The Cursed Blacksmith Who Regressed - Chapter 70

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Episode 70

An U-ju, who left Hyper Guild, headed straight to Paragon Guild.

“That sneaky bastard Sword Saint, how dare he make the first move without telling me?”

If anyone was going to transfer, she had planned to be the first.

That way she would get the spotlight and all.

But the Sword Saint had taken all three of the best spotlight sources: withdrawal, transfer, and conquering the Black Area with Choi Hyun.

It was annoying.

That should have been mine originally!

Soon she arrived at Paragon Guild.

But when she reached the entrance reception desk, she heard unexpected words.

“He’s not here?”

“Yes, and he said to contact him directly if Hunter An came looking for him.”

Not in the company President’s Office?

She knew his contact information, but she had planned to visit as a surprise, which was now ruined.

Reluctantly, she called right away and was soon connected.

“President? This is An U-ju.”

– Yes, Hunter An. I was just thinking you’d contact me soon.

“I’m at the Guild Headquarters right now. I just threw my withdrawal papers at Hyper and came here, where are you now?”

– Ah, I see. If you had told me in advance, I would have waited. I’m currently outside due to external business.

“When will you be back?”

– Well, I can’t guarantee when this will end… Instead, if you go to the top floor, Hunter Kim Ha-geom will be waiting for you.

“The Sword Saint?”

– Yes, Hunter Kim will help guide you in detail when you get there.

“I understand for now.”

The call ended.

But the Sword Saint is on the top floor?

What is he doing there?

She then headed to the top floor with a staff member.

Ding!

The top floor door opened.

Following the guide to a certain room, what An U-ju saw there was nothing other than a circus act.

“…Huh?”

To be precise, people doing juggling.

The Alchemists and the Sword Saint.

The staff member bowed and disappeared.

The Sword Saint was juggling more earnestly than ever, and An U-ju approached with a bewildered expression and asked.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

At that moment, the spinning juggling balls fell.

“Ah!”

Kim Ha-geom froze in place.

Then he glared at An U-ju with wide eyes.

“…Do you want to die?”

“Want to die my ass, what are you doing here?”

“What do you mean what am I doing, I’m practicing juggling. You know since you caught the juggling ball that time too.”

“No, I know that but… what are these people doing?”

“Watch your words, they’re not ‘these people’ but Alchemists personally cast by the President. And everyone is juggling as a common task to gain Ultra Focus and Dexterity.”

“Don’t tell me I have to do this too?”

“Then you won’t do it?”

“No, but still… Hey, I’m an Archer.”

“Archer or whatever, if you’re going to join Paragon, just spin them too. It gets harder as time passes.”

“What do you mean…”

“Don’t question it, just do it. You’ll have to do it whether you like it or not later anyway.”

“How can you guarantee that?”

“If you don’t want to do it, then quit. I’m sure the President would be thrilled. You haven’t raided with the President yet, right? That’s why you can still act so cocky.”

“Ha, really…!”

An U-ju silently picked up the juggling balls.

Right.

She quit Hyper because of Choi Hyun.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do, so she decided to follow along for now.

As Kim Ha-geom said, surely there would come a moment when she’d have to do this anyway.

As An U-ju started juggling, the Alchemists who were watching whispered among themselves.

“It’s An U-ju.”

“An U-ju.”

“I expected her to come, but she really came quickly.”

“But even the Archer gets no special treatment. The President really must be an amazing person.”

“The 2nd ranked Sword Saint is spinning balls, so would the 3rd ranked get a pass?”

“But who will get the skill first? Will it be the Sword Saint first, or the Archer first?”

“I say the Sword Saint.”

“I say the Archer.”

“I’m a cat meow.”

“But where did the President go?”

“When I asked earlier, they said he went to meet someone important?”

“Someone important who?”

“Don’t know who.”

“Hmm, whoever it is will probably come here and spin balls anyway, so let’s not worry about it.”

“Okay okay.”

Paragon Guild Headquarters.

The juggling balls spin there today as well.

* * *

Meanwhile, Choi Hyun was traveling by car.

After driving for a long time, the place they arrived at.

It was none other than Jirisan located in Gyeongnam.

When the car stopped at the entrance of Jirisan, Choi Hyun said to Jin Hyeon-geun.

“I’ll contact you later, so please rest comfortably. I’m not sure how long it will take.”

“Understood.”

Jin Hyeon-geun quietly drove away and disappeared without asking for reasons.

Excellent as always.

Choi Hyun then looked at the vast expanse of Jirisan.

“So this is where the worst man-made disaster in Korean history occurred.”

Man-made disaster.

A disaster caused by humans.

The worst man-made disaster called the ‘Jirisan Catastrophe’ was an incident caused by none other than a single Player.

And now.

Choi Hyun had come to Jirisan to meet that worst Player.

After Jin Hyeon-geun left, Choi Hyun unfolded a map and began moving in earnest.

