Chapter 136

The damage input is very low at 10%, but if you’re the one using it, it’s a different story. 10% is not the same 10%.
“Ten seconds… That’s the same as a single flat blow.”
Plus, it deals damage every second. I hadn’t used it yet, but somehow it sounded incredible. Ming Hu smiled, closed the skill window, and stepped outside.
He opened the pet window to check Karot’s respawn time. Ming Hu looked at Karot’s respawn time and thought.
“I should be doing something else.
He learned Blood Pool, but it was completely useless against the Red Ogre, who was immune to physical attacks. Deciding to do something else until Karot revived, Ming Hu opened the quest window.
“I’m going to break these things now.
<Emperor's Golden Hammer
Tilto demands that you bring him the Emperor's golden hammer as proof that you smashed the noses of the court smiths flat. Take the Emperor's Golden Hammer to Tilto and prove that you smashed the noses of the court smiths flat!
Difficulty Level: S
Quest Reward: ???
<Slay the Orcs!
Count Dremen has mobilized his knights to rout the orcs on a regular basis, but now the knights have left for the frontier, and the orcs have increased in number and have begun to descend from the mountains and attack the surrounding villages. Without the knights, however, it is impossible to rout the orcs, and you must defend yourself with your remaining soldiers. Luin Dremen, the Count of Dremen's vassal, knows of your strength against the Red Kobolds and wants you to reduce their numbers. Travel to the mountains of Oprania and slay the orcs!
[steel orc: 0 / ?]
[red orc: 0 / ?]
Time remaining: 21 days
Difficulty Level: C
Quest Reward: Increased Friendship with Count Dremen, Helioca Merit ??? (Depending on the number of catches).
"You might as well get the hammer first.
Unsure which of the two quests to complete first, Ming Hu decided to complete the Emperor's Golden Hammer quest, which only required him to retrieve it, so he opened his inventory and equipped Himise's Promise. Using the ring to open a portal, Ming Hu walked through the portal.
Siaak
Arriving at Himise through the portal, Ming Hu looked around and muttered to himself.
"It's been a while."
It had been a long time, indeed. Ming Hu looked around for a moment, then began to walk toward Tilto's store. After a while, Ming Hu arrived at the armory and entered with a smile on his face.
"…Where did you go?"
Once inside, Ming Hu shook his head and muttered to himself when he didn't see the tilto that was supposed to be on the counter.
Profit
But as if waiting for a murmur, the door opened, revealing Tilto.
"Huh?"
Tilto looked slightly surprised to see Ming Hu, and Ming Hu quickly walked over to him.
"I'm here."
"Yes, it's been a while, how did you get into the Imperial Forge?"
Not only did he enter, but he brought with him the Emperor's golden hammer. Ming Hu smiled at Tilto's question and nodded.
"Yes."
"Oooh, I thought you would have gotten in there."
Tilto looked at Ming Hu with pride. Ming Hu opened his inventory and pulled out the Emperor's Golden Hammer.
"…?"
He took out the emperor's golden hammer. Tilto looked back and forth between Ming Hu and the hammer with a puzzled expression, then opened his mouth in disbelief and said, "This is ridiculous.
"You can't… that hammer…"
Tilto trailed off, and Ming Hu spoke up.
"Yes, the Emperor's golden hammer, which you asked me to bring."
"…"
Tilto said nothing to Ming Hu's words, only stared blankly at the Emperor's Golden Hammer. Ming Hu handed Tilto the Emperor's Golden Hammer.
[Handed the emperor's golden hammer].
[Quest completed].
He handed over the hammer and a message appeared. Ming Hu glanced at the message, then at Tilto. Tilto looked at the hammer wordlessly. After studying the hammer for a long time, Tilto put it down and said, "I'm done.
"I didn't expect to get it so quickly. That's amazing."
At Tilto's words, Ming Hu smiled at the thought of being rewarded.
"Because it's an S-level quest.
The quest Emperor's Golden Hammer was a whopping S difficulty level.
"The rewards would be huge.
As an S-ranked quest, the reward would be huge. Tilto continued, as if he knew Ming Hu was waiting for the reward.
"Please wait a moment."
Profit
Tilto told him to wait a moment and opened the door behind him. Ming Hu waited to see what Tilto would bring out.
Profit
A moment later, the door opened and Tilto came out. In his hand, Tilto held a hammer.
