Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 95

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝟓

‘Come to think of it, I wonder what happened to the dungeon that was taken?’

Yesterday, after touring the Guild Castle and spending the day gathering recipe ingredients along with the Quest Guild, I was curious about how things had turned out. As expected, wouldn’t they have reclaimed it without any difficulty? With the number of members in the Emperor Guild, it wouldn’t make sense if they couldn’t even reclaim a single stolen dungeon.

[Emperor Guild! The first to summon a Guild Castle!]

[The privileges that come with the Guild Castle!]

[Which guild will be the next to summon a Guild Castle?!]

[All guilds are challenging the Guild Quest.]

And the aftermath of the Guild Castle caused a stir even on the internet. When you think about it, from S-rank to the Bamut Cult, the Guild Quest, and the Guild Castle, all of these were first achieved by the Emperor Guild, so every day the bulletin board was flooded with posts related to the Emperor Guild.

‘They’re doing well, they’re doing well.’

Well, the only thing I helped with among them was the Bamut Cult, but since we were in the same guild, I was cheering them on.

Click━

[Declaration of War! We declare war on the Emperor Guild!]

“War?”

What kind of post is this again? Out of curiosity, I clicked on the post.

[Declaration of War! We declare war on the Emperor Guild!]

[Content: Just yesterday, our dungeon was stolen by the Emperor Guild. Even though it was a dungeon that our guild members found, the Emperor Guild claimed it as their own and even launched an attack. In the process, all of our guild members died, and the dungeon was taken away. We can’t stand being treated like this anymore, so we’ve asked for help from other guilds to punish the Emperor Guild. So, we ask for your support.]

“……?”

What did I just see?

So…… the person who wrote this post seemed to be the one who stole the dungeon yesterday. However, reading it, it said that it wasn’t them who stole the dungeon, but the Emperor Guild. What’s the truth? If the guild members who fled to the Guild Castle lied, then this post is correct, and conversely, if the guild members’ words are true, then this post is a lie.

‘But there’s no chance they’ll win.’

The Emperor Guild, having entered C-rank, could accept a total of 3,000 guild members, and currently, they had 2,000 guild members. Considering that the average number of members in other guilds is at most 2-300, this is an overwhelming number.

‘No, since other guilds are participating as well, we don’t know for sure.’

They wouldn’t have declared war without knowing that fact, so it seems they have something they’re relying on.

‘I might have to help them if things go well.’

Aizen had me join in preparation for this kind of situation in the first place. Aizen said that in about a month, there would be a war of taking and losing dungeons, and that’s why he had me join, so I might have to help.

‘Fighting isn’t a problem though.’

I wasn’t worried about a few players attacking me. That’s because I could handle them, even if it took time. However, if hundreds of them came, it would be a different story.

Including attribute damage and penetration damage. If I kept getting hit with types of damage that I couldn’t block, I couldn’t guarantee what would happen to me.

“Haa~ Should I help or not?”

Should I just not log in for two days?

Just in case, I looked at other people’s opinions.

[Crazy guild. They declared war on Emperor?]

[How can they win against the Emperor Guild, who even built a Guild Castle?]

[I doubt they can even beat Aizen, let alone the Guild Castle.]

[With Extinction Sword, they’ll all be wiped out lol.]

[No no. You don’t know. Rumor has it that 10 guilds have formed an alliance?]

[Wow~ 10 guilds in an alliance? Then I don’t know. Wouldn’t they be overwhelmingly superior in numbers?]

[I don’t think it would be overwhelming. Still, it would be close.]

[What good are numbers? Didn’t you see them wipe out the Bamut Cult? The guild alliance will probably end up the same. Aizen and the Vice Master, was it? If there’s no one to stop them, they can’t win.]

[If there’s an S-rank player in the guild alliance, it might be worth a try.]

[S-rank? Are you talking about that woman who was camping out in the Duel Arena before?]

[I fought her once, and she was totally an assassin type.]

“S-rank player?”

Come to think of it, I had been camping out in the Duel Arena for about two days, but I never met the rumored player. Thanks to that thought, I looked up information about that player and soon found out that she had only been there for a few days after the Duel Arena opened.

