The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 106

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 106

Blacksmith Yu Seong-woo

A swordsman didn’t necessarily need to learn blacksmithing.

Knowing enough to maintain a sword was sufficient; they wouldn’t create one from scratch.

Yes, that was usually the case.

That’s what made Yu Seong-woo unique.

A Swordmaster who made his own swords.

In the other world where he had been, finding a trustworthy artisan wasn’t easy.

It was a world full of insolent people who would either ruin a sword during repairs or secretly steal a good one.

Yu Seong-woo had suffered a lot.

He’d entrusted his sword to someone who seemed like a good artisan, only for them to run away with it.

Or they would mess up the repairs so badly that the sword was completely ruined.

Moreover, the real masters wouldn’t even bother with him.

Compared to other Swordmasters, Yu Seong-woo was a nobody.

Unwilling to bow down to such people just to get his sword taken care of, he learned blacksmithing himself.

He didn’t learn formally from anyone, but rather secretly sneaked into the workshops of artisans and watched over their shoulders. However, a Swordmaster’s eyes and delicate skills allowed him to successfully replicate their techniques.

Each artisan had their own way of making swords.

Yu Seong-woo learned all of these methods and developed his own unique way of crafting swords, eventually reaching the point where he could not only repair them but also create them from scratch.

He couldn’t entrust his precious sword to anyone else, not knowing what kind of tricks they might play.

“Did you know that the past artisans are getting attention again because of the Great Disaster?”

“I’ve heard bits and pieces.”

Yu Seong-woo visited the headquarters of Meteor Industries with Yu Ji-woo.

Meteor Industries was a corporation.

Specifically, it was a place mainly focused on production and processing.

“There were quite a few materials obtained from hunting monsters that couldn’t be processed with modern technology. There was a separate area that only awakened artisans could handle.”

“For example?”

“Everything except mass-produced items. Famous master swords and such are all made by awakened artisans. That’s why the commission fees are ridiculously high.”

“Like Hong Seo-hwa’s sword?”

“Yeah. Including material costs and labor, it would cost hundreds of millions.”

“That unfinished product?”

Poor Hong Seo-hwa.

She got ripped off.

At the word ‘unfinished,’ Yu Ji-woo chuckled and led Yu Seong-woo to the workshop located in the basement of Meteor Industries headquarters.

It was a workshop used by the artisans affiliated with Meteor Industries.

Thud, clang, thud, clang…

The sound of heavy hammers striking metal echoed.

The sweltering heat made the interior intensely hot, a temperature that ordinary people couldn’t withstand.

It was truly a space reserved only for awakened artisans.

“CEO! Welcome!”

“CeeeeeeeeeEO! You haven’t visited in so long!”

“Everyone, get back to work.”

Yu Ji-woo frowned and waved her hand at the people who greeted her.

Yu Seong-woo looked around the workshop and confirmed that it had everything he needed.

It was a state-of-the-art workshop that appropriately combined the latest technology with analog methods.

“Oppa, this is the workshop manager.”

Yu Ji-woo introduced a man to Yu Seong-woo.

The middle-aged man with a dignified face glanced at Yu Seong-woo and extended his hand.

“Would you mind showing me your sword?”

“My sword?”

“I’m just so curious about what kind of sword the world’s best swordsman uses. I can’t sleep these days because of it!”

“Oppa, I’m sorry. Workshop Manager Shin Cheong-woo is just a bit like this.”

“He’s better than those guys who go around bragging about being artisans.”

Yu Seong-woo summoned Ilsaeng and placed it in Shin Cheong-woo’s hand.

It wasn’t like he was doing anything, just looking.

Shin Cheong-woo carefully held Ilsaeng in his hand and slowly examined it.

The other artisans nearby also stealthily approached and scrutinized his sword from every angle.

How was the blade forged, what kind of metal was used?

What was the shape of the guard, and how was the center of gravity balanced?

What were the meanings of the engravings, and what was the handle like?

The more Shin Cheong-woo examined Ilsaeng, the more puzzled he became.

He had been making and handling swords for a long time, but this was the first time he had encountered such a sword.

“What on earth is this sword made of? I can’t identify the metal used, and I can’t figure out how it was made… All I can discern is its shape.”

“Would you like to see these as well?”

Yu Seong-woo summoned Igye and Samjeong as well. The three swords were each stuck into the ground, and the artisans examined the swords with sparkling eyes.

However, they couldn’t figure out much about the other swords either.

Yu Seong-woo, who had returned his swords to their light forms, opened his mouth to the artisans with sparkling eyes.

“My swords are imbued with souls. They are not swords forged by the skills of artisans, but swords made by shaping will.”

“Made by shaping will?”

“Yes. Sword Souls. That’s what I call them. When these first appeared in the world, you might have been able to tell what they were made of. But not now.”

Yu Seong-woo brought his hand to his chest. The souls of the swords resonated with his own.

“They are swords newly born from the will of countless swordsmen. It would be difficult for ordinary artisans to even recognize their origins.”

Unless they were blacksmiths whose skills had reached the level of gods, it would be difficult to figure out anything about his swords.

Because his swords were not ordinary swords.

“I see… That’s a bit disappointing.”

“I hope you all can create such swords someday. Well then, I’d like to borrow the workshop for a bit, is that alright?”

“You readily showed us your swords, so how could it not be alright? Besides, you’re the CEO’s brother. Even if we said no, considering the CEO’s temper, uh-oh.”

