𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 20
[Damage received! -298.]
Damn, I’m going to die.
That was truly insane damage. Is there any player who could survive that? I can guarantee there’s none as of now. Similarly, the quest stated the recommended party size was 6, but even if all 6 gathered, I didn’t think we could win.
Kwaang!-
[Damage received! -97.]
‘More importantly, how much HP do I have left?’
I hurriedly blocked the club swung by Dorgen and checked my remaining HP.
[HP：732/1716]
‘Over half gone already.’
I thought I could take him down since Dorgen’s defense was significantly reduced due to his enraged state, but I was wrong. If I continued fighting like this, the chances of me losing were high.
So, it’s better to finish this quickly.
“Skill Use. Jayer’s Guardian Shield!”
Pabut!-
[S-Rank Skill. Jayer’s Guardian Shield activated.]
[Consumes 300 Magic Power.]
[Insufficient Magic Power.]
[Stamina consumption doubled.]
Once again, a white heat haze rises from my body along with the pillar of light. Dorgen momentarily hesitates at the rising pillar of light, and I immediately drink the last remaining Lower Grade Magic Potion.
[Magic Power recovered by 200.]
And……
“Skill Use! Shield Bash!”
Kwaang!-
[Skill Damage! 241.]
Truly impressive damage. The damage that was a little over 100 went over 200 with just one Guardian Shield! Also, since his defense was lowered due to his enraged state, it seems like additional damage was applied.
However, Dorgen’s agility was also greatly increased.
“Spinning Strike!”
“Skill Use! Shield Bash!”
[Damage received! -79.]
[Skill Damage! 237.]
‘It’s still not dead after receiving this much damage.’
Considering my remaining HP, it’s definitely a dangerous situation. But I can endure as long as Jayer’s Guardian Shield is maintained. The problem is, if I can’t kill him before the duration ends this time, it’ll end with my defeat.
“Kuaaaat! Warrior’s Strike!”
‘Not dodging!’
Instead, I charge towards Dorgen. I didn’t even consider dodging from the beginning. I had to inflict as much damage as possible while Jayer’s Guardian Shield was active.
“Skill Use! Shield Bash!”
Kwakwang!- Kwaaang!!-
[Damage received! 195.]
[Skill Damage! 239.]
“Keuk!”
Unable to withstand Dorgen’s Warrior’s Strike, my body is flung back. But Jayer’s Guardian Shield is still active.
Quickly get up and hit him at least one more ti……
“Kuuuuh…… I…… I…… “
“……?”
Kooong-
Just as I struggled to get up and attempt an attack, Dorgen’s massive body slowly collapsed forward. Missing the timing for my attack, I could only stare blankly at the fallen Dorgen.
Did he collapse? Then could it be……
Suddenly, I could see the scene of the messages I had been hoping for piling up rapidly.
[Boss Monster ‘Dorgen’ has been defeated!]
[Combat Experience 4,000 acquired!]
[Level Up!]
[Ding!~ You have acquired 70 Silver!]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘Dorgen’s Gloves’!]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘Dorgen’s Steel Protector’!]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘E-Rank Skillbook’!]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘D-Rank Skillbook’!]
[Congratulations! You have achieved the great achievement of defeating a boss overwhelmingly higher than your level alone!]
[Training points for skills used during combat will be applied once again!]
[Ding!~ S-Rank Skill ‘Jayer’s Guardian Shield’ level has increased.]
[Stats Strength 10, Stamina 10 increased.]
[Ding!~ F-Rank Skill ‘Basic Shield Training’ level has increased.]
[Stats Strength 1, Stamina 1 increased.]
[You have acquired a ‘Random Skillbook’ for the great achievement.]
“Hul…… “
It was truly a jackpot. Level up, and the money I earned was 70 Silver. Even ignoring the items, I obtained two Skillbooks. And thanks to the great achievement, the levels of Jayer’s Guardian Shield and Basic Shield Training increased, and I even got a Random Skillbook.
