Ch 118
Translated by: xLordFifth
Edited by: (Chapter unedited)
A square face and a chapped chin. A thick mustache that was likely to be two fingers long.
Anyone could see ‘I am a villain’ face was drawn.
‘He sure is not worthy of his name.’ Leeha had no intention to refuse the quest. This was his last training and first real battle.
Of course, for Leeha, the previous ‘trainings’ were great adventures that risked his life.
At least in Middle Earth, this was his first battle as a sniper.
“Okay. I will kill Angel and come back alive. Ah…… I don’t think it’s necessary, but can I ask you one thing?”
“What is it?”
“Even if I kill Angel, I don’t think the magic squad will go away completely. Who will take over, or won’t there be a second Wild Angel that would be created?”
Leeha asked the question as he suddenly remembered it. He remembered having a similar conversation like this a while ago.
Compared to what Leeha was worried about, Browless’s reply was quick.
“There’s no guarantee.”
“What?”
“They could break up…… Infighting might occur due to succession issues. The second and third Wild Angel? There are probably not many people who have such great abilities as that ‘Angel’. Of course, it could be possible. Someone better than Angel may succeed him.”
“Then…”
“What does that matter? You have to toss a coin to know if it is heads or tails, don’t you?”
Browless smiled as he patted his long-brimmed hat.
With that answer, it felt like the fog in Leeha’s mind was lifted.
“That’s right! Yes! Haha, there’s no point in predicting the future!”
One had to pull the trigger to know if it was right or wrong.
A 100% chance of success or failure was useless until the trigger was pulled! After all, nothing had happened yet!
“I will go now!”
“Please come back safely.”
Browless gave no further information. It meant that Leeha needed to get information himself.
Leeha saluted Browless.
“NPC? If it’s someone who gives this kind of advice, why would it matter if they are NPC or not?’
Leeha’s brain spun faster.
“Is there a group of bandits here called Wild Angels?”
“W-wild Angel?!”
“W-w-why are you asking? Did the Wild Angels appear? Are they here?”
The NPCs in the pub of a small town called ‘Graf’ reacted in surprise.
That alone made Leeha understand, needless to say, Leeha first went into the pub.
He sorted out the situation first.
‘The rumors of Wild Angels are from this town.’
From the capital, he took the warp gate as far southeast as possible.
However, if it was a city with a warp gate, it could be considered mid-sized.
There was no way for a band of bandits to appear near places where security, guards, and city walls were equipped.
A few days of walking towards the southeast of the city. In a small town called Graf.
It was the last test and had a time limit of 30 days.
Leeha decided not to rush. His goal was to clear it perfectly and safely
even if he had to use up all his time.
‘If possible, I should raise my level a little more. I have to figure out a way to hit a target 444m away.’
Leeha looked into the barrel of Needle Gun for a moment.
He inserted a cloth into it using the skewer in order to remove the gunpowder residue.
A special quest to obtain Miss Elizabeth’s Will, the next generation of the Three Musketeers, and the weapon she used!
Contrary to Leeha’s desire to challenge it, he was not ready yet.
‘I can’t hit it.’
He tried several times after getting Eagle’s Eye.
However, it was not easy to measure 444m, above all, it was difficult to shoot the bullet that far.
‘I roughly know it’s over 400m but……. I want to estimate until there’s only 1m difference.’
It was hard, even for someone like Leeha, who trained in the military. It’s a quest that normal users couldn’t complete.
‘Even if I can guess the distance, the next problem would be shooting. The maximum range of the Needle Gun is approximately 350m.’
From there, it needs to reach an additional of more than 100m.
How can a bullet which had lost its kinetic energy fly an additional 100m?
There was a reason why Miss Elizabeth guaranteed that her successor wouldn’t appear easily.
While contemplating on how to finish the special quest, Leeha also had to find and kill Angel, the leader of Wild Angels so his head was going crazy.
“Phew……”
Leeha once again packed up enough supplies and left the village.
He only needed to go blindly towards the southeast direction.
After walking for two more days like that, Leeha saw black smoke.
‘Smoke……? Fire?’
Leeha got off the road and quickly climbed the hill.
As Leeha got a little closer, he could see fine light purple particles in the air.
If it’s purple, it’s space-related magic.
‘Maybe the bandits locked the space? NPC, no, monsters?’
Humanoid monsters like kobolds and real human monsters were completely different.
Leeha admired Middle Earth once again, he entered the place where the light purple particles were floating.
‘I can’t use return scroll now.’
There was a shallow fence in the distance, and several houses within it were on fire.
Leeha approached the village, which was the site of looting and arson, using the topographical features.
