Chapter 676 – Mithril-Orichalcon Greatsword (2)

As soon as I arrived at Areumi’s workshop, what caught my eye was the rather noisy interior of the store.

Unlike Areum’s workshop, which usually had a fairly leisurely feel, the noisy voices could be heard even outside the store.

I could see the crowd of customers so crowded that the once spacious store felt small, and Areum busily dealing with customers at the counter.

“Hey~! “Do you sell daggers?”

“The dagger is at the very end of the sword space, Ankana!”

“Why are the prices of this window and this window different? Windows that look the same on the outside…”

“Would it be the same price if I made just the spear blade myself and if I made everything, including the spear pole myself?! “Musma’s eyes are like knotholes?!”

“Where is the gun! Firearms are…”

“Why are you looking for the gun in the dwarven workshop earlier?! “Are you really a smartass?!”

I think this is my first time seeing Areum working so busy.

In fact, she seemed like she had quite a lot of work to do when we met before. Maybe I’ve gotten a little busier since it became known that I’m an awakened male hunter.

Although I never mentioned Areum’s workshop directly to the media, it wouldn’t have been that difficult to follow my lead and investigate the workshop I was indebted to.

Now that the mask of unknown identity was gone, it wasn’t that easy to walk around hiding my identity, so there was a high possibility that I went around knowingly and became explosively famous with the announcement that I had become an S-class hunter.

The result is the situation we see before our eyes right now.

Hunters, especially male hunters, were the only ones gathered there, causing a crowded and noisy commotion.

The scenery made me feel like I was looking at a luxury store in a department store.

‘If you can’t think of a single person with a red heart and expected points earned, they must all be male hunters.’

Sometimes, there were cases where female hunters who had trained their bodies to the limit were indistinguishable from men, but at least the hunters in front of me seemed far from such cases.

Looking at their appearance, there was a high possibility that they were male hunters active in Seoul. After a quick glance, I noticed that there were often male hunters I had only met once or twice at work.

In fact, the compatibility between the male hunter and the weapons sold at Areum’s workshop was not very good.

I think I’ve said this before, but most male hunters in this world mostly use powerful firearms such as guns or bazookas.

For male hunters without the ability to awaken, cold weapons were only heavy and not very effective when dealing with monsters.

Up to D-class monsters, it was possible to somehow deal with them by swinging a sword or an axe, but starting from C-class monsters, with the exception of some monsters, even wounding them was not that easy. There was no doubt that this was a fact that I personally experienced before I was awakened.

The only way to deal with such monsters was firearms such as guns or bazookas. Of course, the stronger the firepower, the more the material gets damaged, so it has become a weapon only used by male hunters.

The reason I use Areum’s workshop is simply because I am a male hunter with awakening abilities. There would be almost no suitable weapons for other male hunters to use.

However, the reason why only male hunters flock to this store is probably because I, a male hunter, go to Areum’s workshop.

There was a good possibility that they gathered together blindly, thinking that it was a weapon that could make them stronger or more awakened if they used it as a male hunter.

He took the long sword from the hand of one of the male hunters who seemed to be the cause of the commotion and settled the situation for now.

“So, instead of this, try something lighter…”

“… “Give it to me somewhere.”

“What?!”

“Is this really heavy? A long sword made of Damascus steel?”

“What are you interfering with?” .”

“Even before I was awakened, I was wielding a greatsword that was 10 times heavier than this one, but you haven’t even trained your body and you’re finding fault with something strange?”

“Uh, uh…”

“What, what, isn’t that Seong Tae-kyung?”

“It was true that he goes here… ?”

The male hunter, who was holding a long sword that did not suit his body at all, looked up at me with a puzzled expression.

I could hear voices mentioning me around the guy who only uttered exclamations.

This was the moment when I realized that these people had visited Areum’s workshop for exactly the reason I expected.

First of all, there was a need to quickly sort out these people who were closer to the truth than customers.

“All those who came in without any intention of buying weapons, get out. “Don’t bother our Areum.”

When I mentioned it deliberately in an expression that seemed to emphasize my friendship with Areum, the atmosphere in the store became strangely tense.

In that situation, about half of the people who made eye contact with me quickly put down the weapons in their hands and ran out of the store.

The other half seemed like ‘real guests’, so I didn’t necessarily kick them out.

“Oh, brother… Are you here? ?”

“Okay. “It’s been a while, Areum.”

“I’m sorry the store was a little busy. These days, a lot of male customers come in every day…”

“Areum, it’s good if your store does well. “Do you think business is doing well these days?”

“It’s just ordinary. “Out of all the customers who come throughout the day, only two or three a day actually buy it.”

“Huh?”

Was the weapons workshop originally a business with such low sales?

