Chapter 68: The Sniping Is Too Weak (Part 1)

A wild Blond Delinquent appeared!

 Shihyun was surprised by the appearance of the Blond Delinquent Trio.

But Shihyun already had a mission to take down three villains!

Looking at the approaching trio, Shihyun fiddled with the axe in her hand…

“Hey, are you listening to us?”

…I narrated internally, just like that, as the one with the intensely bleached blond hair approached me, grinning. He had a sly face straight out of a comic book.

A face that anyone would recognize as a villain.

‘Physiognomy is science…’

Blond Blond Delinquent…that sounds weird. Anyway, Blond Blond Delinquent, or Double Blond Delinquent for short, narrowed his eyes and scanned me up and down. I could feel his lecherous gaze sweeping over my body.

[Lol]
[Look at his eyes lol]
[How can someone be such a Blond Delinquent]
[Let’s report him for sexual harassment]
[There’s no reporting in Arfellium, idiot]

Naturally, the chat exploded.

It was inevitable.

[But how did they appear so perfectly timed?]
[Seriously lol]
[God-given broadcast sense]
[Seriously, God must have ordained this for YouTube content]

The trickiest part of my current mission was the 3 PKs, and now, perfectly timed, suitable targets had appeared before me.

[I really want to gouge out his eyes]
[Lol]
[How dare he look at our Shihyun like that]
[hilarious lol]

One of the reasons for the chat’s explosion was undoubtedly Double Blond Delinquent’s inappropriate gaze.

The three of them were looking at me with lustful eyes. My Hero’s senses kept picking up on their gazes lingering on certain parts of my body. I should have been disgusted, but I found it funny.

“Haha.”

Perhaps misinterpreting my laughter, Double Blond Delinquent grinned and came closer.

“You’re going to run the dungeon, right? We’re experts in this dungeon. If you run it with us, you can easily clear the Vulcan quest.”

The guy behind Double Blond Delinquent, the one with a nose piercing, shrugged.

“Normally, we charge for quest help. But we’ll do it for free, just for you.”

Hmm, this guy has a nose ring, so I’ll call him Nose Ring Delinquent. But what’s the Vulcan quest?

[It’s a quest given by Baron Vulcan]
[A quest newbies do after finishing the capital quests]
[It’s probably stealing some eggs from the Ant Nest]

Ah, so there’s such a quest.

[But these guys are ridiculous lol]
[How bored do you have to be to offer quest carrying for the Vulcan quest?]
[You just go in and follow the map to find the eggs]
[They must think Shihyun is a total pushover lol]

The chat went wild again. It seemed like it was a quest anyone could clear as long as they had the map (which could be easily found online).

‘There’s no combat involved either.’

To offer help for such a quest…

‘They’re just scammers.’

My eyes narrowed at that thought.

As I remained silent, the last delinquent held out his hand to me. He was Tattoo Delinquent, with tattoos all the way up to his neck.

“So, wanna come with us?”

Tattoo Delinquent grinned, revealing a few gold teeth.

I looked at them, and suddenly realized something.

I felt another gaze.

I quickly scanned my surroundings and realized,

“Ah, that’s it.”

It seemed I was being targeted.

[What are you going to do?]
[You have to take these guys down for the PK]
[They’re so disgusting, let’s just kill them now]
[Lol]

I couldn’t help but smile.

I smiled and nodded.

‘Just in case.’

If these guys cross the line, I’ll take care of them.

Inside a private voice chat program,

Three voices exchanged words.

[I’m heading in first.]

[Not bad, huh? Ambushing her when she’s alone should be easy.]

[Don’t let your guard down. Didn’t you see the broadcast? She’s rumored to be better than Choi Sangcheol. You never know what might happen.]

[Even so, she can’t do anything if we overpower her with levels.]

[Yeah. What’s our level difference? I saw her last World Conquest stream, and she just barely reached level 50. She can’t beat us.]

[Yeah, what’s our average level?]

[A whopping 150. With that stat difference, losing to a level 50? Don’t be absurd. Just think about what we’re going to do.]

