Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 35

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 35

‘Are there about 15 of them left?’

The skill range of Cold Wave was incredibly wide. Because of that, all the players swept within its range died, but still, a few who escaped to the side remained.

However, no matter how much they struggled, it was impossible to defeat Turu.

Besides, with the entrance blocked, there was no way they could do anything. Thinking that far, I decided to replenish my stamina until the remaining players died.

“What kind of raid is this!”

“I told you we were tricked!”

“Damn it. I’ll see at least one more skill before I die!”

Well, the remaining players fought for their lives, but the result was futile.

“Tree Root Bind.”

Kwadeung!-

‘It’s over.’

Turu, thinking that all the players were within range, immediately struck the ground with his staff to summon tree roots. Seeing the players bound by those roots, I thought it was over.

Damage of 1,000.

Even I wouldn’t be able to have 1,000 HP without an S-rank skill and title. Would those guys be any different? And as I expected, I could see all the players bound by the tree roots turn gray.

‘Am I the only one left?’

Since my stamina was also somewhat replenished, I thought I could probably make one last attack.

‘If I had known this would happen, I should have left my money in the bank.’

I thought the raid would somehow work out since the number of players gathered was considerable, but this was a strength beyond my imagination.

Anyway.

“Hoo, shall we try?”

Having killed all the players, Turu’s gaze turned towards me again.

“Now you’re the only one left.”

“……Jayer’s Guardian Shield.”

Pabat!-

[S-rank Skill, Jayer’s Guardian Shield is activated.]

[Consumes 600 Magic Power.]

[Insufficient Magic Power.]

[Stamina consumption doubled.]

A pillar of pure white light.

Until now, it felt like a light of hope that could solve anything, but now I didn’t feel that way at all. It’s because I knew this was the last attack. Anyway, after casting Jayer’s Guardian Shield, I used the next skill as well.

“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift!”

Pat!-

Instantly, I moved next to Turu. The distance between me and Turu is now 5 meters. Since there was already a phantom, Turu’s gaze wasn’t directed at me. And if it was now, it felt like I could succeed in the attack.

Yes, if it’s now, it’s possible.

“Giant’s Sprint!”

Kwakwakwak!!-

At this moment, I didn’t care about stamina consumption. I only focused on the fact that the distance between me and Turu was close. My Agility, boosted by Jayer’s Guardian Shield, was 333. Even excluding this Agility, since I was in stealth, the attack couldn’t fail.

Kwaaang!!-

[Skill Damage! 727.]

“Keurk!”

The damage was much greater than expected.

However, Turu, whose Strength was higher than mine, wasn’t knocked back. After a brief groan, Turu quickly regained his posture and pulled his staff back. Seeing that, alarm bells rang in my head.

I have to dodge!

I didn’t know what would happen if I got hit by that staff. I wouldn’t die since my HP was increased to 2,000 by Jayer’s Guardian Shield, but I didn’t know what would happen while I was momentarily stunned.

Then.

Zing-

‘Ugh.’

Along with the thought of having to dodge, a faint sense of anxiety washed over me. It was faint, but I recognized it. It was the sensation from Intuition, which I had used consecutively to create weapons today.

Why did it activate now?

But without a moment to ponder, I lowered my head according to that intuition.

Paang!-

The sound of something cutting through the air. And the message that popped up in front of me.

[You have received damage. -142.]

‘Did it just graze me?’

I couldn’t believe it. I had just dodged the attack of a monster with over 1,000 Agility. How could this be possible? As soon as I thought that, a sense of anxiety washed over me again, and before I could react to that anxiety, I felt something hit my knee.

Kwang!-

“Keuk!”

[You have received damage. -829.]

Damage of 800?

It was different from before. The effect of Jayer’s Guardian Shield? No, the damage wouldn’t be reduced this much just by the shield. Perhaps the damage was mitigated a bit because the area hit was my leg.

‘It’s over anyway.’

With that thought, I felt a sensation of being hit in the head.

Puck!-

[You have received damage. -1,249.]

‘Yes, this is the damage.’

