Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter]

Many people were astounded as Leeha skillfully maneuvered around the Juma City Square.

Slithering under other people might not be a pleasant experience, but the overwhelming sense of speed almost made him burst into laughter.

“Take a snap, let’s follow him!”

“Huh?”

However, attention-grabbing behavior often piques the curiosity of people. A few users in Juma started following Leeha.

After confirming the users trailing him with a quick glance, Leeha laughed again.

“When I used to race my recruits, I told them that I could slither faster than they could run……

He then gathered strength into his arms. With agile stats of 3,500 and a 100% was put to running, how fast could the top speed be?

“Seems like I’ve actually gotten faster.”

Papapapapapak-!

The sand and gravel of Juma City popped like popcorn.

Title: Probably a Giant Bug from Redwood
Title: There was a Huge Wheel Bug in Juma?
Title: Hey, what kind of creature is that, crawling? Miyaw?
Title: Lre: Miyaw walk on four feet, they don’t crawl.
Title: (Snapshot Available) I’ve never been unable to follow a crawling creature before.
Title: Lre: It looks human.
Title: Lre Lre: What kind of human can crawl that fast?

About two hours later, several curious posts had inevitably appeared on the Middle Earth community.

After fully enjoying the ensuing commotion, Leeha began thinking seriously about his stats.

Each of the stats, which he hadn’t thought of as useful before, now seemed valuable.

‘Maybe I can create new dynamics from the combination of the detailed stats from strength and agility?’

If he focused on ‘Force of Momentary Concentration’ from the strength, and ‘Kinesthetic Visual Closing’ speed from agility? He would be able to deal maximum damage at the exact moment he strikes or slashes at a monster.

“Kidd probably boosted running and balancing stats? But because it’s a 100% standard distribution, something must have been reduced… maybe he reduced kinesthetic visual speed? No, that can’t be.”

Leeha remembered Kidd’s [Quick Shot] skill.

He managed to hit moving targets without proper aiming, just by firing from his hip.

‘Given that, the kinesthetic visual speed is certainly necessary, and the coordination of hands and eyes must be important. How did he distribute the stats?’

Now that Leeha knew there were detailed stats, his dilemma worsened. He felt that all stats were equally needed, and it was tempting to keep an even distribution.

‘Unfairly saying to distribute it by 100%. It would be better if we can get everything 100%! So, what I’m good at is-‘

While fiddling with his stats, Leeha suddenly had another thought: what is the real meaning behind allowing us to adjust the stats?

As Middle Earth always encourages thinking and planning, what kind of twist could it bring?

“I am supposed to raise what I’m confident about……

Middle Earth is a place where actual abilities are reflected as game abilities. So, wouldn’t it be better to minimize the help of stats for tasks we can perform well in reality?

“What if I reduce the weight of the parts I’m confident about and increase the weight of the parts I’m not confident about?”

That might be the beauty of adjusting the detailed stats.

Bravely reducing parts that skills can cover, and getting superior enhancement by adjusting stats where there are deficits!

“Hmm, easier said than done. There’s not much important about sniping, and if I had to pick something, it would probably be ‘balance’.”

Leeha thought balance was more important than kinesthetic visual speed and reflexes.

The ability to handle weapons fluently with hand and eye coordination, due to his 100% synchronization rate, could be said to be the most important of the detailed stats under Agility.

‘But in my case……’

He wouldn’t be exaggerating if he said that he doesn’t need those stats at all in handling the Black Bass. It’s his weapon, almost a part of him.
“But what about now when there’s no Black Bass?”

He can’t even predict when the second wave will hit.

The only thing he could use until then was the two musket-pistols. Leeha nodded his head as he finished adjusting the specific stats.

“Good. Concentrate on strength for clutching and kicking. As for agility, focus on running and hand-eye coordination. Then, just adjust intelligence- Stat adjustment: Intelligence!”

Leeha opened up the specific stat for intelligence.

What does intelligence mean? It simply doesn’t mean having a smart brain.

Among the stat’s specific adjustments that mean ‘brain’s perception’, Leeha had captivated something.

Intelligence: Object Recognition: 20%

Revealed even at a 60% synchronization level as it is at the top.

Maybe because intelligence stat is intensely concentrated on by many jobs in the wizard series, it doesn’t seem like ‘Object Recognition’ would be important.

‘Object Recognition’ was mostly ignored as it could be only used for faster distinguishing and digging out the potion ingredients required to practice magic in the vast grassland.

“There was treasure here…”

But it wasn’t an exaggeration to say it was one of the most important stats for a sniper.

This means that the accuracy of sniping greatly increases by having a much clearer vision of far-distance targets.

Leeha checked his intelligence stat.

His agility exceeds 3,500, yet

the intelligence was only around 326.

‘From now on, I’ll have to refrain from placing all stats on agility.’ Until obtaining a higher-grade scope, Leeha’s main focus for his stats would be intelligence.

“Do you have any pain in your waist?”

“No, I’m perfectly fine. My calf and ankle senses are even clearer.”

“Um, um… Okay. I’ll tell Dr. Heinrich.”

The nurse nodded her head quickly after listening to Leeha’s explanation. Seeing her bright expression, Leeha also felt joyful.

“So, is my rehabilitation coming to an end soon?”

“The exact schedule will be directed by the doctor but, it’s likely so. I’ve never seen someone rehabilitate so quickly, so I’m not entirely sure.”

