Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 6

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Still Want to Create (5)

 

 

 

Hyeon-su was amazed that just by sharpening the sword, its attack power increased by 2% and durability by 5%.

‘Oh, does sharpening a sword well normally create this kind of effect?’

As if that were the case.

Hyeon-su, who had never played games in his life, didn’t know that this happened because he had truly sharpened the blade well.

It’s only natural that the sharper a sword is, the higher its attack power becomes.

Hyeon-su handed the well-sharpened sword to Instructor Jack.

Jack looked at the quite excellently sharpened sword and smiled with satisfaction.

And since NPCs can also check artifact information.

He casually looked it over and checked the detailed information.

“Huh!?”

Jack looked back and forth between Hyeon-su and the sword several times with surprised eyes.

Hyeon-su didn’t know it, but permanently increasing a sword’s attack power by 2% and durability by 5% was an incredible feat.

Jack could now deal stronger attacks just by sitting still!

“Y-you’re really amazing, truly an amazing blacksmith!”

 

[Your intimacy with Jack increases.]

 

It didn’t end there.

Jack couldn’t hide his excitement.

“I feel bad taking this level of sword sharpening for just 50 silver!”

Saying that, Jack handed over a gold coin.

 

[You obtain 1 gold.]

 

Ares’ currency units are divided into silver and gold.

100 silver equals 1 gold.

Also, users in the Beginner Zone start with only 10 silver.

But Hyeon-su was supposed to receive 50 silver and got double the price, ending up with 10 times more money than regular users.

‘Jackpot!’

And Hyeon-su caught a scent.

Sniff sniff.

There’s a smell. A smell.

This was the scent of tremendous money.

‘That means I earned a thousand won.’

Of course, Hyeon-su doesn’t think this is an incredibly small amount.

This is the Beginner Zone.

The currency transaction volume in the Beginner Zone is small, and the rewards given are also very low.

‘My balance was around 1.01 million won, wasn’t it?’

That was about how much was in Hyeon-su’s bank account before logging in.

Every little bit helps.

And fortunately, our sucker customer.

“Hey everyone, come over here!”

Called over other sucker customers.

“What’s the matter?”

“Instructor Jack, what’s going on?”

The instructors came rushing over.

There were about ten or so instructors.

“Look at this sword, this fellow sharpened it and…”

“Huh!”

“N-no way!”

“This can’t be!”

The instructors looked at Hyeon-su with surprised expressions.

A moment later.

Hyeon-su cleared his throat with an “ahem” and took a deep breath using diaphragmatic breathing.

Then he shouted with all his might.

“Form a line!”

At Hyeon-su’s shout, the instructors lined up.

 

[You have sharpened the sword with the finest skill.]

[The sword’s attack power increases by 2% and durability increases by 5%…]

 

“I-it’s real? H-here’s 1 gold!”

 

[Your intimacy with Brown increases.]

 

“Please look at my sword too!”

 

[You have sharpened the sword with the finest skill…]

[The sword’s attack power…]

 

“Can you sharpen axes too?”

“Ah, of course I can. Suck… I mean, Instructor, hehe!”

 

[You have sharpened the axe with the finest skill…]

[The axe’s attack power…]

 

“I’m in a good mood, here, I’ll give you 50 more silver. Here’s 1 gold 50 silver!”

“Such a handsome instructor is also so kind-hearted.”

The instructor resembled an orc.

“Ha, hahaha… I’m in a good mood. 50 more silver!”

A total of 2 gold!

And Hyeon-su was feeling his own worth.

“Huh, I’m sorry, Instructor.”

He gave off an exaggerated nuance to the next instructor in line that something truly regrettable had happened.

Just like when he used to do business with the Haggling Grandmothers.

‘Oh my, unfortunately only one kitchen knife is left! Oh, goodness. Just one left, Grandmother!’

“Unfortunately, there aren’t many whetstones left, so I think I’ll have to raise the price a bit.”

“What!? H-how much!?”

Hyeon-su still had 40 whetstones left in his inventory.

“Since only five are left, I think I’ll have to charge 2 gold from now on.”

“Ahaha, I got worried for nothing. If attack power goes up by 2% for just 2 gold, that’s practically free, free. Don’t you think?”

