346. Military Service Complete (4)

“Eueh…”

No matter how good I am, it’s impossible to dodge a grenade that explodes right in front of me.

I never imagined the user would be so determined to blow us both up together.

This is a viable strategy if I’m the only one left in our party and there’s one survivor in the opposing party.

But our party was all alive, and they only had one person left.

So, even if they self-destruct, I’d survive with a knockout, and they’d die since they wouldn’t have any surviving party members.

‘Did they really want to kill me that badly?’

It’s definitely a strategy you wouldn’t see in ranked games.

It’s more like something you’d think of in a normal game.

“Arang-ah!”

To save me, Seolha, who had already revived, ran towards me and reached out her hand.

“Seolha-eonni, thank you.”

“Hehe! I got a thank you from Arang!”

“Are you alright, -nim!”

“I’m fine. I just didn’t expect them to self-destruct. Let’s loot, for now.”

After looting everything from the buildings to the squad party I wiped out, there was nothing left to loot.

Perfect attachments, consumables, and plenty of bullets and gear-we were fully kitted out.

Now, we can focus solely on combat without worrying about items.

“Instead of going straight into the safe zone, I think we should slowly enter from the edge of the restricted area.”

Blue’s right.

If we were all just super skilled, it wouldn’t matter where we went, but we’re playing with people of average skill.

Going into a safe zone where enemies are coming from all directions in that state could be dangerous.

It’s much safer to move along the restricted area, where we can eliminate threats from behind.

Everyone nodded in agreement to Blue’s suggestion, and just as they were about to leave the building…

I immediately stepped back and stretched out my hands, stopping the party members who were about to go out.

Pak! Pak!

Bullets flew into the spot where I had just been standing, hitting the floor.

Snipers. And not just one, but at least two snipers.

Plus, they’re quite far away.

“It’s a snipe.”

This isn’t about sniping with guns.

It’s a snipe to get matched in the game together. And they figured out our location through the broadcast and prepared for it.

There’s no way they could have sniped me the instant I tried to leave the building without wasting even a second otherwise.

This building doesn’t just have one entrance; it has several, and this isn’t even an important location.

Plus, if you think about the position they’re sniping from, there’s no reason to keep targeting this building.

It’s almost 90% certain that these are stream snipers targeting our party.

“How about we throw smoke grenades and run to the vehicle?”

“No, the tires on the car are all blown out.”

“The situation has become difficult. We’d have to run across open ground for a long time to get out of here, which means we’re likely to die.”

“Well, it’s simple. If they snipe, we snipe them.”

“Huh? Do you know where they’re sniping from?”

“Yes.”

They might have moved already, but the fact that they were trying to snipe us means we can see them too, in a way.

I took the sniper rifle from Blue and prepared to snipe. Then I said to Seolha-eonni.

“Seolha-eonni.”

“Yeah! What can -eonni help you with! Just say the word!”

“Get out of the building.”

“Huh?”

“Go out of the building and just run like crazy. But when you run, don’t run away from the building; just run around it. Got it?”

“Eoeoeoeo?”

“No, that’s too contrived. Just run towards the vehicle.”

“Eh?”

“It’s basically telling you to go die.”

“Eeeeeeeeeh!?”

“Okay. Execute.”

“Ex. Execute?”

“Execute!”

“Execute!”

The best way to figure out the sniper’s location is to get sniped.

“I’m goingggggg!”

Seolha started running from the building entrance to where the car was.

Peeshyung!

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

A bullet aimed at Seolha barely grazed her ear. Seolha ducked her head and covered it with her hands, continuing to run.

Seolha is performing her bait mission admirably.

‘It’s there.’

It’s nearly impossible to pinpoint exactly where they shot from at such a long distance, but I can do it.

Since I can see the bullets coming with my own eyes, if I consider the direction and angle they came from, it’s like this.

‘Found them.’

I can see them.

Taah-ah-ah-ahng!!!

The bullet fired from my fingertip flew and pierced the head of one of the stream snipers who tried to kill Seolha.

Click.

Clatter.

Quickly reloading.

“Heugeeeeeeeek!”

Taang!

“Heugyak!?”

Seolha collapsed, shot in the head.

This time, I pinpointed the sniper’s location even faster and more accurately than before.

Taah-ah-ah-ahng!!!

Another one knocked out.

Two people left.

Blue and Reinaeun started going to save Seolha.

I shot the downed opponent in the head again and moved the scope to the one I had knocked out earlier.

