I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 343

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Episode 343
Ep. 343
I couldn’t make sense of it.
For Yunjung, there was nothing but things that defied understanding.
Truth be told, it had been this way ever since she revealed her true identity.
No matter how merciful Ilgyeok was, he not only spared the informant who came to recruit her after learning who she was, but even entrusted her with a key position at Ilgyeok Commerce.
Wondering if this was some kind of test, Yunjung had conducted her own investigation, but found nothing hidden.
He simply sent her to work, nothing more, nothing less.
Not just Deokhuun, but Minjeong and Donghoo, the One-Strike Knight Order, Jia and Elsie as well.
No one watched her from the shadows or tried to reject her with resentful eyes.
Suyeon had engaged in some psychological sparring with her, but it seemed to stem from reasons other than suspicion of Yunjung’s true nature.
To Yunjung, even that felt merely endearing.
But the U.S. government that sent Yunjung here?
Even after Yunjung proved she had secured employment at Ilgyeok Commerce and earned Ilgyeok’s trust, they continued to extend subtle surveillance.
Of course, she understood this was negligible compared to typical cases, but the temperature difference was simply too vast.
What exactly was Ilgyeok doing?
‘In some ways, it seems like he knows everything, yet in other ways, he appears endlessly foolish….’
He was in a completely different category from anyone Yunjung had dealt with before.
Ihyeon—the more she learned his identity, the more mysterious he became.
And this time, he casually handed her an S-rank item for such a reason.
Even if the item was useless to her, at that grade level.
The government would be desperate to secure even an A-rank item.
What about other guilds?
To simply hand over such an item without any compensation to someone like Yunjung.
“By the way, lately Deokhuun has been singing your praises endlessly. He says you’ve been incredibly helpful. It means he’s looking forward to working with you in the future.”
“I see….”
Yunjung nodded with a puzzled expression.
Perhaps this was why people flocked to Ihyeon.
While Ilgyeok’s identity remained largely unrevealed to the public, everyone knew about his surroundings.
Frontier, which had been equally shrouded in mystery, had stepped into the spotlight.
The Ilgeuk Foundation had become an organization that no one in the world could ignore.
Two S+-rank items—a first in history—and that spirit with tremendous power.
Not just the One-Strike Knight Order, but from the atmosphere, Korea’s Rankers and the guilds they belonged to were also expressing great favor toward Ilgyeok.
It wasn’t mere greed to gain mutual benefits in a capitalist society, but genuine human goodwill that could be felt.
And now, Yunjung as well.
Yunjung sat down at a slight distance from Ihyeon and spoke softly.
“I’ll work hard without disappointing your expectations. If there’s anything you need me to do, please just tell me.”
“Hmm….”
Ihyeon turned to look at Yunjung with an awkward expression.
“Why are you like that?”
“I can’t afford to disappoint you.”
“???”
Yunjung tilted her head, clearly confused by what I meant.
‘If I don’t disappoint you, that means you’ll sell my information to America, right?’
Contrary to Yunjung’s expectations, I hadn’t completely abandoned my suspicions about her.
I simply couldn’t bring myself to keep doubting her after she’d sworn loyalty to me, casting aside even her pride—so I was just watching and waiting.
Besides, Yunjung had already acquired a considerable amount of information about me from America.
There was no need to actively prevent anything.
Yunjung’s true goal was to bring Ilgyeok under her influence.
But in a situation where I had no intention of defecting to America, any hasty move on Yunjung’s part would only backfire.
After careful consideration, Yunjung arrived at a conclusion similar to mine.
“Hmph.”
Perhaps Yunjung had simply been worn down too much.
She’d spent her entire life suspecting every hand that reached toward her, learning through experience that everything given came with a price.
But in this strange house from this garden onward, such universal truths from the outside world simply didn’t apply.
So this time, Yunjung decided to set aside logic for a moment.
“When I think about it, I’ve done quite a lot for America.”
“Pardon? Ah, yes. Of course, I respect that.”
I was momentarily taken aback by the sudden shift in conversation, but I nodded soon after.
Emotionally speaking, I could have made Yunjung an enemy, but it would have been meaningless.
Yunjung simply did what Yunjung had to do.
As if surprised by my response, Yunjung stared at me intently.
“I received plenty in return. For a freelancer, perhaps even too much. I was paid well, and the daggers I originally used… strictly speaking, they’re not something that should be given to an ‘outsider.'”
