I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 16

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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5 minutes before the match started.

I went down to the arena and pretended to stretch while opening the point shop to purchase a talent.

Originally, I had planned to save up points to purchase B-grade or higher talents or skills.

But suddenly, an event quest appeared, and the content of the quest was ‘Show the dignity of the top student’.

And above all, the rewards for the quest were fantastic, and next to the points, one of the rewards, it was written ‘additional rewards based on performance’, so I immediately used the points I had.

Why did I use the points I had been saving up?

When the rewards were not only fantastic but also sweetly provided a ‘performance bonus’, how could I hold back?

I couldn’t resist the performance bonus, even if it was something else.

For that reason, I boldly invested the points I was going to use in the future for the present, not just for victory but for an overwhelming victory.

So the talent I purchased using all 8,000 points I had was…

It was a firearm-exclusive talent called ‘Discerning Eye of the Decrepit Gunman (B-)’.

Originally, you couldn’t buy a B- with 8,000 points.

Usually, the only grades you could buy with less than 10,000 points were D to C-.

But with a slight possibility in mind, I tried using the search function in the point shop.

So when I searched by typing ‘8,000 points’, ‘firearm exclusive’, ‘penalty’, I was able to find ‘Discerning Eye of the Decrepit Gunman’.

Perhaps because it was ‘firearms’ which no one used, and it even had a ‘penalty’ attached, I was able to purchase it at the dirt-cheap price of 8,000 points despite being a ‘B-‘ grade.

Anyway, although ‘Discerning Eye of the Decrepit Gunman’ was firearm-exclusive, it was an extremely useful talent.

Why was it useful?

It was because of the passive effect ‘Can instinctively sense the direction the enemy will attack’ and the derived skill ‘Instant of a Moment’ written in the talent description.

‘Can instinctively sense the direction the enemy will attack.’

This passive effect was literally related to ‘instinct’, and as a result of using a talent with the same effect, I was able to instinctively know which part of my body the enemy was targeting.

For example, it warns by causing an itchy sensation like being tickled or a stinging sensation like electricity in the targeted body part.

It was exactly the effect I need right now.

Why do I need this effect now?

It’s because as a veteran of the game ‘Arena Academy’, I know all the attack patterns of Lee Seo-yeon and Arthur, but they were not like Park Seong-woo who simply attacked with just Iaidō.

They were kids who can be considered the main characters among the main characters, with high stats and various cheating talents.

Therefore, to easily deal with them, I needed something that helped with instincts like ‘Discerning Eye of the Decrepit Gunman’.

Of course, I could win even without buying a talent, but… to obtain the massive rewards of the ‘performance bonus’ like in the main quest ‘Enroll’, I needed to show an overwhelming appearance and victory to everyone.

Literally, I had to show the ‘Dignity’ which was the title of the event quest.

And the skill ‘Instant of a Moment’ derived from the talent.

This skill… I’m not sure what effect it has since it’s the first time I’ve seen it, but based on having experienced numerous skills and talents in the game, ‘Instant of a Moment’ seems to be related to time.

For example, a short slow motion of about 1 second?

Something like that.

And finally, the penalty…

The decrease in the physical stats ‘Health’ and ‘Strength’ among the stats is a bit… bleeding.

My physical stats are already only 15, and now they’re reduced by 4 each.

Now, not only am I not a weakling among superhumans, I might not even be considered a normal person…

But fortunately, the penalty ‘Trembling Hands’ derived from the talent, like the skill, is practically non-existent.

Since I have the cheat ‘Super Accuracy’ that allows me to hit ‘unconditionally’, it doesn’t matter whether the hit rate decreases or not.

Rather, if I can obtain a good talent with such a penalty, I welcome it.

After purchasing the talent, 5 minutes had passed now.

The match began.

I pulled the trigger of the gun towards Lee Seo-yeon.

Bang! Bang!

Due to the penalty ‘Trembling Hands’, the hand holding the gun trembled, but thanks to the effect of the cheat ‘Super Accuracy’, the two bullets that were flying off in strange directions changed direction and flew towards Lee Seo-yeon.

I was aiming at Lee Seo-yeon’s right arm holding the sword and her head.

But the two bullets never reached their intended targets.

Clang, clang!

Lee Seo-yeon lightly swung her sword and deflected the bullets.

‘…She deflected them.’

The first effect of the cheat, ‘Super Accuracy’.

