The Occult World’s Coveted Blacksmith - Chapter 89

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◈ The Occult World’s Coveted Blacksmith ◈

Chapter 89: Let’s Just Mix Them Together and Sell Them

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And on the day of the auction, five minutes before midnight.

[11:55 PM]

[Notice: Bidding status will be hidden five minutes before the auction closes.]

[12:00 AM]

Ding.

[The auction has ended.]

[Auction] Do Emperor auction over~~~~

└ It’s over……

└ LOL Good work, everyone.

└ I lost out T_T

[Auction] Can’t they get rid of that five-minute blackout at the end??

Fuck, this is bullshit. Fuck fuck fuck.

└ LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

└ Seriously. I thought I was safe because I had such a huge lead, but when it ended, my rank had dropped like crazy.

└ I got completely crushed trying for a Swift Talisman;;

└ Rank 140…… I’m definitely buying one next time.

[Auction] Do Emperor Enchant Talisman cutoff summary.

(Screenshot.jpg)

Surprisingly, the Efficiency Talisman had the lowest cutoff.

The Karmafire Talisman had the highest.

└ Isn’t that obvious? How are you supposed to resist fireworks~

└ Number one in the talisman rankings. Damn.

└ Hmm. Still, wasn’t the cutoff lower than expected? It’s the lowest among Do Emperor’s items so far.

└ ?? You call this cheap??

└ What LOL

└ They’re consumables;; It’s not even a bundle, just one sheet. Of course it’s expensive.

└ Hmm, is it really that bad?

[Auction] Still, wasn’t the cutoff reasonable?

It’s the kind of thing you’d carry one of.

As a secret weapon.

└ Yeah, it was more reasonable than I expected.

└ If they sold them at this price, I’d probably keep one or two around too.

└ People probably held back because they thought another batch would come out soon, like the key rings??

[Auction] Raise your hand if you won.

└ Me me.

└ Hand.

└ Me too.

└ When does it ship?

└ They said around two days.

└ I’m already looking forward to it.

└ Hurry up and post reviews. I still can’t believe these actually work.

└ Okay, I’ll post one right away!!

└ Something big is coming, something big is coming, something huge is coming~~~

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A few days later.

[HOT] Do Emperor Enchant Talisman review~~~

Ahh, it arrived, it arrived.

Ooh, it came in a silk pouch. Look how fancy it is.

(Talisman photo)

Wow! The real thing is insane.

There are three circles on a yellow talisman, with Chinese characters drawn on it.

It also came with a certificate of authenticity and instructions.

[Enchant Talisman: Karmafire Talisman (Karmafire)]

- Function: Grants Fire Energy to a Ritual Implement’s striking surface.

[Product Description]

· Attach it to the Spiritual Power input point of a Ritual Implement.

· It grants the attached Ritual Implement the stated function for five minutes.

· Usable three times. (The remaining uses are shown by the number of circles.)

· No additional Spiritual Power consumption.

※ It does not function without a Ritual Implement.

※ If the surface coating is forcibly damaged, the talisman will burn up and vanish on the spot. This workshop accepts no responsibility for this.

Wow;; It says it’ll burn up if you peel off the coating.

And they won’t take responsibility.

Damn, that’s cool.

Is this the handwriting of that qipao noona? Sniff sniff.

There’s even a serial number on the back.

Oh, lucky number seven.

That’s the end of my review~~~~

└ ???

└ Why isn’t there an unboxing and use video?

└ LOL Nope~ I’m not using it. I’m keeping it unopened~

└ It does look cool. I guess one circle disappears every time you use it.

└ Tch, they coated it so people can’t copy it. What a shame.

└ LOL Do you really think copying it would work?

After that, real usage reviews began appearing.

[HOT] Holy shit, the Karmafire Sword actually works.

(Video of red flames erupting from an ordinary longsword)

Aaaaaah, this is insane.

