I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 358

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Episode 358
Ep. 358
“Ugh, those idiots. I can’t believe I taught them like that.”
Elsie shook her head as she watched the Squad Members vanish in an instant.
Ihyeon asked.
“Why, Elsie? Are you thinking of taking on the Great Tiger yourself?”
Elsie responded as if questioning what he meant.
“No, why would I?”
“You called the Squad Members idiots.”
“Tsk tsk, it’s about knowing your limits and acting accordingly. The rule is simple—never fight anything connected to the Master. That creature’s power scales with the Master’s, right? But who would’ve thought it would be sent flying so pathetically?”
With that, Elsie hurried off to another room, saying she needed to catch up on some videos.
…Incidentally, no matter how many days or weeks were spent within the 90s floors, very little time passed outside.
Appropriate time skips occurred, and the flow of time felt entirely different.
Unlike what Elsie mentioned about catching up on videos, hundreds or thousands of new ones still uploaded daily, so that’s what she meant.
Meanwhile, Yunjung had grown tired of watching the dark-armored Knights get sent flying by the Great Tiger repeatedly, and had already approached Blue to strike up a conversation.
“By the way, who are you?”
Yunjung showed considerable interest, likely because of Blue’s appearance.
“Beep beep beep.”
“Kyahahaha! You’re so entertaining!”
‘…What is?’
Blue’s sound effect was hardly fitting for her appearance and not particularly amusing, yet for some reason, Yunjung burst into laughter.
Ihyeon found himself recalling how people around a handsome male actor would laugh heartily even at jokes that fell flat no matter who heard them.
“I am Blue, the Golem of my Master.”
“Huh? A Golem? Not a person? I’ve heard that Ilgyeok has a Golem, but…”
Yunjung’s eyes widened as she looked Blue over from head to toe.
It was only natural, really—she had only ever seen Golems made of stone and elemental matter from the Tower.
Suyeon, delighted to have something to teach Yunjung, explained proudly.
“Blue was created from the core of a perfect S-rank Golem, you know. And she’s incredibly strong.”
“…Is there anything here that isn’t S-rank?”
“Of course there is!”
“What is it?”
“S+ rank?”
…
Yunjung gave Suyeon a pointed look.
It wasn’t a particularly helpful answer.
Well, now that Blue had returned, Yunjung would have much to conquer alongside her before moving to the 99th floor.
Ihyeon decided not to demonstrate Blue’s abilities here.
“There’s nothing particularly remarkable about me. Except for growing stronger alongside my Master, or being able to equip items.”
???
Yunjung tilted her head at Ihyeon’s words.
‘Isn’t that truly remarkable?’
Whenever I came to this house, it felt as though all the common sense I had known until now crumbled away.
Leaving Yunjung, who kept tilting her head in confusion, behind, I called out to Deokhuun, who was gently stroking the Great Tiger’s flank.
“Deokhuun.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Don’t even think about skinning this beast and selling its hide.”
“…O-Of course not, sir. How could I possibly skin this creature with my skills?”
Of course, that wasn’t the real reason I called him over.
I retrieved the Great Tiger’s summoning stone from my inventory and handed it to Deokhuun.
Deokhuun stared at the item in his hands for a moment, then nodded meaningfully as if he understood my intentions completely.
“As expected of you, sir…!”
‘What?’
I hadn’t said anything yet, but he was making an expression as though he’d thoroughly misunderstood something on his own.
Deokhuun leaned in close and whispered in my ear.
“Since resummoning is possible, you’re giving this to me so I can run a hide factory, right? I understand perfectly.”
I looked down at him with an expression suggesting I’d seen every piece of garbage imaginable.
“No, use Branding on it.”
“…J-Just joking, of course. Hehe.”
Realizing his mistake belatedly, Deokhuun immediately used his Branding skill right there.
“Phew… I’ve been using Branding so much lately that when I level up, only my mana increases while my other stats don’t budge.”
