The Malicious Sniper Suffers Defeat

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Unable to properly handle the ambush, I went down with a single punch.

Corgh—

Thud.

I looked down at the woman who had fallen helplessly before me, clad in a corrupted warrior’s armor emitting a black and orange aura.

Her lackluster gear caught my eye.

Thrust—

A sharply forged black blade mercilessly pierced the opponent’s grinded state character.

I sheathed the sword, causing the opponent’s character to freeze for a moment. But after that, it did nothing more.

I returned the sword to the inventory.

Yellow sword aura followed the sword, forming a shape before vanishing with it into the inventory.

I looked down at the dead opponent.

It takes time until the character dies and the screen turns black.

I call that the Visual Nerve.

Just before the opponent’s Visual Nerve was cut off, I sat in front of that character and repeatedly stood up.

I quickly switched computer windows.

Thanks to the broadcast delay, the scene of me sitting and standing finally appeared.

[You have been defeated!]

“...ah, that bastard really...”

A somewhat rough word flew from the character’s mouth in the corner of the screen.

The cute virtual character on the screen closed its eyes and leaned back against the chair.

I felt an indescribable surge of triumph and the thrill of having angered the opponent filling my mind.

As if I had been waiting for it, the chat window rapidly rose.

I scrolled up to stop the chat window and read a few of them.

These kinds of chat messages filled me with even more victory satisfaction.

I scrolled down. A few chats that piqued my interest had come up.

I stopped for a moment and read them.

Alt-Tab, and around thirty characters charged at me.

In an instant, a bulky male character in the lead swung his morningstar.

Kwaang—

Instant sparks flew and a powerful metallic sound rang out.

At the same time, the explosive arrow shot from the crossbow and the giant arrow from the ballista operated by four people flew toward me.

The attacks clearly hit, but my character didn’t move a single inch.

Only the system message [Immune] would output in response to the opponent’s attack.

···I looked at the character who had swung the morningstar at me.

The status window of that character showed abnormal status.

It looked like both arms were broken from the shock of swinging the morningstar at me.

I approached the one who had lost the means to resist and slammed him to the ground with one hand.

The opponent’s character fell into grinded state and dropped the morningstar.

I picked up the fallen morningstar and lightly swung it at his head.

Kwajik—

The opponent was wearing a helmet, but there was no sound of metal cracking; his head simply crushed.

Tadak—

Heavy footsteps and the sound of armor clashing came.

I quickly lifted my head; a blade was already slashing in front of my eyes with a halo of holy light.

“Die...”

I caught it with just three fingers. And

Crack—!

“...”

It shattered like glass. The opponent’s sword lost its holy light and turned into scrap.

I swung the morningstar like a mouse fire with my off-hand and knocked him down.

I blocked the subsequent remote attack with the shield they were holding.

Using that opening to rush the front line attackers coming at me again

I picked up the sword I had broken earlier and, with perfect swordsmanship and control, defeated them all without taking a single hit.

At this point, the opponent’s front line was wiped out.

I looked at where the arrows had come from during the battle.

Behind them, warriors in thirty-six plans were fleeing in panic.

I grabbed the shield ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠and threw it like a boomerang.

They fell helplessly, as if cut grass.

······I looted the potions and other supplies they brought. Of course, I destroyed all items I wouldn’t be able to recover later.

I put the ballista and various items into the inventory, and I warped to my own camp.

*

The post quickly received a huge amount of recommendations on the bulletin board.

Hmph.

A mocking laugh came out.

I wonder why they keep blaming others when their own skill is so mediocre.

I put the cup ramen I was boiling next to it and searched for the streamer I had sniped earlier again.

Viewer Seolgam

Since her name included the character for snow (), her white-themed atmosphere and calm, lofty character design were impressive.

I entered her broadcast channel, clip screen.

“Ah.. that bastard really..”

Her rare profanity already had over 1,000 views on the clip.

I turned off the clip and entered her broadcast screen again.

If her reaction was like that, I’d probably enjoy killing her several more times.

I set my target on her again.

While I did a PK with her viewers for a moment and boiled cup ramen, her game seemed to be progressing smoothly.

Soon after, after several tries, I saw her clear the dungeon.

I felt an indescribable sense of pride inside. It was like watching my child put on school uniform to go to middle school.

I pondered when to kill her.

At that moment, a quest given by a viewer on the right side of her broadcast ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠screen came into view.

[Brave Bone Clear for 50,000 won]

It was a quest famous for being a one-take clear that players had to clear without dying. Brave Bone Quest.

I decided to kill her just before the last point of the Brave Bone Quest, just before she succeeded.

Fortunately, the weapon she had obtained in the dungeon was one that could easily clear the Brave Bone Quest.

At least, unless players like me intervened, the probability that she would reach the end of the quest was high.

I imagined killing her just before she cleared the quest.

Just the imagination sent a shiver down my spine.

Before I knew it, she came out of the dungeon holding expensive loot.

But then, suddenly, the atmosphere of the broadcast became unsettled.

Users of the three-person bandit class who had been hiding in ambush in front of the dungeon had attacked her.

My brows furrowed.

She resisted hard, but against three specialized ambush bandits, it was futile.

Taking away a prey you’ve prepared is not a pleasant thing.

Moreover, it wasn’t a good time to eat now. Unbelievable bastards.

I hurriedly used the warp scroll and headed to the dungeon where the streamer was being ambushed.

*

When I got there, the streamer who had become grinded state and teabagged by the bandits appeared.

She was done for if she died. I rushed toward the bastards.

Thrust— clang—

They were weaklings. I instantly took care of two, and with ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the last one, I drove my sword into his neck. I looked at the grinded her.

Seolgam looked despairing at my nickname that had killed her twenty-four times.

I approached even closer in front of the fallen her.

“Turn on VOIP.”

I said to her in a distorted male voice.

Instead of VOIP, she answered with chat.

She said it as if she had given up expecting anything, irritated with me.

I listened to her answer and silently began casting Resurrection Magic. 15 seconds of casting started.

12...13...14...

I looked at her broadcast screen.

“Oh what, are you really saving me?”

She said with an expectant voice in the broadcast.

Thud—

Just before the casting finished, I canceled the Resurrection Magic casting.

“..ah, what.”

Her voice came from beyond the broadcast.

“Just turn on VOIP once. There’s ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠a mission going on right now. If I say I want to be saved with VOIP, I’ll save you right away.”

..A moment of silence flowed.

“......C-can you hear me?”

Then, her voice came from inside the game, not the broadcast.

“I can hear. Please say it pathetically once, beg to be saved.”

I said to her mockingly.

She hesitated for a moment as if wondering why she had to do this because of the game.

But now only 10 seconds were left until her character died.

“..S-save me. Please...”

She had no choice but to shed her pride and begged me pathetically.

The moment I heard her voice, I cast Resurrection Magic.

Soon after, her character stood up.

[Go.]

After sending a short message with chat, I moved her character back to my camp.

“Huu..”

The voice of her “save me” earlier continued to tickle my ears.

After defeating her, the feeling of triumph followed the fact that I had drawn out such words of despair from a streamer who had pride.

I watched the broadcast of the streamer groaning with shame.

I recalled her usual calm and lofty character. And, alternately, I compared her pathetic voice.

···She hadn’t even received the Brave Bone Quest yet..

···I’ll use it as side dish and enjoy it for a little while.