𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟏𝟗
[Raid Boss Monster. Beluin’s First Apostle has been defeated.]
[Rewards will vary based on contribution. However, deceased players are excluded from the current contribution calculation.]
[Rudin-nim’s contribution is as follows:]
[Damage 1,527,673. Healing 0. Support 0. Total 1,527,673. Result…… 1st Place.]
[Acquired 12,000,000 Experience!]
[Level Up!]
[Level……]
[Ding!~ You have acquired 500 Gold.]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘Infinite Sword’.]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘Unstoppable Sprint’.]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘Skill Sealing Book’.]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘A-Rank Skillbook’.]
[Congratulations! You have achieved 1st place in contribution in the raid, so you can increase the level of your desired skill by one stage.]
[Please select one skill to level up.]
‘Phew.’
We finally caught it.
Only after checking the messages popping up did I realize we had caught it, and I let out a sigh of relief.
I had considered the possibility of it coming back to life since it felt like it died unexpectedly easily, but fortunately, it seemed like that wasn’t the case.
“Karzel’s Card Summoning.”
[Ding!~ The level of S-Rank Skill ‘Karzel’s Card Summoning’ has increased.]
[Stats Magic Power 10, Summoning 10 increased.]
‘Now, if we just insert the Holy Sword of Protection, it’ll be over, right?’
Since Aizen was holding the Holy Sword of Protection, I turned my head towards him and found the guild members looking at him with a sense of wonder.
Is it because we caught the Apostle?
Moreover, I could faintly hear the whispers they were exchanging.
“Wow, was the Vice Master’s skill that great?”
“I never thought he would catch it without getting hit once.”
“How on earth did he dodge that?”
“Weren’t most of the attacks coming from blind spots?”
‘I shouldn’t have caught it.’
The reaction was hotter than expected.
Seeing the guild members’ reactions, I checked the chat window just in case, but it wasn’t much different from the guild members.
━Awesome. He caught the Raid Boss alone lol.
━If the enemy’s attack power is high? Just don’t get hit.
━As expected of the Emperor Guild. They clear the main scenario in just a few days.
━What Emperor Guild? Rudin caught it.
━Can’t I watch this broadcast again?
Anyway, I took my eyes off the chat window, which was constantly updating even after the battle ended, and I could see Aizen approaching, seemingly fully recovered.
“Good work.”
“Good work, my foot. What were you thinking, rushing in like that?”
“I thought if I weakened its stats with Extinction Sword, the guild members could handle it.”
‘That’s strange.’
Was he this irresponsible?
But in reality, it was because Aizen’s Extinction Sword weakened the Apostle’s stats that we were able to catch it.
Thinking up to that point, I wondered if Aizen intentionally used Extinction Sword and left the rest to me.
The result was good, so it didn’t matter anyway.
“More importantly, let’s just insert the sword and finish this.”
“……Yes.”
After a very brief silence, Aizen replied, looking at the Holy Sword of Protection with a slightly lingering gaze.
He wouldn’t say no here, would he?
Since it was the first Legendary item to appear in Twilight, I thought it wasn’t impossible, but fortunately, Aizen started walking towards the center where the magic circle was.
‘Then shall I take a look at the items while I’m at it?’
Curious about what kind of items the First Apostle, the Raid Boss, had given me, I pulled out an ordinary sword with no patterns or special features from the item window.
It looked like a weapon used by beginners, but I believed its stats wouldn’t be like that since it came from defeating an Apostle.
[Infinite Sword] (Normal)
Description: An ordinary sword with no abilities at present. However, it can grow gradually by absorbing other weapons.
Attack Power: 5 Magic Attack Power: 0
Durability: ∞
*Can grow by absorbing weapons.
*Cannot be enhanced.
“……”
Was it not just the appearance that made it look like a beginner’s weapon?
Actually, this weapon wasn’t even as good as the weapon I used on the first day I started Twilight.
Even its grade was the lowest, Normal.