I never thought I’d get to use something like this. It doesn’t drain Spiritual Power, so I’m not even out of breath.

(Photo of the talisman with one circle gone and two remaining)

└ Damn, that’s stylish.

└ That’s so cool.

└ Manifesting a fire attribute with zero Spiritual Power consumption is completely broken.

└ How the hell did they make this???

└ I seriously want to peel the coating off and see.

[Verification] Quick Swift Talisman review.

(Video of an axe being swung at incredible speed)

└ Whoa, that’s insanely fast.

└ Look at those afterimages;;;

└ Why does that axe look so light? LOL

└ I thought five minutes would be short, but that looks like plenty LOL

└ So this is why Do Emperor is Do Emperor...

The practical-use reviews continued piling up.

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[Emergency Broadcast] Wolsan Industrial Complex | Grade 2 Cursed Spirit Appears. Viewers: 1,772

At the center of the factory complex on-screen stood a muscular monster well over three meters tall.

A bright yellow eye was embedded in the middle of its forehead.

Drool dripped from between the fangs protruding from its lower jaw.

A One-Eyed Goblin.

It held a bent pipe in one hand, apparently ripped out from somewhere.

- What the hell is that?

- An ogre?

- Why is that goblin so huge???

- They say it’s Grade 2.

‘……Have all the people evacuated?’

Kim Chang-yong pressed himself behind a container and caught his breath.

Fuck…

I only came because it was nearby.

Support was still at least twenty minutes away.

He pulled out his phone and gave it a quick look.

The Observer’s view shifted angles and swept across the front gate.

In the distance, he could see the backs of people fleeing toward the industrial complex entrance.

- Whew, everyone got out.

- But what about that guy?

- He’s alone;;

- And his weapon’s gone too. Damn.

‘……At least there don’t seem to be any people left.’

[Kuweeeeeek!]

The goblin pulled the spear embedded in its shoulder out with one hand.

Then it gripped it with both hands.

Crack.

It casually snapped the spear like a twig and tossed it aside.

‘…This is bad.’

Kim Chang-yong was a sorcerer who fought with a spear and net.

When he was young, he had been deeply impressed by a gladiator movie. He had fallen in love with the sight of a man fighting with a net and spear in the Colosseum.

That was how he had started using the spear-and-net combination!

He started with a spear, then eventually even had a net made into a Ritual Implement.

And this combination was useful in both fights against people and fights against Cursed Spirits!

The net was a Ritual Implement capable of carrying Spiritual Power.

Once he cast it over a Cursed Spirit and caught it, it could neither fly away nor move at all.

Then all he had to do was pierce a vital point with his spear. It was a highly effective hunting method!

For someone who fought alone, there was no better combination.

But…

‘Damn it.’

His spear had just been destroyed.

He still had his ultimate trump card, a Do Emperor Enchant Talisman, tucked away for emergencies.

But what use was that when he no longer had a spear to attach it to?

‘That ogre-looking bastard is obviously fast as hell.’

Goblins could turn into Goblin Fire and fly after their prey.

He should have bought a Swift Talisman so he could at least run away.

Even if he caught the thing, he had no way to finish it off.

What was he supposed to do with only a net?

Thud.

The creature began walking toward him, dragging its pipe along the ground.

Screeeeech.

The thing on-screen was smiling.

Yeah, of course it was having fun.

I was little more than a rat trapped in a jar now.

‘……Shit.’

Behind the goblin, he could see the broken half of his spear shaft.

Should he make a run for it and pick that up?

But he doubted attaching the talisman to something broken would have much effect.

‘Damn it…’

Still, he had no choice.

He had to try something.

Once the thing got close enough, he would throw the net and…

……Wait. The net?

Come to think of it.

‘Did it ever say I had to attach it to an offensive Ritual Implement?’

[Kuwaaaaaah!]

The creature charged Chang-yong.

- This is bad.

