Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 23
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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
Orc Subjugation Force (2)
Subjugation Captain Hans couldn’t understand what he had just witnessed.
‘What kind of weapon is an arrow?’
It’s a weapon that gives the feeling of piercing into enemies.
It’s not the kind of weapon that sends an orc flying 4 meters just from being hit by an arrow like that.
‘How on earth…?’
Soon, Subjugation Captain Hans was able to understand the reason. The bow that Outsider was holding.
For someone participating in their first subjugation, it looked incredibly good.
And the orcs, realizing that this Outsider was no ordinary person, began to move.
“Squeeeeek!”
“Squeeeeek, kill that human first!”
All the surrounding orcs rushed toward that Outsider.
Their number was no less than five!
“Quickly help that Outsider!”
“Damn orc bastards!”
It was too late.
Being mesmerized by the Outsider’s incredible archery skills had been their downfall.
That Outsider stood frozen in place, perhaps out of fear.
‘Ah, are we losing such a precious talent?’
An orc’s hand axe struck the man’s side. He thought the man’s side would be deeply carved and blood would splatter instantly.
However.
Clang-
The orc’s dull hand axe failed to cut through the man’s side.
That gleaming armor had protected its wearer from the hand axe. The orc that had attacked him suddenly received a massive shock and let out a terrible scream.
“Krheeeeek!”
Hans’s eyes trembled at this strange phenomenon.
He didn’t know it, but Outsider Hyeon-su’s Mad Warlord’s Armor had something special about it.
(Damage Reflection)
Passive Skill
Mana Cost: None.
Description: When receiving an enemy’s attack, activates with a 4% chance and returns 100% of the damage dealt by the enemy.
Hans, who knew nothing about this, was simply astounded beyond measure.
Before he knew it, five orcs had surrounded that Outsider.
He could see what seemed to be a terrified expression on that Outsider’s face.
Well, someone experiencing their first subjugation who gets surrounded by five orcs couldn’t help but be afraid…
Grin-
Hans realized he was wearing a small smile when he saw it.
“He was luring them!?”
That Outsider muttered.
“Prime Swordsmanship Chapter 3. Wild Dance.”
[Wild Dance]
[Indiscriminate attack on all enemies recognized as hostile within a 10m radius.]
[When activated, attack speed increases by 70% and physical attack power increases by 30%.]
He mercilessly cut down one orc.
Kwakwakwakwakwakwak-!
The orc was completely shredded to pieces and scattered.
The four other orcs spewed green blood from all over their bodies as he wildly swung his sword like performing a sword dance within their encirclement.
“Squeeeeek!”
“Sque, squeeeeek!”
The stupid orcs had several more enter within the 10m radius.
They too scattered blood from all over their bodies under his indiscriminate Wild Dance attacks.
Hans’s mouth fell wide open.
He was a subjugation captain who had reached level 48.
Even from his perspective, the swordsmanship that Outsider was displaying was outstandingly beyond common sense.
Of course it was.
No matter how much Lord Bans was the lord of the Beginner Zone, he had been a Named NPC who managed an entire territory.
Moreover, what Hyeon-su had learned was swordsmanship that only direct descendants of the Prime Family could master.
The Outsider shouted to the soldiers who were standing there dumbfounded.
“Let’s all get out safely without anyone getting hurt!”
“Waaaaah!”
“He’s a monster Outsider!”
“What a magnificent fellow!”
Hans was impressed.
What was the reason he had just shouted?
It was to boost the soldiers’ morale.
In that split second, he had read the attention focused on him and smoothly handled that moment.
Hans’s heart pounded as he looked at him.
‘…He’s stronger than the soldiers.’
His soldiers were those who only participated in this subjugation force.
They were much weaker compared to actual soldiers.
But they too were people who had been trained.
An Outsider who was much stronger than such soldiers!
‘Perhaps…’
Clench-
Hans’s fist clenched tightly. He had something he desperately wanted to accomplish.
He really wanted to kill that orc warrior who kept hit-and-running and acting arrogantly while relying only on its sturdy armor.
How many subordinates had he lost to that creature until now!
