I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 37

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Episode 37
Episode 37
Afternoon, with both Minjeong and Donghoo out at the shop.
I was preparing to clear the 30th Floor at home.
That’s when it happened.
Ding—!
My phone emitted a sharp notification.
“Huh?”
I picked up my phone with a stiffened expression.
This notification sound was exclusive to the Gate alert app that Hunters frequently used.
But before I could even check the details,
Ding—!
The same sound rang out once more.
“…Two Gates opened at the same time?”
I checked the map, thinking this was quite unusual.
Two opening simultaneously wasn’t particularly common, but since each region had its assigned units and guilds anyway—
‘I really can’t let my guard down.’
But the situation was far from ideal.
Two Gates spawned in similar locations.
Even so, the distance between them was roughly 5 kilometers.
This kind of situation was the most ambiguous.
Guilds rarely dispatched personnel to other guilds’ territories.
Who could predict what might happen?
Conveniently, those locations were in Yonghwang City, not far from my home.
No matter how skilled I was as a Sniper fighting from range, a distance of 5 kilometers meant I could only choose one location.
The Doryong Gate or Myeongcheon Park.
But.
‘I never thought I’d use this skill in such a way.’
I recalled the skill I’d obtained just yesterday and bit my lower lip hard.
I had just gained the ability to handle both Gates.
But should I really expose it?
To be honest, it was burdensome even for me.
After all, displaying any ability meant revealing that much of my identity.
If I only considered my own interests, the best choice was not to go and let them handle it themselves.
And even if I helped, the second-best option was to cleanly resolve only one side.
‘But…’
I imagined the situation unfolding right now.
The few on-duty Hunters floundering in confusion.
The response team of the already understaffed Special Forces splitting their limited personnel between the two sites.
And those images naturally summoned my past.
The 2nd Squad had rushed out of their position despite it not being their turn, forced by circumstances beyond their control.
For me, keeping my identity hidden was certainly important.
But before that.
What had been the catalyst for my Maesek Gun to awaken?
Perhaps it was merely coincidence, but I didn’t think so.
‘Let me try it first.’
I immediately started running.
“Mom, can I borrow the car?”
“Huh? What? We have a delivery to make!”
The vehicle was the truck from Hojung Super.
Driving wasn’t difficult since I’d done it often enough in the military.
Vroom—!
Though quite worn, the truck ran smoothly since it was powered by a mana stone engine.
“W-what about our delivery?”
“Should we take a taxi…?”
Watching the truck disappear in an instant, Minjeong and Donghoo exchanged helpless words.
“And we already loaded all the packages in there…”
* * *
‘Damn it! This is absolutely insane!’
Seongmin rolled frantically across the highway surface, cursing under his breath.
This was why he had to move together with Dohyeon regardless of the manual.
Seongmin was a Hunter with spear specialization.
Meanwhile, the monster that had burst forth from the Gate created at the Doryong Gate was.
Kiieeek—!!!
A ‘Mini Wyvern’ with a body roughly the size of a compact car, flying swiftly through the air.
Despite being called ‘mini,’ watching such a massive creature plummet vertically from the sky was no joke in terms of pressure.
It would have been far easier to deal with if Dohyeon, who had Archer Hunter specialization, were here.
Seongmin did have a ‘Spear Retrieval’ skill allowing him to attack with thrown spears, but alone it was insufficient.
After throwing spears a few times initially, one of his arms got bitten properly, making even that impossible now.
“Damn it, if only there was a Healer, I’d have nothing more to ask for!”
But even as Seongmin grumbled, he knew how unreasonable this situation was.
It seemed far more likely that Dohyeon would quickly clear his Gate and return.
The Special Forces Snipers in the distance were firing at the Mini Wyvern, but he couldn’t place his hopes there either.
‘If only I had something like a Maesek Gun, world peace would have already arrived!’
A Maesek Gun was merely a delaying tactic at best.
Ultimately, Hunter support needed to arrive to resolve the situation, but how much longer would he have to wait?
Ten minutes?
Thirty minutes?
