Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 114



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114

While Jinseong himself is drawing the sniper’s attention, Vivi continues the original main scenario quest flow as an ‘adventurer’.

Sure, the plan itself was great, but there were actions that had to be taken to make it happen.

“Taco, how are you? Can you see it?”

“Gro, groan……”

[Click, click, how could it be seen? That’s stupid.]

“Still! You never know. Lotus has a lot of eyes, so it might be able to see well.”

[… … That’s a great idea. Hehehe, hehehe.]

“Hey, don’t laugh! Ahem, Taco, what do you think? Take a good look.”

“Gulp….”

It is unlikely that simply moving like bait will be enough to keep the sniper’s attention.

Above all, Irigare, a sniper belonging to the cartel, would know about the Imperial Army.

‘In the end, Zeldin will be judged as the most important factor. Even the side that Zeldin moved had a much larger number of people.’

The Jiben Imperial Army and Zeldin who leads them.

The De Los Imperial Army and the group that leads them.

And even Vivi.

Even if the fame of ‘Adventurer’ Vivi had not yet spread throughout the lawless lands of the West, it would be very easy to judge from a sniper’s perspective.

There is no need to weigh the fact that only one person, Jinseong, is obviously moving like bait to anyone, and the group of all the other characters, including Zeldin, are moving.

‘Of course. Being contaminated doesn’t make you stupid. Even Lotus displayed even more powerful abilities when it was contaminated. If we assume that the reason Irigare’s sniping range increased so absurdly is because of that… ‘

That is, we must make Irigare do the weighing.

One Jinseong has to make it look more appetizing than targeting all the rest, including Zeldin.

After all, it’s not just bait.

“Huh… Then how do I approach it? What should I do?”

We need to approach Irigare.

We need to make the sniper feel fear.

This means that Jinseong himself must become a ‘special force sent to repel snipers’ rather than a ‘bait’.

‘But simple mobility is unlikely to work anymore. They’ve already figured out things like the speed and distance it can move.’

So, to carry out that operation, Jinseong moved and moved again.

Fortunately, thanks to the presence of Black Goo and Taco, I was able to determine the ‘direction’ of the enemy’s attack.

It was an obvious guess that it would be the ‘opposite’ of the direction the bullet was flying from, the path Jinseong himself moved along, or the direction in which the fragments flew out as the cover was destroyed.

Even though the distance was not yet known, just knowing the direction was a great achievement.

If only it weren’t for the attack I suffered a little while ago.

‘It was a lucky combo that exploded at that timing. Otherwise, I would have been hit. If I hadn’t held on tight, I would have been flat on my body.’

The problem was that the moment Jinseong roughly judged which direction the sniper was in, the sniper also figured out Jinseong’s movement pattern.

It was difficult to move with only two moves anymore, so I tried to use short-distance moves like that to deceive the sniper, but it didn’t work on him.

The silver lining is that Jinseong himself was hit at the right time.

‘Damn, and since I didn’t have any mobility after that, I had to basically do a pansrun… … .’

I was hit by a sudden attack and evaded it with an invincible skill.

In the end, Irigare must have figured out that Jinseong possesses these skills, and he must also consider the possibility that his future attacks will be more fierce and sharp, and that Jinseong himself will not be invincible, but will only attack based on the right timing.

Even though I worked so hard, hiding, and using my skills, the distance I’ve moved so far is only a little over 1km. The bullets are still arriving faster than the speed of sound, so I can’t conclude that I can’t reach the sniper by just repeating what I’ve been doing so far.

[Kekeke, that’s funny. Evading an ultra-long-range attack that I’ve never seen before even in the Demon Realm and chasing that guy away… … .]

“Fun…? Yeah, well, you’re not wrong. When else would you ever get an experience like this? Attacks coming faster than the speed of sound, faster than the speed of sound, so… Heukgu, you’ve probably never felt a threat like this before.”

Why is it that even in the midst of all this, Heukgu’s remarks, which are full of interest, don’t sound so annoying?

Jinseong blurted out a word, feeling both admirable and envious of Heukgu being able to enjoy even this kind of experience.

However, it was also a light remark on the black ball, or more precisely, his main body, ‘Direji’.

[I don’t think there’s anything in the Demon World that moves and attacks faster than sound.]

“Hmm? Among the apostles, there was one who attacked- Ah, Frey-Isis? Or Cain-.”

[What I saw was that ignorant Kashias guy. The loud noise that followed after that guy ran wild and was destroyed… … Hehe, it was a pleasure for me to see the demons running away in panic. Of course, even that Kashias guy was so scared that he couldn’t even set foot in my territory and tucked his tail between his legs. Hehe.]

Heukgu continued his dark laughter.

As he listened to that proud voice, only one thought came to Jinseong’s mind.

“Because I’m scared… because I’m dirty….”

[what.]

“No, no. Nothing. Ahem, anyway… Well, Cassius isn’t an apostle to be taken lightly.”

Then suddenly, Jinseong remembered.

The Fourth Apostle, Cassius the Conqueror.

Scenes where he appeared in the game Dungeon & Fighter.

And even the performance.

“Yeah, I guess I’d rather go that way. If anything, a set movement would be easier to read from that side…”

Jinseong rummaged through [Inventory].

You have to make it difficult for your opponent to predict.

That too, in a way that would be difficult for a celestial being to adapt to.

Jinseong grabbed a small bottle.

