Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 46

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

 

The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Orichalcon Short Arrow (2)

 

 

 

Hyeon-su, who entered the Rental Forge, thought to himself.

‘I need to achieve 50% contribution.’

What was needed for that? It was Hyeon-su’s training.

Hyeon-su’s training. For him as a blacksmith, training meant crafting artifacts for his own use.

Having found a way to meet Barad through his conversation with Bekal, Hyeon-su had decided what to make.

He took out orichalcon and short arrows from his inventory.

Orichalcon.

It was unbelievably light for something that was supposed to be an ore.

And short arrows. Short arrows had excellent destructive power.

But arrows were merely consumable artifacts.

He wanted to try making this consumable artifact into something that wasn’t.

‘The advantage of short arrows is that their short arrow shafts produce strong destructive power.’

But orichalcon, when its impurities were removed, was estimated to be as light as wood.

You could tell just by looking at it before the impurities were removed.

Orichalcon arrows made from the world’s most powerful ore.

‘I can’t forget this either.’

It must not break and must not be stolen by others.

Arrows were the weapons most easily stolen by others. The moment they bounced off, they left your hands.

That’s why Hyeon-su wanted to try making arrows that returned to their owner and wouldn’t break.

Logically, it was impossible. But for Hyeon-su, it was possible.

 

[Divine Custom Crafting begins.]

 

“I will make arrows that don’t break and return to their owner.”

After setting what to make, Hyeon-su used his Mineral Crafter title to look into the essence of orichalcon.

 

[Orichalcon]

[Composed of silver and Black Mithril, buried underground for thousands of years, becoming lighter and stronger over time.]

 

‘Black Mithril and silver…’

He was familiar with smelting silver, but not with the special ore called Black Mithril.

However, he was somewhat familiar with mithril.

‘It’s composed of iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, and so on.’

If Black Mithril followed the same principles, it wouldn’t be difficult for Hyeon-su.

Hyeon-su raised the furnace temperature to a certain level and put in the orichalcon.

He waited for a moment and thought.

“Smelting special ores in Ares is difficult and hard. What does that mean?”

This was the second time Hyeon-su was using special ores from Ares.

The first was Beginner Zone Mithril.

The second was this orichalcon.

Hyeon-su had heard that when ores were high-grade, the difficulty of smelting and refining increased to unimaginable levels.

Then.

 

[You have started smelting orichalcon.]

[The effects of smelting-related skills are temporarily reduced by 50%.]

 

Hyeon-su blinked his eyes.

‘What…?’

Skill effect reduction.

 

[Guidance for Auto Smelting is not complete.]

 

Not complete.

It would help with some of the smelting but wouldn’t tell him everything.

‘Interesting.’

Hyeon-su ended up laughing.

The moment he started smelting orichalcon, part of the system that users were enthusiastic about shut down.

Gurrrrrr-!

 

[Warning.]

[Please set the temperature correctly.]

[The ore orichalcon does not smelt easily.]

[If you fail to set the appropriate temperature, the orichalcon will evaporate inside the furnace.]

 

“Wow…”

Hyeon-su let out a hollow laugh.

Evaporation meant the destruction of materials.

And orichalcon-grade materials would be destroyed?

Could there be words more terrifying to blacksmiths than this?

Even with that tiny amount of orichalcon, Hyeon-su could guarantee one thing.

‘It might be worth at least 10 million won.’

That tiny amount of orichalcon.

But it would be destroyed?

Orichalcon was a monster.

Even if your level was high, it wouldn’t allow you without courage, challenge, and some knowledge.

Knowledge.

Level 350 blacksmiths went through many processes like smelting, refining, and forging through Auto-Crafting.

99% of users would turn it on and do other things. Or just zone out.

1% of users were different.

They would have made efforts to learn and understand by repeating those processes.

People who had understanding through such things.

Only those who could follow along even with part of the system turned off could smelt orichalcon.

‘Of course, if skill levels got higher, even that could be ignored.’

But with the current level of blacksmiths, it was nearly impossible.

