I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 27

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Tadadadadadang─!!

The rough gunshots reverberated under the red sky in the devastated city.

As if knowing that new prey had appeared from that loud noise,

– Kieeeek─!!

Zombies and ghouls revealed themselves from all directions and rushed in.

So I kept running forward and shooting to avoid being surrounded.

Running and shooting required considerable concentration and skill.

Tadadadadadang!

But I had the cheat ‘Super Accuracy’, so without needing to aim, I just had to focus with my eyes.

And although the bullets fired from the gun barrel were rubber bullets, not live ammunition,

Pabubuk, peng! Pabubuk, peng!

Thanks to the ‘fixed damage’, one of the rifle’s effects, and the low health of the monsters, if I hit the head 2-3 times, it would explode.

And even if the head didn’t explode, they were pushed back by the ‘knockback’ effect, so the monsters in front of me couldn’t easily close the distance.

However, the problem was the monsters rushing from both sides and behind.

– Kkiaaak!

Clack.

Kwaaang!

When the distance got too close, I used Transfer to place shock wave mines from my inventory on the ground.

But there was a limit to that.

Continuously placing mines while moving was difficult due to my lack of mana.

Although the mana usage of the Transfer skill was minimal, I was constantly using Transfer to replenish ammunition in the gun and simultaneously installing mines.

Literally, like light rain soaking clothes, my mana was currently in a precarious state.

“…This won’t do.”

Ammunition and consumables were still abundant, but I couldn’t advance further due to lack of mana.

For now, I needed to find a safe place to recover mana.

With that thought, I quickly looked around while pushing back and killing the monsters.

“…Ah, damn it.”

But all I could see around me were the ruins of collapsed buildings.

So I discarded the great plan I had in mind and immediately chose the second-best plan.

“Come on, come on…, a sloped area…”

That was to find a sloped area.

No matter how devastated a place is, as long as it was a modern city, there must be a sloped area.

Therefore, my second-best plan was to go up that sloped area and fortify until my mana recovered adequately.

I know.

It’s a crazy idea.

But that crazy idea is sufficiently possible.

Because now I have the ‘Specially Modified Rifle’.

“…Found it!”

At the precarious situation where my mana went beyond being tight and was on the verge of depletion, I was able to find a sloped area.

But in front of me and in the direction of that place, zombies and ghouls were thickly spread.

So I decided to use all my remaining mana.

I pulled the trigger of the rifle with my left hand and fired the sawed-off style grenade launcher with my right hand.

While doing that, I kept replenishing ammunition for the rifle and grenade launcher with the Transfer skill.

Tadadadadang, pong! Tadadadadang, pong!

Kwaang! Kwaaang!

A path opened up.

The closer I got to the destination the more the monsters rushed at me fiercely as if they absolutely wouldn’t let me go.

But with the rifle’s knockback and the grenade’s shock wave, they died, were pushed back, bounced off, and couldn’t approach.

Like that, after a short full-speed dash, I was able to reach the sloped area.

But I hadn’t fully arrived yet.

I needed to climb the sloped path until I reached flat ground.

“Huff…, haaah…”

I was out of breath.

My body was gradually getting duller.

Although I was a superhuman, I quickly got tired because my stamina was pathetic.

Still, since I was almost there, I didn’t stop running.

While doing that, I squeezed out my remaining mana and fired the grenade launcher wildly.

Kwang, kwaaang!

– Kkiaaak!

The monsters blocking the way up were hit by the shock wave of the grenades and bounced out.

By the time I used up all my mana like that, flat ground appeared.

“…Oh, this is nice?”

I could tell that the path had collapsed in the middle.

But that point was rather good for me.

Although the path was cut off and the surroundings had collapsed, leaving jumping down as the only escape route, since there were no other options, I didn’t need to worry about the back.

It was literally a perfect place for fortification.

Anyway, I’d arrived at the destination too.

“This is my spot now, so get lost.”

