The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 73

Blacksmith Debut (3)

73. Blacksmith Debut (3)

The heartfelt tribute to my parents, which felt like an acceptance speech, finally ended, followed by applause. What applause? Still, it was pretty good, except for the fact that my name had taken the place that my parents should have occupied. It was touching, filled with the sincerity of a reborn F-rank.

…Touching, but incredibly embarrassing! Seriously, how can Myungwoo act so nonchalantly? If I were Myungwoo’s parents, I would have been moved to tears… We’re just friends… And not even twenty-year-old childhood friends, but people who’ve known each other for less than two months.

‘Wow… everyone’s looking at us like we’re in some kind of relationship…’

It wasn’t just here. Questions mentioning my name were being asked even at the press conference on the monitor.

Ugh… Okay, whatever. Myungwoo’s doing this with good intentions. It’s just a moment of embarrassment. It’s a shame I failed to divert attention.

I expected to fade into the background once a blacksmith with no item creation rank limit appeared, but it seemed the opposite was happening. Myungwoo, why are you passing the credit to me when you should be hogging the spotlight?

A little later, the interview ended, and Myungwoo and Yerim returned to the waiting room. Yerim was clutching the Ice Tree Spear without even putting it in her inventory, and Myungwoo was looking straight at me with a bright smile.

Unlike before, no one stopped him as he walked towards me. Everyone just watched, as if they had made a promise.

“How was I?”

Myungwoo asked with a beaming face. What do you mean, how was I?

“You did great.”

Am I going to ruin the mood here? I have to smile.

He actually spoke well. He didn’t leave anything out. Regarding the guild, he skillfully smoothed things over by saying he had only recently acquired the skill and would focus on training for a while, so he wasn’t planning on joining a specific guild, but he would accept support.

“But wasn’t it a bit much to give me so much credit? It’s your moment to shine.”

Myungwoo glanced around and opened his mouth.

“I did it on purpose.”

“…Huh?”

“Of course, it was a hundred percent genuine, but I emphasized it publicly on purpose.”

…Wasn’t he pure, kind, and shy just two weeks ago? Is this some kind of skill side effect?

“Uh… why?”

“To let them know that there will be consequences if they mess with you.”

Myungwoo said in a clear voice, as if wanting everyone around to hear.

“That’s why I said I wouldn’t reveal it until I made an S-rank item. It only has an effect if I present an S-rank weapon or so.”

He had a confident and proud look on his face. Honestly, I was a bit taken aback and dumbfounded.

“Thank you. Really.”

Those words slipped out involuntarily. How could I not be grateful? He must have wanted to be recognized sooner, but he held back. He didn’t even enjoy the moment of finally seeing the light after a long darkness alone.

He’s giving so much, I don’t know what else to say.

“Hey, it’s nothing.”

He’s acting shy, so he’s the Myungwoo I know.

“No one will dare to mess with me because they’ll be afraid of getting on your bad side.”

I said it as a joke, but it was true. Unlike Gi Seungsoo, which hunter wouldn’t want to stay on the good side of a blacksmith who can enhance a hunter’s actual abilities? If I were to be kidnapped again, every hunter from high to low would roll up their sleeves to try and impress Myungwoo.

Since he excessively flaunted our friendship, they might use me as a hostage to extort valuable equipment, but it won’t be easy. If it works out, it’ll be a huge jackpot, but if I mess up, I won’t even have a broken pot left [meaning, if things go wrong, I’ll be left with nothing].

“I feel really secure.”

Even though the gazes filled with dark intentions are piercing.

* * *

The world’s first equipment crafting hunter appears with an S-rank top-tier weapon!

Yu Myungwoo, the owner of the Golden Blacksmith, reveals that there are no limits to the rank of crafted items!

No rank limits, the hand of God appears!

F-rank hunter becomes SS-rank overnight!

The secret to acquiring SS-rank skills?!

The press conference video was featured on the main page of major portals, and articles related to Myungwoo instantly covered all sorts of sites. Real-time search rankings were dominated by Yu Myungwoo, owner of the Golden Blacksmith, Ice Tree Spear, S-rank equipment, SS-rank equipment, rank limits, and so on. My name is there too, but let’s pretend it’s not.

The comments were explosive. There were some negative comments, but most were envious. Since an F-rank had hit the jackpot instead of a mid or high-rank hunter from the start, people were even more interested. Many comments asked how an F-rank could acquire good skills.

‘With this atmosphere, many more people will probably hold off on going straight to the Awakening Center and try to check special skills first.’

[Yu Myungwoo, owner of the Golden Blacksmith. This first blacksmith hunter is receiving a lot of attention both domestically and internationally.]

The TV I had on was replaying ‘Our Myungwoo is so amazing!’ over and over again. Keep going, keep going.

“Wow, Yerim, look at this. A sure way to get an SS-rank skill.”

