The Villain is Too Good at Sniping - Chapter 136



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Episode 136

Episode 136. The Eve of the Storm (1)

Parsac-!

A skull was shattered before my eyes. The club he was swinging fell limply to the floor.

I kicked away the club that was bothering me and watched Iri fighting alone from a distance.

“Hey, help me! Mr. Zion!”

“… It’s a low-level monster.”

“Even if they’re low-level monsters! There are too many for me to deal with alone! Aah?!”

Airi de Sugarmond is surrounded by six skeletons and is under concentrated attack.

I briefly watched Airi being beaten all over her body, then reluctantly cocked my Glock. It looked dangerous, so I would help, but it was Airi who had to finish her off, not me.

He turned the gun towards Iri’s feet and pulled the trigger. The green light that shot out of the gun rushed towards the group of skeletons. At that moment, the clubbing stopped for a moment.

“Get out, get out!”

Parsak… … !

Airi’s sword was swept horizontally, and a pink sword energy swept across the area. The group of skeletons surrounding Airi were destroyed in one blow.

“Haa, haa… … .”

However, Airi also fell to the ground. Airi, who was out of breath, barely managed to get up, leaning on her sword.

“This won’t do. It’s too hard to just use the sword a few times.”

Airi de Sugarmond, who had several times more stamina and strength than me, groaned and collapsed. I put away my Glock and approached Airi.

“But it’s gotten a lot better than before. Before, I would scream twice and then immediately pass out.”

“I didn’t faint.”

“What’s the difference between lying down and not being able to move and fainting?”

“Don’t push me! I can get up on my own! Not yet.”

“Not yet?”

In any case, Airi has good physical strength, but her stamina does not keep up. This is also a limitation of Sugarmond’s vision sword technique.

Someone as tall as Lillia de Sugarmond could use her vision swordsmanship all day long, but that’s only limited to Lillia.

Her younger sister, Airi, still has a long way to go. If there is any consolation, it is that her proficiency has improved compared to before. Airi’s growth has slowed down as several growth events that she had to go through in the original were skipped.

That’s why I brought Airi to the dungeon. I brought her here under the pretext of carrying out a quest, but we’ve only just reached the halfway point and Airi is already half-dead.

“How much of this is left?”

“If you look at the map, there’s about 50m left, but let’s see. If we’ve come this far, it’s probably time to come out… … .”

“What is coming out… … ?”

Airi was startled by my meaningful words. However, before I could explain to Airi, dust fell from the ceiling.

Kugu-kung… … !

The ground shook. The dungeon shook, and the pillars supporting the ceiling fell down one after another. In the thick cloud of dust, I held the Glock and looked at the guy with [Clairvoyance].

“Mr. Zion, is that… a boss monster?”

Before I could answer, I immediately pulled the trigger. However, my bullet bounced off the guy without even penetrating his armor.

In the darkness, a skeleton of a large build, far taller than an adult male, was walking toward him. The greatsword in his hand was crude and had teeth in some places, but it radiated a fierce aura. As if to show off, the skeleton raised the greatsword.

The intersection was out of reach. The guy and I were more than a few meters apart. But I jumped to the side, taking Iri with me. A loud explosion ripped through space.

KOO-KWAANG-!

“?!”

Airi flinched. A dark blue magical force came out and passed through the place where Airi had been.

When I looked back, there was nothing behind me. The ruins of the collapsed temple that seemed to provide cover had all been reduced to dust.

“What is that…? That.”

“It’s healthy.”

“It’s just a skeleton. Aren’t skeletons low-level monsters?”

Airi opened her eyes wide as she asked how a low-level monster could use the sword.

A sword that is one step more advanced than the sword. Among the cadets attending Arsen, there are only a few who can produce the sword. Even if you look at the 2nd and 3rd years combined.

Hollow-!

The empty cartridge fell to the floor. I replaced the magazine and saw the large skeleton raising its sword again. My [Aura] was warning me again.

…I know what it is.

Although he is now only a skeleton and has turned into a monster, he is a master swordsman who cannot be ignored even in death. According to the setting book, he is an ancient swordsman who was famous as a sword master while alive.

Of course, now was not the time to reveal such background information, so instead of answering, I flew with Airi and barely escaped the range of the sword.

“Can we catch that boss monster?”

“Of course… … .”

I was about to answer yes, of course, but then I closed my mouth for a moment.

I originally thought I could catch it easily, but the difficulty of this world is hell. Even if it doesn’t reach the level where a surprise event pops up, the basic difficulty itself is difficult.

“If you can’t catch it, what are you going to do?”

“Uh… … ?”

“If you’ve come this far, you have to go all the way, even if you can’t do it.”

At a loss for words, I’ll borrow one of Kyle’s lines. To put it simply, it’s like, “In the end, you have to fight with evil and with brute force…” But in the end, it was right.

… it took about 40 minutes to defeat the boss monster.

I never used the bullet of faith that I had saved until the end. That was because Airi narrowly defeated the boss monster at the moment when I was in danger.

My magic bullet couldn’t penetrate the boss monster’s armor. If I wanted to, I could, but I intentionally reduced the output. This is a dungeon that was created solely to help Airi grow.

