I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 282

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Episode 282
Ep. 282
Just as Ihyeon awakened and prepared to conquer the Tower.
In America, Erubein was receiving a visitor who had come after a long time.
“Haha, it’s quite difficult to see your face, isn’t it? I heard you went to Korea not long ago.”
“Mm.”
America’s 2nd ranked Hunter.
Currently challenging the 92nd Floor, ID: SuperStar.
His real name is Silvers Dyke.
Dyke, who possessed the Superior Trait of Battle Mage, was a figure who contrasted with Erubein in many ways.
Unlike Erubein, who was extremely taciturn by nature, he overflowed with what one might call ‘star quality’.
He naturally enjoyed being the center of attention, and even after rising to the rank of 2nd place, he frequently appeared on broadcasts and in interviews.
Because of this, whenever popularity polls were conducted, it wasn’t uncommon for Dyke to surpass Erubein in the results.
His blonde hair was neatly slicked back.
A large nose and blue eyes—the very image that came to mind when one thought of an American—and a rugged appearance.
Ripped jeans and a tight leather jacket.
The American government had stationed Erubein in the eastern region and SuperStar in the western region, seeking to defend their vast territory effectively.
Because of this, direct meetings between the two were actually quite rare.
But Dyke’s visit to Erubein this time certainly had a purpose.
Dyke, sitting across from Erubein, asked bluntly.
“Who is this Ilgyeok character?”
Erubein paused to think for a moment, then answered without taking long.
“Someone qualified to conquer the 90s.”
“Wow, if you’re saying that much…”
Dyke let out a dry laugh of admiration.
He himself had only recently cleared the 92nd Floor and briefly tasted the beginning of the 90s, but even that was enough to understand.
That these 90s were a dimension apart from the Main Tower of before.
And he also sensed why Erubein had somewhat concluded that he wouldn’t be able to surpass the 90s.
“Right, this is a place where even retrying won’t update your record. It’s most fitting for Ilgyeok.”
Originally, the Main Tower allows personal record updates.
If one were to clear the 30th Floor with a B grade, it would be possible to raise it to an A through a later retry.
Of course, even if one achieves world-first that way, no announcement appears, and achieving S+ grade is entirely impossible.
Meanwhile, the reason such restrictions were placed on the 90s was simple.
“Whether the history of the 90s can be cleanly pierced with an S+ grade or not, I still don’t know.”
The 90s consist of ten consecutive floors.
In other words, they carry the concept of ‘history’.
Just as one cannot look back and revise the past once it has passed.
Hunters cannot return to a floor they’ve already cleared and build a new history.
Even if they retry, the next floor is already structured based on the time of the first conquest.
Ordinary Hunters, who had fundamentally relied on countless retries and training to conquer each floor.
That was precisely why Erubein and Dyke, who had reached the extreme of such an approach, had crumbled in the 90s floors.
Yet as Hunters themselves, they harbored the desire to witness the Tower’s end.
Now that they had stopped, they naturally found themselves observing the rising challengers who would inevitably surpass them.
That rising challenger was none other than Ilgyeok from Korea.
“Still, a Hunter from Korea reaching the 90s floors. It’s truly remarkable to hear again.”
Dyke interlaced his fingers behind his head and settled his body comfortably into the sofa.
Twitch—
Erubein’s eyebrow twitched in reaction upon hearing those words.
“What’s wrong with Korea?”
“Huh?”
Dyke panicked, sensing that Erubein’s mood had soured.
Though they were ranked 1st and 2nd, the actual gap between the two was considerable.
It was a chasm that couldn’t be expressed by a mere single ranking difference.
Dyke laughed awkwardly and offered an explanation.
“W-well… Korea is like, somewhere in Africa, right? I just thought it was surprising that someone from there reached the 90s floors….”
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But that explanation proved to be a critical blunder.
Erubein’s genuine fury, unable to contain itself any longer!
“Whoa whoa! Calm down! I quit studying in school to become a Hunter and only focused on sports! Honestly, most of my friends don’t even know where Korea is!”
Dyke felt anxiety that America’s ranking 2nd might be changing.
The reason for the change would naturally be the death of that Hunter.
Fortunately(?), Erubein didn’t go berserk with rage.
Instead, rising from his seat, he glared at Dyke with eyes blazing like fire and spoke.
“Korea is located between 33 and 43 degrees north latitude, 124 to 132 degrees east longitude. A beautiful and tranquil peninsula nation at the end of the Eurasian continent.”
“North latitude… what?”
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“33 to 43 degrees north latitude! 124 to 132 degrees east longitude! A beautiful and tranquil peninsula nation at the end of the Eurasian continent!”
“Repeat after me: a beautiful land of three thousand ri, a jeweled realm.”
“A-a beautiful jeweled….”
“Three thousand ri!”
“Three thousand ri, a jeweled realm…!”
Dyke, forced by the overwhelming pressure, recited Erubein’s words with all his memorization ability.
He had never demonstrated this level of concentration even when facing the Main Tower’s Floor Master.
It was safe to say he was genuinely fearing for his life.
“The East Sea’s waters and Mount Baekdu.”
“T-the East Sea’s waters and Mount Baekdu.”
“Worn and weathered away.”
….
“With this spirit and this heart.”
“With this spirit and this heart….”
In the end, Erubein taught Dyke the national anthem all the way through the fourth verse before finally settling back into his seat with a somewhat relieved expression.
