Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 125

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

Masterpiece (1)

Masterpiece (1)

Masterpiece (1)

Hyeon-su thinks that every time he activates Ghost Step, it feels like everything is rewinding in slow motion.

Everything around him becomes 10 times slower while he becomes 10 times faster.

“Kyaaaah…!”

The woman’s scream that could still be heard had not yet ended.

During the time that scream was spreading, Hyeon-su moved.

Like lightning, he shot forward and slashed the wrist of an assassin who was in position to stab a nobleman’s neck as he passed by.

1st strike.

He slashed past an assassin who was stabbing toward the solar plexus right next to him.

2nd strike.

Then he kicked an assassin who was trying to break the neck of Pan’s wife from behind her.

3rd strike.

Swoooosh-

Pan kicked off the wall and slid backward, making a surprised expression as he looked at his wife.

He thrust his sword into the abdomen of the assassin behind Pan and forcefully pulled it out.

4th strike.

He put strength into both feet and leaped up powerfully, quickly slashing past two assassins who were striking down from above.

5th strike, 6th strike.

Hyeon-su’s movement pattern always got tangled after exceeding 6 strikes.

A tangled movement pattern meant that the movements he had conceived in his mind had become confused.

He calmed his mind.

A man presumed to be Prak’s father, who looked exactly like him.

Part of a dagger was already digging into the end of his abdomen.

He moved.

Without thinking of complex movement patterns, he emptied his mind and moved, slashing the wrist.

7th strike.

The last one.

Hyeon-su’s head snapped around sharply.

He was swinging a dagger in the center.

It was the man he had just warned.

He was swinging his blade in a wide arc, trying to kill the three children of Pan who were in front of him.

Thud-

A ghost walks.

Soundlessly, faster than any other being.

And in position to slash his wrist.

8th strike.

Soon Hyeon-su’s face contorted.

In that split second, the man changed the trajectory of his wrist.

However, even though he changed the trajectory, he was still targeting the children.

This man in front was the leader of these people.

When the blade was swung toward the three young children.

Hyeon-su, gritting his teeth, moved.

Sgaaaash-

He raised his sword that had been striking downward once more upward, slashing across his chest.

Puhwaaaash-!

9th strike.

The time that had flowed slowly returned to normal.

Rek, the vice-captain of the Red Dragon Corps.

He had infiltrated the banquet hall disguised as a knight along with his members.

He first checked the distance between Ben and themselves.

Then he also gauged the distance between the assassins and their targets.

Everything would happen in just a few seconds.

After that was finished, he planned to throw smoke bombs and escape.

But then.

“Draw it and you die.”

He was flustered by the voice that came from behind him.

But soon laughter formed.

Everything had already been planned perfectly, and he couldn’t stop what would happen in that split second.

There is no peace!

Vice-captain Rek, shouting this, moved.

Swinging his blade toward the family that Pan, the kingdom’s second-in-command, cherished.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

A woman let out a scream.

As he was moving like that, Rek heard a voice he couldn’t understand.

“Ghost Step.”

Along with that quiet voice, a ghost moved.

As he moved, no.

Every time he performed any action, afterimages remained.

What happened in just 1 second.

Sgaash

Kwajajajak

Perjik

Kwaang

Puuuk

Kaaang-!

And the unidentified ghost was coming toward him.

About 0.8 seconds had passed.

Rek reacted quickly to the ghost that suddenly appeared in front of him.

‘The mission must be completed…!’

If there were any casualties, the king would despair and that would mean the completion of the Red Dragon Corps’ mission.

The moment he changed the trajectory of his blade to avoid the sword of the unidentified ghost.

Sssshhhaaaa-

This time he struck upward from below.

Rek, his chest slashed, flew backward.

‘What, what…?’

Could the trajectory change in that split second?

No, this was due to his mystical power.

Flying backward, Rek saw the man standing still with his coat fluttering, frozen in the position of having struck upward with his sword.

“Aaaahhh…!”

The woman’s scream ended.

At the same time, blood gushed from the bodies of Rek and his subordinates.

