Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 47

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Super Rookie Tournament (1)

 

 

 

Hyeon-su, who had logged out, came out after washing and shook his hair with a towel.

“Ugh… that’s refreshing.”

16 hours in reality. He had been crafting arrows for two whole days in the game.

After washing up, Hyeon-su confirmed that he had just a brief moment of leisure before the tournament.

He accessed his computer and logged onto the Ares homepage.

On the homepage, he could check the notifications he had heard and verify artifacts.

He checked the notifications he had received after creating the arrow.

 

[An artifact imbued with Divine Custom Crafting is completed.]

[The experience and knowledge of a blacksmith with Master Craftsman skills have been infused, dramatically increasing the effect application rate.]

[Effect application rate is 94%.]

[Orichalcon has achieved maximum efficiency, creating a superior arrow.]

[It is Unique grade.]

[You have crafted an artifact closest to legendary status.]

[You have named it Hyeon’s Third Custom-made Arrow.]

[The God of Blacksmiths title shines brightly.]

[You have selected the all-stat increase rate application from artifact crafting, which can only be activated once per week.]

[You gain 4 to all stats.]

[You gain 50 Dexterity.]

[You gain 100 Fame.]

[Basic Bow Mastery Lv.1 proficiency increases by 54%.]

 

After finishing the confirmation, Hyeon-su now checked the Orichalcon Short Arrow, namely Hyeon’s Third Custom-made Arrow.

 

(Hyeon’s Third Custom-made Arrow)

Grade: Unique

Durability: Infinite

Attack Power: 321

Restrictions: No restrictions for the creator, Level 300+ Archer

Special Abilities

·Agility increased by 1%.

·Penetration increased by 130%.

·Arrow speed increased by 120%.

·Accuracy increased by 35%.

·Active Skill Retrieve.

·Active Skill Piercing Arrow.

·Passive Skill Piercing Arrow.

Description: The finest arrow born from a minuscule amount of Orichalcon. No existing arrow can surpass this one.

 

“Wow…”

Admiration came naturally. And the sure way to know how excellent this arrow was would be to compare it with the existing Short Arrow.

The existing Short Arrow had a durability of 100. It was a perfect example showing that arrows break easily.

But this Short Arrow had infinite durability. In other words, it wouldn’t break.

The attack power was especially outstanding.

‘The attack power increased by more than three times.’

Three times higher than the existing Short Arrow, and the penetration and arrow speed had also dramatically improved, and he had obtained the desired function of the arrow returning as well.

And Hyeon-su could suddenly understand through the description why this arrow was close to legendary status.

‘No existing arrow can surpass this one.’

This was the strongest arrow in existence.

‘Time’s up.’

Hyeon-su, who checked the clock, got up. And he logged into Ares again.

 

[You have logged in.]

 

When he arrived at the place where he had submitted his Super Rookie Tournament application, there were already well over a thousand participants.

Some seemed to have come for fun, while others showed determination to win.

And soon it was time.

 

[You will participate in the Super Rookie Tournament in 10 seconds.]

 

Hyeon-su took a deep breath. He had already familiarized himself with how the Super Rookie Tournament proceeded.

 

[You will be warped to the Super Rookie Tournament.]

 

Immediately, a bright light enveloped all the participants present.

When he opened his eyes, Hyeon-su could see that he had appeared on vast plains.

“Oh, how amazing!”

“Kaha, this body shall become a Super Rookie!”

The Users were burning with their own enthusiasm.

Kieeeee-!

And Hyeon-su could spot a wyvern descending from the sky.

On the wyvern was riding Bekal, whom he had seen not long ago.

“Though it may not be visible to your eyes, His Majesty is watching, and that’s not all. Keep in mind that quite a few spectators are also watching, though they’re hidden.”

Hyeon-su looked around at those words.

Though they were on vast plains, there would be spectator seats and Sword King Barad would also be sitting there.

“Instructions will be given three times in total, so keep in mind that you just need to move according to those instructions. And you’ll soon find out.”

Bekal smiled slightly.

“Why there were no preliminaries here.”

Contrary to his expectations, most Users already knew the reason.

Kieeeeeee-

Soon the wyvern flew up into the sky again.

The Users began looking around with tense expressions.

Super Rookie Tournament.

The reason why there are no preliminaries in a tournament to determine the strong.

 

Ding!

 

[The first stage begins.]

 

All Users immediately began gripping their weapons tightly.

 

[Please log out at least 3 or more users.]

[A contribution system will be granted.]

[Contribution: 0%]

 

Preliminaries weren’t necessary.