- T_T_T_T_T

- Run already!!

But Chang-yong did not run. Instead, he ran toward the creature.

The distance closed in an instant.

As the creature swung its iron pipe, he bent low and slipped beneath its armpit.

Then he kicked off the factory wall.

Taat!

Twisting his body in the air, he spread the net slung over his shoulder and hurled it.

Whoosh!

The unfurled net covered the creature.

The thing, its head covered by the net, casually waved its arms.

[Hahaha! What do you think you can do to me with a mere scrap of netting!]

Its horrible voice boomed like a roaring bear.

- ?? Wait, it can talk??

- That’s creepy as hell.

- It’s a goblin;; Of course it can talk.

“What am I going to do?”

The moment he landed, he pulled the net’s rope with all his strength.

At the end of the taut rope, he attached the talisman he had pulled from his pocket.

“Burn.”

Fwoosh!

Fwooooooosh!!

Flames began at one mesh in the net and spread across the entire thing in an instant.

[Kwaaaaaah?!]

- ?????

- What is this?

- Holy shit holy shit holy shit, what did he just do???

- That’s insane!!!!

Fwoooooosh!

The flames enveloping the creature and net grew fiercer.

[Kuoook! Kwaaaah!]

The thing rolled across the ground.

It slammed itself into the walls over and over.

Bang! Bang!

But the net would not come off.

And the creature kept burning inside it.

* * *

[LIVE] Damn, did you guys see the gladiator at the factory complex yesterday?

(Video of him dodging the goblin, kicking off the wall, throwing the net over it, and burning it alive)

└ What a highlight reel.

└ He’s so cool T_T_T

└ Who is that guy?

└ Kim Chang-yong, ranked 30th among Grade 2s.

└ You know, he’s pretty famous for that gladiator concept.

[HOT] That was a Do Emperor Enchant Talisman, right?

(Enlarged screenshot of the moment the talisman was attached)

└ You could use it like that??

└ Holy shit, can you just apply these to any Ritual Implement??? It doesn’t have to be offensive??

└ That’s legendary.

And after the factory-complex gladiator livestream, a rather different kind of verification post began appearing.

[HOT] ???: Speed is weight.

(Video of a Cursed Spirit getting blown apart by a roundhouse kick delivered at incredible speed)

This is the taekwondo master at our office.

We showed them the gladiator video yesterday, and today the master attached one to their shin guards LOLLLLLL

└ Damn, that kick is insanely fast LOL

└ How far did that thing get launched? LOL

└ Is that a Do Emperor Swift Talisman on their shin guards?

└ Yep yep yep.

└ F=ma

└ Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light, my friend~

└ LOL That’s insane.

[HOT] Whoa, check this out. The flute guy.

(Video of low-grade Cursed Spirits bursting into flame after being struck by sound waves spreading in the direction of a Ritual Implement flute)

He’s the old guy in our guild who plays the flute. He carried hard today LOL

└ Wait, did he just burn them all by playing the flute??

└ Fire orchestra. Damn.

└ Is the range anywhere the sound reaches?? That’s an AoE skill.

└ Isn’t that the guy who said he was going to make a flamethrower setup last time?

└ Holy shit, it really is. He even went and attached an Efficiency Talisman.

└ The dream is complete.

There were also fans that breathed fire, kettles, and all kinds of other applications.

- Damn, there have been so many legendary scenes lately.

- How do people even think of this stuff? LOL

- The review tab has been insanely fun lately LOL

- Everyone’s a creativity genius.

Sorcerers who had gained fame by using the talismans in creative ways began appearing one after another.

Then someone found a strange review.

[Review] What is this?

Something’s sparkling on the outside of my talisman??

(Photo)

Looking at other people’s reviews, theirs don’t seem to have that?

└ ??? Isn’t something wrong with it?

└ Isn’t it defective?;

└ Hmm… I’m not sure. I bought it to use on a commission today anyway, so I’ll try it and post a review.

