I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 100

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Episode 100
Ep. 100
“That bastard, I already tore him to shreds, so don’t worry about it. But there’s something I want to ask you.”
“…What is it?”
Elsie asked with tears glistening in her eyes, clearly furious.
Ihyeon glanced at Jia and Elsie in turn before speaking.
“When you two came here before, was there only one boss?”
The biggest mystery.
Why had three Avatar Trolls appeared?
If I calculated it simply—one for me, one for Elsie, one for Jia—the numbers would add up.
But then the two of them should have warned me beforehand.
Yet both Spirits shook their heads as if they had no idea.
“I do not know of such a thing.”
“That’s right, Master. I’ve been in and out of the 60th Floor several times, but this has never happened before.”
“…Have you ever come here with another Spirit like this?”
“That is…”
Jia and Elsie, who had been looking at each other’s faces for a moment, shook their heads simultaneously.
It certainly seemed my situation was exceptional.
At least, these two had never experienced anything like it in the Tower.
‘Even if they had, it would have been on the higher floors above the 60th Floor.’
As my expression grew more serious, Jia spoke earnestly.
“Master, there are many things about the Tower’s secrets that we do not know. There are many possibilities as to what factor caused this sudden situation.”
“Yeah, I suppose so.”
“However, with my limited knowledge, I suspect your Gun may have also had an influence.”
“Huh? The Gun?”
I looked down at the Gun in my hand, surprised by her unexpected opinion.
Jia said nothing more after that.
Elsie also alternated her gaze between Jia and the Gun, only letting out an “Hmm…” sound.
‘She must be talking about the Soul Stone.’
That’s what made sense.
The sniper rifle had absorbed it, but its exact effects still hadn’t been clarified.
What was certain was that this sniper rifle had become an extraordinarily special existence through awakening and absorbing the Soul Stone.
Combining the two factors.
‘Could it transcend the existence of a Spirit by one?’
I could reach this conclusion roughly.
That also explained why Jia and Elsie had never experienced such a thing.
Besides, would there ever be a case of someone carrying two S+ grade items at once?
I wasn’t sure if my speculation was correct, but for now, I had to move forward with that assumption.
‘Thinking about it more won’t give me the answer anyway.’
I could only hope that Floor Masters wouldn’t swarm out like this again in the future.
“It probably only happened on the 60th Floor. Those Avatar Troll Guys always had a suspicious stench about them from the start.”
“…I wish that were the case.”
The conversation ended there, casually enough.
All that remained was to savor the reality of clearing the 60th Floor, whatever crisis had occurred.
Ihyeon began examining the notification windows positioned at the edge of his vision.
「60th Floor Reward.
You have obtained 15 C-Grade Mana Stones.
Check your inventory.」
‘Perfect.’
A significantly increased reward of mana stones compared to before.
With this, I could definitely achieve the maximum mana stat I could raise through C-Grade Mana Stones.
And next was.
「Item ‘Choi Ihyeon’s Sniper Gun’ leveled up.
Check your status window.」
Another level up.
Upon checking the status window, there were exactly 20 distributable stat points accumulated as expected.
The items came through steadily with 15 each as well.
‘Forty stat points from just two level ups. Does this even make sense?’
It didn’t make sense.
But sometimes reality could be less believable than fiction.
The system never lied, after all.
And there was another reason this level up felt even better.
‘Next is level 30. I’ll get another skill.’
Until now, I had established a solid foundation for growth alongside skills.
And those skills had saved my life countless times.
Honestly, this time I survived thanks to skills as well.
A passage from a classic novel I’d read long ago came to mind.
‘If we meet at four every day, I’ll start waiting from three,’ it said.
From level 29 onward, I was already anticipating the next skill.
And after defeating the Floor Master, there was one reward that could be called the ultimate highlight!
The very reward that Ihyeon, who always saved the best for last, had left for the end!
