Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 122

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐𝟐

[Ding!~ The level of your S-rank skill ‘Dreton’s Equipment Crafting’ has increased.]

[Strength 5, Stamina 5, Skill 10 increased.]

‘……Now it’s level 19.’

After focusing on my crafting skill in my spare time for several days, I finally managed to raise it to level 19. Moreover, reaching level 19 wasn’t easy. Even though I used Intuition to craft top-tier weapons, the experience gained was ridiculously low.

‘At this rate, it seems like people without money won’t be able to raise it.’

I also spent a considerable amount of money buying iron ingots, but I made up for it by selling the weapons. It was possible because the crafted weapons were exceptionally good. However, I doubt there are many blacksmiths who can make up for the cost in the same way as me, so I wondered if there weren’t many people who properly leveled up their crafting skills.

“Detailed Information. Dreton’s Equipment Crafting.”

[S-Rank Dreton’s Equipment Crafting Effects] (LV19+2)

━When crafting, Basic Quality 145→150 effect.

━When crafting, Special Quality 20→21 effect.

━When crafting, Skill is applied as additional quality.

━When crafting, 19.5→20% chance to craft a Perfect Weapon.

━When crafting, Perfect Weapon Quality 125→130 additional effect.

━When crafting, Perfect Weapon Special Quality 40→42 additional effect.

━When crafting, Perfect Weapon 8.8→9% chance to increase crafting level by +5.

━When crafting, Weapon Durability 40→42 additional effect.

━When crafting, 1~3 random enhancement effects.

━Hammering limit: 250 times.

‘Sigh, when will I raise this to level 20?’

The +2 next to level 19 here was one of the set effects of the Azure Guardian. By collecting all 6 pieces of the set, all skills are increased by 2 levels, so my current Dreton’s Equipment Crafting is effectively at level 21.

Anyway, apart from this set effect, perhaps because I used Intuition throughout the crafting process, my head felt a bit dizzy. Even if I wanted to continue working, I couldn’t since I had run out of iron ingots.

“Come to think of it, I also have to enhance……”

Tsk, I don’t know why there are so many things to do.

The items to be enhanced are, of course, the Azure Guardian Set. Now that I have all the pieces, I should enhance them, right? Also, after the enhancement is finished, I was thinking of trying to hunt Beksha, the Symbol of Fear.

‘It’s about time I hunt Beksha.’

To be honest, even without enhancement, I have a good chance of winning if I fight right now.

Leaving aside the defense of over 4,000, the shield’s options are just broken. Due to the options, whenever I use a shield skill, my health and stamina are replenished. Using this well, I thought I wouldn’t be pushed back too much even if I faced Beksha head-on.

“First…… should I buy some iron ingots?”

Skill training and enhancement. These two tasks remained, but I wanted to finish the crafting skill first, so I decided to buy iron ingots and got up from my seat.

[Emperor Guild’s ‘Aizen’-nim has invited you to the guild chat.]

“Huh? Accept.”

After briefly checking the now-familiar message alert, I headed towards the crowded street and started a conversation with Aizen.

“What’s up this time?”

━Someone who wants to meet Rudin-nim has come.

“Me?”

What immediately came to mind was the conversation I had with Jaehoon yesterday. The story about hiring skilled players to catch the Kraken. At the time, I didn’t think it was worth paying attention to and just brushed it off, but now that someone who wants to meet me has come through Aizen, I guessed it might be someone from the Iot Kingdom.

“It’s not someone from the Iot Kingdom, is it?”

━That’s right. How did you know?

“……Well, I just heard it from someone around me.”

By the way, they are quite bold. The cost of teleporting to another country is a whopping 10 gold. On top of that, if they hire others besides me, they’ll have to travel between several countries, so I thought it would cost quite a bit of money.

━Is that so? Anyway, if Rudin-nim doesn’t want to, I’ll refuse on my end.

“……No, it’s okay. Should I go to the Guild Castle?”

━Yes, please come to the meeting room on the 2nd floor.

‘This guy always tells me to go to the meeting room.’

Anyway, I ended the guild chat with a reply saying I understood. Actually, there was no reason to meet them, but I was curious how much they would pay me for hiring me. If they really paid 3 million won as Jaehoon said, I could just refuse.

‘I’ll know for sure once I talk to them.’

[Using Return Scroll.]

Fwoosh!━

Using the Return Scroll to move to the Guild Castle, I headed straight to the meeting room on the 2nd floor. Since ordinary guild members couldn’t go up to the 2nd floor, I was greeted by an empty space with no one in sight.

‘Oh, right. I can buy iron ingots here too, can’t I?’

The sales shop that only Emperor Guild members could use. I remembered the trading system where only guild members could buy items listed by other guild members, and I decided to buy iron ingots there and entered the meeting room.

“Ah, Rudin-nim has arrived.”

“……?”

As soon as I entered the meeting room, Aizen, who had spotted me, relayed those words to someone. When I checked who it was, I saw a man I had never seen before sitting near Aizen.

It seemed they were in the middle of a conversation.

“Greetings. I am Napiel, in charge of the Great Voyage Guild from the Iot Kingdom.”

Then, the blonde-haired, handsome man sitting next to Aizen stood up and offered me his hand, and I shook it and briefly introduced myself.

“I’m Rudin.”

“Yes, please have a seat.”

Why should I sit? Is this your house?

It was absurd, but I didn’t show it and sat next to Aizen. And as soon as he sat down, he got straight to the point.

“The reason we came here is that we have something to ask of Rudin-nim.”

“Is it about the Kraken?”

“Ah, you already know.”

“If it’s the Iot Kingdom, there’s nothing but the Kraken issue.”

Actually, it was my friend who told me, but I decided not to mind.

