Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 60

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Sword King’s Swordsmanship (2)

 

 

 

When Hyeon-su heard about the 3 successful attacks, he had this thought.

‘Benson probably knows about my emergency crafting too.’

And how to neutralize it.

Most skill casting disappears when attacked.

That’s why he came up with this idea.

‘Apply an explosive effect directly while in the red blade state.’

And he added this to the Divine Emergency Crafting effect.

Sword fragments shattered into hundreds of pieces scatter.

This sword is literally a useless one-time sword.

However, it has the perfect power to pass Benson’s qualification test.

‘Since there’s no need to deal damage.’

And when he successfully hit him 59 times, Hyeon-su was ecstatic.

 

[Skill Quest: Sword King’s Swordsmanship Complete]

[You have completed it with remarkable achievement.]

[You can learn the Sword King’s Swordsmanship.]

 

And Benson’s question as he looked down at himself with a dazed expression.

“What level of blacksmith are you, Master Hyeon-su?”

Hyeon-su immediately understood the intent of that question.

However, revealing this would be extremely dangerous.

He surveyed the interior.

Only Sword King Barad, Bell, Benson, and himself were there.

And he was confident this fact wouldn’t be revealed.

“I am the God of Blacksmiths.”

“How about it, is this enough proof?”

“Not at all. I am deeply moved that the God of Blacksmiths has learned His Majesty’s swordsmanship!”

 

[Intimacy with Benson increases.]

 

Increased intimacy with the kingdom’s commander.

This would surely have very beneficial effects later.

It didn’t stop there. Benson bowed his head to Hyeon-su.

“……Please, spread far and wide what His Majesty’s swordsmanship is like.”

Benson’s thoughts changed in a single moment.

The God of Blacksmiths.

A god, no less. Of course, he probably isn’t a complete god yet.

Even so, that title itself is too precious.

As time passes, he will become more famous and the swordsmanship he wields will also become known.

All of Benson’s talk about qualifications stemmed from his concern for His Majesty.

Also, Benson felt an inexplicable heat.

‘His Majesty Barad is friends with the God of Blacksmiths……!’

At first, he even thought why His Majesty would become friends with a mere blacksmith.

But now he thinks it was truly well done.

“……I will do my best.”

And Barad smiled with satisfaction.

‘How delightful.’

That my friend is a far more valuable person than I even thought.

“Everyone leave.”

Barad sent Bell and Benson away.

“Hold your sword, Hyeon-su. For the next 2 weeks, you will receive my teachings.”

“Yes.”

Thus began 2 weeks of teachings.

“Thrust like this.”

“Put weight into your swings.”

“Use your toes, and you must also know how to properly use your wrists.”

As time passed, Barad was somewhat surprised.

‘Quite excellent.’

This is hard to understand. The Outsiders he had met clearly showed they had never held a sword in their lives after just a few clashes.

‘Outsiders usually talk about something called control, don’t they.’

Something called new control or whatever.

Hyeon-su didn’t have that aspect.

He had something else.

“……Your ability to understand and apply force according to the sword’s weight and the degree of the blade’s cutting is remarkable.”

Is it because he’s a blacksmith?

Of course, that must be part of it. But he also freely executes irregular swordsmanship.

‘That lord Bans laid quite a good foundation.’

But this was different from that realm.

Suddenly, Barad asked in the first week.

“From what age did you start holding a sword?”

“From when I was ten years old.”

Barad smiled slightly.

‘A different kind of genius.’

Among the Outsiders, would there really be anyone who held a sword from age ten?

He knows there aren’t any.

Their land is said to be far too peaceful.

In such a world, Hyeon-su would be the only one who could touch a real sword from age ten.

“Who bought the swords?”

“They were people who cherished swords.”

Right.

It’s starting to make sense.

In a world where swords aren’t needed, those who hold swords.

Many of them would have reached high levels of skill.

Of course, they can’t compare to those living here.

“The uncles often taught me with wooden swords.”

Dozens of them would have patted the blacksmith shop’s child on the head, finding him endearing.

‘Those dozens created a talent.’

