Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 164

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟒

The player left for where his companions were, leaving behind the words that he would do his best. He wanted to leave it to them and slip away, but knowing that Nayra would never let him go, he gave up.

‘No matter how I think about it, I don’t think we can finish this today.’

As if knowing my feelings, Nayra and Nabek approached me and started asking about the next target.

“Rudin-nim. Is there no contact from the other soldier who was on patrol?”

“I should call him again.”

There was no way I would get a response from the soldiers who had already disappeared because their duration had ended. So I summoned another Karzen Kingdom soldier and sent him on patrol, and I could see the eyes of the player who witnessed my skill widen in surprise.

“What was that just now? It looked like you summoned a soldier?”

“Should we go ask him? He might teach us if we ask.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Would you teach us if you were him?”

‘Hmm.’

Come to think of it, I didn’t know how to acquire this skill. I had acquired it by chance through a quest, but I didn’t know how others could acquire it.

‘If there’s any possibility, is it becoming a knight of the royal family?’

Since Nabek was also using it, there was a high possibility of acquiring it if I obtained a similar position. Maybe it wasn’t a skill to summon just any soldier of the Karzen Kingdom. So, if I reached a position where I could command soldiers, I thought I would naturally acquire it.

“Let’s move too.”

Nayra’s voice came while I was sending soldiers on patrol and thinking about this and that. I moved as Nayra wished. Anyway, if we wanted to find the highest-ranking demon within today, we had to walk diligently.

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[Ding!~ The level of the B-rank skill ‘ Karzen Kingdom Soldier Summon ‘ has increased.]

[Stat Command increases by 10.]

‘Phew, as expected, it’s damn hard to find.’

Thanks to the repeated summoning and patrolling, the soldier summoning level had already reached level 3. However, since we hadn’t found a single demon so far, even the players, including myself, were clearly bored.

“Ah~ Really. Did we accept the wrong quest?”

“If we had hunted instead, we could have at least leveled up.”

“Be quiet. The reward is decent, isn’t it?”

“What? 20,000 Divine Contribution Points? With 20,000, you can buy a C-rank Faith Skillbook, so it’s not a bad reward, but we don’t know when we can clear it.”

“……?”

Could you buy Faith Skillbooks with Divine Contribution Points? Focusing on the conversation coming from behind, I heard the content and decided to open the Twilight homepage to learn about Divine Contribution Points.

Since the soldiers were patrolling anyway, and I was bored just walking around silently, I wanted to spend my time this way.

‘Let’s see…… Is this the Divine Contribution Points?’

[About Divine Contribution Points.]

[Content: If you want to be a healer in Twilight, you have to go to the temple. This is because you can buy skill books related to the Faith stat there. They are called Faith Skillbooks. Simply put, if you help with various tasks at the temple, you will gradually earn something called Divine Contribution Points. You can use these accumulated Divine Contribution Points to purchase skill books, but the Faith Skillbooks you can buy vary depending on the size of the temple. At places like the Grand Temple in the capital, you can buy more skill books……]

‘Ah, I understand roughly.’

Simply put, it was like points. The reward for the quests given by the temple was commonly Divine Contribution Points, and when these Divine Contribution Points reached a certain value, they could be exchanged for Faith Skillbooks.

Moreover, when I looked into it a bit more, it seemed that F-rank Skillbooks could be exchanged for about 1,000 Divine Contribution Points.

However, considering that the Divine Contribution Points earned from cleaning quests inside the temple were around 5-10, this value of 1,000 might be quite high.

‘But I have…… 100,000, was it?’

It was five times higher than the player behind me who was overjoyed at the prospect of receiving 20,000. If I was lucky, I might be able to buy a B-rank…… No, an A-rank Skillbook.

Additionally, thinking about Faith skills, I wanted to learn one thing.

‘Healing or support is meaningless, but it wouldn’t be bad to acquire a resurrection skill.’

