Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter] - Chapter 193
“For the time being, this is the only free information I can give you. Huh~.”
“It should suffice. This is satisfactory to me.”
Leeha smiled as she looked at the list of field bosses ranging in level from 110 to 190.
“Ah! There’s one more thing.”
“What?”
“It’s about the second war between humans and demons.”
“Hmm, I’m not a big fan of old stories.”
Madame Ju shook her head, and Leeha continued with a rolled eye.
Aside from Black Bass’s quests, there were a few other things he wanted to make clear. Browless had assigned him a quest.
“I’m looking for information on the whereabouts of the Demon King’s army.”
“That’s why I’m not fond of it. It’s difficult for us to know. The danger is far too great.”
“What?”
“How about going on your own and looking for it?”
“Myself? Where?”
“Where you say? The Royal Archives. If it’s Ha Leeha-ssi……. The person who holds “that weapon”, would find out faster.”
Madame Ju’s eyes twinkled. Leeha stealthily hid the Black Bass behind him but it was already caught by her eyes.
‘Does she know about the weapons of the Three Musketeers……. She’s a great woman, no, a great NPC.’
I have a great relationship with Madame Ju anyway. It didn’t matter if she knew. But he didn’t have to tell anyone.
That is the reason why he ordered a soft case to hide his gun, in order to protect it. Leeha decided that as soon as he left the Holy Grill, he would go get the case first.
“If you say so. I have no choice but to find it out by myself.”
“Sure. We are not omnipotent.”
It was a lie. Being omnipotent.
Leeha playfully gazed at the NPC who could lie naturally.
“Okay. I’ll come back next time then.”
“Buy a present and don’t come empty-handed.”
Madam Ju, who received Leeha’s look, also playfully responded. Has the intimacy increased quite a bit? She was much friendlier than before.
“Okay. Then, see you next time.” Leeha went out of the Holy Grill. Arriving at the tailor, Leeha carefully put the [Black Bass] into the soft case and opened the map again.
“Now…. Where can I start clearing it?”
Even though the name of the field bosses was written one after another, to the current Leeha, they just looked like monsters for achievements.
Kung-!
***
When the sandworm fell, white light emitted from the tanker.
“Wah! Congratulations.”
“Thank you. We had a great hunt today. I appear to be a good fit for you guys.” The tankers and dealers sat around and recovered.
They were in a desert wasteland, one of the low-level hunting grounds. It was a place where desert monsters such as sand words, giant ants, and scorpions appeared.
Speaking of level, it was often visited by people who were not yet level 100.
“I think it’s a pretty good place except for it being a little too hot. Don’t you think so?”
“Hmm, it’s very hot, but…. Doesn’t it give a good amount of experience? Hahaha”
“There are a lot of things to see in the surroundings. A cactus, like that, is quite charming.”
The wizard pointed at the cactus. Cactus colonies grew in various shapes, and some were even in bloom.
“Cactus? Is there something like that?”
“……Oh, then what I saw……. Wasn’t there before?”
And the party members felt abnormal. There was obviously no one around, and there was no mark. But a cactus colony? With such a gorgeous shape?
“Wait. I heard of it. I was told to run away when I see colorful flowers in this desert wasteland!”
“Why?”
“I-it’s because—”
Grrr, grrrr-.
The cactus colony began to move with a strange sound. It didn’t even have feet, but the cactus moved? The warrior was about to speak when he suddenly bit his lips.
Tremble, and the ground shook for a moment. The warrior managed to open his mouth.
“-It comes from a boss monster! the Giant Basilisk!!”
Grrrrr–!!!
Parting the sand, a huge lizard appeared. The field boss in the desert hid underground with a colorful cactus colony on its back and targeted users!
[You made eye contact with Riskos]
[You have been caught in the area magic ‘Ant Hell’]
“U-Uwaaa!”
“Run away!”
They had no time to react and pull out a scroll.
When the field boss Basilisk, a giant eight-legged lizard, activated its skill, the surrounding ground became hollow and the sand began to slide.
The dealers and tankers slid down towards the center and had difficulty balancing themselves.
Of course, at the center of the Ant Hell, the Basilisk’s mouth was wide open.
“What! T-Try using magic!”
“Casting- it’s not possible!”
Only a small number of experts were capable of move-casting. The magician who was not able to cast magic was simply swept away by the basilisk’s mouth.
“No way-! I just leveled up!”
Wakuchak, wakuchak, wakuchak.
It took less than a minute for the party of 5 to be wiped out.
Grrr, grrrr!
The basilisk growled in satisfaction.
It prepared to go back into the ground to search for new users, or to wait for users to appear. Then, the basilisk’s head exploded.
