Chapter 210: 210

Clank—!

A window was broken . Blood dripped from Geneva’s hand . Korea’s famous portal sites were covered with two people’s names .

[Kim Su-hyeun]

[Kim Dae-ho]

[The works of Kim Dae-ho]

[The sword of Kim Su-hyeun]

…

[Geneva]

The attention of the public was concentrated on the broadcast about Su-hyeun’s raid . Of course, the popular search words were about Kim Su-hyeun’s sword . The name of the blacksmith, Kim Dae-ho, who made Su-hyeun’s original sword was on the list as well .

People were wondering about Kim Su-hyeun and Kim Dae-ho . What was their relationship? Who was Kim Dae-ho? What kinds of work had he been making?

Kim Dae-ho attracted the limelight, and Geneva couldn’t help but be furious because he was the subject of the comparison .

“Arrrrrgh!”

Clank—! Clank—!

Geneva, who couldn’t overcome his anger, started breaking another window . His assistant came closer and tried to dissuade him .

“S—sir . Please, calm down! Your hand is bleeding—”

“How the hell I can calm down now?”

Wham—!

Geneva accidentally hit the head of his assistant . The assistant reeled for a moment but soon stood straight again . Geneva fumed, punching his own chest .

“It ruined my image! People are saying my sword was a defective product! They are saying I am not the best, and my weapons are overpriced! The motherf*ckers! They don’t know shit about me!”

He had arranged all this to make his image better and build higher premiums . But rather, it destroyed his name and helped another blacksmith attract public attention .

“Kim Dae-ho is the man at the auction from a few days ago, right?”

“Yes . He is the blacksmith who set the starting price as zero last time . ”

“Who the hell is he? Is he famous?”

“No, sir . He was a nameless blacksmith until recently . He rarely sold his equipment at the auction house . ”

“What? What the hell?”

“There was really nothing about him, but it looks like the quality of his equipment is quite good . ”

“Kill them! Goddamn it! Kill both Kim Su-hyeun and Kim Dae-ho!”

At Geneva’s outburst, the assistant stood with his head slightly bowed . He had been working for him for years . He knew about his temper very well . Although Geneva would lose his reason and express his anger, he would eventually return to normal after a while .

Clank—!

Geneva even lifted the table now and threw it out the window . He crushed more furniture in the room for a while and finally stopped moving as if he was tired .

“Huu—”

Geneva breathed out long breaths . The assistant noticed his reason was coming back slowly .

“So, what would you like to do now, sir?” the assistant asked .

“How much loss do you expect from this?”

“I expect the price that was already set up in Korea would drop at least 20 percent up to 50 percent . It seems like the sword breaking incident during Kim Su-hyeun’s raid affected it significantly . Also, the new blacksmith, Kim Dae-ho’s equipment was released at a cheap price, now…”

“So, the loss will be huge . ”

“Yes . ”

“Meet some reporters . Give them some money and ask them to write some nice articles for me . That will help a little bit, at least . ”

“I will, sir . ”

“And Kim Su-hyeun…I guess I shouldn’t get on his nerve . ”

His tone was different from before . It was certainly a rational judgment .

“I can’t do it in the first place . I can’t kill him, and there is no way I can destroy his image . ”

Su-hyeun was quite known . He was the first awakener who attacked a blue-colored dungeon and solved many other crises . Not only that, but Su-hyeun also had enough power to finish an indigo-colored dungeon by himself . He was also a member of the Paragon Guild .

Besides, Gordon Rohan, one of the world’s most famous billionaires and was known as the world’s best awakener before Su-hyeun showed up, was also allied with Su-hyeun . This meant that it would be impossible to disgrace Su-hyeun’s name not only in Korea but also in the USA, where Geneva came from .

“What about Kim Dae-ho?” the assistant asked .

“Kill that bastard . ” It was a rational answer, not an emotional one . “He knows his work, and this happening promoted his work . To succeed in setting my product up in Korea, he has to die . He doesn’t have any background, so we won’t have any problem . ”

Kim Dae-ho was different from Su-hyeun . He had no background, so there would be no trouble in getting rid of him . If he was a blacksmith, not an awakener, killing him would not be difficult at all .

“Yes, sir . ”

Geneva’s assistant nodded and took his phone out . Killing a nameless blacksmith was not a hard task .

Ring, ring, ring—

The assistant had called someone . “Hey . It’s the boss’s instructions . ”

Kim Dae-ho became very busy . Orders rushed all of a sudden . People who had not known about Kim Dae-ho before now wanted to use his equipment .

“I guess you are busy . ”

“You are killing me, man . ” Kim Dae-ho, sitting while sweating, complained as he looked at Su-hyeun . “What the hell did you say on the air? Why am I getting so many orders?”

“The only thing I said was that the sword I was using was yours . ”

“You really only said that?”

“Yeah . ”

“Idiots . Whether it’s a sword or a shield or armor, it’s not about what to use but who uses…” Kim Dae-ho shook his head and clicked his tongue .

Su-hyeun agreed with him . Of course, better equipment was also important . However, even an excellent sword would become different depending on who used it . No matter how sharp and hard a sword was, if it was not a good fit for a user, it would be pointless .

“Well, even so, equipment is definitely important,” Su-hyeun thought .

