Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter]

Ch 35

After leaving the gate, he ran for at least three hours without a break. Hills and slopes gradually appeared and a dense forest could be seen everywhere. The area where bears and snakes appeared definitely had a different kind of atmosphere.

‘Doesn’t it mean that first-class monsters will appear from now on?’

However, Leeha did not worry about it that much. There were roads that connected different villages. In other words, he would be safe as long as he followed the road. Animals also had intelligence, and they would not come near the path where a lot of humans pass by.

“I pulled the brown bear! Be careful of green snakes appearing around you while tanking!”

“Have an antidote ready! Blah, blah.”

“Hmm?”

There was a noisy party on top of the hill. Leeha heard a strange skill name. The man, a tanker, was fighting with shields in both arms without any weapon.

‘There really are all kinds of jobs.’

The person who pulled the monster was probably an archer. There was a spear user, a swordsman, and a user with a rosary around his wrist.

‘As expected, there are no magic dealers.’

Bears are one of the most popular hunting grounds because magic or long-distance dealers do not have good compatibility with them.

Kkuoh, Kkuoh!

The size of the brown bear that appeared beyond the bush was larger than expected.

‘Originally, a bear is big but…

Bears in the zoo were threatening, but what about wild bears, especially in middle earth?! Of course, they would not put in a regular-sized bear. If bears in reality are the size of a car, that one was 1.5 times larger than that. Almost van level!

‘If you look closely, it would look like its body is trembling… The way they fight looks good.

Fighting against a bear the size of a van while using a spear or sword. The words “melee fight” and “bloody battle” really fit together.

The party should be on the appropriate level, but it looked like the 5 of them were having a hard time hunting the bear.

“If you poke it like that, the sword or spear will bounce off… What’s more, the range dealer does not deal any damage.”

In the first place, he was only there to draw aggro, and the ones to deal real damage are the melee users.

‘It has nothing to do with me anyway.’

Leeha turned his head back on the road. Not only is his level not high enough, but he was also not interested in bears at all. His plan is to go to the Musket Academy, learn skills, and level up in the forest where spiders and bats appear.

‘Currently, there is only one skill I can use for attacking. When I arrive at the academy, I will focus on replacing my weapon and acquiring new skills.’

He needed to learn at least one attack skill.

Runner’s high is for running, and bayonet charge is for emergency and could not be considered a combat skill.

What about weapons? He was still using the low-level, crude musket he received from his job change. Candle Castle sold weapons for low-level players in line with the graduation quest, the Golden Eagle, but Leeha could not afford one.

‘What kind of weapon could a person who didn’t have enough money to buy gunpowder buy? When others bought the next level of swords, shields, and staffs, he was saving for the rainy season.

He heard rumors that there was a quest that gave a weapon, among the quests when you go to the academy. Not many people go to Musket academy, but if the academies of all professions are similar, then, wouldn’t there be a weapon quest as well? That was what Leeha believed.

“Uwaaak! It’s a Brown Bear!”

Runaway, fast! We’ll die if we get caught!”

The forest suddenly became noisy. Several parties who were hunting began to rush out of the forest.

They have horrified expressions while running in a hurry.

“What? Brown Bear?”

The hunting ground quickly turned into pandemonium. Among the escaping people, some of them gathered together.

“Let’s catch the Brown Bear. Brown Bear!

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We’re creating a raid! There must be at least 4 parties to catch the field boss!”

People who turned a crisis into an opportunity.

It was a very confident voice. Of course, he must have some knowledge of the Brown Bear.

One by one, those who had run away flocked around him.

“Gather around! Let’s go at once!”

The man holding the shield in both hands shouted confidently.

Raid. A huge group of people consisting of at least four parties with five people in each party. With the appearance of such a huge number of people grouping together, the eyes of the escaping people changed.

If they gathered enough people, then they could catch it! Their eyes gave the feeling that they were able to do it.

“Come! Join us now!

Our party has three dealers and two tankers!”

“Let us join too! Two melee DPS, one long-ranged DPS, one tanker, and one healer!”

“We have two healers, take us too!”

“Wow, it’s my first time seeing a field boss. Can we join as well?”

However, Leeha focused on a different word than the word “raid”.

‘Field Boss?’

Leeha looked in the direction from which people came from. No monsters were visible yet, but some corpses could be seen near the entrance to the forest.

‘Of course, it would be much stronger than a normal bear.’

A “Field Boss” is a monster with an unspecified spawning location and is one of the good(?) monsters that drop equipment items that are hard to get in Middle Earth.

Regardless of the type of monster, a field boss will drop equipment unconditionally, so it is extremely welcome if you have the ability to catch it.

“I’m the party leader, Petal Kim, send your application to me! We already have three parties now, and we need at least four parties!”

His nickname didn’t really suit him as he had a shield on both hands. The two shields were rustling like petals.