Even if it could grow by absorbing weapons, it was too much of a stretch to use it right now.
‘But should I grow this?’
Even if I grew it, it would be meaningless if it wasn’t as good as my current +15 Roar of the Thunder Dragon.
However, one thing that bothered me was the infinity symbol on the durability.
If this sword’s durability was truly infinite, I thought it could be the best weapon for a player using a sword.
Aside from the attack power, it meant there wouldn’t be any durability reduction even if the swords clashed.
‘Let’s think about it later.’
Regardless of the infinite durability, if the stats weren’t that great even after growing it, there would be no reason for me to use it.
I concluded that and then took out the Unstoppable Sprint, which I obtained after the Infinite Sword, and I could tell it was a pair of shoes made of leather with metal added to it.
[Unstoppable Sprint] (Unique)
Description: Shoes said to allow you to keep running no matter what impact you receive. Engraved with the Blessing of the Wind and Shock Absorption magic. Therefore, you can run faster than anyone else and won’t receive any impact even when falling from high places. An irreplaceable treasure-like shoe for those who require speed.
Defense: 250 Magic Defense: 200
Durability: 250/250
*Movement speed increased by 25%.
*Blessing of the Wind applied while running.
*Stun Resistance activates every 30 seconds.
‘Unique items don’t have set items, do they?’
Upon examining it, I could tell it was a good item, as expected of a Unique, but it wasn’t enough to replace my current Azure Guardian Set.
Whoosh!━
“……?”
Turning my head towards the light that appeared from somewhere, I saw a magic circle emitting pure white light and Aizen in the center, inserting the Holy Sword of Protection.
If what Ukron said was true, the seal would return to its original state.
And with that, the main scenario seemed to be concluded as the messages that I thought were over started appearing again.
[The seal is returning to its original state.]
[Congratulations! The Harpe Empire’s First Main Scenario has ended.]
[Additional rewards will be given based on main scenario progress.]
‘Additional rewards?’
Was there such a thing?
Anyway, while I waited, the results of how far I had progressed in the main scenario appeared.
[Obtained information by giving the Sun Stone to the Molmol Tribe.]
[Activated the Temple of Purification.]
[Freed the dominated Ukron and obtained the Holy Sword of Protection, Zernoa.]
[Fully recovered the World Tree and received a buff.]
[Found the secret passage.]
[Defeated the First Apostle and inserted the Holy Sword of Protection, Zernoa, to restore the seal to its original state.]
[Total score…… 65 points.]
‘……65 points?’
No, only 65 points?
It was a score I couldn’t accept, as I couldn’t think of anything more I could have done.
If I were to receive a score, I thought it would be at least 80 points or higher.
[Additional rewards will be given to all participants in the battle against Beluin’s First Apostle.]
[Acquired 650,000 Experience!]
[Ding!~ You have acquired 65 Gold.]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘Brilliant Weapon Enhancement Stone’.]
[Acquired the title ‘One Who Stopped the Darkness’. Would you like to equip it?]
‘It even gives a title.’
While I skipped over the experience and gold, the enhancement stone and title were unexpected rewards.
Also, looking at the enhancement stone, it was a Rare Enhancement Stone, which didn’t mean much to me since I had already enhanced all my weapons to +15, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to have it since it was a hard-to-find enhancement stone, so I moved on to the next reward, the title.
A title received as a reward for the main scenario.
I decided to look forward to how good the title would be.
[One Who Stopped the Darkness] (Title)
Description: Stopped the release of Beluin’s seal in the First Main Scenario.
━Health increased by 10%.
━Magic Power increased by 10%.
━All stats increased by 100.
‘Uh…… It’s good, but.’
It’s definitely good.
Since I had a total of 10 stats, including Strength, Agility, and all the others I currently had, it meant a total of 1000 stat points would increase.
As proof, I could see the guild members who had checked the title on one side rejoicing.
‘Still, it’s not as good as Hero of the Present World.’
Satisfied with simply receiving the title, I next took out the book called Skill Sealing Book.
