Arena, Alien hunting

The cards issued by the bank were different from the design.

Much heavier than the usual card, it appeared to be metal rather than plastic.

Black with brushed exterior.

On the front, the letter ARENA was engraved with a Yin sign, and on the back, the account number was also engraved with a negative sign.

It was even cooler because it was a simple design with nothing else engraved on it.

It reminded me of a credit card that could be issued to VVIPs.

This is so cool! ’

Taking this out when calculating seemed to impress me.

Lee Soo-hyun explained to me in admiration.

“It's called a debit card. ”

"That's amazing."

I swiped my debit card the whole time I was coming back to the hotel. Having this made me feel like a great person.

That's why the rich people were so obsessed with unique cards.

At night, we went sightseeing through the night in Geneva. It was a fun time to walk and laugh and talk.

And the next day.

I traveled to places I hadn't seen since morning in Geneva and flew to Denmark around lunch.

* * *

“Please take good care of him. ”

“Yes.”

Lee Soo-hyun nodded at my request.

“Goodbye, brother. ”

“We'll play first! ”

Minjung and local waved their hands and disappeared with Lee Soo-hyun.

They'll be touring Copenhagen while I meet Odin.

I went to a restaurant in the basement of the hotel I had been to before.

When I told the waiter of the counter my name, the waiter noticed something, nodded and guided me.

You come to the front of the room and knock, and you hear Odin's voice.

“Come in.”

I opened the door and went inside.

There were two people in the room.

One is a blond, young, beautiful man, Odin.

And the other guy was a mid-50s guy with a nice beard.

“Is that him? ”

A middle-aged man with a nice beard asks. Odin nods.

“Yes, Kim Hyun-ho, welcome. ”

“Yes, it's been a long time. ”

We shook hands. I then shook hands with a middle-aged man.

“This is Niels Oslan. ”

“Kim Hyun-ho.”

Looks like this guy Niels is a gun maker.

Odin introduced me to Niels.

“Oslan is a 13th Pilgrimage Investigator, who has spent quite a long time in the Arena, though few times he has completed it. ”

“Looks like you've been in the arena for almost 30 years. ”

For a moment I doubted my ears.

“30 years?”

“Yes, when I died of old age, I was told to become an experimenter. It was just a test, and he was gonna die, and he said he didn't want to live any longer, and then this happened. ”

“Wait, so how old are you? ”

Niels asked me a question.

“You're a real pussy, aren't you? ”

“Yes…. ”

“I am 57 years old. I'm almost 90 years old by the time I spend in the arena, but no matter how long I spend in the arena, I never get old. ”

It was the first thing I learned.

The time spent in the arena does not degrade the investigator's body. Which means...

“It means you could be tested for a long time. ”

“Yes, so I spent 30 years in the 13th. This is so boring. ”

“What kind of test did you take? ”

I asked.

Niels trembles.

“I was told to enter the town blacksmith's pottery. That was the first test. ”

“ ……. ”

“Apprenticeship really is a worthless slavery. I should have begged the blacksmith to feed me for free. ”

There's a test like that.

Yeah, I learned in the fourth round that not all trials have to be prepared for death.

“The longest test was to make a rifle. ”

Niels continues grumbling.

“I used the battlefield to make the shape more plausible, and asked the wizard to engrave the rebound magic. It wasn't until I invented a magic bounce-back rifle that the test was completed. ”

“Huh? Isn't that a Battlefield Magic Rifle? ”

“That's right. That's the first time I invented it. ”

I was dazed.

Odin gave me a brief explanation.

“All items you can get as Karma rewards can only be found in the real Arena. ”

The full-length magic rifle Niles invented was fashionable in the Northwest of the continent for a short time, but it quickly became president because it was poorly cost-effective.

“I was able to pass the second round safely thanks to the Battlefield Magic Rifle. ”

“You took the test with that? ”

Niels looks fierce. Even the man who invented it recognizes the worst performance.

Well, I wouldn't have been able to use it, either, if it wasn't for Silk.

“Useful stuff like that, are you a shooting god? That's quite a weapon you've got there. ”

“Because of the animosity. ”

I briefly told you about the Sylph. Niels claps his knees and shouts.

“I see! Then I'll have to use my damn gun!" ”

“Yes, as long as it doesn't break. ”

“I don't design badly enough to break down a bullet. ”

Niels said as if I liked him.

“Okay, you deserve the gun I made. Well, I wanted to give it to Odin because I owe him anyway. ”

I looked at Niels with anticipated eyes.

What kind of gun is he giving me?

I hope it's an automatic rifle, or at least a semiautomatic rifle.

