Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 46

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 46

“Game Start.”

Pot!-

[May you find what you desire on the Twilight-lit streets……]

Yesterday, after joining the Emperor Guild and waiting for about an hour, I cautiously spotted Loina entering the dungeon. According to her, she died to an Emperor Guild member right after logging in and, due to the penalty, logged back in after an hour and returned here.

And I heard something I didn’t know from her, which was that she had been watching me in her soul state until now.

Thanks to that, it seemed like my appearance, fighting against the Goblin Chieftain Turu for a long time, cleared up a lot of her suspicions. The strange thing was that she couldn’t hear the conversation; it seems that when you’re in a soul state, you can’t hear the voices of living players at all.

Well, since there weren’t any players left when I died to Turu, it’s not strange that she wouldn’t know.

In addition, I finished the story of joining the Emperor Guild by saying their conditions were good, and I was able to level up to 31 while helping Loina hunt. To be precise, I leveled up twice, and this was because there were more than 10 people and the hunting speed was slower than when I was alone.

‘Later, I only hunted one monster and rested because I ran out of Magic Power.’

Still, it was good that I was able to raise my Skill levels throughout the game time. Basic Shield Training, along with Battle Recovery and Steadfast Defense, all went up.

Conversely, if I had been more proactive, it would have been a great help to Loina’s guild, but……

‘Why bother when I’ll never see them again?’

With that thought, I spent the day focusing on training my defense skills.

Anyway, I looked around as I logged into Twilight. Since I returned to town after the logout message appeared, the surrounding scenery was the usual town I always saw. Also, perhaps because it was a weekday, it felt relatively quiet compared to the weekend, but there were still crowded places.

“The Quest Guild?”

Come to think of it, I couldn’t take on any quests yesterday because I was stuck in the dungeon. It was a shame, but since I could acquire a Luxury Shop One-Time Entry Ticket if I exceeded 150 Fame with this quest, I thought it would be okay to head in that direction.

‘After that, should I try dealing with the Random Skillbooks?’

There are two Random Skillbooks in my Item Storage.

It would take all day if I aimed to get an S-rank Skill with these. But if I compromised and aimed for an A-rank Skill, it might be possible within this connection time.

‘But it feels strangely wasteful to aim for an A-rank.’

I can’t deny that A-rank is a very high-level Skill. I don’t intend to deny it either. Seeing as I’m having these wasteful thoughts, it seems like I’m a hopeless person.

The side effects are obvious, but still, an S-rank Skill……

Anyway, as I slowly headed toward the Quest Guild, I thought about which skills would be useful to me.

‘The most ideal skill combination in Twilight is……’

S-rank isn’t always good.

The increased stats are undeniably good, but I haven’t used Phantom Shift much, and Aizen’s Extinction Sword has severe penalties.

Was it a 30-second exhaustion?

Thinking about that, the A-rank Giant’s Sprint is much better.

‘Or a Passive Skill?’

Giant’s Sprint is enough for offense. So, wouldn’t it be best to fill the remaining skills with Passive Skills? It’s not a game with cooldowns anyway, is it? So, wouldn’t the most ideal combination be to learn two or three skills that can definitely deal damage and fill the rest with Passive Skills?

“The problem is that’s difficult too.”

If I use Intuition to get a Passive Skill? I’ll probably acquire an F-rank Skill with a high probability. As I thought before, Intuition doesn’t allow for multiple choices.

No, even if it did work in this case, it would be a problem. It would take all day just to get an S-rank Skill, and if I added multiple choices, there’s a high chance I wouldn’t get it even after several days.

Hmm, but why am I thinking about this?

One way or another, all I could do with the Random Skillbooks was to try for an S-rank or an A-rank Skill.

Murmur~ Murmur~

‘……I’ve arrived.’

The scene of the Quest Guild, which I arrived at while organizing my thoughts, was the same as always. Meaning it was bustling with people looking for parties. However, it didn’t mean anything to me, who could take on E-rank quests solo even without a party.

‘But it’s a bit strange.’

It’s like the surrounding people’s gazes are subtly directed at me. Actually, the nearby players were looking at me and whispering something; it was probably because of the equipment I was wearing.

“Wow~ What equipment is that?”

“Isn’t it a Set Item?”

“If it’s a Set Item, then a dungeon…… Ah, there’s a guild.”

“But that symbol looks familiar, doesn’t it?”

Hmm?

If they’re talking about the symbol, are they referring to the guild mark on my left chest?

Since it was the Emperor Guild’s mark, I didn’t think it was strange that they’d seen it somewhere.

“Still, with that equipment, he must be really strong.”

“Should we ask him to join our quest?”

“……”

This is no good. I need to quickly receive a quest and leave.

[Friend ‘Raz’ has requested a conversation. Will you accept?]

‘Raz?’

My steps, about to enter the Quest Guild, stopped due to the sudden conversation request message. What’s going on? She logged in quite late yesterday, but today she logged in even earlier than me.

But what’s up with Raz?

‘I even made her a weapon.’

Or did she discover a dungeon in just one day? I accepted Raz’s conversation request while thinking about this and that.

[Connected to the conversation.]

━Hello? What are you doing?

“About to take on a quest at the Quest Guild. Why?”

━I was wondering if you had received a quest.

“Not yet.”

At my answer, Raz replied in an excited voice.

━Ah, then could you help me with the quest I received? The reward is a Random Skillbook. I really want to succeed in this quest.

‘Random Skillbook?’

What is she doing instead of looking for the dungeon she’s supposed to find? Random Skillbook? Of course, even for me, who already has two, a Random Skillbook was tempting. I still have 8 skills I can learn, and a Random Skillbook isn’t an item you can easily obtain.

