Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 117
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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Last Knight (4)
The Last Knight (4)
‘This, this crazy bastard…!’
Changcheon, who was sitting on his chair, saw the look in Prak’s eyes as he bowed to him.
‘Thank you for everything until now, Your Majesty.’
From that greeting, he realized what Prak was trying to do.
Extreme Spear.
A secret spear technique that only those chosen by Ben could unleash.
It dramatically draws up all one’s power and can finally unleash that force in a spear strike.
The problem was that the current Prak was insufficient, so forcing himself to use it would result in death.
‘No, why would you do such a foolish thing…’
Ben’s eyes wavered.
Watching him bow and turn around, Ben recalled the words he had spoken.
‘You must win. Fight with the resolve to throw away your life!’
‘You must win. Fight with the resolve to throw away your life!’
He had earnestly pleaded with him.
That they must not lose this small war.
That dozens of blacksmiths had suffered for him alone, and that he had been waiting for this day.
Creak—
Ben, gripping his chair tightly, knew this was happening because of him.
Crash, crash crash crash, crackle crackle crack, thud thud thud!
The sounds of destruction continued. Yes, Prak would win.
Even in death, he would achieve victory and bring this glory to him.
Ben couldn’t stop him.
This was his only disciple who would show victory even in death.
And he was trying to keep the words that he, the king, had spoken.
But though he pretended to be calm, his whole body trembled intermittently.
‘Sometimes arrogant, sometimes insolent, occasionally doing stupid things that made me want to beat him.’
But where could you find such a loyal retainer? One who would face death to offer victory to him!
Such a beloved disciple. Now that he was about to lose him, he finally understood.
I cherished that guy.
And he realized.
‘The only one who can save that guy is the man called Hyeon.’
Changcheon knew.
Gauging power was far too easy a task for him.
He could tell at a glance.
Hyeon would lose and couldn’t stop the rampaging guy.
“Break, you damn blacksmith!”
He didn’t take his eyes off for even a moment to witness his disciple’s final moments.
What a cruel victory this was.
A victory gained by losing Praham Kingdom’s most precious talent.
Yes, Ben had given up.
But one person had not given up.
Whoooosh—
“How, how is such a thing possible?”
“That’s, that’s impossible…”
The Praham army camp. The Goyard army camp.
Cries of shock erupted from both camps.
Ben found himself rising from his seat without realizing it.
‘How, how…?’
That telekinetic power was just ordinary strength.
In an instant, the man had extracted the material from the joints in the middle section of the plate armor.
Finally.
Kiheeeeeeek—!
A massive dragon that burst forth from his sword struck Prak with tremendous force.
His body was horribly twisted as he received the powerful impact.
The words that came from Hyeon’s mouth as he fell with him.
“Even if it breaks.”
Even if the sword he held in battle should break.
The spirit to achieve victory no matter what!
Ben had given up, but he had not given up even in the final moment.
He was falling.
Ben’s gaze, as he rose from his seat, captured his face.
And what appeared behind this person called Hyeon-su seemed so enormous that even he found it difficult to gauge.
Thud—
When he crashed into the ground, Ben acknowledged it.
‘…Yes.’
Now he finally understood why Barad had put him forward.
Of course, he didn’t completely understand everything about him.
But right now, Ben knew what he had to do.
Pushing his chair back, the king of a nation took a step forward.
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Crash—!
A groan flowed from Hyeon-su’s mouth as he was buried in the ground.
“Kugh!”
Thoom
Then Prak, who had become completely battered, crashed into the ground.
Thoom
At that moment.
“Wo, woaaaaaaah!”
Thunderous cheers erupted from the Goyard camp, and someone tactless in the Praham Kingdom camp said.
“Incredible, to think Goyard Kingdom had such a knight.”
“Isn’t he a blacksmith, not a knight? To disassemble armor like that.”
“Isn’t he both?”
Amidst their chatter, the notification Hyeon-su had been eagerly awaiting struck him.
