Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 200

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
Reunion (4)
Emergency Crafting reduced the time required to forge weapons to 4-9 seconds.
Though brief, Hyeon-su took pride in having crafted the most ideal offensive Twin Dragon Sword.
He had envisioned how to create an offensive Twin Dragon Sword hundreds of times in his mind until now.
‘I add the current situation to all my previous designs.’
What was the current situation?
Roughly fifty of China’s elite remained alive.
And they possessed magnificent Artifacts at levels far transcending my own.
I needed a method to weaken them.
‘I understand not merely the Artifacts themselves, but the entire Battlefield.’
The power I infused through that understanding.
The Twin Dragon Sword.
A peculiar debuff never before witnessed in this game called Ares.
It neutralized all Artifacts.
[Damages Unique-grade or higher Artifacts equipped by individuals within a 10m radius by 40% or more.]
Screeeech—!
Screeeeeeeech—!
Pond’s eyes wavered.
‘Pond, my successor, to you of such valor, I bestow my Sword.’
When Pond received the Sword Emperor Bolond’s Granted Sword, he had marveled.
Among Legendary Artifacts, it ranked supreme. It possessed power rarely found even on the China Server.
And what of the Golden Blacksmith’s Armor specially crafted by China’s Black Dragon Smithy for this tournament?
It possessed defensive power sufficient to protect against any weapon.
Moreover, many Legendary Artifacts possessed infinite durability.
Infinite durability did not literally mean the Artifact never sustained damage.
It meant that a shattered Artifact would restore itself as time passed.
Nevertheless, it remained undeniable that Artifacts with infinite durability did not easily sustain damage.
[Ignores infinite durability.]
Such common sense shattered.
[The Sword Emperor Bolond’s Granted Sword sustains 45% damage.]
[All special effects diminish by 40% or more.]
[The Sword Emperor Bolond’s Sword’s attack power, cutting force, and piercing power decline by 45% or more.]
[The Golden Blacksmith’s Armor sustains 41% damage.]
[All special effects diminish by 37% or more.]
[The Golden Blacksmith’s Armor’s physical and magical defense decline by 40% or more.]
Pond had never witnessed such a technique in all his life.
His body trembled like an aspen leaf.
‘I wasn’t the only one hit…?’
“What the hell….”
“W-what is this?”
“My artifact!”
“N-no! What is this, what is happening?!”
A radius of 10 meters. Merely that distance.
Of course, the skill Twin Dragon Blade possessed a failure probability.
However, Ares invariably granted the most perfect power to skills and forces used after the initial crafting.
Pond’s face drained of all color.
A notification that had suddenly echoed came to mind.
‘The grandeur of eternal momentum is magnificent….’
Wasn’t that exactly it?
Moreover, Pond had guaranteed that since he was a Blacksmith, the outcome would not change.
‘As the first Blacksmith capable of reaching legend, are we witnessing a battle we have never seen before?’
Goosebumps erupted across his back.
Furthermore, the reason Pond had judged Crazy Rookie as unremarkable lay in his meager abilities relative to his reputation.
Merely slightly above average skill, that was all.
But if his origin was that of a Blacksmith, the evaluation would change entirely.
‘A Blacksmith, yet possessing that level of skill…?’
Gulp—
Pond swallowed dryly.
‘Our artifacts have been weakened, yet the Master Craftsman’s blade is magnificent…?’
Furthermore, as a commander, Pond understood the state of the war.
Currently, most China Server Users were caught in skill cooldown periods.
The way for China to seize a more brilliant victory lay in destroying the barrier faster and acquiring the flag.
Only a single person remained.
Since only one Korea User survived, China had grown confident in victory and poured forth most of their strength.
Yet the Korea Users were far stronger than expected.
Potion usage was impossible within the Continental War.
From combat with the Korea Users, their HP had been reduced to an average of merely 60%.
‘Just one person, could they become a variable?’
Cold sweat began flowing down Pond’s back.
