Chapter 623

Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter] Chapter 623

The initial light tremors akin to a chill that started off were now spreading as a full-body vibration due to the gradually intensifying delusion.

Across the gun barrel, the face of Toon, with eyes that could hardly move, seemed to completely dominate Leeha.

‘I can shoot. I must shoot-‘

“Leeha-nim!”

“Ah! Blaugrunn-ssi.”

It was Blaugrunn who woke Leeha, who was losing himself in his own mental world.

Blaugrunn had left the front lines where he had been, and as the users screamed in fear facing the giant monsters, he could no longer stay there.

“Stay calm. It’s alright.”

He was the only one present who understood Leeha’s condition.

Blaugrunn placed his tiny hand on the back of Leeha’s hand.

“So what if you fail? If it’s not working, I could turn into a dragon right now and tear Toon apart. Just give the word.”

Hearing words of tearing and shredding in such a cute voice strangely brought a smile to Leeha’s face.

That brief moment of relaxation stopped the tremor in Leeha’s body.

“What kind of improper home training is that? Talk like that and you’ll get scolded by Lord Bahamut.”

“Lord?”

“Well, anyways, thank you. Because of you-“

Whoooosh...

Leeha took a deep breath.

Magazine loaded, gun charged, aimed. Everything was perfectly ready.

Only one step remained before firing.

“I’ve got the confidence. Screw it, it’s just a game anyway.”

Haaaaah...

Leeha’s index finger pulled the trigger.

[Holy Power Charged: 88.33%]

Baaaaaang......!!

A bullet traveling at 830 m/s just to cover a mere hundred meters.

The target should be completely torn up by it before even realizing the bullet was upon it.

If only Leeha had pulled the trigger a bit sooner.

Craaaash...!

What was heard was the sharp sound of shattering.

The rock mass that had somehow clustered in front of Toon’s forehead disintegrated into fine particles and vanished.

“What-“

Certainly, the users on the Demon King’s Army, aware of Leeha’s presence, could not just stand by!

“Well done, Prea! And thanks to-“

Chiyou leaped from behind Toon.

Time remaining 1 minute 10 seconds.

Sylphs clung to her back. Users were momentarily baffled watching Chiyou covering the distance in the blink of an eye.

It took a moment for the users, who had been focused only on Toon, to switch their target to Chiyou.

“This-“

Leeha hurriedly turned his gun.

Chiyou could be shot. She’s different from Toon!

But hitting Chiyou, who had sylphs attached and was rapidly closing the distance with the “Divine Staff” in a gliding motion, was a challenging task.

“Leeha-nim, I’ll block it for you!”

Blaugrunn rushed to cast his spell, but there seemed to be too little time.

One person alone!

A user who had been focusing solely on Chiyou from the beginning instead of the surrounding monsters or Toon executed their masterstroke.

Whooshing through—–

“Argh!? What, what is this!?”

Chiyou’s body suddenly came to a halt mid-air as someone snagged her ankle.

“Hehehe. Surprised?”

“Biyemi-nim? How could you- no, what is this-“

Chiyou frowned.

It was an attack form she had totally not anticipated.

In that moment, Kijung, who suddenly found himself treated as ‘defenseless,’ was still looking around, not quite understanding the situation.

“Kijung-ssi!”

“Bobae-ssi, d-do you have a potion?”

“You didn’t bring any potions?”

“No, I... drank them all...”

Bobae’s attempt to rush into Kijung’s arms deflated with his nonsensical response.

However, she couldn’t afford to stay disheartened forever. Toon, whose attack had just failed, began charging in a fit of heightened rage.

[You bugs are so annoying! I’ll make you-]

“That’s right. There should have been no one here.”

Leeha, witnessing Toon’s furious charge, strangely felt a sense of peace.

She couldn’t be sure, but it felt like she was faintly gazing into the essence of the fear she had felt all this time.

[Not even satisfying to crunch-]

Her trembling fingers finally moved.

Twaaang——-—!!

[Gahhh!]

Toon stumbled in his attempt to charge.

Considering the added weight from his frozen limb, any abnormal force applied could easily disrupt the balance of even a 44m-tall dinosaur.

[Ha... ha...!]

Thud, thud- thud—!

Toon finally initiated his last assault.

He no longer had the luxury to perform any minor attacks, including swinging.

[Mystic Power Charge: 97.6%]

“Please, do something, Leeha! Just 14 more seconds- if we can hold out for just 14 more seconds!”

The bishop NPC, unable to even stand properly, urged Leeha on while being supported by a paladin.

Baaaang——! The sound of Leeha firing rang out

once again.

Toon, though stumbling, didn’t completely lose his balance.

Given Toon’s size, even if his frozen arm completely shattered and fell off, the distance of about 100 meters could be covered back and forth several times within 14 seconds.

“Leeha-ssi! Permission!”

Blaugrunn shouted to Leeha.

If he transformed into a dragon, he could block it with a body slam.

Even tumbling with Toon for a few seconds would be enough to halt it!

Leeha was left with no choice but to make a decision.

Now was not the time to hide this.

After calculating the impact of Blaugrunn’s influence and Toon’s charge, Leeha shouted.

“Damn, damn! Alright, Blaugrunn-ssi, transform into a-“

“Whoa—Haha! The fun starts here!”

“-Eh!?”

“What, what’s that?”

Suddenly, a voice came from behind Leeha.

Prea’s erected stone wall was still standing tall, but someone clambered up and leapt down, shouting!

Leeha did not turn her head towards the noise and instead pulled the trigger once more, striking Toon’s arm.

Baaaang——! Cracks began to spreadthroughout the entire arm of ice.

But a few users who were distanced from Toon turned towards the source of the voice.

What caught their eyes was a brilliant 7-colored afterimage.

“Im... [Knight of the Rainbow]! It’s Lark!”

As Lark ran, the afterimage of his sword flashed in seven colors.

Even with Toon right in front of him, he didn’t slow down.

“I’ve always wanted to join in the fight, dinosaur! Isn’t it cool? Tyrannosaurus?”

[Foolish human-]

Toon, having not yet a chance to experience Lark’s attack patterns, attempted to sweep Lark away with his remaining arm.

Even without previous experience, the abnormal length of the arm and his movements made the attack rather predictable.

“La, Lark-ssi!”

Yet, Lark did not retreat.

Facing the natural-disaster-like attack of Toon, he too swung his sword with all his might, head-on.