I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 166

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Episode 166
Ep. 166
As befitted a monster adorning the latter half of the 70th floor range, the Mountain Drake possessed a presence worthy of being called the master of the mountain.
“I’ll help too.”
Suyeon had joked about riding in Ilgyeok’s “bus,” but she had no intention of sitting idle once the actual battle commenced.
In an instant, Suyeon drew her bow and arrows, assuming her combat stance.
There was a reason she was stepping forward directly.
Ilgyeok, who traveled with Spirits.
By common sense, even if he achieved the unprecedented S+ rank, one would naturally assume he’d clear the party dungeon alongside his Spirits.
Then as a fellow party member, she too would need to assist to make the battle considerably smoother.
Especially since the Mountain Drake was a monster so powerful that even the current Suyeon couldn’t confidently solo it.
…In such circumstances, who would ever dream that someone in the Tower would fire a gun and topple every monster in a single shot, advancing forward?
And Ihyeon moved into action on his own.
‘If my identity hadn’t been exposed, that would be one thing, but since it has been, I simply have to handle this myself.’
Click—
“Huh?”
Ihyeon immediately drew the handgun he’d kept at his waist.
At the same time.
Whoosh—
“W-what????”
The handgun, small enough to hold in one hand, regained its original bolt-action form.
‘A gun? A gun?! Did Ilgyeok just pull out a gun right now?!?!’
Even as Suyeon witnessed it clearly with her own eyes, she couldn’t bring herself to believe it.
In that moment, Claude’s press conference flashed through her mind.
That face laughing heartily while saying, “Ilgyeok shoots guns”….
Of course, Suyeon, like everyone else, had assumed Claude said that to conceal Ilgyeok’s true identity.
‘That was actually real????’
Could Ilgyeok really have pulled out a gun?
It was far too surreal a scene.
The Mountain Drake charging forward, crushing the forest trees, and Ilgyeok aiming some kind of sniper rifle at it….
And yet.
Bang—!!
This was unquestionably happening in reality.
The moment Ihyeon pulled the trigger, the sniper rifle’s barrel erupted with fire.
“Ah….”
Suyeon’s gaze followed the trace of mana released from the barrel in a daze.
The thick mana bullet shot forth naturally continued its trajectory.
Boom——!!
It struck the Mountain Drake’s head with a heavy detonation….
Tearing into the creature with ferocious intensity, as if devouring space itself.
Thud—
The fragments of what had once been the Mountain Drake’s head scattered and fell to the ground with a wet splatter.
“? …?? …?!?”
Suyeon couldn’t form words, her mouth opening and closing repeatedly like a fish out of water.
It wasn’t an unusual reaction, all things considered.
Claude and the Frontier personnel who’d witnessed Ihyeon’s sniper rifle in the Instant Tower were equally—if not more—shocked.
Suyeon glanced back and forth between Ihyeon, the Spirits, and where the Mountain Drake had stood before asking.
“Magic?”
“Not exactly magic.”
I do use mana, but then again, every other Hunter does the same.
“Not a staff either?”
“As you can see, it’s a gun.”
Ihyeon did his best to explain in a way she could understand.
Yet even after all that, Suyeon continued searching for a proper interpretation of the situation before arriving at her conclusion.
“Ah, it’s a dream. Of course it is. There’s no way I’d find Ilgyeok on the 78th Floor. There’s no way that person could be Ilgyeok….”
And with that, Suyeon’s expression became as vacant as someone truly lost in a dream.
‘What is she even talking about?’
Ihyeon felt like he was climbing one mountain only to find another behind it, but explaining further seemed difficult at this point.
Not magic, not a staff, just a gun—wasn’t that explanation enough?
…or so Ihyeon thought.
Instructing Elsie to collect the byproducts, Ihyeon began walking ahead.
“W-wait for me!”
Suyeon startled and hurried after Ihyeon.
She feared that if she got lost again, she might never wake from this dream and wander forever.
Though her expression remained dazed, Ihyeon had no intention of complaining as long as she followed along.
More Mountain Drakes appeared as they progressed.
