Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 79

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟗

Set item? Moreover, a rare-grade set item. Realizing that fact, I looked at the cloak again with surprised eyes.

‘All stats +20 and defense +100.’

Honestly, it’s unbelievably good. I just chose it because I didn’t have a cloak, but this was beyond expectations. However, the only downside is that no matter how much I enhance this cloak, the defense won’t increase.

Of course, even without enhancement, this cloak is nothing short of amazing.

“I can’t believe a rare set came out.”

Before the lingering feeling of excitement disappears, I quickly equip it. At the same time, I replaced the weapon I was holding with the rare sword the Emperor gave me and checked my stats.

[Name: Rudin]

[Title: Guardian of Light]

[Level: 46]

[Fame: 339]

[Guild: Emperor]

[HP: 9847/10023]

[MP: 1087/3790]

[Stamina: 34.7%]

[Attack Power: 737] [Magic Attack Power: 272]

[Defense: 1489] [Magic Defense: 916]

[Stats]

Strength: 527 (333+194) Intelligence: 162 (49+113) Agility: 239 (156+83)

Stamina: 414 (239+175) Magic Power: 282 (66+216) Skill: 135 (115+20)

Fighting Spirit: 60 (10+50) Summoning: 30 (10+20)

[Acquired Skills: 16/20]

“……Finally, I’ve surpassed it.”

10,000 HP.

With stats like these, I could be called a boss monster myself. To put it bluntly, I could even sit at the end of a dungeon instead of a boss.

Is this why people do raids?

The purpose of raids was to acquire better items, so I’ve sufficiently achieved that purpose now.

‘If I acquire the remaining 4 skills here and level up……’

I’ll definitely become much stronger than now. Satisfied with the fact that I still have room to grow, I closed the status window and requested a conversation with Yua. I was thinking of rejoining her since the subjugation was over.

[Connected to the conversation.]

━Ah, Rudin-nim. Are you done with your work?

“Yes. Where are you?”

━Well…… Sina and I entered a Quest Dungeon.

‘Quest Dungeon?’

By Quest Dungeon, she seemed to be referring to the dungeon I had cleared with the NPC Rayan before. And since Quest Dungeons are places you can only enter after receiving a specific quest, it was nearly impossible to follow her blindly.

“When will you finish?”

━I don’t know. I think we’re lost, but I’ll contact you when we’re done and head back to the village.

‘Hmm.’

Would that be better?

Even if I went, I couldn’t enter the Quest Dungeon Yua is in. That’s because even if I received the quest and entered the dungeon, it would be applied as my personal dungeon. So, unless Yua came out herself, I couldn’t meet her.

Conversely, there’s the option of waiting outside the dungeon, but…… that would be burdensome for both me and Yua.

“Okay, please contact me when you get back to the village.”

━I’ll try to finish as soon as possible.

Perhaps because she was busier than expected, Yua ended the conversation after leaving those words. Thanks to that, I had some free time and thought about what I could do.

‘Should I do a quest?’

Or crafting? Or maybe skill training?

If not that……

[Requesting a conversation with friend ‘ Raz ‘.]

[Connected to the conversation.]

After pondering for a while, I gave up on crafting and training and contacted Raz. We had promised to go to the Duel Arena together, so I thought it would be better to do it now to avoid any misunderstandings later.

━Yeah, why?

“I was thinking of going to the Duel Arena together.”

━Oh? Really?

“I promised. And it’s better to do it now than later.”

━Yay!~ Wait a minute. No, where are you? I’ll go there.

“Here? This is……”

I inadvertently told him my location, and Raz immediately ended the conversation. Is he that excited? I tilted my head in wonder and soon, within minutes, saw Raz arrive.

“Whew, did you wait long?”

“Not really. But why are you in such a hurry?”

“Because it’s a chance to raise my points. I’ve been in the Duel Arena all this time, but I don’t even have 100 points.”

“You mean you haven’t won even 10 times?”

“I think I’ve won more than 10 times? But I lose 5 points every time I lose.”

