Chapter 157 – Neilson R8

“How strange that was . ”

The oldest examinee in the Nordic Exam Group, Neilson Aslan, mumbled as he came out of the exam waiting room .

“Did something happen?”

Odin and Marie, who came out after finishing the exams, approached him .

Neilson said .

“My exam this time around . ”

Neilson was the oldest, but he always treated Odin, who was the leader of the Nordic Exam Group, with great respect

“As always, did you receive a mission to make guns?”

“You’re right . The G.o.ds of whoever they are shoved me into a remote place alone for years and made me make guns . ”

Neilson was grinding his teeth .

“It’s admirable that I didn’t go insane . ”

“Haha, but you are now used to that too . You read books and study while you’re alone, Mr . Aslan, so you are probably the most knowledgeable examinee . ”

“You are too kind . Anyway, the last mission was a bit strange . ”

“Even though you made guns as you always have?”

“Yes . It would be better if I just showed you . Summon, Neilson R8!”

Paat!

Odin was completely surprised .

The gun that Neilson summoned was the largest rifle he had ever seen .

He estimated its length to be at least roughly 2 meters .

The size of the muzzle was almost to the point of making one wonder whether this was a cannon or a rifle .

One thing for sure was that this was an anti-material sniper rifle .

Neilson shrugged his shoulders .

“That was my exam . They told me to create the most powerful sniper rifle I could . ”

“A snipe rifle means……”

“I basically copied the NTW-20 . ”

The NTW-20 has a 20 mm caliber and is an anti-material sniper rifle from the Republic of South Africa .

It weighs 31 . 5 kg and has a length of 1,975 mm . It is a monster rifle, famous for being the strongest amongst all the various types of anti-material sniper rifles .

Neilson used the NTW-20 as its foundation and created a new rifle .

Its basically a replica . But with special gun making skills, Neilson’s product was a much more powerful object .

“It is the Neilson R8 . Who do you think such a gun would be for?”

“I can only think of one person . ”

The person Odin was thinking of was none other than Kim Hyun-ho . Kim Hyun-ho had the most accomplishments up until now with shooting and was the examinee that had eliminated one of the 6 high priests .

“So far I have not received a mission to make something for a specific person . But this time was just too obvious . ”

“I see . ”

“That is what I find strange . ”

Neilson continued to say .

“He is already strong enough to rank in the top 10 and progressing at such a fast rate he’s already eliminated a high priest . On top of that, he is also approaching the ultimate goal of the missions . ”

“He is an extraordinary examinee . He has incredible skills like the virtual s.p.a.ce and flame of life too . ”

“Its as if the G.o.ds and angels are paying close attention to our friend Kim Hyun-ho . Enough so that it makes me think the G.o.ds made me a gun maker for the sake of Kim Hyun-ho . ”

“……”

Odin’s face hardened into a serious expression .

The real world and Arena .

It might be that Kim Hyun-ho holds the key that could change the fate of both worlds .

‘It’s like he’s been picked as the protagonist in a novel . Its like they had picked Kim Hyun-ho from the beginning to be the examinee to fulfill the exams’ final mission . ”

Neilson spoke to Odin, who was still deep in thought .

“Anyway, let’s call Kim Hyun-ho . Since we have to give him this Neilson R8 . ”

“Ah, yes we should . ”

“Then is Hyun-ho coming?”

Marie’s eyes shone bright .

Neilson looked at her and tsk tsk-ed .

It was decided the place to ranch the Big Rats will be the bas.e.m.e.nt of the Korean Arena Research Agency .

There are lots of bas.e.m.e.nt floors and they’re quite expansive, so it is adequate for the Big Rats .

And the Korean Arena Research Agency was originally a secret facility already .

In antic.i.p.ation of all kinds of accidents that might happen when examinees were involved, the facilities had lots of security and fortifications .

On the bottom most 5th floor, everythi8ng was demolished .

The 5th floor bas.e.m.e.nt was originally a shooting range, but it would now be a model ranch for the Big Rats .

This Big Rat ranch business started with the joint venture between the government, me, and Jinseong Group but the business split was 3:4:3 .

I was the largest shareholder with 40% . Because without me this business could not be established .

The management and maintenance would be handled by Jinseong group and the government so for me it looks like I’ll be making easy money .

I released the three pairs of big Rats into the 5th floor bas.e.m.e.nt, which was now outfitted into a ranch,

I gave them some live chickens and the rats ate them in the blink of an eye .

“Just at a glance they have big appet.i.tes . Will this be manageable?”

I mumbled .

“As they grow and propagate, finding enough for them to eat will become a problem . ”

Said Cha Ji-hye .

It was when I was thinking about bringing back another animal instead of the Big Rats when Chairman Park Jin-seong, who had been watching them with us, said .

“They eat whatever, right? We can just give them the overflow of food waste . We can turn some s.p.a.ce nearby into a food waste disposal site . ”

Ah……

I was awed by Chairman Park Jin-seong’s idea .

Every year, the country had an overflow of food waste and if we fed that to Big Rats, no matter how many of them we have, it wouldn’t matter .

We were watching the birth of this Big Rat ranch when .

We were watching the birth of this Big Rat ranch when .

Buzz, buzz .

My smartphone suddenly started to vibrate . It was Odin .

“h.e.l.lo?”

-Mr . Kim Hyun-ho

“Yes, Mr . Odin . ”

-I have a gift to give you, come by when you have a chance .