“What about me!”

Shin Cheong-woo chuckled at Yu Ji-woo’s shout, dismissed the gathered artisans, and guided Yu Seong-woo to his space.

The workshop was so large that there was plenty of space for him to use.

Yu Seong-woo examined the prepared materials and nodded in satisfaction.

Top-notch equipment.

It was a workshop with everything he needed, so he could create something decent.

‘I’m not quite at the level of dwarves who can make anything with just a furnace, hammer, and anvil, but…’

The materials were quite good.

The materials Yu Seong-woo would use to make Yu Ji-woo’s sword this time were the greatsword and double-edged axe used by the Orcs.

And the sub-materials he had scavenged from various places in the past.

The sword Yu Ji-woo was currently using had been damaged a lot in the fight with the Orcs and was beyond repair.

Although he didn’t know that it was the work of Workshop Manager Shin Cheong-woo.

Yu Seong-woo was planning to make something better than that, at least.

Yu Seong-woo gripped the hammer and spun it around a few times.

A side job he hadn’t done in a while.

After becoming proficient in blacksmithing, he would often take care of or make weapons for his colleagues and disciples.

“Shall I bring the materials, then?”

Yu Seong-woo put down the hammer and raided Meteor Industries’ warehouse with Yu Ji-woo.

Yu Seong-woo was naturally the one who had gained the most from this Double Gate incident.

Their weapons and the Orcs’ heavy equipment. Even the artifacts, he took them all.

Yu Seong-woo brought a greatsword and a double-edged axe from among them, as well as a few artifacts.

Yu Ji-woo’s weapon had to serve not only as a sword but also as a staff, the weapon of a mage.

Moreover, since she had to lead the Hae Wol Sword [Sea Moon Sword; likely a sword-fighting style or organization], it would be even better if it had an affinity for water energy.

He had already received her desired design and weight, so his job was to maximize its performance accordingly.

He piled the materials next to him and prepared to hammer them.

He took off his top, took a deep breath, and built up his tension.

The artisans who saw his twitching muscles let out small gasps.

“Then go now. Go do your work. It won’t take that long to make, so I’ll call you when it’s done.”

“…Okay.”

Yu Ji-woo looked at Yu Seong-woo with slightly worried eyes before leaving.

She was a little uneasy about entrusting it to Yu Seong-woo after all.

Wasn’t the image he had shown so far too far removed from production work?

“The siblings have such good affection for each other.”

“Workshop Manager Shin Cheong-woo.”

“Would you mind if I watched your work for a bit? I’m just so curious about what you’re going to make with those that I can’t sleep!”

“Is it designed to say such things if you’re curious about something?”

“Something like that.”

“I don’t mind you watching. Just don’t get in the way.”

With those words, Yu Seong-woo lightly lifted the double-edged axe and the greatsword and threw them into the large furnace.

Making Yu Ji-woo’s sword started with melting these down.

The furnace’s heat was at its maximum.

Since they were not made of ordinary materials, it took quite a long time to melt them.

If it were an ordinary person, they would be roasted just by standing in front of the furnace.

Yu Seong-woo confirmed that the two weapons had completely melted and turned into molten metal, then added the other materials.

Expensive artifacts melted into the molten metal.

There were some he had brought from the Elves’ treasure vault, and some that were lying around in Meteor Industries’ warehouse.

“You’re just melting down artifacts like that? Isn’t that a waste?”

“Those are just sub-materials. It’s a process of dissolving magic power into the molten metal.”

Yu Seong-woo took a deep breath and plunged his hand into the molten metal boiling in the furnace.

It was his bare hand, without wearing anything. Shin Cheong-woo was startled by that, but Yu Seong-woo didn’t even bat an eye because he was wearing aura.

From now on, he had to concentrate.

He had to remove the impurities in the molten metal and leave only the pure ones.

He peered into the molten metal through his even more evolved aura manipulation ability.

His aura stirred through the molten metal, sorting out what was unnecessary and what was needed, and drawing all the unnecessary things into his hand and solidifying them.

And when he took his hand out of the molten metal, he could see a large lump in his hand.

It was the impurities in the molten metal that he had solidified and extracted.

It was a crazy method that others couldn’t do, only Yu Seong-woo could do.

A technique of putting his hand into the molten metal and filtering out only the impurities.

Shin Cheong-woo was appalled by it, and Yu Seong-woo casually threw the impurities on the floor and looked at the remaining molten metal.

‘…It’s much cleaner than what I used to do. As expected, my ability to handle aura has become more refined.’

The molten metal, which contained only the best parts of the artifacts and the two weapons, also had the magic power of the artifacts dissolved in it.

He had used aura to mix them well, so the molten metal full of magic power would be the best material.

‘Besides, the metal used in their weapons doesn’t seem to be ordinary metal. The magic power conductivity is also excellent.’

Perhaps they had used metals such as Adamantium or Orichalcum, which were called divine metals in the other world.

They were materials that Yu Seong-woo was even a little envious of.

If he didn’t have a sword, he would have used these to complete the best sword for himself.

He chuckled and began to cool the molten metal.

Now it was time to hammer it diligently to create the shape of the sword.

And it was also the time he enjoyed the most when making swords.

“Then shall I make the best sword and give it as a gift?”

The time has come to remind her of her brother’s greatness.