Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter]

“What the fuck?! A monster is taking over space-”

Suddenly, one person’s head was blown off.

Armored High-Trolls began to rush in with shouts.

With the loss of their commander and the unidentified ‘one-shot attack’ continuing, there was no way Rush’s guild members could fight properly.

“…Even if it’s just to record a video….”

Whoa whoa…!

It took less than 15 minutes for all of the elites of RUSH, a large guild in Pubiel that had subdued the first demon’s base, to be wiped out.

* * *

Ki-jeong was continuously receiving information about Middle Earth through Tae-il.

Therefore, there was no way that the entire Middle Earth community was unaware of this incident, which caused an uproar and took only two days to reach 10 million views on YTube.

Lee Ha is lying on the bed, and Kijeong is holding a tablet.

The two people’s eyes were so focused that they seemed to be absorbed into the screen.

The video quality was somewhat poor, and many users used video recording and screenshot prevention items, making it difficult to accurately determine the content in the video.

-Carry- Human- Kart?! Run away – you can’t – go!

―Go, go, go, space― Space is locked!

―Monsters in space―

However, the main scenes of Rush guild members being killed by rampaging monsters and unidentified attacks were clearly filmed, so there was no shortage of surprises for viewers.

The video itself is short, less than 6 minutes, but what it represents is by no means small.

About 100 high-level users who formed the New Continent’s raiding party, including those who had played the same raid countless times in the same guild and were completely optimized for team play, were wiped out.

Even though they had already seen each other three times, the two were not talking at all.

This is because, in his own way, Ki-jeong seemed to know something through the video.

“…brother. “You haven’t been online on Middle Earth lately, have you?”

“what?”

“No, of course not. “It can’t be my brother.”

“Do you think I did this?”

“It’s similar to my brother’s attack. In the video, it looks like he’s an invisible assassin… Well, in this case, it looks closer to an ultra-long-distance sniper.”

Kijeong’s eyes lit up.

I was able to get to know Lee Ha better because I had seen his activities up close.

The victim dies without even being able to guess the attacker’s location? And that too with a ‘normal attack’ without any mana waves?

“If it’s not Eong-ah, it’s Luger or Kid-”

“There’s no reason for them to do something like this. If it was a common quest, they would have to complete it too. “No matter how crazy Luger is, he’s not a crazy person who wants to go to war with Rush just to break it all by himself.”

“Then what?…”

Ki-jeong tilted his head with an incomprehensible expression, but Lee Ha’s expression was even darker.

Not yourself. Not Kidd. It’s not Luger.

And its purpose is to kill users who are trying to subdue the demon’s base.

What would such a being be?

Because all the evidence points to only one thing.

‘This is… the story of 《Magic Bullet》. I immediately understand why Luger suffered.’

The screams and noise in the video may have been largely due to the noise, but the ‘gunfire’ was barely audible.

How many seconds does it ring before the user dies after being hit by a magic gunner? The gap between the occurrence of the situation and the sound was so large that it was natural to not pay attention to the gunfire.

In other words, no matter how short it was, it meant that more than 6 seconds had passed since the gunshot was fired, and I knew very well what that time difference meant.

While Lee Ha was in shock, Ki-jeong, who had been watching the video for a while, lied down on his back and mocked himself.

“Kick. Should I thank my brother?”

“What do you mean?”

“If my brother hadn’t brought me to Hong Kong, where would I be?”

“Well… I guess the star candle was destroyed instead of Rush. “With your personality, there’s no way you wouldn’t do the quest to subdue the demon’s base.”

“huh. Well, you can access Middle Earth from here too… Well, if you think about it that way, I guess I should be thankful to Chiyo too. “If you listen to Taeil these days, it seems that the guild situation is also not right.”

“Well, why to Chiyo?”

“Why, why? Because of [Yamato]. I heard that Chiyo has a light in her eyes and is bullying her out of revenge? Actually, the reason I sent Bobae early was to ask you to go and sort things out. In particular, the mid- to low-level members of our guild are considering leaving the guild…”

Ki-jeong spoke in a somewhat light tone, but the situation did not seem to be good.

It was different from the ‘Shinobigumi’, which simply handled information. [Yamato], a guild made up entirely of famous outsiders.

Their combat power was at a level that far exceeded most of the members of the [Byeolcho] guild.

Even in Byeolcho, it is impossible to block unless you are the highest level user.

‘When and how did they attract such people?’

Below, I thought again about those who had not been taken seriously.

With Chiyo’s overwhelming information power, there would have been no difficulty in figuring out what they needed.

Did he lure them into the guild under the pretext of letting them get their hands on it?

There will be material things in it, and there will also be people who participated simply because it seemed fun to play as the evil Han.

‘Really, I think Middle Earth is fun. Don’t large corporations think of it as a new business and try to create a power system? Is that really worth it? If it weren’t for Middle Earth, I wouldn’t have been able to fix my leg. Then… what about Chiyo?’

Why does Chiyo play games? It doesn’t seem like they’re specifically aiming to make money, nor do they seem like they’re trying to achieve anything. I’m not aiming to become the strongest player in the game.

Lee Ha shook his head. At least I had to admit that I couldn’t figure out her intentions with just the information I had at this point.

Then, he glanced at Kijeong lying next to him and opened his mouth.

“Kijeong. “You just go to Korea tomorrow.”

“what? “What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“It’s already been 9 days since I came to Hong Kong. I don’t need you anymore. go back.”

“Okay, that’s enough. Just because I mentioned the guild, are you talking about it again for no reason? Ung, there is no one to take care of her while she is in Hong Kong, so of course I have to be there. And it’s Middle Earth, so you can do it here too.”

It can be done, but Kijeong has never done it.

