Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 92
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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
The Genius Blacksmith’s Game
King of Wolves (1)
King of Wolves (1)
‘Go, Belia. The disaster has not yet noticed you.’
‘Go, Belia. The disaster has not yet noticed you.’
Belia recalled the image of Saint Aria who had smiled faintly at her.
The Saint’s Child is a Saint Candidate class.
The Saint’s Child, equivalent to an Epic class, possesses various buff skills and excellent healing amounts, and as a saint candidate, she follows the saint around learning many things.
‘Saint…’
Belia’s eyes reddened as she successfully escaped through the portal created by Saint Aria.
Belia’s appearance was incredibly beautiful. Black hair and skin so clear it was almost transparent.
Though her height of 165cm was average, her celebrity-level looks were enough to stir the hearts of many men.
‘What should I do?’
Belia bit her lip.
The Saint’s Child had visited a temple following the saint as usual.
The Church of Ares.
The greatest church.
Temples of the Church of Ares are built all over the world.
Some temples were old and deteriorated, while others were so vast they resembled castles.
The place they had visited this time to deliver God’s word was the Leas Temple.
The Leas Temple is a place that resembles a fortress.
Long ago, it was known as both a fortress and temple used when the Church of Ares battled against their enemy, the Church of Disaster.
The Church of Disaster.
It was a cult that worshipped evil, the opposite of the Church of Ares.
The Church of Ares and various other churches had been waging war against the Church of Disaster for a long time.
Belia recalled what happened then.
When the saint was delivering warm words to those who worship Ares as usual.
Along with a black beam of light shooting up into the sky, this notification was heard.
[Appearance of the Fifth Disaster.]
[The Fifth Disaster uses the Book of Disasters to form a barrier across the entire territory.]
That barrier was the problem.
[NPCs and Users above level 200 cannot penetrate the barrier.]
[The barrier applies up to 5km radius from the temple.]
[All beings possessing divine power are weakened by 20%.]
The black beam of light spread out, forming a barrier around the entire fortress and temple.
What is the Fifth Disaster?
They are the powerful leaders of those who serve evil gods.
The higher the number, the weaker they tended to be, but the Fifth Disaster Jack also belonged to the absurdly strong category.
Of course, assuming they could borrow the power of the Church of Ares, they could sufficiently resist, but Jack had aimed for this.
Those above level 200 cannot approach.
The power of debuffs beyond common sense.
Of course, this also caused Jack and the evil god’s followers inside to suffer massive debuffs.
But Jack had achieved his intended purpose.
The kidnapping of the saint.
‘There’s no time.’
Belia heard the notification.
[In 3 days, Saint Aria will have all her divine power drained and be offered as a sacrifice.]
The Fifth Disaster intended to offer the saint as a sacrifice to realize evil.
Soon, a tear dropped from Belia’s eyes.
‘Saint…’
Though Belia was an NPC, sadness washed over her like a tide at the thought that the saint might die.
Though called artificial intelligence, within this world of Ares, they were no different from real humans.
The bond she had built with the saint was special.
‘What should I do?’
Her mind raced quickly.
Should she post on the Ares Community to get help from high rankers?
‘Impossible.’
The level 200 restriction was holding her back.
‘Then should I gather super rookies below level 200?’
That was also impossible.
She only had 3 days left.
Even if super rookies gathered during these short 3 days, there was no chance of victory.
‘Even though Jack’s levels dropped as the price for using his power, he’s still strong.’
Belia stamped her feet in frustration, unable to do this or that.
‘What if the saint gets offered as a sacrifice like this?’
The moment she realized how powerless she was, an indescribable sense of helplessness washed over her.
Then.
Ding!
[Job Quest: Finding the Savior]
Grade: A
Restriction: Saint’s Child
Reward: Divine Power 200
Failure Penalty: Destruction of the temple.
Description: Your temple and Saint Aria whom you serve are in crisis. Go find the savior. That savior is currently located in the Sword Blacksmith’s Tower.
Belia saw hope.
‘There’s a savior?’
The system itself was saying it.
The savior is there. Belia had no time to hesitate.
She made a puzzled expression.
‘Why is the savior at the Sword Blacksmith’s Tower?’
Soon she was able to realize.
‘Ah… they must have commissioned weapon crafting from the tower masters!?’
The fact that Ares is a supercomputer was already known to the public.
‘What kind of person could it be?’
Ares surely wouldn’t want the saint’s death either.
It was presumed that they had carefully selected someone very strong and special for this reason.
‘A legendary class combat profession. Something like that? Perhaps….’
She showed interest.
She had recently heard that one of the hot rookies had become a successor to Changcheon, one of the continent’s top 10 legends.
‘Could it be that person?’
She put aside any further thoughts.
Belia headed to the Sword Blacksmith’s Tower to meet her savior.
***
[Job Quest: Divine Wish has been generated.]
A new story unfolded for Hyeon-su.
[Job Quest: Divine Wish]
Grade: S
Restriction: Successor of the Blacksmith God
Reward: Ore Asnium, Divine Secret Technique.
Failure Penalty: Cannot proceed with the next job quest.
Description: The Blacksmith God has been shunned not only by believers but also among the gods. The gods denied Asuka, who possessed great power and was an excellent creator. Currently, the saint of the Ares Church is in danger. By rescuing her, show in detail what power the Blacksmith God possesses. Soon, Belia, the saint’s child, will come to find you as her savior.
Hyeon-su looked at the newly appeared quest with a puzzled expression.
‘Belia, the saint’s child?’
This was someone about whom even Hyeon-su currently had little information.
Just then, Balam, the divine messenger, was getting up and approaching Hyeon-su.
