Matan’s Shooter - Chapter 177

“We have to move first.”

“Should we get a seat?”

Kidd glanced at the entrance of the temple. Leeha followed Kidd’s gaze and turned his head. People were sneaking around the temple as if the commotion at Dale Castle had spread.

Most importantly, the problem was related to the words ‘Leeha took someone to the temple’.

“I-indeed. Celebrities have no privacy.”

Leeha sighed. It was difficult to keep secrets in Dale Castle.

“What did you say?”

“No, let’s go. To the capital-”

“Definitely not the capital.”

“Hmm? Ah- I see.”

Shin Nara was there.

She was bent on finding Kidd,

She had instructed the Sacred Knights to report to her as soon as he showed up. It was not easy to avoid their eyes and enter the capital.

“I will use a scroll. If it’s mass teleport, I have one.”

It was Kidd who approached Leeha to take refuge from the start. Leeha thought it was funny to hear Kidd say that he had ‘one’.

The party was already established. Kidd tore the scroll immediately. The two of them disappeared in an instant.

“Oh, they’re gone.”

“Did you see the person next to him?”

“I don’t know who it is. His hat was also weird. Where did he get a cowboy hat like that?”

When the users who gathered in front of the temple were talking one at a time, there was a person who had a flushed face.

“This. I will be in trouble because I have nothing to report.”

Under Ram Hwayeon’s direction, Jacheong rushed into the temple, turning back into his original nature. Thanks to his quick movement, he was able to check it with his own eyes.

Leeha rushed into the temple along with Kidd. Those two disappeared after getting treated as if they were being chased….

‘I could roughly imagine what happened…. Ugh, I’m going to get in trouble again. If they wanted to talk quietly, they should have used our office.’

Why did a person who had a stake in Dale Castle go to a different place?

Jacheong thought he knew Leeha’s characteristics, however, Jacheong thought it was quite difficult to understand him in detail.

‘He’s acquainted with Shin Nara as well as Kidd. How did he do it? Additionally, why did he appear alone in the war when he had such connections. What’s going on? Hmm-’ Jacheong sighed.

Leeha and Kidd walked next to Jacheong, who was sighing.

-what.. is this? What happened?

-It’s stealth. It’s dangerous to teleport when Luger is nearby.

Instead of mass teleport, Kidd ripped two stealth scrolls. Kidd was so cautious that Leeha couldn’t help but admire him.

‘If Jacheong is here, it must mean that Ram Hwayeon and Ram Hwajeong had heard the news. Besides, the two of them will know where I am.’

His location will appear in their friend’s window. If Jacheong goes back, Ram Hwayeon will ask why Jacheong didn’t chase Leeha and send him out again.

‘For now, it’s time to talk.’

Whispering was not what Leeha had in mind.

It was necessary to look at the other person’s attitude and expression in order to pick out the truths and lies.

The place where Leeha and Kidd moved to, was near the corner of the city wall of Dale Castle.

Only after they got behind a tree in a remote place, where users and even guard NPCs did not approach, did Kidd unlock his stealth.

“It will be fine here.”

“Will Luger not follow us all the way here? I heard he might come for me if it were another town.”

“It’s fine with the Dale Knights. Rather, avoiding his eyes by going to a small town is the worst thing you could do. You can’t deter him with just a few guards.”

“Ah…”

He’s more reckless than Leeha had initially thought. He looked pretty noble, but he’s completely reckless.

The only people that Leeha saw attack inside a village so far were the Rising Sun. It sounded like using the word “Gachaban” on Luger because he was on that level.

“Okay, I understand. Let me ask you first. Why are you here? Did you bring that baggage?”

“That’s incorrect. The baggage came first, I came after.”

“Hmm?”

“[Pierce] Luger was looking for the hint of the [Matan’s Shooter].”

It was not surprising that Luger was the successor of [Pierce]. Leeha focused on the following words.

“What do you mean? Matan’s Shooter-”

“It was the nickname you got and spread after the war.”

Leeha nodded.

The war between Hwahong and the Byeolcho Alliance made the internet buzz, with all kinds of broadcasts. One musketeer ended the war, [Matan’s Shooter] Ha Leeha.

Leeha was in fact very well known.

“I don’t think he came here to steal my nickname. It’s not something that could get stolen-”

“The [Matan’s Shooter] he is looking for can be stolen. It’s not something like that stupid nickname.”

“Huh? What is it?”

Kidd’s mood changed slightly. Unlike before, his eyes were wary of Leeha.

And Leeha knew the reason for Kidd’s behavior. Because he had that expression when he spoke at the academy before.

It was the same atmosphere when Kidd spoke the word rival.

“I don’t know exactly. Whether it’s an achievement or title. But you can see its literal interpretation. Those who have qualifications could shoot [Matan – Magic Bullets].”

Hearing Kidd’s words, Leeha felt vaguer. It wasn’t known whether it was an achievement or a title.

‘Besides, unlike his nickname, it sounded like it could get taken away…

A vague feeling came to me. I didn’t know it before, but I know now. Because there was a time when he got a similar kind of Achievement when he killed Agromni Igor.

‘The achievement will disappear when I get killed by Igor. Is it also the case with Matan’s Shooter? An achievement that can be taken by others?’

