Chapter 79

He got shot!

At last, the anonymity had been stripped away. Caldi noticed his name had been exposed and immediately turned back, reaching a hand toward Miu.

Then the back of his hand split open in a long line, and in an instant, his entire arm transformed into an enormous gun. The sight looked like some kind of biological weapon, making Mo Yeonhoo’s eyes fly wide in surprise.

Mechanic?

It was such a rare class that <47> did not have one, but Mo Yeonhoo knew about it. He had debated between (Necromancer) and Mechanic before choosing (Necromancer).

—Thoom, dadadadadadadada!

But he had no time to admire it. As a hail of bullets poured rapidly toward Miu, Mo Yeonhoo almost got hit by several shots as well. He started to provide cover fire too, only to stop short.

My position... I’d just get in the way.

Rather than obstruct Miu from the front, it was better to hide. Mo Yeonhoo ducked behind a half-collapsed wall as much out of the line of sight as possible, then peeked his head out.

—Bang, bang!

Miu did not back down either. He began shooting while taking only the bare minimum of the bullet rain, and where would that precise aim of his have gone?

He had not fired many times, but in an instant, he had made Caldi incapacitated. It seemed as if Miu had deliberately avoided killing him.

(Global) Miu: Now we have time to talk

Miu walked up to Caldi.

(Global) Miu: What were you doing here with your nicknames hidden?

(Global) Miu: You’re the ones who attacked this alliance territory, right?

But Caldi did not answer. He merely pressed his mouth shut and crawled along the ground as if trying to put distance between them, though naturally, Miu’s walking speed was faster.

(Global) Miu: Why are you playing so hard to get

(Global) Miu: I don’t care if you fight each other, but hiding your nicknames too is weird, so I’m asking

(Global) Miu: What were the three of you gathered here do—

—SCREEEECH!

At that moment, with a loud noise, an armored vehicle entered the alliance territory and charged in fast before stopping firmly between Miu and Caldi.

(Global) Miu: ?

Of course, Miu did not simply stand there and watch. He opened fire immediately, but the armored vehicle returned fire too.

—Bangbangbangbangbang!

—Bang, bang, bang!

Miu kept pulling the trigger as he closed the distance to the armored vehicle. But when Miu approached, the armored vehicle reversed quickly, as if it had never stopped in the first place.

And where Caldi had been...

What? Where did he go?

There was no one.

Mo Yeonhoo’s head whipped around. The armored vehicle had already grown small in the distance.

Did they grab him and run?

They had left with only Caldi, who had been incapacitated, loaded inside.

—Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Miu immediately lowered his body to minimize recoil and began firing at the tires. But as if the armored vehicle had anticipated Miu’s movement, it swerved in wide arcs to interfere with his aim.

This is bad.

Mo Yeonhoo felt it instinctively. They could not let those bastards go like that.

(Necromancer) skill? No, too slow. Then my gun? As if that would help... Oh.

At the edge of his vision, he saw the bazooka Miu had thrown away earlier.

That’s it.

Mo Yeonhoo immediately ran over and grabbed it.

(Notification) (Necromancer) skills have been deactivated.

His (Necromancer) gun was put away, and a notification immediately popped up telling him his character skills had been locked. The bazooka was automatically set on his shoulder.

Wow, this feels so weird....

Naturally, it seemed to be a fairly heavy weapon. It was fascinating how the screen swayed under the weight of the gun.

But getting used to a shaking screen was a piece of cake for Mo Yeonhoo. In a previous life, his sensitivity had been 40, so he adapted relatively quickly and aimed the bazooka at the armored vehicle.

So it draws an arc like this....

A red circle appeared around the predicted impact point.

Except.

(Notification) Magazine is empty.

The bazooka had to be reloaded after every use.

Do you have to buy the bullets separately from a weapons merchant? I guess you can’t shoot if you don’t prepare them beforehand.

Mo Yeonhoo was flustered by that fact, but when the system window soon appeared, he smiled.

Right. What kind of game was this again?

Would you like to reload ammunition?

▶ Gold consumed: 10,000G

YES

NO

Wasn’t it a game mad with greed?

Look at that price. It was basically charging enough to tell people not to reload with money.

Ten thousand won per shot was extremely expensive, but in this situation, Mo Yeonhoo’s action was obvious. He immediately pressed Enter.

