I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 346

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Episode 346
Ep. 346
Ihyeon’s prediction wasn’t far off the mark.
The next morning, as the sun began to rise dimly from the east.
Boom boom boom boom——!!
Just like the previous evening, the thunderous sound of drums echoed, and the Duogsinis, who had been waiting for their moment, launched their attack once more.
However, they too seemed reluctant to be swept away uselessly by my barrage again.
“…They’ve put some thought into this?”
Wondering just how far the Saedos could command those Duogsini bastards, they led their groups methodically and charged toward the gorge like a cellular network.
With such tactics, I could only annihilate one group even using my barrage.
Even if I eliminated three groups using multi-target, there would still be limits.
Indeed, mindless monster hordes that simply charged forward were different from enemies who thought like humans and employed tactics.
Even if the solution itself was quite simple, being outnumbered to this degree made it considerably troublesome.
“Does that mean you had no particular tactics when facing us either…?”
“…Not now, but back then I did.”
Oiant, who assisted me from the side, trailed off with a wounded expression, and I couldn’t bring myself to lie, so I deftly changed the subject.
In truth, the Knights of the Evil God were completely different from when I’d encountered them as monsters.
Back then, they were truly like Undead monsters—only large in size, lacking any intelligence.
In any case, I decided to observe the Duogsinis charging in dispersed groups for a moment.
It was quite an effective tactic for countering my barrage.
But there was one thing they hadn’t anticipated.
‘In the end, what you’re really facing is….’
Flutter—!
The knights positioned at the three gorge entrances raised their flags high.
A flag with Purung’s somewhat terrifying face drawn on a black background.
It was their own signal announcing the beginning of full-scale combat.
Crash——!
And the moment the flags were raised, the Duogsinis at the very front slammed into the fortress.
…That was all.
“Hold the line!”
“They’re splitting up to enter! Kill them methodically!”
The Duogsinis, attempting to avoid my barrage by splitting into smaller forces, found themselves unable to effectively assault the fortress.
Whenever one tried to scale the walls, it was killed in an instant, followed by the repetition of futile situations that never progressed.
I let out a quiet laugh watching this unfold.
It was fine that they’d avoided my barrage, but if they couldn’t breach the gorge entrance, it meant nothing.
It must have been a strategy the Bishops had devised together, yet it was being blocked cleanly.
Of course, the situation wasn’t entirely favorable to my side either.
This was fundamentally a battle with overwhelming numerical disadvantage.
As Duogsini corpses quickly piled up at the fortified gorge entrance, the moat that I’d wondered if we really needed to dig so deep was filled in moments.
And the sloped path leading to the walls, built to a height resembling a city wall, was created in the blink of an eye.
The Duogsinis, which had been charging in smaller groups, began to cluster together until the gaps between them became meaningless.
The atmosphere at the entrance of the three gorges intensified in an instant.
Urgent cries rang out here and there, and occasionally a Nomadic Warrior bearing deep wounds was carried back.
The exchange ratio of forces was overwhelming, but the difference in numbers was even more so.
And so.
Click—click—!
Breath held.
Trigger pulled.
Boom——!!
That gap could only be filled by Ihyeon with even more, far more overwhelming firepower.
The moment he judged that enough Duogsinis had swarmed in, Ihyeon immediately unleashed a combination of multi-target shots, silver bullets, and ricochet fire.
The black battle lines formed across all three battlefields were pushed back significantly in an instant.
A collective sigh of relief.
Whoosh——!!
The Knight Order Priests in the fortress set black flames to the piled corpses of Duogsinis.
It was a ritual to incinerate the dead and offer them as sacrifices to the Evil God, but it proved remarkably effective for urgent battlefield cleanup.
‘…Wait, the Evil God is on the Overlord’s side anyway, so isn’t this just doing someone else a favor?’
Ihyeon, observing the scene, momentarily caught onto this ironic point, but there was no time to dwell on such trivial matters in the current situation.
‘Eating spoiled food and getting sick would be fitting.’
Perhaps such petty curses were all that was permitted.
In any case, the battle seemed to be settling into a pattern.
The Duogsinis would swarm in large numbers until the fortress entrance became crowded, and then Ihyeon would sweep them all away in one strike.
How many times had that pattern repeated?
Ihyeon gradually sensed that the time had come.
“They wouldn’t be planning to throw in more troops than this.”
With three Bishops gathered here, they surely didn’t intend to end the entire 95th floor with such a pointless war of attrition.
There had to be a reason why they abandoned nighttime raids and launched their attack early in the morning.
Had they heard Ihyeon’s words?
A suspicious sign emanated from the Bishops’ camp.
But it wasn’t limited to just the Bishop’s side.
From the vast plains, through the maze-like gorges, to the peak of the rocky mountain where Ihyeon stood.
It was a change that encompassed all that land.
“It’s begun.”
Ihyeon offered a brief assessment.
Since Ihyeon had no intention of prolonging the battle unnecessarily, in a sense, this swift development was something to welcome.
Kwaaaagh——!!!
Finally, the Three Bishops made their move.
Black pillars shot up from each camp.
Sssss——….
What could be called their secret technique—a partial eclipse—had begun.
At first, I thought the sun was merely hidden behind clouds for a moment, but gradually the portion of the radiant sun obscured—like a fingernail—grew larger and larger.
The first Bishop I encountered had only covered half of it.
The Bishop who commanded Erkastrula was underground, so I couldn’t tell how much he’d obscured alone.
Sssss….
“The, the sun is blocked that much?!”
“Oh, heavens….”
With the Three Bishops united, this eclipse was far more severe.
Already more than half was covered.