[Review] What the fuck is this!!! I’m the person who posted earlier saying mine was sparkling.

(Video of blue flames erupting)

This is ridiculously strong???

Why is only mine a different color???

And didn’t they say it lasted five minutes??

I think I used it for around ten?

I thought I’d use all of it today,

but I still have two uses left.

└ ????

└ What is this?

└ Holy shit, look at it sparkle. Is that SSR?

└ Congrats, congrats. You pulled a winner LOL

└ Is this card-pulling??? Is this a gacha? LOL

[Verification] I saw this post and checked mine just in case. Mine’s like that too?

Did I win one too?

└ Ugh, I’m jealous.

└ What serial number do you have? Were they arranged by number?

└ No, mine’s number 12 and nothing happened.

└ It seems random??

[Verification] I won too!!!!

Mine’s a Swift Talisman.

I attached it to my boots just now, and I spent ten minutes practicing the art of shrinking distance.

└ LOL The art of shrinking distance LOL

└ Shouldn’t you attach two if it’s boots?

└ I bought two just in case. Flex~~

└ LOL Wow, rich much?

└ Aren’t a pair of boots a single set of Ritual Implements? Wouldn’t one be enough?

└ Yeah, apparently. Anyway, I won one, so this is great~

* * *

‘……Everyone’s creativity is really something.’

I sprawled on the sofa, scrolling through the review tab.

Dopamine time had come again!

It was time to look through reviews from people who had bought my products.

The gladiator guy who burned an entire net.

The taekwondo master who threw kicks at the speed of light.

The fire orchestra flute guy.

Hehehe.

Interesting. Very interesting.

This was why I lived.

But the truly interesting part was something else.

The appearance of SSRs!

Grin.

‘Looks like they’ve already found them.’

* * *

I first noticed them when we were about halfway through the batch of Enchant Talismans.

‘……Hmm?’

There were two or three talismans that had been set aside during inspection.

Whenever they caught the light, they flashed with a faint bluish color. They looked a little different.

When I inspected them closely, there was a thin layer of something like glitter or frost on their surface.

“What are these?”

“Oh, those? I set those aside on purpose.”

Kang Ha-na picked up one of them and held it under the fluorescent light.

“Hmm. They’re sort of like Spiritual Power Crystals. It’s been a really long time since I last saw them myself.”

She said that when a top-grade talisman master poured their heart and soul into drawing a talisman, sometimes the surface of the Yellow Talisman Paper would turn white like this.

The paper absorbed more Spiritual Power than it could handle.

Unable to retain all of it, minute traces gradually pushed their way to the surface over time.

Among talisman masters, these were considered the finest of the fine.

Huh… So something like that existed?

“Wow, you’re amazing, noona.”

“Oh, please.”

Kang Ha-na waved the talisman back and forth.

“You’re the one who made this, little brother.”

“Me?”

…Me?

“Earlier, when you activated them, you filled them with Spiritual Power, right?”

Come to think of it, since she said she would be copying them in batches, I had filled a basin with Spiritual Power while activating them.

She had to handle the Imprinted Intent because she was controlling dozens of brushes at once, but there was no need to make her handle all the Spiritual Power too.

Since I was filling the ink with Spiritual Power anyway, I had figured it would be easier if I charged it in advance to some extent.

“It’s not like this has never happened before. Talismans drawn on days when I’m in especially good condition sometimes turn out like this.”

“But this much coming up to the surface? Even several at once? That’s a first for me too.”

‘……Hmm.’

So, to sum it up.

Depending on my condition and how much Spiritual Power filled the basin that day.

These super-premium ones would occasionally pop out?

“Then should we gather them separately and sell them?”

Kang Ha-na tapped the talisman with her fingertip.

“These aren’t common at all. Their performance will have increased massively too. We could probably charge ten times the price.”

……Ten times.

“No.”