‘You, you madman…!’
Spear Heaven, who was sitting in the chair, saw the gaze of Frak, who was bowing to him.
“Thank you for everything, Your Majesty.”
He realized what he was about to do with that greeting.
Conquering Spear.
A secret technique of the spear that only those chosen by Ben can unfold.
It dramatically pulls up all strength and finally can burst that power in the Conquering Spear.
The problem was that Frak was lacking now, so using it recklessly would result in death.
‘No, why would you do such a foolish thing…’
Ben’s eyes wavered.
Looking at him turning around after bowing, he remembered what he had said.
-You must win. Fight with the readiness to sacrifice your life!
He had earnestly advised.
If they lost this minor war, it would not do.
Dozens of blacksmiths had struggled for him alone, and he had been waiting for this day.
Crack-
Ben, gripping the chair, knew this was his doing.
Boom, boom boom, crackling, pop pop!
The following explosive sounds.
Yes, Frak will win.
Even in death, he will win and bring this glory to him.
Ben couldn’t stop him.
The only disciple who would show victory even in death.
Also, the king himself tried to keep the word he had uttered.
But pretending to be calm, his body trembled intermittently.
‘Sometimes arrogant, sometimes presumptuous, and once in a while so foolish I wanted to smack him.’
But where else could you find such a loyal subject?
One who risks death to offer victory to himself!
Such a beloved disciple.
Now that he seemed to lose him, he realized.
He cared for that guy.
And he knew.
‘The only one who can save that guy is Hyun-soo.’
Spear Heaven knew.
Gauging the strength was too easy for him.
He knows at a glance.
Hyun-soo will lose, and he can’t stop the berserking guy.
“Break, you damned blacksmith!”
He never took his eyes off his disciple’s last moment.
A truly cruel victory.
The victory gained by losing the most precious talent of the Kingdom of Praham.
Yes, Ben had given up.
But one person did not give up.
Swoosh-
“How, how is that possible?”
“No, no way…”
From the camps of Praham and Goyard.
Screams of astonishment burst forth.
Ben stood up without realizing it.
‘How…?’
That psychic power was merely ordinary strength.
The man had pulled out the material of the seam in the middle part of the plate armor in a moment.
Finally.
Screech-!
A giant dragon spewing from his sword struck Frak.
His body was horribly twisted, receiving a massive impact.
Along with him falling, the words that came out of Hyun-soo’s mouth.
“Even if it breaks.”
Fighting till the sword he held breaks.
The spirit to win no matter what!
Ben had given up, but he did not give up until the last moment.
As he falls.
Ben’s gaze captured his face.
And what shone behind Hyun-soo seemed so vast that even he found it hard to gauge.
Thud-
When he crashed into the ground, Ben admitted.
‘…Yes.’
Now he understood why Barad had put him forward.
Of course, he doesn’t fully understand it.
But now, Ben knew what he had to do.
Pushing the chair back, the king of a nation took a step.
***
Boom-!
A groan flowed from Hyun-soo’s mouth as he crashed into the ground.
“Argh!”
Boom
Then, Frak, who had become a complete wreck, was embedded in the ground.
Boom
At that moment.
“Woooo, woooooo!”
A roar-like cheer burst out from the Goyard camp, and someone in the Kingdom of Praham camp, who was out of place, said,
“He’s crazy, to think that the Kingdom of Goyard had such a knight.”
“Isn’t it a blacksmith, not a knight? To disassemble armor like that.”
“Could it be both?”
Amidst their conversations, Hyun-soo received the notification he had been eagerly awaiting.
[Sudden Quest: Ben’s Disciple Completed]
[Completed with extraordinary achievements.]
Sudden Quest: Ben’s Disciple is a quest that has risen one level from the last knight in the previous story.
As a result, the reward details have significantly increased.
Especially this reward was impressive.
‘It feels like I’ve gained experience points as if I hunted a mob.’
Hyun-soo was hopeful.
