𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟐𝟏
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!━
The battle doll massacred the Werewolves in front of it, pouring out bullets from the Magic Bullet Bomber.
In the first place, Werewolves were monsters that beginners would deal with, so it was natural for the battle doll to massacre them, but what I wanted to see was its behavior after firing the Magic Bullet Bomber.
Because the only drawback of the Magic Bullet Bomber was that it could only be fired for 30 seconds.
Curious about how the battle doll would act after 30 seconds, I was surprised to see it pull a longsword from the Item Storage and attack.
‘Wow, it’s using the Item Storage too.’
The reason it could use the Item Storage was simple.
It was because the 100 Pockets effect created an Item Storage.
However, it was somewhat shocking to see it use the Item Storage on its own to switch weapons and fight without being ordered to do so.
‘I put the sword and bow in there just in case it couldn’t do anything for 10 seconds.’
At this point, isn’t it just a player?
Moreover, its swordsmanship seemed to be above average.
Even though its stats had increased, it was only level 17, yet it won without getting hit once.
‘Or did I choose too weak an opponent from the beginning?’
Anyway, the battle doll, which had massacred 20 to 30 Werewolves around it, quietly approached me and waited, and I could see it changing its weapon back to the Magic Bullet Bomber.
Although it couldn’t speak, it seemed to like the Magic Bullet Bomber.
‘More importantly, a suitable place for its current stats is……’
[Name: Battle Doll]
[Level: 17]
[Health: 4324/4324]
[Magic Power: 2642/4130]
[Attack Power: 809] [Magic Attack Power: 402]
[Defense: 853] [Magic Defense: 634]
[Stats]
Strength: 682 Intelligence: 402 Agility: 725
Stamina: 260 Magic: 297 Summon: 85
Fighting Spirit: 26 Toughness: 26
[Skills Acquired: 0/5]
First of all, the stats themselves were incomparably better than when I reached level 17.
Well, it was wearing four Unique items and they were all enhanced to at least +10, so it couldn’t be bad, but the disappointing thing was that even when its level increased, its stats only increased slightly.
‘I can’t believe it only increases by 1, just like a player.’
Except for the fact that Fighting Spirit and Toughness also increased by 1, it was the same as a player.
Wouldn’t other summoned creatures have increased by 23, or even 45?
Instead, they wouldn’t be able to wear equipment, or at most, they would only be able to wear one or two pieces of exclusive equipment. However, in terms of growth alone, it definitely wasn’t inferior to other summoned creatures.
[Emperor Guild’s ‘Aizen’-nim has invited you to the guild chat.]
[Will you accept?]
“Huh?”
Why did he contact me? He must be busy with the territory work.
Aizen, who had completed the Main Scenario and received a wasteland-like territory as a reward, was stuck in the territory all day long to develop it.
Just looking at his hardship made me wonder if this was really a reward.
Moreover, developing the territory wasn’t free.
I heard that Aizen had spent over 50,000 gold in this past week, and 50,000 gold was over 900 million won in cash.
‘It’s a good thing I wasn’t the one who received the reward.’
If I had received the territory, I would have just left it alone, regardless of development or anything else.
Anyway, curious about why he had contacted me, I accepted Aizen’s guild chat invitation and soon heard his voice.
━Is everything alright, Rudin-nim?
“How could there be anything wrong? But why?”
━I contacted you because there are two things.
Not just one, but two?
However, after listening to Aizen’s following words, I realized he was saying something trivial.
━The Kingdom of Pronia wants to hire you, Rudin-nim.
“Why? Because of the Main Scenario?”
The battle between me and the First Apostle was broadcasted, so the rumors couldn’t help but spread.
In addition, with the Karzen Kingdom’s Main Scenario failure, it seemed like they were trying to hire me no matter what, but frankly, I wasn’t interested……
━Yes, they say they’ll give you 100 million won.
