I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 158

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Episode 158
Ep. 158
The Knights of the Evil God growled before Jia, their words dripping with defiance.
It wasn’t just their tone—their posture, their gaze, everything about them radiated rebellion.
“What’s wrong with them? Didn’t we already disarm the trap?”
“We only said they wouldn’t attack. They never fully submitted. That’s just how the Overlord’s subordinates are.”
Elsie clicked her tongue and explained to Ihyeon’s confusion.
So in other words, I should be grateful they didn’t draw their swords the moment they were summoned?
Ihyeon frowned as he spoke.
“With an attitude like that, even an S+ Grade Item wouldn’t be much use to most people.”
He was right.
Even if the trap was disarmed, how could anyone trust and rely on a summon with such an attitude?
Jia might have said to leave it to him since he knew something about it, but if Ihyeon had obtained such an item raw, he wouldn’t have much confidence in controlling it either.
Moreover, the Knights’ condition was markedly different from what he’d encountered on the 75th Floor.
At first glance they resembled humans, but their eyes burning with crimson fire and their unnaturally pallid skin made it clear they were beings utterly divorced from life.
“But can those things even speak?”
“Yeah. They’re not in a typical undead state. If I had to describe it… they’re in a semi-corporeal state. Their minds remain as they were in life, and they have physical forms.”
In other words, they were far more difficult to control than undead who’d lost their reason and obeyed their summoner’s commands, but their combat ability was far superior.
High risk, high reward, as they say.
Ihyeon decided to watch how Jia handled these unruly knights.
Jia’s solution turned out to be simpler than expected.
Boom—!
Without a word, Jia seized a spear and shield.
“…Are you suggesting we fight?”
“How dare a follower of the Watchman challenge us?”
The Knights sneered at such an obvious provocation, half amused and half vicious.
Jia spoke curtly.
“All at once.”
“What?”
“We too bear the honor of knights. We would not engage in such unseemly conduct against the weak.”
“You seem confident in your abilities, but I shall make you regret claiming the title of Knights Guild Leader.”
At Jia’s command to attack together, the Knights exchanged sneering glances and looked at each other knowingly.
Like Jia, one knight stepped forward, Tower Shield in one hand and a spear in the other.
Simultaneously, the other knights formed a semicircle, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of a duel arena.
“Tsk tsk, this is why knights are hopeless. What does ‘fair and square’ even mean?”
“…Fair and square matters, Elsie.”
As Elsie clicked her tongue as if she’d seen it all, Ihyeon chided her.
Proper upbringing(?) had to be instilled from a young age.
If she grew up seeing only shameful behavior and later resorted to every cowardly trick in the book, that would be a disaster.
Though their assessments differed, the conclusion Ihyeon and Elsie reached was identical.
Right then.
“I’ll sever your breath!”
Thud—!!! Gack—!
“?!?!?!!!?!”
Jia’s decisive strike.
Swift as lightning, sharp as an arrow—a knight’s blow.
Yet Jia’s response was softer, more fluid.
Deflecting the spear with her shield, she drove her opposite shoulder straight into the enemy’s shield in one seamless motion.
She didn’t even use the spear in her hand.
The result can be described as the Holy Knight flying away bent in a “ㄷ” shape, as if he had been hit by a truck.
Bouncing dozens of meters away in an instant, the knight couldn’t rise again and vanished in black smoke.
Unable to withstand even a single exchange, he was summoned back.
‘That’s a real otherworldly truck right there.’
Ihyeon nodded at the sight.
The resummoned entity did indeed fly back to the other world, making it a fitting assessment.
Though he was resummoned before Jia shortly after.
The knights still summoned at that moment couldn’t utter a word, only gasping in shock.
They hadn’t realized it when they were dismissing her as weak, but these were beings seasoned in combat.
Seeing their representative knocked away so ridiculously in a single exchange gave them proper perspective.
You could tell just by how the knights’ posture changed, abandoning their earlier carelessness and becoming more composed.
“Come at me all at once.”
Regardless, Jia spoke once more to the knights surrounding her.
The knights’ attitude transformed completely.
Deadly serious now, their eyes sharp as they sought to identify any opening in their opponent.
Yet the more they observed, the more they realized.
This single knight before them was a being that allowed not the slightest gap—like a small mountain itself.
Crunch—
Still, each knight gritted their teeth with resolve.
Their minds knew they couldn’t win, but their hearts were another matter.
A rebellious refusal to acknowledge Jia as their Knights Guild Leader.
In the end, the knights formed proper formation and charged forward like an incoming tide crashing against a shore.
“Charge!”
They began their assault toward the single point that was Jia.
“Hmm… can she manage?”
Ihyeon asked, watching the scene unfold.
It was a makeshift shooting range, and since Jia was a Spirit anyway, there was no concern about injuries, but he wondered if she could actually win.
The enemy was a mid-boss from the 75th Floor.
Moreover, though their numbers were fewer, they’d regained their senses and their individual abilities were actually higher now.
He wondered if Jia could break through that difficult situation alone.
Elsie answered from beside him with a serious expression.
“If it had been me, it probably wouldn’t have worked.”
“Huh?”
Ihyeon was slightly surprised by Elsie’s uncertain response—so unlike her usual confident declarations of herself as the “Legendary Sword.”
But Elsie spoke with a resolute expression.
