I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - GLSR Chapter 2 (Part 1)

Lee Hyun was bewildered.

Awakening itself was certainly a rare occurrence.

But that didn’t mean it was something you’d never see in your lifetime.

Hunters who had levels were indeed rare, but there were plenty of Awakened like Lee Hyun, who could only use mana.

That’s why Awakened were dragged into the military in the first place.

“But still…”

A gun—no, not just a gun, but an object—undergoing awakening was something he had truly never heard of.

Was this even right?

Even if it was due to the power of tears, wasn’t this the kind of situation where the owner should receive power, not the weapon?

That was when it happened.

A system window appeared in front of Lee Hyun’s eyes.

「Item ‘Choi Lee Hyun’s Sniper Rifle’ has awakened.
System is bound and linked to the owner, ‘Choi Lee Hyun’.」

“???”

Even the system window was showing something Lee Hyun had neither heard nor seen before.

Item awakening? System linking?

But Lee Hyun soon understood what it meant.

“…Status window?”

Cautiously, and half in a tone that sounded like he was admitting he was crazy, Lee Hyun called out for a status window.

Originally, Lee Hyun—being only Awakened and not a Hunter—did not have a status window.

But now:

「Choi Lee Hyun’s Sniper Rifle
Trait: Sniper Rifle
Lv. 1
Firepower: 0
Range: 0
Precision: 0
Stability: 0
Stealth: 0
Rate of Fire: 0
Mana: 0
Distributable Stat Points: 15」

A status window that Lee Hyun didn’t have appeared—for his mana rifle.

“What the…!”

Lee Hyun couldn’t even close his gaping mouth in shock.

To begin with, even the names of the sniper rifle’s stats were unusual.

Normally, it should be something like strength, stamina, agility, intelligence…

‘Firepower, Precision, Stability, Stealth… what even is this?’

It was completely different.

Well, it was a gun, not a person—maybe it made sense.

But 15 stat points to distribute?

Even among Hunters who gained levels through climbing Towers, there were clear tiers.

And the main criterion was exactly how many stats one received per level.

Though you could only assign them yourself at level 1.

Usually, it was about 3 to 7 points per level.

If someone had exceptional talent, maybe up to 8.

If you received 10, you could aim for S-rank, the title for those above level 500—Hunters among Hunters.

Even among S-rank Hunters, to be considered monstrous or superhuman, you’d need to receive more than 10.

Honestly, Lee Hyun didn’t know much about that tier.

But this damned sniper rifle had received 15 distributable stat points.

“At this rate… superhuman? No, super-gun?”

Lee Hyun stammered.

The power of tears.

It was certainly effective.

But Lee Hyun still didn’t know—

That not even those superhumans he was thinking of had ever received 15 points.

His eyes were fixed on one particular stat.

‘Mana’.

‘I can’t be sure yet…’

But if he increased the Mana stat, he might be able to overcome his cursedly low mana pool.

No—his instinct told him—it was almost certain.

He’d be able to go beyond just two shots, maybe even reach three.

Lee Hyun closed the status window without distributing any points.

He still couldn’t quite grasp what was happening.

“Inventory.”

The inventory, which he’d never been able to access before, now opened as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

‘Wait… could this work too?’

Carefully, Lee Hyun picked up the mana rifle and brought it near the inventory.

Originally, mana rifles weren’t official system items, so they couldn’t be stored in inventory.

Only items obtained from defeating monsters or Hunter-specific equipment could go into it.

But—

Swoosh—!

“!!!”

Contrary to his doubts, the mana rifle slipped smoothly into the inventory and appeared as a small icon.

Lee Hyun blankly stared at the icon.

Then he checked the Trait once again from the status window.

Just one word—‘Sniper Rifle’—without any extra descriptors.

To see if there was any explanation, he opened the trait window:

「Choi Lee Hyun’s Sniper Rifle
Trait: Sniper Rifle
Description: It is a sniper rifle.」

“Pfft.”

He let out a laugh without meaning to at the deadpan explanation.

‘Well, a sniper rifle is a sniper rifle.’

Strangely enough, that brief explanation helped Lee Hyun regain a bit of his sense of reality.

Somehow, if the rifle could talk, it would say something like that.

At any rate, he understood one thing clearly: his rifle had drunk his tears and awakened like a lie out of a novel.

“…Now what?”

That was the problem.

A freshly awakened rifle—and a man about to be discharged.

Let the military know his rifle awakened and that it was now system-bound to him?

They’d jump at the chance to keep him.

Sure, Lee Hyun had once wanted to protect people in the military.

‘But not like this—not with this kind of power.’

Things had changed now.

A soldier who simply takes orders and deploys?

He wanted to look farther than that.

A way to protect more people.

And the most reliable way to protect his people.

That power didn’t lie with soldiers—it lay in the hands of free-operating Hunters.

Besides, after all the mockery and humiliation he had endured, only to be handed a practically forced discharge—he didn’t think he could feel any loyalty to the army anymore.

“…Yeah. I’m leaving.”

Lee Hyun made up his mind.

The next day.

Lee Hyun headed straight to the battalion commander’s office in the morning.

“Major, Sergeant Choi Lee Hyun reporting.”

“Come in.”

Junghwan’s voice was no different from yesterday.

As Lee Hyun entered, Junghwan immediately asked:

“Here to submit your leave form?”

“No, sir.”

“Then what? Don’t tell me you’re still going to whine about not wanting to discharge…”

“I will discharge.”

“I thought you might—wait, what?!”

Junghwan’s eyes widened.

Just yesterday, Lee Hyun was insisting he’d stay on as an instructor, even accept transfer to a regular unit—it had left Junghwan seriously conflicted.

But now, overnight, he changed his mind and was asking to discharge?

Junghwan narrowed his eyes again and asked:

“You didn’t eat something weird, did you?”

To that, Lee Hyun gave him a dumbfounded look and replied:

“Weren’t you the one who told me to discharge, Major?”

“Well, that’s true, but…”

Junghwan motioned for Lee Hyun to sit again at the desk.

“What changed your mind all of a sudden?”

Lee Hyun had fully expected the question.

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