I am so tired of the way that I have to flip the bolt back and forth with every single shot.

That's why I couldn't shoot Leon Silver in front of me.

He saw the direction of my gun and the movement of his finger pulling the trigger and avoided it.

If it was a semi-automatic or automatic rifle, I would have shot it in a row, so I couldn't avoid them all.

“Tell me about the gun you want. I'll give you as much as I can. ”

In his words, I immediately replied.

“I hope it's an automatic shot. Or at least semi-automatic. ”

“That's what I thought, since the gun I used was a fucking full-length magic rifle and two Moshina rivers. The Moshina River... It's now a cheap manison toy to play with. ”

Niels shakes his head in horror.

“I haven't built an automatic firearm yet. Half-automatic is just one rifle and a few handguns. ”

“Then I want that rifle. ”

“Think about it. ”

“Yes?”

“Why do you want semi-automatic? If you take the slightest inconvenience, even the Moshina River is powerful enough. You said all the targeting, the reloading, the bolt action, the seals. ”

“ ……. ”

“If a situation is extremely disadvantageous because of the bolt action, it's only when the enemy is close. ”

At that time, I had no choice but to recall the day when Hye-su died.

... I did.

He's in close proximity.

“How about a handgun if you're going to attack an enemy at close range? I can give you two bags with a pistol. ”

“Two bags? ”

“You're not aiming anyway, are you? Sylph does. Does that mean that if you swing it with both hands, everything will be right? ”

I couldn't help but wonder about Niels' idea.

That's what I heard!

In close combat, the method was much more powerful.

When you're at a distance, you can use the Silf to shoot at the Moshina River as before.

“You're amazing. What an idea! ”

“How do you think I survived because I was bored while taking a test that took me for as little as two years and six years on the outskirts of no one? ”

“ ……. ”

“I've been playing all by myself. I was bored.”

Spending all these years alone would be the perfect way to clear your head.

It's very easy to imagine a middle-aged man running around with a double-handgun.

Niels summoned two handguns and gave them to me.

“Take it.”

“Thank you."

I took two handguns and checked the slate.

Niels H2: A semi-automatic pistol made by Oslan, the only gun maker in Arena. Uses 357 Magnum ammunition.

* Ammo count: 9 +1

* Range valid: 200m

* Not transferable to another person or refundable to Karma.

“You're much better than I expected. ”

“Almost copied Desert Eagle. ”

“Ah.”

Somehow I've seen a lot of handguns around here.

“Magnum tanks are hard to deal with as opposed to powerful forces, but the investigators are not. ”

“Yes, there should be no problem. ”

My wrist was like steel because my Stamina Calibration was intermediate level 1.

Once I had two handguns I could use at close range, I was happy to run.

With this weapon and Stamina Correction, Motor Nerves, Flame Blessing and Wind Blessing, even the Silver Clan's Chief Leon Silver was no longer a problem.

However, I didn't think I would be able to obtain any marksmanship skills.

‘Combine a guide with a gun to make a skill.' ’

It seemed plausible.

When I synthesized fitness correction and guidance, a motor nerve was born. A skill was created that teaches the way to move the body.

Then of course, synthesizing a gun and a guide would create some sort of marksmanship.

I asked Niels just in case.

“Don't you have a discarded gun? ”

“Why is that? ”

“I have a situation. ”

“My gun is not transferable to another person or refundable to Karma. You know?”

“Yes, I saw the explanation. ”

Only the maker, Niels Aslan, was the owner of the firearm that Niels Aslan built.

“You know the Battlefield Magic Rifle? There's still about 10 of those I made for the test. ”

“That's all I need. Can you please just give me one? ”

“It doesn't matter. It's useless anyway. You don't even have to give it to me. ”

Niels summoned a full length magic rifle and gave it to me.

All right!

It was not enough to make it to Denmark.

After the deal, we ate, drank and talked about things.

Niels told me a story about his life in the arena when he got drunk, but he had a lot of adversity.

The most ridiculous test was round seven.

‘Settling down out in the middle of nowhere, that was really bad. ’

Here I could hear important information.

“Do you know why the angels sent me to a remote place for a test? ”

“Well, is it possible that firearms technology has prevented us from influencing the Arena and humanity? ”

“That, too. But there's a more important reason. ”

Niels emptied a glass of beer into a single shot.

“To eliminate the error of time. ”

He explained:

I started the same exam as Odin and finished the same one, but in the last exam, Odin only took 40 days and Niels spent three years.

To solve the time gap, the angels sent Niels to a remote place with no one.

It was a reasonable opinion.I had a similar idea once.

In some ways, the investigators did not even know why they started at the outskirts of unpopular people because of this concept of time.