“I just have to finish the last tempering . Just wait a minute . If it’s too hot in here, go outside and drink some Sikhye or something . ”

“Then, I will be in the yard . Call me when you’re done . ”

“Whatever . ”

“Can I use a sword outside?”

“Just don’t break anything . I mean, it is a house you got for me anyway…”

“I will be careful . ”

Kim Dae-ho gulped the iced coffee that he was holding and got up from his seat . As he left to finish the armor that Su-hyeun had requested, Su-hyeun came out to the yard behind the workshop . The yard was about 1 . 3 are . It was a bit small, but it wasn’t too bad for practicing alone .

Schwing—

Su-hyeun slowly pulled out the sword . At the same time, he checked his skill proficiency .

[The Swordsmanship of Wrath]

Skill Grade: –

Proficiency: 12%

LV: 2

*The swordsmanship that the best swordsman, Wrath, used . He recreated his family’s swordsmanship in his own way . Depending on the proficiency and level, power and speed will be corrected when the user uses the sword .

Correction rate: 6 . 1% .

It was the new skill that he had gotten from the blue-colored dungeon in Paris . No, it was something different from regular skills . It had a form of a skill, but strictly speaking, it was like a real swordsman’s .

Authentic swordsmanship…

Su-hyeun also had learned swordsmanship . His teacher was Bak Yun-gyu . When Bak Yun-gyu had become an awakener, he took interest in swordsmanship . Naturally, he had learned various swordsmanship . Su-hyeun had learned from Bak Yun-gyu in his past life, and he had been using that so far .

However, the swordsmanship of Bak Yun-gyu and Wrath were very different . Unlike Bak Yun-gyu’s swordsmanship, which relied on the skills of the awakener, Wrath’s swordsmanship focused on minimizing unnecessary movements and power depending on the posture . Su-hyeun realized for the first time that the power of the sword could be so different depending on the posture and the distribution of power .

I have to use my lower body instead of my arms .

Swish, swish—

Su-hyeun wielded the sword . He didn’t use any magic power . He did not intend to move quickly on purpose . He moved slowly, very slowly, but precisely .

When I swing, I have to turn my waist as well, and then, my feet should move together for the next movement .

Swish—

Su-hyeun spun around . It was almost the same time as wielding a sword . He spun faster than he had expected .

Swish, swish— Whoosh—!

The sword’s path is the path where the magic power moves . I am not pushing magic; I just have to feel it . I have to shape my magic like the sword .

Rumble, rumble—

The slight magic was injected in his sword . No, it wrapped around the sword . It was as if a thin blade covered the original sword .

When I wield, I have to hold the handle away . If I have enough power in my hands, the attack power will be doubled, and the sword will become longer .

Whoosh—!

Su-hyeun continued to wield the sword, recalling the explanations written in Wrath’s book about the swordsmanship . He could not move fast enough . But he was sure that if he connected the movements smoothly, he would wield his sword more powerfully .

“Heew—”

Su-hyeun, who had been wielding the sword for about 30 minutes, wiped the sweat on his forehead . His focus was more intense, and he swung his sword more slowly than before . He didn’t even use his magic powers to strengthen his body, so he consumed his strength quickly, and he lost his concentration immediately .

[The Swordsmanship of Wrath]

Proficiency: 14%

LV: 2

Correction rate: 6 . 2% .

The proficiency increased faster than he expected . It was the same for the correction rate .

It’s not bad . If I raise the skill level about five, the correction rate will rise exponentially .

He thought, perhaps later, the power of the sword alone might have increased to 30 percent because of this swordsmanship .

It wouldn’t be bad to spend more days to practice this . If I concentrate on it, the proficiency will go up quickly .

Su-hyeun would have kept moving until Kim Dae-ho finished his work—

Rustle—

“…Hmm?”

—if there was no indication of people trying to get into the workshop .

There was a saying that people have three opportunities for big money in their lives . For Kang Yeong-hoon, this was one of his chances .

$2 . 5 million to kill a civilian!

A request came to three awakeners, including Kang Yeong-hoon . The client asked to kill one civilian and promised $2 . 5 million for the work . It was a huge commission . Even if they split the amount among the three of them, each one would get a handsome amount . For the three C-Ranks, such a sum of money was something that wasn’t easy to come by .

“This is it . ”

It was a private mansion with a large yard .

Clang, Clank—

A hammering sound was coming from beyond the fence . The person they had to kill was a blacksmith who just began to sell his stuff to auction houses . It seemed like he was very busy working in the middle of the day .

“All of the CCTV cameras have been taken care of, right?”

“Of course . You know radio jamming is my specialty . Just don’t leave any fingerprints . ”

“Good . ”

“Remember, $2 . 5 million is waiting for us at the end of this job . We can laze around for several years off of that, so keep your wits about you . ”

In response to a colleague, Kang Yeong-hoon placed his hand on the wall . The fence was high, but it was not difficult for him to jump over since he was the awakener . The alarm sensor on the fence didn’t ring because of the ability of a fellow awakener .

Thump, thump—

Three people crossed the fence . However…

“There is a saying that fits this situation…”

Surprised, Kang Yeong-hoon looked back to see a man with crossed arms, leaning on the fence that they just jumped over .

“Easy to enter but difficult to escape . Have you heard of that?”

“Kim…Su-hyeun?”

Su-hyeun stared at the three with cold eyes . “Why the hell are you here?”