Chapter 593


    Matans Shooter 593


    Leeha had been watching ugrunn bouncing from room to room far beyond his Eagles Eye sight.


    Despite being 440 meters away, his swollen expression was vividly etched in his eyes.


    Eagles Eye skill has improved, but arent I seeing this far because of my synchronization rate at 100%? Leeha mused, quickly reloading his Kentucky musket while maintaining his kneeled position.


    He had been worried about adjusting to the new weapon, given its different length and weight from ck Bass, but there was no issue at all.


    Hand-eye Coordination,


    This minute stat increase had provided enough support for him to skillfully handle the newly introduced musket.


    -Anyway, its a test, right? Ah, there. Great- okay! Test starting. Distance 450m, please check the sound.


    -Dont worry.


    Failure opportunities for the frozen ostrich quest were allowed up to four times.


    Leeha could have immediately tried it in practice, but decided to proceed with utmost caution.


    The size is huge, so we wont fail that easily


    The size of the frozen ostrich was muchrger than that of an ostrich in reality.


    Although a real ostrich is considerably big, this one was easily twice the size, rendering the perceived difficulty of hitting it rather low.


    However, considering its size, the frozen ostrich, a chicken-hearted coward, would dissolve into ice particles and disappear into ambient snow at the slightest threat, wouldnt it?


    I just need to aim without getting caught. If I seed in this test, the quest will be a piece of cake.


    Click, Leeha pulled the trigger.


    Bang! As soon as the duller, more muted sound of gunpowder explodingpared to that of ck Bass, he saw ugrunns barrier shattering into pieces.


    ugrunn: The sound almost arrived with the image. If I move any further, the sound will arrive faster, wouldnt it?


    Leeha: Okay, at full skill level the distance is 440m, and without skill its 210m! Lets hunt some frozen ostriches!


    The test waspletely finished now.


    Leeha began to hunt for ostriches with ugrunn, releasing his locked joint skill.


    Hed already been informed about the ostrichs habitat by Odowbe and the Ice Walrus paleos.


    If finding the monster was easy and killing it was easy too, wouldnt time be the only issue in collecting a hundred?


    It moves fast but itsrge so it wont be hard to hit. Perhaps I could attend the third wave in three days.


    Leeha started charting out a strict schedule for the next three days,bining ns for after the quest clearance.


    After clearing the frozen ostrich quest in about half a day, it would take a day more to acquire the lens and get Bottleneck to make a scope out of it.


    That takes about two and a half days in total.


    Is the variable the ck Bass? Its been nearly 3 weeks, would they be able to find it in time?


    Thinking of the ck Bass gave him a headache.


    Hadnt he left ck Bass with the bonobo paleos to get it enhanced? The problem was, the chances of it getting damaged or even destroyed and exactly when it would be ready, right now it was just in the analysis stage.


    Unless all enhancements werepleted swiftly, Leeha didnt expect any significant changes in ck Bass itself.


    Well, at least if they can locate ck Bass right after the analysis, we should be okay. If theres no ck Bass, even with a finished scope wont mean anything


    But what if he could utilize ck Bass in the third wave?


    Even if the enhancement happened to fail, he could still test with the scope and then hand it back to be re-enhancedter, right?


    Hmm, that seems to be the best scenario.


    While he was not counting his chickens before they were hatched, Leeha was ready to take a shot at drinking up a bowl of soup!


    Great! Now, lets start with ostriches!


    Leeha and ugrunn marched towards the frozen ostrichs habitat with a satisfying smile spread across his face.


    Until now, he hadnt realized.


    The most important aspect when dealing with frozen ostriches wasnt the ice property, but rather the ostrichs property.<hr>


    Mr. Ha, to that side, please.


    Sure, Ive got it. Lower your body.


    Despite everything covered in glistening white snow and ice, both Leeha and ugrunn were capable of spotting the frozen ostriches.


    Because of the snowstorm that whirled up at their feet as they raced fast across the ground.


    Do you think you can get it from this distance?He cant run forever. We need to observe first. How long and where he stops. If he is looking for food, there will be a definite pattern.


    You really seem like a sniper at times.


    A sniper, at times? I always am one!


    As Leeha and ugrunn sparred down low, an Arctic Ostrich came to a halt. The pair, who had been closely watching, followed suit.


    Although I can hit it while its running due to the size, its better when its stationary. From here, the current stop point is about a 600m x 4 maybe 150m. Should I approach closer?


    The maximum distance to load a bullet faster than the gunshot is 440m.


    Its obvious that closer the distance, the higher the sess rate of a shot.


    Although it was barren with almost nothing, there certainly is andmark object to remember the terrain. Leeha recorded the location around the lofty point where the ice ostrich stood in his mind.


    The ice ostrich pecked the ground with its long neck.


    It was looking for food.


    Ill go closer, ugrunn, you stay here.


    Arent youing?


    Considerably fewer numbers are better for covert operation.


    With that said, Leeha started to move subtly and covertly.


    ugrunn grumbled, I guess I am invisible and unneeded, but there was no need for him in the sniping, so there was no point in taking him along.


    Perfect. Now, dont move. Just wait a little bit longer.


