Episode 174 Memories of Victory
‘A relic that helps train long-range dealers, and allows them to practice hitting targets… ‘
It was an artifact I had never heard of before the return.
No, it’s only natural since this is the first time I’ve heard of this facility in my life.
By the way, Ethan, who has both destructive power and fundamentals, had quite a hard time. I thought I should be quite nervous too.
On the other hand, I also thought this.
‘What kind of target was it that I could only hit it three times?’
If it were Ethan, he would have pierced through the target’s defensive capabilities, and even if he was moving quickly, he would have wiped them all out with a shot that covered a considerable range.
If Ethan only hits three targets… … .
‘Are there too few targets?’
Or perhaps the target was something much more enormous than expected.
With that thought in mind, I calmed my mind and touched the relic.
A pitch-black black sphere that seems to absorb light.
When I touched it, I felt as if a black hole was created around me and I was being sucked in.
I blinked once, and before I knew it, the space around me was blank.
I felt like I was left alone in a dark space.
‘I can’t see anything, but it’s strange to be standing here like this.’
I couldn’t see it, but I was definitely stepping on something.
Okay, so what’s the target?
The moment I thought that, I couldn’t help but be shocked when I saw the faces of the targets that had appeared.
I had already in mind that the target could be human, but I had no idea that these people would appear.
I couldn’t see exactly how many there were in the dark, but honestly, I had no idea if I could even match the few I could see.
A tall man, like an actor, wearing a suit standing at the very front.
Noah, a first-generation American hunter famous for leaving only afterimages at overwhelming speed.
And the man with a tired smile on his face, holding his back with one hand. He is called the fastest man.
Way of the Chinese league.
A woman wearing a white dress with flashy decorations that are completely out of place in the Hunter’s League.
Ana, who was called the queen of the European league.
In addition, there is also Lee Kyung-chan, who has not appeared in the Korean league yet and has not been a hot topic, but is famous for his overwhelming and unique skills.
In the pitch-black darkness, I couldn’t see completely, but I could tell that there were many other people of similar level who had appeared as targets.
And only then did I realize.
Why Ethan didn’t hit many targets, and what targets this artifact creates.
‘Is the person I thought would be the hardest to match created?’
In that case, I guess getting three right was a very good thing.
Just looking at the faces that have come out as my targets now, it is like that.
There are still players who have yet to stand out and are unknown in the Hunters League, and there are also players who will be active in the distant future… … .
‘Ultimately, the level of the league rises over time… … .’
If they did better than the famous hunters now, they would have done better, there’s no way they wouldn’t have done better.
There was even a famous American hunter named Noah who was there as the old guard.
It could be said that it was a collection of the most difficult opponents that I had encountered while reaching the peak before returning and maintaining that position.
Fortunately, it doesn’t attack, so it seems like it’s just avoiding it…
Still, I thought it was an absurdly difficult level.
But at the same time, I laughed. These people were originally all on different teams. They weren’t real people, but I’d never have a chance to gather them together and face them like this in my life.
‘They say that when you have relics, unimaginable things happen.’
It was clear that this was the best practice opportunity I would ever have again.
***
Meanwhile, the moment Lee Chang-hyun’s target appeared.
The waiting room outside was in an uproar as they watched this.
The worst players Lee Chang-hyun had ever encountered were, at best, Korean players. He had thought they would be like the first generation of Korean hunters, but somehow his expectations were completely off the mark.
There were people who looked like Westerners at first glance. There were also Chinese hunters.
There were people that even people in the Hunter’s League industry could not help but know.
“I’ve never heard of a story about Noah, a veteran hunter, sparring with a rookie Korean Hunters League player.”
“That’s not all. Look to the side.”
“Anna… … She’s the Empress of Europe. Why is that guy over there… … .”
Although there were some unknown hunters mixed in, there were many overwhelmingly powerful hunters who were currently famous in the Hunter’s League and the Hunter world.
“Is it true that only targets that have been directly encountered appear?”
“… … It is known as such, but it is not always the case that relics can tell us everything about them. Perhaps there are other secrets hidden there.”
Lennon had no choice but to make a poor excuse. But what can he do? Just looking at the personnel, there are probably famous hunters mixed in that even Ethan has never dealt with.
It doesn’t matter what the nationality, league, or boundaries are between the Hunters League and the Hunters themselves. It’s like only the best Hunters have gathered together.
One thing is for sure, considering Lee Chang-hyun’s reputation, there’s no way he would have dealt with all of those people.
The position in the Hunters League occupied by those who were created as targets. Their skills. When you think about those things, they are hunters that you would never meet easily.
Even if it wasn’t Lee Chang-hyun but Ethan, it would have been possible to some extent.
The surprise that swept through the waiting room only lasted for a moment.
Lee Chang-hyun, who had been standing still for a moment as if thinking about something, began to move.
In the waiting room where silence flowed, Lee Chang-hyun’s gunshot rang out.
Tata tata tata tata tang!