‘Okay, at this distance……’
He went a little further in a crawling position on the hill. Because of the grass, Leeha could not see much below, however, it was enough that he could see the guys walking around the village.
At the point where even their loud voices and screams could be heard, Leeha used a skill.
‘Eagle’s Eye.’
[Beginner Eagle’s Eye(Lv.3)] Description: Borrowing the eagle’s eyes, a human could see a rat the same way an eagle sees it.
Effect: Expand your field of view for 80 seconds(Limit: 500m, 10x maximum magnification)
Mana: 150
Cooldown: 1hour
You can see 500m away as if you were only 50m away. And the location between Leeha and the burning village was only around 300m.
In other words, it meant that Leeha could see the faces of the people in the mess 300m away like they were only 30m ahead.
“Haha, get all the money you need!”
“And the women? What should we do about the women?”
“Of course, you should take them as well! If you don’t want to be hugged, then you don’t have to!”
“Bwahahaha, that isn’t possible, I- ahh!”
Vulgar and blatant shouts. Excited by the madness and violence, the bandits were destroying the village indiscriminately.
It was just the right moment for an apostle of justice to show up and stop the bad guys-! Leeha could defeat them, however, he was not an apostle of justice, and they were not living humans.
Leeha held his breath and observed the situation.
‘The destruction itself is indiscriminate, however, there clearly is a system.’
There were three people waiting at the entrance to the village. One could be seen holding a bow, and two holding a crossbow.
It was clear that they had set boundaries with guys who had good eyes and could attack from a distance.
‘And a guy that looks like a boss only gives commands at the center of the town. He doesn’t move.’
He screamed and made loud noises, but his body didn’t move. He pretended to move by turning the horse’s head, however, the radius of action was fixed within a certain range.
Even in a small town, only his subordinates carried out the looting.
’13…… No, there’s as much as 14. Forty-five if you include those who were on watch. If you add the ones near the boss, is it about 50 people……? These are not simple bandits, right?’
It was certainly not a number that could be afforded by the guards in a small town.
In a small town like that, the guards are limited to less than 10 people.
Even in Nitai, a village near the border where a warp gate was located, there were around 50 guards.
‘If there is an appropriate strategy, they should be able to attack a medium-sized city with a warp gate, although it would be quite difficult.’
That was why it was a problem.
Leeha carefully pulled out his musket.
The distance between the mustached guy riding a horse at the center of the village was around 320m.
‘It’s far. At this distance, the probability would be less than half.’
His accuracy was stable up to 200m mark, however, even Leeha wasn’t confident at the distance of 250m or higher.
It’s over 300m, and he’s still moving.
‘The most important thing is that I can’t run away.’
Leeha could run faster than low-level users, but the bandits rode horses.
Space was locked and scrolls were disabled.
Even if he somewhat sniped the target, it was impossible to escape, so he had no choice but to give up shooting.
Leeha quietly opened his skill window.
Another reason why there was no need to rush caught his eyes.
[Beginner Marking (Lv. 1)]
Description: Your efforts to identify
the target has finally blossomed. Hunters and musketeers use a small amount of mana to track the target.
Effect: Highlight and display the target’s movement in the map（0 / 3）
Mana: 150
Cooldown: –
‘I thought it was too good to be true because it had no cooldown, but it doesn’t matter if I can only use it thrice.’
It meant that he would be wasting it if he wasn’t careful. In addition, Leeha’s current mana was 570, and if he used the skill three times in a row, he wouldn’t be able to use it a fourth time.
‘The first is the leader. Marking!’
The looting was about to end, and Leeha magnified the center of the village again.
Leeha used the skill towards the man who looked like a typical villain with a thick mustache, a square face and looked exactly like the image Browless gave him.
‘Oh! The target is outlined? Amazing.’
The target was covered with a blue silhouette-like outline.
With this, no matter how many enemies were grouped together, it would be easy to see who should be shot and whether the target was down.
Leeha found the next target with a satisfied smile.
‘It should be fine to put it on one of the guards ahead of time.’
One with a bow and two with a crossbow. Comparing the pros and cons of crossbow and bow, it was obvious who the marking should be used on.
‘The guy with the bow…… Marking!’
This time, it was a purple silhouette. Leeha minimized the eagle’s eye and slowly moved in a crawling position.
‘Who’s next?’ But none of the moving ones stood out in particular.
Are all of them a captain of a group and are similar to battalion commanders?
“Let’s go! Kuhaha, today is a feast!”
“Ihi-!”
Ihihihi ——!!
The bandits started to gather in the center of the village and made strange noises.
‘No, I have to hurry.’
One more marking should be done before leaving. Leeha increased the magnification towards the captain
‘If it’s this guy or that guy, and they’re all bad guys- huh?’
(To be continued…)
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