Matan’s Shooter

Chapter 109

‘But the money I spent one way or another was 10 gold. Scroll, potion, and gunpowder- ah! I don’t know how much it would cost to repair the Needle Gun…’

Well, the repair cost should not be more than the cost of the Spitfire he saw before.

Although his spending had increased compared to before, Leeha believed that the amount he invested would be returned as he put up the Kite Shield in the auction house.

‘180 gold as the starting price. Ah! It would be nice if the price soared to 300 gold!’

Only after registering the item while dreaming of the impossible did Leeha log out of Middle Earth.

10 days in Middle Earth time.

48 hours in real-time, but during the long adventure, Leeha’s log out time was less than 2 hours

Ahh.

“I suddenly feel tired.”

It was only natural that his tension was released and drowsiness followed. Leeha moved from his wheelchair to his bed and fell into a deep sleep.

“This is crazy. How many hours have I slept? 12 hours?”

After sleeping for 2 days in Middle Earth time, Leeha woke up.

The time difference between game and reality was a good thing, but at the same time made it impossible to relax.

‘The quest with a time limit……. Even a little lateness in the real world would mean that it would fail.’

Fortunately, the duration of Browless’s quest was 15 days.

There were still 3 more days left in Middle Earth time, so Leeha had plenty of time.

“Keuh, mom shouldn’t be home. Huh?”

Leeha barely washed his face in a wheelchair and rummaged through the refrigerator.

Although Leeha sold the Kobold Eonwoldo and sent his mother 10 million won, the content of the refrigerator did not change much.

‘She only bought herbal medicines……. Really, she didn’t have to spare money on food.’

Fortunately, all the medicines were for Leeha himself.

Knowing that his mother loved him even more because of his legs, Leeha cheered up even more.

‘I need to earn quickly and get better soon. That’s it. I need 100 shields similar to the one I got yesterday. Assuming that he could monopolize it every time it comes out, he could earn 20,000 gold in 200 days in reality.’

It was a simple calculation that did not take into account variables such as cost of hunting, respawn time of the Brass Golem, sales fee, and probability that an actual buyer would appear.

However, wouldn’t it still be possible to earn 20,000 gold for the leg surgery within 1 year and 2 years if it took longer?

‘Phew, I am getting nervous.’

It was a hopeful fact for Leeha that such a figure was quite reachable Leeha finished eating and moved to the computer.

It was essential to check information before accessing Middle Earth, and it was the most efficient moment of the day.

“There is no change in the ranking, hmm……. What?”

Leeha’s eyes caught a strange post in the corner of Middle Earth’s official website, 

as well as 3 to 4 other sites, including Middle Earth’s largest community site.

He clicked on the title of the top 8 among the top 10 of the most popular post.

[Title: Field Boss – Brass Golem Solo Clear Video]

This is a video of hunting the field boss in Rock Mountain of Fibiel Kingdom! It is a short video, but please recommend and reply

P.S. What’s this guy’s job?

There was a video link on YTube.

No, he could already tell without looking. If it was the Brass Golem that appears in a cycle of 10 caught the most recent Brass Golem.

“Kek, is it really me? Or is it a different user?”

Leeha looked at himself in the video. It was zoomed out appropriately for him and the Brass Golem to be captured at both ends of the video.

He could only see a dim silhouette, but the scene where the bomb was thrown, the Force Barrier was used, and the Brass Golem was caught using the shotgun was all in the video.

“Hmm…… Isn’t it pretty cool?”

That was Leeha’s honest first impression. If he had known that he would be filmed like that, 

he would have worn more luxurious equipment.

“No, no, no, that’s not it! Who wants to watch this video-!”

What was worse was Leeha was getting popular from other people’s videos, while he did not do anything.

There were 60,000 views, and 850 comments, including foreigners, and even now, comments are still getting posted steadily.

– Is it possible to Solo the Brass Golem? What level do you have to be at?

-1_ I don’t know, I have never done it.

-What? Did he use explosion and shield? Was he a wizard? Elementalist?

But the color of the shield was different. It’s more like a priest’s barrier. Elementalist doesn’t have explosion.

So how could a priest use explosion? It doesn’t even make sense if he was a priest.

-So cool.

– It’s different from catching something like an orc boss. Soloing golem couldn’t be compared to it.

“Keuu..!”

He wanted to tell them to get off, but Leeha didn’t want to reveal his identity.

Above all, he was worried that the existence of the bomb getting discovered.

‘It’s nice that they think it was cool, but… it would be better to leave it alone.’

To go on a different path from others, Leeha had to avoid standing out.

The rarer the item was, the higher its value would be.

“Huh?”

His phone rang. Leeha answered the call as soon as Leeha saw the caller.

“Hello, how are you doing, Master Kei!”

-Hyung! This video is crazy! What is it?! How did you do it? Was it an item? Skill?

“What video?”

-You thought I didn’t know? Did you spend money?

Kijeong’s voice continuously flowed out. His cry seemed to have already confirmed that it was Leeha.

“How did you know?”

-It’s not that I recognized you – you idiot! No one else had caught the Brass Golem, but there’s a Brass Golem shield on the auction house! In your name!

“Oh? Ah, is that so?!”

