𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑𝟓
‘I should be able to call around past 5.’
To be honest, even 5 o’clock felt uncertain. Shouldn’t I call at least at 7 so that he’ll be done with work and pick up? But then I’d have to wait around 3 hours, so I decided to call at 5 and turned on the computer.
Of course, even while doing this, my mind was preoccupied with what items dropped.
‘There must have been rare items too.’
From what I vaguely remember, it seemed like a leather armor dropped. Leather armor is mainly used by those who prioritize speed, so it’s a useless item for me. However, since it was an item dropped by a raid boss, I thought I could make a decent amount of money by selling it on the real-time auction house.
‘I haven’t had any income other than selling off the weapon before.’
It was likely to be the first proper big profit since the Turu Staff. Anyway, with that in mind, I went to the Twilight homepage and clicked on the bulletin board. There, I found a post taking up most of the page.
“Hero?”
What hero?
The title that caught my eye was this:
[A Hero Appears in Twilight.]
[Emperor Guild has done it again.]
[News for those who are just lurking.]
[So envious. A hero, huh.]
[A hero born in the Harpe Empire.]
‘What’s all this about?’
Curious, I clicked on the top post.
Click━
[A Hero Appears in Twilight.]
[Content: A message popped up today saying a hero has appeared in Twilight. Turns out it’s the Emperor Guild’s Vice Guild Master. The message said he became a hero through an achievement no one else could accomplish, but the method is still unknown. However, I hear those close to the Emperor Guild are trying to find out, so the answer should be out soon. And below is a capture of the message that appeared a while ago.]
Scrolling down, I saw a picture and some text.
[A hero has been born in the Harpe Empire.]
[His name is Rudin, who has become a hero through an achievement that no one could easily accomplish.]
“……Was this about me?”
It seemed a message popped up for all players who were logged in at the time. It was absurd, but even so, it still didn’t feel real. Never before had a global message appeared in Twilight, no matter what I did, and it was broken today because of me.
‘Tsk, I’m bound to be bombarded the moment I log in.’
Well, even so, the only people who would contact me are Aizen and Raz. And there’s a chance Raz might not even contact me, so it might just be Aizen. Thinking only that far, I started looking for other posts unrelated to the hero.
[Recommended Tips for Summoner Players.]
[Content: A lot of players are choosing the Summoner class these days. But Summoners clearly have a limit. They can’t deal damage to monsters with high defense. A summoned creature of C-rank or higher has fixed damage, so it can inflict some damage, but not a lot.
Anyway, there’s a tip to solve this problem.
It’s the Summoned Creature Exclusive Recipe.
Simply put, it’s equipment that can be equipped on summoned creatures. For some reason, summoned creature equipment doesn’t drop as a finished product, it only drops as a recipe.
If you acquire the recipe and craft it with a high-grade crafting skill, your summoned creature will definitely become as strong as a player, or even stronger.
However, there are drawbacks as well as advantages.
Strangely, summoned creature equipment can be equipped, but it can’t be repaired. In other words, it’s disposable. But if you want a stronger summoned creature, the method I mentioned earlier is sure to work.]
“There was equipment exclusive to summoned creatures?”
I’ve never seen such a recipe, so it’s not strange that I didn’t know until now. But would other players be the same? The answer was no. The fact that this tip was posted now suggests that it’s a recently introduced recipe.
Equipment exclusive to summoned creatures……
“I wonder what would happen if I equipped this on Ust.”
Ust was a raid boss monster, and I have an S-rank crafting skill. The synergy between these two would definitely yield an amazing result.
Well, the important thing is to get the recipe.
Even if I made it, it would only be Magic grade. I had no intention of using rare materials to craft disposable summoned creature equipment.
[Rare Enhancement Stone Acquired!]
[Content: I was struggling through a raid, and a rare enhancement stone dropped out of the blue. I was disappointed that it wasn’t equipment, but seeing the options changed my mind. I haven’t taken a picture yet, so I can’t upload it, but it said the rare enhancement stone can enhance items above +10. This concludes that items in Twilight can be enhanced above +10.]
“Enhancement above +10 is possible……”
I’ve enhanced my weapons and armor to +10, so I’m naturally greedy for more. The problem is the rare enhancement stone. I ran a raid just now, but no rare enhancement stone dropped. Of course, there was the option of using the last remaining rare box, but that felt like a waste.
Equipment would likely be more expensive than enhancement stones.
‘Maybe the price difference between +10 and +11 will be significant.’
While you can enhance up to +10 with Magic grade enhancement stones, +11 requires a rare enhancement stone. Considering the cost of the stone and the success rate, I thought the price difference would be substantial. I read the next post, and time passed, indicating past 5 o’clock.
“Hu, I wonder if Jaehoon will answer the phone.”
After browsing the bulletin board for a little over an hour, I decided to contact Jaehoon and made the call. If he didn’t answer, I planned to log into Twilight, but unfortunately, Jaehoon answered the phone after a short while.
━Hey, Giwon.
“Why did you call earlier?”
━Just wanted to chat. But I purposely called during lunch break, and you didn’t answer?
That’s because I was busy with the rare box in Twilight at that time.
But I couldn’t answer that honestly, so I said evasively.
“I left my phone on my desk.”
━Really?
“Yeah. Oh, congrats on succeeding in the subjugation.”
Even with my congratulations, Jaehoon remained silent without answering, then sighed and said.
━We succeeded in the subjugation, but…… the guild is on the verge of collapse. Damn it, it’s all because of that b*stard Rudin!
“……”
He probably said that without knowing anything, but from my perspective, it was hard to let it slide. Calling me a b*stard outright? Still, unable to react to his words, I told him what I knew.