Bang—! Boom—!
Bang—! Boom—!
Each time, I carved through the path with what seemed like magical marksmanship, never giving Suyeon a chance to nock an arrow.
“Ha ha.”
Suyeon waited quietly without much reaction and simply followed behind me.
“Master, is she really from the 86th Floor?”
“Who knows….”
“How did someone like her even clear the 85th Floor?”
Even I was uncertain now.
Could it have been a false announcement by the administration to reassure the public….
But honestly, that didn’t make sense.
“There are all kinds of people in this world, after all.”
Since I’d verified her ID, there was no doubt that Suyeon was Shin Gung.
Perhaps people simply had these innocent and naive sides to them.
“Elsie, anyone would be shocked seeing Master’s abilities.”
“Yeah, I suppose that’s fair.”
And when you saw him shoot inside the Tower and kill a Mountain Drake in a single shot, it would actually be strange not to be as amazed as Suyeon was.
Except for Suyeon, who was escaping reality with a dumbfounded expression, the conquest of the 78th Floor proceeded remarkably quickly according to Ihyeon’s original plan.
It wasn’t long before Ihyeon arrived at a location where he could see the forward base of the 78th Floor.
「78th Floor clear record has been updated.
Location: Tower of South Korea
ID: Ilgyeok
Rank: S+」
And as always, the notification appeared.
“Was that real?!”
Suyeon, still wearing a dazed expression, finally snapped to attention with a startled gasp.
‘…Now she realizes it?’
Even that struck Ihyeon as somewhat surprising.
Though Shin Gung held the rank 1 position, as a sniper she seemed rather lacking.
When you went into battle, you encountered situations so unbelievable they seemed like lies, yet she was making such a fuss over something this trivial.
So what if he could shoot a gun inside the Tower, and that gun happened to be quite powerful!
With that thought, Ihyeon prepared to part ways with Suyeon.
Surely she wouldn’t get lost again when the forward base was visible right before her eyes.
“It’s an honor, Ilgyeok… I never thought I’d witness an S+ rank with my own eyes. Of course, mine is just S since I’m retrying.”
Ihyeon, having no intention of prolonging the conversation with Suyeon, nodded to wrap things up.
“Think nothing of it. Well then, I’ll be on my way. The forward base is over there…”
“Oh, wait just a moment!”
“?”
Having unexpectedly encountered Suyeon and feeling completely drained, Ihyeon had been planning to summon the Spirits into his inventory.
But when Suyeon called him back, he cast a glance asking if she had more to say.
Suyeon shrank back slightly, her eyes clearly showing fatigue, and spoke carefully.
“It’s just… would it be possible to add me as a friend…?”
“Add you as a friend?”
Ihyeon asked, seeming puzzled.
‘Now that I think about it, something like that did exist.’
Having conquered the Tower alone until now, Ihyeon was actually unfamiliar with the system in detail.
Especially systems related to other Hunters—he was completely ignorant of those.
Someone had mentioned the friend request system to him before, but given the circumstances, he hadn’t given it serious thought.
Rather than explaining verbally, Suyeon demonstrated it like a true Hunter through the system.
「ID ‘Baekbalbaegjung’ has sent you a friend request.
Do you accept?」
“It really exists.”
Ihyeon couldn’t help but voice his bewilderment.
What was the point of having such a feature anyway?
“If you add me as a friend, you won’t be blocked from chatting, and you can exchange items too. Beyond that, there’s all sorts of other things….”
“…I understand for now.”
Ihyeon nodded and accepted the friend request.
I didn’t quite grasp why such a thing was necessary, but I found it difficult to refuse Shin Gung’s request.
What if she harbored resentment and went outside to scatter my montage to the Management Bureau? That would be catastrophic!
Especially if the Ministry of Defense saw that montage and thought, “Wait, where have I seen this person before?” It would be an absolute disaster.
…Suyeon wouldn’t do such a thing, but as an excellent sniper, I made it a habit to consider even the worst-case scenarios.
‘Could this be some meticulous plan by the Management Bureau to register me as a friend and put me under surveillance?’
