I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 38

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Episode 38
Episode 38
Myeongcheon Park, where Dohyeon stood.
‘Is this the destructive power of a Hunter who hasn’t even reached the 30th Floor yet…?’
Of course, there were some Hunters in Korea capable of killing a Goliath Lizardman in a single strike.
However, as far as Dohyeon knew, there existed no one who could perform such feats without leaving a trace, as if they didn’t exist in this place at all.
Perhaps once the Gate concluded, he could verify whether it truly was a single strike.
In any case, he felt relief knowing that Ilgyeok had arrived with a level of power that transcended what he’d heard, yet at the same time, worry gnawed at him.
‘I wonder if Seongmin is holding up well.’
Had he known that someone—whether a true Healer or Ilgyeok’s phantom—had arrived at that location, his thoughts might have differed, but there was no opportunity to receive such information.
However, he wasn’t even granted the luxury of dwelling on such concerns for long.
Boom—
A shift in the air that only Hunters and Awakened ones present at the scene could perceive.
Especially Dohyeon, a Hunter with particularly keen senses, felt a pressure so intense his legs threatened to give way beneath him.
In a Gate situation, there was only one explanation for this.
‘A boss…?’
The appearance of a boss monster.
Goliath Lizardmen—creatures already quite formidable for a Gate—had been pouring out relentlessly.
So what manner of creature could possibly stand at the apex of such beings?
Dohyeon, positioned on a building rooftop for optimal shooting, narrowed his eyes and surveyed his surroundings.
And it wasn’t long before he could identify the boss’s true form.
With heavy, thundering footsteps came a creature whose head reached a height that nearly touched the rooftop of an ordinary villa.
“…Good heavens.”
A Rex Lizardman.
A Tower Master-class monster found in typical D-rank or easier C-rank instant Towers.
Its massive frame, rough hide, and reddish eyes meant it should rightfully be called a dinosaur rather than a mere lizard, the progenitor of the Lizardman species.
In fact, Hunters’ assessments placed it on par with Drakes found in much higher floors.
Of course, having emerged through a Gate, it would be somewhat diminished, but did that truly matter?
Dohyeon’s entire body went rigid at the sheer presence of the Rex Lizardman.
Had this occurred in a Tower with no obstacles whatsoever, he would have been as good as dead.
Yet in this moment, only one Hunter came to mind.
‘If it were Ilgyeok…?’
An absurd S+ rank, and even more absurd consecutive conquests.
Perhaps he could even submerge the Rex Lizardman itself.
Grrr—
But the instant his eyes met the Rex Lizardman’s gaze.
Dohyeon had to shake his head in despair.
‘No matter how strong Ilgyeok is, that won’t work.’
The Tower, where each floor is a grueling challenge.
If it’s C to D-rank, that translates to roughly the 40th to 50th Floor of the Main Tower.
But then, a boss monster appeared that was ten floors above Ilgyeok’s current level?
If it were truly possible to defeat such a creature, Dohyeon would speak of it with confidence wherever he went.
Ilgyeok was the one destined to become the “Sentinel”—a legendary title passed down among the first Hunters from when the Tower first emerged, the one who would reach the very end of the Tower.
Boom— Boom—
The Rex Lizardman looked around, gripping a spear as thick as a telephone pole.
As if searching for something.
Dohyeon had certainly entered the creature’s perception, but the beast paid no mind to such a weakling, swinging its massive head about.
Then suddenly, its gaze fixed on one spot.
And then.
Whoooooosh————!!!!
It simply hurled the spear it had been holding.
“?!?!!”
Dohyeon was startled.
Did the Rex Lizardman even throw its spear?
Since Dohyeon might have to confront this enemy someday, he had been conducting research on its patterns, but he had never heard of this.
But if it threw it.
What exactly had it seen?
Dohyeon’s vision, pushed to the extreme edge of tension, followed the spear as it flew with what felt like slow-motion clarity.
And Dohyeon witnessed something that could only be described as magic—even by the standards of a Hunter who had witnessed countless actual spells, there was no other word to explain it.
Crack—!
The spear, flying straight toward some target, was struck head-on by something—an invisible beam of light.
Then, like chopsticks snapping, it broke cleanly in mid-air.
A deafening sound seemed to echo, though whether the sound came first or the spear’s breaking came first was impossible to judge even by a Hunter’s senses.
But what mattered was not such a sound.
The invisible beam that shattered the spear did not stop there….
Splurch——!!!
It tore away a massive section of the Rex Lizardman from its shoulder to its neck.
“…Huh.”
Dohyeon felt as though he were watching a scene from a movie.
Without CGI, was it even possible for the Rex Lizardman to be reduced to such a state by a single attack?
He would have absolutely insisted it was impossible.
But now he had to change his mind.
Because he had actually witnessed it.
He had confirmed with his own two eyes that such a thing could happen.
And the very next moment.
「The Gate (D) has concluded.
Location: Yongwhang City, Myeongcheon Park, Republic of Korea.
Outstanding Contributor ID: ‘Ilgyeok’
Total Participants: 2.
Rank: S+」
Ilgyeok’s existence was once again etched into the system.
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‘Surprisingly, among those wielding spears, there are quite a few who pull off tricks like that.’
Meanwhile, from atop the building, Ihyeon caught his breath after confirming the death of the Rex Lizardman he’d targeted and the closure of the Gate.
I never expected such a formidable creature to emerge.
It was the appearance of a powerful monster that even Ihyeon hadn’t anticipated.
‘The experience from fighting the Goblin Warrior Captain came in handy.’
