I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 254

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Episode 254
Ep. 254
「Hero: Is it possible?」
Ihyeon found it a fitting reaction and chuckled softly.
He suspected Erubein was thinking similarly, but from the moment Ihyeon first laid eyes on the Baikhon, he had already been formulating a hunting strategy.
‘If that creature had charged straight at me, things could have gotten complicated. But fortunately, the Hero is drawing its aggression perfectly—I have a way.’
The Baikhon’s speed felt almost like teleportation.
Moreover, its trajectory bent at such bizarre angles that if it had charged directly at me, I couldn’t have guaranteed a successful snipe either.
But this was the combination of Ilgyeok and the Hero.
To be tripped up by a wild beast rampaging without a rider would be shameful—I’d have no face to show after clearing this Gate.
「Ilgyeok: Yes, I have a request.」
Ihyeon immediately transmitted the mental image he had formed to Erubein.
「Hero: Understood.」
Erubein’s response remained terse, but Ihyeon sensed it instinctively.
Erubein was seeing a similar image to his own.
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[Breaking News: Gate south of Seoul. Boss monster is Baikhon.
└ What’s a Baikhon?
└ Like a unicorn, but with two horns.
└ It appeared somewhere before, Mexico maybe? It was absolutely insane.
└ It flies as a basic ability and destroys almost everything. The building destruction looked like CGI. The United States sent support and barely stopped it.]
No matter how smoothly a Gate was being cleared, a boss monster always brought tense anticipation.
As information spread that the Baikhon had appeared several times before, each time leaving massive destruction, people trusted Ilgyeok and the Hero while remaining somewhat anxious.
Even the greatest Hunters couldn’t prevent a monster from suddenly taking flight on a whim.
Naturally, internet users gathered in real-time broadcast channels showing the Gate’s status from a distance.
Compared to the spectacular sight of the massive turtle-ship-like creature weaving between buildings just moments ago, the scene now seemed oddly quiet.
People from South Korea and around the world were watching the live broadcast of the Gate where Ilgyeok had entered.
[aaa: What on earth is happening in Seoul? (View original)
DadOfDoli: Why not just blast it with that turtle-ship thing from before?
BBB: Ilgyeok still hasn’t caught the Baikhon? His level is showing, Ilgyeok is done;; KKKKKKKK
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The video couldn’t capture the Baikhon’s black-and-white rainbow properly, so to viewers it appeared as nothing more than a black dot flickering here and there, appearing and disappearing.
Even if they had been at the scene, it wouldn’t have looked much different.
“Sir, Company Commander… can that thing actually be caught?”
“I don’t know anymore…”
Even to the eyes of the awakened special forces agents, the Baikhon was simply flashing east and west.
In the first place, even the Centaur would have been impossible to handle without Ihyeon and the One-Strike Knight Order’s assistance, let alone the Baikhon.
And the Management Bureau knew its limitations all too well.
“Company Commander! Support from the Aegis Guild has arrived! We’re ordered to withdraw!”
“Everyone, wrap up and pull out! The headquarters will be handled by the guild personnel anyway, and we’ll retrieve it later!”
Being in the heart of Seoul, the reinforcements arrived faster than usual.
Several buses pulled up nearby, and people streamed out in a rush.
The special forces’ standard operation was always to buy time until the guild could be deployed.
The key was minimizing casualties during that window, and this time we managed to withdraw without a single loss—truly blessed by fortune.
‘Well, it’s 100% thanks to Ilgyeok… but who exactly is Ilgyeok?’
Seokjun glanced back at the operational zone where the hunter known as Ilgyeok, whose identity remained unknown, was stationed.
Someone who appeared like a ghost whenever danger arose—surely they had to be an exceptional individual.
Rumors circulated that they were a terrifying criminal, but Seokjun didn’t believe such talk.
‘Hmm… when Sergeant Choi Ihyeon was with the company, he single-handedly changed the entire operational landscape. I wonder how he’s doing now?’
And for some reason, the image of Ihyeon, who had left the battalion as if driven out long ago, came to mind.
Of course, Sergeant Choi Ihyeon couldn’t possibly be Ilgyeok.
The battalion commander had even conducted a simple mana test on him at the end, and there was no room for doubt.
Still, considering his ghostly marksmanship and influence over operations, there was some connection to Ilgyeok’s current performance.
‘Well, even so, there’s no way Ilgyeok would be running around firing a Maesek Gun.’
Perhaps it was because the tension had eased now that the relief guild had arrived.
Seokjun chuckled to himself, thinking it was absurd as he recalled the rumors floating around on the internet.
“Company Commander! We’re ready!”
“…Right, let’s go.”
As Seokjun climbed into the vehicle at the agent’s call, he happened to glance back at the building.
By coincidence, Seokjun’s gaze last fell upon Boramae Tower, where Ihyeon was stationed.
「Ilgyeok: Operation commencing.」
Operation codename: ‘Muzzle.’
The operation’s outline was simple.
Erubein would restrict the Baikhon’s movement, and Ihyeon would take the shot in that opening.
The two Spirits and the One-Strike Knight Order were ordered to eliminate the Centaurs that were still running about chaotically in various places.
However, saying the operation was simple was another way of saying it relied heavily on the capabilities of the operation’s members.
And in this operation’s case…
‘I have to depend entirely on the Hero’s ability.’
As Ihyeon, I was determined to draw out Erubein’s full potential.
To clear this Gate with an S+ rating, I would need to take down the Baikhon with a single shot.
I had to capture the moment of the snipe as precisely as possible.
Upon hearing my intentions, Erubein readily agreed to take on that unglamorous role.
When Ihyeon sent the message signaling the operation’s start, an immediate response came back from Erubein’s side.