Then one of China’s high-rankers posted in the war chat.
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[Yong-wol: Impressive power indeed. With this, both defense and attack power have been reduced by at least 25%.]
Yong-wol.
She was the successor to the Assassination King.
All 11 surviving Assassins could be said to be her subordinates.
[Yong-wol: Crazy Rookie doesn’t seem to know something. The large blade is far too heavy, whereas our short blade is far too light. Furthermore…]
She, masked and concealed, smiled with her eyes as she gazed at Pond.
[Yong-wol: If we each land just one hit, wouldn’t they be finished? Many of our Users have exhausted their skills, but our Assassins are different. Most of our strength is concentrated on Passive Skills, swift footwork, and raw damage output.]
Pond’s rationality seemed to return. It made him realize just how capable the people gathered here truly were.
[Yong-wol: We’ll overwhelm them, and in that gap, our ranged dealers—mages and archers—can unleash their attacks. I think twenty seconds will be more than enough.]
Yong-wol pulled her mask up higher. She too was genuinely shocked.
But Assassin Yong-wol was the woman who shone at third place in the world Assassination King rankings, known as One Strike Yong-wol.
She vanished in an instant.
Whoooosh—
—Assassin Yong-wol is moving!
—One Strike Yong-wol. The name was given to her because if you allow her a single opening, you won’t be able to mount any defense afterward!
—Hyeon’s HP decreased by 7% from a single attack.
—As he staggers, she whispers something to him. What could she be saying?
“…Damaging the Artifact—that was a Blacksmith’s way of thinking. But you should understand this: you’re slow, and we’re fast.”
At the same moment, eleven Assassins emerged from various positions and moved in from all directions.
The archers, just as Yong-wol said, drew their Bowstrings and began aiming, while the mages started their incantations.
The mages were composed of 99% magical power.
They were free from skill cooldown restrictions among the China Server Users.
“No matter how strong your Kendo is, it’s worthless if you can’t cut your enemy. I’ve decided to kill you, the first Legend, in twenty seconds.”
She thrust at Hyeon-su’s chest and stepped back, watching her subordinate charging from the side.
She recalled the average Blade as a weapon.
The swinging motion was large and heavy, suffering from air resistance, making its speed only about 60% that of a standard longsword.
But…
‘Huh?’
Yong-wol was bewildered.
The speed at which he swung the Blade toward his subordinate charging from the side was no slower than a longsword.
One of the enhancements Hyeon-su had imbued into the Twin Dragon Sword.
[70% lighter than a standard Blade.]
Screeeech—
The Blade was swung at the subordinate who had rushed in headlong.
The subordinate skillfully crossed two short blades to defend.
In that instant.
Crash—
“Ugh, uaaaaaahhh!”
[You have dealt 83,163 damage.]
‘D-damage like that…? Is damage like this even possible…?’
Damage was a composite metric of many factors.
Sword base attack power, stats, additional effects, skills.
And an 80,000-range Basic Attack damage was something even Yong-wol had never witnessed.
Moreover, from the Blade’s destructive force, the subordinate was sent flying and crashed into the wall, foaming at the mouth.
[You have been afflicted with the stunned status condition.]
‘If struck even once, it’s like a nuclear bomb…?’
In truth, the Twin Dragon Blade’s attack power transcended common sense.
The Enhanced Sovereign Blade’s attack power was in the 600s.
Yet the offensive Twin Dragon Blade boasted attack power in the 900s.
Moreover, it maximized the advantages of a large blade, granting a formidable 5% increase in strength.
Beyond that, I planned and executed everything with precision.
My complete strategy and execution were woven into this single blade.
“Twenty seconds? Is that all it takes?”
I turned over Yong-wol’s words—that he would kill me in twenty seconds.
Assassins’ short blades were embedding themselves across my body.
[Your HP has dropped below 86%.]
[Your HP has dropped below 73%.]
[Your HP has dropped below 52%.]
