I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 264

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Episode 264
Ep. 264
Ihyeon waved his hand dismissively.
“I already covered all of that earlier. Repeating it would be redundant.”
“Ah, is that so?”
“Is that correct?”
The people nodded, thinking he should have said so from the start.
“But that’s not the real issue here!”
“Good heavens… what does ‘beep-boop’ even mean coming from such a perfect being…? This is an affront to magic and the very world itself…”
Yet the shock hadn’t fully faded, and he clutched his face in despair.
“Sound effects hold no meaning in serving my Master. As my Master’s servant, I am merely delighted to have obtained a superior servant for my Master.”
“Yes, Jia. That’s just like you.”
Only Jia had shown a reaction truly befitting Jia.
The Golem’s sound effect had shocked everyone, but truthfully, the surprise didn’t last long.
They hadn’t even confirmed the Golem’s actual performance yet, and the immediate priority was to give it a name.
Moreover, the people’s opinions quickly aligned.
“Blue. From now on, your name is Blue.”
“Beep-boop. My name is Blue.”
Blue nodded with a dry expression, still accompanied by the oddly jarring sound effect.
I had properly been recognized as its Master.
I had even given it a name.
Now only one thing remained.
“I should contact the Management Bureau.”
“The Management Bureau? Why so suddenly?”
Claude tilted his head at Ihyeon’s sudden remark.
Ihyeon answered matter-of-factly.
“Since I’ve obtained Blue, shouldn’t I test its abilities?”
“Ah!”
“Can we… can we come watch too?!”
“Of course. The three of you created Blue, after all.”
“Hooray!”
“Going somewhere with the Watchman’s followers is… a disgrace, but…”
“Then stay here.”
“The abilities of an S-rank Golem are something I must verify as one who walks the path of dark magic… I shall make an exception this once…”
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Testing the Golem’s abilities proved straightforward.
– Do you have any spare instant dungeons available?
“Yes. Even a low-rank one would suffice.”
While there was a makeshift training ground, it felt insufficient to test the first S-rank Golem in history in such a virtual environment.
What Ihyeon chose was real combat.
When Ihyeon made the request, Seongnyun didn’t bother asking for details and immediately provided an Instant Tower.
– Conveniently, there’s one nearby… Ah, in Yangcheon, Gangwon Province, there’s a C+ rank, 3-floor tower. The jurisdiction wasn’t clear, so it ended up with us.
“Thank you. It shouldn’t take long.”
– Haha, no need for thanks. We should be grateful that you’re clearing out this troublesome tower. I’ll contact Deokhuun and make sure the conquest reward is paid in full.
Yangcheon was a region close to Ihyeon’s home.
Having an ambiguous Instant Tower there meant Ihyeon could put his mind at ease by clearing it beforehand.
The Frontier members took their own vehicle, while Ihyeon placed Blue in the passenger seat and the Spirits in the back before heading straight to the location Seongnyun had provided.
“How do you like the car? Does it suit you?”
“Beep-beep-beep— I am a Golem. I cannot provide subjective evaluations.”
“I, I see.”
I had asked because Blue looked so human-like and seemed quite intelligent, but it appeared a Golem was simply a Golem after all.
Elsie shook her head as if she still couldn’t get used to it.
“That beep-beep-beep sound… I think it’s better if I just ignore it. The appearance is perfectly fine, so why does it do that?”
“As if that’s even possible.”
Ihyeon chuckled, finding it a very Elsie-like thought.
How could one selectively ignore sounds when their hearing was perfectly intact?
“Beep-beep-beep. This sound is merely a means to confirm and convey my intentions. You need not be concerned.”
“Then is it possible to turn it off?”
“It is not.”
“Oh, that’s actually pretty effective, Master?”
As they continued their casual conversation, they soon arrived at a location where the Instant Tower came into view.
During the drive, Ihyeon had asked Blue some questions.
Blue could use almost any weapon, but was fundamentally skilled in unarmed combat.
Like Jiana and Elsie, it was possible to provide items, but Blue said it wasn’t necessary.
“Tsk, tsk, what a cunning Golem. This is why labor value drops when competition intensifies.”
“Where did you even hear that?”
“I’ve been watching some educational channels lately.”
Though traces of internet ghost-like behavior still appeared occasionally, Elsie had improved considerably from the beginning.
At this rate, there would be no problem with her attending school as a proper student later.
‘But will she grow at that size?’
Sensing Ihyeon’s gaze through the rearview mirror as I glanced at myself, Elsie made eye contact and grinned widely.
As we climbed higher through the towers, perhaps some solution would present itself.
Ihyeon’s party and the Frontier members disembarked in front of the Instant Tower.
Ihyeon relayed the information he had received from Seongnyun.
“The rank is C+, but apparently Troll-type monsters appear inside.”
“That might explain why nearby guilds are passing it around?”
When Claude asked, Ihyeon nodded.
Except for Hunters like Ihyeon who could obliterate all enemies in one strike and move on, Trolls were incredibly difficult monsters to deal with regardless of rank.
They healed even serious wounds in the blink of an eye, and their monstrous strength—which could send flying not just the surrounding terrain but even Tankers—was overwhelming.
While major guilds in Seoul might be different, the guilds in Gangwon Province were inevitably smaller in scale, so the avoidance phenomenon would have been even more severe.
‘But precisely because of that, it’s even better for Blue to demonstrate her abilities.’
The more formidable the opponent, the better the stage to showcase one’s true strength.
Ihyeon, Jia, Elsie, and even the One-Strike Knight Order.
And if I expanded the scope to include the team, Suyeon would be part of it as well.
With such a luxurious roster assembled, mediocre abilities would never satisfy Ihyeon.
No matter how much of an S-rank Golem she was, she had no choice but to prove her worth matched that rank.
