The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 143

Normally, Mairiph's blacksmith shop would have been spotlessly clean, but now, various kinds of weapons were scattered in a corner, melted and broken.

Outwardly, they looked like useless junk rolling around in a corner, but in fact, everything there was an outstanding weapon that would make one's jaw drop just by hearing its name.

Well, now they were in that state because the ore contained in the weapons was needed.

For reference, Mairiph, the very person who had committed this crazy act, was nonchalant.

Because he truly had no regrets.

The moment he looked into Lee Shin's mind, Mairiph was convinced that he would never meet a guy like this again.

At that, he naturally began to think about what kind of weapon would suit a guy like this, and that gave Mairiph an immense inspiration he had never experienced before.

For the current Mairiph, the most important thing was to fully create this weapon that was filling his head.

That's why he had melted the weapons in the warehouse without a moment's hesitation.

Because he didn't want to miss the inspiration that was filling his head just for the sake of materials.

Hwareureureuk--!!!

The aura flowing from Mairiph's body communicates with the dark red flames in the furnace.

Ttaaang-! Ttaaang-! Ttaaang-!

In that state, Mairiph struck the hammer with all his might.

And at the same time, he recalled the various conversations he had had with Lee Shin.

Even though he was holding a hammer and striking iron, it was the first time for Mairiph that so many various thoughts came to mind.

Although he was young and had a bit of a nasty personality, he thought of himself as a craftsman, and the moment he held the hammer, he always focused only on swinging the hammer.

Because he thought that a craftsman should be able to fully concentrate on one weapon.

But now, as he struck the hammer, various thoughts blossomed.

But strangely, he had no thought of stopping those thoughts.

How should I put it…

It felt like he was telling the weapon about the guy who would be its master while striking the hammer.

Ttaaang-!

While swinging the hammer, he thought of Lee Shin.

A completely crazy human.

A human with a strange mental state who doesn't hesitate to kill people, beasts, and monsters, and doesn't paint the whole world with blood.

And yet, a disgusting human who just smiles widely, as if to annoyingly tease, as if nothing is wrong.

'Are you listening? A madman and a monster like that is the guy who will be your master.'

Ttaaang-!

"What are you planning on doing with the thing I made?"

"I wonder?"

While swinging the hammer, Mairiph recalled the last conversation he had had with Lee Shin.

Lee Shin, who had been pondering the sudden question, had smiled playfully as if he had remembered someone and said.

"World peace?"

"It's so absurd that I'm at a loss for words. If you're going to lie, at least put some effort into it."

"No, this is surprisingly sincere. I don't have any particular thoughts, but there's a guy nearby who dreams of such things."

"They say birds of a feather flock together, what a sight."

"Is that so? Well, that guy doesn't seem normal either."

Lee Shin said with a wide smile.

"Anyway, I'll probably help that guy. It's fun because various incidents happen when I'm next to her. I'll probably get world peace as a bonus."

Thinking about it again, it's an absurd statement.

But Mairiph, then and now, strangely couldn't smile.

Because he somehow felt that Lee Shin might nonchalantly pull it off.

Are you listening?

Your master is a guy who shamelessly spouts such absurd nonsense.

Ttaaaaang-!

While swinging the hammer, he recalled the world he had seen in Lee Shin's mind.

A dark red world full of corpses that drive people mad.

At its center, a single spear, stuck in the ground as if to say 'I killed all of this'.

'Are you listening? I'm trying to make you into an amazing guy who is at least that much.'

The hammer continued to be swung, containing various thoughts.

And so, as time passed and his thoughts and emotions ran out, on the anvil, a single spear with a slightly crude shape was glowing hot.

At that, when he was about to put the spear into the water he had prepared in advance to cool the heat that filled it.

Utuk-

Mairiph inadvertently stopped his hand and stared at the spear.

What Mairiph had prepared to cool the spear's heat was water made by dissolving top-grade black light stone.

He thought that this would be able to maximize the properties of the spear he had in mind.

But now, the moment he saw the shape of the spear that had taken its form, he felt that the water mixed with black light stone was not enough.

A sense close to a premonition, obtained from his innate talent and from refining numerous pieces of equipment, had stopped Mairiph's hand.

While he was just staring blankly at the spear, unable to do anything.

Chiiik-!

A red liquid poured over the spear, which was emitting a heat that seemed like it would melt at any moment, and cooled the spear's heat.

At that, the startled Mairiph hurriedly raised his head.

"Ah, anemia."

There, Lee Shin, with a slight frown, was letting the blood pouring from his wrist fall onto the spear.

"You, what is this all of a sudden…!"

"No, I don't know for sure either, but I somehow felt like I had to do this."

Mairiph, who was about to get angry at the suddenly intervening Lee Shin, reflexively looked at the spear at his words.

"Heo…"

And he let out a breath as if in disbelief and laughed with a sense of futility.

Because he could see the spear on the anvil eating Lee Shin's blood along with the heat that enveloped it.

"I'm going crazy. To imprint a weapon like this."

"I don't know what you're talking about, but I feel like I'm going to get anemia, so why don't you give me some water?"

