𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟐𝟕
‘There are a lot……’
Fortunately, the number of people on our side wasn’t lacking.
Although it was a weekday and many couldn’t log in, we still had around 500 people.
“For your information, that Specter is only vulnerable to light attacks.”
“I know.”
Is that so?
Come to think of it, Aizen would have investigated the ruined village I found, so his answer about knowing about the Specters wasn’t strange.
Also, I thought he would have informed the guild members in advance about the weakness to light attribute, so I prepared to clash with the oncoming Specters without much worry.
‘First, Giant’s Sprint is out of the question.’
Specters had the property of simply passing through regular attacks and drastically reducing damage, so I had no choice but to fight with weapons only.
“Divine Manifestation.”
Pabut!━
And when I used Divine Manifestation, the skill I acquired for this very moment, my Roar of the Thunder Dragon began to emit a pure white light like a heat haze.
It had been converted to light attribute.
Well, inwardly, I regretted deleting all my weapon skills, but my basic attack power was already over 8,000, so I believed I could handle the Specters easily.
“They’re coming!”
“Fire magic first!”
Seeing the magic the guild members cast simultaneously, it was all light attribute.
Wasn’t this the instruction Aizen gave beforehand?
Kwa Kwa Kwang!━
Anyway, the magic that flew out hit the oncoming Specters and monsters, but unfortunately, there didn’t seem to be much damage.
Even if you attack with the attribute they’re weak to, the Specters’ base HP is in the tens of thousands.
Furthermore, hundreds of them were swarming in, so even though we might have inflicted some damage, wiping out more than a certain amount was close to impossible.
‘Moreover, it doesn’t seem like many people have acquired the light attribute.’
The magic that just flew out is less than the number of guild members.
It’s natural that not all guild members would have acquired light attribute skills, but if they didn’t have it, they were of no help in the battle against the Specters.
‘Phew, if we just get through this situation, Aizen will take separate measures.’
Thinking only that far, I rushed forward first and swung the Roar of the Thunder Dragon at the first Specter I encountered.
Kwang!━
[Hit Damage! 9,831.]
‘Oh, 9,000?’
When I struck with the Roar of the Thunder Dragon imbued with light attribute, the damage was much higher than I expected.
My current attack power and the effect of Divine Manifestation.
Seeing the combination of these two and the damage, the answer came to me unexpectedly quickly.
‘It seems these things have no defense?’
With the thought that it might be easier to deal with them than I thought, I swung the Roar of the Thunder Dragon powerfully again.
* * *
“Phew.”
Easy to deal with, my foot.
After fighting for almost an hour and barely achieving victory, I turned my head to see the guild members, who were practically remnants of a defeated army, and realized I had taken things too lightly.
How should I put it? There were a lot of Specters, and their HP was too high.
Since no damage was dealt with any skills other than light attribute, we had no choice but to fight in close combat, and the result was about 100 guild members remaining.
‘If we had 1,000 guild members, we wouldn’t have suffered such losses.’
In addition, I couldn’t perform well either.
To kill one Specter, I had to hit it non-stop for at least 6-7 seconds, and even that couldn’t be done properly because of the Specters and monsters swarming in from all directions.
Moreover, I had to look for monsters instead of Specters to recover my depleted HP, so I couldn’t properly fulfill the role of a tanker or even the role of breaking through the enemy lines.
‘Ah, really. If only the attacks could connect……’
If only the attacks could connect, I could just use Giant’s Sprint like I’ve been doing.
Then most of the Specters would be swept away, but using Giant’s Sprint with a shield that didn’t have the light attribute would only result in passing through the Specters’ bodies.
‘Besides, these attacks come every few days……’
Maybe there won’t be an attack tomorrow?
If there’s no attack tomorrow, I thought there would be enough time to regroup, and as I approached Aizen, he was looking at the remaining guild members with a somewhat complicated expression.
“We need to build walls first.”
“Walls? When are you going to finish building them if you start now?”
Wouldn’t it be better to tell the guild members to learn light attribute skills instead?
“If you pay additional gold, you can complete it immediately.”
“Ah, is that so?”
I was curious how much that additional gold would be, but I tried to ignore it and decided to think about what to do next. I recalled Divine Manifestation, which I had purchased for 2 million won.
‘If this Divine Manifestation could be applied to a shield, all the problems would be solved.’
Since the description clearly stated that it increases attack power, it seemed to only apply to weapons.
It’s ridiculous to expect more from a C-rank skill, but……
‘Do I really have to go to the Church of Light to acquire it?’
If I went to the Church of Light, I could probably acquire skills that suit my taste up to at least A-rank.
Or……
‘What should I do with the paper?’
Illia said it before the battle.
She said that if I used the paper I got from the Demon well, something might happen.
Illia wouldn’t have said that for no reason, so I felt like there might be a way to solve this situation by using the paper, but I couldn’t just spend 10-20 million won based solely on her words.
Moreover, it wasn’t even my territory, but Aizen’s.
“It seems like there’s a lot to do today. I’ll be going now.”
“Okay, good work.”
“Yes, thank you for your help.”
Aizen, whose mind seemed quite complicated by this attack, headed straight for the Guild Castle.
“Our Guild Master seems to be in a complicated mood.”
While I was briefly watching Aizen, Illia, who was on the other side, approached and spoke to me.
Seeing her unscathed, it seemed she managed to survive somehow.
‘Come to think of it, what’s Illia’s fighting style?’
During the battle, the situation was so urgent that I didn’t have time to look around, but now I was curious.
The fact that she survived the battle just now was proof of her skills.
However, perhaps because I didn’t want to get involved with Illia as much as possible, I didn’t feel like asking.
