Chapter 165: Hellish Special Training
Master Smith Under Ministry of National Defense
165 – Hellish Special Training
The Awakeners who had enrolled in Icarus as production-type trainees, inspired by Myung-jun, were initially filled with a strong resolve to overcome any training and hardship. However, their strong will began to crumble when they actually started learning the ‘manual crafting’ method that Myung-jun spoke of.
Unlike the previous processing methods that relied on system guides to provide all the details—such as how to process the material, the heating timing, and how many times to strike and reheat it—Myung-jun’s method required them to use their knowledge, tactile sense, sight, hearing, and sometimes even smell. This method was far beyond the ‘hardships’ they had imagined.
Especially for processing materials above Grade 6, where even the slightest mistake could ruin the material, the difficulty was such that it required the precision of a blacksmith with decades of experience. They had to judge when to remove the material from the fire just by observing its color.
“Ah, you messed up. You should have heated it a bit more before taking it out.”
Watching Myung-jun toss a material worth over 5 billion per kilogram into the trash, Reinhardt looked puzzled. He had removed the material from the furnace as soon as it reached the color Myung-jun had specified, yet it was deemed a failure.
“I took it out of the furnace as soon as it reached the color you specified. If there’s a mistake, isn’t it a problem with the recipe you provided?”