Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 302

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Great Atlas Tournament (Part 2) (3)
‘Conviction, arrogance, faith.’
These were the mindsets possessed by the surviving rankers.
The conviction that they would win this war no matter what.
The arrogance that they were stronger than anyone else.
And an unwavering faith in the five peaks.
These were the only tools I could exploit, and the disparity in power was simply too vast.
Yet because they believed they would absolutely triumph through conviction, arrogance, and faith, this was a golden opportunity.
I was keenly aware of it.
Ordinary fighters could not escape the attack range of Fenrir’s charge.
‘The moment they take splash damage, they fall into abnormal status conditions.’
But high rankers might possess the power to ignore such attacks.
Indeed, the movements of the high rankers were remarkable.
Some displayed swift strides or calculated the position of feet descending at light speed and the splash radius to evade it.
Another used a tanker skill called ‘Unbreakable Shield’ to escape.
Yet another wielded magic, and another simply used tremendous force to break free from the range.
And I had no intention of letting this opportunity slip away.
Crash—
“You bastard!!!”
Musashi, the Japanese peak left defenseless, barely escaped and was sent flying back into the range.
His destination.
Whoosh—
Directly beneath Fenrir’s raised foot, poised to stomp down once more.
Boom—
The completely trampled Musashi took the impact and splash damage head-on.
Crash—!
Who was Musashi?
‘Musashi’s damage output is on par with Kabel’s.’
The king of ninjas.
That was Musashi. Yet he was also the one who suffered the greatest impact when struck by powerful attacks.
Such a critical threat as Musashi.
[Enemy commander Musashi is logging out.]
Scattered by Fenrir’s stomp without any notable resistance.
The moment the Coalition Forces lost their first peak.
It did not end there.
Enemies who had barely escaped through various means.
….
….
….
Click—
I encounter fifteen hundred soldiers nocking Short Arrows into their Horn Bows and drawing the bowstrings taut.
The advantage of Short Arrows lay in their devastating destructive power.
Boom—
Those struck directly by the Short Arrows tumble once more into the splash damage radius.
“Arghhhh!”
“Ngh, noooooo!”
“Grrrrgh!”
“Damn it all!”
[7 seconds.]
Coalition Commander Kali endured this monstrous barrage of damage, his bloodshot eyes fixed upon Hyeon-su with murderous intent.
‘When this is over, you die.’
Musashi had died easily because he was a ninja.
Even now, the fifteen hundred soldiers continued unleashing Short Arrows relentlessly, yet few fell easily.
They possessed inherently high defense and massive HP pools.
This was also the critical weakness of Knights and Soldiers.
Soldiers had almost no skills they could deploy in the first place.
And even when Knights possessed skills, most relied entirely on some form of Swordsmanship, producing no significant impact.
[8 seconds.]
[Fenrir’s Charge ends.]
[HP drops below 50%.]
The moment Fenrir vanished, Kali faced a horrific sight.
All five hundred high-rankers were battered and broken.
[Defense drops sharply.]
[Attack power drops sharply.]
Weapons and armor lay shattered, bones crying out in agony at every joint.
Yet fortunately, fewer than fifty had fallen.
And Kali read Hyeon-su’s next move.
“Gather.”
Whoooosh—
Every User bearing critical wounds becomes trapped in a single location.
But Kali was faster.
The Dagger Kali threw embedded itself precisely in Hyeon-su’s abdomen.
Thud—
[Skill activation fails.]
With merely a single Dagger, he blocks the profound technique of one strike, two severed.
Hyeon-su’s expression darkens with bewilderment.
“Your final gambit—did you truly believe it would work!?”
With that one move, he had intended to force more than half of those present to Logout.
But the high-rankers had replayed and analyzed the Continental War footage dozens of times over.
They no longer possessed any powerful skill capable of sweeping away their enemies.
Well, Hyeon-su might have one.
But even if he did, he couldn’t kill all of them with it.
