Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 18

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Horn Bow Restoration (3)

 

 

 

Vance, who received the horn bow from Hyeon-su, stroked the bow shaft.

‘It’s exactly the same…’

It was exactly as the bow he had held with his father looked.

Although the signs of use seemed to have disappeared, that was unavoidable.

This horn bow was definitely as he remembered it.

The NPCs here also had the setting that they could check artifact information according to Ares’ mystical power.

Lord Vance checked the Master Archer’s Horn Bow with a trembling expression.

 

(Master Archer’s Horn Bow)

Grade: Epic

Durability: 3,500/3,500

Attack Power: 253

Restriction: Level 80 or higher

Special Abilities:

·Agility increased by 0.9%.

·Accuracy increased by 22%.

·Bow attack speed increased by 17%.

·Bow Mastery +1

·Passive skill Wind-like Archery.

·Active skill Triple Shot.

Description: The Master Archer’s Horn Bow reborn with much more precise and excellent craftsmanship than the original creator.

 

“Gasp!”

Vance unconsciously let out an exclamation of shock.

Just looking at the outside, he thought it was simply a successful restoration.

But this went beyond the level of successful restoration.

‘How could such a thing be possible…?’

His father’s relic that didn’t just stop at restoration but became a grade higher!

“I couldn’t achieve perfect restoration. But you’ll be satisfied, right?”

Hyeon-su smiled bitterly.

Right, perfect restoration should have been completely identical to before.

Vance let out a hollow laugh.

“To make my father’s relic even better, thank you. Thank you!”

Would there be anyone who would dislike it becoming better than the original?

‘What is this, I wanted you to make it exactly the same!’

Realistically, no one would say such a thing.

Vance embraced the newly recreated Master Archer’s Horn Bow.

“I’ll never lose it again…”

From that expression, one could tell how precious that bow was to Vance.

For Hyeon-su too, it was quite a rewarding restoration work.

It took as much as about 40 days.

But that was in game time.

In reality, it took about 13 days.

‘I gained quite a lot too.’

Through 40 days of repetition, he gained about 80 Dexterity, and his Strength and Stamina also steadily increased.

Hyeon-su knew the biggest weakness of blacksmiths.

‘A class that cannot secure materials on its own.’

Blacksmiths, due to their job characteristics, only repeat making things.

After making, selling, then buying materials with the earned money, then making again and selling.

That’s why blacksmiths have much lower average levels than general users even when starting the game together.

However, if he built up like this at level 1 in the Beginner Zone, the stat difference with other users would be consistent.

Moreover, what combat class users obtain materials through hunting, Hyeon-su could become self-sufficient.

Hyeon-su checked the newly obtained title.

 

(Restorer Who Transcends Limits)

Multiple Title

Grade: A

Special Abilities:

·18% increased chance of creating an artifact one grade higher during restoration.

·3% chance of becoming better when crafting artifacts

 

This time it was a multiple title.

A title that several people had already obtained.

It seemed to be because the achievement condition for Restorer Who Transcends Limits wasn’t just simple restoration but grade increase.

But he wasn’t particularly disappointed.

‘There probably isn’t a single person who obtained this title at my level.’

Soon the quest completion notification came.

 

[Chain Quest: Master Archer’s Horn Bow Restoration Complete.]

[You have completed the quest with phenomenal results.]

 

Vance looked at Hyeon-su and smiled.

“I can’t just stay still after receiving something so valuable.”

The value of an artifact’s grade increase was tremendous.

Lord Vance had an outside soldier bring money.

 

[You obtain 1,000 gold.]

 

The gold he was originally supposed to receive was 500 gold!

A reward that increased by as much as double!

This wasn’t all.

Ordinary blacksmiths didn’t have even one decent attack skill.

But Vance was currently teaching his swordsmanship to Hyeon-su.

Vance carefully placed the bow to one side and picked up his sword.

“How much longer do you think you’ll stay here?”

“I think I’ll stay about another month.”

