Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 75

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟓

Pabat!━

Arriving at the magic tower, I paid 1 gold and moved to Gate Territory. Gate Territory felt a bit less developed compared to the Harpe Empire’s capital where I had been, but since I was planning to return after finishing this Bamut Cult business, I didn’t pay much attention.

“Let’s go.”

It was the south gate, right?

I walked towards the south gate with the map and checked my current stats.

[Name: Rudin]

[Title: Guardian of Light]

[Level: 44]

[Fame: 339]

[Guild: Emperor]

[Health: 9191/9191]

[Magic Power: 3070/3070]

[Stamina: 100.0%]

[Attack Power: 673] [Magic Attack Power: 140]

[Defense: 1359] [Magic Defense: 786]

[Stats]

Strength: 482 (326+156) Intelligence: 140 (47+93) Agility: 178 (148+30)

Stamina: 353 (237+115) Magic: 212 (66+146) Skill: 115

Fighting Spirit: 10 Summoning: 10

[Acquired Skills: 16/20]

‘Will it be possible?’

Jayer’s Defense Domination.

To be honest, I was confident when I acquired this skill. How could I not be confident when my health and defense increased by thousands and hundreds? Thanks to this, I thought I could beat them all, whether it was the Bamut Cult or whatever, but after actually fighting the High Priest, I realized that was a mistake.

What if I spend some money and enhance my armor to +10?

‘No, I don’t think it’ll work even then.’

Of course, the battle would become more advantageous if I enhanced it. But that’s all. If you ask me if I can break through thousands of troops alone and catch the Pope just because I enhanced my equipment a bit, I can only shake my head.

“Besides, I don’t have enough time.”

Enhancement doesn’t happen just because you want it to. It would take at least a day. From purchasing Enhancement Stones to enhancing with Intuition, it wouldn’t be done in just a few hours.

If it were only one or two pieces of armor, it might be different.

Anyway, even if I enhance it like that, it’s hard to be sure of victory. In that situation, should I postpone the subjugation schedule just because of me? I don’t even want to think about it. There’s also no guarantee that the Bamut Cult won’t be caught by another guild instead of the Emperor Guild today.

‘But what if we fail……’

What will happen?

This part makes me tilt my head. If we consider the possibility of failure, it’s highly likely that half of the personnel will die. In a situation where our power will inevitably decline, I wondered how Aizen would act.

Anyway, apart from these thoughts, after walking for a long time, I was able to get out of the south gate, and soon I could see the sight of thousands of players gathered outside the gate.

Could it be that all these people here are Emperor Guild members?

It’s hard to tell the exact number, but there seemed to be more than 1,000. I passed through the players and started looking for Aizen, and soon I found him waiting at the very front.

“It’s Rudin-nim. Are you ready?”

“Ah, yes. I’m not late, am I?”

“We waited for about 15 minutes.”

“……”

He’s incredibly honest.

Just in case, I looked back and saw quite a few guild members looking at me with dissatisfied eyes. Why are they looking at me with such expressions? 15 minutes is late, but it’s not that late.

“For your information, the guild members have been waiting for an hour.”

“Ah, so that’s why……”

“Of course, that’s not the only reason.”

Aizen left some ambiguous words and slowly started walking, and along with him, some guild members located at the back shouted at the other guild members and guided the way. Honestly, it was my first time moving with more than 1,000 people, so I was a bit fascinated.

“But isn’t the Guild Master too much?”

“……?”

Suddenly, I seemed to hear whispers from behind.

“Why?”

“Didn’t you see the executive earlier? He got scolded a lot for being 5 minutes late. But the Vice Guild Master is even later than that, and he’s not saying anything.”

“It’s because of his position. If the Vice Guild Master, who is in such a high position, gets scolded the same way as an executive, it wouldn’t look good either. If you’re upset, become the Vice Guild Master yourself.”

“Ah, I wish I could.”

“Why don’t you challenge him for the Vice Guild Master position? I heard that Zech-hyung also challenged him and got completely destroyed.”

“That duel? Honestly, I can’t believe it. I can’t believe he overwhelmingly defeated Zech-hyung.”

“Zech-hyung has been living in dungeons ever since. It must be true, right?”