He raised the furnace temperature.

It had to be raised appropriately.

 

[The furnace temperature is rising.]

[The furnace temperature reaches 1,850 degrees.]

 

Within Hyeon-su’s knowledge, he finds the optimal efficiency point for melting silver and mithril.

How does he know?

To begin with, mithril as a material has components similar to iron. And silver is a material that Hyeon-su has smelted thousands of times.

Kririririri-!

An unknown noise that shouldn’t be heard from a furnace spreads.

Then.

 

[This is the optimal temperature for melting orichalcon.]

[Perhaps it might produce even better effects.]

 

Swoooosh-

Hyeon-su feels exhilarated watching the flowing molten metal.

The orichalcon that had completely melted down solidifies again.

What needs to be done now within that ore that has hardened like a pile of stones is the refining process.

The process of extracting real orichalcon from the rough stone.

 

[If orichalcon damage exceeds 30%, the orichalcon will be destroyed.]

 

“…….”

Hyeon-su smiled bitterly. It was like an enhancement system that exists in games.

Artifacts have very high success rates for initial enhancement, but the probability becomes very low as you progress, and the artifact is destroyed upon failure.

The difference is that this one threatens to be destroyed immediately without ever being enhanced.

But it’s fine.

Hyeon-su’s refining skills are superior to any other blacksmith.

 

[Orichalcon damage is minimized.]

[Perhaps it might produce even better effects.]

 

And this audacious thing emits a faint black light as if praising him when he meets its standards.

Soon he goes through the forging process.

Clang-!

Claaang-!

After finishing the refining, the amount Hyeon-su obtained was truly small.

A normal arrowhead isn’t even as big as a finger. He creates an artifact with this small amount of orichalcon.

Even Hyeon-su finds it absurd.

As he continues hammering.

Claaang-

Hissssss-

 

[Orichalcon is not easily forged.]

[You must achieve 60% or higher forging completion within 2 days.]

[If you fail to do so, the orichalcon will be destroyed.]

[Current forging completion is 1%.]

 

Hyeon-su had been hammering for about 20 minutes. Nevertheless, the so-called forging completion was only 1%.

‘Time is tight.’

But he wasn’t in a hurry.

Forging is a process where solid materials are placed on an anvil and hammered to shape them.

But Hyeon-su was someone who had done forging longer than anyone else.

When multiple custom orders came in, he had stayed up day and night to meet delivery deadlines.

‘It’s almost like it’s testing me.’

Hyeon-su knows better than anyone how to make legendary swords. That is to craft them by investing sufficient time and effort.

Claaang-!

Claaaang-!

Hyeon-su didn’t stop forging. This thing was much more demanding and difficult than ordinary ores.

No matter how much he hammered and tried to shape it, it wouldn’t change easily.

However, he doesn’t complain.

Orichalcon had waited thousands of years underground covered in impurities, and he was creating it into a weapon in just a few days.

One day passes and he stays up through the second night as well.

 

[Current forging completion is 91%.]

 

Soon the orichalcon had taken the shape Hyeon-su desired.

Until now, orichalcon had continuously produced notifications like this.

 

[Perhaps it might produce even better effects.]

 

But the moment Hyeon-su finished the forging work, that notification had changed.

 

[Orichalcon will produce the best effects!]

 

The arrowhead was already completed. The method to craft unbreakable arrows within Hyeon-su’s knowledge.

He carves a short arrow shaft from quality wood.

The arrow shaft is thinner and lighter than the arrow shafts he usually made. He coated the remaining melted orichalcon onto the arrow shaft.

Hyeon-su repeatedly went through the process of cooling and coating.

Then he carved the Chinese character ‘現 (Hyeon)’ on the arrowhead and finished by combining the arrow shaft and arrowhead.

At that moment, continuous crafting notifications were heard.

Hyeon-su listening to those notifications couldn’t hide his exhilaration.

He decided to test it right away. To see what effects the newly crafted Orichalcon Short Arrow had.

