I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 41

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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A black-haired woman suddenly appeared.

As soon as I confirmed that the woman’s eyes were the distinctive inverted eyes of a Fallen, I kicked off the ground and created distance.

At the same time, I transferred three grenades in front of the Fallen and pulled the trigger of my rifle.

Tadadang! Kwaaaaang!

Three gunshots rang out along with the sound of exploding grenades.

Perhaps because it wasn’t just one grenade, but three exploding in front, my body floated up in the air and flew backwards due to the shockwave.

But I thought it was good that I could create even more distance.

As I thought that, the momentary flight ended.

Thud, I fell on my back to the ground.

Still, as a superhuman, this level of impact was nothing, so I jumped up and scattered mines towards the direction of the Fallen.

Then I immediately opened my inventory and took out the item I had purchased along with the live ammunition.

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– A few hours earlier.

“That’s the end of it!”

The manufacturing instructor shouted as she took out the last ammunition box.

“Ah, finally these are finding their owner.”

The manufacturing instructor muttered in a voice full of emotion at the sight of ammunition boxes piled up in the workshop, putting the pipe in her mouth.

Her appearance was like that of a mother sending off her children.

Well, it was not wrong.

All those live rounds were born from the hands of the manufacturing instructor.

‘Oh? Then, does that mean I’m shooting the manufacturing instructor’s children?’

With that thought, I felt uneasy and moved slightly away from the ammunition boxes.

But that feeling was only for a moment.

Suddenly a thought occurred to me, and I approached the manufacturing instructor who was still caressing the ammunition boxes.

And I asked her exactly what came to mind.

“By the way, Instructor. Do you have any special rounds?”

“Special rounds?”

The manufacturing instructor stopped what she was doing and looked at me.

“Special rounds… I do have some.”

“Oh, then can I…”

“But you won’t be able to use them with your weapons?”

“…Pardon?”

I couldn’t understand her words.

They were just bullets, so why did the weapon matter?

And ‘Holy Gun’ and ‘Specially Modified Rifle’ were not ordinary firearms, but B-grade items.

Yet, she was saying I couldn’t use bullets with those weapons?

Then what, did they need to be A-grade items?

As I thought that and looked at the manufacturing instructor, surprisingly, she nodded as if my thoughts were correct and said,

“What you’re thinking, that’s right.”

“…Do they really need to be A-grade?”

“Yeah, the special rounds I made are difficult to use without the strength of an A-grade item. That’s why I checked your gun. To see if it could use special rounds or not.”

“Just what kind of special rounds are they…”

“I’ll show you one, so check it out.”

As she said that, a single bullet appeared on the manufacturing instructor’s hand.

“Here’s an appraisal scroll.”

The manufacturing instructor took out an appraisal scroll from her subspace with her other hand and handed it to me.

I received that scroll and tore it, but instead of using the appraisal magic, I appraised the bullet with the system.

…What is this.

How can a mere bullet be A-grade?

“…No, Instructor. What did you make?”

At my question filled with astonishment, the manufacturing instructor let out an awkward laugh and said,

“At that time, I had a bit of an experimental spirit, so when the Cardinal came to the academy, I asked for a favor.”

“…And the Cardinal agreed to that readily?”

“Yeah, rather, the Cardinal said it sounded interesting and did it willingly.”

The manufacturing instructor said that and took out 7 more bullets from her subspace.

They were all bullets with the same effect.

“…Do you have more than these?”

“No, these are all the special rounds, why?”

“It’s a bullet, but it’s A-grade… I don’t think I can buy it.”

I currently had 1 billion won, but A-grade items cost at least several billion.

So, even though the bullets were single-use, they would cost at least hundreds of millions each.

For me, who needed to buy a lot of live ammunition now, it was like a pie in the sky.

When I said that, the manufacturing instructor stared at me intently.

Then soon, she put the bullets in my hand and said,

“Come to think of it, it seems like you’re the only one who can use these bullets anyway.”

Was she giving these to me for free?

“I’m not giving them for free, but I’ll sell them to you very cheaply, so buy them.”

…Even if she said very cheaply, I wondered if it was possible with the money I had.

With that thought, I told the manufacturing instructor the amount of money I had.

Then the manufacturing instructor said as if it was no big deal.

“Is that so? Then I’ll match it to that.”

“That’s great for me but… is that okay for you?”

To my question asking if it was okay to match an A-grade item to just 1 billion, the manufacturing instructor grinned and tapped my shoulder with her pipe.

“My item is being used by the right owner. There’s nothing that makes a creator happier than that. So, don’t worry about it.”

