Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter]

I didn’t even know where I was walking.

‘Gab, you suddenly said something like that! Was it on purpose, to test you? Well, it could have been. I guess this means that Lee Ha doesn’t have feelings for me at all. That’s right.’

“Dame Shin. “Did you finish your business successfully?”

Jeopuk, Jeopuk, Jeopuk.

He was so preoccupied that he couldn’t even look at anyone who called him.

Was the word I heard from Lee Ha so shocking? In some ways, it was natural. I’ve never heard such an explicit and direct expression before.

“Dame Shin?”

“iced coffee! Sir Syndergaard. yes. yes?”

“Leeha, what are you thinking about that makes you so distracted?”

“Oh, no. Hey, just…”

It was another member of the Sacred Knights who sang Xinnara. Syndergaard, the NPC knight that I had also encountered with the ‘kid’, was walking out of the Sacred Knights headquarters.

“It looks like you came to see Leeha, and looking at Dame Shin’s expression, I guess the matter was resolved well.”

“four?! Ah… yes, I think it turned out okay. “I think I’ll see you soon.”

“yes?”

“No, no, no. “What am I going to say now…”

Syndergaard grinned as Shin Nara said frantically. The intimacy between Lee Ha and the Sacred Knights is already 100%. There was no way Syndergaard, who had even met him in person, would not remember the following.

“The man who came riding a bear and caused a surprise commotion is now the lord of a city. It’s surprising again. “It seems like we also see His Majesty the King often, even though we have a hard time seeing him.”

“sure. Mr. Lee Ha… Leeha, it is clear that Seongju is not an ordinary person.”

Shinnara looked at Syndergaard and nodded. Her sparkling eyes and innocence were enough to reach even NPCs.

“Then I will go on patrol. Dame God.”

“Yes, Sir Syndergaard.”

After Syndergard leaves, Shinnara enters the headquarters of the Sacred Knights. She couldn’t hide her pounding heart as she counted the days.

‘Now that I think about it, when are you going to ask me to meet you? This weekend is too urgent and I wonder if I will have time until next weekend. ‘Look, I guess I’ll have to contact them first or something.’

About a week and a day or two of extra time to spare. But Xin Nara did not know yet. Where will Lee Ha and Ki-jeong go in ‘that week’ she is thinking about?

Now I just looked at the world with a pounding heart and happy eyes.

* * *

[Kkyun! Kkkkkkkk!]

“You found it?!”

[Kyuut, kyungu!]

“Where, where, where.”

Clap! Clap!

Leeha kicked the gold coins away and ran towards Blaugrun.

It’s already been 1 hour and 20 minutes since we entered the palace warehouse. Even though the item I was aiming for was clear, it was difficult to choose exactly what I wanted from the mountain of poorly organized items.

[Kyuuuu~!]

Blaugrun makes a groaning sound and spits out something! He picked it up and flew towards Lee Ha. Considering that it was in the opposite direction as below, it would have been several more hours of suffering without Blaugrun’s help.

What the Bronze Dragon was holding in its small hands was a long glove that covered all of its forearms. The overall color is dark brown and the texture of the leather looks somewhat hard.

‘But the finger part is also different. The thickness and finish itself are different.’

You could tell without looking at the description that it was not a roughly made item. Below, the item was handed over to Blaugrun.

[Kkyun?]

“Yes, good job. “He’s a good kid.”

Did I do well? After patting Blaugrun’s head with an expression on his face, Leeha opened the item’s detailed information window.

〈Gloves containing the legend of the Vulhwi Giffen Tree〉 Defense

: 1,600

Effect: Agility +27, Skill – Joint Fixation: Upper

Requirements: Strength 100 or more, Agility 2,000 or more

Description: Gloves worn by a legendary archer. He once demonstrated the magic of piercing an apple placed on his son’s head from 1km away. The continent was enthusiastic about his bow skills, which were as unwavering as a giant tree. Onlookers testified that tree roots and trunks appeared to be protruding from his knees, ankles, elbows, and shoulders to support his body, but nothing was revealed.

