Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 169

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟗

“Wow, who the hell is that guy?”

“He’s just massacring the Yonggammusang Guild members?”

“His clones are awesome too!”

“Oh? There’s an item!”

‘Damn it.’

But before I could even approach the guy using the Phantom Removal skill, players who had nothing to do with this fight started to move.

‘Do these guys not care if they die?’

If the Harpe Empire was here, I wouldn’t have cared if they died or not. The problem is the phantoms. If the phantoms use their skills and get them involved, I’ll end up killing ordinary players unintentionally.

Or I could just let the phantoms disappear……

‘But I can’t slow down this momentum yet.’

Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwak!-

‘Huh?’

Suddenly, one of the phantoms I created made a red storm. It must be Giant’s Sprint, and as I expected, the phantom, swirling the red storm, charged towards where more hostile players were gathered.

Kwaang!- Kwa Kwa Kwaang!!-

“Uh, Uwaaaack!”

‘……Now that I see it, Giant’s Sprint is a nuisance too.’

The Giant’s Sprint used by the phantom flung dozens of players in all directions. Thankfully, it was a powerful skill, so about half of the players died, but the remaining ones were scattered everywhere, making things even more chaotic.

“Rudin! Do you think you can antagonize our Yonggammusang Guild and get away with it?!”

“……?”

While I was briefly watching the players scattered by the Giant’s Sprint, I heard someone shouting in a loud voice. When I turned around, a Yonggammusang Guild member, equipped with decent gear, was glaring at me.

He’s probably an executive if we’re comparing him to the Emperor Guild?

‘But what nonsense is he spouting?’

He can’t even beat me alone.

Of course, I haven’t been completely unscathed until now. Thanks to that, I’ve taken some damage, but considering my health exceeding 20,000, it’s insignificant. And if I happen to take serious damage, I can just use Armor of Protection or drink a potion, so I can say I’m still comfortable.

“Our Guild Master will be here soon!”

“So?”

Tat!-

With those short words, I immediately run towards him. He’s surprisingly skilled, as he shows by swinging his sword to match my full-speed run, but……

“High-Speed Slash!”

Pachichik!-

[Hit Damage! 4,734.]

[Damage Received! -1.]

Ignoring his attacks, I focused solely on offense. So, while we both received damage, it goes without saying who had the advantage. Anyway, perhaps because of the damage he received, or the damage he inflicted on me, he widened his eyes and was about to open his mouth, but he ended up dying from another swing of Roar of the Thunder Dragon.

Pachichik!-

[Hostile player eliminated……]

“Phew.”

Let’s see…… Now there are four phantoms left?

Again, it seems like none of these Yonggammusang Guild members can beat my phantoms. So, even if I just leave them alone, they’ll all be wiped out by the phantoms, but because of Phantom Removal, my phantoms are disappearing instead.

“Wow, this item is amazing!”

“F*ck off!”

“Let me pick some up too!”

“Don’t push! You b*stards!”

In the end, the players blinded by the items dropped on the floor rushed in to pick them up, and that pathetic sight made me speechless.

They come to pick up items even though attack magic is pouring down nearby?

I could relatively reduce the damage with Jayer’s Guardian Shield, but those players picking up items nearby seemed to have low levels. I guess they’re doing this because they think picking up dropped items is more profitable than dying.

Kwa Kwa Kwaang!!-

“Aack! They’re attacking!”

‘Sigh.’

I let out a sigh inwardly and dealt with the remaining Yonggammusang Guild members. It felt like I killed 200 people, or maybe even more, with the help of the phantoms, but there were still many Yonggammusang Guild members left.

As expected, there were too many to catch one by one?

[The duration of the S-rank skill, Jayer’s Guardian Shield, has ended.]

“Jayer’s Guardian Shield.”

‘By the way, what are the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members doing?’

While reactivating Jayer’s Guardian Shield, whose duration had ended, I looked around and easily found the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members. They were currently fighting alongside my phantoms, but to be honest, they didn’t seem to be much help.

