Matan’s Shooter

TL: xLordFifth

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‘Their deity, the creature, takes the form of a monkey, right? And that crude way of speaking is also similar to Aibex or Hudid. No, it’s a bit worse.’

Kyi-ik… The door to the sanctuary of the deity in the center of the city began to open. The spacious area was filled with amusement park-like structures, much larger than human-operated rides.

Shwaaack!

From one corner of the space, something rushed towards them at tremendous speed.

“Wucaaah-! Are these guys? Huh?”

Although it was more than three times larger than the gorillas, an overwhelmingly ugly monkey pushed its face toward the trio.

Aibex looked bizarre, and Hudid had an odd body, but this guardian deity was different. Whether it was eyes, nose, or mouth, it was truly a discordant mix, and there was no other way to describe it but “ugly.”

While Luger openly wrinkled his brow, even Kidd covered his face with a hat, but Leeha was different.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Ha Leeha a friend of Kaztor.”

If they could obtain information about Kaztor, he might even be able to endure kissing this ugly face.

Kidd and Luger looked at Leeha with expressions that seemed to say, “What will your reaction be?!” Is this ‘friend’ they’re talking about really Kaztor?

“Ukikikikit! I’m Jorje! I’m in charge of labor duties! Yeah, yeah, you came from across the sea?”

Introducing himself as Jorje, the humanoid creature responsible for labor duties, jumped up and down in place as if excited.

Is he delighted by the expression ‘friend of Kaztor’? It’s still difficult to judge.

‘Moreover, being in charge of labor? While Aibex was preventing fires, and Hudid was causing them with some special skills… Labor? Is there a special skill for handling manual labor?”

With a grumbling posture, a cheeky tone, and even a designated special ability! Certainly, compared to Aibex and Hudid, there seemed to be some disparity, but Leeha, upon hearing this, didn’t show any signs of tension or surprise.

“Well… yes. Like Kaztor, we also came from across the sea.”

The second mention. Jorje jumped even more excitedly.

Making abrupt movements as he randomly grabbed the big-sized jungle gym installed according to his size.

Thunk, thunk!

Making a loud noise, Jorje moved energetically, and the ‘eldest’ gorilla paleos silently watched his movements.

Luger: How does it look? Just like a crazy monkey, right? Should I shoot it down?

Leeha: Before you shoot your finger off, release the tension in your arm, Luger.

Not only Leeha but also Luger and Kidd couldn’t grasp the situation.

Is the person from 20 years ago Kaztor or not? Even without an answer, hints could be gleaned from the opponent’s gestures, tone, and facial expressions in the world of Middle Earth, where even non-human races operated on similar principles.

“Hu, hu, is this it? Is this what you’re talking about?”

After moving for a while and consuming energy, Jorje stood in front of the trio. Then, in a ‘gun hanging over the shoulder’ state, he approached Leeha and pointed at Black Bess.

“Yes, Guardian Deity. This is what they use. This weapon looks very similar.”

“Hmm, it looks completely different.”

“The appearance is a bit different, but… instead of attacking with the power of words like the Guardian Deity, it fired something. That’s what’s similar.”

“Hmm, hmm! If it’s that smart friend, they might have developed a weapon.”

“That’s right.”

The eldest gorilla paleos nodded in agreement with Jorje’s words. The trio finally understood the meaning that their weapons were similar.

Leeha: Are they saying our guns are similar to their bows?

Luger: Are these guys stupid? Didn’t even the red goats throw something like a spear?

Kidd: Hmm… While throwing objects and utilizing the properties of an object with elasticity are indeed different principles…

Kidd groaned slightly, and paleos was like a complete primitive society. 

‘Now they have built a city and even canals, but just a while ago, they lived without even bows?’

It was almost embarrassing to call them a primitive society, believing in nothing but their physical bodies. Leeha seemed to understand their feelings towards the NPC called ‘friend’.

If someone had brought them to such a developed state, it was only natural that they would be filled with gratitude.

“But even if they use such weapons, we can’t know if they’re our friends, right?”

“Yes.”

“And the claim that they came from across the sea could be a lie!”

“Yes.”

“So let’s kill them all.”

In the rapid exchange of dialogue, the last words from Jorje were momentarily unclear. What was he saying?

“Are they on the side of the demons after all? I knew it, this bastard-“

“Wait a minute! Hold on! It’s important! Our friend asked you to show this weapon to you!”

Luger, using the cobalt-blue python as a pointer, touched Black Bess’s muzzle. Leeha quickly aimed a part of the jungle gym, and fired, and the gunshot echoed like thunder in the already round dome structure.

“Piercing…!”

“Ukhit! Ukyaah!”

“How dare you in front of the god-“

“[Summon: Partner].”

Shwaaaaaai——!

Not satisfied with just that, Leeha immediately summoned his partner. The effect was immediately apparent in a place where space locking was not applied.

