Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 139

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

Lord (4)

Lord (4)

Lord (4)

Though merely a baron, Ronso is the one who controls the northern region.

There are two reasons why he was able to seize control of the north.

First, his absurdly vast financial resources.

Second, because he is the Fourth Calamity.

The Calamity Church, a gathering of evil beings.

Ronso has been hiding as a northern baron while orchestrating many schemes until now.

He secretly assassinated lords of territories in the north who wouldn’t follow his will, then seized their assets.

He also offered help to territories that lost their center of power due to their lord’s death, only to collect massive taxes instead.

The new lords of those territories?

They became his dogs, unable to defy him as he reigned as the king of the north.

And Ronso coveted the Balas territory that the man called Hyeon had created.

The Balas territory generates five times more revenue than territories of similar size.

Moreover, this is just the beginning.

If the Balas territory attracts more blacksmiths and helps them grow, developing like a hen laying eggs, its value would transcend imagination.

That’s why he attempted to seize control through risky moves.

Furthermore, he planned to deceive people into thinking Bellin died from monsters, then sell her as a slave in the black market.

The most beautiful lord in the world being put up for sale as a slave.

He believed she would fetch an enormous price.

Having finished such calculations, Ronso suddenly jumped up from his rest at home due to the commotion outside.

“Let’s go to the audience chamber!”

He immediately rushed to the audience chamber, leading five knights.

Fortunately, the source of the disturbance seemed unable to enter the lord’s castle.

Ronso urgently opened the door to the audience chamber and entered, soon wearing a perplexed expression.

Ronso had been having a retainer bring food so Bellin could eat and drink.

She needed to be compliant for him to safely seize control of this territory.

But that retainer was lying sprawled on one side.

‘Who is it?’

And there was an unidentified man.

He sat in a chair with one leg crossed, flipping through a bundle of papers.

Ronso was momentarily flustered.

A long brown coat and impressive armor hidden beneath it.

An unusually smooth sword hanging at his waist.

And with an expressionless face, he rustled through that bundle of papers.

The bundle of papers contained detailed records of Baron Ronso’s atrocities.

Rustle-

“Applying taxes three times higher than those established by the state.”

Rustle-

“Evidence of receiving bribes from various territories.”

Rustle-

“Indiscriminate murder of citizens from Balas territory.”

Rustle-

“…And.”

“What are you doing right now?”

The man placed his long index finger against his lips.

“I’m reviewing a letter to send to His Majesty.”

“…!”

Ronso’s body trembled violently.

No matter how much he was the Fourth Calamity, Sword King Barad was a person of entirely different caliber.

“…Who are you.”

Thud-

Closing the bundle of papers, he met Ronso’s eyes.

“Blacksmith Hyeon.”

Hearing that name, Ronso’s heart calmed down.

His subordinates could surely kill him before he sent that letter.

Ronso signaled his knights with his eyes.

“How dare you act so impudently before a noble higher than yourself!”

With those words, the knights reached for their sword grips.

At that moment.

Crash-

1st strike.

Thud

2nd strike.

Crack

3rd strike.

Crunch

4th strike.

Thwack thwack

5th strike.

Crash crash bang.

7th, 8th strikes.

Ronso couldn’t believe it.

The man who had been in front of him disappeared in the blink of an eye and reappeared.

And simultaneously, all five knights collapsed.

‘Wh-what kind of power is that…?’

It’s a power he’s never seen before. Even to himself, called a calamity, that power appears truly wondrous.

Hyeon-su, who sat back down, spoke.

“That’s right, how impudent.”

Was he admitting that he himself had been impudent?

Soon a notification was heard.

[The most brilliant star of the Goyard Kingdom.]

[Viscount Hyeon-su appears.]

[You have encountered a noble of higher rank than yourself.]

[Show proper respect.]

“How dare a mere baron.”

Ronso took a step back.

The period when Hyeon had visited this place wasn’t very long.

‘In that time, he went from commoner to viscount?’

A viscount was by no means an ordinary title.

A viscount even had the power to govern multiple territories.

Ronso looked around.

“Urgh….”

“Kugh….”

The knights were rolling on the ground, and their opponent was a viscount with a higher title than himself.

