The Cursed Blacksmith Who Regressed - Chapter 110

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Episode 110

During this short period, there was one more place that came to praise Choi Hyun as much as the Necromancers did.

It was the 1st Squad.

An U-ju came running toward Choi Hyun, who had returned after completing his training, screaming at the top of her lungs.

“Waaaaah, President!!”

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

“I… I…!”

“I?”

“I missed you…!”

It wasn’t a confession.

It was a heartfelt, passionate welcome greeting.

And Kim Ha-geom and Maeng Bu-yong were the same way.

“Ah…”

“Finally…”

Why is everyone acting like this?

Only Shasha seemed normal.

Choi Hyun asked Shasha, who was the only one acting normal.

“Why is everyone like this?”

“I don’t know either.”

Then An U-ju spoke to Shasha with a fed-up expression.

“I said this before, but I’ll declare it once more in front of the President. I’m really going to get stronger than Shasha no matter what and steal the deputy squad leader position. Hey, don’t you guys have anything to say?”

“Yeah, let’s definitely do that.”

“Me too.”

I was only away for a few days, but the atmosphere had changed quite a bit.

While riding in the van, I was able to hear the whole story.

“I thought the President was the toughest person in the world, but that wasn’t true. The real one was Shasha.”

“Was it that bad?”

“No, there are many problems with this. First of all, the President acts like you know the right answer, right? And your predictions are all correct too? So sometimes you show impossible efficiency and things work out easily, but Shasha is really…”

Shasha was FM itself.

It couldn’t be helped.

Choi Hyun’s movements were actually based on results he actually knew, not predictions.

In contrast, Shasha, who had no future knowledge, applied the ‘hunting methods in unfamiliar environments’ she learned from her father directly to actual combat.

Approaching as carefully and conservatively as possible, but when necessary, drawing maximum output and moving relentlessly to corner the prey.

Moreover, even though Shasha’s level was lower, there was about a genius-level difference between her basic techniques, movements, and various application abilities compared to ordinary people, which made it particularly difficult for other squad members.

An U-ju got worked up.

“But do you know what the biggest problem really is? You can’t communicate with Shasha.”

“Hm? When you form a party and enter a dungeon, doesn’t the auto-translation function solve communication problems?”

“No, not that kind of conversation.”

“Then what?”

“Shasha always does one of two things. Just do it. If you can’t, then you’re lacking. She always gives us these seemingly impossible missions, but when we can’t do them and complain, Shasha shows off by completing them. This same pattern keeps repeating, so now I can’t say anything.”

Shasha shook her head at those words.

“You always complain a lot. While lacking skill.”

“See that! How can she say things like that so casually? I’m hurt, President!”

An U-ju’s whining made me chuckle.

“Shasha, your Korean has improved a lot?”

“I studied hard, Boss.”

“You must have been very busy just conquering Areas, that’s impressive.”

“There was a lot of travel time in the car, so I studied whenever I could.”

“As expected of the deputy squad leader.”

“Ah, even the President is doing this?”

“Haha, from my position, I still have to praise Shasha. After all, she faithfully carried out what I asked and is even studying Korean in her spare time, right?”

“Well, that’s true but…”

“But don’t think of it as just unfair. Actually, from a basic perspective, you know that Shasha’s orders are more realistic than mine, don’t you, Woo-ju?”

“I don’t know! I was practically the raid leader before moving here to Paragon, so honestly I can’t really relate.”

Then Shasha asked.

“So, did the raid team you operated have a high success rate?”

“Why do you ask?”

“Did it have a high rate?”

“Is that important?”

“Did it have a high rate?”

“Ah shit, it was about fifty-fifty, okay?”

“That’s not high.”

“What do you know?”

“I can tell by watching what you do.”

“What did you say?”

“So was it high?”

“Damn it!”

“Lying is bad.”

“Aaaaah!”

An U-ju clutched her head.

Still, it’s quite fortunate.

It seems like everyone has gotten closer in the meantime.

After that, we drove for quite a while longer and arrived at today’s Gate.

Naturally, it was a Black Gate.

There aren’t many left now.

That’s fine.

The number of remaining Black Gates was only small domestically, as there were still many overseas.

Before entering the Gate, I checked everyone’s levels.

Shasha had already exceeded 80, and the other members were in the mid-90s.

It was going smoothly.

‘At this rate, the first level 100 Player will be born soon.’

And the System will probably hold a special event for being the first to reach level 100.

I’m prepared to accept the event.

It’s not like I’ve been proceeding without knowing that.

“Well then, shall we go in now?”

The squad leader’s return.

The deputy squad leader’s reign of power had finally ended.

Perhaps because of that, everyone’s steps were very light.

