Arcane Sniper

Arcane Sniper

Chapter 28

Translated by : xLordFifth

Biyemi began to get a little annoyed. Why did he act so rashly? Although it was not what they wanted, it would have been better if the two of them ran away quickly to survive.

Leeha’s actions would likely bring all of the servant wolves into the mountain. Now, the three of them would have to die without being able to do anything.

Did they all have to die together in order to continue hunting in a party? Wasn’t that ridiculous?

“Let’s go.”

“Where can we go with the wolves blocking the- What?”

If lizards had jaws, Biyemi’s would have dropped.

“Keukeuk, I had an idea and after seeing Biyemi-nim do it, I was sure that it 100% works.”

Leeha walked out like a crippled elder and used his musket like a crutch.

The wolves around them retreated a few steps to give them a path and among them; some hid behind trees, and there were even those who ran away without stopping at all.

“Surely, no way.”

“H-how did you do it, Leeha-nim?”

“I’ll explain later, so come quickly. Its duration is a whole lot shorter than poison.”

The path was opened and there were no more obstructions.

Upon reaching the Golden Eagle Zone, it was said that servant wolves would no longer chase the players, so for the time being, they had to climb nonstop.

‘It’s fortunate that my stamina is full. And even when it drops, it should still be fine because of the Runner’s High skill.’

Ha Leeha eagerly climbed using his musket as a crutch.

Biyemi looked closely at Leeha’s back.

Kijung Gong Gong kept leering at the servant wolves following slowly behind them in case they suddenly attacked.

They continued to climb the mountain for a long time without saying anything.

He was trying to figure out what on earth Leeha did until Biyemi realized.

“Gunpowder? It’s surely gunpowder, isn’t it? They ran away when they saw the smoke- no!”

“Heh, he must have noticed.”

Leeha took a peek at Biyemi’s expression and laughed.

As expected, he had a good understanding of the game system. No, should it be said that he had a lot of common sense or knowledge about reality?

“Smell! They ran away because of the smell of gunpowder! Right? Right, Ha Leeha-nim?”

“Oh, you can say it’s something similar to that?”

“Ah! Isn’t it because wolves have a strong sense of smell?”

From Biyemi’s overreaction to Kijung Gong Gong’s admiration. Leeha happily pulled out a bag of gunpowder.

“I don’t exactly know how, but it should be that way. It’s my first time trying it too.”

“Oh my goodness. No way.”

However, Leeha made a rough estimation, from his first wolf hunt, where they knew the dangers of a gun, and at the same time, they also had aversion to the smell of gunpowder.

It’s a smell that is hard to get accustomed to even for humans, how much more for wolves? It must be a tremendous stimulus.

‘However, using two seems to be too much. I have to be careful as it can damage the barrel.’

Fortunately, Leeha’s gamble was successful. They didn’t need to waste resources on miscellaneous mobs that did not even give them experience.

“Ha Leeha-nim, have you played Middle Earth before? You have knowledge that is not currently available, and even a job that no one chooses.”

During their final maintenance before the summit, as the servant wolves were no longer chasing and went down the mountain to rest already, Biyemi stepped up and asked Leeha, who was sitting, using a very small voice.

“Have you tried Middle Earth?

“This is the first time I played.”

“Ah, right.”

What’s this sound like? Biyemi, who was still looking at Leeha’s expression, quickly got up from his seat.

“Let’s go, let’s go. I think we’re almost there.”

“Wait a minute, I’ll summon my crow again. Please turn your head around.”

“Why?”

At Biyemi’s question, Kijung Gong Gong’s face turned red.

“This, when using this skill, it’s a little… embarrassing.”

“What is it? What is it? Do it quickly. I am getting curious.”

Leeha, who had been thinking about Biyemi’s question, got interested and naturally turned to Kijung Gong Gong.

‘Why is he getting embarrassed at using his skills?’

“Carry on. It can’t be helped, can it?”

Kijung Gong Gong sighed and cast his skill.

No, could you call that a skill? The huge giant was dancing.

A 2.5m giant that pierced the sky and the earth, danced an old disco dance movement, what was worse was, it was done slowly.

