I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 207

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Episode 207
Ep. 207
Clack—! Click—!
The heavy, deliberate sound of the anti-materiel sniper rifle’s bolt cycling back and forth—distinctly different from a typical bolt action.
Holding my breath momentarily, I remained composed, watching through the scope and waiting for the precise instant to fire.
No matter how colossal the Volcano Worm was, no matter how it resembled a calamity incarnate, it remained fundamentally a living creature.
And a sniper is precisely one who hunts such living things.
The impact zone displayed on my multifunctional scope….
‘It took the bait beautifully.’
Covered roughly half the Volcano Worm’s exposed body.
A massive beam of light tore across the ground toward the Volcano Worm as if sweeping the earth itself.
The ground carved deeply along the beam’s path, exposing molten lava beneath.
It resembled the charge of a phantom beast devouring catastrophe itself.
“It’s coming…!”
Before the Knights’ cheers could even fully erupt at the sight of it.
Boom——!!
A hole, precisely matching the scope’s predicted impact zone, tore through the Volcano Worm’s body.
Though calling it a “hole” was understating it—roughly two-thirds of its height simply vanished in a fatal blow.
Even a calamity known as the scourge of the lava lands had no means of surviving when two-thirds of its torso directly below its maw was obliterated.
Through the gaping wound, fragments of rock and monster remains tumbled downward.
And.
“Wh-what?!”
“We’re, we’re falling!!!”
Though the Volcano Worm’s fangs themselves lost their force as its life ended, the sheer mass that had risen like an island did not simply vanish.
The Knights and the ground beneath them began to plummet slowly at first, then with accelerating speed, as if riding some twisted amusement park attraction.
“Kyaaaaaaah!!!”
A scream they had not uttered even on the brink of death now tore free.
Hearing that vivid cry from a distance, I chuckled softly.
When you work, you work thoroughly. When you play, you play thoroughly.
It seemed the Knights of this other world operated by the same principle.
‘They know they won’t fall through, so now they’re just screaming their lungs out.’
Had they truly been about to plummet straight down into the Volcano Worm’s gaping maw with no end in sight, the Knights would have desperately sought some means of escape.
But instead, they were making all this theatrical noise, which meant.
Tilt— Grooooan—
They understood perfectly well that thanks to the Volcano Worm’s body collapsing at an angle as it lost its strength, they would tumble down its surface like a slide, rolling out onto the ground outside.
“Phew… I really thought we were done for this time, but thank goodness.”
All of this had transpired in barely a single breath after I pulled the trigger.
Elsie exhaled a sigh of relief and brushed her chest.
「Volcano Worm eliminated.
84th Floor cleared.」
Grade: S+」
I confirmed that the Volcano Worm was dead and that I had cleared the 84th Floor, then rose from my seat.
This time was also S+ as well.
It took only just over 20 minutes to clear, I minimized the extermination of miscellaneous monsters, and even sent the Volcano Worm away in a single strike—if I hadn’t received this grade, it would have been strange indeed.
“Let’s go, Elsie.”
“Y-yes. Master.”
I took Elsie’s hand and approached Jia and the Knights, who were regrouping.
The Knights made a fuss upon seeing me.
“That was truly magnificent, my lord!”
“In all my life, I’ve never seen a Volcano Worm die in a single strike!”
“Have you ever even seen a Volcano Worm before?”
“Well, that is…”
I exchanged banter and passed the credit to the Knights, who gave me enthusiastic thumbs up.
“It’s all thanks to your hard work.”
“Haha, you’re too kind!”
Certainly, Jia and the Knights played a crucial role this time.
If they hadn’t concentrated that overwhelming mass at a single point and held their ground, I would have struggled to even encounter the Volcano Worm.
Of course, if I had followed Elsie’s guidance and hunted monsters, it would have appeared eventually, but I couldn’t have known when.
Achieving the overwhelming S+ grade would have been difficult as well.
“Wow! One strike!”