Healing could be handled with the Armor of Protection or unique potions. Support was covered by the S-rank skill, Jayer’s Guardian Shield. Therefore, what remained was the resurrection skill, a skill that wouldn’t hurt to learn.

[One of the patrolling soldiers has been killed by a high-ranking demon.]

[The location of the dead soldier is marked on the map. You can check the location with the command ‘ Map Check ‘.]

“Huh?”

“What’s the matter?”

“A high-ranking demon.”

A high-ranking demon, stronger than an intermediate one. Perhaps because of the word “high-ranking,” Nayra didn’t move immediately even after hearing the word “demon.” It seemed that the limit of the demons Nayra could handle was intermediate.

“Let’s go.”

Instead of Nayra, who was still hesitating, I headed towards the location of the high-ranking demon. Besides, if one was going to appear, it should have been a highest-ranking demon, why a high-ranking one? While grumbling inwardly and arriving at the location, I unexpectedly found a demon standing as if waiting.

[Gatovel, the High-ranking Demon]

“I thought I smelled something unpleasant from somewhere, and it was you. But I was thinking it was about time you came.”

“……?”

Judging from the way it spoke, it seemed like it had been waiting for us. At that moment, the conversation of the players chattering from behind could be heard as well.

“It’s much more disgusting than the demon we saw earlier.”

“Is the quest over if we just deal with this demon?”

“What nonsense! The quest says to eliminate a highest-ranking demon.”

“Oh, really? Then it’s useless to catch this guy.”

The appearance of Gatovel, the high-ranking demon, was that of a shirtless figure wearing only pants. Since its entire body had blue skin, it could be considered disgusting, but the grotesque tattoos randomly drawn on its skin somewhat lessened that feeling.

“As a reward, I will grant you death, just like those who came before you.”

[One of the patrolling soldiers has been killed by a high-ranking demon……]

[Patrolling soldier……]

‘What?’

Sudden message windows popped up. Reading them, most of the soldiers on patrol were being killed by demons. Moreover, looking at the map, the demons were everywhere, and after confirming that, I easily figured out that they were going to surround this place.

“Nayra. It seems like the demons are trying to surround this place.”

“Surround? Then how……”

“Take those behind you and run away.”

“What about Rudin-nim?”

Nayra, realizing the gravity of the situation, asked with a hardened expression, but before I could answer, Gatovel, the high-ranking demon, started charging towards us.

“Ha! What are you talking about?!”

The speed of the charging Gatovel was faster than expected. It might even be faster than me. Seeing Gatovel approaching so quickly, incomparably faster than any intermediate demon, I used my skill without hesitation.

“Dynamics.”

Kwaaaang!-

[Skill Damage! 1,973.]

At the same time, I instinctively swung the Roar of the Thunder Dragon, hitting Gatovel’s head, and quickly checked the damage.

[Hit Damage! 1,632.]

‘This won’t be easy.’

Judging from the hit damage and the speed at which it approached me, this high-ranking demon’s strength and agility seemed to be superior to mine. Moreover, since other demons were gathering, I anticipated a difficult battle and shouted at Nayra, who still hadn’t run away.

“Run away quickly!”

“Ah, yes. I understand.”

“Kkuk, trying to run away? Unfortunately, it’s too late!”

‘What does he mean by too late?’

Have they already surrounded us?

I tried to look around just in case, but the demon’s movements as it attempted to counterattack were too fast. If I looked away even for a moment, I might be subjected to a barrage of attacks. I barely dodged the high-ranking demon’s fist as it swung and swung the Roar of the Thunder Dragon, but the high-ranking demon parried it with its other fist.

Kwaang!-

‘Crazy.’

No matter how I looked at it, the demon’s fist was a weapon itself, as it didn’t take any damage even after colliding with my weapon. Anyway, it was hard to even keep my wits about me as it swung those fists alternately.

“Wow~ That person is incredibly fast!”

“I can’t even see the attacks.”

