I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 83

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Episode 83
Ep. 83
Claude fell silent for a moment before the brief message returned, leaving him uncertain how to respond.
Elsie’s image naturally surfaced in his mind.
‘Should I go find her?’
Wasn’t it enough to give her a sharp flick on the forehead and then meet Ilgyeok standing beside her?
It was a thought entirely unbecoming of Claude, who typically acted for universal humanitarian causes, and he was well aware of that fact himself.
Claude exhaled a deep sigh.
「Cloud: Then, could you not provide at least a hint that would allow me to deduce Ilgyeok’s identity?
Elsie: No, I can’t. Sorry.」
He hadn’t particularly expected anything different.
Elsie’s objective from the start was to find Ilgyeok.
Moreover, she hadn’t placed any binding constraints on him.
‘For now, I suppose I should be satisfied with having at least established a connection with Ilgyeok….’
Still, since they had helped Elsie, this would be a card to play at a critical moment later.
It wouldn’t be wise to linger here and diminish her goodwill.
One had to know when to withdraw gracefully.
“The results don’t seem particularly favorable, do they?”
Agent, who had been watching Claude from beside him, asked.
Claude nodded.
“Things don’t always go my way. It seems Ilgyeok’s resolve is quite firm.”
“Yes, that would be the case. He’s someone who climbed all the way to the 50th Floor.”
Frontier knew that Ilgyeok’s progress through the 40th Floor Range was a kind of performance orchestrated through an agent.
That’s why they could only marvel at his thorough security measures.
It meant not only perfect skill but also meticulous preparation before each conquest.
However, Claude’s side was not approaching this with any less resolve.
No—after coming to Korea and learning of the fervor and actual prowess surrounding Ilgyeok, Claude’s determination burned even hotter.
He desperately wanted to draw Ilgyeok into his faction.
Even if it meant wagering the organization Frontier itself.
‘If I don’t bring him in now, there won’t be another chance.’
The entire world was desperate to secure Ilgyeok.
Some had even attempted to destroy him so no one could have him.
A plan to execute this method was already taking shape in Claude’s mind.
Jenny in Africa would jump at hearing this plan, but ultimately she would agree with Claude’s judgment.
‘Come to think of it, Jenny and Elsie would get along well if they ever met.’
Claude chuckled at that thought.
It was a thought that lightened his mood considerably.
Claude asked Agent.
“What about that Tarak… no, the new recruit?”
Tarakdwaeji Minjoo, who had inadvertently joined Frontier while traveling with Elsie.
The Agent informed me of her recent progress with an “ah.”
“I was just about to report this. She cleared the 40th Floor yesterday and said she’d enter the 40th Floor Range today.”
“Really? Even accounting for Elsie’s help, that’s quite fast.”
“Yes, Elsie’s replica turned out to be a more powerful item than expected, and her own willpower is equally formidable.”
“Indeed, perhaps she may become the key to finding Ilgyeok. When one yearns desperately enough, even the heavens cannot ignore such resolve.”
“I hope so.”
Just as the Agent said, Minjeong’s willpower was truly remarkable.
40th Floor—she had accomplished the extraordinary feat of defeating the Shadow Tiger alone as a Dark Mage!
Though Elsie was no longer with her, the skill of using skeletons summoned by dark magic as bait, binding the beast’s movements with curses and attack spells, then finishing it with swordplay—all of this was the fruit of her hellish training bearing results.
Moreover, spending nearly all day in the Tower meant her level was rising rapidly.
“Hehehehe… I’m no ordinary Dark Mage anymore.”
Minjeong let out a laugh befitting a Dark Mage as she gazed upon the Shadow Tiger kneeling before her.
From now on, call me not a Dark Mage, but the ‘Dark Swordmage Tarakdwaeji Minjeong’!
‘…No, just call me the Dark Swordmage Minjeong.’
In any case, having successfully entered the abandoned castle of the 40th Floor Range, Minjeong surveyed her surroundings.
