Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 264

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Party of the Supremes (4)
(The Party of the Supremes)
Their Exclusive Title
Grade: S
Special Ability:
·Activates when three or more of the four title holders form a party or fight together within a 100-meter radius.
·All party members’ stats increase by 5%, and abnormal status resistance increases by 25%.
·All party members’ attack and defense power increase by 5%, and abnormal status success rate increases by 20%.
·Through their unwavering trust in one another, they can activate the Passive Skill ‘Nothing Else’ situationally, allowing them to resist any abnormal status.
·Named entities hunted by the Party of the Supremes experience a 10% increase in experience and artifact drop rates.
Description: An unprecedented and supremely powerful party has been formed. Its overwhelming members transcend even the greatest party of the previous era, earning this title through their achievement.
The strongest individuals of this age entrusting their backs to one another in battle—such a thing grants any being the power to overcome any opponent.
The party of the mightiest. The hidden piece achievement and the title obtained thereby.
‘Their Exclusive Title.’
Neither Hyeon-su, nor Bahala, nor Kabel had ever seen such a rare title before.
And it was exactly as the description stated.
Facing Gremory, whose bewilderment was evident, Hyeon-su felt none of the fear he had experienced upon their first encounter.
Ares World Ranking: 1st place.
The most influential person for three consecutive years, and one of only two users walking the Path of the Gods.
A being adorned with countless epithets—the crane among chickens, the sovereign of users, the genius born of Ares.
But that was not all.
Whirr—
Toying with the Villain’s Dagger, turning it this way and that with casual hand movements.
‘How did you already evolve the Villain’s Dagger to transcendence? You’re insane.’
Asura Kabel.
Hyeon-su had never truly understood Asura Kabel’s full potential. He had merely regarded him as an exceptional information broker.
But now he could comprehend it.
What is necessary to obtain high-grade information that people desire, to possess intelligence that no one else has uncovered.
For that, strength is required.
One who wields such strength with the Villain’s Dagger.
And Asura Kabel, the second user to ascend to legend.
And now, in the center, he sees a being grinding its teeth.
One who led an entire era.
And by following Hyeon-su, he could now confirm his current state.
He had reached the threshold of legend under the name ‘the Undefeated Knight.’
And now, he manifests Legendary Grade power—granted by the Supreme Blade that Hyeon-su had bestowed upon him.
And himself.
The first user to become a legend, etching the name Master Craftsman upon the world.
And to Hyeon-su, this title held even greater significance than the others.
‘This title will manifest once more.’
It would be during the event—the great battle against Atlas.
My chest burns with heat.
Before Gremory, a transcendent being, and before hundreds, thousands of the world’s greatest rankers who covet Atlas.
‘With this combination, I fear nothing.’
And Gremory.
Her face, which had recoiled a step in bewilderment, contorts grotesquely.
She is ashamed that she cowered before mere insects.
They are nothing but opportunists.
Their opportunity lies in seeing the possibility of hunting before her—one who cannot summon the 22 Legions.
An alien voice of demonic fury rings out.
“Insignificant wretches!”
And it activates.
Demonic Descent is an entrance skill that activates whenever all demons appear.
It mirrors the pride of Hyeon-su’s Master Craftsman.
But her true abnormal status skill is this.
[Legion Commander’s Wrath]
Those who hear that alien voice.
[Abnormal Status: Severe Hemorrhage activates.]
Merely hearing it inflicts pain equivalent to dozens of times the screech of metal on metal.
Blood pours from every opening in their bodies that can bleed.
The insignificant wretches, their reason paralyzed, cannot even dare to face her and simply perish.
Along with the wave of her voice, Gremory anticipated their expressions of lost reason.
Yet those four began moving, each to their position.
[Title: Party of the Supreme Ones shines brightly.]
[Nothing whatsoever]
[stands alongside the absolute party, resisting any and all abnormal statuses!]
Nothing—nothing can oppress them.
To the left of the demon Gremory.
There stands a man named Bahala, who once crumbled so pathetically.
Beautiful features drawn like a nobleman, towering in height.
Wielding the black-gleaming Babylon contrasting with the white armor he wears.
