I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 82

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Episode 82
Ep. 82
「S+ Grade Clear Bonus.
You have been granted an additional item selection right.
Please check your inventory.」
“Sigh, there’s no helping it.”
As if it had been announced beforehand, I received the item selection right.
The item selection right itself wasn’t bad.
I had never obtained an unhelpful item from this reward before.
Whether it was a concealment cloak or a mana battery.
「1. Legendary Sword (S+)
This is the Legendary Sword.
It is an extremely powerful item.
Selection is highly recommended.
2. Honest and Trustworthy Axe (B)
Increases Strength.
Slightly decreases Agility.
3. Magazine (C)
Delivers major news from the dimension you belong to.
Limited to information the user can perceive.」
“Hmm.”
I gazed at the choices for a moment, pondering.
The noteworthy detail was that the description of the Legendary Sword had been significantly expanded.
Perhaps at S+ grade level, one could adjust the information about oneself.
Or perhaps it was possible because it possessed consciousness.
Both meanings were similar anyway.
Then.
“Masteeeeer~~~!!”
A voice calling out to me desperately echoed from afar.
Red hair bouncing through the forest, rushing toward me.
It was naturally Elsie.
“Did you get the item selection right? Did you?!”
“Yeah, I did.”
I nodded as I descended from the tree.
Hearing those words, Elsie broke into a beaming smile.
“The Legendary Sword! The Legendary Sword!”
Her eyes sparkled like a puppy gazing at a delicious treat.
It felt as if her gaze had taken on a tangible form, like some manga character’s, and was striking against me.
Sparkle— sparkle—
…It wasn’t an illusion. It was real.
‘What a waste of talent….’
I briefly considered how much power and talent would be required to solidify eye light into a tangible form.
But that thought was fleeting.
Looking down at Elsie, I replied.
“I’m thinking about it.”
“Th-thinking about it…? D-don’t tell me another fox is approaching?!”
It seemed she referred to all S+ grade items besides herself as foxes.
Though it was questionable whether any other item besides Elsie could even do such a thing.
I shook my head.
“No.”
“Then?”
“I’m thinking about Jab.”
“J-jaaaaaab?!!?!”
Elsie stomped one foot against the ground repeatedly as if she’d been insulted.
“Isn’t that a C-grade item?”
“…You knew?”
Well, from Elsie’s perspective, it really could be seen as an insult.
Elsie’s face flushed as red as her hair.
“How dare you compare me, the Legendary Sword, to such a C-grade item…!”
“Hey, that’s grade discrimination.”
“I-I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it that way.”
At my point, Elsie seemed to calm down a bit.
Seeing her like that, I chuckled softly.
Of course, I was quite tempted by Jab’s description.
But even so, there was something else to compare it to.
Elsie’s words weren’t wrong.
I asked Elsie with a deliberately stern expression.
“Can you follow my orders well?”
“O-of course! Why else would I be here?”
Elsie countered with teary eyes.
Certainly, it was an absurd meeting, but in another sense, it was proof of just how much Elsie wanted to follow me.
‘I don’t know why she went so far.’
It might be connected to the Tower’s secrets that I—no, that all of Earth—still didn’t know.
“If you act on your own like before, I won’t take you out of my inventory ever again.”
“I understand….”
Perhaps because she was already on the verge of tears, it seemed like tears would spill from Elsie’s eyes at any moment.
“You’ll take me with you when you go up…right?”
I didn’t answer Elsie’s question.
It wasn’t I who answered Elsie, but rather,
「You have obtained the item, ‘Legendary Sword’.
Check your inventory.”
“The consciousness of the item ‘Legendary Sword’ has already been summoned.”
Notifications continued to appear in succession.
Elsie stared blankly at the notification window.
Then immediately after.
Boing—!
“Master is the best!”
She leaped onto Ihyeon and clung to him tightly.
“Get off.”
“No way!”
Ihyeon frowned and tried to peel her away, but she deftly dodged his hands and seemed to have decided to climb onto his back instead.
It hadn’t even been a minute since she promised to behave well.
‘This much is nothing.’
Ihyeon couldn’t help but smile and gave up trying to remove her.
Then Elsie let out a cheer from behind Ihyeon’s back.
“Yesss~ I can go up with Master!!!”
「Ilgyeok: Jia, let’s head home right away today. When you reach the Entrance Area, don’t wait—just leave. I’ll go with Elsie.
Jia: I understand your orders.」
Ihyeon began heading back to the Abandoned Castle with Elsie on his back.
Thinking that I had gained a niece I never had before, it felt… reasonably pleasant.
‘…Or should I say a companion dog since she’s a war hound…’
In any case, I had gained something I didn’t have before.
What was certain was that Jia, who could be described as a loyal Assistant Gunner no matter how generously you looked at it, had a completely different nature.
* * *
Meanwhile, a few days prior, Claude, who had sent Elsie to the 40th Floor range with an Agent.
He was waiting for the results, trusting in Elsie’s confidence that she would find Ilgyeok.
He even accepted the Agent’s suggestion to send her back again, saying it could cause problems.
‘After all, if she hides her presence, there’s virtually no way for us to track her.’
All that remained was to wait.
But then.
「The 46th Floor clear record has been updated.