“Ha, finally I can say goodbye to the life in Hong Kong!”

How much time has passed? When Leeha first boarded the flight to Hong Kong, he thought he would be returning to Korea within 3-4 days. However, he had to stay in a Hong Kong hospital since he was receiving daily rehabilitation after surgery. He could not describe how frustrated he was.

“You’re happy to go back?”

“Oh, Hwayeon-ssi! It’s been a while!”

“Long time, what are you talking about? Tch.”

She had been peeping at Leeha, who was immersed in Middle Earth, from inside the Middle Earth Connecter. To Leeha, it felt a long time since he last saw her but to Hwayeon, she had been looking at him all along yesterday and the day before.

“What do you mean, ‘it’s been a while’? It’s not entirely wrong, I suppose.”

“So, why are you so happy to go to Korea?”

In other words, going to Korea means moving away from Hwayeon. Naturally, she felt upset.

Upsetting her, who has been doing this much for him, wouldn’t do Leeha any good either.

“You haven’t done it yet.”

“What?”

“Seoul… what was the neighborhood called again? Anyway, check this paperwork. The interior work is finished and the grand opening is planned soon.”

“Wait, what’s this paperwork? How, how did you get a hold of this?”

“Did you forget that we’re conducting a business in Korea? Although I couldn’t physically be present, it wasn’t much trouble to have our employees run brief investigations.”

The real purpose for Hwayeon and Hwajung’s visit to Korea was to determine a site for Ram Long Group’s Korean resort venture.

Having numerous employees dispatched to Korea at her disposal, a simple task like this was nothing for Hwayeon.

However, looking at the contents typed out meticulously in the document, something gave Leeha a slight chill.

‘She’s a truly terrifying woman. What is this – a market analysis? How did she manage to do all this?’

Information such as day-to-day population analysis around the location of his mother’s store was included… At this point, he wouldn’t be surprised if Hwayeon even knew his home address.”Do you know that Chiyou has risen to the 8th place in the ranking again? Faust has moved up to 9th.”

“Huh? Ah, yes. Speaking of which, how’s Ram Hwajung doing?”

Chiyou had fallen to 9th in the rankings after a joint operation with Leeha and Byulcho.

However, after the public debut of ‘Yamato,’ she was back in 8th place again, her lightning-fast recovery in the rankings was quite remarkable, even attracting the community users to lick their lips in astonishment.

It was only natural that the user’s focus shifted to Ram Hwajung, who was ranked 7th.

‘Nara-ssi was in 6th place. Hmm, I would like Rwam Hwajung to rise, but that would mean Nara-ssi would fall… If we stand still, Chiyou might catch up to both.’

Would they have noticed Leeha’s idle thoughts? Ram Hwayeon chuckled and spoke to Leeha.

“Did you not understand after seeing the performance of the ‘Mana Injector’ you borrowed?”

“Ah! Right, thank you for that. Because of it-…. Wait, what?”

“Don’t think too much about it. The strange thing is that we haven’t been able to catch up with that woman who is warping time in the Castle of Fibiel all this time.”

“So, Ram Hwajung’s ranking is-“

“She’ll probably reach 6th place tonight,” said Ram Hwayeon confidently. One of the biggest secrets in Middle Earth is the situation of one’s level and experience points.

Especially for those in the top 100 rankings, it’s absolutely necessary. The rankings in Middle Earth are decided solely by level, disregarding all other elements.

‘Ram Hwayeon’s confidence implies… she must have a near-perfect grasp on Leeha’s level and experience points.’

Given her intelligence, this would certainly be true.

“You wouldn’t be the kind of guy to blurt out everything to Shin Nara, would you?”

“Wh…what! Do I look like I have a loose tongue?”

Would Ram Hwayeon have intended to say, “looks like it”? Her throat rumbled, but no words came out.

Seeing Leeha’s flustered face, Ram Hwayeon smiled.

Leeha couldn’t counter her, who seemed to be enjoying watching his reaction.

“So when are you going to return the ‘Mana Injector’ you borrowed?”

“You’re already rushing me?”

“I’m going to Korea soon. I have to get it back before then.”

“That’s harsh, really harsh.”

Leeha shook his head lightly and then suddenly slapped the back of his hand as if he remembered something.

“Right! Is Ram Hwajung currently online? And you, Ram Hwayeon, do you have time now? Let’s log into Middle Earth!”

“…Are you going to repay me inside Middle Earth?”

“Huh? Yea, why not? I don’t have anything to give you in real life. Haha.”

Leeha demonstrated the emptiness of his hospital gown pockets. What was even more absurd was that Ram Hwayeon accepted it.

Who said you have to repay with money?

‘What I wanted… Damn, anyway, it’s not like I can eat or drink gratitude.’

Even if his gratitude was accompanied by a casual skinship(?), she would have let it slide.

Seeing the color of Ram Hwayeon’s cheeks puffing up, Leeha kept a confident grin on his face.

“Well, try logging in for now. You’re in for a surprise!”

“When you say it like that, I can’t help but give in. Alright. So, where should we meet?”

Leeha spread his shoulders wide and thumped his chest.

“Come to Gaza City.”

It was something he had planned to try at least once. And it was time to wrap up something he thought was absolutely necessary for the future.

“Bottleneck-ssi! Just in time!”

The place that Leeha was headed to was Bottleneck blacksmith’s workshop. The sound of the hammer was echoing loudly as always, but the expression on the blacksmiths’ faces was not pleasant.