“……”
I almost became interested at the mention of 100 million won, but it wasn’t enough to fight the Apostle again.
Honestly, I only managed to defeat the First Apostle thanks to the World Tree and the guild members’ support effects, as well as Aizen’s Extinction Sword and my Intuition working strangely together.
I was doubtful if I could win if I fought him again.
There was no need to take unnecessary risks just because I was tempted by the amount of 100 million won.
“Tell them I don’t need it.”
━Understood. Then, next, a player who joined the guild a few days ago and became an executive said they have a gift for you, Rudin-nim.
“……What?”
Aside from the fact that there was a gift for me, the previous statement was strange.
Joined a few days ago and immediately became an executive?
Usually, there’s only one reason why someone becomes an executive so quickly.
“Did they perhaps acquire an S-rank Skill?”
━That’s not it, but instead, they acquired a special Skill.
“Really?”
Just how special was the Skill that they were promoted to executive upon joining?
Thinking about it that way, I became curious about the gift they were going to give me.
“What’s the gift?”
━They said they wanted to give it to you directly, so you can come to the Guild Castle.
“Just how great is this gift?”
━It’s a gift that will definitely not be a loss for you, Rudin-nim.
Listening to him, it seemed like Aizen knew what the gift was.
In addition, I thought Aizen wouldn’t call me for nothing, so I decided to postpone the battle doll’s growth for a while and replied that I understood, then used a Return Scroll to move to the Guild Castle.
[Using Return Scroll.]
Thanks to that, I easily arrived at my assigned room in the Guild Castle, and I first turned my head towards the window and looked outside.
Since I was here, I wanted to check how much the territory had developed.
After obtaining the territory, we were able to move the entire Guild Castle, and after confirming that, Aizen didn’t hesitate and moved the Guild Castle here, so I could see how much it had developed just by looking out the window.
‘Oh, it’s developed quite a bit in a few days.’
The place that was initially a wasteland now felt like a village.
There were roughly 30 buildings built, and players and NPCs were moving around here and there.
If it had developed this much in just a week, I couldn’t help but look forward to what it would be like in a month, but the problem was money.
Just how much money would be spent in a month?
I imagined that an unimaginable amount of money would be spent, but there was nothing I could do to help.
Knock knock━
“……?”
Who is it?
At the sound of someone knocking on the door, I felt puzzled and moved to open it.
“Hello.”
When I opened the door, a woman who looked to be in her late 20s greeted me with a bright smile.
Naturally, it was a face I had never seen before.
And since this was Twilight, I thought she might be older than she appeared.
“My name is Elia. I joined a few days ago. I’m glad to finally meet you, Rudin-nim, whom I’ve only seen in videos.”
“Ah, yes. But what brings you here?”
I said that, but after hearing that she was here and that she had joined a few days ago, I could roughly guess who she was.
She must be the person Aizen mentioned earlier.
Still, I was a little surprised that she would come all the way here.
“I’m a fan of yours, Rudin-nim. And I also have a gift for you.”
Saying that, the player named Elia took out something that looked like a round pill from her Item Storage.
“Here, take this.”
Is she telling me to eat this without even explaining what it is?
Unfortunately, I couldn’t do that, so I decided to check it first.
[Strength Enhancement Elixir] (Magic)
Description: An elixir made with various rare ingredients using a special method. Eating it permanently increases Strength.
━Strength increased by 8.
━Upon death, the effect of the elixir disappears.
‘Huh? What’s this?’
Reading the description, it was a support item with an effect that lasted until death.
However, the disappointing part was that the effect was minimal.
Even if it added a mere 8 to my Strength, which was currently over 2000, it wouldn’t have a significant effect.
“Do you like it? By the way, it stacks.”
“Stacks?”
I didn’t know how much it stacked, but if it stacked up to at least 10 times, it would be a different story.
It meant that just by eating the Strength Elixir, my Strength would increase by at least 80.
