I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 199

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Episode 199
Ep. 199
And with that, my teasing of Hanryeol came to an end.
After all, the rankers had built enough camaraderie through countless coordinated dungeon runs that this level of banter could be brushed off as mere jest.
For better or worse, Hanryeol—the one who had arranged this gathering—stood among the group with visibly dampened spirits.
“In any case, Lady Yuna, Lord Duseok, Young Master Juhyeon. I personally vouch for Ilgyeok’s abilities. So… I wanted to ask if the four of us might participate together in this 83rd Floor conquest. It would be a good opportunity to deepen our bonds as well.”
At that, Yuna smiled and spoke.
“Well, we don’t really need you to vouch for Ilgyeok’s skills. We trust him already.”
“How exactly are you going to vouch for an S+ ranked hunter?”
“That’s… well, we decided to call that putting the cart before the horse…”
“Ah, anyway! Are you doing this or not!”
Hanryeol, unwilling to take any more ribbing, suddenly barked at the three hunters.
Only then did the three hunters exchange glances briefly and nod in agreement.
“We’ll join you. Besides, it’s not like we came here by accident.”
“Hmm, that’s right. There have been quite a few strange rumors about Ilgyeok. Let’s use this chance to see for ourselves.”
“Frontier said you use guns… But that can’t possibly be true, right?”
‘That’s not actually a rumor though?’
Ihyeon felt a slight pang upon hearing the truth(?) hidden among the rumors.
And he wasn’t the only one who felt that pang.
Jia, Elsie, and even Hanryeol, who had been startled and knocked down on the 81st Floor.
They all fell silent upon hearing what Juhyeon had carelessly said.
“…Why is everyone like that?”
“Oh, it’s nothing at all. Rather, I should be the one asking for your cooperation. This is my first time on the 83rd Floor, after all.”
Ihyeon responded naturally, thinking that the truth would come out eventually anyway, so there was no need to reveal it now.
The hunter Ilgyeok, whose identity had been concealed.
Perhaps it was because of the numerous ominous rumors surrounding him, combined with his perfectly normal appearance and his courteous, respectful demeanor.
Yuna, Duseok, and Juhyeon all nodded with pleased smiles, as if their first meeting with Ihyeon had left a good impression.
And so Ihyeon and the rankers entered the 83rd Floor.
The rankers seemed somewhat surprised upon seeing the spirits that had entered with Ihyeon.
“I had my doubts, but can spirits really enter regardless of party capacity?”
“Yes. They’re classified as items, after all.”
“I suppose… It would be strange not to be able to bring items just because the party is full.”
Perhaps because operating with a party exceeding the normal limit was quite unprecedented.
The rankers seemed to accept it to some degree, yet still found it remarkable and were recounting the members anew.
In the meantime, Duseok was the first to broach the subject of strategy.
“The Volcano Drake is a dangerous monster. I think it would be best to establish a formation before we proceed.”
The other rankers nodded in agreement.
Yuna, Duseok, and Juhyeon have already cleared the 83rd Floor.
Hanryeol is still attempting it.
But precisely because of that, we cannot afford to be careless on the 83rd Floor.
One misstep could cost someone their life in this perilous space.
“Jia and I will take the vanguard. Juhyeon and Elsie in the center. Yuna at the rear. …Hanryeol, do as you see fit. Ilgyeok, you’re an Assassin, right? Feel free to position yourself freely.”
Duseok constructed the most orthodox formation using the information he had gathered.
The Rankers had coordinated with each other quite a bit, but with Ilgyeok and the Spirits included, there were three people working together for the first time.
Before leveraging numerical superiority, it would be best to assess each other’s capabilities.
And in truth, the Rankers harbored an ulterior motive—to verify Ilgyeok’s abilities, which they had only heard rumors about.
By arranging the most orthodox formation, Ilgyeok, standing as a free agent, would be able to demonstrate his full prowess.