“Yeah, thanks. I’m benefiting greatly from your help.”
Deokhuun’s Branding skill had certainly been instrumental in enhancing my overall power.
Just the Knights Guild Leader ring alone—without Branding, I would still have only about two squads of forces.
「One-Strike Guardian Great Tiger Summoning Stone (S)
Summons a Great Tiger that protects its owner.
If the Great Tiger sustains a fatal wound, it can be resummoned after a certain period of time.
The Great Tiger’s stats are proportional to the owner’s stats.
Can use the exclusive skill, ‘Winged Tiger’.」
“?”
I was checking the summoning stone’s description when I suddenly paused at the last line.
The other details hadn’t changed much.
But since the enhancement effect was definitely from the Branding skill, the internal coefficients and formulas must have changed significantly.
But winged tiger?
“Uh, sir?”
“What?”
“That tiger… it’s flying.”
“?????”
Following Deokhuun’s vacant expression, I turned my gaze toward the sky.
Flap—!
There, soaring through the heavens, was an enormous tiger with wings.
* * *
A few days later, in an Instant Tower somewhere.
“Great Tiger, don’t climb up high!”
Roooaaar—
“You’ll collapse the house!”
Fortunately, Great Tiger was adapting well (?) to Ihyeon’s house and family.
“Great Tiger, stay out of the fields!”
Roar—?
“Everything dies under your paws. Do you want to become a stray cat?!”
Whimper….
…He really was adapting well.
At least there were no more incidents like the first day when he sent Squad Members flying.
Occasionally when bored, he’d soar into the sky, and once fighter jets were even scrambled by the air force, but after Ihyeon contacted the authorities, such incidents ceased.
The air force was told it was a place where a Hunter specially managed by the state conducted skill tests, or something like that.
Of course, Great Tiger certainly earned his keep.
Roooaaarrr——!!!!
Crash—! Boom—!
With a body the size of a house, Great Tiger charged into an Orc settlement and literally demolished it.
Watching this, Elsie clicked her tongue.
“Master, that tiger-fox bastard just sits around doing nothing at home, but he’s quite something out here.”
“Tiger-fox? What’s that supposed to mean?”
Though it appeared as simple as a cat chasing away a swarm of mice, the Orcs Great Tiger was casually killing were no ordinary Orcs.
Doom Orcs—a completely different tier from those appearing on the Main Tower’s 10th floors.
Their bodies were twice the size of ordinary Orcs, and the weapons they wielded were on par with decent Hunters.
Among Hunters, the saying went that facing a Troll was preferable to facing a Doom Orc, yet to Great Tiger they were nothing but snacks.
“Wow, there goes another Doom Orc flying.”
“Beep-boop-beep. The Doom Orc settlement is currently over 80% annihilated. I recommend mopping-up mode.”
“Do that.”
Crash-crash-crash———
For those who occasionally panicked and fled, or were sent flying by Great Tiger but whose lives weren’t extinguished, Blue took care of them herself.
Whether Blue or Great Tiger, they were both items under Ihyeon’s judgment, so ultimately Ihyeon was essentially blowing his nose without lifting a finger while releasing two items.
Ihyeon and the other Party Members were initially shocked by the two’s tremendous performance, but as they climbed a few more floors, they soon relaxed enough to chat casually.
“Ilgyeok, you didn’t forget about stopping by somewhere after we finish clearing today, right?”
“Huh? Oh, you mean the Ilgeuk Guild headquarters?”
“Yes, yes.”
Ihyeon nodded, indicating he remembered Yunjung’s words.
Actually, it wasn’t just Yunjung’s request.
When Deokhuun heard that the Instant Tower they’d be clearing was in Busan, he personally asked Ihyeon as well.
He said he had something prepared for Ihyeon.
Since they were already heading down to Busan anyway, Ihyeon readily agreed.
「The Seo-Sang Instant Tower (B) in South Korea has been cleared.
