HIGH GEAR (3)
Sirone reflexively twisted his body in a creepy feeling and only realized it after moving.
‘sniping?’
It felt a little different from the real world, but my 11th sense was functioning normally.
Sirone, who calculated the trajectory, captured the man on a pile of scrap metal piled high like a garden.
Perhaps due to the limitations of level 1, the code name came to mind when the artificial intelligence started working late.
‘Colonoscopy.’
The code name Dae-in Endoscope, who realized it before Shirone, put away his rifle and stood up.
‘damn! What is that guy? Did you receive any strange perks? No, there are no such perks.’
Even though I am level 7, I have spent as much time in High Gear as a ranker.
Unless there was a new update that I was unaware of, Level 1 couldn’t avoid being hit.
‘I don’t know if it’s someone who can avoid it with his bare body in real life.’
But is it possible?
The colonoscope, which was watching Yahweh 2 with an uneasy expression, took a step back.
‘Cheol’s hometown must be noisy at some point.’ Sirone shouted as the colonoscope quickly turned and disappeared on the other side.
“at there!”
He kicked off the ground and jumped about 2 meters, but it was impossible to use real magic.
“damn!”
When we arrived at the location where the sniper was, the man had already completely disappeared.
Judging from the running time, it meant that the speed was much faster than Shirone.
‘It was a sniper from the beginning.’
I had a hunch when the weapons were piled up like a mountain, but I couldn’t figure out why.
‘What’s the benefit of killing me, who has just started? ‘I don’t have anything to take.’
It wasn’t even written in the beginner tips.
“good! “Let’s go again!”
Sirone came down from the scrap metal pile and advanced with his senses sharpened.
As we exited the entrance, strange things were moving around where the damaged aircraft had fallen.
At first glance, it looked like a rodent, but upon closer inspection, it was entirely made of machines.
Their information appeared in augmented reality.
‘Metal Rat. A type of creature.’
The information was limited due to the limitations of the level, but there was something I heard from Fermi.
‘Aha, catch that and raise the level… Thinking that it was good because it wasn’t a living thing, Shirone aimed the rifle forward.
Metal Rat’s pattern was simple.
It clung to the large aircraft and gnawed on the iron for two seconds before hurriedly moving away.
“Hmm.”
Sirone found the evolution of machines strange.
‘It seems to be constantly moving to avoid predators. That’s also a pattern conscious of long-distance attacks.’
Therefore, 2 seconds would have been the golden ratio for feeding and survival.
‘If you move too fast, you won’t be able to eat iron, and if you stay too long, you’ll get shot. If those countless cases established the current pattern over generations…
Sirone decided on a hunting method.
‘At the moment of gnawing at the aircraft… I put my eyes on the sight and the artificial intelligence automatically corrected the aiming point.
In fact, the angles of my shoulders and wrists were askew, but it was not unpleasant, perhaps because the synchronization was complete.
‘Now is the time.’
The rifle opened fire.
Level 1 artificial intelligence did not even control recoil, so two out of four shots were hits.
Kang! Kang!
As Metal Rat let out a sharp scream and limped away, Sirone turned.
‘again.’
bang! bang! bang! bang!
By firing a single shot to reduce recoil, accuracy increased, and the metal rat was pushed away every time a spark exploded.
Kiyi…
A luminous liquid flowed from the hole in the abdomen, and the movement finally stopped.
“Gotcha.”
Information appeared in augmented reality.
The experience gauge rose quickly and the number 103EXP blinked.
‘It’s gone up by a third. If you catch two more, you will level up.’
Sirone, who gathered momentum and searched the surroundings, was soon able to hunt two more.
“Level up!”
As bright light filled the retina, the level of the augmented reality main page changed to 2.
“Bonus points.”
When I opened the status window, I saw the number +1 next to the three items.
Although there seemed to be no special change in artificial intelligence, the change in output was felt physically.
‘I got stronger.’
It was uneasy that it was a machine and not a heart, but honestly, the vibration was close to pleasure.
“Okay, soon. “Let’s go to Ranker.” I felt like I could understand the feelings of people who were obsessed with high gear. Savoring the powerful engine, Sirone
roamed around the hometown of iron as he pleased.
There were many different types of creatures, but the level of difficulty was not higher than that of the metal rat pattern.
“Ah, it’s level 3.”
By hunting seven, the level increased and the artificial intelligence gained a new function.
‘Hmm, recoil correction 20 percent. If you fire ten shots, two more will hit. But what are selective options? Even though I raised the level to 3, there is no change.’
Although Fermi’s absence was a bit disappointing, hunting creatures was still much more fun.
As I advanced a little further, the sound of sharp scraping metal could be heard in a distant place.
When I put my back to the corner and stuck my head out, I saw a huge quadrupedal body lying down.
More than thirty metal rats were crowded around the center of the aircraft.
‘There are so many, right?’
The sound of gnawing iron was loud, and no creature left the spot.
‘When we gather in a group, we don’t move. Or is there a secret in that aircraft?’
One thing came to Sirone’s mind.
‘It’s a good experience.’
When I thought about the experience I would gain when I annihilated the Metal Rats, my mechanical heart began to beat.
Thinking it was finally time to use it, Shirone took out a grenade.
‘I pulled out the safety pin…
and was executing the manual that appeared on my left retina when someone suddenly appeared from beyond the quadrupedal aircraft.
“hey! Are you crazy?” When Sirone raised his head, a boy wearing heavy armor was raising his eyebrows.
‘Demon God of Destruction 707.’
It was Platinum code name.
As the Metal Rats began to scatter in all directions, Destruction Demon 707 grabbed his helmet.
“Ah! Everyone runs away! Hey, catch it quickly! Gain experience!”
