I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 212

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Episode 212
Ep. 212
Everyone had been half-expecting it, yet they’d all completely forgotten about it.
Ihyeon gestured to the Spirits.
“You can keep eating. Suyeon and I need to talk.”
“Understood, Master.”
“Got it….”
The Spirits nodded and picked up their spoons again, but their energy was noticeably subdued compared to usual.
It seemed that merely hearing about the 85th Floor wasn’t a comfortable topic.
Yet it was undeniably a barrier Ihyeon had to overcome.
He couldn’t simply brush past it just because it was unpleasant to discuss.
Meanwhile, Suyeon’s expression had grown serious as she settled into the conversation.
“Yes, that’s right. Information about the 85th Floor will be difficult to obtain.”
She felt like a completely different person now.
Only now did it truly feel like I was facing Korea’s number one ranked Hunter, Shin Gung.
“You’re correct. I was already considering whether to contact you or the Management Bureau about this.”
“I did report it to the Management Bureau, but since they only encountered it through documents, hearing it directly from you would be far more helpful.”
“I appreciate your time.”
“Before that, though.”
Suyeon asked Ihyeon with a complex expression in her eyes.
“Would you clear it together with me? That would be much easier.”
Suyeon had already cleared the 85th Floor once before.
Having an experienced guide would certainly provide considerable assistance.
And if that guide was Seo Suyeon, Shin Gung herself—
“….”
But Ihyeon didn’t answer immediately, and his silence made Suyeon anxious as she quickly added more.
“There’s also Hunter Seol Hwiyeong on the 85th Floor. If the three of us combine our strength, we could probably clear it much more smoothly. I heard you two have even met before….”
Because Suyeon had already experienced the 85th Floor, she paradoxically knew it better than anyone.
Just how dangerous that Floor was.
If Ilgyeok were to meet with misfortune there, it would be a catastrophe so massive that even the word “disaster” would struggle to describe it.
Not only Korea, which was sending enthusiastic support while watching only Ilgyeok, but Suyeon as well….
Meanwhile, Ihyeon smiled as he listened to Suyeon’s urgent elaboration and spoke.
“If you were to enter again, could you guarantee success?”
“That would be….”
Faced with a quiet yet piercing question, Suyeon couldn’t answer.
To be honest, she had no confidence.
The Dokkaebi, wreathed in flames across its entire body, with ghostly fire suddenly igniting in mid-air, burning the world in its madness—it was nothing short of a nightmare.
“I appreciate your intentions, but I wish to climb the Tower by my own strength.”
“But it would be easier if we went together.”
“That’s precisely why I must do this alone.”
“….”
Suyeon bit her lower lip firmly, her eyes fixed on Ihyeon with clear displeasure.
She resented him for rejecting her goodwill without explanation.
“I haven’t mentioned this to you yet, but I was originally a soldier.”
“I already knew.”
“Ah… You did?”
As Ihyeon appeared slightly flustered, Suyeon smiled bitterly and spoke.
“It’s obvious from the way you speak and move.”
“Is it really that noticeable?”
“?”
Suyeon gave Ihyeon, who was now genuinely startled, a look that said it was only natural.
It wasn’t particularly important at the moment.
Ihyeon continued his thought.
“My goal is to prevent meaningless deaths from occurring in the Tower any longer. And in that goal… I’m not sure how you’ll take this, but you’re included in it as well.”
Whoosh—
Upon hearing Ihyeon’s words, Suyeon’s face flushed slightly.
Until now, Suyeon had protected others before, but she had never felt the sensation of being protected herself.
At least not since she left her parents’ embrace and began her Hunter career in earnest.
But this man called Ilgyeok, who appeared from nowhere, says he will protect her.
That he will keep her from dying.
That in this Tower—whose origins and purposes remain unknowable—he will ensure she faces no danger.
Suyeon, with her gentle nature and reluctance to burden others, someone who couldn’t even speak casually to strangers, entered the Tower for a reason.
‘It’s because… I don’t want to see others get hurt. If I take one more step, people can live safely.’
Whether it was the Management Bureau or anyone else who knew her, she worked hard so no one would feel burdened by her.
Few knew that even those efforts would circle back as burdens upon Suyeon herself.
