Matan’s Shooter

Chapter 146

‘On the other hand, because they induce such competition…… Resource consumption will inevitably accelerate.’

This is the reason why rankers can’t immediately sell the items they recently got for cash. If they let their guard down it would be the last item they acquire.

The gold they earned must be reinvested into themselves in order to survive the competitive society of Middle Earth.

‘In other words, it’s about maintaining the value of gold in Middle Earth while at the same time encouraging competition. These guys really-.’

Chills! The degree of difficulty was crazy! Thanks to this system, only the hardcore gamers would be able to make a name for themselves and get respected in Middle Earth.

It was proof that one had survived in this harsh world.

“Kidd is also one of the representatives of outsiders. It’s literally walking around without a guild. There are also [Outsiders] that hunt rankers together with guilds.”

“Wow…”

When he was struggling against the Rising Sun on earth, something like that was happening in heaven.

“So Nara-ssi got killed by Kidd?”

“Not exactly killed, but that’s right. I’ve also told the story to the Sacred Knights for them to notify me immediately when they find Kidd, but how did he get into the capital?”

Nara chewed on her lips and looked at Leeha with a pained expression.

“I-I’m sorry. Did I say something too strange? I did not come here to talk about this.”

“It’s okay, I didn’t know about it……. Rather, I should be grateful to you for telling me.”

“Hehehe, I love your heart for thinking that way.”

“What?”

“No, t-that-.”

Shin Nara twisted her body again. Leeha suddenly thought that Nara was a pretty innocent woman.

“Leeha-ssi as well! Leeha-ssi is also highly likely to be classified as one of the [Outsiders] now! I’m sure you will receive a lot of guild offers. At that time, there’s also the Byeolcho guild, so please think carefully….. That’s what I wanted to say.” 

“Sacred Knight is among them, right?”

“Yes. I like that the best.”

“Why would Nara-ssi like that?”

When Leeha tilted his head and asked, Nara did not say anything.

With only her eyes rolling, she hit Leeha’s chest with her cat’s hand.

“I don’t know!”

‘Kuook, it hurts!’

Nara turned around without seeing Leeha holding his chest.

“I have to go now, so next time, be sure to whisper, Leeha-ssi!”

“Cough, yes! Take care!”

Nara, who had already run far away, waved at Leeha.

Leeha opened his character window to check how much HP he lost by Shin Nara’s hit. A ranker was a ranker.

‘And Kidd defeated Shin Nara. I’m still far away.’

In fact, he was excited about winning against Rising Sun.

It was an achievement that no one in Middle Earth could achieve, and in fact, it was such a big event that it caused the Internet to be in chaos.

However, as Kijeong said, most people who could do it did not, because it was bothersome.

It was not the time to be arrogant. It was not the time to be satisfied.

‘I’m still far away.’ Leeha grabbed his gun.

He only had 5 gold left. Without a musket, he had to hunt with the Needle Gun for a while.

—

“I will not give up…… don’t I have to see it through till the end?”

“Ahaha, end? Why am I surprised to hear that from your mouth? I was even willing to negotiate.”

Ram Hwayeon slammed the cup she held on the desk and continued.

“But it was you who came out like that in the beginning. Did you forget? I still remember dying in Tiwi Canyon.”

“Fuck. It’s because of your little sister. And would it have been better to get hit by a chunk of ice and explode to death? What would you have done to us if you didn’t die?”

If you get hit, you have to pay it back. The person sitting opposite Ram Hwayeon, Hyein the Guild Master of Byeolcho guild, smiled bitterly.

“This bastard……  don’t be so cowardly-.”

“Stop.”

As Hwayeon’s body twitched, the ninja’s hand behind Hyein gleamed for a moment.

He had several shurikens in his hand in an instant.

“Hands down.”

And before Sasuke could move, another voice was heard.

“……Get rid of that block of ice.”

Sasuke opened his mouth and loosened the strength of the hand that held the shuriken. The person who opened her mouth was Hwajeong who stood behind Hwayeon.

Shining ice floated in her hand.

Even after seeing Sasuke and Hwajeong, the guild masters of each guild, Hwayeon, and Hyein, did not say anything.

Because both of them wanted to crush the face of the person sitting in front of them. But they can’t do that.

“Sasuke, stay back.”

“Hwajeong, endure. I will give you the chance later.”

The meeting place of the two guilds is Aelstock.

If they attack recklessly here, they would turn the Sacred Knights into their enemy. That had to be avoided.

“Anyway, this bastard, that bastard, let’s not do it. Ram Hwayeon-ssi. It’s not good to say that in a meeting between guild masters. Coming out like that will only make my guild members angry.”

“Right. I shouldn’t have called you this bastard. I should have called you a son of a bitch, because your actions are not that of a human.”

“These bitch…”

As Hwayeon smiled, swear words came out of Hyein’s mouth this time. It was an impossible meeting, to begin with.

However, even from the standpoint of both guilds, a miraculous place appeared, where they could not take any action, and the result was already apparent.

“Why don’t we stop wasting time, and just win by bidding? Neatly

. What would be cleaner than that?”

“I think I said it before, you can’t win cleanly when the money you use is dirty.”

“I think I also gave an answer last time. I’m only doing business.”

A struggle for rights where there was no good and evil. Ram Hwayeon did not back down.