Erubein, who had been responding by evading the Baikhon’s relentless charges as much as possible.
Whoosh—
His blade flashed again, reflecting in the sunlight.
The Baikhon’s position was nearly perpendicular to him, suspended in the air.
It had just completed several rotations in preparation for its charge.
And the moment the Baikhon took its first step.
Shing—!
Erubein’s blade swept upward in a descending arc, and the Turtle Ship that had sent the Centaur flying with that strange sound now soared toward the sky.
It was the moment Erubein’s skill, obscured by the building until now, was finally captured clearly on camera.
Neigh—!
The Baikhon halted its charge at the unexpected powerful attack, its head jerking upward as it leaped into the air.
Had it not done so, it would have collided head-on in a perilously close call.
‘It was never an attack aimed at landing a solid hit.’
It was exactly as I had planned.
Erubein’s ghostly swordsmanship had deliberately induced evasion, accounting for the Baikhon’s terrifying reaction speed.
The Baikhon, its charge canceled, floundered in midair.
Before that confusion could even dissipate.
Crack—! Whoosh—!
Erubein bent his legs briefly, then launched himself forward, pushing off the wall as he ascended.
Erubein’s leg strength, already transcending human limits, dented the reinforced concrete wall of the building and withstood the terrifying recoil.
In an instant, Erubein bounded up to nearly the same eye level as the Baikhon.
Snort—!
The Baikhon scoffed as if unimpressed.
The human had jumped into the air with impressive jumping power, but that was all.
If it simply evaded and left the human behind, he would fall back to the ground, and the situation would return to square one.
The cunning Baikhon had decided to avoid the position entirely rather than face the surging Erubein.
Tap—!
Seeing Erubein assume a cutting stance, the Baikhon stepped on the black and white rainbow and leaped upward.
Even if the human attacked aiming for him, it would be futile….
Slash—!
—!
Yet the Baikhon failed to achieve its intent.
Erubein was not cutting at where the Baikhon had been.
Rather, as if reading the Baikhon’s very thoughts, he slashed through the empty space in the direction the creature’s head was heading.
A black line appeared where the Baikhon had pierced through on the first exchange.
It was unexpected, but nothing more.
The Baikhon kicked off the rainbow once more.
The human had already reached the apex of his parabolic trajectory.
How many more sword strikes could he deliver from that position?
Each attack was powerful, showing some skill, but time was on the Baikhon’s side.
Yet there was something even this cunning Baikhon had failed to anticipate.
I watched through my scope as the Baikhon fell beautifully into my trap, twisting one corner of my mouth upward.
“Did you really think I’ve been fighting you seriously all this time?”
In other words.
Slash—!
Erubein had never once, not even once, against the Baikhon.
Scrape—!
I had never revealed my true power.
Scrape—! Scrape—! Scrape—! Scrape—! Scrape—!
Not once.
Scraaaaaape———!!!
Since this was my first encounter with this opponent, I merely evaded a few times, deflected attacks, and conducted a reconnaissance battle.
At the apex of the parabola that even Baikhon had noticed, Erubein swung his sword at a speed invisible to the eye.
With each stroke, a new line materialized in the empty air.
Space fractured, creating an anti-space that no ordinary force could penetrate.
The black lines being inscribed one by one in the heavens.
Zzzzzzzt——
Soon densely surrounded Baikhon’s vicinity, forming a single prison.
From the start, Erubein had no intention of cutting Baikhon down directly.
Even if he had tried, considering Baikhon’s speed, it would likely have been nothing but wasted effort.
Instead, it was possible to catch Baikhon off-guard and completely seal off his movements.
This was the extent of Erubein’s role.
He began descending slowly.
Whoooosh——!!
Meanwhile, Baikhon, having watched the human perform some bizarre antics before descending to the ground again, snorted roughly.
If he simply broke through this strange prison before leaping up again, what was the point of such futile gestures?
Moreover, was time perhaps running short?
There was one large gap in the prison.
There was no need to expend his strength and forcibly break through the prison.
Everywhere else was drawn with such dense lines that Baikhon’s massive frame couldn’t escape outside without breaking through two or more lines.
Even so, he could simply slip through the gap the human had failed to seal and be done with it.
Baikhon moved toward the only exit of the prison.
That was when.
———!!!!
Baikhon’s movement froze abruptly in mid-air.
There was no sound, no warning, but the monster’s instinct had sensed it.
The shadow of death descending upon him.
Was it mere coincidence?
The only exit of the prison Erubein had created was directed toward the tallest building in the vicinity.
Boramae Tower.
From there, a faint beam of light was flying directly toward Baikhon’s brow.
At this rate, he would die.
Whoooosh——!!
Baikhon snorted roughly once more.
Besides Erubein, there was another human targeting him.
What if all of this had been a coordinated operation between the two from the very beginning?
The black demon horse had become genuinely enraged.
It had been lurking in this prison like a rat, waiting for its chance.
Baikhon moved with that fury coursing through it.
The angle of the beam hurtling toward it at tremendous speed was razor-sharp.
Even if it tried to escape in another direction, the trajectory would pierce through its body in the process.
There was only one path forward—this exit.
If the humans had deliberately chosen to engage, then Baikhon would accept that challenge as well.
Its two long horns had never failed to pierce anything they set their sights on.
Neigh—!
Raising both front hooves high, Baikhon used the black and white rainbow as its guidepost and burst straight out of the prison.
It intended to collide head-on with that mysterious beam.
And then.
Baikhon met that hazy beam with its horns, exactly as it had willed.
The outcome was simple.
「Gate (A) has been cleared.
Location: South Korea, Seoul, Jongno District, Isin-dong
Outstanding Contributor ID: ‘One-Strike’
Total Participants: 2
Rank: A+」

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