Chapter 64

Ming Hu, who had been scouring the auction house for the materials needed to craft the armor for some time, looked at his inventory and muttered to himself.
“Is this good enough?”
His inventory was full of steel, bronze, and other materials, but somehow it felt like it wouldn’t be enough. Ming Hu was thinking of crafting a huge amount of armor.
“Is it a little short for a master?”
There are several reasons to mass-produce armor, the first of which is to master the skill Strong – Armor Crafting, which is required to receive a quest from Tilto.
“Do what needs to be done anyway.”
It’s free enough as it is. But it is a quest that must be done someday. Ming Hu thought that if he had to do it someday, he might as well do it while he could.
“The market is rigged. I’ll make a fortune by the time I master it.”
The second reason was money. I don’t play games for money, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s good to make money. If you can make money while having fun, what could be better?
“If that were true, I’d be constantly buying at the current price.”
Ming Hu was planning to sell all the items he had mass-produced while leveling up his skills to the Gold Bar, and if the user was right, the Gold Bar would try to control the supply by buying everything.
“But won’t we really run out of money? I mean, there’s only so much you can control…”
But I was also worried. Mastering the skill would require a huge amount of items to be crafted. Ming Hu was worried about Gold Bar’s financial situation, whether he would be able to control it all.
“It’s none of my business.”
But Ming Hu soon realized that it was none of his business; his concern would neither increase nor decrease Goldbar’s funds.
“I hope that’s enough, and if not, we’ll come back and buy more.”
After debating whether or not to buy more materials, Ming Hu finally closed his inventory and stepped outside. Once outside, he immediately opened a portal to Himisse.
“…Hmmm.”
Himise’s square was deserted, not a single ant in sight. Ming Hu pulled a blue orb out of his inventory, remembering Demesne’s Square bustling with users.
“Let’s get started!”
Boom! Bam!
Ming Hu threw the blue orb toward the ground, and a smithy appeared. Ming Hu walked over to the workbench in the forge.
“We’d better start with the sword, right?”
As soon as Ming Huanun arrived at the workbench, he opened the skill window and used Strong – Armor Crafting to bring up the crafting window.
“That’s a lot of stuff. I’ll have to check them all out later.”
A list of different types of items appeared: swords, axes, maces, shields, and more. Ming Hu clicked on the sword, which he decided he would explore one by one later.
Clicking on Swords brings up a list of swords that can be crafted, including iron swords, solid steel swords, and glowing steel swords.
“It seems like just yesterday I was buying and selling these.”
Ming Hu muttered to himself as he looked at the solid steel sword and the glowing steel blade beneath it, the cold steel blade. Memories of buying and selling them came flooding back.
“I can sell it more efficiently now than I could then.”
Back then, I didn’t even know about the gold bar, and I just took the equipment in the armory and disposed of it, thinking that the first one to sell it would be the winner. But not anymore.
“Let’s see exactly how much it costs.”
When purchasing materials, he would glance at them and think, “I’m getting a good deal. Ming Hu calculated exactly how much it would cost to make a sword, whether it was an iron sword or a solid steel sword.
“A glowing steel sword for… What? Five gold?”
After looking at the materials and doing the math, I couldn’t help but be a little puzzled. When I sold my old Glowing Steel Sword to a vendor, I received over 100 gold. However, when I checked the cost of the materials to craft the current Glowing Steel Sword, it was only 5 gold.
“Huh huh.”
Ming Hu couldn’t help but smile.
“Other things… Similar…”
The same was true for other swords. It was a minimum of 4 gold and a maximum of 7 gold, the cost of the materials to make the sword.
“Let’s start with… Let’s start with the glowing steel sword, shall we?”
Ming Hu chose the first sword to be made, a glowing steel sword, with the number of swords he could make written on the side.
“I can make up to 70 of them… It must be the lowest grade of light gemstones.”
Steel was purchased in large quantities, enough to make hundreds of swords. But to make a glowing steel sword, you need more than just steel, you need an item called a “lowest grade light gemstone.
“It’s not like we’re only going to make this one anyway.”
Ming Hu muttered to himself and calculated the profit he would gain from forging seventy glowing steel swords.
“It cost 350 gold to make. Earning money is at least seven thousand!”
With his calculations complete, Ming Hu pressed Craft. The materials appeared on the workbench.
[Hold the hammer].
Sigh
[Tap the marked spot with a hammer].
Grabbing the hammer, Ming Hu’s eyes flashed at the steel and lowest-grade light gemstones on the workbench. As soon as a section of steel sparkled, he struck it down with the hammer he was holding.
Boom!
[You have successfully crafted a glowing steel sword].
“Hmm?”
As soon as he hit the hammer, a loud crack sounded and a crafting success message appeared. As Ming Hu lifted the hammer to strike again, he couldn’t help but be a bit puzzled by the message. There was no longer steel and gemstones on the workbench, but a glowing steel sword that he had seen many times before.
“The gemstone of light… not?”
When I made the OPG, I was expecting that the Glowing Steel Sword would also need to hit the lowest-ranked Light Gemstone at the end, but I was wrong.
“This is going to be faster than I thought.”
It was a bad idea, but a good one, he realized, because one less action meant less time to build. Ming Hu smiled and reached for the gleaming steel sword on his workbench.
“Let’s just look at the options.”

