Ever since Arwin was summoned as a child, all he has known is war. And now, to claim the demon queen\'s life and end the war, he has to kill himself. But, as he deals the final blow to his mortal enemy, the Hero of Mankind is betrayed.Caught in a magical explosion thought to end him, Arwin awakens a month later to find that everyone has already moved on. His [Hero] class has changed to a unique blacksmith class called [The Living Forge] that is empowered by consuming magical items, but some of his old passive [Titles] remain, giving him the power to forge his new future exactly the way he wants to.Arwin isn\'t going to settle for anything less than completely surpassing the powers he wielded as the Hero.After all, you are what you eat – and Arwin’s diet just became legendary.***What to expect: - Item focused crafting story, where a lot of the MC\'s power comes from his equipment- Mix of crafting & combat as the MC has to get the materials himself. The MC does not spend the whole novel in one room crafting. - No Harem- Strong to Stronger MC- Slow burn revenge with a focus on the MC rebuilding his life and discovering new purposeChapters every day at 11:30 AM CST Artifacts Blacksmith Demon Lord Demons Fantasy Creatures Fast Cultivation Game Elements Heroes Isekai LitRPG Male Protagonist Medieval Not Harem Portal Fantasy Rank System Second Chance Secret Identity Special Abilities Strong to Stronger Sword And Magic
- Chapter 1: The Cost of Peace
- Chapter 2: Exceptions
- Chapter 3: Forge
- Chapter 4: Tiers
- Chapter 5: Gifts
- Chapter 6: Deals
- Chapter 7: Incident
- Chapter 8: Journeyman
- Chapter 9: Opportunity
- Chapter 10: More customers
- Chapter 11: Mere smith
- Chapter 12: Flinging swords
- Chapter 13: Equipment
- Chapter 14: In a corner
- Announcement: Patreon & More!
- Chapter 15: How much?
- Chapter 16: Old fashioned
- Chapter 17: Guild Leader
- Chapter 18: Plans
- Chapter 19: Take a look
- Chapter 20: Guild
- Chapter 21: Party
- Chapter 22: Prey
- Chapter 23: Ideas
- Chapter 24: Broke
- Chapter 25: Forward
- Chapter 26: Amazing
- Chapter 27: Class
- Chapter 28: Live up
- Chapter 29: Lizard
- Chapter 30: Conviction
- Chapter 31: Finish what you started
- Chapter 32: Distraction
- Chapter 33: Class
- Chapter 34: Private
- Chapter 35: Games
- Chapter 36: Long story
- Chapter 37: Arwin and Lillia
- Chapter 38: One thing at a time
- Chapter 39: Beautiful
- Chapter 40: Underway
- Chapter 41: Wiggler
- Chapter 42: Deeper
- Chapter 43: Ugly
- Chapter 44: Use your head
- Chapter 45: Crystal
- Chapter 46: Topple
- Chapter 47: Can't hurt
- Chapter 48: Digestion
- Chapter 49: Verdant
- Chapter 50: Ifrit
- Chapter 51: Cart
- Chapter 52: Marketing
- Chapter 53: Zeke
- Chapter 54: Tomorrow
- Chapter 55: Iron Hound
- Chapter 56: Onward into the dungeon
- Chapter 57: Peckish
- Chapter 58: Chomp
- Chapter 59: Work
- Chapter 60: Stonemaxer
- Chapter 61: Good week
- Chapter 62: Play
- Chapter 63: Together
- Chapter 64: Killed
- Chapter 65: Conversation
- Chapter 66: To know someone
- Chapter 67: Cider
- Chapter 68: Helm
- Chapter 69: The Howl
- Chapter 70: Location
- Chapter 71: Fits
- Chapter 72: Just right
- Chapter 73: Flowing Ocean
- Chapter 74: Surprises
- Chapter 75: Talk
- Chapter 76: Speak
- Chapter 77: List
- Chapter 78: Panic
- Chapter 79: Yul
- Chapter 80: Trade offer
- Chapter 81: Playing games
- Chapter 82: Picture
- Chapter 83: Drunkard
- Chapter 84: Turns
- Chapter 85: Uh oh
- Chapter 86: Supposed
- Chapter 87: Do it
- Chapter 88: Deaf
- Chapter 89: Vile
- Chapter 90: Rot
- Chapter 91: A friendly neighbor
- Chapter 92: Dust
- Chapter 93: Secrets
- Chapter 94: Pants
- Chapter 95: Down the hatch
- Chapter 96: Murals
- Chapter 97: Challenge
- Chapter 98: Depart the dungeon
- Chapter 99: Loanshark
- Chapter 100: Hearthkeeper
- Chapter 101: Let's see
- Chapter 102: What do you think?