However, Ronso soon realized.

“…That was an interesting performance.”

Ronso laughed.

[Ian: The knights’ defense is definitely incredible. The Red Hood Guild went down in one hit, but these guys need to be hit four times.]

[Risel: It looks like we need support from the Gale Corps members too. Five people against 200 soldiers seems difficult.]

[Belia: I still have a lot of MP so I should be able to hold out fine, but I don’t know what’ll happen when I run out of MP ㅠㅠ.]

Hyeon-su knew they were currently in a very disadvantageous situation.

Yes, Hyeon-su was a viscount.

But he was a viscount who had jumped two ranks at once from baronet.

There were side effects from this.

Normally, one would become a baron and steadily secure more knights and troops.

Then become a viscount when sufficiently prepared.

But the fatigue from rapid title advancement.

Knights and troops not yet established.

These became obstacles.

Baron Ronso’s territory was the largest in this area, and the number of his troops was beyond imagination.

‘Gwangmyeong can’t hold out for long.’

The easiest method was to suppress Baron Ronso with his title and make him declare surrender.

If that happened, the entire situation would end.

That’s why he had overdone it to create the situation.

“…That was an interesting performance.”

But Ronso was a clever individual.

“Can a viscount whose system isn’t yet established be called a viscount? Also.”

Hyeon-su sensed the failure of his plan and tried to move quickly.

‘Then I’ll take Baron Ronso hostage….’

Hyeon-su’s face, which had been moving quickly, soon filled with bewilderment.

Sizzle-.

The moment Baron Ronso tore off his facial skin, his body writhed and began to transform.

Squirm squirm.

Hiss-.

[Cannot approach.]

Hiss.

“Kugh!”

Hyeon-su, who had tried to approach, had no choice but to retreat from the burning pain in his body.

Ronso, who had completely revealed his form, had become a completely different person from before.

An old man with abundant white hair.

The old man holding a whip had sunken eyes, prominent cheekbones, and hollow cheeks.

It was the moment when a disaster that had lived parasitically under new names in various kingdoms for over 100 years revealed itself.

[Appearance of the Fourth Disaster.]

Tingle tingle-

Hyeon-su felt his entire body tingling just from facing him.

It was his instincts telling him to run.

“Why did you do that?”

Hyeon-su unconsciously stepped back.

The axis of evil, who had tied his drooping white hair tightly with a string, clicked his tongue.

“If you had cooperated with me and become my puppet lord, this wouldn’t have happened.”

This thing.

“Today, I will erase and make disappear everything in Balas territory, you foolish and pitiful thing.”

Hyeon-su knew this wasn’t mere bluffing.

The numbers visible before his eyes proved it.

[Fourth Disaster Ronso Lv.394]

He was on a different dimension from all the enemies encountered so far.

His level was overwhelmingly higher than even Jack, the Fifth Disaster.

In reality, the level difference with Hyeon-su reached 100.

Hyeon-su didn’t let his guard down.

At that moment.

Swish-

The whip was roughly swung.

The moment Hyeon-su quickly dodged the whip, the whip changed trajectory and struck him hard.

Crash-.

An impact like being directly hit by a steel rod rather than a whip was transmitted.

[HP drops below 92%.]

With one basic attack, Hyeon-su could see that 8% of his HP had been shaved off.

“Quite sturdy. Ordinary fellows usually get cut in half instantly.”

Swish swish swish-

Whips were swung at high speed from multiple directions.

Hyeon-su closed the distance through the increasingly accelerating whips.

“Didn’t you say you were a blacksmith?”

Ronso, who broke through that gap, was genuinely amazed.

“You possess power that a blacksmith cannot have.”

Someone had definitely given him teachings.

Those teachings were helping him greatly.

And Hyeon-su was watching for timing.

‘This is an attack where I can’t use Counter or Emergency Crafting.’

Then there was only one thing Hyeon-su could deploy.

Hyeon-su, seeing an appropriate gap, tried to unleash Sword’s Cry.

In that instant.

“Grrrr!”

From a suddenly opened black space appeared a bizarrely shaped dog with its entire body melted down.

