"What? At this time of day… Ah, I see. Are you my disciple?"

"Yes. Nice to meet you. I'm…"

"That's enough. You're my disciple in name only. It's just a system. We're not actually in a teacher-disciple relationship, so there's no need to introduce yourself. I will only teach you the basics of the field. I have no intentions of teaching you any profound secrets or anything of the sort."

His words contained no goodwill nor any hostility. His emotion lacked curiosity. He had clearly drawn the boundaries and announced that this was only a business relationship.

"Hmm."

It was an unexpected turnout, but it wasn't bad at all. Rather, I felt more comfortable that he had been so direct from the beginning.

"Well, then I look forward to your kind cooperation."

"I got it, so wait. I'm not done with this yet."

He picked up the hammer once more and resumed work.

Clang! Claang!

Chhhhh!

I could see his muscular upper beyond the rising steam. His height was over 190 centimeters and his forearms were thicker than my thighs. I looked up above his head.

Armament Temple

Level 9

Equipment Manufacturing Expert Lee Do-geom

'Level nine, huh.'

The titles of ability holders were classified into novice, expert, master, compléter, and transcendent....