Chapter 143

“Phew, I see. If you don’t want to answer……then I will just ask Browless what your test was, and what your musket was like. Instead, I’ll just ask you something else.”

Who was Kidd?

Leeha looked at him for a moment and opened his mouth.

“Why are you helping me? In this ambiguous way?”

“You didn’t want to a while ago. I might become a rival. Besides, when Browless asked you to help me, you didn’t want to. But you waited outside, revealed your identity, and whether it’s a hint or not, why did you do it? Do you want to help me, or do you want to hinder me?”

Leeha looked at Kidd to read his expression.

Kidd unwrapped his arms and scratched his cheek with his finger.

“Because I need the [Accuracy] attribute.”

“What?”

“[Pierce] attribute is strong.”

“What? Hahaha.”

What.

Leeha laughed and quickly got embarrassed.

At least he knew one thing. The person named Kidd did not just inherit the rapid-fire attribute.

‘He just says what he really wants to say. This kind of personality is just like Director Browless.’

Kidd tilted his head as Leeha gasped for breath.

“It’s hard to talk anymore. So you need to catch up quickly.”

“Phew, okay. Okay. All right. I think I know a little bit about you, Kidd. Did you get the nickname ‘Sleeping’ because you talk like you’re asleep?”

“What?”

When he tidied up his hair, Leeha thought that he understood Kidd a little.

“You need it to become stronger. And it’s hard to tell me because you want to get stronger too, and it’s frustrating if you don’t tell me, but you feel like you’ll lose if you tell me directly…. Right? What do you call this? Tsundere?”

“Tsundere? What does that mean?”

Kidd’s facial muscles moved and twitched.

“No, it’s nothing. Anyway, okay. I got it. So far, you’ve been saying that you have given me a ‘hint’, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Okay. I will pass the test quickly and get it. The title [Bulls-eye] Ha Leeha.”

At Leeha’s words, Kidd smiled.

Leeha thought that he had a hard time understanding Kidd’s personality and at the same time it’s hard to understand

‘I think he’s like a child. You won’t be able to hit me.’ That was the first thing he said to Leeha…

Kidd understood Leeha’s final words to the point that he accepted cooperation, he nodded his head and took out a crystal ball.

“Well then.”

“Hahaha, yes. See you next time, Kidd.”

Bright light flashed from the crystal ball for a moment, and after a few seconds, Kidd’s figure disappeared.

“Waa……. He’s the weirdest guy I met in Middle Earth.”

Leeha smiled and shook his head.

The leaves on the floor fluttered in the wind.

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“Was it really the test?”

“Hmm. After he heard the test, he came back after 3 days and challenged it. It was great workmanship.”

“No way……”

Hearing Browless’s words, Leeha fell into confusion again.

Really? 13 leaves?

“How is that possible? I have become ‘skilled’ in delicate hand movement, but my reload time is still 25 seconds even when I use the skill.”

He didn’t just raise his level when he fought Rising Sun.

Leeha’s skills also rose significantly.

Delicate hand movement was also in intermediate grade, thanks to that, his reload time was reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds. However, it’s still 25 seconds.

It was another dimension from 4 seconds.

“Leeha-kun.”

“What?”

“Have you solved the problems I gave you in such a one-dimensional way?”

“Ah…”. That wasn’t it. I think I can see why Kidd spoke like that.

He had the same conversation with Browless.

He inherited the attribute as well as the personality.

Leeha grumbled inwardly, thinking about what Browless had said. He was 1 dimensional. Of course not.

If he was simple, he would have had a hard time clearing the quests from the Brass Golem until now.

‘It’s actually to hit 4 leaves per second, it didn’t mean to use 4 bullets.’

What if Kidd made [Grapeshot] like Leeha? When the leaves fell, they would be a reasonable distance from each other-! He would be able to hit 13 leaves.

But that was dependent on luck. He didn’t know the interval and what speed the leaves may fall, what if there were no leaves in the range of the grapeshot? It would be difficult to hit all 13 leaves.’

He needed to change the way he thought things beyond that. Leeha grunted for a while, but nothing came to his mind right away.

“Anyway, Kidd passed the test and took the Director’s musket, right?”

“Right. They were the things I cherished, but I had to give them away”

“Hmmm. Right- huh? Cherished ‘them’?”

“What? Did I say that?”

