Chapter 748 Sniper
“Sizzle!” The steel nail kept spinning, and steam was still emitting from its overheated surface. The window outside was instantly shattered, triggering the sacred barrier.
If there hadn’t been a barrier, that shot would have blown off my head. Even the barrier in front of me was dented by the steel nail. Luckily, Leoman set up a barrier this afternoon, and I saved my life!
“What’s wrong?!” Jayad stood up nervously, put down his book, and reached for his dagger, preparing to look out the window.
“Get down! It’s a sniper!” I ducked down, and the next moment, “bang!” another steel nail shot at the barrier by the window. Leoman’s Light Barrier was broken!
Moreover, the sniper had lowered the muzzle of his gun. This time, he was shooting at the windowsill, which corresponded to my original chest position. The dilapidated windowsill couldn’t stop the steel nail at all. The steel nail directly broke through the windowsill and flew into the room with broken wood chips and lime.
“Wha, what is a sniper?” Jayad didn’t understand what I was saying for a moment, but he understood that someone was attacking them from outside. He had already picked up his silver sword and crouched down, but because he didn’t know where the enemy was, he was at a loss.
“It means someone is aiming at us with a gun from afar… Huh!?” Before I could finish speaking, I saw the wall in front of us cracking from the impact.
At this moment, I quickly activated the Shield of the Twin Eagles on the back of my hand. When I was previously targeted by the sniper, I was already on full alert, ready to activate my defense at any time.
As it turned out, my reaction was correct. The wall in front was directly penetrated by the steel nail. The wall of such a dilapidated apartment building couldn’t stop the steel nail from penetrating it.
The Shield of the Twin Eagles had not fully deployed when the steel nail shot at the shield. Logically, even if I were holding a sturdy tower shield now, I would be repelled by the immense force carried by the steel nail, and my bones might even fracture.
But the Shield of the Twin Eagles was completely immune to physical attacks, so I felt nothing. I only saw a solid steel nail hit the semi-transparent magic shield in front of me, and it was bent and twisted into a lump by its own force, then bounced away.
That sniper actually blind-fired me. After I ducked, he should not have been able to see me behind the wall. Unless he had X-ray vision, he must have judged my hiding spot based on experience. Anyway, this room was not that big.
Then came several whooshing sounds. Several steel nails shot into the room at a speed invisible to the naked eye. First, the bed where Jayad and I slept was hit, then the tables and chairs were shot into pieces, and some even penetrated the wooden floor and shot downstairs.
The speed of these steel nails exceeded the speed of sound, making it impossible for me to identify them by sound alone. By the time the whooshing sound passed, the steel nails had already penetrated.
“Miss Parul, what’s the situation?” Sherris’s voice rang in my mind.
“Weren’t you sniped? Get down on the ground and don’t attract their attention!” I said anxiously.
Unexpectedly, Lorna, worried about us, floated over as usual and peeked to see what was happening on our side. The next second, she was hit in the head by a steel nail. However, the steel nail just passed through her, and Lorna was unharmed, only startled.
It was then that I remembered that Lorna, in fact, was not afraid of physical attacks at all. Via was also not afraid, only Sherris needed to be careful.
At this moment, Jayad also reacted in time. He remembered what Leoman had told him: this barrier was regenerative. He immediately placed his hand on the scripture on the wall.
As long as he pressed any rune, Jayad could recharge the barrier. As long as the structure of the scripture itself was not destroyed, the barrier could regenerate indefinitely.
Fortunately, the sniper had only destroyed a part of the wall below the windowsill. The scripture carved by Leoman was mostly intact. When Jayad infused Holy Light, the scripture lit up, and the room was once again protected by Holy Light.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!” Steel nails were shot at the barrier one after another, but due to Jayad’s continuous power supply, this time the barrier was indestructible, unlike before when it was broken after only two shots.
“Um, where is the attack coming from?” Lorna asked somewhat flusteredly. The little ghost had not experienced any combat yet and lacked experience. I would have to find opportunities to train her in the future.
It was fortunate that she was a free spirit, so she was not afraid of Holy Light. If it were a vengeful spirit, it would have been burned to ashes the moment the Holy Light barrier was activated.
Now that I was safe, I could finally find the enemy with peace of mind. My God’s Eye followed the direction from which the steel nails were shot, and finally found the sniper.
In one of the buildings about six hundred meters away from our apartment building, on the twelfth floor balcony, there was a woman crawling behind the railing, holding a strangely shaped sniper rifle.
The gun was large enough, looking almost as tall as she was. The barrel was brass colored. She wasn’t holding it from below but carrying it, with the grip on top. It was similar to a Gatling gun, but it was mounted on the balcony now.
The scope was on the side. She was currently lying on the balcony, her eyes fixed on the scope. A long gas tube was connected to the back of the gun, leading to a gas tank.
This was the same type of gas tank as my steam pistol, except hers was a bit larger, about the size of a backpack.
These so-called steam storage tanks were black technology in this world. With a special insulated inner liner, they could store a large amount of steam and water in a super high-temperature and super high-pressure state. The surface could completely isolate temperature transmission, emitting no heat at all, and felt cold to the touch.
One such steam tank could last for a long time. If the steam was insufficient, it could be refilled by pumping. When the steam was ejected, the resulting super-high-pressure thrust could shoot solid steel nails at high speed, with the power to penetrate iron and steel.
Clearly, the caliber of the sniper rifle in her hand was much larger than my pistol, and the steam tank was also larger, so its power was naturally much higher. Even from hundreds of meters away, it could break through barriers and walls.
Then, the female sniper fired a few more shots. High-temperature steam erupted from the muzzle, but it quickly dissipated in the cold night wind. There was no muzzle flash, and the sound was very low. Even without a silencer, it wouldn’t attract attention. Moreover, it could fire continuously, and its power was truly strong.
Steel nails continuously hit the barrier, but even these large steel nails couldn’t penetrate the barrier strengthened by Jayad.
After firing a few shots, the female sniper realized it seemed to be ineffective and finally stopped shooting, seemingly observing the situation.
I was also observing her, confirming that I didn’t know this person and had never seen her before. We had no grievances or enmities, so who sent her to kill me? Or was she a hired killer?
At this moment, I found that something was wrong. Many heavily armed knights suddenly appeared downstairs, wearing full armor and wielding two-handed swords.
Simultaneously, the room at the end of the corridor suddenly opened. It was that painting studio. A figure in a black robe floated out.
What the hell! What kind of encirclement is this? Am I going to die here today?
