I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 350

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Episode 350
Ep. 350
When the bolt-action mode first gained additional tiers, I was absolutely thrilled.
The smooth, snappy handling—as if the mechanism had been oiled hundreds of thousands of times—awakened every sense in my body.
But now, with the demon horns integrated, everything had changed completely.
It was still smooth and snappy, certainly, but now there was weight behind it.
A savage growl seemed to emanate from the weapon—the promise of crushing every enemy that dared stand before me.
Just as no driver could resist the thrill of Yunjung’s supercar engine, the new bolt-action mechanism moved with a violent, visceral rhythm that stirred the sniper’s very soul.
And the scope’s appearance had changed dramatically as well.
Unlike its function, the previous scope had looked fairly standard in appearance.
Now it gleamed with a dark finish, its profile noticeably more elegant.
“Wow… this is incredible…!”
Demon horns, carved in relief on both sides of the scope, gave it an almost demonic aesthetic.
It looked more like something from a video game than standard military equipment, yet the design was restrained enough that it appealed to me greatly.
Before checking the fusion effects, I cycled through the various modes to test them.
The aesthetic remained consistent across all modes.
Geometric and ergonomic design.
A sleek dark finish.
The anti-materiel sniper rifle had become lighter still, while the healing rifle now featured a white body with elegant black markings.
The pistol too had been enhanced with demon horns, becoming slightly longer and more refined.
“Perfect. Absolutely perfect.”
I clicked my tongue, convinced that no finer weapon existed anywhere.
And this was before even checking the fusion effects.
「Choi Ihyeon’s Sniper Rifle
Lv.75
….
Fusion: Demon, Erkastrula’s Horns
Fusion effects confirmed.」
“I… I’ll check the fusion effects.”
New text appeared in my status window, and my voice trembled as I opened the details.
I was someone who never wavered before even the strongest enemies, but when it came to equipment upgrades—that was always the exception!
Soon, the fusion effects revealed themselves before my eyes.
「Item Fusion Effect: ‘Demon, Erkastrula’s Horns’
All ability stats increase significantly.
User’s darkness attribute damage increases significantly.
User’s items gain resistance to holy attribute damage.
Attacks without skill usage can now apply ‘hellfire’ attribute.
Exclusive skill ‘Infernal Karma of the Burning Sky’ becomes available.
Exclusive skill ‘Demon’s Mark’ becomes available.」
「Exclusive Skill: Infernal Karma of the Burning Sky
Upon impact, regardless of the target, it leaves behind flame-attribute damage that doesn’t extinguish until the target dies or exhausts all their karma.
The effect is limited based on the target’s defense and rank.
It consumes ten times the mana of standard ammunition.」
「Exclusive Skill: Demon’s Mark
By consuming 5 mana, I engrave a demon’s mark on the enemy I aim at through the scope.
An enemy bearing the mark can be tracked until death.
If I deal a certain amount of damage or more to an enemy bearing the mark, an instant-death effect is applied.」
“This is absolutely insane….”
This was definitely not an effect that could emerge from simply adding one more material item.
Of course, these were improved effects based on the descriptions listed in the demon horn’s explanation, but wasn’t it always said that the higher you climbed in any field, the more you had to pour in massive costs for even slight performance gains?
The original demon horn alone had effects that rivaled S-rank items, and now there were effects that surpassed even that.
And without needing separate usage, I had simply added them as a bonus to the sniper rifle I originally used.
The hellfire from the Infernal Heaven appeared to have similar effects to the Volcanno Drake’s bone bullets, but it was clearly—embarrassingly so to even compare—a superior version.
The Demon’s Mark was admittedly somewhat disappointing since I’d never failed to eliminate an enemy in one strike so far, but the tracking effect alone was more than valuable enough.
Descriptions like drastically increasing all stat effects or adding terrifying attribute damage called hellfire to standard mana bullets would be shocking enough to make ordinary Hunters’ eyes pop out.
‘But since it’s bundled in here, it just feels like basic performance….’
Much to their dismay, I couldn’t give them the starring role in this fusion.
After pondering something for a moment, Ihyeon called out to Elsie with a very serious expression.
“Why, why Master?”
Elsie stepped back hesitantly with a pale complexion, wondering what he was thinking.
What if he mixed the demon horn into the gun and was actually possessed by a demon, planning to shoot her?!
But what Ihyeon said was utterly unexpected.
“I can’t let this stand. Tell the thirty million Hunters about it.”
“Tell them what?”
“How much of a fraud I am….”
“….”
Though it was Ihyeon’s order, Elsie had no intention of following it.
Fortunately.
However, a few days later, a minor commotion erupted on a popular web novel platform.
[ The protagonist defeated a powerful boss monster and obtained a new weapon!
It was an incredibly powerful demon gun.
This gun burns enemies to death upon impact, and once engraved, it can also engrave a mark that allows instant-death effects and tracking until death.
The protagonist laughed wickedly and spoke.
Protagonist: Kekeke, with this gun alone… I could take down that Overlord bastard in a single shot.
Guardian Angel: Hooooray! Hero, you’re so cool!
Protagonist: But before that, I need to buy the new robot vacuum cleaner that just came out from Eunwol Electronics first.
Childhood Friend: Gasp! The new robot vacuum cleaner from Eunwol Electronics? The one that uses D-rank mana stones to scrape away even stubborn grime, and can clean not just wallpaper but ceilings and light fixtures too? Protagonist, no matter how rich you are, that’s too extravagant for a robot vacuum!
Protagonist: Don’t worry, Childhood Friend. I heard on the ‘Tomorrow’s Shop’ website they’re selling it for 2,499,900 won—50% off the regular price as a launch celebration event.
