A lot of people around the world said this:
That it would be hard for Hyunsoo to produce another Transcendent-grade item like the Twin Dragon Sword.
There were several reasons.
First: timing—and jealousy.
So of the people who had always been in the spotlight felt an inferiority complex when all eyes stayed on Hyunsoo for an entire year.
Second reason.
Because Hyun was too unmatched.
Countless rankers believed a new-grade artifact would only open after more than half a year had passed since Chapter 2 began.
But Hyun shattered that expectation and created the new grade—Transcendent—back in Chapter 1.
And he did it in front of over a billion viewers.
So they judged that Hyun ringing out another world ssage—surpassing that unbelievable achievent—would only be possible years from now, or maybe not possible at all.
But today, sothing happened that threw every forecast and conclusion off.
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Kali. World Official Rank #2, and USA Rank #1.
He was still trapped in the Korean server’s highest-difficulty dungeon—sent there by Kabel.
The first reason he wanted to et Hyun after the Server rge was because of the artifacts Hyun crafted.
As the master craftsman who forged Transcendence first, he’ll be able to craft many legends. And that will give trendous power.
Whether he made Hyun submit, or negotiated—he needed Hyun’s power.
Then, a shocking notification rang out.
[World ssage rings out.]
[A master craftsman overcos his limits and reaches a new realm.]
[He has crafted Transcendence above Transcendence.]
Kali was hit by a massive shock.
He, too, believed Hyun would only beco the owner of a world ssage years from now.
In reality, world ssages themselves are brutally difficult.
Even Kali had only managed to ring one out three tis so far.
Transcendence above Transcendence...?
Kali’s chest surged.
He felt even more strongly that he had to et Hyun.
Right now, Hyun was the person who had achieved the most valuable, most incredible realm in the world.
And countless other peak-tier figures from other servers who were also on the Korean server—
Vietnam’s Mio.
“...He already crossed realms? That only makes it even more necessary to et Hyun and place a crafting commission. Move—now.”
Russia’s Kassandra.
“Insane. I will seize Hyun first and turn him into my personal blacksmith.”
And Japan’s Musashi.
[You have been forcibly logged out.]
Right now, he was being shocked twice.
First: the unknown man had forced him—and thirty elites—into logout.
Second: the ssage rung by Hyun, the one he was hunting for.
He’s incredible in every way...
After being logged out by the unknown man, Musashi intended to bring even more elites next ti and fight him.
But his thoughts flipped.
Don’t forget the essence.
He needed to find Hyun first.
Anger at the unknown man. Humiliation.
Even those were pushed aside by the urgency to et the unmatched Hyun.
SHIIING—!
Watching Musashi scatter away, Bahala—
Whose HP had dropped below 60%—was just as rattled.
[His na is Master Blacksmith Hyun.]
The force of that notification was beyond common sense.
It crushed every claim people worldwide had made.
And Bahala had no choice but to be the most shaken of all.
Babylon was Transcendent grade too...
Sure, Babylon had been a restoration job.
But the essence was the sa.
Bahala felt cold sweat slide down their back.
They rembered how, not long ago, they had bluntly told Hyunsoo that he was weak.
And now, a reason was forming—one that demanded he stay weak.
If he’s this outstanding as a blacksmith, and he becos strong too... isn’t that too much?
That was right.
Bahala didn’t want Hyunsoo to beco strong.
Proof that they had begun to see Hyunsoo as a friendly rival.
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Unfortunately, Bahala’s wish couldn’t co true.
[It is Transcendence above Transcendence grade.]
[You acquire all stats 20.]
[You acquire Fa 1,000.]
[You acquire Overwhelm 200.]
Those were the notifications Hyunsoo heard after crafting a record-breaking masterpiece.
Just the gain of all stats 20 and Overwhelm 200 ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) alone made Hyunsoo more than 5% stronger than a mont ago.
And the reason Hyunsoo had crafted the Dagger of Desire—
It was to build the foundation to make Bahala see his back, and it also had to be special.
And that one special thing was filled by the perk reward.
[Artifact Skill Absorption is added.]
(Artifact Skill Absorption)
Active Skill
Level: None
Penalty: None
Mana Cost: 4,500
Effect:
·Succeeds with a 3% probability, absorbs one effect that exists on the target artifact, and stores it inside the Dagger of Desire.
·However, this succeeds at 100% absorption only once.
·You can store a total of 3 absorbed skills inside the Dagger of Desire.
·Storable Count 3/3
The success probability is only 3%, but if I store three in total, it’s like putting four skills into a single accessory artifact.
Normally, even having two skills embedded in an accessory artifact was considered incredible.
But the Dagger of Desire could hold far more than that.
Imdiately, he absorbed absolute domination.
[Artifact Skill Absorption activates.]
[The dagger reveals endless desire.]
[It absorbs the Calamity Necklace’s absolute domination.]
[For this one ti, you succeeded at 100% absorption.]
Now, through the Dagger of Desire, Hyunsoo could activate absolute domination as well.
Hyunsoo looked at the Dagger of Desire.
The Dagger of Desire didn’t only have the function of saving traits.
The countless passive skills Hyunsoo owned—
Raising the activation probabilities of those by % would make him absurdly stronger.
Even if every probability only rose by 20%, it would be huge.
The Lord’s Grace.
Ultimate Art.
Nine slashes.
And countless other things—all of them would see probability increases.
Hyunsoo checked the Dagger of Desire.