Now Hyeon-su had to make a bow for himself with the remaining materials.

Moreover, he also had to repair the Mad Lord’s Old and Rusted Armor.

“The Prime Family swordsmanship you were learning was merely an inferior version of the swordsmanship that only direct descendants can learn. Shall I teach you the real Prime Swordsmanship that only direct descendants can learn? Would you like to learn it?”

 

Ding!

 

[Bans proposes higher-level Prime Swordsmanship training.]

[Your existing training progress will be deleted.]

[The higher-level Prime Swordsmanship is Epic grade.]

 

Bans smiled slightly.

The reason he wanted to teach his family’s direct lineage swordsmanship.

Just as Hyeon-su had enhanced the Master Archer’s Horn Bow to an exceptional level, he too wanted to give Hyeon-su something more valuable in return.

“It won’t be easy. Just like you were restricted when making artifacts, this too will be difficult for your body to master at this stage.”

“I’ll do my best to learn it.”

And so the higher-level swordsmanship training began.

It was certainly a level of swordsmanship that was difficult for Hyeon-su to master, so his training progress didn’t rise easily.

He spent 5 hours a day learning swordsmanship and devoted the remaining time to bow crafting and armor restoration.

As time flowed by like this.

Lord Bans was genuinely amazed.

‘What are you…?’

He didn’t simply teach just the three basic movements of swordsmanship.

He taught from the basics to understanding and application, how to slash, how to thrust, how to block, and more.

The reason he taught these things rather than just skills was to help him when he went out into the world.

And it was also out of gratitude.

In Bans’ mind, he was still imprinted with the image of him working day and night to restore his father’s relic.

And among those impressions, ‘genius blacksmith’ was too vivid.

But now that thought was partially changing.

‘Why don’t you get tired?’

He didn’t get tired.

He learned his swordsmanship for 5 hours straight.

‘Why do you learn so quickly?’

He was like a sponge.

When taught one thing, he understood two, and sometimes even knew how to apply it.

‘Why do you make me nervous?’

It was incomprehensible.

The young man he had known as merely a genius blacksmith exceeded his expectations.

He was a genius blacksmith, but he was also a genius of effort.

Like when he restored the bow in 40 days, he precisely refined, hammered, and trained himself.

That’s how he became a genius blacksmith.

While he himself would go rest after the exhausting swordsmanship training ended, Hyeon-su would enter the forge and repeat his work again.

And on the final day.

Hyeon-su heard the notification that came.

 

[You have reached 100% training progress.]

[You have learned Prime Swordsmanship.]

 

And shortly after, the bow crafting was also completed.

Ding!

 

[You have crafted an incredible bow in the Beginner Zone.]

[Grade is being measured.]

[It is Rare grade.]

[Please name the bow.]

 

Hyeon-su made a total of two bows. The reason this was possible in such a short time was because he had been gradually preparing materials for making other bows while restoring the Master Archer’s Horn Bow.

When he glanced at Bans, he readily agreed, perhaps finding him admirable.

One became a Rare Artifact as the notification indicated.

 

Ding!

 

[A legendary masterpiece bow that can never be born again in the Beginner Zone has been created.]

[Grade is being measured.]

[It is Epic grade.]

[Please name the bow.]

 

The other one became Epic grade like this.

Hyeon-su planned not to attach the name ‘Hyeon’ to items he would use himself if possible.

 

[You have decided to name the bow Hyeon’s Second Bow.]

 

He planned to sell this Rare bow.

And the second Epic grade bow.

 

[You have decided to name the bow Buffalo Horn Bow.]

 

And he planned to use this Buffalo Horn Bow consistently.

Hyeon-su brought up the auction board hologram.

‘It’s been a while.’

The number of subscribers had increased a bit more.

 

[Hyeon’s Blacksmith Shop subscribers: 347 people.]

 

He wrote down information about the second auction item.

 

[Hyeon’s Second Bow.]

Description: Unfortunately, there’s a level restriction this time too. But it should be very good to use relative to the level.

