Genius Blacksmith's Game
Chapter 607: Hyunsoo vs. Valhalla (5)
The analytical ability of rankers lay beyond anything ordinary users could comprehend.
And Valhalla, standing at the very top among users, possessed an analytical mind no one could match.
Of course, any decent ranker would understand what sort of power to use within a flat arena with a radius of only one kilometer.
But those rankers did not possess the power to attack the entire one-kilometer radius at once.
Valhalla did.
One-Strike Sword.
A sword capable of unleashing immense force in a single strike.
Clone Sword.
More than fifty duplicates identical to the original.
And for one attack, every clone could exert the same power as the original body. When each of them brought down its own attack range with equal force, the total area of effect expanded to an absurd degree.
Using the combination of those two swords, Valhalla had once attacked an area with a radius of up to two kilometers and wiped out tens of thousands of monsters.
That was why—
He had believed that if he attacked the entire area at once, Hyunsoo would be unable to dodge or block.
But Valhalla froze.
“Cut Them in Two.”
SHRAAAAAK—!!!
Hyunsoo’s Cut Them in Two swept out.
He cut through the whole space!?
The attack severed the entire one-kilometer radius, cutting through Valhalla and all fifty of his clones.
Valhalla could not believe it.
It was difficult enough for a single sword to cut through a one-kilometer radius.
Valhalla himself could only manage it by combining One-Strike Sword with Clone Sword.
And attacks with such enormous range were usually weak.
But—
[1,100% damage is applied, and the attack is guaranteed to hit!]
[You have taken 543,103 damage.]
This power that cut down every enemy within a 1.4-kilometer radius was anything but weak.
Each clone possessed 25% of the original body’s total HP.
As those bodies were cut down simultaneously, Valhalla’s HP plummeted.
[Clone 1’s HP has fallen below 4%.]
[Clone 2’s HP has fallen below 4%.]
The flood of notifications threw him into confusion.
The strike had already taken nearly 20% of Valhalla’s HP, and he let out a low groan.
[The Old Sword combination has failed.]
Valhalla laughed in disbelief.
“Ha...”
Fortunately, none of the fifty clones had been destroyed.
The damage relative to the range is incredible. But is that all?
He needed to steady himself and prepare for Hyunsoo again.
Just as that thought crossed his mind, Valhalla stiffened.
Hot?
An unfamiliar heat began at the wound and spread across his vision.
WHOOSH—!
Valhalla’s gaze swept over the fifty clones.
They had survived the slash and were still standing.
But flames burned from their wounds, dealing continuous damage.
How much damage?
[200% damage is applied per second.]
[You have taken 56,341 damage.]
[You have taken 56,301 damage.]
Per second!?
Valhalla watched in shock as all fifty clones turned to ash.
The flames clinging to his own body refused to go out easily, continuing to inflict damage.
[You have been afflicted with the Flame status ailment.]
[It is not easy to resist.]
Only after Valhalla surged his MP and forcefully drove the flames away did they finally die out.
Then another stream of notifications appeared.
[Sword God’s senses detect danger.]
[As a Sword God, you sense danger from swordsmanship that has reached the realm of myth.]
Valhalla walked the path of the Sword God.
And yet, the myth forged by a blacksmith filled him with awe.
But Hyunsoo himself was having a miserable time.
What kind of monster is this?
Valhalla’s Old Sword combinations were absurdly overpowered.
Hyunsoo had responded with a myth of his own, but he had noticed something.
Valhalla’s MP consumption is low.
Valhalla fought efficiently.
Hyunsoo knew that because he had watched Valhalla’s videos hundreds of times.
Valhalla had probably spent only around 10% of his MP.
Meanwhile—
[MP has fallen below 49%.]
Hyunsoo’s MP had dropped sharply.
That was the price a blacksmith had to pay for using Blazing Cut Them in Two, the power of myth.
And even if Hyunsoo had managed to craft special equipment through the God of Blacksmiths title—
Sword classes gained health, Strength, Agility, and Wisdom evenly when they leveled up.
Valhalla also likely possessed several titles and artifacts that compensated for his MP.
