Chapter 552

Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter] Chapter 552

“Using the [Mana Vaporizing Shot] wasn’t a bad move in general, but not this time. Looks like you’ve grown accustomed to using the Camouflage, but you’re still far from mastery. If you were targeting a monster of the caliber of Toon, you should’ve used the [Multi-Warhead Shot] from the start. Did you really think that dumb dinosaur-like brute would use magic? The Mana Vaporizing Shot was utterly useless. It could easily kill two Ancient-tier Dragons with just its jaw.” Elizabeth was entirely certain that Leeha was listening. Of course, Leeha did not answer. Elizabeth who had been pacing around now positioned herself right behind Leeha.

‘The sound of footsteps has stopped.’ Elizabeth was squatting on the fragments of the rock that MY Brown had shattered, wearing an indifferent expression, as if saying, ‘I don’t care what happens to Leeha’.”

“Ah! Maybe you still can’t use the Multi-Warhead Shot? Hmm, it would’ve been good if you weren’t such a foolish protégé...... Although judging from seeing you barely shooting 5km and struggling, it’s likely that you haven’t mastered the fifth level yet. Phew, what has your master taught you? Ah, maybe you don’t have a teacher?”

Elizabeth kept babbling on and on, sometimes groaning, sometimes sighing with an implication of contempt, and occasionally yawning out of boredom.

Leeha remained silent in response to every comment.

His mind was already overwhelmed with worries about how to get through this situation.

“Ahhhhhh! Really not going to come out? Let’s just talk! You have no idea how bored I was with that idiot of a husband! Even the monster remains weren’t good company! I rushed over here thinking I finally found a protégé I could actually have a decent conversation with, but I am being ignored?”

As Elizabeth did not receive any response, her voice turned a little shriller.

Unable to adjust to her dialogues, it seemed as if she was bantering with an old friend or school protégé.

‘......a trap? Is she setting me up into a trap with that casual banter?’

Was she just planning to blow his head off the moment he responded to her friendly tone?

Leeha’s unease never faded.

The grim imagination of her gigantic muzzle from the long-barreled gun aiming at the back of his head kept growing.

“Is Browless doing well? Oh, I guess not.”

Elizabeth’s shrill voice softened a little at that moment.

A faint sigh trailed off after her sentence.

“He must have been upset for not being able to make a sound. Not just because he came here.......because he had to hide too much from the beginning.”

Elizabeth sighed again. Leeha thought that her voice seemed somewhat suppressed and emotional.

Though his ears were focused on her words, Leeha’s mind was filled with thoughts of getting out from this situation.

‘Think. If Elizabeth has skills at least equal to Mr. Brown, survival post-fire should be considered impossible.’

If Leeha targeted Toon, he would have to put his own life at stake.

Of course, considering the common and spirit quests, there may be a worth in an exchange of that level.

After all, Leeha just needed to log in calmly after ten days to collect the [World Tree’s Fruit], right?

The problem, however, was if Toon wasn’t neutralized.’If the [Scattered] doesn’t work...?’ Elizabeth was already behind him.

The moment Toon was hit by the initial gunfire, he instantly figured out his location. It was certain that Brown and Elizabeth had been exchanging messages with magic akin to whispered words.

What if Elizabeth contacts him before the bullet from the multi-barreled gun reaches me?

There’s a high possibility that Toon can avoid it.

‘Damn it, I can’t shoot while this woman is by my side. If I shoot at Toon, Blaugrunn-ssin might alert him beforehand...

The person by his side wasn’t a normal monster or regular user. Her mana control of a dragon could move faster than he could anticipate.

Another line of thought occurred to him as he thought this far.

There’s a woman sighing heavily behind him!

Isn’t there another consequence of this situation!

‘Elizabeth being here means Bailephus can approach Alexander! Once the complete dragon knight is formed, he can confirm Toon’s neutralization and retreat-‘

What would have happened to the check against Bailephus if Elizabeth was here?

Leeha stared at Bailephus with hope-filled eyes.

And he was horrified.

—————, Wrecking —————!

The sound of hitting Bailephus’ perfect barrier was still ringing intermittently.

‘...Then who is that?’

It had been quite a while since the initial fight with Brown.

Leeha got up from his seat, dissolving all his joint fixation and camouflage.

Elizabeth, who turned around, was a woman who certainly did not look middle-aged or over forty.

As she gazed at Leeha, she was a purely innocent NPC who sparkled endlessly.

“Wow?! You really showed yourself? Are you a fool?”

“Fool, while you were asking me to show myself-”

“You?”

Her brows dramatically narrowed.

Where was the twinkling-eyed woman from just a moment ago? Leeha felt sweat flow down his neck.

At this moment, the charisma dominating the air seemed to suppress Leeha’s body.

“Ma’am- umm... Senior–”

“Could you please call me senior? Hehe, I don’t want to act like an old fart now. But we should get this right.”

Elizabeth laughed heartily.

Being fixated on such unimportant honorifics.

Leeha was a bit flustered, but if he could save his life by calling her senior, he would gladly do it.

‘It’s not just about saving my life.’

Blaugrunn: Ha Leeha-nim! You are not really trying to talk to her!? Even if I can summon quickly, If you can’t signal, it’s the end!

The strategy he shared with Blaugrunn was to try to dig up information through conversation. That was why Leeha stood up.

Even Blaugrunn knew how dangerous this strategy was.

Leeha ignored Blaugrunn’s whisper and met her eyes.

“It’s a little disappointing that you’re a boy... but you look quite decent. What do you think?”

“I don’t want to have that kind of conversation.”

“Huh? Then what? Ah! I promised to give you advice, didn’t I? Um, let’s see... what should we talk about first? What’s been the most difficult for you recently?”

Elizabeth sat back down on the rock

Leeha’s Black Bass briefly caught her eye, but she soon lost interest in the gun.

It made Leeha even more nervous, the actions of a person who was confident that no matter what Leeha did, it would pose no threat to her.

‘The magazine is in good shape. The gun is loaded. At this close range, there’s no need for click adjustment.’

Shoot immediately.

‘It won’t even take a second.’

Can she react at this distance within a fraction of a second?

“I’ll tell you in advance, don’t bother. If I wanted to kill you, I would have done so already. You do know why I’ve been sitting here, don’t you?”

“...Because you knew I was here.”

Leeha’s brain froze for a moment.

Elizabeth was an NPC who could control the surrounding air with just a simple change in facial expression.

“So why–”

“I don’t know. Maybe because I’m getting older, I enjoy chit-chat. Do you see my excited husband over there? Somehow, it feels like the older we get, the more childishly we behave.”

Elizabeth pointed in Brown’s direction with a giggle.

It was a distance that could be considered almost close to the horizon without a scope, an extremely far distance, but she saw that place?

“Do you see that?”

Leeha pulled out his gun at the same time as her answer. There were no rails on top of her gun barrel.

It was a pure gun. A gun without any attachments.