There were circumstances inside the game, including Chiyo’s [Yamato], but there were circumstances outside the game, that is, because I continued to follow him to help him with his rehabilitation treatment.

In the end, it was as if I couldn’t play because of Leeha, and because Leeha knew that, my feelings of regret only grew.

“Mom keeps asking me when I’m coming. Kijeong, please go and take care of my mom. Is everything okay? And look at this.”

Lee Ha consoled and soothed Kijeong before quickly getting off the bed.

Ki-jeong, who still couldn’t get used to it, was startled and tried to help I-ha, but I-ha shook off his hand.

“Now – hehe, I can stand like this on my own – hehe, what need do you have? “You’ve worked hard so far, so go back quickly.”

Stand with both feet next to the bed.

Although his legs were shaky and he looked uneasy, he was showing remarkable recovery.

In a way, it was only natural that doctors and nurses specializing in rehabilitation treatment were so focused on rehabilitation that they held their tongues.

“Can I really go?”

Ki-do, who was watching that scene, had no choice but to agree.

Not only did I know that once he was stubborn, he would not be easily discouraged, but in fact, I needed to connect to Middle Earth as quickly as possible for guild management.

“Yeah, man. Go quickly. Go to your accommodation right now and pack your bags. “Leave at least this evening.”

“okay.”

Kijeong jumped up from his seat.

Lee Ha then sat back down on the bed and smiled at Ki Jeong.

“…But you’re not even worrying too much, are you? But in times like this, even if you just say ‘I’ll stay’-”

“Kick, you don’t like it? Are you going? Anyway, thank you, bro. Thanks to my brother, I came to Hong Kong like this. We had a lot of fun at the Lamrong Group accommodation. I will never forget the memory of going shopping with Ram Hwajeong. ah! “There is also a gift that Mrs. Ram Hwa-jeong entrusted to me to take care of. I will take that to Korea as well.”

Ki-jeong spoke quickly, as if he had finally remembered it.

Lee Ha just nodded with a proud expression.

“You shouldn’t gulp.”

“I can’t even wear it because it’s the wrong size? Then I’ll get ready!”

Cousins who laugh and joke until the end. Ki-jeong quickly went to his lodgings and hurried to prepare to return home.

From his movements, the following could guess how serious the current situation in Middle Earth was.

‘There are already only 55 days left for the common quest… so my World Tree quest will now be around 110 days.’

I wanted to access Middle Earth, but I knew that rehabilitation treatment was more urgent, so the day passed and I became impatient.

That evening, Kijeong left for Korea.

When Leeha woke up from rehabilitation treatment, it had been exactly 10 days since he came to Hong Kong.

* * *

The following daily routine was the same every day.

After eating a hearty breakfast similar to a hotel breakfast – in fact, it was according to Ram Hwayeon’s instructions, it was being served as a hotel breakfast rather than hospital food, but I didn’t know this – and after completing a simple neurological examination, rehabilitation treatment began immediately.

After lunch, I do rehabilitation, after dinner I do a simple lower body stretch and go to bed.

It could have been boring as the mechanically repetitive routine continued, but Lee Ha didn’t feel that way at all.

“Whoo, whoo.”

“Hold my hand.”

“An- hehe, you can hold it. Above all, holding Ram Hwa-jeong’s hand does not mean that you will become a supporter. “If I fall for no reason, we might both get hurt more seriously.”

Did he reach out his hand to help Leeha when he fell?

There was no way that Ram Hwa-jeong, who was a little over half the height of Lee Ha-jeong, would have thought that was possible.

Ram Hwa-jeong’s request to hold his hand meant something other than support, but Lee Ha was unable to think about such things because he was concentrating all his attention on his lower body.

“I’m bored.”

After lunch and during afternoon rehabilitation, it was Ram Hwa-jeong who followed Lee Ha’s side.

After Bo-bae and Nara left, she seemed somewhat glum, but even after Ki-jeong left, she never left I-ha’s side.

Lee Ha had to feel somewhat bitter looking at Ram Hwajeong like that.

‘Even if you are the youngest daughter of a ranked conglomerate… Or rather, maybe that’s why not many people care about it.’

Although he belonged to the Hwahong guild, Ram Hwa-jeong only played solo within the guild, unless Ram Hwa-yeon specifically instructed him to do so.

Lee Ha suddenly thought that her nickname, Ice Witch, was not because of her cold personality, but because she had no one to play with her, so to speak, because she was lonely and did not know how to communicate with those around her.

‘Inside the hospital, the security guards are concentrated around Lampeng, but most of them don’t seem to be there.’

Ram Hwayeon and Jacheong were always busy with work, and bodyguards were not allowed to accompany them to create an atmosphere in the hospital.

This means that the hospital had all the elements to make Ramhwajeong boring.

“Shall we go for a walk?”

Ram Hwajeong’s eyes turned round at the following suggestion.

“huh!”

In Middle Earth, she’s an ice witch and a top 10 powerhouse, but in real life, she’s just a kid. Leeha smiled happily at the thought.

Unable to continue walking for more than 10 minutes, Lee Ha sat in a wheelchair.

And standing behind that wheelchair was Ram Hwa-jeong.

“I can do it….”

“I will do it.”

Although he was barely able to control the wheelchair on his own, Ram Hwa-jeong insisted that he would push it, so he had no choice but to hand over control.

Since Leeha’s sitting height and Ram Hwajeong’s sitting height were similar, from a distance it looked as if Leeha was sitting alone in an electric wheelchair.

After passing through the maze-like structure of the hospital, Ram Hwa-jeong led Lee Ha to a park near the back entrance of the hospital.

The atmosphere was quite different from the grandiose main gate facing the main street.

It was close to a park with green grass and even a fountain. Leeha clicked his tongue as he looked at the landscaped park, which had a perimeter that could be called a walking path.