Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 107
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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
Gale Wind Corps (3)
Gale Wind Corps (3)
It was absolute chaos.
The soldiers of Araham territory complete their basic training throughout the Goyard Kingdom and finally receive their last training in Araham territory.
Then they either follow the knight they will serve or follow the nobles who wish to command them.
Yes, their lives were just beginning.
At most in their early twenties.
And some were innocent boys in their late teens.
Everyone had arrived at Araham territory with the responsibility of making a living and harboring some dream.
But the fact that they would die without even being able to venture into the world filled them with despair.
Looking at the ferocious ogres that had reached right before them, they needed something.
A target to resent.
To stop ogres with just a single arrow?
But that arrow became twenty arrows and met the ogres.
Ting, titing ting
The ogres’ hide was tough. Those arrows bounced off.
However.
Kuuuung-!
Twenty ogres simultaneously crashed into the ground.
Their massive bodies dug and burrowed into the earth. The soldiers who had been in confusion stopped crying and looked at Hyeon-su.
A mere blacksmith, or a mere baronet knight.
Also, they had heard his level wasn’t much different from their own.
That man lowered the hand he had raised and spoke.
“Begin the subjugation.”
Khan, who came to his senses first, shouted.
“Attack!”
Those who began the first attack.
They were the spear-wielding soldiers whose positions Hyeon-su had arranged.
The advantage of spears lies in their long range and in the fact that spear thrusts are overwhelmingly faster than sword swings.
Their long spears continuously stabbed the ogres.
Puk, pupuk, puk-!
Next.
Ten archers waiting on one side, improving their accuracy in prone shooting position.
They poured arrows onto the ogres that had fallen to the ground.
However, it wasn’t easy for the soldiers to pierce through the ogres’ tough hide.
Squirm-
The application time of Thousand Pound Moment was only 8 seconds. But it was even shorter than that.
It was because the ogres were higher level than Hyeon-su.
The creatures tried to push themselves up from the ground.
Then the sword-wielding soldiers who had been waiting in the trees.
“Uryaaaaat!”
“Haap!”
They leaped down from the trees and struck down at them.
Kwajiiik-
Kwaaaaak-
Kwakwakwak-!
Spears stabbing without rest and sword strikes being swung.
Amidst the arrows being fired, four ogres met their death in an instant.
The soldiers thought they might actually be able to kill all twenty.
But soon.
“Krrrrr….”
Ogres rising with blood-red eyes.
Seeing the creatures with several arrows stuck in their bodies getting up, they turned pale.
The ogres’ damage was certainly significant.
In fact, soldiers who were only level 200 had managed to reduce the ogres’ HP to 50%, which could be considered an incredible achievement.
But that was the end.
An ogre that pushed itself up from the ground.
It tried to bring down its heavy axe on a soldier’s head.
“Hiiiiiik!”
Soldier Rail instinctively knew.
It wouldn’t just split his head, but would cut his body exactly in half!
Rail, who had squeezed his eyes shut, made a puzzled expression.
“Grrrr….”
A strange sound could be heard. And when Rail opened his eyes, he was surprised.
An axe stopped right in front of his head.
He looked around.
The weapons of ogres targeting dozens of soldiers had all stopped at once.
The eyes of ogres, who could only move their eyeballs and mouths, rolled around.
Soon the ogres shot up into the sky.
Flutter-
Rail could see it. Baronet Hyeon-su wearing a stylish coat.
He stood in front of him holding a single sword.
‘I need to show overwhelming power.’
Hyeon-su needed them to have firm faith that they could trust and follow him.
The easiest way to gain that faith was through a display of force.
Hyeon-su, who had made the ogres shoot upward with Lord’s Command, lowered his stance and leaped toward them.
Flutterrrr-
Hyeon-su took in the sixteen ogres that were still intact with sharp eyes.
“Grr?”
“Krrr?”
The ogres made puzzled sounds. Suddenly they began to cluster together in one place.
But the ogres sneered.
The instincts of monsters and animals were far superior to those of mere humans.
The power they felt from him was only slightly better than those pathetic soldiers.
