𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟔𝟖
[Will you open the skill book? Skills will be acquired automatically when opened.]
After watching the video of the Bamut Cult, I rummaged through some 게시판 (bulletin board) posts, checked that it was time to connect again, and immediately entered Twilight. And then I continued the Random Skillbook work I had been doing.
Actually, it wouldn’t have been bad to give up and focus on crafting. While Random Skillbooks yielded no significant results, crafting would at least produce something.
Still, I didn’t want to give up in the middle, so I kept clinging to the Random Skillbooks, but they weren’t appearing as I hoped.
‘When will this damn skill finally show up?’
I’d like it to appear within today if possible.
[Ding!~ The Bamut Cult has entered Diwood Territory.]
[War Entry!]
[In 1 hour, 50 knights, 5 wizards, and 2,000 soldiers will depart from Diwood Territory.]
[If defeated, the Bamut Cult’s sphere of influence will expand.]
“Huh?”
I stopped working for a moment and read the message. War Entry? It seemed NPCs also participated in wars. However, thinking rationally, there was no way the NPCs had a chance of winning. It would be ridiculous if the NPCs won when a subjugation quest had even been issued.
‘But there will probably be an option to fight in alliance with the NPCs.’
[Will you open the skill book? Skills will be acquired automatically when opened.]
But if there’s such an option, wouldn’t that just make the Blacklight Guild members I saw in the video more pitiful?
I thought they wouldn’t have been defeated so easily if they had fought alongside the NPCs, but that was all.
I wasn’t generous enough to look after guild members I didn’t even know.
[Will you open the skill book? Skills will be acquired automatically when opened.]
‘Please appear. Please……’
After repeating the Random Skillbook process hundreds, no, thousands of times, I eventually saw a different message pop up instead of the skill book message.
[Defeated in war. The Bamut Cult’s sphere of influence expands.]
[The Bamut Cult will appear in large numbers in Jaron Plain and Black Spot Forest.]
[The Bamut Cult’s power is strengthened. The number of priests increases slightly. The types of dominated monsters become more diverse.]
“……”
What? What’s this message?
I expected to lose the war. However, I didn’t anticipate the aftermath. If this message is true, it means the Bamut Cult will become stronger every time the NPCs lose a war.
“Does this mean we have to catch them as soon as possible?”
Considering the Bamut Cult’s forces I saw in the video, it would be difficult for me to handle them alone. It was a subjugation request that took the form of a war. War is not something I can wage alone.
Maybe if my Stamina was infinite.
Thinking about it, I don’t know why this damn game has things like Stamina to hold us back.
[Will you open the skill book? Skills will be acquired automatically when opened.]
‘……Oh!’
It appeared!
It finally appeared!
I don’t know how many hours have passed, but after struggling with the Random Skillbook for a long time, I finally felt the sensation I was looking for. The sensation I was looking for was, of course, an S-rank skill. Feeling that sensation throughout my body, I immediately opened the book.
[You have acquired the S-rank skill ‘Jayer’s Defense Domination’.]
‘Huh? Jayer?’
Jayer was the name of the skill I acquired. Jayer’s Guardian Shield. But this isn’t Guardian Shield, it’s Defense Domination.
What is it?
[Your stats increase as you acquire the skill.]
[Strength increases by 5.]
[Stamina increases by 5.]
[Ding!~ A new stat ‘Fighting Spirit’ has been created. Fighting Spirit is the unwavering will to not give up in battle. The higher your Fighting Spirit, the more resistant you are to all harmful status ailments.]
[Fighting Spirit increases by 10.]
The messages didn’t end there.
[You have acquired all the techniques of Jayer, one of the ancient legends. The techniques that only Jayer could use during his lifetime. The techniques of his that were never passed down to anyone. Having acquired all of them, you are now qualified to write a new legend.]
[The title ‘Shield of Protection’ changes to ‘Guardian of Light’.]
‘Title?’
It was a title, but the contents of the message were unusual. Just in case, I checked the newly acquired title.
[Guardian of Light] (Title)
Description：You have acquired all the techniques of Jayer, the forgotten ancient legend!
