Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 48

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Super Rookie Tournament (2)

 

 

 

Hyeon-su, who had instantly turned five Users into ash, used his Recovery Skill to grasp the Orichalcon Short Arrow in his hand again.

Thwack-!

 

[Rankings are being updated.]

[1st place Hyeon-su 7 kills.]

[2nd place Carson 4 kills.]

[3rd place……]

 

Hyeon-su smiled slightly after confirming the arrow’s power.

‘This is insane.’

There was a reason he could penetrate through five people. Most of them were estimated to have less than 40% HP.

He had targeted the moment when their HP had dropped significantly from fighting each other in a tangled mess.

And Hyeon-su could see it.

As the five Users turned to ash, all the Users’ gazes turned toward him.

“…….”

They were looking at Hyeon-su with fire in their eyes.

Hyeon-su stepped back a few paces with a calm expression and put the Orichalcon Short Arrow into his inventory.

If he fired it before the Recovery skill’s cooldown was ready, enemies could steal it.

“Let’s take down that bastard first!”

“He’s a championship candidate!”

“Kill the championship candidate first!”

“Looks like he can’t use that arrow anymore?”

“That guy’s an archer, if he’s an archer we can catch him quickly!”

Hyeon-su looked at one User rushing toward him.

He appeared to be an Assassin class.

He was flying up with incredibly fast feet and striking down with a dagger.

“I got him……!”

Hyeon-su quickly pulled out a Regular Baby Arrow.

Click-

Whoooooosh-

The Thief User bounced about 4 meters into the sky and scattered as ash.

And soon Hyeon-su began running in the opposite direction while watching the Users rushing toward him.

Click-

Kwaaaaack-

“Kuhheok!”

Another User flew about 3 meters and rolled on the ground.

Click-

Kwaaaaack-!

 

[You have forced two Users to logout.]

[1st place Hyeon-su 9 kills.]

 

Users went flying every time they were hit by his arrows.

Soon a Swordsman User entered Hyeon-su’s range.

‘Got him……!’

The Swordsman User was confident of victory. When the distance with a swordsman narrows to within 3 meters, archers usually can’t display their power.

At that moment Hyeon-su quickly swapped weapons. He slashed the user’s neck with Gwangmyeong as he passed by.

Slash-!

“Huh……? What?”

The User turning to ash couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

“Why did I die in one hit……?”

 

[You have forced one User to logout.]

[1st place Hyeon-su 10 kills.]

[You are in overwhelming 1st place.]

[You gain 2% contribution as an additional reward.]

 

And Hyeon-su was controlling his breathing as much as possible.

‘Not yet.’

He had to conserve his skills. His plan hadn’t even started yet.

“Ugh…… monster…….”

“What is that? I’ve never heard of a rookie like that?”

“I, I won’t challenge him…….”

“Me neither.”

And the Users began backing away from Hyeon-su’s amazing damage.

Then.

 

[The first Stage is ending.]

[Those who failed to logout 3 Users will be eliminated.]

 

Whoooosh-!

Among the quite numerous Users, all disappeared except for about 150 Users.

And Hyeon-su tensed up.

The 50% contribution he had planned before making the Orichalcon Short Arrow. This was planned according to Hyeon-su’s analysis.

For a regular User to accumulate 50% contribution alone. That was actually close to impossible.

However, there was one method in Hyeon-su’s mind that could make it possible.

 

[You gain 10% contribution.]

[You are currently recording 1st place in the Super Rookie Tournament.]

 

Just being 1st place wasn’t enough.

So the king could see him. So Barad would want to meet him.

So that true warrior would want to have him, he needed to achieve that kind of 1st place.

And.

Thud, thud thud thud, thuuud, thud thud-

The planned moment approaches.

Hyeon-su swallowed his dry saliva. Massive golems were rushing toward them in droves.

 

[The second Stage begins.]

[In the second Stage, defend against the golems’ attacks for 1 minute.]

[If you succeed in defending, you can participate in the finals, which is the last stage.]

[Golem Lv.61]

 

The second stage.

In this stage, what Hyeon-su had planned could be realized.

In the second stage, golems and the boss monster Blood Golem appear.

However, the Blood Golem doesn’t actually enter the battlefield.

