The Cursed Blacksmith Who Regressed - Chapter 71

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Episode 71

“What?”

“I said you want to die.”

At that moment.

“Kahahaha!”

His booming laughter echoed loudly.

The sound was so loud that it made the cave shake slightly.

“Damn, what a fucking crazy bastard. Hey, since you went through all the trouble to come here, you must know who I am, but you still want to mess around?”

“Messing around…”

At those words, Choi Hyun drew out Barisa’s Bad Taste and said.

“I hope you’ll still be able to say that later.”

“Keke, kekeke…”

Maeng Bu-yong laughed.

Then he took a stance and said.

“I don’t know what you think you can do with that tiny little awl, but you brought this on yourself, you know? Let me tell you something – even that Sword Saint bastard can’t leave a single scratch on my body. Got it?”

At that moment, Choi Hyun’s figure disappeared.

Where did he go?

Just as he was thinking that.

Pubok!

A thin, short sound.

Something had pierced through.

At the same time, Maeng Bu-yong’s eyes widened.

“Kwaaaaah!!”

A scream burst from his mouth.

The cause?

It was Barisa’s Bad Taste.

“This bastard…!”

Barisa’s Bad Taste reduced damage by half, but made the pain felt 100%.

Maeng Bu-yong was fundamentally a ‘tank’.

More precisely, he was a bruiser who could both deal damage and tank, but his main attribute was tanking.

He even insisted on fighting barehanded, which meant he was basically the toughest meat shield in the country.

So he wouldn’t die.

Even if stabbed dozens or hundreds of times with Barisa, never.

That’s why Choi Hyun began stabbing him without worry.

The enraged Maeng Bu-yong swung his fists, chasing after Choi Hyun.

But Maeng Bu-yong could never catch Choi Hyun.

No, it was even difficult to follow him with his eyes.

The Shadow Step that Choi Hyun deployed was a movement technique that moved as one with shadows.

Moreover, it was optimized for targeting the opponent’s blind spots.

‘Furthermore, there’s a 0% chance that someone like me, who came from the end of destruction, would be caught by you who’s merely living in the era of the 1st Great Cataclysm.’

So what would unfold from now on was an educational time of taming a disobedient beast into submission.

Pubit- Put! Pabat- Pak! Pushuuk!

“Kwaaaaah!!”

Choi Hyun moved like a ghost.

The places he targeted were varied too.

Fingertips, toes… for example, between the fingernails and toenails, as well as areas where the skin was thin and folded like cheeks, armpits, and groin.

What about around the joints?

These places were connected to bones, so just touching them was extremely painful.

He also touched nerves.

Of course, Maeng Bu-yong had something he believed in.

It was ‘Iron Cannon Body’, a skill that strengthened his physical body.

His class was Martial Artist, which had similar attributes to Monk or Pugilist. Since it was a profession that fought with the whole body, he could wear armor and weapons like gauntlets, but he chose not to.

Because Maeng Bu-yong wanted to become the strongest with his bare body alone.

In fact, all the skills and traits he possessed were designed for bare-handed combat and were designed to become tougher the more he used them.

That’s why he was holed up in a place like this, training.

The golems that appeared one by one were perfect for clashing with and training his body.

Then suddenly, Choi Hyun had appeared.

“You son of a bitch!”

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

He swung his fists frantically.

He wanted to smash the walls and floor to take control of the situation, but he didn’t.

No, he couldn’t.

The reason was the Gate.

How could he give up this place he had discovered just because of some insignificant gnat?

It was absolutely impossible.

Pububok!

“Kwaaaaah!”

The awl pierced through again.

Blood spurted out.

From the repeated attacks, his entire body was now covered in his own blood.

He bit his lips hard from the terrible pain.

‘How the hell…!’

It was puzzling.

He felt like he’d been stabbed at least dozens of times by now, but even while being stabbed, he couldn’t shake off his bewilderment.

With his skills and traits, attacks from a mere awl like that shouldn’t have been able to penetrate normally.

Yet the guy was stabbing all over his body as if to show off.

The secret lay in the item.

More precisely, in Barisa’s Bad Taste.

Choi Hyun recalled the information about the newly improved Barisa’s Bad Taste.

[ Barisa’s Bad Taste ]

– Type : Item

– Restriction : Level 30 or above

– Durability : 1,470/1,470(1,050+420)

– Attack Power : 280/280(200+80)

– Options :

1. Targets hit by attacks have their damage reduced by 50% but experience 200% increased pain.

2. 1% of total attack power is applied as defense-ignoring damage.

# One of the cursed torture tools used by torturer Barisa.

# The curse has been completely removed by a skilled blacksmith.

# Reborn by a skilled blacksmith, all performance has been greatly improved.

# The improved performance will disappear if durability falls below the original level.

The newly improved Barisa.

There were three changes to the options.

