𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟐𝟖
“We’ve arrived.”
Having arrived at the Roaon Mountain Range where Griffins appear, I could see groups of players diligently hunting here and there.
I had heard that flying monsters are usually difficult to deal with and no one tries to catch them, but seeing the players here now, it seemed like a groundless rumor.
And since there were so many players hunting, I thought it wouldn’t be easy to seal a Griffin, but I thought I could manage at least one somehow.
“Oh? Isn’t that Rudin over there?”
“Seems like it, right? What’s he doing here?”
“There must be something nearby, right?”
Seeing the players nearby whispering and looking this way, Illia said with admiration,
“You’re quite popular.”
“It’s because of the videos and broadcasts. I didn’t want it, though.”
If you think about it, there wasn’t a single video that I willingly filmed.
They all just filmed and uploaded them without my permission, leading to this situation, but it was too late to say anything about it now, so I had half given up.
Fortunately, the players only whispered from afar and no one came directly to talk to me, so it wasn’t bothersome.
‘By the way, I need the Riding Skill too……’
What should I delete?
Opening the Skill Information Window and looking through it, I still had three F-rank skills.
They were Basic Shield Training, Shield Bash, and Coin Toss. Out of these, I couldn’t delete Coin Toss because it increased my Luck stat.
‘Should I get rid of Shield Bash?’
Since I had Thunder Strike anyway, there wouldn’t be any problem if I deleted Shield Bash.
It’s just a shame about the skill levels I’ve raised so far.
However, since I couldn’t find any other skills to delete, I had no choice but to delete Shield Bash.
[F-rank Skill, ‘Shield Bash’ has been deleted.]
[Stamina stat decreased by 34.]
[Skill Deletion Experience 1,700 acquired.]
‘Tsk.’
Perhaps because it was a skill I used frequently before acquiring Thunder Strike, I felt strangely disappointed.
“There’s a Griffin over there!”
“Attack!”
Anyway, as soon as I deleted Shield Bash, I could see a group preparing for battle on one side.
Curious about how they were fighting, I watched them. They were hitting the Griffin’s wings with ranged attacks, and when the Griffin, hit in the wings, fell to the ground, everyone would rush in and attack it.
‘So, I need to hit the wings and make it fall first.’
After that, it seemed like I just needed to attach the card.
Even though my defense would be halved, I didn’t think the Griffins here would be able to deal much damage, so it was a feasible plan.
“Ah, there’s one over there.”
While I was thinking about how to seal the Griffin, Illia pointed to the sky and said.
Looking in that direction, I saw a Griffin flying leisurely.
“Summon.”
I took out the Summoning Stone from the Item Storage and summoned the Battle Doll.
I was thinking of using the Magic Bullet Bomber equipped on the Battle Doll to hit the Griffin’s wings and make it fall. Seeing the summoned Battle Doll, Illia said with surprise,
“A Summoning Stone…… You got a good one.”
“Is the Battle Doll good?”
“Because you can equip it and teach it skills just like a player. If you raise it well, it can play a supporting role.”
‘Supporting role?’
Interpreted differently, it meant it couldn’t be the main force.
‘Maybe it’s because it can only learn five skills.’
One of the ways players get stronger is through skills.
Since you could acquire skills and gain related stats, it was almost essential, but since this Battle Doll could only learn five, it seemed like it was called a supporting role.
“Besides, it’s a bit unusual. I thought you would usually raise it as a healer type.”
“It hasn’t learned any skills yet.”
Anyway, when I gave the attack command to the Battle Doll, it immediately started firing the Magic Bullet Bomber’s bullets towards the Griffin.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!━
Since the Magic Bullet Bomber could fire a total of 150 rounds, hitting the flying Griffin was easy.
Moreover, the Magic Bullet Bomber’s range is over 200 meters.
━Kieeek!
As if to prove it, the Griffin, showered with bullets in the air, fell powerlessly to the ground, and I ran towards it.
