Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 82

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝟐

Kwaang!━

[Combat experience 1,040 acquired!]

“Where should we go now?”

“Well……”

Looking at Yua and Sina, it seemed they couldn’t figure out the rules of this place, just like me. Is it that obvious? If it were easy enough to figure out, we would have found it yesterday. Anyway, so far, we haven’t discovered anything other than the fact that the number of crocodiles appearing in each room is different.

We definitely need to find something from the number of crocodiles……

‘Tsk, how nice would it be if Intuition activated at a time like this.’

Due to my frustration, the thought of Intuition became desperate.

“How about we each decide on a direction and then play rock-paper-scissors to decide where to go?”

“……”

Is she seriously suggesting that as a solution? I’d rather try activating Intuition than going the way Sina suggested……

‘……Wait a minute.’

Should I try it now?

No matter how much I thought about it, it seemed better than deciding with rock-paper-scissors. If I could just bring back the subtle feeling of Intuition that activated before meeting the High Priest, finding the way wouldn’t be too difficult.

‘Okay, let’s at least try.’

I couldn’t wander around here forever, so I concentrated and used Intuition.

“Alright, I’ll go right. Yua, you?”

“Me? Hmm, I’ll go left.”

Sina, who heard Yua’s answer, looked at me, changing her target. She seemed to be expecting an answer from me with her gaze, but I didn’t answer and continued to activate Intuition.

Crack━

‘Ugh.’

Perhaps due to my continuous focus on Intuition, I felt a momentary sensation as if some limit in my head was breaking. But at the same time, a strange sensation swept over my entire body.

‘Did it work?’

Ignoring the pain that I felt even though this was virtual, I looked to the right and felt an unknown sense of anxiety. On the other hand, the front and left paths felt refreshing.

Intuition, which I didn’t expect to work, had actually activated.

‘Huh, I can’t believe this actually worked.’

I was incredibly surprised that it actually succeeded. However, the headache was bothering me, but I couldn’t miss this opportunity, so I started moving towards the center as quickly as possible.

“Eh? Rudin-nim? Where are you going now?”

“I found the way.”

“The way? But, how?”

Ignoring her question, I moved to the left first. Four crocodiles were waiting there, but just like with the Cult Leader, with Intuition activated, I dealt with them much more easily than before, and then headed to the right.

[Combat experience 1,040 acquired!]

After another battle on the right, I entered the path straight ahead……

“This is……”

“It’s a different place than before.”

As they said, a different place than before was revealed. A place much wider than where the crocodiles appeared, with broken decorations scattered here and there. Nevertheless, what caught my eye was an object placed near the center.

“Ah, isn’t that a bag over there?”

“Wow, we actually made it to the center. How did you find it?”

“When I calculated the number of crocodiles, one part seemed odd.”

Of course, it was a lie. Honestly, I didn’t even remember the number of crocodiles. However, Yua and Sina, who believed my words, looked at me with admiration, and I avoided their gaze and spoke.

“Let’s get the bag first.”

“Uh, yes!”

[The Head Plunderer appears.]

‘Head Plunderer?’

A message appeared before we could even grab the bag. If it’s the Head Plunderer, it must be the boss of this place, right? Anyway, everyone prepared for battle at the sudden message, and at the same time, several giant somethings fell from the ceiling to the floor.

Thud!- Thud!━

[Head Plunderer (BOSS)]

‘The color is a bit different.’

While the crocodiles we’d seen so far were green, the crocodile in front of us was blue. Moreover, it was much larger than the previous crocodiles, probably around 2.5 meters tall.

“Kra-ra-rak!”

“It seems…… they won’t just let us pass.”

“Sina, step back.”

“I was going to step back even if you didn’t tell me.”

As she shouted, Sina’s hand was holding a potion. Did she take it out for throwing? Knowing Sina’s skills to some extent, I knew that if she threw and hit someone with that potion, it could heal them.

‘Even if she steps back, she’s prepared.’

Anyway, should we get ready too?

“Come on!”

“Kra-rak!”