Location: Seo-Sang District, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea
Outstanding Contributor ID: Ilgyeok
Rank: S+」
By the time we finished that conversation, the Instant Tower had been completely cleared.
As rewards, I obtained a B-rank Magic Stone and a B-rank item—the Trident Spear of the Doom Orc.
“Jia, do you need another spear?”
“Thank you, but what I have now is sufficient.”
Considering Jia’s combat style, a clean design like Rex Lizardman’s spear would suit her better, so I carefully stored it in my inventory.
Recently, as I’ve been traveling through many Gates and Instant Towers besides the main tower, these miscellaneous items have been appearing frequently.
…If I were to ask other Hunters whether they consider such items miscellaneous, I’d probably get quite varied opinions, but regardless.
I’ve been entrusting all those items to Deokhuun.
As a result, Ilgyeok Trading Company had inadvertently earned the nickname of being a ‘suspiciously high-volume dealer of high-grade items.’
Of course, people didn’t actually find it suspicious, contrary to the nickname.
[ Title: Another B-rank item posted on Ilgyeok Trading Company’s homepage
Content: For those interested, come check it out. As always, the prices are definitely cheaper than market value.
└ Wait… Isn’t the market price for B-rank items at least in the billions?
└ The poster must be loaded;;>
└ I had instant ramen for dinner today, but….
└ But why does Ilgyeok Trading Company have so many high-grade items? At other places, if one or two items go up in a year, that’s normal, but here there are already three this month alone, right?
└ Dude, just look at how fast Ilgyeok clears Instant Towers and Gates lately. If he dedicated himself to selling, this would be nothing
└ Captured casual speech. Reporting;;>
└ My cat at home…. ]
Anyway, the relationship between Ilgyeok and the Ilgeuk Foundation was already well-known, so people simply accepted it and moved on.
Moreover, as my Instant Tower and Gate records had been accumulating at a crazy pace over the past few months, there was no longer any objection to placing me at rank 1.
[ └ Objection? Who had any objection?
There are quite a few people who actually believe the joke about one-shotting and getting banned on Hunter Now.
…Anyway.
Apparently, Ilgyeok Trading Company had built an interesting facility in Busan, where the Ilgyeok Guild’s headquarters is located.
Since no press release had been issued yet, people were simply thinking ‘they’re doing some major construction’ without suspecting anything unusual, or so I was told.
“But if it’s still under construction, wouldn’t it be impossible to enter yet?”
“It’s fine~ When I asked the Knights, they built it incredibly fast and well~”
“Hmm.”
“While we’re on the subject, what if you suggested to the Knights that they start a construction company? From what I’ve seen, I think they’d bring a revolution to the industry.”
I was worried that this “revolution” wouldn’t mean what it normally does.
The construction skills of the One-Strike Knight Order?
Honestly, I was experiencing it firsthand by now.
Not only were various buildings going up on my land practically every other day, but Suyeon’s house was also almost entirely built by them, aside from modern facilities.
Above all, their construction prowess was fully demonstrated in the grasslands of the 90s floors.
However.
‘Those guys probably couldn’t obtain a construction engineer’s license even if they died and came back to life. …No, since they’ve already died and come back, it’s even more impossible now.’
Setting aside such matters of skill, reality had always been cruel and unforgiving.
No matter how well you could build, without a license, it was illegal!
“Why? The Knights helped quite a bit with this One-Strike Guild headquarters construction project too.”
“…Really?”
“Yes yes, of course the construction company we contracted with managed everything to avoid legal issues, but even they were quite startled.”
“Well, it’s understandable to be surprised when Undead are doing construction work.”
“That’s not what I meant~”
I asked Jia when she had sent such a dispatch.
“The Ilgeuk Materials Company requested that we dispatch three people as they needed manpower, so I approved it using my authority. I apologize for not reporting it to you.”
“Ah, no, there’s no need to apologize….”
That was the response I received.
‘But is it even possible to construct a building with just three people?’
Did they just build some small warehouse or something?

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