𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟑
[The main scenario, with no progress for days.]
[War breaks out between guilds in each country.]
[Following the Harpe Empire and the Iot Kingdom, now the Ronda Kingdom too!]
[The tragedy brought about by the main scenario.]
‘Tsk, what a mess.’
Looking at the article titles posted on the Twilight homepage, I thought this was a mess of epic proportions.
Just yesterday, Lee Ju-ho’s forces launched a large-scale attack on the Emperor Guild, and in the Ronda Kingdom, several guilds joined forces to attack the Crow Guild.
Not to mention the Iot Kingdom, which is already in the midst of war.
‘Still, it’s a relief that the Emperor Guild didn’t suffer significant damage.’
Having prepared in advance, Aizen had each guild member carry a Freezing Bomb.
It was a potion-type bomb that freezes everything within a 3-meter radius when thrown. They said they tied down the feet of Lee Ju-ho’s forces that appeared with that bomb and caught them in a counterattack, so that speaks for itself.
I heard that the bomb item is difficult to gather materials for and costs a lot of money, but it didn’t seem to be a problem for the Emperor Guild, which already owns dozens of dungeons.
Of course, since Lee Ju-ho’s forces were larger, the Emperor Guild inevitably suffered some damage, but it was much better than being helplessly attacked.
If they had used the Freezing Bomb and run away, Lee Ju-ho’s forces would have rampaged even more fiercely.
‘Well, the Crow Guild is as good as finished anyway.’
Having already challenged and been defeated by the Apostle several times, the Crow Guild’s average level had dropped.
In that state, when several guilds attacked with determination, they were inevitably pushed back, and it seemed that this triggered wars here and there in the Ronda Kingdom.
However, the Crow Guild lacked strength.
Since the opponents had formed an alliance, the Crow Guild also needed to form an alliance to fight, but no one helped them, perhaps because they had already monopolized the passage and had failed several times, judging that there was no longer any possibility of clearing the main scenario.
[From now on, the connection waiting time will be changed to 24 hours when a player dies.]
On top of that, a timely patch was released.
[Content: Until now, players were unable to connect for 1 hour upon death, but we received many complaints about this, and judging that they were valid, we are changing the connection waiting time to 24 hours.
And after 24 hours, if you connect to Twilight and die again within 1 hour, the connection waiting time will be 48 hours. If you die again, it will be 72 hours. In this way, the connection waiting time gradually increases.]
“No matter how I think about it, this patch seems crazy.”
It was not a patch that could be made with a sane mind.
Originally, when a player died, they couldn’t connect for 1 hour.
However, the problem was that guild wars could take up to several hours.
It seemed that many people complained that they didn’t know if it was a guild war or a zombie defense, as the enemies they worked hard to kill reappeared in no time.
I’ve actually seen such posts all over the bulletin board.
‘Anyway, if this patch is applied……’
The guild wars that had been going on for days seemed to end.
Separately, countless players unrelated to the war asked for the war to be broadcast, and some guilds accepted this opinion and opened broadcasts, earning a small income.
Wouldn’t the guilds that opened broadcasts be disappointed when the guild wars end?
I had such unrelated thoughts and then turned my attention to the next patch.
[We have added a mail system.]
[Content: We have added a mail system that allows you to send items no matter how far away you are from the other party.
However, the mail cost varies depending on the grade and quantity of the items, and additional costs are incurred depending on the distance.
However, as long as you know the other party’s name, you can send mail, and conversely, if you don’t want to receive mail, you can not only reject the mail but also block the sender.]
[From now on, monster corpses will remain for a long time.]
[Content: Originally, corpses were set to disappear quickly to avoid inconvenience in movement, but considering the current players, we believe they can use corpses as terrain as well. And to make it easier for those who have acquired Death Summoning to find corpses, we have set the time to 30 minutes.
However, players’ corpses will disappear as before when they log out.]
[We have introduced a butchering system.]
[Content: From now on, you can use the Butchering skill on dead monster corpses. The Butchering skill allows you to obtain only leather, and it can only be used on animal-type monsters.
And since you can obtain leather with the Butchering skill, the probability of obtaining leather by hunting monsters will be lowered.]
“Hmm.”
