Genius Blacksmith's Game

You can create your own calamity.

Calamities possess all kinds of special powers.

Fifth Calamity Jack has telekinesis.

Fourth Calamity Ronso has the power to fly.

First Calamity has freakish defense.

Having experienced it firsthand, each and every advantage the calamities have becomes tremendous power if you can have it.

[Your own calamity will become power solely for you, and you can create it at any time and apply it to yourself.]

This was the concept of a skill, not an artifact.

And Hyunsoo knew.

‘Legend-grade.......’

It would let him unleash a fourth Legend-grade power after the Sword King’s swordsmanship, Ghost Step, and Fate.

And “your own calamity” was similar to Arte’s skill creation.

The difference was that I make the power I want.

‘This is insane.......’

Hyunsoo knew this wasn’t luck. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

‘This is a result I deserve because I accomplished it.’

Since executing all four calamities was clearly an exceptional event.

He planned to think slowly about what kind of calamity he would make.

For now, he checked the newly obtained gauntlets.

(Calamity Gauntlets)

Grade: Unique

Durability: Infinite

Defense: 374

Requirement: Level 300 or higher

Special Abilities:

·Sword Mastery +2

·Greatsword Mastery +4

·Sword weight decreases by 50%.

·Passive Skill Anything That Cleaves.

·When additionally equipping a Calamity artifact, all effects increase by 5%.

Description: Gauntlets that Second Calamity Rogal wore. If you are wearing these gauntlets, there is nothing you cannot cleave.

Unfortunately, Calamity Gauntlets were Unique.

And gauntlets are the concept of an auxiliary.

But he wasn’t disappointed.

‘This much, I can make it even better.’

What made Hyunsoo marvel was the calamity Rogal had.

Anything That Cleaves.

This power, which activates at a 3% probability, instantly increases cutting power by 250%.

Twin Dragon Sword, a weapon optimized for cleaving enemies.

‘If these gauntlets meet the Twin Dragon Sword.......’

That synergy transcends imagination.

Then Hyunsoo had a thought.

‘......That’s one more reason my father has to wake up.’

Like this, Hyunsoo would create reasons for wanting his father to wake up.

The Twin Dragon Sword he made this time is a buff type for everyone.

‘If an offense-type Twin Dragon Sword were made, just how much power would it output?’

And how strong would it be if it created synergy with these gauntlets?

And Helenya didn’t drop anything besides this.

It follows the law of calamities.

‘Other than dropping a calamity artifact, they’re broke.......’

But he wasn’t disappointed.

[There are too many donation notifications.]

[You can check donations after the broadcast ends.]

‘Just how much is it?’

He could see it when he unleashed the Sword King’s swordsmanship.

Posts from famous users saying they would donate if the Helenya raid succeeded.

There were so many notifications that the chat window was paralyzed.

Also, the more viewers, the better.

[Nell: Hyunsoo, the reaction is far hotter than expected. My face is burning. And these viewers will flow into Hyun’s Forge.]

That was right. This ripple effect would naturally raise Hyun’s Forge’s subscriber count.

At Nell’s words, Hyunsoo took a deep breath.

‘How many people is it, for it to be like that?’

When he first checked, the viewer count was around 1.1 million.

Even that was a number you could call exceptional for this year.

[Current viewer count 2,241,000.]

“......?”

Hyunsoo was flustered.

‘This much?’

At the fact that this many viewers were watching him, his fist clenched tight.

Hyunsoo was someone who had been at the very bottom.

But now, people all over the world were astonished.

-I commented that Hyun’s Forge would fail the Helenya raid. This shows just how much I underestimated Hyun’s Forge as a whole, and I apologize for that.

-Domestic enthusiasm for Hyun’s Forge is intense.

-Right now, Hyun’s Forge is holding the #1 search term on domestic portal sites.

-#2 is Crazy Rookie, and #3 is Twin Dragon Sword.

-#4 is Blacksmith Hyun.

-People around the world who thought the Helenya raid would be impossible and jokingly put up donation missions are flustered.

Donations are, in truth, nothing more than a promise.

But mission proposals from famous users had to be kept.

And ordinary users were similar.

-That was fun lololol

-For real.

-At this point, I’ll donate.

-Facts.

‘Why aren’t they leaving?’

The broadcast ended.

But the viewer count wasn’t dropping.

The most important thing—hunting Helenya—was over, so why?

-How much?

-How much total contribution did you hit?

“......?”

A kingdom message had rung out.

This kingdom message becomes a quest.

Hyunsoo, too, because of it, received a quest the moment he connected: “Kingdom Quest: Salvation.”

The Salvation quest was a quest where contribution would rise if you contributed to saving the Kingdom of Goyard from crisis.

-Sir, share your contribution.

-Please show your contribution ㅠㅠ

And Hyunsoo guessed from the notifications that he was gaining a lot of contribution while hunting the Giant Ants.

Also, contribution rises for multiple complex reasons.

-It felt like it went up about 2% per Giant Ant.

-Ahh, tell us.

-If I went there, would my contribution have gone up like 4%.......

-Nope, 0% lol, instant death the moment you arrive.

-If a level 370~380 user went, it would’ve gone up like 20%?

-That’s probably the average.

Hyunsoo was used to broadcasts now.

And he’d learned what people like.

Hyunsoo checked his contribution.

‘At this level, it’s not hard to reveal it.’

He showed it to the viewers.

[Total contribution is 141%.]

-???

-????

-What is that?

-That’s crazy lolololol

-He did the whole kingdom contribution alone!

-But yeah that’s basically true lol

That wasn’t all.

[You have executed First Calamity Helenya.]

