Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 13

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Legendary Class Proposal (3)

 

 

 

Special User Management Team.

 

[User Hyeon-su can now receive the Legendary Class Mad Lord job change Quest.]

 

Kim Tae-seok sat up at the notification that appeared on the monitor.

“Crazy…!”

Usually, clearing up to stage 3 gets you offered the Epic Class Mad Knight.

However, Han-ul didn’t receive the offer.

Because he chose reward accumulation and failed at stage 4.

And upon succeeding up to stage 4, he should have received the Epic Class Mad Knight proposal plus the Rare Weapon and Rare Armor that the Instructor uses as gifts.

“This is absurd…!”

Yes, this happened because something absurd occurred.

Stage 1, stage 2. Two goblins in one hit each.

And this happened because he proceeded with stages 3 and 4 simultaneously.

“I guess Instructor Relson saw user Hyeon-su as the right person for the job.”

Even the intimacy between Instructor Relson and Hyeon-su had completely changed from 10 minutes ago.

In Ares with its high degree of freedom, even the Special User Management Team encounters unexpected situations.

But soon Lee Ji-hee smiled bitterly.

“Actually, weren’t we already predicting that user Hyeon-su would reach Legendary Class?”

That was true.

Of course, he was walking a completely different path from what they had thought.

“Now user Hyeon-su will become a Grade 2 Special User.”

The Special User Management Team monitors special situations and unexpected incidents.

The grades are usually divided from Grade 1 to Grade 5.

Usually up to Grade 5 doesn’t require much attention.

But from Grade 3 onwards, the story changes.

The two looked at the monitor.

User Hyeon-su pondered something deeply before answering.

 

-I decline.

 

“…!?”

“…!?”

Kim Tae-seok and Lee Ji-hee showed surprised expressions.

Hyeon-su’s face on the monitor showed a small smile with not a trace of regret.

Then.

Beep beep

The monitor flashed red light and a notification appeared.

 

[User Hyeon-su has fulfilled one of the Divine Class conditions.]

[Promoted to Grade 1 Special Target.]

 

“Di-Divine Class!?”

Kim Tae-seok couldn’t believe it.

Among the 1.2 billion population, there’s a class that no one has obtained yet.

That is the Divine Class.

This class is the highest class in the game Ares.

“One of the conditions for changing to the Legendary Class Black Smith was rejecting an Epic Class once…”

Like that, to become the God of Blacksmiths, one must reject a Legendary Class once.

Kim Tae-seok recognized the seriousness of the situation.

“What are the other conditions for becoming the God of Blacksmiths?”

Since this was Grade 1 classified information, only team leaders knew about it.

However, since Kim Tae-seok couldn’t monitor Hyeon-su 24 hours, he told Lee Ji-hee.

“There are various things, but immediately he needs to achieve 2 absurd Achievements in that profession.”

“Absurd Achievements would be…?”

“He achieved the first Achievement by creating Gwangmyeong. More importantly, he needs to fulfill these two Achievements before reaching level 10.”

“Wow… anyone can see that’s impossible…”

Lee Ji-hee stuck out her tongue. The achievement conditions themselves were too absurd.

There was a moment of concern, but Lee Ji-hee felt relieved.

“Since hitting level 10 right after leaving the Beginner Zone is the standard rule, it won’t be easy to achieve those conditions, right?”

“Probably?”

After the Hunting Zone ends, you arrive at the village immediately.

When you leave that village, the real hunting grounds appear and you level up.

Hyeon-su would level up quickly.

But more importantly, it seemed like there was nothing left for Hyeon-su to achieve as an Achievement.

Soon Kim Tae-seok focused on Hyeon-su in the monitor again.

“More than that, I’m curious why user Hyeon-su rejected the Legendary Class.”

Kim Tae-seok concentrated on the monitor.

 

 

 

“I decline.”

Hyeon-su answered after thinking for a while. Naturally, Relson’s expression, who thought he would accept, was colored with bewilderment.

“Why? If you become the Mad Lord, you’ll be amazing. You’ll grasp the glory of leading the Mad Knights as the Mad Lord. That’s not all.”

He hurriedly appealed how great the Mad Lord was.

“Aren’t you an excellent blacksmith? Being both Mad Lord and blacksmith. Isn’t that cool!”

Hearing those words, Hyeon-su certainly thought that was true.

However, his thoughts didn’t change.

Hyeon-su had only been playing Ares for about 10 days in real time.

But during that period, he felt many things in this Ares.

It was like himself, who had been layered like an ore full of impurities, turned out to be a very remarkable ore once those impurities were removed.

‘I am valuable.’

He truly feels his own worth.

He was confident.

‘Even if I reject the Mad Lord now, I can rise high as a blacksmith too.’

Confidence.

It’s definitely not arrogance. The self-confidence that only Hyeon-su could have.

There were also various other reasons.

“I like blacksmithing. I’ve been holding a hammer since I was 10 years old.”

“You, no matter how much you like that work…”

“It’s not simply good. My heart still races when I hold a hammer, and I feel like I could go crazy with joy when I do hammering. That’s right. I’m crazy about blacksmithing.”

Hyeon-su smiled brightly.

“Also, I came here to enjoy myself.”

Relson and Hyeon-su’s gazes met. Relson, who had been momentarily speechless looking at him, let out a hollow laugh.

“Ha, haha, what a crazy person obsessed with blacksmithing.”

Soon he laughed heartily.

“Magnificent, truly magnificent!”

Hyeon-su’s path of walking steadfastly despite any proposal.

“So that’s how you could reach such a level at such a young age.”