Yuna and Duseok exchanged glances rapidly.
‘Hmm, we just need to buy time, right?’
‘Right. We need to gather material to report back to our guilds too.’
They would refrain from taking the initiative from the start, instead moving to set the stage for Ilgyeok.
They planned to assess Ilgyeok’s full capabilities and report their findings to their respective guilds.
However, their hidden strategy had one critical blind spot.
‘We’ve entered, so let’s get started now, shall we?’
It was with Ihyeon.
Whoosh— Click—
“?!??!?!?!”
Even without the Rankers carefully setting the stage, he had every intention of demonstrating his true capabilities.
Before the Rankers could even process their confusion at Ihyeon suddenly reaching behind his back beneath his robe,
he drew a pistol from behind his waist and revealed it in the form of a sniper rifle.
Naturally, the Rankers’ jaws dropped—they never could have imagined such a weapon appearing inside the Tower, much less from Ilgyeok.
Even setting aside Yuna, the fact that both the famously taciturn Duseok and the timid Juhyeon showed identical reactions was certainly unprecedented.
Only Hanryeol, who had already witnessed that sight to his heart’s content on the 81st Floor, found amusement in the bewilderment of the Rankers who had mocked him.
“Oh, Celestial Dragon!”
Ilgyeok was surely blessed by heavenly fortune, so revering the Celestial Dragon and securing the bonus was a nice touch!
The Rankers, who had been unable to hide their astonishment at merely seeing Ilgyeok’s weapon, finally found their voices a beat too late.
“Ilgyeok, what, what is that?”
“Are you saying you brought a Gun…?”
“A, a Gun? A Maesek Gun…? No, the shape looks a bit strange….”
But as Ihyeon always did.
“I believe seeing is believing.”
He smiled faintly and simply began preparing for battle.
Ihyeon had sufficiently anticipated the Rankers’ true intentions.
It was only natural to want to test a new strong opponent’s abilities upon meeting them.
Moreover, since they each held positions in their respective guilds, there were certainly adult politics at play as well.
But did he really need to wait for them to set the stage?
He already possessed the strength to set his own stage and enjoy himself.
And besides, while they had formed a party,
‘I can’t abandon the S+ rank now.’
Ihyeon made eye contact with each of the still-confused Rankers before speaking to Elsie.
“Elsie, let’s begin.”
“Understood, Master. I just need to find the Volcanno Drake, right?”
The orthodox formation that Duseok had suggested?
I didn’t need anything like that.
After all, Ilgyeok himself was the type to shatter conventions, completely unconstrained by the formations of existing Hunters.
Elsie, having received my instructions, began searching for the target while sniffing the air.
Hanryeol, glancing at Jia, myself, and the rankers with a sly grin, followed in order.
“Hahahaha! This is the true power of Lord Ilgyeok! See, you need to line up properly like me~”
Hanryeol in particular laughed loudly at the rankers, seemingly delighted by something.
I had wanted to ask, ‘Why is that your position?’ but seeing that he seemed to be in high spirits for the first time in a while, I simply let it be.
And only after they had moved far away.
“U-us too, let’s follow!”
“Y-yeah… we should.”
“We’ll be late at this rate….”
With Juhyeon’s urgent voice, the three rankers hurriedly followed suit.
The first Volcanno Drake wasn’t very far away.
Though “not very far” was relative.
“Over there! About 1km away?”
It was only a short distance from my perspective—that of a sniper.
As Elsie pointed in one direction, the rankers squinted their eyes to look that way.
‘How can you engage something 1km away….’
It defied common sense.
No matter how skilled an Archer Hunter might be, there was virtually no way to engage an enemy 1km away.
Some who challenged long-distance accuracy records could hit targets 2km away, but those were stationary targets, not monsters.
Moreover, any skill traveling that distance would lose power unsuitable for combat, so battles at such distances never occurred inside the Tower.