Limit: 250 Strength, 150 Health, 50 Wisdom
Physical Attack: 145-155
7% Attack Speed, +7% Movement Speed
A sword of steel, forged by a master craftsman, with a slight glow from the soul of the craftsman.
“I think it’s getting a little better…”
After checking the options, Ming Hu could only scratch his head. I don’t remember the exact option for the glowing steel sword that was sold in the armory, but it felt like it was a little better than that.
“Let’s make some more.”
Ming Hu placed the glowing steel sword in his inventory and pressed Craft. The materials appeared on the workbench.
[Hold the hammer].
[Tap the marked spot with a hammer].
Sparkle!
A message appeared and a section of steel shimmered again. Ming Hu struck the shiny section with his hammer.
Boom!
[You have successfully crafted a glowing steel sword].
After crafting the second Shining Steel Sword, Ming Hu immediately put the crafted Shining Steel Sword into his inventory. He hit craft again. The materials appeared and shimmered.
“67 times to go!”
Boom!
[You have successfully crafted a glowing steel sword].
In the next 67 hammers, you will finish crafting all 70 glowing steel swords. Ming Hu continues to craft more glowing steel swords.
[You have successfully crafted a glowing steel sword].
[Strong – Armorcrafting level increased to 2].
He had crafted about 20 glowing steel swords. When Ming Hu saw the skill level increase message that accompanied the crafting success, he paused his work and opened the skill window to check.
<Strong – Armor Crafting
Level: 2
Proficiencia : 0
Create a mugu.
Brings up the Armor Crafting window when used.
"I'll be right there."
At this rate, I thought I'd be a master in no time.
"Do I have better options now that I'm leveled up?"
Not wanting to just level up, Ming Hu immediately crafted a glowing steel sword to check his options.

Limit: 250 Strength, 150 Health, 50 Wisdom
Physical Attack Damage: 150-160
8% Attack Speed, +8% Movement Speed
A sword of steel, forged by a master craftsman, with a slight glow from the soul of the craftsman.
Myung-Hoo’s guess was right on the money: the option was definitely better than the first one.
“Maybe I can get a little more.”
The better option would be worth more gold. Ming Hu put the sword in his inventory and went back to work.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
A loud, repetitive sound began to echo.
“That’s it!!!”
Boom!
[You have successfully crafted a glowing steel sword].
After a while, Ming Hu was able to craft the 70th Shining Steel Sword. When Ming Hu finished crafting the Shining Steel Sword, he placed it in his inventory. He then opened the skill window to check his mastery of armor crafting.
<Strong – Armor Crafting
Level: 2
Proficiency: 92
Create a mugu.
Brings up the Armor Crafting window when used.
"92%… I made that much…"
When I got to level 2, I thought it would be easy to get to level 3, but that wasn't the case.
"That's a pretty quick climb considering the time, but…"
Of course, considering the time it took to craft them, it was a rapid rise. It didn't take much time to craft 70 halberds of glowing steel.
The total time it took me to craft 70 sacks was 15 minutes! In 15 minutes, I was level 2 and 92% proficient. It would have taken me even less time if I hadn't done anything else, like checking options, so that's really fast.
"8% will go up quickly."
Ming Hu muttered to himself and looked at the crafting window. The glowing steel sword was now gray instead of blue.
"This time… I'm going with a cold steel sword!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Ming Hu resumed his work, and a huge sound began to resonate.