Genius Blacksmith's Game

(Kabel’s Guardian)

Grade: Unique

Durability: 3,000/3,000

Attack Power: 3,315+1,713

Defense: 1,304+504

Restriction: Assassin class

Special Abilities:

·Active Skill: Oneness of Self and Object

·Active Skill: The Praised One

·Current Status: Saintess Aria’s buff is applied.

·Saintess Aria’s Prayer applied

·Saintess Aria’s Kiss applied

Description: It was originally a Dragon Guardian of the warrior-class type. However, through the custom work of one outstanding blacksmith, tailored to suit his close friend, it was transformed into an assassin-class Guardian.

(Oneness of Self and Object)

Active Skill

Grade: Unique

Effect:

·You become one with Kabel’s Guardian.

·It reproduces 55% of the rider’s movements.

·It may use your skills by applying them as they are, and all radius and damage are reduced by 70%.

Kabel’s first impression was this.

...It’s so unimpressive it’s shocking that Hyun made it. I don’t think I’d even use it if someone gave it to me.

However, one thing changed the story.

(The Praised One)

Active Skill

Grade: Unique

Effect:

·It is a power that allows any buffs whatsoever to be stacked and applied.

·It is a consumable power.

·After receiving all buffs in stacked form, once the buff duration ends, the Titan may break apart.

Meticulous.

It was extremely rare for Asura Kabel to call someone meticulous.

But from the very beginning, this had been designed with a plan.

[The Praised One]

[Attack Power increases by 35%, Defense increases by 30%.]

[Aria’s Kiss]

[The skill Oneness of Self and Object is temporarily upgraded from Unique to Transcendent.]

[Saintess Aria’s Will]

[Total buff duration increases by 15 minutes.]

At that moment, because of Hyunsoo, the contents of the Unique skill Oneness of Self and Object changed.

(Oneness of Self and Object)

Active Skill

Grade: Transcendent

Effect:

·You become one with Kabel’s Guardian.

·It reproduces 100% of the rider’s movements.

·It reproduces your skills by applying them at 100%.

The changed Oneness of Self and Object was different.

It moves exactly like me?

Who was Asura Kabel?

He was known as someone whose combat ability and killing techniques surpassed even Bahala’s.

“Oneness of Self and Object.”

And also.

Long ago, the reason people operated Titans was simple: even though they were no more than Unique grade, a single Level 400 Titan could defeat ten knights above Level 400.

Like that, a Titan lets a human produce strength a human cannot produce on their own.

[You become one.]

He was sucked into the Titan’s body.

[Kabel’s Titan reads all information.]

[Ordinary strike damage increases by 323% over normal.] 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

[Skill damage increases by 223% over normal.]

[Strength, Agility, and Stamina increase by 213% over normal.]

Kabel savored it.

This is insane.

The power boiling up through his body told him that it was him, and yet not him.

And also.

[The Dagger of Annihilation is a Legendary artifact.]

The Titan-use dagger Hyunsoo had crafted for him fit perfectly.

At that moment, the commentators shouted.

KWHAAAAAAAR—!

“The lead drake’s Breath has swallowed up the unidentified Titan!”

“It may be nothing more than an inferior version of a dragon, but you must remember that it still belongs to the dragon line. And whenever those soldiers were hit by that Breath, more than five hundred of them melted away at a time!”

Within those flames, Kabel’s Titan, which had finally been closing its eyes, opened them.

CREEEAK, THUD, CREEEAK, THUD—!

Kabel, running through midair, felt as though he were flying through the sky.

Heavy and solid, yet it reproduced his movements 100%.

And it was fast.

Watching the Titan race forward, the commentators did their duty.

Their duty was to explain the current situation perfectly to the viewers.

“Kabel, after consuming most of his mana and skills, has been hunting drakes with ordinary attacks by using his raw skill and the assassin class’s high damage output!”

“According to data analyzed over the last two days, Kabel required a total of 323 attacks to hunt a single drake!”

And because of Aria’s masking effect, the commentators did not know.

“The Titan’s displayed level is only Level 458!”

But Kabel stood before the true truth of the Guardian under the effects of a full-buff.

[Kabel’s Guardian Lv.538]

For now, he needed a target on which to confirm this overflowing power.

THUUUUNG—!

He climbed on top of the drake surrounding him.