Nodding inwardly, I felt all the strength drain from my body due to the staff that flew in again and collapsed backward. And in front of me, a window I had never seen before appeared.

[You have died.]

[Transitioning to Soul State.]

[If someone casts a resurrection-related spell on you, you can come back to life, but if not, please end the connection. You can connect again in 1 hour due to the death penalty.]

“Damn it, how are you supposed to clear this raid?”

My body, which had transitioned to Soul State, was just floating in the air in a translucent state. The problem was that I couldn’t move. At least I could turn my head, but no matter how much I looked around, there were no surviving players.

‘Annihilation. I knew it, but……’

It seemed there were no players who luckily survived.

Come to think of it, was I really tricked, like that player said?

A Raid is a Raid for a reason. No matter how much I thought about it, the feeling that I was tricked wouldn’t go away. First, they throw all the players forward, and then they retrieve the book in the Chieftain’s house.

Even I thought it was a perfect scenario.

‘But it doesn’t matter since I’m already dead.’

Tsk, my first death in Twilight was like this.

The death penalty also bothered me, but what bothered me more was the battle just now. Why did Intuition activate? And the activated Intuition was strange too. The Intuition I had used so far had always been accompanied by a tremendous sense of anxiety, but the Intuition in the battle just now was too faint.

‘It definitely was Intuition, since I dodged the attack.’

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure it out.

“……Should I just log out for now?”

Thinking wouldn’t provide any answers, and no one would resurrect me if I waited here, so logging out seemed like the right thing to do.

“Hoo, log out.”

[Logging out.]

[Again, on the streets illuminated by Twilight……]

Pat-

“Haa.”

After logging out, I let out a long breath, feeling languid. This languor made me feel like I would fall asleep right away. Honestly, the chair inside the capsule was quite comfortable, so there wouldn’t be any problem if I fell asleep like this.

But I can’t sleep. Even if I do, I need to wash up first.

I got out of the capsule and checked the time. It was currently 3 PM. Originally, I could have played until past 5 PM.

‘Well, there’s no point regretting it since I’m already dead.’

No matter how much I thought about it, the feeling of being used couldn’t be erased. But what could I do? It was entirely my choice to follow them, and it was my weakness that led to my death by Turu.

“I wonder if I could beat him if my level was around 60.”

I thought it would be okay to challenge him then, as my skill levels and equipment would be considerably upgraded by that time. Moreover, I currently have 9 skills left to learn. If my level was around 60, I would have acquired all those 9 skills, so I wouldn’t be completely overwhelmed by Turu.

I couldn’t guarantee victory, though.

After finishing my thoughts, I headed to the bathroom to wash up. After washing away the sweat in the bathroom and sitting back in front of the computer, I immediately logged into the Twilight homepage.

“Hmm?”

Logging into the Twilight homepage was good. It was good, but the homepage had changed. It had become somewhat more flashy, so it seemed they had revamped it. And there was even this message at the top of the homepage.

[Twilight Video Update!]

[We will be holding a monthly video event. We look forward to the participation of many users.]

“Video event?”

I clicked on it.

“So……”

The content of the video event was as follows:

Record a video in Twilight and upload it to the homepage. If the video uploaded to the homepage is good, it can receive recommendations, and the person who uploaded the video with the most recommendations will receive a prize of 3 million won.

Second place is 2 million won. Third place is 1 million won.

“Are they doing this every month?”

The prize money is substantial.

Looking it up, there was indeed a separate video bulletin board. Just in case, I went to that bulletin board and there was already a video with over 1,000 recommendations.

What is this video that has over 1,000 recommendations?

It was strange that a video had over 1,000 recommendations on a video bulletin board that seemed to have been created only a few hours ago.

So, I clicked on the video and saw the title……

[S-Rank Skill Appears!]

“Huh? S-Rank?”

Somehow, the title was completely unexpected, so for a moment I thought, ‘Is it about me?’ But calmly thinking about it, it didn’t seem to be the case. I had never revealed that I had an S-rank skill, so how could they conclude it was an S-rank?