Browless gently turned his head.

“You just said that, right?”

“Cough, the coffee is getting cold. Would you like another drink?”

“Director?”

Browless ignored Leeha and stood up.

Why was this really happening? Looking at Browless’s attitude, Leeha got the feeling that it was another hint.

‘He used a plural expression? How many muskets were there? No, Kidd didn’t have any musket, how could he have multiple? Did he get several and put them in the warehouse or something?’

That was so weird.

What kind of fool would intentionally leave their weapon? Moreover, it’s Middle Earth. When one died, their level would go down and they would drop their items.

‘I don’t have to worry about it for now! I’m worried that I won’t have any weapon since the Needle Gun is broken.’

Leeha took out the Needle Gun from his bag again.

Lightning struck Leeha’s head at that moment.

What about the musket? Where would he get a gun now?

[You already probably know it. Didn’t you make bombs? Besides, you already have it.]

“Ah-! Ahh-! W-w-wait, this?”

Right, Leeha had bombs.

Where did he get the [Lesser Improvised Explosives]? Leeha himself ‘made it’.

Leeha got up and left his seat.

“I’ll be back director!” Browless did not answer. He just watched Leeha’s back as he ran away with a smile on his face.

‘Why didn’t I think of that earlier? There are already a lot of items shaped like shotguns!’ Leeha left the academy and went

to the store first.

It was a small amount, but after disposing of all of the items he obtained from the Lightless Forest,.he had about 8 gold left

He didn’t get a lot of money because they were low-level equipments, but Leeha didn’t even care about that.

The next place Leeha went to was the blacksmith shop.

It was generally used to make or reinforce items, and it was also the place where most of the ‘production’ jobs were concentrated in Aelstock.

“I can reinforce your weapon! It depends on the weapon’s level, but the probability is over 55%!”

“Come, come, come sharpen your sword~ Sharpening can raise your sword’s cutting power! Your sword will work better when dealing small animal mobs!”

“I repair plate armors! It takes 10 minutes to remove the creases and dents!”

“Who needs a two-handed sword~! Please commission a production request! We can make it for you, for only the cost of the ingredients!”

There were people shouting to make items stronger, and there were people shouting to raise their skills.

Leeha stopped by the blacksmiths from time to time. Just like the last time he repaired the barrel of the Needle Gun, he also came here several times to sharpen the small kitchen knife that he mainly used for cooking.

“Oh, hasn’t it been a while since you’ve shown your face?”

“Hello, Zeke-nim.”

Clang-! Clang-!

Every single hammering caused sparks to pop out of the anvil.

Blacksmith Zeke, an NPC who was proud of his thick forearms with burn marks everywhere.

‘If you looked closely, you would think that Middle Earth isn’t a Korean game.’

When Leeha first came to the smithy, he tilted his head at the name he had heard somewhere.

“Phew, right, what’s up? Did you come to inspect your musket’s barrel?”

“No, it’s not like that.”

“Then?”

A lump of unidentified iron that had been beaten for a long time was submerged in cold water.

Chiiiii—-!

The forge was quickly filled with steam. Seeing this, Leeha took the Needle Gun out of his bag.

“Here, take this-.”

“Eh? W-what is this? Was it cut off? Your gun was cut?”

“Yes. Some idiot cut it.”

That bastard tossed it away as food for Kuma. Zeke, who received the Needle Gun from Leeha, looked at the musket and shook his head.

“No, no.. It would be better to buy a new one. Even if I put on a new barrel, the joint won’t last long. If it is attached firmly, it would be difficult to handle due to the weight, and it would also be difficult to set it straight.”

“I know.”

“You know? Then why did you bring it out?”

Zeke scratched his head. Of what use was this useless item? Leeha picked up a piece of chalk that was rolling around on the forge’s floor.

“It’s not for attaching a new barrel.”

And he looked at the Needle Gun. More than a 3rd of the barrel had already been cut off.

Leeha, who held the Needle Gun, drew a white line on the center point of the remaining barrel using the chalk.

“I’d rather cut off what’s left.”

“C-Cut off? Will you be able to shoot the bullets?”

“Yes, it will. Certainly.”

It was a hint Kidd gave when he revealed his identity.

Browless also gave a subtle hint. Leeha was certain.

‘In other words, the flintlock musket has a sawed-off form. By removing the musket’s butt and transforming it…