 

When he finished writing, a notification appeared.

 

[Please set the auction starting price.]

 

Hyeon-su realized he had made one mistake in his previous auction.

That was proceeding with ‘auto auction’ selected.

Auto auction is a system where the sale is automatically completed when bids reach nearly ten times the original price.

Originally, he should have set an auction time and when that time passed, it should have been decided by the highest bid.

Time settings were possible from a minimum of 1 hour to a maximum of 3 days.

Hyeon-su decided on 24 hours.

And he paused at the auction starting price and stroked his chin.

‘This has the same grade as the previous one, but much better performance, and the materials too.’

Of course, he had learned that the previous auction’s winning bid was to look good to him.

But even so, this auction’s starting price was much higher than that time.

 

[Starting the auction at 500 gold.]

 

An auction starting price 5 times higher than last time.

But Hyeon-su was confident.

‘This is a much better artifact than last time.’

 

 

 

Rune, the Guild Master of Golden Shield Guild, ranked 12th in Korean blacksmithing and 87th overall, was a shining ranker.

After browsing the auction board, Rune suddenly remembered a certain user’s plaza and entered that place.

 

[Hyeon’s Forge.]

 

It had been well over 20 days since the first auction item appeared from this Hyeon’s Forge.

At that time, blacksmith Rune had frowned at his Vice Guild Master’s fuss.

‘Why all the fuss over a level 1-50 auction item?’

However, after seeing the information the Vice Guild Master sent him, that thought completely disappeared.

Rune immediately ordered them to bid by any means necessary, and that artifact eventually came into his possession.

Rune took out ‘Hyeon’s First Sword’ from his inventory.

A sword from the Beginner Zone purchased for 1 million won. In a way, he had paid an extremely expensive price.

Holding that sword, Rune used his supreme blacksmith skills to check the sword’s component materials once more.

 

[Beginner Zone’s Lowest Grade Iron Ore]

 

Even looking at it again, it was an incredibly special artifact.

Originally, there were two things that determined the high grade of an artifact.

One was crafting with materials that inevitably surpassed common grade.

The second was the blacksmith’s various skill power and level power.

But the surprising fact was that this Hyeon’s First Sword missed both criteria.

‘If Beginner Zone’s Lowest Grade Iron Ore was used, that means a level 1 user…’

How on earth was this sword made?

Additionally, the Blacksmith Plaza allowed posts to be left like a community.

He checked the posts.

 

[Is this the place? The blacksmith shop where Golden Shield Guild was fooled into buying a sword lol.]

[What was Rune thinking buying this, he should’ve just given me pocket money instead!]

 

Rune swallowed a bitter smile.

‘Look at these guys?’

Half were posts genuinely written to mock, and half weren’t.

He could clearly see other blacksmith guilds deliberately writing to make this forge seem insignificant.

Soon he found one post.

 

[I’m speculating. Didn’t this user obtain a fortuitous encounter at level 1 and get an Epic or Legendary class?]

 

Among them were those who didn’t feel the need to cause trouble.

Rune agreed.

Though it sounded ridiculous, there were actually many such precedents.

Those who met Named NPCs right at game start and gained special powers!

That possibility seemed very likely.

‘Then I should pay more attention.’

If they could recruit him to the guild or make an exclusive contract, he would be a user with tremendous potential.

But there was also this kind of post.

 

[Ah, guys, tone down the overrating lol. Obviously a Named NPC just helped make it once while teaching sword crafting.]

 

This was also a plausible story.

What added credibility was that no auction items had appeared for over 20 days.

That would be proof there were no auction-worthy items to sell.

Or perhaps he lacked the skill to make them.

‘So he just flashes briefly and gets buried?’

Rune was about to close the auction board with a disappointed expression.

Just then.

 

[Hyeon’s Forge begins auction for ‘Hyeon’s Second Bow’.]

 

“…!?”

Excellent, or not excellent.

A second auction item appeared to prove that value.

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