Even though it’s called a harp, there’s no way Arumi’s workshop, a dwarven workshop, would have such a low sales rate.

As I was quietly guessing in my head what the cause might be, one of the male customers who had not left approached the counter, holding a large sword with difficulty in both arms.

It was only after observing Areum’s attitude toward the male hunter customer there that I was able to roughly figure out why business was not going well.

“This… With this, heo-eok, gye, calculation…”

“… “I’m sorry to see you go through so much trouble dragging it, but I won’t sell this to that young man.”

“… Hehe, yes… ?”

“What are you trying to use this long sword that looks so difficult to hold and move? “I think I said it last time, but it’s better for you to wield a lighter weapon, Ankana.”

“Are you ignoring me because I’m a man?! Someday, I will become an S-class hunter wielding a great sword! A male hunter like Seong Tae-kyung who is not afraid and swings a great sword coolly even in the face of monsters like the three-headed basilisk…”

If Areum’s personality is anything to go by, she probably won’t sell a weapon that doesn’t seem right to her, even if it kills her.

To begin with, most dwarven artisans had similar personalities. Most of them are probably waiting for someone to properly use the weapon they made.

A middle school boy who is strangely obsessed with great swords and emphasizes that he wants to become a male hunter.

It seems like this kid was also the one who watched the ‘video’ of me defeating the Three-Headed Basilisk.

For some reason, it felt a little embarrassing to hear a compliment right in front of me through someone else’s mouth.

… Now that I think about it, the reason I first decided to become a hunter wielding a great sword was because I was influenced by the sight of Eunyoung swinging a great sword in front of me.

Perhaps that was why I felt a strange kinship with the aspiring male hunter in front of me, so, uncharacteristically, I sneaked into the conversation between the two and carefully gave them advice.

“I think I’m still a student, so it would be better to just listen to Areum at first.”

“…”

“I didn’t start out swinging a great sword. “Until I first awakened at the age of 22, I wielded all kinds of weapons and eventually settled on a greatsword.”

“… Really?”

“If you don’t believe me, you can go to the hunter training middle school or high school in Gangdong-gu and ask. “It’s only been a few years since I graduated, so some of my teachers probably remember me.”

“…”

Other than the health teacher, my teachers in high school were teachers I barely remember fondly, but they probably remember that I wielded all kinds of weapons.

Of course, in the meantime, I always carried a 20kg large sword on my back for training purposes.

Perhaps because it was advice from a male hunter who was actively wielding a large sword, the male student who was an aspiring hunter seemed to be listening a little more seriously than when Areum was speaking.

“First, build your physical strength. “If you try to swing a big sword first when your body isn’t even built, your whole body will get damaged.”

“…”

“If you are a male hunter, first train your body to the limit. “Choosing a weapon comes next.”

“… Okay, then.”

The aspiring male hunter returned the greatsword he had brought with him with an understanding answer and returned home after buying a two-handed sword of appropriate weight and length.

For some reason, I felt a special emotion as it strangely reminded me of my childhood.

“Oppa, you’re amazing. “Usually Musmas are more stubborn than their capabilities, so no matter what I say, they never back down.”

“For now, I’m Musma, Areum.”

“Everyone, of course, I’m saying this except Oppa. “Have you ever refuted anything I said while handling weapons?”

“Well, that’s probably a field where Areum is much more specialized than me.”

The best solution was to leave professional work to experts.

Rather than being stubborn with the knowledge I just picked up haphazardly.

“Hey, can I swing the dagger here myself?”

“Oh, come on. There is a training area at the back of the workshop, so it is better to try swinging it yourself and use it…”

After chatting with Areum for about 30 minutes and responding appropriately to the customers still remaining in the store.

After the storm of customers all left, the store suddenly became quiet.

“Now that’s enough. From now on, we won’t have any customers until after lunch.”

“Okay? “Then we can talk more leisurely now.”

“Anyway, my brother, why didn’t you tell me in advance? “If you had told me in advance, I would have closed the store today and only called Seongcheol.”

“Okay, whatever. “You don’t need to worry so much.”

I can’t interfere with Areum’s business just because I’m visiting the workshop.

With that thought in mind, I quietly handed Areum a bag containing pieces of Orichalcum stone from my subspace pocket.

Areum, who couldn’t recognize what it was at first because it was piled up in a leather bag, tilted her head and asked.

“Is this a mukko?”

“Open it once.”

“… Well, don’t even tell me how great it is…”

Without thinking much, Areum quietly opened the bag she received from me and checked the contents.

It didn’t take long for her expression to change to confusion after checking what was inside.

“Hey, is this Orichalcon stone?! “Where on earth do you get something like this?”

… Well, I didn’t know I would get it so quickly.