Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 29

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Blacksmith Showdown (3)

 

 

 

The blacksmith showdown with Colson.

The reason Hyeon-su accepted this was because he thought it was possible.

Before accepting his proposal, he had carefully examined and checked God’s Custom Creation.

God’s Custom Creation literally allows users to craft in whatever direction they want.

Instead, he thought there would be conditions attached.

‘Those conditions would be about materials.’

One way for users to craft artifacts they need is to use related materials.

‘Even if you use such materials, there’s no guarantee that effect will be included.’

Anyway, in this blacksmith showdown, he could obtain the materials he wanted, and this idea came to mind.

‘Can I also add a skill that can cut through swords?’

Thinking this idea was possible, Hyeon-su accepted it.

And as soon as he entered the blacksmith shop, he tried to realize this.

 

[Starting God’s Custom Creation.]

[You can create custom items for someone else or for yourself.]

[Through custom creation, you can add desired effects, and depending on probability, desired effects can manifest up to 100%.]

 

‘Add a skill that can cut through swords.’

 

[Searching for skills that can cut through swords.]

[Skills that can cut through swords are not easy to apply.]

[However, instead of lowering various things like attack power and stat increases, you can dramatically enhance that effect.]

 

‘Ah…’

Hyeon-su easily understood. Even he thought the skill of cutting swords with a sword was an absurd idea.

At minimum, it meant he had to give up other additional things for that.

‘Originally, what’s important in this blacksmith showdown is dealing high damage anyway.’

This is an exceptional situation right now.

He could go all-in.

 

[Attempting to give up attack power, stat increases, and various skill effects to add a skill that can cut through swords.]

 

Then suddenly, Hyeon-su muttered to himself.

“This is crazy…”

Looking at it this way, this custom creation was truly an incredibly absurd skill.

‘It’s creating a skill, isn’t it?’

Of course, it’s just an ability bound to an artifact. But the fact that skill creation is possible to some extent.

Just as he was realizing how amazing the power of God’s Descendant was, an additional notification came.

 

[To enhance the desired effect, there are various things like your skill, insight, luck, etc.]

[Through various factors, that effect can be applied up to 100%.]

 

Hyeon-su noticed the trap in these words. It could be 1% applied, or 10% applied.

If done really well, it could mean 100% could be applied.

 

[Materials for crafting the corresponding artifact are guided. Iron, Mithril, Orichalcum…]

 

Hyeon-su chose iron among them.

In this blacksmith showdown, he could freely use various materials.

But there were no materials like Mithril and Orichalcum.

Originally, Mithril and Orichalcum themselves were extremely valuable rare ores.

‘It’s iron, but it’s extremely good top-grade iron.’

Moreover, it was also the material most familiar to Hyeon-su.

Hyeon-su began crafting the sword.

Then a notification came.

 

[You are proceeding with God’s Custom Creation.]

[Please apply sword crafting methods from the creator’s knowledge to make a skill that can cut through swords.]

[The effect application rate may change accordingly.]

 

‘Knowledge I think of for creating a skill that can cut through swords?’

That means the sword’s cutting power must increase tremendously. Instead, he might have to give up its durability.

At this moment, Hyeon-su’s mind spins rapidly.

Clang-!

‘The reason I’m making this artifact.’

He thinks about that.

This artifact isn’t something Hyeon-su will use as a main weapon like Gwangmyeong.

Give up one thing, and maximize another.

Claaang-!

Through the forging process, he sharpens the sword blade even more.

‘My knowledge maximizes that effect.’

As he learned, and according to his own experience.

 

[Your knowledge is outstanding in applying skills that can cut through swords.]

[Your experience is remarkable.]

[Your understanding is excellent.]

[Effect application rate increases by 5%.]

[Effect application rate increases by 7%.]

 

Before long, it’s being completed.

The sword blade is much sharper, but unfortunately the sword’s durability itself is weak.

However, the most ‘custom’ artifact for the current situation.

Ding!

 

[An artifact imbued with God’s Custom Creation is completed.]

[The experience and knowledge of a blacksmith with skills above artisan level have melted in, tremendously increasing the effect application rate.]

[Effect application rate is 65%.]

[It is Rare grade.]

[Please decide the name of the sword.]

[The God of Blacksmiths title shines brightly.]

[Would you like to apply the stat increase rate for artifact creation that can only be activated once per week?]

 

“Yes.”

 

[You gain 1 to all stats.]

[Basic Sword Mastery Lv.1 proficiency increases by 19%.]

[You gain 10 Dexterity.]

 

The sword’s name was ‘First Custom-Made’.

There was the reason of branding Hyeon’s Forge, but it was also to check how much he had grown by going through each step in the future.

Hyeon-su immediately checked the First Custom-Made sword.

 

(Hyeon’s First Custom-Made Sword)

Grade: Rare

Durability: 1,000/1,000

Attack Power: 177

Restriction: No restriction for creator, Level 200~350.

Special Ability:

·Active Skill Sword that Cuts Swords.

Description: A custom-made sword created solely to cut other swords.

 

“…?”

Honestly speaking, it was mediocre. It was so mediocre that Hyeon-su frowned.

‘It is Rare grade, but…’

The level restriction was 200~350.

As far as he knew, level 200 restriction usually started with 250 attack power.

But the attack power was cut in half.

There wasn’t even the common +1 Strength or +1 Health. There was only one unique point.

‘The existence of the Sword that Cuts Swords skill. Is this the risk of going all-in…?’