The Butchering skill…… I wouldn’t need to acquire it, right?
Although the probability has decreased, there were only a few crafting items I could make with leather.
I only need 1 or 2 when making weapons.
But I thought that much leather would be enough to get from people, so I roughly skipped the Butchering skill and looked at the patches related to mail and corpses.
‘Isn’t the mail patch actually a disadvantage?’
Even before applying the patch, there was a similar system.
It’s the cash transaction system.
Using that cash transaction system, you could receive items like mail.
And the company would take the commission fee.
I couldn’t understand why the company, which is still making a huge profit from the commission fees, suddenly implemented a mail-like patch, but I didn’t want to force myself to understand it.
‘The corpse patch isn’t particularly special either.’
Even if the corpses remained, it didn’t seem like it would be a problem.
Perhaps the statement that corpses can be used as terrain is an excuse, and it seems like a patch made to give a small benefit to players who have acquired Death Summoning.
Did someone high up in the company acquire Death Summoning?
“Anyway, shall I hunt hard again today?”
The Black Dragon, who contacted me two days ago, seemed to have noticed that I was looking for an attribute dungeon, so he readily lent me the dungeon his guild owned.
He even sent out all the guild members.
In reality, he probably gathered the guild members to prepare for war, but I gratefully accepted the offer and was able to hunt in that dungeon until yesterday.
‘I need to gather about 30,000 attributes, so……’
Will I be able to finish it today?
Despite monopolizing a dungeon, the attributes weren’t easily gathered.
I came to the conclusion that the amount of attributes also changes according to the experience points given by the monsters, but since I didn’t have any other options to go to, I had no choice but to hunt like crazy.
“Phew, I hope it ends today.”
With that thought, I entered the capsule.
[May you find what you desire in the streets illuminated by Twilight……]
As I connected to Twilight, the background of the dungeon that Black Dragon lent me was revealed.
A fairly large and wide terrain like an underwater cave.
Water was also filled up to the knees on the floor, and I could occasionally hear the sound of waves in my ears.
‘Let’s see, the attributes I’ve gathered so far……’
Since Yua and Sina hadn’t logged in yet, I took out the crystal from the item window to check how many attributes had been gathered while waiting for them.
[Crystal of the Element Imbued with Light]
[Stored Attribute (Water): 21,587.]
‘This much after two days of hunting?’
Attributes weren’t gathered as easily as I thought.
I could understand why they weren’t gathering well, as I only gained 20-30 attributes per monster I hunted here, but compared to hunting in the passage, I wasn’t very satisfied.
If I had hunted the Seadragon Tribe in the passage, I would have finished yesterday.
For reference, turtles and large crayfish popped out in this dungeon.
Pababat!━
While I was looking at the crystal and checking the attributes, light appeared nearby, and I could see Yua and Sina logging in.
“Rudin-nim. You logged in first.”
“We have to hunt hard.”
“Ah, I wish we could finish it today.”
Well, I understand why she’s tired since it’s the third day.
On the other hand, Sina didn’t seem to mind, probably because Yua and I were the ones actually hunting.
“I think we can finish it if we hunt until today, right?”
“Really?”
“Yes, Rudin-nim’s goal is rare accessories, right? You’ll be done if you gather about 70 million more, right?”
“70 million……”
Yua seemed to think it was doable if it was 70 million, as she regained some of her energy.
“But is it okay to just gather attributes like this? I heard the Emperor Guild is being attacked here and there.”
“It’s not a guild that will collapse without me.”
If it were a guild that would collapse without me, it would have collapsed long ago.
Sina also seemed to know that, as she nodded and didn’t mention the guild, instead bringing up the patch that was applied today.
“Anyway, we have to be careful from now on. If we die, we won’t be able to log in for a day.”
“I won’t die anyway.”
I’ve only died once while playing Twilight.
Moreover, even if I die now, I’ll come back to life as a demon, so I have to die twice in a row. I thought it would be unlikely for me to die consecutively.
“Rather than that, let’s just start hunting. We have to go to the Elf Forest today.”
Like Yua, who was struggling at first, I also wanted to get out of here quickly.
* * *
[You gain a total of 6,953 Contribution Points for the achievement of restoring the World Tree.]
