The Villain is Too Good at Sniping - Chapter 123



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Episode 123. Uninhabited Island (2)

Although it was unclear what she had been through, Ashley was noticeably thinner.

His uniform is torn in places, his legs are unsteady, and his hair is sticking out in all directions. It’s obvious what kind of hardship he’s had in the forest. Judging by the dark circles under his eyes, it looks like he hasn’t slept well.

“I saw smoke coming from the beach, so I was wondering if anyone was there… I never thought it would be you.”

Esili, holding the warmed water bottle neatly, held it tightly in her hand as if it were a treasure.

“If you run out, you can always go back and get more, so you don’t have to drink it sparingly.”

“Really?”

Esili, who had been sipping water one sip at a time, finally started drinking the water properly.

There were many things I wanted to ask, but first, I had to save the dying child. With that in mind, I held out one of the skewers I was grilling, and Esili’s eyebrows twitched.

“What is this…?”

“It’s a frog.”

“I know that, but are you really… really telling me to eat this?”

“How can you say something like that when you’re starving?”

“… … .”

Looking at his condition, it seems he still hasn’t come to his senses.

Arsen has kept the purpose of this training a secret, but it is currently being described as ‘survival training’. So regardless of other things, the cadets’ survival skills will be fairly assessed.

“This… really? I… … ?”

Esili hesitated and grabbed the skewer I offered her. After shaking her hands for a while, she carefully bit into the hind leg.

“it’s good……?”

Then, he finished off one skewer in one breath.

The other skewers were still grilling and would have to wait a little longer to be fully cooked. I was wondering if it would be okay since the sky was overcast, but at this rate, it seemed like they would be fully cooked before it started raining.

As Esili glanced at the campfire, I took the time to ask.

“What happened?”

“I was wandering around the mountains, and I saw smoke toward the beach, so I ran here… Ah.”

Only then did Esili get up from her seat, as if she had remembered something she had forgotten.

“Now is not the time to be doing this.”

As she spoke, I stopped Esili from picking up her bow.

“Sit down. First.”

“This is not the time! Kyle is in danger.”

“…Is Kyle in danger?”

As I frowned for a moment, Esili continued speaking.

“I was with Kyle… and Elin, those two. We were lucky enough to meet, and lucky enough to find a place to stay… … .”

If you listen to the story, it was like that.

Esili happened to meet Kyle and Elin, and they acted together. While wandering through the forest, they found a cave and planned to stay there for the night.

“… But that cave just so happened to be the cave where the Owlbear lives.”

The three of them unfortunately ended up entering a cave where the mid-level demon Owlbear lived.

Considering that Owlbear is such an aggressive demon that even hunters have a hard time dealing with it, it’s obvious what would have happened. It must have been a blessing that he escaped safely.

That was just a few hours ago.

“You didn’t say anything about being summoned back. If you leave it alone, you might really die.”

“Okay, so put down your bow for now. What can you do with it like that?”

“still…….”

As she ran away in a panic, Ashley Silvergarden got separated from her group and ended up hurting her leg after taking the wrong path down a steep slope. She was given a pressure bandage to wrap around her, but if she took any action too aggressively, the wound could have gotten worse.

“I know you have good eyesight and are good at shooting arrows, but if you go in there like that, you could really die. If you’re a marksman, you know that too. How are marksmen treated when they lose their mobility?”

Ashley didn’t want to accept it. She was worried about Kyle and Elin, even though they were always bickering.

But as I said, Esili is currently in a state of difficulty. A shooter who has lost his mobility will only be a burden to the party.

“If I stay here like this, Kyle and Elin… … .”

“I told you. If you go, you’ll just be a burden. And if you go into that forest like that, it’s the same as going to die.”

“then……?”

“It’s going to rain soon, so you help Lara out here for now.”

Esili looks at me with hopeful eyes.

Although Esili was speaking in her own desperate manner, I felt a sense of satisfaction for some reason. I was worried that something would go wrong with Lara joining me, but fortunately, things were going as planned for Kyle and Elin.

That means, the event that was thrown in as a twist in the original work is happening.

For the first time since I got here, the conversation didn’t go wrong. I wiped the smile off my face and took out my Glock and held it.

“I will bring those two.”

Now, if we can safely bring Kyle and Elin back, the original party will be reunited.

***

It rained. The sky was so gloomy that I couldn’t tell if it was day or night.

Inside a stuffy, damp cave, Kyle opened his eyes.

“Where is this place?”

As I rubbed my eyes and tried to get up, my left leg started to ache. It was the thigh where the Owlbear had bitten me. A makeshift bandage made from torn clothes was wrapped around it.

Only then did Kyle open his eyes.

“And Ashley and… Elin?”

The sound of thunder is heard just then.

The outside of the cave flashed white. Kyle cautiously stepped out of the cave and looked around. Fortunately, the Owlbear didn’t seem to have chased him this far.

The smell and traces were washed away by the raindrops. There was no trace of Ashili or Elin left here.

“Where did you both go?”

It wasn’t Kyle who administered first aid to the injured leg. Someone else helped. Probably either Esili or Elin.

Outside the cave, a torrential downpour is pouring down, threatening to sweep away the entire forest. The cave is located on a steep slope, so you could easily slip and fall, or if you’re unlucky, you could die.

So, he probably didn’t come out of the cave.

As Kyle crumpled his impression, he heard the sound of water dripping from inside the cave. Kyle grabbed his sword and looked back cautiously.

Someone’s presence is felt inside the cave. It may not be Esili or Elin, but someone else.

For example, a savage, or something worse.

Kyle pushed back all the emotions that were starting to surge and went inside the cave. There he saw a naked woman with long hair.

‘What is it…?’

A woman without a single thread on her head is visible before my eyes.

