I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - GLSR Chapter 12 (Part 1)

It was definitely strange.

Orcs, who normally charged at any human on sight, had instead waited inside the building to ambush the entry squad?

And even let the civilians scream for help before making their move?

‘There’s something commanding the orcs.’

Hyun was positioned 800 meters beyond the 800-meter perimeter where the soldiers had set up their blockade.

It was the tallest building in the vicinity.

He’d taken a bit longer to find a suitable vantage point, but he’d secured his spot by the time the Special Forces arrived.

From there, he’d tracked the entry team’s activity—and something had felt off the whole time.

There was no way orcs would just sit still with humans nearby.

Fortunately, he’d managed to save the entry team.

Judging by their panicked expressions at the scene, no one had suspected his presence.

Hyun once again pressed his eye to the scope.

What he saw beyond it was Park Gun-woo, completely dazed.

“Didn’t think I’d see you again… If you’ve caught on, get the hell out, you idiot.”

Even Hyun, 1.6 kilometers away, could tell. So how could the guy on site not sense the danger?

Just then, the atmosphere at Gaecheon Intersection shifted.

No—grew heavier.

No one knew what had happened yet, but there was such a thing as instinct.

Even Gun-woo wasn’t immune to it.

“…What the hell?”

Gun-woo blurted out in alarm as a monster emerged from beside the building.

It was twice the size of a normal orc.

Jet-black fur.

Eyes glowing red.

Dark Orc.

It was a monster that had no business showing up here.

“S-Sergeant, isn’t that the one that appears on the 15th Floor?!”

It was the mid-boss of the 15th Floor.

The entry squad members who recognized it trembled in fear.

Gun-woo shouted into the radio.

“S-Sniper support! It’s a Dark Orc!”

A reply came back instantly.

It wasn’t from the sniper team—it was from the platoon leader, Hee-jun.

– What the hell are you talking about?! How are snipers supposed to take down a Dark Orc?! Retreat immediately!

But Gun-woo and the entry squad couldn’t retreat.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to.

Their minds had already made it all the way back to base, far past the barricade.

Grrrhhhhh—

But their legs, crushed under the Dark Orc’s overwhelming pressure, simply wouldn’t move.

“W-Why the hell is something like that here…?”

The Dark Orc was considered on par with—or even superior to—the much higher-ranked Lizardmen.

That was purely in terms of brute strength. In intelligence, it was unquestionably superior.

A horrific monster from hell that surpassed the limits of its species.

It was not something that should ever emerge from an E-rank Gate.

Only now did the entire situation finally click in Gun-woo’s head.

Why there had been so few orcs on the way to the Myeongseong Building.

Why the orcs had demonstrated the intelligence to lay ambushes inside the building.

Just looking at the savage axe blade of the Dark Orc made it impossible not to understand.

Huff— Huff—

The Dark Orc’s heavy breath blew out like steam.

Thud. Thud. It walked forward—

Ssshhh—

“H-Hiiiiiiek——!”

And brought its axe blade to Gun-woo’s neck.

But the Dark Orc didn’t finish him off immediately.

It simply turned its head slightly and scanned the distant surroundings.

As if searching for someone in hiding.

‘…That Hunter?’

A figure flashed through Gun-woo’s mind.

He didn’t know who, but someone had wiped out the orcs with terrifying force.

Perhaps the Dark Orc was now using the entry squad and civilians as hostages—daring that Hunter to try anything.

Daring him: “You wouldn’t dare shoot now, would you?”

A cunning bastard.

That scene, of course, was also visible to Hyun.

“Look at that guy.”

Even with Stealth raised so high, the Dark Orc had roughly pinpointed his direction.

And now it was using Gun-woo and the other soldiers as hostages.

“…Though honestly, I wouldn’t mind killing that one.”

It had simply picked the wrong hostage.

Only a few days ago, that very same Gun-woo had harassed him every time they crossed paths.

The memory was still fresh.

The guy who’d dared to use an entire squad’s annihilation as an excuse for bullying. Trash who deserved to die.

And it wasn’t just Gun-woo.

There were some of the other NCOs who used to hang around with him too.

This was Hyun’s first time seeing a Dark Orc in person—he’d only ever seen them in textbooks.

That’s how rare they were.

He’d heard that even a headshot with a mana rifle wouldn’t kill one instantly.

It looked exactly like that kind of monster.

Hyun smirked coldly.

「Firepower: 17 → 25」

‘Alright then, let’s see who wins.’

He amped up his Firepower in a single surge.

As soon as he placed his fingers on the mana inlet, a sensation unlike anything before surged through the rifle.

Hyun locked his scope’s reticle precisely onto the Dark Orc’s head.

A small gust of wind blew.

With his current stats, it likely wouldn’t matter—but this wasn’t the time to allow for mistakes.

Eliminating variables was the right call.

Hyun waited calmly for the right moment.

The monster, seeing that no mysterious attack had come its way, snorted derisively and slowly raised its axe.

As if about to hold a public execution of its hostage.

Gun-woo couldn’t even scream. He lay facedown on the ground, pale as a corpse.

As the Dark Orc’s axe reached its apex—

The wind stopped.

‘Fire.’

Hyun pulled the trigger.

BOOOOOM——!!

The mix of Stealth and boosted Firepower produced an unmistakably stronger blast.

He calmly checked for a hit.

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