Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 118

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏𝟖

Using the teleportation device, the Emperor Guild members and I arrived in Bosen, a city located in the southern part of the Harpe Empire. We immediately started looking for the monster’s location on the map. At our current pace, it seemed like we would arrive within 4-5 hours at the least.

‘It’s farther than I thought.’

It would have been nice to ride a carriage, but the large number of people was a problem. The number of people that can ride in one carriage was limited, and not everyone had explored the destination we were heading to, so we had no choice but to walk like this.

‘By the way, why is the atmosphere like this?’

Seeing the guild members laughing and chatting around me, it felt like we were going on a picnic. I’m not sure, but their minds are probably already filled with thoughts of completing the quest and receiving rewards.

‘Well, I guess that’s understandable considering the number of people gathered here.’

A total of 123 people.

Moreover, there was also Dein, who was walking silently like me, a little further away. Therefore, there were three people who had acquired S-rank skills. Also, the rest of the people would be skilled individuals in their own right, so this kind of atmosphere isn’t something I can’t understand.

But surprisingly, there was someone who was interested in the quest itself in this atmosphere.

“Come to think of it, what kind of monster is it?”

“I don’t know. Maybe the Vice Guild Master knows?”

‘Huh?’

At that moment, the guild members who were talking to each other approached me. I had vaguely overheard their conversation, so I knew what kind of question was coming, but unfortunately, it wasn’t a question I could answer.

“Vice Guild Master. By any chance, do you know what kind of monster it is……”

“Ah…… I’m sorry, but I don’t know either. The Emperor chased me away as soon as I received the quest.”

I simply avoided answering by shifting all the blame onto the Emperor. It was the truth anyway. And leaving the guild member speechless with my answer, I moved on as if nothing had happened.

“Rudin-nim.”

‘What is it now?’

Turning my head at the sound of my name being called again, I could see Hwaryeon approaching me this time.

‘……What’s up with Hwaryeon?’

Still, since she was one of the few people I knew in the Emperor Guild, I didn’t ask that question. As I watched Hwaryeon approach, she smiled beautifully and stuck close to me in a friendly manner.

“I was a little surprised. I didn’t expect Rudin-nim to ask our guild for help.”

“What do you mean?”

“You don’t like being associated with the guild, do you? Or am I wrong?”

Since I don’t participate in guild quests or guild dungeons, she naturally seems to think that way. Does it seem like I hate the guild in other people’s eyes?

‘I think she’s got it all wrong.’

Come to think of it, it’s not strange.

Honestly, even I think I haven’t been proactive in guild matters. I only step up when something happens, right? Aizen also wanted that when he let me join, so he didn’t even point it out to me, and I didn’t think it was bad either.

“Ah, by the way, I have a question. Can I ask you something?”

“What question?”

“About the duel yesterday. I heard the damage was in the thousands. How did you deal that much damage?”

Yeah, I was wondering why this question didn’t come up.

“Well.”

“Come on, tell me.”

“I don’t really know either.”

To answer, I would have to explain about the Unique Weapon first. I hated that, so I just vaguely said I didn’t know, and Hwaryeon, who was looking at me with a sullen expression as if she had interpreted my answer somehow, soon brought up another question.

“Those two women over there. What’s their relationship?”

Hwaryeon was pointing at Yua and Sina. I had been expecting this question since we decided to go together, so it wasn’t difficult to answer.

“They’re friends.”

“You mean girlfriends, right?”

“……”

I didn’t say anything, even though I didn’t know why the answer turned out that way. If I denied it here, some of the nearby guild members might approach Yua.

“That’s too bad. There are a lot of women in our guild who are aiming for Rudin-nim.”

“Aiming for me?”

Why would they aim for me when I’m just staying put?

“Maybe it’s because of the rumors that have spread? I heard that Rudin-nim makes a lot of money. You actually received 200 million won from the Guild Master. And yesterday’s duel proved that you’re stronger than anyone else, so there are quite a few guild members who want to be close to you.”

“……So they’re just coming for the money.”

“Even without that, Rudin-nim is cool.”

“……?”

I couldn’t easily agree with that. Me, cool? Of course, the character Rudin could be cool. But I wasn’t in reality. Well, come to think of it, there’s no chance of meeting in reality, so if they think they want to be friends in the game, I could understand to some extent.

‘Anyway, money……’

“If that’s the case, Aizen is much better than me.”

While answering, I was wondering what kind of guy Aizen was. Did he say he spent 800 million won on Random Skillbooks in the beginning? He’s pouring money that others can’t even have into the game, so he must have a lot more money than I could ever imagine.

Hwaryeon shook her head at my answer.

“Well, honestly, the Guild Master has an aura that makes him hard to approach, you know? Compared to him, Rudin-nim seems a bit more ordinary. Anyway, it’s true that Rudin-nim is much easier to approach.”

“……”

Hearing Hwaryeon say that I’m easy to approach made me feel a bit strange. Of course, it didn’t matter to me, as I had no particular interest in Hwaryeon.

“But are you really not going to tell me?”

“Tell you what?”

“Oh, forget it.”

‘Is she sulking?’

Seeing her leave in a huff, I felt more relieved than sorry. As I watched Hwaryeon turn away, thinking it was fortunate, there was one more person approaching me, and it was Yua, who had been with Sina until now.

“What were you talking about?”

“It was nothing special. What brings you here?”

“Well, I’m bored.”

I nodded at her answer. She only knew Sina and me here, so it was understandable that she was bored.

‘Should I have brought Raz too?’