The original attack power of 210 including repair buffs had increased to 280.

The pain experienced had increased from 100% to 200%.

Finally, 1% defense-ignoring damage application was added.

The last option was extracted from the Noble Sword that Kim Ha-geom had given him.

‘On top of that, I attached small reverse-direction blades to the awl tip, so the moment I pull out the awl, it scrapes the wound to maximize damage and pain.’

Even so, the defense-ignoring damage applied was only about 1% of total attack power, but this was sufficient.

After all, the purpose was to inflict pain.

What if you’re an iron cannon? Even if you’re invincible, you can’t withstand this.

Choi Hyun gleefully slashed away, and before long.

Thud-

Maeng Bu-yong, who seemed like he would never fall, finally had no choice but to drop to one knee.

“Huff… huff… huff…”

Maeng Bu-yong breathing heavily.

He bit his lip and spoke.

“Damn it… if only I was in good condition…!”

“Condition?”

At that moment, a glass bottle rolled in front of Maeng Bu-yong.

“Drink it.”

“What is this?”

“Purple potion, commonly called ‘borangi,’ you know? The most expensive one from the highest tier of the Rainbow Recovery Potion series made by Hwageum, the nation’s largest alchemist guild. If you drink it, you’ll be fully healed in one go. Your stamina will recover too.”

“Wh-what?”

“Drink it. Don’t make excuses later about how this happened because I ambushed you right after you fought the golem. Drink it and fight again. Need time to rest? I’ll give you plenty. So don’t make all sorts of excuses later like a coward, and let’s settle this properly now.”

Saying that, he wiped the blood off Barisa and tucked it into the front of his pants.

“I’ll wait. So drink it quickly. Otherwise, you’re leaving here half-crippled today.”

“Wh-what do you mean…?”

“Why? Does it sound like a joke?”

Choi Hyun took a step forward and looked down at him.

“You don’t even know what you did wrong, do you? If you hide a Gate like this just to satisfy your greed, and this Gate goes berserk? If civilians nearby get hurt or die because of it? How are you going to handle that?”

“Wh-what does it matter, damn it…! And how do you know whether this Gate will go berserk or not?”

“Still far from it.”

Crack!

Choi Hyun stomped on the purple potion he had thrown, crushing it.

Then he drew Barisa again.

“You think you’re the best, don’t you? Experience it today. How insignificant and worthless you are.”

Stab!

“Aaaahhh!!”

Barisa began piercing through Maeng Bu-yong’s body once again.

* * *

How much time had passed?

Maeng Bu-yong had literally become half-crippled.

There wasn’t a spot on his body that wasn’t punctured, and when his entire body had become like a rag, purple potion was poured on him.

Potions take effect even when poured on external wounds without drinking them.

That’s why potions are expensive.

After repeated cycles of pain, Maeng Bu-yong’s mind finally broke.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry… I’ve committed a mortal sin…! Please forgive me just once, I beg you, I’m sorry… I’m truly sorry…!”

“Sorry?”

“Yes, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll never be arrogant again and live quietly and humbly. So please just spare my life…”

Maeng Bu-yong begging with tears and snot streaming down his face.

Who would have known that he, called by countless macho nicknames like Fighting God, Taesan, Giant Mountain, Night King, Beast, Scoundrel, Equipment…, would show such a disgraceful appearance?

No one would have.

Choi Hyun looked at Maeng Bu-yong with dry eyes.

If he was going to collapse when meeting someone higher than himself, why was his neck so stiff?

Choi Hyun hates these types of people.

Because in the past, the world was destroyed because of people like this.

So even though he was begging for his life right in front of him, he didn’t believe it.

A more definitive punishment was needed.

A punishment like a brand that would be engraved to the bone, ensuring his bad habits would never surface again.

Of course, he had come prepared.

Choi Hyun severed the tendons in his wrists and ankles.

Screams erupted, but he ignored them.

It’s fine.

Wounds like this will heal again if purple potion is poured on them.

If potions don’t work, he can be taken to a healer.

After cutting four tendons, Choi Hyun then took out Whispering Darkness.

A cursed item that causes auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, and despair just by wearing it.

Choi Hyun put the ring on the finger of the man who couldn’t even twitch a finger with his severed tendons.

Then the ring absorbed into his finger and disappeared.

“Aaaahhhhh!!”

From that moment, Maeng Bu-yong began suffering from a terrible curse.

“Endure it until the Gate is cleared. That’s the final punishment I’m giving you. Well, if you die in the meantime, there’s nothing I can do.”

Maeng Bu-yong is Maeng Bu-yong, and the Gate is the Gate.

The Gate that could go berserk at any time needs to be dealt with, doesn’t it?

Whirr-

As Choi Hyun crossed the entrance line, his figure naturally disappeared.

As Choi Hyun crosses the entrance line, his figure naturally disappears.

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