Chapter 111

Chapter 111

Middle Earth was definitely a game that encouraged and forced party play.

‘Except for the Biyemi and I were on the Marching Plains...... The last time I was in a party was when I caught kobolds in Mount Seymour.’

That was the first and last time Leeha was in a party with a tank, healer, and dealer.

Because when he was with the Venomancer Biyemi and the Giant Druid Jin Gonggong, their party did not consist of Tank-Healer-Dealer.

“Well, this is what it means to walk a different path from others- hmm?”

He could see dust rising from the edge of the wasteland, Leeha even felt disappointed. It didn’t seem to be a natural wind.

W-What? Sandstorm?

A huge amount of sand dust moved from Leeha’s left and right view.

What was it?

“Roadrunner!”

“Ah, if only that bastard did not appear, I would not have to take a break from hunting ......

Hearing the grumbling noise from the users, Leeha’s ears perked.

‘T-That’s...... a roadrunner?’

Leeha grabbed his musket and ran. He ran in the direction where the sand and dust rose, but...... It was not a speed that he could pursue.

“What is that?”

It was only when the already rising sun and dust subsided that Leeha arrived at the location.

Of course, it was after the roadrunner was so far away that he could not even see it.

‘I have to... catch that? Five?’

He didn’t know what to do. Fortunately, it left a mark.

Leeha began to follow the footprints left on the ground.

Its size was definitely small. It looks a little like chicken’s feet.’

The weight could be estimated by looking at the size of the foot and the depth of the footprint.

Of course, he hadn’t looked at the screenshot properly, but it won’t be huge.

For Middle Earth, which raised wolves to the size of a calf, it was a fair amount of consideration(?).

“I-Is it that?”

How far did he walk?

Leeha followed its footsteps and ran through the wasteland for a long time, and finally found the roadrunner.

“Great....... It’s rather unfortunate because it’s small.”

It would have been better to have a bigger target.

Leeha carefully opened his bag.

It was a little bigger than a pigeon, but definitely the size of a regular bird. It almost felt like a little pheasant.

And if it’s a pheasant? It’s the best bird for ‘hunters’ to hunt.

‘Reload complete. Let’s get this guy’s tailfeather first and get the next one.

His gaze was low. It was hard to shoot the little bird while standing up.

Their distance was about 50m.

Leeha slowly bent down and took a shooting posture.

What?

“Eh?”

The moment he kneeled, Leeha’s eyes met with the little bird’s.

Back?

Its neck was bent and it tilted its head. Leeha had a hard time swallowing his saliva.

Don’t escape, don’t escape.

Get back!

“Waaaa!! No!!”

Pababababak-!

As soon as it turned around, dust rose.

It had unbelievable strength for such a small body!

Leeha jumped and took a shooting pose on his knee.

‘Damn it! Its eyes were so fast’

Barely aiming his musket through the dust, Leeha pulled the trigger.

‘Now.’

Click, Leeha pulled the trigger.

Bang-!

A thunderous gunshot rang. Leeha stopped at his posture.

After all the white smoke had disappeared, Leeha laid on his back.

“You, you crazy bastard!!! If you get hit, it’ll get worse! Where do you think you’re going!”

Leeha’s struggling figure was pathetic.

He was like that because no one was around.

“Why don’t you fly! If you flew, it would be less unfair! Why are you running on the ground! Damned bird! Damned bird bastard–!!!”

He had screamed for a long time.

Leeha who had hit the floor and cursed at a bird that was about 50cm in size, was able to regain rationality because of the notification window.

[Vitality has been reduced to less than 30%. Penalty has been applied.]

[HP, MP, and Stamina will not recover.]

“Ahh....... I’m going crazy.”

Leeha felt like he had to do what he had to do.

“Hmm, I should still enjoy cooking.”

On his third night in Middle Earth, after the sun rose, it had been four days since Leeha started chasing the roadrunner.

It meant that Leeha had spent almost a day in reality and he hadn’t caught a single one yet.

Leeha drew water from the surrounding, put it in a pot, and stared blankly at the sky.

‘Eagle’s Eye.’

He raised his musket towards the birds flying 40 meters above the ground.

‘I wonder if it’s a roadrunner. It’s just a normal animal.’

It was enlarged anyway, so he could see it well, but he still had to make sure.

Leeha turned his skill to 1x, then went through his bag and reloaded his musket.

‘[Grapeshot], what is grapeshot? Leeha tried naming the shotgun bullets using the Naming skill. Since it was used for shotgun, he didn’t expect a name like splash shot, but simpler names like buckshot or slug ......

However, he still got a name he didn’t like.

Grapeshot.

Leeha put the grapeshot, made from splitting iron bullets into the musket’s muzzle.

It was an arduous posture of having to lift his musket from a standing position to a shooting posture into the sky, however, Leeha did not shake at all.

Bang–!

The grapeshot was much louder than a normal shot, and a bird fell.

Leeha picked up the bird, poured hot water on it, and ripped off its feather.

The thing he improved the most while playing Middle Earth was preparing food, so Leeha wondered if it was more of a cooking thing than hunting.

‘Well, it’s easier to hunt if I use grapeshot.’

Even the grapeshot did not work for the roadrunner who was running on the ground with a small body.

Many bullets were lodged in the ground while it escaped.

‘Even grapeshot doesn’t work. To chase again,

I don’t know when or where it would pop out next. Even if it appears, I will have to chase it for a few days.’

It would be the fourth day soon. Will he be able to get tail feathers in 16 days?

Leeha was anxious.

‘If you are a sniper, you need to know how to hit a moving target. I also had that kind of training but......

Leeha thought while eating the roasted bird leg.

What was the purpose of the quest?

It would be too much if the goal was movement training. It’s not about being hard.

If one could not see the target in the first place, how would you shoot?

‘So that’s why the Director laughed so hard. Phew, damn it. From the moment I saw that smile, I was anxious’

Thinking of Browless’s laugh, Leeha got more annoyed. He must have expected him to suffer this much.

Besides, the fact that Leeha thought it was an easy quest this time, but was not made his insides boil.

“Phew, nothing would happen if I stay still. I should take a look around. I’ll just have to sleep.”

After finishing the remaining meat, Leeha logged out.