Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 5

Chapter 5

“First, give me all 45 remaining iron ingots. And show me the armor too.”

I can make the weapons myself. But not the armor. I didn’t plan on going to the hunting grounds relying solely on a weapon, so I asked to see the armor, and Deron nodded as if it was a matter of course.

“Well, it’s reckless to go to a place where monsters appear with nothing on. Wait a moment.”

After rummaging through something in the corner, Deron brought out a full-body armor made of brown leather.

“This is a leather armor I made a while ago. It consists of a helmet, vest, pants, gloves, and shoes. What do you think?”

“It looks good. Check.”

[Full Leather Armor] (Normal)

Description: Armor made of animal leather. Because it’s made by processing the leather several times, it’s harder and tougher than regular leather. Also, because it’s full-body armor, it consists of five parts: helmet, vest, pants, gloves, and shoes. You can also wear them separately if you wish.

<Additional Stats: Strength (3), Stamina (1), Agility (1)>

<Stat Requirements: Strength (2), Agility (1)>

Defense: 25 Magic Defense: 10

Durability: 30/30 (Average)

Oh? It’s much better than I thought. As I looked at the leather armor Deron showed me with admiration, Deron, reading my expression, readily spoke.

“I’ll give you this if you need armor.”

“Really?”

“For 20 Silver.”

“……”

20 Silver? My current total assets are 34 Silver…… no, 25 Silver. If I buy the remaining 45 iron ingots, 9 Silver will be gone. If I spend 20 Silver here, I’ll have 5 Silver left? Still, having armor will help in battle.

“What are you going to do?”

This guy didn’t give me the quest on purpose, did he?

I was suspicious, but I was the one in need.

“……I’ll buy it.”

“Good thinking.”

I sighed and sighed as I bought the leather armor. To think I have to spend 20 Silver just to get an F-rank skill. I was planning on hunting anyway, but……

“Then I’ll be going.”

“Be careful.”

★⭐★⭐★⭐★

After leaving the blacksmith and making my weapon, I headed straight for the west gate, asking a nearby NPC for directions. As I stepped outside the village, I could see quite a few players hunting……

Murmur~ Murmur~

Their numbers were greater than the monsters.

‘Wouldn’t it be better to gather people and hunt other monsters?’

What a waste of time if I have to wait several minutes just to catch one monster! But seeing players hunting barehanded…… or with wooden swords, I understood a little.

“But the monster is…… a Pudding?”

It was a cute, pink-colored monster. Its characteristic was its shiny, pudding-like skin and sharp eyes(?). Anyway, the knee-high Pudding was attacking players by throwing itself at them.

“……”

Surely, monsters like that won’t appear in the mine, right?

Pop━

“Huh?”

Suddenly, a Pudding appeared right in front of me. Is this a respawn? Without thinking, I swung the longsword I was holding.

Thwack!

[Hit Damage! 29.]

[Acquired 2 Combat Experience!]

One hit. With just one hit, the Pudding exploded and turned into experience points. It seems this Pudding’s HP is below 20. But why was the damage 29? My weapon damage is only 19?

After a moment of thought, I realized the reason.

‘Ah, Strength is also applied to damage.’

My current Strength is 10. 19 plus 10 equals 29. Doesn’t the calculation fit perfectly? I forgot even though I learned it in the tutorial. Anyway, seeing me eliminate the Pudding in one hit, some players murmured in surprise.

“Did you see that just now? He took out the Pudding in one hit.”

“Look at his equipment. He’s wearing an iron sword and leather armor. How did he buy them?”

“Should we go ask him?”

“Forget it. Would you teach us if you were him?”

Huhu, it seems I have the aura of a master even though my level is only 1. Talk all you want! I’m going to hunt monsters stronger than these Puddings!

Of course, not all players avoided me.

“Excuse me…… are you here to hunt?”

“Of cou……”

I was about to say ‘of course’, but seeing the person standing in front of me, I was speechless and could only nod.

‘Huh? Huh?’

No kidding, she was such a beautiful woman that I even forgot to answer.

W, Who is she?

As I couldn’t take my eyes off her, a woman who would be remembered for a lifetime even if I just passed by her on the street, she blushed and lowered her head slightly, as if my gaze was burdensome.

“……”

It was an act that naturally evoked a protective instinct. Did she do it on purpose? Anyway, her actions just now were enough to shake my heart.

‘Should I use the screenshot function now?’

I even thought about it, but I shook my head. I’m not some kind of pervert.

“I’m here to hunt. But why?”

And a thought came to my mind as my head started to return to normal. This is virtual, so maybe she changed her appearance too? Honestly, how could she have such an appearance without altering it? I tried to deny her beauty, but……

“Ah, ex-excuse me, if you don’t mind, can I hunt with you too? I have healing skills.”

She stammered with an awkward smile, as if she wasn’t used to such requests.

Nevertheless, she seemed to shine.

‘Let’s start by becoming friends first…… Ah, no. More importantly, healing skills?’

I quickly came to my senses. Hunting? But apart from her appearance, I wasn’t interested in hunting with her. Actually, right now, I’m not here to hunt, but to complete a quest, right?

‘I have no choice. I’ll have to refuse……’

Grab━

At that moment, as I was about to refuse, she grabbed my hand with both of hers.

“Please! I haven’t been able to do anything until now. Please?”

Damn it! Let go! Let go of me! Do you think I’ll fall for this?!

★⭐★⭐★⭐★

“Thank you. I was worried you might refuse.”

“……Well, yeah.”

This is how it ended up.

I couldn’t resist her soft touch and pleading eyes and ended up hunting with her. At this point, I felt pathetic about my past self, but…… what can I do? The milk is already spilled.

