I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 146

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Episode 146
Ep. 146
Though it would be more accurate to say that Roel had completely abandoned any notion of causing trouble for Ihyeon, Jia, and Elsie at this very moment.
Considering how he had meekly endured Elsie’s mistreatment, he had already given up halfway.
In any case, though somewhat anticlimactic, the battle in the first corridor had come to an end.
However, neither Claude nor the others considered this battle anticlimactic.
Rather, it had been more dynamic than any battle they had witnessed before.
“Now then, let us proceed through the corridor. We should also confirm the location of the next door.”
“Ah, yes, yes. Of course.”
As Ihyeon took the lead and spoke, Claude came to his senses belatedly and followed behind him.
Unlike before, there was not the slightest thought that a sniper shouldn’t take the lead, or that Ilgyeok might die in this Instant Tower if things went wrong.
Ilgyeok dying?
If such a thing were to happen, would the others be any safer?
They would simply have to accept death gracefully in such a situation.
In any case, as they reached the end of the corridor, beyond the bent corner lay the door to the opposite side.
“Wow, the wall here is completely shattered.”
Elsie marveled at the corner, which bore deep indentations and cracks as if it had been pounded by an enormous iron sphere.
It was not simply a matter of the wall being destroyed.
Within the structures of such a tower, breaking something was ordinarily not a simple matter.
Rather, the mirror walls on the 60th floors were designed to be destructible, and there were those who utilized such methods, though they were rare.
But walls like these—mere ordinary walls—were all the more difficult to damage.
However, Ihyeon, who had not thought this far, responded casually.
“Ah, well, when those Undead suddenly rose up earlier, I suppose I couldn’t control my power output properly.”
Flinch—!
At those words, the shoulders of Minjeong and Roel jerked noticeably.
In other words, if they hadn’t been there, he could have controlled his power precisely enough to eliminate only the monsters?
‘What if he gets upset and shoots me?!?!’
As a listener, one could naturally arrive at such a thought.
“Minjeong, why are you suddenly avoiding my gaze?”
“Oh, it’s nothing. Wow, this stone is really fascinating…!”
“I see, Master… most metaphysical… it would surely aid in Dark Magic training….”
‘No matter how I look at it, it’s just a stone.’
Ihyeon watched Minjeong and Roel, who suddenly rushed toward a nearby rolling stone as if it were something magnificent, with the gaze one reserves for strange people.
Going even further, the two of them attempted to place the stone in their inventory, insisting they would take it outside.
Thunk—
Naturally, the stone could not enter the inventory.
After all, it failed to receive item classification.
“Ah, it won’t work.”
“Come now, try harder…!”
Yet Minjeong and Roel continued to exchange such words while repeatedly waving their hands through the air.
A fleeting thought crossed my mind.
“Ah, I apologize for destroying the Undead you so carefully summoned. The situation was simply too urgent, you understand.”
For the Dark Mage, those Undead servants were likely cherished summons.
I had been too preoccupied to notice, but I had indiscriminately obliterated every Undead they had raised without distinguishing them from monsters.
Surely they had suffered losses because of that.
“It’s really fine… A few Undead being unsummoned is no problem at all. Right, Roel?”
“Of course… A magnificent Dark Mage such as myself pays no mind to such trifles…”
Minjeong and Roel, having received my apology, waved their hands dismissively and said it was fine.
Truth be told, they genuinely didn’t care at all!
Though it was regrettable that they had been thoroughly ignored by others until now, Roel, like Jiana and Elsie, was S+ rank.
Especially with Minjeong, their characteristics aligned so well that he provided her with tremendous buffs.
Normally, Dark Mages had to endure quite an annoying level of penalty each time their servants were unsummoned, but by utilizing the Cursed Ashes’ Staff, one could ignore such penalties and resummon them.
So contrary to my concerns, Minjeong and Roel truly didn’t care one bit about their Undead being destroyed.
“Still, I apologize once more.”
Unaware of their circumstances, I assumed they were merely being considerate of my pride, so I apologized again.
“I said it’s fine. Wow, Roel, look at that brick over there. It’s really fascinating.”
“Indeed… I’ve seen it roughly thirty-five thousand times, but… now that I look again, it seems fresh…”
“That’s the path of Dark Magic.”
However, the two Dark Mages barely acknowledged my apology and instead began making small talk while fixating on the brick.
They were terrified that if they appeared upset about the Undead, the sniper rifle’s muzzle might turn toward them.
But seeing their behavior, I drew my own conclusion.
‘They’re more vindictive than I thought.’
I had made this misunderstanding.
They had seemed to forgive me readily for the unexpected hardship I caused them on the 20th Floor, so perhaps the Dark Mage’s love for Undead truly was exceptional?
In any case, once we passed through the door, everything proceeded smoothly.
There was no need to traverse the corridor again—just as before, I could open the stone gate leading to the 4th Floor using only the mirror passages.
“Haha, we’re already on the 4th Floor. We’re moving quite fast.”
“Right, Claude. It feels like we’ve only been in the Tower for less than an hour.”
“Didn’t we basically do nothing anyway?”
“W-well, I suppose that’s true.”
Claude now appeared half-enlightened.
The 4th Floor’s structure was even more complex than the 3rd Floor, but it couldn’t stop me, who had already drawn the sniper rifle.
There were three corridors they had to traverse on the 4th Floor.
But.
Crack——!!!
Crack——!!!!
Crack———!!!!!
