Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 15

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 15

“So, what are their levels?”

“Levels?”

“You didn’t bring them without checking their levels, did you?”

“Hahaha……”

He let out a somewhat awkward laugh and turned to me.

“Excuse me, but your level is……”

“7.”

“I’m level 9.”

‘9?’

I spent time working on skill books and searching for boss monsters, but I didn’t know Yua’s level would be 9. As expected, is leveling up just simple grinding? Anyway, after hearing my and Yua’s levels, he nodded.

“Not low.”

The other friend seemed to think it was okay too. He showed it by nodding his head. Moreover, seeing their reactions, it seemed like my level was the lowest.

“So, what do you think? No complaints?”

“It’s fine if it’s around that level.”

“Good.”

[Player ‘Kares’ has requested to party with you. Will you accept?]

A message window popped up in front of me as soon as he finished speaking. I accepted the party invitation without much hesitation.

“Accept.”

[You have joined the party.]

[Current party members: 4 (Rudin, Kares, Geo, Yena)]

[Guild quest ‘Eliminate the Black Magician’ is shared.]

‘Guild quest? It’s automatically shared when joining a party.’

[Player ‘Yua’ has joined the party.]

[Current party members: 5 (Rudin, Kares, Geo, Yena, Yua)]

“Now that we have all the members, let’s depart. Are you ready?”

“Yes.”

Everyone nods, as if they don’t have anything special to prepare.

“Then let’s move. Quest start.”

[You have started the quest. Would you like to move to the quest location?]

As the player named Kares said “Quest start,” a new message window appeared in front of me. I wondered what would happen if I refused here, but I decided to move for now.

“Yes.”

[Moving to the quest location.]

Pabat!-

With a white light, I was transported somewhere. Where is this? At first glance, I could tell it was a cave, but I didn’t know what kind of cave it was. All I knew was that it was probably a cave where monsters would pop out.

‘Well, there’s no way monsters wouldn’t appear in a quest with a recommended party size of 5.’

“Hmm. Everyone has arrived.”

Then, Kares, the party leader, spoke while checking everyone.

“Since there are those who haven’t heard, I’ll explain the quest details again. It’s easy. There’s a Black Magician named Zeld here. The quest ends when you kill him.”

‘Black Magician?’

Wouldn’t it be dangerous? I’ve never fought an opponent who uses magic. However, I wasn’t even nervous because I had my overwhelming defense.

“Then shall we go?”

As Kares took the lead, the rest of us followed behind him. As I walked, I looked at the party members’ equipment. Kares held daggers in both hands, Geo had a blunt weapon and a shield, and the woman named Yena had a bow.

‘They’re all holding different weapons. But daggers?’

In my opinion, daggers are not suitable for combat. Because unless you have incredibly high agility, you’ll definitely get hit.

The reason is the length of the dagger. Daggers are too short. So you have to fight as close as possible, and if your agility isn’t high, daggers are weapons that are highly likely to be countered.

I’d rather have a longsword like me.

“Woof, woof woof!”

‘Huh? I hear something familiar?’

“Woof! Intruders! Intruders!”

As expected, what appeared in front of us were Kobolds. But they were a little different from the Kobolds I saw in the mine. They had swords and shields in their hands. And even armor.

I instinctively checked their name.

[Kobold Warrior]

‘So they’re Kobold Warriors.’

Three Kobold Warriors appeared. Of course, I could handle them alone, but…… there’s no need to draw unnecessary attention, right?

“Kobold Warriors? Rudin-nim, Yua-nim. Could you take care of one each?”

“Sure.”

As expected, my level seems to be the lowest.

Otherwise, there’s no way he would ask me and Yua to handle one each. Anyway, I replied that I understood and took on one Kobold.

“I’ll draw its attention, so please stab it when you see an opening.”

“Yes.”