I remained suspicious until the very end, but looking at Suyeon’s innocent eyes, it seemed she had no such intention.
Someone who could act that well wouldn’t be so directionally challenged.
I confirmed that the business was truly finished, bowed once, and then unsummoned the Spirits.
“You all return to the inventory this time.”
“Huh? Take care, 86th Floor!”
“Until next time.”
“What do you mean next time.”
“Ah, goodbye, unnie!”
Suyeon and the Spirits seemed to have grown quite close in that short span of time, for reasons I couldn’t quite fathom.
I cautioned Suyeon once more.
“I would appreciate it if you kept information about me as confidential as possible.”
Strictly speaking, Suyeon falls under the Management Bureau’s jurisdiction.
The rivalry between the Tower Management Division and the Management Bureau versus the Ministry of Defense was already well-known, so even if information reached the Management Bureau, the Ministry of Defense wouldn’t immediately come after me, but there was no better method than cutting off the source entirely.
“Yes! I’ve already zipped my lips!”
‘…Can I trust her?’
I regarded Suyeon with suspicion as she answered enthusiastically.
“Please believe me….”
Even for Suyeon, interpreting that level of skepticism in my gaze was easy.
“Of course I believe you.”
“Liar.”
In any case, her determination seemed genuine, so I didn’t press for further assurance.
Whoosh— whoosh—
With that, I used both Sniper Point Conversion and Shadow Movement to vacate the location.
It was my attempt to avoid being tracked by Suyeon.
“Even if you do that, I can see everything anyway.”
Remarkably, Suyeon had seen through the use of both skills, which could be considered a form of teleportation.
Extraordinarily directionally challenged, incredibly shy, yet flawless when it comes to combat—South Korea’s Rank 1 Hunter, Seo Suyeon!
Her eyes could perceive even the most minute flows of mana, allowing her to roughly predict where I would appear in the next moment.
It was almost like precognition.
In any case, after I disappeared like that.
“…Hehe.”
Suyeon let out a guileless, vacant laugh.
“I added Ilgyeok as a friend.”
I never expected that the chance encounter with Ilgyeok would actually materialize, let alone result in a successful friend request!
And I had no idea that this Ilgyeok was someone I’d met before in what seemed like fate — though I certainly didn’t think of it that way.
「Friend List
Huiju
Huiyeong
Ilgyeok」
It was the moment when a single name was added to Suyeon’s friend list, which had contained only two people.
‘I shouldn’t post about this for clout, should I?’
Suyeon desperately wanted to brag about it, but when she recalled Ihyeon’s earnest plea to keep their meeting secret, she held herself back.
Suyeon, filled with good intentions, never considered that if she’d posted about it, Ihyeon might actually show up with that gun in hand.
No matter how strong Suyeon was, she had no desire to face off against that gun—the one that killed a Mountain Drake in a single shot.
In any case, she’d safely navigated past the crisis where she thought she’d be hopelessly lost and dead somewhere in the 70s.
Suyeon headed toward the forward base with a cheerful smile.
“Huh? It’s Shin Gung!”
“Didn’t a clear notice for Ilgyeok just pop up?”
“Could it be…?”
The Hunters at the 78th Floor forward base gasped in surprise upon spotting Suyeon.
Though they were high-level Hunters with established standing who occasionally encountered Shin Gung directly, the connection to Ilgyeok was still a fascinating topic.
Meanwhile, Suyeon, suddenly the focus of everyone’s attention,
—whoosh
simply left the Main Tower without saying a word.
This was typically how Suyeon moved about Inside the Tower.
Rather than engage with other Hunters, she was the type to simply avoid the situation.
The Hunters watched as Suyeon vanished in an instant, letting out sighs of disappointment.
“What… exactly happened?”
“They say Shin Gung has a cold side to her.”
“Has anyone here actually talked to Shin Gung?”
“I cleared a floor with her once, briefly, but as for conversation…”
“When was that? Our guild made a huge request, but it fell through.”
In all things under heaven, misunderstandings took root everywhere with remarkable ease.

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