Nine-Layered Heavenly Keep, Ascend Cloud Pavilion Alone! Factory Master Z in a Fury-Go Find Spider-Cutter!

Vivid and crystal clear, yet unnaturally soft, the deathly-white White Brahma mask, as pale as natural latex, fell into Uesugi Tetsu's hands.

He pinched it and found that it could actually be squeezed, nothing like a mask at all.

A cold-white notification appeared—

[Mask of Jealousy · Prototype]

[Quality: Epic~Legendary]

[--A prototype mask formed from a vast amount of "jealousy" power. Its quality will fluctuate depending on the blacksmith's skill in forging it into a finished mask.]

Oh, he had almost forgotten.

After gathering enough jealousy and resentment, he still needed to find at least a "Master"-level blacksmith to forge it for him.

The quality range was from Epic... to Legendary. The difference between the two was truly like heaven and earth.

Even with the amount of soul ash Katsumi used, the difference between them could be easily distinguished.

He had to find the best blacksmith.

Unfortunately, the old blacksmith he had met before was definitely impossible to find.

Zashiki, who had once been a step away from becoming a Celestial Artisan, had no idea whether she had completed the final stage of her Celestial Artisan trial. For all he knew, she was wandering around some remote corner of Everworld.

She had said that if there was [fate], they would naturally meet again, but heaven knew how long it would take for that fate to arrive.

He would ask the Black Book later and see whether it knew where Zashiki was.

If he could determine her coordinates, then once the [Mask of Resentment]'s progress was full, he could tear open the other half of the [Train's Round-Trip Ticket] and go straight to Zashiki's doorstep.

The problem was that the round-trip ticket's one-month validity was almost up...

Thinking of this, Uesugi Tetsu blinked and fell into thought.

Minamoto Shizuka,