—Whiooo, BOOM!

With a tremendous sound, the shell flew. In an instant, it struck hard enough to make the armored vehicle lurch. But one shot was not the end.

—Whiooo, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Shells flew from the bazooka like it was an automatic turret. With no pause at all, the rounds sliced through the air and slammed into the armored vehicle.

(CH03) Miu: ????

(CH03) Miu: When did you get here

(CH03) Miu: ?

Apparently, Miu had not detected Mo Yeonhoo while he was in stealth. He seemed surprised, as if he had thought Yeonhoo was still on his way to the alliance territory.

(CH03) Miu: Momo

(CH03) Miu: Momo???

(CH03) Miu: ????

Chats came up one after another, but Mo Yeonhoo was not looking at them.

Wow, this feels so freaking satisfying!

After using only small guns, slinging a huge gun over his shoulder and firing it opened up a whole new world. The power of the rocket made his chest feel as if it had burst wide open.

As he fired in excitement, Miu came over beside him.

(CH03) Miu: I think you can stop shooting now

(CH03) 0momo0: Ah..

(CH03) 0momo0: When did you get here???

(CH03) Miu: First, put that down

Good lord. To think it had enchanted him so much he had not even noticed Miu coming close. This thing was dangerous. Mo Yeonhoo immediately set the bazooka down on the ground.

He came to his senses and checked the armored vehicle. As the smoke that had filled the area from the shells cleared, he saw the armored vehicle with one side properly crumpled in.

(CH03) Miu: Who fires a bazooka like a gun;

After he had sprayed a bazooka like that, of course the armored vehicle could not be fine.

(CH03) 0momo0: That’s.. I’m sorry

(CH03) 0momo0: I used your gun way too freely......

(CH03) Miu: Nonono, I’m not angry

(CH03) Miu: It was cool

(CH03) 0momo0: Gasp.. are you being sarcastic? I’m crying

(CH03) Miu: Ah, I’m losing my mind

(CH03) 0momo0: L-losing it??? Because of me??..

(CH03) Miu: No no no no?? I just meant I spun in place; do you want to see? I’m good at spinning

(CH03) Miu: Anyway, I’m not angry

(CH03) Miu: I’m in a good mood right now haha?;;

(CH03) 0momo0: You’re lying, I’m crying for real

(CH03) Miu: I’m serious

(CH03) Miu: So stop crying..

While the two of them were talking for a moment, a rustling sound came from the armored vehicle, and Miu whipped his head around.

(CH03) Miu: We’ll talk about this later

(CH03) Miu: Let’s go

Miu immediately ran toward the vehicle, and Mo Yeonhoo followed close behind.

The armored vehicle was in terrible condition. It had the durability to withstand most rockets, but apparently, it could not beat a bazooka that had been fired like a gun. On top of that, the reload speed had been absurdly fast.

—Craaaack, thud!

Miu tore off the armored vehicle’s battered door. Inside, Caldi was dead in the passenger seat, and another user was dead in the driver’s seat.

Miu immediately looted Caldi’s inventory. Mo Yeonhoo looked beside him.

MekaMeka

It seemed like he was one of the people who had been wearing black hoods earlier. Mo Yeonhoo was about to go into the vehicle, feeling for some reason as if he should loot too, when—

(CH03) Miu: Wait

(CH03) Miu: What is this

Miu’s reaction was strange.

(CH03) Miu: Why the hell is this bastard’s whole inventory

As if he had seen something odd, Miu immediately lunged at MekaMeka as well and checked his inventory.

But for some reason, the sight was chilling. No, more accurately, it sent a cold prickle down the back of Yeonhoo’s neck.

(CH03) 0momo0: By the way

(CH03) 0momo0: What about the last one?

(CH03) 0momo0: There was one more earlier

Mo Yeonhoo was about to say, I’m sure there was, when something strange came into view.

Beyond the car window, a large vehicle was speeding toward them.

Wait, Miu’s position is...!

Wasn’t that too dangerous? Mo Yeonhoo, who was outside the car, belatedly reached out to use Interaction (Pulling), but—

—SCREEEECH, BOOM!!

It was already too late.

With a massive roar, the corpses and Miu, who had been sprawled inside the armored vehicle, were sent flying out in an instant.