It was clearly in the form of a dog, but its size was twice that of an average Doberman.

[Hellhound Lv.332]

The dog with its face grotesquely melted down pounced on Hyeon-su with its body.

The creature’s face drew close to Hyeon-su’s face.

“Grrrrr!”

The drool flowing from the creature made Hyeon-su’s skin crawl.

Kwajaak-

Hyeon-su, who had struck the creature away with his sword, could soon see about twenty hellhounds revealing themselves from all directions.

The disasters of the Disaster Church that worships evil.

They each possessed various characteristics.

Jack had been close to a dark mage.

And Ronso seemed close to a tamer.

“Hellhounds are the hunting dogs of hell. They’re creatures that chew and swallow even bones, byproducts of the divine beast Hydra.”

Ronso clicked his tongue.

“I have been researching steadily. Outsiders are rapidly closing the gap with the people of this land. The greatest weakness of such Outsiders was this.”

Ronso’s eyes narrowed.

“That is Mystical Power. In the end, if we make its use itself impossible, you are nothing but incompetent fools.”

Surrounded by dozens of hellhounds, it wasn’t easy for Hyeon-su to find a breakthrough.

“If you try to use it, my whip will strike you, aha. Come to think of it.”

Ronso sneered.

“Right now, you’ll find it hard to even attempt it.”

Hyeon-su couldn’t deny those words.

“Kkaegaegaegaeng!”

“Kiiing!”

“Keheaek!”

For Hyeon-su right now, all he could do was strike away the hellhounds attacking from all directions.

And the moment he tried to find an opening.

Chwaaaaak-

The whip struck Hyeon-su.

Hyeon-su’s face contorted.

‘I need to find a way.’

He realized for the first time today.

A difference of nearly 100 levels was not easy even for Hyeon-su, who had overcome countless crises until now.

Moreover, the tamer power that the creature possessed far transcended common sense.

Unlike when facing Jack, there were no people from Gwangmyeong to help.

But Hyeon-su was thinking of a way to break through as always.

Then, an existence that Hyeon-su had carried for a long time stirred.

He was like a mischievous little one.

A spoiled child who asked to be petted when Hyeon-su did well.

That one now speaks.

[The Wolf’s Egg wishes to protect you.]

Ronso thought it had ended much more easily than expected.

Well, the difference in power was all too clear.

Then.

Ronso saw a scene he couldn’t understand.

Kwajaak

Kwak

Kwakwakwak-

Suddenly The Man allowed the hellhounds’ attacks.

Once hellhounds succeed in biting, they don’t let go.

Shoulder, left arm, both thighs, side.

The Man, bitten all over his body, had his eyes flashing.

Shwaaaaaa-

Watching his moving sword, Ronso was impressed.

The power drawn up in an instant.

The moment he realized it belonged to the Sword King, he tensed up and had to acknowledge it.

‘What tremendous fighting spirit.’

[Though I May Break]

[In a moment of desperate crisis, you have found a breakthrough.]

[The skill’s effect becomes 8% more excellent.]

Seeing the will that didn’t retreat even in that situation, Ronso was impressed.

However, there was one thing he didn’t know.

His whip could become 5 times faster instantaneously.

His whip moved, aiming for the arm of Hyeon-su holding the sword.

Chwaaaaaa-

Soon after, Ronso couldn’t help but make a puzzled expression.

Kkaaaaang-!

“…?”

A large egg appeared and defended against that whip.

As a top-tier tamer, Ronso could feel the true value of that egg.

‘Why, why… are you there…?’

Soon the hellhounds released Hyeon-su’s body they had been biting and stepped back in terror.

Just facing that egg had the hellhounds trembling in fear.

“Kkaegaegaeng…!”

“Kiiing…!”

However, that wasn’t what was important.

The defense of the mysterious egg that was so hard it wouldn’t break.

That one defense had created one opening for Hyeon-su.

Hyeon-su, covered in bite marks all over his body, was completing his sword movement.

Cold sweat flowed down Ronso’s back.

The surging aura of the Sword King dominated the entire narrow audience chamber.

“Sword’s Cry.”

The Sword King’s profound technique tore apart everything within 20 meters.

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