Leeha thought about it for a while, but another question popped into mind. “But what is Magic Bullet? Didn’t Luger’s shot already look like a magic bullet? Do you know anything about that, Kidd? You should be pretty familiar with guns.”

He thought that Kidd, who passed Browless’s test within 3 days, shouldn’t be ignorant. At Leeha’s words, Kidd shook his head.

“The armor-piercing rounds and grenades were only one of his main rounds, they were not magic bullets.”

“……Oh!”

It was crazy, you mean those were regular rounds, isn’t that bullshit?

It was absurd for Leeha, who could only fire grapeshots by splitting an iron bullet into 20 pieces.

Anyway, he didn’t know what magic bullets were, but Leeha could roughly estimate their worth by looking at how Luger coveted them even though he could shoot huge bullets. 

“So are you saying that Luger was looking for me because I had the title Matan’s Shooter? And he wanted to take it away from me?

“Yes.”

“And were you here to rescue me from Luger?”

“I tried to tell Luger that he misunderstood but he did not listen to me. It is hard to talk to him.”

“huuu.”

As hard as you.

A smirk leaked out of Leeha, but what Kidd said was probably true. At least because Kidd wasn’t a guy who started shooting all the time.

“You must finish your quest. There’s no time.”

“I was about to finish it. Now…… It’s time to take the test.”

“Be careful. The moment you become one of the next generation of the Three Musketeers, Luger will come after you.”

“Haha, the rumors have spread and somehow he knew where I was, but it’s okay now~! Kidd, you know that right? I hide pretty well.”

Leeha thought the rumors spread through the community and that was how he was found. However, Kidd shook his head.

“We are inseparable. If you become one of the next generation of the Three Musketeers, your position will be shared with us.”

“Huh? What does that mean? Like adding a friend?”

Kidd didn’t nod. Rather, he shook his head.

“You need to be prepared.”

Seeing him answering as he swallowed, Leeha’s back went cold.

Was it more detailed than the friend’s window? Was it not the approximate position, but the exact coordinates or something similar?”

“I think it was rather fortunate that I met Luger.”

“What do you mean?”

“The bullets that Luger fired-…”

Leeha fiddled with the Hummingbird. It wasn’t iron bullets and black powder. It wasn’t like the muskets of the 17th or 18th century.

“-It was a great hint for me.” Finding out that he could ‘make’ weapons that transcended Middle Earth was a huge profit.

Kidd immediately understood Leeha’s words

. Looking at Leeha’s smile, Kidd smiled too.

“You’ll know when you get [Bullseye] anyway.”

“Hmm, that’s right. Ah! Why did you not use it, Kidd? Something like that grenade-”

“[Pierce] and [Rapid fire] are different. What I got, the [Crimson Gecko], isn’t such a dull and ignorant shotgun.”

Kidd opened his coat and showed his gun. Four crimson-colored pistols that seemed to absorb light.

‘Gecko…… do you mean geckos, those little lizards? Crimson Geckos?’

Cough, the name.

Leeha thought it would be difficult to implement a pistol that looked like a revolver.

‘No, wait.’

What does it look like?

“Wait! Wait a minute! Show it to me again!”

“It’s not possible.”

Leeha doubted his eyes. It resembled a pistol. But it wasn’t like his musket pistol!

The weapon that hung from Kidd’s waist was-…….

“Damn it! Show me quickly! I, oh! I even revealed my secret skill to save you! It’s not fair, what do you mean rivals! You should have the spirit of fair play!”

Leeha took the dying Kidd to the temple and barely saved him, Leeha murmured for a long time and Kidd eventually gave up.

“Phew … All right. Let’s go.”

“Huh? Outside the gates?”

“You cannot use skills in the town”

“But Luger-”

“He’s outside the Fibiel Kingdom. Maybe because he knew that he couldn’t beat me when I got healed.”

Kidd shrugged his shoulders and scratched his cheek. Leeha couldn’t hate Kidd even when Kidd pretended to be strong.

After walking out of the west gate for a while, when the monsters started to appear, Leeha opened his mouth.

“There’s a wolf over there, try your skill on it.”

“Wolves are weak.”

“Of course, it would be weak. I just want to see your skills and what your weapon looks like.”

Leeha was taken aback. Did he want to use it on a strong monster to show how strong he is?

Leeha tried to grumble, but Kidd didn’t care and hurried his steps.

As long as he decided to show it, he would decide the target!

“I don’t think you need to show how great it is- huh?”

A group of people entered the grumbling Leeha’s eyes.

Black robes, overturned hoods, and humans of similar size approached with increasing speed.

Similar faces, and same skinheads in a hoodie. Leeha was able to guess their identities at once.

“Czar……?”

What day is it today?

At a glance, there were twenty of them. No one would be happy to see people running at them with weapons in their hands.

“Damn it, Kidd! I will go first.”

He quickly started to load the Hummingbird, but there was someone who stood in front of him.

“This should be good.”

“Huh? What are you doing?”

“I’ll show you one more time.” Kidd stepped forward. His coat fluttered.

(To be continued…)

TL’s Corner:I kinda spoiled it a few chapters earlier. Matan -} Magic bullet.