She thought perhaps she could understand Ihyeon’s heart.
How lonely he must have been, climbing to the 80s without revealing his identity to anyone.
How he must have endured the internal wounds.
She could sense that Ihyeon carried some history, and that his resolve was solid enough not to break easily, but Suyeon asked nothing more about him.
Instead, she resolved to provide maximum assistance within her capacity.
Suyeon smiled with a similar expression to Ihyeon’s and asked.
“Do you know what monster you’ll face on the 85th Floor?”
“Ah, yes. The Spirits have reached the 85th Floor before. I’ve heard of something called a Dokkaebi.”
“…That much. We’ve never defeated a Dokkaebi.”
Elsie, who had been munching on ice cream, added a comment with a gloomy expression.
Suyeon sensed there was some hidden story behind Elsie’s words and expression.
That’s what that floor is.
The 85th Floor.
“If you’ve never defeated one, then you’ve never seen the Dokkaebi’s second form either?”
“As expected, there is a second phase?”
Ihyeon spoke with sharp eyes.
The Spirits had mentioned it before.
The Dokkaebi likely had a second phase.
That fact was confirmed from Suyeon’s lips.
Suyeon nodded and spoke.
“Yes. In the first phase, the Dokkaebi’s attacks can be divided into three main types. Dokkaebi flames that appear suddenly in the air. And a powerful area-of-effect flame attack that engulfs the surroundings. Finally, there’s hellfire that burns eternally once it touches you.”
Ihyeon’s expression darkened.
‘This will be far more troublesome than I heard.’
Even within the first phase, the attacks it used seemed to vary depending on how much progress was made in the strategy.
The Dokkaebi flames alone could enable countless variations of attacks depending on how they were used, and adding area attacks and hellfire to that made the situation serious.
“I’ll need to end the first phase as quickly as possible.”
“Exactly right. That’s how I proceeded as well. With your firepower, there shouldn’t be any major problems. However… you won’t have as much distance as in other floors.”
“That’s fine. It was the same way with mid-bosses and Floor Master stages before.”
Unlike regular floors in open field format, on the 5th and 10th Floors, one typically faced boss monsters immediately.
I couldn’t snipe the Dokkaebi from a distance, but that wasn’t a particularly significant penalty.
I had no choice but to buy time while responding quickly to its attacks.
Suyeon still had a worried expression, but eventually moved on.
“The real problem is phase two. In the second phase…”
Ultimately, phase two was what could be called the core of the Dokkaebi strategy.
Suyeon explained based on what she knew and what she had experienced.
Rather, I wouldn’t be able to explain things in such detail.
‘After all, most of my battles end with a single shot.’
For instance, with the Twin Durahan, if I gave explanations like ‘I just shot with multi-target and it was over,’ wouldn’t I just get cursed instead?
The detailed information and know-how that weren’t visible to me, who had only cleared S+ rank dungeons, were woven into Suyeon’s explanation.
Judging that he had heard enough, Ihyeon nodded and wrapped up.
“That should be manageable somehow. Thank you.”
“Don’t mention it.”
Ihyeon’s expression showed it wasn’t mere courtesy, so Suyeon smiled happily as well.
‘Thank you… thank you… he said he was grateful to me…’
It felt even more rewarding because the other person was Ihyeon.
After all, he was the first friend I had sincerely sent a friend request to.
Seeing Suyeon suddenly grinning to herself, Ihyeon, Elsie, and Jia all looked puzzled.
“Why are you laughing like that by yourself?”
“I don’t know either.”
Suyeon, who hadn’t even heard the conversation between Ihyeon and Elsie, was lost in thought.
Wait a moment—suddenly coming to her senses, Suyeon spoke.
“S-since you’re grateful, could you do me just one favor?”
“A favor? Of course.”
Ihyeon hadn’t anticipated that Suyeon would ask for something first, but he readily agreed without much hesitation.
There was realistically no way to obtain information about the 85th Floor other than from Suyeon, and since she had volunteered to share it first, he was prepared to grant her almost any request.
“Eh, what? Really?”
“…?”
Suyeon was genuinely surprised that I had actually agreed, caught completely off guard.