━Additional HP +3000.
━Additional HP increased by +30%.
━Physical & Magical Defense +300.
━Additional Physical & Magical Defense increased by +30%.
“Wow……”
I was speechless. Upon checking, it was an upgraded ability compared to the Shield of Protection. An increase of 300 in defense alone? Considering that the defense of my +10 Reinforced Steel Shield is 336, it’s a tremendous increase.
And what if it increases by an additional 30%?
“Status Information Window.”
Thinking it would be faster to see it with my own eyes, I quickly brought up the stat window to check.
[Name：Rudin]
[Title：Guardian of Light]
[Level：44]
[Fame：339]
[Guild：Emperor]
[HP：9126/9126]
[MP：3070/3070]
[Stamina：100.0%]
[Attack Power：668] [Magic Attack Power：140]
[Defense：1359] [Magic Defense：786]
[Stats]
Strength：477 (321+156) Intelligence：140 (47+93) Agility：178 (148+30)
Stamina：348 (232+115) Magic Power：212 (66+146) Skill：105
Fighting Spirit：10 Summoning：10
[Skills Acquired：16/20]
“Huh.”
My HP instantly surpassed 9,000. With this much HP, wouldn’t it be okay even if I got hit by Aizen’s Extinction Sword? I don’t know how much damage his Extinction Sword deals, but I believed it wouldn’t be 9,000.
Also, my defense has increased insanely.
1359 defense!
The increase in defense also translates to the damage of my Giant’s Sprint. Considering that, I’m incomparably stronger now than before.
“Detailed Information. Jayer’s Defense Domination.”
[S-rank Jayer’s Defense Domination Effect] (LV1)
━Defense increased by 30 when equipped with a shield.
━Magic Defense increased by 30 when equipped with a shield.
━Penetration Defense probability increased by 3p when defending with a shield.
━Shield-related skill effects increased by 2%.
━Stamina consumption of shield-type skills reduced by 0.1.
“Huh? Passive skill?”
There’s no MP or Stamina consumption, which should be at the very bottom. That means Jayer’s Defense Domination is a passive skill.
‘Yeah, a passive skill is better.’
Even if I got a fancy skill, I wouldn’t be able to use it many times, so this passive form is better. A good example is Karzel’s Card Summoning, which is also an S-rank skill but is practically neglected.
More importantly.
‘This Defense Domination skill seems to be an upper-level skill of Basic Shield Training.’
There’s no need to have two of the same skill, so should I delete it? Thinking that, I looked at the stats of Basic Shield Training.
[F-rank Basic Shield Training Effect] (LV10)
━Defense increased by 18→20 when equipped with a shield.
━Magic Defense increased by 9→10 when equipped with a shield.
“Tsk.”
It’s ridiculous to compare F-rank and S-rank, but the difference was too great. Even if I raised Basic Shield Training to level 30, the defense would only increase by 60. In comparison, the S-rank Jayer’s Defense Domination increases by 30 at just level 1.
Normally, it would be better to delete it and increase the number of skills I could acquire, but……
‘Let’s stop.’
My defense increases even if it’s just a tiny bit, and I still have 4 skills left. Thinking there was no rush, I turned off the skill window and stood up.
‘Even so, this is enough.’
It’s enough to take on the Bamut Cult. No, at least I was confident I wouldn’t die. If I raise the skill level further, that confidence will only grow.
Satisfied 200% with the acquired skill, I started walking.
“Now I just need to finish the crafting skill.”
I thought it was impossible, at least for today. The reason was, of course, that I had wasted too much time on the Random Skillbook. Moreover, recalling the experience of raising it to level 10, it seemed like it would take about 2-3 days to reach level 15.
“Hmm, or should I try to find shield materials?”
The 3 recipes I bought to catch Turu. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make them because I didn’t have the materials, but if I had them, making a shield wouldn’t be bad.
The recipes I bought were:
[Knight’s Shield], [Black Thorn Shield], [Necromancer’s Shield].
Thinking about it now, I wonder why I bought them. All three recipes included one unheard-of material, making them difficult to craft.
Well, I guess being out of my mind after acquiring the S-rank crafting skill played a part.