“Wow! 84th Floor cleared!”
In any case, the Knights, now brimming with excitement at my words, gathered in small groups and cheered with joy.
It was hard to believe that these fellows were once the Knights of the Evil God, standing in the Overlord’s camp and mercilessly slaughtering their enemies.
Then, Jia approached me and bowed deeply.
“Congratulations on your clear, Master.”
“Ah, Jia. You worked hard too. Without you, the Knights wouldn’t have held their ground properly.”
Whoosh—!!
“??”
As I praised her, a loud sonic boom erupted from behind Jia, and her short hair fluttered as if caught in a gust of wind.
Before I could even wonder what happened, Jia explained.
“Steam happened to erupt behind me.”
“Ah, I see. Be careful.”
“No need to worry, I’m fine.”
Even after clearing, we couldn’t linger in this dangerous place where steam continued to erupt, so we needed to prepare to leave soon.
「Harvestable Byproducts
Giant Volcano Worm Teeth *102
Giant Volcano Worm Shell *307」
“???”
“What’s wrong, Master?”
I tilted my head in confusion as I placed my hand on the Volcano Worm’s massive corpse and attempted to harvest the byproducts.
Elsie approached and asked.
“A Giant Volcano Worm, you said?”
“Yeah, a Volcano Worm.”
“No, Giant.”
“Giant?”
With a strangely familiar conversational pattern, both Elsie and Jia’s eyes widened in realization.
“Right, I said it was the biggest thing I’ve ever seen, didn’t I?!!!?!”
“Indeed… it was certainly an exceptional size.”
It wasn’t just a Volcano Worm—it had the modifier “Giant” attached to the front, making it a completely different beast.
Only now did Ihyeon grasp the true nature of the 84th Floor he had experienced, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
“Phew, it’s a good thing you could be resummoned even after being devoured, or I would’ve had to give up on the S+ rank entirely.”
The greatest advantage of this summer fishing operation was that there would be no losses even in the worst-case scenario.
However, upon hearing Ihyeon’s words, Jia shook her head.
“That’s not correct. If devoured by a Volcano Worm, resummoning becomes impossible.”
“???”
What was she talking about?
Ihyeon’s face paled slightly as he looked at Jia.
“Re-resummoning? Why would it be impossible?”
“Oh, didn’t we mention it? Once devoured, that’s the end. Normally you’d be force-unsummoned and then resummoned at that location, but if you’re resummoned, you’d just be inside the Volcano Worm’s belly, right? And if the one doing the devouring is a Volcano Worm, well, that says it all.”
Elsie shrugged and explained the reason to Ihyeon.
“Then you should’ve told me beforehand!”
Ihyeon was genuinely angry for the first time in a long while.
The impossibility of resummoning was an element that could shake the very foundation of the operation.
If Jia and the Knights had known this fact and still hidden it while playing the role of bait, Ihyeon wouldn’t easily forgive them.
Yet Jia lowered her head apologetically while revealing the reason.
“We never doubted your success, Master.”
“That’s right, Master. The Armor Fox had her reasons too. And it actually ended without any real danger, didn’t it? The operation was flawless.”
Elsie also tried to calm Ihyeon’s anger from the side, but she too was an accomplice in this incident.
“… Still, you two were wrong this time.”
Ihyeon rebuked the two Spirits with a stern voice and expression.
This wasn’t something to be resolved with playful measures like confiscating ice cream.
To Ihyeon, the Spirits and Knights were the same as newly acquired comrades.
Regardless of what others might think, they weren’t simple items to be used when needed and discarded when not—that’s what it meant.
Even if resummoning were possible, putting them in danger didn’t sit entirely at ease with him, but to think he’d nearly been unable to resummon them at all.
Ihyeon was about to ask the Knights if they had known about this matter.
“…??????”
“… You didn’t know?”
The Knights’ blue eyes had turned nearly sky-blue with shock, and their jaws had dropped to the ground—their feelings were clear without asking.
