MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith
chapter-1108

"Wait... what did he say his name was again?"

"Ylvar, if I remember correctly. Why do you ask?"

"I just remembered what my cousin told me earlier. You know she works for Algerie Kingdom's Blacksmith Guild as an attendant, right?"

"Yeah? Did she meet someone named Ylvar there?"

"Not just meet him, she interacted with Ylvar directly. She even got to interact with the guild master as well because of it!"

"Holy shit, the Blacksmith Guild's guild master? Wait... is the Ylvar you're referring to the same Ylvar we're looking at right now? Isn't Algerie Kingdom far away?"

"I don't know how he got here this quick either, but there's no doubt about it. My cousin and I talked about him for a long time, though it was mostly her talking about how he looked and what feats he did."

"Feats? What feats did he do?"

"A lot to be considered a big shot in the world of blacksmithing. And from what we're looking at so far, it seems like he plans to do the same thing with his personal strength."

"Definitely stronger than meets the eye. Juba chose the wrong person to pick on today."

"Well... at the very least he'll get like 20 merit points by the end of it."

At the very moment Valyr gave everyone in the crowd a taste of his true strength, many of them immediately became curious of his identity, seeing as how he was able to avoid all of Juba's attacks with ease.

Unsurprisingly, the first to speak out among the crowd were his fellow blacksmiths, talking about the various contributions he'd made to the guild, as well as the various feats he'd achieved, such as the fact that he forged an artifact while he was still a Rank 2 class holder. As more and more time passed, the more vocal these blacksmiths became, talking about how he was the one to represent the blacksmiths in the Four Pillars' Inheritance, as well as how he brought prestige to the guild branch he came from with his proposals.

By the time the spar between Juba and Valyr had lasted for a few minutes already, almost everyone in the crowd were already looking at Valyr in a new light, their expressions showing their pity for Juba.

Naturally, Juba felt pity for himself as well, inwardly admonishing himself for not doing at least a little background check on the newbie he chose to do a combat readiness test on.

As for Valyr, he remained more or less composed as he and Juba seemingly exchanged attacks back and forth, allowing him to give everyone watching them an idea of what he was capable of.

At times, he even felt himself become the target of a few identification skills, causing him to inwardly smile as he knew that their curiosities got the better of them.

'They're in for a surprise when they find out I should have been losing from the start,' thought the young man to himself, only for the reactions of the crowd to confirm his thoughts not long after.

At first, it was only a couple of people letting out shocked gasps after identifying Valyr's strength. However, as more and more people within the crowd found out that he was merely at the peak of Rank 4, many of them rewrote their impressions of the young man once more.

After all, even though Juba had exhausted most of his means to aim for the next rank, he was still at the peak of Rank 5.

That meant that, even though there was a disparity of 25 levels between the two, Valyr still had an advantage over him!

"Haah... haah..." Feeling like the combat readiness test had already lost its purpose once 10 minutes had passed, Juba immediately stopped in his tracks as he raised both of his hands in surrender. "I concede!"

Hearing those words, Valyr immediately stopped the attack he planned on landing, redirecting the force he'd built up straight to the ground.

Bang!

Feeling the ground slightly quake in response to his attack, many among the crowd looked at Valyr with wide eyes once more, with Juba's complexion even becoming slightly pale because of it.

"So, did I pass the test?" Taking in a deep breath to adjust his condition, Valyr looked at Juba with a smile before throwing a question at him.

"You did, you did," Juba hurriedly replied with a smile of his own. Though, unlike the genuine smile on Valyr's face, the smile on the man's face was slightly forced.

"Now if you'll excuse me."

Whoosh!

Before the young man could continue the conversation, Juba went ahead and excused himself, squeezing into the crowd as he pushed his body to the limit to stay away from Valyr as much as possible.

After all, nothing good would happen if he were to antagonize anyone like Valyr any further. With the instigator of the entire thing fleeing the premises the very moment he could, it did not take long for the crowd surrounding the two earlier to disperse.

Unsurprisingly, some of them commended Valyr for showing Juba the consequences of his actions, finding catharsis in what the young man did just now.

At the same time, some of them reached out to him to have him join their groups, seeing as he was still a novice mercenary.

Though there were a couple among the offers he got that tempted him, Valyr eventually decided to decline all of their offers as he told them that he wanted to experience the entire thing for himself first.

Surprisingly, many of them respected his decision, with almost all of them even telling him that it was fine if he were to change his mind in the future.

With that, Valyr was eventually left on his own in the main mission hall once more, but now with a few pairs of eyes glancing his way every once in a while.

Wryly smiling at the attention he was now getting, the young man returned to the mission board made for novice mercenaries as he chose a suitable mission once again.

While that was happening, a pair of individuals near one of the mission hall's exits were discussing what just happened earlier.

"Ylvar, huh. From what he showed in that spar just now, it seems like there's still a lot he's yet

to show us."

"The fact that he easily turned what was a spar into a stalemate is enough proof for that. Though, that's more amazing to think about if you remind yourself that his opponent is at the peak of Rank 5."

"Well then, this is the first time I've seen you take this much interest in a guy. Did you decide to swing that way all of a sudden?"

"You better watch what you're saying, Major. Must I remind you that I could kick you out of the squad at any time?"

"Hahaha. Ease up, will you? But seriously though, Colonel. You really think he has the

potential?"

"If he doesn't, then who does? He's definitely the first person I've seen that gave me the feeling he's a perfect fit for the squad I'm making."

"Well... you're not wrong. He might just be the person we've been waiting for all this time."

"He just needs to raise his rank to 3-Star Mercenary at the very least."

"Yeah... I'm getting the feeling it wouldn't take him that long."