Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 130

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑𝟎

Reading the message once more, it seemed like you couldn’t have more than two raid bosses. Understanding that fact, the good mood I had until now plummeted, but I quickly pulled myself together and seriously considered which one to give up.

‘Kraken is definitely strong.’

The sight of it not backing down even while fighting 10,000 players. The power to kill Ust in less than a minute. I couldn’t deny the fact that Kraken was stronger than any boss I had seen so far.

Nevertheless, the reason I couldn’t easily make a decision was because Kraken’s size bothered me.

‘If you include the main body, wouldn’t it be 200 meters?’

[Raid Boss Monster. Kraken, the Tyrant of the Sea, has fallen.]

[Subjugation Request Completed!]

[The name of the great person who defeated Kraken is ‘Rudin’-nim.]

[Congratulations. Player ‘Rudin’-nim has acquired 3 Rare Boxes as a reward for the subjugation request.]

“……Kraken, the Tyrant of the Sea.”

[‘Kraken, the Tyrant of the Sea’ will be offered as a sacrifice?]

The decision I made after much deliberation was to give up Kraken. No matter how much I thought about it, Kraken wasn’t a summoned beast that could be used in a confined space like a dungeon. Thinking that it would be better to seal another raid boss using the same method I used to seal Kraken, I boldly decided to give up Kraken.

“Yes.”

[The sealed ‘Kraken, the Tyrant of the Sea’ is offered as a sacrifice.]

At the same time, the Kraken card in my hand turned into light and disappeared somewhere. I expressed my regret for the disappearing Kraken with a sigh mixed with regret and recalled Ust, who was forcibly unsummoned.

‘We’ll be together for a while.’

Meanwhile, another message appeared before me.

[The power of ‘Kraken, the Tyrant of the Sea’ is transferred to ‘Ust, Craving for Life’.]

“Huh?”

[Ding!~ The appearance and stats of ‘Ust, Craving for Life’ are changing.]

[‘Ust, Craving for Life’ acquires one of the skills possessed by ‘Kraken, the Tyrant of the Sea’.]

[Acquiring……]

[Congratulations! ‘Ust, Craving for Life’ has acquired ‘Spiral Thrust’.]

[Due to changes in appearance and stats, the name of ‘Ust, Craving for Life’ has been changed to ‘Ust, Devouring Life’.]

“Was this what it meant to be offered as a sacrifice?”

It was an unexpected gain. Ust’s stats changed, and he even acquired Spiral Thrust, which Kraken used? And the messages weren’t over yet.

[Beep- You caught Kraken, the Tyrant of the Sea, but the target is a member of the Harpe Empire.]

[Hearing the news, the King of the Iot Kingdom is disappointed in all the adventurers operating in his country.]

[From now on, the cost of all shops in the Iot Kingdom will increase by 50%.]

“Oh, there’s this too.”

But thinking about it carefully, it’s not that big of a penalty. Usually, people traded with each other instead of using shops. So, I brushed it off as nothing and kept my eyes on the messages, but no more messages came up.

“Well, I expected this, but it’s still a shame.”

No contribution, no reward, no contribution points. It’s because I sealed Kraken, not killed it. This was something I had experienced with Ust, so it wasn’t particularly new. However, it seemed like the Iot Kingdom players who struggled and fought Kraken were collectively in a state of panic.

“What? Why aren’t they giving us anything?”

“Where are the items and gold?!”

“It’s clearly a raid boss! Why are there no contribution points?!”

“Damn it, Rudin! Where’s Rudin?!”

Most of them were enraged that they didn’t receive any reward despite catching the raid boss.

‘They should be happy they caught it, why are they expecting rewards?’

Anyway, I got three Rare Boxes, so is that enough?

Of course, it was a shame that I lost the contribution, reward, and the sealed Kraken. Especially since I came here to seal Kraken, I had a lot of regrets, but fortunately, the Rare Boxes resolved those regrets.

Satisfied with the Rare Boxes, I went up to the surface and thought about what I would get.

‘I have three Rare Boxes now, so……’

I didn’t need weapons or armor, so the only thing left was accessories. If I got three Rare-grade accessories here, I would definitely become stronger, but I decided not to and use them for something else.