‘Ah, so that’s the system.’

You get 10 points for winning. Conversely, you lose 5 points for losing. In that case, it might be difficult to obtain the rare material box that can be purchased with 15,000 points. After all, the number of wins has to be higher than the number of losses for points to accumulate.

“You’ve been through a lot.”

“You think so too, right? I was so stressed I almost went crazy. Anyway, let’s form a party first.”

A party?

I silently form a party. According to him, if you enter the Duel Arena while in a party, you can enter simultaneously. So, if Raz and I form a party, we can fight on the same team in the Duel Arena.

“How many versus how many do you want to do?”

“It has to be 2:2.”

“2:2? Okay. Also, there are Representative Matches and Cooperative Matches. Which one do you want to do?”

Representative Matches and Cooperative Matches?

“What’s the difference?”

“In Representative Matches, one person comes out and fights. If you defeat your opponent, the next opponent comes up, and if you defeat all opponents like that, you win. Conversely, in Cooperative Matches, everyone comes up and fights together.”

After hearing the explanation, there was nothing to think about.

“Let’s do Cooperative Matches.”

“Is there a reason?”

“It’ll end faster that way.”

At my words, Raz made a somewhat impressed expression and then nodded.

“Entering Duel Arena. Team Match. 2:2. And Cooperative Match.”

[Party member ‘ Raz ‘ is entering the Duel Arena. Will you enter together?]

I accepted, and the duel match started immediately.

[The duel match has been made.]

[3, 2, 1……]

Whoosh!━

The place we were transported to with a flash of light. I looked at Raz standing next to me and then turned my head to look at the opponents. Two men, I see? They look like a warrior and a magician. While thinking it was a relatively good combination of members, I could hear their conversation.

“Oh? A man and a woman entered.”

“Must be lovers.”

“We absolutely have to win this round.”

‘What are they assuming on their own?’

[The duel with the opponent will begin. 3, 2, 1……]

[Duel Start.]

‘Let’s see Raz’s skills first.’

I observe Raz while moderately dealing with the warrior-type player. Raz was showing a form of checking the other player by shooting arrows, and that player started to counter Raz by using a protective shield and various attack magic.

“Where are you looking?!”

Clang!━

[Overwhelming defense! You take no damage!]

“Wh, What?!”

It’s understandable that he’d be distracted.

I swing my sword at a moderate speed. The guy was startled even by my attack like this and hurriedly dodged it, and I leisurely observed the situation again.

“Concentrated Fire!”

“Ugh, Hey, you! Quickly finish him off and let’s do something about that woman!”

“Shut up! If you don’t know, keep your mouth shut!”

The battle between the archer and the magician.

At a glance, it seemed like Raz had the upper hand. Some of the arrows he continuously shot penetrated, dealing damage, and he was also using his higher agility than the opponent to move around and avoid the incoming magic.

“Ugh!”

On the other hand, the magician could hardly avoid the arrows. As soon as I thought the match was practically decided, the magician was hit by Raz’s arrow and collapsed, and after confirming that, I decided to end it here.

“Shield Bash!”

Kaboom!━

[Skill Damage! 943.]

“Damn it, just how high is your defense?!”

“It’s a bit high.”

Thud!━

[You have won the duel.]

[You have acquired 20 points.]

‘Huh? 20 points?’

After easily defeating the opponent, I saw the message that I had acquired 20 points. It seems like I got 20 points because we fought 2:2, but……

‘Then do I lose 10 points if I lose here?’

Of course, it doesn’t matter.

Whether I lose 10 points or 20 points, I had no intention of losing. No, if possible, I want to fight 1:10. Then wouldn’t I get 100 points every time I win? If I fight 150 times there, it becomes 15,000 points.

“Wow, you win so easily.”

“This much is nothing.”

Perhaps because we won as easily as expected, the smile didn’t leave Raz’s face. In addition, it seems like all that’s left now is to raise our points.

*　*　*

“Today was so much fun!”