‘But if I make a shield from the recipe, what happens to my +10 shield?’
Remembering that I spent over 60 gold to make the +10 shield, it wasn’t easy to throw it away. If I sold it on the auction house, I could get that much back, but it was the first +10 item in Twilight.
‘As a memento…… No, no. What memento.’
Would a memento feed me? Shaking my head coldly, I approached a player selling iron ingots in the street where players gathered to trade.
“I’ll buy all the regular iron ingots you have.”
“Huh? You want all of them? I have 1,000 iron ingots.”
“Yes, give me all of them.”
What’s the problem when I have 20 gold I squeezed from my guild members? Even if there were 1,000 iron ingots, it would never cost more than 20 gold.
“Yes, give me all of them.”
“Ah…… so, it’s 4 gold.”
After receiving the iron ingots easily through a trade request, I was about to look around some more, but the person I traded with hurriedly spoke to me.
“Wait a minute. Are you not buying these kinds of iron ingots?”
At the words “these kinds of iron ingots,” I checked and saw iron ingots emitting a faint glow. Wait, where have I seen this before? Where did I see it?
[Magic-Infused Iron Ingot] (Magic)
Description：Iron ingot that has been imbued with magic power by chance during the smelting process. No different from ordinary iron ingots, except for the imbued magic power. Weapons and armor made with this material have a higher chance of being imbued with special magic power.
*Material Value 10.
This is……
This was the material Raz gave me when he asked me to make him a weapon. Magic-Infused Iron Ingot. At the time, I just thought, “Oh, there are materials like this too~” and moved on, but seeing it again made me curious about how to obtain it.
“How do you get these kinds of iron ingots?”
“If you have Iron Ingot Smelting at level 6, they drop one at a time with a very low probability. About 1-2 out of 100? The probability increases as the skill level goes up.”
‘Iron Ingot Smelting?’
I have that skill too!
Moreover, it was at level 5. I managed to raise it to level 5, but I didn’t raise it any further after that. If I had known this, I would have been more actively raising the skill.
No, even if I think about it now…… Huh?
Then, I saw an item placed next to the Magic-Infused Iron Ingot and had a hunch. It was because the item was a branch with thorns.
‘Isn’t this a material for the Black Thorn Shield?’
[Black Thorn Branch] (Magic)
Description：A branch of a thorn tree with densely packed black thorns. The thorns are sharp enough to pierce even cloth and leather, so iron gloves must be worn when collecting them.
*Material Value 12.
‘It is.’
Three thorn branches are required to make a Black Thorn Shield. Fortunately, the other person had 4 thorn branches. There was no need to buy them all, so I decided to buy just the amount I needed.
“Give me the Magic-Infused Iron Ingot and 3 of these branches.”
“Yes, thank you!”
After paying, it was more expensive than I thought. The Magic-Infused Iron Ingot was 10 silver each. The branches were 12 silver each, but because I had just bought a large quantity of iron ingots, I only paid 10 silver each.
A total of 1 gold and 30 silver.
‘Still, I got the core materials, so I should try making the shield.’
What would a shield made with an S-rank and a recipe be like? Curious, I gathered the remaining materials, moved to a deserted place, and crafted the Black Thorn Shield.
Clang! Clang!━
[Sharp Black Thorn Shield has been completed.]
Now, let’s see.
[+1 Sharp Black Thorn Shield] (Magic)
Description：A shield with added sharpness by attaching sharp black thorns. It focuses not only on the defense of the shield but also on attack. Also, this shield, crafted with the artisan’s skill, boasts even better performance as all materials are perfectly harmonized.
Attack Power: 169 (+15)
Defense: 111 (+10) Magic Defense: 56 (+5)
Durability: 148/148
*When attacking with the shield, 12% chance of Bleeding (LV5) effect.
*Enhancement Option (1): Bleeding effect level increased by 1.
“……”
I stared blankly at the detailed stats of the shield. Attack power? Wait, why does a shield have attack power? But even after rubbing my eyes and looking again, the stats didn’t change.
“……F*ck.”
I couldn’t help but curse even though I didn’t want to.
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