The Cursed Blacksmith Who Regressed - Chapter 25

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Episode 25

“…?”

“…?”

“…?”

A moment of silence.

People momentarily couldn’t understand the content of the tower’s notification.

“…!!”

“…!!”

“…!!”

Soon after, they came to their senses and their eyes widened in shock.

“Wh, what?”

“Wh, what is this?”

“He’s challenging the 49th floor?!”

“Hey! Wake up! This isn’t the time to be sleeping!!”

“Hey, damn it, turn on the broadcast quickly! Go live!”

“Yes, Director, sorry for calling so early. It’s not that, I’m in front of the Growth Tower right now and a notification just appeared saying….”

Chaos erupted.

Reporters, YouTubers, influencers, guild officials—everyone rubbed the sleep from their eyes and did what they had to do.

And that news soon spread nationwide and further became known to the world.

The reason was simple.

Choi Hyun had finally begun his challenge of the 49th floor, known as the world record.

People got goosebumps.

It had only been 12 hours since Choi Hyun entered the tower.

Yet he had already achieved the tremendous feat of challenging the 49th floor.

“What kind of person is he exactly?”

“Wow, this is really crazy….”

“He’s really a blacksmith?”

“Wasn’t he level 1?”

And that news was also delivered to the sleeping Jang Hae-hyeon.

“Advisor Choi is challenging the 49th floor?”

“Yes, this is news we just received.”

“What is this….”

It was also delivered to Han Yeong-min, who was relieving stress with alcohol and women.

“Wh, what did you say, damn it?”

It was the moment Han Yeong-min’s eyes grew the largest they had ever grown in his life. And.

“….”

The news was also delivered to Yang Hui, the Martial God, who was the holder of the existing record for first reaching the 49th floor and called the strongest Player.

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[ You have defeated the Soul Orc Shaman. ]

[ Your level has increased. ]

[ You have gained 1 bonus stat point. ]

[ Heavenly Martial Body activates. ]

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

[ You have cleared the 48th floor. ]

[ The door to the 49th floor has opened. ]

Before chaos erupted outside.

It was when Choi Hyun had just defeated the orc shaman and conquered the 48th floor.

Choi Hyun had finally conquered the 48th floor and could stand before the door leading to the 49th floor, the world record.

‘Now that I’m near the end, it’s definitely getting trickier.’

The 48th floor was a place crawling with Soul Orcs.

The most troublesome among them were the Soul Orc Shamans who continuously launched ranged attacks from the rear.

But Choi Hyun ultimately succeeded.

And he did so while maintaining his no-hit achievement.

Soon, a system notification appeared.

[ The Growth Tower cheers for you. ]

[ The Growth Tower wishes for everyone to cheer for you. ]

[ Do you permit us to announce your challenge to everyone? ]

The system’s question.

The tower wanted to honor this achievement by announcing this fact to everyone outside.

There was no reason to refuse.

This was a great declaration to everyone that he would succeed in conquering the 49th floor.

“I permit it.”

[ Your challenge will be announced to everyone. ]

[ The announcement will be as follows. ]

[ The 48th floor has been conquered. ]

[ Player ‘Choi Hyun’ challenges the 49th floor. ]

Choi Hyun smiled upon seeing the system notification.

He could clearly picture how surprised and delighted Jang Hae-hyeon, the Secretary Manager, and Jin Hyeon-geun would be.

And above all.

‘My news will reach Yang Hui as well.’

This was the most meaningful fact.

Either way, in this life too, he had to form a connection with Yang Hui and receive his help.

‘The world isn’t something I can save alone.’

Choi Hyun looked at the portal leading to the 49th floor and recalled memories of Yang Hui and the Growth Tower.

The world knew that Yang Hui had reached the 49th floor alone, but that wasn’t the truth.

Yang Hui later confessed that he had received a carry to break the Growth Tower record.

To be more specific, after obtaining the Heavenly Martial Body and before becoming free from the Black Society, all of Yang Hui’s growth and actions were thoroughly calculated by the Chinese Government and the Black Society.

The Growth Tower was a prime example.

Before Yang Hui achieved the record of the 49th floor, the maximum record was reaching the 48th floor, created by an American Elite Party, but this record was also an artificial record created with American support.

The Chinese Government was envious of that fact, and as soon as the Black Society created the monster called Yang Hui, they immediately launched the ‘Growth Tower New Record’ project.

The project itself was simple.

To make Yang Hui a star Player, China formed an elite party with maximum level personnel who could enter the tower, put Yang Hui in it, and gave him almost all the experience while climbing the tower, essentially carrying him.

And just before conquering the 48th floor, all other Players left the party and exited the tower, allowing Yang Hui to succeed in solo conquering the 48th floor and challenge the 49th floor alone.

Of course, the challenge result was naturally a failure.