It was an unusual shooting I had never seen before.
He shot the floor diagonally, and then with a flashy movement, he shot at the height of the knees. He was shooting in an upward sweeping motion from the floor.
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“What the heck is that… … ?”
An incomprehensible eccentricity.
It was a situation where it was not easy to hit even if you just sniped properly, so I couldn’t understand why they were aiming at such a strange place and shooting.
But within seconds of the gun being fired, everyone in the waiting room knew.
The golden trajectories of Lee Chang-hyun’s ether bullets became intertwined. The trajectory of the bullets that bounced off the ground meshed with the gearwheels again, creating infinitely new appearances.
“……beautiful.”
It was as if she was knitting with golden thread against a dark background.
Not only that, the experienced hunters present were only then able to understand why Lee Chang-hyun had taken that shooting style.
“I didn’t know there was such a method. It would be impossible to dodge by timing it by looking at the direction or trajectory of the gun barrel… … .”
It was a technique that was so beautiful and wondrous that it made you smile. And at the same time, it was a technique with outstanding tactical value.
When hunters reach a certain level, they reach a point where they can predict each other and move forward.
There were even players who could predict attacks to the point of reading the future by capturing not only the opponent’s movements and the direction of the gun, but even the slightest muscle contraction or expansion.
Since it was a fight between top-tier hunters who were strong in the realm of psychological warfare, I actually thought that method was a more powerful weapon.
With no room for people to pass, the golden orbits entangle unpredictably and take over the space centered around Lee Chang-hyun, who is performing acrobatics and firing in all directions.
The onlookers end up thinking that they might just hit all the targets.
An unexpected change occurred.
The moment the trajectory of Lee Chang-hyun’s extended bullets reached the targets, something interesting happened.
Without missing a single one, all the targets were dodging Lee Chang-hyun’s barrage in ridiculous ways.
“This is something a ghost would cry about.”
Noah, a first-generation American hunter who was also famous in Korea for his meme called Infinite Afterimage. As his nickname suggests, he was avoiding things by moving at such a fast pace that it seemed as if dozens of afterimages were created.
China’s Wei, whose nickname means ‘flash’, began to move the moment Lee Chang-hyun fired repeatedly, but then disappeared from sight altogether.
The Empress of Europe. Anna seemed to be playing in another dimension all by herself. She was easily dodging the overwhelmingly fast bullets with light and slow movements, even with minimal movement.
“Who is that guy? He looks like a Korean guy… … He definitely looks like he got hit, but he doesn’t disappear at all. Does anyone know him?”
Even a single nameless player. Lee Chang-hyun’s bullets did not reach the target even once.
There were two instances where I couldn’t help but be astonished.
In one instance, Lee Chang-hyun’s shooting technique made it impossible to read the trajectory at all due to its overwhelming irregularity.
And once, from Lee Chang-hyun’s target who avoids it all.
Of course, that’s true, but it was still a victory for a target that hadn’t been hit yet.
The outcome of this fight is unpredictable, and everyone is watching with bated breath.
An unknown hunter who was watching this said.
“This fight… … what will happen?”
***
After a single golden trajectory passes through all the opponents.
It was not an easy shot for me either, so my hair was soaked with sweat.
‘It’s not easy… … .’
Actually, it was a result that I knew to some extent.
Since they are opponents that I have already fought once before before returning, I know their abilities.
Moreover, while my opponent was showing me the strongest moment I knew before my regression, I had not yet reached my pre-regression self.
In that situation, it’s difficult to do anything, and you want me to do them all?
It could only be described as a challenge that seemed almost impossible.
‘If it was the real Hunter’s League, I would have driven them into a situation where they had no choice but to get hit, one by one.’
There was no way that would be possible here.
A facility that seems to be prepared to improve the abilities of long-range dealers, purely for the purpose of cultivating the ability to match.
Because it didn’t even include the design ability to create a ‘situation that has to happen’.
‘If only I had as much mana as when [Mankai] was opened… … .’
If I had been able to use the third form of the gun, which I had not been able to use due to mana issues until now, I might have been able to at least reduce them one by one.
But anyway, even that is impossible now.
That doesn’t mean I had any intention of stopping here.
Ethan, who honestly doesn’t have as much sense as I do, said he hit three targets.
Even though the level of the person I was dealing with was different, I believed that there would be a way.
I had to think about it.
The opponents are specialists in the hunter world, and are said to be close to flawless.
How to conquer… … Is there a weakness…?
In that split second, countless thoughts passed through my mind.
But after going around and around, I eventually realized one thing.
‘Even so, in the end, before the regression, they were all people I had defeated.’
My abilities are just slightly weakened.
People themselves are no different.
Although his abilities and mana were reduced, his skills were further refined. He was by no means worse off than before.
So, what we had to do from now on was simple.
‘Recalling memories of past victories. And now, when I lack the ability, reproducing them in a different way.’
As much as your abilities are lacking, you grow technically.
That would be fine.
fantasy,
