I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 57

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Episode 57
Episode 57
Rather, it was more accurate to say that everyone here likely understood what it meant, but no one dared to speak it aloud.
‘Drill holes through the terrorists’ heads, in other words… Or perhaps the government’s lukewarm response while the United States raised tariffs was the real grievance.’
There was simply no other way to interpret it.
Seongnyun, who had caught onto something, asked one of the employees.
“So, what’s going to happen to the criminals?”
“Capital punishment seems difficult… Life imprisonment without parole, solitary confinement in the worst facility conditions.”
“Has that information already leaked?”
“It seems so….”
Ilgyeok was truly a terrifying person.
It had been proven this time that his power extended far beyond mere individual strength—his information network was equally formidable.
‘What should I do? Should I make a suggestion?’
Such a thought crept into Seongnyun’s mind, but that carried far too much risk.
Yet was there any greater danger than Ilgyeok in the current situation?
In other words.
“I suspect Ilgyeok would have carried out the execution himself….”
That was what he meant.
The reason Ilgyeok, who always killed monsters with a single strike, had not simply eliminated the perpetrators of this incident was painfully clear.
It was a gesture of goodwill toward Korea.
He had captured the criminals—now handle the rest properly.
Yet knowing the government would fall short of his expectations, he had immediately staged this show of force?
It was truly terrifying.
‘Like a vicious criminal indeed….’
The mountain’s destruction was such a massive incident that Ihyeon’s defeat of the mid-boss on the 30th Floor had been pushed to the background.
But what kind of place was this?
The Talent Search Division of the Management Bureau—a department that gathered only the brightest minds.
A department with the conviction to boldly shout “No” alone while everyone else said “Yes.”
“Director.”
“…Even in a situation like this, you see a different interpretation?”
Seongnyun gazed at the Storm Manager with a very serious expression as he raised his hand.
From his face alone, it looked as though he might shout “Eureka!” and dash outside at any moment.
‘That wouldn’t be bad?’
But of course, that wasn’t it.
The Deputy Manager nodded and revealed his conviction.
“If we calm our minds, it may not be as serious as it seems.”
“What do you mean?”
Not serious?
A mountain had been blown open, yet he spoke so calmly—it made no sense. However, there was tremendous conviction in the Deputy Manager’s eyes.
“I believe in the Hunter called Ilgyeok.”
“Ah….”
“A Hunter who has cleared three gates—two of them simultaneously—in a situation where losses far outweigh gains. Would such a person really stage a protest over the disposal of terrorists? Doesn’t that seem like an excessive logical leap?”
“…!”
Seongnyun and the Employees, who had been distracted, now focused intently on the Deputy Manager as he laid out his logic with unusual calm and precision.
“Moreover, we must pay close attention to the floor that Ilgyeok cleared this time.”
“Oho!”
“It was a mid-boss floor, wasn’t it?”
The Employees clapped their hands as they recalled the detail they had overlooked.
The Deputy Manager nodded as if to say, ‘Now do you understand?’ and presented his argument.
“An S+ privilege that is certain to exist. If we assume that this privilege repeats at specific intervals—say, every five floors—then couldn’t we interpret this as: he obtained a new skill and was testing it when he accidentally caused this incident?”
“….”
Silence followed.
The Deputy Manager exhaled sharply through his nose, as if to say, ‘How’s my flawless logic?’
How was it, indeed.
“That’s just escapism, you bastard!”
“?!”
The Deputy Manager’s eyes widened as a crumpled ball of paper flew past his head.
They didn’t believe him?
“Did you see whether an S+ privilege exists or not? And now you’re saying it repeats every five floors? That’s an excessive logical leap, you bastard!”
“Ugh, ahhh! Director!”
Seongnyun could no longer contain himself and shot up from his seat.
The Deputy Manager shrieked and bolted out of the office.
It wasn’t the ‘eureka’ moment he had hoped for, but since he was fleeing with a loud commotion, it didn’t deviate much from Seongnyun’s expectations.
And.
News that Ilgyeok had drilled a hole through the mountain on the 30th Floor public level spread rapidly across communities like Hunter Now.
Some quick-witted people even went to the site themselves to leave reviews, calling it a pilgrimage.
With the situation developing this way, the Management Bureau quickly issued a statement.
[ Management Bureau Director: The reason Ilgyeok drilled the hole is unknown. All possibilities remain open for consideration. ]
It was less of a statement and more of a ‘we all know, but we’re not going to interpret it’ level response.
[ U.S. Treasury Department: Discussing 90% tariff increase against China and Russia. ]
And the side most sensitive to such remarks took swift action.
[ Chinese Premier: Shocking verbal slip… ‘Isn’t that too much? XX?’ Goes viral on mic. Premier claims it was a personal matter, makes awkward clarification. ]
* * *
Thus, Ihyeon had cast a great stone into the world.
“Good grief, I’m sorry for accidentally causing such a mess….”
Whether Ihyeon turned on his phone or the TV, news poured out everywhere, and he let out a deep sigh.
If I’d known this would happen, I should have left a note saying ‘it was an accident.’
But would that have changed anything?
“People act according to what they wish to believe.”
“Yes, you’re right.”
Jia, who had been standing stiffly beside Ihyeon on the sofa, spoke.
I told her it must be uncomfortable and to come sit, but she wouldn’t budge.
At least she wore casual clothes rather than armor like she did inside the Tower, which was somewhat better.
‘But somehow that makes it even stranger….’
If she wore armor, she’d at least look like an armor statue, but in casual clothes, she looked completely out of place in my home.