* * *

…

[ You are awarded 1 bonus stat for being selected as the best conqueror. ]

[ You have successfully conquered a Gate that no one else could conquer. ]

[ The System gifts you 1 bonus stat for achieving an outstanding Achievement. ]

[ Your level has increased. ]

[ You have acquired 1 bonus stat. ]

[ Heavenly Martial Physique activates. ]

[ Strength, Stamina, Magic Power, and Sense stats each increase by 1. ]

…

Conquest complete.

After finishing the reward draw, I checked the time and found it ended faster than expected.

As they came outside and got into the van, An U-ju frowned.

“Hmm.”

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s a bit disappointing. It ended much faster than I expected.”

“That’s right. The squad leader practically did everything himself.”

Kim Ha-geom added his comment.

Kim Ha-geom also seemed disappointed.

Maeng Bu-yong showed similar signs too.

It was true.

Since it was his return to the field after a while, he got slightly excited and couldn’t pay attention to educating his squad members, just charging ahead at full speed by himself.

Then An U-ju spoke in a subtle tone.

“President, instead of that, how about we do that thing?”

“That thing?”

“You know, the Gate Stone we got last time.”

Gate Stone?

For a moment he wondered what it was, then immediately remembered.

He took it out right away and checked the information.

[ Gate Stone – The Next Story of the Patten Family ]

– Type: Item

# The next story that only those who conquered the Gate ‘The Last of the Patten Family’ most ideally can see.

# Summons a Gate containing the timeline after the Manor War victory.

The reward received through golden draw after conquering The Last of the Patten Family.

An U-ju got excited seeing the Gate Stone.

“This is it, this. Today’s Gate conquest ended quickly too, so can’t we try challenging this once?”

“Hmm.”

He was conflicted.

The Next Story of the Patten Family was a Gate with a name he’d never seen before.

But since it was discovered during the 1st Great Catastrophe, it probably wouldn’t be too difficult.

He glanced at his squad members.

They all looked interested.

Since it was their first time seeing a linked Gate or Gate Stone itself, they were naturally curious.

Jin Hyeon-geun, who was driving, glanced through the rearview mirror and said.

“If it’s alright with you, how about trying to challenge it once, President?”

“You think so too, Jin Secretary?”

“Since there are no precedents, if we succeed in conquering it, it would make excellent publicity material.”

“Well then, alright.”

“Yahoo!”

If it helps the company, we should do it.

An U-ju burst into cheers at Choi Hyun’s acceptance.

Jin Hyeon-geun asked.

“Is there anything I need to prepare separately?”

“Since a Gate will be summoned, an empty space with no one around would be good. Indoor spaces are a bit problematic, so it should be outdoors…”

After searching the surroundings with his tablet, he found a suitable place.

“If we drive about 30 minutes from here, there’s a Black Area we conquered last time. That place should be an empty lot now, so could you take us there?”

“Yes, understood.”

As they set a new destination, the van’s direction changed.

Then An U-ju spoke in an excited voice.

As if she was going on a picnic.

“Awesome, it’s a new type of Gate.”

“Are you enjoying this?”

“Of course I’m enjoying it? Aren’t you enjoying it, President?”

“The atmosphere has changed quite a bit. When you first went to challenge a Black Area before, your face looked like death.”

“That was because it was my first time.”

“This linked Gate is also a first time, isn’t it?”

“What does it matter? As long as the President is with us, we’ll conquer everything anyway.”

“This is my first time here too. Aren’t you trusting me too much?”

“I know it’s the President’s first time too. But you know what? The President does even first-time things skillfully as if he’s done them countless times. So now when I do anything with the President, I’ve decided to just turn off my brain and follow unconditionally. I just need to shoot my bow well. Just call me a potato that shoots arrows!”

“Hmm, broadly speaking that’s correct, but… I have a feeling something’s going wrong?”

“It’s just your imagination.”

“Sigh.”

“What, Shasha, why are you sighing?”

“It would be strange not to sigh.”

“What?”

“Hahaha.”

Jin Hyeon-geun laughs watching those two.

Well, this isn’t bad in its own way.

Frankly speaking, as An U-ju said, if Choi Hyun is with them, whatever happens, they won’t fail or die.

Vroom-

The van smoothly heads toward the changed destination.

* * *

They arrived at their destination.

As expected, all Black Area-related personnel had already withdrawn.

The site where the Gate had been was also completely restored and clean.

As if a Gate had never been there from the beginning.

They had stopped at a rest area on the way to take care of meals and restroom breaks, so they were ready to start immediately.

“Then I’ll start right away.”

Choi Hyun took out the Gate Stone and used it.

[ Using Gate Stone. ]

[ A Gate is being generated. ]

As he used the stone, a Gate portal was created in mid-air.

“Huh?”

An U-ju tilted her head seeing the portal.

Because the portal’s color was white.

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