“…”
She then drew out the two daggers she’d originally wielded and continued speaking, gazing down at them with melancholic eyes.
“But what does any of that mean? I’ve already received an S-rank item from Ilgyeok.”
Perhaps things like how many floors, how much money, what grade—all of that was meaningless.
If you tried to assign meaning to them, they became infinitely grand, yet when you really thought about it, they weren’t that important.
“Yunjung…”
Only then did I realize what she was trying to say, and I called her name.
Though our first meeting had been awkward, what did that matter?
When two people open their hearts sincerely and have a genuine conversation, a solution always emerges!
Yunjung felt a deep emotion at experiencing human warmth for the first time in her life.
At first, she’d said she would serve Ilgyeok just to save her own life, but now it was different.
From a heart that flowed purely, she would now dedicate all her abilities for me…
“You seem to like high-grade items more than I thought… or rather, you’re quite materialistic.”
“…”
What thinking?
Yunjung glared at me with a cold expression as I stared at her pointedly.
Why was I trying to correct myself after already calling her materialistic?
Ihyeon’s bleak sensibility utterly shattered the romance that Yunjung had only just begun to see the world through.
Of course, Ihyeon had no way of knowing Yunjung’s deeper circumstances.
‘It’s just leftover stuff I’m giving away.’
Within Ihyeon’s power inflation, an S-rank item was merely that much.
Not an enemy, and since his people were working tirelessly day and night for him, he wanted to give them proper compensation.
Not only Deokhuun, but Minjeong and Donghoo were also helping considerably.
These days, his parents didn’t even need to worry about housework, and they were learning so much about farming that they praised Yunjung endlessly.
‘There weren’t many neighbors around, which was actually a concern, but since my parents aren’t lonely either, I should be grateful instead.’
Without exaggeration, Ihyeon genuinely believed Yunjung deserved this level of reward.
‘Hmph! Giving an S-rank item—what, materialistic? Even Buddha would approve of this!’
…Though Yunjung, the one actually receiving it, didn’t see it that way.
Meanwhile, there were people watching this exchange between Ihyeon and Yunjung with narrowed eyes.
Watching from the annex window with axes for eyes.
“Bow Fox, what do you think?”
“What am I supposed to think, sister? Why does he do that much for that spy?”
“My thoughts exactly!”
It was Elsie and Suyeon.
Elsie, nestled in Suyeon’s arms, was voicing complaints incessantly.
She’d said she didn’t need to use a dagger, but if he was going to give it to that girl, he should give it to me instead!
Even if it meant wielding a claymore in one hand and a dagger in the other, that would be better—or so Elsie thought.
Suyeon felt the same way.
‘I don’t use daggers either, but if he’s going to give it to Yunjung, he should give it to me instead!’
The two of them had begun to think remarkably alike for some time now.
Well, after Ihyeon delivered a scathing blow calling Yunjung materialistic for her misunderstanding, things had calmed down somewhat.
Elsie patted Suyeon’s arm, asking to be put down, then spoke.
“Still, it was better that he gave you Baikhon’s bow. I’ll admit that.”
“Thank you, sister.”
“Let me see, the spy report number is….”
“N-no, we can’t do that!”
Suyeon immediately stepped in to stop Elsie, who looked ready to dial the three-digit number right then.
Since Ihyeon had decided to leave Yunjung alone, they couldn’t very well drive her out themselves.
‘And besides, the National Intelligence Service already knows anyway….’
Moreover, after the Management Bureau and National Intelligence Service had mobilized and caused a commotion last time, even if Elsie reported it, there wouldn’t be any effective measures.
Then, a fact passed through Suyeon’s mind.
“Mm?”
“What’s wrong?”
Suyeon, who had tilted her head in thought for a moment, pulled Baikhon’s bow from her inventory.
Of course, it wasn’t an ordinary Baikhon’s bow.
「One-Strike Baikhon’s Bow (S)」
A Baikhon’s bow with ‘One-Strike’ attached to the front!
“Sister, did Deokhuun use his Branding skill on that demonic dagger?”
“No. If I’d left it to Deokhuun, I’d never hear the end of his complaints. Ugh… and if he’d used Branding… huh?”
Only then did Elsie’s eyes widen as she grasped what Suyeon was thinking.
That’s right.
