Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter]

“…I see. Was that why?”

He wasn’t the Berserker of the past.

Unlike the days when they only used their own blood, they now know how to use other people’s blood as well.

If so, what would happen if the ‘ability to absorb blood based on the level of others’ was different?

The plan of the new kingdom to give flesh and take bones would be a most welcome operation for Igor.

“Oh, oh, oh. You were called the “Rainbow Knight”. You’re also a person who only thinks about your head. The title “Knight” is too much. You’d be better off called “Dog”.”

Igor gnashed his teeth as the new nation’s stance changed to defensive again. He realized that he had been fooled by Lark’s words.

The ability to turn people upside down and extract information was truly outstanding.

‘If things continue like this, we won’t be able to end the fight.’

But even in the midst of all this, L’Arc’s head did not stop.

‘In the end, I have to leave it to Leeha. Defeat the necromancer there and join me… Wait? You’re being rude!’

If you keep stalling against Igor’s attacks, which are completely impossible to evade or defend against, you will eventually be at a disadvantage.

There was a need to make a move somehow.

“Madam Shin, please give me some time.”

“Time? How much?”

“20 seconds will do.”

In the end, Lark decided to risk everything in one room. As he raised his sword and concentrated his strength, Shinnara took a step forward.

Igor smiled as he watched her trying to protect Lark.

“What do you think you can do now? If you were a knight by yourself, you wouldn’t even be able to hold on to my trouser leg. You’d want to hold on so bad! Hehehe!”

“…low quality.”

“I agree with you. Thanks to you, my eyes are lit up. Please, Mrs. Shin!”

Although it was full of provocative nature, there was no user who failed to understand the implied sexual harassment.

It wasn’t just Lark’s eyes that were sparking.

“〈Red Sun〉.”

“Where!”

As sparks began to fly from his sword, Igor charged towards Shinnara.

“That won’t do! 〈Concentration Enhancement〉!”

The new country didn’t stop either.

There is no kill route to kill Igor. But what if it is simply defense?

‘Is it possible!’

Chaaaa────ㅇ!

A clear sound like glasses clinking rang out.

“Kyahat?! What is this? A stunt?”

Igor was taken aback for a moment.

Unlike regular swords, his sword is made up of thousands of blades of different thicknesses and lengths.

Moreover, since all those days were covered in blood and it was impossible to find a specific surface or point, how could the sword of the new nation be able to block it accurately?

“It is a clear technique.”

Because she had developed a level of concentration that allowed her to count the number of times a fly flaps its wings.

Thinking about Igor’s swinging posture, the weight of the sword, its center of gravity, and even the shape of the sword immersed in the coated blood, Shinnara was accurately blocking Igor’s attacks without using much strength.

Of course, this was only possible for a short while while the skill was activated.

“That’s an interesting technique. A woman should be good at techniques. I’m pretty good at techniques, too.”

“Again, that nonsense―”

“〈Blood Drain〉.”

“―Gyah!”

Igor spoke to Shinnara and immediately used his skill.

It was one of the skills that helped the Bloodsucker pull in blood scattered around him and handle blood more smoothly.

But what if you use it on a ‘specific individual’?

The blood circulating inside Shinnara’s body had no choice but to flow towards Igor, and as the blood inside his body began to stir, Shinnara’s body also had no choice but to follow along.

“New world!”

Cheka tried to run towards him in a hurry, but Igor was moving faster.

Since the two people were already facing each other with swords, if Shinnara’s posture collapsed even a little, his weakness would definitely be revealed.

One step, one stroke from there is enough to split the body of the new nation.

“Kya kya kya! I’ll be grateful for the ranker achievement! 〈Blood Saw〉!”

“Profit—you won’t die—”

Shinna resisted with all her might, but Igor did not spare her. The blood-coated blade of the sword literally began to move like a chainsaw.

It was clear that the cutting power would be several times more powerful than when simply swinging the sword.

