Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter]

However, even after hearing Lee Ha’s words of conversion, the ibex showed no particular reaction.

‘I think it’s true that we’re not on the same side as the Demon King’s pieces…’

My heart pounded, my heart pounded. The eyes on the ibex’s back were still closed.

What kind of judgment will this spirit creature, which will be classified as a dragon-like NPC, make? How is it set up?

The die has already been cast. All Leeha can do is wait.

“I see… that’s why it was like that.”

After a while, the ibex’s eyes slowly opened. The eyeless goat’s head nodded, nodded.

But the ibex was not looking down. Even though it had the straight eyes of a goat, Leeha could sense that the ibex was feeling somewhat disappointed.

“Now the clue is finally clear. Stupid… stupid—”

Red Goat! Guardian God! The Black Crane is coming! The number is over one hundred!

It was then that a cry was heard outside the abode of the tribal guardian.

The ibex’s eyes widened in an instant. It looked like the back was almost completely covered in snow.

The Paleos inside were confused for a moment, but Ibex definitely had the ‘tribal guardian’ aspect.

“My children, there is no need to panic! “Call your eldest brother and everyone follow him out!”

Red Goat!

When the ibex stood up and shouted, Paleo inside and outside responded at the same time.

Leeha tried to take a moment to look at the situation due to the sudden change in atmosphere, but Ibex didn’t even give him time to do so.

“Human, did you say hi?”

“Yes, yes, it is.”

“We’ll talk about that later. “It seems like that story just now has something to do with those stupid black cranes.”

“yes?”

“Follow me.”

Ibex stood up. And then, cheerfully, Paaat! I started running and climbing ‘Redwood’.

If there was even the slightest grain in a perfectly vertical wooden pole, it was like stepping on it and running.

Each time it moved its feet, its nine red tails flapped like fans. The speed, which did not match his enormous size, was reminiscent of Feiwu.

“…How can I follow that? No, suddenly Black Crane…. What is a black crane? Did the persuasion work or did it work?”

Lee Ha was bewildered as he watched the goat climbing up the tree in an instant. Anyway, I have no choice but to go.

Lee Ha followed after the ibex, walking eagerly up the stairs surrounding the tree.

***

“Red Goat! Stop it! “Let’s show those crazy Black Cranes a lesson!”

“Red Goat!”

Shwaaaaagh! Shwaaaaagh! Even as Leeha was walking up the stairs, red lights were flashing everywhere.

The Paleos, transformed into red goats, stepped on the pillars of the trees and flew towards the top without hesitation.

It was a speed that I could never keep up with by running up the stairs.

‘Gelapon! ‘Could you… just extend your hand and hold me so I don’t fall?’

[Mmmmmmmmmmm…]

As soon as he finished speaking, Gelapong’s hand – and face – came out from his vest. Looking at the smiling Meta-Water Spirit, Lee Ha felt confident.

‘Okay, let’s go. ‘Help me climb the tree!’

Paaah! Believe it and try your best.

Gelapong’s arms protruded from Leeha’s chest, like the arms of a tree-climbing monkey.

The ibex, a large body already standing on top of one of the redwoods, was waiting for Leeha to come up from below.

“indeed. That’s what it means to be loved by the sea. “I heard that a mermaid fell away from God. Is that true?”

“yes? Ah, well… something like that.”

The following was embarrassed.

Although he is a sea god who is said to have been born in the place where a god once lived, the ibex refers to him as if it were a rare animal from a neighboring country.

‘Are you looking at me funny because I have no business meeting you? Or because you are confident…? I knew about humans, but I don’t know what about dragons.’

There is an ancient gold dragon in the prison in the village below right now! Leeha suddenly imagined the meeting between Bailippus and Ibex.

‘Come to think of it, Bailipus is an expert when it comes to mana detection. ‘Did you not know that beings like ibex existed here?’

So far, there have only been two creatures that have been able to avoid the Gold Dragon’s mana detection.

Kuzgunak’sh was an ancient red dragon like Bluebeard Le. Does this mean that the ibex is above that level?

However, not much time was given for consideration. Next to Leeha, Paleo people who had turned into red goats were taking their seats one after another.

While the ibex moves on all fours like a ‘real goat’, the paleo’s transformation is similar to the human form.

The sight of their arm muscles bulging and expanding as they held something was clearly visible to Leeha.

“Prepare to throw everything!”

“Red Goat!”

I was able to recognize the goat bellowing loudly next to the ibex. ‘Big brother’ Youngblood.

He was in a defensive formation, giving orders and directing positions to other goats around him.

That wasn’t an ordinary defense either.

‘There’s no way I climbed to the top of the tree for nothing. It is not appropriate to defend against enemies below here. ‘Because it blocks my view too much.’

Wasn’t there also the identity of the enemy that was mentioned in the first place? Black Crane. As the name ‘Black Crane’ suggests, the enemy will probably come from the air.

“Hooded makes fire.”

“yes?”

“And I prevent fires. The reason we were able to grow the redwood forest for over 5,000 years was because his and my powers were in harmony. “Burn what needs to be burned, and protect what needs to be protected.”