‘Does she want me to guarantee a loan or something? That would be difficult.’
She hesitated and fidgeted for a moment, then squeezed her eyes shut and blurted it out.
“Please form a team with me.”
“A team? You mean the kind we register at the Management Office?”
“Yes, yes….”
Embarrassed at having said it, Suyeon couldn’t quite meet my eyes directly.
Though Suyeon usually preferred solo clearing, occasionally she wished to clear dungeons with someone else.
However, she had no one close enough to ask on a regular basis.
She wanted to have a stable affiliation, but worried whether anyone would readily accept her.
…If other guilds in Korea heard such words, they would have immediately told her to come to them and bitten through nylon stockings in their frenzy, but Suyeon herself thought differently.
However, the kind of statement that would make guilds burn nylon stockings entirely came from the opposite side.
“Actually, I already have a team.”
“Huh?”
Ilgyeok kicked away Shin Gung, who was offering to come for free!
Smack—!
“Goodness, really.”
Elsie, unable to bear it any longer, struck her small forehead with her palm in exasperation.
How could the conversation possibly be so disconnected?
However, Suyeon didn’t back down easily this time either.
“Then, couldn’t you just let me join that team?”
“Hmm….”
I examined this situation—so uncharacteristically aggressive for Suyeon—with the sharp eyes of a sniper.
‘Why does she want to team up with me so badly? Is it a special directive from the Management Bureau? Or does she have some other suspicious purpose?’
Suyeon met my gaze unflinchingly, unwilling to back down.
‘I really want to join the team!’
Though this shouldn’t have escalated into a psychological battle in the first place, I was the type to test the bridge thoroughly before crossing it, even if it meant breaking it.
I decided to probe Suyeon a bit.
“Have you informed the Management Bureau?”
“Ah! I haven’t told them yet. So that’s what you were concerned about.”
Only then did Suyeon clap her hands as if understanding my deeper meaning(?).
Though Suyeon wasn’t affiliated with any guild, the Management Bureau provided her with various conveniences and support in return.
It would be better to consult with the Management Bureau beforehand if she wanted to join my team.
Suyeon smiled and dispelled my concern(?).
“They’ll still give permission if I ask. They’re all kind people.”
“That… do you know that I have connections with them?”
“Uh… well, that is.”
At my point, Suyeon closed her mouth.
I had flatly denied ever meeting her again after our last encounter.
But now, if I came out and said “Actually, we did meet back then,” I was genuinely worried about how Huiju, our liaison contact, would react.
Still, Suyeon clenched her fists firmly and steeled her resolve.
“I’ll figure something out!”
“No, why go that far…?”
Ihyeon was slightly taken aback by Suyeon’s determination to join his team no matter what.
There was no problem working together without formally being bound as a team, so I couldn’t understand why she would go to such lengths.
Still, it didn’t seem like the Management Bureau had ordered me to refuse, so I had no intention of stopping her any further.
In fact, if it was Suyeon, she would certainly be a great asset to the team’s strength.
‘Even if the gap widens in the Main Tower, in the Instance Towers and Gates…’
The real question was whether Suyeon had enough free time to participate and work with Ihyeon’s team.
Surely someone of Suyeon’s caliber must be incredibly busy for reasons unknown to ordinary people, I thought.
…In reality, this was a misunderstanding born from not knowing that Suyeon’s hobby was spending entire days holed up at home watching anime, except for the time she spent going in and out of the Tower.
Regardless of my misunderstanding.
“Thank you so much~ I’ll get to keep seeing the other members!”
“Yeah, do your best.”
“I’ll do my best.”
Suyeon was delighted simply at the fact that she could join Ihyeon’s team.
And there was one reason why she had made this request, even if it was somewhat pushy.
“Since we’ll have new team members now, let’s clear the next floor together.”
“Yes.”
To Suyeon with her solemn expression, Ihyeon offered a small reassuring smile.
What else could the reason for looking forward to the next time be?
It was a plea not to break on the 85th Floor and to return alive.
I had no intention of betraying that expectation.
‘The Dokkaebi… the shortcut I initially thought of won’t work, but I’ve roughly grasped the approach.’
Now, all that remained was to advance to the next floor.

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