Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 134

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

For You (3)

For You (3)

For You (3)

Hyeon-su had cried so much at the bank on the day he was able to pay off all the hospital bills that had reached tens of billions.

That day, Hyeon-su set a new goal.

The small and humble Hyeon’s Forge.

Those who believed in him and followed him.

For them, and for himself, his dream was to make Guild Gwangmyeong the best guild in the country.

Of course, he knew it wouldn’t be easy.

Guild ranking 1st place.

Currently, the guild master there was someone who held the title of count, of which there were only two in the country.

And now, having triggered the special story called “For You Story” that maximizes rewards, Hyeon-su thinks he might be able to close that gap.

[Your story is more beautiful than anyone else’s tale.]

Hyeon-su thinks.

He doesn’t know the conditions for triggering the “For You Story.”

But isn’t this notification recognition from the supercomputer Ares?

Soon, the reward notification strikes.

[You have consumed the Small World Tree’s Grape.]

[You receive a 50% bonus to experience points and artifact drop rate.]

[You have killed Red Dragon Corps leader Kun.]

Recently, Hyeon-su had gained massive experience points by defeating Prak, the Descendant of Azure Heaven.

However, Prak was someone who was still in his growth phase, while Kun was essentially someone whose growth had ended.

Given that Kun was overwhelmingly stronger than Prak.

The experience points Prak had given were about 290,000.

[You gain 403,311 experience points.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up…]

[You obtain the Assassin’s Mark.]

[You obtain an unidentified treasure map.]

Hyeon-su was amazed to see that he had leveled up 14 times at once.

To level up 14 times at once in the 270s was a phenomenal achievement.

With this, Hyeon-su instantly reached level 290.

‘Level 300 isn’t far away…’

The standard for high levels started from level 300.

But Hyeon-su was looking forward to other things more than that.

[Kingdom Quest: Prisoner Rescue Complete]

The quest he had received when coming to the prisoner camp.

It was a quest with rewards that doubled the negotiation points.

And there were several factors that determined the negotiation points for this quest.

How many prisoners were saved out of the thousand prisoners.

How many Red Dragon Corps members were defeated.

Moreover, the negotiation point increase notifications that had been consistently coming during the fights with Red Dragon Corps members were said to be compiled and announced later.

[Compiling negotiation points.]

[You kept 918 out of 1,000 prisoners alive.]

[You annihilated the Red Dragon Corps.]

[This is a phenomenal achievement.]

[Compiling negotiation points.]

Currently, Hyeon-su’s negotiation points have reached 102%.

These negotiation points will determine whether he can receive a noble title when he returns to the Goyard Kingdom.

Then.

‘Ah, again…!?’

Hyeon-su suddenly felt his vision spinning.

He knew what this precursor meant.

It was the precursor to the status ailment of fainting.

For Hyeon-su, who hadn’t yet heard how many more negotiation points he could gain, this was absurd.

But today was different.

Ding!

[You have frequently reached the extreme limits of physical and mental fatigue beyond your limits.]

[You obtain the title “To the Extreme.”]

“???”

In other words, it was a title given for fainting a lot.

(To the Extreme)

Unique Title

Grade: A

Special Ability:

·Applied when you are about to faint from exceeding physical and mental limits.

·25% chance to resist fainting.

·You are a possessor of the legendary stat Will. When you fall into a fainting state or resist it, your pushing yourself to the extreme is recognized and you gain the stat Will.

The title “To the Extreme” was certainly born from an absurd situation, but its effects were excellent.

[To the Extreme]

[You have resisted fainting.]

[You gain 6 Will.]

The legendary stat Will.

This meant he had found a way to obtain more of this precious stat.

Today, having not fainted for once, Hyeon-su could hear the notification.

[You gain 48% Negotiation.]

Hyeon-su’s existing Negotiation was 102%, exceeding 100% thanks to the Gale Corps members.

With this, it became 150%.

But it wasn’t over yet.