‘No matter how you shoot, you will definitely, absolutely hit.’

With the application of that effect, the bullets I shoot fly accurately towards the target even if they are fired off in strange directions.

And the already fast speed of the bullets far surpasses the average speed due to the effect of the cheat, reaching the target in the blink of an eye.

That’s why Park Seong-woo couldn’t even resist and had his attack blocked.

‘Certainly…’

Perhaps because she was a main character with fantastic stats and armed with S-grade talents and skills, she deflected the bullets with the effect of Super Accuracy applied.

Still, she didn’t react right away and deflect them, but at close range just before they hit her body, she reacted late and swatted them away.

However, with that, I was able to definitively determine the effect of ‘Super Accuracy’ that I had thought of from the duel with Park Seong-woo.

The cheat, Super Accuracy.

This was a cheat for the strong-weak-weak-strong.

Unfailing bullets for the weak.

High-speed bullets for the strong.

For characters like Park Seong-woo, they were unfailing bullets that couldn’t be avoided, and for strong characters like Lee Seo-yeon and Arthur, they were not bullets that definitely, absolutely hit, but merely high-speed bullets that were difficult to react to.

However, even with just that, ‘Super Accuracy’ was a cheat no less than an S-grade cheat talent or skill.

And I was a veteran who had strategized against Lee Seo-yeon and Arthur even without such a cheat.

For a veteran like me who had a cheat, what would be difficult?

‘Transfer.’

I transferred two items to Lee Seo-yeon, who had approached my close range.

“…!”

A single flashbang transferred in front of Lee Seo-yeon.

Like when I threw the Sonic Pouch during the third exam last time, I expected Lee Seo-yeon to swing her sword in the sudden situation, but…

Swish.

As if determined not to fall for it this time, she slightly tilted her head to the side and avoided the flashbang.

But what I anticipated was rather something like this.

I didn’t ‘expect’ her to slice the suddenly appearing item like last time, I ‘anticipated’ it.

And let me say it again, the effect of Super Accuracy is…

Bang!

To hit what I want.

And the flashbang doesn’t just take away vision.

Clink!

The bullet hit and pulled out the pin of the flashbang.

Beeeep──!!

“…Urgh!”

It temporarily took away Lee Seo-yeon’s hearing.

Of course, my hearing wasn’t unscathed either.

Still, since I closed my eyes just before the flashbang exploded, my vision was fine, but…

Since Lee Seo-yeon’s eyes were fine even in the explosion of light from Noah’s sincere prayer punch, she’ll have no problem with the flashbang too.

So, right now, Lee Seo-yeon would be swinging her sword at me, who still can’t open my eyes.

But it’s okay.

I had already prepared for it.

I pulled the trigger of the gun.

I can’t hear the sound.

But the bullet definitely hit the ‘remaining item’ I had transferred and seen before closing my eyes.

Because…

Boom!

A shockwave like a Sonic Pouch exploded in front.

I didn’t bring only flashbangs for bombs.

The bombs I brought were flashbangs and ‘non-lethal grenades’.

Non-lethal grenades look similar to typical lethal grenades like fragmentation grenades, but the only thing in non-lethal grenades was ‘shockwave’.

Just like the shockwave felt in front.

As soon as I felt the shockwave, I immediately rolled my body in the ‘↗’ direction.

‘1… 2… Now!’

And I opened my eyes in time with the disappearance of the light and abruptly got up from my spot.

“Instant of a Moment”

Then I activated the skill derived from Discerning Eye of the Decrepit Gunman, Instant of a Moment.

Tick.

The sound of a clock hand rang in my ears.

At the same time, Lee Seo-yeon’s sword rushing towards me slowed down.

Tick… tick… tick… tick… tock.

As I had anticipated, the effect of ‘Instant of a Moment’ was slow motion.

As soon as I had that thought, I immediately raised my gun.

Tick.

My arm rose slowly, just like Lee Seo-yeon’s.

But it was okay.

My bullets wouldn’t miss.

Tick.

Flames burst from the muzzle and a bullet was fired.

The bullet flew towards the fine cracks that had formed on Lee Seo-yeon’s sword at a blazing speed even in the slowed perception under the effect of the cheat.

The sight of the flames slowly bursting out in the process was quite cool.

Tick.

The last sound of the clock hand echoed.

Instant of a Moment, ended.

And then…

Clang──!

Lee Seo-yeon’s sword shattered.

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