As soon as the tournament started, participants would be filtered out in the first and second stages.

Weaklings who joined for fun would be eliminated right on the spot.

They couldn’t display their wit against those who truly dreamed of becoming Super Rookies.

And Hyeon-su heard an additional notification.

 

[The person who defeats the most users will be granted 10% contribution.]

 

“……?”

Hyeon-su didn’t know details to this extent.

And he could immediately see the barrage of magic and arrows flying toward him.

And Hyeon-su became curious.

After making Hyeon’s Third Custom Arrow, he had only tested it on targets.

It had produced the shocking sight of penetrating through trees.

But what was more important was whether it would be greatly effective against users or monsters too.

‘Aren’t there any ordinary users around?’

The easy way to check the arrow’s power was to shoot it at the most ordinary users of the same level range.

That way he could know how much power he could output relative to his level.

As he was looking around like that, someone began approaching Hyeon-su.

 

 

 

“I’m counting on the steel shield you bought this time.”

“Ah, sure~”

Swordsman Cole had participated in the Super Rookie Tournament with a friend.

It was because he thought it might be possible with two people, even if impossible alone.

“Hey, who should we mess with first.”

“Isn’t it the rule to start by picking off the clueless ones.”

And his friend was an assassin class – not particularly special, but not incompetent either.

Then a user caught Cole’s attention. He had a sword at his waist and was holding a bow in his hands.

‘……Is he a swordsman or an archer?’

Cole could tell.

“Hey, that guy’s a jack-of-all-trades.”

“Oh, really? He really is a jack-of-all-trades, huh. You should never go jack-of-all-trades in Ares.”

Because it becomes difficult to raise other masteries when you’re a jack-of-all-trades.

In a game where swordsmen should acquire sword skills and archers should acquire archery skills, being a jack-of-all-trades had no merit at all.

In other words, it was proof that user had made a foolish choice.

And since they were told to log out users, his behavior of rolling his eyes and looking around seemed obviously clueless.

“Let’s go for him. Stay close behind me.”

Cole held out his newly purchased square shield.

The square shield was massive enough to completely hide Cole’s body.

“Once we get close, let’s rush him together.”

Cole was being considerate of his friend. This was their plan.

Block attacks with the shield, then both strike simultaneously.

Cole had another reason for choosing that user.

A user with a shield had a good matchup against a user holding a bow.

What kind of weapon was an arrow?

Excluding just the arrowhead, it was a weapon with nothing much to it.

It didn’t have destructive power or strength either, so most arrows couldn’t penetrate shields.

“Let’s go.”

Worried someone might steal his prey, Cole called out to the user who was looking around.

“Hey there.”

Then Cole made a puzzled expression.

‘What’s this?’

Why is he smiling while looking at me?

Cole, who had been making a puzzled expression, hid even his face behind the steel shield and slowly approached.

Click-

Then an unidentifiable sound was heard.

‘What connection could there possibly be between an arrow and a clicking sound?’

He made a puzzled expression and stealthily raised his head above the shield.

‘Bamboo?’

The user he had called out to.

That user had fitted an unidentifiable arrow into bamboo.

‘What is that?’

Cole had never seen an arrow like that before.

A mysterious arrow made of black light from the arrowhead to the arrow shaft.

At first glance, it was so captivating that it drew admiration.

However, Cole soon smiled.

‘Even so, an arrow is still an arrow.’

Whooooosh-

The user in front drew his bowstring. But Cole didn’t mind. He continued hiding his friend behind him and advanced step by step.

Cole, who was walking while raising his head above the shield to look at the man, soon saw his bowstring snap back.

‘Now, let me check the power of my newly fitted shield……’

At that moment.

Shrieeek-!

Cole made a puzzled expression.

‘Shrieeek……? How can an arrow make a shrieking sound as it flies?’

In that instant.

Craaaash-!

The moment the mysterious black arrow touched the shield, a strong impact surged forward.

“Wh-what!!!?”

Shocked by the impact, Cole felt himself being pushed back while gripping the shield.

For a moment he had the illusion that the pushing phenomenon had disappeared.

Boooooom-!

The shield was penetrated and the arrow passed through Cole’s heart.

“Khaaaaak!”

Cole, who was blown back about 4 meters, couldn’t hide his bewildered expression.

‘What, what did I just get hit by?’

A gun?

No, he thought even a gun couldn’t produce this level of power.

Worried about his friend who had been behind him, he turned his head.

“Hey, Tae-seong. Are you okay…… huh?”

Cole, who had turned his head, couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

“This can’t be……!”

His friend was scattering as ash.

