𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟐𝟔
“The Demon Contract recipe?”
After returning home with the translated recipe, I handed it to Sina without a word when she asked how it went.
And Sina, after looking at the recipe, nodded her head as if she understood.
“This is a one-time use recipe.”
“One-time use?”
“A recipe that disappears after one use. But the advantage is that you can make the item even without the skill.”
Simply put, if you make this Demon Contract or whatever it is written on this paper, the paper will naturally disappear.
Well, thinking about it, the Demon Contract didn’t seem like a specific object, so it might be a one-time use as Sina said.
“Sigh.”
By the way, the paper I worked so hard to translate was a recipe.
It wasn’t a particular loss, but I couldn’t help but feel empty because of the result.
‘But were there demons in Twilight?’
“Why don’t you use the recipe since you got it anyway?”
“Well. Considering the ingredients, I think it would be better to just keep it.”
The ingredients for the Demon Contract weren’t particularly special.
However, it was said that the higher the grade of the ingredients, the higher the rank of the demon that would appear, so it seemed like I would have to use rare-grade ingredients if possible, and again, considering the price of those rare-grade ingredients, it wasn’t easy to just use it.
Let’s calculate it first.
First, it takes 9 ingredients, and if I use all rare-grade ingredients……
‘Even if I estimate 2 million won per ingredient, it’s 18 million won.’
Of course, if it’s worth that much, I’m willing to make it.
But what can you gain by making a contract with a demon?
I had a feeling that I would just be throwing money away, so I decided to give up on crafting the recipe.
“I think I’ll just put it in the bank.”
“You’re not going to make it?”
“It’s a one-time use. If I’m going to make it, I have to do it properly, but rare-grade ingredients are too expensive these days.”
“Of course, it’s expensive. The only way for existing players to easily obtain rare items is through crafting.”
“What about quests?”
Usually, the way to obtain rare items is by participating in raids.
Or by catching an incredibly strong boss.
But even without such combative methods, you could get rare items as rewards by completing quests, and Sina and I had obtained rare items through such quests before.
“No, I mean rare set items.”
Set items?
“Can you make set items through crafting?”
“Of course. People usually think you get set items by participating in raids, but you can also make them through crafting. Besides, most of the raids are occupied by top guilds, so you can’t just challenge them.”
‘Well, when you think about it, my set items were also obtained through quests.’
It seemed that the quests I received were special.
One was a quest I received directly from the Emperor, and the other was a quest related to the main scenario.
Besides that, there was a way to obtain them from boxes that randomly drop items, but unless you had Intuition like me, you couldn’t accurately pick out only the set items.
‘Anyway, crafting……’
Thinking about it again, crafting didn’t seem so bad.
This was because I had confirmed that if you put in a few rare-grade ingredients, the item would be made at that grade.
In other words, it means that you can make it at the desired grade if you have enough ingredients.
Furthermore, the equipment made through crafting was much better than the existing grade, so I thought it was a pretty good method, but I didn’t think about making it myself.
“That’s why everyone is looking for someone with an S-rank crafting skill. Oh, come to think of it, Rudin-nim, you have a crafting skill, right?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Since you have a crafting skill, you could make set items yourself, but…… you wouldn’t need to.”
“Because I already have them.”
In the first place, four out of the Azure Guardian set I was wearing were given to me by Yua and Sina.
Therefore, Sina, who knew that I was wearing the Azure Guardian set, nodded her head, but even if I didn’t have the Azure Guardian set, I wouldn’t have made a set item.
I would have to get the recipe, and the ingredients required for it wouldn’t be easy either.
Roughly estimating the current market price of ingredients, wouldn’t it cost 10-20 million won per part?
Thinking up to that point, I realized why the set items I had put up on the real-time auction house were sold at such a high price.
‘Anyway, I’ll put the paper in the bank.’
Just as I was about to do something else, Sina’s words came first.
“But Rudin-nim, aren’t you participating in the subjugation force?”
“The subjugation force? There’s no reason for me to participate.”
I was curious about Sina’s intention in bringing up the subjugation force, but as I had answered, there was no reason for me to participate.
In addition, since the Harpe Empire had succeeded in the sealing, Beluin’s Specter had not appeared, so in order to participate in the subjugation force, I would have to go to another country.
“That’s unexpected. I thought Rudin-nim would definitely wipe out the Apostle and Beluin’s Specter and monopolize them.”
“……Does that work as you wish?”
“Seeing you fight the First Apostle, it seemed more than enough.”
I think I knew why she was asking about the subjugation force.
In short, she was asking why I wasn’t going and monopolizing them, which seemed to be a minor misunderstanding caused by me beating up a few raid bosses before.
“I think it would be difficult. Honestly, I barely managed to catch the First Apostle.”
“Huh? You caught it without getting hit once?”
“If I had been hit even once, it would have been dangerous.”
It wasn’t a joke; if I had been hit even once back then, the strange feeling and flow could have been interrupted, and I could have even died.
Frankly, if I had died, wouldn’t the Emperor Guild have failed too?
Having lost my equipment, I wouldn’t have participated anymore, and the Emperor Guild without me wouldn’t have been able to defeat the Apostle.
However, if I died once and turned into a demon, the tide of the battle might change, so it was just speculation.
[The number of Beluin’s Thoughts that have appeared on the continent has exceeded a certain limit.]
‘Huh?’
[Beluin’s Thoughts that have exceeded the limit are gathering monsters and attacking random territories.]
[The territories being attacked this time are Diwood, Gate, and Emperor territories.]