‘He must have quite a bit of knowledge of Middle Earth…

Having found a tanker-like job with two shields and predicting the possibility of hunting field bosses, Leeha was curious about the user named Petal Kim.

Although it was a long way from the capital, it was not easy to see the field boss. Its spawn time and location is completely unpredictable.

With this opportunity, he thought that it would be helpful to see the raid composition and hunting method.

“I-It’s coming! All of the tanks forward!”

“Healers, don’t focus on your party members, please heal accordingly! Starting with the priest with the hat, cast one by one. Please adjust it so that the heal is not wasted!”

Six tanks stood in front, followed by melee dealers, one crossbow and one longbow archer at the back, followed by four healers.

A raid with 20 people in total.

For an impromptu party, the composition of the raid is quite good.

“It’s coming! It’s coming!”

Did the archer with a longbow see the Brown Bear?

He hurriedly drew and shot an arrow.

Kuaaaaa——

“Hmm? This sound…?” It was the roar of a bear that made the air tremble. Leeha saw it. Even after hearing the roar, the flock of birds flying from the forest flapped their wings. What the hell is a Brown Bear… “Drag its aggro! More!”

When all kinds of tankers’ aggro skills, such as stomp, provoke, and taunt, are activated, footsteps began to resonate in the forest.

Kuung, Kuung.

“Get back, get back! Pull it out to the meadow for dealers to have a clear vision!”

Kuaaaa——

With a shout, the raid team withdrew slowly and the sound of trees collapsing could be heard.

The trees are falling? Wouldn’t it mean that it’s big?

‘That’s crazy… Could you even call that a bear?’

The average bear monster was the size of a van. But what about the field boss Brown Bear?

It was the size of an elephant. Maybe a little bigger than the little elephant in the zoo.

“Tanks don’t back down!”

Don’t back down.

How courageous of him to say that. Leeha had boundless respect for tanker-based users.

An elephant-sized Brown Bear, knocking down trees, revealed itself into the meadow.

“Woah…That… It’s walking on all fours…

It was as big as an elephant when walking on all fours, how tall would it be if it ‘stood up’.

Kuaaaaa—

[Agonia Oso used Roar.]

[You are in the state of ‘Fear’]

[You won’t be able to move for two minutes.]

[Total HP is reduced by 10%.]

[Stamina is reduced to 30% or less.]

“What is this? It’s crazy! Why did I get affected?”

Leeha roughly estimated that the distance between him and the Field Boss Brown Bear was around 70m.

However, even at such a far distance, he was affected by the abnormal status effect?

Considering that the magic range is usually 55m give or take, the effect of the roar is enormously wide.

However, instead of feeling flustered that his body was not able to move, or admiring the wide range of the field boss’s skill, he felt angry.

‘Damned bear bastard, this fucking feeling…

Because he was not able to move his body freely in reality, he enjoyed the freedom he got in Middle Earth more than anything else, but in a roaring room, he felt that way again!

“Uwaaak! P-prioritize me! Cleanse me first! Healer!”

“Me too! The bear is looking at me! Fast!”

When Leeha stared at the bear with cold eyes, several users in fear were screaming like crazy, flustered and scared.

The Brown Bear was massive enough that they were afraid to face it. How much more would they feel when they are paralyzed while facing such a monster. It was natural to panic!

The tankers and dealers are scrambling to get cleansed first.

The unity of the raid, which looked great just before, was cracked in one roar.

“Hoo-wook, I can resist three hits, so prepare the tanks right away! Please turn its aggro! Cleanse the status abnormalities in the order of healer, tank, and dealer!”

Shouted the two shield users.

Petal Kim took a step. Maybe he was trying to show how to be a leader?

Of course, there was no such thing as touching the brown bear by Petal Kim’s actions.

Kwaaang, the huge forefoot bent down like a whip.

“High Guard!”

Pit, two shields wrapped in blue light.

Kwaahang-!

Dust and torn grass scattered in the air. An attack strong enough to generate a shock wave. A huge claw mark was left on the shield, but he stood still.

While absorbing the attack of the giant brown bear as it is.

“B-Blocked?”

“Amazing! The party leader is awesome!!”

“I can do it, hurry up!”

“Kyuoh!”

“Okay, it’s removed!”

Magic that canceled an abnormal state that was activated in time. Blocking the brown bear’s attack and holding up the leader and canceling the status abnormality increased the morale of the raid.

“Penta-Stab!”

“Spin Crash!”

“Starfall!”

After two or three steps of the tanks, the dealers attacked the brown bear and randomly used their skills.

A sword stabbing the bear five times in a row, a lancer sticking a rotating spear blade into its belly button, and a morning star slamming a glowing bear’s paws. The tankers managed the aggro at the right moment whenever the dealers deal too much damage.

(To be continued…)