Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 62
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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
Frost Mine (2)
Frost Mine (2)
Frost Mine (2)
After completing Hyeon’s seventh sword, Hyeon-su immediately headed to the vicinity of the mine.
Banya, who was carrying water, approached him.
“…I heard about it, that Father gave you an unreasonable task.”
Banya sighed.
“The mine is so dangerous that he only allows skilled miners to enter. Please understand.”
“I understand. Should I go in this way?”
“You’re really going to attempt it? The time…”
Banya was worried but swallowed her words. A calculator was spinning in her head.
‘The average time it takes to mine one ore is 3 hours.’
Hyeon-su only had two days left.
That’s how ores are. They’re surrounded by such hard rock that mining them isn’t easy.
Then the sword at Hyeon-su’s waist transformed into a pickaxe.
[Damascus Pickaxe]
[The item’s information changes.]
[Can be converted back to a sword at any time as needed.]
Surprisingly, the Damascus longsword had two item windows in total, which could be checked when converted.
(Damascus Pickaxe)
Grade: Unique
Durability: 12,000/12,000
Attack Power: 64
Restriction: No restriction for creator, Level 50~200.
Special Abilities:
·Mining power increased by 230%.
·Critical Hit activation probability increased by 40%.
Description: A Damascus pickaxe made solely for mining.
Excellent, it has both the function of a sword and the function of a pickaxe.
“That looks like a good pickaxe, but Hyeon-su. In my opinion, you should just go back…”
Hyeon-su struck the rock with his pickaxe.
Sgaaaak-
‘It’s sgaaaak instead of clang?’
When a pickaxe hits rock, it should normally make a clanging sound. But the pickaxe smoothly penetrated the rock.
Sgaaaak-
Sgaaaaak-
Sgaaaaak-
Hyeon-su mined one in just 30 minutes.
[You have obtained Iron Ore.]
One ordinary iron ore costs 5 gold each.
[2x effect is currently applied.]
[You have obtained additional Iron Ore.]
‘Oh?’
Hyeon-su was currently receiving 2x experience and drop rate as a reward for entering Frost Mine.
So, getting two in 30 minutes means 10,000 won in Korean currency!
‘Not bad?’
Hyeon-su didn’t stop and continued mining.
[You have gained 1 Dexterity.]
[You have gained 1 Dexterity…]
[You have obtained Cold Iron.]
‘Nice…’
Regular Cold Iron. Hyeon-su had already used it before.
Regular Cold Iron is a rare grade mineral that trades for about 60 gold, which was 60,000 won.
Hyeon-su didn’t stop and continued mining all night long.
When the time promised with Lek arrived, he had obtained a total of 91 ores.
80 of them were iron ore and 11 were Cold Iron.
In 3 days, he had earned the large sum of 1.06 million won.
He came outside and poured the ores in front of Lek.
The surprised Lek asked Hyeon-su.
If he was a legendary miner. Since Hyeon-su had great pride in his profession, he answered.
“I’m a blacksmith.”
[Your intimacy with Lek has increased.]
Lek looked at the pickaxe slung over Hyeon-su’s shoulder.
“I see, as a blacksmith, you found a way to do mining work in your own way.”
Lek smiled bitterly.
“I apologize for looking down on you, my perspective was narrow.”
And other miners also approached Hyeon-su.
“Really, amazing! You were an excellent miner!”
“Did you do it with that pickaxe? You’re both an excellent miner and an excellent blacksmith.”
Hyeon-su constantly heard the sound of his intimacy rising with them.
[A story will begin soon.]
‘This sound again?’
He’d have to proceed to find out what it means.
He had heard this sound during the Orc Warrior and Kassel’s territory war.
In other words, there’s a story that continues regularly. But since Hyeon-su is the first entrant, he can’t know what it is.
“So many new recruits mined this much, my stomach’s churning and I couldn’t sleep at all tonight.”
“You too? Same here! I feel like I need to improve my skills as a miner even more.”
“Captain Rek, please allow us to work the night shift today!”
Rek smiled bitterly as he looked at the miners with burning expressions.
“Go ahead then.”
It was good that the miners’ motivation was burning bright.
[Chain Quest: Mining 40 ores in one week has been completed with phenomenal results.]
“I promised you ten-year cold iron, but you’ve achieved unbelievably amazing results, so here’s my hundred-year cold iron.”
[You have obtained Hundred-Year Cold Iron.]