“But didn’t he tell us to run away just now?”

And even the players were admiring the battle between me and the high-ranking demon. I was getting annoyed that they were admiring the fight instead of helping, but apart from that, their behavior of not running away yet was puzzling.

Bang!- Kwabang!-

“Amazing! To think you could fight on par with me!”

“On par?”

What is this guy talking about?

Certainly, if we consider the current exchange of blows, there isn’t a significant difference between me and him, so it’s not unreasonable to think we’re on par. However, the fact itself that he was evaluating me based solely on the current battle didn’t sit well with me.

“Oh Light! Please dispel the darkness in this place!”

“……?”

Pabat!-

Nayra? Suddenly, I heard Nayra’s voice, whom I thought had run away, and at the same time, a pure white light spread in all directions.

“Kugh! How dare you interrupt my battle!”

The high-ranking demon, touched by the light, retreated with a pained expression and hid behind a large tree. Thanks to this, I gained a little breathing room and quickly looked around.

It was to check if there were any other demons around, but perhaps because of the light, there wasn’t a single demon in sight.

“Why didn’t you run away……”

“Unfortunately, we’re surrounded. I saw at least six demons at a glance. Even if we run away, we’ll definitely be caught soon.”

‘We’re already surrounded?’

As Nayra said, as the light that had spread in all directions faded, several demons emerged from behind the trees. Most of them were intermediate demons, but only one was a high-ranking demon.

[Losmo, the High-ranking Demon]

‘Two high-ranking demons……’

With two high-ranking demons appearing, the intermediate demons didn’t even catch my eye. Anyway, this seemed dangerous, didn’t it? Not only did the number of demons that appeared outnumber us, but their individual strength also overwhelmed us.

“W-What? When did these demons get here?”

“It seems like we’re surrounded.”

“Was this why you told us to run away earlier?”

Since they were only huddled together, it seemed they didn’t know how the situation was unfolding. Since they didn’t seem like they would be of any help anyway, I decided to ignore them and focus on protecting Nayra and Nabek who were here.

“Title Change. Summon.”

[Summoning Ust, Swallowing the Bitter Cold……]

Wheeeeeeeng!-

Ust was summoned along with a blizzard.

The players, upon discovering the suddenly summoned Ust, started chattering as if they were surprised. It seemed like the reason was that someone who fought as well as me had also acquired a summoning skill. And fortunately, Ust’s appearance had changed significantly from the beginning, so now no one would think of it as a raid boss.

“What? He even acquired a summoning skill?”

“Judging by its size, it’s at least a B-rank skill.”

“Was he a hybrid character?”

However, I ignored the players’ chatter and changed my title again before speaking to Ust.

“Protect the two here and kill the demons.”

After giving a simple command like that, I looked around at the demons. I was initially thinking of fighting moderately, but with the situation like this, it seemed like I had to fight seriously.

‘Alright, I’ll show you the infinite phantoms I gained from fighting Heights.’

My skills and those of the high-ranking demon were similar, which meant the phantoms were the same. In other words, every time I summoned a phantom, it meant that a high-ranking demon was added to our side. Considering that, it wasn’t a big crisis.

“Gatovel! You still haven’t finished cleaning up! I’ll take care of it from now on, so you can disappear.”

“Don’t talk nonsense!”

‘Hmm? Is this a conflict within their ranks?’

Hearing the two high-ranking demons arguing, a glimmer of hope arose, but the kind of fight I desired didn’t happen.

“Your job is to watch quietly from there! I’ll show you that you won’t even have a chance to intervene!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gatovel charged towards us, and Ust, recognizing his action, immediately swung its branches.

Kwaang!-

A confrontation between a raid boss and a high-ranking demon. It was a battle where Ust had an overwhelmingly advantageous position, without a doubt. However, I thought this was my chance while the other demons, except for Gatovel, were just watching, and decided to eliminate him as quickly as possible.

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