"Is that a reward?
Ming Hu looked at the hammer in Tilto's hand and thought. It seemed that the hammer in Tilto's hand was the quest's reward.
Jaw
Tilto said, handing the hammer he had brought to Ming Hu.
"Take it."
[You have acquired a life-giving hammer].
"What name.
When Ming Hu saw the message, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled by the hammer's name. After handing the hammer to Ming Hu, Tilto continued to speak.
"A hammer that has been passed down to us Strong Smiths for generations. I've never been able to use it because I'm not capable, but I think you could."
At Tilto's words, Ming Hu confirmed the information on the hammer.

Restrictions: Strong Smith
Physical Attack Damage: 50
When crafting an item, has a 100% chance to bring the crafted item to life. (Hammer is destroyed when crafting an item.)
Hammer of Life. When crafting an item, the hammer’s life is transferred to the item you craft.
The information was very brief. Ming Hu looked at the information and thought.
‘If you give life. Do you mean the ego?
It was unclear what exactly it meant to give life. Ming Hu could only guess that it meant to create an item with a self.
“It’s a one-time use.
I couldn’t experiment. The hammer was disposable. That’s when Tilto opened his mouth to speak.
“Goodbye, and I’ll see you next time.”
“See you next time.”
At Tilto’s words, Ming Hu put the hammer in his inventory, bowed, and walked out of the forge. It was then.
[The update will begin in 6 hours, please log out from a safe place before the update begins].
“…Update?”
Ming Hu frowned at the message.
“Is it that day already?”
“Legends” are updated infrequently. Unless something extraordinary happened, the regular update was once a month. After reading the message and realizing that today was a regular update day, Ming Hu quickly opened his inventory.
“I don’t have time for this.”
Ming Hu muttered something to himself and pulled a travel scroll from his inventory and tore it open.
Siaak
Arriving at the main square of Demes via scroll, Ming Hu walked to the warp gate attached to the left side of the main square.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to Dresden.”
“Eleven gold.”
Ming Hu quickly took out 11 gold and handed it over to the wizard NPC, and with a floating sensation, he was able to arrive in Dremen.
Jumbled
Arriving in Dremen, Ming Hu quickly left the castle and traveled to the Orc-infested mountains of Oprania. Once in the mountains, Ming Hu checked his quest once more.
<Slay the Orcs!
Count Dremen has mobilized his knights to rout the orcs on a regular basis, but now the knights have left for the frontier, and the orcs have increased in number and have begun to descend from the mountains and attack the surrounding villages. Without the knights, however, it is impossible to rout the orcs, and you must defend yourself with your remaining soldiers. Luin Dremen, the Count of Dremen's vassal, knows of your strength against the Red Kobolds and wants you to reduce their numbers. Travel to the mountains of Oprania and slay the orcs!
[steel orc: 0 / ?]
[red orc: 0 / ?]
Time remaining: 21 days
Difficulty Level: C
Quest Reward: Increased Friendship with Count Dremen, Helioca Merit ??? (Depending on the number of catches).
"Steel okra and red okra…"
After confirming the quest, Ming Hu walked into the mountains, muttering about the kind of orcs he needed to catch.
-Human. TAKE!
-Gulp! Kill. Tsk!
As soon as he entered, the orcs appeared. Ming Hu charged straight at the orcs that stood in his way.
Puck, puck, puck, puck, puck!
-take.
With the orcs slain, Ming Hu began to slaughter them as he marched deeper into the mountains.
[The update will begin in 10 minutes, please log out from a safe place before the update begins].
Ming Hu, who had been slaughtering orcs, stopped in his tracks at the message.
"I should probably sign out."
There were 10 minutes left until the update. Ten minutes of wandering around the mountain range would have killed quite a few orcs, but Ming Hu decided to call it a day and logged out.
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Siaak
After exiting the capsule, Ming Hu immediately sat down in front of his computer and accessed the official website of Legend.
"What do you want to update…"
Minghu clicked on the post on the main homepage to check for updates.
"Everything okay, huh?"
As Ming Hu rolled down the mouse wheel to check for updates, he stopped and stared at the update that had caused him to stop. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, wondering if he'd seen it wrong, but he hadn't.
-Double the amount of Merit you receive for returning crafted items (and double the amount of Merit you receive for quests).