Frak is a named NPC.
Even though his level was low, he was someone with great potential for growth.
‘What if boss monster-level experience points are applied?’
Then.
[You have gained 290,572 experience points.]
Hyun-soo was amazed.
It was a tremendous amount of experience points gained.
[Level Up.]
[Level Up.]
[Level Up.]
[Level Up.]
[Level Up…]
By leveling up 18 levels in one go, he reached level 276.
For ordinary users, the required experience points for leveling up exponentially increase as their level goes up.
Gaining more than 15 levels after surpassing level 250 was really incredible.
[You have gained 29% Kingdom Contribution.]
‘29%?’
Moreover, the contribution to kingdom quests that nobles break is, on average, only 8%, and at most, 16% in one go.
But 29% shows how much Hyun-soo contributed to the Kingdom of Goyard.
And this contribution was essential for the next title promotion.
There was also another intriguing notification.
[The Wolf’s Egg reacts.]
[You have gained 20% nourishment.]
[Congratulations. You have exceeded 50% nourishment.]
Congratulations.
It was a meaningful word.
Something beneficial for Hyun-soo had happened, but what it was exactly was not clear.
[The Wolf’s Egg is very happy.]
[It says you did a great job.]
[The Wolf’s Egg wants you to pet it because it did a great job.]
The creature was always clueless as usual.
‘Not now… I feel like I’m going to die.’
Hyun-soo was so weak he couldn’t even flick a finger.
[The Wolf’s Egg looks sad.]
Sad?
Hyun-soo made a baffled expression.
Then, unrelated to the quest’s reward, a notification came.
[You have repeatedly overcome situations where no one else could predict victory, without giving up and in your own way.]
It wasn’t just this once.
Hyun-soo had faced countless situations where he had no choice but to lose, up until now.
The Lord of Death of the Cassel domain.
The Super Rookie’s Stone Golem.
Disaster Jack and the Giant King.
And until today.
[The reason you were able to overcome him was your unbreakable will.]
Hyun-soo’s heart throbbed.
The will not to lose.
It seemed like the system itself was recognizing this heart.
[A title exclusively for you is bestowed.]
“…!?”
Hyun-soo was surprised.
Titles are divided into two types.
Multiple titles.
These can be obtained by several users who achieve a certain feat.
Unique Title
This is a title that can only be obtained by the single most outstanding user among all.
The commonality between the two types is that they are titles already existing in the world or obtained when reaching them.
However, this title was different.
It was a title created exclusively for Hyun-soo.
[You have acquired the title ‘Even If It Breaks.’]
The system, that is, the supercomputer Ares, is always observing all users.
The mindset Hyun-soo had when he looked at the dragonlight sword materialized into a title.
Hyun-soo checked it with a trembling heart.
(Even If It Breaks)
My Own Title
Grade: S
Special Abilities:
– In moments of life or death, guides a way to overcome the crisis with a 5% chance.
– In moments of life or death, shows an unyielding will and, when deemed appropriate, temporarily increases all stats by 2~15% and skill damage by 1~15%.
– In moments of life or death, if it is judged that you have overcome with your own pure strength, acquire a legendary stat ???.
– Something special may happen.
It was an S-grade title following the Lord’s grace.
S-grade titles are special powers that even high-rankers do not possess in large numbers.
‘To gain a legendary stat when overcoming with one’s pure strength in moments of life or death…?’
Legendary Stat.
It’s essentially the most outstanding stat that exists.
Hyun-soo too had not much information about it, and what stat it is was not revealed right now, only showing ? instead.
And what Hyun-soo was looking forward to was ‘Something special may happen.’ written on this title.
This phrase always applied in a beneficial way for Hyun-soo.
‘Uh, my body is a wreck, but still, isn’t it good?’
Though he was crashed into the ground, unable to twitch a finger.
And the most important notification remained.
After the cheers of the Kingdom of Goyard had quieted down.