It is a method that is not even known to exist in the heavens, but is quite commonly used on the continent of Arad.

Pong, Jinseong opened the cork.

“This is one step back to advance.”

Gulp, gulp, Jinseong’s figure, who had gulped down the potion, appeared not from the front, but from behind the ‘building he had just passed by’.

* * *

There is no magic in heaven.

More precisely, since the use of all magic was banned during Bakal’s reign, information and knowledge related to magic were lost, and even those with the talent and innate ability to handle magic were unable to continue their lineage.

Therefore, in the current heavens, magic is generally perceived as an incomprehensible technique used by Bakal and his dragon tribe, who ruled the heavens, rather than a concept used by humans. The fact that the heavenly people who drove out Bakal and his dragon tribe used such magic is now almost like a legend.

Jinseong’s repeated drinking of the spirits to disrupt movement was also a strategy based on such knowledge.

Appears on the wall of a wooden building 150m ahead, casts , and hides in the building next to it.

He opened the door to the warehouse 30m in front of him and used the to jump out and hide behind the pillar.

Again, the sound of the wooden wall of the building 80 meters behind being destroyed is heard, and before you know it, you see something appear behind a mailbox 23 meters ahead.

The true form moved from an unpredictable place, over an incalculable distance, and in an unpredictable direction.

At first glance, it may seem like a useless and dizzying thing to do, but Jinseong, the person involved, was starting to realize it.

Taaaaang────────… … !

‘You’re late. No, not just late-.’

The gunshots only dug into the ground long after the real thing had passed.

Tadaang─────────… … !

This time, there was a sound of the air being torn apart, but that was it. One shot hit a wooden wall that Jinseong had not even been to, and another shot hit a pillar that Jinseong had been hiding behind for quite some time as if it were going to break.

‘-I can’t even read it. I can’t believe that he was able to read my movements perfectly just a moment ago.’

Jinseong showed a faint smile.

Although the reserves were almost completely consumed, compared to the psychological warfare they had waged to advance about 1km, they had already moved more than 1.5km much faster.

Having escaped the foggy city of Haze, we have reached a point where we can only rely on natural terrain for cover!

‘I don’t know for sure, but it’ll be hard! It’s different from just looking at the scope with the right click and shooting with the left click in the game!’

Plain: Arad, but the opponent is not a user who enjoys the game.

Irigare, who exists as an NPC, is also a person living in this world as reality, so he cannot be targeted so easily.

‘Even if I wear a scope, I still have to adjust the zero point! Rather, when I only have a limited field of view like a scope, if I suddenly pop out from somewhere else, I’ll need time to check with my own eyes, move the muzzle, and adjust the click again! I’m a military veteran, too!’

Even though he didn’t know that the easiest target for a sniper was a group of people who were just restless and hiding in the same place, Jinseong was able to escape the crisis instinctively and with his senses!

[Click click, I think we’re almost there.]

“Yeah, 1 second? Well, not even 2 seconds. I don’t know for sure, but it’s within 400m. Heukgu, if we go in the direction you told us…”

Jinseong quickly moved to the expected location.

It was a possible location, even if it was just Crack Thump’s guesswork.

Somewhere at the entrance of the canyon at the 11 o’clock direction from the city of Haze, the Foggy City.

‘If I remember correctly, the dungeons like the Battle of Arden and the Cartel Command Center were all located to the right of Haze’s 2 o’clock position… … They are places that are completely unknown to regular users.’

If you just climb the last 500 meters or so of the uphill climb, you’ll get there.

From a point in the valley overlooking the foggy city of Haze and the sea train station, about 3km away.

Since there were limited places to hide, such as rocks or trees, and there were only a few dogs left, Jinseong decided to take a gamble.

“Black ball.”

Shoooooooo… … !

Abilities that do not exist in the item’s options.

The ability to draw on some of the power of its origin, prototype, or model!

Jinseong tried to utilize the methods of the Bing-uis who still don’t even have names.

[Keep on, keep on, good. I was also curious about his appearance… … Move, Jinseong. The Black Disease Deregi allows it.]

Direji’s other self, Heukgu, responded.

It was a moment.

The moment he felt the black energy that had been slowly spreading out from Jinseong’s entire body enveloping him again, his body had already returned to its original state.

On the surface there was no apparent difference, but I knew the truth.

“Go.”

─────────────!

Jinseong’s body flew out faster than a bullet.

Pit, something hit the ground, and bang, a gunshot followed practically straight away.

However, I couldn’t catch up with Jinseong, who was running as if she was shedding black afterimages.

The impatience and embarrassment were clearly felt in the explosions that followed.

The gunshots, which were long and sounded like one shot, rang in Jinseong’s ears, whether two or three shots in a row, but they did not pose a real threat.

Jinseong was already close to reaching his target point.

How many seconds did it take to close the distance of about 400m?

Jinseong was already raising his hand and preparing himself.

Irigare, a sniper belonging to the cartel.

‘You really shouldn’t kill him. Irigare isn’t human at this point anyway. I have to make Vivi and Nils deal with him. I’ll just threaten him enough to chase him away-… … . Hmm?!’

Finally reaching the sniping spot above the canyon and trying to find her… … .

“ah?”

Jinseong saw it.

Another form of self that is not Irigare.

A sniper rifle with a solid shape, a black gun that seems to absorb even light.

“Wait, wait! Stop! We didn’t come here to fight!”

It was a black-haired, black-eyed man holding a gun and looking somewhat bewildered.