Hyunsoo had more HP remaining for now, but that was only a temporary advantage.
Most of all, there was the Old Sword.
That was the greatest problem.
Hyunsoo had no idea what it would produce next or what kind of power it would reveal.
Then Valhalla drew another sword from behind his back.
[Link Sword selected.]
[For 5 seconds, the speed of linked attacks increases severalfold!]
[Speed that surpasses even gods overwhelms the target.]
BOOM—!!!
Valhalla vanished from before Hyunsoo’s eyes.
Like a ghost.
Abilities that allowed users to move several times per second had become widespread by now.
The ability to unleash continuous attacks no longer held the same special value it once had.
Perhaps Link Sword was the same.
But a chain of attacks ultimately depended on who was using it.
The difference between a user with a base Agility of 10 and one with 100 was like heaven and earth.
And Valhalla possessed movement speed and attack speed beyond any other user.
His current level was 580.
BOOM—!
Hyunsoo found himself under attack in an instant.
He engaged in a furious battle with Valhalla, who flickered in and out of sight from every direction.
And every time an attack connected—
[Vegadron’s Gauntlet reveals its power!!]
[The Overlord’s Armor, which possesses infinite Durability, is damaged for 1 hour!]
[The Overlord’s Armor’s Durability has fallen by 14%.]
[The Overlord’s Gauntlet’s Durability has fallen by 10%.]
[Total Defense has fallen by 6%.]
[Vegadron’s Gauntlet reveals its power!!]
[x2 damage is applied!!]
[Critical Hit!!]
[A Sword God’s critical hit is special!]
[Damage is upgraded to x3!]
[You have taken 165,103 damage!]
It far exceeded ordinary damage.
The world finally understood just how wide the gap in damage output between Valhalla and Hyunsoo truly was.
From the start, this had seemed like a hopeless battle that Hyunsoo had no chance of winning.
Dozens of strikes.
BOOM! BOOM!
CRASH—!
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG—!
Whenever Hyunsoo barely managed to block with the Twin Dragon Sword, small chips began to appear in the blade.
[Twin Dragon Sword’s Durability has decreased.]
This was an emotion Hyunsoo had never felt before.
As its Durability kept dropping, obvious alarm gradually appeared on his face.
Then—
CRASH—!
A sword pierced through a gap in his damaged armor.
SHNK—!
Hyunsoo knocked aside Valhalla as he rushed in from the side, but he had no idea where Valhalla had acquired artifacts like these.
Then, as his HP fell below 50%—
“Divine Step.”
Hyunsoo prepared a counterattack.
[All stats increase by 20%, physical attack power by 200%, critical hit chance by 90%, Cutting Power by 300%, and attack success rate by 500%.]
[Movement speed and attack speed increase by 300%.]
[If you strike a precise point along the line, x2 damage is applied.]
[Duration: 10 seconds.]
Hyunsoo turned into light and vanished.
He was certain that the power Old Man Ben had left him would let him overwhelm Valhalla.
But then he saw the faint smile on Valhalla’s lips.
High in the air, Valhalla drew another sword.
[Explosion Sword selected.]
[Every one of your attacks triggers an explosion with 250% additional attack power.]
“Combine.”
[Link Sword and Explosion Sword are combined.]
[The duration of linked attacks increases by 5 seconds. Every successful attack triggers splash damage through a 300% explosion!]
Hyunsoo raced along the line.
Using the power Old Man Ben had left him, he became light and moved like mad, trying to match Valhalla’s speed.
But—
FLARE—!
The crest on Valhalla’s cloak glowed.
[Geparde’s Cloak reveals its effect!]
[The target’s movement slows.]
[Sword God’s Eyes flare open!]
[The target’s movements are tracked!]
Hyunsoo could not hide his shock when Valhalla kept up with his speed.
Sensing danger, Hyunsoo tried to activate Absolute Defense.
But—
[The Overlord’s Armor set has sustained heavy damage!]
[Absolute Defense cannot be activated.]
The penalty from artifact damage was something Hyunsoo had never experienced before.