 

[Relson learns about the true spirit of a craftsman.]

[Intimacy with Relson reaches MAX.]

[Legendary Class. Mad Lord job change Quest is rejected.]

[You receive different rewards for completing trials 2-4.]

[You gain 2 to all stats.]

 

“Please wait here for a moment.”

Soon Instructor Relson went somewhere and brought back a suit of armor.

 

[You obtain Mad Lord’s Old and Rusted Armor.]

 

Hyeon-su immediately checked it.

 

(Mad Lord’s Old and Rusted Armor)

Grade: Rare

Durability: 300/1,000

Defense: 83

Restriction: None.

Special Abilities:

·Health +3.

·???

·???

·Passive Skill Damage Reduction.

Description: Armor once worn by the legendary Mad Lord. With 300 years having passed and many parts broken, it seems difficult to use for long.

 

Armor worn by one who was once legendary.

“300 years ago, it would have been better armor than it is now, but even now it should be excellent for you to use. I’m sorry I can only give you this much as a reward.”

Relson showed a genuinely regretful expression.

Hyeon-su looked the armor over from various angles.

The plate armor was damaged in many places, and some parts were even dangling loose.

While examining it like this, he tilted his head upon seeing the question marks floating in the ‘???’.

“It must have been more impressive once, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Then if I repair and restore it, it would regain its former appearance.”

“Right, repair and restore… huh?”

For a moment, Relson was struck speechless.

That armor was once good armor.

But after such a long time had passed, it had become obsolete armor.

Even when brought to the blacksmiths in this area, they said they couldn’t repair it and couldn’t restore it.

Because they were beginner blacksmiths.

“Y-you. You’re going to restore that?”

“Yes.”

“No, how is that possible?”

“…Because it’s possible?”

“You don’t even have mystical power, do you?”

Mystical power. The name NPCs use to refer to skills.

“Do I need to have it?”

“Of course you need it! As far as I know, when blacksmiths learn restoration-related techniques, it’s when they’re above a certain level.”

Hyeon-su chuckled softly.

Right, the skills those blacksmiths have are systems that help them.

“I don’t need such things.”

“…!?”

Hyeon-su also knew why skills were necessary.

First, to perform restoration, you need information about the artifact in question.

What it’s composed of, how it’s constructed, what parts need to be replaced and repaired.

For ordinary users to judge that just by looking at armor would be impossible.

But Hyeon-su was different.

‘The material appears to be an alloy. If I repair the parts that are dangling as if they’ll fall off any moment and remove the rust, it would become like new.’

He understood at once even the tattered leather that had deteriorated over time and the decorative elements of this armor.

‘This should be interesting…’

Restoration work he had done long ago.

When was the last time?

‘Ah, the Dragon Light Sword.’

The Dragon Light Sword said to have been used by Haemosu.

The National Museum had commissioned its restoration, and Hyeon-su had personally restored and returned it.

Then a thought flashed through his mind.

‘…Could I restore the Dragon Light Sword here too?’

Having that thought, an inexplicable thrill rose from deep within his chest.

The Dragon Light Sword, one of our country’s legends.

However, more than that Dragon Light Sword, Hyeon-su wanted to restore or recreate a different sword.

It was the first dream that 11-year-old Hyeon-su had ever held in his life.

‘The Royal Sword of the Joseon Royal Court…’

Just imagining it was thrilling. The thought that he might be able to create a sword from history, even if only in a game.

However, he set that aside for now.

For the moment, he focused on the Mad Lord’s armor before him.

In a way, this Mad Lord’s armor was like the Royal Sword of the Joseon Royal Court – it belonged to a legendary figure in this game.

However, Hyeon-su faced one obstacle.

“There’s no blacksmith shop here… sigh.”

Unlike the Wooden Doll Training Ground, there wasn’t one here at all.

Hearing such a regretful sound, something flashed through Relson’s mind.

“Why isn’t there one?”

“…Excuse me?”

Relson wanted to be helpful to Hyeon-su.

At first he had ignored him, but now he had come to acknowledge him.

The biggest reason was that his intimacy with Hyeon-su was at MAX.

“If you go to the Lord’s Castle, there is one.”

“The Lord’s Castle?”

“That’s right.”

Furthermore, upon hearing that restoration was possible, Relson remembered something.

It was something that no one had been able to accomplish even after all this time had passed.

“Do you have some knowledge about bows as well?”

“I know a fair amount about them.”

Father’s blacksmith shop dealt with many things.

“This place is also a territory with a Lord’s Castle and a Lord, but about a year ago, a fire broke out in the Lord’s Castle and damaged a bow that the Lord treasured dearly.”

Hyeon-su’s brow furrowed. He felt the emergence of no ordinary Quest.

“However, since high-level blacksmiths from outside cannot set foot in this place, countless people have failed at restoration. Impossible. Yes, it has become something that absolutely no one can accomplish.”

There was one reason why Relson was saying this.

He felt sorry for having looked down on him and wanted to repay him.

Also, Hyeon-su had realized something while breaking the Wooden Dummy.

High risk, high return.

The more impossible things you break, the greater the reward becomes.

“I’ll write you a recommendation letter, so how about going to the Lord’s Castle to meet the Lord and try restoring the bow?”

 

Ding!

 

[Hidden Quest: Meet the Lord]

Grade: B

Restriction: One who has received a recommendation letter.

Reward: Fame 10.

Penalty upon failure: Decreased intimacy with Relson.

Description: Meet Lord Vance.

 

Relson grinned slyly.

“Will you try it? The impossible task that others couldn’t accomplish.”

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