As Barad was about to walk to rest, Hyeon-su spoke from behind him.

“Aren’t we doing more?”

It gives him chills.

‘That created talent is even a tough one.’

Barad smiled as he taught.

‘I don’t regret it.’

It wasn’t because he was the God of Blacksmiths.

‘If it’s someone like this, he’s worthy of taking my swordsmanship.’

It was also regrettable.

‘If you weren’t a blacksmith, I would have wanted to make you my successor.’

And on the last day.

“Now this power will protect you, Hyeon-su.”

Barad smiled gently.

 

 

 

[You have learned the Sword King’s Swordsmanship.]

 

Hyeon-su checked it without delay.

 

(Sword King’s Swordsmanship)

Active Skill

Grade: Legendary

Level: 1 Proficiency: 0%

Swordsmanship skill.

·Chapter 1 Beast’s Aura.

·Chapter 2 Raging Sword.

·Chapter 3 Sword’s Cry.

 

(Chapter 1 Beast’s Aura)

Active Skill

Mana Cost: 300

Cooldown: 5 minutes.

Effect:

·For 1 minute, physical attack power increases by 22%, cutting power by 25%, and penetration by 30%.

·Applies killing intent status ailment to all enemies within 10m radius.

 

(Chapter 2 Raging Sword)

Active Skill

Mana Cost: 100

Cooldown: 2 minutes

Effect:

·Shoots a raging sword toward enemy’s vital point, dealing 100% additional damage on hit, 140% additional damage on successful vital point attack.

·3% chance for 200% damage.

 

(Chapter 3 Sword’s Cry)

Active Skill

Mana Cost: 400

Cooldown: 10 minutes.

Effect:

·Paralyzes all senses of beings recognized as enemies within 20m radius for 3 seconds.

·Cuts down all enemies recognized as enemies with 190% additional damage.

·Can cut even without directly slashing if within radius.

·Ignores all defense.

 

‘This is insane……’

The framework was similar to the Prime Swordsmanship he already possessed.

But the effects themselves were overwhelmingly superior to Prime Swordsmanship.

‘Sword’s Cry is a wide-area attack like the Wild Dance I used before, and it even ignores all defense?’

Just this alone roughly doubled the damage. Of course, unfortunately, he could only learn three chapters.

“You still seem to have difficulty learning other chapters.”

Naturally, skills also have levels at which they can be learned.

“There are still 5 more chapters remaining. When you can perform all chapters most excellently, you can come find me.”

Hyeon-su’s level was low and he had just learned it, so those effects could be considered at their weakest currently.

‘As time passes and proficiency increases, the chapters’ levels will grow.’

Also, every time he swung his sword, sword-related skill proficiency would increase.

And Hyeon-su was amazed by the notification he heard.

 

[You have learned from the Sword King.]

[Basic Sword Mastery evolves to Basic Sword Mastery Lv.9.]

 

Each level of Basic Sword Mastery increased sword attack power, cutting power, and penetration by 3%.

It was an increase of over 15% at once.

And Hyeon-su had something to do.

“Do you remember the promise you made before?”

“Promise?”

“Yes, the promise to tell me where the Hundred-Year Cold Iron is located.”

“Of course.”

Barad smiled slightly.

“Cold iron can be obtained from the Frost Mine, and hundred-year cold iron was a precious thing obtained from within there. Bella, come in.”

Bella immediately entered.

“Give Hyeon-su an entry ticket to that place.”

Bella immediately disappeared and returned.

 

[You obtain a Frost Mine Entry Ticket.]

 

When he received it, Barad said.

“Do you have any thoughts of becoming the Royal Blacksmith of Goyard Kingdom? I’ll give you the authority to lead them.”

 

Ding!

 

[Barad recommends the position of Royal Blacksmith.]

 

“We are close friends, but I have things I must do.”

Barad heard about those things he had to do.

‘A guild……’

As far as Barad knew, Outsiders could establish one starting from level 100.

Barad had a good idea.

“Will you come find me on the first day you create your guild, Hyeon-su?”

