Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 58

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Repayment (2)

 

 

 

“1 million gold. This is the amount assessed by our Royal Palace.”

1 million gold for the price of Hyeon’s sixth custom crafted sword.

Hyeon-su’s heart raced upon hearing those words.

Since Hyeon-su had thought he would be happy to receive even 500,000 gold.

‘1 million gold is 1 billion won in Korean currency…!’

About 2 weeks in game time. In about 4-5 days in reality, Hyeon-su had earned an astronomical amount of money.

“Deliver this to him.”

Barad wrote the amount on a check-formatted parchment and handed it to his retainer.

 

[You have acquired 1,017,600 gold.]

 

Hyeon-su couldn’t help but be amazed. Seeing him overwhelmed with emotion, Barad smiled softly.

“I told the chancellor to add 30% more.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Hyeon-su realized that his single death had brought forth value worth over 300 million won.

And surprisingly, that repayment didn’t end there.

Barad looked at Hyeon-su and stepped down the stairs.

“I think I’ll try living with all my strength as you said, so I won’t be ashamed when I meet Ban in heaven later.”

Before he knew it, Barad stood in front of Hyeon-su.

“I hope you continue as you have been, living vigorously to awaken your father as you wish.”

Barad envied Hyeon-su. For having the hope that he might someday awaken his father.

And on one hand, he cheered for him.

Hoping that he would surely save his father.

That’s why he spoke up.

“Would you come visit me from time to time?”

Barad thought he would be curious as the seasons passed.

About his news, about his stories.

“I’d like you to drop by and tell me what happened, what kind of people you met, sharing stories without pretense like that.”

Of course, he would also recommend that he stay.

“Would you do that for me?”

At that, Hyeon-su smiled.

“Yes, I’d like Your Majesty to also share stories of how you’ve been living when I come.”

A smile formed on Barad’s lips. Until just now, he had been thinking of giving Hyeon-su another reward.

That was a blessing.

A special power that high-level NPCs could give to Outsiders.

In Hyeon-su’s case, he had received the Hero’s Blessing from Subjugation Captain Hans.

And this blessing also varied depending on the level of the one giving it.

Barad had intended to bestow the fairly decent blessing called ‘Blessing of the Sword.’

However, through his conversation with him, that thought changed.

‘Someone to share stories with without pretense.’

Barad knew what such beings were called.

He had continued to call him this way.

Blacksmith Hyeon.

Now it was different.

“I’ll make sure to do so, Hyeon-su.”

Hyeon-su looked into those deep eyes.

Just from that one change in address, Hyeon-su felt that his relationship with him had greatly changed.

At the same time, Barad extended his hand to him, and Hyeon-su grasped that hand.

“I want to call you my dear friend.”

 

[The Blessing of Dear Friend settles upon you.]

[You gain 8 to all stats.]

[Sword attack power increases by 15%, sword cutting power by 10%, sword penetration by 10%.]

 

Hearing the notification, Hyeon-su couldn’t help but be amazed.

‘8 to all stats…?’

On top of that, the other effects related to swords had increased tremendously.

‘I really became much stronger through this crafting.’

When Hyeon-su made the legendary grade sword, he was able to raise all stats by 6, dexterity by 100, and fame by 300.

During the crafting period, he achieved the feat of raising all stats by a total of 16.

But Barad’s reward didn’t end there.

“I called you dear friend, but I can’t rush to your call at a moment’s notice, nor do I intend to give you everything you want.”

But Hyeon-su wasn’t disappointed or hurt by those words.

What he meant by dear friend was to share stories without pretense.

Hyeon-su also liked those words and didn’t expect anything.

But that wasn’t the case.

“So I thought I’d do just one thing for you.”

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to give anything, but Barad spoke to give the most precious thing.

“I’ll pass on my swordsmanship to you.”

 

Ding!

 

[Skill Quest: Sword King’s Swordsmanship]

Grade: S

Restriction: One who has received Barad’s proposal.

Reward: Sword King’s Swordsmanship.

Penalty upon failure: Decreased intimacy with Barad.

Description: Sword King Barad. Learn his swordsmanship through training. Acquire the skill when training progress reaches 70% or higher.