Chaeng-

The cave itself was quite spacious, so there was no problem with movement. I roughly parried the Kobold’s weapon swings while fighting, and in the meantime, I could see what Yua was doing.

Tat-

‘Hmm?’

Yua jumped out next to me, pulling her spear back as far as possible. As she stepped forward, she thrust her spear. The spear she thrust pierced straight through the Kobold’s body.

Puck!-

“Kyaeng!”

“Skill use! Strong Strike!”

[Skill Damage! 94.]

[Combat Experience 15 acquired!]

Penetration damage ignores defense. With that penetration damage and my skill added on top, the Kobold died instantly.

That aside, it’s an unexpected sight, isn’t it?

I thought, looking at Yua. She had never used a spear before, but I could feel that her attack was somehow clean. Or maybe my eyes are wrong.

‘Is it possible that the spear is unexpectedly a good fit for her?’

I came to a simple conclusion and looked at the others. Well, they were handling things smoothly. Among them, Kares, whom I was most worried about, was attacking the Kobold much faster than I expected.

‘Wow~ He’s so fast? There’s another one like the Blood Wolf here.’

Chak!- Chachachak!-

He slightly dodged the Kobold’s swinging sword and slashed it with his daggers. After a few such attacks, the Kobold Warrior collapsed, and I looked at the last remaining player, Geo.

He’s the most ordinary, I guess?

He blocked incoming attacks and swung his blunt weapon. Yena supported him by shooting arrows, and they defeated the Kobold Warrior in an ordinary way.

[Combat Experience 15 acquired!]

[Ding~ Party member Geo has acquired ‘Kobold Tooth’.]

“You were the first to kill it, Rudin-nim.”

“I guess I was lucky.”

Of course, it’s modesty. Of course, I can’t shout that even if hundreds of these Kobold Warriors attacked me, I wouldn’t be scared! Because there was no need to provoke the party members I was fighting with.

“Was it luck? Haha, let’s keep moving forward for now.”

With Kares’ words, the party started walking again. I also walked and spoke to Yua, who was walking quietly beside me.

“How’s the weapon?”

“It’s really good. My damage just now was 52.”

Dealing 52 damage without using a skill was impressive. Is it the penetration damage after all? Thinking about it, Yua’s spear had an option that increased penetration probability.

Even so……

‘I’m glad.’

I thought, looking at Yua smiling happily. It felt like I was seeing her smile for the first time. Maybe she gained confidence from the battle just now.

Interpreting it positively, I followed Kares.

***

The progress was really leisurely.

All the party members, including myself, could handle the Kobold Warriors, and only 3 to 5 Kobold Warriors appeared at a time. Even if 5 Kobold Warriors appeared, it was practically a 1:1 battle, so no major problems occurred.

‘By the way…… this is really useful!’

What I couldn’t help but admire was the ‘Shield Bash’ skill I learned at the library. The damage that came out in the battle with the Kobold just now was a whopping 172.

It was about twice the damage of Strong Strike.

“Detailed Information. Shield Bash.”

[F-rank Shield Bash Effect] (LV1)

━Applies defense as damage.

━Additional damage 5.

*Consumes 10 Magic Power when used.

*Consumes 0.5% Stamina when used.

The content is really nothing special. And it’s not good either. Normally, attack power is higher than defense. But applying defense, which is lower than attack power, as damage? It’s a skill that no one would use, but the story is different for me, who has a title.

Defense increases by 100, and there’s an additional 10% defense!

Perhaps it’s a skill that only I, who possesses the Shield of Protection, can use. Because other people probably can’t achieve the same damage as me.

‘I’m glad I learned the shield skill.’

“Ah, there’s a door over there.”

“Maybe Zeld is inside.”

“Why? Are you nervous?”

Hearing the conversation between Kares and Geo, I looked at the door in front of me. Hmm, have we arrived already? It felt like we arrived quickly because there weren’t any particularly difficult battles.

“Who’s nervous? Just open the door already.”