Puhwaaaaaaak-

“Ugh, ugaaahhh!”

“What, what is this?”

“What’s happening?”

It was truly a bizarre occurrence, as if a ghost had passed through.

Rek, with a bewildered expression, hurriedly tried to attack his target again.

But it was already too late.

Ben, having confirmed the entire situation, gripped his spear and activated true ghost steps.

Pupupupupupuk-!

All Red Dragon members except Rek died with their throats pierced.

And Rek also fainted from a strong impact to the back of his neck.

Thud-

After all situations were resolved, Ben looked at Hyeon-su sheathing his sword.

‘Nine times…?’

It wasn’t a stable stance.

On average, he seemed capable of executing about 6-7 times.

But the fact that he had activated it nine times even once exceeded Ben’s common sense.

Ben recalled his conversation with Hyeon-su in the training room.

He had told Hyeon-su that he wouldn’t be able to do it.

He realized that thought was wrong.

Whether he overcame it through effort or through skill.

Hyeon-su was someone he should neither measure nor evaluate.

Nine times.

Hyeon-su’s heart thrilled at barely succeeding nine times.

In fact, if asked whether he could succeed nine times again, he would answer no.

Just moments ago, Hyeon-su felt adrenaline surging.

But even if it was momentary luck, it was ultimately something he had accomplished himself.

And there was something Hyeon-su hadn’t forgotten.

‘I am a negotiator.’

Eventually, Hyeon-su had to return to Goyard Kingdom.

The more he raised his negotiation level before returning to Goyard Kingdom, the different the rewards would be.

One of Hyeon-su’s current goals was advancement to the next title.

And in fact, he knew no user had obtained the next title in such a short period.

To achieve that, he needed a high negotiation level.

And the reward for this emergency quest was none other than that negotiation level.

‘I wonder how much it will rise.’

Soon a notification came.

[Emergency Quest: Red Dragon Rebellion Complete]

[You have completed it with remarkable achievement.]

[You gain 17% negotiation level.]

Hyeon-su’s existing negotiation level was 62%.

By rising 17%, he achieved a negotiation level of 79%.

Ben approached and said.

“That was excellent skill. And well done, you saved many people here.”

Ben had become clever for his friend’s sake.

A small apology for having predicted he wouldn’t be able to do it.

By saying those words, he was once again announcing that Hyeon-su had saved many people in enemy territory.

[Quest: Ben’s Test Complete]

[Ghost Steps duration increased by 0.5 seconds.]

Hyeon-su felt thrilled.

Because his effort had produced complete results.

‘Now I can stably use it up to eight times.’

The increased time meant he could plan and execute movements more effectively.

With this, Hyeon-su had become even stronger.

And Ben quickly organized the situation.

“Tell all knights to strengthen security, today’s banquet is canceled.”

Then Ben looked at Rek, whom he had knocked unconscious.

“Take him away.”

The banquet hall was quickly cleared.

Hyeon-su logged out, rested, then logged back in.

As soon as he logged in, he headed to the blacksmith shop.

‘Why did the Red Dragon suddenly become corrupted?’

Though he wondered, there was no way for Hyeon-su to know.

Since Rek was captured, the outline would be revealed.

And Hyeon-su now had the best materials for making bows and spear shafts.

The highest-grade materials from the small world tree.

He had already decided what to make. It was a bow.

How you use materials in crafting is very important.

Hyeon-su had decided on this as well.

Shortly after Hyeon-su arrived at the royal blacksmith shop, Nel came.

“Amazing. Being the king’s friend, I mean.”

Nel was genuinely impressed.

After telling the guards in front of the castle that she was a guild member like Hyeon, she was immediately allowed entry upon receiving Hyeon-su’s approval.

The visiting Nel said.

“Guild Gwangmyeong will all be proceeding with missions to become knights of Goyard, except for me.”

Risel, Bark, Beliada.

The reason they’re doing missions to become knights is simple.

“The guild master needs at least five knights under their command to secure territory, so we’ll proceed quickly.”

Territory acquisition.

Though no one knows when that dream will be realized, minimum conditions exist.