[Your Personal Quest: Defeat Red Dragon Corps Leader Kun – Complete]

A story just for him that had activated for the first time.

The reward description stated ‘Remarkable Negotiation increase’.

[You gain 34% Negotiation.]

Hyeon-su’s heart thrilled.

‘Total Negotiation 184%…’

With this level of Negotiation, he could advance to the next title.

However, at this moment, Hyeon-su didn’t know.

That he would gain even more Negotiation.

Anyway, thinking he had gained all the Negotiation, Hyeon-su suddenly remembered something.

He squeezed out his last strength and raised his body.

And looked at a group of people.

One thousand prisoners in the prisoner camp.

Leading them was Eden, who had been the vigilante leader.

Eden thought everyone would be massacred when they were attacked by the mysterious assassin group called the Red Dragon Corps.

The Gale Corps.

Even after they swept away the seventy-odd assassins and became unable to fight anymore, it was the same.

He kept letting go of the thread of hope, again and again.

It wasn’t just him.

All one thousand prisoners.

They were all the same.

When hundreds of arrows fell, when Red Dragon Corps Leader Kun toyed with Baron Hyeon-su, there was no hope.

But he was different.

Kwajak-

Thud

Thunk thunk

Spit!

Thud

Kwajaak-

Thwack-!

Kwaang-!

With a body that wouldn’t be strange to die at any moment, he moved like a ghost in an instant.

Unlike themselves who had already abandoned hope, he didn’t let go of his will to fight until the very end.

“Why, why…”

Kan, who stood beside him.

Covered in wounds all over his body, he smiled faintly and said.

“That’s just how he is, never giving up and never backing down.”

Eden had heard the conversations between the Gale Corps and Hyeon-su.

The Gale Corps were strong ones beyond common sense.

Yet they had an irritatingly deep loyalty to the nobleman called Hyeon-su.

“The brightest shining sun, that is my lord.”

Eden’s lips parted.

Crash-

In the end, that person had achieved victory.

Shortly after, he fell to the ground.

And soon, raising his body, he looked at them.

The brown coat that had initially been noble and elegant was now soaked with sweat, blood, and dirt.

The blood that had wet his hair was drying, and his appearance was disheveled.

Yet when he raised his body, his action was to take them into his sight.

One by one, moving his gaze to take them in, then he spoke.

“Thank goodness.”

“…!”

Finally, he knelt on one knee and collapsed.

“Fortunately I didn’t faint today, help me up, Kan.”

[The respect of 918 Goyard Kingdom prisoners for you reaches sky-high levels.]

And there was one fact Hyeon-su didn’t know.

[Negotiation increases will apply until you completely return to your homeland.]

In other words, it could apply to this situation as well.

[The Goyard Kingdom prisoners will never forget today’s events and will endlessly talk about the negotiator.]

[Negotiation increases.]

[Negotiation increases.]

Furthermore.

“Come to think of it, where did those archers from before go?”

“Su, surely they’re not all dead?”

The prisoners looked around.

The forty-odd archers had vanished without a trace.

And Hyeon-su heard a notification.

[Your guild member Ian has annihilated the Red Hood guild members.]

[Negotiation increases.]

Even though it wasn’t something Hyeon-su did himself, just like how the Gale Corps members’ actions in the Cradle of Hell increased his Negotiation.

That was being applied to Hyeon-su and rising. And one old man arrived quickly.

The reason the old man came alone was because coming by himself was faster than bringing retainers along.

That old man, Changcheon Ben, was practically thinking that all the prisoners would be dead.

However, Ben smiled slightly when he discovered Hyeon-su who was dying.

“Ugh, Your Majesty….”

In reality, Hyeon-su had simply not fainted, but appeared to be on the verge of death.

Ben knew why Hyeon-su had ended up in such a state.

It was because Hyeon-su had fought without backing down as always.

“…Thank you, it’s all thanks to you.”

The Praham Kingdom and Goyard Kingdom had nearly broken their eternal peace agreement because of this incident.