He only heard of it from Kijeong. In fact, Leeha didn’t even know that a video like this would become a hot topic, but he didn’t have time to think about it.

‘Is it going to be a problem?’

No, he could just remove it.

It would be okay to say that he acquired that item, and he could use other excuses. However, even if he took it off the auction, he still had to pay the fee.

It was better if he left it alone until it was sold.

“How did he figure out? Was he buying a new weapon?”

-It’s crazy…… How did you do it? You didn’t spend money, did you?

“Haha, what are you talking about?. Where would I get money for that?”

-R-right? But how did you do it? Please tell me!

As soon as I saw the video, I got curious and jumped!

Listening to Kijeong’s awestruck voice with pleasure, Leeha talked about what happened.

Splitting the iron bullets into shotgun bullets, making bombs, the Crafting Star, and Naming skill, etc.

Leeha could see Kijeong’s expression because they were talking on the phone, but he could guess just by listening to Kijeong’s exclamations.

-That’s amazing, hyung……. You seem more like an expert than me. Crafting? It’s not something I would have thought of, because I only use what was dropped by monsters.

“I really am more of an expert than you.”. -Haha, That kind of joke makes me feel good, you have improved a lot.  “Do you need the shield? If necessary, even with the fee, I can give it to you for cheap.”

The joke that Leeha was better than Kijeong did not even last for a few seconds.

– I think it would be good for PVP, but my shield is better.

“I-is that so?”

A better shield than something that’s worth at least 180 gold. It was expected of a semi-ranker.

How much was that shield? Leeha barely held back his question.

– Anyways, nice talking to you, hyung! The day that you and I will be in the same party is near, isn’t it?

“I told you. I will be chasing you soon.”

-Haha, I should run away quickly. I’m logging in now! Pop!

“Okay, see you in Middle Earth! Ah! Don’t tell anyone that-.”

-I know, I know, who will I tell it to? Anyway, anyone who knows you would know just by watching the video. Especially since there’s no other job that has that kind of shooting posture. Okay, bye!

Ttut, ttut. Kijeong replied like he knew what Leeha would say, and hung up the phone.

‘Well, that’s true.’

Besides, even someone who didn’t know Leeha would have guessed if their brain worked like Kijeong’s. Through the item search

of the auction house.

‘Well, it’s not like something troublesome happened right away. I should log in for now.’

Leeha closed the browser and approached the virtual reality connector.

He did not know what kind of comments are posted on the video he was in.

-Video uploader, where did you see this bastard? Tell me the date and location where you saw him. Please send me a message.

‘It hasn’t been sold yet…… the highest bid is 188 gold. This is great.’

Except for the immediate sale function, it was only used purely for auction.

The auction period was one week, Middle Earth time. It was only a little more than a day in reality, so it wouldn’t have been sold yet.

He stopped by the blacksmith, but when he heard the depressing news that the repair cost was four gold, he went back to the academy.

‘I-If sold. I will fix you, Needle Gun. I’m sorry!’

He didn’t even have 4 gold to spare. His auctioned item was waiting to be sold for 188 gold, but he couldn’t even use 4 gold.

‘My poor item.’

Still, his footsteps were not heavy.

Creak, Leeha who arrived at the academy shouted.

“I’m here, director-nim!”

“Did you have fun?”

“It was fun-…… Haha, it was more fun than the director-nim said.”

Although he wasn’t able to catch a stone golem and almost died on the first day, Leeha did not show any sign of it at all.

With a pounding heart, Leeha stood in front of Browless.

“You did a good job. You also have talent.”

“You’re exaggerating. It is thanks to the director-nim’s teachings.”

As he held out his hands, a pleasant sound rang out.

Babam-!

[ You have completed Accuracy Improvement Training-1: What you can’t see from afar quest.]

[You have acquired 30 silver.]

[You have acquired the skill Eagle Eyes.]

‘Yes, this is it.’

Leeha was curious ever since he first saw it. Eagle’s Eye. Just by looking at the name, one could guess what it really was.

Besides, 30 silver as a reward? Compared to when Browless gave 1 or 2 silver, it was a huge amount of money.

‘It must have been really difficult.’

After shaking hands, Browless smiled when he saw Leeha standing still.

He liked his disciple’s unobtrusive attitude.

“You couldn’t see it from afar, did you?”

“Yes? Ah, yes. Yes. You could never see a golem’s testicle from afar.”

“Testicles?”

It was only after Browless tilted his head did Leeha realize.

Testicle was a name that only users used. NPCs did not call it that!

“I-it’s the golem’s condensed mana- “

“Hmm, you like weird expressions. I didn’t see it like that.”

“N-no! It’s not-.”

“Anyway, it’s okay. If you like testicles, then so be it.”

What do you mean, director-nim?!

Without even listening to Leeha’s cry, Browless continued.

“I entrusted you with this task to let you know. Anyway, our job is sniping. It is necessary to predict a number of situations. Like something you won’t be able to see from a distance.”

Is he saying that I needed to do this to prepare for becoming a sniper? Leeha caught a strange nuance from Browless.

“Then this time……”

“Yes, that’s right.”

A quest window appeared in front of Leeha.

However, the fact that two windows appeared made him worry.