    Suddenly, as Leeha was stalking his first target of 100 ice ostriches hunt, he felt that the body of the ostrich standing far away twitched and got rigid.


    Although he couldnt use the skill called Eagles Eye because it was in the cooldown phase, he was sure something suspicious was going on.


    Whats going on?


    Leeha immediately halted.


    The ice ostrich did not move but kept its neck rigidly straight. It remained still for 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 7 minutes


    The current distance was 530m.


    Leeha, who had quickly moved 70m closer in rapid stalking pace, still needed to close the distance a bit more for sniping.


    Why is this happening? Is this part of its pattern too?


    But there should be no sudden cease.


    The three ice ostriches previously failed did not stop and only ran.


    However, the ostriches did not think about moving even after waiting for a long time.


    Leeha eventually thought it was a new pattern of the monster and decided to move again. As soon as he was about to move, keeping down low, he took one more step with his elbow.


    Urgh?


    Rush, rush, rush


    The ice ostrich created a snowstorm and started to run.


    In the opposite direction of where Leeha wasing.


    When the snowstorm bes smoke, and the figure of the ostrich is fully covered, Leeha, with a dumbfounded face, had no choice but to stand up.


    Why? Why did it suddenly run away?


    What were you doing? Why didnt you shoot?


    No, I wasnt going to shoot yet I was measuring the distance, and then it suddenly ran away. Please use a spell, ugrunn, Leeha said, grabbed ugrunns shoulder after scratching his head.


    What kind of spell?


    Do you know anything about detection magic? Like creating a map?


    Running all over the vastnd known as the ostrichs habitat would be a waste of time.


    One must utilize the nearby resources to the fullest.


    Its a bit of a unique spell that I cant use. Id be interested in learning it from you.


    Um I thought you had it since youre a dragon


    But I can perform basic detection. Let me try.


    ugrunn started casting immediately.


    If you knew how to do it, youd just do it. Ge-ge was pretending he didnt know, but somehow, Leeha felt a tiny bit betrayed.


    Swoosh!Soon after, ugrunn opened his eyes and pinpointed a direction.


    This way, about 1.3 kilometers.


    Whaaaat?! You know the exact distance?! Thats amazing! Why didnt you use this skill before!


    You never asked me to.


    ugrunn shrugged nonchntly, causing Leeha to nod in astonishment.


    Dragons were proactive AI NPCs, but to maintain bnce between dragon knights and other job sses, they didnt usually act unless specifically asked or under exceptional circumstances.


    Only users who quickly understood the dragons capabilities and had the tact and knowledge to demand what they wanted could fully utilize a given dragon.


    So, after about thirty minutes of walking in the direction ugrunn detected


    Despite moving at a considerable speed, the Frosty Ostrich was nowhere to be seen.


    Its noting out? Did it move somewhere?


    Hmm, Ill run another scan. It should be easier to trace with mana previously detected.


    ugrunn cast the detection magic again, then he looked puzzled.


    Well, the direction is right.


    But what about the distance?


    About 1.3 kilometers


    What? The distance is still the same!


    It seems to have stopped now. We need to move quickly.


    ugrunn, looking bemused, flew ahead of Leeha.


    Shwapapa-papapapa-!


    In the wake of his flight, the snow on the ground wafted back into the air. Leeha felt an odd sense of unease watching the hurried ugrunn.


    Moreover, I am running while youre just flying!


    Pak! Pak! Pak! Pak!


    After a strenuous journey through the snow, Leeha finally caught up with ugrunn who was standing still, his face distorted in bewilderment.


    Whats wrong? What happened?


    Its again 1.3 kilometers.


    Huh? What? You mean its still 1.3 kilometers from here?


    Yes.


    Leeha peered in the direction ugrunn pointed to but didnt see anything.


    The cooldown of the Eagles Eye skill wasnt over yet, moreover, due to the Frosty Ostrichs color matching with the snow, they could barely notice it at long distances.


    At least running shows the snowstorm


    For some reason, Leeha felt a sense of dread.


    Lets teleport. Not too close, just about 500-600 meters.


    Understood.


    ugrunn looked slightly annoyed, but heplied with Leeha by promptly casting Mass Teleport.


    Shwoooosh o]-!


    The teleport distance was about 500 meters.


    The moment the distance of 1.3 kilometers shrunk to 800 meters, a peculiar shriek, intertwined with the wind, came hurtling towards them.


    Mixed in the choking cry of the ostrich was the sound of something fracturing, which traveled eerily into their ears.


    ugrunn cocked his head.


    Hmm? Its mana has disappeared. However, Leeha couldnt even respond.


    The dragon wouldnt know without a system alert, but Leehas quest log clearly stated why.


    Damn! I was afraid this might happen!


    What?


    Leeha looked as if he had been struck with a hammer. His foreboding premonition hade true.


    [One Frosty Ostrich has self-destructed.]


    They noticed us! At a distance exceeding 1.3 kilometers!


    There was no other exnation for this.


    Either they had been watched or noticed!


    The ostrich had set their detection radius as a boundary; whenever they approached, it moved further away, and this repeated. This could only be possible due to its unusually keen senses.


    Once the border it had set suddenly narrowed, the creature must have felt threatened and self-destructed.


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