He soon checked the Sword that Cuts Swords.

 

(Sword that Cuts Swords)

Active Skill

Mana Cost: None

Uses Available: 20/20

Description: When activated, has an 80% chance to cut Common Grade swords, 60% chance for Rare grade swords, 25% chance for Epic grade swords, and 10% chance for Unique swords.

 

‘Holy shit…’

Hyeon-su was shocked. Even excluding other special abilities, this was overpowered.

‘This artifact is complete with just this one thing.’

Where else would there exist a sword that could cut enemy swords?

Of course, this First Custom-Made sword was a consumable item.

Once all 20 attempts were exhausted, it would be irreparable and disappear.

However, this alone made the rarity of this sword beyond common sense.

The problem was whether he could win this match.

‘10% isn’t an easy probability.’

Even assuming three sword clashes, luck would have to follow.

Then.

Colson also seemed to have finished, showing a confident expression.

Hyeon-su gripped the First Custom-Made sword and faced him.

Colson once again suggested he come under his wing, and when he refused, said:

“You’re being stubborn. Just by looking, the grade difference between the artifacts you and I made is like heaven and earth.”

“…”

Originally, that fact would be correct.

In Ares, the grade of artifacts was absolute.

Under the same conditions, same skill level, when everything was equal.

One wielding a Common Grade sword could never beat one wielding a Rare grade sword.

But…

‘The class that makes that possible is the God class…’

And the match began.

 

[Sword that Cuts Swords.]

[Activation failed.]

 

His failed while Colson’s Weapon Breaker succeeded in breaking swords.

The second time was the same.

 

[Sword that Cuts Swords.]

[Activation failed.]

 

Cold sweat ran down Hyeon-su’s back.

Looking at Colson’s arrogant expression as he swung his sword for the last time.

 

[Sword that Cuts Swords.]

[Activation successful!]

[Cuts the enemy’s sword!]

 

Pure white light gathered on his sword.

The cutting sound that rang out the moment the two swords met.

Skaaak-!

His sword was literally cut.

Looking at his fallen sword, Colson’s pupils shook violently.

He couldn’t believe it.

He couldn’t understand it.

And he mulled over the words he had said. ‘The grade difference between the artifacts you and I made is like heaven and earth.’

It had been true.

He too had been trapped in that fixed mindset. However, the God’s custom-made work had just shattered it.

He didn’t know why.

He only spoke because he too felt like he had awakened to something new.

“Swords aren’t determined by grade alone.”

Just then.

An incomprehensible notification flashed.

 

[God of Blacksmiths.]

[When you accomplish something amazing as a blacksmith, others may respect you more or gain enlightenment.]

 

It was the effect attached to the title.

Someone might come to respect him or gain enlightenment.

And Colson just stared at Hyeon-su’s retreating figure.

He slowly bent his knees and picked up his completely severed sword, Black Night.

The sword that had been cleanly cut through.

The words he had spoken.

‘A sword isn’t determined by grade alone.’

Suddenly, an indescribable emotion wells up.

Watching Hyeon-su’s retreating figure, Colson bites his lip.

In his childhood.

Colson had harbored dreams inspired by his father’s words, who was a blacksmith in a small rural village.

‘Someday, the God of Blacksmiths will come to this land.’

The stories his father told about the God of Blacksmiths were enough to stir young Colson’s heart.

‘He will be the one who breaks our common sense, bestows new teachings upon the blacksmiths of this land, and leads us forward.’

Listening to him, his eyes would shine, and his father would place a hand on his shoulder.

‘And that opportunity has been given to everyone.’

The story that a human might become a god.

Young Colson, filled with dreams, came to admire that deity.

He wanted to reach that position.

When he came to the Blacksmith’s Tower.

Ah, I realized I was a genius.

Then one day, an unprecedented genius named Daeng appeared.

And from some point on, that dream began to fade.

Money was good.

Power was good.

But then this Outsider named Hyeon-su came and shattered his common sense, forcing his way in.

Looking at his retreating figure, he asked.

“…Can I also.”

Before he knew it, Hyeon-su was looking at Colson.

“Make such weapons?”

“…”

Hyeon-su didn’t answer for a long while. However, he understood the power that this virtual world called Ares possessed.

“Someday.”

That impossibility doesn’t exist.

 

[Colson realizes through you that he too might be able to advance further.]

[Perhaps he may become a blacksmith of even higher mastery in the future.]

[You have gained 20 Dexterity.]

 

Colson’s heart grew warm. The forgotten dream and his father’s words came back to life.

He is the one who will break our common sense.

The one who will lead all Blacksmith’s Towers.

Finally, it comes to fruition.

Colson knelt on one knee.

“Colson, Tower Master of the Bow Blacksmith’s Tower. I greet the God of Blacksmiths!”

However, Colson knew that this person still had a long path ahead.

There was only one thing he could do. Something that could be of humble assistance to his journey.

“Please accept this.”

 

[Quest: You have completed the blacksmithing duel with phenomenal results.]

[You have obtained the ‘Legendary Bow Crafting Method,’ one of the ten treasures of the Blacksmith’s Tower.]

 

‘A legendary bow…?’

Hyeon-su’s pupils shook. A legendary artifact, of which fewer than a hundred had been released in Ares yet.

Moreover, Hyeon-su clearly remembered the recent auction price of legendary artifacts.

‘800 million won…!’

Hyeon-su was overwhelmed with excitement.

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