Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 98

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝟖

“That b*stard also has the Fighting Spirit stat?!”

“What does he not have?!”

“Shut up and keep attacking!”

More than that, they should know by now that there’s no chance of winning, right?

The attacks don’t work, and the curses don’t work either. Nevertheless, their attacks showed no signs of stopping. It would be easier for everyone if they just ran away, but seeing them rush in like this was rather annoying.

‘Alright, if that’s what you want, I’ll kill you all!’

Puck!━

[You have taken damage! -647!]

“Ugh!”

Just as I was about to deal with them seriously, I was startled by a faint pain in my back. An S-rank player? I couldn’t help but think of an S-rank player since I was stabbed in the back, but when I turned around, there was a face I had never seen before.

‘This b*stard!’

You surprised me!

“Yeokdong! Shield Bash!”

[Hostile forces’……]

While I quickly killed the guy who stabbed me in the back, countless ranged attacks poured towards me.

Clang!- Kwaang!━

[Overwhelming Defense! You have not taken any damage!]

[You have taken damage! -526.]

[Overwhelming Defense……]

‘Tsk.’

Among the attacks that flew in, there was also penetration damage. Considering my penetration defense, it must have been a lucky attack. Besides, I could ignore most of the attacks except for this penetration attack, so it wasn’t really a threat.

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

Already over?

“Jayer’s Guardian Shield!”

Pabut!━

[S-rank Skill, Jayer’s Guardian Shield has been activated.]

“Giant’s Sprint!”

I still had stamina left, so I used it again without hesitation and attempted a charge. Giant’s Sprint with Jayer’s Guardian Shield activated! I could guarantee that no player would survive being hit by this.

Kwaaaang!!━

As expected, all the players hit by Giant’s Sprint flew away and turned gray. The sight of multiple players being eliminated with a single skill must have been quite shocking, but I had no intention of ending it here.

“Giant’s Sprint!”

Kwakwakwak!!━

I swept away everyone here with my main skill, Giant’s Sprint. The Dawn’s Light Guild tried to stop me somehow, but unfortunately, it seemed they had no means to do so.

Kwaaaang!!━

“Stop him! Stop him somehow!”

“Protect the healers in the back!”

They just moved urgently, but seeing as they didn’t take any particular action, I confirmed this and swept away even the players positioned in the back with Giant’s Sprint. Those players, wearing nothing but cloth robes, couldn’t possibly withstand my Giant’s Sprint.

Kwaaaang!!━

[Hostile forces’ player……]

“Sh, Shit! Just how many have died?!”

“A total of 22 have died!”

’22? Only that many?’

Still, after using Giant’s Sprint about three more times, the number of players turning gray began to accumulate exponentially.

[You have killed a player from the hostile forces.]

[You have leveled up.]

‘I even leveled up.’

Fighting at the Guild Castle and here as well, it was only natural that I leveled up. I didn’t know for sure, but I wondered if I could reach level 60 if I properly participated in the war. Level 60 was the level where I could raise my skill levels to 20, so it was significant in many ways.

‘Anyway, it seems to be settled.’

I killed many enemy players with consecutive Giant’s Sprints, but the Bear owner was still watching. Well, seeing him look at me with an incredulous expression, it seemed he was quite shocked.

“……”

“……”

And with the Guild Master at the forefront, all the players around me were silent, as if they had promised to do so.

“What are you doing? Keep coming at me.”

Then the Dawn’s Light Guild Master broke the silence and replied.

“You’re amazing. It makes sense that you came alone.”

“It’s too late to realize that now.”

“How did you get so strong?”

“Invest money if you want to get stronger.”

“……”

“Why?”

He seems to have lost his words at my blatant answer. However, it wasn’t wrong. Even Aizen was quite strong, wasn’t he? In any case, the rule that investing money makes you stronger applied even in Twilight.

“But if we keep staying like this, wouldn’t it be advantageous for me? My stamina is recovering.”

“……That’s true. Arc Bear, attack!”

“Koo-eong!!”

Finally deciding to fight, the Bear rushed at me with tremendous speed with a short command. With its large size, the Bear raised its front paw to a daunting height and slammed it down towards me, and I blocked the paw with my shield and cut its body.

Kwang!━

[You have taken damage! -24.]

[Hit Damage! 9.]