It took quite a while.

The sun set.

The temperature dropped.

It was fine.

If he were an ordinary person, he would have worried about getting lost, but for Hunters who had reached the superhuman realm, this little cold and treacherous mountain terrain, especially for Choi Hyun, was nothing more than child’s play.

The darkness wasn’t much of a problem either.

This was because he had brought sunglasses that could illuminate the darkness as bright as daylight.

The price?

Of course it was expensive.

But so what?

That’s when it happened.

Thump- Thump- Thump-

Vibration sounds coming from somewhere.

An earthquake?

It wasn’t.

The irregularly ringing vibrations were exactly what Choi Hyun had been looking for.

‘It’s not far from here.’

He increased his search speed.

After tracking for quite a while longer, he was finally able to find the source of the vibrations.

The source of the vibrations was in the deepest part of the mountain ranges.

The hole located about halfway up a cliff as high as a cliff ghost was surprisingly the entrance to a cave.

He deployed his stealth technique and arrived at the cave.

The interior was rougher than expected.

But this time too, he deployed his stealth technique and entered without difficulty, finally able to find the source of the thumping sounds.

It was a massive cavity, and in the center of the cavity floated a huge Gate portal.

And in front of it, some person was fighting a golem with bare hands.

‘There it is.’

A golem that appeared to be about 3 meters tall.

And a muscular person who appeared to be about 2 meters tall.

The muscular man was fighting the golem wearing only pants, but what was even more surprising was that he wasn’t dodging the golem’s attacks and was fighting by colliding with his body against each one.

Not only that?

When attacking the golem, he wasn’t wearing any items and was pounding it with his bare hands.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Tremendous roaring sounds.

The sound when pounding the golem.

And the sound when the golem pounded the man.

It was truly a fight between real men.

Their appearance of standing in place without dodging and exchanging blows was wildness itself.

How much time passed like that?

Finally, the match was decided.

Crash- Rumble!

Surprisingly, it was the golem that was destroyed first and collapsed.

“Whew.”

The man swept back his lion’s mane-like hair.

Then he wiped away his sweat once, sat down, crossed his legs and took a meditation posture.

It was for recovery.

Seeing this, Choi Hyun’s eyes narrowed.

The man’s name was Maeng Bu-yong.

His identity was the number 1 ranked Player in the country, a level 88 Hunter who was 1 level higher than the level 87 Kim Ha-geom.

His alias was Fighting God.

But his more famous nickname was none other than scoundrel.

That was because he was such a lone wolf and didn’t belong anywhere, acting however he pleased.

‘He’s a typical scoundrel among scoundrels who believes strength is everything.’

Because of such a scoundrel-like disposition, before long the worst disaster that would mark a chapter in our country’s history would occur.

That was none other than a Gate rampage.

This place where he was keeping watch was a Gate that Maeng Bu-yong had discovered first, and as time passed, one golem would spawn that grew slightly larger each time.

It didn’t seem very dangerous since only one came out, hardly qualifying as a monster wave, but the moment the golem spawn count reached 100 times after some time passed, that’s when the rampage would begin.

‘Golems well over 5 meters tall would pour out in groups of dozens.’

The problem arose from there.

The Gate rampage was one thing, but this place was deep inside a cave.

The Gate would continue pouring out golems and the cave would fill up.

Then, when it finally exceeded the limit the cave could accommodate, the cave would collapse and all the trapped golems would be released into the world at once.

The disaster would begin from that moment.

‘At least hundreds of golems would be released throughout all of Jirisan, causing civilian damage beyond measure.’

Somehow almost all the Hunters would gather to suppress this situation, but the damage that occurred in the process would be astronomical.

And later, through Maeng Bu-yong’s confession, the truth of this incident would be revealed.

Soon, Choi Hyun landed softly in front of him.

“Hm?”

The Gate portal illuminated the surroundings like lighting.

Maeng Bu-yong was sitting cleverly so as not to cross the entrance line, and Choi Hyun also stood in front of him in a clever position without crossing the entrance line.

Choi Hyun took off his sunglasses and said.

“Hello, Mr. Maeng Bu-yong.”

At Choi Hyun’s greeting, Maeng Bu-yong furrowed his brow and said.

“…What are you, how did you know about this place?”

“I’m Choi Hyun. I’m the president of the recently established Paragon Guild.”

“Choi Hyun? Paragon? Who’s that?”

It wasn’t a lie.

Maeng Bu-yong didn’t know Choi Hyun.

That was because he had been holed up training at this hidden Gate for several weeks already and hadn’t come out into the world.

Choi Hyun said.

“If you don’t know, then there’s nothing I can do about it.”

“Look at this bastard?”

Maeng Bu-yong slowly rose from his seat.

“Hey, do you want to die?”

At those words, Choi Hyun smiled brightly and said.

“Yeah, I want to die.”

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