The tournament only shows that the Blood Golem is the core of this competition, and users who can’t overcome the golem attacks essentially fail to advance to the finals.

And the number of golems.

There were enough of them to match the roughly 150 users.

Hyeon-su took out his Orichalcon Short Arrow again.

Among the charging golems, the largest golem caught his eye.

It was so massive that it reached about 5 meters in height.

Thud, thud thud thud-!

Watching the giant golem getting closer, Hyeon-su felt something strange.

‘What is this…?’

The tournament always flowed in a similar direction.

Even if there were slight variations, the overall framework didn’t change much.

According to what Hyeon-su had seen, a level 87 Blood Golem should have appeared.

But…

 

[Boss Monster Appears!]

[Those who hunt the Stone Golem will receive rewards.]

[Stone Golem Lv.109]

 

This was different from what Hyeon-su knew. He noticed something was wrong. And it wasn’t just Hyeon-su.

Other users were also noticing something strange.

“Where’s the Blood Golem? Why is a Stone Golem coming out?”

“What’s a Stone Golem? I’ve never seen one before?”

“Level 109?”

“How are we supposed to kill a level 109! This is supposed to be a level 50 tournament…!”

There was one more strange thing.

“Graaaaar!”

The boss monster that appears in the second stage doesn’t enter the match.

It just watches its subordinate golems kill the tournament participants for one minute before leaving.

But this one was charging through the golems as if it would tear the users apart.

Thud, thud, thud, thud-!

“Why isn’t it stopping!?”

“Pureum Corporation, you bastards! Isn’t this a bug!”

The Stone Golem didn’t stop and kept charging.

At that moment, one user was boldly stepping forward to fight the golem horde.

He seemed not to have noticed that something had gone wrong with this tournament.

“Come on! You golem bastards!”

Soon he looked puzzled as he saw the Stone Golem that had reached right in front of him.

“Huh? Why is the boss mob…”

Craaash-!

“!!!?”

“!!?”

When the Stone Golem struck the user down with its fist, his whole body burst and he turned to gray ash.

“Run…!”

“Damn it, we’re screwed…!”

“Aaaaah, this tournament is ruined!”

The users fell into chaos.

Hundreds of golems plus the Stone Golem. There was absolutely no way to win.

Moreover, if the boss monster Stone Golem was in that state, it wouldn’t return even after time passed.

“Ugh, aaaaah!”

Craaash-

Craaash-!

Smaaash-!

Hyeon-su felt chills down his spine at the horrifying sounds the Stone Golem was making.

‘If this happens, the plan…’

But soon he shook his head.

‘No, I’ll stick to the plan.’

Hyeon-su believed this was the only way to achieve 50% contribution.

So Hyeon-su began to move according to that plan.

 

 

 

Tournament Chairman Bekal was hurriedly walking to have an audience with Sword King Barad.

‘Damn it…’

He had just received a report from the team preparing the golem summoning.

They had mistakenly sent out the Stone Golem, which was supposed to be used from the next tournament, instead of the Blood Golem.

Stone Golem.

It was about 20 levels higher than the existing Blood Golem.

The reason they created that creature was because starting from the next Super Rookie tournament, they were going to accept level 70 Outsiders.

The Stone Golem is an uncontrolled golem.

Of course, this lack of control was intentional.

Level 70 Outsiders should be able to handle that level of golem.

But those currently in the arena are level 50.

‘In the worst case scenario, the Outsiders will be completely wiped out in the second stage… I must stop this.’

Chills ran down his spine.

“I must see His Majesty!”

“…So there really is a problem with the tournament.”

“Yes!”

The knights who had been watching the match also seemed to sense something was wrong and hurriedly led Bekal.

Bekal had an audience with His Majesty Barad.

Prostrating himself, he hurriedly gave his report.

He explained the whole situation. King Barad’s expression remained impassive as he listened to the story.

He had become interested due to one user presumed to be an archer, but that interest quickly faded again.

The mistake by the tournament organizers in such a situation. Punishment could come later.

For now, he gave his order.

“Such things shouldn’t happen in a tournament hosted by the kingdom.”

At this, Bekal slightly raised his head. The king’s approval had been given.

“I will stop it immediately!”

With approval given, he had to move quickly.

But then Barad spoke.

“…Wait.”