Unlike the crocodiles we’d seen so far, the Head Plunderer was approaching at tremendous speed. However, it wasn’t so fast that I couldn’t react, so I raised my shield to block its attack and took the resulting damage.

Clang!━

[Damage received! -229.]

“……!?”

‘Damage is getting through.’

Moreover, the number is three. As I blocked the attack of one, another one swung its axe as if waiting for its turn, and this time, I couldn’t block it with my shield.

Thwack━

[Damage received! -271.]

You b*stards!

“Provoking Shout! Giant’s Sprint!”

Kwaaaang!!━

[Skill Damage! 1,036.]

Damage is getting through, but it’s not unbearable. In the first place, if I, with over 10,000 HP, couldn’t endure it, that wouldn’t make sense. However, I was wondering if I had the stamina to face three of them.

Zing━

“Ugh.”

Suddenly, my head throbbed even more, and information was inputted. Thanks to that, I stopped attacking for a moment, but I was able to find out the HP of the crocodile hit by Giant’s Sprint.

‘7 times?’

According to Intuition, it seemed I would need to use Giant’s Sprint 7 times to kill it. In other words, I would need to use Giant’s Sprint 8 times per crocodile.

“Potion Throw!”

Clang━

[HP recovered by 550.]

Meanwhile, Sina threw her potion and restored my HP. I also heard some nagging, though.

“Why are you suddenly getting hit so much?!”

“……”

“Pa-pa-pak! Finish them off!”

Indeed, as Sina said, it’s better to finish them off quickly. As the three of them rushed in and swung their axes, my HP was being chipped away at a significant rate. It was fortunate that I had lured them in with Provoke. Since Yua was attacking safely from the side, it seemed like she would somehow manage to deal with one, and if I could just take care of the remaining two, it seemed like we could finish this battle.

‘Anyway, let’s finish this as quickly as possible.’

Besides the HP issue, information about the crocodile’s movements was flowing into my head in real-time. Remembering the time I was forcibly logged out after fighting the High Priest, I decided to finish this as quickly as possible.

“Jayer’s Guardian Shield.”

Pabat!━

[S-Rank Skill. Jayer’s Guardian Shield activated.]

“Giant’s Sprint!”

Kwang!- Kwa-kwang!!━

[Skill Damage! 2,394.]

[Skill Damage……]

They’re not dying or being knocked back. I stepped back, avoiding the crocodile’s swinging axe, and unleashed Giant’s Sprint consecutively.

Kwaaaang!!━

[Skill Damage……]

[The boss of the Broken Temple, ‘Head Plunderer’, has fallen!]

[Combat experience 3,032 acquired!]

[Ding!~ You have acquired 1 gold 50 silver!]

After somehow managing to defeat one, I finished off the remaining crocodiles. Even the so-called boss couldn’t withstand my Giant’s Sprint more than four times and collapsed, so it wasn’t as difficult a battle as I had anticipated.

[Combat experience 3,032 acquired!]

[Level up!]

[Ding!~ You have acquired 1 gold 50 silver!]

“Phew.”

When I put my mind to it, it ends quickly.

Checking my HP, I was surprised to see that I had plenty left. It was thanks to Jayer’s Guardian Shield, which significantly increased my HP.

‘By the way, I’ve earned about 4 gold, right?’

1 gold 50 silver per crocodile. I killed three, so it’s 4 gold 50 silver in total. And as soon as Jayer’s Guardian Shield ended, another message window popped up.

[S-Rank Skill. Jayer’s Guardian Shield duration has ended.]

[Ding!~ The level of S-Rank Skill ‘Jayer’s Guardian Shield’ has increased.]

[Stats Strength 10, Stamina 10 increased.]

The Guardian Shield even leveled up.

Well, aside from the Guardian Shield, I also gained a considerable amount of experience. Plus, considering the gold, it was enough to surpass most hunting grounds. However, it was a shame that the boss didn’t drop any items.

“Good work.”

“Good work to you too, Yua-nim.”

“No problem.”