“…Then, I’ll use them gratefully.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

The manufacturing instructor nodded and walked to her workbench.

To the manufacturing instructor like that, I asked one last thing.

“Instructor, if, if I use these bullets with an item that’s not A-grade, what happens?”

At that question, the manufacturing instructor looked at me, then lowered her gaze to the ‘Holy Gun’ in my hand.

Then she raised her hand, showing three fingers, and said,

“Three times.”

“…Three times?”

“Yeah, if you use it just three times, that gun will never be usable again.”

So, think carefully while using them.

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– And now.

I took out a magazine containing three ‘Bullets Engraved with Holy Blessing (A)’ and loaded it into the ‘Holy Gun’.

I only had three chances.

Within those, I had to neutralize or kill the Fallen.

If I couldn’t… I would die.

“Whew.”

I exhaled a breath filled with tension and glared into the dust raised by the grenade’s shockwave.

Preparing to shoot the moment I saw even a glimpse of the Fallen.

Whoosh…

The wind blew.

The dust cleared.

And the moment the Fallen’s figure became somewhat visible.

“…!”

I sharply turned my head to the side, feeling a stinging sensation on my forehead.

Then something black passed by at lightning speed where my forehead had been.

“Oh my, you dodged that? You have better senses than I thought?”

The Fallen, coming out of the dust, laughed as if it was interesting.

“Then, want to try dodging this too?”

The Fallen said that and waved her hand towards the air.

Then I felt a stinging sensation on my right side.

Without hesitation, I immediately kicked off the ground and threw my body backwards.

While doing so, I checked what form of attack it was.

And for an instant, space tore and something like a black awl passed through where my side had been.

Seeing that, I immediately knew the Fallen had a space-related skill.

So, to know for certain, I used the Discern skill.

A very brief explanation.

But that alone was enough to know what kind of skill it was.

‘Space Connection.’

This skill had the effect of connecting space to space like Lee Yeon-ji and the Great Mage’s spatial magic.

However, unlike magic, the ‘Space Connection’ skill had a distance limit like my skill.

But now, the one using ‘Space Connection’ was a Fallen.

When one became a Fallen, not only their physical abilities, but also the effects of their talents and skills became stronger and distorted at the same time.

So, I needed to check.

How Space Connection had changed, and how far its distance was.

But, if it seemes like I could take her out before that… I’d immediately shoot the holy bullet.

Thinking that, I simultaneously transferred a grenade in front of the Fallen and fired my gun.

Bang! Kwaang!

“This again? Don’t you have anything new?”

The Fallen said as if bored and waved her hand.

Then space tore in front of the Fallen, and countless black awls began to pour out.

I responded by firing my gun wildly in return.

Tadadadadang!

Clang clang clang clang!

The sound of gunfire continued without pause.

At the same time, the impact sound of metal bouncing off kept ringing out.

I moved my eyes incessantly, focusing on the awls.

While doing so, I transferred grenades near the Fallen and slowly moved backwards.

Bang!

“This is getting boring, you know?”

Bang, kwang!

“…Are my words funny to you?”

Bang, kwang! Kwaang!

“I told you this is boring!”

The Fallen shouted as if screaming, in an angry voice, and raised both hands.

As soon as I saw that, I transferred grenades to both sides of the Fallen’s ears and detonated them.

Kwaaaaang!

“…Kuk!”

Even though she was a Fallen, she had the form of a human.

Perhaps because she couldn’t completely ignore the shockwave that exploded right next to her ears, for a moment, the shower of awls pouring towards me stopped.

In that gap, I drew the ‘Holy Gun’ from the holster attached to my tactical vest and fired the gun towards the Fallen’s heart.

Bang!

A rough gunshot rang out.

Swish!

A single holy bullet rushed towards the Fallen’s heart, drawing a white trajectory.

But what the holy bullet hit was not the heart.

Pung!

“…Kyaaaaaak!”

It was the Fallen’s arm that blocked the heart.

“…Kyaak! Kyaaaaaak! You bastard! How dare you! How dare you!”

The Fallen, whose arm disappeared due to the holy bullet, glared at me while bursting out with pain-filled anger.

Zzzzt zzzzt.

Tremendous murderous intent shoot out from the Fallen.

At that murderous intent, my body started trembling uncontrollably, regardless of my will.

Like prey standing before a predator.

“I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill youuuuu!”

With that scream, tremendous magic energy burst out from the Fallen’s body, and it started to engulf the surroundings like the main core.

It was the start of phase 2.

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