「S+ Grade Clear Bonus.」
‘Please… please be amazing…’
Just from the first line, it was the most thrilling phrase imaginable.
Ihyeon squinted his eyes, bewildering the Spirits, before finally checking the rest of the message.
「Item ‘Avatar Troll Warrior’s Claymore (B+)’ acquired.
Check your inventory.」
“Yes! …or not.”
Clap clap clap clap—!
“Huh? No? Ugh, stop it, armored fox.”
The two Spirits who had been clapping as if to congratulate Ihyeon—though in truth, it was Elsie who had nudged Jia with her elbow to make her do so—soon stopped.
Looking at Ihyeon’s reaction, it seemed the item wasn’t quite at the level he had been expecting.
“Master, what’s wrong? The 60th Floor reward couldn’t possibly be that meager, could it?”
Elsie asked, sounding quite surprised.
Even so, was he disappointed to that degree?
Thud—
“?”
And Ihyeon, thinking that seeing was believing, withdrew the Avatar Troll’s claymore from his inventory and placed it on the ground.
The heavy greatsword struck the earth with a dull thud.
Unlike the absurdly disproportionate size of Rex Lizardman’s spear, it remained exactly as the creature had wielded it.
“I’ve obtained an item that’s problematic in multiple ways.”
Ihyeon gazed down at the claymore lying at his feet with a troubled expression.
Items dropped by bosses were difficult to dispose of.
If he sold this outside the Tower, it would naturally reveal which floor Ihyeon was currently on.
Selling it on the Public Floor would only make his face known, and since it would be a barter transaction, he’d likely not receive its true value.
‘If I could convert it into stats, that would be different, but this isn’t even that option.’
Yet leaving it unused felt wasteful given its B+ grade rating.
Truly a situation that deserved the word “problematic.”
But then.
Sparkle sparkle sparkle———
‘Ugh, what is this? Are there still Trolls left?’
Ihyeon felt startled as he sensed an intense gaze directed at him from right beside him.
It was no ordinary, persistent, or obsessive stare.
It was comparable to the killing intent he had felt from the Avatar Troll Warrior earlier.
When he traced the source of that gaze.
Glimmer glimmer—
“…Elsie?”
Elsie was directing sparkling, gleaming eyes at both Ihyeon and the claymore.
Elsie swallowed hard and spoke to Ihyeon.
“Master, couldn’t you give this to me?”
“This? To you?”
Ihyeon wondered what he had just heard.
Of course, he knew well that Elsie was skilled with swords.
Given that she herself was a Legendary Sword, how could it be otherwise?
But he never expected her to covet this claymore.
“Isn’t this far too large?”
At first glance, the claymore was clearly larger than Elsie.
Even if the Avatar Troll was smaller than ordinary Trolls, it was still a massive frame approaching 3 meters.
The greatsword had been forged by such a creature’s standards.
Moreover, the blade’s width was quite considerable, making it even more unsuitable.
But Elsie immediately shook her head.
“No? It’s perfectly fine.”
‘By any measure, it doesn’t seem like an appropriate size at all.’
Did the word “appropriate” mean something different to Spirits than what I understood?
Judging by Jia’s expressionless silence, it very well might be.
“Can you swing it?”
“Of course~”
At my skeptical question, Elsie immediately grabbed the claymore.
Whoosh— whoosh—
Surprisingly, the claymore moved lightly in Elsie’s fern-like hands.
I had doubted whether the grip would even fit in those tiny hands, but it seemed it did…
‘Wait, what trick is she using?’
Observing Elsie carefully, I felt something off and furrowed my brow slightly.
Only the grip section held in Elsie’s hands was subtly warped.
Well, it didn’t make physical sense.
“See? See?”
Unaware that I had caught on, Elsie laughed brightly and swung the claymore repeatedly with vigor.
“Hmm…”
Did she really want the claymore that badly?
She managed to swing it through some trick, but proportionally it still looked bizarre.