Click-

Hyeon-su loaded the Orichalcon Short Arrow into his tonga and went outside.

Outside, there were targets where rental forge users could test the power of bows and arrows after crafting them.

Soon, when Hyeon-su released the bowstring, something amazing happened.

 

 

 

NPC Falcon operates a rental forge.

He was once a fairly successful blacksmith, but after reaching advanced blacksmith level, he felt his limits and retired.

He was heading early in the morning to where his rental forges were located.

When he arrives at the rental forge, the first thing he does is replace the targets.

Because blacksmiths who crafted bows or arrows during the night test them on the targets.

As Falcon was walking, he could soon see a blacksmith standing in front of a target, drawing a bowstring.

He remembers.

It’s the young man who paid for two days of rental forge fees the day before yesterday.

Actually, he was puzzled because he only rented for two days.

‘What can you properly make in just two days?’

And soon Falcon tilted his head.

‘What is that?’

Falcon had never seen an arrow fitted inside bamboo before.

And there was something even more peculiar.

‘An arrow……?’

Could it really be that short? Moreover, what drew Falcon’s attention even more was the very appearance of that arrow.

The arrow, with both its arrowhead and shaft made of black material, looked almost mystical.

‘What perfect timing.’

Falcon, who had retired after feeling his limits, crossed his arms and watched him.

‘Is he a beginner blacksmith? Or intermediate?’

Most Outsiders who use the rental forge are low-level blacksmiths.

Usually, high-level blacksmiths own their personal forges.

‘More than that, did he spend two whole days making arrows? Tsk, what a waste of effort.’

The value of arrows is infinitely low, after all.

Then Falcon looked at the target.

It was hanging on just one tree.

Calling it a target was generous—it was just parchment drawn and hung on a tree.

And behind that tree stood a total of nine trees lined up in a row.

At that moment, The Man released the bowstring.

Swooooosh-!

“……!?”

Falcon, who had his arms crossed, unconsciously uncrossed them.

The moment the arrow, flying at an invisible speed, touched the target.

Craaaaaaack-

The tree was torn apart. And then it pierced through the trees behind it.

Thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk-!

The fiercely flying arrow stopped at the sixth tree.

‘What did I just see?’

Those trees are Troll Trees. They’re lined up because occasionally arrows made by outstanding blacksmiths pierce through trees.

Troll Trees uniquely regenerate and restore themselves when damaged.

But…….

Creeeeak-

Thuuuud-

The tree where the target had been hanging collapsed completely.

It couldn’t withstand the impact. Moreover, it wasn’t even regenerating.

‘A consumable arrow produced this kind of power?’

Then.

The arrow that had been embedded in the sixth tree.

That arrow began moving on its own.

Whirrrr-

The arrow pulled itself out of the tree, and when he raised his hand, it smoothly wrapped around his hand with a snap.

Looking at the arrow gripped in his hand, Falcon was even more astonished.

‘Unbelievable……!’

The arrowhead wasn’t damaged in the slightest. The arrow shaft was the same.

And at this moment, Falcon’s preconceptions shattered.

The notion that arrows are consumable.

And it boiled up.

The desire to challenge an even higher level again—he who had felt his limits as an advanced blacksmith!

‘I’m overjoyed……!’

To have such feelings again?

More than that, Falcon was urgent.

This blacksmith who had accomplished such an amazing feat.

Who was he?

He hurriedly approached him.

“You’ve made a truly remarkable arrow, and thank you!”

“……?”

The Man looked puzzled. Suddenly thanking him?

“Seeing your arrow made the desire to grip a hammer again surge within me. I’m curious about your name…… no, I’d like to ask the honorable blacksmith’s name, if I may!?”

The Man, who had slung the arrow shaft behind his back, smiled slightly and answered.

“I am Blacksmith Hyeon.”

The Man who had bowed his head scattered into light and disappeared.

An Outsider returning to His Own World. And as Hyeon-su logged out, a notification reached him.

 

[A blacksmith will remember today’s events for a long time.]

[You gain 10 Fame.]

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————