Arcane Sniper

Chapter 17

“Kyaaak!”

Ram Hwayeon blocked her ears from the sudden sound of a gunshot.

What she saw up close was the white smoke emanating behind the rock. She wanted to look back, but she couldn’t.

Beyond the white smoke, there was a healer who was knocked down by another Black Angus’ kick.

Black Angus slowly approached the fallen healer and started eating with his arm.

Blood poured out and the healer opened his mouth wide.

‘Did I get lucky in this misfortune?’

No screams can be heard in the ears that have been dazed by the gunshot.

“Haa，haa.”

Hwayeon’s legs softened as she watched the terrible appearance of a human being eaten alive by an animal.

The healer immediately turned into a grey light, and he was judged to be dead and would not feel any pain, but it was a terrible sight that will remain a trauma to those who have seen it.

‘And now I. If I knew it would be like this, I would have contacted them earlier.’

Now, who will she blame? At level 9, the fire arrow skill was level 3 and she was proud, she was confident that she could burn the black rabbit to death in one shot.

There was no information on the whole website, and the thought that it was a rabbit anyway created this situation.

She didn’t anticipate that two would appear at once. It was logical that when the archer died, they all should have ran away.

How much does she need to struggle again to get to level 9 if her level dropped to level 8? Additionally, she wouldn’t be able to connect for 48 hours.

‘Hmm? But why haven’t I heard anything?’

Her legs felt weak and her knees were shaking.

The man who emanated white smoke from behind the rock was shouting and asking her what she was doing.

“It’s over, so come over here quickly and help! When it finishes eating, it’s our turn next! Are you not a mage?”

‘Why don’t you do it yourself?’ Despite the chaos Hwayeon raised her voice to herself. Normally, she would get angry when other people were talking about her class, but now she was more curious than angry.

Finished?

“Surely?”

Hwayeon slowly looked back. The Black Angus, which was close enough that she could feel its snot from the nape of her neck, collapsed.

Blood was leaking from the hole in its eyebrows, soaking its black fur reddishly.

“Dead?”

“This，shit! If I knew this would happen, I would save the healer first. Cast quickly, we have no time! Go ahead and prepare the fire arrow or something!”

Hwayeon woke up to the voice behind her. She didn’t know what the man hiding behind the rock was doing, but it’s clear that he caught Black Angus in one shot.

‘High Level? Did he catch it in one shot? What level is he?’

But why is he rushing? Hwayeon thought that he should be able to hunt the other one in a single shot like the one from before, but this doesn’t appear to be the case as he was rushing her while sweating. She could not understand what was happening.

Kyuoooo—!

The low and long cry of the Black Angus rang.

‘It released a “Kyuooo” sound, but it sounded so scary.’

And at the same time, Leeha realized. He shouldn’t have gotten involved. After saving the mage who used flame magic, they would join forces to catch the Black Angus heading for the healer!

This was Leeha’s plan. However, the plan failed from the start, the healer was hit on the foot, fell down, rolled a few times, and died miserably by being eaten by the rabbit after reaching the limit of his health. Or maybe he overestimated the courage of that screaming mage woman. He thought she would swear and summon a fireball or something when he rescued her, but she froze and was tearful. Now is the time to pay the price of overestimation.

‘If I run away while reloading, I will only be wasting gunpowder.’

Leeha removed the gunpowder from the musket and picked up the ramrod.

“I wouldn’t have saved you if I knew you were this stupid! Damned bitch, run quickly!” Leeha jumped out from behind the rock and started running.

“What? Damned bitch?”

“Do you get upset by being sweared up?! Damn it, damn it! Because of you, I will die!”

He heard a sound of someone catching up from behind him. The problem was that after a while, he felt the ground shaking.

Black Angus, no, now the Black Anger has started running.

Besides, there is no downhill slope anymore.

Go up, run on the flat ground. Anyway, Leeha and Hwayeon ran together in the terrain that was quite advantageous to rabbits.

“You’re not going to fight?”

“Why should I fight? If you have the strength, shut up and run!”

“T-this bastard!”

“Are you going to talk like that to your lifesaver?”

Kyuooo—!

“Waah!”

“Somebody save me! This rabbit chews people!”

I felt the magnitude of the vibration coming from behind me more and more.

First death? Am I going to die in vain?

‘If I knew this, I wondered if I should have gotten anything like leather or meat from the body of Black Anger, that I had succeeded in hunting.’

Then Leeha saw another person walk slowly in front of them, her straight blue hair fluttering in the moonlight.

“Duck.”

“W-what?”

The blue color didn’t just come from her hair, the body of the woman walking in front began to shine with blue light.

“Hwajung-ah”

‘Hwajung?’

