I Killed the Academy Player

Chapter 28

Daily life (3) with illustrations

Fergus the Weapon Breaker.

She is the representative NPC of Merkava City and the owner of the smithy that produces weapons.

As a sajok, the surname Weapon Breaker is not a real surname, but a name given because the weapon he made can easily break other weapons.

However, in the actual game, it was notorious as it was.

“Oops, my hand slipped!”

As a weapon master who breaks weapons.

It’s a very contradictory statement, but in the game’s worldview, except for some weapons, there was a probability of failure in repair and production.

Even if you collect the necessary items and entrust them with crafting, there are cases where the materials are blown away due to manufacturing failure, or the weapon is broken due to failure when repairing equipment whose durability has worn out.

Even with a 90% chance of success.

That high failure rate and ‘Oops! Because of its notoriety with the line, ‘My hand slipped!’, it became so popular that ‘how to kill Fergus’ was searched for among gamers.

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

“Hum-hum. A beard is a man’s romance~romania~romanan~”

A black beard that was not very long on a face that felt age. The middle-aged man, with his well-tanned tanned skin, hummed in a deep, low-pitched tune.

“Are you there?”

I walked through the hot smithy and talked to a middle-aged man in the smithy.

“Hmm, Korin-san. Is this really the place Marie-senpai introduced you to?”

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

Arisha, who was with me as my companion, looked around as if the forge was awkward. It seems unfamiliar to see a place like this after only looking at the professional facilities of the dojang.

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

“Well, that’s because the artisans of the family took care of it.”

“You grew up very nicely too.”

“eww······.”

Arisha looks upset at not being able to refute my words.

“Welcome to the forge.”

Fergus greeted us silently with a solemn voice.

“He’s here to repair some weapons.”

“Hey, here.”

“Hut!”

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

The cool feeling felt from the blade and the surprisingly tight grip.

It looks plain, but you’d think it’s a well-made sword.

The yam sword was nothing more than an ordinary single-edged sword in terms of appearance. The sword only reveals its true form when the user enters the ‘territory’.

So it’s no wonder that Fergus mistook Arisha’s sword for an ordinary, well-made sword.

“Is it repair?”

“Yes, I haven’t been able to manage these days.”

“Hmm, thirty pieces of silver.”

“Great…”

After receiving the money from Arisha, Fergus placed the sword on top of the anvil and raised a heavy sledgehammer.

The moment when the tendon sprouts from the heavy arm muscles he has trained as a blacksmith for 30 years… his eyes glow yellow and sunlight catches the tip of the hammer…

“Oops!!! My hand slipped!!!!!!!!!!”

– Kwakchang!!

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

“Giyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!”

Arisha let out a grotesque scream.

“Heh heh, this is true. There are days like this. This was not my intention. The repair failed. I’m sorry.”

Fergus scratched his head with a puzzled expression. It’s rare that the weapon sometimes breaks while hammering, but it’s not uncommon.

“Boo, it’s broken… the sword I inherited from my grandfather…”

Arisha, stunned, blinked her eyes and couldn’t close her drooping chin.

“Can the knife be repaired?”

“It’s hard when it’s like this.”

“Even with Bond?”

“Will it work?”

“It makes that kind of sound even after breaking it! Chae, you have to take responsibility!”

At Arisha, who was protesting legitimately, Fergus dug into his ear and pointed at a phrase with the other hand.

“We take no responsibility if it breaks during repair.”

“ah······.”

“Well, isn’t this kind of thing happening? I don’t get paid for my repairs.”

“Gihyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.”

Arisha screamed while tearing her hair out. It’s pitiful to try to fit the pieces of iron that squeak like a goldfish. would you stick with that?

Weapons may break during repair. The problem is that what Fergus broke was the ‘Hidden Peace’ sword.

“Hey, Fergus.”

“Do you know me?”

Sigh, I pull out a knife that was lying around in the forge.

“Are you kidding me from the first game!”

“Hehehehehehe!”

– Kwajik!

“Mr. Corinne?!”

The knife I hit landed right between Fergus’ fingers. Fergu’s complexion turned blue at the thought that if he had hit it right, he would have cut off his finger.