‘I’ll know once I see it.’

Click-

With that conclusion, I played the video.

When I played the video, a man I had never seen before was staring at a monster while holding a sword. Although it was a monster I had never seen before, judging from its distorted pig-like face, it seemed to be an Orc.

‘But why is he wearing that kind of armor?’

The Orc in the video was wearing iron armor, albeit a bit crudely made. The Orc, almost fully armored, was fighting fiercely with the man in the video, and although it might be because I was watching it through a video, it was quite fast.

Chang!- Chaechang!-

‘He’s gradually being pushed back.’

He was fighting better than I expected, but the Orc’s attacks were gradually grazing the player’s body. On the other hand, the player’s sword was repeatedly blocked by the Orc’s sword, so anyone watching could guess that the player was being pushed back.

But then.

━Extinction Sword.

Pabat!-

‘Extinction Sword?’

A golden light surged from the sword of the man who shouted those words. The man who summoned the golden light, almost 2 meters long, immediately swung it towards the Orc, and the golden sword pierced through the Orc’s body.

“Oh?”

Is that the S-rank skill?

Unlike the skills I had acquired so far, it was a proper offensive skill. As expected of an S-rank, right? The battle that had felt disadvantageous was instantly reversed, killing the Orc instantly, and the man sheathed his sword with an indifferent expression.

“I wish I had gotten an offensive skill like that.”

If I had, I could have hunted monsters until my stamina limit, recovered my stamina, and repeated the process, increasing my hunting speed several times over. But the reality was that I, who only had S-rank support and movement skills, could only be envious.

“By the way, there’s also content.”

There was a message written by the author below the video.

[Content: Did you see it? Finally, our Guild Master has drawn an S-rank skill. It’s a skill called Sepion’s Extinction Sword, and I’ll show you the stats for this skill as well.]

Below that content, a picture was attached. Since only the owner can see the stats, it was probably a picture taken by the person who used Extinction Sword himself.

Anyway, the stats of the S-rank skill in the picture were as follows:

[S-Rank Sepion’s Extinction Sword Effect] (LV1)

━Attack Power increased by 100.

━All stats are applied as additional damage.

━Sword skill speed increased by 100.

━100% penetration effect upon hitting an enemy.

━Temporarily decreases all stats of the enemy by 1% upon hitting them.

━Exhaustion for 30 seconds after use.

━Single attack.

*Consumes 300 Magic Power upon use.

*Consumes 10% Stamina upon use.

“Hmm.”

Looking at the abilities in the picture captured with Detailed Information, I thought, ‘As expected of an S-rank.’ Moreover, a 100% penetration effect? This meant that if you were hit, you would definitely receive the maximum damage.

Isn’t that broken?

Frankly, I doubted if there would be any player who could survive after being hit by that.

‘Well, of course, I would survive.’

My current HP is over 2,000. It’s enough HP to not die in one hit even if I’m hit by Turu. Even that Extinction Sword wouldn’t be enough to kill me.

[And this is the title I obtained after acquiring the S-rank skill.]

[Extinction Sword] (Title)

Description: Sepion, called the pinnacle of the sword. You have acquired his ultimate technique!

━Additional 10% Attack Power.

━30% increase in Sword skill damage.

━50% reduction in Magic Power consumption for Sword skills.

……I would still survive…… right?

Come to think of it, I also acquired a title through Jayer’s Guardian Shield. I don’t know why Elsyke’s Phantom Shift doesn’t give a title, but it seems this person acquired a title in the same way as me.

“By the way, the comments are going crazy.”

Most of them were filled with comments like ‘This is broken,’ ‘This is a completely insane skill!’, ‘I want an S-rank too!’

Certainly, even in my eyes, it was a skill and title with a strong broken aspect, but……

‘It’s not really my place to say anything.’

I also possess an S-rank skill. Two of them, in fact. No matter how great Extinction Sword is, it wouldn’t work on me.

‘As long as I don’t get hit. I can win if I use Phantom Shift to confuse him and then attack.’

After briefly comparing my strength with the guy in the video, I read the last message written.

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