Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 159

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓𝟗

‘Enhance?’

At the word ‘enhance,’ I read the message again. It seemed to be saying that I could strengthen a skill. However, since it asked me to choose only one skill, I naturally had to think about it.

‘What should I enhance?’

Even if I tried to choose an S-rank skill, there were six of them. Moreover, since all six skills were good, I couldn’t easily make a decision. In the meantime, the NPC who was in charge of the promotion test said,

“Since you passed the test, why don’t you go now?”

“Ah, yes.”

“It won’t be easy next time.”

‘What does he mean by next time?’

Do I have to do a promotion quest even at level 200? I thought about it for a moment, but since I didn’t know how many months it would take to reach level 200, I tried to ignore it and left the testing area.

‘The best skill for me right now is……’

Jayer’s Guardian Shield? It’s good. It greatly increases the damage of my shield skill. Also, while fighting Heights, I realized that Phantom Shift is also a very good skill.

‘This is a real dilemma.’

“Rudin-nim.”

At that moment, I heard a familiar voice and looked up to see Yua and Sina. What are they doing here? Since it’s a testing area, they must have come to take the test, but that was just my guess.

“What brings you here?”

“We came to do the promotion quest. How about you, Rudin-nim?”

“I just finished.”

In addition, after hearing the purpose of their visit, I realized that the promotion quest they attempted yesterday had failed.

‘Come to think of it, I’m curious.’

Did Yua also take the Strength test like me? Considering Yua’s fighting style, it wouldn’t be strange if Strength was her highest stat. However, if she had experienced the Strength test even once, she wouldn’t have tried it again unless there was some special change.

“What kind of quest did you get, Yua-nim?”

“Agility. They made me do something like tag…… I think it might be possible if I do it well.”

‘As expected, it wasn’t Strength.’

It seemed that Yua’s highest stat was Agility. By the way, is the Agility test tag? No matter how much I thought about it, it felt more normal than the Strength test I took.

“But did you come to take the test too, Sina-nim?”

“I can’t take the test because my level isn’t high enough. I came here because Yua kept asking me to come.”

“So you were dragged here.”

“Ah, then I’ll go do the quest.”

At Sina’s answer, Yua smiled awkwardly and soon headed to room 2. Anyway, the test itself wouldn’t take that long, so I thought I could wait a few minutes at most.

“How did it go for you, Rudin-nim?”

“The promotion quest? Of course I succeeded.”

Although it was a quest I never wanted to do again.

“I expected it, but it’s still amazing. I heard that almost no one succeeds on the first try.”

“Honestly, I almost failed too.”

Especially since I cleared the quest without even using skills. Originally, it must have been designed to be cleared using various skills, but I cleared it without using any skills, so I think most people who know about the Strength test would be surprised.

“Oh, come on, there’s no way Rudin-nim would fail. You’re the one who easily takes down raid bosses.”

‘Doesn’t she believe me?’

It was sad that the truth didn’t reach her even though I told her. Anyway, I put aside the talk about the test and thought about Purom’s Experimental Subject Sealing Orb that I gave her yesterday.

“By the way, which number experimental subject did you get?”

“Number 7.”

‘Number 7?’

What was the number 7 experimental subject?

First of all, it was fortunate that it wasn’t a number between 1 and 5. The higher the number, the better. After thinking for a while, I could recall what kind of creature the number 7 experimental subject was.

‘It was the one with crossbows equipped on both hands.’

It was a ranged type experimental subject that fired two crossbows in succession. From Sina’s point of view, it seemed like a decent creature. Since she always sticks with Yua, it’s like having someone to take the front, and Sina can assist Yua by attacking from a distance.

The problem is probably the level?

If the level of the experimental subject is low, ranged attacks wouldn’t be very meaningful, so it seems she would have to focus on leveling it up.

“You’ll have to level it up first.”

“I guess so. I want to do that too, but there’s nowhere to level up properly. Wherever I go, it’s crowded with people.”

“It seems like there are a lot of people?”

“The number keeps increasing, right? A younger brother I know is going crazy about Twilight. Thanks to that, I’m exhausted.”

He must have asked for help with this and that. But is there anything Sina can help with? She can’t help with combat, and she can’t give him equipment either.

At best, she could just hand him some potions.

However, looking at Sina’s expression, it seemed like he asked for more than that.

“He said he analyzed Twilight and came up with the best skill combination? From what I heard, it sounded like a magic warrior.”

After hearing the rest of the story, it sounded more like a jack-of-all-trades than a magic warrior. Attack skills and magic skills. On top of that, he said he had to learn healing, support, and summoning skills.

Of course, he said it was enough to learn only one or two skills other than magic, but if he learned the remaining 10 or so skills as magic skills, he would just be a mage.

“Is that the best combination?”

Well, if he learned all those skills as S-rank, it might be the best combination.

“That’s what my brother said.”

“He should just go as a mage, why bother with attack skills……”

“Well, I heard he’s going to raise his Strength and Agility stats with items and raise his Intelligence or Magic Power with skill levels. He seems to want to move quickly and use magic simply.”

‘A speed-oriented mage?’

There are quite a few things to consider.

First, he said he would raise his Strength and Agility with items, which means wearing armor. However, he can’t wear items unless he has the required base stats, and to raise those base stats, he needs to learn more skills and level up.

‘For example, attack skills…… Can he wear armor with just one or two learned?’

Actually, there is a way. He could learn high-ranking skills, or he could wear items from the Luxury Shop. Luxury Shop items don’t have stat restrictions.

‘They’re just expensive.’

Thinking up to that point, I said to Sina,

“Tell him to choose one side and not regret it later.”

