They quickly arrived at the stage accompanied by approximately 80% of the guys who were waiting for their turn.
A Steel rank 5* who were here at this time proposed to be the referee of the battle, he will keep the object of the bet and give it to the winner.
The rule of a battle in the guild is simple. The first to fell unconscious or die lost, the guild don't interfere if there is death in their guild.
After five minute, Kun Soo-Hyun went up and mocked one more time Bae by taking out a Mid-Grade Steel sword.
"Hey trash ! I'm sure you didn't even have a real weapon. Do you know the price of my sword ? 50 Gold coin ! You will didn't even get the chance to get this amount in your hand !" The more he talked the more he was pleased with himself and when he got to see the shocked expression of Bae when he said the price of his sword he watched Bae with even more disdain and jalousie than before ! Why was not him who have the elite nail but a nobody that didn't even have a sword?
But what he didn't know it's that he was not shocked by the feat that Kun Soo-Hyun possessed a better sword than him but the money he could get by being a 2* Blacksmith ! 50 gold coin per sword only for a mid grade, imagine if he can forge a high grade or an even higher tier ? We have to know that the low-grade steel sword that Bae possesses is priced at a range of 20 to 80 silver depending of the fame of the creator.
Meanwhile in a corner of the arena, Old Son was here accompanied with a middle aged man. They observed the stage quietly. The middle aged man was tall and muscular, he possessed an aura of a leader while his eye were sharp like no secret can be hided from him. Everyone here who know him would be kneeling in front of him the moment they saw him, he was the guilds master of this adventurer guilds, a bronze ranked only seen in the legends here. Tale of him could be heard here, like the time where a C-ranked monster tides invaded the village, he appeared flying in front of them and with only a swing of his hand the monster tide disappeared completely without casualty.
And the more surprising was that this man was humble in front of Old Son. Don't underestimate the respect a Master Blacksmith deserved !
"So he is your disciple ? I don't see anything worth anything for you in him."
Old Son laughed hearing this.
"Tang, I know you from a long time already. I'm not sure if it's fate or anything else, but you can't even imagine what he has does the past month. The first time he arrived in my shop he was not a guys who I would care but the second time he appeared he used the Appraisal skill. After this I decided to test him and guess what ! He forged his own Low-Grade Steel sword in one week !" with a proud tone declared Old Son.
Without waiting the guilds master shouted.
"One week ?! Are you serious ?" and he realized his error. They quickly disappeared before anyone recognized them.
On the other side Bae is in front of Kun Soo-Hyun, he pulled out his sword and swiftly take a swordsman stance.
Facing him, Kun Soo-Hyun feel his face hot, he announced that his opponent didn't even have a real sword and he replied by taking out a sword one grade lower than him. He couldn't help but feel being face-slapped.
Feeling mocked by the crowd his anger exploded and he rushed at Bae without waiting the referee to start the match.
He launched his skill one after another, but either they got parried or dodged. He shouted with anger when he saw that Bae blocked his attack with his eyes closed ! Humiliated. It's the only thing that he though of, that Bae was humiliating him.
"Do you know only to dodge ! Be a man and attack me !"
Bae didn't even react at his taunt, what he was doing from the start of the match was only moving by his instinct. If the guild master looked at him he would see at him a hint of sword mastery in his move and will try with everything he could to take Bae at student ! It's not his fault, sword mastery is extremely rare to get, even more than appraisal or his talent in Blacksmith ! Even he only got it when he was forty year old and a young who was not even in his twenty already got it !
After fifteen minute where Kun Soo-Hyun tried his best to injure or kill Bae, Bae opened his eyes and a feeling of death landed on the mind of Kun Soo-Hyun.
Never in his eye he saw eye as cold as Bae, his only though was to run, run for his life ! But how can Bae let him goes after the scandal he created ?
He rushed to Kun Soo-Hyun, and swiftly launched a deadly blow. He aimed directly for his hearth, Kun Soo-Hyun slowly saw the blow approached him. He tried to parry the hit but the moment his sword hit the sword of Bae. His sword broke directly. His mind went blank and he got a feeling that his stomach was cold. He looked down and what he saw scared him more than his broken sword.
After some second he reacted and screamed weakly, a sword was in his body. He fell gently to the ground losing his life with eyes wide open seeing his killer regarding him coldly like a grim reaper.
When Kun Soo-Hyun finally got his last breath, Bae sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. He didn't know what but he sensed that an energy infinitely more bigger than when he killed the elite goblin entered him. After five minute he opened his eyes again and opened his status. What he saw shocked him to the core.
Bae
Rank : Peak Steel 2*
Job : Adventurer, Blacksmith 1*
Stats :
Promotion : 76%
STR : 49 - (G-)
AGI : 49 - (G-)
END : 49 - (G-)
Skill : Appraisal (5/5), Swordmaker (Green)
Mastery :
Sword Mastery : 3%
Wealth : 1 Silver
After having absorbed the energy of Kun Soo-Hyun he directly increased his promotion by 44% ! For comparison it's equal to half of the energy that he can gain fron a shaman if he is right ! And he just killed one human whose power was inferior to him !