I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 59

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Episode 59
Episode 59
My vision shifted once more.
Jia, who had been standing before the Behemoth, returned to my side.
Her eyes brimmed with admiration, joy, and delight.
Seeing this, I spoke with a wry smile.
“I took care of it in one shot.”
“Of course. As I said, a mere Behemoth could never be an obstacle to you, Master.”
Jia nodded and affirmed my words.
“Haha.”
“Indeed, your attack shattered the very earth—”
“You don’t need to praise me this time.”
“Understood.”
Concerned that Jia’s habit might worsen, I cut her praise short.
While genuine compliments were nice, Jia suited a more stoic demeanor far better.
And now, having been transported to the 2nd Floor, a thought occurred to me.
“But does the Behemoth not drop any byproducts?”
Unlike usual, I’d been transported to the next floor without even a chance to check the Behemoth’s drops.
A system notification soon followed, as if answering my question.
「Loot from Instant Tower floors, excluding the final boss, is settled in bulk upon complete clearance.」
“I see.”
Unlike the endless Main Tower, the Instant Tower was a distinct entity unto itself, so rewards were distributed this way.
That meant I could receive additional rewards like experience points after clearing the entire tower.
Since the clear notification only appears after the raid team exits, the final boss was meant to be a personal achievement to savor.
‘That makes sense. Since Instant Towers require a complete restart if abandoned midway, this system is more fitting.’
If I could deliberately skip the Instant Tower and just farm lower floors for loot, it would be unfair compared to the Main Tower.
I nodded in understanding.
The 2nd Floor, by contrast, was far too straightforward compared to the 1st.
Giant Lizardmen, classified as large monsters, did appear, but they were an already well-known species.
Without even needing to position Jia ahead, I leisurely defeated five massive Lizardmen and cleared the floor.
There was no need to use the Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle.
「Transporting to the 3rd Floor.」
Whoosh—
Thus I ascended to the final 3rd Floor of the tower.
“…?”
“…”
Both Jia and I were rendered speechless by the landscape before us.
Well, Jia might simply have felt no particular reaction and said nothing regardless.
And for good reason.
“Is this… the ocean?”
“That’s correct.”
An open vista, with sunlight scattering as it struck the water’s surface.
They stood upon a single boat, and the place they occupied was none other than a vast ocean.
Ihyeon glanced around and spoke.
“Well, I don’t see anything that particularly looks like a monster… though I suppose it is the ocean.”
All that was visible were undulating waves and a single island in the distance.
However, there were plenty of places where monsters could lurk.
Just as Ihyeon said, the waters below were deep.
This situation spelled trouble for Ihyeon.
The most iconic large monster of the ocean would be the Kraken.
That creature, suddenly bursting from beneath the boat and attacking with eight legs, would be nothing short of a counter to Ihyeon in such circumstances.
‘Should I at least head toward the rock island? If it attacks before then…’
As I pondered these thoughts, the name of the monster I needed to defeat on the 3rd Floor was revealed.
「Instant Tower 3rd Floor.
Eliminate Amogratl.」
“Amogratl?”
Ihyeon tilted his head in confusion.
It wasn’t the Kraken I had been worried about.
But that didn’t mean I had ever heard of a monster called Amogratl either.
My gaze naturally turned toward Jia.
As a local(?), surely she would know more than I would?
“Do you know what it is?”
Jia’s expression remained unchanged, as always.
Instead.
“If my memory serves me correctly, Amogratl is…”
*Point*
She simply extended her finger and indicated one location.
There was really no need to question what it was.
There was only one thing visible in this ocean.
“That rock island.”
“…”
Ihyeon stared at the rock island with a bewildered expression.
A moment ago it was a rock mountain, and now it’s a rock island?
‘Hmm, now that I think about it…’
It did seem to be getting closer?
After hearing the word “monster,” I narrowed my eyes and watched carefully, wondering if it was just my imagination.
*Whoooooosh—*
The white foam on the rock island that I had assumed was waves crashing and breaking turned out to be something else entirely.
“It’s actually coming this way?!”
It was the wake created by rapid movement toward us.