“That’s right, exactly!”

Then Hyeon-su noticed people approaching from a distance and tilted his head.

“Who are those people…?”

“They’re instructors from the Neighboring Area. I called them with a Messenger Bird. Wouldn’t it be nice to share such a good opportunity together!”

However, Hyeon-su was a calculating person.

After sharpening the blades for the instructors here, he sharpened one blade for an instructor from the Neighboring Area.

Then.

“Unfortunately, I’ve used up all my whetstones, so today will be difficult. I’m really sorry.”

“What, what!? We came from so far away!?”

“Then please come tomorrow. I’ll sharpen them for you tomorrow. However, tomorrow I’ll have to charge 2 gold and 50 silver. Is that okay?”

“Of course it’s okay. You must sharpen them for us tomorrow!”

“Of course. Oh, if you advertise in the Neighboring Area, I’ll give you a 50 silver discount.”

“Ohhh.”

“You’ll cut 50 silver from 2 gold 50 silver!? That’s practically free, free!”

Suckers call other suckers.

However, though he called them suckers, the 2% attack power increase was far more impressive than Hyeon-su had expected.

After parting with the instructors, Hyeon-su took a deep breath to calm himself.

“Whew…”

He opened his inventory window with his eyes closed.

When the inventory window appeared translucently in front of him.

Hyeon-su slightly opened one eye and soon admired the gold he could see.

 

[39 gold 38 silver.]

 

Converted to cash, it had a value of about 40,000 won.

Time in Ares flows three times faster than reality.

In other words, one day in reality was three days in Ares.

In just a few hours, Hyeon-su had earned 40,000 won.

“…”

Hyeon-su suddenly felt his heart swell with emotion.

Of course, this gold would be invested to obtain a VVIP Capsule.

However, seeing the instructors’ reactions, he felt it.

The world his father had spoken of.

A world where there were people who rejoiced at seeing the Finished Products we made.

This world was exactly that kind of world.

They were happy with the Finished Products he created, grateful, and valued him.

Hyeon-su was now in such a dreamlike world.

Also, his heart wasn’t swelling with emotion for that reason alone.

“Ha…”

He wiped away the tears that trickled down from one eye.

It’s fun.

Insanely fun.

So fun he could go crazy and jump around.

Even though he was repeating difficult manual labor, for Hyeon-su three years ago, it had been the most fun thing in the world.

He became so joyful at being able to continue doing work that made him happy.

While he was being so emotional.

 

[Rond: Having fun?]

 

A whisper came from Ji-hoon.

Ares allows duplicate character names.

Instead, you have to write the other person’s phone number next to the duplicate character name for a unique code number to appear.

 

[Hyeon-su: Yeah.]

[Rond: Looks like you were having fun. Let’s go home.]

[Hyeon-su: OK]

 

Hyeon-su looked down at his right hand, smiled slightly, and logged out.

 

 

 

Late evening at a corner table in the Chicken Restaurant.

Ji-hoon watched his friend Hyeon-su chattering excitedly.

‘He must have really had fun.’

It had been a while. Since he had been so excited and talkative like this.

After that incident, Hyeon-su had become very quiet.

Today he was going on and on about Ares as if pouring out all the words he had held back.

Also, through his story, Ji-hoon learned that his Blacksmithing Technique actually worked in Ares too.

‘Wow, that’s an insanely overpowered character…’

His father, who was uniquely called a Master Craftsman in the world.

And Hyeon-su, who could be called a Master Craftsman without shame compared to his father.

Since his father had unfortunately become a vegetable, perhaps he was now the world’s greatest Master Craftsman.

“But is gaining Dexterity stats normally this easy?”

“Huh?”

Ji-hoon tilted his head.

Dexterity stats?

Ji-hoon shook his head.

“What are you talking about, easy? It’s incredibly difficult.”

“Really?”

Ares’s advantage lies in being able to raise stats by repeating any action.

Especially in the Beginner Zone, the effect was much more pronounced.

But even that wasn’t easy.

You have to hit a Wooden Dummy for 6 hours just to gain 1 strength stat.

And Dexterity stats are exclusive to production job classes.

You can also raise them through manual labor.

But it’s still not easy.

“There was a topic on the Ares community site about leveling up VS raising stats.”