“I’ll bet all my money and my hand that there’s a sword under your anvil. What do you want?”

“Why, why are you doing this…!”

“Statue. That’s why you made money.”

“Eh?”

I kicked Fergus’s anvil and blew it away, leaving the yam sword intact under it.

“Hey, how did this happen?”

“Illusion magic. You man, you’re a non-registered wizard. Although the level is low.”

Did you know that seagulls are just beach chickens?

Yes.

Fergus the Weapon Breaker, which has been solidified as the number one unlikable character due to gamers’ complaints, has added one setting and quest through an update.

「The Truth of The Weapon Breaker」

This is a quest for players to uncover the truth, who became suspicious of the fact that rare weapons are destroyed during repair by Fergus.

After searching, the player finds clues through the book ‘How to Get Repair Fees Even If Repairs Fail’, turns over Fergus’s secret warehouse, finds evidence, and accuses them.

When Fergus discovers a well-made weapon, the heinous truth is revealed that he pretends to break the weapon with optical illusion magic and hides the intact weapon.

Starting with him, a series of quests that can accuse the evildoers of martial arts masters in various places, such as Kiri the Ladybug and Holgren the Broken, who are secretly working on the continent, occur.

Did you know that seagulls are just beach chickens?

Yes, this crazy blacksmith couldn’t break that many weapons unless he was cheating like this.

That’s what susceptibility is all about.

“Arisha!”

“four?!”

“Bring the hammer.”

“ancient?”

“Ugh?”

“Didn’t you learn that if you get caught in a grizzly, your palms will fly off?”

“Oh! Save me! Please save me!”

“Heh heh heh, it’s Kiri’s turn next.”

“Ha, look at me! Look at me just once!”

– Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

* * * *

“Ahh… I thought you really broke it.”

“I can’t believe it doesn’t go out that way.”

Although Park Ga-man broke it. This is… I admit it. Anyway, Fergus’s fate is decided. Even if I don’t bother, I’m naturally kicked out of the ‘some moment’ scenario.

“How did you know? Fergus is a wizard and used optical illusions.”

It can’t be said that the game company patched the probability, so I made up words in moderation and answered. In fact, if you think about it for a little bit, you can see that it’s strange.

“The yam sword is a sword made of indestructible stones. The blade can be damaged, but the core will never break, right?”

“ah······.”

Weapons made with magic stones in this era are rarely made with only one type of magic stone.

Even on the modern Earth, weapons are not made from pure iron. I usually use alloys. 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, indestructible stone is a tremendous magic stone classified as ‘special grade’.

Its characteristic is literally indestructible. It is a legendary iron that can only be bent when flame-type wizards build super-high-temperature furnaces and blacksmiths in heat-resistant coats tap it.

A weapon like that was broken by the blacksmith’s hammering? It’s impossible.

“But compared to the fact that he threatened to break his arm, it ended very mildly.”

“Whoa… I’m not that violent.”

“·······.”

At my words, Arisha gave me a puzzled look. It ended like this because I was a different person, look.

“The blueprints and weapon crafting for free?”

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

“Oh~”

The required ore was charged to the academy, and he was told to pay all the additional fees. It was a whopping 30 gold coins.

“Isn’t this… embezzlement?”

“Let’s grease the throat with a little kickback.”

“It’s like that too.”

In this respect, Arisha and I quite got along. In fact, I entrusted the production of Arisha’s decorations and daily necessities for free, so I didn’t lose anything.

Even this pure-bred is not a hogu to the point of forgiving anyone who tried to cheat on him without paying.

“Corin, it’s about patrol time.”

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

A short mission for 20 silver coins. I deliberately overlapped the time and timing.

I’m not sure, but according to my expectations, today is probably?

* * * *

Arisha really liked the patrol missions she could receive from the mission board.

It’s a mission where all you have to do is go around the designated route around the city and check if there are any problems.

The security is stable just by the guardian walking around, and you can catch any monsters that might be there.