And still the shadow obscuring the sun advanced further and further, until finally it reduced the sun to barely a crescent before it came to a halt.
“My, my Lord…!”
In truth, even the One-Strike Knight Order was unfamiliar with such phenomena.
Unlike a mere eclipse, it engulfed one’s entire body in a sticky, repulsive sensation, as if cast into a completely different world—a profound disconnect.
Moreover, the enemies gained even greater power within this world.
This time was no exception.
Beneath the eclipse, each of the Bishops would display their most supreme techniques.
Kurrrung——
The left Bishop brought forth ominous dark clouds.
I had seen that form before.
Floor 91.
Kieeeeek———!!!
“A Thunderbird.”
The scourge of the plains—the Thunderbird.
And here, the Manticores called Harpies had arrived without fail as well.
The difference from those I’d captured on Floor 91 was that these creatures were also infested by the Earthspider.
It wasn’t particularly strange, given that they’d already consumed even a demon like Erkastrula.
“This is becoming troublesome.”
For me and the expedition, who had intended to fortify and hold the narrow entrance of the gorge, these were formidable enemies indeed.
The opposite, right-side Bishop, meanwhile….
Buoooo——!!
Released massive Duogsinis resembling colossal elephants.
Truthfully, at this point, whatever form of Duobuxini appeared wouldn’t be particularly surprising, but the sheer physical mass was different from anything before.
If that creature charged the fortress with its full bulk, neither the Knights nor the Nomadic Warriors would have any means to withstand it—the fortress would simply crumble.
Finally, from the center….
Ddddd———
A massive fissure was opening across the vast earth.
Suddenly—
Then, matching that fissure, an enormous and grotesque hand thrust forth, and a gigantic form revealed itself.
Even I couldn’t hide my bewilderment this time.
“There’s another demon?”
Its form was completely different.
Yet it was a familiar aura I recognized immediately upon sight.
The same species as Erkastrula.
I could tell from the pair of horns perched atop its head.
One stretched straight, the other coiled in spirals.
Ihyeon wanted to call out to someone but restrained himself.
‘The Shaman Elder acted as though there was only one demon on the entire steppe…’
He wanted to summon that man who cried out about legends every time he opened his mouth and demand an explanation, but unfortunately the Shaman had not participated in this expedition.
From what he’d heard in passing, the elder had grown quite frail now—though he wondered if he’d never been frail before—and was no longer in condition to participate in expeditions.
In any case, the demon that clawed its way up from the earth didn’t stop there.
Just like the Eodukshin I had first captured.
Crack—crack—crackle—!!
The Duogsinis surrounding it rushed forward as one, then immediately merged into a single form, being reborn as a colossal mass rivaling a small hill.
The birth of an Eodukshin with the steppe demon as its base.
Unlike that earlier Eodukshin which, despite its size and strength, still retained an awkward, lumbering appearance, this one was clearly well-balanced and formidable at first glance.
It was the moment when the expedition, which had been riding high while skillfully handling the ordinary Duogsinis that surged like a tide, fell silent once more.
And it was also the moment when the scales tipped back in the enemy’s favor, at least in terms of momentum.
The expedition members guarding the entrances of each gorge could only see the enemies before them, yet the atmosphere was not so different.
But one man, Ihyeon, watched the seemingly desperate situation unfold before his eyes with both eyes wide open.
“Well then, shall we begin?”
Instead of despair, a fierce smile played across his face.
* * *
The Three Bishops assaulting the gorge had unleashed a partial eclipse and burst into raucous laughter.
“Fuhahahaha!”
“What will you do about this!”
“You seem to have prepared quite a bit, but that’s all it amounts to!”
Flying-type Duogsinis—truly a bane to the steppe nomads who did little but herd horses.
A massive Duogsini army that would trample crude fortifications flat.
And finally, an Eodukshin created using the steppe demon itself.
They had boasted loudly as though they’d secured victory merely by handling the Duogsinis reasonably well, but the true battle was only now beginning.
The Bishops, having summoned their secret weapons, smiled coldly and extended their hands forward.
“Go! Sweep away all those insignificant human worms!”
“We shall provide direct support as well.”
“By nightfall, we shall blanket the entire steppe in shadow!”
The Bishops, unable to contain the surging hunger of the shadow, advanced directly while surrounded by shadows that swirled all around them.
With their secret weapons and their own direct magical assault, how could those fools possibly endure?
First, they planned to deploy all the flying-type Duogsinis to the rocky mountain where Ilgyeok was stationed.
He seemed to be hiding some tricks of his own, but in a situation where his subordinates couldn’t protect him, he would be helpless.
No matter how exceptional their skills, shamans were always like that by nature.
But they had not anticipated.
Flutter——!
“Bishop, they’ve raised a new flag.”
“Hmm? What does that matter? At best, it’s just a retreat order.”
At first, I didn’t think much of it.
“That is… their movements seem somewhat unusual.”
“What are you saying! Charge forward at once! Slaughter them all!”
The truth was, it wasn’t just them who had been hiding their fangs and claws.
BOOM——!!!
“????”
That was the reality of the situation.
The Bishop tilted his head at the ominous sound erupting from the fortress’s front lines.
What in the world was happening?
But no matter how abnormally powerful the Bishop was from absorbing such vast amounts of earth spiders, there was no way he could clearly see what was occurring at the fortress entrance from such a distance.
He had to receive reports through the Saedos at the vanguard.
Since the Bishop was advancing forward as well, it wouldn’t be long before he learned what was unfolding ahead.
But in the midst of urgent battle, even such a brief delay was utterly irreversible.
After entering the combat zone and receiving the report, the Bishop couldn’t believe his ears.
“What?!”

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