Bang- White light gleamed in the desert wasteland, far away from where the blood and brains splattered. ’
[You have leveled up.]
Flutter, the poncho fluttered and revealed Leeha.
“Ah, you sneaky bastard. I should’ve finished you off yesterday, but I wasted one more day. How could a lizard with a distracting back like that hide so well?”
Leeha was at least 600m away. For a person who blew up the field boss’s head, he was very dissatisfied.
“It was much easier to catch the shining gargolye and the armored bear. Phew, anyway, this ambush monster is the most annoying.”
He opened the map and drew a line to delete one of the names in the list that Madame Ju wrote. It was already the seventh name he had removed.
Leeha folded the poncho, put it in his bag, picked up the cartridge cases, and headed to the basilisk’s corpse.
‘It is what it is. Give me an item.’
What came out was the [Basilisk’s Venomous Teeth]. As a dagger-type item, it must be quite popular with thieves and assassin classes.
He was worried about getting some weird armor, but he was relieved.
“Uh, fine.Then, let’s check out the achievements~”
[Achievement: One shot, one kill – Giant Basilisk]
Congratulations! You killed a giant basilisk in one blow! You will be the light of the chaotic Middle Earth. We ask that you continue to work hard for humanity’s future. Before that time comes, I hope you get a little stronger…….
Reward : Strength +3, Agility +3, Intelligence +8
“Hey, it was an intelligent monster.”
Besides, there was no Hall of Fame. Recently, all of the B– -class to B-class field bosses, which Lee Ha-ha caught, had no Hall of Fame. Even though he had seven such achievements.
‘To be in the Hall of Fame, I have to get to B+ level……. The Shining Gargoyle is 140, and the Giant Basilisk is level 130, so if I want to get B+, I probably have to challenge a field boss that is higher than level 150.’
In addition, after using [Black Bass: SASR], the achievement of hitting from a distance didn’t come out. Since the best achievement for agility was to hit from a distance, Leeha was a bit disappointed.
‘When he used the Hummingbird, hitting the 400m mark was an A-grade achievement. But this time…’
He hit the Shining Gargoyle 550m away, and the Giant Basilisk at 620m. Although they exceeded 500 and 600m, respectively, there were no achievements for each distance.
Leeha thought it was only because it was not a musket.
‘Seriously, hitting a target less than 1,000m away with the SASR, a special mission sniper rifle, is similar to holding a K-2 and shooting it at 100m.’
It may be difficult for some people, but if one knew the trick, one could hit the target 95 out of 100 times.
The Black Bass’s seal quest started with hunting at more than 1000m, so it would be good to look at it as if there are no achievements before that distance is realized.
“Now, let’s sort out the stats and go to the next place. Character Window!”
Name: Ha Leeha / Race: Human
Job: Musketeer / Level: 153 (0%) Title: Fearless / Achievements: 46
HP： 4,330(3,031) / MP： 1,115
Stats:
Strength: 181(+124)
Agility: 1,379(+332)
Intelligence: 123(+72)
Constitution: 145(+52)
Mind: 40(+30)
Remaining stat points: 5
He now had 46 achievements. His one shot, one kill achievements increased, and his agility and strength, which he had neglected, rose one after another. Not to mention the points he distributed to agility so far.
“Now that I’m leveling up, the achievements are a little bit disappointing… but it’s okay for now. I’ll put it all to agility!” °
He instantly distributed 5 stat points into agility to get it to 1,384.
“The title ‘Fearless’ increases attack power by 10%. And an additional 30% if fighting against enemies that are at least 20 levels higher than me. It can be said that as my level increases, the number of targets that I could get a 30% attack power bonus decreases……10% is still huge.. However, it can’t compare to 30% additional attack power.”
Leeha quickly calculated. If he used the [Black Bass: SASR] with his current agility, what would his attack power be?
‘Whoah, in case the enemy is less than 20 levels higher than me, the attack power would be 14,615.’ It was insane. What if they were 20 levels higher than him?
‘The attack power would be 17,272. It’s almost 20,000.’
The difference in attack power is like shooting the Hummingbird twice.
In order to hunt more efficiently, it would be better to catch monsters that were at least 20 levels higher than him.
“I should clear the Black Bass’s quest first.”
Leeha needed to catch a level 150 monster at a distance of 1000m or more.
‘There are quite a few worthy targets, but……’
He didn’t want to waste a 20 silver bullet on normal monsters.
Additionally, it was more efficient to hunt monsters that were 20 levels higher than him, so it was easy to hunt field bosses of the same level.
“Let’s see, what should I do- ah, here it is.”
He used a return scroll after looking through the list as if he was shopping.
Leeha, who had gained confidence, moved without hesitation.
(To be continued…)