I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 28

[Daily Life (3)]

Fergus the Weapon Breaker.

He is the representative craftsman NPC representing Merkava City and the owner of a blacksmith shop that produces weaponry.

His last name, Weapon Breaker, is not his actual last name, but a name given to him because the weapons he made can easily break other weapons.

However, in the actual game, it became infamous as it was.

“Oh no, my hand slipped!”

He became a weapon craftsman who broke weapons.

It’s quite a contradictory statement, but in the game world, with the exception of a few weapons, there was a probability of failure in repair and production.

Even if you collect the necessary items and entrust them with crafting, you may lose materials due to crafting failure or the weapon may break due to failure when repairing worn-out equipment.

Even though the success rate is 90%.

That high failure rate and ‘Oh my! Because of the infamous line ‘My hand slipped!’, it became so popular among gamers that ‘How to kill Fergus’ was searched.

In addition to such popularity, the game company updated the DLC and added a new quest for Fergus…

“Hump hum. A man’s beard is a man’s dream.” It

‘s not that long on his face that shows his age. Grown black beard. A middle-aged man with impressively tanned, bronzed skin hummed a deep, low tune.

“Are you there?”

I walked into the heated blacksmith shop and spoke to the middle-aged man at the blacksmith shop.

“Hmm, Mr. Corin. Is this really the place that Marie-senpai introduced you to?”

“That’s right. They say it’s the best blacksmith shop in Merkava.”

Arisha, who was accompanying me, looked around as if she felt awkward at the blacksmith shop. It seems unfamiliar to see a place like this while only looking at the professional facilities of the dojo.

“You said you were looking for a place to repair weapons. But you can’t even sharpen a blade by yourself?”

“The family’s craftsmen took care of that.”

“You also grew up very beautifully.”

“Ugh…”

Alisha looks angry as if she can’t refute my words.

“Welcome to the blacksmith shop.”

Fergus silently welcomed us in a vaguely solemn voice.

“I’m here to repair his weapon..”

“Here.”

“Huh!”

Fergus’ eyes widened when he saw the weapon that Alisha held out.

A cool sensation felt from the torso and a surprisingly firm grip.

Although it looks ordinary, you would think it is a well-made sword.

At first glance, the yam sword was nothing more than an ordinary single-edged sword. The only time the sword reveals its true form is when the user enters the ‘zone’.

So, it is not strange that Fergus mistakes Arisha’s sword for an ordinary, well-made sword.

“Is it repair?”

“Yes, I haven’t been able to manage it lately.”

“Hmm, thirty silver coins.”

“Ugh…”

After receiving the money from Alisha, Fergus placed the yam sword on the anvil and picked up a heavy iron hammer.

Tendons sprouted from the heavy arm muscles that he had trained over 30 years of working as a blacksmith… His eyes glowed yellow and the moment sunlight caught on the tip of the hammer… “Oh no!!! My hand slipped

!! !!!!!”

-Pretzel!!

The hammer that Fergus struck with terrifying force broke Arisha’s beautiful single-edged sword in one blow.

“Kiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!”

Alisha let out a grotesque scream.

“Huh, this is true. There are days like this. I didn’t mean for it to be like this. The repair failed. I’m sorry.”

Fergus scratched his head with an embarrassed expression. It is rare, but not unheard of, for a weapon to break while hammering.

“The sword I inherited from my grandfather is broken…”

Alisha, stunned, blinked and couldn’t close her drooping jaw.

“Knife… can it be repaired?”

“It must be difficult to have a crunch like this.”

“Even with Bond?”

“Will it work?”

“You made that noise after you broke it! You have to take responsibility for it!”

Fergus dug his ear and pointed at a phrase with his other hand to Alisha, who was making a legitimate protest.

“I’m not responsible if it breaks during repairs.”

“Ah…”

“I guess things like this happen. You don’t get paid for my repairs.”

“Gihyaaaaaa…….”

Alisha screams while tearing her head out. It’s a pity that I’m struggling to put the pieces of iron together, squealing like a goldfish. Do you think that will stick?

Weapons may break during repair. The problem is that what Fergus broke was the ‘hidden piece’ yam sword.

“Hey Fergus.”

“Do you know me?”

I quickly pull out a knife that was lying around in the blacksmith shop.

“Are you kidding me from the first game?”

“Hehehe!”

-Kwasik!

“Mr. Corrin?!”

The knife I struck hit Fergus right between his fingers. Ferger’s complexion turned pale at the thought that if he had hit him properly, his finger would have been cut off.