If this isn’t a jackpot, what is?!
━Everyone, did you see that?! The warrior who stopped Dorgen’s winning streak is right here! Right here!!
Waaaaaaaah!!!
[S-Rank Skill. Jayer’s Guardian Shield duration has ended.]
Along with the tremendous roar of the crowd, and the message confirming the end of the Guardian Shield’s duration, I finally realized it was over. What if it told me to fight again?
Then I’ll bring all 6 people.
It’s because I strongly felt that if I had blocked Dorgen and the others focused on attacking, we could have won without this hardship.
I shouldn’t have just relied on the title and jumped in……
[Quest completed.]
[Currently completed F-Rank Quests：2.]
[Would you like to return to your original location?]
“Return.”
[Returning to your original location.]
Pabut!-
Returning to the Quest Guild with a white light, I immediately approached the reception desk.
“Thank you for your hard work. Please receive your reward here.”
[Quest completion reward 50 Silver acquired.]
[Fame increased by 30.]
So, my fame is 54 now? But what’s the benefit of high fame? I don’t know yet, but I believed there would be a use for it.
‘Let’s check the items I obtained first.’
Inside the Quest Guild, there were many tables. I roughly found an empty seat and sat down, opening the item window to check the items obtained from Dorgen one by one.
[Dorgen’s Gloves] (Magic)
Description: Iron leather gloves worn by Dorgen, the Massacre of the Underground Arena. Existing leather gloves were reinforced with steel for both offense and defense.
<Additional Stats: Strength (5), Agility (3)>
<Restriction Stats: Strength (15)>
Attack Power: 10
Defense: 15 Magic Defense: 7
Durability: 45/45
*Normal attack damage increased by 5%.
[Dorgen’s Steel Protector] (Magic)
Description: Steel protectors worn by Dorgen, the Massacre of the Underground Arena. Ordinary leather pants reinforced with steel on the thighs and knees for both offense and defense.
<Additional Stats: Strength (6), Stamina (3)>
<Restriction Stats: Strength (15)>
Attack Power: 12
Defense: 17 Magic Defense: 8
Durability: 50/50
*Normal attack damage increased by 5%.
As expected, they were decent items. Defense is a given, but items that also increase attack power? Moreover, since I was still wearing the gloves and pants I bought from the blacksmith, these were the best items for me right now.
Heu, I should change into them right away~
“Status Information Window.”
And I check my status.
[Name: Rudin]
[Title: Shield of Protection]
[Level: 9]
[Fame: 54]
[HP: 1881/1881]
[Magic Power: 190/190]
[Stamina: 100.0%]
[Attack Power: 128] [Magic Attack Power: 10]
[Defense: 213] [Magic Defense: 157]
[Stats]
Strength: 76 (46+30) Intelligence: 10 (9+1) Agility: 16 (9+7)
Stamina: 47 (35+12) Skill: 12
[Acquired Skills: 7/20]
Was it because I completed the quest? Or maybe because I returned to this guild? But all my HP was restored. However, more than that, I was satisfied with my increased stats.
Strength of 76!
Perhaps the highest Strength among players?
‘……Probably not, right?’
There were still 13 skills I could acquire. If someone learned all skills focused on Strength, there was definitely a possibility they were higher than me.
The so-called Strength Warrior.
“But my Intelligence is 10.”
After Strength, I checked Intelligence. Looking at the skills I’ve acquired so far, there was no reason to be interested in Intelligence, but to equip this item, Intelligence 10 was a necessity.
[Bloody Earring] (Magic)
Description: An earring stained with a bloody color. This earring, created by the flow of time and natural mana, has the effect of increasing the wearer’s mana.
<Additional Stats: Intelligence (5), Magic Power (5)>
<Restriction Stats: Intelligence (10)>
Durability: 20/20
*Magic Power increased by 50.
