Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 73

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟑

[Duel Arena System Open!]

[Content: The Duel Arena System has been introduced to Twilight. We hope you will fully demonstrate your skills in the Duel Arena. Every time you win in the Duel Arena, your victory points will increase, and you can use these points to purchase various equipment and consumables sold in the Duel Arena. We have also introduced a ranking system to award titles to the top-ranked players each month, so please show your interest.]

“……They really patched in the Duel Arena.”

The next day.

I was able to get out of bed feeling refreshed after resting for about two days without logging into Twilight. This was the first time this had happened since I started playing Twilight. Anyway, I got up and leisurely went to the Twilight homepage, and as someone predicted yesterday, I could see that the Duel Arena patch had indeed been applied.

The patch content wasn’t just about the Duel Arena.

[Partner System will be added.]

[Content: The Partner System is designed for those who want to enjoy Twilight together. If you party with a player registered in the Partner System and hunt, you will gain 10% more combat experience, and you can move to that partner’s location once a day (reset at 00:00). Also, partners can share most quests, so please find a partner you like and enjoy Twilight.

However, the number of people you can request as a partner is limited to one. If someone is already partnered with someone else, you cannot designate them as a partner.]

[Carriage System will be added.]

[Content: We’ve introduced the Carriage System so you don’t have to waste time walking when traveling long distances. Carriages can be used in towns and will move you at a very fast speed to locations you have visited before.

Additionally, up to 8 people can ride at the same time, and the amount of money you pay increases in proportion to the distance traveled.]

[A dungeon that anyone can enter will be added.]

[Content: One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is about dungeons. Most dungeons are occupied by guilds, but we can’t solve the problems in those games for you.

Therefore, we have created a new dungeon, the ‘Tower of Darkness’, which can be entered with a simple command.

The Tower of Darkness is a dungeon with a total of 150 floors. This is also accessible once a day, and there is no penalty for death. However, all you can gain from killing monsters there is experience.

Rewards will only be given to the top 1,000 players who have gained the most experience based on a monthly basis. If you want a good reward, aim for the highest floor possible.]

[You will now gain experience when you delete a skill.]

[Content: Until now, deleting skills other than production skills did not provide any benefit. Therefore, we have applied a system where you can gain a small amount of experience when deleting unwanted skills. Naturally, the amount of experience you gain increases with the level of the skill you delete.]

“Hmm.”

These are all extraordinary patches. My eyes were drawn to the Partner System, and I carefully looked at the contents of the post.

10% additional combat experience gain.

Move to the partner’s location.

Quest sharing.

If used well, it seemed like I could help someone just starting out grow at a tremendous speed. For example, what would happen if I received a quest from an NPC I was friendly with and then shared the quest with my partner? That partner would be able to receive and complete the quest without having to increase their favorability with the NPC.

Considering the rewards, it might even be possible to acquire a huge amount of gold right from the start.

‘But who should I partner with?’

The person who immediately came to mind was Yua. If I had to pick one more, it would be Raz. It was a bit sad that only two people came to mind despite playing Twilight for so long, but since I could only designate one person as a partner, I didn’t really mind.

‘It’s not like I can force them to partner with me anyway.’

What if Yua refused? Yua could also partner with Sina. Thinking about that, the partner system seemed a bit premature.

“And then there’s…… the Carriage System and the Tower of Darkness?”

The Carriage System seemed pretty decent. Even thinking about the lake dungeon that Raz discovered a few days ago, it took 3 hours just to walk there. I don’t know how fast this carriage is, but I believed it would definitely be faster than walking.

On the other hand, I wasn’t that interested in the Tower of Darkness.

You can gain experience, but you can’t get any other byproducts. You simply climb the tower and get rewarded a month later based on the experience you’ve gained. In other words, no matter how many floors I climb, all I can gain is experience.

However, since it’s simple enough to enter with a command, it seemed like many players would use it.