Airi has achieved an amazing feat. Even though I was circling around and slowly injuring him, Airi was able to block his greatsword and eventually break it.

The giant skeleton had turned to dust and disappeared, and the spot where the corpse had been was faintly glowing. I carefully dug out the place. As in the original, the reward for clearing the game was buried in the spot where the boss had disappeared.

“… … !”

I pulled out the first wooden box I could get my hands on. Inside was a red elixir. I handed it to Airi.

“…Is this the reward?”

“Take it for now.”

“It’s more rustic than I thought.”

While Airi was looking at the red elixir with wonder, I tried to pull out my right hand, which had been stuck quite deep inside. But then, suddenly, something caught on the tip of my finger.

I pulled it out, wondering what it was, and a wooden box was pulled out as a bonus. I opened the box carefully, fearing it might break, and there was a purple elixir inside.

“Red and purple… are they different?”

“Just scan it with your watch.”

As I spoke, I scanned the two elixirs with my watch. Before I could say anything, Iri flinched.

“Oh, this… No way?”

“Bilt Jaeger’s Dragon Blood. On the right is Gavide Lena’s… … .”

“I know because I saw it! So you don’t have to say anything!”

Airi put down the elixir she had treasured just a moment ago on the ground in shock. She even took a few steps back and glanced at it as if it were something she shouldn’t be looking at.

It has a grand name called Dragon’s Blood, but that’s just the name. Its true identity is an elixir created through repeated research by two great alchemists, and the ingredients contain about 0.3% of the creator’s blood.

So, as the name suggests, it is not a potion with dragon’s blood, but one with human blood. Although it is creepy, I have enjoyed the effects of this elixir countless times in the original.

Originally, I planned to obtain it at the right time and hand it over to Kyle or the other main characters, but now Airi is more urgent than Kyle. I picked up the red elixir that Airi had placed on the ground and put it back in Airi’s hand.

“You have to drink.”

“Do I really have to drink this? Is there any other way or something… .”

“I don’t think that’s possible. If you don’t eat it here, it’s useless.”

I hesitated for a moment when I saw the purple elixir left for me. Unlike the red elixir that increases stamina and such, the purple elixir greatly increases abilities that are helpful to archers, including magic power.

There were many names that came to mind, like Lalana and Esili.

Click-

“Are you really eating it, Zion-san… … ?”

I’m not in a position to talk about others. Unlike the main characters who are getting stronger day by day, I’m still barely keeping up with the main characters.

I took Gavid Lena’s Dragon’s Blood.

The trained body begins to absorb the elixir.

Current potion absorption rate: 1%

It would take more than two full weeks to fully utilize the power of the elixir. I felt like I should sit down somewhere with a nice view and have some breakfast.

“Really, really, really, me too?”

As I emptied the elixir without hesitation, the corners of Airi’s lips twitched. I was about to throw the empty bottle away, but I ended up just leaving it in the subspace to throw it outside.

It took a full three minutes for Airi to finish drinking the elixir. And even that was because she threw a tantrum, insisting on drinking it herself rather than having it forced on her by me.

***

There’s still a ton of work to be done before the end of this vacation. The three-week vacation is ridiculously short compared to the amount of work to be done, so I’ve tightened up my schedule even more.

Summer vacation is an event that was also treated as important in the original work. There are many special events that come to mind when thinking of summer, such as Kyle and Serine Annette accidentally meeting at the beach, and there are also small growth events.

I picked up my watch. There was a message from Kyle.

[Kyle: I met Serin Annette at the beach. What kind of guys were she with?]

[Kyle: It would be nice if you could come too. Do you want to go hang out together next time you have time?]

For a moment, my eyebrows furrowed. It wasn’t much of a big deal, but I wondered how he could be so consistent.

I thought to myself, “He’s having a hard time during the survival training at the end of the semester, but he’s thinking of going to the beach to play. In fact, that’s how he’s like the main character.”

As I sat there without replying, a photo of me and Celine Annette was uploaded. Just like in the original, Celine Annette looked like she didn’t want to be photographed, but she was standing there with an expression on her face as if she was forcing herself to take the photo because you asked her to.

As I watched, I instinctively closed the chat window. [Ki-gam] was warning me.

The sound of clattering footsteps from across the hallway. Judging by the even pace of the footsteps, I was certain they belonged to the valet who had hired me here.

The sergeant wearing triangular glasses snorted. At the same time, I naturally swept the floor with a broom.

“Zion Illionheart, what are you doing here… …!”

The gaze of the chief steward who was looking at me soon softened. It seemed like he was trying to find fault with something for no reason, but there was probably nothing he could point out.

When I bowed my head deeply, the attendant coughed and stepped back.

“You work hard, unlike anyone else. When you’re done here, please help out in the kitchen too.”

“Understood, Your Majesty.”

“It’s good that you answered well.”

The clattering footsteps quickly faded away. When the attendant’s presence had disappeared, I looked toward the still noisy kitchen.

Clang-!

“How many bowls have you broken, Lara Steelheiden!”

“Sorry! I’ll do it again!”

“What are you doing here to make money?! You’re going to have to pay for it!”

In the kitchen, Lara, who was working as a servant like me, had her head bowed as if she was going to bang it on the floor.