‘Smoke grenade.’

A smoke grenade flying towards the first knocked-out user caught my eye at just the right moment.

I immediately pulled the trigger.

The smoke grenade flying to save their downed teammate was hit by my snipe and flew far away, with smoke rising in a strange place.

==

“What the fuck? Did he just hit a smoke grenade in mid-air!?”

The sniper party user, who was somewhat confident in their skills, wanted to see Arang get annoyed.

He had never seen the cute Arang throw a tantrum or act cute even once.

It’s not like she’s broadcasting; she just occasionally appears on other people’s broadcasts and plays games with them, so frankly, it was too bad.

That’s why he sniped as soon as he heard the news about the Battle Zone collaboration.

To see Arang get annoyed.

To do that, he had to make sure to harass Arang.

Of course, Arang’s background is scary, but Arang usually finishes what happens in the game within the game.

Unless it’s something that amounts to a crime.

The user who sniped thought that once, just for one round, it would be okay, and sniped Arang.

Actually, Arang liked this snipe.

Of course, sniping isn’t a good thing, but it added tension to a game that would have been a little boring because it was a normal game.

There’s fun in overwhelming with absolute power, but the real fun of the game is.

The fun of a comeback.

That dopamine when you overcome and surpass a disadvantageous situation with your own strength.

Arang’s concentration was at its peak right now.

‘Rescuing without a smoke grenade is a foolish thing to do.’

The sniper user took out another smoke grenade and rolled it on the floor instead of throwing it this time.

Peeshyung.

Smoke began to rise. But knowing that this alone wasn’t enough, the user threw several more smoke grenades.

After burying the entire area in smoke, the user ran towards their downed teammate and was about to carry them out of there when…

“Eiiiiiiiiit!”

A bright and cute shout was heard from far away.

Shooooooong!!!

The sound of something clearly like a rocket, not a bullet, flying through the air was heard.

‘RPG!?’

The RPG is quite cumbersome to use because it takes up a lot of weight and can only be used once.

The sound of an RPG being fired was heard, and one second later, there was a flash in front of his eyes.

Kwaaaaaaaaang!!!

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“Wow! I killed them! I finished them off!”

Seolha fired an RPG at the ping Arang marked, and a log appeared saying that she finished off one and knocked out another.

“I’ll go see if there are any items I need! I’ll become a golden goblin!”

Blue shouted at Seolha, who raised her hand and ran off.

“It’s dangerous! They might have claymores to prevent enemies from approaching-“

Kwaaaaaaaaang!!!

“Kkyaaaaaaah!”

Everyone burst out laughing at Seolha’s knockout.

The last one seemed to have run away, so they revived Seolha, replaced her tattered gear from getting sniped, and looted a few healing items.

The problem is that there’s no car.

They were planning to take the car from the sniping party, but the last one blew out all the tires on the remaining cars except for the one they needed to escape.

They had no choice but to move on foot. The only good thing is that the road to the safe zone isn’t flat.

“Arang-ah, 56 direction!”

“Roger.”

Taang!

From now on, the work was simple.

Blue protected Arang, who was sniping, and Seolha and Reinaeun looked for users with binoculars.

As soon as they found them, Arang started picking them off with snipes, and the remaining users quickly crumbled.

Even though there were 16 people left, there were as many as 5 parties.

Since Arang’s squad survived with all four members, the fact that 5 parties were created with 12 people means that there’s a very low chance that there are any intact parties.

As the safe zone got closer and closer, Arang’s senses ruthlessly recognized and massacred the remaining users’ information.

Sniping, grenades.

The number of users who just started dying without even firing a single shot continued to increase.

Even if Arang tried to check them when she heard a sound, there was no way to beat Arang’s squad party, which had maintained a perfect state until now.

Before they knew it, the only one left besides Arang’s party was one person.

The battlefield became completely silent.

“Something’s strange.”

I nodded at Blue’s words.

The safe zone has narrowed. The entire safe zone is just within sight. But despite that, the last one isn’t visible.

“Could it be…”

“Isn’t it that thing that sometimes comes out on RyuTube? The one where they collect healing items and eat chicken outside the safe zone.”

“Yes. I also think that’s right.”

“Hmm…”

Arang closed her eyes for a moment and thought.

What should I do about this?

It’s not like I don’t have any healing items, but it’s not like I have a lot either.

But the fact that the opponent is using this strategy means that they have a lot of healing items.

‘Finding and killing them is the best, but how do I break through the magnetic field and find out where they are?’