“Successor, I knew what you would undertake next. It was to create a legend. Since you have already accomplished that, I believe a new mission has been assigned. May I ask what that task is?”
[Balam’s faith in you is at MAX.]
Balam’s voice was soft and humble, as if having an audience with a king.
Balam, who had hoped the lineage would end, now had the strength to believe in and follow a god.
All of this was brought about by the achievements Hyeon-su had shown.
Hyeon-su explained the quest content to him.
Balam showed a surprised expression.
“Haha, it seems the god wants to show other gods through you, successor.”
Hyeon-su had one thing he was curious about.
“What is the ore Asnium?”
“Asnium? Are you saying you might obtain Asnium?”
Balam’s voice became excited.
Hyeon-su looked puzzled. From his voice, he realized that ore was extraordinary.
‘It’s an ore with no information to begin with.’
In Ares, there exist many divine ores besides the commonly known iron ore, mithril, and orichalcum.
“It is a sacred ore forged by the Blacksmith God.”
That meant it was an ore created by the god Asuka.
“It belongs to one of the three divine ores and contains very powerful divine power.”
The mythological content that Balam knew.
Listening to him, Hyeon-su realized something.
“Perhaps….”
“That’s right. Asnium, one of the three divine ores, is a legendary ore that contains divine power.”
Hyeon-su showed a surprised expression.
‘A legendary ore?’
The only legendary ore Hyeon-su had ever possessed was the lowest-grade orichalcum.
And that was only an extremely small amount that could make just one arrow.
‘This is insane….’
A small spark ignited in Hyeon-su’s heart.
It was due to Asnium, an ore containing vast divine power.
There was a sword he definitely wanted to craft using it.
Previously, Hyeon-su had already crafted it through emergency crafting.
That sword at the time was nothing but a fake.
The clear reason why it was fake despite being a sword Hyeon-su had already made in reality.
‘The system gives high efficiency when it judges something to be the most suitable crafting method.’
But in reality, that sword cannot be made that way.
It must be crafted only during the year, month, day, and hour of the tiger, and following that actually allows crafting only once every 60 years.
However, if there were an ore containing strong divine power, it would circumvent such conditions.
The sword Hyeon-su would craft with Asnium.
It was the Royal Sword.
‘I wonder what power a real Royal Sword crafted in Ares would possess.’
When most of the tower masters had left and it was late at night.
“Belia, the saint’s child, has arrived.”
Hyeon-su was able to meet her. The two briefly introduced themselves, and they were short on time.
The two mounted the horse that Daeng-i had prepared.
“Where do we need to go?”
“We must go to the Wolf Sanctuary in the north. We can only reach the temple by passing through the Wolf Sanctuary.”
The horse carrying the two quickly galloped toward the Wolf Sanctuary.
***
The Wolf Sanctuary.
A hunting ground for users level 110~180, it’s an unpopular place located too far on the outskirts.
That place became chaotic.
[Boss Monster Appearance!]
[Gray Wolf Lv.212]
[Those who hunt the Gray Wolf will receive rewards.]
It was because the Gray Wolf, which might appear once a month at most, had appeared.
“Run! We can never catch the Gray Wolf with our party!”
Party leader Luke hurriedly led his party members toward the safe zone.
“Krhaaaaak!”
“Kuheoook!”
“Ugh, uaaaak!”
Behind them, the chilling sounds of users being torn apart by the Gray Wolf could be heard.
‘The Gray Wolf has never been hunted by users of the appropriate level for this hunting ground.’
The Gray Wolf’s terror lies in its characteristics.
The Gray Howling gives more debuffs the more enemies the wolf recognizes within a 30m radius.
When ten people gather, a whopping 40% of all stats decrease.
Moreover, its speed is like lightning.
Luke, who was running quickly, spotted two people who had just dismounted from a horse.
A beautiful woman presumed to be of the priest class. A woman so stunning that even Luke couldn’t help but admire her appearance spoke.
“A level 120 blacksmith? Not a Descendant of the Azure Sky?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Hyeon-su sir. Are we really okay to go in? When the Ashen Wolf appears, many wolves gather around the area.”
“…?”
Luke frowned.
‘A blacksmith?’
And a priest class?
A level 120 is going in there?
Luke, who had been running quickly and looked back, saw the priest and blacksmith walking inside.
‘Has arrogance taken over their brains?’
As the priest said, wolves flock to the areas where the Ashen Wolf appears.
A level 120 blacksmith is going in there?
‘Is it because he’s in front of a pretty woman?’
Luke, who had entered the safe zone and was catching his rough breath, had an amusing thought.
“Let’s go back in after 30 minutes.”
“Are you crazy? Why would we go back in there?”
“Didn’t you see the priest and blacksmith’s items?”
Luke scanned the blacksmith and priest’s equipment.
When users are forced to logout, they drop their items.
“You want to go pick up the dropped items?”
However, the other party members shook their heads.
“They were at the entrance, we’ll die first before picking those up.”
“If you want to die, die alone.”
“I’m not going either.”
The party members left the party.
Since it was a one-time hunt for the Wolf Sanctuary, Luke didn’t mind much.
‘Cowards. The sword the blacksmith was wearing looked like at least an epic.’
When 30 minutes passed, Luke began entering again.
‘I hope they died around the entrance.’
Since the priest and blacksmith would have died together, their items should be dropped side by side.
Luke, who entered the entrance area, showed a surprised expression.
“What, what is this?”
Traces of dozens of wolves turned to ash and scattered were spread everywhere.
Soon Luke heard a shocking notification.
[The Ashen Wolf has been hunted.]
It was a notification that the Ashen Wolf, which had never been raided by users, had been hunted.
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