“I’d bet all my money and one of my hands that there’s a sword under your anvil. What would you bet?”

“Why are you doing this…!”

“Frostbite. This is how you lose money.”

“Huh?”

I kicked Fergus’ anvil and blew it away, and underneath it was a yam sword that looked intact.

“How did this happen?”

“Illusion magic. This gentleman is an unregistered wizard. Although his level is low.”

Yes.

Fergus the Weapon Breaker, who has become the most disliked character due to the complaints of gamers, has had one setting and quest added through an update.

「The Truth about The Weapon Breaker」

This is a quest in which the player uncovers the truth after becoming suspicious that particularly rare weapons are destroyed during repairs by Fergus.

At the end of the investigation, the player finds clues through the book ‘How to Get Repair Costs Even after a Repair Failed’ and turns over Fergus’ secret warehouse to find evidence and press charges.

When Fergus discovers a well-made weapon, he pretends to break it using illusion magic and hides the intact weapon, which is revealed to be a very heinous fact.

Starting with him, a series of quests will occur that will allow you to report the evil deeds of armor masters from various places, such as Kiri the Ladybug Holgren the Broken, who are operating secretly on the continent.

That’s right, unless he’s running a scam like this, there’s no way this crazy blacksmith could have broken so many weapons.

This is what probability is.

“Arisha!”

“four?!”

“Bring the hammer.”

“ancient?”

“Huh?”

“Didn’t you learn that if you get caught messing up, your hands will be blown off?”

“Oh my! Please save me! Please save me!”

“Hehehehe, it’s Kiri’s turn next.”

“Ha, just take a look! Just take a look!”

-Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa where?

* * * *

“Ugh… I really thought you were going to break it.”

“No way… it doesn’t go that far.”

Although Park Ga broke it. This is… I admit it. In any case, Fergus’ fate is decided. Even if I don’t bother, I will naturally be kicked out of the scenario ‘at some point’.

“How did you know? Mr. Fergus is a wizard and used illusion magic.”

Since I can’t say that the game company patched the probability, I embellished my answer appropriately. Actually, if I thought about it a little, I could see that it was strange.

“The yam sword is a sword made of fire stone. The blade may be a little damaged, but the center will never break. Right?”

“Ah…”

Weapons made from magic stones in this era are rarely made with just one magic stone.

Even on modern Earth, weapons are not made entirely from pure iron. Usually alloys are used. Even steel is not pure iron but an alloy of iron and carbon.

In this world, swords are made by mixing iron and magic stones. Among them, the Bulgeokseok is an enormous magical stone that is classified as ‘special’.

Its characteristic is literally fire. It is a legendary iron that can only be bent by fire-type wizards lighting a very high-temperature furnace and blacksmiths wearing heat-resistant coats pounding it.

A weapon like that was broken by a blacksmith’s hammer? It can’t happen.

“But compared to the time when you threatened to cut off my arm, it ended quite peacefully.”

“Wow… I’m not that violent of a person.”

“…….”

Arisha gave me a puzzled look at my words. It ended like this because it was me, but it was someone else.

“Are you giving us the blueprints and weapon making for free?”

“It’s not free. I told you to charge properly.”

“Ah~”

He told me to charge the academy for the necessary ore and pay all additional commission fees. The fee is a whopping 30 gold coins.

“Isn’t this… embezzlement?”

“You should grease your throat with a small kickback.”

“That’s true too.”

In this respect, I was able to communicate quite well with Alisha. In fact, I didn’t lose anything because I also entrusted Alisha with making decorations and household items for free.

This softie is not so generous that he freely forgives someone who tried to defraud him.

“Mr. Corin, it’s almost patrol time.”

“I know. It was 2 o’clock today, right?”

A short-term mission worth 20 silver coins. The time and timing overlapped on purpose.

I’m not sure, but if it’s as I expected, it’s probably today?

* * * *

Arisha really liked the patrol missions that could be accepted from the mission board.

The mission is to simply follow a designated route around the city and check for any problems.

Just because the guardian walks around in person, public order is stabilized and any monsters that may be present can be caught.

As for the monsters that appear in the outskirts of the city, there are only level 4 and 5 monsters. Oh, and occasionally, intermediate level monsters appear, but that’s the same as the chance of getting struck by lightning on a dry day.

In short, it’s a job that involves little work but earns a decent amount of pocket money. Alicia liked the fact that there was no pressure. Above all……

“Driver! This is all sorted out.”

“That’s amazing, knight! There were ten monsters, and you cleared them out in an instant!”