After that, I continued to win with Raz and raised our points. We must have played for at least 3 hours. It was longer than I expected, but Raz didn’t even show any signs of boredom. Perhaps he found it fun to win for 3 hours straight.

Well, since he’s been winning and losing repeatedly until now, it’s not strange that he’d find it fun to win for 3 hours straight.

“Ah, Rudin, how many points do you have?”

“Points?”

Come to think of it, my points are……

‘2520 points?’

In other words, I won 125 times in 3 hours. It was still far from the 15,000 points, but if I keep up this momentum, it might be possible within a week.

The problem is that I’d have to live in the Duel Arena like today every day.

“2520 points.”

“2520 points? You must have done Individual Matches too.”

“I did, just twice.”

“Come to think of it, you wouldn’t have had time to go to the Duel Arena because of the Bamut Cult. What are you going to do now?”

“Well, I don’t know.”

Surprisingly, even while I was raising points in the Duel Arena, I didn’t get a call from Yua. Is she doing such a difficult quest that she can’t even contact me? Recalling what Yua said, it seems like she’s lost, so it must not be easy.

Then, at that moment.

[‘ Aizen ‘ of the Emperor Guild has invited you to the guild chat.]

[Would you like to accept?]

‘Huh? Why is this guy contacting me again?’

I thought Aizen would be quiet for a while since we succeeded in subjugating the Bamut Cult, but I received a call from him again. What should I call this? I was curious about what he would say since he contacted me again less than a day later.

He wasn’t the type to contact me for something useless.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, I got a call from the guild.”

After briefly answering, I accepted Aizen’s conversation request and soon heard his voice.

━Rudin-nim. I’m sorry, but I have something to ask, so I contacted you.

“Something to ask?”

━Do you happen to have the equipment that dropped from the Bamut Pope?

Equipment that dropped from the Pope?

It’s only been a few hours since the subjugation. Therefore, I could recall it without thinking, and it was the Bamut Pope’s Belt.

“I do have a belt. But why?”

━Eris-nim said she wants to buy all of the Bamut Pope’s equipment. But she hasn’t been able to get the last piece, so I contacted you just in case.

It seems like I contacted you at the right time. Aizen added. Listening to the explanation, it seemed like a guild member named Eris wanted to collect all of the Bamut Pope’s equipment.

And it seemed like she had already collected everything except the belt I have.

‘But if it’s Eris…… Ah, she’s the healer from that time.’

The D-rank quest we did together as guild members about a week ago came to mind. Remembering that the person in charge of healing in that quest was Eris, I understood why she was collecting the Pope’s equipment.

“But she’s not just asking for it, right?”

The Pope’s Belt isn’t good enough for me to wear anyway. Since it mainly increases the ‘Faith’ stat, which I don’t have, is there any reason for me to wear it? Therefore, it would be better to sell it if I could, but the problem was the price.

Or is 5 million won nothing to Eris?

━Yes. Eris-nim said she’s willing to pay up to 5 million won.

“5 million won?”

If the Bamut Pope’s Belt was rare-grade, 5 million won would be ridiculously insufficient. But the belt is magic-grade. Even though it’s a set item, it’s hard to believe that she’d pay 5 million won.

━Perhaps she’s considering the rarity value. The Bamut Cult is unlikely to reappear. And if that’s the case, there’s a high possibility that the Pope’s items will be the only ones in existence.

“Ah, right. There won’t be another subjugation quest.”

Conversely, what if the Bamut Cult reappears by any chance? Wouldn’t Eris be the only one at a loss? Of course, there’s no chance of me losing out in this deal.

“Okay. Where should I go?”

━Please come to the mansion.

After hearing that, I ended the conversation with a reply that I understood. Now I just need to go to the mansion and trade with Eris.

“Then I’ll be going first.”

“Guild business? Okay. See you next time.”

Raz, who had overheard my conversation with Aizen, seemed to understand the situation. Anyway, I said goodbye to Raz and headed to the mansion Aizen mentioned.

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