“Well, he’s probably busy enough with the territory’s development, and now with this sudden attack, it’s only natural.”
“And you’re not thinking of helping him?”
“How can I help him? As a Demon?”
“Yes, you can summon a Demon and ask it to protect this territory for a few days.”
“……?”
Was that the purpose of the Demon?
It was a bit different from what I thought.
Since the name itself was Demon Contract, I thought it would be about making a contract with a Demon and receiving something in the form of a skill, but it seemed like it was just a one-time favor.
‘If that’s true, there’s even less reason for me to use it.’
I’d rather give it to Aizen than use it myself.
“Or you can use it for me.”
“……Well, I don’t think it would be particularly beneficial.”
“Don’t you want a Legendary item?”
At the mention of a Legendary item, I couldn’t help but look at Illia in surprise.
Is she saying that if I help her with the Demon Contract, she’ll give me a Legendary item?
If she gave me a Legendary item, there’s no doubt that using the Demon Contract would be beneficial for me.
An overwhelmingly beneficial one, at that.
“Are you saying you’ll give me a Legendary item?”
“To be precise, I’ll help you obtain it. And for that, I need the power of a rather strong Demon.”
“……”
“What do you think?”
* * *
In the end, I decided to accept Illia’s offer and purchased all the necessary materials from the Cash Transaction window.
For reference, the materials were only those that could be purchased immediately, so I spent over 20 million won here, but as Illia said, if I obtained a Legendary item, this money would be nothing.
One way or another, I had purchased all the materials, so all that remained was to follow Illia to the place she would guide me to and obtain the Legendary item.
……Or so I thought.
“First, we need to catch a B-type monster that can be ridden.”
“Why a B-type monster?”
“Because it’s a place we can’t reach on foot.”
If it’s a place we can’t reach on foot, how is she going to help me obtain a Legendary item?
As I looked at Illia with a puzzled expression, she gave me a clear answer.
“You have Card Summoning, right? You didn’t seal a flying monster, did you? That’s how it’s designed to be used.”
“It wasn’t designed to seal Raid Bosses?”
“Actually, I left the possibility open…… but I thought it would be impossible. How can you endure for a minute when you can’t even heal?”
“You can do it if your defense is high.”
“That’s what I’m saying is impossible. Actually, all Raid Bosses have fixed damage.”
‘Is that so?’
Come to think of it, I don’t think there was ever a time when I didn’t take damage while fighting Raid Bosses.
And as Illia said, if it’s fixed damage, I would still take damage even with my current defense.
Also, if I’m taking fixed damage, enduring for a minute against a Raid Boss might be close to impossible.
“Of course, I left the possibility open, so I made it so you can’t have more than two Raid Bosses.”
She seemed to be talking about how one Raid Boss would be absorbed into another if you had more than two.
Moreover, because of the conversation we just had, what she said about being a developer before felt real.
Otherwise, there’s no way she would know about sealing Raid Bosses.
“Anyway, we need to catch a flying monster first.”
“Catching it is one thing, but…… do you have the Riding skill?”
“……”
“You don’t, right? I figured you wouldn’t have the Riding skill since you don’t even have a flying monster.”
One way or another, we decided to head towards the Mountain Range where a monster called a Griffin resided, with the goal of catching a flying monster.
‘Well, I’ve been thinking about a riding summoner for a while now.’
Especially since I felt the need every time I did a quest, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to catch one now. Suddenly, I became curious about Illia’s purpose.
Illia must have some benefit in mind to make such an offer.
Perhaps a Legendary item will appear at the end, and if I’m going to take it, what will Illia gain?
Since it would take quite a while to reach our destination anyway, I decided to ask.
“But why are you helping me?”
“Hmm, if you promise not to tell anyone else, I’ll tell you.”
‘Is it that serious?’
If she’s going to keep it a secret, it must be something significant.
However, I also had secrets I couldn’t tell others, and Illia knew one of them, so I nodded.
“Yes, that’s easy.”
“I’ll trust you.”
After saying that, Illia began to explain her reason.
“Actually, I quit my job at the company, and I’m at a loss for how to make a living. So, I thought I’d try to make some money in Twilight.”
“……That’s quite a reason.”
“To be precise, it’s helping each other. I need Rudin-nim’s help too.”
“To make some money?”
“Yes.”
“……”
It wasn’t entirely convincing, but I decided to let it go.
Honestly, I thought that if Illia was a former developer, it wouldn’t be difficult for her to make money using her knowledge.
So, I interpreted her current answer as simply not wanting to tell me and nodded as if I understood. Then I asked another question.
“What kind of Legendary item is it?”
“Let’s leave that as a surprise for later.”
What surprise?
I was definitely curious about what kind of item it would be, so I couldn’t say I didn’t understand Illia’s answer, but I didn’t expect her to avoid the question like this.
It wasn’t a difficult question to answer either.
“Besides, it’s a bit unfair for only me to answer. If you’re going to keep asking about it, how about we each ask each other a question honestly?”
“Do you have any questions for me?”
“A lot. But I gave up because I thought you would answer like you did before.”
I had nothing to say to that.
If I think about it carefully, wouldn’t Illia, who was a developer, have more questions than me?
I thought that was probably the case and changed the topic of conversation as Illia wanted.
“You said earlier that you need the power of a Demon, is it that strong?”
“Hmm, are all the materials you purchased Rare grade?”
I nodded at her question, and Illia continued.
“Since they’re all Rare grade, I think a Demon around level 300 will probably appear. That should be helpful, right?”
“It would be helpful, but not all high-level Demons are strong.”
“Demons are a bit different.”
She spoke so confidently that I couldn’t help but feel a little anticipation.
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