[Emergency Quest: Ben’s Disciple Complete]
[You have completed it with remarkable achievement.]
Sudden Quest: Ben’s Disciple is a quest that has risen one level higher than the previous Last Knight quest.
As a result, the reward details have increased significantly.
This reward is particularly impressive.
‘Experience point acquisition like hunting mobs.’
Hyeon-su had expectations.
Prak was a Named NPC.
Even though his level was low, he was someone with great potential for growth.
‘What if boss monster-level experience points are applied?’
Then.
[You acquire 290,572 experience points.]
Hyeon-su was amazed.
It was an enormous amount of experience point acquisition.
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[Level up…]
He leveled up 18 times at once, reaching level 276.
For ordinary users, the experience points required for leveling up increase exponentially as their level rises.
Gaining 15 or more levels after surpassing level 250 was truly incredible.
[You acquire 29% Kingdom contribution.]
‘29%?’
Also, the contribution from Kingdom quests that nobles complete averages 8% at once, with a maximum of only 16%.
But 29% shows just how great a contribution Hyeon-su made to the Goyad Kingdom.
And this contribution was essential for his next title promotion.
There were also some puzzling notifications.
[The Wolf’s Egg reacts.]
[You acquire 20% nutrient rate.]
[Congratulations. You have exceeded 50% nutrient rate.]
Congratulations.
A meaningful word.
Something beneficial had happened to Hyeon-su, but he couldn’t guess what it was.
[The Wolf’s Egg is greatly pleased.]
[It says you did very well.]
[The Wolf’s Egg says you did so well that it wants you to pet it.]
The creature was as oblivious as always.
‘Not now… I feel like I’m going to die.’
Hyeon-su didn’t have the strength to move even a finger.
[The Wolf’s Egg becomes dejected.]
Dejected?
Hyeon-su made an incredulous expression.
Then a notification completely unrelated to the quest rewards came.
[In situations where no one could predict victory, you did not give up and overcame them multiple times with your own methods.]
It wasn’t just this once.
Until now, Hyeon-su had faced countless situations where he could only lose.
The Lord of Death of Cassel Territory.
Super Rookie’s Stone Golem.
Disaster Jack and the Giant King.
And up until today.
[What allowed you to overcome him was your unbreakable will.]
Hyeon-su’s heart pounded.
The desire not to lose.
It seemed like the system itself was acknowledging this feeling.
[A title meant only for you is bestowed.]
“…!?”
Hyeon-su made a surprised expression.
Titles are divided into two types.
Multiple titles.
These can be obtained when multiple users reach the corresponding achievement.
Unique titles
These can only be obtained by the single most outstanding user.
What they have in common is that they are titles that already exist in this world and are obtained when reaching them.
But this title was different.
It was a title created solely for Hyeon-su.
[You acquire the title ‘Break Before Bending’.]
The system.
In other words, the supercomputer Ares is always watching all users.
The mindset that Hyeon-su had when looking at the Dragon Light Sword appeared as a single title.
Hyeon-su felt his heart tremble as he checked it.
(Break Before Bending)
My own title
Grade: S
Special abilities:
·5% chance to guide methods to overcome crises in desperate moments.
·When showing unwavering will in desperate moments and deemed appropriate, temporarily increases all stats by 2~15% and skill damage by 1~15%.
·When overcoming desperate moments with pure personal strength, acquire legendary stat ???.
·Something special might happen.
It was an S-rank title following the Grace of the Lord.
S-rank titles are special powers that not even many high rankers possess.
‘When overcoming a life-or-death moment with one’s pure strength, you acquire a legendary stat…?’
Legendary stat.
It would practically be the most excellent stat in existence.
Hyeon-su also didn’t have much information about this, and even now it didn’t tell him what kind of stat it was, showing only a ? mark.
And what Hyeon-su was looking forward to was the phrase written in this title: ‘Something special might happen.’
When this phrase appeared, it had always been applied in a way that benefited Hyeon-su.
‘Ugh, my body is in tatters, but this is still good?’
Even though he was smashed into the ground without the strength to move a single finger.
