Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 38

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Unrepairable (2)

 

 

 

As soon as Hyeon-su woke up, he was walking to check on the Bell of Lamas.

“Excuse me!”

He turned his head with a puzzled expression at the sudden female voice.

‘A user…?’

The one who called out to Hyeon-su was a female user. And she was quite beautiful at first glance.

She appeared to be about 166cm tall, with long hair and striking dark brown eyes.

Her pure white skin radiated innocence.

‘What’s this about?’

Hyeon-su tilted his head as the woman who had spoken to him stared at him with a blank expression for a moment.

Soon, Nell shook her head.

‘Get it together, he’s probably just a scammer anyway.’

Of course, making assumptions was very dangerous.

But in Nell’s common sense, she had never heard of a level 40 user repairing an unrepairable artifact.

‘If such a thing were possible in the first place…’

There were truly many unrepairable artifacts in Ares.

For example, the bow of the legendary archer Kaya discovered by tomb raiders was also an unrepairable artifact.

Truly many people had attempted to repair that bow.

But they failed.

‘Because the system doesn’t help.’

That legendary artifact bow would have astronomical value if it could just be repaired.

But being unrepairable was merely an example showing that such artifacts existed in the first place.

‘If you could repair them, wouldn’t you just bring all of those and repair them?’

Nell crossed her arms.

“If you’re thinking of using the failing Cassel territory to make a profit, you’d better give up that idea, because I won’t let that happen.”

“Hmm?”

Hearing those words, Hyeon-su tilted his head and then realized who she was.

“I heard about it from Karl. You’re from the Golden Shield Guild.”

“Yes, now you know? I’m an advanced blacksmith. I know very well that the Bell of Lamas cannot be repaired.”

She crossed her arms and even stood with one leg cocked.

Hyeon-su smiled bitterly and first checked the Bell of Lamas.

 

(Bell of Lamas)

Grade: Epic

Durability: Unrepairable

Special Abilities:

·Undead within 5km radius of the territory with the Bell of Lamas are weakened by 20%.

·Attack and defense power of those attacking undead increased by 6%.

·Territory residents’ vitality increased by 5%.

·Probability of drought in the territory decreased by 10%.

·Probability of crops growing well increased by 20%.

Description: The Bell of Lamas protecting Cassel territory. It is completely destroyed and cannot be repaired.

 

The Bell of Lamas had lost its form.

The bell that had been made of white material was completely shattered, with only debris piled up.

He brushed it with his hand.

 

[The Bell of Lamas is an unrepairable artifact.]

 

Hyeon-su carefully examined the Bell of Lamas. What materials it was composed of and how it was crafted.

‘I actually had hopes.’

Hyeon-su had hoped he might be able to repair it quite easily.

Just like when he obtained God’s Emergency Crafting, and the God of Blacksmith’s effect said skills could be unlocked by doing blacksmith-related work.

He thought maybe a god’s skill would unlock the moment he touched it.

‘Let’s not think useless thoughts.’

Hyeon-su shook his head. Systemic dependence wasn’t good.

He picked up a broken fragment and examined it more calmly.

The material was surprisingly ordinary.

However, if there was a difference.

‘Is this imbued with divine power?’

Behind the cold sensation that should be felt from iron, he felt an unknown warmth.

Looking closely, a subtle light emanated from it.

At that moment, Nell could tell this man had no intention of listening to her warning.

“Hey, I’d really like you to stop what you’re trying to do.”

Then.

Hyeon-su dropped the fragment piece he was holding onto the ground.

And then.

Crunch—

He trampled it with his foot.

Nell was bewildered.

Soon, Hyeon-su tilted his head and pulled out a hammer from his chest. He struck the fragment piece hard with that hammer.

Clang—!

The fragment piece shattered into dozens of pieces. Nell could only blink and stare at the absurd scene unfolding before her eyes.

“W-wait a minute, stop.”

Finally, Nell grabbed his arm. No matter how much of a blacksmith Nell was, she was a high-level 290.

Her strength stat was far superior to his.

But soon Nell felt puzzled.

‘What…? Why does a level 40 have such… strength…?’

It seemed like it would be around 100.

Of course, even so, it was just an average level for Nell.

More than that, Hyeon-su was still continuing to smash it.

“Stop it, no matter how much it’s an unrepairable artifact, what are you going to do if you smash it all up like that.”

She wasn’t this type of person, but she judged that physical confrontation was unavoidable.

Then.

“I think I can repair it.”

“…What? What are you talking about?”

Hyeon-su smiled bitterly as he looked at the completely crumbled pieces.

The completely crumbled fragment pieces.

He had definitely trampled and broken them further. They had become like small broken glass fragments, but Hyeon-su was clearly seeing it.

‘No matter how much you break and destroy it, the divine power the material possesses doesn’t disappear.’

The reason Hyeon-su told Karl he couldn’t guarantee it was because he learned this while making the Royal Sword.

No matter how skilled Hyeon-su was, there were things he could do and things he couldn’t.

The reason he could imbue divine power into the Royal Sword during emergency crafting was because the Royal Sword was originally designed for that purpose.

If he wasn’t crafting something like that, even Hyeon-su couldn’t infuse divine power into artifacts.

Furthermore, the centurion named Render had said:

Artifacts imbued with divine power are only possible with the church’s blacksmiths or the church’s materials.

The reason only the church’s materials work is because divine power dwells within those materials.

‘These broken materials also possess divine power. No matter how much physical impact or alteration they undergo.’

That divine power remains unchanged.