‘Yang Hui said so. No matter how much he had the Heavenly Martial Body and was equipped with good items, since it was a tower he had climbed by being carried, he lacked the skill and experience to conquer the 49th floor.’

Even after Yang Hui became independent from China and the Black Society, he didn’t reveal this fact to the world.

Later, when he truly gained skill and experience, he suddenly became ashamed to reveal that fact.

But he revealed it to Choi Hyun. Because death was before his eyes.

He confessed everything as if confessing his sins, and Choi Hyun comforted him.

Saying that if it had been him, he would have done the same.

‘Humans are inherently weak creatures.’

Finishing his recollection, Choi Hyun steeled himself once more and checked his status window.

[ Choi Hyun ]

– Lv : 28

– Class : Blacksmith

– Traits : ＜Demon’s Eye＞＜Repair＞＜Curse of Memory＞＜Unknown Artisan＞＜Heavenly Martial Body＞＜Materials＞

– Strength : 33

– Stamina : 33

– Magic Power : 33

– Sense : 33

– Dexterity: 65

– Unallocated Stat Points: 1

When he had just cleared the 36th Floor, his level was 20.

And now that he had cleared the 48th Floor, he was level 28.

To others, this was unprecedented ultra-high-speed growth, but Choi Hyun still felt it was lacking.

Most of those who survived until the end of destruction in his previous life, including the previous Choi Hyun, were in the hundreds of levels.

‘Can’t be helped, I guess.’

Still, he was finally challenging the 49th Floor.

Moreover, Choi Hyun was still maintaining his no-hit record up to this point.

Choi Hyun invested his bonus stat points into dexterity, then immediately headed to the next floor.

[ Moving to the 49th Floor. ]

Whoosh!

Choi Hyun’s figure disappeared.

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After news of Choi Hyun’s challenge was announced to everyone, people around the world went into an uproar.

No, it wasn’t just people—the entire world became noisy.

This wasn’t just any record, but a challenge for the world record.

Moreover, he had started at level 1, entered alone, and his class wasn’t even a combat class but a blacksmith.

How could the world not be shocked?

Not only domestic media but foreign press reactions were also heated.

– Holy shit lol this is insane. Does this even make sense?

– I thought it was impossible, but it actually happened?!

– Isn’t this an unprecedented monster being born? lololol

– Fact check) Already been born.

– lololol already born my ass, stop making a fuss. Still, China’s Yang Hui is the strongest right now.

– Fact check 2) Your face is more of a monster.

– Where do you live?

– Yang Hui awakened much faster, so at this point Yang Hui is the strongest, but still, if Choi Hyun succeeds in clearing the 49th Floor, Choi Hyun’s potential itself would be judged higher.

– But doesn’t Yang Hui’s potential have some bubble to it? There are rumors that Yang Hui got carried up the tower.

– You’re gonna get taken away without a trace if you keep that up?

– Might get ‘disappeared’?

– Chairman! I didn’t see anything!

Comments poured in and reactions were heated.

Everyone was enthusiastic about Choi Hyun’s potential and excited that perhaps an unprecedented monster might be born.

Especially, comparisons with Yang Hui, who was called the strongest in Player history, were the most common.

But among all the countless stories, the hottest topic was still whether Choi Hyun would clear the 49th Floor.

China was especially sweating the most.

More precisely, China and the Black Society.

Yang Hui was also nervous.

It wasn’t worry about having his honor stolen.

If Choi Hyun broke his record, Yang Hui himself was prepared to accept that fact calmly.

He was a fake hero created by China and the Black Society.

He was the person involved who knew the truth behind the so-called ‘carry suspicions’ that only circulated as rumors.

But the positions of the Chinese Government and Black Society would be different.

‘Since my status as the people’s hero has been broken, they’ll probably pressure me and countless others like crazy to create another status.’

That’s why Yang Hui hoped Choi Hyun would fail, for his own and many others’ happiness.

It wasn’t because he disliked Choi Hyun.

It was because of China and the Black Society.

‘Please.’

Yang Hui prayed desperately to a god he didn’t even believe in.

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[ Entering the 49th Floor. ]

He had arrived at the 49th Floor.

The 49th Floor environment was the same as before.

A spacious field the size of a sports ground.

[ Beginning the 49th Floor challenge. ]

A notification about the challenge appeared, and soon a swordsman appeared before Choi Hyun’s eyes, his entire body glowing gray as if carved from metal.

The creature had a similar height to Choi Hyun, and above its head was written:

– Gray Color Swordsman Lv.???

Gray Color Swordsman.

Known to people as ‘Gray Sword’ and essentially known as the final boss of this Growth Tower.

At the same time, the being that defeated Yang Hui.

Shing—

The creature drew its gray sword.

Soon the challenge began, and the Gray Color Swordsman started rushing toward Choi Hyun with terrifying momentum.

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