Chapter 153

Walking to the ground, Ming Hu opened his inventory and equipped the item. He checked the item’s information once again.

Limit: Level 250, 400,000 health
Physical Defense: 200
Magic Defense: 200
When used, dispel all harmful effects on you. You become immune to all status ailments for 1 minute. (Cooldown: 20 hours)
A necklace said to have been worn by a legendary hero from ancient times, the Undying. It protects the wearer from various ailments.

Limit: Level 200
Physical Defense: 300
Magic Defense: 300
Create a portal to the ring’s imprinted location (Current imprinted location: None) (Cooldown: 5 hours)
A ring made during the Magical Age, you can engrave the coordinates of the place you are standing on the ring to create a portal to the engraved place from anywhere.
<Fire and Water Earrings
Limit: Level 250, 250,000 health
Physical Defense: 700
Magic Defense: 800
20% Fire Property Resistance
20% Water Property Resistance
Enchants your equipped weapon with fire for 10 minutes. (Cooldown: 1 hour)
Enchants your equipped weapon with water for 10 minutes. (Cooldown: 1 hour)
Earrings that harmonize opposing attributes, water and fire.
"Hmph."
I couldn't help but smile. The ring was nice, the earrings were nice, but the necklace was my favorite. After closing the item information window with a satisfied expression, Ming Hu was able to reach the door.
Thrrrr
As he stood in front of the door, it opened automatically. Ming Hu walked out of the warehouse through the open door.
Jumbled
After leaving the warehouse, Ming Hu headed to the forge to do some meritorious work. As he walked to the forge, Ming Hu thought.
'I need 4 million merit points to buy a bracelet. Two, 8 million. It'll take a while.
Normally, you'd get about 200,000 merit points for completing quests. I had to beat quests about 40 times to earn 8 million achievements.
'The Emperor quest gave me a lot…'
The Emperor's quests had different merit classes for rewards. Crafting quests were doubled to 200,000. However, the Emperor's quests were a base of a few million. Combined with the merit from allied quests, it was over 10 million.
"I hope they give me another job.
Ming Hu arrived at the forge with great anticipation. When Ming Hu arrived at the forge, he went straight inside and approached Nerfai.
"Is there anything I can make?"
"Did you make all the Red Drake Knights gear?"
"Yes."
"That's really fast! I just happen to have something I need you to build."
"Which one?"
"Mugura of the Knights of the Blue Dragon. I have the recipe, but this one is a little special… do you think you could make it?"
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The Blue Dragon Knights are said to be the most prolific of the Empire’s many Knightly Orders, and the Emperor wants to honor them by crafting special armor for them. Get the recipe from Nerfai and craft the armor of the Blue Dragon Knights!
[Blue Dragon Sword: 0/30].
[wave shield: 0/30]
[Armor of Counterattack: 0/30]
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: 1.2 Million Helioca Merit
After checking the quest, Ming Hu couldn’t help but feel a bit flustered.
“Huh? 1.2 million?
The reward for the quest was a whopping 1.2 million merit points. He squinted, shook his head, and double-checked, wondering if he’d seen it wrong, but he hadn’t. The quest reward was definitely 1.2 million Merit.
“…I will!”
[You have accepted the quest].
“I was counting on you to do it.”
Nerfai smiled with satisfaction at Ming Hu’s answer. He rummaged around in his seat, then handed the three scrolls to Ming Hu and said, “I’m sorry.
“There it is.”
[Recipe: You have obtained a Blue Dragon Sword].
[Recipe: You have earned a Tidal Shield].
[Recipe: You have obtained the Armor of Counterattack].
“Oh, and recipes!
It wasn’t just the achievement either: the recipes for the three items you received from this quest were things you don’t currently have.
[You have learned how to craft the Blue Dragon Sword].
[You have learned how to craft a wave shield].
[You have learned how to craft the Armor of Counterattack].
With the recipe in hand, Ming Hu walked over to his workbench.
‘First. I’ll start with the Blue Dragon Sword.
