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Chapter 23: World of 1% (3)

Chapter 23: World of 1% (3)

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Meikal could not think straight. He didn’t know what the man did, but it was a quadhorn that had been broken. The bone that was so valuable that it was priceless. What should he tell the owner?

“I’m sorry. I didn’t intend to do that.”

“Sorry? Are you saying you’re sorry?”

Meikal roared as he trembled in rage. He was now thinking if he should hammer the man to death or put him into the furnace alive. But Jaehwan spoke, “I’ll repay you with something better.”

“…Repay?”

Everyone scoffed. It was the horn of a quadhorn they were talking about. A quadhorn was not only rare; it was so powerful that only the elders of the Ten-Clan could barely manage to fight one.

“You should keep your promise if I do.”

“Promise?”

Meikal then remembered what he said about making space for a gem in the bone hilt. It was infuriating. He was talking about the promise even in this situation.

“If you can replace the horn, I will let you do whatever you want whether it’s the Vice-Chief role or anything else. However, if you try to repay us with something stupid, you will not walk out of this place alive.”

Jaehwan nodded and turned to Naven.

“Put it down here.”

Naven brought over the horn and placed it down next to the furnace. It was the black, large horn of a monster. Everyone stopped, wondering what it was. Then they all gasped.

After a while, someone mumbled with a moan.

“I…It’s the horn of a Garnak…!”

Pentahorns were categorized by their species because they were that dangerous and powerful. A Garnak was a wolf-like monster that required many elders and even the Vice-Leader of the Ten-Clan to fight it.

Everyone fell silent and Meikal ordered them in a heavy voice,

“Close the door. We are closed for the day.”

Apprentices ran to close the doors to the blacksmith and the iron doors were shut. It was the third time that Meikal had seen an unprocessed Garnak’s horn. The first time was when he had just come to <Chaos> while he was at another famous blacksmith, and the second was when the former Vice-Chief of <Twilight’s Fall> worked on one.

“…It’s amazing.”

It looked like it was cut from a young Garnak as the horn had taken no damage. Everyone was focused on the horn.

“Is that enough?”

“….Yes. It’s more than enough.”

The value of a pentahorn was more than ten times that of a quadhorn. He could have just cut a part of it and it would’ve been enough, but this man gave it away whole. This was much more than enough.

Meikal pondered and answered,

“For today, <Twilight’s Fall> is yours.”

Everyone began mumbling but Meikal shouted angrily, “QUIET!”

Silence fell again and Meikal asked, “Where did you get this?”

“I killed it.”

A man hunted a pentahorn down, but Jaehwan said,

“We’ll start working so get ready.”

“What are we working on?”

“I’m making what I need.”