Bekal, who had been about to back away while prostrated, stopped. He raised his head and looked at Barad’s face.

The king made an “Oh…” sound while looking at the screen.

On the screen.

All the Outsiders were fleeing backward. Their tangled appearance looked like people running from fire.

On the opposite side of where they were fleeing, there were hordes of golems and a Stone Golem.

But among the fleeing Outsiders.

Only one man was running in the opposite direction from them, approaching the Stone Golem.

‘Who is that?’

Bekal recognized him. The Outsider named Hyeon-su. He recalled what that man had said to him not long ago.

‘Fortunately, I’ve thought of a way to meet you now.’

He had absurdly said something like he might have a way to meet the king.

He stood facing the Stone Golem at a distance of 12 meters and drew his bowstring.

“Don’t tell me, that method is…?”

Barad showed interest at the words Bekal uttered in shock.

“Do you know him?”

“Yes, that man is…”

Barad became interested in his continuing words.

“He’s looking for a way to meet me? Director.”

“Yes!”

“It seems you’ve figured out what that method is. What is it?”

Barad smiled. He was quite curious about what that method was. Bekal spoke.

“…He intends to defeat the boss monster golem alone. That’s what I presume.”

“…How audacious.”

Barad sat back down in his chair and looked at the screen.

“Continue the tournament. Also, so the Outsiders won’t be massacred, allow them to use one more of their Mystical Powers without cooldown time.”

“Pardon?”

Bekal couldn’t hide his bewilderment at the king who wasn’t stopping the match.

The king kept his eyes on the User in the screen.

“There’s still one warrior left, so we can’t end it.”

 

 

 

“Kruaaaaar!”

The Stone Golem with fierce flashing eyes was charging toward him.

All alone.

Cold sweat ran down the back of Hyeon-su, who stood facing it by himself.

‘There’s been a hitch in the plan, but…’

It can’t be helped.

If he doesn’t hunt the boss monster alone, he can’t achieve 50% contribution.

And because of this situation, his mind began to work rapidly.

Swooooosh-

He aimed at the charging beast with his bowstring. Then he realized.

‘No good… ordinary arrows can’t stop that thing, and the cooldown for Piercing Arrow isn’t up yet.’

Even Orichalcon Short Arrows couldn’t stop that thing.

His mind spun rapidly to find another method.

 

[Divine Emergency Crafting begins.]

 

Gurrrr-

Ore rapidly melted in mid-air. The melted ore cooled and underwent refining.

The red-hot material quickly began to take shape.

This emergency crafting was much faster than the first emergency crafting.

It all happened in just 3 seconds.

And what was completed was none other than a gauntlet.

Hyeon-su slowly raised his right arm.

Clank-

The gauntlet fitted itself onto Hyeon-su’s right arm.

 

[Effect application rate is 85%.]

[Divine Emergency Crafting lasts only 30 seconds.]

 

This gauntlet’s effect was focused solely on this.

 

[Strength increases by 121.]

 

Swooooosh-

When strength increases, the power to draw the bowstring increases.

The arrow that shoots out then gains increased destructive power and penetration.

“Grrrr…”

Hyeon-su gritted his teeth. The veins in his right arm bulged as his muscles tensed.

Taut-

 

[Due to increased strength, penetration increases by 32%, physical attack power by 15%, and skill damage by 22%.]

 

Thwang-

Hyeon-su released the bowstring.

 

Ding!

 

A smile appeared on Hyeon-su’s lips at the notification that sounded then.

 

[Piercing Arrow]

 

The passive version of Piercing Arrow had activated with dramatic probability.

The passive version is completely different from the active version.

‘The passive skill is twice as powerful as the active skill!’

 

[An arrow that increases penetration by 150% and physical attack power by 140% is fired.]

[Falls into stun for 4 seconds.]

 

Kwarrrrr-

The arrow shot out like a cannonball with a sound that tore through the air. Then one User shouted.

“Are you crazy!? The golem’s entire body is made of stone, and you think you can defeat it with arrows!?”

All the Users there had the same thought. Arrows couldn’t do anything to a golem made of stone.

But…

Kwaaaaang-!

“Kueeek!!!!!!”

The Stone Golem that had been charging fiercely was hit by the arrow and flew about 7 meters.

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