Hyeon-su was amazed. When he received it from Barad, it wasn’t purely his own, so he didn’t feel much excitement.
But now, a thrilling sensation coursed through his entire body.
“Keep this secret from the Kingdom.”
He got to the main point.
“Inside this mine exists cold iron that has endured a thousand years. It definitely exists deep inside, but its cold energy can be felt so strongly that it must be extraordinary.”
“Can it be mined?”
“I almost managed to mine it, but it was dangerous and I failed as well.”
Rek smiled bitterly.
“Can you tell me the location?”
“I will. I said I failed, but you never know. Go to the end of Mine Number 7.”
Hyeon-su immediately entered Mine Number 7. And when he went to the place that was described, he felt a cold energy so intense it gave him goosebumps.
‘It’s here.’
He estimated the distance. He would need to dig about 40 meters inward.
Hyeon-su struck down with his pickaxe.
Sgaaaak-
Repeating this several times, Hyeon-su went deeper inside.
[Time limit exceeded.]
[The wall regenerates.]
Hyeon-su couldn’t contain his bewilderment. He escaped outside before the regenerating wall could swallow him.
Gurrrrrruk-
Looking at the wall that had completely covered everything, Hyeon-su let out a hollow laugh.
‘Is this why it can’t be mined?’
However, Hyeon-su liked challenges. He didn’t back down and swung his pickaxe.
He continued swinging like that and stroked his chin while looking at the regenerated wall again.
‘Still, I should try challenging it for a few days.’
Hyeon-su walked to take a rest. It was when he had almost reached the exit.
Kurrrrrrrr-
Suddenly, the mine began to vibrate greatly.
“What’s this?”
[Story begins.]
It was finally the moment when that mysterious story was about to be revealed.
[100 years ago, the mage Balun formed a barrier when miners couldn’t enter the Frost Mine, which was structured as a dungeon.]
Hyeon-su recalled his conversation with Banya.
Exit Number 11.
Monsters were concentrated in that place.
[All monsters gathered there and were unable to cross between different areas due to the barrier, making it possible for miners to enter.]
[Present day, 100 years later. Balun’s barrier has weakened.]
[The monsters that have been trapped for 100 years are going berserk.]
“…!?”
Thud, kukukukthud, kukukukukthud-!
Hyeon-su heard the thunderous noise coming from outside.
The sound of monsters inside the mine going berserk.
And.
Zzzzzzzzak-
The sound of the barrier breaking could be heard even here.
[The barrier will break in 2 minutes.]
Ding!
[Quest: Evacuate to safety with the miners has been generated.]
‘Ah….’
Hyeon-su quickly reviewed it. Since monsters were bursting out, it was a quest to lead the miners, who were ignorant about combat, to evacuate.
Then, Hyeon-su’s face hardened.
‘Wait a minute….’
He felt an ominous feeling.
‘I can’t evacuate.’
It seemed this story was progressing late at night.
“The miners are currently inside this mine…?”
Even running as fast as possible from inside to outside would take 5 minutes.
[The barrier will break in 1 minute 30 seconds.]
Thudthudthudthud, thudthudthud-!
And the entire mine shaking.
Kurrrrrr-
From that impact, the mines began to collapse.
Kuuuung-
Puhwaaaaak-!
Hyeon-su, who had evacuated outside the mine, saw the mine spewing dust clouds.
All mines had collapsed except for four.
“The, the miners are buried…!”
“Let’s go in to rescue them!”
“Everyone grab your pickaxes!”
Hyeon-su shouted urgently.
“You must evacuate! Quickly! The monsters will soon…!”
“You go out yourself! If you were in our position, could you leave when comrades you’ve shared hardships with are buried in there?”
“Nearly 50 people are buried in there, and they’re not dead yet. Magic designed by the Royal Palace mages in preparation for mine collapses would have activated.”
“We need to go in and bring them out within an hour!”
Hyeon-su frowned. The burning madness in the miners’ eyes. This was something he couldn’t stop.
Then what should he do?
The mine had collapsed, the miners wouldn’t evacuate, and over fifty miners were buried.
The core of this story was getting the miners to evacuate. He just needed to safely bring them out together.
In the process, he would probably clash with some monsters too.
But the situation had changed. Instead of running away, he had to approach.
Hyeon-su began walking toward Exit 11. There was a barrier there.
Ding!
[A new story begins.]
[Emergency Quest: Save the Miners is created.]
