Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 1

Chapter 1

[Would you like to attempt enhancement?]

[Yes/No]

“……”

I cautiously moved the mouse to the ‘Yes’ button. At the same time, an unknown feeling of anxiety crept up in my chest, and feeling that sensation, I immediately switched to the ‘No’ button and clicked it.

[Enhancement canceled.]

“Phew, still no good.”

I feel like I’ve pressed this darn cancel button over 5,000 times.

‘Is it a failure again today?’

I’ve been stuck for a week trying to enhance the item currently on my monitor, so it’s inevitable that I’m feeling a bit impatient.

“……Let’s try again.”

Click, click-

[Would you like to attempt enhancement?]

[Yes/No]

I carefully moved my hand as I brought up the enhancement window again with a click. Similarly, I moved the cursor to the ‘Yes’ button, expecting the creeping feeling of anxiety, but……

“Huh?”

There’s no feeling of anxiety crawling up from my chest. Instead, I feel a refreshing sensation, as if something has been cleared, and I click the ‘Yes’ button.

As a result.

[Ding!~ Enhancement successful!]

[The weapon ‘Dragon Staff’ begins to boast a brilliant +16 glow!]

“Yes!! I finally did it!”

To add, this Dragon Staff that I just successfully enhanced is the best weapon in the game. And I’m the first on the server to get it to +16, so how amazing is that?

Well, that doesn’t mean I’m going to use it.

Then why did I enhance it, you ask? It’s obvious.

“Let’s see~ A +10 Dragon Staff goes for 600,000 won, so I should list this for around 3,000,000 won.”

Technically, 3,000,000 won is ridiculously cheap. But I didn’t hesitate. The game’s market prices have been steadily declining for months, and there’s a good chance I won’t be able to sell it at this price after today.

‘Anyway, this is the end for this game too.’

I take a screenshot of the enhanced item and post it on the cash trading site. Then I thought about the game that would be launched today.

‘With virtual reality games coming out, games like this will be abandoned.’

That’s right.

Today is also the release day of the virtual reality game.

Most gamers are preparing to move over to virtual reality games with anticipation, and I’m no different. Regardless of the fun factor, if people gather, it means there’s money to be made.

‘Ah~ I hope the VR Headset arrives soon…… When is it coming?’

Since it’s the release day, I pre-ordered it a long time ago. If everything goes according to schedule, the VR Headset will arrive today, and I plan to move to that game and make money.

The reason is simple.

‘I can’t keep playing a game with a declining market.’

It’s not something to brag about, but I’ve been making money playing online games. But when the news of the virtual reality game came out, the prices of all online games started to drop, and after much deliberation, I decided to switch to the virtual reality game as well.

Huh? How much did the prices drop, you ask?

If the virtual reality game hadn’t come out, the Dragon Staff I just enhanced could have easily been sold for 10,000,000 won.

To think I have to sell such an item for a mere 3,000,000 won.

But I’m not disappointed. Every game has a lifespan, and it just came a little sooner than expected.

‘But with my ability……’

It seems like I can make money in the virtual reality game too.

I discovered my current ability two years ago.

It was a coincidence. While I was enhancing items like everyone else, I felt a strange sensation for some reason, and I followed that feeling, which led me to fully understand my ability.

Isn’t it amazing?

At least I think it’s amazing. With this ability that I discovered just two years ago, I have accumulated 200,000,000 won in my bank account. Earning at least 500,000 won to several million won a week, it wasn’t difficult to save up this amount.

But if I have a concern……

‘I hope there’s enhancement in the virtual reality game too.’

That’s about it.

What would happen if there’s no enhancement in the game? It’s obvious. I’d just fail. My intuition is about drawing the best odds from random probabilities, and the most obvious way to use that ability in the game is through ‘enhancement’.

Intuition.

My own secret that I haven’t told anyone.

After discovering this ability, I even experimented with the thought, ‘Maybe I could win the lottery too?’ But unfortunately, the only conclusion I reached was that the lottery was absolutely impossible.

No matter how hard I concentrated, I couldn’t get a single number right.

‘Since my intuition didn’t even activate, I just wasted money.’

Since the lottery doesn’t immediately show the results after I pick the numbers, my intuition didn’t seem to activate. Anyway, I gave up on the lottery and experimented with scratch-off lottery tickets where you scratch with a coin to check if you won, and surprisingly, my intuition worked with this.

The problem is…… It activates the moment I start scratching with the coin, so I had no choice but to give up. I couldn’t ask the store owner, ‘Can I just scratch this a little bit?’ Could I? If I touch it, I have to buy it.

Well, anyway, after various experiments, I was able to come to a conclusion about my ability. My intuition only activates if I ‘recognize’ the result in 2-3 seconds, no matter how late the result is.

‘Sigh~ If only I could win the lottery with this ability.’

If only I could win the lottery?

Do I even need to say it? I wouldn’t even be playing this game.

Ding-dong~

“Oh, is it here?”

While I was thinking about my ability, I opened the door with anticipation at the sudden doorbell. As expected, five people who looked like employees were waiting at the door with a large machine, probably with the VR Headset.

“Is this Mr. Lee Gi-won’s residence?”

“Yes, it is.”

“We’re here to install the VR Headset you ordered.”

It’s the VR Headset, as expected.

“Ah, please come in.”

With the arrival of the long-awaited VR Headset, I smiled and invited the employees inside. I briefly looked at the VR Headset, and I could see the other four employees struggling to lift it.