“Puhahaha! What are you doing, Kijung Gong Gong-nim!”

“Kikikikiki! Amazing, there was a skill like that?”

“N-Nature worship is a requirement for druid skill casting. Especially on summons.”

“Wah, really?”

Leeha was barely able to hold back his retort.

‘I didn’t realize that there are different varieties in Middle Earth.’

You had to perform a ritual of nature worship before you could summon. Leeha had suddenly improved his outlook on the Musketeer Job.

‘It’s much better to shoot, than doing such an ugly dance in front of someone. Hehe.’

In fact, it was only at this moment that Leeha realized that there was nothing better. Who could laugh at a person who killed a rabbit using a musket’s butt because he missed at a distance of 35 meters?

In the Middle Earth community, there were still people who were asking about the job that used a gun as a weapon, that is how impressive it was to other users.

Kaaa- Kaaa- The summoned crow circled Kijung Gong Gong’s head and landed on his shoulder.

“Okay, okay. Were you scared?”

Kkaa-!

“Hihi, you’re so cute.”

Kijung Gong Gong once again cut jerky pieces and fed them to his crow. It looked like he was having a conversation with the crow.

Leeha and Biyemi, who had never dealt with summons, looked at each other. It looked like a happy scene as laughter kept coming out.

“Let’s climb. This is the Golden Eagle Zone.”

Biyemi smiled and took out a dagger and lifted it. Now, the happy times were over, the fight for life and death would begin again.

Biyemi in front, Kijung Gong Gong in the middle, and Leeha at the back. They were 5 meters apart from each other, and after a while, Biyemi stopped and clenched his fist. It was a sign to stop. The lizard’s long index finger pointed to the sky.

As they turned to the pointed direction, a swarm of eagles wandering through the sky came into their view.

“Are those eagles?”

“Yes. The big one over there is the king. It’s the one we have to catch.”

“My gawd…”

Leeha was as surprised as Kijung Gong Gong, but he didn’t find it absurd.

‘Is this game just about getting bigger? What kind of eagle is that? Didn’t they make the rabbit king the size of a bull? There might be monsters the size of a building later.’

Measuring sizes was one of the fundamental skills of a sniper.

Even though I had no telescope, I was able to estimate the size of the Golden Eagle King by comparing it to the size of the Golden Eagles flying around it.

If the eagles flying around were the size of a common eagle, the Golden Eagle King was about four times their size.

A normal golden eagle is about 2.5 meters when it spreads its wings. Then what about 4 times that?

It would mean that the wings would be around 10 meters from end to end. It is about the size of a light aircraft.

Biiik!

Kkaak-! KKaak-!

“Oh. Let’s go.”

With a single cry from the Golden Eagle King, the summoned crow went into a frenzy and landed on Kijung Gong Gong’s shoulder.

Was it even possible to get its permission to fly in the same sky? The beast’s fear of the Golden Eagle King was ideal for humans.

“Shall we talk about the patterns? First is a descending attack. Ha Leeha-nim, it’s possible to break one’s shoulder if you get caught, you might die in one shot, so be careful..”

Leeha nodded at Biyemi’s words. Because the boss’s pattern had already been studied and shared in the community.

A special attack capable of killing a mage or priest-type character with a single blow. It was not easy to fight back against an airborne enemy. Besides, it was basically too far away, so there was no means of attacking.

“Next is a sonic attack. It would sit on a nearby tree and cry, if you get hit head-on, there is a high probability of getting stunned, so you have to be careful. If you get stunned, you would be eagle food.”

It’s the attack pattern targeted by users.

During this time, the Golden Eagle King would be close, and because it was sitting on a tree, it would not be able to move. At that time, they could grasp the opportunity to deal as much damage as possible.

Of course, once it received even a little amount of damage, it flew up again and prepared for a descending attack.

“Once its health drops to 30%, it will come down and attack on the ground, at that time Kijung Gong Gong-nim needs to pick everything you can and beat it. Even if it’s just a small stone.”

“Umm, should I do that?”

“Yes.”

While Kijung Gong Gong looked at the sky，Biyemi stood behind him and said with an ant-like voice, ‘If you’re alive until then.’