Blaugrun, which had been sent away by ship for safety for a while, appeared above Leeha’s head with a light “Pop!”

[Kyuu?! Kkyu kkyu!]

Flap, flap, flap…!

The eyes of the gorilla paleos, who was about to attack Leeha, widened. Jorje, who was jumping around with his ugly appearance, was the same.

In a sense, it was a gamble.

In recognizing the dragon, Aibex had also acknowledged “across the sea.” Leeha believed that they might remember the Platinum Dragon as well, leading to this action.

However, Leeha’s actions triggered a slightly different reaction from them.

“Go… god. This is-“

“A dragon… A dragon, right. Yes, it resembles the creature that the friend from across the sea showed with mana.”

The gaze of the eldest gorilla paleos and Jorje changed as they looked at Leeha. Even Luger and Kidd could sense an increase in intimacy.

‘Shaped a dragon with mana? They have never seen a Platinum Dragon, and what kind of ‘explanation’ did this NPC give them? Anyway, leave the pondering for later.’ Leeha quickly opened his mouth.

“Yes, we really came from across the sea. Uh, our friend from there left it in the place they used when they were here, and asked us to show it to the deity and change our fate.”

Leeha shamelessly told an unbelievable lie.

Why bother lying like that? Luger made a bewildered expression, but Leeha was confident.

“Ukit! Even if it’s our friend’s friend, that won’t work. Since we were brought here 50 years ago, no one has been allowed to approach that place!”

These guys are fools.

’50 years ago? Wasn’t it 20 years ago just now?’ Did they go back and forth twice? Or is there a confusion in the years? Looking at how they can’t even see the concept of dates, it’s unclear how they perceive time.

While Leeha was momentarily confused, Kidd stepped forward this time. His hand moved for a moment as if to snap, and suddenly there was a small piece made of gold in Kidd’s hand.

“It’s the biggest treasure from across the sea. If you become my friend, Jorje, would you believe what my friend said?”

“Ukit?! Shiny thing! Treasure!”

Jorje jumped around excitedly.

Luger also suddenly straightened his shoulders and looked at the eldest gorilla paleos.

“Those rhynodilos or whatever that you mentioned earlier seemed to be moving underground. Won’t they be a hindrance?”

“What are you suddenly talking about?”

“I’ll take care of them. Inside the cave, at least 30 of them.”

“… Can you really do that?”

“If you guys help, even a hundred of them is possible. It will be much safer, faster, and we can handle it reliably.”

As Luger thumped his chest, the gaze of eldest gorilla paleos changed. After a while, Luger stared into the empty space with vacant eyes.

It was only then that Leeha realized what these friends(?) were doing.

Leeha: I was the one who revealed a dragon and calmed them down! And I’m the one who got hints too! Are you going to raise intimacy only for yourselves?!

It’s indeed an intimacy operation!While Leeha was pondering, Luger and Kidd had already sensed what was going on.

Kidd: The location was decided. Unless NPCs are in the place where they live, they don’t acknowledge the fixednes of the location.

Luger: Fools are still clueless about that, huh! I’ll be the first to open Kaztor’s Research Lab!

Kidd: Shall we bet on it? The person who achieves the highest intimacy of 100% will take the first step into the lab.

Luger: Sounds good to me! You’ll be forever wandering outside, hehehe!

The speculation is that the place no one has approached for 50 years is Kaztor’s new research lab.

“Guardian Deity-nim, I’ll clear the nearby rhynodilos with him and come back.”

“Wuk! Wuk! Alright, alright! How about you? Do you have any treasures again?”

“I have plenty of treasures. I have a lot of stories to tell as well.”

“Good! Good, good! Wuk! Wuk!”

The eldest gorilla paleos took Luger and left, while Jorje grabbed Kidd, and swiftly climbed onto the jungle gym, leaving Leeha alone in the vast dwelling of the Guardian Deity.

“Hey… what’s going on?! And who made a bet without my consent? You bastards!”

Luger went out to take on the quest. Does he not know how to properly raise intimacy?

Certainly, he might not know how to raise intimacy through ‘interaction,’ but if it’s given in the form of a ‘quest,’ Luger is one of the people who can raise intimacy faster than anyone else!

“If it increases by 10% or 15% with each clear – especially if there are many Rhynodilos – it might be possible to achieve 100% in less than a day!”

What about Kidd?

Kidd was launching a gift offensive against Jorje, the guardian and mystical creature of the gorilla paleos.

The intimacy increase might be lower than with a quest, but if he spoke well, he might create several friendly situations in no time.

And what about Leeha?

“Alright, let’s see how this goes! Blaugrun! Let’s go!”

[Kyukyukyu!]

Uttering a villainous(?) line, Leeha left the dwelling of the Guardian Deity for now.

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