Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter]

Ch 57

Rune Language(語) came out of Hyein’s mouth, as he continuously muttered chants.

On the ground in front of him, a light purple magic circle began to be drawn automatically.

Of course, the light that was gradually absorbed into Hyein’s body was also light purple.

Speaking of Sage, he was a wizard who could manipulate space.

Magic spells such as Teleport, Blink, Portal, Gate, and Warp were a breeze for Hyein. Of course, for Hyein, closing someone else’s space was as easy as opening his own.

However, even for Hyein, one of the best wizards in Korea, Ram Hwajeong, ranked 9th in the world, was a formidable opponent.

‘I won’t be able to use magic like this continuously, but it should be fine. It is now enough to cover a radius of about 500m. Other people would not even be able to come here through space travel. I will have to hurry…But as long as I am careful, I won’t get ambushed.’

The Alliance’s reinforcements were rushing in as well, but Hyein judged that they should be enough.

Because, if Ram Hwajeong broke through the space blockade, they would be able to escape.

After a while, the magic spell was completed.

“Dimension Lock!”

Light purple light scattered all over Tiwi Canyon.

Even before Hyein’s magic was activated, there were no signs of teleportation. It meant that Ram Hwajeong and Ram Hwayeon could not escape.

‘Huu……. I got those twins.’

Hyein was not able to hold in his laughter. How long had it been? It was finally time to put an end to the humiliation of the Byeolcho guild members being driven away by the Ram Sisters.

“Stop!!! Ice Blast incoming!”

Two tankers raised their shields. What came flying was a huge block of ice. Even with just a graze, it felt like their bones would shatter.

Booom-!

There wasn’t even a scream. Ram Hwajeong’s Ice Blast exploded in the air and turned into ice shards, taking the lives of the two tankers.

A spear made of ice flew over the dazzling sight of ice cubes that reflected the sunlight.

“Ice Spear!! An Ice Spear is incoming!”

“I’ll take care of it.”

Its attack power was so great that even tankers lost their lives in one shot, but Tale stepped forward.

He outran the tankers with a light movement and ran towards the Ice Spear. Kijeong was surprised and shouted.

“Hyung! Be careful!”

Tale nodded without answering. The Ice Spear, which flew at great speed, passed over Tale’s head.

“High Cut!”

Tale boldly cut the side of the Ice Spear.

Kwakwang!

The ice spear was cut into two pieces and exploded, scattering left and right.

No matter how solid an attack is, it was almost impossible to nullify a spell by cutting it!

“……I am an idiot for worrying about hyung-nim.”

“Thanks for your concern,  Kay.”

Tale looked at him with a dignified manner.

“Hehe, Everyone, follow me! I got you!”

Using a ferocious voice, Kijeong sped up again. In front of him, he saw two women, the red-headed Hwayeon and the blue-haired Hwajeong, running.

They were now less than 70 meters away.

And for a moment, they saw a light purple color above their head.

“Guild Master blocked teleport! The front is also blocked! We have got them now!”

Waaaaa-!!!

They had not memorized the terrain but they were familiar enough. The narrow canyon became narrower and narrower as they went deeper.

The walls were rougher and higher. The terrain was difficult to climb even for professional climbers.

Above all, was the height of the canyon.

It was impossible to climb, even when flight magic was used.

‘It’s Ram Hwajeong. I heard that ever since she was young, Ram Hwayeon was a smart woman, but now she is running away to Tiwi Canyon.’

As expected, if people were in a panic, they would make wrong decisions.

Kijeong did not relax even for a moment. Thanks to that, he was able to quickly discover, that the ground in front of them was being frozen.

“Stop! It’s an Ice wall!”

Pachachacha-

As he saw the ground turning blue, a 12-meter ice wall instantly appeared.

“Shit, you want to struggle? Everyone get out of the way!”

Kijeong stepped forward.

“Shield Charging!”

His distance to the ice wall was only 5 meters. It was a short distance with no room to run.

However, with a shield in front of him, Kijeong was shot like a bullet and flew into the ice wall.

Boom!

‘Again!’

Boom!

‘Again!’

It was a charge that could destroy any building, but the ice wall did not budge easily. If the magic effect was proportional to the caster’s mana and magic power, then the ability of Ram Hwajeong, who used the ice wall while running was…

‘It’s really tremendous.’

However, there was nothing that would not fall over after being bashed repeatedly.

The ice wall started to crack gradually under Kijeong’s continuous shield charge. C-c-craaack- The ice wall cracked and distorted.

“At last. We will breakthrough at once!”

Kijeong shouted and jumped forward. His guildmates followed him closely behind.

Baaang—!

Kijeong finally broke through the wall.

When the 12-meter high ice wall got broken, countless shards of ice flew around.

“Naisu! Continue chasing…”

And Kijeong saw them. Their distance from the Ram Sisters was only 40 meters. Blue light entered Ram Hwajeong’s body.

“Oh? Continuous cas-”

“Gust.”

“-ting?”

Ram Hwajeong stretched out her small hand. However, the cold wind blowing from her hand was colder than Siberia’s biting wind.

“Bwaaah—-!”

“Waaaah!”

