Chapter 68 – Episode 68. How Snipers Massacre Civilians.
Of course, if you look only at the current attitude, you could call it tyranny.
Anyone would feel repulsive, but Athel did not feel any hesitation in being forced.
No matter how reckless he did, in the end, everyone gave up their seats to him after hearing my name.
That’s right, if you’re the one who reached S rank, that’s fine.
‘What is this little boy saying?’
That’s why Artel is the woman in front of me…
No, she had no choice but to regard her small existence as arrogant enough to deserve to be called a girl.
She even said that she didn’t know anything about herself, even though it would have been arrogant for her not to stand aside from her first remark.
“… Little boy, are you an adventurer?”
“It’s not a kid, it’s Heira.”
“I don’t like your name, so answer any questions I ask. Are you an adventurer?”
Artel, who uttered a nervous voice.
She sensed her question, Ehei, with her sharp gaze directed at her, but she decided to answer her question for now.
“Yes, I became a new adventurer this time.”
Unfortunately, she was unfamiliar with human society.
So maybe the reason why the person in front of me is annoyed is because she overlooked something.
She tried to approach such an idea cautiously, but from Athel’s point of view, such an ignorant attitude only made her more annoyed.
“… Ha, well yes When I said something, it was just because I was a newbie, right?”
She certainly has a pretty appearance, but her age looks young, and her clothes, unlike herself, are very simple.
All the leather clothes hidden under her black cloak…
Anyone can see that the descendants of poor hunters in rural villages who make their living by catching wild animals in the mountains must have just entered the city and entered the adventurer’s path.
“You have to do what is not right for you. This one is an S-class adventurer who has even gone to the front line in the war against the demon lord.”
The reason I stopped by this city far from the front line was because I had business nearby.
In the meantime, I stopped by this archery range for a change of scenery, but are you aware of how rude it is to waste time arguing with newcomers in such a place?
‘If I’d roughly said this, I’d have enough understanding of the subject.’
That’s right, she’s an S-class adventurer herself.
It is natural for him to bow his head and crawl on his own, even if it is considered unreasonable from the point of view of his opponent, as he is clearly entitled to assert his rights.
“If you have experience going to war, will you be given the right to take over someone else’s position?”
“What…”
“Why?”
Why are you asking here?
Could it be that you are playing a prank on yourself?
“If you are an S-class adventurer, can you give orders to someone who has just become an adventurer? Aren’t you the king?”
No, it’s not like that.
In the face looking at himself, there is not a single point of malice or dissatisfaction that can be called a state.
This girl is so sincere in her that she doesn’t understand what she is saying.
As her superiors, she knows what she meant when she said to her fledglings, ‘Crawl on your own’.
“… No matter how much you come from a rural area, you would never have noticed that.”
Tsk, Atel, who clicked her tongue, grabbed the bowstring strapped to her back and began to hang the practice arrow provided by the archery range on the string.
“Okay, Jung Then I’ll show you myself. Why do you have to follow my orders?”
A protest that is pulled together with a confident voice.
Its posture alone is sophisticated and neat enough to be said to be the model of a perfect archer, and the result is the same.
-Paang!
The arrow, which was fired with a light bouncing sound, landed exactly in the center of the target placed far away.
One of the basic skills of a sniper is the ability to accurately aim at a target with a single attack.
Just by not making a mistake in the first attack, Athel could say that he had proved his skills as a sniper.
“If you have picked up a bow for a long time, you should make sure that the first shot is perfectly matched without making any mistakes. Wouldn’t you call it a waste of space and time for people who can’t even do this?”
Of course, it takes constant practice to reach the present state.
But wouldn’t it be natural to hand over the time and place for the practice to someone with more skills?
“Can I just do that?”
Of course, if you don’t understand it even if you show it, it’s a problem that you can ridicule while watching the arrow shot in resentment and miserably missing the target.
If a newbie beginner shoots, there is no way that he can shoot as perfectly as himself. Athel sighed in that conviction and began to brush her polished hair.
“Yes, a beginner like you can’t even dream of it right now. I don’t know if I can work hard for about 10 years…”
– Shuhak!
An arrow fired while ignoring speech.
The string of the shortbow in Heira’s hand bounced off, and the arrow that received momentum from it bounced deep into the target.
Just like Artel, right in the center of the bull’s-eye.
“… I did it.”
After demonstrating such skill, Heira quietly lowered her shortbow and looked back at Athel.
Unlike himself, who radiated pride while looking at the arrow stuck in the center, it was as if it was nothing to hit the center with her first shot.
“Can I continue shooting here?”
Seeing Heira ignoring all of her conversations so far and quietly revealing her own intentions, Athel felt moved and began to squeeze the bow in her hand.
“Haha, this cheeky little boy… Yes, I improved my skills while hunting in the mountains, right?”
In response to that will, the young mana in her body began to run wild.
The visitors of the archery range, noticing the commotion that followed, soon began to gather to Heira and Artel’s seat.
