Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 34

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Emergency Production (2)

 

 

 

Hyeon-su smiled slightly as he nocked Aegisal onto the bowstring.

This was an opportunity not easily obtained.

‘Offering a reward of 20 gold per kill to a level 13 user…’

Regular users would probably charge about 2 silver.

That’s how little Knight Commander Karl valued his ability to face him.

As Karl walked away to another location, Centurion Render, who had been watching nervously, approached.

“Why are you accepting that? Don’t be reckless, ghouls are too difficult for someone of your level to handle…!”

Render cared for the volunteers.

After all, weren’t they people who came from outside to help this failing territory!?

“Undead don’t die easily unless struck by weapons imbued with holy power. To kill them, you need to inflict tremendous damage… You should earnestly ask the Knight Commander instead…”

At that moment, Hyeon-su released the bowstring he was holding.

Swooooosh-!

“…?”

Render had never heard such an arrow’s piercing sound in his life.

That arrow precisely penetrated a ghoul that was climbing up the wall.

Thwack-!

Then it pierced through the ghoul behind it as well.

“…?”

 

[You have hunted a ghoul.]

[You have leveled up.]

 

‘As expected.’

Hyeon-su’s prediction was correct.

No matter how strong they were, Hyeon-su had hunted a level 50 orc warrior. And that one was wearing very sturdy armor, taken down in one shot.

“Graaaaar.”

“Grooooar!”

The ghouls let out even more horrific screams as they climbed up the castle walls.

‘There are quite a lot of them though…?’

Hyeon-su looked around.

Except for Render, everyone else was struggling to kill undead in other locations.

‘Ah, so Render and I should handle this together?’

Hyeon-su realized how this territorial battle proceeded.

Even though so many people were participating together, when you received a quest or mission, only one NPC would fight alongside you.

Then he spotted another ghoul that had somehow climbed up.

“Kuheeeear!”

Hyeon-su shot at the chest of the one standing on the castle wall.

Thwooooosh-!

The ghoul pierced by Aegisal literally flew about 2 meters and crashed to the ground.

‘Could an arrow with such destructive power really exist…?’

At that moment, another ghoul was charging at the distracted Render. Render felt dizzy.

To fall into contemplation on a battlefield.

He blamed his foolish self. And he realized.

‘That Outsider can’t help me…!’

It seemed the Outsider took quite some time to nock an arrow on the bowstring and shoot.

Considering that, his throat would be bitten faster than an arrow could be shot…

 

[Swift Blade]

[Momentarily increases attack speed by 1.7 times for 1 second.]

 

Hyeon-su quickly swapped weapons.

At that moment, a passive skill triggered miraculously.

The ghoul’s head flew off in an instant.

Thwack-

“In, in one hit…?”

Even Render couldn’t take down a ghoul in one hit.

And the answer lay in Hyeon-su’s Gwangmyeong.

Gwangmyeong’s high attack power.

And Hyeon-su’s unreasonably high stat amount compared to his level.

Hyeon-su even possessed Sword Mastery Beginner Lv.1.

Just having this Sword Mastery greatly increased attack power.

As Hyeon-su quickly struck down the ghouls standing above, he soon heard an incoming notification.

 

[You have hunted many ghouls much higher level than yourself in a short time.]

[A new episode never seen before will soon begin.]

[Upon successfully completing the new episode, you will receive a special reward from Knight Commander Karl.]

 

‘Huh…?’

This notification.

It was a notification Hyeon-su was all too familiar with.

After hearing this notification, the orc warrior had appeared.

One thing was certain.

After hearing this notification, he had received a special reward from Subjugation Captain Hans.

Perhaps it might be the same here.

The problem was this.

‘A new episode doesn’t mean it’s a good thing.’

And sure enough.

 

[More ghouls begin their advance.]

 

“Graaaaar!”

“Groooooar!”

Ghouls in much greater numbers than before began pushing in.

 

[Please go down below the castle walls to defend them.]

 

“…?”

Hyeon-su’s face contorted.