‘Huh? What? I took damage?’

It wasn’t serious damage. However, I was impressed that I took damage at all, and thinking that it was indeed an A-rank skill, I decided to fight more seriously.

“Arc Bear! King’s Charge!”

“Koo-eong!!”

‘A skill?’

Did the Bear even use skills?

Kwang!━

Before I could even think, the Bear headbutted me and charged straight towards the back wall. Of course, I couldn’t just stand there and take it, so I tried to dodge to the side, but strangely, my body wouldn’t budge, and eventually, I crashed into the wall.

Kwaaaang!!━

[You have taken damage! -467.]

‘This is still okay.’

The conclusion I came to after allowing two attacks was that this Bear was no match for me either. How could I die from such attacks with my current health? However, as soon as I crashed into the wall because of the Bear, the Dawn’s Light Guild Master shouted.

“Now’s the time!”

“Yes!”

Did they plan some kind of strategy? As I looked at the Dawn’s Light Guild, I could see them all taking out and using Return Scrolls.

Pabut!━

“……”

Along with the Bear, which was unsummoned.

I burst into a hollow laugh as I looked at the suddenly empty dungeon.

“Huh, they ran away.”

No, thinking about it, it was the right choice. There was no guarantee that they would win if they fought me, so running away to conserve their strength was also a method. Anyway, after driving out the Dawn’s Light Guild from the dungeon, I headed back to where Hwaryeon was.

‘Come to think of it, did they say that each dungeon was occupied by enemy guilds?’

I vaguely heard that the Emperor Guild owned about 20 dungeons, so if they divided the personnel to go to those dungeons, it wouldn’t be more than 100 people. And if I thought about those less than 100 people fighting against enemy guilds, it seemed like quite a disadvantageous situation.

‘Is the Emperor Guild going to collapse like this?’

What would happen to me if the Emperor Guild collapsed?

“……”

Thinking about it, nothing would really change. Aizen’s mansion? I have my own mansion now, so it doesn’t matter. Guild dungeon? I haven’t used it until now, so it doesn’t matter if I don’t use it in the future either.

None of it mattered, but the question was whether they would leave me alone, the Vice Guild Master of the Emperor Guild, when it collapsed.

‘Hmm?’

With these thoughts, I came out to the entrance of the dungeon, and Hwaryeon and a few other guild members were waiting.

“Rudin-nim? What happened to the dungeon?”

“Of course, I cleared it. Go in and check. Oh, there are items dropped on the floor, so please pick them up and move them to the Guild Castle.”

“Items?”

“My item window is full, so they dropped on the floor. Please pick them up for me.”

“Ah, uh, yes. I will.”

I didn’t know if they would actually move them, but I was grateful that they at least answered. After hearing Hwaryeon’s reply, I took out the Return Scroll to my mansion from the item window.

“Return Scroll? Where are you going?”

“Home. I think I need to organize my items.”

“Items……”

“I can’t keep dropping them on the floor, can I?”

How troublesome would it be if items kept dropping on the floor every time I fought? When I said that, Hwaryeon couldn’t find anything to refute and eventually nodded in silent agreement.

“Then I’ll see you later.”

‘Later?’

With Hwaryeon’s words vaguely heard, I used the Return Scroll.

[Using Return Scroll.]

Pabut!━

“Phew.”

Can I finally rest now?

Since there was no one to fight at home, I lay down on the bed with relief. Then I opened the Status Information Window and Item Window to check the harvest I had gained so far.

“Level is…… 55.”

If I raised it 5 more levels here, I would reach level 60, where I could raise my skill levels to 20. The problem was that just thinking about raising my crafting skill to level 20 already gave me a headache.

Well, I didn’t have any complaints since selling the weapons I made while raising my crafting skill would bring in a decent income.

“How much money have I saved?”

[47 Gold 21 Silver 45 Copper]

“……Huh?”

Didn’t I originally have 35 Gold? Considering that, I had earned a surprisingly large amount of money. It made me think that killing people was more profitable than killing monsters.

‘I should use this money to enhance to +10.’

Of course, it wasn’t the equipment I was wearing, nor was it the Sea Crabt armor in my item window. Thinking that I would enhance the new shield I made with the materials I diligently gathered yesterday, I sighed as I recalled the last remaining material.