‘By the way, if I get one more Random Skillbook here……’

It seems like I’d have to spend all day tomorrow just opening Random Skillbooks.

Is today some kind of special day?

Well, it’s not a bad thing, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that it would be a tiring day.

“Where is it?”

━I’m inside the Quest Guild? Where are you? I’ll go to you.

“In front of the Quest Guild.”

━In front? Wait a moment. I’ll be right there.

[Conversation ended.]

Just a few seconds after the conversation ended, I saw Raz opening the door of the Quest Guild and appearing. There were countless players around me, but since I was wearing such flashy equipment, Raz found me without difficulty, and she approached me immediately, pretending to be happy to see me.

“Oh, you changed your shield. Is it good?”

“It’s good. More importantly, what’s the quest rank?”

“Of course, it’s E-rank. I need to succeed in tomorrow’s quest as well to move up to D-rank.”

“E-rank……”

It can’t be helped. Even if I succeeded in all the quests from the first day until now, I can’t receive D-rank quests. Even the fastest person would only be able to take on D-rank quests from tomorrow, so E-rank is virtually the highest difficulty.

“But this one is a bit tricky, so I think we need to gather people.”

“Gather people?”

“Yes. The recommended party size is 8 people.”

An E-rank 8-person quest is likely to be quite challenging. Nevertheless, I didn’t worry too much because I trusted my abilities, but it seemed different for Raz.

“Wouldn’t it be good to gather at least 5 people?”

“Are there people to gather?”

“We need to start gathering now.”

‘This is……’

It was unbelievably unprepared. However, I didn’t say anything about it. After this quest is over, I have to deal with the Random Skillbooks anyway, and thinking about the trouble I’ll have then, I didn’t want to waste my energy on pointless arguments.

“Okay, try your best to gather them.”

“Aren’t you going to help?”

“Well? I think you’d be better at gathering people than me?”

Raz’s expression changed subtly at my answer. Frankly, wouldn’t it be easier for Raz, with her pretty appearance, to gather people? I don’t know how Raz interpreted my answer, but she nodded and moved towards the nearby players.

And, as expected, people gathered quickly.

Since Raz approached the players with a gentle smile and talked to them, most of them joined the party without any hesitation. Thanks to this, I inwardly sighed as I saw Raz, who had filled the recommended party size of 8 people in no time.

‘She said she’d gather around 5 people earlier.’

Or is it her will to succeed no matter what?

‘Well, it’s not bad.’

Rather than just the two of us, me and Raz, going with this many people would give us more leeway in battle. Also, since we were going to get a Random Skillbook, it didn’t matter how many people gathered.

“Shall we depart now?”

“Yes.”

“Let’s go.”

The players responded immediately to Raz’s question. Seeing them answer so well, I didn’t think they would cause any major problems.

“Then let’s start. Quest Start.”

[You have started the quest. Would you like to move to the quest location?]

Thus, Raz and all the other players moved to the quest location, and I also followed them and started the quest.

“Quest Start.”

[Moving to the quest location.]

Whoosh!-

The place I was transported to was a wide plain. But it was a bit dark. I could see the players in front of me without any problems, but I couldn’t clearly see the terrain in the distance.

It’s not a problem for me since I fight in close range. But it might be a bit difficult for Raz.

‘By the way, what’s the quest?’

I immediately checked the quest details, realizing that I hadn’t checked the most important part of the quest.

[Rescue the merchants trapped in the Orc Village.] (E-rank)

Details: A group of merchants heading to the Harpe Empire to sell goods were suddenly ambushed by Orcs and captured. The mercenaries hired to protect the merchants were already killed by the Orcs, but one of them barely survived and immediately requested help from the Quest Guild.

*Automatically moved near the Orc Village.

*Time limit: 2 hours.

*At least 5 people must be rescued.

Reward: If all 8 people are rescued, Fame (60), Gold (2 Gold), Item (Random Skillbook)

If more than 5 people are rescued, Fame (40), Gold (1 Gold)

Recommended Party Size: 8 people

‘Rescue merchants?’

Moreover, to get the Random Skillbook, we absolutely have to rescue all 8 people. And reading the explanation, there’s even a time limit. I thought it might be a bit much to ask us to rescue all 8 people when we don’t even know where they’re being held.

‘This might be unexpectedly difficult.’

It’s not just a quest where you mindlessly fight. It’s a rescue quest. I thought it would be better to fight against that eagle, what was its name, Hove?

“That seems to be the Orc Village over there.”

“It’s bigger than I thought.”

“Still, since it’s dark, I think we can manage somehow.”

“Should we split up and search?”

While I was feeling troubled, the others were having various conversations while looking at the Orc Village located on one side.

‘Come to think of it, why was I trying to solve this alone?’

It’s probably because I’ve solved everything on my own until now. Anyway, I couldn’t handle this quest alone, so I decided to listen carefully to their conversation.

“How about a diversionary tactic?”

“While one side causes a commotion, the other side rescues them? Then, the side causing the commotion, you guys want to do that?”

“What if we get caught while rescuing them? Wouldn’t everyone be in danger?”

‘Tsk.’

Even though there’s a time limit, they weren’t making any progress in their discussion. Can I really just stand here and watch? I first looked away from them and looked at the Orc Village. Torches were lit here and there in the Orc Village, making it quite bright, and it seemed like we’d be immediately discovered if we approached carelessly.

At that moment.

“Yes. Good idea. I’ll be the bait!”

‘Huh?’

Someone shouted in a confident voice. Impressive. When I turned my gaze back to them, everyone was looking at the player with a surprised expression. And the player was making a face as if they had done something amazing.

Wouldn’t it have been a little better without that expression?

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