Both last time and this time, the direction of new episodes strongly felt like they always presented something dangerous.

 

[If you do not proceed with the new episode, you will not receive special rewards.]

 

And pushed him from behind.

Hyeon-su sighed.

‘Ah, I’m a blacksmith…!’

He wasn’t a swordsman or an archer. He was just a blacksmith.

However, because of that, an inexplicable confidence settled within him.

It came from his confidence in the artifacts he had created.

“H-hey, what are you doing right now?”

“You should hurry and follow me.”

Render thought this Outsider had gone mad. Because he was tying ropes tightly around his body.

Then he jumped down from the castle wall.

“You said you were a blacksmith!”

Render felt his vision go dark watching that reckless and absurd Outsider.

Was another reinforcement about to meet their death like this?

Render, who rushed to the castle wall, could soon see.

The moment the rope pulled taut, the Outsider named Hyeon-su rolled on the ground.

‘What could a blacksmith possibly do in front of dozens of ghouls…’

However, soon Render’s eyes widened.

The Outsider named Hyeon-su quickly got up.

“Huuuuu.”

The aura of swordsmanship was rising from his body like a heat haze.

‘What, what is this?’

Render was a centurion.

Centurions usually learned commonly distributed swordsmanship or spearmanship.

The blacksmith Outsider calmly breathed and looked at the approaching ghouls!

But the swordsmanship stance he took.

Seeing him, Render’s pupils shook.

‘Noble… and dignified.’

Render was curious about the identity of that swordsmanship.

 

 

 

“Huuuuu.”

Over 20 days.

Staying with Lord Vance of the Beginner Zone, Hyeon-su learned many things. He didn’t simply pass on skills.

As the lord of a family that was supposedly quite renowned as a swordsmanship family, he made him grow day by day.

‘That’s not how you swing it!’

‘More! More! More!’

‘A sword can’t be wielded just by putting strength into it!’

He sometimes got angry and sometimes looked at Hyeon-su with an expression of incomprehension.

One day, two days, three days.

While making the horn bow, he never neglected swordsmanship training even once. It was when he was nearing the end.

‘…Do you know why I get angry?’

‘You said it was tough love?’

‘…Actually, that was a joke. You’re strange. Usually, people who are good at something are one of two things. Either they’re just outstanding people, or they’re people who work hard.’

Bans, who was looking at him, smiled bitterly.

‘And usually, someone who has both of those qualities is called this.’

‘Genius. You’re a genius who has real insight into swordsmanship and puts in the effort. You’ll keep improving by leaps and bounds. That’s exactly why I’m angry.’

I saw a smile of inexplicable bitterness on Vance’s face.

And Hyeonsu looked at the ghouls rushing toward him.

‘This is the first time I’m properly unfolding it.’

I had used the wild dance technique before.

However, this was the first time he was manifesting this power that had been passed down to him. He lightly extended his sword in the stance he had been taught.

[The One Who Does Not Retreat]

[For 1 minute, increases physical attack power by 13%, cutting power by 7%, and critical damage chance by 20%.]

It’s a situation that perfectly matches the present.

Since new stories require recklessness, Hyeonsu does not back down.

A faint heat haze rises from Hyunsu’s body.

‘Let’s try it.’

As he taught me.

At that moment, Hyunsu kicked off the ground. He charged forward, looking at the ghouls disgustingly drooling all over themselves.

“H-hey there!”

I ignore the words of Centurion Render coming from behind.

[Critical Hit]

[Identifies enemy weak points and deals 45% additional damage when successfully attacking weak points.]

[15% chance to apply 60% damage.]

He activates his skill against the ghoul charging to tear him apart. In that moment, five vital points are marked with blue dots.

The moment he strikes that vital point precisely.

Poof!

[60% damage is applied.]

Whoooosh-

The ghoul literally shattered into pieces under the maximized destructive power of the sword.

Fizzzzz-

Then he swung his sword at rapid speed, cutting down the ghouls one by one.