I had to make sure no one else dealt with it.
Arriving at the spot where the Griffin fell, I ignored the Griffin glaring at me with rage and activated my skill first.
“Karzel’s Card Summoning.”
Pat━
━Kieeek!
At the same time, the card that appeared in my hand attached to the Griffin’s body, and the Griffin screamed and started frantically attacking me with its beak and front claws, but as expected, this attack couldn’t even inflict any significant damage on me.
[Damage received. -461.]
[Damage received……]
‘As expected.’
Even with my defense halved, if this was the amount of damage, there was nothing more to see.
After confirming the damage, I waited leisurely for one minute, and as soon as that minute passed, the Griffin turned into light and entered the card in my hand.
[Sealing successful.]
‘That was easy.’
Why haven’t I done this until now?
Anyway, since I had sealed the flying monster, the Griffin, all that was left was to buy the Riding Skill.
Since I had to buy it as a Skillbook, I would have to spend money again, but thinking of it as an investment to obtain a legendary item, it didn’t feel particularly wasteful.
Besides, I had already spent 20 million won.
“Summon Cash Transaction Window.”
Thinking that I couldn’t back down now because of the money I had already spent, I opened the Cash Transaction Window and tried to buy the Riding Skill.
But……
“Huh?”
There’s a B-rank skill?
Usually, B-rank skills and above are rarely posted on the Cash Transaction Window because they are hard to find, but there was a B-rank Riding Skill.
The price was surprisingly 9 million won.
I didn’t know if this was expensive or cheap, but since it was B-rank, I was hesitant about whether to buy it.
‘No, I’m just going to use it for transportation, do I need a high rank?’
Of course, there are advantages.
A higher rank means higher Stats, so it might be beneficial in many ways if I acquire it.
But if you ask me if it’s worth 9 million won, that’s a different story.
‘……Oh well, I don’t know.’
Since I’m acquiring the skill anyway, I should acquire the highest rank.
[Cash Transaction Item, ‘B-rank Skillbook’ has been purchased.]
[Purchased amount, 9,000,000 won will be automatically withdrawn.]
So, I’ve spent about 30 million won on this.
Just buying the necessary materials and Skillbook cost me 30 million won, making me realize once again how scary the game Twilight is.
How much did those who have more money than me…… like Aizen or Lee Ju-ho spend?
However, I shook my head to clear those useless thoughts and immediately acquired the B-rank Skillbook.
[B-rank Skill, ‘Riding Unity’ has been acquired.]
[Stats increase upon acquiring the skill.]
[Summoning increased by 10.]
“Did you acquire it?”
“Yes.”
Illia’s voice could be heard, as if she had been watching from behind.
Responding briefly to Illia’s question, I examined the newly acquired skill.
[B-rank Riding Unity Effect] (LV1+2)
━Automatically applied when mounting a summoned beast.
━Controllable with just thought.
━13% of stats applied to the summoned beast.
━Beast Rush (LV3) usable.
━Attack power increased by 3% when using Beast Rush.
━Movement speed increased by 26% when using Beast Rush.
━Beast Rush cooldown time: 90 seconds.
‘Oh, I can use a separate skill too.’
Looking at the skill effects, I felt it was decent, but if you asked me if it was worth 9 million won, it would be difficult to answer easily.
It’s ambiguous when comparing the price and the skill effects.
On the other hand, I didn’t regret acquiring it, so I decided to be satisfied. I took out the Griffin card from the Item Storage and summoned it.
“Summon.”
[Summoning Griffin.]
[Summoned beast’s level increased by 17……]
After easily finishing the summoning, I immediately mounted the Griffin and wondered if Illia could ride this Griffin too.
“But do I need the Riding Skill alone?”
“Of course. It’s not like I’m controlling it.”
As if my question was meaningless, Illia naturally got on behind me.
All that was left was to fly to the place Illia instructed……
‘Can I just give it a command?’