“Hmm hmm~”

Praise from the security guards around you. For them, they could only praise and praise them with reverence, as they easily cut down the monsters for which they had to risk their lives.

‘Hehehe…! ‘Everyone in my family says I’m ugly, but I don’t think it’s that bad!’

As an illegitimate child in her family, she was often looked down upon by her older sister, but here she was a genius and a hero. It feels so good to be admired by so many people.

“Alisha, there was an owlbear over there.”

“I did that in one go!”

Arisha tapped the Owl Bear underneath her.

“Captain, please dispose of this by disposing of the nails and leather later!”

“No problem.”

“That’s amazing.”

“What~ It wasn’t a big deal.”

“Oh, you say Owl Bear is nothing special. You are a swordsman from the Aden family, a swordsman.”

Alisha fully enjoyed the praise and attention she did not normally receive from her family.

“Tsk tsk, are you still in the beginning stages of herbivory? “Your sister had already reached her peak at that age.”

“Finally, the Sword Emperor’s successor will emerge from the House of Aden. Runia Arden is the greatest genius of her time.”

“Compared to that, the second daughter is…”

“She’s an illegitimate child. “She is lowly from the beginning.”

She was seventeen. Although he was proven to be a genius at the point where he was a second-class knight, he was always compared by those around him.

Geniuses are eaten up by greater talent. Her older sister, Runia Arden, was a genius swordsman, and Arisha was in her shadow and did not receive attention.

“Okay, the patrol is almost over. If it continues like this…”

Today, the patrol will end leisurely, safely, and happily. Unless something unexpected happens.

-Shhh~ Pow!

In the middle of the forest. Fireworks soared into the air. Although the sound is not loud, it is a magic firework that can only be seen through special goggles worn by security guards.

“Ah! It’s a signal from the preceding patrol! It’s a nest of a level 2 or higher monster!”

“Ah…”

If nothing goes wrong, the patrol mission may end without killing a single monster, but when something unexpected happens like this, it is mandatory to participate in the subjugation.

“We have the Geomje’s granddaughter!”

“A second-class monster’s nest is nothing special!”

“No…”

“Oh, it’s perfect.”

Corin’s self-talk did not reach the limp Arisha.

* * * *

The nest of second-class monsters discovered by the preceding scouting party was the nest of a pack of wolves centered around Beowulf.

‘I can easily subdue Beowulf!’

That’s how I decided. Her judgment based on inexperience led to fatal results.

-Grrrrr…….

A beast-like howl came from the giant horse’s head.

The heavy steps coming from the four thick, long legs and the rotten belly skin like a drowned body looked like they were about to burst at any moment.

Above him was a headless man aiming a spear.

A thin, headless monster whose skin seems to have been crushed and stuck to its skeleton.

The bizarre-looking horseman slashed the air with his large, long claws and rushed at Alisha.

-Shut up! Shut up!

A monster that runs across the ground with footsteps as light as air.

‘come!’

A floundering charge that resembles a mollusc rather than a vertebrate. I can’t even control my body due to the gusts of wind and run, shaking back and forth.

[Aden-style single-sword cutting]

An unfinished sword technique. However, Arisha’s strongest swordsmanship was swung at the charging monster.

-Whisk!

However, the monster’s movements were beyond imagination. The monster that launched itself like a giant squid dodged Arisha’s sword and wrapped around her body like a snake.

“Ugh…!?”

fast. And skillful.

At least a level 1 monster! After hunting Beowulf, I received an unexpected surprise attack, but I never thought such a monster would roam the forest!

“Mr. Corinne! Help! Strategic support!”

As soon as she starts to fall a little behind, Alisha immediately asks for help. In many ways, she is a girl who is far from the pride of a warrior.

“Knight Cocorin is fighting another monster!”

However, Corin’s voice could not be heard, only the voices of the guards fighting the monsters.

“Keeee…!”

A moment of desperation. That’s when the monster’s nails touched the back of Alisha’s neck and she closed her eyes…

-Kwajik!

puck! Something that jumps out. Hot blood ran down the back of my neck.

“Uh huh?”

-Keeeeee……!

A bitter voice tickled my ears. When I opened my tightly closed eyes, I saw a cold blade narrowly grazing the side of my cheek.

“This sword…”

Following the blade’s blade, he found the sword’s owner.

Jet-black hair and a uniquely intelligent face radiated coldness.

“You are as weak, lazy, and rude as ever.”

Runia Aden.

The direct eldest daughter of the swordsman Aden Family and the likely next successor.

A contemporary swordsman who succeeds Geomje.

“Oh sister.”

She is Arisha Arden’s older sister.