- Chapter 103: Good luck
- Chapter 104: What do you want to be?
- Chapter 105: Contemplating weapons
- Chapter 106: A vile disease
- Chapter 107: The Heart of the Crystal
- Chapter 108: The forging of a bow
- Chapter 109: An odd man
- Chapter 110: You think that's enough?
- Chapter 111: Surprisingly easy
- Chapter 112: Eager to get started
- Chapter 113: Journeyman Dungeon 2 Electric Boogaloo
- Chapter 114: Creatures to crush
- Chapter 115: Chitter chatter
- Chapter 116: Squish the bug
- Chapter 117: You promised to do this already!
- Chapter 118: Reya's challenge
- Chapter 119: Two hypocrites
- Chapter 120: The best part
- Chapter 121: Things change
- Chapter 122: Lava time
- Chapter 123: Pre-application test
- Chapter 124: Back to the town
- Chapter 125: Back to the anvil
- Chapter 126: Ivorin
- Chapter 127: A choice of power
- Chapter 128: The selection
- Chapter 129: Golden hamsters
- Chapter 130: The Left Arm
- Chapter 131: Like a Hammer Blow
- Chapter 132: Silence walks the streets
- Chapter 133: Ripple Plate
- Chapter 134: Survive
- Chapter 135: Armor
- Chapter 136: The Challenge
- Chapter 137: Revelations of Crafting
- Chapter 138: True Crafting & IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Chapter 139: Opening moves
- Chapter 140: The Idea
- Chapter 141: The Promise
- Chapter 142: Get up!
- Chapter 143: The Wyrm
- Chapter 144: The Self and the World
- Chapter 145: Thousand times hotter
- Chapter 146: The Bloodied Blade
- Chapter 147: A Guild is born
- Chapter 148: Shared reasons
- Chapter 149: Confessions & Armor
- Chapter 150: Recognition
- Chapter 151: One more form
- Chapter 152: Arrogance
- Chapter 153: About Olive
- Chapter 154:
- Chapter 155: On the menu
- Chapter 156: Crowd
- Chapter 157: Advertising tactics
- Chapter 158: A good day
- Chapter 159: Flawless
- Chapter 160: Madiv
- Chapter 161: Sales pitch
- Chapter 162: Befuddled
- Chapter 163: Representative
- Chapter 164: A moment
- Chapter 165: Some guy
- Chapter 166: Feather
- Chapter 167: A little magic
- Chapter 168: The Bleak Wind
- Chapter 169: Absolutely thrilled
- Chapter 170: The prize
- Chapter 171: Challenged
- Chapter 172: Dungeon Break
- Chapter 173: Hobgobbling
- Chapter 174: Angry
- Chapter 175: Crag Lizard
- Chapter 176: Generous
- Chapter 177: The Black Tower
- Chapter 178: A situation
- Chapter 179: Left Behind
- Chapter 180: Heartbeat
- Chapter 181: Avoiding attention
- Chapter 182: Drive the Nail
- Chapter 183: The rest of it
- Chapter 184: Lost cause
- Chapter 185: A River
- Chapter 186: Fun
- Chapter 187: Step down
- Chapter 188: Get out
- Chapter 189: Show
- Chapter 190: Unfair argument
- Chapter 191: The next piece
- Chapter 192: Name of the game
- Chapter 193: Gauntlets
- Chapter 194: Competent
- Chapter 195: No Breaks
- Chapter 196: Tironal
- Chapter 197: Overcompetitive
- Chapter 198: Proper entertainment
- Chapter 199: Esmerelda
- Chapter 200: & Announcement!