[You have hunted 8 ghouls.]

[You have hunted 9 ghouls.]

[You have leveled up.]

The leveling up continues endlessly.

Do you know that feeling?

The feeling of getting stronger and stronger with each swing of the sword, with every step forward.

This is what happens when you level up at a rapid pace.

Ding!

[You have obtained the title “Rapid Grower”.]

(One who grows rapidly)

Multiple Titles

Grade: B

Special Ability:

·When leveling up quickly in a short time, experience points increase by 10% for 15 minutes.

 

[The title ‘One Who Grows Rapidly’ is applied.]

 

Sgaaaak-

The ghouls’ filthy teeth and gestures of hands and feet threatened Hyeon-su. However, it was useless.

He was wearing the Mad Lord’s Armor, which had unreasonably high defense compared to its equipment restrictions.

Moreover, the ghouls that had attacked him were taking damage from the Damage Reflection skill and screaming.

‘These things are definitely persistent.’

If you don’t kill them instantly, no matter how much you cut, cut, and cut again, they keep coming.

Unless you blow off their heads or deal a precise blow that drastically reduces their HP.

And before he knew it, more than a dozen ghouls were surrounding Hyeon-su.

 

[HP drops below 60%.]

[HP drops below 50%.]

[You have been afflicted with the bleeding status effect.]

[Movement is slowed and HP continues to decline.]

 

Hyeon-su, surrounded by more than a dozen ghouls, looked critical to anyone watching.

Even as his HP continued to drop, Hyeon-su waited.

For more ghouls to surround him.

Finally.

When fifteen ghouls clung to various parts of Hyeon-su’s body like in a zombie movie, piling up like a mountain.

 

[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 by 30%.]

 

His sword began to frantically butcher the ghouls.

70% attack speed and 30% physical attack power. Moreover, the sword he held was Gwangmyeong.

Puhwahahahahak-

The ghouls that had clung to Hyeon-su were mercilessly butchered. Their arms and legs were dismembered.

No matter how tenacious their vitality as undead, they couldn’t withstand the Wild Dance happening right before their eyes.

 

[You have leveled up.]

 

Joy appeared on Hyeon-su’s face.

 

[Emergency Quest: Hunt 10 Ghouls completed.]

 

In fact, this was a notification he had received long ago.

 

[You are currently hunting 33 ghouls.]

 

A whopping 660 gold. That was 660,000 won.

Hyeon-su looked at the ghouls that had considerably diminished and smiled with satisfaction.

This much was satisfactory.

‘Now shall I go back and check Lamas’s Bell?’

Just as he was about to turn around.

 

[A new story begins.]

 

“…”

Hyeon-su’s face hardened stiffly.

The beginning of a new story wasn’t the end here.

Come to think of it, when the new story began back then, two orc warriors appeared instead of the usual one.

 

[A Giant Ghoul appears.]

 

“Kwooooooh!”

Through the gap of distant ghouls.

Trampling those ghouls, a giant ghoul was charging toward Hyeon-su.

About 2 meters and 60 centimeters tall.

And a giant ghoul that looked solid and massive like a golem.

Hyeon-su was shocked when he checked its level.

 

[Giant Ghoul Lv.79]

 

Hyeon-su pondered for a moment.

‘Should I run away…?’

However, the notification prevented Hyeon-su from backing down.

 

[Emergency Quest: Hunt Giant Ghoul is generated.]

 

[Emergency Quest: Hunt Giant Ghoul]

Grade: A

Restriction: One who proceeds with a new story.

Reward: Equivalent to hunting 50 ghouls applied.

Penalty upon failure: Can never proceed with territory battles again.

Description: You who excellently carried out Knight Commander Karl’s proposal. Hunt the Giant Ghoul to receive greater rewards.

 

Hyeon-su had to reconsider after seeing the reward list.

‘Equivalent to hunting 50 ghouls applied…?’

In other words, the reward for hunting the Giant Ghoul was 1,000 gold. It was too attractive a reward to run away from.

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