seems like that wasn’t the case.
“Rather, I am learning a lot.”
No, it seemed like it was the other way around.
But Aurelian couldn’t believe it at all.
That would be the case, the man you see now, Siwoo.
On the surface it doesn’t look that great….
I didn’t have faith.
The atmosphere itself seemed so dull that it seemed bewildering.
A blacksmith is someone who handles fire and metal.
You had to have a somewhat muscular body.
But Siwoo wasn’t like that.
That doesn’t mean it looks shabby.
You must have been working out hard.
That was exactly what was visible on the outside.
He didn’t look like a blacksmith at all.
If that’s a blacksmith, then all the blacksmiths in the world are dead.
What about a blacksmith who can receive instruction from a craftsman as great as Seo Pal-gwang?
“Are you kidding me?”
Aurelian finally had this thought.
No matter how much I thought about it, this was the only conclusion I could come to.
Seo Pal-gwang smiled as if he understood.
“I couldn’t believe it at first either.”
And then Seo Pal-gwang continued speaking.
“There is a saying in Korea that seeing is believing. It means that seeing once is better than asking a hundred times. It seems like Siwoo is about to make something, so let’s watch.”
To be honest, I couldn’t stand it.
But there must be a reason why Seo Pal-gwang says this.
Aurelian watched Siu work quietly.
Siwoo took something out of the hot furnace and placed it on the anvil.
Something that is burning bright red.
Siwoo looked at it for a long time.
‘Tsk.’
Aurelian clicked her tongue from there.
It looks like you’re trying to do some forging…
The key to forging is temperature.
Only by pounding while the temperature is high can impurities be properly removed and the metal be shaped.
But why are you just standing there blankly staring like that?
‘You don’t even have basic knowledge of forging.’
Aurelian shook her head.
As expected, it didn’t make sense from the start.
Kyaaang─!
At that moment, the sound of a hammer rang out.
Kaang─ Kaaang─!
A clear sound that continues on and on.
Every time Siwoo struck the hammer, the red-hot metal stretched out.
“……”
Aurelian was left speechless.
That makes sense, that’s what Siwoo is doing.
The process of drawing out metal in long, thread-like shapes.
They say you see as much as you know.
“On purpose… is that what happened?”
Aurelian could understand Siu’s blank behavior earlier.
Forging includes hot forging and cold forging.
Hot forging is performed at high temperatures of over 1,000 degrees Celsius.
A method used to heat a river to reduce deformation resistance and achieve a large change with a small force.
In addition, hot forging is performed when seeking to improve and strengthen the material.
Therefore, hot forging can easily form complex shaped parts.
However, because the temperature is so high, there are problems such as decarburization, surface defects, and marks.
That’s why it was somewhat difficult to shape it into a thin thread.
So, I had to cool it down to some extent.
After heating to a temperature above the transformation point.
The heat had to be cooled below the deformation point.
And it had to be accurate.
If the temperature is even slightly off, the metal will stretch and break.
If it cools too much, it will harden and not be shaped.
So now.
Kyaaang─!
With one blow of Siwoo’s hammer, the metal is stretched out in a long, straight line.
I didn’t receive any help along the way.
That means,
“Did you feel that temperature on your skin?”
This is… not something that can be done easily.
Something easy to do?
you’re welcome.
It’s almost impossible.
Because we literally had to find the exact temperature point.
It is not something that can be done with human senses.
But… but now.
Kyaaang─!
Siwoo’s hammering continued.
Aurelian couldn’t take her eyes off Siwoo.
I couldn’t believe it… I couldn’t believe it.
The world’s greatest blacksmith, Aurelian.
The only blacksmith to have received the title of Master.
There is no blacksmith on this earth better than Aurelian.
I dare say that it is the highest point that humans can reach.
That’s why it’s absolutely impossible.
But why on earth is that?
As Aurelian looked at Siu, one thought kept coming to her mind.
A distant place that humans cannot dare to reach.
That’s why I dare.
Literally, if I dare.
An untouchable realm.
“I, that’s….”
Aurelian’s eyes opened wide in astonishment.
* * *
Tiring!
‘A piece… .’
Hephaestus’ evaluation was miserable.
Are sewing and metallurgy really different fields?
‘It’s not easy to pull thread out of metal.’
This was a technique that Siwoo had tried for the first time.
Honestly, why would you want to spin a thread out of metal?
A new technology and different field.
Because of that, the evaluation was a miserable pocket.
Still, whatever.
‘As long as it’s sturdy, it’s fine anyway.’
As expected, ISIS’s reality manipulation (SSS) was the key.
Siwoo looked at the finished pouch quietly.
A metal pouch made by drawing out thin metal strips.
However, the ductility was maximized during the refining process, making it as soft as real life.
‘Let’s try giving it a subspace function.’
But um.
‘What should I do?’
Do I really have to do the flirtatious dance that Isis did in the video?
The very moment when I had that thought.
“Absurd!!!!!”
On one side, a shout was heard as the workshop was leaving.
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