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Whoops!

A scarlet flame that moves like waves from the inside of the furnace.

The flames that hit the wall scatter in all directions, then gather back to the center and ripple like waves again.

Woo-

Each time the process was repeated, a scarlet light flashed through the huge charcoal gap in the middle of the brazier, and Sehun Lee narrowed his eyes, looking through the translucent lid.

And the moment when it heated up a little more and the scarlet color became stronger.

crisp

The surface of the charcoal began to crumble.

“Goes!”

Sehun Lee, who shouted loudly, quickly opened the translucent lid of the brazier completely.

Whoops!

Flames and heat coming out of the furnace.

In the heat that easily breaks through the heat dissipation function of entry-level work clothes, Sehun Lee inserted the tongs without blinking an eye.

Whoo!

The scarlet-hot charcoal was moved to the workbench at once, and Se-Hoon Lee, who closed the lid of the brazier, poked the iron skewer he had prepared in several places.

Hwareuk!

As the iron skewers dig into it, a scarlet flame like blood spewed out.

Sehun Lee, who skillfully avoided all the flames, finally tied the Black Spirit Temple to the end of a skewer and threw it at Louise, who was waiting.

“Last Compression!”

Louise, who snatched the Black Spirit Temple, bit it in her mouth at once, and used the Unspoken Magic with the image she had been honing for a long time in her head.

【Compression】

Through the Black Spirit Temple, Louise’s magic magic permeated deeply, and at the same time, the scarlet color that was shining through the cracks in the charcoal became stronger.

damn!

And the moment when the cracks spread all over the place reached their limit and the surface was about to collapse.

Pugh-!

A huge coal exploded at once, scattering ashes everywhere.

“Clok chock… … oh sir… … .”

Louise frowned at the ashes that covered her body as well as her surroundings. I changed into work clothes, so if it wasn’t for the damn thing, I wouldn’t be able to use all the clothes I liked.

“hey! What happened! it’s over?!”

I couldn’t see clearly, so I shouted and asked, but there was no answer. When Louise was slightly anxious about that reaction.

Whoops!

As the vent in the workshop was activated, the view was clear.

“… … .”

Lee Se-Hoon has become a mess like a workshop covered in ashes. And seeing that the workbench, which had been the center of the explosion, was empty, Louise’s complexion turned pale.

‘Failure?’

I’ve been doing this for 10 hours and I have to start all over again?

When Louise is seriously thinking about what it would be like to just smack Lee Se-hun in the back of the head and run away.

“It’s over.”

Sehun Lee turned and smiled and showed the scarlet stick he was holding in his hand.

“damn… … You were scared.”

With a sigh of relief, Louise approached Sehun Lee and looked at the finished product in his hand.

Roughly 130 cm long. It looked like it was made of glass with a strange luster on the outside, but Louise made a curious expression at the change.

“Is it hot?”

“Slightly warm.”

“Then give it to me. Let me see too.”

Louise, who snatched the finished product from Sehun Lee, immediately read the information window.

[Red Salt Soup]

[Rating: Rare] [Quality: Best]

A stick made by heating special wood for a long time.

It has the property of absorbing and storing flames and can be used as nutrients to regenerate damaged areas.

The output can be efficiently maintained by the magic circuit circulating inside, and the strength increases in that state.

* You can play with the flame saved in the weapon. Current storage: 100%.

*If the weapon is endowed with magical power, its strength will increase.

“… … what. Only rare?”

Seeing the stick in his hand, the grade of red salt paste, Louise put on a disappointed expression.

From a cadet’s point of view, even the best rare grade product was not a bad result, but the effort and time put into it.

And most of all, considering the ‘amount’ of the ingredients, it seemed to come out too low.

“Is this right? I compressed a few of those strange pieces of wood and this is what I got.”

Infuse the fragment of the divine tree to activate it by infusing it with the spirit magic, and then insert it into the furnace to adapt it to the flame.

When a piece is processed and its size is reduced by more than a certain amount, it is compressed by attaching it to another piece that has been processed in the same way.

By repeating this process dozens of times, it was this red salt field that created the ability and resistance to flames.

‘If you’ve done that, you should at least get a hero grade… … .’