At a time like this, it felt like he had gained a reliable ally. Mounted on his horse, he raised his sword high with all his might.
“Today we will definitely hunt down the orc warrior!”
“Waaaaah!”
[You have hunted an orc.]
[You gain 79 experience points.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have achieved 28% contribution.]
This was the notification Hyeon-su heard after unleashing Wild Dance to hunt eight orcs.
‘The contribution gain is much lower than I thought?’
He had heard that orcs averaged around level 10.
But each one only increased his contribution by about 3%.
‘Will I even be able to reach 70%?’
The difficulty looked far from easy.
And Hyeon-su skillfully handled the soldiers’ gazes directed at him.
“Let’s all go out safely without anyone getting hurt!”
“Waaaaaaaah!”
The soldiers cheered with all their might.
[The soldiers’ morale increases.]
[Their attack power increases by 3%, defense power by 2%.]
[Hidden Piece. One Who Leads the Battlefield.]
[You gain 10 Charisma.]
‘Oh?’
The Charisma stat.
He knew this was a special stat that commander-type users could obtain.
Having this would add more persuasiveness when speaking to those recognized as allies, and if raised high enough, could even emanate dignity.
Then Captain Hans, who was at the very front, shouted.
“Today we will definitely hunt the orc warrior!”
Ding!
[You have hunted many orcs in a short time.]
[A new episode never seen before will soon begin.]
[If you complete the new episode excellently, you will receive a special reward from Subjugation Captain Hans.]
A new episode?
Hyeon-su had heard of this too. He’d heard that these very rarely triggered episodes could be activated by performing exceptionally well within set parameters or through a user’s special actions.
Ding!
[Emergency Quest: Hunt the Orc Warrior]
Grade: S
Restriction: One who triggered a new episode.
Reward: ???
Penalty for failure: Decreased intimacy with Hans.
Description: Help Subjugation Captain Hans hunt the orc warrior!
‘Hunt the orc warrior?’
According to the orc subjugation setting he’d heard from soldier Ben, an orc warrior would appear leading reinforcements during the orc subjugation.
He knew that such orc warriors wore extremely sturdy armor and were high level themselves, causing the subjugation force to repeatedly retreat.
Hyeon-su looked around.
The many orcs that had numbered close to 70 had been wiped out.
At the end of Hyeon-su’s gaze, he saw an orc warrior charging from the distance.
“It’s the orc warrior!”
“The orc warrior is coming there for support!”
The soldiers gripped their weapons tightly with grim expressions. Captain Hans at the very front was the same.
[A boss monster appears!]
[Orc Warrior Lv.51]
[Whoever hunts the orc warrior will receive a reward!]
“Hey, recruit!”
Soldier Ben had approached Hyeon-su’s side.
“We’ll clear a path for you, so please help Captain Hans and definitely hunt that orc warrior!”
Soldier Ben was looking at Hyeon-su with bloodshot eyes.
And all the soldiers surrounding Hyeon-su now wore expressions prepared for death.
“…”
Hyeon-su was amazed by the advanced AI of the NPCs in the game Ares.
They felt no different from real people.
They were greatly enraged by the comrades they had lost to the orc warrior until now.
They were also burning with the will to definitely hunt that creature in this battle.
“…I understand.”
Soon the orc warrior, who had drawn close, clashed with Subjugation Captain Hans.
Kwaaaaang-!
The orc warrior stood 2 meters 30 centimeters tall and wore black plate armor while wielding a massive greatsword.
Moreover, the horned helmet showing only eyes and nose also looked extremely sturdy.
Hans, whose sword clashed with the creature, was pushed back sliding.
Before other orcs could attack Hans, the soldiers restrained them.
The reinforcements the orc warrior had brought numbered about 30.
Not too many, but the orc warrior was the problem.
Kaaaaaang-!
The orc warrior was slow but Hans was fast.
His sword strikes attacked the orc warrior without rest.
However, only scratches were inflicted on that sturdy armor.
‘Damn it, damn it, damn iiiit!’
Hans’s face contorted.
The orc warrior’s armor couldn’t be penetrated at all, then or now. Then he had to aim for the head.