In the end, Mairiph quietly wiped his sweat and handed water to Lee Shin, taking a short break.

Lee Shin, to replenish his blood, drank water and ate an energy bar, and pressed his palms together as if in prayer, keeping the wound on his wrist open and letting the blood fall.

It was the moment when his neat skill with a dagger and his recovery power through [High-Speed Recovery] shone.

"Is it done?"

"Yes, for now, it's complete."

At Lee Shin's words, Mairiph slowly nodded his head.

On the anvil was a spear with a crude appearance, painted with black blood.

If someone had seen the spear's appearance, it looked so dull that they would have just thrown it away.

Sa-ak- Sa-ak-

But Lee Shin smiled widely and watched Mairiph sharpen the spearhead.

It was the first time he had felt this way looking at a weapon.

He wanted to grab that guy right now and swing it.

***

'By the way, this is strange.'

The general way to make a spear is to make the spearhead and the shaft using different materials and then combine the two later.

Because the spearhead has to be hard, it's made with steel, and the shaft has to have a certain degree of elasticity, so it has to be made with wood.

But the guy in Mairiph's hand now was not like that.

Because it was made in a unique way by putting various kinds of metal into a hot furnace, melting them, and then solidifying them and shaping them.

'Should this kind of case also be called a seamless masterpiece?'

The clothes made by a celestial maiden have no sewing marks.

Originally, it was a word that meant something was that natural and perfect, but it seemed that such a word could also be attached to this guy.

From the spearhead to the shaft, it was all made of a single metal, so there were no seams, and the most important performance was more than enough to pass.

Seugeugeugeuk- Seugeugeugeuk-

Mairiph sharpened the spear, concentrating as if gathering all the nerves of his entire body into his two hands.

He sharpened the blunt parts to make them sharp and keen, and he polished the parts that gave a crude feeling to make them smooth.

As he continued to move his hands like that, the shape of the spear slowly began to take form, and the bloodstains that had been burned black and dried up also began to fall off slowly.

At that, as if the mud on a pearl was falling off, the hidden appearance of the spear was gradually revealed.

A spear that was filled with various colors and seemed to have everything mixed into one, yet at the same time, was shining with a clear ink-black light, as if it were empty.

The more he polished it, the more Mairiph could feel what kind of spear this was.

A greedy weapon that, because it is empty, desires everything to fill its emptiness.

Even when it was being shaped in the flames, it was so greedy that it tried to swallow the heat instead of emitting it, and now that it had revealed itself as a single weapon, it was even more so than when it was molten iron.

Probably, most people would not feel anything even if they saw this guy.

They might think it's just an ordinary black spear and move on, as it's empty with nothing.

That's why no one would express respect or praise for this guy, nor would they harbor fear or dread.

So this guy was a guy who could be called neither a divine spear nor a demonic spear.

But at the same time, it is a guy who can be called both.

Because the word 'empty' meant that it could also be filled.

Mairiph was quietly lost in thought.

A spear that can be anything while being faithful to the role of a spear…

"I feel like I've made a proper spear for the first time."

"Really? Should I congratulate you?"

"Ha! I'm not interested in receiving a bow."

Mairiph, who had shouted that, held out the spear that had now completely revealed its appearance to Lee Shin.

'It's the most troublesome guy among the ones I've made, but since the owner is this guy, it's a relief.'

Mairiph chuckled as he looked at Lee Shin's face, who was examining the spear he had received.

'That monster, even after finding out what the personality of this weapon is, he's not hesitant, but rather his eyes are shining.'

It is the craftsman who makes the weapon.

But it is the owner of the weapon who completes it.

That's why a weapon without a human to wield it is destined to be left in a warehouse.

In that sense, it seemed this guy could fortunately avoid being sent to the warehouse.

"What are you going to name that guy?"

Mairiph asked, looking at the bident-shaped spear with its tip split in two like a dragon's fang, which was in Lee Shin's hand.

"I think Night Sky would be good."

It was a fitting name, as it was filled with black like the night sky, but at the same time, it was empty.

Lee Shin smiled widely and brought up the information of the Night Sky in his hand.

[Yagong (Night Sky)]

-Epic (Growth Type)

-The deep, deep night sky is endlessly empty, so it can contain and devour anything.

-[Black Night] Always active. It dyes everything it has devoured black and makes it its own, so the night sky does not disappear and continues to deepen.

-[???]

-[???]

-[???]

Perhaps because it was an Epic-grade weapon, the explanation was not intuitive and a bit strange, and three of the four options were hidden by question marks, but it didn't matter to Lee Shin at all.

-I acknowledge your skill. Now I will also go all out.

-What do you want me to do about it. If you're not happy, go get a high-end item yourself.

-Hoo, Hyung, you're really amazing. Eh? You want me to use a weapon? Ahaha, it's a bit much to use that in a spar.

-Hoo, I really didn't want to use this weapon, but I have no choice. Huhuhu, now you can say you're dead.

He was just happy that he could finally land a blow on the arrogant [King] guys who had been teasing him with their weapons.

(End of Chapter)