Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 67

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟔𝟕

……They seem to be in a hurry.

“Start the duel.”

[The duel will now begin.]

Pabak!━

“Comprehensive Buff!”

‘Hmm?’

The guild member shouted a skill as soon as the duel began. I don’t know what kind of skill it is, but various colored buffs were appearing on the guild member’s body.

‘Did they unify the commands into one?’

In addition, I remembered the fact that this guy didn’t use a single skill in the previous duel.

“Wind Blade!”

Kwaang!━

[You have received damage. -1.]

‘Even so, to think it’s at this level.’

I think I know why he requested a rematch. He probably thought he could deal damage if he used a skill. But the result was disastrous, and the guild member looked at me with trembling eyes.

I’m sorry about this.

“Kugh, Wind Blade!”

Well…… outwardly, it looks like a duel without any problems. Maybe the other people watching think so? However, I and the guy who actually knew the truth knew the outcome of this duel.

The crescent-shaped light that shoots out and me moving forward while blocking it.

However, this form did not last long. As I approached a certain distance, the guild member folded the Wind Blade skill and immediately rushed in for close combat.

‘Stupid.’

“Flash Stab!”

All stabbing skills have a penetration probability. And the reason he’s using a stabbing skill now is probably to try to do something with penetration damage, but I noticed that and immediately ran out, laughing at his stupidity.

“Giant’s Sprint!”

Kwaaang!!━

[You have received damage. -1.]

[Skill Damage! 1,279.]

If he was preparing to dodge from a distance, I wouldn’t know, but he couldn’t avoid Giant’s Sprint while approaching to attack recklessly. Thanks to that, a situation like this happened where both of our attacks hit, but it was obvious who had the advantage without even looking.

“Kuagh!”

And the duel is as good as over. The guild member seemed to realize that as well and screamed as he flew away, and I crashed into him again with Giant’s Sprint before he could fall to the ground.

[You have won the duel.]

‘Is it 20 gold for this?’

It was the first time I had earned money so easily while playing Twilight. 20 gold was the amount you could only get by ranking first in contribution points for catching Turu.

“……”

Then, the guild member who was frustrated without saying anything slowly got up. And then, without saying a word, he initiated a trade and handed over 10 gold, then left this training ground alone.

‘It doesn’t matter to me since I got 20 gold.’

It seems to have been quite a shock to him.

Clap clap clap━

“I enjoyed the good show.”

Suddenly, I heard a voice clapping and praising. When I turned my head, it was Aizen, who had been watching the duel. As it was a duel for the position of vice guild master, he had no choice but to watch.

“Does anyone still doubt Rudin-nim’s skills?”

“……”

“……”

No one answered the question.

“It’s decided then. Then, since the break is over, I want to go back to the mansion and start the meeting, but……”

But?

“I’ll postpone it until tomorrow. Also, those who are called again, please wait at the mansion as I have instructions.”

He seemed to have something in mind. Otherwise, there would be no need to stop a meeting that hadn’t even reached a conclusion. In addition, the other guild members seemed to think so as well, nodding their heads, and soon some people nominated by Aizen moved first and returned to the mansion.

“Those who remain, please focus on leveling up.”

“Aren’t we going to hunt the Bamut Cult?”

“Even if we go to attack the Bamut Cult, it will be possible in the evening. There are many people who are not logged in right now.”

He’s right. It was a weekday, and because of that, the number of people logged in was limited. The other guild members seemed to understand that and agreed with Aizen’s words, leaving the training ground one by one, and Aizen approached me.

“As expected, my decision to give you the position of vice guild master, Rudin-nim, was not wrong.”

“……”

Vice guild master huh……

I stared blankly at Aizen for a moment. For some reason, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had moved according to his intentions. After all, what did I do in the meeting? In the end, I just stayed still and had friction with a guild member, and even ended up having an unwanted duel.

Did Aizen really not know about this situation?

‘He could have thought that the guild members would be dissatisfied, right?’

It might be good to ask him clearly this time.

“What did you say to the guild member?”

“I said that Rudin-nim’s skills are suitable for the position of vice guild master. But no matter how much I said, those who didn’t believe it didn’t believe it.”

“That’s why you asked me to participate in the meeting.”

“Well……”

Well? Have I ever seen such an annoying guy?

“However, it won’t be a disadvantage to Rudin-nim. I guarantee it.”

“Why? Because I showed my skills?”

“That’s right. Actually, the people gathered this time are those who have considerable skills within the guild. The fact that those people left without saying anything means that they acknowledged Rudin-nim inwardly.”

As Aizen said, it was definitely not a disadvantage.

Maybe it was even an advantage.

“In the first place, this happened because I became the vice guild master, right?”

“You could interpret it that way.”

“Isn’t the vice guild master usually someone who has contributed a lot to the guild?”

It’s a thought that even I, who doesn’t know much about guilds, would have. However, Aizen shook his head, denying my opinion.

“I’ve probably said it before. This game is likely to become a dungeon conquest. If that actually happens, who will be more helpful? The person who has contributed a lot to the guild? No. The person with superior skills will be helpful.”

“……Well, that’s true.”

What Aizen is talking about now is the concept of war. In war, skills are bound to be prioritized.

“And those skills will contribute more than anyone else. I gave you the position of vice guild master, Rudin-nim, in preparation for that time.”

‘In other words, he gave me the position of vice guild master to be active in the war.’

One way or another, the story was back to square one. The content related to dungeon conquest was what I talked about with Aizen on the first day we met.

“Is that the end of your questions?”

Questions?

I don’t have any particular questions in mind, but there was one more thing that came to mind.

“Ah, right. Return Scroll. Where can I get that? I was late today because I didn’t have a Return Scroll.”

“I see.”

