Raid: The Blacksmith-Chapter 65: Obtain the Skill?: Part Two

~Click!~

Once again, with a click, the chains join. The single chain is now back to being two separate chains. I let go of the daggers from their handles and instead grab the two chains from their ends then continue slashing.

"The reach is shorter than when it was one chain but now I’m armed on both sides."

I pull back, let go of the chains then grab the daggers’ handles and wave them again causing the chains to follow and join on their ends once more then hang them over my neck.

"This weapon is insane. Close-range, mid-range, long-range, it covers everything."

[Report. Hidden Quest: First Product, has been completed, now calculating rewards...]

[Craft Skill has advanced from B-Rank to A-Rank and Weapon Fanatic Skill has advanced from B-Rank to A-Rank. Subject has also gained a new Sub-Skill for the Weapon Fanatic Skill known as Gu Poison-Dagger Dance.]

[Two of the Subject’s Skills, the Craft Skill and Weapon Fanatic Skill have both entered the A-Rank realm. A-Rank Skills and above have a significant temporary effect on a Warrior’s stats. Now processing the effects of the Skills on the Subject...]

A-Rank Craft Skill: Effects When Active

• Mana Capacity +180 000

• Strength +17000

• Speed +150 000

• Intelligence +220 000

A-Rank Weapon Fanatic Skill: Effects When Active

• Intelligence +250 000

[Weapon Fanatic’s Sub-Skill Bladework’s effects on the Subject’s Stats have increased. Effect on Strength has increased by 40000. Effect on Speed has increased by 30000. Effect on Health has increased by 30000 and effect on Intelligence has increased by 50000. Now redesigning the effects of the A-Rank Bladework Sub-Skill on the Subject...]

A-Rank Bladework Sub-Skill: Effects When Active

• Strength +199 000

• Speed +205 570

• Health +204 260

• Intelligence +311 720

[Item Space Skill’s effects on the Subject’s Stats have increased. Effect on Mana Capacity has increased by 72000. Effect on Health has increased by 30000 and effect on Intelligence has increased by 100 000. Now redesigning the effects of the A-Rank Item Space Skill on the Subject...]

A-Rank Item Space Skill: Effects When Active

• Mana Capacity +704 000

• Health +200 000

• Intelligence +493 000

[Cultivator Skill’s effects on the Subject’s Stats have increased. Effect on Mana Capacity has increased by 95000. Effect on Strength has increased by 50000. Effect on Speed has increased by 40000. Effect on Health has increased by 35000 and effect on Intelligence has increased by 110 000. Now redesigning the effects of the S-Rank Cultivator Skill on the Subject...]

S-Rank Cultivator Skill: Effects When Active

• Mana Capacity +672 000

• Strength +201 000

• Speed +212 000

• Health +214 000

• Intelligence +310 000

[Pentagon Element King Skill’s effects on the Subject’s Stats have greatly increased. Effect on Mana Capacity has increased by 100 000. Effect on Health has increased by 30000 and effect on Intelligence has increased by 120 000. Now redesigning the effects of the A-Rank Pentagon Element King Skill on the Subject...]

A-Rank Pentagon Element King Skill: Effects When Active

• Mana Capacity +517 000

• Health +203 000

• Intelligence +312 000

[Mana Capacity has increased by 775 000. Strength has increased by 70000. Speed has increased by 50000. Health has increased by 50000 and Intelligence has increased by 100 000.]

[Now redesigning overall Warrior info...]

Name: Raid

Surname: ???

Affiliation: Awakened Warrior

Class: Blacksmith

Skills:

• Craft A-Rank: Can craft apex level equipment, weapons and amour Grades Elementary to Hyper from scratch as long as the necessary products to do so are present.

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• Weapon Fanatic A-Rank: Possesses an apex level of understanding of how various weapons operate, including how to use them in battle.

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•• Gu Poison-Dagger Dance B-Rank: Possesses a profound level of mastery with any and all dagger-like weapons and has the ability to coat them with the Gu Poison. The most potent poison in existence.

...... 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Rank: F

Level:Locked

Mana Capacity: 7 050 240

Strength: 686 250

Speed: 747 182

Health: 563 974

Intelligence: 781 740

"Gu Poison? From Murim legends? Explain System."