Yerim, who was playing with Blue and destroying the one-person sofa, giggled. Yerim, that’s the one I just bought yesterday.

“What’s the method? I want a lot of skills!”

“These days, the world is buzzing about the SS-rank Golden Blacksmith’s owner’s skill, right? If you get a high-rank skill like this, your life will completely change. But usually, it’s hard to even awaken… Why is there so much unnecessary detail?”

“Hey, that’s a scam, a scam. It’ll be like, ‘How can you get it?’ and then they’ll talk about the weather and your health, and anyway, they’ll just say SS-rank skills are the best and end it.”

Yerim said, throwing Blue high enough to almost touch the ceiling.

– Kyaa kya!

“But I thought you didn’t like looking for that kind of stuff. Articles were plastered everywhere about you, and you were trending in real-time searches back then. You only watched TV a little and then stopped.”

“Is it the same as my situation?”

Back then, I saw the articles and didn’t even open an internet window for days. Why would I watch it? No matter how good the articles are, there’s no way there won’t be negative comments. Even if a benevolent messiah descends and performs miracles and shows mercy, there will always be people who comment that it’s a staged scam, that they’re showing off, that they think they’re Jesus, and that they’re annoying. So even now, I’m avoiding articles that mention me even a little.

Even if it’s all in the past, I’ve already been hit enough, why would I poke my eyes again? I don’t even look at the comments on my social media.

“Yoojin, do you need any items? Anything you want?”

Myungwoo, who seemed to be embarrassed now and couldn’t look at the TV straight, suddenly asked. It looks like he’s going to make something for me. Something I need.

“Well, I can only use stat essence enhancement equipment… It’s a waste of time and materials to deliberately make essence enhancement equipment.”

“What about special effects?”

“Special effects? Hmm…”

Special effects, what could there be? Something that helps the kids grow? Or maybe something that can transfer skills or titles to others without contact? If it goes that far, it’s too versatile.

“Special effects can’t do everything, right?”

“Yeah. Basically, it’s based on the materials. If you want to put a special skill into an item, you need the material that serves as the basis. Like the Ice Tree Spear, which was made with a material that has strong cold energy.”

So it’s not all-powerful. I see.

“Is there any material that seems like it could transfer skills?”

“I don’t think there is.”

“Then what about defensive skills? Not something that’s completely blocked off so even allies can’t touch it, but something that increases the body’s defense itself. Even if it’s limited to an hour or two.”

As an added bonus, if I want to share a skill by contacting someone, I can’t use a normal barrier. If my body itself has a defense of A-rank or higher for a while, I could safely share the double attack skill effect title in case of an emergency.

“There are a lot of defense-related materials. I’ll try to make one.”

“Don’t push yourself. It would be nice to have, but it’s not essential.”

Even if the rate at which dungeon difficulty increases is accelerating, there’s still more than a year until the upper-level dungeons start exploding. If I raise the kids diligently before then, there’s no need to share skills.

The best thing is to not have anything to do after dragging around a stat F-rank body.

* * *

It’s already been a month since the first dungeon raid after my regression. That means the waiting time for my ‘My Baby is the Best’ skill to be used on the kids is over. Time flies so fast.

For Yerim, I chose the Cold Resistance A skill without hesitation. Since she also gained the Ice Attribute Enhancement skill with the Ice Tree Spear, a resistance skill was essential. Self-attribute resistance skills usually grow quickly, so it was better to get it quickly and raise it to S-rank.

This time, Yerim only needed to raise her level by 10,000 without any other conditions.

On the other hand, it wasn’t easy to choose for Myungwoo.

‘I can’t get a sense of what skills are good just by looking at the skill names.’

There are many that seem like special skills, which is the problem.

[Unacquired Optimized Skills

Master of Hammering (A)

Delicate Fingertips (A)

Fire Resistance (A)

Metal Classification (A)

Knife Sharpening (A)]

For now, these were the five unacquired optimized skills. Except for Fire Resistance, they all seemed to be related to crafting skills. And all four seemed useful.

‘Should I just have him acquire them in order?’

It’s not like a skill description window will pop up no matter how much I worry. My ‘My Baby’ waiting time is only a month, so I can just have him acquire them all.

First, Master of Hammering. When I selected it, the conditions appeared. Unlike the Golden Blacksmith’s Owner, it only requires 5 level ups. It seemed like he had already met the other conditions. Maybe something like hammering a thousand times.

“Myungwoo, level up before your stat rank increases further, if possible. It’ll be harder to level up if your rank gets higher.”

Myungwoo, who was marinating ribs at my words, nods. Looks delicious. I feel guilty that a globally recognized hunter is doing that for me, but oh well.

“I was going to level up to the point where it’s easy to do so anyway.”

“Yerim will be taking a break for about ten days soon, so should we go together then?”

“I’d like that.”