“However, if it’s that armored fox, no—if it’s Jia, then it’s possible.”
“Ah… so you’re saying there’s a matchup advantage.”
“Exactly, Master.”
The moment Elsie nodded, the clash between Jia and the Knights began.
Bolts fired with exquisite precision to avoid our allies, and between them, spear blades piercing with lethal sharpness.
Finally, a shield thrust forward, dominating all directions with relentless pressure.
Not a single attack lacked overwhelming force.
BOOM———!!!
The outcome came faster than expected.
The moment the Knights swarmed in pitch-black darkness, as if to completely engulf Jia.
A tremendous explosion erupted, and something extraordinary happened.
From the center of all that darkness, a silver spear thrust skyward, gleaming almost pure white.
In combat, momentum is just as crucial as any other factor.
“Uuugh…”
At least from that previous one-on-one battle onward, Jia had successfully seized that momentum entirely for herself.
Jia tore through the Knights who bounced backward and stumbled, unable to move, like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Clang—! Crash—!
The sound of metal striking metal.
The Knights each attempted their own defense, but it was insufficient.
Knights were sent flying from strikes to their spear shafts, knocked sprawling by sweeps of the shield—casualties mounting everywhere.
Eventually, one of the Knights who could no longer bear the sight cried out.
“Stop! Cease!”
The meaning of that desperate cry was unmistakable.
Further resistance was futile.
Clang— Clang—
They were acknowledging that they would accept a new Knights Guild Leader going forward.
The Knights who had been sprawled on the ground rose to their feet and surrounded Jia, kneeling on one knee just as they had when first appearing.
Simultaneously, a new notification window appeared before Ihyeon’s eyes.
「Knights Guild Leader Jia has completely subjugated the Knights of the Evil God.
The Knights’ spirit of resistance has vanished.」
‘As expected, demonstrating overwhelming power is the best way to establish discipline.’
Ihyeon thought Jia had handled it brilliantly.
If it hadn’t been for this method, he would have had to coax and cajole the reluctant Knights every time he summoned them just to get them to participate.
She would have become a truly worthless S-Grade item.
Recognizing that the matter was completely resolved, Ihyeon slowly approached Jia, bringing Elsie with him.
Jia confirmed Ihyeon’s approach and saluted by kneeling, just like the other Knights.
“I made sure to inform them of your accomplishments, Master.”
“Hmm… I see.”
‘But that’s not really informing them, is it?’
I found myself briefly puzzled over how that previous situation could possibly count as spreading word of my accomplishments.
The outcome was good, but objectively speaking, it was just one side thoroughly beating down the other.
In any case, Jia rose from her seat and made an announcement to the knights.
“This person shall be our lord. From this moment forward, serve him with the same loyalty you show me, or greater.”
“Our lord, you say…?”
“But isn’t this man not even a knight?”
The knights began murmuring at Jia’s words.
Jia herself was clearly of their kind, so they likely felt less resistance toward her.
To traditional knights, I would be an alien presence.
Acknowledging Jia as their guild leader and accepting me as their lord were entirely different matters.
Eventually, the one who had stopped the fight earlier—I decided to call him Senior—spoke to Jia with a dissatisfied look.
“As knights, we serve only our guild leader. The only one worthy of being called our lord is the Overlord himself. We will cooperate for now, having left our faction, but beyond that…”
There seemed to be various complicated circumstances at play.
I spoke to Jia.
“So what you’re saying is, I’m still not enough, right?”
“I apologize, Master. I will do whatever it takes to set things right…”
“No, no, that’s not it.”
I patted the shoulder of Jia, who looked terribly apologetic.
The golden circle on her breastplate was now properly engraved.
Jia had certainly made her decision to acknowledge me.
But if I do something, I do it thoroughly.
I had no intention of leaving this ambiguous situation as it was.
I would have to engrave a loyalty that couldn’t be marked by merely a golden circle.
‘And come to think of it, aren’t those knights what would become the Special Forces Unit?’
As someone with a certain degree of legitimacy, I wanted to make sure they understood the terror of modern Earth.
“Right, I understand that you don’t trust me either.”
“We appreciate your understanding. If you have any requests for us, you need only speak through our leader.”
“Hey, Senior over there? Would you stand up?”
“?”
The Senior I had pointed to looked slightly flustered, but reluctantly got to his feet awkwardly.
I pulled a sniper rifle from my inventory.
Whoosh—
Seeing this, both Jia and Elsie trembled, apparently anticipating what was about to happen.
Meanwhile, the knights who knew nothing began murmuring again.
“Is it magic?”
“What a strange-looking staff.”
“Even so, since he’s not a knight, we cannot acknowledge him.”
Ihyeon smiled faintly.
BOOM———!!!!
He pulled the trigger lightly.
His target was naturally the senior who had risen without understanding what was happening.
“?!?!?!?!??!!?!?!!”
The senior’s upper half was blown away without a single moment to resist.
Fwoosh—
Soon it transformed into black smoke and vanished, but the reaction of the other knights who witnessed this with their own eyes was pure shock.
Their strongest had been hit by the mage’s magic without even properly reacting and was summoned away—how could their astonishment be anything less than absolute?
They were aware of the mage’s power, but they were also those who had faced countless mages and carved countermeasures into their very bones.
They had never even imagined such a pathetic defeat.
But Ihyeon spoke to Jia without concern.
“Summon him again.”

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