A little girl swinging a greatsword as tall as herself like a twig.
Meanwhile, interpreting my reaction negatively, Elsie—
“Give it to me! Give it to me! Give it to me! You gave the armored fox a pointy ice cream, so why won’t you give me one?!”
—threw herself on the ground and started throwing a tantrum.
“It’s not a pointy ice cream, Elsie. It’s Rex Lizardman’s spear.”
And Jia calmly corrected Elsie’s mistake.
It seemed she had never cared much whether Elsie received a sword or not.
Well, Jia would certainly think it was my choice anyway.
In any case, as a scene unfolded that I could never have imagined seeing inside the Tower, I quickly nodded.
“Fine, take it, Elsie.”
It wasn’t like she was pestering me for an expensive toy at the Shopping Mall—she was asking for an item she’d already obtained.
Besides, that item was a disposal problem anyway.
“…Really?”
Still lying on the ground, Elsie looked up at me with doubt-filled eyes and asked.
I affirmed again.
“Take it. I have no use for it anyway.”
“Yesss!”
Only then did Elsie spring up and excitedly hoist the claymore high with both hands.
It was like the reaction of a character who had found a Legendary Sword in a game.
“But you’re sure there’s no problem using that in combat?”
Whoooosh—— Scrape——!
“Something wrong?”
“Not really.”
Elsie swung her sword deliberately, releasing a blade aura.
Not only was there nothing wrong, but it was noticeably stronger than what Elsie had wielded before.
‘Good thing I showed it inside the Tower. If I’d taken it out at home, all three of us would’ve been kicked out.’
Ihyeon marveled at his own excellent judgment.
「The item ‘Legendary Sword’ has been bound to the item ‘Avatar Troll Warrior’s Claymore’.
The item’s durability increases.
The item’s appearance changes.」
Meanwhile, just as when Jia obtained her spear, a notification appeared that the claymore had been bound to Elsie.
Whoosh—
True to the notification’s content, the item’s appearance did change.
“Look, look, it got smaller just like you wanted, right?”
“…Yeah, it did get smaller.”
It had gotten smaller.
Very slightly.
Unless you placed the before and after side by side, you’d think, ‘Hmm, did it really change?’
Yet Elsie simply seemed delighted, giggling as she darted her gaze here and there.
“Well, if she’s happy, that’s what matters.”
Since it was already bound anyway, Ihyeon chuckled with resignation.
With Elsie being skilled with blades, there was no need for major concern.
“That’s right, Master. I also acknowledge Elsie’s abilities.”
Jia nodded in agreement with Ihyeon’s sentiment.
It was true that Elsie had accomplished much on the 50th Floor Range.
Without her, I would still be wandering through the forest, searching for totems hidden in all sorts of strange places.
Ihyeon smiled and asked Elsie.
“Elsie, what are you going to name that?”
Given Elsie’s current linguistic habit of attaching the word ‘ice cream’ to everything, it would probably be something like ‘big ice cream’ or ‘greatsword ice cream’.
After all, she called Jia’s spear ‘pointy ice cream’.
“A name?”
But contrary to Ihyeon’s expectations, Elsie answered immediately with an extremely serious expression.
“Avatar Troll Warrior’s Greatsword.”
“…?”
To reiterate, she was far too serious.
Ihyeon and Jia stared blankly at each other.
‘Is she seriously calling it her own item…?’
Ihyeon asked again with a reluctant expression.
“Don’t you have a nickname for it? You’ve been calling things ‘this ice cream’ and ‘that ice cream’ lately, right? Like giant ice cream or something….”
At that, Elsie stepped back a pace or two from Ihyeon with an expression of bewilderment.
“How can you give such a flippant nickname to an item your master provided? If it’s a pet name… yes, there’s an archaic word meaning ‘wedge of the Dead Forest.’ Aecmashow. I’ll go with that.”
I was utterly exasperated.
What?