As if Ihyeon’s question had been a trigger, the Knights fell into panic.
“Ahhhhhhh!!!”
“Re-re-summoning wouldn’t have been possible? Is that really true?”
“Oh, my god! What nonsense are you spouting!”
“Captain, you treated us as nothing but bait!!!”
“This is too much! Too much! Too much!”
The Knights were in far greater shock than I was, thrashing about wildly—and honestly, I didn’t know what to say to them.
After all, I’d summoned them without any proper briefing and thrown them straight into battle.
But watching the Knights carry on like this, I found my anger melting away.
The notoriously fearsome Knights of the Evil God were sprawled across the ground, wailing their eyes out—how could I not laugh?
I cleared my throat with a soft cough, then spoke to Jia and Elsie, who were watching my reaction carefully.
“You don’t need to tell me about the Tower’s information. You can keep it hidden. Even if you deceive me, I won’t hold it against you. However….”
As I trailed off, the attention of both Spirits focused entirely on me.
Four gleaming eyes.
“Don’t hide anything regarding your safety.”
The reason I climb the Tower.
It’s so that no one dies unjustly because of it.
Of course, even if the Spirits were prepared for death and actually faced permanent annihilation where re-summoning was impossible, they wouldn’t resent it.
It would surely be a choice made for my sake.
“I will keep that in mind.”
“Yeah, Master. I’ll really be careful.”
The Spirits keenly sensed that my mood had softened and swiftly seized the opening.
I understood Jia and Elsie’s sincerity, and I had no intention of scolding them harshly, so I decided to let it pass with a firm warning.
I’d check the other rewards once we got outside.
“Let’s head out. There’s nothing good about staying here any longer.”
“Then should we unsummon the Knights first….”
“No, let’s take them with us for now.”
“?”
Jia gave me a questioning look.
I gazed pitifully at the Knights still sprawled on the ground, wailing.
“Seeing them cry like that makes me feel a bit sorry for them… I should comfort them a little once we get outside.”
“I understand.”
I maintained the Knights’ summoning and headed to the common floor.
There wasn’t anyone who would be outside anyway.
Suyeon could be explained away from my perspective.
‘As for Seol Hwiyeong… well, she’s probably either progressing through the Tower or doing something else. Surely someone ranked 2nd wouldn’t still be loitering around there?’
Hwi-yeong was a slight concern, but by my reasoning, I shouldn’t encounter her.
Since I’d cleared the 84th Floor, when I returned, I’d ascend one floor higher. If I met her there, it would mean she’d deliberately followed me up without saying a word.
Would someone who’d met me and then silently leaned against the wall really do such a thing?
With that thought, I led the wailing Knights out of the common floor.
“Wow~ it’s been quite a while since I’ve visited a common floor in the 80s.”
“This is my first time, Master.”
“What? You were that much of a rookie?”
“No, sir—when did you even arrive here?”
“Let’s see… about a thousand years ago?”
“….”
Yet Ihyeon’s intention to lead them out to the common floors and comfort the Knights proved futile.
The moment the Knights emerged from the lava plains and stepped outside, they shifted their demeanor entirely, chattering away with unbridled enthusiasm.
‘…Did these bastards deliberately cause all this commotion just to visit the common floors?’
Such suspicion was inevitable for Ihyeon.
Consider Jia and Elsie.
Once they’re stored in the inventory, they find it suffocating and rarely agree to be summoned back out.
How much worse must it be for the Knights, confined within the ring?
An occasional breath of fresh air seemed like a precious experience indeed.
“Wow~ If this keeps up, won’t our Master march alongside us?”
“Senior, careful—or we’ll end up doing calisthenics~”
“Gasp! That’s absolutely not happening!”
“Did anyone bring a packed lunch? Back in my day, people had more sense….”
In any case, the usually desolate common floors of the 80s now resembled a mountain-climbing club outing, filled with the boisterous chatter of dozens of Knights.

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