“I wonder if they’ll give a Unique Item or something if you solo the 150th floor and get first place.”

The problem was that I wondered how much time I would have to spend to clear the 150th floor. I’d have to go into the tower myself to find out the details.

“The last patch is meaningless.”

Skill deletion.

It was meaningless to me, who still had 4 skills left to learn. On the other hand, I thought it might be a bit unfair to Aizen. He must have opened and deleted countless skill books to learn S-rank skills, and now he’s lost all that experience.

Of course, knowing Aizen’s personality, he probably wouldn’t care.

“Is this the end of the patch?”

After looking through all the patches, ending with the skill deletion patch, I looked at the clock hanging on the wall. The time was 10:40. It was still before the appointed time of 11:00, but it wouldn’t hurt to log in 20 minutes early.

‘Yeah, let’s log in and check out the Duel Arena.’

I thought 20 minutes would be enough to check out the Duel Arena. Thinking that, I tried to log into Twilight.

[May you find what you desire in the streets illuminated by Twilight……]

팟!━

Logging into Twilight, I was standing in the same place where I logged out two days ago. Fortunately, I could go back to town in an instant with the Return Scroll I received from Aizen, so I wouldn’t be late for the appointed time.

[띠링!~ Twilight patch has been applied.]

[New commands have been added according to the applied patch.]

[Enter Duel Arena.]

[Request Partner.]

[Partner……]

[Tower of Darkness……]

There were surprisingly many commands.

Starting with Enter Duel Arena, there were Move to Partner, Enter Tower of Darkness, Escape Tower of Darkness, and so on. After reading through the patch-related commands one by one, I decided to enter the Duel Arena first.

“Enter Duel Arena.”

[Entering the Duel Arena. Please select your desired match type.]

[Individual Match]

[Team Match]

[Skill Match]

‘What’s Skill Match?’

Could it be that you seal your skills and fight only with your own abilities? The term Skill Match was puzzling, but for now, I decided to try the basic Individual Match.

“Individual Match.”

[You have selected Individual Match.]

[A match has been made.]

[3, 2, 1……]

Pavat!━

The place I was transported to with a flash of light was inside a building. This looks like a training ground? After seeing things like wooden swords randomly placed around, I turned my attention to the opponent in front of me.

“Pleased to meet you.”

“Ah, yes.”

The opponent was a man in light armor. The only unusual thing was that he was dual-wielding swords. But it wasn’t strange since wielding two weapons increases your attack power.

‘Is he the type to overwhelm with attack power?’

Or maybe the type to overwhelm with the number of attacks.

‘But why aren’t my feet moving?’

I tried moving around, but my feet wouldn’t budge, as if they were glued to the floor.

[The duel with your opponent will begin. 3, 2, 1……]

[Duel Start.]

Tas━

‘So that’s how it is.’

My feet loosened at the same time. Realizing that I could finally move, I focused on the player running towards me. He must have used a skill at some point, because a blue light was flashing from his two swords.

‘I’d like to play around for a bit if possible.’

But it was a waste of time to play around with an opponent I didn’t even know.

“Giant’s Sprint!”

Kwaaaaang!!━━

[Skill Damage! 1,721.]

[Overwhelming Defense! You take no damage!]

Is it because he’s a player after all?

In the brief moment of collision with Giant’s Sprint, he showed off a trick by swinging his swords to attack me. However, no damage came through due to my defense. The only thing that was a little surprising was that his health was high enough that he didn’t die in one hit.

“Wh, what?! What is this?!”

“Giant’s Sprint!”

Kwaaaaang!!━━

No time to explain. I used Giant’s Sprint again, and just like that, he turned gray.

[You have won the duel.]

[You have earned 10 victory points.]

[If you want to continue the duel, say ‘Continue Duel’.]

[If you want to end the duel, say ‘End Duel’.]

I still have plenty of time, right?

“Continue Duel.”

[A match has been made.]