The demonic dagger given to Yunjung had no Branding skill applied to it!
In other words.
‘So Master only thought Yunjung was at that level?’
It was a fact that revealed Ihyeon’s true feelings toward Yunjung.
Tee-hee—
A deep smile bloomed across Elsie and Suyeon’s lips.
“Hehehehe, Master’s always like that.”
“There’s no way my brother would truly trust a spy like her.”
“Hehehehe.”
“Hehehehe.”
Had Ihyeon witnessed this, he would’ve instinctively asked, “What’s wrong with those two now?” But Elsie and Suyeon simply decided to drop the matter, their laughter echoing with an air of mischief.
“Ah~ I should go play on my phone~”
“I need to go watch the anime I missed yesterday.”
“What? Suyeon, are you giving up on anime?”
“Well, I need to focus properly since I’m concerned about this place.”
“You brat…”
But they failed to realize something.
Regardless of whether the Branding skill was applied or not, an S-rank item alone was already an extraordinarily precious treasure and the greatest gift.
“I shall devote myself entirely to you, Ilgyeok! From today on, please use me like a beast of burden!”
“…No, if you treat people that way in this day and age, I’ll get arrested.”
“I don’t care!”
‘I care, you fool. I’m the one who’d get arrested…’
Before they knew it, Elsie and Suyeon had become completely intoxicated by Ihyeon’s power inflation.
* * *
A month had passed since defeating Erkastrula on the 94th floor.
Ihyeon entered the 95th floor assault as if he’d been waiting for this moment.
[ Title: Before I knew it, Ilgyeok’s already entering the 95th floor? Is this real?
Content: He’s seriously gonna catch up to the Hero soon;;
└ Yo man, are Ilgyeok and the Hero your friends?
└ How dare you speak of the Magnificent Majesty General Yi Sun-sin Erubein like that…
└ So he was the problem?
└ Either way, it’ll be soon for real
└ Didn’t the Hero clear the 97th floor not long ago?
└ What was I doing while Ilgyeok was climbing the 95th floor
└ Come on man, hang in there ]
The Hero, barely keeping within the 100-day timer, pressed forward with his assault.
And Ilgyeok, ascending leisurely at thirty-day intervals.
Public attention naturally converged on the two of them.
That said, there were scarcely any dissenting opinions that Ilgyeok would soon catch up to the Hero.
The public sentiment that had once made a fuss whenever Ihyeon reached each critical juncture, claiming it wouldn’t work anymore, had become difficult to find.
This was because the formula “Ilgyeok = Clear” had now solidified into common sense among the people.
Of course, Ihyeon had never been particularly interested in what people outside were saying.
Conversely, he didn’t neglect his preparations for the 95th floor just because public opinion was optimistic.
‘The mid-boss of the 90s… what could appear?’
True to Ihyeon’s thinking, the 95th floor was the mid-boss of the 90s.
Of course, such things held little significance in the 90s, but there would still be certain distinguishing points compared to other floors.
Fortunately, there was a Knights order that worked tirelessly in the 90s, so he could gather roughly accurate information.
During the process of preparing for the 95th floor, the Vice Captain had briefed Ihyeon on something.
“The Bishops’ reactions are unusual.”
“Unusual how?”
“It appears several Bishops are joining forces to strike at us.”
“Right, that’s possible.”
“It seems that for the 95th floor in particular…”
“A large-scale battle might be unavoidable.”
“Yes, Lord.”
After the submersion of the formidable Bishop who had held Erkastrula in his grasp.
Several surrounding Bishops began to feel a sense of crisis at Ihyeon’s rapidly growing power and started to form alliances.
The Vice Captain and the Knights order had undertaken the task of gathering them all in one place, as leaving them unchecked could require them to be defeated piecemeal across several floors.
They had modeled this after how the Bishop on the 94th floor had lured Ihyeon and Elsie to one location and trapped them.
“Can you even pull off such an operation?”
“Of course! You need not doubt the capabilities of our Knights order.”
Though Ihyeon was somewhat surprised that it was a far more sophisticated operation than he’d anticipated, the Vice Captain struck his breastplate with a resounding clang, displaying his confidence.
In any case, Ihyeon’s boast was that he simply needed to crush the coalition of Bishops in a single location on the 95th floor.
And that was exactly how it went.
「South Korea, Main Tower 95th Floor. Will you enter?」
“Yes.”

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