 

“The swordsmanship given to you will vary depending on how much you follow the training progress. Even 70% would be quite excellent.”

It was none other than the Sword King’s swordsmanship. The swordsmanship of the greatest existing NPC.

“We’ll start the day after tomorrow.”

Hyeon-su immediately left the audience chamber and logged out.

 

[You have logged out.]

 

After logging out, Hyeon-su immediately exchanged the money he had earned.

The 1.017 billion won he earned this time, combined with the money earned from the Goyard Super Rookie Tournament, totaled 1.03 billion won.

First, Hyeon-su went to the bank to set his account usage limit to the maximum, then stopped by a department store.

After buying various things at the department store, Hyeon-su immediately visited the administration office to move his father’s hospital room to a VVIP room.

After a while, he met Ho-seok and deposited 1 billion won into his bank account.

Ho-seok looked bewildered when he checked the transaction details.

Then Hyeon-su held out a shopping bag he had bought from the department store.

“Actually, I knew about it – that Team Leader Ho-seok kept preventing them from firing me.”

Ho-seok had come to tell Hyeon-su not to act arrogant just because he made some money.

The shopping bag that Hyeon-su handed him contained a shirt.

Ho-seok was momentarily speechless when he saw the shirt.

‘How did he earn this much?’

Having that thought, he smiled bitterly. He was certain Hyeon-su hadn’t earned it through bad deeds.

“I know the hospital doesn’t usually accept these things, but please take it.”

And at that moment, Ho-seok felt deeply ashamed of himself.

Ho-seok moved Hyeon-su’s father, Kang Hyeon-tae, to a VVIP room.

And Hyeon-su gave small gifts to each of the nurses and presented a small potted plant to Dr. Jin-seop’s office.

Just as he was about to exit through the automatic doors, Ho-seok came running and said:

“Hyeon-su, I’m really proud of you. You’re admirable.”

Those were Ho-seok’s sincere words. Hyeon-su bowed politely to him and soon left the hospital.

After leaving the hospital, Hyeon-su immediately called out Ji-hoon.

“Why did you call me?”

“To buy you a meal.”

“A meal? What are you going to buy me? Kimbap Hell?”

 

 

10 minutes later.

Sizzle-

“Wow, Kang Hyeon-su buying me Korean beef – I never thought I’d live to see the day. Chomp chomp.”

Watching Ji-hoon devour the Korean beef hungrily, Hyeon-su felt like he was repaying what he had received all this time.

He handed over a pair of shoes for the guy who was going to a job interview soon.

“Th-these are Bermes shoes, aren’t they?”

Ji-hoon was shocked. Bermes – the luxury brand that only rich people buy!

“Big brother, I’ll serve you for the rest of my life.”

“Good, do well.”

After meeting Ji-hoon, Hyeon-su withdrew money.

Now there was one last person he absolutely had to repay. Hyeon-su walked toward his home.

 

 

 

Kim Hye-sook, the landlady of the small two-story house, was packing various side dishes.

“Oh, why are you packing so many side dishes? Who are you giving them to?”

“Who else? The young man Hyeon-su on the second floor.”

Hye-sook’s husband chimed in.

“Pack plenty of that braised beef too, and the pickled scallions.”

Hye-sook sighed as she packed the side dishes.

“Sigh, I feel so sorry for young Hyeon-su, what should I do.”

Hye-sook, who had watched over Hyeon-su for a long time, was now in a situation where she had to sell the house.

“If only I hadn’t hurt my back.”

Her husband patted his back. Actually, Hye-sook’s family was also going through a very difficult time.

How desperate must they be to sell the two-story house they’d owned for so long?

“Such a lovely young man, like a son. I wonder if he has somewhere to go.”

Just then.

Ding-dong-

The doorbell rang.

“Who could it be at this hour?”

Hye-sook went outside with a puzzled expression and found Hyeon-su standing there.

Hyeon-su was dressed quite neatly.

“I was just packing side dishes for you, young Hyeon-su. What brings you here?”

Then Hyeon-su carefully held out an envelope.

Hye-sook was surprised when she checked the envelope. It contained a very large amount of money.

“Wh-what is this?”