[If a territory is occupied, you will no longer be able to use the facilities there, so please defend it quickly.]
‘Attacking territories? Wait, Emperor?’
The Emperor territory was the one Aizen was working hard to develop.
It originally had a different name, but Aizen, who received the territory, changed it to the Emperor territory, the same name as the guild.
As soon as I saw the message that it was being attacked, another message appeared.
[Emperor Guild’s ‘Aizen’ has invited you to the guild chat.]
[Would you like to accept?]
‘Yeah, I thought so.’
I knew I would hear from him as soon as I saw the message.
Since it was a weekday, not all members were logged in.
Moreover, since I had just received Aizen’s help to meet the Archmage, it was difficult to refuse this time.
‘Well, whatever.’
Thinking that it wouldn’t be particularly difficult since I had acquired a skill to deal with the Thoughts, I accepted Aizen’s invitation first.
━Did you see the message?
“The one about the Emperor territory being attacked? Of course, I saw it.”
━I’m sorry, but there are only a few guild members left in the territory right now. Can you come and help us?
“Of course, I have to help. I’ll be right there.”
After saying that, I ended the conversation and was about to go straight to the Guild Castle, but I saw Sina pondering something.
“What’s wrong?”
“Even if we assume that they are attacking the territory, isn’t it too fast?”
“It is fast if you consider the time. They attacked within a day.”
“This is just my guess, but I think the attacks will continue every few days.”
Attacks will continue every few days?
“I’ll tell you the details later. Go quickly.”
“Yes.”
Sina’s words bothered me, but for now, I decided to focus on protecting Aizen’s territory and immediately took out the Return Scroll and used it.
Pabat!━
Instantly transported to the territory by the power of the Return Scroll, I went outside and headed to where the guild members were gathered.
Since the guild members were already gathered in one place, I found them without difficulty and sighed inwardly as I walked.
‘It would have been nice if there was at least a wall.’
At first, this place was a wasteland, but now I could see many buildings built here and there.
However, it seemed they had focused only on the buildings, as there was no wall yet. If a battle were to take place in the form of a siege, having a wall would be advantageous in many ways, so that was a bit disappointing.
By the way, how much money would it cost to build a wall?
Considering that a considerable amount of money was already being spent, if we built a wall as well, a few hundred million won might fly away.
‘It’s funny when you think about it.’
So many guilds fought tooth and nail to get a territory like this.
I wouldn’t have taken it even if they gave it to me.
Anyway, as soon as I arrived where the guild members were, I looked for Aizen and found him at the very front, giving instructions to someone. I started walking towards him, but someone called me before I could reach him.
“Oh? Rudin-nim, you came too.”
Turning my head, I saw Illia standing a little distance away from the guild members.
At the same time, I thought that Illia, as a developer, might have predicted this situation, so I turned and approached her.
“If you knew the attack was coming, you could have told me beforehand.”
“How could I? Everyone thinks I’m just an ordinary player.”
Well, from Illia’s perspective, it might be better to stay quiet.
If she brought it up, she would be bombarded with all sorts of questions.
However, since Sina’s words before I moved here bothered me, I decided to ask Illia a few things just in case.
“Someone I know said that these attacks will continue every few days. Is that true?”
“I don’t know who that someone you know is, but they’re quite perceptive.”
“So it’s true.”
Besides, there was no reason to attack on purpose.
“Simply put, they increased the difficulty. They’re dispersing the players who would attack Beluin’s Specter.”
‘Dispersing……’
One thing was for sure: the Emperor Guild was stuck here.
If they hadn’t developed the territory at all, it would be a different story, but since they had spent about 1 billion won in cash, they had no choice but to be tied down to protect it.
“Oh, and what happens if we fail to stop the Thoughts?”
“Nothing much. Just a few buildings will be destroyed. Also, you won’t be able to develop the village until you clear the Thoughts inside.”
“……Lastly, can you tell me how long they will keep attacking?”
“Until Beluin is defeated, of course.”
Should I just help this one time and then ignore it?
After talking to her, it seemed true that the Thoughts would attack every few days.
And until Beluin is defeated?
It’s unclear how many days it will take to defeat him, and the possibility of catching him becomes even slimmer if the Specters combine and descend, so I started thinking about other ways.
‘I think we’ll need a defense system.’
“By the way, did you happen to get a paper from a demon?”
While I was thinking about whether there was any effective method, Illia brought up the topic of the paper.
“You mean the paper with the Demon Contract or whatever written on it?”
“You knew. If you use it well, who knows what might happen.”
Illia left those cryptic words and turned away, and I tried to understand what she meant by recalling the recipe.
‘What is it? Does something happen if you make the contract?’
“Vice Guild Master!”
However, I soon put aside my thoughts due to a guild member calling me loudly and turned my head towards the direction of the sound.
“This way!”
Next to the guild member who said ‘this way’ was Aizen, so I assumed he was telling me where to go.
But why was he shouting?
Did he think I couldn’t find my way?
With such thoughts in mind, I went over and saw Aizen with a somewhat serious expression.
“So, is there a reason why you gathered the guild members here?”
I said that, but this territory had no walls.
In other words, it meant that all sides were open. Considering that, wouldn’t it be better to spread out the guild members and try to prevent them from entering the territory as much as possible? However, Aizen shook his head.
“We sent out scouts. They said they’re coming this way.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, and there they are.”
As Aizen said, in the distance, hundreds of Beluin’s Thoughts and monsters were rushing towards us.
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