“Let’s see if you die or not!”

The moment when Cheka runs at full speed with his tonfa in hand, and Igor swings his sword.

A voice was heard from behind the new country.

“That won’t do! Mr. Nara!”

Phewaaa …

The blade began to spin like a chainsaw, tearing at something black and green.

The wood-covered mass split in half in an instant, like a fragile branch being cut by a chainsaw.

The corners of Igor’s mouth rose.

But it was not a smile of joy.

“…a brat with no achievements.”

The laughter of those who see outrageous behavior, that was it.

“Kekekekeke…..”

“La, Mr. Lark!”

“〈Rainbow Knight〉!”

It wasn’t Shinnara who was cut by the bloody chainsaw, but Lark.

He jumped in to protect Shinnara with 〈Embracing Green〉, but it was not enough to stop Igor’s increased cutting power, and as a result, he was completely exposed to the damage.

“Get off, police baby!”

“Ugh!”

Just one collision would have forced Cheka to withdraw his arm.

Because I knew that if I just blocked it, my whole arm would get cut off by those cogs.

Igor smiled as he looked at Cheka’s distorted expression.

If you kill Cheka and remove the abnormal status effects and debuffs, it will be easier to kill Shinnara and Lark.

The Giant Bloodsucker, which had already rendered Lark incapacitated, immediately changed its target to Cheka.

Meanwhile, Shinnara knelt down next to Lark, who was rolling around on the floor.

“Are you okay? Potion! Drink the potion quickly!”

Shinnara frantically poured the potion onto Lark’s wounds and placed the rest of the bottle to his mouth.

“Lady… in front of… this expression… gulp!”

“yes?”

It seemed as if recovery would be impossible as the wound was cut from his side to just below his belly button, but fortunately, Lark’s physical strength was above average.

“It hurts so fucking much…”

A knight who laughs and jokes while coughing up blood.

Shinnara had to go through several facial expression changes while looking at his face.

“Why did you― say― that just now―!”

Are you kidding me? What are you talking about in this situation! Stop talking nonsense.

And why was that?

Even with the potion’s effects, Lark’s healing was not fast.

This is because the special effects of “Blood Saw” themselves drastically slowed down the healing speed of wounds.

Lark, still with a pale face, looked at Shinnara’s face and said quietly.

“I told you… we….”

“yes?”

“…Since we’re a couple, Kahak.”

We kept it because we were a couple.

Shinnara just stared blankly at Lark, who was spitting out blood.

What does that mean? If that’s true, then what did Lark mean by everything he’s said so far?

“Mr. Lark!”

Shinnara called Lark’s name out loud. His eyes, which had been closing slightly, opened wide.

“I’m not dead yet― Check first… Hurry up!”

“Yes, yes?! Yes!”

Shinnara was bewildered and followed his instructions.

Seeing him regain his energy and raise his voice again, she also felt her energy rise.

“You, Igor!”

Just before the sword of the new kingdom was set on fire, Igor’s expression distorted.

“Oh, oh, oh. I want to play with you more, but there’s no time now. Let’s meet again next time. Then I’ll suck all the blood out of you bastards.”

“Where are you going! 〈Pang-t〉!”

A super-fast thrust was achieved that would create a sonic boom, but Igor’s body had already disappeared.

Strictly speaking, it wasn’t a teleportation, since the voice still remained. Above all, the lavender dome and the spatial lock still remained.

“What? Igor? Igor!”

Shinnara couldn’t know that one of the vampire’s skills, turning into fog, had disappeared.

While Shinnara was poking around in the air looking for Igor, Cheka approached Lark.

“Is the Rainbow Knight okay!?”

“I’m, huh, okay. What about the village? No, what about Leeha!? I’ll check there first. I need to know what the results were.”

“Okay. Then―”

Shut up, at that moment, the space lock was released.

As soon as they were released, a purple light flashed beside them.

“Mr. Lee Ha!”

