Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter]

Ch 32

A very late second chapter of the week. The chapter is unedited as this is just translated. Read at your own peril. I Will update the chapter once it is edited properly. 건배!

“Beware of people…. That was a bit of strange advice.”

Even near midnight, there were still many people in Candle Castle’s Fountain Square.

Leeha opened his bag to check his lunch box before logging out.

‘Let’s start with the lunch box of the Golden Eagle Quest reward.’

[Excellent Special Lunch Box (Golden Eagle King)]

Description:

A special lunch box made by Madame Lou of the Holy Grill.

When 3 people eat, even if 4 dies, no one would notice.

The Ruler of the Candle Mountain even has an imposing taste!

Non-Tradable.

Effect: Agility +3, Constitution +1(Permanent)

“Oooh, Yeeees!”

Leeha jumped up from the bench and screamed.

“Kkak! What?”

“Why did you suddenly scream?”

People were startled and looked at Leeha as if he was crazy.

“I-I’m sorry.”

Leeha came to his senses, bowed his head, and apologized.

‘Black Angus had +1 Agility and +2 Constitution. This is higher! And the rank is ‘excellent’’

It had the same rank as Black Angus, but it had a better effect. It was only a well-grilled barbecue, but to Leeha’s eyes, it looked like celestial food.

“Ah, amazing. It suddenly smells like chicken.”

“What the, is delivery possible in Middle Earth?”

The users of the plaza sniffed and while they were dumbfounded, Leeha ate the wings and legs in a hurry.

“Oh, it’s crazy delicious.”

[Agility has increased by 3]

[Your health has increased by 1.]

He was amazed at Holy Grill’s cooking skills. Moreover, since Leeha learned cooking from Kiyo-Mifgar, he felt even more moved. Now if he could make this…

‘How the hell was this grilled?’

He wanted to go and quickly raise his cooking skill. If he could cook like this, he could repair his legs and lessen his mother’s suffering. Leeha, who sucked even the meat attached to the bones, suddenly became curious.

‘What about the lunchbox that was sent to the capital?’

‘Food prepared by the Holy Grill for the tribute!’

Perhaps Madame Ju, who lives in Aelstock, will take the lunchbox to someone to taste it to get permission to open the branch of Holy Grill. Of course, there is a high probability that the person is of high status in the capital.

‘Then, it would make sense if it has a higher rank than the one that was given to me.’

Leeha opened his bag and took out the lunch box.

“Hmm, this one looks normal.”

There was no difference from what I ate. In particular, it did not have a special scent like Leeha’s lunch box.

‘What? Why doesn’t it smell?’

Leeha sniffed and opened the item’s information.

[Rare Lunch Box of Truth(Golden Eagle Kind)]

Description: A special lunchbox containing all the secrets of the Holy Grill.

As soon as the preservation is released, all breathing creatures will become slaves to Madame Lou.

The only drug the country allows, it’s the Holy Grill’s barbeque! (-180 days in storage)

Effect: Strength +5, Agility +10, Constitution+5(Permanent)

“Oh? Oh! What’s this?”

Leeha jumped up from his seat. He almost dropped his lunch box.

“Wha-”

Oops, Leeha managed to hold his breath and prevent the sound from going out.

‘No way!’

Rare rank! It’s the highest item rating that is currently revealed in Middle Earth. Is it just a barbecue?

‘What are these ridiculous stats? A total of 20 points? Its effect is similar to leveling up 4 times.’

His heartbeat sped up. It was similar to his heartbeat when the Combat Assistance System is turned on. It’s ridiculous. It is a cheat key level of ability increase.

“What’s going on??”

“Yes? Ah, it’s nothing. It’s okay.”

It was only after someone had spoken that Leeha realized what he was like.

He even wondered what was going on.

“What are you doing standing there alone? What’s on the lunch box?”

“Oh! Please don’t touch that!”

“Goodness. Why are you yelling?”

“Hu, ha. I’m sorry.”

“You looked like a low level so I tried to help, but this is what I get…”

The man who spoke to Leeha frowned and walked away. In case someone else saw it, Leeha quickly covered the lid of the lunch box and put it in his bag. It was natural that his hand was extremely careful and gentle.

‘Haa, crazy stats, crazy items. It didn’t even have a limit.’

Since it is food, there are no restrictions on consumption. But it was not the restriction that Leeha was thinking about. Gulp, it was decisively better than the quest reward.

“Right, it’s tradeable…”

He did not see the words “Non-Tradable”. An item that increases total stats by 20 points, and you don’t need to equip it. What would the price be?

Leeha logged out of Middle Earth.

‘This is a jackpot. The quest that started in Black Angus snowballed quite huge.’

Leeha focused on the screen while scrolling down the mouse.

Cash trading sites still active. Still, the gold price is about US$ 100 per gold. With Korean money, the market price was around 100,000 won per gold.

[Premium Sale] Level 180 Special Rank One-Handed Sword [W25,000,000]

[Sale] Mi$ddle$Ear$th 50 Gold[W1,200,000 per 10 Gold Split Transaction]

[Buy] I’m buying 50 silver, Fast Trade! T_T [W55,000]

[Purchase] Buying Level 80 Excellent Rank Two-handed Sword Appearance does not matter. [W3,000,000]

[Sales, transaction completed]  Level 110 Leather Shoes. Movement Speed +15%, Agility +6 [W14,000,000]

[Buy] Buy 30 gold. Fast Transaction [W3,000,000]

There was no need to look up the last transaction record.