The sniper duel with the Goblin Warrior Captain on the 5th Floor had been a meaningful experience for me.
The moment I confirmed that the Rex Lizardman was wielding a spear, I instinctively thought, ‘That creature might be able to throw its spear.’
My prediction proved correct, and I calmly found a trajectory that could strike both the spear and the Rex Lizardman simultaneously.
「Firepower: 65 → 80」
Worried that my firepower might be insufficient, I invested an entire level’s worth of stat points into firepower.
Time was pressing, so I couldn’t raise Stealth, resulting in a fairly loud report, but in hindsight, it was the best choice.
‘I broke the spear and twisted its trajectory.’
If I’d hesitated out of concern for others’ attention, I could have been in serious trouble.
Certainly, the Rex Lizardman was no easy opponent.
In any case, this area was finished, so the remaining location was the Doryongnamun Crossing where Dummy was.
Since the Gate had manifested simultaneously, it was about time for a boss monster to appear there as well.
‘…They say even tigers come when you speak of them.’
It seemed the boss monster there wouldn’t be a gentle one either.
In Dummy’s field of vision, a massive flying monster soared into view, shrieking ferociously.
A Wyvern.
It was indeed the perfect choice to lead the Mini Wyverns.
A monster that appeared in D-rank Instant Towers rather than the Main Tower, it was notorious for its flight capabilities, sturdy build, and vicious temperament.
‘The stats are somewhat adjusted, but fortunately it’s better than the Rex Lizardman. Just to be safe, I’ll invest a bit more in Stealth…’
「Stealth: 60 → 70」
Opposite to Ihyeon, who had just seen the boss emerge and was taking his time,
Seongmin, who immediately witnessed the house-sized Wyvern at the scene, urgently shouted to Dummy.
“Damn it! Healer! Get back! I’ll buy us time here somehow, so you get out of here!”
It was quick situational judgment.
Unlike himself, a mere spear wielder, the Healer shouldn’t waste his precious life in a place like this.
He had no idea when the cursed reinforcements would arrive, but if someone had to die, it should naturally be him.
But what was this?
The Healer, whose expression was awkwardly stiff and rigid, seemed to have lost his soul upon seeing the Wyvern, for instead of fleeing, he merely stood there, gazing up at the creature.
Seongmin, frustrated, jumped up and shouted.
“Hey! Didn’t you hear me? Do you not know what a Wyvern is? Run! It’s dangerous—”
But then.
Boom—!
“Gua?????”
Suddenly, the Healer extended his hand toward the Wyvern, and a suspicious blast erupted.
‘M-Magic? No, what on earth is this sound?’
An unidentifiable sound that Seongmin had never heard before.
But there was one thing he could be certain of.
Thud-thud-thud———
The Wyvern that had soared upward with fierce momentum as if declaring itself the king of the skies was now falling to the ground as nothing more than a pathetic chunk of meat and blood.
“….”
Even Seongmin, who was rather talkative by nature, couldn’t find words for such an absurd sight.
Was the Wyvern really so fragile that it would burst just from raising a hand?
Seongmin, who had only heard rumors and never actually faced a Wyvern, tilted his head in confusion.
‘If the Wyvern is like that, wouldn’t the Mini Wyvern be the same?’
Just to be safe, Seongmin cautiously raised his hand toward a nearby Mini Wyvern.
Silence—
Naturally, nothing happened.
“Damn it! I almost died!”
Instead, the creature charged at him, and he barely escaped having his arm severed before driving his spear under its jaw.
“Healer, thank you anyway. Thanks to you, I kept my life… Where did you go?”
But the Healer who had been right behind him had vanished without a trace.
「Gate (D) has been cleared.
Location: Yonghwang City, Doryong Interchange, Korea.
Outstanding Contributor ID: ‘Ilgyeok’
Total Participants: 2.
Rank: S+」
Location: Yonghwang City, Republic of Korea, Doryong Interchange.
Top Performer ID: ‘One Hit’
Total participants: 2 people.
Grade: S+
“I-Ilgyeok?!?!?!!!!”
Leaving only this status window behind.
Two total participants.
One of them was obviously Seongmin, so that was excluded.
Then didn’t that mean the Healer he just saw was Ilgyeok?
He had definitely heard that Ilgyeok was a woman and a Dark Mage….
Unable to believe even what he had witnessed, Seongmin stood there bewildered by Ilgyeok’s true identity (?), which was completely different from what he’d heard.
‘Fortunately, the Wyvern had good matchups.’
Meanwhile, after confirming that the remaining Gate had also been cleared, Ihyeon quickly began to leave.
Two reward notifications had appeared, but he needed to evacuate swiftly in case he got caught.
The mana remaining in the Maesek Gun wasn’t much anymore.
There was no benefit to dragging out the situation any longer.
Vroom——
Naturally, the means of return was the delivery truck he had borrowed from Donghoo and Minjeong.
“?”
But a note on the passenger seat that he hadn’t noticed when he arrived in a hurry caught Ihyeon’s eye.
– Samjeong Apartment, Building 113, Unit 804
An address written in Minjeong’s handwriting.
With a sniper’s instinct, I realized this address was where the goods needed to be delivered.
Sure enough, when I checked the truck bed through the rearview mirror, I could see a considerable amount of groceries loaded inside.
“….”
After a moment of silence, I immediately pulled the truck onto the shoulder.
Just to be safe, I opened my phone and found—
– I know who you are.
Your loving mother
– If you return home without completing the delivery, I will inform the Management Bureau and the Defense Ministry of your identity.
Your loving mother
– This seems real. Urgent.
Your loving father
“!!!!!”

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