‘That’s why I couldn’t meet her.’

But then why did she enter the Duel Arena? Did she collect all the victory points she was aiming for?

‘If not, she might have gone there to test her S-rank skill.’

I wanted to fight her since she also acquired an S-rank skill, but it seemed difficult like this. Still, thinking that I would see her someday if we were fated, I entered the capsule to check the current situation.

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

Even after logging into Twilight, the surroundings were the same everyday scene I had always seen. They declared war, but it’s still safe……

[Warning! The ‘Silver Wave’ Guild has requested a hostile relationship.]

[Warning! The ‘Sunset’ Guild has requested a hostile relationship.]

[Warning! The ‘Black Cross’ Guild has requested a hostile relationship.]

[Warning! The ‘Dawn’s Light’ Guild has requested a hostile relationship.]

[Warning! The ‘Red Wings’ Guild has requested a hostile relationship.]

[……]

[……]

“……Quite a lot, huh?”

Looking at it, as the post on the internet said, almost more than 10 guilds had requested a hostile relationship. Even so, this many guilds joined hands? I couldn’t help but feel their determination to bring down the Emperor Guild.

‘This is disconcerting.’

Surely the Emperor Guild won’t lose, right?

Of course, it’s not like there’s no way. We can also form an alliance with other guilds. Besides, Aizen, whom I consider to be much better at strategizing than me, must have come up with some countermeasures.

That aside, with this many people, wouldn’t it be difficult to even hunt properly?

“Well, let’s think about that later.”

Should I go to the Guild Castle first? Just as I was thinking that……

“Found them! There’s the Emperor Guild!”

“There’s someone wandering around alone in this situation!”

“……”

Before I could even finish my thought, suspicious voices struck my ears. Turning my head, I saw about 10 players running towards me, and above their heads were the crossed red swords, the symbol of a hostile relationship.

‘So those are the guilds that declared hostility……’

As I stood there quietly waiting, someone running in the front attacked me.

“Die! Continuous Slash!”

[Overwhelming Defense! You take no damage!]

A ridiculous situation unfolded where I, the one being attacked, remained still, while the attacker was flustered.

“Wh-what is this defense?!”

“What is it? It’s your turn to die.”

After kindly explaining, I swung my shield.

“Shield Bash!”

Clang!

[Skill Damage! 1,078.]

Shield Bash, an F-rank skill. It was an attack that simply dealt damage based on my defense stat, but even when I used it, it translated into tremendous damage.

“How can a Shield Bash deal this much crazy damage?!”

‘Because my stats are outstanding.’

For reference, my stats are as follows:

[Name: Rudin]

[Title: Guardian of Light]

[Level: 54]

[Fame: 1059]

[Guild: Emperor]

[Health: 11154/11154]

[Magic Power: 3921/3970]

[Stamina: 99.8%]

[Attack Power: 812] [Magic Attack Power: 286]

[Defense: 1573] [Magic Defense: 997]

[Stats]

Strength: 602 (408+194) Intelligence: 176 (63+113) Agility: 253 (170+83)

Stamina: 493 (318+175) Magic: 292 (76+216) Skill: 175 (155+20)

Fighting Spirit: 80 (30+50) Summoning: 40 (20+20)

[Acquired Skills: 18/20]

With these stats, would I die easily? Absolutely not. I was confident that unless it was a raid boss, no one could kill me alone, so I decided to demonstrate the skills I had honed in the Duel Arena.

“Dynamics.”

Boom!

[Skill Damage! 622.]

“Ugh, my body!”

‘Yes, you can’t move, can you?’

Everyone, including the others rushing towards me, froze as if time had stopped. This was the skill I obtained from the Random Skillbook I acquired after defeating the Sea Crabt.

It was the A-rank skill, Earth’s Dynamics.

It was the result of me aiming for an A-rank instead of an S-rank, as I felt that Giant’s Sprint alone wasn’t enough while fighting Ust.

‘Well, it’s not bad to use.’

Although Earth’s Dynamics was a slightly different form of skill than the area-of-effect skill I had desired, it wasn’t bad.

[A-Rank Earth’s Dynamics Effect] (LV1)

━Increases Strength by 20 upon use.