A red-haired girl who was hiding behind a pile of scrap metal jumped out and shouted.
“What did you catch? “It’s already too late!” Metal Rat, which had not received any damage, was incredibly quick and hid in an empty gap like a cockroach.
As Sirone was looking at him while holding on to the safety pin, a thin man appeared from across the street.
‘That person is also Platinum.’
The code name was ‘Strongest Code Name’.
He approached Sirone with his rifle pointed and let out a cold voice.
“Are you going to argue with us now?”
“huh? dispute?”
“You broke the trap. You barely saved it and you’re trying to eat it raw? “You pathetic bastard.”
At that time, Destruction Demon 707 arrived.
“Hey Yahweh2! This guy is real! It’s got platinum on it? “Would you like me to put it in high gear
?”
said the girl.
“stop. Ten Man will be here soon. “I don’t want to meet those guys.”
The code name was ‘Death Princess’.
“Hey… I’m sorry if I made some mistake. “If there is a way to compensate, I will do it.”
Demon God of Destruction 707 shouted.
“Sounds like a reward! On the topic of live bio. Should we just kill them?”
The strongest code name shook his head.
“The damage is too great. All the equipment is free and the galaxy won’t have it either. “Let’s take him first.”
Princess Death pointed at Shirone.
“Don’t be foolish and follow me. “I know that if I die, I won’t be able to leave the starting point.”
According to beginner tips, if you die in high gear, you may lose parts and galaxy.
It was a fairly large penalty, but it was the equivalent of being released even if he killed Sirone, who was now penniless.
‘It’s better.’
Sirone followed them because he needed information to get to the city he had promised Fermi.
“Mr. It is very difficult to escape from the home of iron. “We should allow them to hunt.”
“Let’s try one more time. “If you use this guy, you can make a trap in no time.”
Sirone asked.
“Do you know where the atogram is? “I was planning to meet a friend there, so there must be some way to make it up to me.”
“Hong, do we look like water? You’re doing this because you can’t go to Atogram. “As long as I go there… it’s not even a task for me to restore parts.”
“Why can’t I go?”
Princess Death said.
“Because the Ten Men are blocking it. I’m so sick of this. “Why is the operator silent?”
“What is Ten Man?”
Demon God of Destruction 707 was absurd.
“What on earth do you know? “You got into High Gear without even knowing that.”
“I got some help.”
The strongest code name said.
“It must be a code name business. Because Yahweh 2 will be expensive. “The friend from Atogram is actually a businessman, right?”
“Uh well… similar.”
Demon God of Destruction 707 chuckled.
“You got it right. Okay, I’ll tell you about your bleak future. The reason I’m asking you to come to Atogram is because they plan to auction off your code name there. Since the extermination order was issued, there were a lot of people laundering codes. But the problem is Iron’s hometown. “This is the only place with a level restriction, so access is impossible.”
“What is the level limit?”
“10. So it’s Ten Man. Just set it to level 10 and start hunting as a beginner. “If you try to hunt, a group will come and kill you and give you all kinds of insults.”
“Why do you do that? “There’s nothing they can gain by putting them in the beginner’s area.”
“Because it’s fun.”
Demon God of Destruction 707 turned his head.
“Of course I do it because it’s fun. “Anyway, there are so many of us that the three of us can’t break through.”
“Then this is where it ends, right?”
“Not really. When new users gather, it’s time for an all-out war. Or wait for a large guild to do large-scale code laundering. In that case, 30 to 40 people come in at the same time, and because they are so talented, they just push out the ten men.”
Sirone twisted his lips.
‘Fermi, you bastard.’
He left out the most important information and told me to come to Atogram by evening.
The strongest code name said.
“There is one more way… but honestly, it’s annoying.”
“huh? “What way?”
“I’m giving in to what they ask for. There’s a rumor that they record it, and when you level up later, they demand a large amount of money as a condition for deleting the video. “If it’s true, they aren’t just doing it for fun.”
Princess Death added.
“There are various rumors about Ten Man, but there is no need to pay much attention to them. Anyway, once I leave Cheol’s hometown, I won’t have anything to do again. The reason we created the trap was to raise the level at once. If you hunt them one by one, Ten Man will come and kill you before you know it.”
Destruction Demon 707 said.
“You are lucky. You were still hunting, right? “I should have caught Ten Man right away.”
“No, I met you at the starting point too. “I was just starting out and he suddenly started acting like that.”
“If it’s a sniper… are you by any chance Sir Captain Eunuch?”
“Oh, right.”
“haha! You were unlucky too. That guy has some skills. Is that why you disturbed us? “Are you trying to vent your anger because you keep getting killed by Ten Man?”
“It was really a mistake. And he didn’t die. “Once I avoided it, it stopped appearing.”
“damage? What are you avoiding?”
“sniping. “It was close, but it was close.”
There was silence. While
the three people were staring blankly at Shirone,
Demon God of Destruction 707 burst into laughter.
“Fuhahaha! The bluff is killing me! what? Avoid sniping? “So you’re saying you dodged a bullet?”
“No, what happened was that it was a scary life.
As Sirone reflexively threw his body and rolled on the floor, bullets rained down from all directions.
“Damn it! It’s Ten Man!”
The three people were lying flat on their faces and crawling, but they were too far away from cover.
‘He died without moving.’
However, only the sound of gunfire was loud, and no one was shot.
“what?”
Their eyes shook in shock as they looked behind them while crawling.
Approximately 11 Ten Men.
They were only targeting one person, and Yahweh 2 was running barefoot through the trajectory of the bullet.
‘Are you really avoiding me?’
Demon of Destruction God 707, who was trying to understand somehow, frowned and muttered.
“…Isn’t this a bug?”