– Kieeeek!

Kwaaang!

I chased away the monsters that had been there from the beginning with the grenade launcher.

Only after all the monsters on the flat path had fallen down, I took out boxes containing ammunition and grenades from my inventory and placed them on the ground.

Now that I had no mana, I needed to take out supplies in advance while the mines I had placed on the sloped path were exploding.

Thud, thud, thud.

As if informing me that the boxes were full of items, a heavy weight sound was heard every time I placed a box on the ground.

Each time, the supply manager, whose face I couldn’t remember, came to mind.

‘Thank you.’

And please take care of me in the future as well.

Firearm items may occasionally disappear, but please understand.

Well, while conveying my gratitude to them, the supply manager, I roughly placed about ten boxes on the ground and took out a flare again.

Then I loaded a new flare into it and shot it towards the sky.

Bang!

Under the red sky, the red light of the flare slowly fell.

But since it was an artificial light different from the natural light of the sky, everyone would be able to recognize it.

“It’s not me finding Lim Da-hee, but Lim Da-hee will find me.”

It was good that I coolly left the building to find Lim Da-hee.

But embarrassingly, I had momentarily forgotten that my ability values were pathetic.

Still, while I fortify here, I will draw the aggro of the monsters, and the kids who see the flare will gather.

It may be safer for Lim Da-hee to find me rather than me finding her.

“…I just chose this weapon for favorability.”

I looked down at the rifle in my hand.

‘Specially Modified Rifle’.

It was hard to see it as the same grade as the pistol ‘Holy Gun’.

A weapon with effects to torment the opponent, as described by the system, somehow ended up showing the best performance here.

“They say life is full of surprises.”

Click.

Chuckling at the old saying that suddenly came to mind, I reloaded the rifle.

Kwaaang!

At the same time, the last mine I had placed on the sloped path exploded.

– Kieeeek!

– Kkiaaaak!

– Kkigik, kkigik!

The monsters, who had briefly hesitated due to the mine, ran up towards me with rough momentum.

I sprayed bullets at those monsters.

Tadadadadadang─!

Due to the effect of the Trembling Hands penalty, bullets were fired in all directions.

At the same time, the bullets with the effect of ‘Super Accuracy’ applied changed direction and rushed towards the target I was focusing on.

And the monsters that were shot in the head,

Pabubuk, peng!

– Kkiek?

– Kkiaak!

– Kkigigik!

Either had their heads explode due to the rifle’s ‘fixed damage’, or were bounced back by the ‘knockback’ effect.

And as I had anticipated,

Rumble rumble!

The monsters climbing up the ramp collided with the monsters pushed back by the ‘knockback’, got entangled, fell, or dropped down.

In the meantime, I took out a magazine from the ammunition box and reloaded the rifle.

I didn’t know if the supply manager was meticulous or just bored.

Very thankfully, what was in the ammunition box was not ammunition piles, but bundles of magazines filled with ammunition.

I was so surprised when I checked while grabbing boxes from the training ground.

Anyway, thanks to that, I could reload quickly even without the Transfer skill.

Still, if it really became an urgent situation, I’d have to use the skill even while my mana was recovering.

Tadadadadadang─!

By the time I had used up one reloaded magazine like that,

Ding.

“…?”

An alarm rang in my head.

At the same time, a system window appeared in one corner of my vision.

It was none other than the quest window.

Moreover, it was in gold color.

“…I know you’re trying not to interfere with the battle, but… don’t you think you gave it a bit late?”

And there was only one quest that was in gold color.

The one that always appeared when progressing the story.

It was the main quest.

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Meanwhile, Lim Da-hee, who got separated from Lee Yu-jin and Park Ga-ram while being sucked into the rift,

Bzzt!

Kwajik!

– Kkieek…

Was killing monsters without much problem thanks to Lee Yu-jin’s guidance on how to utilize the electricity skill.