A single arrow had pierced through the shield and himself, then penetrated and killed his friend as well.

It seemed he had only survived because he was a user with higher HP than his friend.

‘Don’t just dump everything into swords, buy some armor too…!’

One of the reasons for this was that his friend was an assassin user who had put everything into weapons only.

Cole couldn’t hide his anger.

“You, you bastard!”

He charged toward the man. Cole had noticed. That arrow from before had been his ultimate skill.

That’s why he couldn’t shoot that arrow again…

“Retrieve.”

Soon the man muttered.

Cole made a puzzled expression.

‘Retrieve?’

The word retrieve.

Cole knew it meant to come back.

What was coming back?

Cole turned his head with an uneasy expression and saw it in his vision.

Swooooosh-!

The arrow stuck in the ground pulled itself out and was returning to its owner at tremendous speed.

And that arrow pierced through his back once again.

Thwaaack-!

 

[Retrieve.]

[Returns to the user.]

[When there are monsters or enemies, it deals 50% of the original damage while returning.]

 

Cole, whose back had been pierced once more, looked at the man.

Catch-

The mysterious arrow smoothly wrapped around the man’s hand.

“Ugh… sir, what kind of skill is this?”

Cole, who had collapsed to his knees, asked.

He had never heard of low-level archers having such a skill…

“It’s a basic attack.”

“…What?”

Cole made an expression of disbelief. Soon the man stabbed his throat with a black arrow and passed by.

Stab-

Cole’s vision was dyed in darkness.

 

 

 

[You have forced two users to logout.]

[The stage will end in 5 minutes, and those who fail to force 3 users to logout will be eliminated from the Super Rookie Tournament.]

 

‘This is insane…’

Hyeon-su, who had confirmed the power of Hyeon’s custom-made arrow, couldn’t help but admire it.

To pierce through a user’s shield and force logout the user behind them?

Of course, those two people were presumed to be among the weaker ones in this Super Rookie Tournament.

Hyeon-su was soon hit by a Fireball that flew from nearby.

Boooom-!

 

[HP drops below 91%.]

 

He swallowed a bitter smile.

He had only taken minimal damage.

It was due to Hyeon-su’s stats that defied common sense and the effect of the Mad Lord’s Armor.

‘Even if they’re Super Rookie aspirants…’

They seemed unable to match him.

And Hyeon-su suddenly became curious.

‘I’ve tried one skill now.’

The Orichalcon Short Arrow had a total of three skills.

One was Retrieve, and the other two had the same name.

It was ‘Piercing Arrow.’

The reason there were two Piercing Arrows was because both passive and active versions existed together.

‘Where should I try it?’

Hyeon-su’s plan was still before execution.

However, he was confident that even if he used a skill now, the cooldown would be fully recharged.

And soon Hyeon-su spotted a place where users were clustered together in a brawl.

‘Forcing the most users to logout gives 10% contribution.’

Swooooosh-

Hyeon-su aimed at them and drew his bowstring.

 

[Piercing Arrow]

 

And he activated the skill.

 

 

 

Sword King Barad.

The tournament was proceeding through the screen emanating from the crystal orb, but he showed not the slightest interest.

“How boring.”

The reason for creating this tournament was to find strong warriors.

However, such warriors were hard to find.

“Your Majesty would naturally feel that way.”

Barad didn’t respond to his retainer’s words and merely turned the page.

Rustle-

Then.

 

-Shriiiiek-!

 

Pause

For just a moment, Barad’s hand stopped.

With his unusually developed senses, he realized what the sound was.

‘There must be an archer.’

That was the end of it. He turned the page again.

Rustle-

Rustle-

Then Barad soon made a puzzled expression.

 

-Rummmmmble-!

 

Pause

He stopped again and furrowed his brow.

‘What is that sound?’

His five senses were telling him. This sound was not the sound of swinging a sword.

Nor was it the sound of using magic.

It was the sound of something rapidly piercing through the air in a short time.

Barad raised his head and took in that scene with his eyes. And soon a shocking scene unfolded before his eyes.

An arrow that flew with a piercing sound toward where the Outsiders were tangled and densely packed.

Kwajiiiiiik-

The chest of the first Outsider hit was torn apart as if being ripped to shreds.

The arrow that penetrated through him hit two more, three more.

And after penetrating a total of five people, they began to turn into ash and crumble.

The retainer standing beside him was shocked by the king’s action that followed.

Thud-

The first reason was because His Majesty Barad closed the book, and the second reason was because he spoke with a curious expression.

“An interesting fellow.”

And he began to take in that scene with his eyes.

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