The Lone Sniper: I Was Just Minding My Own Business Sniping Players, and I Ended Up Becoming a Raid Boss

Chapter 74

Chapter 74

5km from the lab.

I was equipped with a certain TW atop twin legs.

It was——a gigantic sniper rifle.

The barrel exceeds 10m in length and weighs over 800kg. My arms can't support it alone, so five support legs like bipods hold it up. Countless cables also run from the huge housing on my back into the rifle.

"This is it! A joint creation by Chacha-san and Ivrin! The ultra-long-range (super-long-range) sniper rifle, 'Ray of Sanction'!! Range 19.5km! It's the worst gas-guzzler ever—needs a 30-minute charge and 42 part swaps per shot—but its muzzle velocity and destructive power are like a meteor!!!"

Standing to my left, Chacha-san says,

"Only one shot—doesn't that seem too harsh? Shooting down a spaceship moving at high speed from this kind of long range is crazy. We didn't even do a test shot."

From my right, Ms. Eve says,

"No problem. I'll definitely pull it off."

When I speak, Chacha-san slaps Ms. Eve's back and says,

"Right-o! Chacha-san and company are withdrawing, withdrawing!"

"Why? Wouldn't it be better to support from nearby?"

"No can do. Listen, Ivrin, Shikicchi here is a lone-wolf sniper. He's strongest when he's alone. If Chacha-san and the others are close by, he can't bring out enough power."

"Ugh... Being called a lone-wolf sniper stings, but you're right. Sorry, Ms. Eve. Please leave this to me alone."

For a snipe at this range, I want my concentration even a little higher.

"O-okay. We're counting on you, Shiki."

"Yes!"

The presence of Ms. Eve and Chacha-san vanishes.

(I've never done a snipe at this range. I ran simulations countless times, but actually holding it, the feel is different. Shift the muzzle just 1mm and the aim veers off wildly. It's hard to handle. But I have no intention of missing.)

I do feel a little disappointed.

Nico-san, Ms. Kurenai, and Ms. Ren took the lab without any trouble. In other words, it was only that much.

(...The ability data installed in the humanoids—if the person it came from had really been inside the lab, it wouldn't have been suppressed this easily.)

Did they buy the ability data somewhere?

Somewhere in my heart, I hoped a person stronger than our operation would appear. But unfortunately, no "unexpected" happened.

Oh well. If I can pull off this ultra-long-range shot, I'll be plenty satisfied. The reward for everything we've done will be more than enough.

(Ms. Nadra. You mocked Ms. Eve, but the moment you built a lab of that scale, you were pretty deeply into this game yourself.)

Right now, you must be panicking. Everything you've built is about to become zero. It must have taken half a year—maybe years if you messed up—to gain that much power.

"...At the very least, as a mercy, I'll blast you to utter ruin."

With a power you can't even comprehend.

(Here it comes.)

A spaceship launches from the lab.

It's big. No doubt it's carrying not just the Space Gull but a huge load of cargo. A rocket-type spaceship.

(Sound vanishes from my ears. Without looking, without hearing, the surrounding scenery floats in my mind. My fingertips grow sharp, a little saliva pools at the corner of my mouth. My body forgets to blink, and the far distance is right before my eyes...)

The spaceship will reach space in a few minutes. Which means in under 30 seconds it'll vanish beyond range.

(Heat-source lock, main-power search complete. Switch aiming from manual guidance to brainwave guidance. Flight route prediction confirmed. All systems full-open, all green. Altitude 7.6——)

I pull the trigger.

"Goodbye."

A pale blue light erupts from the rifle and flies like a meteor, piercing the spaceship at altitude 7.6km.

The spaceship, its main power shot out, explodes and scatters black smoke across the sky.

"Not a millimeter off."

And so, Ms. Nadra was sent back to prison. Along with it, half of Ms. Nadra's on-hand chips—300 million chips—went into my pocket.