“How on earth do you plan to repair this?”

However, Hyeon-su understood her.

Moreover, he recognized that she was a good person.

‘She really cares deeply about Kassel territory.’

Also, when Karl talked about her, he showed a very apologetic expression.

He was the knight commander, no less.

Why was that? Because she was doing her absolute best. Moreover, he couldn’t say there was nothing that could be done.

“I have to repair it.”

“So, how do you plan to repair something that’s unrepairable? It’s an unrepairable artifact. You can’t get system assistance and no auto-repair button appears.”

“…You don’t necessarily need such things to repair it.”

“…What?”

Nel’s pupils shook. There was sincerity in the man’s expression before her.

‘What is he saying…? You don’t necessarily need such things to repair it…?’

Then how does he plan to repair it…?

Nel’s mind became complicated.

Looking at the man’s face, he was sincere, but according to her common sense, it was impossible.

Unknown thoughts constantly clashed, and Nel lost her words as she stared at him.

Boom, boom, boom-!

At that moment, her complicated thoughts were awakened by the loudly echoing drum sounds.

“Undead are gathering!”

“They’re pushing their way in!”

And from atop the castle walls, Commander Karl shouted.

“I declare a territorial emergency. All territorial citizens except women, children, and the elderly shall gather with anything that can be used as weapons!”

“Yes!”

“Also, those who cannot fight shall immediately begin evacuation preparations!”

Nel’s face hardened.

The conversation she had just had with the man was instantly forgotten.

She ran toward the castle walls.

And she saw an enormous number of undead beginning to gather.

The nearby land of the undead.

Those creatures had finally decided to claim this place as their new territory.

A notification immediately rang out.

 

[Kassel Territory update will begin soon.]

[The Kassel Territory update is scheduled to proceed for one week.]

[After the Kassel Territory update, an undead territory will be established.]

 

Ares updates proceed in various ways.

And most commonly, story-format updates are frequently conducted.

Furthermore, CEO Lee Se-jin had said:

‘Unwanted updates? Even such updates can be changed if users join forces in Ares. Ares pursues high degrees of freedom, after all.’

Users were delighted by this. Updates literally meant Pureum Corporation presenting new stories.

In such updates, users could freely participate.

But Nel knew the reality.

‘Updates getting canceled happens less than 10% of the time…’

She ran toward Knight Commander Karl.

“Commander…!”

“…Haven’t you left yet? Please evacuate quickly.”

Commander Karl looked at Nel with a bitter expression.

“I’ll help too.”

“Thank you, I’ll provide proper compensation accordingly.”

Commander Karl’s eyes were sad.

Those eyes seemed to say:

‘If we survive, that is.’

 

 

 

After finishing his conversation with Nel, Commander Karl hurriedly entered the Lord’s Castle.

Hastily kneeling on one knee and having an audience with the lord, Karl reported to Lord Kern.

“Combat will begin soon. You must evacuate. And there’s still hope. A blacksmith named Hyeon-su…”

Unfortunately, Lord Kern was sitting in his chair drinking alcohol.

Listening to the story with a gloomy expression, he shook his head.

“I won’t evacuate.”

Lord Kern drank his alcohol and laughed bitterly.

“How can I abandon the soldiers and flee from a territory I built myself!”

Karl made a bitter expression.

He’s a good person.

Shouting such things while being consumed by fear and drinking alcohol. He was originally someone who wouldn’t even touch alcohol.

And Lord Kern would remain here, if only through the strength of alcohol.

Moreover, if the soldiers were annihilated, he would die with them. And Lord Kern became more honest under the influence of alcohol.

“Commander Karl.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“…Abandon such vain hope. It’s an impossible task. The blacksmith named Hyeon-su you reported about. Do you think that’s possible?”

Karl couldn’t answer. In truth, he had held onto a glimmer of hope.

However, Lord Kern’s words shook him.

“You must have seen it, the Bell of Lamas can’t be considered broken or cracked. It’s shattered, shattered into dozens of pieces. Repair that? Even if it weren’t unrepairable, it would originally be difficult to repair.”

It was true.

That wasn’t something within the concept of being repairable. Even after saying that, Lord Kern drank his alcohol and laughed miserably.

“But if it could be done…”

He too was human, so he held onto a glimmer of hope.

“What would I begrudge giving to him. He would be someone who saved my territory and saved my soldiers…!”

“…That’s right.”

Commander Karl nodded his head.

Soon Kern gestured for him to leave. After Karl left, Kern shook his head again.

“It’s impossible, impossible… That can never be repaired…”

He drank his alcohol again with a gloomy expression.

 

 

 

‘It can’t be repaired.’

Hyeon-su reached this conclusion as he entered the Blacksmith Shop and swept the remains of the Bell of Lamas onto the floor.

However, Hyeon-su had told Nel that he could do it.

Thump-thump-thump-

Hyeon-su smiled slightly as he listened to the sound of drums echoing from outside.

He quickly began drawing something on parchment with a pencil.

‘There’s no system assistance, but physical impact is applied.’

When he trampled on it and struck it with a hammer, the bell had definitely taken damage.

The fact that it took damage meant that while the system restriction made ‘automatic repair’ impossible, it would be possible if done through handcrafting.

Moreover, those materials didn’t lose their divine power no matter what impact was applied to them.

Before long, Hyeon-su, who had drawn the bell’s blueprint, attached it to one side of the wall.

Right, Lamas’s bell cannot be repaired.

“Then I just need to melt down those materials and remake it.”

That was the conclusion Hyeon-su had reached.

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