Hidden Quest: Give your blessing.
In short, what is “Give your blessing”?
According to the quest description, it says this:
“The Virtuous King was a person who took pride in deep friendships with many outstanding and strong people.”
“You, too, as a candidate for the Virtuous King, must prove that you will walk that path through etings with outstanding people.”
“When you et them, place your hand on their body, and say ‘Give your blessing,’ you can receive their blessing and increase various things such as stats or skill Masteries.”
Give your blessing is a quest that ans to build deep connections with many people, the way the Virtuous King did.
In that process, the special aura the Virtuous King carried flows, allowing you to receive a blessing from that target.
This Give your blessing looks like sothing you can easily receive blessings from, but it isn’t.
“From soone insignificant, an insignificant blessing.”
“From soone outstanding, an outstanding blessing.”
Those are what co down.
The way to predict what blessing they’ll give is to check how much blessing rate appears.
“The example application to Bella was 18%.”
“Sage Arte was 27%.”
“Lucky Lump was 49%.”
Hyunsoo didn’t know it, but Lucky Lump was one of the Four Great Divine Beasts, so the blessing rate had risen to an absurd degree.
Anyway, he’d been given four chances, and he’d used two.
To apply one of the remaining two, he gripped Bahala’s hand with all his strength.
[You are one who leads the era.]
[An unprecedented, massive blessing is felt.]
These were notifications he hadn’t even heard from Lucky Lump, who had raised his blessing rate by a full 49%.
‘One who leads the era...’
He couldn’t deny it. Bahala was soone who led the era.
‘No way...?’
Hyunsoo could realize one fact.
Before and after Bahala gripped Babylon, Bahala’s potential had skyrocketed.
According to what he’d heard, Bahala said he needed a complete Babylon to walk the Sword God’s Path.
And the Babylon Hyunsoo had checked was a sword that couldn’t be used even if it was restored.
By changing that sword, sothing that should’ve taken years had been shortened.
And Bahala’s possibility of “becoming the Sword God” had risen to an absurd degree.
In other words, the Babylon Hyunsoo sold returned to him as a massive blessing.
[He has amassed 221 astonishing achievents.]
[He has the potential to beco a god, and the power worthy of it.]
[‘Give your blessing’ is being applied to the person it desired.]
Ding!
[Hidden Piece. Completion of the true aning of ‘Give your blessing’.]
[You acquire additional blessing rate.]
Right. The aning of Give your blessing—build connections with many strong people.
He got curious.
Just how many percent of blessing rate did Bahala increase, to make the system spit out notifications like this?
And soon, just like Bahala, Hyunsoo’s brain froze too.
[Bahala’s blessing descends.]
[You acquire blessing rate 56%.]
‘...Holy shit.’
It was the kind of level you could only get by combining almost two legends.
Then he recalled one fact.
‘What blessing you receive changes depending on what power the target has.’
Bahala handled only swords.
And Hyunsoo was a user who handled blades too.
[Sword Mastery increases by 4.]
[Sword attack power increases by 8%, magic attack power increases by 8%.]
[All damage of sword-related attack skills increases by 20%.]
[The proficiency gain rate of sword-related skills becos 20% faster.]
[Skill cooldown of sword-related skills is reduced by 20%.]
[You are a blacksmith.]
[When you craft a sword, the sword’s base attack power will increase by 5%, and all effects will beco 5% better.]
‘This is insane...’
Hyunsoo beca over 15% stronger than he’d been five minutes ago.
And close to 5% of that power was likely because Bahala’s possibility of becoming the Sword God had beco higher by gripping Babylon.
‘Of course I regretted it. Honestly, I still do.’
It couldn’t be helped.
Because Babylon’s value couldn’t be asured even with money.
‘In Second Ares, the number of demon appearances will increase.’
Demons weren’t monsters an individual could hunt. They were beings you had to raid in large groups.
But Bahala was different.
‘One day, he might even be able to kill an archdemon alone.’
The value of monopolizing that reward was enormous.
Then another notification ca through.
[Job Quest: The Sword God, and the Blacksmith God completed.]
[You completed the quest of impossibility as an astonishing achievent.]
[The system asures your reward.]
[As a descendant of the blacksmith god, you felt greed toward completed Babylon.]
[However, you kept your promise regarding the commission you received, and protected your true pride as a blacksmith.]
[As a result, you have created a connection between the descendant of the blacksmith god and one who walks the Sword God’s Path.]
[Babylon is a link that connects two gods.]
[Babylon gains a special trait that applies only to you.]
‘...A special trait that applies only to ? What does that an?’
Babylon wasn’t a sword Hyunsoo would be holding. So he couldn’t understand how a special trait could be added to him.
[You acquire the title Creator of Babylon.]
Hyunsoo was dumbfounded that after pulling off sothing this enormous, they gave him just one title.
‘Are you kidding !?’
But the instant he checked it, he panicked.
(Creator of Babylon)
My title
Grade: S
Special Abilities:
·The creator of Babylon is special.
·Whenever the owner of Babylon amasses an astonishing achievent, you acquire 1–3 stats at random.
·If the owner of Babylon succeeds in hunting an ordinary demon, you acquire 10–30 stats at random.
·If the owner of Babylon succeeds in hunting an archdemon, you acquire 40–70 stats at random.
·This is a special title created by the connection between the owner of Babylon and the creator.
·This title automatically disappears after 2 years.
‘Well done, Hyunsoo.’
Hyunsoo wanted to clap for himself.
For selling that sword to Bahala without hesitation, even though he’d regretted it.
From the looks of this, every ti Bahala stacked achievents, Hyunsoo could sit still and stack stats.
Of course, even Hyunsoo had amassed fewer than thirty astonishing achievents so far.
