MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TARGET.

Switching to another soldier, Alan fired again. A miss. He fired again. A hit. The soldier went down. The others began diving for cover, firing indiscriminately in his direction. None of the bullets came close.

Hold your breath to remain steady. Adjusting targeting equation based on new data, Eve sent.

Staring down the sights, Alan tried to find a good shot, but the soldiers were all behind cover. Every slight movement threw off where he was aiming, and it was difficult to tell what he was looking at down the scope.

Quickly eliminate the soldiers, patrols converging on our location! We need to get off this bridge before they arrive.

They're hiding behind cover!

Shoot through it.

The crosshair turned red, a bright three next to it; Alan squeezed the trigger three times. Three burning plasma bolts fired, the first two burning through a car's metal frame, the third piercing the marine kneeling behind the car. Alan took care of a fourth soldier in a similar manner, destroying the concrete cover he was hiding behind.

The final member of the squad made a break for it, sprinting away. Alan tried to line up a shot.

Alan fired. A miss.

AIM IN FRONT, NOT BEHIND.

He missed again. The soldier was almost at the edge of the bridge.

FIRE WHEN THE CROSSHAIR IS RED.

But—

JUST DO IT.

Alan aimed in front of the soldier. The crosshair didn't turn red.

AIM HERE. A new marker appeared in Alan's vision, midair to the left of the bridge. He aimed at it. The crosshair turned red. He shot. The soldier leapt off the bridge, away from Alan, but into the plasma bolt. The soldier died.

Alan stood up.

Huh, I can see why the United World Government was so angry, if this is the power of the sniper, Alan thought offhand.

Yes, it is quite powerful. You only have 20 shots remaining, Eve told Alan.

Alan glanced at the energy gauge, and was reminded that each shot took 4.5 energy instead of 5 energy because of his energy efficiency skill. Reaper’s Scythe only had an energy pool of 150, but since the weapon regenerated 25 energy every minute, it should be back at full by the time he needed it.

Alan grinned, feeling a lot more confident than he had previously. This was actually rather fun, at least compared to the other life or death—

DOWN. NOW.

Alan dived to the ground as a laser beam struck above him, where his head had been a second earlier. Another beam quickly followed, striking the air above him.

Activate invisibility, aim, deactivate the invisibility right as you fire rapidly at the enemy sniper. Dive down again afterwards, Eve commanded.

Alan immediately did so, zooming out with the rifle scope. Eve highlighted a building on top of a hill in the city, and Alan quickly focused in on it. As he zoomed in, Eve highlighted a figure, another sniper. Alan aimed, deactivated his armor's invisibility field, then fired off two shots in rapid succession, diving behind cover immediately afterwards.