This was more effective than wearing one Magic-grade item.
“It stacks by 1 for every 5 levels. If your level is 100, you can stack up to 20.”
However, Elia said something that exceeded my expectations.
If it stacked by 1 for every 5 levels, I could currently stack over 20 elixirs.
‘And the Emperor Guild executives must have exceeded level 100.’
I understood Aizen’s intention of deliberately having her join and promoting her to executive to further strengthen their power.
Since it was an elixir, it might be difficult to make, but the Emperor Guild, which possessed dozens of dungeons, would be able to easily obtain the ingredients.
‘Where did this kind of player appear?’
Elia’s elixir was an ability that wouldn’t be strange even if rumors had already spread.
However, I hadn’t heard any rumors related to it until now, so it was likely a newly discovered ability, and Elia, who discovered it, seemed to have immediately joined the Emperor Guild.
“Ah, and I have about 30 elixirs to give you, Rudin-nim. Do you like it?”
“Would anyone dislike it?”
At my answer, Elia smiled and handed me all the elixirs.
Looking at them one by one, there were elixirs that increased Strength, Stamina, and even Magic Power, but unfortunately, there were no elixirs that increased Summoning or Fighting Spirit.
Of course, even the elixirs I received were enough to easily increase my stats by 100, so I had no complaints.
‘But since it disappears upon death, I wonder if it will disappear even if I become a demon?’
Well, I was concerned about that, but since I rarely died unless it was against a formidable opponent, I decided to let it go.
In the first place, if I transformed into a demon, it meant that my chances of winning were only half.
This was partly due to the fact that when I transformed into a demon, my firepower increased, but my health and stamina didn’t recover.
“Anyway, thank you. For giving me such a thing.”
“You’re welcome. But I have one question, can I ask?”
A question?
At that question, I nodded nonchalantly.
If it was just a question, I thought I could answer it even if she hadn’t given me the elixirs, so I nodded, but Elia’s following question made my heart skip a beat.
“S-rank Skills. You seem to have acquired quite a few, how did you do it?”
“……”
I couldn’t think of anything for a moment at the question about S-rank Skills.
Everyone already knew that I had acquired S-rank Skills.
However, most people probably thought that I had acquired only one, or at most two, S-rank Skills, but Elia’s question seemed to be certain that I had more than two.
“……S-rank Skills?”
“Yes, Jayer’s Guardian Shield, Card Summoning, Phantom Shift, and Volcus’ Thunder Strike are all S-rank Skills, right?”
‘How did she know?’
I calmed down for a moment and slowly looked at Elia.
Seeing her say the names of the Skills one by one, it seemed like she already knew about S-rank Skills.
Then how did she know about S-rank Skills?
“Who are you?”
“I asked the question first. If you answer, I’ll answer too.”
It seemed like I wouldn’t get an answer until I spoke first.
On the other hand, it wasn’t a question I could answer either, so I eventually decided to give up and send Elia away first.
“Thank you for the gift.”
“Aren’t you going to answer?”
“I don’t have anything to say.”
“Then please tell me next time.”
Elia seemed to realize that I had no intention of answering and left the room after saying that, and I looked at her for a moment and started to think about who she was.
‘Who could she be?’
First of all, it was certain that the damn broadcast was the problem.
The Skills Elia mentioned were the ones I used when fighting the First Apostle.
The proof was that she didn’t notice Equipment Crafting and the passive Skill, Defense Domination.
‘Could she be an administrator?’
No, if she was an administrator, there was no reason for her to deliberately join the Emperor Guild.
It was also difficult to think of her as an ordinary player because if Elia was an ordinary player, she wouldn’t know about S-rank Skills.
‘After organizing my thoughts, I think I have a rough idea.’
The problem was that this wasn’t certain either, so I sighed softly and took out the Return Scroll to my house in the Harpe Empire capital and used it.
Thinking that I had received a troublesome matter along with the gift of elixirs.
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