Just as on the 3rd Floor, I pulled the trigger once per corridor, and the monsters were cleanly eliminated, allowing us to breeze through the 4th Floor almost unscathed.
Except for Jia, who used her provocation skill for the first time, the others literally stood with their hands behind their backs, watching as the situation concluded—a truly astounding state of affairs.
Ah, there was truly one minor variable in the second corridor.
Kyieeeee—!!!
“One left?”
“Oh… I’m truly sorry. It seems I miscalculated.”
A single Rock Spider that had fortunately hidden behind a pillar in the corridor had survived.
Even so, with one of its front legs—its primary weapon—and its fangs blown clean off, it posed no threat whatsoever.
“Since this is our first joint conquest, I wanted to show you a performance worthy of my ID…”
Ihyeon’s expression twisted as if he genuinely lamented the situation.
Claude, Minjeong, and Jack’s expressions twisted even more severely.
‘Is this man being serious?’
What? A performance worthy of the name Ilgyeok?
He had already surpassed merely being worthy—his exploits were so impressive that even hanging banners throughout the neighborhood would feel insufficient.
If it weren’t for Ihyeon, they would have had to painstakingly search through the labyrinthine corridors one by one, and the passages would have already numbered in the dozens…
In any case, Ihyeon thought it was fine and transformed his sniper rifle into pistol form—by now, the others barely reacted to such things.
‘I should test out the White Panther bone bullet once.’
Twang—!
With practiced ease, he assumed his firing stance and pulled the trigger.
「White Panther Bone Bullet (B)
Freezes the target hit for a brief duration.
The freeze duration is proportional to firepower.
The freeze duration is inversely proportional to the target’s resistance.
No damage is dealt beyond the freezing effect.
Frozen enemies become extremely vulnerable.」
The White Panther bone bullet with its simple freezing effect on the target hit.
However, since most situations required claiming the enemy’s life simultaneously with the shot, it was an effect that didn’t suit me well, so I had never used it until now.
For reference, the exclusive skill granted by the White Panther was ‘Silent Shot.’
A perfect superior version of the black bullet, it possessed the effect of leaving no trace whatsoever upon firing.
I hadn’t tested this yet either, but it would certainly prove useful whenever needed.
In any case, the White Panther bone bullet, reminiscent of an icicle, struck the Rock Spider directly.
Kek—
The creature, which had been rushing forward despite missing one leg, froze solid against the pillar.
“Wow, it’s frozen…”
Claude and Minjeong were left speechless at the sight.
Since they primarily used magic, they understood well enough.
Magic certainly had many techniques for restraining an opponent’s movement, but freezing something so completely and simply was ordinarily quite difficult.
Of course it was.
If such a thing were possible, wouldn’t a single Mage who learned binding skills be able to climb the Tower effortlessly?
The effect would diminish drastically if the target’s resistance was even slightly higher, and boss monsters wouldn’t be affected at all.
In any case, Ihyeon, having frozen the Rock Spider without hesitation, took no further action afterward.
“Aren’t you going to kill it this time?”
“Huh? Ah… well…”
Ihyeon hesitated for a moment before explaining why he had only frozen the Rock Spider.
“Since I’ve been the one handling the monsters, I felt a bit awkward. I thought it would be good for others to step forward this time.”
“….”
The ‘others’ who heard those words clamped their mouths shut as if they’d tasted honey.
Now that I thought about it, Ihyeon’s words were right.
Regardless of appearances, this conquest was undeniably a joint operation.
If things continued this way, Frontier would truly return like a novice who had just entered the Tower, carried entirely by Ilgyeok.
‘In truth, defeating one monster won’t make much difference….’
Claude felt a slight melancholy and gestured to Jack.
Jack approached the frozen Rock Spider with curious eyes and swung his sword lightly.
One of the effects of the White Panther bone bullet.
Frozen enemies become extremely vulnerable.
The moment Jack’s lightly swung sword struck it, the Rock Spider shattered like a broken ice sculpture.
“Wow, this is really amazing, Claude! I’ve never seen a Rock Spider die this easily before.”
“…Yeah, truly amazing.”
Claude watched Jack, who was excited like a child looking at the ice fragments, with a peculiar gaze.
In Korean, it would be something like ‘that fool….’
Regardless, despite such an interlude, it happened only once.
In the final corridor, Ihyeon fired with special care not to miss a single monster, and no monsters survived.
After throwing the mirror passage a few more times, they were able to reach the far end of the 4th Floor as if by magic.
The stone gate leading to the 5th Floor.
Perhaps because it was truly the last one, unlike the monotonous stone gates before, this time it was a massive gate with ominous shapes of demons and skulls carved in relief.
It was enough to make people feel the reality of ‘truly the final floor.’
The far too easy 1st through 4th Floors, and finally the 5th Floor.
Normally in such situations, one would be battered and bruised, imagining the strongest boss monster and tensing up considerably.
‘This time, I don’t even have such thoughts.’
Claude spoke with a hollow laugh, as if he had achieved enlightenment.
“Haha, it’s truly been easy, really easy.”
“That’s right. Fortunately, no particularly difficult monsters appeared.”
Ihyeon, who had been examining the gate unnecessarily, agreed with him.
Then Claude suddenly burst into anger at Ihyeon.
“You’re the one who wiped out the Red Troll, Rock Spider, Doom Orc, and Phantom Knight all at once, and you’re saying that?!”
“???”

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