The assassins held me in place so the mages and archers could unleash their barrage upon me.
Soon, a small smile crossed my face.
“But why is my HP still above 80%?”
Yong-wol’s expression twisted in confusion.
‘What nonsense is this?’
*Whoosh—*
[Your HP has dropped below 40%.]
The numerical display clearly showed his HP at 40%.
‘Could it be…?’
When he arrived at this place, his HP and MP were at 100%.
But when he was thrown outside, his HP was below 10%.
It appeared the Twin Dragon Blade possessed the power to instantly recover HP when equipped.
But if I could prevent him from using that, it would be a different story.
“This blade possesses many advantages.”
Then, two characters gleamed from the Twin Dragon Blade.
[Linkage.]
‘Linkage?’
Linkage meant to connect something together.
[The Twin Dragon Blade maximizes the power dwelling within its wielder, and the speed at which those powers connect accelerates by more than twofold.]
In that instant, Yong-wol and the assassins, along with the mages and archers who had nearly completed their spell casting, were thrown into panic.
First linkage.
[Lord’s Command]
[Ignores 50% of status abnormality resistance and controls with telekinetic force 60% stronger than usual.]
If the level was high or status abnormality resistance was strong, telekinesis would not take hold.
Yet the force that ignored such defenses and pierced through left Yong-wol bewildered.
He, along with every assassin, and the ranged dealers including mages and archers, floated suspended in the air.
And I understood.
‘The Twin Dragon Blade’s immense damage, combined with my strengths—I comprehend them and apply this power called Linkage.’
A chain combo is a rapid flow of skills connected through the Twin Dragon Sword.
That flow of skills is stronger and faster than usual.
“Hey, Yong-wol, hurry, move your body…!”
Pond shouted. But it was too late.
Hyeon-su’s Supreme Blade possesses a special power.
It is a pulling force that draws a single target and brings it before him.
That pulling force reaches its maximum.
Second chain combo.
[Gathering]
[All targets lifted by the Lord’s Command are pulled to a single location.]
“…!?”
“…!?”
“…!?”
Twenty-two Users from China.
Assassins, mages, and archers gathered before Hyeon-su.
They panicked seeing him drag his blade from front to back.
Hyeon-su is one who deals eighty thousand damage with a basic attack.
‘And we’re all gathered together?’
Like fish caught in a net, they were tangled with one another.
Moreover, Hyeon-su understands the advantages of the large blade.
Because he understood it, he embedded an offensive skill into the Twin Dragon Sword.
[One Blade Two Severings]
Originally, this power raises cutting force by 350% and cleaves horizontally across a 3-meter radius.
But it was further strengthened by the chain combo’s power.
Third chain combo.
[Cutting force is maximized at 641%, cleaving horizontally across a 5-meter radius.]
And finally.
Fourth chain combo.
[Blood Absorption]
The power within Graut’s blood ring.
Originally, blood absorption activates at a 6% chance and recovers HP equal to the damage dealt.
Moreover, it has the disadvantage of not applying to skills.
But the Twin Dragon Sword’s chain combo allows it to ignore that limitation.
Fourth chain combo.
[Applies at 20% chance.]
[Also applies to skills.]
Finally, four chain combos converge to form one overwhelming power.
Hyeon-su grinned wickedly and swung the Twin Dragon Sword horizontally with all his might at the twenty-two Users.
Shhhhwiiing—!
With the crisp sound of the blade, Yong-wol finally understood the meaning of what he had said moments before.
‘Insane… absolutely insane…’
Dozens of droplets of blood surged up from their bodies and were absorbed into Hyeon-su.
And it displayed before everyone’s eyes.
[HP recovers to 94%.]
All of this unfolded in merely four seconds through the chain reaction.
What was even more shocking was the final words Hyeon-su spoke to Yong-wol.
“…The Twin Dragon Sword still possesses far greater power.”
Yong-wol was experiencing fear—a sensation he had never felt in his entire life.

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