Chapter 237

“Oh, I don’t think so.”
But I couldn’t bring myself to admit it. With a look of disbelief, as if it couldn’t possibly be true, I picked up the hammer again and struck the shiny part.
That was the moment.
Boom!
[The third piece of the Alcandeum Golem is complete].
[Current progress: 4/100].
With a bang, the message you’ve been waiting for appeared.
“…”
Ming Hu stared at the message for a moment without speaking.
“…Phew.”
He breathed a sigh of relief and turned away from the message to look at the third piece on his workbench. It looked a little different from the first two pieces he’d completed, perhaps because of the alcandeum.
“By the way… you’re up 2 progress points.”
That wasn’t the only thing: I was getting two progress points for every one I completed, when I thought I’d get one.
[Begin crafting the fourth piece of the Alcandeum Golem].
Siaak
A message appeared, and the third piece disappeared. Looking at the materials on the workbench again, Ming Hu checked the alkandeum in his inventory. To his relief, the weight of the alkandeum hadn’t decreased. Ming Hu immediately picked up his hammer and struck the shiny part.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
[The fourth piece of the Alcandeum Golem is complete].
[Current progress: 5/100].
A few taps later, the fourth piece was complete.
‘It was… It was the Alcandeum.’
It became clear that the reason the third piece was taking so long to complete was because of the alkandeum. Ming Hu smiled and continued to carve.
‘You’re getting an alkandeum every 3 times….’
As Ming Hu continued to make pieces and check his inventory, he realized that every third piece contained alkandeum. Of course, the presence of alkandeum didn’t prevent him from making a piece, so he continued to hammer away at it.
[The thirtieth piece of the Alcandeum Golem is complete].
[Current progress: 40/100].
That was just after I created my thirtieth piece.
[Dexterity is now 500].
[Conditions are met and Strong Smith’s special skill is unlocked].
[Skill: You have mastered the King of Minerals].
As Ming Hu waited for the next sculpture to be created, looking at the now uninspiring sculpture completion message, he couldn’t help but panic at the next message that appeared.
“…”
Ming Hu didn’t say anything. After staring at the message, Ming Hu regained his composure and opened the skill window to see his newly acquired skill, King of Minerals.

Level : -.
Proficiency : -.
No difficulties with minerals.
Effect: All minerals are much easier to handle.
‘…’
After checking the skill information, Ming Hu couldn’t help but frown slightly; the King of Minerals had a completely different effect than he had expected.
‘By the way…’
Ming Hu closed the skill window, still frowning. He opened the character window and continued to think.
‘Dexterity is… 500?’
message, but I couldn’t believe it.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Titles: Count
Age: 22 Occupation: Blood Knight/Strong Smith
Reputation: 4606000 Achievements: 15007770
Title: Hidden Hero (Effect: +50k Health, +50k Mana)
Level: 323
Vitality: 18897550
Mana: 2508420
Stamina: 7870
Strength : 787030 [78703(+7200)] Dexterity : 61715 Stamina : 62157(+500)
Wisdom: 61370 Wisdom: 61041
Dexterity: 500
Contribution: Elgav – 1000000
“This is real.
After checking his dexterity, Ming Hu was a little surprised.
“It’s up 130?
Before he built his forge, Ming Hu’s Dexterity was 370. After that, he only crafted 30 pieces of the Alcandeum Golem.
“I made 30, and it went up 130?
I couldn’t believe it. Dexterity is a skill that is hard to raise even if you create a unique, so it’s hard to believe that 30 uniques can raise 130.
[Begin crafting the thirty-first piece of the Alcandeum Golem].
Siaak
Just then, a message popped up, the thirtieth piece disappeared, and the material appeared on the workbench.
“…Wait.
When Ming Hu saw the message, he frowned at the sudden realization.
‘The King of Minerals. Does that include alcandeum?
The effect of the King of Minerals was to make all minerals easier to work with. Since alkandeum is a metal, it made sense that the King of Minerals’ effect would apply.
‘If this worked… Wouldn’t that save a lot of time?
Ming Hu smiled and grabbed the hammer. If it worked, he could quickly create an alkandeum golem. Grabbing the hammer, Ming Hu quickly struck the shiny part of the material.
Bam!
[The thirty-first piece of the Alcandeum Golem is complete].
[Current Progress: 41/100].
“…huh?
Ming Hu, who had been about to strike the hammer again and again, stopped when the piece was completed in one fell swoop, staring blankly at the message and the piece on his workbench.
“In one room?
It was a bit disconcerting to see a piece that used to take four or five taps to complete, even without alkandeum in the mix, take just one.
“…because of the King of Minerals?
Ming Hu wondered why it was completed so quickly, but then he remembered the King of Minerals. Perhaps it was because of the King of Minerals that it was completed so quickly. No, it was certain. Otherwise, there was no other explanation for this situation.
[Begin crafting the thirty-second piece of the Alcandeum Golem].