The moment the giant Titan mounted it, the creature started to fall, unable to bear the weight.

At that moment.

Kabel grabbed one wing and put strength into his hand.

Then.

RIIIIIIP—!

“This is insane...!”

“He tore off the drake’s wing with grip strength!?”

The whole world was stunned.

And they had said it took a total of 323 stabs for him to succeed in hunting one.

At that moment, the Dagger of Annihilation in Kabel’s Guardian’s hand, standing atop the drake’s back, stabbed into the back of the drake’s neck.

THRUST—!

[Critical Hit!]

[You have dealt 1,231,043 damage!]

“...!”

“...!”

“...!”

People fell into shock.

Holding the dagger, which sank in far too easily, as if it had entered tofu, with both hands, he dragged it upward.

RIIIIIIP—!

The Modified Drake, its nape deeply torn open, was vanishing in a mere five seconds.

At that, the commentators spoke in astonished voices.

“It is said that this is the first time a Titan has revealed itself before the public. Is it because Titans are originally that strong?”

That question was coaxing an answer out of the viewers.

The commentators knew, and the viewers knew too.

It was especially true because this was only the first time it had appeared before the public. Titans were still beings users already knew about.

Titans aren’t that amazing. From the look of it, Kabel seems to have become one with the Titan, but the weakness of Titans is that their reaction speed is slow and they’re clumsy.

Right, I’m in a Titan pilot class so I’m learning about Titans. If Titans were really that broken, why would they be ancient Titans? People barely use them now.

Then what the hell is that thing we’re looking at right now?

BOOOOM—!

At that moment, Kabel’s Guardian shot into the sky once more.

Standing amid more than a hundred Modified Drakes, he took his stance.

And then people saw Kabel’s stance in that Guardian.

The Titan Creator is the insane one, and looking at it, it doesn’t seem like he’s “riding” it, it seems like he’s become “one” with it. Which means—

It’s broken because Kabel himself is inside that Titan.

BOOOOM—!

At that moment, the Dagger of Annihilation thrown by Kabel struck a drake in the forehead.

At the same time, Kabel’s heart pounded as he looked at the Modified Drake soaring upward toward him, and a whisper from ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ his close friend reached his ear.

[Hyunsoo: Dear customer^^, are you satisfied with the commissioned item?]

Kabel knew.

The commissioned item.

This Kabel’s Guardian.

He spared no means and no method.

And in all of history, it was a Titan of which only one would ever exist.

Because the only one who could plan and carry this out from the beginning while receiving Saintess Aria’s full-buff...

was Hyunsoo.

And fighting alone, Kabel had been lonely.

[Hyunsoo: We’ll need to calculate the commission fee, right?]

And he had also been afraid, and he had desperately wished.

From now on, he did not want to deceive himself with the idiotic words I am alone and endure everything by himself any longer.

But the time given had been only two days.

Kabel had been buried among the undead, bringing his finger toward [Would you like to withdraw from Hyun’s Forge Guild?]

At that moment, Hyunsoo had informed him with the playful words, Arrived.

[Hyunsoo: The commission fee is a 100-year indenture contract with Hyun’s Forge, Lord Kabel. No discounts.]

The young man, younger than himself, whom he had once protected, was now walking toward a higher place.

And that young man told someone like him, who had grown accustomed to the words solitude, loneliness, and alone—

[Hyunsoo: I’m on my way.]

—that he was no longer alone.

And Kabel’s eyes gleamed like a beast’s.

And the gaze of Hyunsoo, whispering to him again, sank coldly.

Hyunsoo, sending the whisper, said:

“Wipe them out.”

At that, Kabel looked at the hundred-plus Modified Drakes, let out one breath, and moved at the drakes descending on him at the same time.

I’ll show you, Hyunsoo.

Accelerating, he pulled out the Dagger of Annihilation that had just been embedded in the center of a drake’s brow.

And immediately, he pierced through the head of the drake charging in from the side.

Who I am.

And with that, divine movements unfolded.

BOOOOM—!

[Critical Hit!]

[You have dealt 1,36,013 damage!]

[Critical Hit!]

[You have dealt 1,141,353 damage!]

[Critical Hit!]

[You have dealt 1,331,573 damage!]

[Critical Hit!]

As Kabel’s Dagger of Annihilation rampaged without pause in every direction, endless white light burst from it.

It was the effect announcing Critical Hits.