Speaking of monsters that appear in the outskirts of the city, they are only 4th and 5th grade monsters, and alas, sometimes intermediate monsters appear, but that is the same as the probability of being struck by lightning on a dry day.

In short, it’s a small job, but it’s a job that makes a decent amount of pocket money. The fact that there was no burden made Arisha feel good. More than anything······.

“Article! This side is all organized.”

“It’s amazing, Knight-nim! There were 10 monsters, but you cleaned them up in an instant!”

“Hmmmm~”

The praises of the security guards heard from the surroundings. As for them, they could not help but praise them with awe as they easily cut down even the monsters they had to risk their lives for.

‘Hee hee…! 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 ignored because of her older sister’s halo, but she was a genius and a hero here. It feels so good to be in awe of so many people.

“Arisha, there was an Owl Bear over there.”

“I got rid of that much in one go!”

Arisha tapped the Owl Bear underneath her.

“Chief~ Do this with your nails and leather later, then dispose of it!”

“It’s fine.”

“You are wonderful.”

“What? It wasn’t a big deal.”

“Oh, to say that Owl Bear is no big deal is, after all, a swordsman from the Aden family, masters of swordsmanship.”

Arisha fully enjoyed the praise and attention she had not received from her hometown.

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

「Finally, Sword Emperor-nim’s successor will appear in Adenga. Lunia Arden is the greatest genius of her time.”

“Compared to that, the second daughter…”

“Are you an illegitimate child? It is said that bloodline is inferior.”

she is seventeen years old His genius was proven at the point of being a second-class knight, but he was always compared to those around him.

Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.

Genius is the way to be eaten in front of a greater talent. Her older sister, Runia Arden, was a swordsman who was a genius herself, and Arisha was cast in her shadow and was not noticed.

“Okay, the patrol is over soon, so if it’s like this…”

Today’s patrol will end safely and happily. Unless something unexpected happens.

-Shhhh!

in the middle of the forest. Fireworks shot up into the air and exploded. The sound is not loud, but it is a magic firecracker that can only be seen with the special goggles worn by the guards.

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

“ah······.”

A patrol mission could end without catching a single monster if nothing special happened, but when such an accident occurred, it was mandatory to participate in the subjugation.

“We have the granddaughter of the Sword Emperor!”

“There’s nothing wrong with a level 2 monster’s nest!”

“no······.”

“Oh, that fits perfectly.”

Corinne’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 on Beowulf.

‘I can easily subdue Beowulf!’

So judged. Her judgment, which came from inexperience, had fatal consequences.

-Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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

The heavy footsteps coming from the four thick and long legs and the rotten belly skin like a drowned body seemed to burst at any moment.

Above it was a headless man aiming a spear.

A skinny, headless monster that seems to have clung to the skeleton because its skin couldn’t stick.

The bizarre rider charged at Arisha, slicing the air with his long claws.

– Doc! shut up

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

‘come!’

A floundering charge more like a mollusk than a vertebrate. I can’t even control my body in the gust of wind, and I run, shaking here and there.

An unfinished pedicure. However, Arisha’s strongest swordsmanship was swung at the attacking monster.

– Whiik!

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However, the movement of the monster was beyond imagination. The monster that fired like a giant squid evaded Arisha’s sword and wrapped her body like a snake.

“Keuugh…!?”

fast. and skillful

At least a first-class monster! After hunting Beowulf, I received an unexpected surprise attack, but I never thought a monster like this would roam the forest!

“Ko, Corrine! Help me! Strategic support!”

As soon as she starts to get pushed back, Arisha asks for help. In many ways, she is a girl far from the pride of a samurai.

“Ki, Knight Corinne is fighting another monster!”

However, Corinne’s voice was not heard, only the voices of the guards fighting the monsters.

“Kiii…!”

moment of despair. The monster’s claws touched Arisha’s nape, and when she closed her eyes tightly…

– Kwajik!

puck! something that bounces. Hot blood ran down the nape of his neck.

“Uh huh?”

-Kieeeeeeeeeeeee…!

A grievous voice tickled my ears. When I opened my tightly closed eyes, I could see the cold blade that had just barely grazed the side of my cheek.

“This sword…”