Location: Tower of South Korea
ID: Ilgyeok
Rank: S+」
When she cleared the 46th Floor, he thought nothing of it.
How could Ilgyeok be found immediately upon entering?
“There were rumors that a red-haired girl was spotted at the Abandoned Castle, but that was all.”
“Right, she probably hid her presence. We didn’t know at first either, did we?”
“Yes, there don’t seem to be any particular issues.”
The next day.
“47th Floor clear record has been updated.”
A notification that no longer surprised me.
Yet there was still no contact from Elsie.
“48th Floor clear record has been updated.”
“49th Floor clear record has…”
And after resting for a day, it seemed.
“50th Floor…”
Ilgyeok had finally pierced through the entire 40th Floor range perfectly.
The reports coming through during this time were nothing but absolutely astounding.
It was already an enormous feat to deceive the eyes of most Hunters by putting forward Jia as my proxy.
Clearing all floors of the 40th Floor range with early wave termination?
‘It’s utterly nonsensical.’
Ilgyeok, having reached the 40th Floor range which could be said to be the middle stages, was displaying truly overwhelming power.
I would reach the end of the Tower.
No one could stop me, as if roaring such defiance.
“…Still nothing?”
“Yes, Captain…”
The Agent who received Claude’s puzzled question hung his head apologetically.
‘Has something gone wrong?’
Eventually, Claude couldn’t hold back and decided to send Elsie a private message.
“Cloud: Elsie, have you still not found Ilgyeok?”
Even for Claude, the wait had been long enough that the question was somewhat blunt.
But disappointingly, Elsie’s reply came back quickly.
“Elsie: Oh! I forgot!”
“…”
Claude’s brow furrowed slightly.
“Gasp, C-Captain!”
The Agent watching from the side called out to Claude in surprise.
Claude was someone who usually just laughed and rarely showed emotion.
But for his brow to furrow meant quite an irritating response had come back.
…Though Elsie hadn’t done it on purpose.
Was she saying something like, well, now that I’ve found Ilgyeok, you all can forget about it?
Claude exercised patience for a moment and sent another message.
“Cloud: Did you convey our intention to meet with you?
Elsie: Yeah. Let me ask her right now.”
“Good.”
Only then did Claude’s expression brighten a little.
She had simply forgotten, not turned her back on Frontier entirely.
If that was the case, then they had created a very strong connection with Ilgyeok.
‘My choice was indeed correct!’
Claude was quite satisfied with his deductive reasoning in guessing the existence of the spirit named Elsie.
And Elsie was basking in such expectations from Claude.
“Master.”
“Hmm?”
“Someone wants to meet you.”
“Huh?”
Ihyeon, who was about to leave the Tower, glanced back at her upon hearing Elsie’s sudden remark.
“Who?”
“The person who helped me climb to the 40th Floor.”
“…Did I tell you that I’m Ilgyeok?”
“Not that, but I did say I needed to meet Ilgyeok.”
“Hmm…”
That’s what it amounted to.
Ihyeon nodded silently.
Indeed, without that, Elsie would never have been able to reach the 40th Floor.
No one would readily believe a girl who suddenly said, “I can’t reach the 40th Floor on my own, so could you help me up?”
So she had no choice but to reveal certain secrets.
“What was it again, Frontier?”
“Frontier?”
Ihyeon tilted his head in confusion.
Ihyeon was well aware of the organization called Frontier.
A group that mysteriously traveled between Towers across nations, primarily offering assistance during crises in developing countries with weaker national power.
But he’d heard they showed little interest in countries like South Korea that had already entered the ranks of developed nations and could sufficiently climb Towers on their own.
‘…And is this person actually a real Frontier member in the first place?’
Ihyeon harbored a doubt that would make Claude exasperated if he heard it.
Having lived a life so accustomed to hiding his own identity, Ihyeon found it difficult to trust others’ identities at face value!
In fact, Ihyeon couldn’t entirely be blamed, as scams exploiting Frontier’s good reputation had been rampant.
[ The Tower Safety Management Department warns of rampant fraud crimes impersonating the international organization ‘Frontier’ targeting the year-end season… Cases where individuals claiming to be ‘Frontier’ members have mobilized large sums of funds… ]
[ The Police Agency announced that they’ve apprehended the ‘Frontier Impersonation Voice Phishing Crime’ organization through international investigative cooperation… ]
Fraudulent cases spanning not just Korea but the entire world!
As a result, when people heard the word ‘Frontier’ in real life, they typically hung up the phone or outright ignored the person.
Ihyeon had similarly suspected that the person who helped Elsie was some kind of scammer.
‘Well, since she also said she needed to meet Ilgyeok, they probably thought each other were scammers.’
Perhaps it was something like a half-joking exchange: “If you know Ilgyeok, then I’m a Frontier member!”
Well, it didn’t seem necessary to know such detailed circumstances.
“Plenty of people want to meet me.”
“Kyaa! As expected of Master~”
“That’s why you can’t respond to every single one of those requests. From now on, don’t even mention Ilgyeok’s name.”
“Okay, okay, I got it.”
Elsie seemed to be replying to a message, giggling away as if delighted.
Back to Claude.
「Elsie: But I said I don’t want to.」
“….”
Claude felt the urge to cry for the first time in a very long while.

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