I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 277

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Episode 277
Ep. 277
Elsie is delving into the secrets of swordsmanship?
Even her appearance is changing?
Even I, Ihyeon, a sharpshooter known for carefully crossing every bridge by striking it first, should have simply crossed without hesitation at this point.
It was essentially the system handing me a choice on a silver platter.
“Huh!? The Legendary Sword’s state is…!”
Elsie herself seemed to feel the changes occurring within her, glancing around at her own body.
Whoosh— Whoosh—
True to the description of her appearance transforming, Elsie was enveloped in white light as her form began to shift!
“Oh….”
I watched with interest, wondering if this was truly the joy of nurturing something.
Like the sniper rifle, the modification didn’t take particularly long.
Pop—!
With a cheerful sound, the fully modified Elsie revealed herself before everyone.
“…?”
Yet when I, Jia, Blue, and the Vice Captain saw the finally completed Elsie, we all fell silent in unison.
Something had definitely changed, but….
“What’s with the straw hat?”
Elsie was wearing a single straw hat on her head.
It certainly was an accessory that suited a swordsman.
‘If you’re going to change things, at least change the whole outfit.’
Everything except the straw hat remained her original children’s training clothes.
Simply placing a straw hat on top and declaring “ta-da, here’s a swordsman” wouldn’t exactly inspire confidence.
It would be fortunate if people didn’t just think a cute little girl had gone to an amusement park and bought a souvenir.
“Elsiya, do you feel anything different about yourself?”
I asked with slight disappointment, as the change fell far short of my expectations compared to the sniper rifle.
Swish—
Elsie lifted the straw hat slightly and met my gaze.
‘Huh?’
Something unusual emanated from those eyes.
She was completely different from the playful, innocent(?) Elsie from before.
“This humble one now wishes to wander the dusty world no longer, seeking only to explore the path of the blade.”
“?????”
It wasn’t just her eyes that had changed!
Now I could see her movements had become quite antiquated.
With those short limbs, she moved like a true swordsman who had transcended the mundane world, each gesture brimming with composure.
“Ah, yes… is that so?”
I was so overwhelmed by Elsie’s presence that I found myself using formal speech!
Elsie nodded and spoke.
“I am grateful for the passion and affection you have shown me all this time. However, there are still many in this world who seek my aid. Now I wish to embrace them as well.”
“Hmm.”
Ihyeon pondered for a moment, then gently lifted the wide-brimmed hat from Elsie’s small head.
“Wait! What was I even saying?”
Whoosh—
“May I depart now, Master?”
Whoosh—
“You blasted hat! Stop pestering me to explore the secrets of the sword!”
Whoosh—
“Then it seems our conversation is at an—”
Whoosh—
“Wait just a moment! Let me subdue this insolent hat in one fell swoop!”
Each time the hat was placed on or removed, Elsie’s demeanor shifted as if she possessed a split personality.
‘This is more entertaining than I expected.’
Eventually, Ihyeon chuckled and began toying with Elsie’s hat.
Though it was slightly bothersome how she kept insisting on leaving whenever he put it on, her attempt at acting mature was utterly endearing.
“But how exactly do you plan to subdue a hat?”
“I need to prove that I’m its master! The audacious thing, trying to make me leave!”
“Hmm, is that so?”
Ihyeon glanced sideways at Jia standing beside him.
“Can you do it?”
“I can.”
Jia did not disappoint, nodding immediately.
Ihyeon gently placed the hat on the ground.
“W-Wait, Armor Fox, what are you trying to do to my hat?”
Crash———!!!
Seeing is believing.
Without the slightest hesitation, Jia drove her shield straight down onto Elsie’s hat.
She didn’t even strike monsters with such force.
“Oh no, my hat!!!!”
Elsie rushed to pick it up and examined it carefully, blowing on it softly to check for damage.
Apparently, since it was a hat created by the system, it appeared completely intact on the surface.
“Why don’t you try wearing it now?”
“Ugh, what kind of monster did you turn my hat into? It might be broken.”
‘Well, technically I did strike it to break it.’
Elsie, her eyes gleaming with determination, carefully placed the hat back on her head.
“….”
“How is it?”
“It’s… incredibly obedient now?”
“I told you Jia is the expert at this sort of thing.”
Only then did Elsie explain to me what it had been like when she wore the hat.
It was similar to constantly receiving strong suggestions with the same content.
So no matter how hard one tried to resist, one’s speech patterns and very thoughts would inevitably change.
“Still, I think I finally understand how to actually train the secret techniques of swordsmanship.”
“Oh, really?”
I watched Elsie with great anticipation, her excitement evident.
Elsie’s swordsmanship had always been remarkably fluid and flawless to begin with.
But if she awakened to the secret techniques of the sword on top of that, just how much stronger would she become?
‘At that level, it wouldn’t be wasteful at all to give Elsie enhancement stones instead of a sniper rifle.’
Receiving everyone’s expectations, Elsie set aside the claymore and drew out her true form instead.
Whoosh—!
“See, this is how I used to swing the sword, right?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
I marveled at the sword’s movement, which traced a gentle arc while maintaining perfect proportionality with Elsie’s body.
Though it was just a single swing, it was the result of her practicing tens of millions of times over.
Elsie swung the sword again, telling me to open my eyes wide and look carefully.
Whoosh—!
“But if you swing it like this, it’s closer to perfect. See the difference?”
“???”
I tilted my head instead of answering.
‘What changed?’
I couldn’t tell at all.
Wasn’t she just swinging it the same way?
Looking at Blue, the Vice Captain, and Jia, they all returned only confused expressions and gestures.
Then Elsie spoke again, clearly frustrated.
“Look carefully! You can’t see the difference?”