Since it was the first summoned beast I had ever ridden, I was unsure how to control it. I thought about flying in my mind, and at the same time, the Griffin flapped its wings and slowly rose.
Thanks to the B-rank skill effect, I could control it just by thinking.
Now that I knew how to make it move, I said to Illia,
“Where do we go now?”
“That way.”
I checked the direction she pointed and as soon as I thought about flying in that direction, the Griffin immediately started moving according to my intention.
‘This is amazing.’
It was convenient to be able to move just by thinking, but I was also curious about how this was possible.
“Hmm, this is quite amazing.”
“What is?”
“The Griffin moves on its own just by thinking about it.”
“It’s nothing special.”
I thought it was amazing, but it seemed like nothing special to her, who was a developer.
“Think of it as the same as moving your character. How do you move your body, Rudin?”
“……Because I think about it?”
“Simply put, the capsule reads your brain signals and your body moves. That’s applied to the summoned beast now. So, the summoned beast moves by reading your thoughts.”
‘Is that so.’
Thanks to her somewhat simple explanation, I could roughly understand.
In short, the brain signals are read and the character moves, and it seems like that has been applied to my summoned beast through skill acquisition.
Anyway, the Griffin I summoned flew at a considerably fast speed thanks to the S-rank skill, Summoning stat, and finally the power of the rare accessory. I didn’t know where the destination was, but at this speed, it seemed like we would arrive soon.
“It’s over there.”
At that moment, at Illia’s words, I looked closely ahead and saw a forest filled with red fog.
‘That forest, I think I’ve heard of it somewhere.’
If my memory serves me right, it should be the Crimson Mist Forest.
A place where you can’t see an inch ahead and if you keep wandering, you’ll fall into some strange underground area, was it?
And if you fall underground, monsters of level 30-40 appear, making it a place also called a field-type dungeon.
But to think there’s a legendary item in such a place.
“Over there?”
“I know what you’re thinking, but first, look closely at the fog.”
“……?”
Even if I looked closely at the fog as Illia said, there was nothing special.
It was just peculiar that it was red fog.
Perhaps Illia was frustrated with me constantly searching, so she quickly gave me the answer.
“If you look closely, you’ll see a slightly thicker fog.”
‘Thicker fog…… Ah, is it that?’
It was difficult to find because the forest was so vast, but I managed to find it.
And while Illia said it was thicker fog, it was only slightly thicker, so much so that you wouldn’t notice the difference at a glance. If someone who didn’t know looked, they would never be able to find it.
“We can go down there.”
“Okay.”
I controlled the Griffin and descended to the place Illia indicated. As soon as we touched the ground, red fog enveloped us, making it impossible to see anything.
“Now, cancel the summon and hold my hand.”
Illia, who said that, reached out and held my hand, but I didn’t mind and canceled the Griffin’s summon. Then, Illia started walking somewhere.
Naturally, I, whose hand was held, had no choice but to follow Illia. While following her, I felt a sense of wonder.
‘She’s walking without hesitation even though she can’t see ahead.’
“Just so you know, the place we’re going to now is the easiest to obtain among the legendary items.”
“Are the others difficult?”
“To the point where the Main Scenario is nothing in comparison.”
“……”
If it was more difficult than the Main Scenario, it was the same as saying it was impossible to obtain now.
Even if it was a legendary item, was there a reason why it was set to be so difficult?
Looking at the stats of the Sword of Protection I obtained before, I could understand, but I also thought it was a bit too much.
“Ah, then the Sword of Protection is……”
“It’s a weapon exclusive to the Main Scenario. Of course, it’s an exception. Besides, the Sword of Protection breaks or disappears when the Main Scenario ends.”
Illia said that it would disappear somehow when the Main Scenario ended.
If that was true, then the Sword of Protection might not be something I actually obtained.
“We’re here.”
Flash!━
“……!?”
Suddenly, with the words “We’re here,” my body was transported somewhere, and soon I realized I had been moved to a place surrounded by stone…… a cave-like place.
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