It started with the sky cracking open like shattered glass.
One moment, Kenju was walking home from school.
The next, he was falling — not onto pavement, but into a swirling vortex of fire, light, and shadow.
[System Notification]
You have entered the World of Arvandir.
Welcome, Challenger.
All around him, people screamed. Friends, strangers — hundreds of them.
They were falling from the sky, landing in glowing circles across a vast, forested valley.
A giant black sun hung above, pulsing with mana.
Everyone was dazed, panicked. Then the system began activating.
[System Notification]
Choose your Primary Skill:
Swordmaster
Mage
Shieldbearer
Blacksmith
Kenju's heart raced. This was just like a video game.
He knew what to do.
He reached out toward Swordmaster — but the option flickered and vanished.
[System Notification]
Skill Chosen: Blacksmith
Skill Grade: F
Assigned Automatically.
Good luck.
Kenju stared, horrified.
> "What the hell?! I didn't choose that!"
Laughter erupted nearby. A group of boys from his school looked at him with mocking smiles.
> "Seriously? Blacksmith?"
"Dude's gonna be making pots while we're slaying monsters!"
"Try not to die too fast, bro."
Kenju's fists clenched.
Blacksmith…
He didn't have strength.
He didn't have spells.
But he had something else —
a brain, and the will to survive.
[New Skill Acquired]
Reinforce Material – Lv.1
[Item Received]
Rusty Iron Fragment
Sticky Slime Essence
[Bag Capacity Unlocked – 1 cubic meter]
Kenju looked at the metal shard in his hand.
And for the first time… he smiled.
> "Let them laugh. I'll forge my own destiny."
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