Whoosh—!
“This is the original!”
Whoosh—!
“This is the changed version!”
Even the sound effects were identical.
Elsie’s deeply furrowed brow and the rest of our bewildered gazes crossed.
It was then.
“Ah!”
“Oh, Vice Captain, you figured it out?”
Suddenly the Vice Captain, who had been standing with arms crossed, broke into a wide smile and clapped her hands.
I brightened and asked, and the Vice Captain nodded with pride.
“Yes, Master! I can definitely see it!”
“So there really is a difference in how the sword is wielded?”
After all, the Vice Captain was more familiar with the sword than I was, given that I used a gun and shield, as did Jia.
Being someone who worked in the same field (?), I would have picked up on a few things after watching a couple of times.
Elsie was delighted that she finally had someone who could understand her.
“Master and Captain Elsie are truly alike. No wonder you have a Master and Spirit relationship.”
“….”
At that, both Ihyeon and Elsie fell silent simultaneously.
If only they had just remained silent.
Zzzzzt——!!!
Their gazes conveyed a fierce intent in perfect unison: ‘Are you seriously comparing me to that right now?’
The Vice Captain broke out in a cold sweat.
‘Honestly, aren’t they the same?’
Ihyeon, who pulled the trigger while waiting for praise and asked how it was.
Elsie, who swung her sword identically and asked as if some great difference had emerged.
From the Vice Captain’s perspective, they were practically mirror images—almost like parent and child.
Most critically, they both possessed the perfect pride of believing they were superior to the other.
“Captain, I believe I should take my leave now.”
“…Very well.”
Sensing the atmosphere had become precarious, the Vice Captain quickly reported to Jia before hastily escaping the Annex.
“Tsk, Master. What are you doing?”
“What now.”
“Open the Makeshift Shooting Range for me.”
Elsie eagerly requested the Makeshift Shooting Range, determined to demonstrate her abilities in actual combat since things had come to this.
This was exactly what Ihyeon wanted as well.
I would set aside the teasing for later.
Now that the enhancement stone had been applied, there would definitely be a clear effect.
I needed to verify this difference so I could properly utilize it in actual combat later.
‘If it’s nothing special, then it’s repeated training until you properly understand the Gun’s three-note harmony.’
…Of course, I wasn’t entirely without such thoughts.
In any case.
“The Volcano Drake seems like a good choice.”
“As you wish.”
I summoned the Volcano Drake as Elsie suggested.
It was the creature I had captured as a test back when I had just upgraded the Claymore after defeating the Dokkaebi.
It would be perfect for recognizing the difference.
Keeeeeee——!!!
The Volcano Drake let out a ferocious roar.
And before it stood Elsie, holding a single Claymore.
Even before, Elsie hadn’t needed to exert much effort to defeat the Volcano Drake.
With the Dokkaebi flames, and especially now with her stats drastically increased, her own abilities alone would be sufficient.
‘Should I have summoned something stronger?’
I was already thinking about what monster to summon next in case the Volcano Drake didn’t provide proper verification.
That was when it happened.
Serrrk—
“???”
Ihyeon didn’t even have time to process what he was seeing.
A cutting sound rang out.
Shliiip— Thud—!
The Volcano Drake’s head, which had been roaring just moments before, slid diagonally downward and finally crashed to the ground with a thunderous sound.
Shing— Clack—!
When she had drawn her sword was anyone’s guess, but Elsie was already resheathing her Claymore, her upper body tilted slightly forward.
Since the Claymore had no proper scabbard to speak of, it wasn’t a formal sheathing, but it served the purpose.
“How was that?”
There was no avoiding the sight of Elsie standing there with her hat on, asking this question.
Ihyeon asked hesitantly.
“Did you just… cut down the Volcano Drake in one strike?”
“Yeah. This is what you call iaijutsu.”
Good heavens.
Elsie, with her relaxed expression and faint smile, looked impossibly cool.
Just like when Blue had used Starlight Downpour before, it felt as though the genre of the story had shifted once again.
“Elsie…”
When Ihyeon called out her name, she waited with an excited expression for what would come next.
With this level of skill, it wouldn’t be strange at all if Ihyeon shouted, “From now on, you’re my right arm!”
‘Heh, so the Master is finally realizing that I’m superior to that Armor Fox or Golem Fox. If things go well, I might even be able to aim for the position of Gun Fox?’
“Yeah, Master. Tell me.”
“Did your stats increase that much? Or did you gain 2 stats per level this time?”
“…”
Elsie glared at Ihyeon with her cute eyes narrowed.
“I’m joking, just joking. But it happened so fast I couldn’t see it properly.”
Elsie asked for another Drake to be summoned so she could demonstrate once more.
Keeeeee—!!!
Another Volcano Drake appeared.
“Look, watch this. This is the real thing.”
Whoooosh—!
Elsie swung her sword lightly.
Crack—!
Simultaneously, a deep wound carved itself across the Drake’s chest.
Roooaarrr——!!!
Even at that level, it surpassed the power of skills unleashed at full force by decent Rankers in an instant.
‘This must be the effect of the stat increase.’
This time, Ihyeon watched Elsie with sharp eyes.
Compared to before, her actual skill had definitely improved noticeably.
Without even properly wielding sword energy, inflicting that degree of damage on the Volcano Drake from this distance was simply absurd.
“And this is after comprehending the sword’s secret technique.”
Whoosh—! Slice—!
Elsie swung the claymore once more.
The motion itself wasn’t significantly different from what I’d witnessed before.
Yet the result was entirely different.
The chilling sound of flesh tearing echoed as the Volcano Drake’s neck was severed cleanly once again.
“She really did comprehend something…?”

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