𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟔𝟐
[All territories in the Karzen Kingdom have been occupied.]
[The Karzen Kingdom is collapsing.]
[The state of collapse will continue until the God of Deep Darkness, Beluin, is dealt with.]
‘Exactly one week, huh.’
Emperor, the Yonggammusang Guild, and I, defeated by Beluin, were forced to retreat and devise a countermeasure, but there was no way such a thing would come up.
Once he uses his power, it becomes difficult to handle.
Even with the effect of the Knight of Light title, Beluin’s health is more than double that of existing raid bosses, so it’s meaningless.
Moreover, since he has apostles following him, the conclusion was that a defensive barrier was needed to properly confront him.
‘Still, it’s not entirely meaningless since we caught two apostles.’
The Emperor Guild caught one, and the Yonggammusang Guild caught one, so the number of remaining apostles became five.
Two of those five were raid apostles, though.
[The God of Deep Darkness, Beluin, chooses the Iot Kingdom as his next destination.]
‘The Iot Kingdom…… Well, he chose well.’
Regardless of whether he chose the location well, there weren’t many players here.
The top guilds of the Iot Kingdom suffered heavy losses from the war that continued from the first main scenario and are currently in a truce, and therefore, it seemed they would not participate in the Beluin subjugation.
What if they get backstabbed while participating?
In the end, it meant we had to catch Beluin with only players unrelated to the war, but no matter how much I thought about it, it seemed impossible.
‘But what happens if we fail this time too?’
After the defeat in the Karzen Kingdom, the Emperor Guild immediately went to the Iot Kingdom and Anis Kingdom to retrieve the sacred relics.
Of course, I went and helped, and this time, to prevent a surprise attack, I even went out of my way to kill the apostles there.
Thanks to that, the defensive barrier should be able to activate without any problems.
Thinking that there would be no more options if it didn’t work here, I waited for Beluin to appear while maintaining a certain level of tension, but there was someone who approached me before Beluin did.
“You have quite a serious expression.”
‘What expression?’
I’m wearing a helmet, so how could my expression be visible?
Anyway, I turned my head and looked at Illia, who had spoken to me.
The player who was once a developer of this Twilight.
When Illia, whom I thought I wouldn’t see again after she obtained a legendary item, approached me first and spoke, I replied with a bit of curiosity.
“Why are you here?”
“You’re saying strange things. I’m a guild member too, and I received the quest, so I came.”
“Quest?”
The quest she mentioned here seemed to refer to the second main scenario.
Is Illia also progressing through the main scenario?
Moreover, since she hadn’t been seen until now and has finally shown up, I felt a strange sense of anticipation.
“Is there a possibility of winning?”
Thinking that Illia, who definitely knows about the main scenario even though she’s a developer, has appeared in person, there might be some possibility, I asked in that way, and Illia, contrary to my expectations, made a thoughtful expression.
“Hmm, well. Even I find it hard to predict.”
“What do you mean by hard to predict?”
We even prepared the defensive barrier.
If it doesn’t work even after doing this, it might be better to just give up.
“I don’t know if you had defeated three of Beluin’s specters, but you only defeated two, right? Thanks to that, his power has also recovered to 66%. It’s somewhat precarious.”
“Hmm.”
“Moreover, there aren’t many players gathered here. Are there about 4,000?”
“4,000 is a lot.”
“What good is it if there are many? There are no proper skilled players.”
And the words that followed were even more absurd.
“Beluin, who has recovered more than half of his power, is protecting his body with the power of darkness. He ignores all damage below a certain amount. Well, simply put, fixed damage doesn’t work either.”
“Fixed damage?”
“Yes, you have to keep attacking with at least 20,000 damage, but I don’t see many people here who can do that.”
I briefly recalled Beluin, whom we fought in the Karzen Kingdom.
Even then, the Yonggammusang Guild members were relentlessly casting magic, but strangely, the damage inflicted seemed low.
“Wait, then attribute damage too……”
“It’s the same. That’s why I said it’s precarious.”