“I heard you were hired by the Great Voyage Guild?”
━That’s right. But if he was hired, he should’ve stayed put, why did he have to stick his nose in and make things worse? You wouldn’t know, but Rudin blocked the Kraken’s attack to protect the ship. My girlfriend saw that and said he was cool, and we even had a fight because of it.
“Ah…… that must have been tough.”
━Right? What’s so cool about that damn game addict. If I wasn’t working, I could’ve been that strong too.
“Uh, yeah.”
That happened too? I thought it would’ve been a little better if he had been on a different ship, not the one he was on, but it was already too late.
━Anyway, because of that damn Rudin, the guild is falling apart, and I fought with my girlfriend. Hu, I seriously want to kill him if I ever see him.
“……”
━Oh, right. But what’s your ID in Twilight?
“Huh?”
ID? Is he asking for my ID?
━You said you played Twilight when we met before, right? I realized I never asked for your ID. Just in case the guild collapses, I might end up going to the Harpe Empire, so I wanted to know.
“Ah, that’s…… Heron.”
I couldn’t think of any ID, so I hurriedly came up with a male ID that I thought was associated with me. The problem was there were only two. The other one was Aizen, but he was too famous to mention, and the only one left was Heron.
━Heron? Okay, got it. I just called during a break, so I’ll call you again later.
“……Okay.”
Ending the call, I threw my phone on the desk and sighed deeply. The lie I told was coming back to bite me. What if he actually comes over to the Harpe Empire? Well, there are plenty of ways to get out of it. I could just say I can’t log in today and get away with it.
However, another sigh escaped me as I realized it wasn’t a method I could use forever.
“Should I have just said Rudin?”
After pondering over it for a while, I realized it was a pointless worry and attempted to log into Twilight. Since it had been an hour since I logged out, I could log in for another 6 hours.
Then I could just log out at 11 and go to sleep.
[May you find what you seek in the streets illuminated by Twilight……]
The background that appeared as soon as I logged in was the empty lot where I fought Beksha. I looked around the lot, which showed no signs of the fierce battle with Beksha, and decided to check the items I acquired.
“Item Storage.”
Let’s see……
‘Oh, how many are there?’
There were more than I expected.
There were about 10 new items. Considering they were all dropped by Beksha, I couldn’t help but be excited. I took out the leather helmet first and checked it.
[Fear-Inducing Leather Helmet] (Rare)
Description: A helmet made from the leather of Beksha, known as the symbol of fear. This reddish-brown leather is imbued with Beksha’s scent, instilling an unknown fear in most targets. It also possesses Beksha’s inherent power, providing an effect that increases the wearer’s strength.
Defense: 80 Magic Defense: 65
Durability: 125/125
*Strength increased by 50.
*Attack Speed increased by 20%.
*Set Effect (1/5)
━2-piece Set Effect: Strength increased by 5%.
━3-piece Set Effect: Strength increased by 10%.
━4-piece Set Effect: Earth Attribute increased by 10%.
━5-piece Set Effect: B-rank skill ‘ Aura of Fear (LV20) ‘ applied.
“Huh? A Rare Set?!”
Just in case, I checked the item window and was surprised to find the entire set. I barely managed to collect the Azure Set with the help of Yua and Sina, but this set dropped all at once.
However, it was a bit awkward for me to use.
‘I don’t have the Intimidation stat.’
Even if I could equip it, the Azure Set’s final effect, Armor of Protection, was too good. If I removed even one piece of the set I was wearing, I wouldn’t be able to use Armor of Protection, so it seemed like it wasn’t an item for me after all.
“And Aura of Fear applied……”
The word “applied” here means it’s a passive skill. In other words, Aura of Fear would be continuously active just by equipping it, but being a B-rank skill, it wasn’t very appealing.
“Two skill books…… no, one skill book dropped.”
One of them would be a Random Skillbook, so the remaining one was likely the skill book dropped by Beksha.
[Strike of Fear] (B-rank)
Description: A strike skill that demoralizes the opponent. Using this skill has a chance to inflict fear on the opponent. Opponents affected by fear will have their attack power reduced.
“……This changes things.”
I unexpectedly acquired a skill book that even gives Intimidation stat. But I postponed thinking about this for later and examined the other items I obtained, confirming they were Beksha’s Tooth and Claw, and Leather, all rare materials.
“Being rare materials, they might be useful somewhere.”
What else did I get?
“Ah, the title.”
After checking all the items I obtained from Beksha, I remembered that my title had changed to Hero of the Present World and decided to check its options.
[Hero of the Present World] (Title)
Description: Defeated a stronger boss alone multiple times and even defeated a raid boss monster.
━Health increased by 20%.
━Magic Power increased by 20%.
━All Stats increased by 20%.
━Prevents NPCs from looking down on you (Always applied).
“This is really ambiguous.”
Aside from Health and Magic Power, the 20% increase to all stats was quite tempting. It was a choice between maintaining defense or increasing stats, but I didn’t think for long.
“Change Title. Hero of the Present World.”
[Title changed to ‘ Hero of the Present World ‘. Remaining title changes: 0.]
‘My defense is high enough as it is.’
Anyway, after resolving the title issue, I thought about the rare set. Should I sell it on the real-time auction house? I decided to give up on the option of using it myself. Aside from the set effect, I had already enhanced the entire Azure Set to +10.
The gold spent on the Azure Set alone exceeded several hundred gold, so should I switch to this leather armor? I didn’t want to do that.
[Emperor Guild’s ‘ Aizen ‘ has invited you to the Guild Chat.]
[Do you accept?]
“Right, there’s no way he wouldn’t contact me.”
After roughly finishing checking the items, I put them back in the item window and accepted the guild chat invitation.
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