He had missed his chance.
“Kahahahahaha!”
Kali laughed maniacally.
The final opportunity to reduce their numbers exponentially had vanished.
Four hundred and forty survivors remained.
No matter how exhausted they were, they could easily handle fifteen hundred soldiers and one strong high-ranker.
Yet Hyeon-su’s expression remained sharp.
“…Why do you think I built this Territory alone?”
Kali’s laughter ceased.
In that moment.
From among the soldiers, certain figures who had been concealing themselves beneath robes revealed themselves.
White cloaks embroidered with the Royal Sword and Mjolnir crossed together.
The moment one man threw back his hood, he was already drawing his bowstring.
The man—Ian—spoke in response.
“…It was because you didn’t even consider us a threat.”
To the world’s elite high-rankers, Korea’s small-time rankers were beneath notice.
Confidence, arrogance, and conviction—the belief that only Hyeon-su could be their equal.
And they were merely Users.
Overshadowed by Hyeon’s name, they were not considered threats.
But those very people you deemed no threat.
They had not been idle these past months.
They had each trained their individual strength.
Ian.
Click—
He was neither as strong nor as great as Hyeon-su.
However.
Whoooosh—
He too had been waiting for the Great Atlas Tournament.
The one who possessed the highest Horn Bow Mastery in this game, Ares.
And now his Horn Bow met Jumong’s.
Was that all?
He was the descendant of the Divine Archer Vaneka. Through her, he had completed a Quest and finally obtained one arrow.
Jumong’s Horn Bow was once a legend beyond legends, the mightiest bow ever created.
But once the Second Ares began and transcendent Artifacts were gradually released, it had been forgotten.
This one, however, was different.
A single arrow, burning as brilliantly red as flame itself.
[Vaneka’s Flame]
An arrow named Flame meets Jumong’s Horn Bow, which wielded high fire-attribute offensive power.
Whoooooosh—
Flames of fire erupted skyward, centered on Ian.
Before hundreds of millions of viewers across the entire world.
[Two legends above legends converge.]
[They create synergy.]
And Vaneka’s flames burn even more intensely.
“….”
The moment Kali’s cold sweat dripped to the ground.
Twaaaaaang—
[Flame Guidance Shot]
A flame that guarantees a hit on fifty users is unleashed.
Whoooooosh—
Boom—
One, two, three, four.
Ten, fifteen, twenty.
Thirty, forty, fifty!
Their HP had already dropped below fifty percent.
In just 0.6 seconds, the arrow that rang out across the battlefield with a rapid-fire sound returns to its master.
Whoosh—
The moment Ian raised his hand, Vaneka’s flame spiraled into his palm.
Blazeeeeeee—
Fifty users simultaneously turned to ash and ignited.
“….”
In that moment when everyone fell silent from the shock, a woman nocked another arrow.
[Arrow of Precision]
Kali recognized that familiar face.
Korea had faced population decline, and now numbered less than fifty million.
The greatest star born from that small nation.
Olympic gold medalist Hye-ji.
With each step forward she took, she released an arrow.
The problem was.
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
She struck only the brows of the users with one hundred percent accuracy, triggering guaranteed Critical Hits.
‘Is that a skill?’
No, it was pure skill.
And that wasn’t all.
A single man wielding only one sword, cutting through the exhausted rankers.
This too was a genius who had won the gold medal in Kendo.
With his skill, he overwhelmed them all.
The footsteps of the man chasing after him.
Boom—!
“Krraaagh!”
Boom, boom, boom—!
“Krraaagh.”
“Uugh, uuuaaaagh!”
It was Tae-hoon, the Olympic gold medalist in Taekwondo.
With each of his strikes, the users soaring high within the camera frame were zoomed in on.
The panicked users hastily regained their composure.
The most exceptional Priest among them formed a massive barrier for the users.
“Teresa’s Protection!!!!”