However.
[Cannot equip. Restriction: Intelligence (10)]
“It doesn’t work.”
I expected it. In the ‘Intelligence (9+1)’ displayed in the Status Information Window, the number 1 at the end was the value increased by the item. In the end, it seems like the item’s equip restriction applies to pure stats.
“Well, next is the Skillbook.”
Putting the earring back with a sigh, I checked the long-awaited Skillbook.
[Spinning Strike] (E-Rank)
Description: A technique that attacks using fierce rotational force. Since it attacks by rotating the body 360 degrees, it can attack all enemies within range.
<Stat Increase: Strength (2), Agility (1)>
[Battle Recovery] (D-Rank)
Description: A technique that recovers one’s body in the midst of fierce battle. Although it has the drawback of only applying during combat, it allows for gradual HP recovery even in the most intense battles.
<Stat Increase: Stamina (5)>
“Spinning Strike and Battle Recovery…… “
Spinning Strike was a skill Dorgen frequently used. Thanks to that, I knew what kind of skill it was. A technique that attacks the surroundings by rotating the body. The problem was whether the damage would be as good as Dorgen’s even if I learned it.
‘……But still, my stats will increase.’
I learn it. The reason I’m learning Strong Strike, knowing that my attack power isn’t that great, is because of the stat increase. Honestly, if the stat increase was Intelligence related, I wouldn’t even learn it.
[E-Rank Skill. ‘Spinning Strike’ acquired.]
[Stats increase as you acquire the skill.]
[Strength increased by 2.]
[Agility increased by 1.]
‘What’s left is Battle Recovery…… If it’s recovery, then of course.’
I learn it. I desperately needed a recovery skill, and I was grateful it appeared like this. As expected, one should live a good life.
[D-Rank Skill. ‘Battle Recovery’ acquired.]
[Stats increase as you acquire the skill.]
[Stamina increased by 5.]
“Detailed Information.”
[E-Rank Spinning Strike Effect] (LV1)
━Applies half of Strength as damage.
━Attack Speed increased by 5.
*Consumes 20 Magic Power upon use.
*Consumes 1% Stamina upon use.
[D-Rank Battle Recovery Effect] (LV1)
━Recovers 10 HP every 10 seconds during combat.
━Recovers 0.1% Stamina every 10 seconds during combat.
“Hmm.”
After glancing over the acquired skills through Detailed Information, I didn’t think, ‘Oh, this is really good?!’ Perhaps it’s because it’s being compared too much to S-Rank? But since my stats increased just by acquiring them, I believed they would be helpful and closed the information window.
Anyway……
“It’s all over!”
I solved the quest, changed my equipment, and even learned skills. Then what’s left?
“Hoo, the experiment on Intuition, huh.”
I can probably do it with weapon crafting and the Skillbook.
Recalling the few Iron Ingots and the Random Skillbook in my item window, I headed to the blacksmith first.
* * *
“Oh?”
Surprisingly, there weren’t many people at the blacksmith I arrived at. Could there be this few people in just a day? Anyway, as I approached NPC Deron, he acknowledged me, perhaps due to the quest I did yesterday.
“It’s you.”
“Yes. Do you happen to have Iron Ingots?”
The reason I came to the blacksmith was because of Iron Ingots. If there weren’t any, I would have to go to the mine and mine Iron Ore, but based on my experience yesterday, I didn’t get any decent Iron Ingots.
I can’t make proper weapons with such Iron Ingots.
“The 150 Iron Ingots you ordered yesterday have arrived. Will you buy them?”
“Of course I’ll buy them. That’s why I’m here.”
“Hmm, it’s 30 Silver in total.”
“…… “
No discount?
Expressing my inner thoughts, I handed over 30 Silver. Since I completed the quest earlier, my current funds were 1 Gold 42 Silver, so it wasn’t a burden.
‘If I make weapons here and sell them, it might exceed 2 Gold.’