What was certain was that during that time, either Seongmin would die or the defensive line would be breached—one or the other was inevitable.
But who could have known.
– Hunter! Support has arrived! I’m letting them through!
“Huh?”
Support arrived far sooner than I had anticipated.
“Get out of the way!”
Kiieeee—!
I swung my spear with force to drive away the annoying Mini Wyvern nearby, then quickly spun around to look back.
Sure enough, a single figure was casually walking through the defensive line toward me.
Just one person?
It might have been slightly disappointing, but my eyes widened when I saw what he was carrying.
“A, an actual Healer came?!”
A staff shaped like a cross.
It looked somewhat amateurish, but it was definitely a Healer’s staff.
With a Healer here, I could manage the situation on my own.
My spear could pierce through the Mini Wyverns that emerged from the Gate.
“Yes! Perfect! Healer, I’ve been waiting for you!”
I bounced excitedly with my spear raised, welcoming him.
Meanwhile, at the Management Bureau, they were watching the scene on camera.
“That, that person!”
Tower Defense, the Hunter who had entered the command center with Seongnyun, shot to his feet.
The Hunter who had come to support was a very familiar face.
Seongnyun asked.
“That person?”
“Yes! That Healer is Ilgyeok’s phantom body!”
“Oh!”
“My goodness!”
Exclamations erupted throughout the command center.
The situation had already been tense due to the Mini Wyverns that didn’t match well with me.
How fortunate that Ilgyeok had come to support us in such circumstances.
He wasn’t the “real Healer” I had hoped for, but that no longer mattered.
It would be better for me to clear the Gate quickly and receive treatment safely.
It turned out that Ilgyeok’s specialty was long-range attacks.
With his power, a swarm of Mini Wyverns would be dealt with in an instant.
“Didn’t I say so? Ilgyeok will definitely come!”
“I, I really didn’t expect him to come.”
At Seongnyun’s confident declaration, the Gate Response Officer nodded with a lukewarm voice.
But even so, the situation remained dire.
The Gate I was handling was on the brink of crisis, but Dohyeon on the other side wasn’t in a good situation either.
Over there, a group of “Goliath Lizardmen” had appeared—notorious for their tremendous defense.
Creatures found only in places with extremely difficult difficulty ratings, even in D-rank instant Towers.
Though I, who wielded a bow, wasn’t lacking in attack power and was handling them one at a time, the defensive line I couldn’t attend to was precarious.
Seongnyun spoke.
“For now, it would be best to concentrate follow-up support toward the park.”
“Right. All Hunters being mobilized now, head to Myeongcheon Park!”
“Understood!”
Still, with at least one location secure, energy returned to everyone’s voices.
That was when it happened.
Boom—!
“??????”
The head of a Goliath Lizardman charging toward Myeongcheon Park’s defensive line exploded.
Seongnyun and everyone in the command center doubted their own eyes.
‘Did the camera malfunction?’
How a camera could malfunction in such a way that only a head burst was beyond comprehension, but without that explanation, the situation made no sense whatsoever.
It wasn’t Dohyeon’s arrow either.
No matter how superior his attack power was, it fell short of being able to burst a Goliath Lizardman’s head.
Then what on earth…?
Boom—! Bang—! Bang—!
Yet even as the command center struggled to comprehend the situation,
the cameras capturing Myeongcheon Park showed,
Bang— Boom—!
Goliath Lizardmen collapsing one after another, each missing their head.
Seongnyun, staring blankly at the scene, muttered in disbelief.
“…Ilgyeok?”
If that was the only possible explanation, then it was possible.
But then…
“What about the other location?”
If the Healer at Doryong Gate was definitely Ilgyeok’s illusion, what was going on there?
Seongnyun asked uneasily.
“That Healer… surely they’re not unrelated to Ilgyeok?”
“That, that can’t be. They’re definitely not in our database either… and the circumstances were perfect.”
The Hunter who had faced the Healer directly shook his head.
But he too had no clear way to explain it.
The one who regained composure fastest was the Gate Response Division Chief.