Moreover, the rock island was far larger than I had anticipated.
The ocean made it difficult to judge distance, but judging by what was visible above the surface, it appeared even larger than the Behemoth.
Jia spoke in a calm voice.
“Amogratl is a colossal monster resembling a turtle. Its appearance is such that one could easily mistake it for a rock island.”
“Yes, I can certainly see that now.”
Jia provided information as though she were a living monster encyclopedia.
I quickly switched my gun to an Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle and began taking my stance.
Aiming at a single point on the water’s surface, which was rocking due to the waves, was far from easy.
“One of Amogratl’s defining characteristics is its ferocious temperament and the volcano that erupts with blood as hot as lava….”
Boom——!
As if to prove her words, red liquid burst forth from one side of the rock mountain—likely its shell.
A sizzling sound testified to the temperature of that liquid.
“And the rocks that erupt from that volcano are known to be quite threatening.”
Boom— Bang—!
As the volcano erupted, rocks scattered around the boat, sending up splashes of water.
Yet, as if it were truly a monster, those rocks seemed to adjust their trajectory, concentrating their assault solely on our direction.
I quietly stopped her as she was about to say something more.
“I need to concentrate, so please stay quiet for a moment….”
“Ah, understood, Master.”
I thought that if she continued, she might actually say something like “it also shoots lasers from its mouth,” and the monster might actually do it.
In any case, the rock island—Amogratl—was approaching me at tremendous speed despite its massive size.
Once we were close enough, it no longer bothered to hide, raising its enormous head from beneath the surface like a submarine.
It resembled a crocodile-turtle with rocks clinging all over it.
‘How in the world are other Hunters supposed to defeat this thing?’
I clicked my tongue as I looked at the creature’s head, which wouldn’t even be scratched by ordinary attacks.
Most giant monsters were like that, but this one in particular….
If I had to fight while relying on this single small boat, it would be nothing short of a catastrophe.
Even if I were to cross onto its shell, where lava-like blood was flowing, it would be much the same.
The waves grew increasingly rough.
But my inner state became progressively calmer in contrast.
‘If I cannot stop the waves, I will surrender to them.’
Amogratl’s body, magnified through the scope.
Regular, yet increasingly faster and more powerful currents surging toward me.
I made no attempt to control that undulating motion.
I simply steadied my breathing and slowly took in the sight.
The sky visible at the high point.
The ocean visible at the low point.
The target between them.
My vision moving in real time.
The creature was approaching me in a straight line, but this time I had to fire while moving myself.
Boom—! Crash——!
Rocks fell threateningly around the boat at irregular intervals, their impacts shaking the vessel in an unsettling rhythm.
I waited patiently for the right moment.
Amogratl’s grotesque form grew larger and larger.
I kept my rifle trained on the creature.
“….”
Jia stood behind me without moving, her infinite trust unwavering.
Splash—!
Now the creature’s front limbs moved massively beneath the water, visible as ominous shadows.
Still, I merely waited for the perfect moment.
Splash—!
Another rock fell beside the boat.
‘It’s coming.’
I had been waiting for this rock to fall.
Far in the distance, another rock dropped, but its impact on the boat was negligible.
The undulating waves lifted my field of vision to a high point, then guided it back down.
Then, as I rose again.
The moment Amogratl’s head entered the scope, exactly as I had envisioned it.
‘Breath held.’
Hummmmm——
Trigger pulled.
Boom———!!!
My rifle finally unleashed the single, refined violence I had been waiting for.
A beam thicker than the rifle’s body itself shot toward Amogratl’s head.
Yet as the massive beam approached Amogratl, it appeared as thin as thread.
An alien sense of perspective.
Like a small signal humanity sends into the cosmos.
And so my shot.
Crack—!
Pierced directly through Amogratl’s brow.
Whoooosh————
Amogratl, which had been charging as if it would effortlessly destroy the boat carrying Jia and me, rapidly lost its momentum.
Its brain had been destroyed in a single shot—an inevitable outcome.
Glug— Glug—
The creature’s blood, which had been gushing forcefully, now flowed weakly down its carapace surface like its fading life.
