Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 77
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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
Examination (2)
Examination (2)
Examination (2)
Hyeon-su met with the construction company and completed the contract. Soon, the blacksmith shop that had been torn down would be rebuilt.
Hyeon-su logged in with a satisfied smile and heard a commotion outside the blacksmith shop, where he could see the old man Fer.
Hyeon-su quickly understood the current situation.
[Blacksmith Examiner Bux Lv.299]
‘An examiner?’
He quickly caught on.
This person was a key figure from the Edrol Trading Company that had made this Balas territory what it was.
But the problem was that his level was much higher than Hyeon-su had expected.
Just then.
Ding.
[Emergency Quest: Win the examination against the examiner]
Grade: S
Restriction: One who received Barad’s proposal
Reward: Significant increase in development level.
Failure Penalty: Fer’s death.
Description: You have received a mission from Sword King Barad to develop the Balas territory. Help old man Fer so he can win the examination.
The reward was a significant increase in development level, and the failure penalty was terrible.
‘Fer’s death?’
Old man Fer was someone he had only known for a day, but he was a very good person.
Hyeon-su watched the situation for now.
This person called Bux was more skilled than expected.
Judging by his level, he had reached the master craftsman tier.
Soon, Fer, who was crafting in the hologram blacksmith shop, watched his crafting and turned pale.
Seeing him drop his hammering hand weakly, Hyeon-su noticed.
Fer had lost his motivation.
Indeed, even from Hyeon-su’s perspective, the difference between a master craftsman and a top-tier blacksmith was too great.
Just from eyeballing it, the examiner called Bux was superior in skill itself.
‘Then I just need to teach him.’
Hyeon-su stepped forward.
“Pay more attention to refining the sword tip.”
Fer turned his head. At Hyeon-su’s confident expression, he paid more attention to the sword tip.
Soon he showed a surprised expression.
And Hyeon-su continued speaking.
“Make the sword blade sharper and more keen.”
Clang clang clang-
[Your understanding of swords is far exceeding your usual skill level.]
Fer’s eyes trembled. This was strange.
Wasn’t he a blacksmith who had just rented a blacksmith shop and taken his first steps?
Wasn’t his level only 101 at most?
But what was this?
Before he knew it, he was standing behind him.
As if he and I had become one.
He began speaking in a strong, sometimes gentle voice.
“Relax the strength in the hand holding the hammer.”
“When hammering the sword blade, you need to hammer more strongly.”
“Work to increase the strength is needed.”
“Harder, sometimes more gently.”
[Your understanding of swords is far exceeding your usual skill level.]
[Your understanding of swords is far exceeding your usual skill level…]
From behind, he speaks in a gentle voice.
“Don’t forget, this sword will save your territory, this sword must become your masterpiece.”
This was strange.
Captivated by his voice, he began to concentrate.
Only his voice and the sounds of the blacksmith shop could be heard, and his concentration surpassed his usual self.
[You are receiving teachings from a Master Craftsman blacksmith.]
[You are surpassing your limits.]
Fer had spent 20 years trapped within the framework of being a top-tier blacksmith.
No matter how much he struggled to advance, he couldn’t move forward.
He thought it was a difference in capacity.
But it wasn’t.
He came to realize.
It wasn’t a difference in talent, but perhaps because there was no great person to teach him.
Before long, he polished the sword and finally completed it.
[Fer has crafted an artifact closest to legendary grade.]
[Fer creates the masterpiece of his life.]
[He surpasses the realm of top-tier blacksmith and grows into a master craftsman blacksmith.]
[Intimacy with Fer increases.]
[Development level increases by 8%.]
[Emergency Quest: Win the examination against the examiner completed.]
Hyeon-su showed a puzzled expression.
‘Old man Fer grew, but why did the development level increase?’
And it increased by a very significant amount.
Hyeon-su could understand the reason.
‘Fer is a person of this Balas territory. His rebirth as a master craftsman itself contributes to this territory’s development.’
In reality, there are almost no territories that possess a master craftsman blacksmith.
I know that one of the conditions for NPCs to meet the requirements of a master craftsman blacksmith is when they’ve crafted an artifact closest to legendary status.
In other words, Fer’s very existence alone has led to the territory’s development.
And Buks also completed crafting a sword.
Buks couldn’t hide his bewilderment.
‘What the hell…?’
He saw a strange blacksmith who suddenly appeared giving advice to Fer.
Blacksmith examiner Buks had once worked at the Blacksmith’s Tower.
He left that place feeling disgusted and had been subjugating blacksmiths using the special traits he possessed.
Such was Buks, who compared his sword with that man’s and doubted his own eyes.
‘This old man…?’
It was absurd.
Buks was a thorough man. He had already investigated the old man named Fer beforehand.
The lord was essentially captured like a puppet in their hands at present.
And he had recently learned that the being the lord sent out was Fer.
He wanted to eliminate the last dangerous element.
But he had failed.
Buks was so shocked he was nearly speechless.
Buks looked at the young blacksmith with a puzzled expression.
And then he realized.
‘The owner of that blacksmith shop?’
Buks had grasped that a new blacksmith shop had recently entered. According to the report that came up, it was written that he was a level 101 blacksmith.