“Ah, my name is Yu-a.”

“……I’m Rudin.”

“Yes, Rudin-nim. But where are you going?”

“To the mine. There’s a quest there.”

There was no need to hide the fact about the quest, so I answered honestly. And Yu-a nodded as if she understood.

By the way, she’s really pretty…… but will she be helpful in battle?

‘Well, she has healing skills, so she’ll be helpful.’

Besides, I had no means of healing right now. I didn’t even have money (?), let alone the ability to buy potions. Still, I’ll manage somehow since I have the equipment I bought.

“Kkiieeeek!”

At that moment, a monster screamed from the left.

“Goblin Scout?”

I read the letters engraved above the head of the green-skinned monster and prepared for battle. Is it about 120cm tall? The weapon it’s holding is a wooden club? Other than that, there were no other noticeable features.

“By the way, it’s quite kind.”

Telling me its location before even starting the battle.

“Come here.”

“Kkikk!”

As if understanding my words, the Goblin Scout immediately rushed towards me. I calmly watched the approaching Goblin and then thrust my sword at the right timing.

Slash-

[Reduced Damage! 6.]

‘It dodged?’

Unexpectedly, the Goblin Scout twisted its body and dodged my sword thrust. How dare it dodge my sword! Still, it didn’t dodge perfectly, so I was able to inflict some damage.

“Kkiik!”

Whack!-

[You have taken damage! -5.]

The Goblin Scout, having dodged my attack, quickly swung its club. I hurriedly raised my arm to block the attack and read the message about my HP decreasing.

‘Damn it. To this Goblin!’

“Die!”

After blocking the Goblin’s attack with my left hand, I swung the longsword in my right hand with all my might. The Goblin was in close proximity due to its attack attempt, so it couldn’t avoid my attack!

Slice!

“Kieek!”

[Hit Damage! 19.]

“Not yet!”

I attacked the Goblin Scout again, who only screamed without dodging.

Stab!-

[Penetration Damage! 29.]

[Acquired 12 Combat Experience!]

‘Phew, I won.’

With my final thrust, the Goblin Scout turned into sparkling silver dust and disappeared. By the way, only 12 experience for this kind of battle? To compare, it’s the same as catching 6 Puddings.

“I’ll heal you.”

‘……It wasn’t 6 Puddings.’

Come to think of it, I’m in a party now. That means the experience is halved. So does that mean the Goblin Scout’s experience is 20? I remember reading on the internet that if there are 2 party members, you get 20% bonus experience. 3 members, 30% bonus experience.

[Party member ‘Yu-a’ casts Healing Touch.]

[Health restored by 12.]

“……12?”

My current HP is 170. But the HP recovered is only 12? Hearing my muttering, Yu-a blushed and lowered her head.

“Um…… the skill recovery amount is 10, and my Faith stat is 2, so it recovers 12.”

“……”

I couldn’t find anything to say to her kind explanation. Of course, I won’t die to a Goblin. The damage I received was small compared to my HP. But her skill’s recovery amount, far less than I expected, made me sigh.

“Let’s keep going.”

“Yes.”

Did she notice my disappointment? She asked cautiously.

“Um, are you disappointed?”

“No, it’s a game that’s only been open for a few hours, so there’s no reason to be disappointed.”

Indeed, Twilight had only been open for a few hours. Moreover, there were a significant number of users. It would be difficult for everyone to level up if they couldn’t catch monsters like Goblins, just like me.

‘Come to think of it, it would be dangerous without armor.’

The damage I received from the Goblin just now was reduced by my defense. Then what about players without armor? It means they’ll take about 30 damage. I also remembered reading somewhere that Twilight’s defense system applies to the whole body.

This meant that even if you only wore gloves, the glove’s defense would apply to the whole body, and this seemed to be the case when considering typical RPG games.

Well, as expected, a game is a game. And this was convenient for me too. If it applied separately to each part, would I have to block with only my vest?

If someone stabbed me in the arm, I couldn’t say, ‘Ah! My upper body armor has higher defense, so I’ll take it in the stomach!’ So it was better for the armor to apply to the whole body.

“Kkiieeeek!”

“Here it comes again.”

As my thoughts were coming to an end, I saw another Goblin Scout and prepared for battle. Should I try attacking first this time? Thinking that the first strike is the most important thing in battle, I rushed towards the Goblin Scout.

“Kiik?”

“Wa Kiik?!”

Slice!

[Hit Damage! 18.]

Calculating, even with the Pudding, there was hit damage, but it was 29 damage. On the other hand, this Goblin also showed hit damage, but the value was 18-19. Seeing this, I could tell that the Goblin Scout’s defense was around 10.

[Reduced Damage! 8.]

‘Ah, it was a bit shallow.’

The second attack didn’t deal much damage because the Goblin Scout twisted its body.

“Kieek!”

Whack!

[You have taken damage! -4.]

“Tsk.”

Slice!

[Hit Damage! 19.]

[Acquired 12 Combat Experience!]

[Ding!~ Party member Rudin has acquired ‘Goblin Paralyzing Needle’.]

[Ding!~ Party member Yu-a has acquired ‘Goblin Club’.]

“Huh? Items?”

It seems the items are automatically distributed? I decided to check the item called Goblin Paralyzing Needle.

[Goblin Paralyzing Needle] (Normal)

Description: A needle that Goblins carry for emergencies. The tip of the needle is coated with a herb that has a paralyzing effect. There’s a high chance of paralysis if you get stabbed.

50% chance of paralysis when stabbed.

One-time use consumable.

‘A one-time consumable item… It’s not particularly good.’

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