‘What is he, some kind of honorary Korean or something?’
Dyke couldn’t bring himself to say anything out loud and simply grumbled inwardly.
Naturally, after enduring that spectacle, Ilgyeok’s image took a nosedive as well!
‘Damn it, I hope Ilgyeok crashes down to around A-rank on the 91st Floor.’
A curse that would make Ihyeon feel wronged if he heard it—’I didn’t do anything wrong, so why…’
But it couldn’t quite be said that Dyke had genuinely cursed him.
‘Honestly, even A-rank on the 91st Floor is doing exceptionally well.’
Erubein’s record on the 91st Floor was B-rank.
Dyke had cleared it with C-rank.
Though no one had cleared the 90s yet, so it couldn’t be said with absolute certainty.
‘Ilgyeok, for you to clear the 90s, you’d need to secure at least A-rank or higher.’
In essence, Dyke had simultaneously cursed and blessed Ihyeon.
* * *
The courtyard of Ihyeon’s house.
Ihyeon, Jia, Elsie, and Blue—all assembled!
“While I’m away, please look after my parents and the house.”
“Yes, sir!”
Excluding personnel who might be utilized in the strategy, even a squad of Knights assigned to home security had gathered around to see them off.
Though it was the first time venturing into the 90s, neither Ihyeon nor the Spirits felt particularly more tense than before.
‘Usually once you pass the Floor Master, things get easier for a while. It shouldn’t be too difficult right away.’
The Floor Masters of each level weren’t notorious for nothing.
When ascending to a new tier, the difficulty itself became more manageable compared to the previous Floor Master.
This time would follow the same pattern.
“That’s right, Master. Given how many tricks you’ve pulled to climb this far, the 91st Floor should be a breeze.”
“…Elsie, are you trying to scratch me lately?”
“N-no, we just don’t know anything about the 90s, so let’s go in with peace of mind!”
Elsie hastily covered her mouth and mumbled her words.
Ihyeon chuckled softly and glanced around.
“Jia, are you ready?”
“Of course, Master.”
“Blue?”
“Beep beep beep. This Golem does not engage in qualitative assessment. I merely stand ready to assist you in any situation.”
Ihyeon nodded and prepared to enter the Main Tower.
「Will you enter the 91st Floor of the Main Tower of Korea?」
“Yes. …Wait, what?”
He had nodded out of habit, but in the next moment, Ihyeon noticed something different from usual.
“There’s no common floor?”
“Huh?”
“?”
Except for the single-digit floors, Hunters always entered the next floor from the public floors.
The 70s and 80s floors essentially served the same purpose as forward bases or stone towers, making it an unwritten rule.
For Ihyeon, the public floors were merely a nuisance—a space where I had to avoid others’ gazes—but for ordinary Hunters, the public floors were where they prepared for conquest and shared information with fellow Hunters.
Even I typically gathered my resolve on the public floors before advancing, so this sudden situation was unavoidable.
Elsie and Jia also seemed flustered upon hearing my words about the absence of public floors.
But it was already too late.
“I’m entering.”
Once I had expressed my affirmation, there was no turning back.
The moment I closed and opened my eyes, I found myself not in the familiar courtyard of home, but in a completely new place.
‘Space? Outer space?’
The unfamiliar setting was so jarring that my mind went blank for a moment.
Or rather, surrounded by that endless darkness of space, it went pitch black.
It felt as though I had become an astronaut, just like in the movies.
Yet something was strange.
I couldn’t feel any of the physical sensations that should naturally exist within my body.
If I had become a particle drifting through the vast cosmos, perhaps it would feel like this.
‘What on earth is happening here?’
Normally, even when ascending to a new floor, I could grasp its concept and setting at a glance.
But the 90s floors were utterly incomprehensible.
Surely it wasn’t about defending against alien invasions in space.
‘Setting that aside, where did everyone else go?’
Moreover, I couldn’t find Jiana, Elsie, or Blue anywhere.
Just as before, only I existed in this space.
And before me lay only a massive planet with terrain distinctly different from Earth.
Before I could fully comprehend the strange situation, an anomaly occurred.
….
‘Wait, wait… could this be…?’
It was gravity.
Despite having no physical sensation, the planet’s gravity began pulling me toward it.
The acceleration grew stronger and stronger.
Soon, I understood what I had become.
‘A comet?’
A long luminous tail stretched behind me.
My speed had become almost unbearable even for me.
I was plummeting—or rather, hurtling in a straight line toward the planet.
My entire body burned with intense heat.
Though, if I was fundamentally a massive rock, could I truly feel heat?
To maintain consciousness, I fixed my gaze upon the planet toward which I was falling.
Unlike Korea, it wasn’t a terrain lush with mountains and forests.
From this altitude, vast plains and deserts stretched beyond what the eye could capture in a single glance.
If things continued this way, it seemed Ihyeon would end up right in the center of it all.
‘…Whatever happens, happens. Surely falling to my death wouldn’t count as a failure, right?’
Ihyeon decided to surrender himself to the planet’s tremendous gravity.
He had a hunch this wasn’t some kind of strategy or conquest process.
If it truly were, Erubein wouldn’t have bothered with such grandiose language about accumulating human karma and validating qualifications.
He simply believed this was part of an explanation—a demonstration of what the 90s Floors truly were.
As if to prove Ihyeon’s conjecture correct.
His consciousness, plummeting toward the ground as he tore through the cosmos, flew to yet another place once more.

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