Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 106

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

Gale Corps (2)

Gale Corps (2)

Khan.

 

He was the vice-captain of the Gale Corps.

 

He was level 230, the highest among soldiers in the Abraham territory.

 

He was skilled enough to win against actual knights in battle.

 

He deliberately stood beside Hyeon-su, acting as a guide.

 

It was in preparation for any unexpected situation.

 

‘If he doesn’t have great power aside from that special ability, I’ll have to protect the soldiers.’

 

The soldiers were afraid right now.

 

When soldiers fall into danger, it’s none other than knights who must save them.

 

But if such a knight can’t even take care of his own body, the soldiers will die.

 

It was while they were walking side by side like this.

 

Whoooosh-

 

Khan wore a puzzled expression.

 

‘What is this? The atmosphere feels unusually ominous, different from usual.’

 

Khan had stayed in the Abraham territory for nearly 10 years.

 

The Abraham territory continuously summons giants centered around the Giant King sleeping in the place with green leaves.

 

In other words, they respawn.

 

It seemed like an unknown energy was flowing through this forest that Khan had looked around countless times.

 

The first reason for this was the vibration of the ground.

 

“Sir Knight, could you wait a moment please?”

 

Khan put his ear to the ground.

 

‘What on earth is this…?’

 

Users who received baronet titles coming to this Abraham territory was a kind of nobility tutorial.

 

They always hunt a set amount of monsters together with soldiers within a designated area.

 

‘What is this number of footsteps?’

 

He wore a chilling expression. Something was strange.

 

Moreover, the subjugation force had already reached the midpoint, having only not encountered giants.

 

‘Why aren’t any giants appearing either?’

 

This was strange.

 

The subjugation force was supposed to hunt ogres that appeared in groups of several, then finally kill the ogre chieftain.

 

But not a single ogre that should have been hunted by now could be seen.

 

‘Don’t tell me…!’

 

Khan felt massive vibrations coming from far away.

 

Those vibrations were the sound of dozens of beings with heavy weight all pushing in together.

 

The ones that hadn’t been hunted in between were all rushing in at once.

 

“Sir Knight…”

 

Khan looked up at Hyeon-su beside him with trembling eyes, and Hyeon-su asked.

 

“Do you know that Outsiders hear mysterious messages, Khan?”

 

He was referring to notifications.

 

Khan knew about this too.

 

Because mysterious messages or notifications were something that even those living on this land occasionally heard.

 

“That message just appeared like this.”

 

“What was it?”

 

“The Giant King has awakened.”

 

Khan’s face contorted miserably.

 

***

 

Special User Management Team.

 

Team Leader Kim Tae-seok had said this to employee Lee Ji-hee.

 

“Even if User Hyeon-su raises the subjugation level with excellent results, it will ultimately stop at around 35%.”

 

It had to be that way. That was the limit of the knight tutorial.

 

However, due to one special incident, Team Leader Kim Tae-seok’s thoughts had to change.

 

The beginning of that incident originated from an arrogant knight.

 

Kim Tae-seok and Lee Ji-hee continued to observe that knight NPC.

 

His name was Luke. He was none other than the son of Marquis Lookburg.

 

Luke, the only child of Marquis Lookburg, was one of the kingdom’s five outstanding talents.

 

These five outstanding talents was a collective term for those who had shown distinction since childhood.

 

Luke had steadily trained in swordsmanship and recently joined the kingdom’s knight order.

 

Despite having the background of Lookburg and already being nobility, the reason he walked that path was to become a talent befitting the nation of swords.

 

Anyway, knight Luke, who was superior to those who had just received titles, was indeed somewhat arrogant.

 

And his father, Marquis Lookburg, had been demoted.

 

Knight Luke, who had received his knighthood, felt a sense of crisis.

 

As his father’s child, he must not let his father’s reputation be tarnished.

 

Let’s show our family’s power here.

 

The Abraham territory that knights must come to without exception.

 

He indeed proceeded with the assigned subjugation in one go with outstanding leadership and excellent skills.

 

The problem erupted from here.

 

He had to achieve even greater merit.

 

He had to make his name known even higher.

 

Thinking it would be easy to do, he set foot in the place with green leaves with his soldiers.

 

The soldiers couldn’t stop him.

 

Who could defy the words of the son of Marquis Lookburg, who had become the new master of Abraham territory?