As Louise frowned as if she had been betrayed by her efforts, Sehun Lee smiled.

“calm down. It’s because it’s still unfinished.”

“Incomplete?”

“Originally, there should be a spear blade that can release magic at this end. If you just stick with it, you’ll get hero grade.”

If you look at the picture of the red salt paste made this time, the line has now been drawn. Even in this state, he almost got a hero grade, so in a sense it could be said that it was well made.

‘It would have been better if there were fewer failures along the way.’

When Se-Hoon Lee remembers dozens of fragments of a divine tree that have turned to pure white ashes, he is sad.

“… … window?”

Louise narrowed her eyes.

“Are you giving this to that salt?”

“uh. sell her… … .”

“Ugh… … !”

Louise puts the red salt paste on her knee and smashes it down.

At that sudden action, Sehun Lee blocked his knee with his hand and looked at him with an absurd expression.

“what are you doing?”

“If I had known it was that bastard weapon, I wouldn’t have helped! Why would you do this to a bastard like that!”

Louise vomits out her anger towards Seong-Ha Yeom, probably because she didn’t like her even though she had only met her once.

Lee Se-hoon, who remembered the appearance of a riotous dog grinding his teeth when he said he had only seen a rabid dog before returning, smiled and patted his shoulder.

“Don’t be too angry.”

“Don’t be mad about anything. you are like that… … .”

“Seong-ha Yeom is not cheap, has a bad personality, and doesn’t even think about his own skills, he’s a bad guy who only blames his weapons, but he has some good points.”

“… … Really, why did you do it?”

Instead of taking sides, Louise looked up at him doing everything he had to say, and Sehun Lee responded calmly.

“How do you do business if you only sell to the guys you like? If it meets the standard, we just sell it.”

“What… … Talent or something?”

“right. And you have to be sure of your beliefs. Such a person will live a long time.”

He persists in battle and survives as a ‘human’ without falling into temptation.

That is why, despite the numerous clashes with the three dogs before the return, Sehun Lee made them a weapon until the end.

“… … tell me in advance next time Don’t make people go crazy.”

Louise, who says bluntly but doesn’t say that she won’t help. Seeing that, Sehun Lee suddenly asked the part he had been curious about for a long time.

“But, is there anything you can do without losing your mind to make weapons?”

“Of course. I know how to write… … .”

Louise’s body, who responded naturally, stiffened, and Lee Se-hoon, who roughly grasped the situation in the story, raised the corner of his mouth.

“Do you know how to write? So what? Keep talking.”

“… … Die.”

“If you are going to die, you should hear it and die. ah! i get it. I knew how to write and worked hard on this… … .”

“hey!!!”

***

“Don’t even dream of getting help when making something in the future!!”

Louise screams and takes a taxi and leaves. Kim In-cheol, who came to meet Lee Se-hun in front of the workshop, asked.

“What the hell happened during your absence?”

“I was joking around, but he is impatient.”

Whether before the return or now, if you make fun of a mistake, the reins will come loose for some reason.

‘This time, I need to increase my tolerance.’

Why should I lose my reason like that just because a ghost magician got some horsetails in my name? As Sehun Lee made a promise to himself, Kim In-cheol smiled bitterly when he saw it.

“Do it in moderation. Your way of speaking and facial expressions are perfect for making people hate you.”

“That’s really sad advice. Oh, did you see the finished product?”

Kim In-cheol nodded at Lee Se-hoon’s question.

“It was great. The moment you attach any spear blade, the hero’s rank will be confirmed.”

“thank you.”

“and… … .”

After thinking for a while, In-cheol Kim spoke confidently.

“I saw room for use in the shattered flame.”

Sculptures of the divine tree can grow according to the surrounding environment, and the flame, which can be said to be the opposite, was no exception.

If so, wouldn’t it be possible to grow it according to the broken flame and then replace the destroyed ‘source’?

At Kim In-cheol’s guess, Se-hun Lee nodded.

“I think it will work to some extent, if not perfect.”

“So, I mean… … Could you possibly sell me some of the ingredients for that divine tree?”

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No matter how large the amount of material is, you may be reluctant to use it as it is a material that you can’t get again.

