Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 253

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
Babylon (9)
Many people across the world had said it.
That Hyeon-su would find it difficult to produce another Transcendent-grade artifact like the Twin Dragon Sword.
There were several reasons for this.
First, it was due to jealousy and envy.
Those in the world who had always basked in the spotlight felt a deep inferiority complex when all eyes turned to Hyeon-su in a single year.
The second reason.
Hyeon was simply too exceptional.
Countless rankers believed that a new-grade artifact would only emerge more than half a year after the Second Ares opened.
But Hyeon surpassed those expectations and created a new grade—Transcendent—in the first Ares itself.
And he did it before over a billion viewers.
Thus, transcending the realm of such extraordinary achievement, they judged that Hyeon triggering another World Message would only be possible years later, if at all.
Yet today, all predictions and judgments were shattered.
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Kali. Second in the global official rankings and first in the United States rankings.
He remained absorbed in the highest-difficulty dungeon of the Korea Server that Kabel had sent him.
His primary reason for wanting to meet Hyeon after the server integration lay in the artifacts he crafted.
‘As the first Master Craftsman to create a Transcendent, he must be capable of crafting many Legendary-grade items. And that power would become a tremendous asset to me.’
Whether to subjugate him or negotiate, his strength was necessary.
Then. A shocking notification rang out.
[A World Message resonates.]
[The Master Craftsman has overcome his limits and reached a new realm.]
[He has crafted a Transcendence beyond Transcendence.]
Kali was struck by tremendous shock.
He too had believed Hyeon would become the subject of a World Message only years from now.
In reality, a World Message itself is an extraordinarily difficult and arduous achievement.
Even Kali had only triggered it three times thus far.
‘Transcendence beyond Transcendence…?’
Kali’s heart trembled.
The desire to meet Hyeon grew even stronger.
The current Hyeon.
He had achieved the most precious and remarkable realm in the world.
And countless other server pinnacles who had come to the Korea Server like him.
Mio of Vietnam.
“…He’s already transcended? My reason to commission Hyeon for crafting has only grown stronger. Let’s hurry.”
Cassandra of Russia.
“Insane. I will secure Hyeon first and make him my exclusive blacksmith.”
And Japan’s Musashi.
[You have been forcibly logged out.]
He was experiencing two moments of shock simultaneously.
The first was being forcibly logged out along with thirty elite soldiers by an unknown man.
The second was the message that chimed from Hyeon, whom he had been searching for.
‘Remarkable in every way….’
Musashi had planned to return with even more elite forces to fight the unknown man after being logged out by him.
But his thoughts shifted entirely.
‘I must not lose sight of what truly matters.’
I needed to find Hyeon first.
The anger and humiliation toward the unknown man.
Yet the thought of meeting the incomparable Hyeon took precedence.
Dissolving away—
Bahala watched Musashi fade.
With his HP fallen below sixty percent, he too was bewildered, just like Musashi.
[His name is Master Craftsman Hyeon.]
The power this notification carried transcended common sense.
It silenced the claims of all the world’s people.
And Bahala could not help but be the most shocked of all.
‘Even Babylon was transcendent grade….’
Of course, Babylon had been a Restoration work, but the essence was the same.
Bahala felt cold sweat trickling down his back.
He recalled how Hyeon-su had bluntly said he was weak not long ago.
And now there was emerging a reason why he absolutely had to be weak.
‘If he’s this exceptional as a Blacksmith and becomes strong too, isn’t that just too much?’
Indeed.
Bahala hoped that Hyeon-su would not grow stronger.
It was proof that he too had begun to recognize Hyeon-su as a worthy rival.
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Unfortunately, Bahala’s wish could not be granted.
[Transcendence beyond transcendence grade.]
[You acquire all stats +20.]
[You acquire 1,000 Renown.]
[You acquire 200 Dominance.]
After crafting a masterwork of historic proportions, this was the notification that reached Hyeon-su.
With just this increase of all stats +20 and Dominance +200 alone, I had become more than five percent stronger than moments before.
And there was a reason why I had crafted the Dagger of Desire.
It was to lay the foundation for Bahala to see my back, and there had to be something special about it.
And that single uniqueness was filled by the bonus reward.
[Artifact Skill Absorption has been added.]
(Artifact Skill Absorption)
Active Skill
Level: None
Penalty: None
Mana Cost: 4,500
Effect:
·Succeeds with a 3% probability, absorbing one effect from the corresponding Artifact and storing it in the Dagger of Endless Desire.
·However, the first use guarantees a 100% successful absorption.
·The Dagger of Endless Desire can store a total of 3 absorbed skills.
·Available Storage Slots: 3/3
‘The success rate is only 3%, but if I store all three, it’s equivalent to fitting four skills into a single accessory Artifact.’
Normally, it was remarkable for an accessory Artifact to contain even two skills.
But this Dagger of Endless Desire could now hold far more skills than that.
I immediately absorbed Absolute Dominion.
[Artifact Skill Absorption activates.]
[The dagger reveals its endless desire.]
[Absolute Dominion from the Necklace of Calamity is being absorbed.]
[You have successfully achieved 100% absorption on the first attempt.]
With this, I could now activate Absolute Dominion through the Dagger of Endless Desire as well.
I gazed at the Dagger of Endless Desire.
The Dagger of Endless Desire wasn’t merely a tool for storing traits.
The countless Passive Skills I possessed.
The percentage increase in their activation probability made me absurdly powerful.
‘Even if all probabilities increased by just 20%, it would be remarkable.’
Lord’s Grace.
Extreme Technique.
Nine Slashes.
And countless others would all experience probability increases.
I examined the Dagger of Endless Desire.