‘By the way, what’s a Skill Sealing Book?’
Does it seal skills?
[Skill Sealing Book] (Unique)
Description: A mysterious book that can contain acquired skills. If you put a skill in this Skill Sealing Book, it becomes a skill book that anyone can learn, and it naturally disappears after the skill is learned.
‘It’s similar.’
Simply put, if I put my Jayer’s Guardian Shield in this sealing book, it would create an S-Rank Skillbook.
It was a one-time use item that disappeared after learning the skill.
In short, it was an item that allowed you to trade skills.
‘But who would hand over their skills?’
Frankly, if I went to Aizen and asked for Extinction Sword, would he give it to me?
I was certain he wouldn’t, as the value of S-Rank skills was still enormous.
Conversely, even if someone asked me for an S-Rank skill, I wouldn’t give it to them either.
‘Anyway, the last one is an A-Rank Skillbook……’
How do you actually acquire an S-Rank Skill?
I had never obtained an S-Rank Skillbook other than through Random Skillbooks, so I thought about how to acquire them, but I realized it was pointless and turned my attention to the Skillbook.
However, before I could even check the Skillbook, Aizen approached me and spoke.
“It’s over now.”
“Ah, good work.”
“No, it’s Rudin-nim who did the good work.”
That’s true.
Wouldn’t there be no one here who would deny my hard work?
Anyway, after briefly exchanging words of appreciation, Aizen started giving instructions to the guild members, and I finally checked the A-Rank Skillbook I had obtained.
[Battle Awakening] (A-Rank)
Description: A skill that consumes a portion of Health to increase Attack Power and all stats. It also enhances vision related to combat, making it useful even when facing opponents faster than oneself.
‘Oh.’
I hadn’t read the full description yet, so I didn’t know how much the stats would increase, but it looked good for now.
However, in order to learn this skill, I had to delete one of my existing skills.
‘Well, deleting isn’t difficult.’
Among the skills I had acquired, there were still four F-Rank skills, so I could just choose one of them and delete it.
[F-Rank Skill. ‘Strong Strike’ has been deleted.]
[Strength stat decreased by 16.]
[Acquired 800 Skill Deletion Experience.]
‘Next……’
[A-Rank Skill. ‘Battle Awakening’ has been acquired.]
[Stats will increase as you acquire the skill.]
[Strength increased by 6.]
[Agility increased by 6.]
Somewhat ridiculously, the stats weren’t that much lower compared to the deleted F-Rank skill.
It was partly because Strong Strike was only level 8.
‘Anyway, it’s all over now.’
All that was left was to return to the Harpe Empire and receive a reward from the Emperor, but that was Aizen’s job, not mine, so I didn’t really care.
“Good work, Rudin-nim.”
“Huh? Ah, Heron-nim.”
The main scenario was over, and I had checked the rewards, so just as I was about to return to the Harpe Empire, I saw Heron returning with the executives and guild members after releasing the barrier.
But……
“It seems like the numbers have decreased a bit.”
“Haha, while wandering around the abandoned castle, we found a strange magic circle and red crystals. So, we attacked the crystals, and Apostles and followers swarmed from all directions, giving us a hard time.”
‘Come to think of it, the 9th Apostle and his followers were in the abandoned castle.’
As Heron said, if the Apostle and his followers had attacked, it would have been a miracle that they had survived until now.
However, looking around, I confirmed that about 10 people, including Heron, had survived, and I was curious how they had managed to do so.
“Did you defeat the Apostle?”
“No, we barely managed to hold on. If the Apostle and his followers hadn’t retreated, the remaining members would have died as well.”
So, it seems they barely held on until I defeated the First Apostle.
I felt somewhat sorry for Heron, who had been entrusted with that task.
On the other hand, I wondered what would have happened if I had gone there, but then I wouldn’t have been able to catch the First Apostle who was here.
“Good work.”
So, instead of apologizing, I left him with words of appreciation.
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