‘Yeah, it wouldn’t be bad to pay off my debt with this opportunity.’

First, I was thinking of giving two Rare Boxes to Yua and Sina, who gave up the Azure Guardian. I had been thinking about it for a while, and since I had a chance to repay them like this, it was right to do so.

‘The problem is that there are two ways.’

There were two ways: just give them the Rare Boxes, or pick the desired part and give it to them. If I wanted to pick the desired part, I had to ask them first, and if I asked and then picked the item for them, there was a possibility they would be suspicious.

On the other hand, if I gave them the boxes, there was a chance they would get materials or potions, so……

‘It’s a bit of a dilemma.’

Anyway, while I was thinking about this and came out to the surface, someone who spotted me immediately started shouting.

“Huh? Damn it, there’s Rudin!”

“You b*stard! Why did you catch Kraken?!”

“How are you going to compensate us?!”

‘Huh?’

But the reaction is unusual. For them, catching Kraken should have been a good thing, shouldn’t it? But looking closely, the players’ anger was too obvious to be just because they didn’t get a reward.

If they’re acting like this even though there’s no guarantee they would have gotten a reward……

“Rudin-nim!”

“……?”

Suddenly, at the sound of someone calling me, I checked and saw the players on the ship I had been on pointing at the ladder and shouting for me to come up. Seeing that, I slowly swam over and climbed the ladder, and as soon as I stepped onto the signboard, the first thing I heard from everyone was that they had worked hard.

“But are you alright?”

“I never thought you’d catch Kraken in that situation.”

“How did you survive?”

“Kraken was attacking like crazy with five legs.”

‘Five legs?’

No wonder Ust died so quickly. It seemed like it used all five of its remaining legs to attack. And seeing their reactions, it seemed like they were quite amazed that I survived such an attack from Kraken.

“Ah, thank you for helping with the subjugation.”

“Yes.”

I nodded and accepted their greetings, then looked for my friend to see if he was alright. Soon after, I spotted him bickering with his girlfriend a little distance away.

“……”

That guy is like that even in the game.

Still, after confirming that he was safe, I looked around at the players who were still cursing at me. It was a good thing they were on a different ship. Otherwise, they would have been ready to fight me right here.

‘Should I use a Return Scroll because it’s annoying?’

Suddenly, someone’s shout put an end to this commotion.

“Shut up! You’re so damn noisy!”

“But Guild Master! As you can see……”

“Didn’t I tell you to shut up? I know that a hundred times better than you. Hey, turn the ship back to land!”

Apparently, the shouts from other places, not just here, silenced everyone. Thanks to that, it became quiet, but it seemed like they just let the small grumbling go.

‘But wasn’t their goal to catch Kraken?’

Why is the atmosphere like this?

They caught Kraken, so they can go back to their hunting grounds. But the atmosphere is gloomy itself. Anyway, the ships were slowly heading towards land, and there were only about 50-60 ships left, but most of them were medium-sized or larger, so the actual damage didn’t seem to be that bad.

Of course, if you include the dead players, it would be a huge loss.

‘At least 4-5 thousand people must have died……’

Previously, when we fought the Bamut Cult, more than half of the Emperor Guild members died while barely catching them, but in this case, several times more people died.

But they got nothing.

I don’t know for sure, but I think the Great Voyage Guild Master who hired me would be in a difficult situation. After all, the damage wasn’t small.

“Land!”

‘We’ve arrived.’

As soon as the ship that arrived on land docked, I got off, and everyone else started to get off one by one. Among those who got off, there was Napiel.

“Rudin-nim. What in the world happened……”

“Well, I guess it’s because I caught it?”

“Then what about the contribution or reward……”

“I didn’t get any of that either.”

This is true. All I got were 3 Rare Boxes. And suddenly, while I was answering like this, I saw a few players approaching me with grim faces.

“You b*stard, how are you going to take responsibility?”

Look at these guys.

“What responsibility?”

“The price of using the shop has increased by 50% because of you!”

