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“……It’s been how many days since I last logged in?”
Counting back the days, it had been 5 days since I last logged in. If I hadn’t been hospitalized, wouldn’t I have made over 1 million won, even if I was just playing around? Thinking like that, I felt like I had wasted time, but it was my own fault, so there was nothing I could do.
‘Well, it’s a relief that I was discharged today.’
My body recovered faster than expected at the hospital. Thanks to that, I was able to be discharged today, but if not, there was a high possibility that I would still be lying in the hospital bed, just wasting time.
Let’s see…… Do I have to earn money as soon as I log in?
That worry was meaningless, as there was the simplest method. That was to sell the dice I received as a quest reward. If I sold the dice, which might be the first Unique item in Twilight, I felt like I could touch a huge amount of money.
Or I could earn money by enhancing items for others.
I could think like this because my Luck stat had increased. Currently, my Luck is 221. If I use Shield of Protection here, it becomes 271. With that much Luck, I could earn money by enhancing for others, but since my character was already too well-known, I decided to give up.
I didn’t know what people would say if my Luck was high along with my strength, so it was more convenient to give up in many ways.
‘But how did I end up caring about other people?’
This was the first time in several years of playing games that I had felt this way. It’s still not something I’m used to, is it? Looking at it that way, Aizen was amazing. He acted calmly even while being in that position.
‘Anyway, what I have to do is……’
Two things?
Remembering those two tasks, I logged into Twilight after a long time.
[May you find what you desire on the streets illuminated by Twilight……]
The place I was transported to after logging in was Loughton Village. I had been forcibly logged out here after finishing the gambling quest, so it was natural that I would be here. Of course, for me, who has a Return Scroll, my current location didn’t matter.
“First……”
I checked my funds, which could be considered the most important thing.
[656 Gold 99 Silver 57 Copper]
‘Wow~ It’s amazing to see it directly.’
A whopping amount exceeding 600 Gold. If I buy the Luxury Shop Box here, 500 Gold will disappear, but it doesn’t matter. Because I can get a Unique item from that box. Thinking that way, I was about to return home using the Return Scroll.
[Friend ‘ Raz ‘ has requested a conversation. Will you accept?]
“Huh?”
Ah, right. There was Raz.
Just as I was about to return, I checked the conversation request from Raz and accepted it before taking out the Return Scroll.
[Connected to the conversation.]
I think I knew why Raz contacted me here. This trashy system had informed everyone of my condition, so it was natural for him to contact me if he was even slightly worried. And as soon as I connected to the conversation, I could hear Raz’s voice shouting the words I had expected.
━Hey! What happened to you all this time?!
‘But what should I answer?’
While thinking, I opened my mouth.
“I was hospitalized.”
━Hospitalized? How?
“That……”
Naturally, my words were blocked. I couldn’t say that I was hospitalized because I used Intuition, and conversely, I couldn’t say that I collapsed from starvation. Even at the hospital, I said that, and Yua didn’t say things like moving, did she?
She ended up moving anyway.
Anyway, after thinking about it carefully, I thought that Raz wouldn’t go that far, so I decided to answer a little indirectly. Since Raz must have received the message that my condition was critical, he would have guessed to some extent.
“I ended up like this because I was only playing games. Don’t worry about it.”
━Games? You didn’t just play games without eating, did you?
“……”
How did he guess it right away?
Moreover, it was hard to deny even though it wasn’t true. To deny it, I had to come up with another excuse, but I couldn’t think of anything. Anyway, as if my silence had answered, Raz said in a lamenting tone.
━Rudin is a game addict……
‘Why are you shocked?’
Frankly, among the top-ranked players, who isn’t an addict? Rather, I’m nothing. Some people say they repeat 6 hours of gaming and 2 hours of sleep, so compared to them, I’m relatively normal.
━Are you okay now? You’re not hurting anywhere, are you?
“I’m fine, so I logged in. Don’t worry.”
━Be careful from now on. Make sure to eat regularly.
I don’t know why I have to listen to these words, but since he’s worried about me, it was hard to say anything.
“……Okay.”
━Yeah. Oh, right. I found a dungeon, wanna go together?
“A dungeon?”
It seems he found another dungeon while I was hospitalized. But right now, I had things to do, so I couldn’t go to the dungeon.
“It’s a bit difficult today, I’ll go tomorrow.”
━Tomorrow? Okay, got it.