“Hehehe… Hehehe….”

The prediction was accurate. Although its defense is somewhat lower than that of boots, the additional agility it provides is 2 points higher. Of course, this isn’t important.

“No, there’s no need for all that! It doesn’t matter if your defense is zero! It doesn’t matter if you increase your agility by just 1 point! “This is all you need!”

There was only one thing Leeha wanted this item for! It’s the 《Joint Fixation: Upper》 skill!

〈Joint Fixation: Upper〉

Description: ‘I feel like mana drawn from the ground is flowing across my shoulders and arms… I like it. ‘Now.’

Effect: Range increased by 25%

Mana: 250

Duration: Until disarmed

Cooldown: 30 minutes

“Hmm?! Ow….”

[Kkyun?]

“No. It’s good, but it’s good. Is it because there is no penalty? “Wow, I thought it would be 30%.”

After wearing the gloves and checking the skill window, I was not 100% satisfied. Joint Stuckness: The reason the lower part gives a 30% range increase effect is because of the terrible penalty of ‘no movement’.

However, in the case of gloves, there was no significant penalty.

Due to the nature of Middle Earth, where action always has a reaction, it is impossible to have a superior effect without any penalty.

‘Well, if you think about it that way, it also means that giving a 25% increase even though there is no penalty is a fraudulent skill… I can’t help but feel disappointed.’

[Kyuuuu….]

“No, no. Actually, this much is enough. Well, there must be another item somewhere that increases the range. It is also important to raise the level of your snipe skill. “I’m still at expert snipe level 9, so if I just raise it one more level to make it expert level, it’ll be fine.”

I remembered the following. As the snipe skill became expert level, the percentage of range increase increased.

Now you just need to raise your skill level by one more level to become an expert. At that time, the maximum percentage will rise once again.

‘Since the skilled level was 40%, they would give 50% to the expert level, right? If you feed 30% to the lower part of the joint fixation and 25% to the upper part…’

As the simple calculation progressed, the corners of Leeha’s mouth rose. Not enough? you’re welcome!

“Ugh! It was a shame that I couldn’t improve my snipe skill while traveling to the New World. I guess I’ll just have to focus on leveling up my skills for the time being. Shall we go out then, Mr. Blaugrun?”

[Kyu!]

When Leeha smiled, Blaugrun’s mood also improved. After receiving confirmation of the item from Relic, I left the Puviel Royal Warehouse.

First of all, testing was urgent. One of the biggest and most conspicuous monsters Leeha knew just happened to come to mind.

* * *

“Hmm! Jeez, Jelapong! “Hold me some rocks over there!”

[Mmmmmmmm….]

Shwaaaaaaaa!

A translucent arm stretched out from the vest Leeha was wearing. Zelapong’s arm, holding on to the rock, slowly pulled Leeha’s body closer.

“Tsk, maybe I should have gone like this a long time ago.”

[Kyukyukkyun!]

“I’m saying that because Mr. Blaugrun can fly. “I also have a great agility score and a bracelet that increases my jumping ability, but… why is mountain climbing so difficult?”

Lee Ha let out a self-mocking lament as he looked at Blaugrun, who seemed to be laughing at him. But it had to be difficult. Because what Lee Ha is doing now is not ‘hiking’.

In fact, he was saying this while climbing a mountain so steep and rough that it could almost be considered rock climbing, without any safety equipment.

It was a place so rough that users with slow movements due to heavy armor or dealer users with poor agility could not even think about climbing the mountain.

“Yeah, but of course it is. “It’s a place where there aren’t any special monsters… It must have been a mountain created to complicate the construction of the road.”

It is not a peak rising near a border or an unexplored area.

A mountain that was clearly set up to slow down the movement of users. Aksan Mountain, which rises unexpectedly in Puviel, often drew complaints from low-level users.

[Kyukki!]