“Damn it! If it weren’t for the phantoms, these b*stards!”

“Keep attacking!”

Jeokseong and his guild members were focusing their attacks on the targets the phantoms were fighting. They joined forces to attack enemies that approached, and hid behind the phantoms to avoid incoming magic, fighting hard, but on the other hand, it was somewhat pitiful.

It seems they’ve been inactive for too long.

“Ah, it’s the Guild Master!”

“The Guild Master is here!”

‘Guild Master?’

He arrived already, even though it hasn’t even been a few minutes since the battle started? Well, it’s not strange since he could have used a Return Scroll. Anyway, I decided to eliminate the nearby guys and look for the Yonggammusang Guild Master.

“Heuksin!”

But before I could even search, I heard Jeokseong’s voice shouting the Yonggammusang Guild Master’s ID loudly. And Jeokseong, stopping mid-fight, ran straight towards where Heuksin was. Naturally, the Yonggammusang Guild Master was standing there, leading dozens of guild members.

“This time, I will kill you for sure!”

‘Too hasty.’

While I was watching Jeokseong charging in without thinking, Heuksin looked at him with a scornful expression and then muttered something.

Pabat!-

At the same time, something black and unidentified started spreading from the ground where Heuksin was standing, and its range was so wide that it reached even where I was.

‘Is this his S-rank skill?’

I learned about his S-rank skill a few days ago from the Yonggammusang Guild members chatting in the Life-Swallowing Forest. I still don’t know the exact effect, but it was a skill with an incredibly wide range.

[An unknown energy is infiltrating your body.]

[360 health will decrease every 5 seconds.]

[The effect of Holy type skills is halved.]

“……”

Is this it?

It was an unexpectedly underwhelming skill. It decreases every 5 seconds, not per second? This much can be easily recovered with my Jayer’s Guardian Shield.

This is because the currently applied level 14 Jayer’s Guardian Shield recovers 75 health per second.

‘I was worried for nothing.’

But Heuksin’s skill didn’t end there.

Dalgak- Dalgak- Dalgeurak-

Skeletons were appearing as if to block Jeokseong who was running. It was a death-type summoning. Moreover, sharp swords and shields that gleamed in the sunlight. Lastly, seeing their fully-armed state with armor, they weren’t just ordinary skeletons.

‘What? Skeleton Warriors?’

“Die, Rudin!”

“Ah, so annoying!”

Crackle!-

[Enemy player……]

Even though I wanted to take a closer look at the guy named Heuksin, the guys swarming around me were interfering. The remaining number of phantoms was only two. Since the stamina restriction was gone, I could increase the phantoms again, but right now I wanted to observe those two.

‘But why did he summon so many skeletons?’

Of course, the biggest characteristic of death summoning is that you can summon indefinitely if there’s a corpse. In other words, overlapping summons are possible, but what felt strange was that there were no corpses where Heuksin was currently standing.

Heuksin summoned more than 10 skeletons in a place with no corpses. Just like that, the charging Jeokseong and the skeletons clashed.

Clang!-

I couldn’t see clearly, but it seemed like the skeleton swung its sword at Jeokseong. Jeokseong blocked the sword, but there wasn’t just one skeleton, and to avoid the attack of another skeleton swinging from a different direction, Jeokseong had no choice but to step back and shout.

“You cowardly b*stard!”

‘……I guess I have to help.’

I didn’t like that I rushed out recklessly. But I couldn’t just let him die like that, and I thought it might be better in many ways to kill the Guild Master Heuksin rather than killing the Yonggammusang Guild members nearby, so I decided to leave a phantom here and move.

“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”

Boom!!-

‘Huh?’

Having moved near Jeokseong with Phantom Shift, I could see Jeokseong, who had turned gray along with a sudden explosion. And Heuksin, who was looking directly at me, who was in stealth mode. He probably used a skill that detects stealth.

“So, you must be Rudin.”

Suddenly, a deep hostility was emanating from Heuksin who was speaking to me. Perhaps it was natural. From Heuksin’s perspective, I was the one who caught the raid boss Heights, and also the one who declared hostility and massacred his guild members.