The commentators around the world could not hide their shock.

“How does he not fail a single attack? Does he have some kind of skill that triggers Critical Hits at 100%?”

“You’re asking that while knowing the answer, aren’t you? You know that kind of skill doesn’t exist. You can raise the probability of a Critical Hit, but applying it at 100% is impossible.”

“Then how is this possible?”

At that, one commentator suppressed their agitated voice and said:

“Because it’s Kabel.”

BOOOOOOOM—!

[It is a strike that would make even a god admire it!]

[You have dealt 1,713,103 damage.]

A drake’s head exploded.

But Kabel was not merely overwhelming them through sheer force alone.

RIIIP—

The instant he took one direct hit from a barrage of Breath—

[Kabel’s Guardian’s HP falls below 61%.]

The first Breath took 19%.

The second Breath took 20%.

In the end, this Titan was an assassin-class Titan.

Accordingly, like a normal assassin, it wore no armor, so the damage it took was great.

Instead, it was fast, and every strike it made was lethal.

[You have hunted 43 Modified Drakes!]

[It is an achievement that would astonish even a god!]

And Kabel felt that the moment he let the drakes, now sensing danger, take one step or two steps on him, he would be the first to collapse.

So he placed his bet.

[Hell Path]

[You fall into Asura’s space.]

The moment Hell Path activated, the commentators sank into regret.

“Hell Path is movement into Kabel’s personal space.”

“We can only see it if his field of vision is shared with us, and to think we’d miss this legendary scene...”

“What a shame.”

However, with the activation of Hell Path, the commentators across the world—

and the viewers as well—

were filled with admiration.

“...Kabel has requested field-of-view sharing with every broadcaster!”

And with that, the section of hell that had seemed as though the viewers would never see finally revealed itself.

The space where he stood changed.

From standing beneath a blue sky,

to foul, filthy, hideous ground.

Everyone watched Kabel’s Guardian, facing the drakes left alone inside it.

[All Defense decreases by 50%.]

[All Attack Power of Asura increases by 25%.]

Within it, the gleaming Titan moved.

SLASH—

RIIIIIIP—

CRUNCH—!

THUD, THUD-THUD-THUD, THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD—!

CRAAACK—!

BOOOOOOM!

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[You have dealt 1,16,013 damage!]

[You have dealt 1,220,047 damage!]

And because of him, the viewers soon started saying this:

Am I dreaming?

Yeah. You are.

What kind of dream?

KRAAAASH—!

At the moment he stabbed a drake in the neck and killed it instantly, the world changed again.

A dream called Kabel.

SHHHHHHHH—!

No Modified Drakes remained in place any longer.

Those below looked up at Kabel’s Titan, standing alone in the sky.

“...That man... We must... we must grow closer to that man!”

Antro, a king of one nation,

a father of one nation,

said so in a trembling voice as he looked at Kabel, who had become one with the Titan.

“...Impossible. This cannot be.”

Valon, the leader of the tyrant’s proxies, who had been logged out by Kabel exactly six times over the course of the two-day battle, leaving ninety-four more still to go, stared in horror.

And also—

“It is the first time I have felt self-contempt for being the same kind of user.”

It meant that many of the commentators, though high level themselves, had found a new object of admiration, and the viewers said:

Right now Kabel has taken over the top rank on every search trend... damn...

The whole world praised him.

At this point, everyone became curious.

“The ultimate weapon, the Titan. It seems Kabel obtained an ancient ‘legendary Guardian’ through absurd information-gathering ability.”

“Where in the world did he get it?”

“Who is the creator of that Guardian? Some ancient creator? Or perhaps a dwarf who has not yet revealed himself?”

The reason Kabel, who was receiving all the spotlight, had shared his field of vision with everyone was finally revealed.

“To create something like this...”

And at that, it was driven into the whole world,

into Valon,

and into the millions of viewers watching now.

“Hyunsoo, you are a god.”

“...H-Hyunsoo!?”

“...You mean Hyunsoo made it!?”

“...!?”

“...!?”

On portal sites across the entire world, the No. 1 real-time search term changed from Kabel to Hyunsoo, you are a god.

After that came—

[No. 2 Is Hyunsoo a god?]

[No. 3 God Hyunsoo]

[No. 3 How to join Hyun’s Forge]

The motionless Hyunsoo had overturned every search ranking.