“T-this, why is my HP dropping like this? Heal! Heal!”

“I-I am not able to cast! M-my v-vision is red-!”

The cold wind came rushing in and the healer’s were not able to withstand the pressure/chill.

‘Gust? Gust can cause this much damage? Why does it deal damage?’

Wasn’t Gust a magic used to cool the wind when it’s hot? He heard that it blows cold wind at most, however… Kijeong felt flustered.

Because it would have taken a huge amount of mana to create such a cold wind.

The vision of dealers and wizards slowly started to turn red.

Sounds of something hitting the shield could be heard.

Kakakang- Tatang-!

‘……surely?’

Kijeong noticed what was happening and screamed in a hurry.

“Everyone, get behind the tankers! It’s because- it’s because of the ice shards!”

The reason why they suffered so much from Ram Hwajeong’s Gust, was because the gust carried the sharp shards of ice with the wind.

It was the shards of ice that were the fragments of the ice wall.

“No way! Such an attack was possible- Kaaak.”

At the same time, another dealer died.

It was impossible to stand in the strong wind, so casting was not possible at all. Since the healers were not able to cast, the wizards and dealers were not able to withstand it and were the first to fall.

It was the worst situation.

Did she take advantage of the Ice Wall’s debris?

It was a magic technique that Kijeong had never heard of or even imagined.

‘That’s crazy. That’s why I can’t help but hate Ram Hwajeong.’

The Cryomancer Ram Hwajeong, a Middle Earth genius.

“The wind will not last long! Hold on a little longer!”

Kijeong saw that the number of ice shards hitting his shield had decreased. The wind that was cutting through the skin suddenly stopped as though it had never happened.

“Heal, maintain formation!”

The tankers and the melee dealers were barely hanging on to their health and the surviving healers started casting heal in a hurry.

“Kay! What happened!”

“We have cornered them, Guild Master.”

Hyein was also able to see it.

The Ram Sisters looked at the Byeolcho Guild who cornered them in the canyon from three sides..

“Ram sisters! Why do you keep running away when we only wanted to have a chat?”

“Ha, do we have anything to talk about with you bastards?”

Ram Hwayeon shouted at Hyein’s words.

“Of course you do. I have sent a couple of messages related to your donations to Dale Castle.”

“It’s my money, why does that concern you?”

“Why? Because we were working on it. You know that. Why are you obsessed with that small fortress and leaving the famous cities alone? Even when you knew that we were working on it.”

“I am also a citizen of the Fibiel Kingdom in Middle Earth. Do I need your permission to invest in a fortress of my own country?”

Ram Hwayeon did not back down.

There was nowhere to run away. During the conversation with Hyein, a significant number of reinforcements had arrived.

Byeolcho Guild, Dragon Knight Guild, Seogwang Guild.

Although there were quite a few casualties caused by Ram Hwajeong, there were still more than 40 people left.

Even in that situation, the eldest daughter of the Hong Kong Ram Long group was still calm.

“As you know, when it comes to winning titles and commercial rights with donations… getting 2nd place is like getting the last place. If you pour in your money like crazy, there’s no room for us.”

“Can’t you spend more money? Why don’t you donate more money?”

“It’s not that easy to do. So there is a thing called mutual understanding and negotiation. Isn’t that right? After all, you’re not rightfully spending your money from Middle Earth. It’s not something to brag about when you have the backing of a large corporation.”

“You are funny. This is business. Haven’t you seen a company spend money?”

The two did not say a word to each other.

“All of my guild members are recording. Give up all your rights to Dale castle here…… no. Hand it over. I’ll give you a fair price. Otherwise…”

“You’re going to kill us?”

In response to Ram Hwayeon’s question, Hyein stepped forward.

Now, there was no one in front of Hyein. The guild members behind him were not able to see his face.

“Killing in Middle Earth is not good. Isn’t this place like reality? There might be… worse things…… than… dying. You know?”

Hyein’s face had a disgusting smile on his face.

“Unfortunate bastard.”

Ram Hwayeon let out a rough sound. Ram Hwajeong was still expressionless.

“Everyone, prepare for battle! Dragon Knight Guild and Seomgwang guild, please follow our instructions!”

“Okay, our guild master already informed us.”

“Same goes for us.”

Swords, shields, arrows, and magic flashed and looked like they were ready to attack at any moment.

Hyein, who was in front of them, smiled.

Now, the only way Ram Hwayeon could get out of here alive would be to transfer her rights to Dale Castle to Hyein.

Before she got a disgrace worse than death.

“Hwajeong-ah?”

“Yes, unni.”

Ram Hwajeong only spoke, but Hyein and everyone flinched. Worried and nervous about whether she would cast or not.

“There are forty-four people in front. The ten who were trying to block the escape had been dealt with.”

“Forty-four…. Is that all you Koreans got?”

However, Ram Hwayeon’s words surprised Hyein more than Ram Hwajeong’s casting.

Did they catch the ones that were blocking the retreat? Forty-four people are too few?

“W-what do you mean?”

“Don’t underestimate us. Fire arrow!”

Ram Hwayeon finished casting in an instant.

(To be continued…)