“That’s right. The Iot Kingdom is currently suffering greatly from the Kraken. Out of 10 ships that set sail, 3 or 4 become sacrifices to the Kraken.”

“……?”

The damage is less than I thought. Only 3 or 4 out of 10 ships sink? However, considering the death penalty and the cost of building or renting a ship, it was clear that a considerable amount of money would be lost.

“Well, you’re asking me to help, right?”

“Yes. Of course, we’re not asking for help for free. We’ll pay you 1 million won in cash.”

‘……Huh?’

What did he just say? 1 million won?

It’s three times less than the amount my friend mentioned yesterday. Is he perhaps planning to pocket the remaining 2 million won? Anyway, apart from such thoughts, I looked at Aizen beside me with bewildered eyes, and Aizen spoke calmly.

“He offered 3 million won. On the other hand, Dedric asked for 5 million won.”

“……”

My mind couldn’t process it for a moment. So……

“My price is the lowest?”

“Based on the results, yes.”

Also, the price of that guy named Dedric was the highest. What’s with that guy asking for 5 million won? No, wait, I think I’ve heard that name somewhere, but I couldn’t remember who it was.

“By the way, who is Dedric?”

“Don’t you know? He’s the player who fought against Rudin-nim during the Guild War. He’s also the master of the Ash Gray Guild and the player who acquired the A-rank Heaven’s Judgment.”

“Ah, that guy.”

Who was it? Ah, it was that guy.

Thanks to that, I remembered who he was, but it made me even more bewildered. Wait, that guy who died after being hit twice by Giant’s Sprint is worth 5 million won? Just based on the amount, it means I’m worse than him.

“Let me tell you why. Why do I have 1 million won?”

“Well, Rudin-nim is a melee warrior, aren’t you? It’s actually quite impressive. You and Aizen-nim are the only ones we would ask for help from among melee warriors.”

“Because I’m a melee warrior?”

The player who introduced himself as Napiel nodded.

“To be honest, the battle against the Kraken is an underwater battle. What Rudin-nim can do there is, at best, protect other personnel on the ship. On the other hand, Dedric-nim’s Heaven’s Judgment can deal considerable damage to the Kraken.”

‘He thinks I can only fight on the ship.’

Yeah, I might have agreed if it were me before obtaining the Azure Guardian Set. After all, the skills that players in the Iot Kingdom must learn are swimming and diving.

If they don’t have those two skills, they will die the moment they fall into the sea, so they have no choice but to learn them. However, I, who solved that problem with the Azure Guardian Set, didn’t mention it and asked another question.

“Can’t we kill the Kraken by attacking its legs from the ship?”

If a Kraken appeared in reality, I wouldn’t even say such a thing. Would a squid die just by hitting its legs? But this is a game. As long as you can reduce its HP, you can kill the monster, regardless of which part you hit.

However, even with my question, Napiel shook his head.

“If it were that easy, we wouldn’t have failed until now. The Kraken’s 10 legs all have individual HP. Ultimately, it means we can’t kill it if we don’t hit the main body.”

‘……It’s not a subjugation request for nothing.’

Unlike the Bamut Cult, where they overwhelm with numbers, it seemed like a tricky monster in many ways. Moreover, there’s the penalty of having to fight in the sea, not on land. Thinking up to that point, I nodded and asked my last question.

“Then there’s no reason to hire me, is there?”

“……”

“It’s probably for publicity…… or reward.”

Aizen answered for him.

“Publicity? Reward?”

“Currently, there are three guilds in the Iot Kingdom that are in conflict with each other. There……”

“Ah, no! We just came here because we wanted help.”

Aizen silently looked at Napiel, who interrupted his words. Flinching at his gaze, Napiel unconsciously leaned back.

“Help…… Alright. What do you think, Rudin-nim?”

“About what?”

“Would you be willing to go for 1 million won?”

Naturally, I shook my head. 3 million won, which my friend mentioned yesterday, was already considered low, so 1 million won wasn’t even worth considering. Anyway, at my answer, Aizen looked at Napiel as if asking what he thought, and Napiel eventually raised the price.

“We’ll give you 2 million won.”

The price doubled. Even so, Aizen showed an attitude of dissatisfaction and stood up.

“I have nothing more to say. I’ll be leaving first.”

“No, tell me what you were going to say before you go.”

“You’ll figure it out soon enough, even if I don’t explain it.”

And then Aizen left abruptly. I’ve felt it before, but that guy tends to overestimate me. Just publicity and reward, guild conflict? How can I know that? Eventually, with annoyance, I turned to Napiel, and he had a somewhat regretful expression on his face.

Seeing that expression, what should I say? He offered a measly 1-2 million won and had that expression, so it felt shameless.

“What will you do, Rudin-nim?”

“I’m not really interested.”

“Sigh, I understand. It can’t be helped.”

After I refused following Aizen, Napiel went outside as if he had no more business. Left alone in the meeting room, I pondered over what Aizen was trying to say, but I still couldn’t figure it out.

‘Should I just send him a message and ask? Ah, no, that’s not right.’

Since he said those words and left, it would hurt my pride to ask again. Even if I ask, it would be better to ask someone else. Thinking that way, I decided to use the sales system in the Guild Castle to buy iron ingots.

“Sales Shop List.”

Pop━

‘Iron ingots are…… Huh? Are there none?’

There were a lot of weapons and armor, or even potions, but there were few material items like iron ingots. No, to be precise, I could easily find expensive materials, but cheap materials like iron ingots were nowhere to be found.

‘Tsk, I guess I have to go to the village after all.’

Still, it seemed like coming to this Guild Castle would be good for obtaining rare materials. Anyway, realizing I had no more business here, I took out the Return Scroll from my item window and headed to my mansion.

[Using Return Scroll.]

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