Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 66
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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
Second Guild Member (2)
Second Guild Member (2)
Second Guild Member (2)
Story team leader Lee Min-gyu was enjoying a rare tea time with department head Lee Hae-seok.
Suddenly, Min-gyu recalled recent events.
Department head Lee Hae-seok had insisted that user Hyeon-su should be nerfed after unlocking the Divine Custom Crafting skill.
However, after seeing the half-finished Royal Sword that Hyeon-su created through emergency crafting, he no longer spoke about sanctioning user Hyeon-su.
“Sir, may I ask you something?”
“What is it?”
“Back then, after user Hyeon-su crafted the Royal Sword, why don’t you talk about balance issues anymore?”
“It’s skill, isn’t it? What kind of trash game complains about balance when it comes to actual skill?”
“I see. Actually, lately it seems like you have very high expectations for user Hyeon-su.”
Min-gyu could see Hae-seok dropping comments every time he met with the Special User Management Team.
‘What is user Hyeon-su up to these days?’
‘What is user Hyeon-su up to these days?’
‘What is user Hyeon-su up to these days?’
‘What did he craft this time?’
‘What did he craft this time?’
‘What did he craft this time?’
‘What? He made a legendary grade sword? Impressive.’
‘What? He made a legendary grade sword? Impressive.’
‘What? He made a legendary grade sword? Impressive.’
Hae-seok’s expression at those times was like a child hearing an exciting story.
Hae-seok chuckled softly and tilted his tea cup.
“Actually, you’re right that I have high expectations. You know too, don’t you? How a Royal Sword that doesn’t even exist in the game Ares could actually appear and have its effects applied like a real Royal Sword.”
Story team leader Min-gyu smiled slightly.
“Because the supercomputer Ares judged it most suitable to the informational Royal Sword, even though it doesn’t exist in this game, it applied those effects completely.”
“Right, it’s amazing. Most of Ares’s artifacts already have predetermined frameworks, effects, and abilities.”
Being the story team, they knew this best.
“But user Hyeon-su is different. He’s the only user capable of crafting original artifacts with his own unique effects.”
The existence of such a user made Hae-seok’s heart race.
“Team leader Lee, you’ve heard countless stories since childhood too, haven’t you? About legendary weapons and armor.”
“Of course.”
Many people would have heard of them.
Excalibur, Balmung, Gram, Mjolnir, Ganjiang, Moye, or the Grass-Cutting Sword.
Of course, Our Country has several as well.
One of them was the Royal Sword, and there were also Haemosu’s Dragon Light Sword and Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s Twin Dragon Swords.
Hae-seok showed an expression of excitement just thinking about it as he finally revealed his reason.
“I’m dying of curiosity.”
The reason for his high expectations of user Hyeon-su.
“Just how many of those could he actually create.”
That was exactly it.
Hyeon-su, who had put ore into the furnace and started crafting, had this thought.
‘The shield in the blueprint I drew.’
That shield resembled a certain shield from mythology.
Of course, he wasn’t crafting it exactly the same, but its effects seemed quite similar.
‘That shield instantly turns enemies to stone.’
From Greek and Roman mythology, the war goddess Athena, or known to be used by the supreme god Zeus, with a woman’s head embedded within it.
However, by conceptualizing such a framework and mixing in Hyeon-su’s unique knowledge, he could make it more original.
‘Uncle Hyeok-su needs other effects too.’
Suddenly, Hyeon-su recalled his childhood self.
Countless weapons from mythology and legends.
Some of them actually existed, while others did not.
‘Dad, I want to make that!’
‘Dad, I want to make that!’
‘Dad, I want to make that!’
Though it was nonsensical talk, Father would make them together with him.
‘Of course, they weren’t the real things.’
Since most of them didn’t actually exist.
‘If such things actually existed, they probably would have been crafted this way.’
‘If such things actually existed, they probably would have been crafted this way.’
‘If such things actually existed, they probably would have been crafted this way.’
Hammering away like that, Father would create weapons exactly as he had imagined them.
And young Hyeon-su continued making them as he grew year by year.
Half was just for fun, and half was from anticipation of how well he could recreate them.
He must have made dozens of different ones that way.