One who walks the Path of the Sword God.
His peculiarity lies in wielding even ordinary swordsman skills as though he were a Sword God.
Having slain the Lesser Demon Luxiu, his power achieved an extraordinary enhancement.
[Sudden Quest: Another demon is generated.]
Like the legendary name of the Sword God who protected the Continent, triggering a Quest with a single action.
An ordinary first page for a mere User, yet special for Bahala unfolds.
“To the ground.”
Crash—!
[You strike the target down with 600% attack power!]
[The opponent falls into a 2-second stun.]
Gremory, who had been standing mid-air, crashes to the ground without resistance.
In that instant, the massive impact leaves her mind reeling, the world spinning dizzily before her eyes.
She realizes this was not a single strike, but a combo attack.
Before she even hits the ground, Bahala is already waiting there.
“To the sky.”
Kwaaaaaaang—!
He launches the demon upward with perfect form.
“Kryaaaaaaah!”
What erupts from the demon’s mouth.
[Combo attack successful!]
[Additional attack power increased from 600% to 900%!]
A scream and fury—she instantly breaks free from the trivial stun that had bound her.
Liberated in mid-air, Gremory’s eyes snap open, expecting him to be right before her.
But he was not there.
Bahala was one who wielded an absurdly supernatural level of control.
The world spoke of it.
Twenty years ago, a global game rule that shook the world.
In that game existed one gamer, the greatest in the world—”Faker.”
In the virtual reality game Ares, Bahala’s control was Faker-class. Perhaps even beyond.
His true power reveals itself.
Gremory’s back turned cold.
Bahala, who should have leaped before her by conventional logic.
And as mentioned, Bahala was one who made even a swordsman’s ordinary attacks extraordinary.
“In one strike.”
[Three consecutive combos successful!]
[900% attack power increased to 1,400% damage!]
The moment he drew Babylon from its scabbard.
Skaaaaah—
Gremory fell into a hallucination of her body being split in half.
It was the first time. A demon with a body transcending humanity.
Facing the terror that her own body was being severed.
And yet.
Fwoooooah—
Vast demonic energy surges and violently tears through the illusion in an instant.
Demons too possessed characteristics and wielded unique powers.
Legion Commander Gremory’s ‘primary’ strength lay in empowering and leading the Legion Commander and her army.
Yet merely invoking her ‘secondary’ power demonstrated tremendous force, proving why her level remained in the 600s even without her Legion.
[Tazio’s Power]
It was the ability to borrow the characteristics of the 22 Legions under his command.
Tazio, the commander of the 7th Legion, was the strongest warrior in his legion.
The Demon Race ultimately possessed appearances similar to humans.
However, Tazio stood at a towering height of nearly 3 meters, and his strength was enough to topple mountains themselves.
Colossal demonic energy crashed down upon Bahala like a hammer wielded in both hands.
Kuwhaaaaaaang—!
[HP has dropped below 60%.]
“Cough…!”
Bahala could not believe it, while Gremory descended into ecstasy.
The human’s power before her was formidable, yet it appeared only dazzling in Gremory’s presence.
For Gremory had sustained merely 4% damage from Bahala’s entire combination.
[Gremory’s HP has dropped below 25%.]
Yet that was the amount of HP that had recovered nearly 30% in the interim.
But what of this human called Bahala?
Fallen to the ground, he lost 40% of his HP in an instant.
In a single strike!
Gremory’s confidence swelled to bursting.
“Is this all the possibility you have created?”
Arrogant now, she regarded even those targeting elsewhere as insignificant, consumed by hubris.
Until the Killer spoke.
“Hell Path.”
The demon’s heart sank with a heavy thud.
Hell.
Incomparable to the Demon Realm.
That was when speaking of the Demon Realm in its entirety.
Hell unfolding before an individual loomed immensely.
It was instantaneous.
Her surroundings transformed into hell, and the stench of the dead mingled with crimson lava erupting from every crevice.
[Hell Path.]
[Trapped within Asura’s domain.]
She had just mocked Bahala.
Because his three strikes had carved away merely 4% of her HP.