“Of course. I’ll likely be staying in Goyard Kingdom for a while, so I’ll visit often. And by any chance, are there ores superior to hundred-year cold iron in the Frost Mine?”

Barad shook his head.

“I’m in a position to receive tributes, so I don’t know the exact details, but there might be some. Go find miner Rek.”

 

[Quest: Meet Miner Lek]

Grade: B

Restriction: Those who received Barad’s proposal

Reward: Ore information

Penalty upon failure: Unable to learn ore information.

Description: Miner Lek might know if there exists an ore superior to Hundred-Year Cold Iron. Let’s meet him.

 

After greeting them, Hyeon-su moved his steps to find an ore superior to Hundred-Year Cold Iron.

‘Does Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Iron really exist?’

Of course, even if there was only Hundred-Year Cold Iron and not Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Iron, Hyeon-su could be satisfied.

‘I need to make one more ice attribute-related artifact.’

There was someone who made Hyeon-su smile just by imagining them. It was Kang Hyeok-su.

Hyeon-su had never forgotten his promise with him.

When he sold the blacksmith shop back to Hyeon-su, Hyeon-su had promised to craft an artifact for him.

Come to think of it, he had repaid Ji-hoon, the landlady, and the hospital staff, but he hadn’t done so for Hyeok-su yet.

‘Should I take another look?’

He had received information about the artifact Hyeok-su needed in a small memo.

He accessed that information he had taken a screenshot of.

 

[A shield with high fire attribute resistance, preferably with the ability to attack enemies as well. Does not melt even in high heat. It would be good if it had the power to freeze within a 2m radius.]

 

“Heh.”

A small smile formed on Hyeon-su’s face.

At the time, Uncle Hyeok-su had tilted his head in confusion at the sudden mention of gifting an artifact.

Especially when asked to write down the effects of the artifact he wanted, he had looked puzzled.

Yet hadn’t he done his best to write down the information about the artifact he needed?

‘Uncle Hyeok-su is my benefactor.’

Shouldn’t he give back as much as he received?

‘I wonder if the artifact information he wants is still the same?’

That was important too.

Hyeon-su whispered using the unique code written at the bottom of the note, intending to greet him as well, but no reply came for quite a while.

‘Is he busy?’

Hyeon-su wore a puzzled expression as he continued walking toward the Frost Mine.

After some time had passed, a whisper arrived.

 

 

 

The Fire Dragon’s Nest is a vast land divided into several hunting ground areas.

One of them is the Salamander’s Dungeon. It’s the hunting ground with the lowest difficulty in the Fire Dragon’s Nest.

However, this Salamander’s Dungeon has never been conquered yet.

Though Sword King Barad had cleared the highest difficulty Ifrit’s Tomb, even this lowest difficulty hunting ground was too difficult for users.

A middle-aged man was sitting on a rock there.

He was the unofficial ranker, Tank Bark.

Bark was someone who could rival the official 3rd-ranked tanker.

Such Bark sighed while looking at his completely melted square shield.

 

[Durability is below 30%.]

[All shield effects are reduced by more than 60%.]

 

“…Damn it.”

Bark, who was in the middle of a job quest, had challenged the Salamander’s Dungeon multiple times but failed.

‘When all artifacts melt away, what can you do?’

What good was being an excellent tanker when all equipment melted away?

Even Bark, being a tanker, had high fire attribute resistance.

‘Rumor has it that Sword King Barad obtained an excellent sword from a certain crafter and slayed the Ifrit.’

But that was still an unconfirmed rumor.

“Isn’t there a decent shield?”

However, it wasn’t easy to find. An artifact’s grade is usually determined by its effects.

The problem with unique grade items was that they had many effects, but many of those effects weren’t actually needed.

The shield Bark held was like that. He had plenty of money. The problem was that there was no crafter who could make such a shield.

‘I think I got a whisper?’

Bark, who couldn’t check it while hunting, soon confirmed it and smiled broadly.

There are people who make you smile just by seeing them, just by getting in touch with them.

For Bark, the person who just whispered him was like that.

 

[Hyeon-su: Hello, this is Hyeon-su. I contacted you because I was curious how you’ve been doing.]

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