[Emergency Quest: Save the Miners]
Grade: A
Restriction: One who triggered a new episode
Reward: ???
Failure Penalty: Death of the miners.
Description: 58 miners inside the mine and 38 miners outside are in crisis. Help prevent the miners from dying.
A hologram appeared in Hyeon-su’s upper right.
[Number of living miners: 96.]
[Rewards will vary based on the number of surviving miners.]
Hyeon-su began walking quickly. There was only one way he could think of to save all the miners.
Soon standing alone facing Exit 11, Hyeon-su’s brain began spinning rapidly.
Crackle-
[The barrier will break in 5 seconds.]
He thought while watching the barrier spread like a spider web.
The Damascus longsword that had somehow changed from a pickaxe to a sword.
‘With this?’
He couldn’t handle those numbers alone.
What if he used the Sword King’s swordsmanship?
‘I can kill many monsters. But I can’t handle the pouring masses…’
Creeak-
Soon the barrier completely shattered and fell away.
“Kuheeeeek!”
“Kyahaaaak!”
[Mine Orc Lv.107]
[Mine Wolf Lv.110]
Hyeon-su’s current level was 59.
‘I can’t let even one of them escape from there…’
A gleam appeared in Hyeon-su’s eyes.
‘I’ve never used a large amount of ore to activate Divine Emergency Crafting?’
Divine Emergency Crafting had this effect:
‘When suitable materials are not available, basic materials created by the skill will be applied.’
Basic materials would be the lowest grade among normal materials, and such materials would have the weakest effect.
Hyeon-su had used materials only once recently.
When Barad first tried to test him, he had used Han Steel.
‘The Han Steel used then was just one piece of Han Steel at most.’
In reality, a sword cannot be crafted with just one piece of Han Steel.
To make one sword, at least 10kg of ore is needed.
Even so, he couldn’t use it easily. The disadvantage of Divine Emergency Crafting was that it was one-time use, disappearing after a single use.
However, Hyeon-su believed.
‘Rescuing the miners will be much more valuable to me.’
He ended his thoughts.
‘Pour in all the Han Steel and create a sword that delivers a Powerful Shot.’
Then.
“You there, what are you doing? Take cover! Get out of This Place quickly!”
Rek, who had spotted Hyeon-su, came running urgently.
His comrades’ lives were precious. But an innocent person’s life was precious too.
He also noticed that his actions were meant to help them.
Foolish, so very foolish.
Wasn’t a blacksmith’s existence just as frail as a miner’s?
Whoooosh-
Hyeon-su pulled out eleven pieces of Han Steel into mid-air. The blue-tinged ore orbited in mid-air.
Smelted and melted.
Refined and impurities removed.
Hissssss-
A massive red sword blade revealed itself.
‘Th-that is…?’
The blade alone was 1.8 meters long and its width was as large as three swords combined.
‘It looks solid and strong.’
Just looking at the sword made him think that.
The moment Hyeon-su gripped the sword’s grip, which was so massive it required both hands to hold.
Clank-
The massive blade fitted in, completing a greatsword with a subtle blue glow.
Crackle-
Just by gripping it, the area around Hyeon-su froze.
“Kraaaaa!”
The creatures had reached close to Hyeon-su and were approaching in a line from the entrance to right in front of him.
Hyeon-su pulled back the greatsword he held with both hands as far as possible.
Crackle-
[The 30-second usage limit is ignored.]
[It will disappear after one swing.]
“Krhaaaak!”
When the Mine Wolf leaped up aiming for Hyeon-su’s neck, the greatsword he held was swung and shattered.
Clang-!
Whooooom-
Rek witnessed a scene he couldn’t understand.
‘Nothing happened?’
What did he just see? Did he just cut through empty air? But Hyeon-su’s greatsword had shattered.
But was there any change?
No, there was definitely a change. The wolf that had leaped right up to Hyeon-su’s face fell to the ground with a thud.
The moment it touched the ground.
Kuwoong
Kwarrrrrrrrrreuk-
Suddenly, it froze completely solid in that very spot.
Rek recalled his childhood memory of water in a cup freezing rapidly at extremely low temperatures.
When water freezes rapidly at low temperatures, the water molecules cannot keep up with that speed.
Therefore, despite being frozen, it remains in a liquid state that hasn’t frozen, which is called a supercooled state.
Rek’s pupils shook.
Dozens of monsters made of stone.
All of those monsters were stopped in a state like supercooled water – frozen yet not frozen.
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