Before he knew it, it was the third day since starting the crafting, and he was nearing the final stages of work.
After going through the final polishing process, he completed it by engraving Hyeon on one side of the shield.
[An artifact imbued with Divine Custom Crafting is completed.]
[The experience and knowledge of a blacksmith with master-level or higher skill has been infused, dramatically increasing the effect application rate.]
[Effect application rate is 98%.]
[It is Unique grade.]
[You have crafted an artifact closest to legendary status.]
[Please name the shield.]
[The God of Blacksmiths title shines brightly.]
[You have applied the stat increase rate from artifact crafting that can only be activated once per week.]
[You gain 50 Dexterity.]
[You gain 100 Fame.]
[Shield Mastery Lv.1 proficiency increases by 19%.]
Hyeon-su felt regretful as he checked the completed shield.
“Ah, what a shame…!”
The notification clearly stated that he had crafted an artifact closest to legendary grade.
‘I really wanted to gift Uncle Hyeok-su a legendary artifact…’
Of course, wouldn’t Uncle Hyeok-su be happy even with this artifact?
Hyeon-su tore the corresponding parchment to use the gifting function.
“I included an instruction manual too, so it shouldn’t be difficult to use, right?”
Rip-
Hyeon-su watched the hawk fly away with the parchment tied to its talons.
[A gift sent by Hyeon-su has arrived.]
Bark, who was about to turn away from the Salamander’s dungeon entrance, could see a hawk flying toward him.
When he extended his arm, the hawk naturally landed on it.
[Hyeon-su: Unfortunately, it didn’t come out to the grade I wanted, but I hope you’ll use it well.]
Bark, who hadn’t been in a good mood, smiled slightly.
How should he put it, strangely enough, just communicating with that guy made him feel better.
“Well, what could a level 59 blacksmith possibly make that would be any good?”
Bark was a high ranker, and Ares was just entertainment for his boring life.
Because of this, he had met countless blacksmiths and even encountered the nation’s top blacksmiths.
But to Bark, this felt more precious than anything they had given him.
“Hehe, still, he must have sweated profusely making this to give to me, so shall I take a look?”
Bark smiled slightly as he opened the Item Information.
(Hyeon’s Eighth Custom Crafting Shield)
Grade: Unique
Durability: 12,000/12,000
Attack Power: 251
Thorn Attack Power: 111
Defense: 401
Restriction: Level 150+ Tank Class
Special Abilities:
·Fire Attribute Resistance 201%
·Defense increases by 247% against fire attribute monsters.
·Attack power increases by 222% against fire attribute monsters.
·Passive Skill Freezing Snow.
·Active Skill Frost Thorns.
·Active Skill Frost Wave.
Description: Hyeon’s eighth custom crafting shield that is close to legendary grade and was crafted with Han’s shield as a motif. If only the materials had been more similar, a perfect shield might have been born.
Bark wore a puzzled expression for a moment.
‘What? Is this an error?’
He closed the artifact information and opened it again.
However, the artifact information hadn’t changed at all.
‘Unique…?’
Currently, unique artifacts crafted by users in the game Ares are rare.
Especially high-level uniques – there aren’t even 50 of them in the country.
If they exist, most were dropped by mobs or crafted by NPCs.
‘How, how could a level 59…?’
Then Bark checked the time.
[1 hour 37 minutes 32 seconds remaining until job quest completion deadline.]
There was no time. When the shield Bark wanted came out, the estimated clear time was about 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Without time to think deeper, he entered.
[You have entered the Salamander’s Dungeon.]
[This is your final job quest challenge.]
‘As soon as I enter, salamanders will come rushing out. I need to deal with them first.’
Salamanders are level 260 burning giant lizards.
Bark planned to attack them as soon as he entered.
‘Time required: 10 minutes.’
The moment he entered, a salamander near the entrance leaped at Bark.
He instinctively raised his shield.
But soon a strange sound could be heard.
Crackle-crackle-crackle-
[Freezing Snow.]
[Freezes fire attribute monsters more than 60 levels above you.]
It was the sound of something freezing. Thud-
And the sound of hitting the ground.
Bark wore a puzzled expression as he lowered his shield.
One salamander had become a complete block of ice.