However, just this one blacksmith and five soldiers had accomplished it.

And Ben was a figure who stood at the center of negotiation.

Ben knew well how he should repay him.

[Negotiation skill increases dramatically.]

He gave him a reward with his own authority.

Finally, the Stormwind Corps members and prisoners began returning to their homeland.

‘Ah, this is exhausting.’

Hyeon-su, who finally boarded the carriage to return to his homeland, smiled bitterly.

‘This negotiation skill is really absurd….’

Including the negotiation skill received as a reward for killing Red Dragon Corps leader Kun, it was a total of 184%.

But based on various things, Hyeon-su had gained negotiation skill that far transcended that.

Suddenly, Hyeon-su recalled the words he had heard from Ben before parting.

‘I’m curious how far you’ll rise when you return to your homeland.’

‘I’m curious how far you’ll rise when you return to your homeland.’

‘I’m curious how far you’ll rise when you return to your homeland.’

That was something Hyeon-su was also very much looking forward to.

‘What will I receive with this tremendous negotiation skill.’

Meanwhile.

[You have annihilated the Red Hood Guild.]

Ding!

[Hidden Piece. The True Master of Divine Archery.]

[Legendary Class. You have changed jobs to Divine Archer.]

[All stats are redistributed and 300 bonus points are applied evenly.]

[Skills transform and you gain power superior to before.]

[Divine Archer is a class that handles bows more excellently than any other archer.]

Ian, who barely survived, leaned against the hill and watched the departing group.

Since he wasn’t the type to appear in front of people in the first place, Ian was comfortable being here.

Ian was extremely happy at this moment.

‘With this, I can better protect Guild Gwangmyeong as Hyeon-su wished.’

It was thanks to the bow Hyeon-su had given him.

A few days later.

Hyeon-su and Ian met.

Ian heard many of Hyeon-su’s stories during that short time.

Ian, who was formerly an editor, promised him.

That he would produce exactly one video.

Even though he had already become a member of Guild Gwangmyeong, agreeing to produce only one video was due to his own unspeakable circumstances.

The people of Gwangmyeong didn’t press him about it either.

Ian simply thought this one video would be of great help to Hyeon’s Forge.

“This video will cause tremendous waves later on.”

Having heard many of Hyeon-su’s stories, Ian sensed that something tremendous was about to happen.

People would start talking about balance disruption regarding Hyeon-su.

And people still harbored doubts about how he could craft such legends.

This video would resolve all questions at that time and furthermore, elevate him to even greater heights.

And Ian sees potential as an editor.

That is the star quality of the person being filmed.

‘Of course, Hyeon-su has sufficient star qualities.’

But having the qualities and actually being able to become a real star were completely different stories.

Ian had told Guild Gwangmyeong and Hyeon-su that he would make only one video.

However, that thought could change at any time.

‘If I develop a desire to elevate Hyeon-su to greater heights….’

Unless it reached that level, Ian didn’t want to return to the life of an editor.

Yes, this is a small test.

A test of whether Ian would remain at Gwangmyeong as just an archer or as both an archer and editor.

But Ian didn’t have high expectations.

After all, expecting that from an ordinary person was unreasonable.

“Just one sentence. Please express Hyeon-su’s life in one sentence. This will be Hyeon’s Forge’s first greeting to the viewers.”

Hyeon-su was extremely embarrassed by this.

Camera functions could be utilized in Ares as well. He sat in the chair fidgeting.

“Cue.”

With Ian’s words, he had a thoughtful expression for a moment.

Hyeon-su lowered his head and fell into thought.

Then he spoke.

Ian’s heart pounded upon hearing those words. Hyeon-su had gifted him with a masterpiece.

Just like that, he became convinced that this one video would become Ian’s masterpiece.

It strikes the heartstrings.

It makes the heart tremble.

And at this moment, it makes him resolve.

‘…I should continue making videos for Gwangmyeong.’

The words Hyeon-su said as he slowly lifted his head.

“I wanted to live.”

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