And finally.
Thud… Thump.
Amogratl’s massive head drifted lifelessly toward my boat and struck it.
Hisssss———
The blood touched the ocean and cooled, hardening into a solid crust before my eyes.
While small by Amogratl’s standards, the area resembling a rock island was being created in an instant by human measurements.
That turtle-like creature resembling a rock island was transforming into an actual rock island.
Before my eyes as I watched the dead Amogratl, notification windows appeared repeatedly.
「Amogratl defeated.
3rd Floor mission completed.」
“It’s over.”
My brief words.
I collected all the byproducts from the final boss Amogratl that appeared.
The byproducts from the 1st and 2nd Floors were byproducts too, but I wanted to check the Tower’s clear rating first.
The completion notice for an Instant Tower can only be confirmed after everyone inside exits to the outside.
As Jia and I came out to the place where we had entered the Tower, the notice appeared not long after.
Confirming the notice’s contents, I recalled the colossal monsters I had encountered inside the Tower once more.
If I hadn’t fortunately obtained the Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle mode, even I wouldn’t have dared attempt to clear it.
Well, I could have managed to get through somehow or other.
「Instant Tower, clear completed.
Rewards are being calculated.」
「South Korea’s Yongpyeong Instant Tower (C) has been cleared.
Location: Yongpyeong, South Korea.
Top Contributor ID: Ilgyeok
Rating: S+」
Obtaining such a rating was no easy feat.
I always felt a thrill from the same rating and began checking the rewards I had received.
“Let me see…”
I had just learned how byproduct trading worked through my dealings with Deokhuun.
Though Deokhuun’s warehouse was quite spacious, it was insufficient to handle byproducts from massive monsters like Behemoth or Amogratl.
I was wondering if I’d need to rent an entire soccer field just to lay out the hides and bones.
「Behemoth Hide *152
Behemoth Bone *112
Amogratl Shell Fragment *183
Amogratl Bone *217」
Fortunately, there was no need for such concerns.
The hides and bones had been cut into reasonably convenient sizes and entered my inventory separately.
Of course, even so, they were incomparably larger than something like ordinary Orc hide.
The byproducts from the Giant Lizardmen were also all accounted for.
But their quantity approached the low hundreds.
At this rate, I could sell them in portions, and Deokhuun would probably be delighted.
‘Well, the moment I sell these, I’m admitting I’m Ilgyeok, so I’ll have to hold off for a while.’
Thus, I happily examined the byproducts from Behemoth, the Giant Lizardmen, and Amogratl.
The general rewards from the Instant Tower were not significantly different from the Main Tower.
「Instant Tower Rewards.
You have obtained 20 C-Grade Magic Stones.
Please check your inventory.」
‘Twenty pieces—the scale is certainly different.’
Aside from the fact that the quantity was in a different league altogether.
Whether it was because the monsters inside were larger, or if Instant Towers were simply like this by nature.
Either way, as Ihyeon, I welcomed it.
My eyes soon fixed on a single inventory slot and one notification window.
「S+ Grade Clear Privilege.
The item ‘Slightly Special Amogratl Bone’ has been additionally awarded.」
“Oh!”
I exclaimed upon confirming that name.
The Slightly Special Bone series, which had been scarce lately.
And from none other than Amogratl, the final boss himself!
‘Still, it’s a bit disappointing that the S+ Grade privilege is just a Slightly Special Bone….’
Thanks to the Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle, I hadn’t struggled much, and the reward would depend on what exclusive skill Amogratl possessed, so I decided to set my disappointment aside for now.
“Is something the matter?”
Jia, unaware of the situation, asked while observing my expression.
I promptly pulled out Amogratl’s bone and spoke.
“Jia, do you know what this is?”
It looked ordinary on the surface, but that didn’t mean all bones were the same!
Jia stared intently at the bone I confidently produced.
“It’s a Slightly Special Amogratl Bone.”
“Huh?”
“It’s the essence accumulated within a monster’s body that has dissolved into the bone. For something of Amogratl’s caliber, that essence is quite special indeed. Congratulations on obtaining such a precious item.”
She knows about this?

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