The First Magic World War

Chapter 399: 371, Infinite Sniper Battle

The murmur of fate, like a gentle breeze brushing by, always eludes clarity, giving only vague guidance.

Charles had possessed the Golden Serpent Ring for some time now, and he attempted to make note of each murmur, using mathematical analysis to quickly decipher the majority of the murmurs’ meanings.

Well, though it was still mostly guesswork.

The Golden Serpent Ring had been silent for quite some time, and Charles had no idea why it suddenly issued a warning. Without any hesitation, he pushed the Quickness Technique ×10 to its limit and dashed straight for the residence of Golden Ram Herolf.

The Black Dragon and Qiudelo were often busy with their own affairs and not always available, but Golden Ram Herolf hardly ever left his dwelling, making him the most reliable target for Charles’s choice.

Just as Charles caught sight of Old Goat, his Insight suddenly activated. Instinctively, in an instant, he shifted his body posture and moved aside. A scalding rush grazed past him, kicking up dust and leaving a deep pit in the ground, followed only then by a crisp sound. Charles recognized it; it was the effect of a Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullet, meaning someone was firing at him with one.

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The warnings from his Insight continued, and Charles hurriedly hit the deck, daring not to pause for a moment in one place. He changed his position several times each second as crisp sounds zipped by his side, and from the frequency of the shots, he guessed that it was certainly a Baron’s Super Long-Range Repeating Alchemical Rifle being used.

Charles still remembered Julian’s excited words, “A Sacred Order can withstand a single Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullet, but what about ten? Twenty? A hundred? No matter how thick the shell of a Sacred Order’s defense, if one is willing to spend the Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullets, it will be pierced.”

He hadn’t anticipated that, leaving aside whether a Sacred Order’s defenses could be penetrated or not, he himself was about to be shot through.

Ever since he had acquired the Antispace Sniper Rifle and the Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullets, Charles had often used them to shoot others, never expecting what goes around comes around, and finally, it was his turn to be the target.

Golden Ram Herolf roared in anger and leapt into the air, pouncing towards the distance.

Charles somersaulted to cover, exhaling a long breath. It had been a close brush with death, and he was lucky to have Insight for the early warning and a well-practiced Quickness Technique that enabled him to escape the mortal danger.

Charles did not have to wait long before Old Goat returned with a face full of chagrin. Without waiting for Charles to ask, he said, “It was a vampire whelp from Baron, proficient in Earth Escape Technique. By the time I got there, he had already burrowed into the ground to escape.”

Charles could only respond, “Sooner or later, we’ll catch him.”

In this world, Extraordinary Ranks are divided based on the strength of energy, but the actual combat power of a Transcendent does not only depend on rank. It also hinges on which Special Abilities they possess and, most of the time, Special Abilities are more crucial than the ranks.

In his early days, Charles was not of a high rank, but he was often able to defeat stronger enemies of higher ranks because he practiced Bloody Glory, which contained the Thirteen Unique Skills, each one singularly strange and changeable with an amazing knack for overcoming opponents.

Now, the tables had turned, and he faced an opponent whose strength might not surpass his own but possessed the Earth Escape Special Ability, allowing escape at any time—a Baron sniper.

Indeed, even with Charles’s capabilities, he found this combination quite vexing.

With a Super Long-Range Repeating Alchemical Rifle along with the Earth Escape Technique, even those of Sacred Order struggle to deal with such a troublesome enemy.

Golden Ram Herolf had just moved to pursue when that Baron sniper had already dived into the ground.

Such a sniper could only be deterred by the cost of Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullets.

After all, bullets priced at one and a half Aegeus each certainly could not be provided in unlimited quantities.

Suddenly, Insight issued another warning, and Charles quickly drew Blood Rose. This time he was prepared, not as flustered as before. He swung the Magic Stabbing Sword through the air, and the Special Abilities Fierce Corrosion and Dark Corrosion intertwined, sweeping a Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullet to the side.

Such magic alchemical bullets contained high explosive power, and deflecting them with a melee weapon was a significant test of skill.

Cyrus had once deflected a Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullet fired by Charles with a Knight’s Spear, achieving a divine level of gunmanship. Now, it was Charles’s turn to deflect these alchemical bullets with his Magic Stabbing Sword.

Charles consecutively sliced through five Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullets.

Golden Ram Herolf roared and took to the air again.

Thousands of paces away, a middle-aged Baron military officer packed up his Super Long-Range Repeating Alchemical Rifle and leisurely waved at them.

Charles quickly pulled out an Anti-Space Sniper Rifle from inside his collar, loaded three Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullets, propped the rifle on one arm, and pulled the trigger.

He had learned his gunmanship from a certain detective, and now, after being honed on the battlefield, he had also become a top-notch shooter. Although the three Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullets were not fired in rapid succession, their angles were very cunning.

Charles was quick, but the three Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullets all missed their mark as the middle-aged Baron officer raised his arms high and burrowed into the ground. The bullets passed through the air where he had been just a second before, piercing through without hesitation. Golden Ram Herolf flew to the spot where the Baron sniper had been hiding, clapped his arms together, and a wave of Marine System Fighting Spirit surged into the ground, but it failed to hit any enemies—the Baron officer had already escaped.

Charles shook his head and thought, “Although I was ready for him, I’m not afraid of him, but this guy is really quite troublesome.”

“Why are the People of Baron thinking of assassinating me?”

It was only when Charles returned to his office in Red Cliff City and dealt with the latest battle reports and frontline documents that he learned the Baron had invented a “brand new tactic” called—Endless Sniper Warfare!

The Baron dispatched thousands of snipers, at least thirty percent of whom were equipped with Transcendent Level alchemical rifles, and more than a hundred Transcendents with the Special Abilities to hide and escape had infiltrated the homelands of Fars and Inglima, commencing assassinations of military and government officials.

The homelands of the two great Empires were in chaos due to the Baron snipers, with at least several hundred mid to low-level civilian officials and military officers assassinated, and over a dozen key figures dead.

Charles was not an exception; he was simply on the assassination list as well.@@novelbin@@

As he reviewed the battle reports, Charles was not too worried about himself but was very concerned for Anne.

Anne was surely a target for assassination, and the young miss of the Brittany Family, being only a First Order Dreamwalker—and possibly a Second Order by now—was not adept at dealing with direct combat or resisting assassination.

Although Charles knew that his worries were probably superfluous since the Brittany Family would undoubtedly protect Anne very well, he still couldn’t help but think of returning to Strasbourg.

Insight flashed a third warning in his mind. This time Charles drew a Silver Rhinoceros without even turning his head and fired in the sniper’s direction.

The Quick Draw Technique, augmented by a ×10 Quickness Technique, plus the fact that a handgun was always faster than a rifle, allowed Charles to pull the trigger a tenth of a second earlier than the assassin. Just as the assassin’s bullet left the barrel, his own head was blown apart by a Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullet from the Silver Rhinoceros.

Without moving his feet, Charles swayed like a willow branch in the wind, as the Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullet fired by the middle-aged Baron officer grazed past him and exploded on the ground, creating a deep crater.

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