(Dagger of Desire)
Grade: Transcendence above Transcendence
Durability: 8,000/8,000
Attack Power: 132
Restriction: Level 350–500 users
Special Abilities:
·All stats increase by 1.1%.
·Activation probability of everything related to percentages increases by 45%.
·Active Skill Trait Saving.
·Active Skill Artifact Skill Absorption.
·Active Skill Absolute Domination.
·Passive Skill Ergency Saving.
Description: A record-breaking Transcendence crafted by Master Blacksmith Hyun(現) to compensate for his shortcomings; all percentage-related things increase by 45%.
Because of that, the probability of Trait Saving—arguably the core of the Dagger of Desire—also increases massively.
(Trait Saving)
Active Skill
Mana Cost: 3,000
Cooldown: 48 hours
Effect:
·You can store soone’s trait inside the Dagger of Desire and use it.
·When soone dies, the probability of succeeding at saving is 10%, and if they are 100 levels or more above you, it rises to 20%.
·If you stab a living target once, the probability of succeeding at saving is 5%, and if they are 100 levels or more above you, it rises to 10%.
·Saved traits manifest up to 60% of the original power.
·Storable Count is 4, and you can delete them.
·Saved traits can be used only 3 tis total.
(Ergency Saving)
Passive Skill
Mana Cost: None
Cooldown: None
Effect:
·With a 3% probability, you store the trait the enemy used and return it.
·It exerts 70% of the effect of the trait the enemy used.
Forty-five percent.
Hyunsoo marveled.
He’d thought that even a 20% rise to all probabilities would be huge.
But now, every probability tied to every passive skill Hyunsoo owned had risen by 45%.
So the 10% success probability for Trait Saving on a dead target rose to 16%.
By crafting the Dagger of Desire, I’ve beco more than 10% stronger.
Passive skills carried weight comparable to active skills.
And if I store valuable traits on top of that, I could beco more than 30% stronger than I am now.
The important thing was this:
Whose traits do I save?
Depending on whose traits he saved, it wouldn’t be 30%—he could beco several tis stronger than he was now.
That was the power of the Dagger of Desire.
And what made Hyunsoo even happier was the power called Ergency Saving.
I put in the concept. But I didn’t expect it.
Trait Saving and a 45% probability boost were embedded.
And if you looked closely, even though it was an accessory, it had Attack Power 132 attached.
When Hyunsoo equipped the necklace, he heard:
[132 attack power is added to your equipped weapon-type item.]
[You surpass 1,000 attack power.]
Like that, the Dagger of Desire’s attack power applied to all weapon types.
With all these insane functions, Ergency Saving was sothing he gained on top.
I’m going to face nad-grade monster NPCs and go through a lot of crises.
But he believed that Ergency Saving—3%, or rather about 4.5% after the dagger’s probability increase—would save him again and again.
And Hyunsoo could feel it.
Maybe I’ve made it so even more people will try to reach .
His value had risen astronomically.
By crafting Transcendence above Transcendence, he’d proven it wasn’t luck or so fluke.
Which ant Atlas had beco even harder to protect.
“I don’t regret it.”
Are you going to stop making soy sauce because you’re scared of maggots?
It’s foolish to avoid doing things just because they might provoke fear.
And Hyunsoo had one hope.
A notification tied to that hope had rung out while he was crafting the Dagger of Desire.
[You can complete the Hidden Quest: Give your blessing.]
The Give your blessing quest had already hit 100% blessing rate long ago, when Hyunsoo shook hands with Bahala.
But for so reason, it still hadn’t completed.
And the reward for 100% blessing rate in this quest was the power called One Who Bears Stories.
So Hyunsoo had waited.
And while crafting, he’d heard this:
[You are progressing the quest left behind by Saint Harun as an astonishing achievent.]
[You acquire an additional 50,000 territory contribution.]
[By filling a total of 150,000 contribution, you succeed in opening the Royal Territory Shop.]
[Atlas’s Royal Shop is more special.]
[The reward for Hidden Quest: ‘Give your blessing’ can be obtained through the Royal Shop.]
Hyunsoo had planned to visit the Royal Shop anyway.
Because he thought there might be a way to protect precarious Atlas in the Royal Shop.
And there was sothing he couldn’t understand.
Why did the completion notification appear only after so much ti?
Still, there was one fortunate thing.
Even though he’d already filled 100% blessing rate or more, he still had one remaining chance to receive a blessing from soone.
Setting the question aside, Hyunsoo headed for the Royal Shop.
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After Second Ares opens, a territory shop exists in every territory.
You can use it through a place in the territory’s central plaza labeled “Territory Shop.”
Standing before the Royal Territory Shop, Hyunsoo was sure of one thing.
Maybe sothing better than One Who Bears Stories will co out.
With that expectation, the mont Hyunsoo clicked the Royal Shop—
[Hidden Quest: Give your blessing completed.]
[You realize the true aning of ‘Give your blessing’.]
[This is closely connected to the future of the Virtuous King.]
[The Virtuous King is the only one who was the greatest and embraced the most people.]
[The number of strong people who followed him was too many to count, and every single one of them was exceptional.]
In other words, Give your blessing was a lesser version—made as a test.
Does that an I might learn about the true Give your blessing? No—does it an I might obtain the real one?
Soon, the true Give your blessing revealed itself, and just by looking at what was written, Hyunsoo sensed what kind of power it held.
[You acquire the title ‘Give , your loyalty’.]
Endless tremors ran through him.
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