Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 123

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

Legendary Stats (1)

Legendary Stats (1)

Legendary Stats (1)

Ben and Hyeon-su chatted for several hours.

Strategist Pan watched their conversation with a small smile.

‘He looks happy.’

Pan noticed.

Hyeon-su would come over using the excuse of wanting to meet Ben as a close friend.

And Barad would agree to this.

‘Barad must have noticed that we intend to take Hyeon from our side.’

Both Pan and Ben truly realized what Barad’s beginning of peace was.

And Hyeon-su quite enjoyed his relationship as a close friend with Ben.

Also, now Hyeon-su could freely proceed with the quests Ben gave him, and furthermore, many things that existed in the Praham Kingdom.

“May I come in?”

Prak’s voice was heard from outside.

Hyeon-su still had rewards he hadn’t received yet.

Prak brought something very precious wrapped in cloth.

When he unwrapped the cloth, two fruits revealed themselves.

[You have obtained the Golden Apple of the Small World Tree.]

[You have obtained the Grapes of the Small World Tree.]

One was the best-looking golden apple among the fruits borne by the small world tree.

“You should eat that apple right away.”

Following Ben’s words, he immediately bit into the apple.

Crunch-

He felt juice much sweeter than a regular apple.

[You have eaten the Golden Apple of the Small World Tree.]

[All stats increase by 1%.]

It was truly an apple with tremendous effects.

A 1% increase in all stats was overwhelming compared to gaining individual points.

Especially considering that Hyeon-su’s current overall stats were quite high, this single apple was equivalent to raising over 50 stat points.

What was amazing wasn’t just that.

[You will learn about the real World Tree.]

[Your level is still too low.]

“…!”

It seemed the consumer of the golden apple received a hint.

‘It was strange.’

If it’s a world tree, then it’s a world tree, but what does small world tree mean?

Hyeon-su recalled the small world tree that was so beautiful.

‘Somewhere there exists a real world tree with much more vast and greater power than that small world tree.’

The power that material possessed would be greater than the power the small world tree had.

And the grapes of the small world tree had a total of five berries.

Each had different buff effects.

One berry had 50% experience gain rate and 50% artifact drop rate.

One maximized skill abilities.

One activated skills twice in succession.

Another maximized all stats.

The last effect had the power to instantly recover about 60% of HP and MP.

‘These grapes alone would be worth 30,000 gold…?’

30 million won in Korean currency.

There was a reason for pricing it this much for a buff item.

Even what’s called the highest-grade potion only recovers 30% HP.

But that fills up 60% of both HP and MP at once.

‘Crucially, there’s no cooldown time for consumables.’

The fact that such consumables had no cooldown time was tremendous.

It meant you could consume them all immediately.

Ben stood up and said.

“Now I’ll teach you Ghost Steps.”

Hyeon-su followed Ben to the training room together.

Hyeon-su’s heart pounded as he followed him.

‘His Majesty Ben’s Ghost Steps is a completely different power from His Majesty Barad’s Sword King’s Swordsmanship.’

Both were the same in being legendary powers.

But in the case of Sword King’s Swordsmanship, it was a comprehensive skill with multiple chapters.

And Ben’s Ghost Steps was a single skill.

‘Single skills tend to be overwhelmingly superior.’

Moreover, Hyeon-su’s level still couldn’t compare to our country’s high rankers.

‘I haven’t clashed with them yet, but I might clash with them soon.’

In such a situation, Ben’s Ghost Steps might become a great escape route.

When they arrived at the training room, there were about twenty soldiers.

“I’ll show you only once, so watch carefully. All of this will happen within 1 second.”

1 second?

Hyeon-su made a puzzled expression.

1 second was too short a time.

To express 1 second, you could call it an instant.

Ben, with his hands behind his back, walked toward the soldiers.

And silently activated it.

Ghost Steps.

1 second passed.

Hyeon-su doubted his own eyes.

‘What, what did I just see?’

Hyeon-su heard no sound.

As if a ghost was walking.

But Hyeon-su didn’t miss Ben flashing by like lightning during that 1 second.

Soon, unlike Ben who was back to his hands-behind-back posture, 14 out of the 20 soldiers simultaneously screamed.

“Kugh!”

“Urk!”

“Gah!”