“A present?”

-You can look forward to it .

A present?

What could it be?

Since it’s a present from the Nordic Exam Group, there is a good chance it’ll be useful for the exams .

“Understood . I’ll look forward to it . ”

I ended the call and said to Cha Ji-hye .

“We need to go to Denmark . ”

Blank………

I stared blankly at the incredible object before me .

I felt nothing but awe .

-Neilson R8: a bolt action sniper rifle created by the only gunmaker in Arena . Uses a large caliber 20 mm bullet and therefore boasts incredible power .

*Useable distance: 1,985 m

*Useable bullet: 20 x 110 mm

*May be transfered to someone else or exchange for it for karma .

An anti-material sniper rifle that uses 20 mm caliber bullets .

The AW50F with 12 . 7 mm is already powerful, so 20 mm, how monstrous it must be!

“What do you think?”

Asked Nielson with a confident expression .

“You’re really giving this to me?”

“Yes, its yours . There’s no one else who could use it . ”

“Thank you!”

I thanked him with head bowed down over and over .

The Neilson R8’s heavy weight brought me joy .

“Using this ammo, your shots will be much more powerful . ”

Saying that, Neilson threw me a bullet . As expected of a 20 mm caliber bullet . It was huge .

“What is this?”

“High explosive (HE) . ”

An HE is a bullet with explosives inside .

An HE is a bullet with explosives inside .

There was an explosive in the bullet so when it hits the target, it would explode .

“However, because it is not a sniper rifle bullet the shoot accuracy will fall, but that doesn’t pertain to you . ”

Neilson’s words in went in one ear and out the other . I looked, fascinated, at the HE bullet .

My shooting method using spirit summons was already powerful enough to rip through an aura shield .

And if I added an HE bullet on top of that?

And at the moment of impact, what if I increase the explosion using Kasa?

‘That’ll be incredibly powerful!’

Odin smiled as he approaches me .

“Want to give it a go?”

“Yes!”

“Haha, follow me . ”

Together we went outside to the back of the Nordic Exam Group headquarters .

At the foot of the mountains there, Odin said to me .

“Try shooting it once . ”

“Alright . Summon, Neilson R8!”

And then a large piece of metal, 2 meters in length, appeared in my left hand .

It was a ma.s.sive gun weighing in at 30 kg but for me, with the physical strength buff intermediate level 5, I could hold it in one hand with ease .

Standing while holding the 2-meter-long anti-material sniper rifle, getting into position felt pretty awkward .

But because I’m familiar with the AW50F I didn’t find it difficult and aimed straight  down the range .

“Sylph, Kasa!”

-Meow!

-Bark!

The cat and dog appeared on each shoulder .

Kasa was nearly the size of a full-grown dog and he looked like he was just hanging onto my shoulder .

In my head I conveyed to the new shooting method to the spirits .

Then I pulled the trigger .

Tuaaang!

Kwaaang!

The incredible gunshot and blast rang out almost instantaneously .

Through Sylph’s power, the rotation of the bullet was increase, and the moment of the impact, Kasa increased the explosiveness of the explosive within the bullet .

Then, as if hit by a missile, a 3 m diameter crater was formed at the foot of the mountain .

“Wha……!”

Odin was awestruck .

“Wow!”

Marie’s eyes went big and round .

“Uh……”

Neilson couldn’t close his mouth .

“Uh……”

Neilson couldn’t close his mouth .

Cha Ji-hye didn’t have an change in expression but her eyes were a little wider .

And I……

‘What, what is this?!’

Did I just shoot a rifle or a missile?

I did tell Kasa to strengthen the explosiveness, but not enough to make this much of an impact .

So, what in the world happened? It was far more powerful than I antic.i.p.ated .

‘Ah! The bullet revision!’

I realized the reason shortly after .

It’s the bullet revision mastery!

The synthesis skill that strengthens the effect of the bullet .

The skill that strengthens the effect of the bullet was also used on the explosiveness in an HE bullet!

“Huh? Did I create a siege weapon?”

Mumbled Neilson in disbelief at what he had just seen .

More than anything WAS the point that this wasn’t even my maximum power .

If I told the spirits to put in more power, it’ll be multiple times more destructive than this .

Because I could tell Kasa to make it more explosive!

I looked at Odin and joked .

“Would you like to spar with our weapons?”

“Haha, I’ll have to turn you down on that!”

Odin rejected the notion with flourish .

This present from Neilson was the best . There was no better weapon than this .

“Next time I’ll really have to make you a cannon . ”

“That would be good too . Since if I shoot it it’ll never miss the target . ”

I thought about it and it was really incredible .

The bullet revision would turn whatever was. .h.i.t by a cannon into dust .

Neilson must have thought I was being serious because his face turned white .

“Are you planning on going to war by yourself? There is a limit to how excessive your requests can get too you know…”

“Aw, I’m not asking you to make me a nuclear weapon or anything . ”

“Shush! Anyway, it took my years to make that in Arena so just be grateful!”

“Haha, thank you, really . ”

I have made the high priests and the Aman Kingdom my enemy so Neilson giving me such a powerful weapon made me feel extremely thankful towards him . With a weapon like this, I felt like I could defeat an average army on my own .

After receiving the weapon, I vacationed around northern Europe for some time .

Marie tagged along so the three of us had fun touring around .

Marie was distracting me from my time with Cha Ji-hye, but she was so cute and bright so I didn’t really mind it at all .