“He said he’s not participating this time, right?”

“Probably. It would have been nice if he participated with us.”

‘Is Zech the one who challenged me to a fight?’

Anyway, listening quietly, their conversation continued.

“Hoo, but that Pope b*stard. Can we catch him?”

“We have to. I saw on the internet that the expectations for our guild are no joke.”

“You’re saying we’ll become idiots if we fail.”

“Will it really be that bad? We’re bringing the Vice Guild Master this time. We’ve never taken the Vice Guild Master anywhere before.”

“Come to think of it, we didn’t even take the Vice Guild Master on the guild quest, did we?”

“Right. But now we’re making over 1,000 people wait just to bring him. He must be incredibly skilled.”

“Incredibly skilled, my foot. Honestly, I didn’t even know this guild had a Vice Guild Master until I saw the video. We should have at least seen his face.”

“Well, me too.”

“Where did he hunt? If he hunted in the field, it would be harder than expected.”

……Wait? Are they saying this on purpose for me to hear?

They’re talking right behind me, so I can’t help but hear. But seeing them continue talking means they don’t care about me at all. I wouldn’t mind if they just ignored me, but it bothered me that they kept talking about me.

‘Did I come here for nothing?’

I invested 1 gold to participate in the subjugation, but the reactions around me weren’t very good. I should have told them to go ahead. That would have been better for both of us. Or maybe participating as a large party instead of a guild……

“You guys. What are you talking about behind the Vice Guild Master?”

‘Huh?’

Suddenly, I turned my head and saw a female player saying something to the two who were gossiping about me. What the……? I’ve never seen this woman before. A red robe that reveals the curves of her body and a staff studded with rubies. Despite being clearly a mage outfit, she was undeniably eye-catching.

“Ah, Hwaryeon-nim. Why?”

“I’m speechless because of what you’re saying to the Vice Guild Master.”

“Hey~ what’s the big deal? We didn’t even curse at him.”

“If you have something to say, why don’t you say it directly to the Vice Guild Master?”

“Yes, yes~ I understand.”

I’m just staying quiet, but someone else is stepping up for me. Should I be happy about this?

Anyway, the woman called Hwaryeon silently looked at the two and then returned to her original spot. Should I have stepped up myself? With a sigh of unnecessary guilt, I heard Aizen’s voice next to me.

“Wouldn’t it be better to pay attention?”

“Pay attention, too? Forget it.”

After all, we’re not going to see each other often. Although it bothered me, I shook my head, thinking it wouldn’t look good to step up unnecessarily.

“More importantly, are you confident in winning? Seeing the video yesterday, there were almost no openings.”

“Indeed, the guild alliance’s attack wasn’t bad. But it’s alright. I’ve made some preparations.”

“……Preparations?”

“You’ll find out when we get there.”

‘What did he prepare?’

He tilted his head. What kind of preparations did they make? He said I’d find out when I arrived, so they definitely prepared something, but I had no idea. However, what I did understand was the number of Emperor Guild members.

The number of the guild alliance I saw in the video and the number of Emperor Guild members now are clearly different. By about double? Nevertheless, going means they have something they believe in.

“How do we attack the priests?”

I don’t know what kind of preparations they made, but the conclusion is the priests. As fast as possible, we need to kill as many priests as possible to gain an advantage on the battlefield. So I brought it up, but Aizen shook his head.

“It’s not perfect. I told them to organize a separate unit to attack the priests, but I estimate the probability of success to be about 50%.”

“A separate unit?”

“Yes, and I also thought about it after seeing the video of Rudin-nim fighting the High Priest. Rudin-nim, can’t you lead a separate unit and reduce the number of priests as much as possible?”

‘Tsk.’

He’s giving me a dangerous task.

In short, he’s saying that the members of the separate unit and I should take care of the priests. If we’re not careful, we could be surrounded and killed by the priests. I have Elsyke’s Phantom Shift, so I could somehow escape, but would things go my way in this world?

The problem is that if we don’t deal with the priests first, we have no chance of winning. In other words, someone had to take on that role, even if it wasn’t me.

‘Well, that was my initial thought anyway.’