Yet the rankers looked at me with resigned expressions.
Since the opponent was Ilgyeok, nothing would be strange no matter what happened.
Click—
I brought the sniper rifle I was holding to my shoulder and pressed my eye against the scope.
After observing the direction Elsie had indicated for a moment, I nodded and spoke.
“Yeah, it’s definitely there. Good thing it’s staying still.”
“That’s completely broken….”
“Can you even do that?”
Hearing my words, Yuna and Duseok murmured to each other.
It was questionable whether this should be called common sense or absurdity.
Naturally, looking 1km away through a scope wasn’t difficult, so in that sense it was reasonable.
But considering this place was inside the Tower, it was far too absurd.
Regardless of what the two thought, I properly shouldered the rifle and took my shooting stance.
Gulp—
A swallowing sound—whose, I couldn’t tell—was clearly audible even in the shimmering air of the 83rd Floor.
At least in this moment, the three of them shared a similar thought.
‘No matter how you look at it, isn’t this distance a bit excessive?’
‘Just summoning enemies would be effective enough.’
‘C-could it be like Ilgyeok, taking them down in a single shot…?’
Having already witnessed a gun inside the Tower—something they never expected to see—they couldn’t even begin to predict what kind of power that weapon possessed.
They were familiar enough with standard Maesek Guns.
Weak weapons that couldn’t even instantly kill an armored Orc at best.
Of course, since the opponent was Ilgyeok, they couldn’t assume it would be that limited, but even so, there had to be reasonable bounds.
The distance to the Volcanno Drake was 1 kilometer.
Even if a shot from here could only deal damage equivalent to a fireball, it would be a significant matter that could fundamentally change the strategy for conquering this floor.
And yet.
Click-clack— Click—!
With the crisp sound of loading.
BOOOOOM———!!!!
“?!?!?!?!?!!!!!”
Who could have known that a single shot—far more powerful than a fireball, far exceeding even Yuna’s full-power skill—would be unleashed!
The rankers, their mouths agape once more, watched in a daze as the mana bullet that escaped through the gun’s muzzle tore across the earth at a speed their eyes could barely follow.
They couldn’t see exactly where it ended, but there was no need to confirm—it was easy enough to guess.
Kiiieeeee——!!!
The familiar death cry of the Volcanno Drake reached their ears, faint but unmistakable.
…Though it was familiar, they never imagined the Volcanno Drake could produce such a agonized scream.
And the cry cut off abruptly midway—whether it had died instantly or not.
Ihyeon lowered the gun with a regretful tone.
“Tch… I missed slightly. It screamed.”
“????”
The rankers glared at Ihyeon with expressions full of the urge to curse him out immediately.
But it seemed he wasn’t mocking them—he genuinely appeared regretful—so they couldn’t say anything just yet.
“Sigh, that’s not like you, Master.”
“It’s unfortunate, but it seems no different from an instant kill.”
“Even Ilgyeok has his off days, haha!”
“Right. The temperature was too high, so maybe there was some variable?”
Looking at the three of them squeaking beside Ihyeon—though I couldn’t understand why Hanryeol was even there—bewilderment overwhelmed my anger.
What do you mean?
Regretful?
Missed slightly?
A monster 1 kilometer away—and not just any Goblin or Orc rolling around carelessly, but the Volcanno Drake itself.
The Tyrant of the 83rd Floor!
A terrifying threat that could incinerate Hunters just by approaching!
Since we hadn’t approached it, honestly even the three of us couldn’t claim it was dangerous.
Yet he’d just killed such a creature with a single trigger pull, so what was there to regret?
And what about those three standing beside him, who couldn’t even offer praise, yet were clearly disappointed themselves!
Duseok in particular found himself drowning in acute shame as he recalled his past self, spouting nonsense about orthodox formations and how Ilgyeok fought freely without understanding anything.
…Though anyone would understand, the truth was that he had done nothing wrong at all.

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