“I already told him that. He just won’t listen.”

Well, I had no intention of stopping him since he wanted to walk the path of hardship himself. It was enough that I gave him advice. I thought I had done my part just by doing that, and I thought about the skill enhancement I received as a promotion reward.

‘Since all the S-rank skills are good anyway……’

There’s no end to worrying. Therefore, I decided to enhance Jayer’s Guardian Shield, the first S-rank skill I acquired.

“Jayer’s Guardian Shield.”

[S-rank skill, ‘Jayer’s Guardian Shield’ has been enhanced.]

[Changed from S-rank to S+-rank.]

Now it’s time to check how the enhanced Jayer’s Guardian Shield has changed.

“Detailed information. Jayer’s Guardian Shield.”

[S+-rank Jayer’s Guardian Shield Effect] (LV12+2)

━Physical & Magic Defense increased from 400 → 425

━Penetration Defense Probability increased from 65 → 70p.

━Health recovery rate increased from 70 → 75 per second.

━Health temporarily increased from 6,500 → 7,000.

━All basic stats increased from 70 → 75.

━All attribute resistance increased from 22 → 23%.

━Shield-related skill effects increased from 65 → 70%.

━Ignores magic attacks below the defense value.

━(New) When used, temporarily nullifies all attacks.

━(New) When used, can find targets hidden by stealth.

━Duration increased from 90 → 95 seconds.

*Consumes 1500 Magic Power when used.

*Consumes 10% Stamina when used.

“Hmm.”

Upon checking, I could see that two new abilities had been added. It seems that enhancement doesn’t just increase the ability itself, but adds a few new abilities.

In short, it’s better than before, but it doesn’t improve the skill itself to the point of being completely different.

‘It’s better than nothing.’

After reading the two added abilities, I recalled Heights, whom I fought yesterday. If I had used this Guardian Shield when Heights launched his leaf attack, I could have avoided taking damage.

If used well, it’s like having absolute defense.

Moreover, now that I can find those approaching with stealth, the probability of being surprised has decreased. Although the skill enhancement doesn’t bring about a significant change, it doesn’t mean it’s disappointing.

“Oh? Rudin-nim. Look over there.”

“……?”

While I was examining the enhanced skill, I turned my head for a moment at Sina’s words as she nudged me. And I could see Aizen walking from the entrance.

‘Aizen? Did he come to do the promotion quest?’

For me, who thought Aizen would have cleared it long ago, his appearance now was unexpected. Anyway, Aizen seemed to have spotted me as well and was walking towards me.

“You were here.”

“What’s up?”

“I came to do the promotion quest.”

At those words, I nodded. If he came all the way here, there was nothing else but the promotion quest. However, it was unexpected that Aizen, who could level up faster than anyone else, was only doing the promotion quest now.

“Well, you’ll succeed easily. Good luck.”

In fact, I didn’t think Aizen would fail. He must have decked himself out with various high-ranking skills and rare items.

However, Aizen didn’t leave immediately, as if he still had something to say.

“Actually, I just got a call from the Yonggammusang Guild. It seems they’re convinced that you’re the one who caught Heights.”

“They think I caught Heights?”

No, how did they know?

“It seems the reason is that you appeared in front of the Muhon Guild, who were fighting Deronak two days ago. Moreover, since Arnela disappeared without a trace, they concluded that it was the work of an individual, not a group, and as a result, they thought it could only be you, Rudin-nim.”

‘As expected, Deronak was the problem.’

Since I was the last one left during the Deronak hunt, it wasn’t strange that I was suspected. But to say that I’m the one who caught Arnela and Heights because of that reason?

Honestly, it’s true, but I had no intention of admitting it.

“They’re funny. Did they say anything else?”

“They demanded 1,000 gold as compensation for damages. They seemed to have said something else, but I didn’t think it was worth listening to, so I cut off the conversation.”

“1,000 gold?”

Even when I heard the Yonggammusang Guild’s demands to the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild before, I thought it was absurd, but I never thought they would do that to the Emperor Guild.

‘Should I just leave this alone?’

If I leave it alone, all sorts of posts will be uploaded on the internet. Something like ‘Rudin who stole the raid boss’? Usually, I wouldn’t care what kind of posts were uploaded on the internet, but if it’s related to me, it’s a different story.

‘Oh, come to think of it, you said you acquired an S-rank skill, right?’

Looking closely, it seems this guy acquired an S-rank and has become blind.

“If you don’t mind, I’ll go and take care of it.”

“You, Rudin-nim?”

“Yes, can you declare war?”

“It might harm the guild members, but…… It wouldn’t matter, right. Then I’ll proceed with it.”

With those words, Aizen entered room 2 to do the promotion quest. It seemed that Aizen’s highest stat was also Agility.

Come to think of it, he fought at a reasonably fast pace, right?

Moreover, since he has the S-rank attack skill Extinction Sword, I wonder if he intentionally focused on Agility.

‘If it were before, I would have envied Extinction Sword.’

Now it doesn’t matter. I also have the S-rank attack skill Thunder Strike. Although it’s less powerful than Extinction Sword, it’s a skill with decent power befitting an S-rank skill.

“You’re amazing. Aren’t you going to catch Houron?”

‘Houron?’

For reference, Sina knows that I caught Arnela. And from the conversation just now, she seems to have figured out that I caught Deronak and Heights.

“I don’t have a ranged skill to fight Houron. How can I catch something that flies?”

“Wouldn’t it work if you grabbed its wings and hit it hard?”

“……That’s an incredible method.”

So much so that I don’t even want to try it.

Anyway, after waiting a little longer, I could see Yua, who finished the promotion quest, appearing with a smile.

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