𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟒𝟕
“……”
Click- Click━
Guided by Arus, I took the Trial of Light and after I finished, as if waiting, the logout message appeared. I had no choice but to exit Twilight. Now, I was sitting in front of the computer, blankly clicking the mouse.
To put it simply, the Trial of Light was a failure.
My current stats were so high that it was embarrassing to even compare them to other players, but they were useless in the Trial of Light.
‘I can’t believe the stats were restricted.’
Simply put, the Trial of Light was a test taken after my stats were fixed at 100.
And not just that, I had to win against three paladins with the same stats as me.
In other words, the Trial of Light was to fight and win a 1:3 battle with the same stats, which was impossible to think of in common sense, so I had no choice but to fail.
Fortunately, there was a retest, but the price was 100 gold.
Thinking that far, I could feel something getting blocked.
“1:3 ……”
I might be able to manage if I fought with my original stats, but there was no answer if we fought with the same stats.
Moreover, since it was a test of pure skill without any skills, I couldn’t even come up with a plausible strategy. I even let out a deep sigh for a moment, thinking of the retest fee.
‘Was the retest fee 100 gold?’
I heard that in order to enter the place where the Trial of Light is held, you have to open a door, but that door cannot be opened by ordinary methods.
So, they said they had to charge a fee, and although they opened it for free at first, now they have to pay 100 gold each time to take the test.
‘Thinking coldly, they are weaker than me.’
If I was told to fight 1:1 and win, I could definitely win.
Because I had the experience I had accumulated while playing Twilight.
But it wasn’t enough to win against three people with the same stats, so I felt like I would fail the next retest as well, and I even thought that I had chosen the wrong option.
‘But I can’t give up on Skill Enhancement.’
Clearing the Trial of Light gives Skill Enhancement as a reward.
If this was the same as the reward for the Level 100 test I took before, it meant that I could raise other skills to S+ rank as well, so I couldn’t give up.
‘Next time, I’ll use Intuition and try.’
Believing that I could somehow manage with the second Intuition, where all attacks come into my head, I slowly stopped clicking the mouse.
‘Huh?’
It was because I found a particularly noticeable post. After finding the post, I decided to check what it was about.
[How to clear the first quest of the main scenario!]
[Content: There is a very easy way to clear the first quest of collecting Light attribute.
It’s Magic Enchanting.
After adding the Light attribute with this Magic Enchanting and handing it over to the priest, it will apply it as an attribute to some extent.
So, if you use Magic Enchanting on a common item sold in the store and hand it over to the priest, the first quest is over.]
“Oh.”
I didn’t know there was a way like this.
Magic Enchanting was a skill I knew well, but I didn’t pay much attention to it.
The effect was similar to a scroll, adding a specific effect to equipment, so it could be considered quite efficient, but the problem was that it wasn’t permanent.
‘Was it durability duration?’
Usually, Magic Enchanting is attached like ‘Attack Power +10 (30)’, which means that the Attack Power +10 effect is applied until the durability is reduced by 30.
Also, it might be okay for someone who fights from the rear like a wizard, but for someone like me who fights on the front lines, Magic Enchanting wouldn’t last long even if I used it, so I didn’t pay attention to it from the beginning.
I never knew I could use it like this.
‘And if this is true, there will be more players clearing the first quest.’
Besides, if you think of the second quest as a matter of time, it was clear that more players would challenge the Trial of Light afterwards.
“……”
I didn’t need to post on the bulletin board here to let people know what the Trial of Light is like, but……
‘I should tell Aizen.’
Knowing his personality, he would definitely challenge the Trial of Light, and he would definitely fail, so I decided to tell him. I decided to spend the rest of the time looking at other posts.
* * *
[May you find what you desire in the streets illuminated by Twilight……]
After spending time browsing the bulletin board posts, I logged into Twilight and tried to contact Aizen right away to tell him about the Trial of Light, but surprisingly, he wasn’t online.
‘Well, people can’t be online all the time.’
And it wasn’t that urgent.
Thinking that I could tell him when he logged in later, I decided to solve the Trial of Light first and approached Bishop Arus.
“Ah, it’s Rudin-nim. What brings you here?”
“The Trial of Light. I want to challenge it again.”
“The Trial of Light that you already failed…… There’s no rule saying you can’t retry, but it takes quite a bit of effort for me to open that door.”
In other words, he was asking for 100 gold.
Since I already knew this, I took out 100 gold from the Item Storage and handed it to Arus, and Arus took the money without hesitation and showed me a satisfied smile.
Well, if you think about it, where else could you find a better way to make money than this?
There might not be many now, but if about 100 people challenge it later, he’ll make enough gold to rake it in with a shovel.
“Since you’ve shown this much sincerity, I should put in some effort too. Follow me.”
‘I’ll definitely clear it this time.’
Thinking that I would have to exchange these words with the bishop again if I failed, I felt like I had to clear the Trial of Light this time no matter what.
Step- Step━
With that determination, I arrived at the huge door I saw the last time I logged in and took out the Infinity Sword and Shield from the Item Storage.
Since my attack power would be fixed at 200 and my health at 3,000 as soon as I entered the Trial of Light, it didn’t matter what weapon I took out, but I decided that a sword would be better since I could attack more precisely.
For reference, I was miserably defeated with the Roar of the Thunder Dragon last time.
“Then I’ll open it.”
After that, Arus chanted something that seemed like a prayer, and then the closed door slowly began to open.
Rumble━
‘Then I’ll use the second Intuition now.’