It was then that the ibex opened its mouth.

‘Compared yourself to someone else? Hooded… then-‘

No, before that, Lee Ha needed to confirm one fact. I had an idea, but it was too absurd.

“I’m sorry—but the Black Crane thing—”

“They’re Paleo people. Hudid’s children, who follow Hudid. Just like the Red Goats are my children.”

“No way then… that too um-”

Paleo? The red goats snorting next to me are also ‘Paleo’. But what if it’s also Paleo? Lee Ha chose his words carefully and looked at the ibex’s back.

“Should I say transformation…? enforce? Possession? “Anyway, can you do something like that?”

“Hmm, can’t humans use their parents’ abilities? Well, you said Youngblood didn’t show that kind of attitude when he brought you in. “It’s not that I saved it, it’s that I can’t do it.”

Ibex’s answer was positive. That made the following even more confusing.

‘Use your abilities…? After all, possession, enhancement, and transformation are all things like that! And that – if that’s what they mean by shouting among themselves -‘

The black crane will really transform into something aerial. If you look at the meaning of the word, it is probably crane!

“Then, ‘Hooded’ is just like Ibex-”

“Here he comes.”

Ibex nodded, interrupting what he was saying. There was no need for further explanation from Ibex.

“The direction of the sun when eating lunch! Throw!”

“Red Goat!”

With Youngblood’s powerful instructions, the red goats threw down their weapons. The same thin throwing spear that was thrown at Leeha flew and ignited.

At the very front of the target location, a huge crane was flying.

The ibex was also so large that it could not be considered an ordinary living creature. But the one flying was even bigger.

The crane’s black body is dotted with red patterns, and its head is as blue as a will-o’-the-wisp.

Even without any special explanation, I was able to tell that the creature called ‘Hooded’ that the ibex had mentioned was the creature.

Taking into account the outstretched wings, about a hundred small black-crowned cranes were flying from behind the huge hooded, which was comparable to the gold dragon Bailippus.

If the surrounding paleo-red goats were humanoid goats, the flying paleo-black crane was also a humanoid crane.

Like harpies, they have bird wings, but unlike harpies whose wings serve as arms, black cranes all have a separate pair of human arms.

‘In other words, red goats that stand on two feet like humans and can use both arms fight… black cranes with crane wings on their backs, claws of birds of prey, and weapons in both arms?!’

It was a sight that even those who had been to the Dragon Palace would find bizarre. To the point where I wonder if words like Monster War would be more appropriate.

***

“〈Gwangyeom〉.”

Hooded pointed his outstretched arm in the direction from which the throwing weapon was flying and shouted lightly.

Light flashes from the blue head! Just as I thought about it, the fire from one of the weapons thrown by the red goats only intensified.

‘You lit more fire?!’

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! But the flash was only brief.

When one of the throwing weapons ignited a huge fire, a strange phenomenon occurred where all the surrounding fires went out.

“uh? What is it? Fire is everything—”

“He makes fire. A fire so strong that it temporarily sucks up all the surrounding oxygen.”

A fire cannot burn without a constant supply of oxygen.

What if you concentrate powerful firepower all at once and suck in the oxygen around you? All the small fires around are extinguished and only the big fire survives.

Fushuuu…. However, that big fire will also shrink again if large amounts of oxygen are not continuously injected. Compared to the combustibles used as fuel, the size has only increased with peroxygen.

The throwing weapons of the red goats that were on fire were all extinguished.

“Keep throwing!”

“Red Goat!”

The red goats were throwing their throwing weapons, but the black cranes nullified the attacks with their elegant flight and evasive maneuvers.

The speed of the javelin was never slow, but air defense was a battle in which the defenders were at a disadvantage.

‘Unless there is a concept like anti-aircraft artillery… there is no way it can be blocked with something like a simple throw.’

They were black cranes that could not be seen properly in the pitch-black night sky.

The only thing that can confirm them is the small amount of moonlight and the light from the flames spewed out by the flying javelins.

The fire-lit spears continue to fly, flashing as they fly! Flash! As the flames intensified, a war of attrition continued in which all surrounding fires were extinguished.

“Burn it all.”

“Black Crane! In drop formation! “Prepare for an explosive assault!”

“Black Crane!”

These were not the black cranes that would continue to be attacked by ‘single strikes’ without explosions or secondary effects.

It was also possible to see that even in that chaotic flight, they were forming one formation. The red goats who were busy throwing javelins began to hesitate.

“Prepare for hand-to-hand defense! “Guardian God!”

“don’t worry. “What if you, my eldest brother, are nervous?”

“Sorry, Red Goat!”

Youngblood, who was next to the ibex, lowered his head.

It was at that time that Hooded Cranes and Black Cranes, which were circling the sky with Ibex, Youngblood and Leeha, looking for an opportunity, were shot.

“storm.”

“storm! “Explosive assault!”

“Black Crane!”

Below, I was finally able to see the black cranes accurately.

This is because the bodies of all the black-crowned cranes descending vertically, like kingfishers catching fish, were on fire.

In the literal sense of an explosive assault, they were falling, burning their bodies.

“Wow?! Um, what is that-”