It seemed quite heavy.

“Where should we install it?”

“Please install it in the living room over there.”

Although I live alone, the living room was the only spacious area. Therefore, the installation naturally took place in the living room, and upon hearing my answer, the employees moved the VR Headset and began to operate it.

‘Looking at it like this, the VR Headset is quite big.’

The VR Headset was a large capsule-shaped device that could easily fit a person. Naturally, it would be quite heavy. Moving it wouldn’t be a big problem since it has wheels on the bottom, but……

“It’s all done.”

Anyway, after they finished the installation, such as putting the wheels inside the capsule and connecting the wires, one of the employees approached me and handed me a book.

“Here’s the manual for the VR Headset and the game. Please read it before connecting.”

“Yes, thank you.”

“You’re welcome. Then we’ll be going.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

As soon as the employees left after finishing the installation, I opened the manual. It contained instructions on how to connect and precautions, but I skimmed through it, thinking there wasn’t anything that seemed particularly important.

I had already watched several videos online about connecting to virtual reality games and the precautions, so I had some knowledge about it.

So there’s no need to read it carefully, right?

Confident that I had learned a lot about virtual reality before the VR Headset arrived today, I threw the book aside and got into the VR Headset.

‘Yeah, knowing how to connect is enough. Why would I read it carefully?’

Inside the VR Headset, I put on the helmet and slipped my hands into the gloves at the end of the armrests. Finally, I put my feet into the shoe-like device at the bottom and activated the VR Headset with my voice.

“Start game.”

Flash!━

Whirring!━

The VR Headset started operating with my voice. Experiencing it firsthand, it’s truly amazing. And a woman’s voice came through my ears.

[May you find what you desire on the Street Lit by Twilight……]

At the same time, a blurry background appeared before my eyes. Even though I had my eyes closed, I could see it faintly. But I didn’t panic and started to focus on the blurry background, and it gradually came into focus.

As the background became clearer, my consciousness in reality faded away, but this was the normal connection method described in the manual.

“It’s a strange way to connect.”

I muttered and moved my hand. It felt like there was no sensation. But that was only for a moment, and the sensation in my moving hand gradually became clearer.

Flash━

“Huh?”

At that moment, a small light flashed in front of me, and a small girl, about 10 cm tall, appeared. Seeing the dragonfly wings on her back, she somehow gave off the impression of a fairy.

“Hello? I’m Noah, the fairy in charge of the tutorial. Welcome to Twilight.”

“Tutorial?”

“Yes, tutorial. If you learn character creation and the basic system here, you can immediately enter the world of Twilight.”

Here, Twilight is the name of this virtual reality game.

Come to think of it, I haven’t created a character yet.

“So how do I create a character?”

“Hehe, first, you just have to say ‘Character Creation’.”

“Really? Character Creation.”

Flash!━

As I shouted “Character Creation,” a large full-body mirror appeared in front of me.

“A mirror?”

“Yes. You see yourself in the mirror, right? We’ve implemented your appearance using the scan function in the VR Headset. But if you’re not satisfied, you can modify it to your liking. You can change your appearance, hair color, or even adjust your height.”

“Oh? That’s nice.”

Naturally, I have no intention of playing the game with my own face. Why would I leave my appearance as is when it’s not that great? I decided to tweak it a bit.

“Make me a little taller. About 5cm? And make my hair a little longer……”

Following my requests, the character in the mirror gradually transformed into a handsome man. This is surprisingly fun? I’ve heard that people spend several minutes, or even hours, creating characters in online games, so is this the fun part?

“Hmm. I think this is about right?”

The completed reflection in the mirror showed a rather handsome man looking back at me. Dark black hair reaching his eyebrows and decent features. No one would call him ugly.

“Okay, I’ll go with this appearance.”

“Then please choose a name for your character.”

“A name? A name…… Rudin.”

“Hmm…… There’s no duplicate name. Yes, I understand. Rudin-nim.”

Flash!

The moment Noah called me Rudin, a mysterious white light emanated from my body, and the full-body mirror in front of me disappeared. Seeing the vanished mirror, I knew that the character creation was complete.

“Now that character creation is complete, it’s time to learn the basic controls.”

“Basic controls……”

Well, it’s better to learn the basic controls. After all, this is my first virtual reality game. It’s not like an online game where an item window pops up when you press a key on the keyboard, is it?

“Now, first, slightly extend your right hand forward. Yes~ You’re doing well. And shout, Status Information Window!”

“Hmm, Status Information Window.”

Unlike Noah, who shouted enthusiastically, a window appeared in front of me as I simply spoke.

[Name: Rudin]

[Title: None]

[Level: 0]

[Fame: 0]

[Health Points: 100/100]

[Magic Points: 100/100]

[Stamina: 100.0%]

[Attack Power: 0] [Magic Attack Power: 0]

[Defense: 0] [Magic Defense: 0]

[Stats]

Strength: 0 Intelligence: 0 Agility: 0

[Acquired Skills: 0/20]

“How is it?”

“……Well? It’s quite simple.”

The status window seemed to contain information related to me. But there were an unusually high number of ‘0’s. In fact, except for things like Health Points and Magic Points, everything was 0.

“It’s simple because it’s your first time. But as you become more familiar with the world of Twilight, it won’t be simple anymore.”

Is that so?

I tilted my head and looked at the status window again.

‘It’s awfully simple?’

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