50%. It’s definitely a big number. But can’t they just not use the shop? However, I realized that the reason they were angry wasn’t because of the reward they couldn’t get from Kraken, but because of the shop usage.

“Just don’t use it. It’s simple, isn’t it?”

“What?!”

I wagged the Roar of the Thunder Dragon in my right hand.

“Or if you have a complaint, come at me.”

“You think I can’t attack if you tell me to?!”

“Stop.”

The guy who was about to attack me stopped as soon as he heard someone’s voice, showing a ridiculous sight. Usually, when you’re angry, you attack regardless of what anyone says, don’t you?

“Why are you picking on an innocent person? Rudin is just a mercenary who came here on request.”

“But……”

“Get lost. Don’t make a fuss.”

He pushed all the nearby players aside with an annoyed look and approached me.

“I’m Black Dragon, the Master of the Absolute Guild. First of all, let me thank you. Whatever the process, we succeeded in subjugating Kraken.”

‘Absolute Guild?’

I heard about the Absolute Guild from Sina yesterday. There were three biggest guilds in the Iot Kingdom: the Great Voyage Guild, the Absolute Guild, and lastly, the Milky Way Guild.

Then is this guy the Master of the Absolute Guild, one of the three major guilds?

After introducing himself as Black Dragon, he thanked me and immediately spoke to Napiel.

“Now, what are you going to do? Because you arbitrarily brought in people from other countries, things have come to this.”

“But we couldn’t have caught Kraken without them.”

“Well, I don’t know. There are still dozens of ships left, and thousands of players. You may think differently, but others won’t agree at all, right?”

“……”

“Well, fine. I don’t know what you’re trying to gain from this, but you’re going to get a lot of resentment.”

After saying that, Black Dragon, for some reason, seemed to be in a good mood and led all of his guild members back. However, I couldn’t understand the current situation, so I looked around and approached a Great Voyage Guild member who had returned on the same ship as me and asked.

“What happened?”

“Well…… it’s because the price of using the shop has increased by 50%.”

“Can’t you just not use it?”

He sighed.

“How can we not use it? We need to use the shop to buy ships.”

‘Ah, come to think of it, the Iot Kingdom had ships, right?’

In the Iot Kingdom, where they had to go out to sea to find hunting grounds, ships were a necessity, not an option. Moreover, thanks to the Kraken subjugation, there weren’t many sunken ships, right? Still, I thought there might be a way to build ships in this Twilight.

“Can’t you make them yourself?”

“We can make them ourselves, but it takes too long. From the materials to everything, people have to move them. On the other hand, the ships you buy from the shop come out immediately, so everyone is using them.”

He added that even if they bought a ship and went out to sea, sea monsters would appear and attack the ship. They could come back and repair it, but the overall durability would decrease, wouldn’t it? Either way, it meant that the ship itself was a consumable.

‘So…… they have to buy ships, but the price has gone up, which is why the atmosphere is like this?’

Also, the surrounding players who had just heard Black Dragon’s story started whispering while looking at us.

“Did the Great Voyage Guild bring him in on their own?”

“If they hadn’t brought him in, we could have caught Kraken.”

“Ah, how are we going to buy ships now?”

“They’re not going to collect a few gold from each person, are they?”

Listening to the whispers, it seemed like they were thinking negatively of the Great Voyage Guild. Perhaps if the Great Voyage Guild hadn’t hired a mercenary, we could have caught Kraken. Then we would have gotten a reward, and there wouldn’t have been a shop price increase.

‘Well, I don’t know if they could have actually caught it or not.’

While I was thinking like that, the players Napiel had hired said that they were done with everything.

“Great Voyage Guild Master. Now that the subjugation is over, I’ll be going.”

“It was fun.”

“Call us again next time.”

Unlike the players who were chuckling, Napiel, who received their greetings, nodded with a stiff expression and turned around. Is she going to the hideout? Seeing her like that, I felt like I had received another reward besides the Rare Boxes.

‘It’s actually better this way.’

I came here thinking I would just seal Kraken and lose the contribution and reward, but now it seems like I unintentionally handed over a crisis to the Great Voyage Guild.

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