- Chapter 201: Supplier
- Chapter 202: Abomination
- Chapter 203: Research
- Chapter 204: Couple of crafters
- Chapter 205: Millstone
- Chapter 206: Melissa
- Chapter 207: Kererus Coalition
- Chapter 208: Eight
- Chapter 209: Brawl
- Chapter 210: Emerge
- Chapter 211: Contract
- Chapter 212: A little help
- Chapter 213: Tired
- Chapter 214: A path to the future
- Chapter 215: Showing off
- Chapter 216: As it should
- Chapter 217: That bad
- Chapter 218: Primal
- Chapter 219: Cage
- Chapter 220: Heartbeat
- Chapter 221: Everyone
- Chapter 222: Saved
- Chapter 223: Door
- Chapter 224: Portals
- Chapter 225: Wallace
- Chapter 226: Duty
- Chapter 227: Into the portal & ANNOUNCEMENT
- Chapter 228: May it be
- Chapter 229: The right way to forge with lava
- Chapter 230: The song
- Chapter 231: Teaching an oaf
- Chapter 232:
- Chapter 233: Unique
- Chapter 234: The Request
- Chapter 235: The Gambit
- Chapter 236: Getting started
- Chapter 237: The Mithril Item
- Chapter 238: What kind of person
- Chapter 239: Dwarves
- Chapter 240: The Dangerous Part
- Chapter 241: Completing the Challenge.
- Chapter 242: Specialization
- Chapter 243: Group effort
- Chapter 244: Confrontation
- Chapter 245: The Armor
- Chapter 246: Dagger
- Chapter 247: Emergency Treatment
- Chapter 248: The Day
- Chapter 249: Thin walls
- Chapter 250: Knowledge
- Chapter 251: Major Revelations
- Chapter 252: Cursed
- Chapter 253: Snakes
- Chapter 254: Match
- Chapter 255: The Shield
- Chapter 256: There we go
- Chapter 257: The Worm's Revenge
- Chapter 258: Twelve
- Chapter 259: Mistaken
- Chapter 260: A Hand & An Announcement
- Chapter 261: Gifts
- Chapter 262: The Knife
- Chapter 263: Raen
- Chapter 264: A Request
- Chapter 265: Specifics
- Dragoncon Announcement!
- Chapter 266: In Wait
- Chapter 268: Dinner
- Chapter 269: The Target
- Chapter 270: Tree
- Chapter 271: Ashleaf
- Chapter 272: The Rot
- Chapter 273: The Coin
- Chapter 274: The Weather
- Chapter 275: Solutions
- Chapter 276: Tests
- Chapter 277: Proper
- Chapter 278: Look what I've got.
- Chapter 279: Ashen
- Chapter 280: New Arm
- Chapter 281: Armed and dangerous
- IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Chapter 282: Prepare
- RUNEBOUND HAS A WEBTOON!
- Chapter 283: Getting there
- Chapter 284: Monster Mash
- Chapter 285: Determination
- Chapter 286: One step
- Chapter 287: It Ends
- Chapter 288: The Show
- RISE OF THE LIVING FORGE IS OUT ON AMAZON & AUDIBLE!
- Chapter 289: A Drink
- Chapter 290: Exciting
- Chapter 291: Interesting
- Chapter 292: Figures
- Chapter 293: The Hottest
- Chapter 294: The Heart of the Matter
- Chapter 295: Surprise
- Chapter 296: The Return
- Chapter 297: Monster
- Chapter 298: New Look
- Chapter 299: Bracelet
- Chapter 300: Art
- Chapter 301: Monica
- Chapter 302: Mask
- Chapter 303: Ivory Armor
- Chapter 304: My Life
- Chapter 305: Sprung
- Chapter 306: Handsome
- Chapter 307: Dead man
- Chapter 308: Ivorin
- Chapter 309: Rewards
- Chapter 310: Ante
- Chapter 311: Tree
- Chapter 312: Healer
- Chapter 313: Hero
- Chapter 314: Quite
- Chapter 315: Haunted
- Chapter 316: Art
- Chapter 317: Know
- Chapter 320: Win
- Chapter 321: Where
- Chapter 323: Weird
- Chapter 324: Old lady
- Chapter 327: You
- Short Moving Delay
- Chapter 328: Rewards
- Chapter 329: Arwin