A colossal barrier manifested by the Ares Priest ranked 2nd.
[Teresa’s Protection]
[Natural healing power increases tenfold within the barrier!]
The rankers exhaled in relief.
Yes, there had been variables, but we possessed the power of rankers who dominated this Ares.
Moreover, Teresa’s Protection exerted an effect equivalent to 4,000% of the caster’s defense and could never be broken.
A diamond-like, shimmering and translucent force protected them.
Then.
Krraaaaaaagh—!
All cameras turned skyward.
Simultaneously, the rankers’ gazes also lifted to the heavens.
-It’s a dragon!
-The master of the Dragon Light Sword!
Korea’s small legend.
A man standing in the legend of the Dragon Light Sword originating from Haemosu gripped his sword with both hands.
The First Ares, which had no dragon.
A knight who obtained a dragon thanks to Hyeon-su.
At the tip of his descending sword, accelerating downward, a dragon with green skin writhed and revealed its complete form.
Krheeeeeeek—!
Watching him and the dragon separate, viewers worldwide were left speechless.
Yet that man.
[Dragon Knight Risel Lv.445]
His level was so low that smirks played at the corners of the current high rankers’ mouths.
Moreover, his dragon was merely ‘parasitizing an Artifact’, so it wasn’t a true dragon.
Or so they believed.
A smile bloomed fully across the lips of the descending Risel.
First Ares had no dragons.
Yet the Dragon Knight class existed.
This Dragon Knight should have been forged in Second Ares originally.
Ignoring that, I obtained it from First Ares.
And what if Second Ares had begun?
From Risel’s left hand, another dragon’s cry erupts.
Krraaaaaagh—!
[A Legendary Dragon descends!]
A black dragon beginning to emerge head-first from the left hand.
Engulfed in tremendous flames, it plummets alongside the emerald dragon forged from the Dragon Light Sword, and something extraordinary unfolds.
[Two dragons nest within the Dragon Light Sword!]
Two dragons were sucked into a single blade.
I haven’t become a true Dragon Lord yet.
However.
[It deals an additional 850% damage.]
The power the first dragon unleashes.
[It deals an additional 1,530% damage.]
The power the second dragon unleashes.
Emerald and black mirages scatter across the Dragon Light Sword.
[Two dragons nest within the Dragon Light Sword!]
[It inflicts an additional 2,841% damage!]
With that power, my falling blade collides with Teresa’s protection.
Kwaarrrrrrrrgh—!
Along with a colossal shockwave, cracks begin to form in the absolute invincible shield that had never been breached, the one granting 4,000% defense.
Crackle crackle crackle—
The rankers knew.
“….”
They themselves, densely packed in one location by Teresa’s protection.
What would happen if that shield shattered and they took a direct hit from the attack.
Kwajangchachachachang—!
Immediately, two dragons fell among hundreds of high-rankers.
Kwahaaaaaang—
A massive explosion echoes loudly throughout Atlas, accompanied by billowing dust.
Through the viewfinders of hundreds of cameras, murky dust clouds rise, and as the scene reveals itself, the entire world gasps in wonder.
At that moment.
Whoosh—
Lee Tae-sung, Chairman of the Taesung Group, rises to his feet.
Before Tae-ha participated in the Atlas Tournament, Tae-sung gathered Ares specialists within the group and asked about their chances of victory.
They all said it was madness.
But now, as the dust on the screen clears, an astonishing sight reveals itself.
Of the four hundred forty survivors, two hundred forty-six were scattering.
‘I thought it was impossible….’
Tae-seong recalled.
What Tae-ha had said before stepping forward.
‘If we win, Hyeon-su will make a declaration.’
Tae-seong had thought that statement reckless.
‘That he will become the first king.’
It was coming to pass.
And Tae-seong found himself laughing despite his better judgment.
A newly proclaimed kingdom.
A kingdom that ‘everyone had built together’—and one that might very well become even greater than the Taesung Group.

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