“Phew…, with this, have I killed all the monsters inside the building?”

Lim Da-hee looked around with sharp eyes.

While doing that, she shook the blood off the spearhead onto the ground.

As her mana recovered and she became able to manifest the electricity skill, Lim Da-hee, who had switched from discouraged mode to female warrior mode, approached the window with unhindered steps.

And wiping the dust off the window with her hand, she looked outside.

“…There are many.”

The swarming number of monsters was visible through the window.

Even Lim Da-hee in female warrior mode seemed to think that that many were too much, as she shook her head with a slightly disgusted face and moved away from the window.

No, at the moment she was about to move away,

“…Is that?”

Far away, she discovered a red flash soaring towards the sky.

And she knew it was a flare, although she had never used one.

“There’s only one person who would shoot a flare.”

The sole firearms user, Lee Yu-jin.

There’s no one el-… she was about to say, but come to think of it, Lee Seo-yeon suddenly started using a pistol too.

But unlike Lee Seo-yeon who only used a pistol, the one who used various firearms was none other than Lee Yu-jin.

The one who shot the flare couldn’t be anyone else.

“…He’s calling us.”

No matter how weak the monsters here were, the quantity was enormous.

Yet, he shot a flare and revealed his location.

To the classmates who entered this place.

And to the monsters.

Considering his abilities, it seemed he’d be fine even if there were many monsters.

Still, since he had drawn the attention of all the monsters, he must be fighting a tough battle.

– Kkiaaaak─!

The monsters visible outside the window all stopped stumbling and let out an eerie roar.

And they started running towards where the flare was shot.

Seeing that sight, Lim Da-hee broke out in a cold sweat.

“Will Lee Yu-jin be okay…?”

The number of monsters heading towards him was too many.

But even if she went there, what help could she be?

She could only handle spearmanship a little and had just learned how to utilize the electricity skill.

Even if her inexperienced self went to Lee Yu-jin, how much help could she be?

…As such weak thoughts came to mind,

Slap!

Lim Da-hee slapped her own cheek with her hand.

“… So stupid.”

A stinging pain was felt on her cheek.

At the same time, her discouragement that was about to emerge quickly disappeared.

“Whether I can help or not, what does it matter?”

Lim Da-hee tightened her grip on the spear.

“The leader is calling me…, calling us. I have to go.”

Even if he was strong, he would need me.

So, she would answer the call and run to him.

Lim Da-hee, tightening her weakening heart, kicked the door with a bang.

Then, concentrating the electricity skill on her legs, she kicked the ground.

Bang!

Bzzt!

A blue trajectory rushed towards where Lee Yu-jin was.

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“…”

Lim Da-hee, who arrived at the place where the flare was shot,

Where Lee Yu-jin would be, could only blankly open her mouth at the sight before her eyes.

Tadadadadadang─!

Kwang, kwaaang! Kwaaang!

A mountain could be seen.

A mountain piled up with the corpses of monsters.

And that mountain was being piled up in real-time right now.

Judging by the absence of others around, that sight must have been created by Lee Yu-jin alone.

Just…, she could only think it was amazing.

And also the thought of whether she was really needed came to mind.

But such thoughts were only momentary.

Lim Da-hee jumped down from the building she had climbed.

And the moment she manifested electricity all over her body,

“Oh! You came─!”

Lee Yu-jin, who was shooting from the top of the ramp, seemed to have noticed her and shouted in a welcoming voice, asking if she came.

To this, Lim Da-hee swung her spear above her head and responded to his greeting.

Then, Lee Yu-jin shouted again,

“Wait a moment! I’ll make it so you can come up!”

Then, he suddenly kicked a box next to him towards where the monsters were.

Rattle.

The box opened due to the impact.

And,

Rumble rumble!

A large number of grenades fell out from inside.

And what he did was,

“Get down─!”

Bang!

Detonate the grenades all at once.

Kwaaaaaaang──!!

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