I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 111

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Episode 111
Ep. 111
The 65th Floor is not a maze.
Rather, it’s the complete opposite of a maze.
It could be described as a relatively modest plaza.
Of course, the walls of this circular plaza are entirely surrounded by smooth mirrors.
And there are a total of two mid-bosses to capture on this floor.
‘Duran.’
The headless knight, Duran.
Their location is noticeable without even having to search for it.
Right in the center of the plaza, two creatures clad in black armor stood radiating an ominous aura.
Of course, true to the name Duran, nothing existed above the neck.
Instead, black energy swirled and dispersed from that severed surface like armor.
Similar to Jia, but while Jia’s was a clear black, theirs was an outright malevolent jet black.
However, there was no time to admire their appearance.
‘Fortunately, they didn’t transform into a Trio Duran or anything like that.’
The memory from the Avatar Troll Warrior had been so intense that I was slightly worried, but once I confirmed it wasn’t the case.
The operation began immediately.
Tap tap tap— BOOM——!!!
From both sides of me, two Spirits shot out simultaneously, like arrows.
Since I had granted them considerable stat points in mobility and agility, their speed was more than satisfactory.
Jia immediately swung her shield at one of them, while Elsie, instead of firing her usual blade energy, leaped up and brought her claymore down directly.
However, the Durans were not helpless enough to fall to such an opening move.
The Durans flowed like water, blocking each of the two Spirits’ attacks respectively.
Simultaneously, their forms began to blur like shadows.
Just as monsters on the 60th Floor typically do, they were attempting to hide within the mirrors.
Once they entered the mirrors, capturing them became extremely difficult.
Moreover, there was another reason why they were even more terrifying.
‘The moment they enter the mirror, if they attack from within, copied attacks burst out from every mirror surface.’
This place was a plaza completely surrounded by mirrors on all sides.
With such terrain, copied attacks bursting out from all directions?
For me with no proper defensive means, that would be the moment I’d have to worry about survival rather than offense.
Therefore, my original plan was to never let them enter the mirrors, have Jia and Elsie hold them in place as much as possible, and deal with them one at a time.
In a space like this, using my distorted sniper range could potentially endanger the two Spirits.
But now?
‘Well, this angle should be sufficient.’
I immediately utilized sniper point conversion to retreat backward.
In the meantime, I drew the sniper rifle from my inventory and completed shouldering it.
I had to finish this before the Duran completely disappeared.
As I brought my eye to the scope in a standing shooting position, both Durans were captured perfectly in the center of my crosshairs.
I had now satisfied the conditions to use the skill I’d just acquired: ‘Multi-Target.’
‘Multi-Target.’
As I thought the skill’s name, the horizontal and vertical crosshairs within my scope each split into two.
It felt like I’d slightly blurred my eyes’ focus.
Yet, perhaps because it was a skill obtained through the system, each intersection point aligned perfectly with the two Durans.
‘Actually, aiming feels even easier this way.’
Due to the skill description mentioning reduced firepower, I’d even switched to the Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle to be safe.
Up to this point, all preparations were complete.
「Ilgyeok: Everyone, vacate the area.」
The Spirits engaging the Durans swiftly retreated at my command.
“….”
I held my breath.
Then I fired.
BANG——!!!
Was it because of the increased firepower?
Or because two shots were fired simultaneously?
A heavier recoil than usual jolted my shoulder.
I lowered the rifle from my shoulder and examined the results of my shot.
In truth, there was nothing to examine.
The plaza’s diameter was barely 100 meters at most.
The distance between me and the Durans was only about 50 meters—half that distance—so it was practically point-blank.
A hit was beyond question.
However.
CRUNCH—— CRUNCH———!!! CRASH——!!!
The state of the Durans after my shot was unexpected.
All targets I’d hit before typically had massive holes blown through them.
Whether there was a spear in the way, they tried to block with weapons, or even if several Undead subordinates were present, my mana rounds pierced through everything.
This time too, my mana rounds struck precisely at the chests of both Durans.
However, instead of the Durahan’s chest armor being pierced, it folded completely in a “ㄷ” shape and got lodged in the mirror on the opposite end.
I stared at the sight in bewilderment.
“I’ve heard Durans are tough… but to this extent?”
Even with Multi-Target reducing my firepower, this was an Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle.
Of course, the Durans never moved again after taking my shots.
The mirror on the wall, shattered into pieces from colliding with them.
Moreover, their breastplates were so crushed that their front and back had fused together.
From the gaping holes in their necks, a pathetic black smoke drifted weakly and aimlessly.
That was all.
「Twin Durahan defeated.
65th Floor cleared.
Rank: S+」
At the same time, having taken damage beyond recovery and been driven into the ground so grotesquely, the notorious creature never even got the chance to activate its regeneration.
The system’s clear confirmation message appeared immediately.
“Ugh… wow….”
Meanwhile, Elsie, who had only briefly crossed blades with the Duran, watched the creature fly off into the distance with wide eyes.
Ihyeon spoke to Elsie with a hint of regret.
“If I’d miscalculated, I wouldn’t have finished it in one shot. It would’ve been a shame if I didn’t achieve S+ rank.”
Of course, maintaining my S+ streak was quite important to me as well.
But it wasn’t something I absolutely couldn’t afford to lose.
I intended to keep it going if possible, but I was prepared to abandon it without hesitation if the situation truly demanded it.
However, upon hearing my words, the Spirits stared at me with bizarre expressions.
“What’s wrong?”
“Master, are you perhaps joking right now?”
Even Jia was saying such things.
‘Is it really that bad?’
Well, after achieving S+ rank all the way to the 65th Floor, saying “it would’ve been a shame if I hadn’t” did sound a bit off.