With the door slowly opening, I used the second Intuition with repeated concentration, and at the same time, a brief headache passed by, and I could feel a different sensation than before.
‘If I fail even after doing this……’
Is there no answer?
Since it was a challenge of pure skill, my current state with Intuition was nothing more than being able to exert my best skills.
If I failed here, I thought there would be no answer, so I took a deep breath as I looked at the fully opened door.
“Now, it’s open. Then, I wish you good luck.”
“Yes.”
I felt like Arus wanted me to fail, but I ignored it and stepped inside the door.
[Entering the Trial of Light.]
First of all, the Trial of Light space was reminiscent of the training ground in the Guild Castle.
And on top of the training ground, I could see three knights standing with expressionless faces, and if you looked closely, you could see that their faces were slightly blurry.
Perhaps it was to show that they weren’t real?
Anyway, I gripped the Infinity Sword and went up to the training ground, and the three knights also slowly began to draw their swords.
Shing━
‘I have to succeed.’
Perhaps this moment was the maximum concentration I could muster.
‘Here I go.’
As soon as I thought that the preparations were over, I ran towards the one on the right first.
As soon as I ran, the paladin also showed movement, but I didn’t care about that and thought about dealing with the one in front of me first.
At least if it became 1:2, the odds would be sufficient.
Clang!━
But as expected, the sword I swung was easily blocked, and at the same time, I felt the movement of the other two paladins surrounding me.
Recalling it here, their strategy was simple.
While one person holds my feet, the remaining two surround me in a triangular formation.
Step━
In addition, I thought that the moment I was surrounded like that, my defeat was certain, so I quickly threw myself backwards to escape the encirclement and stabbed my sword towards the nearest one.
Slash━
[Critical damage! 67.]
‘Tsk.’
Although the damage was low, I had no choice but to be satisfied with the fact that the attack was successful.
For reference, the Roar of the Thunder Dragon doesn’t even allow this kind of stabbing attack.
Thinking about that, it meant that if I repeated this action, I could eventually kill the paladin, so there was no need to be discouraged.
‘Left?’
At the same time, I recognized the attack coming from the left, quickly lowered my head to avoid the attack that was stabbing at my head, and moved towards a safe direction where there were no paladins, while turning my body around to cut down the nearby paladin.
[Hit damage! 184.]
‘It seems like it will work.’
Without being hit once, I attacked the paladin twice, and I felt a faint hope.
These paladins would also have 3,000 health like me, which meant that if I succeeded in attacking them about 15 times, I could take down one.
Thinking like that, I felt like it was doable, so I calmly focused on dodging and stabbed my sword whenever there was an opening.
* * *
Slash!━
[Hit damage! 200.]
I parried the paladin’s swinging sword as if to deflect it and then slashed at the empty inside of his body with all my might.
Since it was a sword swung with all my might, my maximum damage appeared, and as a result, I could see the last remaining paladin gradually disappearing.
“Huu.”
Damn quest.
After fighting for at least 30 minutes, I let out a tired breath and immediately sat down on the floor.
As expected, once I eliminated one paladin, it gradually became easier, so I was able to eliminate the remaining paladins without much difficulty, but the time it took was too long.
‘Well, it’s over since I caught them.’
[You have passed the Trial of Light.]
[You have acquired the title ‘Knight of Light’. Would you like to equip it?]
And as a reward for the hardship I had gone through so far, a message related to the reward appeared.
The first reward, the title.
According to Bishop Arus, this title alone would allow me to compete with Beluin to some extent, so I thought it would be at least as good as the Hero of the Present World title I’m currently wearing.
[Knight of Light] (Title)
Description: Passed the Trial of Light, which no one has passed in the last 50 years.
━Additional 10% Attack Power.
━All stats increased by 20%.
━Double damage against enemies with Dark attribute.
━Usable until the second main scenario.
“……”
Ha, crazy.
Of course, the title is good.
In some ways, it was even better than my Hero of the Present World title, so it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it’s the best title in Twilight.
I also thought it was a decent enough title to fight Beluin with, but unfortunately, it was a title that could only be used until the second main scenario.
Simply put, it was the same as the Legendary item, Sword of Protection, obtained from Ukron.
‘Then why did I take the test……’
[As a reward for passing the Trial of Light, you can enhance one skill.]
[Please select one skill to enhance.]
Right, there has to be at least this reward.
The annoyance I felt after checking the title subsided with this tremendous message.
Skill Enhancement.
Previously, I enhanced Jayer’s Guardian Shield to S+ rank and was able to get satisfactory results.
‘But what should I enhance?’
After pondering about it for a moment, I opened my mouth with a thought.
“Jayer’s Guardian Shield.”
[Beep- This skill has already been enhanced.]
As expected, it doesn’t work.
After confirming that Jayer’s Guardian Shield, which had already been enhanced, didn’t work, I had no choice but to choose another S-rank skill.
Excluding Jayer’s Guardian Shield, there were a total of five S-rank skills.
After much deliberation, I chose two skills.
‘Card Summoning or Thunder Strike……’
When I thought of the skills that would be most helpful in the battle against Beluin, there were only these two.
Phantom Shift was just a time-buying skill against certain bosses, and Defense Domination was a passive skill and the lowest level among my S-rank skills, so even if I raised its rank, I didn’t expect any noticeable changes.
So, two remained.
‘If it wasn’t for Beluin, raising Equipment Crafting wouldn’t have been bad either.’
Anyway, I thought the most important thing was to defeat Beluin and obtain various rewards and items, so I said one skill.
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