It is not a joke for the number of items sold that immediately appeared in front of Leeha.

An item that increases agility by +6 with an additional effect that increases movement speed by 11%.

It is worth 14 million won.

‘That’s crazy. It’s even a product that has been used, right?’

Looking at the ability increase, the rank is only excellent. However, it is expensive because there is an additional effect of 15% movement speed.

The title that sparkles at the top is a premium sale, the item was ‘special grade’ is worth 25 million won.

‘It is expensive because the one-handed sword is the most popular weapon. Of course, the special rank is incredibly good but compared to my lunch box…

The lunchbox that Leeha has is ‘rare’, above the special grade.

Items in high demand are expensive. This makes sense when looking at supply and demand. So how about Leeha’s lunch box?

“Everyone can use it!”

It’s not a skill that requires you to be of a certain job. You don’t have to wear it because it’s ingestible food.

It can raise stat points and it does not have any requirements, so it could be used by anyone.

In other words, it can be sold to users in virtually all occupations.

‘Even if I give a conservative estimate, it would still cost at least 50 million won. The price will increase even further if I include high-level players. Should I proceed with an auction? It may exceed 100 million.’

It was not easy to measure the price because you can not compare it with something similar.

However, even if it costs 50 million won estimating conservatively. There is a possibility that the fair value is 100 million won.

‘If I sell it at only 100 million…’

I can simply earn Middle Earth Gold! It is not enough.

Money. I can also have an awful lot of cash in hand.

Leeha began to get greedy.

For him, money is like a cure.

‘If this item is sold for 100 million, it’s like 5% of my leg repair, right?’

The treatment costs 2 billion won, which seemed virtually impossible. And right now, Leeha is already in a situation where he can earn 100 million won.

Suddenly, Leeha came up with a different idea.

‘No. No, you need to calm down, Ha Leeha’

Leeha calmed his heartbeat that was about to explode, cooled his head slowly, and organized his breathing.

‘What would happen if a sniper gets excited?’

The condition of the quest’s failure. Lunch box ‘In case of failure, intimacy decreases.’

The 100% intimacy at Candle Castle will be gone, and he will also lose intimacy in the capital when he didn’t even arrive yet. And as soon as he arrives, he will get ignored.

So?

Isn’t that the only decrease in intimacy with NPCs, and that’s it?

“What’s that compared to 100 million won?”

How much money is 100 million won? Even for a young person, that just entered society, might not be able to earn 100 million even if he worked hard for years. Even if Leeha did not spend a single penny of his sergeant’s salary he would die even before saving that amount of money.

‘It takes more than 5 years to live while drinking only the Han River water. It’s a lot of money.’

In reality, that’s a much larger amount of money. For salaried workers, 100 million won is a goal and dream-like money.

‘This quest success reward… Huu, what kind of opening ceremony is it?’

Participation in the opening ceremony of the Holy Grill Capital Branch. Is it worth 100 million won?

Leeha held his head.

The moment he sold the lunchbox, he would be betraying Madame Lou, so to speak. Holy Grill Capital branch may not be able to open.

No, it’s definitely not possible to open. It is because the required item for tribute disappeared.

‘No! Shouldn’t this quest already be completed? If so, there should be a Holy Grill Capital branch already. Middle Earth has been opened for 4 months… But no one can complete it?’

After arriving in the capital, the second holy grill shop may be already open. In other words, this is simply one of the repeating quests, and Madame Lou may be the NPC responsible for it.

If so, there shouldn’t be any damage to Madame Lou even if he didn’t deliver this lunch box to her sister in the capital, right?

‘Right. First of all, it’s not a person! It’s just a game NPC. Just think of her as an NPC!’

‘But what is this feeling that pierces my heart?’

It looks like there are sharp thorns in Leeha’s mind. Beings he met in a world capable of moving his disabled body. NPCs, no, people whom he met in a more realistic place than reality. People? Leeha laughed self-deprecatingly.

‘I’m really crazy.’

Is Leeha too good, who simply cannot treat them simply as NPC?

At the moment, Madame Lou’s words came to mind. ‘Is it possible to be careful with people?’

Wasn’t it something like that? Didn’t she mean that it wasn’t easy? Not to be tempted.

Wouldn’t the person Madame Lou refer to, not to someone else, but to refer to Leeha himself?

“Haa……

“How can a young man sigh so much? How are you, son?”

He was greeted by his mother who just came in.

“Ah, mom. You haven’t slept yet?”

“I woke up to drink water. What are you doing not sleeping? Are you busy?”

“I’ll sleep soon. Do not worry.”

“Yes, I think I’ll be a little late tomorrow because I have guests booking dinner. I’ll have a side dish, so make sure you have dinner.”

Overtime at a restaurant that doesn’t even give extra allowances. Leeha nodded, concealing his bitterness.

Leeha’s room is narrow.

When he saw his mother closing the door and going to bed again, Leeha fell into temptation even more.

(To be continued…)