[Gu Poison: The poison secreted from Poison Steel. Long ago, in the deepest parts of a distant land, countless venomous and poisonous creatures of various species of insects, reptiles, and amphibians engaged in an all-out war for survival until only one creature remained. The creature took on the combined poisons of all the others and became the most venomous creature in existence. Its venom, the Gu Poison, can change into any existing poison and thus take on the effects of said-poison but on a much stronger scale. Any and all steel within a three-hundred kilometer radius of the creature is imbued with its poisonous energy and thus becomes Poison Steel.]

"I see. So that’s how Poison Steel came to be. And it’s also why it can only be found in one Dungeon, this ’creature’ is probably the only one of its kind. This is the first time I’m hearing anything about some unknown creature being the origin of Poison Steel though. Does that mean I’m the only one who knows about this? The new Skill I gained is probably what allowed the System to explain it all in such detail. It said ’deepest parts of a distant land’, so this creature must be constantly wandering underground undetected, and that’s probably why no one has ever even heard of it existing in that Dungeon. The Dungeon that’s the only place one can find Poison Steel, and now my last target for my self-appointed Dungeon Steamrolling Mission. The Named S-Rank Dungeon Poison Death Island."

[Report. Subject is required to provide the recently created daggers with a name, afterwards the Grade of the daggers shall be measured.]

"Ah, right. A name for my new weapon. Or weapons, since there’s two daggers...? Well...they’re a set piece but they’re still individuals, so I’ll call the one on my left, Left Fang, and the one on my right, Right Fang. And together they’re... The Emerald Twin Fangs!"

I hold the daggers up as I declare and in response, an engraving appears on each of them, the dagger on my left reads ’Emerald Twin Fang: Left Fang’ and the one on my right reads ’Emerald Twin Fang: Right Fang’. They radiate an intense white poisonous aura. Due to my newly attained Skill, I’m immune to it, but even from a glance, I can tell that it’d give low to mid-level A-Ranks a run for their money. And probably even high-level ones if I put my mind to it.

[Naming of the daggers is successful. Now measuring the Grade of the great Poison Steel daggers Left Fang and Right Fang. Emerald Twin Fangs, Left Fang and Right Fang have been measured to be a Last Stage Hyper-Grade Weapon.]

"With all of this, I’m sure I can one shot even the strongest of the Twelve Guardian Shadows. Since I killed number three, they might send either number one or two next. Or maybe even attack me all at once. Oh, that’d be fun."

[Report. ERROR CODE DETECTED!]

"!?"

[The compatibility rate with a previously incompatible Skill has suddenly increased.]

Skill in question

• One With The Wind B-Rank: Allows one to merge themselves and anything they touch with the wind and completely erase their presence.

[Report. The compatibility rate with the previously incompatible Skill has been rewritten. Subject is now compatible with the Skill. Subject may now obtain the Skill if the Subject wishes.]

[Obtain the Skill?]

[~Yes~ or ~No~]

"How’s that even a question? Of course yes!" I push ’Yes’.

[Report. The B-Rank Skill, One With The Wind has been successfully obtained.]

I check my status window and there it is.

"Well damn, I didn’t realize this would work so well. This is basically cheating. As long as I want the Skill, I can ignore compatibility rate and obtain it like it’s nothing. Now I’m really glad I’m alone, if people knew of this, the entire world would be in an uproar. I’d be the center of more news headlines than I can count. Considering how much I like my privacy, it wouldn’t be great for me. I don’t wanna have to be forced to seclude myself in my Item Space for, well...forever, basically."

I transfer my new daggers to the Item Space and leave the Dungeon. There’s no need to use the same entrance I used to enter the Sky Fortress since, with the Boss dead, the barrier from before has now dissipated so I casually fly off and towards the Dungeon Gate then go through it.

The guards that have been patiently wait-

"M-mr Raid! Your back! And so soon too!"

"Where you able to clear the Dungeon!?"

"... Maybe ’patiently’ is a bit of a stretch."

"Sorry...?"

"Nothing. Don’t worry about it...but yeah, I did clear it."

As if on cue, the Dungeon Gate dissipates behind me, like it’s merging with the very surroundings.

"What perfect timing."

"Welp, I’m off to go clear another Dungeon now, later!"

"S-sir, please wait!"

"Hm?" I’m stopped by Barry.

"Uhm... I’m sorry. It’s just... Can I perhaps trouble you with a selfie?"

"Stop sounding so stiff. I’m a normal guy, just like you."

"... I don’t think you can call solo clearing a C-Rank Dungeon when you’re an F-Rank normal."

"... Th-that’s’... Th... Yeah, no that’s true." I’m left with no choice but agree with him.