“Get your heads in the game! If Ilgyeok is at Myeongcheon Park, then Doryong Gate only has the illusion!”
Whether an illusion skill that persisted beyond a 5km range even existed was something that would make spirits weep,
but if Doryong Gate truly only had the illusion, the situation was critical.
Seongmin’s life, who was just celebrating the Healer’s arrival…
Whoosh—!
“??!?!?!!”
“What, what is that now?!”
Yet at that moment, the eyes of everyone in the command center grew so wide it seemed impossible they could grow wider still.
A pure white beam shot from the Healer extending toward Seongmin, and it truly did heal him.
– Yahoo! A Healer really is the best! Healer, just stay right there! Once I clean up all these bastards, I’ll even give you a kiss!
Only Seongmin’s excited, carefree voice flowed through the speaker after receiving the heal.
After some time had passed, Seongnyun turned to face the Hunter with a terrifying expression.
“That person is Ilgyeok’s illusion, right?!”
The Hunter muttered while shrinking back nervously.
“C-could it really not be an illusion…?”
What in the world was happening here?
Then the voice of the situation room from the Tower Management Bureau, a higher authority than the Management Bureau, came through the speaker.
– That… how is this happening? Is the camera malfunctioning?
Seongnyun couldn’t bring himself to answer, “That’s what I’d like to know.”
* * *
A building overlooking Myeongcheon Park at a glance.
Ihyeon was admiring the scene unfolding before his eyes.
‘Is this really allowed?’
To reiterate, within my own ‘field of vision’.
Once Ihyeon felt the situation had stabilized, I checked the description of the skill I’d obtained at level 20 once more.
「Distorted Snipe Range (C)
Upon activation, you can fire at targets within your field of vision.
All stats decrease.
Consumes ten times the mana of regular ammunition.」
‘I didn’t know it would be this versatile.’
When I first saw this skill, the application that came to mind was mirrors.
For instance, it meant I could fire at blind spots or rear positions visible through a mirror, didn’t it?
A sniper should avoid such situations at all costs, but if I could fire, the tactical possibilities became endless.
However, as Ihyeon pondered further, I suddenly conceived of an entirely new application.
A so-called ‘skill chain.’
As a Hunter’s level increases and skills multiply, the ability to chain skills together becomes increasingly vital.
If I chained this ‘Distorted Snipe Range’ with ‘Perfect Target’?
The Dummy that ‘shares’ my field of vision would become a sort of mirror, allowing me to relay shots through it.
‘Well… the ten times mana consumption is a bit constraining.’
Currently, my mana stat was in the mid-60s.
In other words, this skill’s limit was six shots at best.
And that was only when I used bone bullets that didn’t consume my own mana.
The skill had clear effects and limitations, but I didn’t regret the choice.
‘Without this skill, this situation would have been a complete disaster.’
Now that I was here, the situation proved even more dire.
A Goliath Lizardman and Mini Wyverns, no less.
In truth, even during my special forces days, these were monsters I’d never actually hunted—I’d always left them to the Hunters.
Indeed, the two Hunters who’d rushed over were struggling repeatedly.
If Ihyeon hadn’t been there, perhaps….
I’d rushed over so frantically that I’d scraped the delivery truck’s bumper against the curb a bit, but if Minjeong and Donghoo understood the circumstances, they would surely forgive me.
‘…They would forgive me, wouldn’t they?’
The problem was that forgiveness came with the condition of ‘if they understood the circumstances’.
Even if Ihyeon died and came back to life, I had no intention of revealing to these two that I was Ilgyeok, so inevitably….
‘Right, saving people comes first. What does a scratched car matter?’
It seemed best to give up and simply focus on the present.
I steadied my anxious heart and plunged back into the world within the scope.
The Dummy’s field of view appeared on one side like an auxiliary monitor.
Using that, I observed both locations simultaneously and fired only when absolutely necessary.
In other words, I was waiting for something that would soon appear.
After all, the most certain way to end this situation.
‘Boss Monster, come out.’
The boss monster that led these creatures.

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