The last material had to be drawn from the Rare Material Box, and strangely, it hadn’t appeared.

“I’ve gathered all the other materials.”

This was the result of spending over 20 Gold, including the recipe. 1,000 Iron Ingots cost 20 Gold, so it was a surprisingly large amount. If it weren’t for the C-rank quest I completed yesterday, there was a high chance I wouldn’t have been able to recoup the money I spent.

Anyway, the recipe I bought was the Iron Wall Fortress recipe.

[Iron Wall Fortress Recipe]

Description: A recipe that allows you to create the Iron Wall Fortress. Depending on the grade of the materials, you can create a shield up to Unique grade.

*Required Materials: (Iron Ingot 8), (Leather 1), (Magic Stone 1), (Magic Water 1), (Emblem of Protection 1)

*Abilities gained upon completion:

━Damage Reduction.

━Shield constantly activated.

━Health recovery when attacking with the shield.

━Stamina recovery when attacking with the shield.

If my guess was correct, Rare items definitely had two options. The problem was making it into a Rare item. Also, the material I was trying to draw from the Rare Material Box was the Emblem of Protection.

The rest of the materials were surprisingly easy to obtain.

“Since we’re on the topic, should I start working on it now?”

Click━

‘Huh?’

“Oh? When did you get here?”

The person who suddenly opened the door and came in was Sina. Was she at home? It wasn’t strange, but it was curious to see her here since she had been running around looking for quests.

“Just now. But weren’t you going to look for quests?”

“I only came up empty. More than that, is it okay for you to be here? There’s a huge fight going on outside.”

“A fight? What do you mean?”

“Well, you know the place where you respawn when you die? The Emperor Guild is fighting hard there.”

“……”

Fighting at the starting point?

Thinking about it, it was a good method. The number of enemy guild members who died was significant, but there was the problem of them resurrecting after an hour. However, if they stationed personnel at the starting point, they could immediately deal with the enemy guild members connecting that way, so they wouldn’t have to engage in unnecessary battles.

‘Then if we just occupy the starting point and kill all the enemy guild members, this fight will be over.’

Also, since they were fighting hard right now, it seemed like I could end it immediately if I just helped.

As long as that S-rank player wasn’t there.

[Emperor Guild’s ‘Aizen’-nim has invited you to the Guild Chat.]

‘……Is it Aizen this time?’

Following the unknown guild member, Hwaryeon, and now Aizen. At this rate, it seemed like everyone in the Emperor Guild would contact me. No, it wouldn’t matter if they just contacted me, but for some reason, my gut feeling told me otherwise.

━I heard the story. Thank you for protecting the Guild Castle.

Anyway, as I accepted the Guild Chat, an unexpected thank you greeted me.

“Instead of greetings, tell me the situation first. What happened to the enemy guilds?”

━Most of the guilds that occupied the dungeons will be dealt with soon.

“Oh, really?”

This was somewhat unexpected. If they were going to be dealt with, wouldn’t that mean they had won in almost all the dungeons? Certainly, the Emperor Guild could grow faster than existing players because they owned many dungeons, but even I didn’t expect it to be to this extent.

━I divided the guild members who finished fighting in the dungeons in half and ordered them to support other dungeons and occupy the villages. If we occupy the villages as well, this battle will likely end in our victory.

As Aizen said, that would be the case if they occupied the villages, but……

“There was an S-rank player among the enemies.”

━An S-rank player?

“Yeah, I fought him at the Guild Castle…… and it was a draw.”

I didn’t die, and he didn’t die either, so it was a draw. I didn’t know what would happen if we fought again, though.

━Then even if we occupy the villages, they could be breached again.

“That’s probably true. How about you come and help?”

━It seems like I’ll be a little late. I’m currently on my way to clear a few remaining dungeons, so I’ll be able to go in about an hour at the earliest. I’m sorry, but could you take care of it until then, Rudin-nim?

“What? Occupying the villages?”

━Yes. If an S-rank player appears, you’ll be the only one who can handle them.

“Aren’t you overworking me? I cleared the Guild Castle and one dungeon.”

━If you take care of the S-rank player, we’ll give you a reward accordingly.

A reward? With the mention of a reward, I suddenly felt like a mercenary rather than a guild member.

‘This suddenly feels uncomfortable.’

Still, I decided to ask.

“What’s the reward?”

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