But that monster called Bahala—just as the earlier notification proved—had passed two hundred.
According to statistics, the average number of astonishing achievents a user amasses per year is about three.
But Bahala was about fifty per year.
Of course, because his level had risen, that number had no choice but to drop.
About thirty.
But with just those thirty, Hyunsoo could sit still and raise about fifty stats per year.
And while Bahala fought battles with life and death on the line, Hyunsoo would sit still and eat cake.
Especially considering that Babylon was specialized for killing demons.
‘If Bahala kills an archdemon, I get 40–70 stats at random? That’s insane.’
Of course, it disappears after two years, so he wondered if it was possible within that period—but if he succeeded in the hunt, he’d get about fifty stats on average.
And because it was random, even the Legendary stats Overwhelm and Willpower!
If he had to describe this title, it’d be like this:
‘Supre Blade auto-farming...?’
Only the broad outline was similar, but it was absolutely insane power.
At the synergy sparked by a connection with a Supre Blade, Hyunsoo couldn’t help smiling.
‘Heh. Heh-hehehehehe.’
No regrets.
Selling Babylon to Bahala.
It was turning into a massive profit.
anwhile—
“......”
Bahala, who’d been shaking hands with Hyunsoo for a full minute now, said nothing.
Hyunsoo, the one shaking hands with him—
kept squeezing and loosening his grip, smiling with his lips twitching.
That expression looked like soone thrilled by sothing.
And there was even sothing like, ‘I finally held hands. Heh...’ in his face.
It was Bahala’s first ti ever offering a handshake to soone.
You could say that was how much he’d opened his heart to Hyunsoo for the first ti.
That was why he couldn’t say anything for a full minute.
But when Hyunsoo kept gripping too hard and laughing, Bahala finally said just one thing.
“...I think you’re gripping my hand too tightly.”
“Oh, sorry.”
Bahala hurriedly let go.
His feelings were complicated.
The first person he’d opened his heart {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} to.
Bahala stood at the forge entrance, showing his back.
Bathed in warm sunlight, Bahala’s complicated expression looked like a painting.
Bahala looked down at his own hand.
Then he said to Hyunsoo, who had been kneading that hand,
“...I understand and respect your preferences.”
“...?”
Bahala turned his head and spoke with an extrely complicated expression.
“But I can’t.”
“???”
There was firmness in his voice, and he said it because, in his own way, he was thinking of Hyunsoo.
“Once a year, I’ll let you touch my hand.”
He was pretty kind.
Of course, only to Hyunsoo.
*****
Hyunsoo cleared up the misunderstanding(?) by explaining Give your blessing.
Of course, he didn’t ntion the title Creator of Babylon.
This wasn’t a title Hyunsoo made. It was sothing he’d been granted.
Even so, from Bahala’s perspective, he might not like soone “getting a spoonful” off the achievents Bahala earned.
Sotis it’s better not to say anything.
Bahala made a reasonable offer.
“Sixty billion. I acknowledge it. This sword is worth sixty billion. No—more than that.”
Of course, the sword itself was worth about thirty billion.
But you could say the process made this sword worth more than sixty billion.
“But do we have to pay with money?”
Hyunsoo could feel what he ant.
‘See? Hyunsoo. I told you—you did well.’
What did money an to Hyunsoo?
Once, he felt like he’d die because he didn’t have it.
Now, he had the confidence that he could have more than enough.
As ti passed, he was certain he’d pile up even more wealth.
At tis like this, Bahala knew Hyunsoo needed sothing more valuable than money.
“Thirty billion. And I want you to tell three things you want. If they’re not unreasonable, I’ll help you.”
Hyunsoo’s chest shook.
Three things he wanted.
Three things he could say to World Rank #1 Bahala were more valuable than saying three things he wanted to a Sword King.
But was Bahala just giving Hyunsoo everything?
‘That’s not it either.’
The value of the Babylon crafting process was worth those three things. It was fair.
“et tomorrow. And thankfully.”
Bahala looked deeply relieved.
He glanced back and forth between his own hand and Hyunsoo’s.
“...Aren’t you going to log out already? Want to force you to log out?”
“Kuh.”
Bahala chuckled softly and logged out.
From that conversation, Hyunsoo felt it.
He’d gotten pretty close with him.
[You have logged out.]
Back in reality, Hyunsoo thought about the three things.
Three things he wanted.
Their value was more than the thirty billion he wasn’t receiving.
All three were big enough that he could ask Bahala to bring him artifact materials.
Hyunsoo took out a mo pad and pen, and quickly solidified two of them.
And the last one—
as he hesitated over what to write, he thought of sothing.
‘The ultimate goal blacksmiths would naturally want. I’ll accomplish it through Bahala.’
Hyunsoo finished writing the three things.
The next day.
Hyunsoo t Bahala again.
“Can you help when I need it?”
Bahala and Hyunsoo were like the Sword King, Ben.
They didn’t move because of friendship.
And a relationship where you only help because of friendship couldn’t last.
“It depends on the situation, but it’s possible. I’ll answer your call once, and help you.”
It was what Bahala expected.
And depending on the situation, the value of that could beco astronomical.
Then Hyunsoo t Bahala’s eyes, to say the next thing.
This second request was directly connected to the ultimate thing Hyunsoo—and blacksmiths—wanted.
What was it?
Hyunsoo had already achieved one of those ultimate goals in the big picture.
The dream of making an artifact using materials taken from a dragon.
Just imagining it was thrilling—and he had made it real.
And the next material he could use.
“Will you take on demon hunts too?”
A dragon, classified as a Transcendent species.
And another Transcendent species besides it—demons.
He wouldn’t miss the chance to obtain demon materials through collection and craft artifacts.
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