“Amazing. I didn’t expect you to gather so many more attributes than before.”
[You have consecutively helped restore the World Tree.]
[Favorability with Ladels increases by 2.]
After hunting for almost 3-4 hours and gathering the target experience points, we headed straight to the Elf Forest without hesitation.
While on our way to the Elf Forest, I wondered what would happen if Lee Ju-ho attacked again, but fortunately, that didn’t happen, so we were able to enter the Elf Forest relatively safely and gain Contribution Points.
‘This should be enough, right?’
[Remaining Contribution Points: 7,794.]
It’s enough.
Combining the Contribution Points I had collected so far with the ones I originally had, I had enough to get all the rare accessories and still have some left over.
Leaving the girls behind to contemplate what to choose with their Contribution Points, I immediately selected the rare accessories.
[You have obtained ‘Noble Nature’s Blessing Earring’ as a Contribution Point reward.]
‘Earring?’
[You have obtained ‘Noble Nature’s Blessing Necklace’ as a Contribution Point reward……]
[You have obtained ‘Noble Nature’s Blessing Bracelet’ as a Contribution Point reward……]
[Remaining Contribution Points: 594.]
“Phew.”
I was worried that I might get the same type of item, but aside from the earrings, I got different types for each.
Since the Noble Nature’s Blessing was a set of 5, the earrings must have originally been a pair.
[You have selected all the Noble Nature’s Blessing Accessories.]
[The Noble Nature’s Blessing Accessories will disappear from the Contribution Point rewards.]
‘They disappear when I choose them all.’
Since I had achieved my goal of obtaining the World Tree Branch and the rare accessory set, I had no complaints even if they disappeared, but I felt like I needed to pay attention to this.
‘Could it be that the branches also have a limit?’
While having such thoughts for a moment and turning my head, I could see Yua purchasing equipment and Sina purchasing various herbs and recipes.
In particular, Sina was buying herbs in bulk as if she had an excess of Contribution Points, which made me feel a bit sorry.
It would have been nice if she had used those Contribution Points to get equipment.
However, it would be funny for Sina, who didn’t even have a decent attack skill, to get equipment, so I didn’t say anything.
‘Anyway, shall I try them on?’
Taking my eyes off Sina, I immediately equipped the rare accessories, but I only replaced the remaining 4 parts, excluding the necklace.
Since the necklace was a unique necklace enhanced to +10, the 4 Element Necklace, I didn’t feel the need to replace it.
“Rudin-nim. Have you chosen everything?”
Around the time I finished replacing the accessories, Yua approached me and spoke, having chosen all her rewards.
“Yes, how about you, Yua-nim?”
“I’ve chosen everything too. By the way, what are you planning to do now?”
“Well……”
Since I had been gathering attributes for days and finally obtained the rare accessories I wanted, I wanted to rest and do nothing, but I couldn’t say that directly.
‘By the way, what should I really do?’
Even if I wandered around this area, I felt like I would encounter Lee Ju-ho again, and I couldn’t think of anything else to do.
[Emperor Guild’s ‘Aizen-nim’ has invited you to the guild chat.]
[Do you accept?]
“……”
While I was contemplating what to do from now on, I received a message from Aizen, but I wasn’t particularly happy about it.
If he contacted me, it meant something had happened.
But I couldn’t ignore the message, so I let out a short sigh and decided to accept.
━Rudin-nim. Did you happen to break the barrier?
“Barrier? No, I haven’t done anything like that.”
When he mentioned the barrier, he seemed to be referring to the place where Beluin’s followers were. Even though I knew how to break through the barrier, I had never actually broken it.
━I understand. It seems someone else broke it.
“The barrier is broken?”
━Yes, I heard that the barrier was broken and I’m heading there now.
If it wasn’t me or Aizen, the only one left was Lee Ju-ho.
I didn’t think he was just wandering around aimlessly, but I didn’t expect him to find a way to break the barrier.
And since the barrier was broken, there was no other way but to enter first and clear the main scenario.
‘Should I go too?’
I wouldn’t receive the main scenario rewards, but I was interested in the items dropped by the boss.
“……I’ll go too.”
After a brief moment of contemplation, I also decided to go to the place where the barrier was.
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