This couldn’t be falsely written, so it was a clear fact.
‘What is this?’
Buks could arrive at one answer.
‘An Outsider specialized in teaching others?’
Outsiders possess too many diverse powers through mystical force.
Of course, he himself was also a being who possessed traits.
Then perhaps that man was specialized in teaching but his own actual skills were completely worthless?
‘Right, these people make weapons despite being ignorant about blacksmithing work in the first place.’
Since they were such people, they might have possessed such power.
Buks felt unbearable rage boiling up.
The carefully built tower he had accumulated over a year had collapsed because of that man. So he walked toward him.
He thought about subjecting him to a forced examination as well, to take his life.
Special User Management Team.
At Team Leader Kim Tae-seok’s call, Story Team Leader Lee Min-gyu hurriedly visited.
Min-gyu, who entered the Special User Management Team, saw the blacksmith examiner and Hyeon-su in the monitor and put his hand to his forehead.
“Why did the blacksmith examiner have to meet with user Hyeon-su of all people?”
Blacksmith examiner Buks was a being who would be used in an important episode later.
That was an episode exclusively for blacksmiths.
Examiner Buks’s growth method is special. The more he wins through examinations, the higher his level becomes.
Later, they were thinking of making him the eleventh legend of the continent.
Not all continental legends can be good people.
In reality, among the continent’s top 10 legends, those with notorious reputations reach nearly half.
And Kim Tae-seok asked what he was curious about.
“When user Hyeon-su was teaching Fer, a notification saying ‘Master Craftsman’ appeared?”
“Ah, that.”
Kim Tae-seok seemed to have noticed to some extent, but it seemed like a question to plant certainty.
In reality, Hyeon-su’s level was 101 and his actual grade as a blacksmith was now correctly intermediate.
“The God of Blacksmiths doesn’t have a blacksmith grade in the first place.”
“That’s true.”
“And the reason it shows ‘Master Craftsman’ is because supercomputer Ares judged it that way.”
“Ares did?”
“Yeah, it judged that user Hyeon-su’s blacksmithing skills and various other things all far exceed those of a master craftsman. Regardless of level.”
“Then what level would user Hyeon-su be as a blacksmith, even though his numerical level is 101?”
“At least around 400?”
Tae-seok let out a hollow laugh. At least 400.
And checking the level of blacksmith examiner Buks in the monitor, Tae-seok said.
“Who dares to examine whom.”
[Buks has failed in examining Fer.]
[The promised content with him will be implemented.]
[The 70% tax imposed on all blacksmiths in Balas territory will be corrected to the original tax.]
[The promise with the lord is nullified.]
[Development increases by 10%.]
Hyeon-su made a puzzled expression.
‘I solved the biggest problem, so why did it only increase by this much?’
And Hyeon-su could quickly understand it.
‘This isn’t the only problem currently.’
If it was simply problem-solving, there should have been something like resolution.
But it’s development, meaning he needs to develop this territory.
Then Hyeon-su could see blacksmith examiner Buks approaching him.
“I’d like to examine you.”
[Examination begins.]
Hyeon-su was momentarily dumbfounded. It was because of the overly forceful examination notification.
‘It’s compulsory.’
And this time Buks proposed new examination content.
“I’ll test you using something called rapid crafting. Rapid crafting is literally ultra-high-speed production.”
And it was also the field Buks was most confident in.
“Based on a blacksmith’s usual crafting speed, knowledge, experience, skills, etc., it allows you to accomplish in dozens of seconds what usually takes several days.”
Perhaps it was similar content to emergency crafting.
The difference was that you could craft without thinking about what to make.
In other words, you just need to make it quickly.
And Buks has average data.
Beginner blacksmiths take 30 seconds to make one sword.
Intermediate takes 24 seconds.
Top-grade is 19 seconds.
Master is 14 seconds.
And the interesting thing is that Books had repeatedly trained for this.
That’s why, although he was a master blacksmith, he could break it in 12 seconds.
Also, Books was cunning.
‘I won’t just kill him.’
“If you fail the examination, your arm will be cut off.”
[If you fail to pass the examination, you must fulfill this.]
[State your conditions.]
“I want your hammer.”
Books thought the man in front of him had quite a good eye.
This hammer was an excellent hammer.
But what was foolish about him was this.
‘He should have aimed for my neck instead of the hammer.’
Anyway, it was completely irrelevant to Books.
And it began.
Like the emergency crafting that Hyeon-su used, a hologram appeared.
[1 second.]
[2 seconds.]
In front of Books, according to his knowledge, experience, and usual crafting speed, the ore melted down.
‘I’m faster today.’
His condition was good.
With today’s condition, he might really be able to break into the 11-second range…
[5 seconds.]
[Your opponent completes crafting.]
[Crafting completion time is 5 seconds.]
[He passes the examination.]
[The Lightning-Calling Hammer is taken away.]
To Books, who wore a puzzled expression, Hyeon-su pointed the sword he had finished crafting at his neck.
Chills ran down Books’ spine as Hyeon-su spoke in a cold voice.
“The examination begins.”
The very thing he usually did to others. That examination was now being reversed on him by the man.
And.
[The examination begins.]
A notification sounded.
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