Making a dungeon appointment with Raz like that, I finally used the Return Scroll to go to my house……
[‘ Aizen ‘ of the Emperor Guild has invited you to the guild chat.]
[Will you accept?]
“Ah, really. Accept.”
I’m just trying to go home, why are so many people interrupting me?! Anyway, after accepting Aizen’s invitation, I could hear his voice soon after.
━Did something happen in the past few days?
“Because of the connection? I was hospitalized until today.”
━Hospitalized? You must have been hurt somewhere.
“Ah…… I fell down the stairs.”
Fortunately, since I wasn’t registered as a friend with Aizen, I came up with an excuse that wouldn’t raise any questions. Honestly, I didn’t want to hear the same thing repeated over and over again.
━Are you alright?
“I’m fine, so I logged in. I’m all better now.”
━I understand. Oh, there’s an executive evaluation in two days, wouldn’t you like to come, Rudin-nim?
“Me? Do I need to go too?”
━There are a few guild members who want to challenge Rudin-nim along with the evaluation. I wanted to finish it all at this opportunity.
“……Challenge me?”
What are those guys who are challenging me thinking? Thinking about it carefully, it’s absurd. If Aizen had said he wanted to fight me, I would understand. But a guild member?
━The fact that you couldn’t log in recently seems to have had a big impact. In the meantime, the guild members who have improved their skills think it’s worth challenging.
“Crazy.”
Well, it’s roughly saying that I rested for about 5 days, and in the meantime, the guild members got stronger, so it’s worth challenging? Honestly, challenging me is fine, but the fact that they thought like that was annoying.
“You said it’s in two days?”
━Yes.
“Okay. I’ll go then.”
━You can come to the Guild Castle.
“Yeah.”
[Exiting the guild chat.]
‘I logged in after a long time, and I’m experiencing all sorts of strange things.’
No, maybe it was natural. The skills and levels of the players playing Twilight are increasing day by day. Just looking at online games, there are many people who play like crazy, aren’t there? Since there are many such people in Twilight, it’s not something I can’t understand.
Of course, I’ll crush all the b*stards who challenge me.
“Tsk.”
[Using the Return Scroll.]
Fwoosh!━
This time, no one contacted me, so I could move straight to the mansion. There was no one in the mansion, it seemed like Yua and Sina hadn’t logged in. Just in case, I opened the friend list window, but as expected, both of them were not logged in.
“Did something happen?”
On the day I woke up in the hospital, after talking with Sina, I tried to contact Yua, but…… Coincidentally, there was no way to contact her.
Because my phone was at home.
Thanks to that, Yua finished moving and is now living above me. At first, I was flustered by Yua’s words that she had finished moving, but after understanding Yua’s intention through Sina, I tried to understand somehow.
‘It’s not that I don’t feel burdened.’
Anyway, shaking my head and getting rid of my thoughts, I headed to the Luxury Shop.
Step━
On the way to the Luxury Shop, I saw players whispering while looking at me, but since no one clung to me like before, I was able to head to the Luxury Shop safely.
However, the Luxury Shop is inside the Quest Guild. Also, in front of the Quest Guild, there were many players who wanted to do quests together, and the gaze of all those players was fixed on me, which was quite burdensome.
“Welcome to the 2nd floor of the Luxury Shop.”
Anyway, after entering the 2nd floor of the Luxury Shop, I went straight to the center and purchased the Luxury Shop Box I saw before.
[Ding!~ You have purchased the Luxury Shop Box.]
[The remaining amount is 156 Gold 99 Silver 57 Copper.]
[Thank you for your purchase.]
After purchasing the box that cost 500 Gold, I closed my eyes slightly at the overwhelming feeling. Now I could get another Unique item. As far as I know, there are no Unique items that have appeared in Twilight yet.
Except for the dice I have.
Moreover, if I get it from this box, I’ll have two Unique items.
‘Should I go home and try it out?’
Wouldn’t it be more comfortable to lie down on the bed and try it out? Frankly, if I squatted on the street and tried it out, what would that look like? Now that I was even concerned about people’s gazes, I used the Return Scroll again and returned home.
[Using the Return Scroll.]
Fwoosh!━
“Now, then.”
Unique, Unique, Uni……
“……?!”
What, what is this?
As soon as I used Intuition, a chilling feeling ran through my body. Could it be the aftereffects of almost dying back then? But that was when I used Intuition for the second time. I calmly used Intuition again, and as if what I felt just now was a mistake, I only felt the familiar anxiety.