Thwack-
He leaped up with all his strength and struck the creature’s helmet.
Kaaaaaang-!
But the helmet was no less sturdy than the armor.
No, it looked even sturdier than the armor.
Then, Hans spotted the heavy greatsword swinging toward him.
That greatsword was striking down to cut him in half.
At that moment.
Thwaaaeng-!
An arrow that flew from somewhere knocked away the creature’s greatsword.
“Grrrr.”
Hans’s gaze turned.
It was an arrow shot by that outsider Hyeon-su from before.
Immediately Hyeon-su shot another arrow.
Thwaeng-
The moment it hit the armor, the arrow bounced off.
Hans had seen the destructive power of the bow that had sent an orc flying 4 meters earlier.
‘Is this really not an easy task?’
Unfortunately, even Hyeon-su’s arrows couldn’t penetrate the orc warrior’s thick and sturdy armor.
At that moment, Hyeon-su heard a notification.
[A new story begins.]
[An additional Orc Warrior appears.]
“…!?”
Hyeon-su could soon see another Orc Warrior charging rapidly toward them.
Hans also spotted it and his face hardened stiffly.
He looked around his surroundings.
The soldiers were buried among the orcs, making retreat seem difficult.
They had come in too deep.
If an additional Orc Warrior broke in while they were in that state, they would be annihilated.
“Grr…”
Hans gritted his teeth.
He had to pierce through the armor.
He changed his thinking.
He would persistently strike just one spot.
Clang-!
Claang-!
Claaang-!
He persistently struck the Orc Warrior’s side.
The creature’s armor began to dent little by little.
‘Just a little more…’
Claaang-!
Just a little more.
Claaang-!
“Just a little mooore!”
Before he knew it, the other Orc Warrior was getting closer.
However, Hans had become too exhausted from concentrating his attacks on one spot.
Crash-
Hans was sent rolling after being hit by the Orc Warrior’s fist.
“Cough!”
Spitting blood from his mouth, his mind grew dizzy.
“In the end, I couldn’t pierce through…”
Would they be annihilated like this?
Hans let out a hollow laugh.
His arrogance might perhaps lead to the annihilation of his allies.
Then.
“You can pierce through it.”
A voice was heard from the distance.
The Outsider named Hyeon-su.
Hans had seen it. That Outsider suddenly running off somewhere.
Actually, he had thought the man was running away in fear.
But that Outsider was holding something unidentifiable in his hands.
It was bamboo and an unidentifiable arrow shaft.
“One minute. Please hold on for just one minute!”
After finishing those words, that Outsider began quickly working the bamboo with a dagger.
“…”
Hans was in a mood to grasp at any straw.
The additionally reinforced Orc Warrior had already closed the distance to 500 meters.
There was only one thing he could do here.
“Uooooooo!”
He clashed with the Orc Warrior with all his might.
Actually, it was questionable.
He could pierce through armor?
That couldn’t be possible.
What he was making looked like just an arrow.
Arrows were weapons that could never pierce through armor.
Arrows were meant to lodge in enemies, not penetrate through them.
However, that was the only hope they could cling to right now.
Whoosh-
Kicked by the Orc Warrior’s foot, Hans’s shoulder was struck by its greatsword.
Crack-!
“Kraaah!”
Hans gritted his teeth. Unable to use one arm, he dropped his sword.
Clatter
In the end, there was only one thing he could do.
He grabbed the Orc Warrior’s neck with all his strength.
“Please, just a little loooonger!”
How many subordinates had he lost because of you!
How much rage from bereaved families had he heard because of you.
Now would you take my life and my soldiers’ lives here too!
However, regardless of his anger, the Orc Warrior’s massive hand also grabbed Hans’s neck.
Strength entered the creature’s hand to break his neck.
Then.
“Done.”
The Outsider’s voice was heard along with a rough sound cutting through air.
Whiiiiish-!
An unidentifiable arrow that made a rough cutting sound completely different from ordinary arrows.
The moment that single arrow hit the Orc Warrior’s horned helmet.
Crash-
It penetrated through the Orc Warrior’s head and passed through.
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