(Dagger of Endless Desire)
Grade: Transcendent Beyond Transcendence
Durability: 8,000/8,000
Attack Power: 132
Restriction: Users Level 350~500
Special Abilities:
·All Stats increased by 1.1%.
·Activation probability of all percentage-related effects increased by 45%.
·Active Skill Trait Storage.
·Active Skill Artifact Skill Absorption.
·Active Skill Absolute Dominion.
·Passive Skill Emergency Storage.
Description: A transcendent-tier artifact of unparalleled caliber crafted by Master Craftsman Hyeon to compensate for his own shortcomings, granting a 45% increase to all percentage-based effects.
As a result, the success rate of Trait Storage—the core characteristic of the Dagger of Desire—has been dramatically enhanced.
(Trait Storage)
Active Skill
Mana Cost: 3,000
Cooldown: 48 hours
Effect:
·You can store someone’s trait in the Dagger of Desire and use it.
·When someone dies, the success rate of storage is 10%, increasing to 20% if they are 100 levels or higher than you.
·If you stab a living target once, the success rate of storage is 5%, increasing to 10% if they are 100 levels or higher than you.
·Stored traits manifest at 60% of their original power.
·You can store up to 4 traits and delete them as needed.
·Each stored trait can be used only 3 times total.
(Emergency Storage)
Passive Skill
Mana Cost: None
Cooldown: None
Effect:
·With a 3% chance, you store and reflect back the traits used by enemies.
·The reflected trait manifests at 70% of its original effect.
‘A full 45% increase.’
I marveled at the result.
I had considered a mere 20% increase to all probabilities extraordinary.
Yet now, all my passive skills’ success rates had risen by 45%.
This meant the 10% success rate for storing traits from the deceased would now climb to 16%.
‘By crafting the Dagger of Desire, I’ve become roughly 10% stronger.’
Passive skills held a significance equal to active skills.
‘If I store valuable traits, I could become 30% or more stronger than I am now.’
The crucial question is this.
‘Whose traits should I store?’
Depending on which traits I store, I could become not just 30% but several times stronger than I am now.
That was the true power of the Dagger of Desire.
And what delighted me even more was the Emergency Storage ability.
‘I incorporated the concept, but I never expected it to manifest.’
Trait Storage combined with the 45% probability boost.
Moreover, the Dagger of Desire, though technically an accessory, possessed an attack power of 132.
As I equipped the necklace, a notification chimed.
[You gain an additional 132 Attack Power to your equipped weapons.]
[Your total Attack Power now exceeds 1,000.]
The Dagger of Desire applied its Attack Power bonus to all weapons in this manner.
It was an Emergency Save obtained while possessing such remarkable functions.
‘I will face many crises while battling Named-tier monsters and NPCs.’
Yet I believed this Emergency Save—with its probability increased by 3%, or rather 4.5% through the Dagger of Desire’s percentage boost—would save me countless times.
And I could feel it.
‘Perhaps I have made myself someone whom many wish to reach.’
My value had now skyrocketed astronomically.
By crafting transcendence beyond transcendence, I had proven it stemmed neither from luck nor any other factor.
Because of this, Atlas had become far more difficult to protect.
“I have no regrets.”
Would one refuse to make kimchi out of fear of maggots?
It would be foolish not to act in ways that could frighten them.
Moreover, I harbored one hope.
The notification of that hope had arrived when I crafted the Dagger of Desire.
[Hidden Quest: You may complete “Grant Me Your Blessing.”]
I had already filled the blessing gauge to 100% long ago when I shook hands with Bahala.
Yet inexplicably, the quest remained incomplete.
Moreover, the reward for this quest at 100% blessing gauge was a power called “One Who Embraces Legend.”
Because of this, I waited longer, and this notification arrived during crafting.
[You are progressing Saint Harun’s remaining quest as a wondrous Achievement.]
[You gain an additional 50,000 Territory Contribution.]
[By accumulating a total of 150,000 contribution, you successfully unlock the Royal Territory Shop.]
[The Royal Shop of Atlas is far more exceptional.]
[The reward for the Hidden Quest “Grant Me Your Blessing” can be obtained through the Royal Shop.]
I had already planned to visit the Royal Shop.
I thought the means to protect the precarious Atlas might exist within it.
And there was something I could not understand.
‘Why did the completion notification appear so long after?’
At least there was one fortunate thing.
Though I had already exceeded 100% blessing gauge, I still had one remaining opportunity to receive a blessing from someone.
Setting aside my questions, I headed toward the Royal Shop.
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Territory Shops exist in all territories after the Second Ares opened.
They can be accessed through the location marked “Territory Shop” placed in the Territory Central Plaza.
Standing before the Royal Territory Shop, I became certain of one thing.
‘Perhaps something even better than One Who Embraces Legend might appear.’
With such anticipation, the moment Hyeon-su clicked on the Royal Territory Shop arrived.
[Hidden Quest: Grant Me Your Blessing completed.]
[You comprehend the true meaning of ‘Grant Me Your Blessing’.]
[This holds a profound connection to the Holy Sovereign’s future.]
[The Holy Sovereign was the sole figure who surpassed all others and embraced the greatest multitude.]
[The number of Strong Ones who followed him was beyond counting, and each was exceptional.]
In other words, my blessing was a lesser version of that, created as a trial.
‘Could I truly come to understand genuine blessing? Or could I actually obtain true blessing itself?’
Soon the authentic blessing revealed itself, and from merely reading what was inscribed, Hyeon-su grasped what power it possessed.
[You obtain the Title ‘Your Loyalty to Me’.]
An endless thrill coursed through him.

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