“Ilgyeok… I will definitely meet you.”
Anger, resentment, and hatred boiling up from within!
…Of course, when I actually meet him, I still have no idea what I should say.
Then a Hunter standing nearby tried to strike up a conversation.
“Huh? Did you come to see Ilgyeok too?”
“Huh? Oh, yes, yes.”
Minjeong relaxed her gloomy expression and nodded in confusion.
I didn’t expect to be overheard.
The Hunter continued enthusiastically.
“Me too~ He’s been active here lately and he’s really cool!”
“Ah, that’s not really my reason…”
“What, you’re not trying to get Ilgyeok’s autograph?”
“?”
“Still, if you bother him too much, people will hate it. Sustainable fan activity—that’s the number one rule of the One-Shot Café, you know?”
What’s a One-Shot Café?
Minjeong, whose mind had been completely absorbed in training with Elsie all this time, couldn’t understand what this Hunter was talking about at all.
However, before Minjeong could even voice her confusion, a notification window appeared before their eyes.
「The 50th Floor clear record has been updated.
Location: Tower of South Korea
ID: Ilgyeok
Rank: S+」
“….”
Minjeong fell silent.
“Waaaah! Ilgyeok cleared it with S+ again!”
“Hurray! He’s really amazing!”
“Kyaa~ Now this is the life~”
The atmosphere around us instantly transformed into a festival.
Minjeong collapsed to her knees in despair.
‘At this rate, I’ll have to climb all the way to the 50th Floor Range again….’
What exactly was Ilgyeok that just seeing his face had to be this difficult?!
And the Hunter who saw Minjeong like that grinned and nodded.
“Wow, you really do love Ilgyeok~”
As if unable to bear it any longer, the Hunter even gave Minjeong a thumbs up.
* * *
Meanwhile, I met Elsie outside the Tower and brought her home.
At first, I was worried that those who had helped Elsie wanted to meet me, so I might be being followed, but fortunately that didn’t happen.
Elsie had spoken with such confidence, and from what I could see, it was the same.
Contrary to my worries, they seemed like clean people.
…Of course, if Claude heard about it, he would say, ‘Isn’t it excessive to make contact by switching buses twice, taxis three times, and inserting the subway in between?’
For reference, Claude only confirmed that Elsie, who knew nothing, asked for some money and then switched buses, taxis, and subways once each.
And after that, she even hid her presence entirely.
Even if he had deliberately tried to tail her, it would have been something to make him click his tongue.
“Really, it’s as if I’ve completed professional military training.”
That’s what Claude said after hearing the report.
In any case, after such simple(?) anti-surveillance measures, I brought Elsie home.
Then I told Donghoo and Minjeong at the supermarket to visit the house whenever they had time.
‘Since we have one more new family member, I should tell my parents anyway.’
Of course, thinking about Jia, a spirit wouldn’t be treated as a burden.
She didn’t even need to eat, and she didn’t need sleep.
Moreover, Jia had recently started learning housework on her own, saying she seemed to only be a burden.
Thanks to that, Minjeong and Donghoo were even giving Jia a modest allowance!
They even praised her, saying she was much better than their son who just lay around all day at home.
‘And I was the one who brought that capable Jia….’
In any case, thinking about such things, they would accept Elsie just as easily.
“Son, why did you call us?”
“Dad’s here.”
Not long after, Minjeong and Donghoo returned from the supermarket.
“What about the supermarket?”
“We closed a bit early today. We’re tired too.”
“You did well.”
I naturally led Minjeong and Donghoo to the living room.
Jia, who was kneeling in the living room, greeted them politely.
“Welcome home, Mother, Father.”
“Yes. Why are you kneeling again today? It’s not good for your joints.”
Though I said every time that Jia, being a spirit, wouldn’t suffer from joint pain, Minjeong still worried every time.
Anyway.
I waited for my parents to settle onto the sofa before broaching the subject.