One soldier flew through the air as if struck in the abdomen.

Another soldier staggered backward as if hit in the solar plexus, and someone else had their weapon taken away and fell to the ground.

In various different ways, all 14 soldiers had been struck or had their weapons taken.

Ben straightened his sleeve cuffs and spoke with a nonchalant expression.

“This is Ghost Step.”

“…!”

Hyeon-su formed a hypothesis.

‘If those had been enemy knights instead of soldiers, and if His Majesty Ben had been holding a spear….’

In just that brief moment, 14 of them would have died.

[You have learned Ghost Step.]

It was certainly different from when he learned from Sword King Barad.

Back then, Barad had corrected his posture one by one and he had trained for several days.

But now he had at least acquired it.

Literally, he had only just acquired it.

(Ghost Step)

Active Skill

Grade: Legendary

Mana Cost: 1,000

Cooldown: 10 minutes.

Level: None.

·Move according to the movement path planned in your mind in the brief moment of 1 second.

·Control is not easy as it is a power that only moves according to the planned path upon use.

·Movement speed and attack speed after activation are ghost-like and cannot be displayed.

·Afterimages remain when striking.

·A 3-day training period applies, ignoring all cooldowns and mana costs for 3 days.

Hyeon-su understood after seeing the skill information.

‘It’s a power that changes completely depending on how I lead it.’

Also, the movement path that was written.

Ben’s movement path during that brief 1 second was definitely connected.

‘A movement path is ultimately a line of movement.’

Ben, with his hands clasped behind his back, said.

“Try it on me.”

Hyeon-su took a deep breath and received a wooden sword from a soldier.

[Ghost Step]

The moment he activated it, Hyeon-su felt silence descend in that brief instant.

He created a movement path using the places visible in his field of vision.

And immediately.

Charalarak-

Hyeon-su moved and swung the wooden sword toward Ben’s chest, immediately aiming for the back, and then when he tried to strike downward from above again.

Crash

He rolled on the floor.

His movement path had gotten tangled.

Ben gave a sly smile to the fallen Hyeon-su.

“It won’t be easy. The more you train, the more times you’ll be able to do it, but there’s also a faster and easier method.”

Ben was truly a sly old man.

“3 days. If you can create exactly four movement paths within that time, I’ll extend it by 0.1 seconds.”

The easy method he spoke of was extending the casting time.

0.1 seconds.

It might seem insignificant, but not for Ghost Step.

An increase of 0.1 seconds would make it possible to execute Ghost Step a bit more smoothly.

“Of course, I’ll only give it if you manage to do it.”

Ben didn’t rate that possibility very highly.

By Ben’s standards, it was questionable whether ordinary knights could create 4 movement paths even after training for a week.

Ghost Step was that great a power, but its strength varied depending on the user.

Then.

“What if it’s more than four times?”

Deep determination dwelt in the eyes of Hyeon-su as he got up.

If it was 0.3 seconds instead of 0.1 seconds. Or 0.4 seconds.

With that much, he could swing one more time.

Ben laughed at those words.

“Hehe, if it’s more than four times, I’ll extend it by 0.1 seconds for each time you succeed.”

Ding!

[Quest: Ben’s Test.]

Grade: A

Restriction: One proposed by Ben.

Reward: 0.1 second increase per action.

Failure Penalty: Decreased intimacy with Ben.

Description: Ben thinks Ghost Step is a very difficult power to perform 4 or more times in just 3 days. Gain his recognition by performing this power 4 or more times.

Even a Quest appeared.

Hyeon-su felt his motivation burning.

Ben and all the soldiers left.

After they left, Hyeon-su immediately activated it.

[Ghost Step]

He stepped through the movement path and moved.

1st time, 2nd time, 3rd time….

Crash crash-

Hyeon-su’s movement path got tangled again and he couldn’t move properly.

After repeating it a total of 10 times, he drew a conclusion.

Currently, what he could stably execute was only twice.

When trying to go beyond three times, his movement path would get tangled.

‘3 times is a level that can be sufficiently overcome with effort.’

Hyeon-su sometimes works on blacksmithing for days without sleeping.

And Ben’s thought of 4 times would have included effort as well.

But Hyeon-su wanted to show him perfectly beyond what he had imagined.

Hyeon-su continued repeating.