“What happens now?”
“In the end, didn’t we win the duel? He can no longer fight.”
The small war was tournament-style.
It’s not about fighting after recovering for the next game.
Yes, this was what Hyun-soo found most regrettable.
Even though Hyun-soo had defeated the descendant of Spear Heaven, it was a defeat for our Kingdom of Goyard.
Then.
In the camp of the Kingdom of Praham.
Thousands of soldiers, hundreds of knights, and the noblest nobles of the kingdom made way for an old man walking with his hands behind his back.
Those close to him couldn’t even breathe.
It showed what his standing was in the Kingdom of Praham.
And Ben was someone who could offer Hyun-soo endless possibilities.
The king of a kingdom twice as large as the Kingdom of Goyard.
Also, a land filled with rare materials, fitting for a country of blacksmiths.
But his expression was not very good. He looked down at Frak, who was wriggling beside Hyun-soo, with a cold expression.
“Useless guy.”
However, in that moment, Hyun-soo felt love and hate in his voice.
Silence.
As Spear Heaven Ben stepped forward, both the Goyard and Praham camps fell silent.
The Kingdom of Praham was hopeful.
‘We have won.’
Yes, it was okay to say that.
But soon, Spear Heaven Ben’s gaze landed on Hyun-soo next to him.
He too was a complete wreck, unable to move.
He looked at him for a long while.
Then he said.
“…We lost.”
[You have won the heart of Spear Heaven Ben.]
With a barely visible, bitter smile, those words.
Hyun-soo was surprised.
“Although officially, by the rules, it’s our victory since the greatest knight of the kingdom has been defeated.”
It was half forced.
But it was also true.
The greatest knight of the kingdom had been defeated.
And Spear Heaven Ben stepped back from the forefront of peace, meaning Barad was moving forward.
Barad was astonished.
‘Originally, Spear Heaven is not such a person.’
A cranky old man who insists on their victory unconditionally and struggles to remind Goyard of their defeat.
Barad’s heart throbbed.
Hyun-soo, fallen, and Ben looking down at him and speaking.
Expectation about what would happen between the two sparked.
Barad held a small smile, thinking this small war ended warmly with Goyard’s victory…
“I will take this one with me.”
“???”
Soon, Spear Heaven Ben lifted Frak on his right shoulder and Hyun-soo on his left.
“We’ll discuss the negotiation through letters.”
And the moment he kicked off the ground.
Boom!
He disappeared from that spot in just a second.
Barad was left with a perplexed expression.
Originally, he had decided to send Hyun-soo to the Kingdom of Praham for a while.
But this situation…
“Your Majesty, isn’t this technically kidnapping?”
“???”
Something was odd.
Meanwhile, Hyun-soo, possibly the first user (?) to be kidnapped, realized that the reason for the mad dash was because of Frak.
The speed was so fast that he couldn’t gather his wits at all.
Already needing mental recovery, Hyun-soo momentarily lost consciousness.
[You have entered the Kingdom of Praham.]
And then.
“Rest here.”
Contrary to his words, he was dumped unceremoniously as the door closed.
Thud thud thud-
Hyun-soo’s consciousness faded again.
‘Am I really being kidnapped…?’
The notification had said he won the heart, but something was odd.
This wasn’t the kind of new world he had wished for, was it?
But then, through his hazy consciousness, an unknown notification was heard.
[…You have witnessed.]
[…You have witnessed.]
He felt curious about the notification ringing at a regular interval.
And in just 30 minutes.
Hyun-soo, who suddenly opened his eyes within that half hour.
‘This, this is…’
He was engulfed in intense exhilaration.
The place he was unceremoniously dumped.
There, something that blacksmith Hyun-soo needed most and desperately wanted in a broader world was present.
[You have witnessed a legendary material. The minor World Tree.]
It was the finest material for making bows and spears.
Cliche Novel 
LMAO
bro won and got kidnapped
Barad is confused as hell
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