“Wow, you completely crushed the Duran and still say something like that. Master, you really are shameless sometimes. Sheesh, this is the first time I’ve felt sorry for these guys.”
But the Spirits’ reaction had a different reason behind it.
Rather than doubting my S+ rank achievement, they seemed amazed that I’d reduced the Duran to such a state.
When I drew closer, I could certainly see how pathetic the creatures looked.
The areas struck by the bullet were twisted inward along with the metal itself, as if they’d been hit by a small tornado.
‘I’ve never heard of a Duran ending up like this before….’
Even I, who had conducted research on the 65th Floor, didn’t know of such cases.
Most of the materials contained stories like “How do you even beat a Duran?”, “We somehow beat it but couldn’t even scratch the armor”.
Even if I hadn’t penetrated it completely, leaving damage of this degree might actually be proof of my firepower in reverse.
I reached out toward the Duran just to check.
「Harvestable Byproducts
Duran Armor Shards*10」
Ten Duran Armor Shards each, twenty in total.
“I’ve never heard of Duran Armor Shards dropping before.”
The usual byproduct from defeating a Duran is “Duran Fragments”.
I’ve heard that even that much, when melted down to make armor, produces something remarkable.
Perhaps Armor Shards would be a higher-tier item than Fragments?
“You mean Duran Armor Shards?”
Indeed, Jia seemed to know about them.
“You know about them?”
“Duran Armor Shards are… extremely difficult to obtain.”
“Can you use them?”
I meant whether the shards could be bound to the Spirits the same way I’d bound the Rex Lizardman’s spear or the claymore.
But Jia shook her head.
“It’s not possible yet. However, they will certainly be helpful to you, Master.”
‘Not yet….’
It seemed best to hold onto it for now rather than sell it.
Well, I couldn’t sell it anyway while keeping my identity hidden.
Could I melt it down later and make armor out of it?
“Elsie, you don’t mind not wearing armor?”
I hadn’t paid much attention to it lately, but Elsie was still wearing the training clothes she’d bought from the Shopping Mall before entering the Tower.
Even though she said it was because she liked it, it certainly looked dangerous, so I asked her this.
“Ugh, absolutely not! Only weaklings wear armor like that!”
Elsie recoiled with utter disgust.
“Elsie.”
Of course, Jia wasn’t about to let that comment slide.
Receiving Jia’s sharp gaze, Elsie flinched and apologized.
“I didn’t mean it toward you….”
Meanwhile, Ihyeon asked Elsie with a puzzled expression.
“Where did you learn words like that?”
I prided myself on paying quite a bit of attention to her upbringing(?), so where on earth did she pick up such crude language!
Elsie thought for a moment before answering.
“Um… I saw it on Hunter Now!”
The adults were absolutely right that children shouldn’t start using the internet too early!
To think she’d contaminate the pure linguistic world of a Spirit like this!
It seemed she must have seen it over my shoulder while I was scrolling through my phone.
“Don’t use words like that.”
“Why? It’s catchy.”
That’s exactly why you shouldn’t use it.
Though, if I was going to live on Earth going forward, I might need to learn some of these expressions.
Kids these days are absolutely terrifying with how they talk.
Even Ihyeon, a former elite special forces operative and a mysterious blue-chip talent from around the world, would gladly hand over pocket money if he got on the wrong side of these kids.
Well, setting that aside.
Ihyeon put the sniper rifle back into his inventory and smiled as he spoke to the Spirits.
“Alright, let’s head back now.”
We’d cleared the 65th Floor anyway, and achieved an S+ grade.
So what remained was.
‘Time to collect the rewards.’
Harvesting the fruits of our labor.
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As always happened after something like this, the three of us sat gathered in Ihyeon’s room after returning from the Tower.
It felt like we were doing some kind of club activity.
Ihyeon checked the normal clear reward first.
「65th Floor Reward.
You have obtained the item ‘Mirror Passage’.
Check your inventory.”
“Oh?”
I let out an exclamation of surprise at the unexpected reward.
Most ordinary rewards were simply filled with Magic Stones.
This time, since it was a mid-boss and it was about time B-rank Magic Stones started appearing, I had been hopeful.
Could it really be giving me an item?
‘Besides, I can obtain B-rank Magic Stones once I reach the 70th Floor range. An item is definitely the better gain.’
Considering the items I’d acquired so far, there was no reason to refuse or feel disappointed.
When I spoke the name of the item I’d obtained, the Spirits looked confused.
Well, Spirits couldn’t possibly know every single item.
“Then let me check it out first.”
「Mirror Passage (C)
A pair of mirrors.
You can travel from one mirror to the other.
After use, retrieval to inventory is possible.」
The effect was exactly as the name suggested.
When I took it out of my inventory, it was sized just right to reflect my entire body.
It had no decorations whatsoever, but after tapping it roughly, it didn’t seem like it would break easily.
Well, that was natural for an item.
I placed one mirror at each end of the room and walked toward it as a test.
As I stood in front of the mirror, the reflection changed.
Just like a true passage, I could see the reflection from the other mirror displayed directly.
In other words, my back was visible in the mirror.
If I used it normally, I’d probably see the scenery of where the opposite mirror was located.
Slip—
“Huh?”
And the sensation of entering felt quite strange.
How should I describe it?
The mirror felt like liquid metal?
It wasn’t hard at all, but when my body touched it, it rippled like the surface of water.
Gathering a bit more courage, I stepped further into the mirror.
“Huh? The master came out from over there?”
Just as the item’s effect described, I emerged from the mirror on the opposite side of the room.
Elsie clapped her hands in fascination at the sight.
‘It’s certainly interesting, but….’
I stared at the mirror I’d come out of, my expression growing slightly troubled.

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