The demon’s extraordinary total HP pool and nonsensical regenerative power, supported by defense so formidable, made her acutely aware of it anew.
That arrogance crumbled.
[All Defense has decreased by 50%.]
[All of Asura’s Attack Power has increased by 25%.]
“…!?”
A startled Gremory turned her head, searching for Asura.
The reason the name Killer was affixed to Asura.
Because she was like a specter who slew enemies in silence.
Thus, the killer approached without a sound.
“Flicker.”
Crack—!
It happened in an instant.
Like the skill’s name, a light extinguished and reignited.
A dagger pierces through her face and lodges itself deep.
[You deal 1,100% damage!]
The damage output falls short of Bahala’s combo “One Strike.”
However, this is Asura’s domain.
Gremory, who had mocked Bahala for merely scraping away 4%, goes pale.
[Gremory’s HP drops below 19%.]
Six percent of the demon’s HP vanishes in a single strike.
And the silent phantom’s swing approaches once more in the same manner.
Slash—!
The moment her abdomen is cut, Gremory is engulfed in terrible agony.
The reason: this transcendent-grade dagger wielded by the killer inflicts 90% Critical Damage.
Moreover, what makes this killer’s dagger so dreadful is the power of the Six-Thrust technique forged by Hyeon-su.
A combo where a single attack delivers multiple hits worth of damage.
Even five or six strikes would astound the world.
But this one, having achieved complete growth, torments even demons.
[Sixteen-Thrust.]
Thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust—!
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
A scream like that of Satan spills from Gremory’s lips.
Sixteen Basic Attacks. Equivalent to the Flicker from moments ago.
[Gremory’s HP drops below 12%.]
Regeneration cannot keep pace.
But Gremory grasps reality.
It cannot keep pace because she is under attack.
Enduring that time is simple, and this Hell Path ultimately disperses once the caster receives massive impact.
The power of the third Legion Commander.
[Barka’s Power]
A Legion Commander possessing the power to strike with 100% accuracy against enemies.
His blade, normally wielding a colossal greatsword, cuts down the phantom-like walking Asura.
Crash—!
“Ugh…!”
[HP drops below 50%.]
Witnessing Asura’s stagger from a single strike that erases 50% of her HP, Gremory seizes the opportunity to kill her.
Rumble, rumble, rumble—
[The Hell Path disappears.]
The moment Asura staggered.
Gremory understood with absolute certainty.
Lose one of the four, and the party crumbles—they would descend into mere fledglings once more.
Moreover, while Gremory could not summon the Legion Commanders themselves, there were plenty of substitutes available.
Merely one minute. The time she needed to summon him.
Hell’s greatest demonic beast.
The offspring born of Cerberus, feared even by demons themselves.
The being Arch-Demon Baal had entrusted to Gremory.
“Tear him apart.”
[One-Headed Cerberus has been summoned.]
[One-Headed Cerberus Lv.547]
The Cerberus that materialized beside her roared.
“Krraaaaaaagh!”
While ordinary Cerberus are small in stature, this variant was massive.
Eight meters tall—colossal.
It possessed no magical abilities, yet its fangs could pierce even dragon hide.
The moment that creature opened its maw toward Asura.
Kabel laughed softly.
“…?”
In that brief moment of confusion.
A flash—
The Hell Path vanished, and Gremory saw the man standing beside her.
Clad in a brown coat—the creator of Babylon.
Yet despite being Babylon’s creator, despite being stronger than a typical Blacksmith, he remained an inferior human who could not match the three here.
That human grasped the ‘dagger-shaped pendant’ hanging from his neck and spoke.
“Bow before me.”
Gremory comprehended it then.
Bahala’s first attack, Asura’s Hell Path—both were merely stepping stones.
The power born from certainty that the Legion Commander’s demon would summon yet another familiar.
Craaaaaash—!!!!!
The eight-meter-tall Cerberus clamped its jaws around Gremory and bit down.
Crunch, crunch—!
As her bones shattered and twisted.
“How does it feel.”
Hyeon-su twisted his lips.
“Being bitten by the dog you raised.”
A demon experiences humiliation at the hands of a human.

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