”If I asked for water, would she bring it?’
Jia would certainly bring it, but I would never ask her to do such things even if I died and came back to life.
Anyway.
As I flipped through channels, I finally found a small cable broadcast station that didn’t talk about the hole in the mountain.
Channel name ‘TTT’.
I didn’t know what the acronym stood for, but I quite liked the place.
[ That was when we reported the news of an Instant Tower appearing in Yongpyeong, Gyeonggi Province. This time, the Wing Guild, which made that area their base, attempted to clear it but unfortunately failed…. ]
“Hmm?”
An Instant Tower.
Unlike the Main Tower I was currently climbing, whose end remained unknown, Instant Towers displayed how many floors they consisted of upon entry.
Smaller towers could have their floor count distinguished to some degree with the naked eye.
‘The entry condition for Instant Towers was probably ‘being in a location visible to the naked eye’, right?’
Anyway, this newly appeared Instant Tower was C-rank with only 3 floors.
So it seemed the base guild, not considering it particularly threatening, immediately attempted to clear it.
But then.
[ Right when we entered, we saw this huge rocky mountain. We didn’t realize what the problem was until we scouted it. That it was a monster that looked like an elephant. ]
“Hmm.”
The monsters inside the tower were more troublesome than expected.
The monster confirmed on the 1st Floor was simply called ‘Behemoth’.
A colossal elephant-shaped monster so massive it could be mistaken for a rocky mountain.
When monsters had such distinctive names, they operated on an entirely different level from the common monsters like Kobolds or Giga Bears I had hunted so far.
They were what were called Named monsters.
Moreover, ultra-large monsters were something Hunters generally found difficult to deal with.
With party size limited to five members, there were limits to the amount of damage they could handle.
In short, even though it was called a C-rank tower, it was a tower that couldn’t be cleared by any ordinary formula.
The guild representative’s interview ended there.
I decided to go to Hunter Now and search for more information.
Sure enough, searching a few keywords brought up various reviews.
Since Instant Towers could be entered if visible to the naked eye, it seemed some Hunters had simply looked around and left.
[ Author: InstantLover
Title: Yongpyeong Instant Review lol
Content: Run away. Behemoth? That’s seriously an absurd monster. Let me make you feel it right now. Turn your head toward the window and pick any mountain. Then imagine it moving lololol Anyway, regardless of what abilities it has or whatever, can you even bring yourself to attack it?
└ 3MinHunter: Recommended for Hunters without a window to turn their head and see a mountain….
└ Furious: lololol Now that you mention it, I get it. This won’t work. Thanks
└ ThreeSharks: But wait, this isn’t the time to laugh. Isn’t this actually serious? What kind of monsters appear in a C-rank…?
└ Lottery 1st Prize vs S-Rank: Lol, we have Shin Gung in our country anyway. When the Tower opens, she’ll handle everything. ]
People were even saying they’d have to call in Seo Suyeon herself if things got that desperate.
Of course, if it truly couldn’t be handled, the nation’s top-ranked Hunter would sometimes appear before the Tower’s doors opened.
Moreover, Suyeon was known to have a naturally kind disposition, and she had never refused such requests even once.
[ └ OneStrike: What about Ilgyeok? I have a feeling Ilgyeok might show up too. ]
It was an obvious comment in a way, but there were mentions of me as well.
‘Well, I’m not really expecting anything.’
I flared my nostrils and checked what replies had been posted to that comment.
[ └ ObjectiveGuy: It’s not wrong, but objectively speaking, it’s still a bit early for Ilgyeok to be called. A C-Rank is quite a distance from the 30s where Ilgyeok operates.
└ FactsGuy: Strictly speaking, the above statement is correct. The government probably wouldn’t want Ilgyeok to attempt it anyway. What if he enters a floor above his current level and something goes wrong?
└ OneStrike: But didn’t he pierce through a mountain this time because he got angry?
└ Objectivity guy: Objectively speaking, mountains and giant monsters are on different levels lol. Honestly, mountains can be pierced if named high-level mages just set their minds to it;; But more objectively, is there anyone who can one-shot it?
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this line as it appears to contain incomplete or corrupted text with unclear abbreviations and symbols. The “└” suggests it’s part of a structured format, but the content “닉값 ㅇㅈ ]” is fragmentary and doesn’t form a complete meaningful phrase in Korean.
“Hmm….”
Indeed, the arguments were as objective and factual as their usernames suggested.
I asked Jia, who was pretending not to look but was actually peeking at my phone screen from beside me.
“What do you think?”
“A Behemoth cannot possibly be an obstacle to you, Master.”
Now this is a properly calibrated item!
Jia’s weighty words carried an inherent trustworthiness that surpassed the typical comments on Hunter Now.
Of course, if I lacked the skill to back up such words, it would be recklessness and arrogance. But I myself felt sufficiently capable.
Why?
I recalled the anti-materiel sniper rifle I’d obtained yesterday.
Originally, it was a gun designed to shoot not people, but objects.
Armored vehicles, artillery, buildings, walls, and the like.
Certainly, with a conventional sniper rifle, I might feel somewhat at a loss.
‘Actually, doesn’t it feel custom-made for a tower like this?’
With the situation unfolding this way, it felt as though the Tower had been thrown to me specifically to clear.
I rose from my seat.
“Shall we head there today?”
Then Jia answered, dropping to one knee.
“Wherever that may be.”
It was certainly a magnificent attitude, but my expression was somewhat awkward.
‘…It looks strange when she does that in casual clothes.’
Plain jeans and a crewneck sweater, yet such a knightly salute.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————