I nod my head in agreement. After confirming my answer, Aizen walked silently, and after walking for about an hour, we reached the plains where the Bamut Shrine was located.

Waaaaaaaah!!━

Kwa-!- Kwaa-aaang!!━

“Oh.”

The only unexpected thing was that other guilds had arrived first. Moreover, looking closely, I could even see knights and soldiers.

“Are they NPCs?”

“Yes. A message appeared before Rudin-nim logged in.”

“……”

No, if you knew beforehand, you should have allied with the NPCs to catch the Bamut Cult, what are you doing now? Did you just come to watch? I looked at Aizen with a dumbfounded expression.

“So we’re late?”

“No.”

Having said that, Aizen lowered his voice even further so that only I could hear.

“Because I created this situation.”

“What does that mean……”

“They will fail. We attack then.”

Did this guy create the battle happening in front of us right now?

But seeing Aizen speak quietly, it didn’t seem like something to talk about openly. In other words, as Aizen said, if they weaken the Bamut Cult’s forces and then the Emperor Guild attacks afterward, the chances of success would greatly increase.

‘Indeed……’

They can’t win.

I don’t know how long they’ve been fighting, but the combined number of players and NPCs was only 200-300. On the other hand, the number of priests was 700-800. That means they’re almost all alive. However, the number of dominated monsters had noticeably decreased.

‘Huh? What’s that?’

While observing the dominated monsters and priests, a black object located far away caught my eye. I couldn’t see it clearly, but it looked like a monster. A monster I’ve never seen before? As I was looking at the monster curiously, the players fighting the Bamut Cult started to retreat.

“Oh? That’s the Emperor Guild!”

“Damn it! We should have caught them!”

“Don’t talk nonsense and get out of here quickly!”

I could also spot players who were annoyed as soon as they saw us. Considering that we’re joining the battle after they’ve done all the fighting, it’s understandable why they’re annoyed. Anyway, seeing them slowly retreat, it seemed like it was the Emperor Guild’s turn.

“Rudin-nim. I’ll call the members who will participate in the separate unit separately.”

“Ah, okay.”

How many will there be? That separate unit.

Anyway, Aizen started calling someone else and saying something, probably giving instructions to separate the separate unit, including me.

“Then let’s begin. Row-nim.”

“Yes. Everyone listen up! Today, right here, we will defeat the Bamut Cult!”

Waaaaaaaah!!━

‘He’s good at talking.’

I stare blankly. Everyone is full of morale and ready to fight immediately. Whether they do or not doesn’t matter to me, so I turned my attention back to the Bamut Cult and thought about what to do.

‘First of all, the wall feels thinner since the numbers have decreased.’

I was confident that I could penetrate it using Elsyke’s Phantom Shift. If I break through the wall and attack the priests first, I believed the Emperor Guild would take care of the rest.

“1st group! Step forward and form a wall!”

“Yes!”

“2nd and 3rd groups, provide rear support!”

“Move quickly!”

The ones who stepped forward were about 400-500 people? At the forefront were guild members holding shields, and behind them were people in robes waiting. A formation was completed in just a few minutes.

“Now, are you ready?! If you’re ready, run, you b*stards!”

Waaaaaaaah!!!━

At that shout, a few hundred players who had formed a line first ran forward. Naturally, players with shields were in front, followed by mages and priests. The remaining few hundred players who hadn’t formed a line started detouring in another direction.

“Vice Guild Master-nim.”

“Hmm?”

While I was unknowingly watching the attacking guild members, I could see a little over 100 guild members behind me. Is this the separate unit? What was peculiar was that most of them were holding daggers. Certainly, daggers have a high penetration rate, making them suitable for dealing damage, but seeing them all holding daggers made me feel like something was off.

‘Well, does it matter?’

Weapons aren’t important in the first place.

“Vice Guild Master-nim. When are you planning to go in?”

“I don’t know.”

The number of monsters had decreased, but that didn’t mean we could take them lightly. After all, they were monsters with their stats tripled. Moreover, while I could use Phantom Shift to get over there, these guys didn’t have such skills.

‘Come to think of it, how are they planning to approach?’

They deliberately pulled out troops, so I wondered if they had a method I didn’t know about.

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