It’s not precarious; it’s just impossible to catch him, isn’t it?
Either way, unless you’re someone who can deal more than 20,000 damage, you can’t inflict damage on Beluin.
I can sufficiently meet that condition, but can others?
“Did you misspeak? It sounds like you’re telling us to just give up.”
“There are people who can deal damage.”
“Me?”
“Our guild master too. And since the Yonggammusang Guild Master is also here, the battle will somehow be established.”
“What good is it if it’s just established?”
We have to win.
To defeat him, we retrieved the sacred relics of the Iot Kingdom and Anis Kingdom, and even hunted down the apostles.
But realizing that it was all in vain made me feel a bit empty.
“Shall I tell you how to win?”
“Huh?”
When Illia, who had just said it was precarious, said she would teach me how to win, I spoke as if asking what she was talking about.
“You said it was precarious just now.”
“It’s true that it’s precarious if we fight like this. But you have that, Rudin-nim.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“The Book of Divine Power.”
The Book of Divine Power?
“Don’t you have it? You must have obtained it after catching Beluin’s specter.”
‘Beluin’s specter? Ah.’
It was almost a month ago, so I couldn’t remember right away, but when she mentioned Beluin’s specter, I seemed to understand.
So, I used the Remote Bank Access Ticket to search for the Book of Divine Power, and after finding it without difficulty, I checked its contents once again.
[Book of Divine Power] (Rare)
Description: A book containing the divine power of a god. Although it can only be used once and requires a sacrifice, it’s certainly a valuable book in that it allows you to use divine power. However, since it’s written in the language of gods, it’s unknown what kind of power will be unleashed.
━Upon use, Level decreases by 5.
━Randomly activates divine power.
━One-time use consumable.
‘Randomly activates divine power.’
Come to think of it, before, I hadn’t even considered using it to reach level 120 and just kept it.
However, it seems I put it in the bank a few days later to secure item window space.
Anyway, seeing the Book of Divine Power I took out, Illia nodded as if to say that was it.
“Yes, if you use that Book of Divine Power, a possibility will arise.”
“It’s fine to use it, but isn’t it random?”
It’s also written in the description.
Randomly activates divine power.
In other words, it means we don’t know what kind of power will come out, and if it doesn’t at least produce something like the Mark of Death that Beluin uses, it’s a meaningless item.
“Wouldn’t the possibility be much higher than fighting like this, even if it’s random?”
“Well, since it’s divine power, it probably would be.”
Frankly, even the powers Beluin uses are all quite useful.
Considering that, fighting using this doesn’t seem like a bad idea.
“And who knows? Maybe the Sanctuary of Light will unfold from that Book of Divine Power.”
“Sanctuary of Light?”
“There’s an effect that uses the sacred relic as a medium, right? Think of it as a higher-level version of that. If it’s unfolded, all players will receive continuous healing and buffs, and Beluin’s power will be halved.”
“……”
“If it just comes out, we’ll be able to catch Beluin, but it’s better not to get your hopes up.”
Conversely, it meant that if we draw the Sanctuary of Light, we can catch Beluin and everything else.
“There are roughly 200 divine powers, and if you convert that, it has a 0.5% chance of appearing. Common sense dictates that the Sanctuary of Light wouldn’t appear with a 0.5% chance.”
“……Well, that’s true.”
As Illia said, common sense dictates that the Sanctuary of Light, with only a 0.5% chance, wouldn’t appear.
But I felt that 0.5% chance as a 500% chance.
Screw common sense.
‘I don’t think my intuition is common sense either.’
In any case, it seemed like we had found a strategy.
* * *
“He’s here! It’s Beluin!”
“Why is he here so fast!?”
As I was fiddling with the Book of Divine Power and waiting for Beluin, before long, I could see Beluin appearing along with black smoke.
It seems that his teleportation has no distance limit.
Anyway, since Beluin appeared, the surroundings were incredibly noisy, and in line with that atmosphere, the Emperor Guild members were also busily preparing for battle.
