Yoo Myeongwoo

* After Awakening
* Before Awakening

* Post-regression
* Pre-regression

**Yoo Myeongwoo** (Korean: 유명우, RR: *Yu Myeong-u*) is a Hunter with an SS-rank equipment creation ability. Due to its near-impossible acquiring conditions and his F-rank initial stats and skills, he remained unknown before the regression. After the regression, however, he gains his SS-rank skill due to interference by Han Yoojin and becomes a famous figure in the Hunter community.

## Appearance

Yoo Myeongwoo has notably tan skin, thin brown hair, and brown eyes. He has an expressive face. When he cries, his whole face and neck turn red, his eyes become bloodshot, and he appears heavily disheveled.

Before obtaining the skill Gold Forge's Owner, Yoo Myeongwoo was thin and visibly worn down and depressed. His hair was long, coming down to his shoulders, and choppy. He would slouch habitually and had closed-off body language, holding his arms close to his body.

After gaining his Forge skill, he becomes significantly more tanned. He also grows taller and more muscled.

## Personality

Before acquiring the Forge skill, Yoo Myeongwoo was extremely timid and depressed, believing himself useless and undeserving of kindness. As a result of his continual failure to do well in school and live up to expectations, he became extremely hard on himself, not believing in his own ability, and even attempted to commit suicide at the lowest point of his depression. He was easily frightened and emotionally expressive. He would be quickly overwhelmed by the slightest hint of kindness, often bursting into tears when Yoojin showed particular generosity towards him. Over time, he became gradually happier, particularly from realizing his talent at cooking and from learning of an opportunity to gain an amazing skill.

After acquiring Gold Forge's Owner, a notable change occurred in his personality, with Myeongwoo becoming markedly calmer and more level-headed. He rapidly gained confidence, enough to stand up to the S-rank Han Yoohyun without flinching, where before he'd shied away from even coming near high-rank Hunters. He also grew stubborn and resolute in his own beliefs, unhesitatingly turning away high-rank clients who derided his friends and even challenging Yoojin himself.

## Abilities

### Stats

Yoo Myeongwoo originally Awakened with an F-rank's stats. When he acquired Gold Forge's Owner, his stats went up to an average of 21 (excluding Mana), leaving him on the higher side of stat rank E, very close to D. Since then, his stats have continued growing along with his skill proficiency; presumably, they will cap out at S-rank or SS-rank.

### Skills

* **Gold Forge's Owner (SS)** (Korean: 황금대장간의 주인, RR: *hwanggeumdaejanggan-ui ju-in*): An optimized initial skill, Yoo Myeongwoo failed to acquire this upon Awakening. Han Yoojin's usage of My Brat Is The Best allowed him to gain it upon 10 levels and after sharpening 10,000 bladed tools. A production skill where any rank of items and equipment can be created, so long as they have some metal in them. The rank of the created items depends on the skill user's proficiency level and the rank of the materials.
	+ The skill explanation window is particularly detailed, being 5 pages long in itself, and there is a beginner blacksmith's production encyclopedia that is over 300 pages long, containing reference information about items up to A-rank. Additionally, the skill comes with a subspace pouch containing materials that are rank S and higher, including pieces such as the S-rank Thousand-Year Unicorn Horn and the SS-rank ore Piece of a Hidden Star.
	+ The Gold Forge itself exists within a subspace accessible only to the skill owner, as well as anyone the owner touches with the intention to bring in. Ismual, a fire elemental contracted to the Gold Forge's owner, resides within.
	+ The provision of the extensive skill description, production encyclopedia, material pouch, and possibly also Ismual's teachings for novice blacksmiths were all made possible by the sacrifice of Shalos, the previous holder of the Gold Forge's Owner skill.
* **Whetstone (unknown rank)** (숫돌, *sutdol*): An initial skill. Gives 2% more sharpness to bladed weapons.
* **Flame Resistance (A–SS)** (화염 저항, *hwayeom jeohang*): An optimized skill ranked A. After contracting with the flame elemental Ismual, Myeongwoo obtained this skill despite it not appearing in his Status Window. Given its link to the elemental, this resistance is likely the same rank as Ismual itself, making it initially A- or S-rank, and growing to SS-rank.
* **Master of Hammering (A)** (망치질의 대가, *mangchijir-ui daega*): An optimized skill, initially unacquired. Later gained through Yoojin's My Brat skill. Gives an unspecified effect to hammering. This effect works on living creatures as well as inanimate objects, and can thus be used as an attack skill.
* *Sharpen a Knife (A)* (칼 갈아요, *kal galayo*): An unacquired optimized initial skill.
* *Delicate Fingertips (A)* (섬세한 손끝, *seomsehan sonkkeut*): An unacquired optimized skill.
* *Metal Classification (A)* (금속 분류, *geumsok bullyu*): An unacquired optimized skill.

## Trivia

* He is good at cooking, a characteristic apparently common amongst outstanding blacksmiths.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 9
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Webtoon: Episode 15
3. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 70
4. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 23
5. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 35
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 62
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 63
8. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 92
9. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 172
10. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 189
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 8
12. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 31
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 64
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 66
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 73
16. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 180
17. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 181
18. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 188
19. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 190