Surprised, Leeha tried to hit Biyemi, but the Lizardman was already preparing to cast.

“Are you all ready? I’ll go first.”

A pattern that couldn’t be preemptively used. In the eyes of the golden eagles, he had to respond by dragging aggro and launching magic or long-range attacks during the descent attack.

It was a commonly known attack pattern of the golden eagle.

“No. Don’t go out. Please wait a moment.”

“Yes?”

“I’ll shoot it first.”

Leeha wanted to block the pattern.

“W-what? Ha Leeha-nim you’re going to shoot?”

Leeha nodded at Biyemi’s question.

“I can shoot and drag it down, but I need to at least shoot it once before it comes down. If we vainly attack now and fail, we would lose an opportunity. Besides, it wouldn’t be a good idea to fight the eagles first.”

Not to the point of being bad, but the one with the weakest defense here was Leeha, who was a Musketeer.

Biyemi said lightly, “If you are unlucky, you might miss the shot.”

Kijung Gong Gong also joined in Biyeemi’s disapproval.

“L-Leeha-nim! Are you sure about it? The distance from here to there is enormous! Even if you look at it roughly… How much is it.”

Kijung Gong Gong and Biyemi squinted their eyes with great effort. It was difficult for normal people to quickly determine the size and distance of objects.

Leeha laughed like a kind teacher and stepped out.

“I think it’s about 90m.”

Leeha has already opened the bag of gunpowder.

“With a height of 80m. The Golden Eagle King is flying at about 90m? Kukkuk, doesn’t it tolerate anything above it because it’s a king?”

“90m? No, are you joking right now?”

From the peak of Candle Mountain there additional 90 meters again. If it’s from the ground, how many meters would it be? However, disregarding Biyemi and Kijung Gong’s surprise, Leeha pushed the iron ball bullet into the muzzle.

“I might miss, so get ready to cast right away, Biyemi-nim.”

“I’m already on it.”

“Kkik. Have you no faith? Ah, Kijung Gong Gong-nim, please come here and squat.”

Ignoring Biyemi’s doubtful expression, Leeha called the Giant.

“W-why?”

“I’ll use you as a stand.”

“Hmm? What?”

“Kkil Kkil, squat calmly.”

When shooting toward the sky, the posture was bound to be unstable, and Leeha wanted to find something to lean on to increase stability as much as possible. And what he found was the giant who was the hardest and largest, which would make it easier to adjust the angle.

“Take a slow breath. You should never take a big breath.”

“Isn’t that order too hard?”

“He can do it. Because giants are big.”

Biyemi wanted to ask what it had to do with anything, but Leeha was already leaning on Kijung Gong Gong’s body.

While Kijung Gong Gong slowly controlled his breathing, Leeha looked at the Golden Eagle King that was flying in the sky.

‘I said that it was 90 meters but it’s actually between 95 and 110 meters, and it also fluctuates. It was somewhat irregular due to the up and down overlapping movements, but overall, it was flying with a large 8 character.’

A flying beast entered the scope’s sight as if it were enlarged.

The wings and tail feathers were spread out in a diamond shape, making it easier to identify the large body.

‘The tail feathers were unique, so the center of the body was easily recognizable, but the flight speed was quite fast. Damn, it would be much better if the bullet speed was a little faster.’

How much more does it fly up and down instead of going left and right, and how fast is its speed?

It could be considered a completely different case from hitting a wolf or a Black Angus running on the ground.

“Huup.”

Leeha took a breath.

“HaliHali-nim?”

Enough time had passed that Biyemi became impatient while he watched from the side.

However, Leeha was not in a hurry.

The giant Kijung Gong Gong inevitably moved when he breathed and Leeha took the timing of his and Kijung Gong Gong’s breathing.

“Haa…”

He exhaled loudly this time.

The point where you hold back your breath is after you take a big breath and exhale. It’s the gap until the time to breathe in again.

When Leeha and Kijung Gong Gong’s breathing paused.

The moment the two people’s breathing completely stopped was also the moment that the muzzle pointing toward the sky stopped completely.

“You’re only aiming, when are you going to sho–”

Taaang—— Leeha pulled the trigger.

(To be continued…)