“If we fail this time, we’re pulling out.”
“Pulling out?”
Just then, Heuksin approached me and quietly said those words.
“We’ve hunted down all the apostles and prepared the defensive barrier, but if we’re defeated, there’s no other way.”
“Then we must win this time.”
“Oh, did you come up with a good plan?”
When I calmly replied that we must win, Heuksin asked with an expectant expression, and I told him part of the method I had in mind.
“Just buy me some time.”
“Why? Will something happen if we buy time?”
“Maybe?”
“What do you mean maybe? Tell me quickly.”
However, Heuksin, who didn’t know what the method was, demanded further explanation, but I lightly ignored him.
“Activating the barrier!”
Soon, I could see the Bishop of the Iot Kingdom activating the sacred relic placed on the properly prepared altar.
Fwoosh!━
‘Oh.’
As the properly prepared barrier was activated, the sacred relic emitted a light much more brilliant than anything I had seen before, illuminating the surroundings and even dyeing the ground we were standing on pure white.
Is this the properly activated barrier?
Moreover, I could see the remnants that came into contact with the light unable to withstand it and melting away.
The remnants were literally cleared out in an instant.
“Wow~ That’s amazing!”
Regardless of Heuksin’s admiration, the battle had begun.
Therefore, I held the Book of Divine Power with both hands to unfold the Sanctuary of Light or whatever Illia had mentioned, and a message appeared along with it.
[Will you open the Book of Divine Power? Upon opening, one of numerous powers will be activated.]
‘Focus.’
After using the divine power, I have to fight Beluin anyway.
Judging that it would be better to use the Second Intuition immediately for that purpose, I instantly entered the Second Intuition and tried to draw the Sanctuary of Light, and Heuksin looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“What are you doing now? It doesn’t seem like a skill book.”
“Just buy me some time.”
Certainly, the probability is low.
If it were at least 5%, I would have been able to draw it quickly, but trying to draw it with a 0.5% probability seemed like it would take quite a bit of time.
However, it has a much higher chance of success than fighting like this.
I wanted to preserve our forces as much as possible until then, but since the remnants were annihilated, it was clear that Beluin would come forward immediately, and as I expected, Beluin started to move.
“Just buying you time is enough?”
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, Aizen approached me and asked, as if he had overheard my conversation with Heuksin.
“For now, yes…… Tell the personnel who can deal more than 20,000 damage to refrain from attacking as much as possible.”
“It seems Beluin’s defense is 20,000.”
[Will you open the Book of Divine Power? Upon opening……]
“Yes, I’ll try to endure by focusing on evasion as much as possible.”
“Explain it properly later.”
And Aizen and Heuksin didn’t ask any further questions and seemed to be following my instructions.
Watching them, along with the players running towards Beluin, I continued to open the Book of Divine Power, but the Sanctuary of Light showed no signs of appearing.
‘Damn probability.’
If the probability is low, you just have to draw it faster and more often.
However, the speed at which I’m currently checking isn’t very fast.
At best, once every 1-2 seconds?
[Will you open the Book of Divine Power? Upon opening……]
‘Slow.’
It felt like it had become a battle against time.
Realizing that, frustration and impatience washed over me, and to alleviate that even a little, I focused even harder and could feel a headache coming on.
[Will you open the Book of Divine……]
[Will you open the Book……]
‘Huh?’
Suddenly.
For some reason, the headache disappeared as if it had been washed away, and at the same time, I could vaguely feel it.
‘It’s coming.’
If I open it exactly 7 more times, the Sanctuary of Light will appear.
Actually, this was nonsense.
Intuition should only be able to know the immediate result, not when it will appear.
But now, strangely, I could tell when it would appear, and following that feeling, I opened the Book of Divine Power on the 7th try.
Fwoosh!━
[You have opened the Book of Divine Power.]
[As a price for using divine power, your level decreases by 5.]
[The power ‘ Sanctuary of Light ‘ is activated.]
Along with that, I had the illusion that the world was being dyed with light.
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