“There’s something I need to tell you both.”
“What is it? Why do you sound so serious?”
“Well….”
I had been about to say, “Like Jia, another new spirit has come to live here with us.”
It was the simplest explanation and the one my parents would understand best.
But then.
Creak—
“Ugh, this is so boring! When can I go out?”
“?”
Before I could even respond, my bedroom door swung open and Elsie burst out with a deeply furrowed expression.
Both Jia and I turned to look at her, our faces contorting with displeasure.
‘Not yet, I said!’
That was the clear message our expressions conveyed.
Elsie then sheepishly scratched the back of her head and asked again.
“Oh, not yet? Sorry.”
Squeak—
Unlike when she had opened it, closing the door was quite careful.
I let out a sigh and spoke.
“It’s already too late anyway. Just come out.”
“Hehe, okay.”
Elsie immediately grinned widely and opened the door again, stepping out.
I turned my gaze to Minjeong and Donghoo with an awkward expression.
But then.
Gasp——
The two of them looked startled, their mouths hanging open as they alternated their stares between Elsie and me.
“Mom, Dad, you see.”
I decided to just introduce Elsie directly at this point.
I had been planning to do that anyway.
But before I could say anything, Minjeong and Donghoo nodded with gentle expressions.
“Why are you trying to explain everything like that?”
“Right, your mom and dad have eyes too.”
“Huh?”
I tilted my head in confusion.
Did Mom and Dad figure out that Elsie was a spirit at a glance?
Elsie certainly does emanate an extraordinary aura, but it shouldn’t be easy for two people who aren’t even Hunters to notice that.
While I was thinking such thoughts, Donghoo and Minjeong exchanged glances and smiled warmly.
“Kids these days are fast, they say….”
“Tell me about it.”
“!!!!”
Only then did Ihyeon grasp the meaning behind their “what’s the big deal,” and he was astounded.
No matter what I said, they responded with that?!
“That’s not it—logically, does that even make sense?”
“Huh? What do you think we were saying?”
“Right?”
They were a married couple who normally bickered over a single pair of socks, yet their movements were perfectly synchronized in moments like this.
Ihyeon tried to object further, then realized that doing so would only invite more interference, so he shook his head in resignation.
Ihyeon gestured for Elsie to come over.
“Huh? You called me?”
As Elsie approached, Ihyeon pressed down firmly on her small head while introducing her.
Elsie made a protesting sound and tried to resist lightly, but it was futile.
“This is Elsie. She’s a spirit I obtained from the Tower, just like Jia.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“What did I think then?”
Both Minjeong and Donghoo appeared considerably disappointed for some reason.
Ihyeon felt an unusually rare surge of anger toward his parents.
However, it wasn’t Ihyeon who expressed that anger.
“What?! What do you take me for?!”
Elsie shook off Ihyeon’s hand pressing down on her head and stamped one foot against the floor in protest.
Since she had always been quite wary of Jia, who had been chosen by Ihyeon first, this misunderstanding was particularly offensive to her.
Ihyeon let out a deep sigh and spoke.
“Elsie, go inside for a moment.”
“Huh? It doesn’t look like I should—!”
Whoosh—!
If the master says to go inside, then go inside. What’s an item going to do about it?
Ihyeon forcibly transformed Elsie into her true form—the shape of a sword.
And so the Legendary Sword, adorned with all manner of brilliant decorations, clattered onto the living room floor.
The sword trembled indignantly a few times, unable to contain her frustration, but that was all.
Ihyeon spoke to Minjeong and Donghoo.
“Now you believe me, right?”
“Heh, if you go this far, we have to believe.”
“I always believed everything my son said anyway.”
The two of them spoke with an irritatingly smug smile.
Then.
“But what happens if a human and a spirit get married…?”
“Would the spirit be half…?”
Ihyeon felt as though he couldn’t regain his composure in the face of his parents’ unexpected sharpness.

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