Childhood Friend: S-surely they’re not also handing out coupons giving new customers an additional 20% discount on top of that?
Protagonist: How did you know, Childhood Friend?
Childhood Friend: Oh my, I should buy it right away!]
A novel with such content was uploaded.
[└ Author, no matter how fictional it is, you’ll get hate if you write like this;;]
Haha, I’ve been watching it for the absurd humor so far, but what is this now? Lol
└ Talking nonsense about guns. Does that even make sense? If he shoots a gun by himself, what does it matter about monsters or anything?
└ Wow, the new Eunwol Electronics robot vacuum is 2.5 million won with additional discount? I should buy it right away? This comment is part of tomorrow’s store partners activity…]
Haha, getting shot by the devil’s gun, I’m going crazy lol
It’s not “었다” but “었습니다.” The author must have been busy. I’m enjoying it every day.
Still, the public sentiment of the work that was achieving decent results had deteriorated somewhat.
Meanwhile, Elsie, who had been tapping on her phone, spoke to Ihyeon with a dejected expression.
“Whimper, Master, it seems fiction really can’t beat reality.”
“Why?”
“I borrowed your story and wrote it as a novel, but the response wasn’t very good.”
“…Hey.”
Elsie seemed to realize something was wrong and flinched, then hurriedly tried to recover.
“Ah, no, I didn’t write much about your story, it’s just that this fusion was so amazing that I only added a little….”
And the next day.
An unexpected announcement appeared on the problematic web novel.
[The novel ‘I Woke Up and Every Monster Became a One-Shot’ is indefinitely suspended from serialization due to the author’s circumstances.
└ I woke up and the novel I was enjoying reading closed;;]
└ Was it because there were too many malicious comments yesterday?
└ Author, come back!
└ They didn’t even monetize it, so there’s nothing we can say about the whole year ㅠㅠ ]
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The power of the sniper rifle fused with Erkastrula’s horn was truly formidable.
「Main: 3 Bishops eliminated.
Sub: Allied casualties minimized.
Enemy forces completely annihilated.
Solo operation.
Sado forces absorbed.
Floor 96 cleared.
Rank: S+」
「Main: 5 Bishops eliminated.
Sub: Allied casualties minimized.
Solo operation.
Sado forces absorbed.
Nation proclaimed.
Floor 97 cleared.
Rank: S+」
Two months later, Ihyeon achieved the remarkable feat of clearing floors 96 and 97 consecutively.
I had finally reached a height equal to Erubein’s.
Moreover, conquering the 97th floor held tremendous significance for me as well.
A solo operation.
“Lord, are you truly certain you don’t need our assistance?”
“Yes, I’m fine. All you need to do is buy me time from the perimeter.”
On the 97th floor, where I would capture the five Bishops ruling the region, I adhered to a single strategy.
First, I deployed the One-Strike Knight Order and Nomadic Warriors sporadically along the territory’s boundaries to draw out the Saedos and Duogsinis swarming the Bishop’s headquarters.
The goal was to provoke localized skirmishes and utterly distract the enemy.
After that, I would breach the chaotic perimeter and infiltrate the Bishop’s headquarters.
In truth, I could have infiltrated the outer regions without staging localized battles, but the headquarters was a different matter entirely.
There were simply too many Saedos and Duogsinis crammed into that place.
Thump, thump—
“!”
“Hey, what happened to the village we were supposed to handle in the north?”
“Oh, those guys? They were getting ready to head to One-Strike, so I just wiped them all out. Hehehehe.”
‘…Did they not notice me?’
I had thought that by diverting their attention elsewhere, I would gain the opportunity to snipe the Bishop.
Surprisingly, even though I had momentarily lost focus and made a careless mistake, the Saedos conversing paid no attention whatsoever and simply continued on their way.
To be honest, who would immediately realize that a single pebble tumbling down from a cliff fifty meters above was the work of an intruder? That’s what I had thought.
In any case, after narrowly escaping that critical moment, I never let my guard down again.
I took position on high ground with a clear view of the Bishop’s headquarters—the place known as the ‘Temple’—and began my operation.
As I had anticipated, Saedos and Duogsinis swarmed the vicinity.
Since they didn’t bother clearing paths, no matter where I positioned myself, there was no avoiding the precarious situation of them passing dangerously close by.
However.
“This is worth waiting a month for.”
Ensconced within my secret hideout, I remained undetectable to anyone.
It was already a hideout that even Suyeon struggled to find, and with my stats amplified by the demon’s horns, discovering me would have been nothing short of a miracle.
Rather, it felt as though I had finally returned to my true role as a sniper.
A sniper’s duty wasn’t merely to intercept troublesome targets as I had done in special operations, but to demonstrate patience by waiting days on end for a single target—a position that demanded endurance.
With such a comfortable space at my disposal, the luxury was incomparable.
「Elsie: Master, have you arrived at the operation zone?
One-Strike: Yeah. I’m waiting for the Bishop to show up.
Elsie: Okay~ We’re doing great luring them out too.」
My subordinates didn’t particularly object to this strategy either.
In fact, given my capabilities, an assassination approach seemed far safer than engaging in a full-scale battle.
Now that I understood protecting the Nomadic Warriors directly influenced the conquest rating, there was no need to take unnecessary risks.
「Elsie: Master, still hasn’t shown up?
One-Strike: Yeah, this is pretty standard.
Elsie: Does that guy never use the bathroom?
One-Strike: He probably has one inside…」
However.
「Elsie: …Master, it’s been over a week now. Still?
Ilgyeok: We’re in the middle of an operation. Stop sending messages.
Elsie: Does that guy not even eat?
Ilgyeok: There’s probably a dining hall inside…」
As the operation stretched past a week, even his subordinates began to show signs of their patience wearing thin.

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