━Deals fixed damage based on Strength upon use.

━2M radius effect upon use.

━Enemy hit is immobilized for 1 second.

━Enemy with lower Strength than the user is immobilized for an additional 1 second.

*Consumes 100 Magic Power upon use.

*Consumes 7% Stamina upon use.

Because it was fixed damage.

It was a skill that could inflict damage proportional to my Strength, regardless of the opponent’s defense. However, it couldn’t be considered truly good. My Strength was only (?) 602, so in terms of pure damage, it was inferior to Shield Bash.

But does that mean it’s a useless skill? That’s not the case either. The true value of Earth’s Dynamics lies in its ability to immobilize the target for 1 second, or even 2 seconds. This was literally immobilization, so even the act of attacking was stopped.

‘Thanks to that, I had some fun in the Duel Arena.’

When I used Earth’s Dynamics, the opponent would freeze like this. While it was impossible to continuously immobilize them, what would happen if I used Giant’s Sprint after they were immobilized? The fact that I had never lost a single match out of nearly 20,000 points accumulated in the Duel Arena spoke for itself.

“Shield Bash.”

Anyway, I swung my shield again at the guy who was completely frozen and unable to move.

Clang!

[Skill Damage! 1,051.]

[You have killed a player from a hostile faction.]

[Reward Experience 520 acquired!]

[Reward amount 22 Silver 38 Copper acquired!]

[Reward item ‘Iron Gloves’ acquired!]

‘Quite profitable.’

Perhaps because of the hostile relationship, the Self-Defense System didn’t activate even though I was attacked first, but looking at the rewards, there didn’t seem to be much difference. Moreover, killing people was much better than killing monsters, so there was no reason to hesitate.

“Th-this can’t be…… To die so instantly.”

“Don’t panic! First, let’s spread out and……”

“Dynamics. Giant’s Sprint.”

Boom!

I quickly approached those trying to distance themselves from me and used Earth’s Dynamics to hold them in place again, followed by Giant’s Sprint. My Agility, which instantly soared to 531, allowed me to move like the wind and crash into them, and thanks to the effect of Giant’s Sprint, I even flew splendidly.

Crrraaaash!!

“Kyaaaak!”

“What kind of skill is that?!”

[Skill Damage! 2,253.]

[Skill Damage……]

‘Surprisingly, not many of them died.’

I killed the mages and archers instantly, but the rest, who seemed to be tanks, survived. Well, it means they have some level of endurance.

However, that doesn’t mean they can stand against me.

“Dynamics. Spinning Strike!”

Clang!

[Skill Damage! 622.]

“Damn it!”

Approaching one of the closest guys who had been blown away, I used Earth’s Dynamics and Spinning Strike in succession. The fallen guy couldn’t resist and was cut down by my sword.

Slash!

[Skill Damage! 593.]

[You have killed a player from a hostile faction……]

Now, are there four left?

I thought I had killed a decent number, but there were still four remaining. Earth’s Dynamics was an A-rank skill, so it consumed Stamina, but four was a number I could handle with plenty to spare.

“Huh?! L-look! That guy is the Vice Guild Master of the Emperor Guild!”

“Vice Guild Master? That Vice Guild Master of the Bamut Cult?!”

“Damn it, then we can’t win against him!”

‘It seems I’m better known as the Vice Guild Master than by my name.’

It doesn’t matter, but it seems my existence has been firmly imprinted through the videos circulating around.

‘Well, anyway……’

“What are you doing? Aren’t you going to keep attacking?”

“R-run away!”

Run away?

However, after realizing my identity, they chose to flee rather than fight, and I laughed in disbelief before starting to chase after them.

You can’t expect to get away after attacking me on your own!

“Dynamics!”

Boom!

“Ugh! Damn it!”

After barely catching up to one of them and binding their feet with Earth’s Dynamics, I delivered the finishing blow.

“Shield Bash!”

Clang!

[Skill Damage! 1,018.]

[You have killed a player from a hostile faction……]

‘Sigh, did the rest escape?’

I managed to catch and kill one of them, but in the meantime, the others all ran away. I let out a sigh mixed with regret as they disappeared, perhaps using some kind of skill to escape.

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