Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 84

Defense: 60 Magic Defense: 60

Durability: 85/85

*Movement speed increased by 10%.

*Recover 1% stamina when moving 500M.

‘Leather shoes?’

Despite being leather shoes, they were better than the Blue Stone Shoes I was wearing. The only downside was that they were less powerful than other rare items I had.

In short, it wasn’t an item good enough to make my eyes pop out.

“It’s definitely a rare item.”

“Don’t you like it?”

“It’s not worth risking my life for.”

“Ah……”

Lesia looked disappointed at my honest answer, but I couldn’t fight a raid boss just to get these shoes.

Well, the story is over anyway, right?

Thinking that Lesia had also received a sufficient answer, I tried to get up. However, noticing my movement, Lesia hurriedly reached out and grabbed my arm.

“Or I’ll give you what you want. Can you help me just this once?”

“No, I don’t really want anything……”

“What’s going on there?”

Just then, someone’s voice was heard from elsewhere.

‘Hwaryeon?’

The owner of the voice was the magician Hwaryeon, who had shown the A-rank skill, Flame Storm, in the Bamut Cult. Did she come by Return Scroll? While I was thinking about her, who had somehow settled here, Hwaryeon approached us.

“Something interesting seems to be going on, let me join you.”

What interesting thing?

“It’s nothing. She asked me to help with the boss that appears during the quest.”

“Boss strategy? That’s strange. What kind of boss requires Rudin-nim’s help?”

“It’s a raid boss.”

At the word raid boss, Hwaryeon made a surprised expression, then nodded as if she understood.

“That’s right. It would have to be a raid to get Rudin-nim to move.”

‘What are you talking about?’

I was going to accept it even if it was just a normal boss monster. But I refused because it was a raid boss, and Hwaryeon thought the opposite.

“Then are those shoes being given as a reward for hiring Rudin-nim?”

“Well, yes.”

“If you don’t mind, let me see them too.”

Lesia nodded at Hwaryeon’s request. Eventually, after checking the shoes, Hwaryeon said with a slightly dissatisfied expression.

“Well, honestly, it’s not enough to hire Rudin-nim, who is called the best power of our guild. Don’t you think so, Rudin-nim?”

Why is she asking for my opinion? And what is the best power of the guild?

And looking at the atmosphere, it felt like Hwaryeon was trying to lead this conversation. In addition, it felt like she was trying to help me, so I nodded in response.

“Don’t you have anything else besides the shoes?”

“She said to tell her the conditions I want…… but I don’t have any.”

“Why not? There’s something really good.”

Something really good? What is it?

When I looked at Hwaryeon with a completely clueless expression, she kindly told me with a smile.

“Quest sharing. Ask her to share the quest.”

‘Ah, there was that.’

Quest sharing that partners can do. Hearing that much, I could roughly grasp Hwaryeon’s intention. Not just any quest, but a chain quest that ends with catching a raid boss. What would the reward for such a quest be? It would probably be better than any quest reward I’ve had so far.

“You look satisfied. How about it? If you share the quest, I think Rudin-nim will help you.”

“……”

Unexpectedly, Lesia didn’t say anything. Instead, she had a troubled expression on her face, and seeing that expression, it seemed like there was a reason why she couldn’t share the quest.

Regardless, Hwaryeon was busy coldly pressing for an answer.

“If you don’t want to, let’s pretend it never happened.”

“Wouldn’t something else work?”

“What are you talking about? You’re the one who’s going to regret it.”

Perhaps Lesia realized that it was useless to talk to Hwaryeon no matter what she said. Suddenly, Lesia turned her head and looked at me. She looked at me with a pleading expression as if asking for help, so my heart wavered for a moment, but I couldn’t help her just for a rare item.

“……Yes. I’ll even share it with you.”

Without saying anything and waiting until the very end, Lesia finally gave up and agreed to share the quest.

“You made a good decision. Is that okay with you, Rudin-nim?”

“No, I need to hear the quest reward.”

“Ah, right. I’m curious about the reward too.”

By the way, what’s so good about it for Hwaryeon?

I wondered, looking at Hwaryeon who was constantly smiling, and soon I could hear Lesia’s voice telling me about the reward.

“Experience, money. And…… a mansion.”

‘A mansion?’

A mansion was one of the things I’ve always wanted. But are they giving that as a reward? Also, Hwaryeon was surprised by the reward of the mansion, and said as if it was completely unexpected.

