Heavenly Demon Shoots a Gun (5)
[Hwaryeong is shooting a gun (5) [What the hell is this person doing while climbing ranks?]]
I ran into this person by chance while gaming. Is this person a hacker? How the fuck do they dodge bullets? That's not a humanly possible movement. After dying and watching the replay, I can't believe it.
[The game Hwaryeong and I play is the same, so why is it different?]
The Epic Legend I play is a battle royale FPS game, but the Epic Legend Hwaryeong plays is a massacre. Is she doing a one-woman rampage against users? Does she have a cheat that only applies to Hwaryeong?
[Hwaryeong needs 2000 points to Gold. Enri needs 80 points to Gold.]
Can Enri raise 80 points in 4 matches? I don't think it's possible.
[Wow. Hwaryeong raised 700 points in one match this time.]
The users matched with her must be so pitiful. The moment they make eye contact, they have to die.
[Hwaryeong only has two matches left until Gold. Insane.]
* While listening to the viewers' chatter as I waited for the next game to start, I could feel the conversation going in a different direction than I had expected. I had started this bet with the intention of losing to Enri from the beginning. It's a game where you can earn 600 to 700 points per match. No matter how low Enri's skill was, I figured that with three or four hours, she could easily get around 150 points. But reality was different from my thoughts. Enri's score was rising at a much slower pace than I had anticipated. She still needs 80 points to reach Gold. Meanwhile, I am certain to reach Gold after just two more matches. This is troublesome. I had no particular intention of crushing Enri's pride, but... As I was pondering what to do, a game was found and my body floated into the air. There is still time left for now. In any case, if Enri does well even once, won't she beat me? So instead of ending the opponents instantly like before, I should drag out the time a little. To give Enri more opportunities. If I don't finish the match quickly, the viewers watching the stream will say I'm tormenting the opponents, calling me a devil or evil, but it can't be helped. Thinking that, I started the game and wandered the battlefield leisurely, unlike usual. Of course, I still beheaded everyone I met, but since I wasn't actively seeking engagements, the number of survivors barely decreased.
“Hmm? Something's strange.”
Even if I wasn't actively engaging, given the nature of this game, the survivors should be running around trying to kill each other. Why is the number decreasing so slowly?
“So they're all hiding, believing that I will kill everyone else anyway?”
Hah. It's not a bad thing to aim for an opportunistic win in this place, but when multiple people have the same idea, the game becomes frustrating. Since I planned to drag out the time anyway, this isn't bad either. Besides, the zone will shrink naturally and gather people, so I can just wait until then. Thinking that, as I leisurely walked toward the center, I saw a box falling from the sky in the distance. That was definitely a box containing special weapons or equipment. I remembered having quite a bit of fun approaching it a few times before. I wonder what's inside this time. It would be nice if something interesting was in it.
Normally, approaching that box should be done with caution. As much as good items are inside, many people will try to compete for it. But from my perspective, it's a welcome thing. If the things I need to kill come to me because of the bait called the box, shouldn't I be happy? Without any hesitation, I ran toward the box, but unfortunately, no one was approaching near the box. Strange. When this box drops, at least three or four people usually appear nearby, but not even that. Are they all really holed up inside buildings without moving? It will turn into chaos when they gather in the final zone. Since I was planning to drag out the time anyway, should I watch them cause chaos among themselves this time? After opening the box and checking what was inside, I slightly raised my eyes and then lowered the corners. To think I would encounter this in a world full of firearms. I picked up the bow inside the box. Hmm. After only seeing weapons from outside the martial world, meeting something familiar makes me excited. When I drew the string without nocking an arrow, I could tell this bow was an excellent one. It seemed incomparable to most bows that existed in Murim. Well, comparing the weapons of that era to future weapons is harsh on Murim. With thousands of years of history between them, how could they be compared? Originally, I planned to drag out the time appropriately for Enri's sake, but I have to change my plan. Now that such an attractive item is in my hands, how could I stay still? Let's save enjoying the leisure for later. I lowered the bow and expanded my senses. Even without internal energy or mana in this body, my five senses remain the same. I can feel the wind with my body, see the world with my eyes, and hear the sounds flowing around me with my ears. No matter how much I've entered an ordinary person's body, my senses are the same. If I focus with determination, finding those who are hiding is all too easy. I closed my eyes and surveyed my surroundings. And not long after, the sound of someone's footsteps caught my ear. Are they walking through the forest? Seeing them trying to minimize their footsteps, they don't want to be discovered by others. But your efforts were lacking, you fool. I draw the bowstring following that sound. I am someone who has mastered all weapons in Murim. If it's a bow that contended for the title of king of all weapons, there's no need to say more. While feeling the wind and thinking about how to shoot the arrow, one thought occurred to me. In the past, I learned how to shoot arrows according to the wind. But now, isn't this body capable of creating wind? If I use this well, couldn't I do all sorts of extraordinary things? I subtly drew out the true energy I hadn't used for fear of making this game even more boring. I don't need much. A wind that slightly twists the arrow's direction is enough. As I drew the bowstring, I created a gentle wind. Then the arrow, which had been flying straight, strangely curved its trajectory as if drawn by a magnet and struck someone far away.
Whether the bow deals high damage or the person I hit didn't have much health, I don't know, but that person died immediately upon being hit by the arrow. What a shame. Prey needs to be tough to make hunting enjoyable. Well, it's not a big problem. There are still 50 prey left, aren't there? Since they have no intention of killing each other, I should be able to hunt them all properly. I never thought that them being scared would work in my favor.
“I need to move quickly. I have to take them down before other guys steal my prey.”
* The brief lull that had continued in silence collapsed rapidly at a single moment. Enri, who had been watching the survivor count decrease with each blink, couldn't help but wonder what was happening. Was it a sniper? Was a high-tier player smurfing? Or perhaps...
“...Really?”
Nooooooo Ara! Do you really have to do this?! You're saying Gold is still too early for me?! You blocked my way during the Apis promotion match last time, and now you're doing it again?!
“What do you mean?”
...That's right? 2nd place gives 95 points as base score, so I just need to hide until Ara kills everyone else. This was actually an opportunity. The disaster named Ara was fair to everyone. Whether skilled or not. What mattered in front of her was luck. The luck to avoid the disaster named Ara as much as possible. Good. First, I'll sneak to the center of the zone and camp there. While the zone shrinks, Ara will take care of the other users, so I just need to hold out until then. Just as Enri was thinking that, footsteps were heard outside. It wasn't just one person. Three people. In a solo queue where everyone is each other's enemy, three people grouping up is never a normal situation.
What do I do? The direction the footsteps are moving is toward the building Enri is in. They already know my location. Damn humans. If you're going to team up and snipe, why come after me instead of going for Ara? You have no confidence in beating Ara and I'm easier to bully?! Damn it. If I stay still like this, I'll die. Should I move first? That might be better. First, throw a smoke...
Whoosh.
“Aagh!”
“What the hell?!”
“There's no sound! It's arrows!”
“Where?! Show your position?!”
“I don't know!”
The sound of arrows embedding. Screams. Gunshots spraying randomly. Shouts and curses. Footsteps decreasing one by one. Voices filled with terror. And then silence. Enri waited inside the building with her mouth covered until the commotion ended. After about a minute of silence, Enri carefully peeked her face outside the door.
“Did they leave?”
“...I should keep my mouth shut.”