Siaak
The thirty-first piece disappeared, and the material reappeared on the workbench. Ming Hu struck the shiny part, wondering what would happen this time.
Bam!
[The thirty-second piece of the Alcandeum Golem has been completed].
[Current progress: 42/100].
Once again, the sculpt was completed in one fell swoop.
“…Hmph.”
Ming Hu looked at the finished sculpture with a smile and continued to mutter to himself.
“At this rate…”
The next piece of material was going to contain alkandeum. I was quite excited.
[Begin crafting the thirty-third piece of the Alcandeum Golem].
Siaak
A message popped up and the material appeared on the workbench. Ming Hu opened his inventory to check the alkandeum. Sure enough, there was one kilogram less alkandeum. Ming Hu tapped the shiny part of the ingredient with anticipation.
Boom!
“…I guess you can’t do it more than once.
I slapped it once, but it didn’t tell me it was done. The material was still shimmering. Ming Hu looked at the shiny material and thought.
‘You know. It’s easy to get a skill and use it all at once.
With that thought, Ming Hu struck the shiny part of the material again.
Boom!
[The thirty-third piece of the Alcandeum Golem is complete].
[Current progress: 44/100].
“…twice?
Despite the alkandeum, the piece was completed in just two taps. Thinking it would take a few more taps to complete, Ming Hu stared at the finished piece in amazement when the completion message appeared.
“…This is going to be really fast.
Ming Hu smiled. It seemed that he would be able to make progress much faster than he had up to this point.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!
Ming Hu then began to tirelessly pound the material with his hammer, completing the sculpture at a pace that was unparalleled before.
[Begin crafting the final piece of the Alcandeum Golem].
After a while, Ming Hu saw the message he had been waiting for.
“Now… Last.”
Ming Hu smiled and struck the material with his hammer.
Bam! Bam!
[The final piece of the Alcandeum Golem is complete].
[Current Progress: 100/100].
Two taps later, the piece was complete and his progress reached 100. Ming Hu swallowed hard and looked at the last piece.
Sigh
The last piece didn’t disappear from the workbench. It just floated up into the air. After what seemed like an eternity, the last piece stopped moving.
That was the moment.
[All pieces are complete].
[Please wait].
As if waiting for that, a message popped up and the pieces that I had supposedly created so far started to appear around the last piece.
Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak
“…Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh!”
Ming Hu smiled as he watched the pieces continue to appear. But it was only for a short time before Ming Hu began to panic, for the pieces had reached the roof of the forge. The problem was, there were still pieces to come.
“Oh, no!”
Kwazik!
[The roof of the smithy is broken].
Soon, the roof of the forge was shattered by a shard, and the message appeared. Ming Hu looked at the message with a bitter expression for a moment, realizing that he would have to repair it later, and then turned back to the pieces.
“Wow. That’s a golem.”
The pieces that had shattered the roof clumped and clumped together, gradually taking on the form of a golem. Ming Hu wiped the bitterness from his face and looked at the pieces of the golem with a smile.
[Tap the marked spot with a hammer].
As the pieces coalesced and came together to form the perfect golem, a message popped up.
“This is… An Alcandeum Golem.”
Ming Hu turned away from the message and looked at the Alcandeum Golem. It didn’t look much different from the other golems, but there was something majestic about it. After studying it for a moment, Ming Hu raised his hammer and approached its shiny right leg.
“At least it’s at the bottom…”
Arriving in front of the right leg, Ming Hu muttered with a look of relief and raised the hammer. Then he struck the half-formed section.
Boom!
[You have successfully crafted an Alcandeum Golem].
[Alcandeum Golem’s crafting count is now 0].
[You can no longer craft alcandeum golems].
Finally, a successful build message appeared, but the message didn’t end there.
[Brings the Alcandeum Golem to life].
[The hammer that delivers life has been destroyed].
Then a message appeared, and the life-giving hammer that Ming Hu held turned to dust and disappeared.
Siaak
At the same time, a pure white light began to radiate from the entirety of the Alcandeum Golem’s body. No, it seemed that the Alcandeum Golem itself had become light. The Alcandeum Golem that had turned into light began to gradually shrink in size.
“What…what.”
Ming Hu was puzzled as the alkandeum golem turned to light and began to shrink. The alkandeum golem, which had been huge enough to pierce the roof, stopped shrinking when it was about a meter long.
Siaak
The light faded, revealing the Alcandeum Golem once again.
“…”
But Ming Hu could say nothing as he looked at the reappearing Alcandeum Golem, for it was no longer in the form of a golem.
“What is…
The Alcandeum Golem was in the form of a human boy who looked exactly like Ming Hu. Ming Hu stared at the Alcandeum Golem, puzzled as to how this had come to be.
It was then. The Alcandeum Golem looked at Ming Hu and opened its mouth. Ming Hu realized that the Alcandeum Golem was about to say something, and he listened. The Alcandeum Golem opened its mouth and spoke.
“Oh…suck?”