[3, 2, 1……]

Perhaps because I was already in the duel arena, my body was moved back to its original position. It was a change in position, not a change in location. And in front of me, another victim appeared.

‘This time it’s a woman.’

She looked like a mage, judging by the robe she was wearing. Naturally, it was easier for me to deal with mages than warriors. A mage’s agility wouldn’t be enough to dodge my Giant’s Sprint.

[The duel with your opponent will begin. 3, 2……]

“Um, excuse me, but could you wait 5 seconds?”

“Huh?”

What’s with the sudden request? Wait 5 seconds?

[Duel Start.]

“Summon All!”

Pavat!━

Along with the shout, various summoned creatures appeared. Looking closely, I could see bears, wolves, orcs, skeletons, and even spirits.

‘Is she the rumored Summoner?’

Having spent the whole day yesterday browsing the forums, I could easily recall information about Summoners.

Summoners in Twilight…… simply refer to people who have a ton of summoning skills.

Low-rank summoned creatures weren’t as helpful as one might think, so they started to make up for their lack of firepower by acquiring various summoning skills, and now such people are called Summoners.

Naturally, it’s not very efficient.

What’s the point of having 10 summoned creatures with an attack power of 50? They can’t even beat a monster with a defense of 100. It would be better to go with one really strong summoned creature like the Dawn’s Light Master, along with healing and support skills.

“Group Blessing! Alright, let’s begin.”

“Giant’s Sprint.”

Kwakwakwak!!━

A swirling red storm. Having waited until now, I charged towards the player without hesitation. The player’s eyes widened at my unexpectedly fast movement, but it was already too late.

Kwaaaaang!!━━

[Skill Damage! 1,990.]

[Skill Damage……]

[You have won the duel.]

[You have earned 10 victory points.]

‘That makes it 20 points?’

What should I say? It felt like I could reach rank 1 just by continuing to duel like this. Giant’s Sprint used with a shield enhanced to +10. Who could possibly beat me? However, I was concerned that I couldn’t stay in the Duel Arena forever.

‘Come to think of it, there was a shop too, right?’

The shop command was……

“Summon Duel Shop.”

Pas━

A giant window appeared along with the command. It was similar in size to the Cash Transaction Window. The Duel Shop also had a surprisingly large number of items, and victory points were required to purchase them.

“Oh? They even sell Enhancement Stones?”

Moreover, they weren’t just any Enhancement Stones, they seemed to be Magic-grade Enhancement Stones.

[Weapon Enhancement Stone] (Magic)

Description: A stone that holds a mysterious power. It has the property of further enhancing weapons. It can be applied up to 10 times, but if it fails, the weapon may no longer be usable.

━One-time use consumable.

(Victory Points 2,500)

“2,500 means……”

I need to win 250 times?

It might be surprisingly easy. Most opponents fall after 1 or 2 hits of Giant’s Sprint, so 250 wins is a number I could definitely achieve if I invested a whole day.

However, I didn’t want to spend my hard-earned victory points on Enhancement Stones like these.

Enhancement Stones are something you can easily obtain if you have enough gold. Should I really spend victory points on them? Anyway, I took my eyes off the Enhancement Stones and turned my attention to other items.

“Are there any other items?”

After searching for a while, I found something incredible.

[Rare Material Box] (Rare)

Description: A box that doesn’t reveal its contents until opened. Contains all Rare-grade materials that exist in Twilight.

━Obtain a Rare-grade material randomly.

(Victory Points 15,000)

“They should be giving out equipment instead of boxes like this.”

On top of that, it’s not easy. 15,000 victory points. That means I need to win 1,500 times to get a Rare Material Box. Even if I win 300 times a day, it would take 5 days. I wouldn’t say it’s impossible, but it’s definitely a bit challenging.

‘Still, a lot of people will participate.’

Who wouldn’t participate if they could get Rare-grade materials just by dueling? Rare-grade items are that hard to come by, so most people would probably be obsessed with earning victory points.

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