‘It’s making me nervous for nothing.’
Anyway, I held the Luxury Shop Box and continued to try. I could feel that the probability of getting a Unique was higher than I thought, as it seemed to appear after a few dozen tries.
The probability seemed to be around 3-5%.
‘Well, it’s a 500 Gold box, so the probability should be around that much.’
Anyway, realizing that a Unique would come out, I opened the box without hesitation.
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘ -Luxury Shop- Roar of the Thunder Dragon ‘!]
“Roar of the Thunder Dragon?”
When I opened the item window and took it out, a weapon in a form that made me doubt my eyes appeared. What is this? A hammer? This weapon, which had a cone shape, had a stick inserted in the center of its side, making it look like a hammer.
……It’s not really a hammer, is it?
[-Luxury Shop- Roar of the Thunder Dragon] (Unique)
Description：A hammer made from the heart of the Thunder Dragon, which holds the power of lightning. In order to fully utilize the power of lightning, mithril and the Thunder Dragon’s heart were combined into one through ultimate alchemy. Thanks to this, the strongest material was born without any loss of lightning power, but due to the side effects of alchemy, processing became difficult, so it was made into a hammer that is as close to the original form as possible.
Attack Power：750 Magic Attack Power：150
Durability：300/300
*When hitting an enemy with the hammer, physical attack power is applied as lightning damage.
*When hitting an enemy with the hammer, deals 2x damage to enemies with lower Strength than the user.
*Activates ‘ Roar of the Thunder Dragon ‘ every time the ground is struck.
“Damn it, it’s a hammer!”
For reference, blunt weapons like hammers have no penetration rate at all. Instead, they are characterized by high attack power, and this Roar of the Thunder Dragon was a similar weapon.
There are no players who use hammers.
“Well, it doesn’t matter.”
After all, even without penetration damage, it’s not a problem. I wasn’t fighting using penetration damage anyway. Also, in that sense, the hammer wasn’t a bad weapon.
‘By the way……’
The special abilities below that I couldn’t see because of the initial shock of it being a hammer. Looking at them, it was much better than I thought. The attack power was naturally high since it was a blunt weapon, and the Strength also applied 2x damage to targets with lower Strength than mine, so I thought it was indeed a Unique.
‘What if I even enhance this weapon?’
Wouldn’t a truly tremendous weapon be born? No, the attack power could even surpass my current defense. Furthermore, I could even just swing the hammer in the Duel Arena without using any skills.
“This makes the guild members pitiful.”
To challenge me who even has this kind of weapon. And if it’s this kind of weapon, I thought it was worth enhancing, so I went out to the street where players gathered to buy Enhancement Stones as well.
‘Come to think of it, I have to make a shield, and raise my skill levels too……’
Knowing that one Rare-grade material wasn’t enough, I got another material box, but I haven’t extracted the material itself yet. Moreover, since my level rose to 60 due to the gambling quest, the level limit for all skills was lifted to 20.
I feel like I have a lot to do for some reason.
How long would it take to raise Crafting to level 20 here? The best option here is to raise Crafting to level 20 and craft a Rare-grade shield, but it wasn’t as easy as it sounds.
Murmur~ Murmur~
‘Hmm, are there only Enhancement Stones?’
Since I was planning to buy Enhancement Stones anyway, I started picking them up as soon as I saw them.
“It’s 4 Gold 80 Silver.”
‘Damn expensive.’
Anyway, while buying Enhancement Stones and looking for material items, I didn’t see any particularly noticeable materials.
At that moment.
“Selling a Rare item! Only 20 Gold!”
‘Rare item?’
At the words ‘Rare item’, I turned my head to that direction and saw quite a few players gathered. Did they gather because he said he was selling a Rare item for 20 Gold? Usually, the price of a Rare item exceeded 100 Gold, so it wasn’t strange for them to gather like this.
“Here, I have a Rare item! Take a look and buy it!”
“It’s not equipment?!”
“Who would buy this?”
“……?”
Tilting my head and looking, there was something like an ingot.
“Wait a minute.”
I went through the players who were shouting as if they had been deceived and checked the ingot that was introduced as a Rare item.
[Mithril Ingot] (Rare)
Description：A rare metal that is harder and lighter than steel. Mithril itself has the property of making magic flow more easily, so it is highly effective in crafting magic items. And the more mithril is included in the crafting, the stronger its properties become.
*Material value 50.
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