 

The place with green leaves could only be entered by skilled individuals, and there was a manual.

 

But Luke entered without even knowing that.

 

Due to that complacency, the Giant King, a boss monster that had been sleeping for a long time, was slowly beginning to awaken.

 

“I take back what I said earlier. It’s become possible to raise it above 40%.”

 

There was a reason Kim Tae-seok said this.

 

“The respawn rate of giant-type monsters has increased by 2x, and if more monsters are hunted in such a situation, the subjugation level has no choice but to rise much more.”

 

Lee Ji-hee wore a bitter expression.

 

“But we don’t know if it can be raised. Since it stems from the premise that they can hunt.”

 

Tae-seok answered with a bitter smile.

 

“Right, it’s a story for when they survive first.”

 

***

 

[The Giant King who has slept for ages is awakening.]

 

[Monster respawn rate increases by 2x.]

 

[Giant-type monsters gather at the king’s appearance.]

 

[The gathered giant-type monsters become ferocious.]

 

[The giant-type monsters that received orders begin their charge.]

 

Hyeon-su couldn’t help but be bewildered.

 

As the subjugation force leader riding on horseback, he had thought it was strange.

 

‘Why isn’t there a single monster around?’

 

The reason for the absence of monsters was revealed through that notification just now, and the alert was flashing red.

 

[Warning.]

 

[Warning.]

 

[It is recommended that you escape quickly.]

 

This notification is heard when users encounter situations they couldn’t predict.

 

Usually this type of alert occurs when the level of a received Quest is vastly exceeded.

 

[Kingdom Quest: The penalty for failing the Ogre Chieftain Hunt is title revocation.]

 

But there’s a trap in this notification system.

 

‘Even if something suddenly becomes unmanageable, the penalty doesn’t change.’

 

The failure of the Ogre Chieftain Hunt could perhaps be considered this.

 

‘Total annihilation.’

 

For Hyeon-su, who had tried to show his true worth to those who doubted him and easily raise his subjugation level, this was a bewildering situation.

 

And the soldiers also spotted the horde of giants coming from afar.

 

“Hi, hiiiiiik…!”

 

“Wh, what!”

 

“Could it be that the Giant King has awakened? According to legend, strange things happen when the Giant King awakens.”

 

The soldiers’ faces turned even paler.

 

“We, we’re going to die.”

 

[The soldiers’ morale decreases by 10%.]

 

[Their attack power and defense decrease by 7% each.]

 

Hyeon-su’s face contorted. The soldiers wore expressions of utter panic.

 

Then Khan, who was standing next to Hyeon-su, spoke.

 

“You must retreat. If we don’t retreat now, we’ll all die. Normally we’ve been hunting them 2-3 at a time.”

 

Khan groaned as he looked at the creatures visible in the distance.

 

“Just the ones we can see now number around twenty. Please give the retreat order immediately!”

 

Hyeon-su spoke in a resolute voice.

 

“No.”

 

“…This isn’t the time to maintain your pride as a noble.”

 

Khan suppressed his anger. Was he worried about his own title being revoked?

 

Did he think it was acceptable for thirty soldiers to meet innocent deaths over something so trivial?

 

“We’ll die even if we retreat.”

 

However, Khan realized.

 

‘What…? This person…?’

 

He was calmly assessing the current situation.

 

Only then did Khan calculate in his head the running speed of the giants versus the soldiers’ speed.

 

‘If we show our backs, we’ll be caught and killed immediately.’

 

The probability of dying even more helplessly was high.

 

The difference between being caught and killed while fleeing versus preparing and fighting to the death was significant.

 

The odds of victory were higher with preparing and fighting, according to current calculations.

 

In truth, even that seemed very slim.

 

In other words, caught between a rock and a hard place.

 

At this moment, Khan showed a spirit of sacrifice.

 

“…Please lead the soldiers and escape.”

 

Khan exerts power comparable to decent knights.

 

Knights can handle about three ogres by themselves.

 

Of course, since he would be fighting twenty by himself, it might only buy a few minutes at most.

 

Still, it could increase the survival chances of the soldiers and Hyeon-su.

 

And Hyeon-su’s mind was already spinning rapidly.

 

Distance between the giant horde and themselves: 400m.

 

350m.

 

300m…

 

“Please give the order quickly…!”

 

Between the terrified soldiers and the urging Khan.