Would it make any difference for such a guy to cluster them together?
And soon the lips of that unidentifiable man looking at them twisted.
He had waited for their HP to drop drastically and had induced them to cluster like this.
Kiiiiing-
Clear and pure.
That pure sound, unfamiliar to the ogres, momentarily put their hearts at ease.
Clang—
The moment The Man’s sword at his waist was drawn.
Kwaaaaaaaang—!
The Sword King’s mystery relentlessly slashed them to pieces.
The advantage of Sword’s Cry lies in ignoring all defense.
No matter how tough the outer skin of the ogres, their entire bodies are slashed to pieces.
Also, it attacks all enemies within a 20m radius, but displays greater power when they’re densely packed.
Thud—
Soon Hyeon-su landed on the ground.
After landing, Hyeon-su used Lord’s Command to sweep the shattered ogre corpses into one place.
Thudthudthud—
And as if showing off, he grabbed his coat collar and dusted it off.
Pat pat—
Hyeon-su looked back at the soldiers with a nonchalant expression and asked.
“Is everyone safe?”
“…!?”
All the soldiers looked at Hyeon-su with surprised expressions, and Rail was honest.
“Woah…!”
And Hyeon-su checked the endless stream of notifications.
[The subjugation force has successfully hunted 20 ogres.]
[Experience points are distributed to soldiers according to contribution.]
[All soldiers level up by 2 levels each.]
[You acquire 103 Gold.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[Subjugation rate increases by 30%.]
Ding!
[Not a single one of your soldiers was seriously injured.]
[You acquire an additional 5% subjugation rate.]
Subjugation rate 35%.
Previously, Philip had said he only needed to raise the subjugation rate by 20%.
Of course, he also had to hunt that thing called the ogre chieftain.
‘If I hunt the ogre chieftain, it should go up by about 10%?’
That would only be 45%.
Of course, that’s twice as high as the figure Philip originally mentioned.
But he couldn’t help feeling somewhat disappointed.
Then a notification came to Hyeon-su.
[Your subjugation force has hunted many ogres in a short time.]
[A new episode never seen before will soon begin.]
[If you complete the new episode excellently, you will receive a special reward from ???.]
‘Receive a special reward from ????’
Hyeon-su made a puzzled expression.
The notification about a new story was familiar now.
But receiving a special reward from ??? like this was puzzling.
‘Is this unrelated to Philip who gave this quest?’
If the one giving the special reward was Philip, a commander notification would have appeared.
Then Hyeon-su could see a soldier approaching him.
He was none other than the soldier named Khan.
***
Khan was in a position where he had to find a master.
But ironically, Khan hates nobles.
At the time of the Gale Corps’ dissolution.
‘Raise soldiers to the level of knights?’
‘Raise soldiers to the level of knights?’
‘Your Majesty, please withdraw that order.’
‘Your Majesty, please withdraw that order.’
‘Other nations will criticize us if they find out.’
‘Other nations will criticize us if they find out.’
‘There seems to be no need to go through such trouble.’
‘There seems to be no need to go through such trouble.’
Many nobles opposed it, and it ended up being dissolved.
They were even able to survive only because Barad used his influence when nobles said they should all be killed.
The nobles disliked that people like them had been hiding.
That’s why Khan hated nobles.
Yet at the same time, he had hoped.
For a noble who was both strong and knew how to care for his people or retainers.
He thought that with such a lord, he might be able to give his life.
And it flashed through Khan’s mind.
‘…Lead the soldiers and escape.’
‘…Lead the soldiers and escape.’
He had tried to sacrifice himself.
But he chose to ignore his words and not run away.
It was actually somewhat reckless.
Because if everyone could live by sacrificing just one person, that would be better.
Khan was curious.
Was it confidence in his own abilities?
Like that, the soldiers gathered behind Khan.
‘That person saved us.’
‘Without that person’s command and strength, we would have died helplessly.’
‘Not a single one of our thirty allies was hurt.’
They endlessly blamed and criticized themselves.
They had ignored him.
But when all the ogres were dead, what were his first words?