I don’t even know where to start. It’s such a complicated feeling.

Kyle instinctively backed away. However, his legs were not strong enough to back away. The sound of his unsteady footsteps echoed loudly in the cave.

The woman turned around and grabbed her sword. Kyle raised his hand reflexively.

“Who’s there?!”

“I am Arsene’s cadet, Kyle Ivanstairs…”

Kyle’s eyes, which had been running away, slowly turned toward the woman’s face. The moment he saw the woman’s eyes, which had been hidden by her long hair, Kyle felt a strange sense of foreboding.

“Are you, by any chance, Elin?”

“… … !”

At that moment, the opponent’s hand holding the sword began to tremble. Only then did he realize what he was doing, and he grabbed his cadet uniform and covered his upper body.

“Elin Bernhard, right? Arsene’s student, the one wearing glasses… … .”

“no!”

“It says so on the name tag. Elin Bernhard.”

“This is… that… … .”

Elin, who had been shaking her head desperately, lowered her head in resignation.

“I thought it was a guy… … .”

“what?”

“No, I mean. Just… … .”

Kyle broke out in a cold sweat at the sudden rush of murderous intent.

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It took about fifteen minutes for the situation to be brought under control.

Kyle stood with his back turned to Elin until she put on her cadet uniform, and only looked back after she gave the signal that it was okay.

“and…….”

There, standing there, was the male cadet Elin Bernhardt whom she had known. However, his hair, which had turned into seaweed, was carelessly tossed over, as if she had no choice.

“First of all, Elin. I won’t ask about the circumstances. Why were you disguised as a man? Why were you deceiving everyone?”

“I have never lied to you.”

“You never lied to me? I thought you were a man because you were wearing a men’s uniform.”

“That’s something that Arsene can change if you ask him! I… I never said it with my own mouth.”

If you look closely, it really was like that.

Although she was considered a man because she acted like a man, Elin never spoke about her gender or had any biological characteristics highlighted.

Because I looked like a man on the outside, everyone treated me like one.

That was all. It would probably still be felt that way after leaving the cave.

But Kyle, for one, would definitely not be able to treat Elin the same way as before. That much was certain.

“What did you do with that hair? I don’t think it just grows long and then short.”

“That… can be done somehow with a wig.”

Kyle has a strange expression on his face in front of Elin, who is sighing. He has not been able to easily accept the identity of his colleague who he has been with for a long time.

“Come to think of it, it does seem a rare name for a man.”

If you think about it, Elin’s name itself was a clue.

I don’t know if it was Ellen or Ellen. Elin is not a name that is usually used as a male name.

“I don’t need anything else, just treat me the same. That’s enough.”

“Is there a reason why it has to be like that?”

“If you come now and walk around with your hair down, that’s even stranger. How can I, Arsene, walk around? Even if you reveal that you’re actually a woman, it’s already been a semester… .”

Even if it doesn’t lead to social burial, it will certainly be complicated and troublesome.

Elin had her own reasons. She didn’t confess everything, but there was a clear reason why she asked to be changed to a male cadet uniform.

“Anyway, it’s a secret. Keep it a secret. Keep it a secret between you and me.”

“I can keep your secret… but what happens if you break it?”

“… At that time.”

Elin raised her sword. With a fierce aura radiating from her, she turned her sword towards Kyle.

“I don’t know what to do either. So tell me. I’ll keep it a secret. I won’t tell anyone.”

“Okay, okay. So put the knife away. It’s dangerous.”

“… … .”

Eventually, Elin put away her sword.

It was a promise that was almost like bowing down to receive a bow, but right now there is no other way than to make this promise.

There are no circumstances or conditions for me to talk about the story of the Beonard family. I have to get out of this cave first, because I don’t know when Owlbear will appear again.

In order to have a serious conversation, you must first successfully complete this training.

Kyle and Elin still looked at the pouring rain.

“What should I do, Kyle?”

“Well… I think we should get out of here for now.”

“Through that raindrop?”

Woor-woor- bang!

The sound of thunder was heard every now and then, and the rain showed no sign of stopping. Even going outside was quite an adventure.

“I can’t stay here forever. That weird beaked bear might show up again at any moment.”

“Are you talking about Owlbear?”

“Your name was Owlbear? Anyway, that’s it.”

Once I got here, forgotten thoughts began to come to mind.

Survival training without any purpose given. Why were they doing this kind of training in Arsene? The two felt a sense of discomfort.

“I wonder if Serene Annette and the others are doing well.”

“I don’t know about the other kids, but I’m sure Serin is doing well. She’s strong.”

Since it was Elin who directly crossed weapons with Serin during the entrance exam, I am certain of that.

“By the way, where did Esili go? I thought she was with you.”

“We were together. I lost sight of him somewhere down that steep path. I don’t know where he went.”

“Then Esili… … .”

Thunder struck. Their shadows were reflected in the cave.

“Let’s go out.”

“what?”

The rain didn’t stop, it seemed like it was getting heavier, but I couldn’t just leave Esili wandering around somewhere in the forest.

“Esili might be in danger. She might have encountered an Owlbear, and with me being this injured, there’s no guarantee that Esili wouldn’t be injured.”

“So you’re going out now? If you go out, you might really die?”

Kyle took up his sword. He gathered his things and headed out of the cave without hesitation.

“Rather, we should go out. We might need help. Who else but us can help Esili?”

“That’s true, but… … .”

Elin is still scared. She is scared of facing Owlbear again, and she is scared of going beyond the raindrops.

But at the moment when Ellen mustered up her courage and tried to approach Kyle.

“… I was wondering where you were hiding, and you were in a place like this.”

Kyle and Elin turned around at the same time at the sudden voice. Zion Illionheart was inside the cave, squeezing his wet clothes.