Myungwoo’s stat is C-rank, but since he’s a low-level and not a combat hunter, a low to mid D-rank dungeon would be good. Can you use the blacksmith to move around inside the dungeon?

“You said the blacksmith has living facilities, right?”

“Yeah. On the second floor.”

“It’ll be really useful once your stats increase and you can enter upper-level dungeons. It’s like having a safe space where you can rest comfortably.”

Upper-level dungeon raids meant wandering through a land teeming with terrifying monsters for days. A safe resting space would feel as sweet as honey even to strong and healthy upper-level combat hunters.

If you can really use it in the dungeon, Myungwoo is completely versatile. I wanted to ask Yoohyun to raid the dungeon with him. But he’s too busy making equipment, so it won’t work.

After Yerim and Myungwoo, the next person whose ‘My Baby’ skill waiting time was over was none other than Peace.

[Time Required for Adult Metamorphosis (56:15)]

Thanks to playing with him from time to time, only 56 hours, about two and a half days, were left. During the skill application time, I can reduce the time up to 3 times faster, so it’ll be over in a day.

I also equipped him with equipment focused on stamina and strength, prepared training equipment in the training room, and prepared fatigue recovery drinks.

“Okay, Peace. Let’s finish quickly.”

– Kkiang!

Peace wags his tail and answers energetically.

And a whole day passed. I felt half-dead.

“…Peace, can you find my phone for me?”

I said, stretched out on the cot. I took it out because I was afraid I’d break it while training, but I don’t remember where I put it… Even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to go get it.

– Kkyang.

Peace, still in his juvenile form, brought the phone and placed it on my hand. He’s so smart. I almost think he understands everything I say.

“It’s a little past seven.”

It’s dinner time. I have to go feed the kids and eat dinner myself. Let’s just close my eyes for thirty minutes and go up.

I closed my eyes and opened them, and it was eleven o’clock. Crap. Peace, who had somehow climbed onto the bed and was snuggling against my side, tilted his head.

“Weren’t you hungry? You should have woken me up.”

– Grrr.

I was about to call Myungwoo, but I belatedly remembered that I had turned off my phone because I was getting so many calls, so I contacted the dormitory management office. The management office connected me to the house intercom. Fortunately, Myungwoo was out of the blacksmith.

[Don’t worry. I fed them. The unicorns also contacted me to say you probably wouldn’t be able to come today.]

“Really? Thank you!”

[Take care of yourself.]

Easy for him to say. Anyway, that’s a relief. Now that Myungwoo is C-rank, he can take care of Blue too, which is great.

I hung up and got off the cot. Peace jumped down too. Ugh, my back.

“Peace, haven’t you finished growing?”

– Kkiang?

“Can you show me to check? Can you just get bigger once? Huh?”

As I gestured and asked, Peace stepped back. And after a while, a non-hot flame-like thing rose, and Peace’s body grew.

He’s bigger than when he was a sub-adult. About twice as big as then.

The magnificent red giant’s golden mane rippled splendidly. He was large, but he didn’t feel clumsy. Even though he’s in the same feline family, he had sleek lines like a leopard rather than a lion or tiger. Because of his pointed ears and lush tail, some aspects still reminded me of a fox.

[Grade 2 Unicorn Subspecies – Flame Horned Lion Peace

Current Stat Rank S

Potential Growth Stat Rank A~S

Optimized Initial Skills

Acquired Flame Breath (S)

Acquired Flame Rush (A)

Acquired Gigantification (A)

Acquired Fire Resistance (A)]

“Great! Stat S-rank and all initial skills acquired!”

I was a little worried because I had made him grow, not optimized awakening, but thankfully. Our Peace, you’re really all grown up now. When I reached out my hand, Peace put his head against it. Now, even just hugging his head fills both my arms and then some.

“Our Peace, you’re so handsome too.”

– Grrr.

The sound of his throat is completely different from when he was small. Should I take Peace with me when Yoohyun goes on an S-rank dungeon raid in a few days? It seems too early, but. I should contact him first.

I contacted Yoohyun to tell him that Peace’s growth was complete, and a little later, Yoohyun came down to the training room.

The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]

The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]

My S-Class Hunters The S-Ranks That I Raised 俺が育てたS級たち 내가 키운 S급들 내스급 스급이다
Status: Completed Author: , Native Language: Korean
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[English Translation] Once a pathetic F-rank Hunter, burdened by the weight of his younger brother's extraordinary talent, he lived a life of regret, culminating in tragedy. But fate offers a second chance. Reborn with the title 'Perfect Caregiver,' he vows to nurture the gifted, to guide them to greatness from the shadows. But these aren't ordinary talents. These S-ranks... they're acting strangely. Prepare for a captivating tale of second chances, hidden powers, and the unexpected bonds that form when the most powerful beings in the world need more than just training. They need a caretaker, and he's about to discover that raising S-classes is anything but predictable.

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