Yua quietly shook her head. Come to think of it, even if Yua had reached this point yesterday, there was a high chance she would have failed. How could Yua alone defeat three bosses? Still, since this is a 5-person dungeon, it seems like she could somehow manage it at Yua’s level if she formed a good party.

“Let’s get the bag first.”

“Yes.”

As I collected the bag with Yua, I saw a new message.

[You have acquired Gaben’s Bag.]

[You can now leave the Ancient Ruins (Broken Temple). Would you like to move outside the dungeon?]

‘It seems like it’s mostly over.’

Now that we had the bag, all that was left was to go outside. Before that, I decided to check Gaben’s Bag. The description clearly stated that I could take all the items except for one……

[Gaben’s Bag] (Magic)

Description: The bag of the famous adventurer Gaben. Inside are various items that Gaben has collected while traveling the continent. It’s unknown what items will appear, but with luck, there’s a low chance of obtaining rare items.

━Acquire three random items.

━Acquire Piren’s Headband.

━Single-use consumable.

‘Huh? A low chance of obtaining rare items?’

Reading it, it seemed like Piren’s Headband was an item that needed to be delivered to Gaben’s daughter. Anyway, if I use my Intuition, couldn’t I also pull out rare items? I had a feeling it would be a jackpot.

‘If it’s a rare item here, it must mean a rare item, right?’

But would a rare item come out of this bag?

“Rudin-nim?”

“Yes?”

“What are you thinking about while looking at the bag?”

“I just checked what kind of item it is.”

At my words, Yua nodded and spoke again.

“Let’s go out now. Sina keeps pestering me to leave.”

“Wh-when did I!”

Seeing Sina shouting as if she hadn’t done such a thing, I couldn’t help but laugh, and I decided to leave this place.

[Moving outside the dungeon.]

Pabat!━

Coming out of the quest dungeon, I could see that many players were still sitting around. What could be here that attracts so many people? Since it was a dungeon with nothing but crocodiles besides the boss and the bag, I couldn’t understand the scene.

If they want to gain experience, they should go to the Tower of Darkness.

“Oh?! It’s the person who went in a few hours ago!”

“Could it be that they cleared the ruins?”

“It’s not easy to clear that place because the path is complicated.”

The players around us murmured as they saw me and Yua emerging from the dungeon. Uncomfortable with this situation, I left the place with slightly quickened steps, and Yua and Sina quietly followed me.

By the way, what should we do now? Should we go to Piren?

‘Well, we can visit her on our way back to town.’

Huh? Wait a minute.

To give Piren the headband, I had to open the bag. I couldn’t carelessly open the bag when there was a chance of getting rare items. I had to keep trying until at least a rare item came out.

‘Rare grade…… But will a rare grade item even come out of this bag?’

Zing━

“Ugh.”

“Rudin-nim?”

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, it’s nothing.”

A throbbing headache.

As I connected Gaben’s Bag and rare items in my thoughts, Intuition automatically told me the result.

‘It does come out.’

With a 0.1% chance.

No, more importantly, it seemed like my current condition was dangerous. Since Intuition was constantly activating, I didn’t know what would happen later. Suddenly feeling scared, I tried to calmly speak to Yua.

“Yua-nim. I’ll log out for a bit.”

“Eh? Why?”

“Ah, I suddenly remembered something urgent. It seems like I have to stop here for today.”

It wasn’t a lie. It wouldn’t hurt to be cautious, right? So, Yua nodded at my words, saying it was urgent, as if she understood.

“If it’s urgent, there’s nothing we can do. See you tomorrow.”

“Yes. Ah, good work to you too, Sina-nim.”

“Okay.”

After saying goodbye to Sina as well, I hurriedly logged out.

“Log out.”

[Logging out.]

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

“Phew.”

Returning to reality after exiting Twilight, I found myself drenched in sweat as expected. I only used Intuition to find the way, but I’m in this state. While sighing, I felt a strange discomfort in my nose and instinctively wiped around it.

“……Crazy.”

On my hand that wiped around my nose, I could see bright red blood.

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