“Okay, I think we’re all there now. “No!”

Lee Ha strongly pulled the outstretched hand and pulled his body up.

The place that could literally be considered the ‘top’ did not even have room for three adult men to stand.

If a strong wind from the top of the mountain blew and shook the center of gravity, it would have been perfect for it to tumble down.

“First of all, I’m glad the weather is nice. Um, um, let me see.”

Leeha let out a pleasant snort and lifted up Black Bess.

Why climb a rugged mountain that has no special monsters and doesn’t give you any experience or achievements for climbing it? Of course there was only one.

This is because it is the only place that can be seen directly from the front, a place that is too far away to even be said to be across from it.

“Hehe, is it too far to say across the street?”

Who in the world would say that a place that is at least 4km away is the other side?

It is a little over 3km from Namsan Tower to Gyeongbokgung Palace. The distance of 4km can be said to be the distance from which you can directly aim at the Blue House from Namsan Seoul Tower.

Of course, if this were reality, there would be difficult issues such as what would be the viewing angle, whether there would be any obstructions, what the effects of the complex wind would be, etc.!

What if everything was solvable? You can see the ‘main room’ of the Blue House….

“Oh my, what am I thinking right now? “Let’s just do our work, do our work.”

Leeha lifted up the Black Bass.

When I checked it through the scope, what I could see was something gray and strange moving slowly. Since the surroundings were all gray, those colors that acted like protective colors were even more difficult to identify.

“If you catch it here, you won’t be able to eat the brass ingot, and the only advantage it has is that it’s good for testing.”

The moving guys were stone golems.

The small things moving around are probably a melee profession hunting stone golems at Tenero Peak, a tributary of the Rocky Mountains.

Even if you use the scope at maximum magnification, it is only similar to what you see with the naked eye at a distance of 130-140m.

The following had to be acknowledged.

‘It’s going to be hard. It is no exaggeration to say that it would be impossible to hit a human-sized monster in this position except by luck.’

Is it possible to try this when there is no movement at all? What if the target moves quickly? Sniping was something I couldn’t even dream of.

Let alone sniping, most users were too far away to identify the target even when using a scope.

When observed with the naked eye at a distance of 130m, you can tell that it is a ‘human’ through its shape, but the face is unrecognizable.

What if the effect is similar to that seen with the naked eye at 130m when observed through an extremely limited scope? Due to the nature of the scope, which loses focus at the slightest movement, the difficulty of sniping increases dozens of times.

‘But a monster that shoots from a distance twice than this – no, an NPC? anyway. There is something that has that ability. A gunner of magic bullets. Oh, I don’t know what happened to that fussy Luger guy. ‘I don’t think he’s dead.’

Luger, who set out to find the Magic Bullet, is still somewhere in the New World.

Are they still roaming around?

‘Kick, you have to be careful so you don’t accidentally explode your head and die. ‘I don’t know what confidence is.’

Lee Ha carefully took a kneeling stance.

In a narrow space where you cannot even lie down, this position is the best to improve accuracy even a little.

After installing the stabilizer for the first time in a while, taking a kneeling stance and heading towards Tenero, Lee Ha used the skill.

“〈Joint fixation: lower part〉 and 〈Joint fixation: upper part〉.”

Kkuddeud… Kukdeukdeukdeuk!

A dark color that could be considered dark brown or dark green flashed for a moment.

And roots of mana began to spread out from Leeha’s shoes and gloves and wrapped around Leeha’s body.

[Kyukki?!]

“It’s okay.”

Mana vines take root in the ground, completely wrapping around the knees, crooks, calves, and ankles. And as if wrapping the elbows, shoulders, and wrists wasn’t enough, the vines were filling up as if they were trying to fill up the armpit area.

The sight of Lee Ha, with his entire body except for the neck covered in mana vines, was quite tragic.

[Kkyunkyukkyun!]

“Rain, don’t laugh at me!”

The unfortunate thing is that it is somewhat comical.