Although we are researching together, Kim In-cheol waited nervously for an answer because he was in a situation where he requested cooperation.

“Sure.”

Sehun Lee nodded happily.

“Since the materials are plentiful, we can give as much as we want.”

“… … Thank you so much.”

As Kim In-cheol was about to bow his head to express his sincere gratitude, Se-hun Lee grabbed his shoulder and stopped him.

“it’s okay. And there was something I wanted to ask the professor too.”

“If you ask me… … ?”

Lee Se-hoon carefully answered Kim In-cheol’s question.

“Next time I want to use the fire of the Broken Flame to smelt.”

“… … .”

Kim In-cheol’s expression hardened slightly at Lee Se-hoon’s request.

He seems to be troubled even when he brings a rare material called divine wood. While Lee Se-hun was watching the reaction, Kim In-cheol slowly nodded.

“I see. It might be a little risky, but… … You’ll be fine.”

“then… … .”

“Promise me one thing in return.”

Kim In-cheol, who looked at Lee Se-hoon, spoke with a serious face.

“If there are traces of broken flames on the finished weapon, I will definitely destroy it.”

If the broken flame is known to the outside, it may be attacked by someone. Sehun Lee nodded at the appearance of Kim In-cheol who said it subtly.

“I will keep that in mind.”

“I believe.”

Kim In-cheol nodded and looked up at the darkened sky.

“I wish I could go back today. I’ll get you on the ride.”

Kim In-cheol pulled out a huge red motorcycle from the garage and took Lee Se-hoon across the road in an instant, and disappeared over the road in an instant as when he came.

Boo woo woo-!

In the blink of an eye, Kim In-cheol disappears over the horizon. Sehun Lee, who looked at his back, stroked his chin.

‘Someone recognizes the traces of broken flames… … Did you steal it from inside the spectator as well?’

According to the information of Binggyeon before the return through the Dream Hwangyudo, it was revealed that Kim In-cheol was a blacksmith who once belonged to the watcher and died after being swept away by the ‘salt-do hunting’.

Of course, I was still not sure if the information was real, but in the current situation, it was a story with some potential.

‘Among the spectators, they must be the only ones related to the blacksmith.’

Wacky guys who insisted on giving anything to make the perfect weapon.

They were the ones I met most before the return, to be exact, the ones who followed him persistently, and they were also the ones who understood the internal structure the most among the spectators.

‘For now, I’ll have to find the culprit of salinity hunting, salinity hunter.’

If he really belonged to the 『Government』, then he would be able to find traces on his body.

The question is how to find the culprit that was not caught even before the return. When Sehun Lee is walking while thinking about various methods.

“You are late.”

A large figure stood in the way.

At the unlucky voice that made him go through a hard time over the weekend, Sehun Lee naturally looked at his face and then his eyes widened.

“you… … .”

There were not one or two wounds on his face, such as a bandage around his forehead, gauze on his cheek, and a small wound on his torn lip.

Sehun Lee asked with a trembling expression on the face of Seongha Yeom, a completely messed up young man.

“Are you right?”

Who the hell beat this asshole like this? At Lee Se-hun’s question, Seong-ha Yeom frowned slightly and changed the topic.

“How many windows did you make?”

He looked like he didn’t want to talk about the wounds. Lee Se-hoon trembled at the determined appearance, but answered.

“The fire attribute only needs to be equipped with a spear blade, and the dark attribute has not yet started.”

“… … .”

Seong-ha Yeom, silently immersed in thought. And after a while, he quietly opened his mouth.

“Then make it as much as possible in three days and hand it over.”

Seong-ha Yeom is about to pass as if it’s the end of it. Seeing that, Sehun Lee naturally blocked the front.

“… … What.”

“I don’t know who was hit, but if you need armor, you have to explain what the situation is.”

“No need to… … .”

“You need to know what kind of spear the stomach will stick to, so you can’t make it according to your needs. Anyway, we’re in the same boat, but if you hide it like this, I’m very sad too.”

Seong-ha Yeom looked down at Lee Se-hoon, who spoke firmly as if he would not step aside until he heard it, and answered with a sigh.

“You have to kill the guy called the Salt Hunter.”

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