Valhalla watched him with calm eyes.
CLANG—!
Valhalla smoothly redirected the Twin Dragon Sword and landed a strike.
SHNK—!
BOOOOM—!!
[Splash damage occurs!]
[The Overlord’s Armor’s Durability falls even further!]
[You take damage from a 300% explosion.]
Valhalla’s attack speed after combining Link Sword and Explosion Sword was fast enough to swing nine times per second.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—!
Every swing created another explosion that swallowed Hyunsoo whole.
Of course—
CRASH—!
Hyunsoo’s attacks, which collided with Valhalla’s nonstop in the air, also landed.
But whenever one of Hyunsoo’s attacks connected, Valhalla’s connected three times.
Around the world—
Then, as the two suddenly appeared and crossed swords—
CLAAANG—!!!
Valhalla’s expression remained relaxed.
Hyunsoo’s face was covered in blood.
Drip. Drip.
Blood fell onto the ground.
Hyunsoo quickly swapped to Full Bloom.
He absorbed Valhalla’s spilled blood, instantly restoring his HP from below 20% to 60%.
Then what about Valhalla’s HP?
It was similar to Hyunsoo’s.
No matter how anyone looked at it, Valhalla had the advantage.
The linked attacks ended sooner than expected, and for a moment, it seemed Hyunsoo had found an opening.
But Valhalla drew a dagger from his waist and drove it into Hyunsoo’s shoulder as he charged in.
SHNK—!!!
[An Unremovable Dagger has been embedded in you.]
[Skill use has failed.]
Hyunsoo’s Divine Step had been completely neutralized.
The dagger the dwarf had made had shut down even Divine Step.
Drip. Drip.
As Hyunsoo bled, Valhalla drew another Old Sword.
[Single-Target Sword selected.]
[Against a single target, you unleash the strongest sword a Sword God can wield!]
Valhalla pulled the Old Sword behind his back.
It signaled the end of the match.
Looking at Hyunsoo, who had fought with everything he had until the very end, Valhalla smiled sadly.
“Thank you.”
“...”
As he said it, Valhalla reached the conclusion he had expected all along.
He would always stand here.
And that was a truth that would never change.
No one could threaten his position.
From this day onward, that position would become even firmer.
Yes.
He would become a myth.
A myth would shine more beautifully in the world he left behind.
RUMBLE—!
He poured 30% of his total MP into the sword.
Immense power condensed in silence.
Five or six of Valhalla’s titles descended upon it at once.
At last, he pronounced the end.
“Sever.”
SHRAAAAAK—!
Valhalla thought the casually swung blade had cut through Hyunsoo and secured him the championship.
Then—
What?
Valhalla frowned.
Hyunsoo’s HP had clearly fallen to 0.
Yet Hyunsoo had not disappeared.
Instead, he stood there after swapping into a new set of armor.
A suit of golden armor.
The names of hundreds of blacksmiths were engraved across it.
Takashi.
Per.
Aruo.
Daga.
Rond.
Barma.
Valhalla’s eyes shook as he looked at every name carved into it.
What is this armor...?
Then the golden armor’s name appeared.
[The “For Our King!” Armor reveals its effect!!]
Hyunsoo, still standing, spoke.
“It is armor that can only be equipped when my HP reaches 0.”
“...?”
“Takashi and the blacksmiths knew it would not be easy for me to defeat you. That is why, from the day our match was finalized until today, they spent hundreds of days putting their heads together.”
Hyunsoo’s HP began to rise.
The blacksmiths who had stayed awake through hundreds of nights must have hoped that on this day, this single suit of armor would save their king.
[HP rises to 10%.]
[HP rises to 11%.]
They must have desperately written their names onto it, letter by letter.
And because of those hundreds of blacksmiths—
[This is a Mythic artifact.]
Hyunsoo, ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) who had never once crafted Mythic armor himself, had gained a myth through the armor they created.
And what was this armor’s function?
Hyunsoo took the same stance as Valhalla and unleashed the same power.
“Sever.”
SHRAAAAAK—!!
It returned 100% of the force it had just received.
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