When he had practiced for 24 hours, he barely managed to perfectly execute 3 movements.

‘Good, at this rate….’

He thought he could definitely achieve 6 or more times within 3 days.

Hyeon-su’s face contorted.

[You have been afflicted with the status ailment Physical Fatigue.]

[You have been afflicted with the status ailment Mental Fatigue.]

Hyeon-su wore a puzzled expression.

‘Why did this notification appear so early?’

This notification usually came when transitioning from the second to third day of pulling all-nighters for blacksmithing work.

But it had appeared at the point where only one day had passed.

And usually, one day after this notification, he would collapse.

‘From repeatedly doing unfamiliar work…?’

Mental fatigue.

That was highly likely.

Moreover, the physical fatigue was….

‘No way…!’

Hyeon-su finally realized.

Once activated, his body moved along the movement pattern a total of 3-4 times.

When moving along that pattern, Hyeon-su had no great awareness since it was a skill activation.

That he had moved so fast and roughly 4 times in 1 second.

But his body was different.

The fatigue from moving like that was accumulating.

‘So that’s why 4 times or more….’

Hyeon-su understood the reason Ben had mentioned about 4 times.

If Hyeon-su activated Ghost Step 100 times, he had actually moved about 300-400 times.

Hyeon-su finally felt the spasms that were now noticeable.

His legs, arms, and entire body were experiencing intermittent tension.

After resting briefly, Hyeon-su repeated Ghost Step again.

But what had already accumulated couldn’t be resolved with just a short rest.

27 hours. In that time, Hyeon-su was completely exhausted.

The desire to sleep, his muscles crying out to rest.

At the rapidly approaching mental and physical limits, Hyeon-su bent his upper body, placed both hands on his knees, and panted.

“Huff, huff….

This is the first time I’ve felt such helplessness.

‘If I sleep, I won’t be able to complete 4 times.’

He closes his eyes and breathes calmly.

And starts again.

Just like Haemosu’s words.

Even if he breaks.

But he hits another limit.

And tries again.

Even if he breaks.

He chants inwardly.

I can do it.

Among those countless chants.

Hyeon-su hit his limit and fell to the floor.

Mental fatigue and physical fatigue had reached the point of collapse.

His body wouldn’t listen.

Thud—

Finally, he even put down the wooden sword he held in his hand.

Looking at the ceiling, he realizes there are things that won’t work no matter how much he continues.

And Hyeon-su briefly closed his eyes.

Even if he breaks.

Good words.

Sometimes there are things that shouldn’t be fought even if one breaks.

One must also know how to be flexible.

Perhaps it would be okay to flexibly give up on this test with Ben.

Even if he gave up, the fact that Hyeon-su had learned Ben’s Ghost Step wouldn’t change.

And as time passed, he would utilize the movement patterns more freely and eventually excel.

‘But….’

Even if there are things that shouldn’t be fought even if one breaks.

‘That’s unrelated to me, I want to keep challenging.’

Hyeon-su, who had fallen, stood up with his intermittently trembling body.

Yes, one should also know how to break.

But those words don’t suit him.

He had many things to overcome and people who believed in him.

That’s why even if he breaks, even if he breaks again and again, he would.

“Not retreat.”

He would continue.

He tried to grip the wooden sword he had dropped again.

However, Hyeon-su felt his vision becoming blurry.

Then, a strange change occurred.

[The title Even If I Break shines with light.]

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Hyeon-su’s mind.

One of the contents written in the title Even If I Break.

‘When judged to have overcome a life-or-death moment with one’s pure strength, acquire legendary stat ???.’

‘When judged to have overcome a life-or-death moment with one’s pure strength, acquire legendary stat ???.’

‘When judged to have overcome a life-or-death moment with one’s pure strength, acquire legendary stat ???.’

[Due to acquiring a legendary stat, all physical and mental fatigue will be recovered once only.]

[You will tire 20% less than usual and vitality will spring forth.]

Hyeon-su’s trembling body stops.

His dazed mind becomes clear and bright.

Moreover, he understood the reason this notification appeared.

‘Because the stat I’m acquiring is related to physical and mental fatigue…!’

[You are a person who possesses unbreakable mental strength.]

[A legendary stat befitting only you is unlocked.]

[You acquire the legendary stat. Will.]

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