 

And the charging giant horde, the area around Hyeon-su became quiet.

 

‘Fight as a knight, and also fight as a blacksmith.’

 

The way to fight as a blacksmith.

 

Although Hyeon-su had never led anyone before, his understanding of weapons was exceptional.

 

“Knights with spears, stand according to the positions I designate.”

 

Karl was surprised by his suddenly transformed charisma.

 

“Those with bows, assume kneeling shooting positions to increase accuracy.”

 

And he pointed to dozens of trees above.

 

“Those with swords, climb the trees and wait.”

 

There was no time.

 

Therefore, he decided to be much more forceful and not give them any chance to resist.

 

“That’s an order.”

 

Hyeon-su doesn’t know much about leading.

 

But he knows what needs to be done in this situation.

 

“I brought you all here and I’ll make sure you don’t die meaningless deaths. I can’t promise that no one will die.”

 

Hyeon-su smiled bitterly as he looked at the soldiers paralyzed with fear.

 

“Still, it will be a much more worthy challenge than dying while running away.”

 

Khan felt an inexplicable pride from those words and thought he needed to move the soldiers.

 

So he stepped forward and said.

 

“We receive your orders!”

 

Following his lead, the terrified soldiers also began preparing to survive.

 

Khan stood right next to Hyeon-su.

 

Already 150m.

 

Khan asked.

 

“What will you do?”

 

130m.

 

“Krwaaaaaaaar!”

 

“Krhaaaaaaaaa!”

 

“Krruuuuuu!”

 

[Ogre Lv.275]

 

110m.

 

“I’m going to sweep away those bastards charging at us.”

 

Saying that, Hyeon-su took out the Thousand-Geun Bow.

 

Seeing it, Khan’s face contorted.

 

“Even so, you can only shoot two arrows at most.”

 

Considering the current speed of the giant horde and the speed of drawing the bowstring, only two arrows.

 

Could a possibility be created with just one or two arrows?

 

Khan denied it.

 

He had just seen the aspect of a strong commander in Hyeon-su’s appearance.

 

But he realized.

 

That was arrogance and a misguided expectation.

 

Those creatures couldn’t be dealt with using just two arrows.

 

Then, very small ore and wood stem-like objects appeared above Hyeon-su’s head.

 

The stem was quickly carved, forming a solid and long arrow shaft.

 

And a sharp arrowhead combined with the arrow shaft.

 

Click-

 

Hyeon-su knew it too.

 

He couldn’t stop them with just one arrow.

 

[Time of a Thousand Geun.]

 

[The weight of a thousand geun is applied.]

 

40m.

 

“Huh, huiiiiiik…!”

 

“Hiiiiiiiik!”

 

“This is crazy!”

 

“Commander, how do you plan to stop the ogres with just one arrow!”

 

Before they knew it, the ogres had closed in.

 

One ogre with a 4-meter height was charging at Hyeon-su, pulling back a massive axe.

 

30m.

 

Strength entered Hyeon-su’s arm as he drew the bowstring.

 

“Uh, uaaaah!”

 

“Save me!”

 

“We’re, we’re going to die!”

 

Whaaaaaaak-

 

“Stand by!”

 

Despite the soldiers’ screams, Hyeon-su said.

 

“Wait… just a little more. Just a little more…”

 

20m.

 

Sweat formed on Hyeon-su’s face.

 

The soldiers screamed or cried out their family members’ names.

 

The sound of “Damn it…” scattered from Khan’s mouth.

 

15m.

 

Twaaang-

 

Finally, one arrow was fired.

 

The arrow fired through the mystery of emergency crafting flew toward the ogre at the front.

 

The eyes of the soldiers who had been watching that arrow in disbelief soon widened.

 

The power Hyeon-su put in through emergency crafting.

 

This was inspired by a legendary Vietnamese bow.

 

Yeongwanggeum-gwishin-gino.

 

A bow where one arrow hits a thousand enemies.

 

One arrow was immediately copied into twenty arrows.

 

Soon, the moment each of those arrows made contact with the ogres.

 

Tiing-

 

Ting ting

 

Not one penetrated, and they all bounced off.

 

When the soldiers sighed at those futile twenty arrows.

 

Kuuuung-!

 

Twenty ogres were simultaneously slammed into the ground.

 

At that moment, Hyeon-su raised his arm and commanded.

 

“Begin the subjugation.”

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