[First, we need to record the video. Hehehe, it’ll be good.]

[But isn’t she streaming right now?]

[Who cares? We have nickname protection on. She won’t know.]

[True, reporting doesn’t do anything in this game anyway.]

[It’s a great system for people like us.]

[Uh, uhm.]

[What?]

[Hey, that is going ahead. Hurry up and follow her!]

[Tsk, annoying.]

[It’s fine, that’s a dead end.]

[Good, let’s take care of her there.]

Tap, tap, tap!

I glanced behind me as I jogged lightly.

I saw the Blond Delinquents hurriedly following me. They seemed flustered that I suddenly started running.

I glanced at the map I had open on the side.

‘This way leads to a dead end.’

And it was a place people rarely visited.

A perfect place to take care of things.

Of course, that applied to both me and them.

“Hey, why are you running!”

“W-wait up!”

The Blond Delinquent Trio panted as they chased me. Their stamina was dropping; their stats must be lower than mine. Well, this dungeon was for level 30s, so it couldn’t be helped.

“W-why did you suddenly run?”

Double Blond Delinquent panted, hands on his knees. Nose Ring Delinquent rolled his eyes. Tattoo Delinquent was too busy catching his breath. I looked at them, then drew my axe from my waist.

The trio’s eyes changed as they saw my axe.

“W-what!”

“D-did she figure it out?”

“Hey, hey, draw your weapons!”

Startled, the three hurriedly drew their weapons.

Their movements were clumsy. Just like level 30s.

‘As expected, these guys are clueless idiots.’

Ignoring them, I looked beyond them.

And soon, something came into view at the end of the cave. Three people wearing what looked like full high-level gear were approaching, exuding a menacing aura.

[??????]
[Who are they????]
[They look high-level]
[Oh lol, black knights?]

As if sensing their presence, the Blond Delinquent Trio turned around in surprise. Their faces instantly paled.

“Red Lion Set…!”

Nose Ring Delinquent pointed at the newly arrived trio and gasped. Red Lion Set? I didn’t know what that was, but it seemed to be high-level equipment.

‘Just as I expected.’

I had felt a gaze since I was at the dungeon entrance.

A gaze different from the clueless trio in front of me, a sharp gaze that seemed to be targeting me. The aura they exuded wasn’t that of amateurs. They were at least skilled players.

I initially thought they were just staring because they recognized me, but I felt uneasy, so I tried luring them out.

And I felt them following me.

‘They were targeting me.’

My eyes narrowed.

[ Isn’t the Red Lion Set level 150 equipment?]
[Why is a level 150 here near the capital?]
[What, is this a snipe?]
[Seems like a snipe ]

As the chat suggested, it seemed like a snipe.

I didn’t know why they were targeting me, but I wasn’t going to let them get away with it. I gripped my axe tightly and glared at the three approaching from behind.

Seeing my reaction, the three chuckled.

“So, you noticed, huh?”

“Scary good senses. But it’s too late.”

“Hehehe, what are you going to do with that axe?”

One of them, the one with a spear, scoffed at me holding an axe. They seemed to find my attempt at resistance amusing.

“Wow, an axe. So scary.”

“She’s just level 50, what’s she going to do?”

“Hey, stop taunting her and just finish it.”

“Alright, alright. Geez.”

As the one with the bow gestured with his chin, the other two grumbled and stepped forward. I glanced at the Blond Delinquents, who were still stuttering, confused about the situation.

‘First…’

At that moment,

“Now!”

The guy with the bow fired an arrow. A blue energy-infused arrow flew towards me, swiftly cutting through the air.

Looking straight at the arrow, I reached out.

“Uh, uh?”

What I grabbed was…

Double Blond Delinquent!

“W-wait! What is this! Ugh!”

The blue arrow struck the startled, struggling Double Blond Delinquent. Fortunately, the arrow disappeared after hitting him; it didn’t have a piercing effect.

I glanced at Double Blond Delinquent clutching his stomach and collapsing to the ground, then bowed my head.

Thank you, Blond Delinquent!