“Hi, Mr. Leeha!? What happened? What happened to you? What about the dragon? What about Faust?”

Lark managed to get up, holding his side.

The situation was still bad enough that he had to pour the potion bottle into his mouth, but he seemed to know very well that the result was more important than his condition right now.

“…I’m sorry. I missed it.”

And the expression below was dark.

The result that disappoints their expectations weighed heavily on their hearts.

“You missed? All of you? You missed a necromancer? Even if you put a hole in his body, you could have fired twelve more shots— ugh, same! You even brought a dragon with you—”

“What happened to the dragon? The white dragon?”

“Oh, that’s right! What about the white dragon, Mr. Leeha?”

“that is….”

No words came out of the mouth below.

“Hi, sir…..”

Only Blaugrun, who was by Leeha’s side, knew the whole story, so he couldn’t blame Leeha.

* * *

Lark and Cheka had to clean up the damage to Fiorenza City, while Leeha and Shinnara sorted out the additional characteristics of Faust and Igor, as well as the transformation factors resulting from their skills.

The only consolation was that the destruction of the city had been prevented.

They gathered again after the sun rose and began sharing information.

The biggest piece of information we found out was something that could potentially become a major feature of Faust’s future conquests.

“The thing called ice…”

“It is a method of putting a soul on yourself.”

Listening to Blaugrun’s explanation, Lark, Shinnara, and Cheka looked slightly uneasy.

What all three of them couldn’t quite understand was the same.

“It was vague, but I heard it clearly, Bingyi. Now, Faust can no longer simply summon the undead. It seems he can summon the souls of the dead as well.”

The sigh below deepened.

“In that sense… it is quite possible to put a soul into one’s own body.”

“…So you’re saying you got stronger?”

“It’s not that it’s gotten stronger.”

Yi Ha sighed.

Why did Blaugrun hesitate at that last moment?

Using 〈Familiar Fear: Reveal〉 should stop all enemies except for the following and your own allies.

‘…the upper undead’s abnormal status resistance. This is the most certain evidence that Faust used the possession.’

Not only the Bone Dragon, but even the Lich Dragon was not under the control of the Spirit of Terror.

Blaugrun called it the status abnormality resistance of the upper undead.

For those who are already dead, there is no longer any fear. In a way, it was a natural thing to say.

But what about Faust?

Why is he not dead?

It was right there that Iwa and Blaugrun’s reasoning began, and the result was the conclusion that Faust had turned himself into an undead by using the skill called “Possession.”

“One Bone Dragon has been defeated, but one Lich Dragon has been added…”

“So you’re saying there are two Lich Dragons and three Bone Dragons?”

“Igor’s strength was also different from the information. If they had been together, we would all have died.”

Listening to Lark and Shinnara’s story, Cheka quickly sorted out the situation.

No one could object. In fact, they were so hastily led into battle by the enemy that the consequences of their failure to prepare were painful.

“What’s more serious is that I don’t think I’ll be able to stand up when they fight. Depending on the situation, I might just have to get out.”

“Yes? Why Mr. Lee?”

“Oh, right. You were scared because you failed once? I didn’t see it that way.”

“Let’s not get on your nerves at times like this, Mr. Lark. And there’s no need to say something like that… I’m not discouraged.”

“Hee, hee hee! Then?”

Lark asked quickly, as if embarrassed.

The intention was to provoke the anger of the discouraged opponent and make him join the fight again, but Leeha saw through it in an instant.

The reason why I thought it would be difficult for him to participate in the battle was, of course, not because he had been discouraged by a single failure.

“When I’m here, they get stronger. Their movement speed and attack speed increase by 60%.”

“Huh? 60%?”

“…This is driving me crazy. Mr. Leeha should have seen Igor’s final state. If it goes up by more than 60% from there―”

“Igor alone would kill us all.”

As expected, Cheka quickly sorted out the situation.

No one could refute that statement either.