“It’s the rent for all the times you charged me half price.”

“What?”

Hye-sook forcibly pushed the envelope back into Hyeon-su’s arms.

“No, that’s enough. I don’t need this kind of thing, just go out and live well, young Hyeon-su.”

To that, Hyeon-su said:

“I made a lot of money this time, and I think I’ll make a lot more in the future. Enough to pay for Father’s treatment and my treatment too.”

Hye-sook was greatly surprised by this.

She didn’t think Hyeon-su was the type to do bad things.

And when Hyeon-su told her what kind of work he was doing, Hye-sook clapped her hands.

“Oh my, how admirable. Oh, so admirable!”

Hye-sook sincerely hugged Hyeon-su and rejoiced for him.

“What!? Our young Hyeon-su became rich!?”

“I still have a lot of debt to pay off, but I think it’ll happen soon.”

“That’s wonderful, I knew things would work out like this, hahaha!”

Kim Hye-sook sincerely congratulated Hyeon-su on his success. And as always, she packed plenty of side dishes for him.

Carrying the side dishes up to his shabby home, Hyeon-su smiled softly.

‘Now I have confidence.’

Confidence that he could earn a lot of money.

So it was okay to spend this much.

He decided to temporarily stay in a newly built officetel nearby instead of the semi-basement studio apartment.

Now he had to focus on the next things he needed to do.

‘First, I need to learn the Sword King’s swordsmanship and go to the mine with the Hundred-Year Cold Iron, then receive my first crafting commission from a user.’

The first crafting commission.

This would become a turning point for Hyeon’s Forge in the auction house.

‘The Sword King’s swordsmanship…’

Hyeon-su logged into Ares.

 

 

 

As soon as Barad’s condition improved somewhat, he said he would participate in the speech ceremony.

The speech ceremony was quite an important festival in the Goyard Kingdom, but Barad usually didn’t attend well.

 

[Why is Baganji participating in the speech ceremony for once?]

[What’s Baganji?]

[Barad + cool lololololol.]

 

The speech ceremony is also broadcast on internet streams.

Moreover, although Barad is an NPC, he’s also the person voted as the coolest NPC #1 in Ares.

Citizens and users flocked to see him, and the internet broadcast viewership reached 50,000 people.

And Bella looked at His Majesty Barad with confusion.

‘He must not be feeling well, so why did he suddenly decide to participate in the speech ceremony?’

She had also heard that after resting for two more days, he would immediately begin teaching swordsmanship to Hyeon-su.

Soon, countless people were waiting for Barad’s appearance.

Barad, wearing silver full plate armor, walked out onto the platform.

Barad.

The word “close friend” was very unfamiliar to him.

But when he was with that boy named Hyeon-su, his heart felt at ease.

He also cheered for his future.

Since he also cheered for himself, what else could this be if not friendship?

Barad was clever and knew well how to repay such kindness.

 

[Whoa, badass bro is here!]

[He really looks cool.]

[Yo, we already have 70,000 viewers ㄷㄷ.]

 

Barad walked forward.

He placed the scabbard he was wearing with a thud on the table.

Making sure the character “Hyeon (現)” was clearly visible.

Then he looked around at the people.

“I begin my speech.”

Bella couldn’t hide her surprise.

‘Could it be…?’

What does a blacksmith need most?

It’s for it to be widely known that there’s a creator of excellent weapons.

 

[Hey, Barad’s sword changed?]

[What’s that sword? Is that frost around the sword for real?]

 

The broadcasting station also noticed the situation and began to close up on the sword.

A single character was starkly revealed on the close-up scabbard.

Hyeon (現).

 

[Hyeon (現)? Who is Hyeon?]

[Crazy, the person who crafted Barad’s sword is Blacksmith Hyeon?]

 

At that moment, Hyeon’s Forge’s subscriber count began to rise rapidly and internet articles appeared.

 

[Shocking. Sword King Barad’s sword crafter. Blacksmith Hyeon (現)!]

[Blacksmith Hyeon (現). Who is he?]

 

Portal search site Neiba.

In just one hour, the name Blacksmith Hyeon (現) rose to 19th place in real-time search rankings.

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