If she could barely keep up with Ihyeon’s pace, she would inevitably end up as nothing more than a house guard.
“Well then, shall we enter?”
“Sounds good~”
Despite this being Blue’s evaluation test, Ihyeon led the way with a slightly tense expression, and everyone entered the Instant Tower.
A verdant forest thick with vegetation.
「Instant Tower, Floor 1.
Defeat 30 Green Trolls.」
Kuooooooo———!!!
The moment Ihyeon stepped inside, as if to welcome him, a vicious troll’s roar echoed from quite a distance away.
Ihyeon asked Elsie.
“Where do you think they are?”
But the answer came from elsewhere.
“Beep beep beep. Sonic detection active. Based on my position, 124 degrees direction, approximately 1,200 meters distance. Shall I set as target?”
“Th-that’s accurate….”
Elsie, who would normally have handled such a task, nodded with her mouth agape.
Unlike Elsie, who found monsters somewhat by intuition, Blue appeared remarkably scientific!
Ihyeon, who hadn’t expected such a display from the very start, nodded somewhat reluctantly.
After all, he had come to test Blue, so this was only fitting.
“Yes, set them as the target.”
“Entering automatic combat mode. Activating tactics optimized for Green Troll Beta Grid subspecies individuals.”
“????”
What in the world was she talking about?
The people standing nearby couldn’t even comprehend the words Blue was spouting out.
Why?
Whoosh—! Hisssssss———!!!!!
“!???!!?!”
Steam suddenly erupted from Blue’s calves before she charged forward at an incredible speed.
“Ah, let’s go quickly!”
“Or we’ll fall behind!”
‘Th-this suddenly feels like a different genre entirely, doesn’t it?’
Ihyeon felt as though he were watching a scene from some sci-fi movie as he hurried after Blue along with the others.
In truth, while Blue’s movement effects were so intense, the others were no less skilled, so catching up wasn’t particularly difficult.
Only Minjeong and Roel, who weren’t accustomed to moving their bodies so violently, fell slightly behind.
Following Blue like that, the distance of over 1 kilometer was closed in an instant.
Kuooooo—!!
Now the Troll’s roar reached my ears from nearly right in front of me.
It would be difficult for a wild monster to miss Blue’s loud movements.
In my eyes, the green Troll opened its massive jaws wide and roared as Blue flew toward it like a projectile.
‘If it’s automatic combat mode, what exactly is it supposed to do?’
At first glance, it seemed to activate tactics optimized for fighting Trolls….
Speed? Raw power? Or some unexpected skill?
For a Golem, it would be natural, but watching it fly forward without a shred of doubt, I found myself imagining all sorts of possibilities and harboring expectations.
And finally, Blue entered the Troll’s combat range.
Thwack—!
“??????”
And the battle was over.
“What?”
“Did I see that wrong?”
Including myself, no one had properly witnessed what happened.
Well, of course we saw it.
‘We saw it, but….’
Blue thrust its fist forward to meet the Troll’s punch as it swung at me.
And it didn’t reduce its speed one bit.
The result was exactly what we saw now.
Starting from the Troll’s fist where it made contact with Blue, its shoulder and chest were crushed in sequence, and it died right there.
“Hmm.”
It was a peculiar situation where it took longer for everyone present to accept and comprehend the Troll’s death than it took for the Troll to actually die.
Once everyone had finished understanding to some degree, all those present had a similar thought simultaneously.
“That somehow….”
“You think so too, Minjeong?”
“Master, the way he fights is a bit.”
“It’s very similar to you, Master.”
The Golem named Blue—wasn’t it just like a close-combat version of me?
“Uh, well….”
To be honest, I couldn’t deny that fact either.
If I displayed this kind of destructive power, I could brush it off as ‘well, that’s how it’s always been,’ but seeing another entity kill a Troll in one blow was different.
Now I was beginning to get a rough sense of how I must have looked in others’ eyes.
“Still, Hunters in the 80s tier who prioritize destructive power can do that much, right?”
I turned to look at the others and asked, feeling oddly embarrassed.
Elsie prioritized agility and Jia prioritized defense, so it would be difficult for them to kill a Troll in one hit like that.
But a Hunter of Claude’s caliber could certainly kill a Green Troll in a single blow.
After all, Green Trolls were monsters that appeared well below the main tower.
But those who received my pitiful(?) gaze averted their eyes slightly.
Elsie couldn’t hold back and spoke.
“That’s the problem—a golem fox doing what only Hunters can do, Master.”
“I suppose that makes sense….”
Ihyeon nodded readily, having anticipated such a response.
Blue was classified differently in the system compared to Spirits like Jiana or Elsie.
Unlike them—who belonged to Ihyeon, didn’t count toward party size, yet had properly registered IDs and received clear rewards—
Blue had no ID and couldn’t receive clear rewards.
In other words, whether Ihyeon killed a Troll with his Gun or sent Blue to do it, the system’s judgment remained identical.
Yet that item’s performance vastly surpassed even the level of 80th-floor rankers?
At this point, even Ihyeon had to admit it.
‘I’ve really pulled off the greatest exploit since that sniper rifle.’
The fact that he’d obtained an absurd Golem.
Blue’s absurdity could be proven by Roel’s reaction.
“War!! It is war! Followers of the Watchman…! I shall bring that Golem before the Overlord without fail…!”
As if proving the old tales that kingdoms once waged war over the cores of C or B-rank Golems, Roel suddenly began raving and thrashing about!
Ominous dark magic surged from around him.
“Beep beep beep. Hostility toward Master detected. Shall I designate as target?”
“…as the ancient legend goes. Since it is a precious Golem, please take care in its safekeeping….”
“Ah, was that your meaning? I nearly had Blue designate him as target.”

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