And the most important notification remained.
After the cheers of Goyard Kingdom had somehow quieted down.
“What’s going to happen?”
“In the end, didn’t we win the duel? That guy can’t fight anymore.”
Small wars are tournament-style.
They don’t recover and then fight when proceeding to the next match.
Yes, this was what Hyeon-su regretted most.
Even though Hyeon-su had defeated the Descendant of the Azure Sky, it was still Goyard Kingdom’s defeat.
Then.
Praham Kingdom’s camp.
Thousands of soldiers and hundreds of knights, along with the kingdom’s top nobles, opened a path for an old man walking with his hands behind his back.
Those standing close to him couldn’t even breathe.
This showed what his position was like in Praham Kingdom.
And Ben was someone who could give Hyeon-su infinite possibilities.
The king of a kingdom twice as large as Goyard Kingdom.
Also, a land full of precious materials befitting a nation of blacksmiths.
However, his expression wasn’t very good. With a cold expression, he looked down at Prak writhing beside Hyeon-su.
“Pathetic fool.”
But in that instant, Hyeon-su felt love and hate in his voice.
Silence.
When Azure Sky Ben stepped into the center, both Goyard’s camp and Praham’s camp fell silent.
Praham Kingdom had expectations.
‘We won.’
Yes, it was okay to say that.
But soon Azure Sky Ben’s gaze reached Hyeon-su beside him.
He too was in tatters all over his body and couldn’t move.
He looked at him for a long time.
Then he spoke.
“…We lost.”
[You have won Azure Sky Ben’s heart.]
That one sentence with a barely visible bitter smile.
Hyeon-su showed a surprised expression.
“Although according to official rules it’s our victory, our kingdom’s greatest knight was defeated.”
Half of it was forced reasoning.
But it was also correct in a way.
The kingdom’s greatest knight had been defeated.
And it meant that Azure Sky Ben stepped back from the initiative in peace while Barad moved forward.
Barad was amazed.
‘Originally, Azure Sky isn’t this kind of person.’
He was a cantankerous old man who would desperately shout about their unconditional victory and remind them of Goyard’s defeat.
Barad’s heart pounded.
The fallen Hyeon and Ben looking down at him.
The anticipation of what would happen between these two people.
Barad smiled slightly, and with this, this small war would warmly end with Goyard’s victory…
“I’m taking this guy with me.”
“???”
Soon Azure Sky Ben hoisted Prak on his right shoulder and Hyeon-su on his left shoulder.
“We’ll handle negotiations through correspondence.”
And the moment he kicked off the ground.
Kwaaaaang-!
He disappeared from that spot in 1 second.
Barad showed a bewildered expression.
Originally, he had indeed decided to send Hyeon-su to Praham Kingdom temporarily.
But that manner…
“Your Majesty, isn’t this basically kidnapping?”
“???”
Something was strange.
Meanwhile, Hyeon-su, who was the first user to be kidnapped(?), realized that the reason he was running like crazy was because of Prak.
The speed was so fast that he couldn’t come to his senses at all.
Hyeon-su, who already needed mental recovery, even lost consciousness for a moment.
[You have entered Praham Kingdom.]
And.
“Rest.”
Contrary to his words, he was thrown down and the door closed.
Crash-
Hyeon-su’s consciousness became distant again.
‘Was I really kidnapped…?’
The notification clearly said he had won his heart, but something was strange.
He hadn’t wanted a new world in this way, had he?
But beyond his hazy consciousness, he heard an unknown notification.
[…you have witnessed.]
[…you have witnessed.]
He felt puzzled by the notifications ringing at regular intervals.
And just 30 minutes.
In those 30 minutes, Hyeon-su’s eyes snapped open.
‘Th-this is…’
He was swept up in burning excitement.
The place where he had been thrown.
Because there was something that Hyeon-su, as a blacksmith, needed most and hoped to have in the wider world.
[You have witnessed a legendary material. Small World Tree.]
It was the finest material for making bows and spears.
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