Hyein tapped his finger at the same conversation they had before and opened his mouth. 

“Bid. Alright, bidding it is, but will you be able to survive it?”

“What?”

“Do you think we will stand still if you come at us like that?”

Hyein was the one who spoke but he was also the one that needed to be prepared.

What would be left if they stood still? And what would be the result?.

“……Guild war?”

“If you don’t want to give up, we have no choice but to do the same. I am not afraid of Fei Wu at all. Did you know that there are no rankers in Korea?”

“Are you saying you will recruit rankers? If you had the money for that-.”

“Not right now. However, after getting Dale Castle, we can sign a contract based on the distribution of profit. Give them something similar to stock options! If we give the rankers two months’ worth of profits and we get 10 months’ worth of profit, it won’t hurt either of us!”

Hyein’s teeth shone in the dark.

It wasn’t for intimidation. It was time for the Byeolcho guild, who could no longer retreat, to take action.

If they retreat here, the ‘donation’ they poured into Dale castle would not be recovered. Because it would all become zero.

All or nothing, the winner takes it all. Hyein took a deep breath.

“We will never give up, Ram Hwayeon.”

Hearing Hyein’s determination, Hwayeon trembled.

There was a reason why she trembled when she saw the man bet his life.

Fear? No.

“Bring it on, Byeolcho. I will make red flowers bloom from your body. Bring all of the Dragon Knights and Seomgwang with you.”

It was joy that dominated her body.

The best way to speed up one’s business is to sweep the ones that are getting in the way. Bad debt and restructuring are necessary for companies.

First of all, Ram Hwayeon welcomed it, as it was an opportunity to sweep away the ticks in one stroke, legally and with certainty.

It would have been better to avoid expensive fights until the final bid, but she was not the type to avoid any challenge.

Hyein looked at Hwayeon’s confident smile for a long time. Regardless of threats or not, his opponent did not cover their hand even though all their cards were drawn.

Now all the stakes have been staked.

“Good luck.”

Hyein grabbed his wand and tapped. Sasuke and Hyein disappeared at the same time.

“I should’ve killed him.”

Hwajeong calmly said and the chunk of ice disappeared.

“No, Hwajeong. You held it in well. There will be many more opportunities to kill in the future.”

“Ha Leeha.”

“Yes. We have to hurry now. It’s not just Ha Leeha.”

Hwayeon took the paper out of her arms. He looked carefully at the page full of people’s names.

“We are going to gather [Outsiders].”

“Not rankers?”

When Hwajeong tilted her head, Hwayeon smiled and answered.

“Rankers are expensive.”

People who were at a lower level than rankers, but as strong as them.

It was Hwayeon’s calculation that outsiders would not be able to reject the relatively low cost if they were given the opportunity to fight against rankers.

‘In addition, the enemy said that they would be bringing in rankers, so there’s no better prey than this. They are wild dogs that prefer fighting over money…… haha.’

The articles about Leeha and Rising Sun, which had been floating around the internet since that day, disappeared in an instant.

There was only one topic that overflowed after filling out the vacancy.

The war over the first commercial monopoly in Middle Earth’s history.

—

Less than 24 hours before the guild war between Byeolcho Alliance led by Hyein and Hwahong(Red Flower) led by Ram Hwayeon.

“Kuwaat-!”

The muscles of the labor-trained monster swelled like an explosion. The pickaxe held by the chain-orc worker slammed down.

“Ugh!”

Leeha managed to avoid the pickaxe.

Boom-!

The pebbles popped up.

The monster did not allow distance.

How long had it been since he had started fighting at close range?

‘Haha, isn’t this quite fun?’ The orc swung its pickaxe as soon as a smile appeared in Leeha’s mouth.

Boom- The sound was realistic but Leeha already crouched down.

“High.”

As the pickaxe passed over his head, he straightened his knees as much as he could and jumped! As he approached the orc’s face, Leeha raised his hand.

In his hand, an object with a length of 40 cm was held.

“Chwit?”

“Bye.”

When he pulled his index finger, the muzzle was positioned under the orc’s chin.

Bang-!

The back of the orc’s head exploded with a light gunshot.

“Chwit-! Human intruder-!”

“Chwiit, chwiit!”

When the gunshot rang out, it attracted 

the aggro of other orcs.

Three orcs approached. One warrior and two workers.

In the past, he would have tried to run away first, but that was not the case for Leeha right now.

‘Delicate Hand Movement.’

[Intermediate Delicate Hand Movement (Lv. 6) ]

Description: A skilled musketeer can always put the right amount of gunpowder. Always keeps his hands precise.

Effect: Fixed reload time of 25 seconds for 460 seconds. (Pistol fixed at 7 seconds.)

Mana: 200

Cooldown: 6 hours

In the case of pistols, the reload time was only 7 seconds.

Even before the orcs approached, Leeha’s needle gun pistol was already reloaded.

‘After avoiding the enemy’s attack, and as close as possible-.’

Swiiik-!

The chain-orc warrior’s spear cut through the air, but it did not touch Leeha’s body.

Leeha sprinted in order to match the movement of the orc warrior’s greatsword.

“C-Chwii?”

“Slow.”

Bang-!

There was a hole in the orc warrior’s forehead. The workers rushed to wield their pickaxes, but they couldn’t reach Leeha as well.