She called someone else’s spear a pointy ice cream, but her own sword gets Aecmashow?
I’d never seen anyone so unreasonable.
“Master, perhaps we should return now.”
Even Jia, who had always treated Elsie with affection, suggested this to me with a coldly hardened expression.
“Y-yes. Let’s go back.”
I accepted Jia’s suggestion and decided to return.
And since I’d obtained a new weapon, there was something I ought to do.
‘Move to the Makeshift Shooting Range.’
The Makeshift Shooting Range, which I hadn’t used much recently.
Here I could check my abilities without worrying about safety, making it perfect for this situation.
“Ooh, what’s this place? It looks really interesting.”
Elsie, entering the Makeshift Shooting Range for the first time, looked around and asked.
Since I hadn’t set a background yet, there wasn’t really anything particular to see.
Whoosh—
“W-what?!”
I quickly set the background to the Dead Forest, commonly seen in the 50th Floor Range.
“Since you’ve obtained a weapon, there’s no problem testing it out, right? You won’t get hurt here, so don’t worry.”
“Hmph! Hurt, my foot!”
Elsie confidently leaned the claymore against the ground like a staff and shouted.
It was good that she was showing confidence, but to do so she had to stand on her tiptoes with all her might, which didn’t look very dignified.
I chuckled and summoned a troll.
The Pitbull Troll I’d encountered on the 57th Floor.
A name that came from its face being covered in wrinkles.
Of course, it was far more grotesque than the Pitbull’s face.
Unlike other trolls, it attacked with biting frequently and also wielded a large club.
“You’ve probably never been able to fight freely because of my orders each time. Show me what you’re really capable of.”
“Got it!”
With my permission, Elsie swung the claymore behind her and rushed toward the troll at high speed.
Kuuuaaah—!
The Pitbull Troll also spotted Elsie and let out a grotesque shriek with its mouth wide open.
By sheer size, it seemed like no match.
Truly David and Goliath.
But the battle unfolded in a way completely different from such appearances.
Swish—
Without slowing her pace, the claymore in Elsie’s hand rotated gracefully in a full circle.
As a result, a faint light gathered on the blade’s edge, forming a circular shape as it flew toward the Pitbull Troll.
Slash—!
A chilling sound of severance.
The arm of the Pitbull Troll, notorious for its tenacity, was severed in a spray of blood like a fountain.
Whoosh—
One full rotation.
Crack—!
Next, the Pitbull Troll swung its club in a desperate attempt to block, but the club was helplessly sliced apart, and a deep wound was carved into the forearm behind it.
Crack—! Crack—! Crack—!
It was utterly overwhelming.
Before the Troll could even approach, Elsie spun in circles around it, unleashing sword strikes with brilliant technique.
With each pass, the Troll either had a limb severed or suffered equally grievous wounds.
The Troll’s overwhelming regenerative power was visible, yet the rate at which new wounds appeared was faster still.
In the end, less than a minute had passed since the combat—or rather, the hunt—began.
Crack——
With a spine-tingling sound of severance, the sufficiently weakened Troll’s head fell away.
Simultaneously, the creature dissolved into light and vanished.
Elsie continued spinning, wielding the Claymore like an extension of herself, and spoke.
“This is really fascinating. There’s barely any difference from the real thing, is there?”
Though she had finished the hunt, the Makeshift Shooting Range still seemed novel to her.
Then, beaming brightly, she shouted toward Ihyeon.
“How was that? I’m the Legendary Sword Elsie~”
As if the size of the blade mattered not at all.
And she had indeed proven it sufficiently.
Ihyeon nodded and spoke.
“You did very well. That was impressive.”
“Ehehehe.”
Elsie laughed carelessly as if showing off, then came scurrying over.
Ihyeon added a remark.
“But if you’re going to fight like that, do you really need a Claymore?”
“…Ack, I’ll polish you carefully once a day, okay~”
Elsie deliberately ignored Ihyeon’s comment.

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