Chapter 248: Upgrade! A-Rank Heavy Firearms Mastery!
With BOSS Hatterfield dead, the remaining protagonist Billy, who was still fighting Kasamoto Eri, had no chance of winning.
Realizing the situation had turned against him, Billy attempted to flee, but his steed couldn't outrun Qin Ming's black warhorse.
Quickly catching up, Qin Ming yanked Billy off his horse and delivered a fierce point-blank beatdown, finishing him off completely.
With the train chase concluded and both Billy and BOSS Hatterfield dead, Qin Ming's ninth mission world came to an end.
After killing several adventurers and two major plot characters, Qin Ming and Kasamoto Eri exited the Sunset Riders world.
But before they left, one adventurer had already escaped—Fire Fist, the weakest member of the KOF Squad.
Qin Ming deliberately chose not to kill Fire Fist, not because he was reluctant to do so, but because leaving someone alive would ensure the KOF Squad knew exactly who was responsible for this.
Letting Fire Fist return was a formal declaration of war, a message that they weren't the only ones who knew how to hunt.
Ding! Adventurer has returned!
This mission world: Sunset Riders: First Act... Data Processing Complete!
Main Mission: Participate in the kill of Act One BOSS Simon (Failed)
Penalty: Deduct 3000 points!
Optional Mission: Promotion to Mid-Level Bounty Hunter (Completed)
Reward: 2 Free Attribute Points, 2000 Points
Total Gains: 2 Free Attribute Points, 2000 Points
Completed White Title Quest: Quickdraw (Agility +10)
Completed White Title Quest: Honorary Detective (Bonus +10% mission points)
Completed Green Title Quest: Western Cowboy (Revolver damage +25 points)
Standing in his room and looking at the meager results, Qin Ming couldn't help but sigh, his face darkening.
In all his time surviving in the Nightmare Space, this was the least he'd ever earned.
He had only gained three titles and two free attribute points!
Not only had he failed to earn points, but he had also lost 1000 points instead!
All of this was thanks to the KOF Squad. Their grudge had just gotten deeper.
Though failing the main mission meant this run had been a loss, at least he got two silver keys.
BOSS Hatterfield and Billy both dropped one regular silver-quality key, compensating for some of his losses.
With minor enemies dropping additional loot, he cobbled together enough for a dull silver chest.
His battle rewards weren't entirely terrible.
Qin Ming quickly unlocked all three chests, pausing at the sight of the items inside, before picking them up and examining them.
Name: Billy's Revolver (Sunset Riders)
Category: Weapon (Dull Silver Plot Item)
Requirements: Agility 25
Attributes: Fixed Attack Power: 35-40; Ignores Defense +10
Ammo Capacity: 6/6
Description: Billy's trusted firearm. Nothing fancy, just fast, accurate, and ruthless.
Name: Hatterfield's Revolver (Sunset Riders: Second Act)
Category: Weapon (Dull Silver Plot Item)
Requirements: None
Attributes: Fixed Attack Power: 30-35; Pulling back the hammer doubles the next shot's power
Ammo Capacity: 6/6
Description: Speed or power—your choice.
Two revolvers with similar appearances and decent attributes.
After a quick glance, Qin Ming casually tossed both onto the table, unimpressed.
Instead, he carefully picked up the item from the silver chest formed by fusing drops from small enemies.
Staring at the badge in his hand, Qin Ming's eyes widened—he had hit the jackpot.
It was the legendary Silver Gun Badge!
In the Sunset Riders world, the most famous items weren't guns but two unique badges.
These badges, known among adventurers as the Gold Gun Badge and Silver Gun Badge, were highly coveted consumables with unique effects.
The Gold Gun Badge could upgrade the user's firearm mastery by one rank.
The Silver Gun Badge could copy the user's firearm mastery and generate a corresponding skill book.
Name: Silver Gun Badge (Sunset Riders)
Category: Consumable (Dull Silver Quality)
Effect: Copies the target's firearm mastery skill and generates a corresponding skill book (up to B-Rank)
Description: "Your firearm skills are impressive, but they'll soon be mine!"
Looking at the glowing Silver Gun Badge, Qin Ming couldn't help but grin widely.
This single item was worth over 30,000 points on the market!
It was highly sought after in both the mid-level and advanced adventurer zones.
And its value wasn't just because it could become a B-Rank firearm mastery skill book—its true worth lay in its ability to copy someone else's firearm mastery!
Just as equipment of the same grade could vary in quality, skills of the same rank also differed in effectiveness.
Even among basic passive skills like firearm mastery, there were significant differences.
The firearm mastery learned by a regular soldier was vastly different from that of a protagonist or villain.
Moreover, basic mastery skills had many branches.
Kasamoto Eri's Heavy Firearms Mastery was excellent for operating large-scale weapons like tanks, aircraft, artillery, and even missiles.
Given favorable terrain, she could use heavy firearms to suppress multiple enemies of the same level.
This was why she could hold her ground against two BOSSes simultaneously earlier.
Western cowboys, on the other hand, were more adept at single-target combat, excelling at precise mid-to-short-range shooting.
Once they closed in on their targets, few could match their firepower.
These protagonist- and villain-level basic mastery abilities couldn't be learned through traditional training. They could only be obtained by defeating the owner and hoping for a lucky drop.
Qin Ming's firearm mastery, learned from The Punisher, was a standard military shooting technique.
It was versatile but unremarkable—good at everything but excelling at nothing.
But with this Silver Gun Badge, his firearm mastery could finally be upgraded—or even replaced.
Once the copying process was complete, Kasamoto Eri's B-Rank Heavy Firearms Mastery skill was successfully duplicated.
Qin Ming immediately learned the skill and fused it with his original firearm mastery.
With a flash of light, a brand-new A-Rank Firearms Mastery skill was born.
(End of Chapter)