“…?”
The bewildered Bark soon spotted another salamander.
The moment he showed his shield to it.
“Huh…!”
He slowly moved his shield from left to right while watching the approaching salamanders.
The moment they saw the shield.
Crackle-crackle-crackle-crackle-
They all froze solid.
“Th-this is impossible.”
What he expected to take 10 minutes took 1 minute.
Of course, he had heard about the effect of the skill called Freezing Snow through the notification.
But he had simply denied it because it was too unrealistic.
And this sight resembled a certain weapon from mythology.
“Aegis…?”
The shield called Aegis.
It was the shield from Greek mythology with Medusa’s head embedded in it.
The effect was somewhat different. The real Aegis turned things to stone, while this one just froze them.
Bark knew he didn’t have time for this. The faster he cleared it, the more the rewards would be maximized.
Going deeper inside, he discovered blazing archers.
There were five of them in total.
[Blazing Archer Lv.301]
Their arrow speed was slow, but they were creatures that would set your entire body on fire the moment they hit.
Then.
[User manual is being accessed.]
[Please press the button above the grip once with your thumb.]
The user manual guided him according to the situation.
Bark did as instructed.
Click
At that moment, eight spikes embedded in the front of the circular shield were pulled out.
Swooooooosh-
The sight resembled a long snake advancing forward.
Soon that snake pierced through the five archers.
Thud thud thud thud-
Crackle crackle crackle-
They rapidly cooled down.
‘Insane…’
But Bark shook his head.
‘Is it single-use?’
[Press the button twice to retrieve.]
Another notification sounded.
Click click-
Then the spikes that had pierced them made a clicking sound as they were retrieved again.
Bark once again checked the artifact’s information.
Information he hadn’t seen before became visible.
Blacksmith Hyeon.
However, since it was already engraved on the artifact, he had already noticed.
Bark advanced quickly.
[You are clearing the Salamander dungeon at a rapid pace in a short time!]
Fragments of memories with him flashed through Bark’s mind.
First meeting.
‘A blacksmith still exists? Surprising, then have you also learned blacksmithing techniques?’
‘A blacksmith still exists? Surprising, then have you also learned blacksmithing techniques?’
‘A blacksmith still exists? Surprising, then have you also learned blacksmithing techniques?’
Second meeting.
‘Can you sell the blacksmith shop back to me…’
‘Can you sell the blacksmith shop back to me…’
‘Can you sell the blacksmith shop back to me…’
Third meeting.
‘I hoped you would survive.’
‘I hoped you would survive.’
‘I hoped you would survive.’
While thinking of him, he had somehow come face to face with the boss monster.
[Boss Monster Appears!]
[Avatar of the Fire Queen Lv.319]
‘I’m proud. I’m so proud of you, Hyeon-su.’
Bark smiled as he looked at this unbelievable shield.
He immediately clashed with the Avatar of the Fire Queen.
She who had scattered multiple avatars throughout the world while keeping her main body, was a being entirely engulfed in flames.
Even her avatar was the boss of the Salamander dungeon with power that defied common sense.
However, the shield did not melt even under her scorching breath.
The seemingly impossible clearing of the Salamander dungeon became reality.
The more he learned about the shield’s effects and the power the artifact possessed, the more thrilled he became.
[You have hunted the Avatar of the Fire Queen.]
A notification appeared. The Fire Queen cooling down.
A boss monster whose main body was one of the eight monsters of the continent.
As she froze, she spoke.
“…Who is the creator of that shield.”
When there was no answer, she furrowed her brow.
“Speak, if you don’t speak I won’t let you go!”
The main body was dangerous. If she pursued him, he might have to quit the game.
But he couldn’t sell out Hyeon-su just to save himself.
Under her threats, Bark chuckled.
“Go ahead and try.”
“Aren’t you afraid? What is your reason for not telling me the blacksmith’s name!”
What reason?
It wasn’t because he was Blacksmith Hyeon, nor because he had tremendous value.
‘He’s my person.’
That was the reason. Now he was someone precious to Bark.
Even under those threats, he silently turned around and walked away.
Soon the dungeon collapsed and the Avatar of the Fire Queen was completely frozen.
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