‘Is everyone safe?’
‘Is everyone safe?’
Words that touched their hearts.
When he could have shown off, he worried about them first.
Because of that, Khan asked.
“Why did you make such a choice? Wouldn’t it have been easier to sacrifice me and escape?”
Was it because of absolute confidence in victory?
No, Khan was quick to notice.
The Viscount Hyeon-su in front of him had also taken a gamble.
At that, Hyeon-su said with an incredulous expression.
“Are you fucking crazy?”
“Pardon…?”
At those sharp words, Kan made a puzzled expression.
Quite a foul mouth.
Was he originally like this?
“You guys are my people.”
No, he wasn’t rough.
He had made himself rough.
“If I needed someone like that, I should have been the one to lure them. Don’t cross the line, Kan.”
The soldiers had heard many stories.
‘Nobles treat us like objects.’
‘Nobles treat us like objects.’
‘Count Purso threw a hundred citizens to monsters to save his own life.’
‘Count Purso threw a hundred citizens to monsters to save his own life.’
‘Nobles think of our lives like flies!’
‘Nobles think of our lives like flies!’
All soldiers live in a world where nobles come first.
In a world where they die when told to die and live when told to live.
But Baronet Hyeon-su is saying.
It’s only natural.
He doesn’t waver even an inch.
And Hyeon-su actually thought that way.
His own life is infinite while their lives are finite.
At his words filled with conviction, Kan smiled faintly.
“I will give my life while serving you.”
It was a lie.
Kan would serve him not just while serving, but for his entire life.
Now only five members of the Gale Unit remain in the world.
He would run to the remaining four Gale Unit members and tell them.
‘We found our sun.’
‘We found our sun.’
The soldiers behind them also shouted powerfully.
“We pledge our loyalty!”
They too harbored the same thoughts.
Unlike Kan, they are powerless soldiers.
The best they could do.
That best was only to raise their hands with all their might at the soldier appointment ceremony.
[30 soldiers pledge to dedicate their lives in loyalty to you.]
[They will not hesitate to jump into fire at your command.]
Ding!
[Hidden Piece. Gale Unit’s Existence Complete]
Hyeon-su made a puzzled expression.
Hidden pieces can only be heard when certain conditions are completed.
[You have captured the heart of Kan, vice-captain of the Gale Unit abandoned by nobles.]
[You became a model of nobility and moved his heart.]
[Five Gale Unit members exist in the world, and they possess military power equivalent to level 280 knights.]
Hyeon-su was amazed.
‘Equivalent to level 280 knights…?’
They’re even soldiers.
He immediately understood the advantage of the Gale Unit.
‘Are they those who will secretly protect me and Gwangmyeong?’
They definitely needed people like that.
Guild Gwangmyeong’s core forces are all Users. Users can’t always guard the stronghold.
But NPCs are different.
They live in the area and can always guard the stronghold.
And they’re as strong as knights?
Hyeon-su was originally supposed to take three soldiers of about level 200.
‘Taking soldiers who output level 280 power?’
Soon Hyeon-su’s face contorted.
[However, due to the promise between the King and Commander Philip, you cannot take them unless you achieve 60% subjugation rate.]
[Kan is an exception. Due to his loyalty to you, you can take him.]
[A total subjugation rate of 60% is needed to take three Gale Unit members total.]
[80% subjugation rate is needed to take all Gale Unit members.]
Hyeon-su’s face contorted.
He wanted to take all five.
But even if he hunts the Ogre Chieftain here, his total subjugation rate would only be 45%.
‘Is there no way?’
A way to raise the total subjugation rate and take all Gale Unit members.
That’s when it happened.
[A new story begins.]
[Emergency Quest: Giant King Hunt is generated.]
Hyeon-su examined the Quest. Currently, two things were important to him.
Whether this Quest gives subjugation rate and who was the one giving the ??? special reward he saw before.
Soon after confirming who that person was, Hyeon-su’s face contorted.
‘Marquis Lookbourg?’
The man who was the Kingdom’s top noble whom he had demoted to this place.
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