After hearing my words, Aizen nodded and then requested a trade. When I accepted the trade, I could see more than 10 Return Scrolls listed, and while looking at them, I thought.

‘Instead of telling me where he gets them, why is he giving them to me?’

“To get a Return Scroll in Twilight, you have to buy a mansion. Because you return to the mansion, not the village.”

“If Rudin-nim also wants to get a Return Scroll, you will have to buy a mansion.”

“……Is that so?”

Was the Return Scroll for returning to the mansion? I asked back awkwardly after hearing Aizen’s explanation.

‘No wonder people don’t use Return Scrolls.’

It made sense that no one used them since the condition for using them was limited to those who had purchased a mansion. Considering that Aizen’s mansion probably wouldn’t be available for purchase for 1-2 gold, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that most players couldn’t use Return Scrolls right now.

“Anyway, it seems like we’ve wasted quite a bit of time. I’ll be going now.”

“Huh? Ah, okay.”

I had no intention of holding him back any longer. I gestured as if to say do as you please, and Aizen immediately left the training ground. Since the others had already left, I was the only Emperor Guild member left.

‘Sigh, should I work on skill books?’

I hope they come out well……

With that thought, I left the training ground and found a secluded place, then took out a Random Skill Book from my item window.

[Would you like to open the skill book? Once opened, the skill will be learned automatically.]

‘By the way……’

I wonder if an S-rank skill will come out.

Certainly, S-rank skills are good. They consume a lot of magic power and stamina, but they are definitely worth it. The problem is that there’s no guarantee that an S-rank skill will come out even if I invest the whole day today, and thinking about that, learning a suitable A-rank skill might be better for my mental health.

But.

‘It came out quickly before, so wouldn’t it come out quickly this time as well?’

Remembering the luck I had before, I once again set my sights on an S-rank skill.

[Logging out.]

[Once again, on the street illuminated by Twilight……]

“Sigh.”

Yeah, this is normal.

I sighed, having wasted my time opening Random Skill Books the entire time I was logged in. In fact, this would be the normal probability. Currently, the only people who have acquired S-rank skills are me and Aizen. Just the two of us.

If the probability was even slightly higher, a few more people should have gotten them by now.

‘By the way, what should I do?’

Since Yua wasn’t logging in today, I wanted to finish the Random Skill Book work. Since I only had one Random Skill Book left, I thought I wouldn’t have to be stuck with them for a while if I just finished this task.

“Should I work on them again? I also need to raise my crafting skill.”

Originally, I would have given up on the crafting skill, but because of the 20 gold I earned from the duel, I could think about this.

“Tsk, it’s a dilemma.”

Anyway, I went into the bathroom and washed up briefly, then sat in front of the computer. The connection waiting time wasn’t over yet, so I could think about it until then.

Click━

As usual, I went to the Twilight bulletin board, and as expected, there were a lot of posts about the Bamut Cult.

The Bamut Cult huh……

Come to think of it, there’s not much information about the Bamut Cult. It wouldn’t be bad to look into it at this opportunity.

Click━

[Harpe Empire’s Subjugation Mission! The Truth of the Bamut Cult!]

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, I saw a noticeable title and clicked on it immediately. Then, a picture appeared, taken from the sky somehow. The problem was that in the picture taken like that, you could see about 1-2 thousand monsters gathered together.

Are these the monsters controlled by the Bamut Cult?

At first glance, there are many guys I’ve never seen before. And there were also quite a few medium-sized monsters that were similar in size to the Orc Chieftain. It’s a clear fact that the bigger the monster, the stronger it is, so the Bamut Cult’s power is quite significant.

“To break through this with just the Emperor Guild?”

During the meeting, I just took it for granted, but after seeing it myself, I even thought that the guild member who suggested attacking recklessly might be a spy.

‘It might be possible if my Strength was insanely high.’

If my Strength was high, I could bounce them all away with Giant’s Sprint. I’m saying this believing in that, but there was a possibility that it wouldn’t work on medium-sized monsters, and if their stats were tripled, the possibility would be even lower.

Click━

Just like that, I collected information about the Bamut Cult one by one, but I couldn’t find any core information. Just the fact that the Bamut Cult is moving little by little? There was also a post speculating that they would arrive at Diwood Territory based on the direction they were moving, but that’s all.

Then.

[Urgent Video Report!]

‘Huh?’

What urgent video?

Click━

[Content: A video of the Blacklight Guild fighting the Bamut Cult has been uploaded to the video board. The Blacklight Guild is a guild that operates in Diwood Territory, and……]

Oh, there’s already a guild that fought them.

There’s no reason to hesitate. I immediately clicked on the video board, and as soon as I saw the first video titled “Battle with the Bamut Cult,” I played it.

Kaboom!- Kwakwakwang!━

The video started in the middle of a battle, as if it was recorded midway. Also, looking at the player side, players with large shields were forming a wall in the front, and archers and magicians were actively attacking from behind.

‘Do they mean to reduce the numbers with ranged attacks and then advance?’

It wasn’t bad. No, it’s rather good.

Although the dominated monsters have their stats tripled, it doesn’t mean their defense is tripled. Their Strength, Stamina, and other stats might be tripled, increasing their attack power and HP, but since their defense remains the same, I thought this method might work.

However, the players’ activity didn’t last long.

━Kuaaaang!

The monsters that were attacked all rushed in at once. At the same time, as soon as they collided with the players holding large shields, the players started to crumble like straw, and the ranged players, whose wall had disappeared in front of them, were swallowed by the monster horde as if caught in a wave.

“……”

The battle was decided too quickly. It was rather disconcerting. The number of Blacklight Guild members gathered was around 200-300, but it was shocking that it took less than 5 minutes for them to collapse.

‘Can we even catch these?’

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