“Uh? Look over there! Isn’t that the crystal princess over there?”
“Why is such a big man in this city?”
“By the way, I just saw it, and the kid over there hit the center of the target just like the Crystal Princess.”
“To be right in the middle from the first step, the girl over there must be a very talented person.”
“What? Are you going to duel?”
“The crystal princess… A duel!?”
Buzz buzz.
The moment when the commotion around you gradually grows.
However, Athel was rather pleased with such a commotion.
“Okay, let’s try to compete with something like this.”
“… Win?”
“You have no intention of leaving here anyway, do you? Then let’s just play a game and let the loser coolly step down.”
If you teach him that he is lower in rank than he is in front of everyone, no matter how ignorant and ignorant he is, he will realize who he is fighting against and will bow his head.
“If I win in that game, can I use this place?”
And, as expected, this poor kid is in a state where he wants to accept my words without thinking.
It’s probably because he thinks that only hitting the center before is all he has.
“Of course, if you can really beat me.”
Poor judgment.
Couldn’t he have risen to the position of an S-class adventurer just by getting one shot right in the first place?
“Then, how will the match be…”
“Shut up and watch.”
Athel focuses her power on her bow while ignoring Heira.
Soon, the dense mana in her hand gathered on her bow, and she began to prepare for the next attack.
“I’ll clearly show you why I’m called an S-class adventurer.”
An attack worthy of being called ‘fire’ rather than sniping.
-Shuuuuung!
An arrow that bounces and is ejected as soon as it is hit by the string.
It wasn’t even properly aimed, but the arrows fired were hitting the center of the target.
Almost in the same location as the first arrow.
Around the time the number of arrows stuck in the bundle reached ten, astonishment began to erupt from the mouths of the crowd who belatedly grasped the situation.
“Oh, that’s awesome…”
“How can such a rapid fire result in such an accuracy rate?”
“As expected, an S-class adventurer… It’s not that I have this name for nothing, is it?”
A skill that is comparable to being called a divine skill that allows ten arrows to hit the center exactly.
In just a short amount of time, she has managed to gather the attention and admiration of all the archers who use this archery range.
Yes, it is a situation that is not lacking in raising self-esteem in itself.
‘Of course, this should come out. Did I pay a lot of money for the equipment for no reason?’
The first step is pure skill, but concentration is also a consumable resource in the end.
Even if you concentrate all your nerves and hit the target accurately, it is never easy for a sniper to hit the same spot without a break.
And she met that unfortunate part through her equipment, and at the end succeeded in rising to the position of S class.
A bracelet that stabilizes the flow of mana in a circlet that strengthens concentration to help attract mana. And a bow with a magic inscription that tracks the mana of the first arrow shot and corrects the arrow’s trajectory…’
Of course, it is a waste of things to use in competition with only beginners.
However, isn’t the preparation, such as gathering equipment, also a matter of being judged by the adventurer’s own skills in actual combat?
‘The man I seduced this time had a pretty decent family. When he got home, he looked like he had a lot to pick up and eat… It’s a relief that it’s worth coming to this city?’
After all, a great adventurer like yourself had to go through the trouble of coming to this remote city.
Wouldn’t it be difficult if you didn’t have that much income?
“Now, fire ten shots at the target as I did now. If you can hit it better than me.”
Whatever it was, the significance of the current match was to teach the small fish how to do it, so I didn’t feel any hesitation in using the equipment boldly and performing the technique.
Ten arrows stuck in the center of the target.
An ordinary person would immediately feel intimidated after seeing the result, and would turn his back from his seat realizing the folly.
“…”
Contrary to everyone’s expectations, Heira remained silent even after seeing such absurd techniques.
Is that just stubbornness?
Or is it to see the end in order to match the format of the game?
Whatever it was, Heira was just doing the best she could.
-Grasp!
A shot with an arrow hooked to the string of the bow.
And another step.
-Grasp! Grasp!
It’s not to the point of being quick-witted, but at least with slow hands. And Heira, who shoots arrows at regular intervals.
In that act, unlike Athel, there was no use of mana or help from mercy.
He simply relied on the power of a shortbow carved from trees scattered throughout the forest and a string made by tightening the sinews of animals to find the exact path for the arrow with only his own senses.
“… Uh huh?”
The more the action, which was just that, was repeated, the more astonishment began to grow among the crowd watching him.
Heira shot an arrow in the exact same spot as the previous one.
It was because he had already split the arrows stuck in the target and scattered the fragments underneath without exception.
“No, no way…”
Atell, an S-class adventurer, was also surprised by the sight.
The technique unfolded at this moment was so absurd. No matter how genius he is, it would be impossible for him to defeat himself, who had surpassed his ability as a human, with the power of his equipment.
“This, this is nonsense…”
“Did I win with this?”
Despite such astonishment, Heira just spoke calmly.
“Can I use it here now?”
As if to teach that one-point strokes, which go beyond one-hit-one-weight, are insignificant to a hunter who has lived for 100 years.