At Geo’s reply, Kares approached the door. But suddenly, I could see Yua next to me getting nervous.

‘Why is she nervous?’

She was just stabbing Kobolds with her spear a while ago.

For reference, Yua was now capable of handling Kobold Warriors alone. Stabbing with the spear, then retreating slightly. And quickly stabbing the Kobold that rushes towards her.

It was a bit strange, so I looked closely and realized it was the method I used when fighting monsters. Did she imitate my movements?

‘……That can’t be it.’

Fighting styles are all similar. Thinking that it couldn’t be helped, I turned my gaze towards Kares, who was about to open the door.

“Then I’ll open it.”

Clank-

Creak-

As the iron door opened and we stepped inside, a fairly large space appeared. And at the end of the space, a magician wearing a black robe stood, exuding a gloomy atmosphere and speaking coldly.

“As expected…… I shouldn’t have placed those foolish Kobolds as guards.”

Is that magician Zeld? Well, looking at the name displayed above his head, I was sure.

[Black Magician Zeld (BOSS)]

“But there’s nothing you can do.”

Now, shall I attack?

I didn’t want to listen to his rambling, so I was about to attack, but unfortunately, my body wouldn’t move.

What’s this? This somehow reminds me of Jayer’s Guardian Shield.

And while I was having such thoughts, suddenly Kares stepped forward and pointed his finger at Zeld.

“Black Magician Zeld! Your evil deeds end here!”

“Hufufu. You guild dogs dare to speak such nonsense. Fine. I’ll let you feel despair.”

[Battle with Black Magician Zeld begins.]

My body became free to move along with the message window. It seemed like an event for dialogue.

“Phew, I can move now. I wondered what was happening since I was moving automatically.”

“Let’s fight for now.”

I immediately prepared for battle, and so did Zeld.

“Rise, my faithful slaves.”

[Black Magician Zeld casts a summoning spell.]

[Kobold Zombies are summoned.]

Pabat!-

[Kobold Zombie]

Suddenly, five Kobold Zombies appeared around Zeld. What are those zombies? The Kobold Zombies, with an appearance similar to the existing Kobold Warriors, each held weapons and glowed with red eyes.

“Go. Go and take their blood!”

“Coming! Yena-nim! Please snipe Zeld! I ask the others to block the zombies.”

Kares used his characteristically fast movements to try and approach Zeld.

Does he want to take the boss for himself?

It doesn’t matter who takes it since we’re in a party anyway. I took my eyes off Kares and raised my shield towards the approaching Kobold Zombies.

Clang!-

[Damage received! -1.]

“Kuaaah……!”

“Skill use. Shield Bash!”

I blocked the attack quite easily and slammed my shield into the Kobold Zombie.

Pow!-

[Skill Damage! 157.]

“Skill use. Strong Strike!”

[Skill Damage! 79.]

How’s that?! With this, Kobold Zombies or whatever……

‘Huh?’

“Kuaa……ah……!!”

‘It’s not dead?’

That means its HP is at least over 200. If I hadn’t obtained the Shield of Protection, it might have been a dangerous situation. Anyway, it’s not a problem for me, but……

“The burning flames of darkness will burn even your souls.”

“……Damn it.”

Slash!-

[Hit Damage! 49.]

[Combat Experience 24 acquired!]

I quickly killed the Kobold Zombie and turned my head towards Zeld. As expected, it was a magic spell, and black-red flames arose around Zeld.

Whoosh!-

‘What are Kares and Yena doing?’

As I thought that, I saw Kares. He was dodging the Kobold Zombies clinging to him and approaching Zeld.

Oh! Yes, go! Cancel that magic!

“Kkuk, foolish. Trap Activation.”

Kwaang!!-

The moment he said “Trap Activation,” an explosion occurred beneath Kares’ feet as he approached. There was no dodging or anything. It was an explosion that happened in an instant.

“Kares!”

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