One of them is a title of baron or higher, and another is securing five knights.

“Soon all guild members will enter one dungeon, so we might not be able to contact each other.”

Nel asked about something she was curious about.

“The person who accepted the crafting request, is there a reason for that?”

Hyeon’s Blacksmith Shop.

Hyeon’s Blacksmith Shop, which had been quiet for a while, decided to accept a request this time.

At this, Hyeon-su smiled.

“Gwangmyeong only has four knights secured: Rook, Bark, Risel, and Beliada. But that person is already a knight.”

“That’s true, but I have doubts. Will that person really become our knight?”

To that question, Hyeon-su showed a confident expression.

“Probably?”

Nel was curious about why Hyeon-su thought that way.

“He has been posting about crafting requests every single day for about 100 days without missing one. That shows how desperate he is for that bow. I know desperate people.”

Because Hyeon-su had been more desperate than anyone.

“If we resolve his desperation, it will return as a tremendously great result. And while it would be nice if I could use a good bow, we are a collective called a guild. An excellent bow used by him will produce several times more power than an excellent bow used by me.”

Nel agreed.

She also thought it would be very good if they succeeded in recruiting him.

She imagined it.

One archer who hits everything with perfect accuracy and protects them during battle.

“Did you send the message?”

“Of course.”

Moreover, he was someone who had been ranked 1st among archers until recently.

Hobeom sighed.

“Ah, I quit being an editor a long time ago.”

Sitting in front of his computer, he had several messages waiting.

[Hello, video editor Jin. I am a gaming broadcast BJ…]

[Hello, our company has about 20 famous BJs and we want to recruit video editor Jin…]

Hobeom chuckled.

“I understand that feeling. But I’m doing something else now, so what can I do?”

Hobeom was once a successful video editor.

2040.

In this era when internet broadcast viewership was as high as terrestrial TV, skilled editors couldn’t be bought even with money.

He made a lot of money using that skill, and based on that, Hobeom invested in one game.

That was Ares.

And Hobeom, who had brightened the Ares archer rankings.

He was now the subject of ridicule.

Hyeon’s Blacksmith Shop.

[Here again?]

[This guy never gets tired.]

[At first I thought it might be understandable, but now it’s just pitiful lol.]

[So pathetic lol.]

And these comments were posted on the message he had written.

[Hello, Hyeon. I’m Ian, who was ranked 1st among archers until recently and now 6th. I request bow crafting.]

Hobeom was Ian.

Users mocked him as “Three Visits Ian.”

A journey of over 100 days.

[Hundred Visits Ian. Falls to 6th place in rankings. Will Hyeon finally accept the request?]

Before long, people were mocking Ian with the name “Hundred Visits.”

Other blacksmiths?

He couldn’t request from them.

There was a reason for that too.

Hobeom was a user who specialized in using horn bows.

And horn bows were so rare in Ares that maybe 1 out of 1,000 existed.

Furthermore.

‘My horn bow mastery is at maximum level 5… If I use other bows, basic bow mastery applies and I become 30% weaker than now…!’

The bow he carried was rare.

That’s how scarce horn bows were.

And his hope that Hyeon could make horn bows came from seeing the Dragon Light Sword.

The Dragon Light Sword was an artifact that followed our country’s traditional methods.

[Wake up from your dream, Ian.]

[Hundred Visits Ian lol.]

It seemed like Ian had no option other than Hyeon. Then a message arrived.

[Hello, this is Hyeon’s Blacksmith Shop. We accept Ian’s request.]

“…Woooooooh!”

A hundred days of effort.

Literally a hundred visits.

Ian burst into cheers at the result obtained at the end of it all.

And Ian showed sincerity by sending what he wanted, as well as his skill window and stat window.

Soon an additional reply came.

[Considering everything comprehensively, I found the bow that Ian absolutely needs.]

Ian was curious.

Since he could only use our country’s traditional bows. Soon, while reading the reply, Ian showed a surprised expression.

‘Is this possible…?’

[I will craft Jumong’s Horn Bow for you.]

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