Originally, I was planning to bring Raz as well. But he didn’t even log in yesterday, as if he had an appointment or something, so I couldn’t tell him. Well, I checked today and he did log in, but after hearing Aizen say that he had already gathered 120 people, I couldn’t bring myself to contact him.

If Aizen had said he had gathered about 5-6 people, Raz would have been here too.

‘Well, it’s pointless to think about that now.’

Thinking that I should bring Raz next time if I get a quest like this again, I continued walking, chatting with Yua about this and that.

“Sina is surprisingly worried.”

“Why?”

“It’s a hunting quest, right? I think she’s worried because there’s nothing Sina can do during the hunt.”

I tilted my head. This added to the mystery because Sina had never cared about such things before. Yua added an explanation, as if she had guessed something from my attitude.

“It wouldn’t matter if it was just us, but that’s not the case now, is it?”

“Ah, she’s probably conscious of the guild members.”

It would certainly be awkward to just watch while over 100 people are fighting. Moreover, Sina also shared the quest, which means she can receive the reward without doing anything.

‘Was my thinking short-sighted?’

But I soon shook my head. It didn’t make sense not to bring her just because of that. And this was just my guess, but I thought there probably wouldn’t be anyone who would say anything to Sina here.

‘Yeah, who would say anything when I brought her?’

Unless someone wanted to fight me directly, there wouldn’t be any guild members who would complain.

“Tell her not to worry. No one will say anything.”

“Really?”

“Yes, you can trust me.”

Anyway, after walking for a long time, we could see that we were getting closer to our destination. There was a time when we had to log out for a while because we didn’t have much connection time left and logged back in an hour later, but that wasn’t important.

“We’ll be there soon.”

“We’ve been walking all day. But what kind of monster could be on top of a mountain like this?”

“We’ll find out when we get there.”

What was a little unexpected was that we had to climb up the mountain. Yesterday, the Emperor said he dropped us into a big hole under a cliff, so I thought there would be a cliff when we got there. And when we arrived, there was a cliff as the Emperor had said.

‘No, was the cliff shaped like this?’

“Are we in the right place?”

“According to the map, this is the place. I think we have to go down this hole.”

I looked around the large, circular cliff shaped like a crater and then looked down. Looking down, there was a bottomless pit so deep that I couldn’t even guess how deep it was.

“How do we get down there?”

“Oh, right. Doesn’t Hwaryeon-nim have a flying skill?”

“You want me to take all these people back and forth?”

“Ah, no. That’s not what I meant.”

Unlike the guild members who were flustered by Hwaryeon’s cold tone, there was someone who made a sensible suggestion.

“Looking at the slope, it seems like we could go down carefully, right?”

‘Hmm.’

As he said, the cliff wasn’t completely vertical, but rather sloped diagonally. But even with this kind of slope, wouldn’t we roll down and die if we misstep? Still, judging that we could somehow get there if we were careful, I nodded, but some members were negative about it.

“We won’t take fall damage since we’re rolling down, but…… wouldn’t it be dangerous?”

“It would be nice if we had a flying summoner at a time like this.”

“We don’t have one, do we?”

“Should we go back to town and buy some rope?”

“We walked for 5 hours to get here, and you want to go back to town and buy rope? Are you out of your mind?”

We couldn’t just keep talking forever. While I was thinking that, I saw Aizen make the first move.

“Let’s go down. I’ll go first.”

‘Oh.’

After saying that, Aizen lay down and carefully started to descend. Seeing that, the guild members started to slowly descend the cliff as if they had no choice, and I also decided to go down the same way as the others since I didn’t have any suitable skills.

“Yua-nim. Come next to me with Sina-nim.”

“Yes.”

I moved with them in case they might misstep, and I could see Hwaryeon choosing a very comfortable method next to me.

“Eris, come here. I’ll go down using the flying skill.”

‘Tsk, I’m envious.’

One way or another, after about 30 minutes of descending, we could see the bottom. Hwaryeon had already arrived, carrying Eris on her back and using the flying skill. Anyway, when we reached the bottom, the boss monster we expected was nowhere to be seen.

“There’s nothing but a big rock.”

“Yes.”

‘According to the map, this is definitely the place……’

There was nothing but a somewhat angular, round rock. I looked around at the rock, which was about 3-4 stories high, but there was still no boss monster.

“Let’s look around a bit.”

“Yes.”

For now, the guild members moved according to Aizen’s instructions. I also moved, but there was nothing in this vast space.

‘Is there something we have to do with that rock?’

When I turned my gaze back to the large rock, one of the guild members, perhaps having a similar thought, examined the rock from all sides and then, in a fit of anger, struck the rock.

“Ah, damn it! Where’s the boss?!”

Kwaang!━

And then the guild member made a surprised expression.

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

When someone nearby asked, the guild member who hit the rock said.

“A, a message popped up. It says I can’t deal damage.”

‘Damage?’

Normally, even if you hit the terrain, a message related to damage never appears. Damage-related messages only appear for targets that have health points.

Then……

Kuku!━

[The boss monster ‘Arnathan’ awakens from its slumber due to external impact.]

Suddenly, the large rock seemed to tremble, and then the rock in the center caved in, and soon after, a purple one-eyed creature emerged from it.

“Found it! It’s the boss!”

“Large-scale maintenance!”

[The battle with Arnathan begins.]

Kurururung!━

‘What is that?’

Along with the message announcing the start of the battle, the boss called Arnathan began to roll its body forward.

“The rock is rolling!”

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