Reaching the workbench, Ming Hu smiled at the thought of the quest reward and reached for the red button at the base of the workbench. It was then.
“Me, Minghu!”
Stop
Ming Hu stopped his hand from pressing the red button at the sound of a voice and turned his head to see who had called him.
“…Mr. Heimer?”
It was Heimer who called out to him. Beside him stood another User Blacksmith. Ming Hu looked at Haimer and the User Blacksmith with a puzzled expression. Then Haimer opened his mouth to speak.
“That… I have something to tell you.”
Heimer has something to say, Ming Hu thought.
“Is it the recipe?
He had just received the recipe from Nerfai himself. Ming Hu assumed that the reason Heimer and this user had come was to ask him how he got the recipe.
“We’re thinking of starting a guild… would you be interested in joining?”
“What?”
However, Heimer’s next words left Ming Hu a bit perplexed. I thought it was the recipe, but it wasn’t. Heimer spoke again in response to Ming Hu’s half-question.
“We’re thinking of starting a guild and were wondering if you’d be interested in joining…”
“You’re making a guild?”
It was the user next to Heimer who answered the question.
“Yes, Your Highness, let me explain that, but first, I’m Leto.”
“Ah…yes.”
Leto replied to Minghu’s question and introduced himself briefly. Then he began to explain.
“We are thinking of creating a guild of pure blacksmiths. The purpose of the guild is to share information and protect the smiths.”
What Heimer, Leto, and the user smiths working in the Imperial Palace Forge were trying to do was create a guild for smiths. Leto continued.
“One of the purposes of the guild is information sharing, which is literally sharing what you know with each other, but it’s not enforced, and the second purpose is to protect the smiths, which is to protect the smiths from being killed unjustly, on a small scale, by fighting back against PKs and such, and on a larger scale, by protesting to the company and posting to prevent ridiculous nerfs, but… we don’t have any smiths who can act as a spokesperson, and I think you could be a good spokesperson.”
Leto trailed off and looked at Ming Hu.
“Oh… But I…”
But Ming Hu couldn’t say he would join, for he didn’t fit their terms and, more importantly, he had no intention of joining the guild.
“I’m not a pure blacksmith.”
Ming Hu said, turning his words around so that they wouldn’t offend each other. But Heimer and Leto nodded as if they knew what he meant.
“So… You’re the Hidden Blacksmith!”
“When we said pure blacksmiths, we meant those who have other jobs besides blacksmithing!”
Heimer and Leto’s words stumped Ming Hu. Strong Smith was a Hidden Blacksmith, yes. But he was also a Blood Knight, the third class of warrior. Ming Hu opened his mouth to remind Heimer and Leto that they were mistaken.
“No… not that.”
“…?”
“…?”
Heimer and Leto looked at Ming Hu with puzzled expressions as he continued.
“I’m a warrior by trade.”
“What…?”
“Then the blacksmith will…”
Heimer looked puzzled, and Leto asked.
“Blacksmithing is a sub-class.”
“Oh…”
“I see…”
Heimer and Leto sighed and looked disappointed at Ming Hu’s answer. Ming Hu smiled slightly at their expressions.
“If there’s anything I can do for you in the future, I’d be happy to help, I’m a blacksmith myself, albeit a sub.”
“Ah! Thank you.”
“Oh, thank you!”
Heimer and Leto smiled broadly at Ming Hu’s words. Seeing their reactions, Ming Hu breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself.
“Phew, that’s good.
I thought about making an exception and saying that I would, but judging by his reaction, that was unlikely to happen.
“Great. Enjoy your work!”
“Have fun!”
Heimer and Leto bowed to Ming Hu and returned to their work. The User Blacksmiths quickly approached the waiting Heimer and Leto upon their return. Ming Hu saw them and turned away, pressing the red button to install the valve.
“Let’s make it…”
Ming Hu opened the crafting window, selected the Blue Dragon Sword, and pressed Craft. The materials then appeared on the workbench.
[Hold the hammer].
At the now all-too-familiar message, Ming Hu grabbed the hammer and struck the shiny part.
Boom!
[You have successfully crafted the Blue Dragon Sword].