“As expected, the reward is great. It’s become a bit ambiguous though.”

“Ambiguous? What do you mean?”

“You’re sharing the quest. That means the reward will be lower.”

Does the reward get lower if you share the quest?

After hearing Hwaryeon’s words, I think I understood why Lesia hated sharing. If she didn’t share, she would get the mansion, but by sharing, she wouldn’t know what the reward would be.

“It seems like it’s hard to get a mansion.”

“Yes. Even the cheapest mansion costs 70-80 gold, right? And all the mansions in Twilight are also NPC houses, so you can’t buy them with just money. You have to do various favors through quests and the NPC has to say they’re selling the house before you can buy it.”

‘Was that it?’

I wondered why there were strangely no players with mansions, but it turned out there was a reason for that. But Hwaryeon’s words weren’t over.

“Besides, that woman’s quest isn’t the right to buy a mansion, it’s the mansion itself. Right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I almost got tricked.”

I don’t know if she almost got tricked, but I wanted to have a mansion no matter what. I can’t keep going to Aizen’s house forever, can I? Moreover, if I run out of Return Scrolls, I have to go to Aizen and ask for help, but if I have a mansion, I wouldn’t even need to do that.

‘The problem is that the mansion will disappear if I share the quest……’

I wouldn’t lose anything, but it would be a huge loss for Lesia.

“Will you help me?”

What should I do?

Personally, I wanted to have a mansion, but I had to fight a raid boss. Also, even if the raid was successful, I was worried whether I would be able to get the mansion or not.

‘No, maybe this is an opportunity.’

After listening to Hwaryeon’s words, it seemed quite difficult to get a mansion. So, I thought I should try this opportunity and nodded my head in response.

“I’ll help you.”

“Thank you. Then shall we move? I’ll share the quest with you while we go.”

“Yes.”

As I got up after hearing Lesia’s words, Hwaryeon said as if she had nothing more to see.

“Since the story seems to be over, I’ll be going now.”

“Yes? Ah, yes. Thank you for your help.”

“You’re welcome. We’re in the same guild. I have to help you at times like this.”

‘Is that so?’

For some reason, the words “same guild” bothered me. Since I joined the guild just because it was convenient, my sense of belonging was faint, so maybe that’s why. Anyway, after finishing what she had to say, Hwaryeon went outside, and I and Lesia, who had also gotten up, headed outside.

“To get to where Ust is, we have to go to a city called ‘Loughton’, not here. So let’s go to the magic tower and use the teleportation device.”

“It’s quite far.”

“It would take more than a month to walk there. Partner request.”

‘Hmm?’

Then Lesia requested to be partners and held out her shining hand to me. It seemed that if I shook hands here, I would become partners with Lesia.

[Would you like to partner with player ‘Lesia’?]

I held out Lesia’s hand and a message window appeared. After reading the contents of the message window, I immediately accepted.

“Yes.”

[Congratulations! You have partnered with player ‘Lesia’.]

[Cherish this bond.]

[When dissolving the partnership, you cannot designate the same target as a partner for one month.]

[When dissolving the partnership, you must pay the target the amount of money you spent together.]

‘The first partner I made in Twilight is a woman I don’t even know well.’

Well, it doesn’t matter. I was going to just do this quest with her and part ways, so it wasn’t a big problem. I was just concerned about what was written in the last message.

“You have to pay money?”

“It increases by 10 silver per day. If you maintain the partnership for 5 days, it’s 50 silver. Like this.”

‘Then even if we’re partners for a month, it’s only 3 gold?’

They say to cherish the bond, but the cost of breaking up is unexpectedly cheap. At this rate, it seems possible to partner with anyone who has a quest and share it.

“Quest sharing.”

Yes, just like now.

[Partner ‘Lesia’ is sharing the quest in progress.]

[You have received a quest. ‘Defeat the ruler of the Forest of Lost Light.’]

[The completion reward will be lowered by one level due to quest sharing.]

‘The ruler of the Forest of Lost Light must be that guy called Ust, right?’

[Defeat the ruler of the Forest of Lost Light.]

Description: Count Padnal, who has discovered the cause of the disappearances in the Forest of Lost Light, is now trying to deal with the cause. Following the Count’s will, please defeat Ust, who exists in the Forest of Lost Light.