2 Gold.
That’s 400,000 Won in cash. Satisfied with the fact that I could earn Gold equivalent to 400,000 Won in a day, I received 150 Iron Ingots from Deron, bringing my total Iron Ingot count to 166.
Even if I make Longswords, that’s 13 of them. Even if I sell them for 10 Silver each, it becomes 1 Gold 30 Silver.
‘If I make them with Intuition, it’ll be even more.’
Anyway, after purchasing the Iron Ingots, I decided to make weapons.
‘First, take out the Anvil and Hammer……’
“Skill Use. Dwarven Weapon Crafting.”
[Using Dwarven Weapon Crafting Skill.]
[Please select the weapon to craft.]
“Longsword.”
[Place the materials to use on the Anvil……]
[Materials placed. The number of hammer strikes is determined by the grade of the placed materials.]
[Related stat Skill (12) will be applied.]
[The number of hammer strikes will be reduced. Final count 48.]
’48 times. Come to think of it, the Spear I made yesterday was 58 times, right?’
Compared to the Spear I made yesterday, it seems the number of hammer strikes per Iron Ingot increases by 5. The Longsword is a total of 60 times. It seems like the system reduces the count based on the Skill stat.
‘Definitely, the lower the count, the better.’
If the count is low, I can immediately stop at the golden Anvil and complete it. And the limit was 100 times, wasn’t it? Thinking up to that point, I called up Detailed Information to check once again.
[C-Rank Dwarven Weapon Crafting Effect] (LV3)
━Crafting Effect: Basic Quality 23→26.
━Crafting Effect: Applies Skill stat as Skill Quality.
━Crafting Effect: 5.1→5.2% chance to craft perfect equipment.
━Crafting Effect: Adds Quality 12→14 to perfect equipment.
━Crafting Effect: Adds Special Quality 2→3 to perfect equipment.
━Crafting Effect: 1.1→1.2% chance to add +3 to Crafting Level for perfect equipment.
━Hammering Limit: 100 times.
Hammering Limit: 100 times, written at the very bottom. Since it’s called a limit, as I expected, if it exceeds 100 times, there’s a high chance the weapon won’t be made.
‘Well, I’ll think about that later.’
Clang!-
[Hammering complete. Will you complete it?]
Hmm.
“Complete.”
[Longsword completed.]
Actually, there’s something I’m more curious about than the Hammering Limit.
Just how good is the performance of a Longsword made without using Intuition?
The Longsword I’m holding was made at Crafting Level 2, and the Longsword I just made is a Crafting Level 3 creation. To see the difference, I made the Longsword without using Intuition and decided to check it first.
[Longsword] (Normal)
Description: An ordinary sword made of pure iron. Although crafted with excellent technique, it became a subpar weapon due to the blacksmith’s inexperience.
<Additional Stats: Strength (2), Agility (1)>
<Restriction Stats: Strength (4)>
Attack Power: 21 Magic Attack Power: 0
Durability: 19/19
“……Was the difference this big?”
The performance is significantly lower than the Level 2 Longsword I’m holding.
It makes me realize how much of a cheat Intuition is.
Anyway, after realizing the performance of a weapon made without using Intuition, I placed the Longsword I made in front of me without any regrets. If someone wanted to buy a sword, they would pick up my sword.
‘Now, shall I raise the skill level with Intuition?’
It goes without saying, but the experience difference between making a regular Longsword and a Soul-Infused Longsword is incomparable. To quickly raise the skill level, I have no choice but to use Intuition.
And so, I hammered away, feeling the familiar sense of unease.
Clang!-
[Soul-Infused Longsword completed.]
Clang!-
[Soul-Infused Longsword……]
[Ding!~ C-Rank Skill ‘Dwarven Weapon Crafting’ level has increased.]
[Stats Strength 2, Stamina 2, Skill 3 increased.]
‘Really easy.’
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