Leeha heard the voice of the woman shouting from behind him. Someone she knows? Is she here to help? However, even if he thought about it for about two more seconds, he would still die.

“Ice spear.”

“Kyoouuuu!”

An Ice spear flew in front of him. Leeha fell and slid down the floor.

“Kyaak”

And the same with the girl behind him, Hwayeon fell as well. With the Ice Spear being hidden from the sight of the Black Anger with Leeha and Hwayeon’s body, it was not able to react.

Kuung. The bull sized rabbit fell loudly.

Kyuuk，Kyuuuk!

“What… was that?”

Leeha’s mouth was wide open while looking at the Black Anger, who had stopped moving and got stuck to the floor. It is obvious that no matter how well it can run, when its legs are frozen, it cannot move.

“Take care of it quickly, sister.”

“Hyuu，thanks. But why didn’t you come quickly? I’ve been trying to contact you for a long time.”

“The ice will melt soon.”

“Understood. Ah! And you! Just wait!”

“Me?”

As Leeha saw her finger point at himself, his expression distorted. Did she want to say something?

No，‘Is it a good thing you’ve been upgraded to “you”?’

While looking at two amazing and absurd women, Leeha realized that the hair of the woman who had pointed her finger at her was red.

The cursing mage started to chant, and the red light emanated from her body matched her red hair.

It can also be seen that this is a preparation process to use magic.

At the same time, Leeha’s mind raced.

“Wait! Hey, I helped you catch one, so we have to party! Tell your name, name!”

When that chant is over, something will pop out, and then the Black Anger will die.

“Ram Hwayeon (Lin Huayuan)!”

“Oh, how do you apply for a party?”

He hadn’t been to a party before. In fact, since he leveled up while beating a rabbit with a musket butt, he wasn’t able to level with anyone else.

“Hey! What is your name!”

“Ha, Ha Leeha! Ha Leeha!”

“Fire Arrow!”

Shuwak, a burning arrow was created in the air. The Black Anger, whose legs are frozen and stuck to the floor, was like a target for practice. The fiery arrow pierced its heart accurately, and the body of the Black Anger with a long cry began to turn gray.

Black Anger, who had been bleeding after being hit by an ice spear, died in one shot.

『You leveled up.』

“Ha Leeha, it was breathtaking.”

Leeha’s body was covered white, the light that illuminated the dark night with a Paang -! When it disappeared, he felt refreshed. According to the level up effect, hP, mP, stamina, and vitality were restored to full. It is one of the few kindnesses Middle Earth gave to its users.

“Huu. Oh. Wait! Are you taking all the items?”

“I killed it.”

“What? Then what about mine?”

Hwayeon squeezed her chin while looking at Leeha with an absurd expression.

The one who died in one shot, the one left in the distance, caught his eyes.

“It seems fair, but strangely not fair.”

Leeha moved to the loot while complaining.

He obtained all of the quest items: rabbit fur, meat, eyeballs, and claws.

“Wait! Stop there!”

“D-Do not follow me.”

Leeha moved without looking back. However, the woman with red hair and the woman with blue hair, who was warned not to follow, ignored it and followed Leeha.

“Why? Why are you going into the woods?”

“You don’t need to know. And why are you talking informally to me? Even if we fought a battle with our lives on the line.”

“Your，what are you talking about now? It’s because I am older than you! And you spoke informally first!”

Stop.

Leeha’s steps have stopped. It’s funny to say something childish after going through a situation where lives are at stake, but he had something to say.

“No, are you proud of being older? Yes, I also talked like that when we were in a hurry but the situation is different now. You don’t seem to be too old. Maybe twenty-three or four, but let’s not do that,shall we. And I’m much older than you.”

The red-haired woman’s face turned red.

Leeha also realized it only after he finished speaking.

‘Oops, is it a compliment for women to look younger?’

Leeha scratched his head. Talking to a woman is also difficult.

Plus, the short blue-haired woman. From Leeha’s perspective, he seems to be the strongest of the three, but he has no words and he couldn’t even laugh, so the atmosphere felt awkward.

“H-heung. Even if I say that, I’m not interested in you. You, don’t you know our Hwajung? Ram Hwajung(Lin Huajing)!”

The red-haired woman put the blue-haired woman in front of her.

However, a blue-haired woman, Ram Hwajung, only looked at Leeha with expressionless eyes.

“Ram Hwajung? I do not know. Nope.”

“You don’t know Ram Hwajung, the Snow Flower Beauty of Hong Kong? Are you a Middle Earth user?”

‘Ram Hwajung? Hong Kong? Snow Flower Beauty? So it wasn’t a nickname, it was a name? No, you can say that it’s a nickname.’

Anyway, Leeha did not know.

(To be continued…)