But I wasn’t going to admit it.

“If you suspect the wrong person and even demand compensation, you have to pay the price.”

“Ha, so you’re saying you didn’t catch Heights?”

“There’s no way I could have caught Heights when I don’t even know where he is.”

At my answer, Heuksin made a dumbfounded expression and then opened his mouth.

“You’re still talking nonsense…… Well, honestly, I was curious about your skills.”

Heuksin stopped talking there and sent nine skeletons, as if he had no intention of talking anymore. I don’t know why one was missing, but if he was coming out with summons, I just had to fight back with summons as well.

“Karzen Kingdom Soldier Summoning.”

Whoosh!-

[Summoning Karzen Kingdom Soldiers……]

Although I failed the quest yesterday, the skill remained. And with that skill, I summoned about 10 Karzen Kingdom soldiers and had them fight the skeletons.

“Attack the skeletons!”

The basic commands for summoned creatures are attack and standby, and it seemed to apply to the Karzen Kingdom Soldiers as well. The soldiers who heard my words immediately attacked the skeletons. Meanwhile, upon closer inspection, I realized that the skeletons weren’t just skeletons, but ‘Skeleton Knights’.

‘If they are Skeleton Knights……’

What rank skill are they?

Clang!- Clank!-

Anyway, the soldiers who clashed with the Skeleton Knights seemed to be fighting well, but it was only for a short while. Soon, they started to be pushed back helplessly.

‘It seems like the synergy is better on my side.’

The soldier with the shield blocked the front, and the soldiers with spears and bows provided support attacks from behind. Nevertheless, the Skeleton Knights killed the shield soldier at the front with merciless sword strikes and then rushed at the soldier with the spear.

Just by looking, it was clear that they were no match in terms of basic stats.

“Do you have time to look away? Cry of Fear!”

Screech!-

For a moment, a sharp scream that made my skin crawl made me frown, and several message windows popped up in front of me.

[You have heard the Cry of Fear.]

[You resist slightly due to the related stat ‘Fighting Spirit’.]

[Attack power is decreased by 11%.]

“You’re still far off! Claws of Death!”

Whoosh!-

As Heuksin used Claws of Death after the Cry of Fear skill, three streaks of black light appeared above my head and moved in a curve, scratching at me.

[You have taken damage! -373.]

[You resist slightly due to the related stat ‘Fighting Spirit’.]

[Magic Defense is decreased by 14%.]

‘Why does every skill have this kind of effect?’

It felt like he had deliberately learned only these kinds of skills, as my stats were decreased with every attack skill. Perhaps Heuksin’s style was to decrease stats like this and fight using summoned creatures.

And while that was happening, the Skeleton Knights who had killed all the soldiers rushed at me, and Heuksin didn’t miss that opportunity either.

“Corpse Explosion!”

Boom!!-

[You have taken damage! -2,654.]

‘Ah, was this the skill that killed Jeokseong?’

One skeleton shattered and bone fragments scattered in all directions. Surprised that I received quite a bit of damage despite having Guardian Shield up, I could guess how Jeokseong was defeated just now.

“How is it?! My attack!”

“……”

But instead of answering, I took out the Unending Healing Potion from the item window and drank it. Seeing that, Heuksin quickly used a skill.

[Health and Magic Power are……]

“You b*stard! Corpse Explosion!”

“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”

Boom!!-

One thing was for sure, that guy Heuksin didn’t have much experience fighting players. Even so, to think he would use something like Corpse Explosion after seeing me move with a skill.

‘Is he insane?’

It felt like a lie that he had been in a guild war with the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild for several days, considering his sloppy response. Perhaps it was because he deleted all the skills he had learned before with the S-rank skill.

‘Then, does that mean Heuksin wasn’t a magic-type before learning the S-rank skill?’

But it didn’t matter anymore. Having moved right next to Heuksin with Phantom Shift, I swung my shield with the intention of blowing away Heuksin and the guild members he brought along all at once.

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