[Helenya was in a state further strengthened by absorbing Second Calamity Rogal.]

[You acquire higher contribution than when hunting Helenya previously.]

[You acquire 101% contribution.]

[Total contribution is 242%.]

-No way, contribution I never imagined!

-Sir, just do everything alone lololol

-Holy shit.......

Hyunsoo could see the decisive reason the viewer count wasn’t dropping.

[Sword King Barad appears!]

-Finally here.......

-...!

-Dramatic entrance!

They were curious about the reward Hyunsoo would receive.

But unfortunately, Hyunsoo had no intention of showing viewers the reward he would receive.

[Nell: Everyone in Hyun’s Forge, broadcast stopped.]

It seemed Nell shared that thought.

-You can’t show it?

-Show it.

-Pleaaaaase ㅠㅠ

The viewers noticed, too.

A lot of famous users and high rankers often do not publicly reveal the rewards, artifacts, and skills they receive.

Because it often becomes a weakness.

Also, viewers ultimately share the same context of being users.

[Nell: Viewers will understand Hyunsoo ending the broadcast.]

Hyunsoo judged the same.

Still.

“I’ll turn it back on after I receive the rewards.”

He wanted to leave greetings after everything was done.

[The broadcast ends.]

When the barrier disappeared, the kingdom’s nobles, led by Barad, entered Boldrom Fortress.

On Barad’s left was Marquis Lukburk.

On his right was Marquis Vallo.

And behind Hyunsoo, Marquis Constinu and the surviving talented people were together.

Right now, Hyunsoo couldn’t even know himself what he might receive.

‘They might give me a pretty large force.’

Because what Hyunsoo accomplished was that significant.

Barad asked Hyunsoo about his contribution.

Hearing that contribution, Barad couldn’t help but marvel.

‘How could that.......’

Also, Barad couldn’t even bring himself to think what kind of reward he should bestow.

Several years of funds to operate Vallas Territory?

Not enough.

Then forces?

‘That’s also fine. But.......’

To Barad, it felt lacking.

Then Barad noticed something strange.

It was the expressions of Marquis Constinu and the roughly 600 talented people of the kingdom standing behind Hyunsoo.

Their expressions were dyed with emotion.

Also, Constinu wore an unreadable expression.

One of the Three Stars.

Constinu was the pickiest among them, and someone with no ties to Hyun.

So he had even told Chancellor Nell directly.

Build ties with them at Boldrom Fortress.

But a tremendous crisis arrived, and it acted as an opportunity.

“Marquis Constinu, what is that expression of yours?”

Barad was blunt.

Constinu made a flustered expression.

Even he didn’t know what expression he’d been making just now.

Constinu had escaped death.

The talented people who said they would protect him all ran away, and there was no path to survive.

Even with Hyun’s Forge and Hyun’s appearance, he held not even a shred of hope.

Constinu thought for a moment.

To the question about his expression, what excuse should he make?

And what was his expression?

Then Constinu set his thinking straight.

He decided not to hide it.

That expression he’d had as he looked at Hyunsoo.

“I see a new king.”

“......!”

Barad was shocked.

No matter if Hyunsoo was a successor candidate the king had his eye on, it was a statement too much to say before Barad.

However, the current situation was enough to say it.

Constinu was someone who understood the king well, and within that, it was the greatest praise for Hyunsoo.

And it greatly contributed to deciding Barad’s reward, as he’d been agonizing over what to bestow.

“Honor Hyunsoo, the hero who saved the nation.”

Hyunsoo prostrated himself.

‘What am I going to get......?’

Hyunsoo, too, had been startled by Marquis Constinu’s sudden remark.

“I bestow upon you 450 soldiers and 50 knights.”

[You are bestowed 450 soldiers and 50 knights.]

[They are soldiers and knights directly provided by the royal family, and they are 10–20 levels higher than ordinary soldiers or knights.]

Hyunsoo marveled.

In other words, he was being bestowed elites raised by the kingdom.

With this, Hyunsoo had revealed Hyun’s Forge, but gained the power to protect it.

Hyunsoo tried to say thank you.

But Barad wasn’t finished.

“Also, I bestow a new title upon Viscount Hyunsoo.”

Nell and everyone in the forge, along with Hyunsoo, were all shocked.

“Count Hyunsoo. That will be your name going forward.”

Barad looked to his left at Vallo and to his right at Lukburk.

And at Marquis Constinu behind Hyunsoo.

From the rank of count onward, the approval of marquis-rank figures was necessary, and public sentiment had to be weighed.

[The people’s affinity toward you is high.]

[Many people who heard your story speak of your anecdotes.]

[You have saved the kingdom’s crisis multiple times, and you were already becoming the kingdom’s hero.]

[With this, you have become a true hero, and many people support you.]

And, in addition.

“I support it.”

“I will support it.”

After Vallo and Lukburk answered.

“......I wholeheartedly support it.”

Constinu answered.

[Congratulations.]

[You have become the second count among users.]

[A count receives 100,000 gold from the nation every month.]

[You can /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ command and lead up to 2,000 soldiers.]

On the Korea server, only the Hwarang Guild Master had been a count, but now that was no longer the case.

And Hyunsoo didn’t know it, but this was all only the foundation for the rewards to come.

It was something Barad had waited for a long time, and never once spoken candidly about to anyone.

He had always brushed it off by saying it was only one out of dozens.

“I name Count Hyunsoo as my successor.”

[You have become the king’s successor.]

[You will be able to become king.]

[You acquire the title The One Who Will Become King.]

Barad, scanning his surroundings with a lofty expression, drove the final nail in.

“It is the king’s order.”