Chapter 20

“We can’t break that party, but we need to show proof right there that they don’t need him in the party.”

Equipment that could replace an S-rank healer… could that really be possible with my power?

Besides, I was basically a dismantler, not a creator.

No matter how impressive the materials I dismantled were, I couldn’t make new equipment from them.

“…Me?”

“Of course not. I’ll handle that part. You just focus on your own work.”

Gong Ayeon shook her head, making it clear she had no intention of overburdening me.

I had almost forgotten in my surprise, but the person in front of me was the world’s—and not just Korea’s—greatest equipment creator.

The legendary genius who, as a toddler, coveted the gear of hunters nearby rather than toys or money.

Even now, he wore that confident expression, as if my concerns didn’t matter.

Had I ever approached life believing in the worth of my own power so confidently?

Maybe once—but that was a long time ago. I subconsciously looked away.

After all, I only started equipment dismantling because I had nothing else to do.

“Until now, out of respect for parties, I didn’t make self-healing gear… but now that we’ve cut ties with Titania, I have no loyalty to maintain.”

“He never really did us any favors either. How many times did the item distribution mess up because of him?”

Because of his nature, avoiding any personal loss, Dominhak replaced countless party members, Gong Ahyuk said with a weary expression.

But that also meant he was capable enough to endure all risks and remain in a single party.

And now they want to create equipment that could replace him? Was I supposed to revive Midas or something?

I needed a clear answer.

“So… you could have made this equipment all along, but held back out of loyalty to Titania?”

“Well, if you put it that way… Koreans die without loyalty, don’t we?”

“But because of someone like me, you broke ties with the guild you’d been loyal to all this time? Are you planning to die then?”

My voice was soaked in astonishment.

Regardless of my personal dislike for Dominhak, it seemed obvious who they should have chosen when weighing the two of us.

Essentially, it was like choosing between me and the Titania guild itself.

No matter how much they valued Bang Jia, the dismantler, I couldn’t accept it.

‘I can’t ask them to resume a deal I already ended, but still…’

I wasn’t about to risk myself for Zero Eye.

I wasn’t that kind of saint.

Lose this sweet position in a top-tier guild because of Dominhak? Even if the legendary Titania herself appeared, I’d refuse.

Maybe a faint guilt would linger whenever the name Titania came up.

Gong Ayeon nudged the dessert toward me, shrugging her shoulders.

Gong Ahyuk looked like he was about to burst out laughing.

I was seriously worried about the future of my guild, yet they looked so cheerful.

This time, it was Gong Ahyuk who spoke first.

“Well, I guess it’s confusing for outsiders why Titania and Zero Eye are cooperating.”

“You think we’re sticking with them just because of Titania’s size and Dominhak’s healing skill, right?”

I hadn’t expected such a blunt question.

But it wasn’t wrong, so I slowly nodded.

“Let’s eat the ice cream first. It’ll melt otherwise.”

“Ah, okay.”

I hurriedly took a spoonful. Before I could even savor the sweet, creamy flavor, a blue light spread before me.

From Gong Ayeon’s fingertips, the blue light formed the shapes of the two people, like a simulation.

“Our twins had missions from birth.”

Born SS-rank, unprecedented in the history of all hunters—the birth of a true munchkin.

While the world watched the twins’ actions, they themselves were staring at their status windows.

The world believed their classes were SS-rank swordsman and SS-rank creator, but the twins’ true classes were unrelated.

[Class: Savior]

SS-rank savior.

[World’s Savior (1/100)]

From birth, they had 100 visible quests. From the moment they could read text, they had been clearing quests and growing.

At first, it was simple—flipping through system pages. Then came 100 monster kills, creating a guild, owning rare-material equipment, clearing over 2% of a dungeon without leaving.

As time passed, the quests grew increasingly difficult.

Rewards: salvation of the world. Fail, and…

[Penalty: Dungeon Pluto’s Dungeon Break]

[All planets in the solar system will support the savior’s progress.]

Yet they chose to hide their class from the world.

Being twins sharing the savior class already drew excessive attention just from the SS-rank label.

If the world knew their failure could lead to global destruction, who knew what would happen to them?

Fortunately—or unfortunately—Ayeon and Ahyuk had fairly righteous natures and accepted their role as saviors.

They weren’t lonely, as they shared the same pain and struggles like siblings.

And so, the 76th quest:

[World’s Savior (76/100)

Even heroes cannot survive alone.
Form a fixed party with an A-rank or higher healer and participate in over a year of dungeon conquest.
If party members change midway, the timer resets.]

The healer most likely to survive the dungeons Ahyuk tackled—someone appropriate for his party.

Dominhak was simply a lucky coincidence.

If it was Titania and Zero Eye, nobody would question why.

They endured a year of chaotic party members just to clear the quest.

The first day Ayeon met Jia for a deal marked exactly one year.

[76th quest cleared.]

The 77th quest that followed was beyond their power.

[World’s Savior (77/100)]

[If saving the world were possible by effort alone, the word “miracle” would not exist.]

[Seize the ‘luck’ that has come to you.]

[A being will emerge to achieve a miracle in an impossible realm.]

[Lucky Alignment (0/1)]

The vaguest mission they had ever received.

The system even added a small note as if being generous:

[Luck is not only for yourself.]

The twins banged their heads together, desperate to figure it out.

“Is it a human?”

“Maybe an item.”

“But they said a miracle will happen… wouldn’t it have a will?”

Even with their combined efforts, no answer emerged.

‘At this rate, the world might end,’ they thought, passing the time until the day they would meet Jia for the deal.

Ahyuk was returning to the guild after lunch outside.

That’s when he saw Jia.

At crosswalks, the light turned green just for him. Sunlight shifted to shade as he walked.

Even the persistent cultists looked away whenever he passed.

Initially, Ahyuk had spoken to him suspiciously near the guild, but Jia left a strong impression.

His panicked excuse of “romantic confusion” only made him more memorable in a different sense.

Recalling Ayeon’s mention of today’s deal, Ahyuk contacted his twin:

“Your trader seems… strange?”

Even his forgetful younger brother noticed, and Ayeon was equally tense as she went to meet Jia.

That day, the crafting formula remained incomplete in her inventory.

‘Even if Deus Ex Machina, it’s worth seeing in person.’

But as she spoke with Jia, a strange window appeared before her:

[Under the influence of luck.]
[Probability is adjusted to restore lacking chances of success.]