Hyeon-su listened carefully to Ji-hoon’s explanation.

“But everyone said leveling up was easier.”

It was an obvious story.

Levels go up just by hunting, but stats don’t.

Only in the Beginner Zone does Dexterity go up after repeating for 4 or 5 hours, but once you leave the Beginner Zone, it becomes extremely difficult.

Of course, this also gets better bonuses when you’re at low levels.

“Really? I guess leveling up is much easier than I thought.”

Well, everyone’s standards were different.

Ji-hoon thought Hyeon-su could feel that way.

Come to think of it, Ji-hoon had only heard that Hyeon-su made a Rare Artifact and was doing business.

He didn’t know what his current status window looked like.

“Download the Ares app.”

You can check your character’s status window on your smartphone too.

‘Raising Dexterity is easy, huh. I wonder if he raised it by about 3 points?’

Even that would be a truly tremendous amount of Dexterity.

Ordinary users don’t gain the 5 basic stats called Strength, Agility, Stamina, Wisdom, and Intelligence until they leave the Beginner Zone.

Especially if it’s Dexterity, which is classified as a special stat, there’s no need to even mention it.

‘Even 3 points would be absolutely insane…’

Hyeon-su downloaded the Ares app and opened his status window.

Then he handed it to Ji-hoon.

Ji-hoon, seeing that status window, unconsciously shot up from his seat.

Screech-!

“Wh-what!?”

“…Everyone’s staring because of you.”

The sound of the chair sliding drew people’s attention.

Ji-hoon sat back down and tried to calm his excited heart.

“Th-this bastard is absolutely insane…!”

“Why? Is there a problem?”

“A problem? Of course there is, man!”

“???”

Hyeon-su made an expression like a clueless baby seal.

Ji-hoon wondered if he had seen it wrong and turned the Ares app off and on again.

However, the status window before his eyes was real.

“I’ve never seen anything like this…”

“What is it, just tell me. Tell me…!”

Even with that urging, Ji-hoon stared blankly at the status window.

‘Holy shit, is this even possible?’

 

(Hyeon-su)

Level: 1

Class: Unemployed

Strength: 10 Agility: 8 Stamina: 8 Wisdom: 7 Intelligence: 7 Dexterity: 63

 

Hyeon-su called out to him as if frustrated.

“Dude, what is it!”

“Don’t you get it yet? Hyeon-su, you’re level 1.”

“So?”

“Level 1s have all stats at 5, you know?”

“Yeah.”

“But your Strength is 10? That’s double a normal level 1, double!”

“So what?”

“Hey, you’re exactly twice as strong as normal level 1s right now!”

“Huh!?”

“…?”

Ji-hoon made an expression like ‘what kind of guy is this?’

Of course, what appears in the status window includes all title and artifact effects.

‘And this lasts forever…’

Even at level 100, Hyeon-su would inevitably have higher stats than other users.

However, what surprised Ji-hoon wasn’t these stats.

He ran his hand through his hair.

“I’ve never seen anything like this. A level 1, and in just one day of starting the game, has 63 Dexterity?”

That means he raised at least 50 points in just one day.

Even though it rises much easier in the Beginner Zone, this number doesn’t make sense.

“What happened?”

“Could it be because of that?”

Only then did Hyeon-su explain the ‘unconventional’ notification from the alerts and the notification that appeared when doing Blade Sharpening.

“Unconventional…?”

Why did such a thing happen?

‘Did that notification appear because he’s already an overpowered character who doesn’t need game corrections?’

However, there was something even more shocking than that.

‘What’s going to happen when this guy changes class to Blacksmithing…?’

Hyeon-su hadn’t changed classes yet.

That means he had no skills and hadn’t received stat corrections from class change.

Skills not only help with crafting but also have various effects.

Increased probability of creating higher-grade artifacts.

Increased artifact crafting speed.

The power to grant superior special abilities to artifacts, among dozens of other things.

Gaaaape-

Ji-hoon’s mouth fell open.

He was Hyeon-su’s best friend, after all.

“You, you bad guy…”

He was dying of envy.

“…?”

Hyeon-su, who had suddenly become a bad guy while sitting there, tilted his head.

Without even knowing what would happen when he changed classes.

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