Steel-Eating Player - Chapter 12

12. Itaewon 2-dong, gate blockade operation – 4

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“Slowly… I fell asleep. “It’s coming.”

Sergeant Kang Ik-jun was watching the middle base from the rooftop.

It was because the strategy platoon leader, Lieutenant Seo Eun-ha, had asked him to, but he was also distracted from time to time.

“We are not reserve players, so what is the point of waiting on the field? “It’s out of shape…”

Of course, he was not negligent in his duties as his real duty today was simply to ‘stand by on site’.

The main mission of the ‘Strategy Platoon’, a unit directly under the battalion commander, is literally to enter the gate and close it.

However, today, the private guild [Cheonghwa]’s strategy team was supposed to be in charge of the attack operation, and this attack platoon was on standby as a second line just in case.

“It’s a kobold dungeon, but seeing as these merchants from the private guild are sticking around, it must be a dungeon worth some money… I hope it ends quickly!”

Kang Ikjun yawned.

As long as the Cheonghwa Guild had the authority to attack, there would be no reason for him to step out and have fun.

But…

“Oh, what is that!”

One sniper shouted as if he had found something.

Kang Ik-jun rubbed his eyes and turned his head.

And at that moment, he had no choice but to run towards the railing.

“crazy······.”

This is because black smoke was rising like a waterspout in the middle of the

residential area of Itaewon 2-dong .

And that place…

“······The middle base over there. Right?”

It was the exact spot that Seo Eun-ha told her to keep an eye on.

“Yes, that’s right. “Sergeant Kang, wouldn’t that be enough to cause a fire?”

“······no.”

Kang Ik-jun shook his head at the sniper’s words.

“yes? Then what the hell is that?”

“That’s… ‘black magic’.”

As Kang Ik-jun was a C-rank 1st tier wizard player, he recognized the reality of the black smoke at once.

“It seems that a kobold warlock has appeared.”

“yes? Aren’t they elite monsters? But still before the second eruption, how does it come out?”

“That’s right. Damn it, if this continues, there will inevitably be casualties…”

Ikjun Kang raised the muzzle of the Barrett M82A1.

However, the view was completely blocked, so there was nothing I could do.

He immediately pressed the button on his left ear microphone.

“Platoon commander! We have a problem!”

– what? what’s the matter?

Seo Eun-ha answered right away.

“This is the middle base! Suddenly there was a toxic mist!”

– Does that make sense? ······okay! I’ll go at once!

The order given to the assault platoon was ‘wait’. That’s why I had to stand by no matter what situation occurred within the operation area. The operation right in the Red Ground is currently under the ‘1st Company Commander’.

In other words, intervention in operations is impossible unless an order is given by the battalion commander.

“I’m going to throw the shield to the 1st floor right now, so take care of it and run quickly!”

But now I couldn’t just open my eyes and watch this situation. This is because it was not a situation that the support squad level could handle.

No,

even though the support squad was the first squad of the battalion, it was a situation in which they could not easily respond.

If it’s a little late…

“…you have to go as fast as you can! At this rate, they will all die!”

is annihilation

Kang Ik-jun picked up the shield that Seo Eun-ha had left behind and threw it toward the road below the building.

– Hung!

The next moment, Seo Eun-ha came out of nowhere and grabbed the shield.

Then he drew his greatsword and ran into the alley.

It was incredible speed.

But Kang Ik-Jun had a hunch.

“perhaps······.”

Unfortunately, some people are probably already dead.

***

The two colors were intertwined, creating a mysterious air current.

“after······.”

In the smoke, the members of the 5th Squad were taking cover behind combat equipment with their postures lowered.

In this way, in case the ‘intermediate base’ is attacked, the ‘Crystal Barricade’, a magic shield activation device, was installed. However, since a group of kobolds opened the manhole and appeared from the inside, it was useless.

In other words, it was a situation that could not be endured for long.

however······.

“······.”

something was weird

A considerable amount of time had passed and the group of kobolds had not approached at all.

‘Why? Is it because of the steam created by Corporal Lee Hyun-wook?’

The deputy platoon leader, Sergeant Choi Seon-ah, only thinks like that

…Kek!

‘What on earth are you talking about?’

I was not at all guessing about the unknown cause of this ‘dead horse’ that could be heard from time to time in the black smoke.

“Deputy commander, you need to lower your posture and lower your muzzle as much as possible.”

“Ah… Ugh.”

At Lee Hyun-wook’s words, Choi Seon-ah nodded and knelt on one knee.

The highest commanding authority in this position was the vice platoon commander, but he had no choice but to obediently follow.

No,

the correct answer was that I was completely dependent on it.

‘Was Corporal Lee Hyun-wook originally like this? It’s not······.’

She also knew very well that Lee Hyeon-wook was F-class and was only a temporary squad leader who replaced the deputy commander who had been evacuated.

Therefore, as I was changing out of my combat uniform right before going into action, I told myself to be even more alert as there was no real squad leader today.

No matter how young you are, an executive is an executive.

This operation she had to take responsibility for and lead.

‘······But honestly, there was nothing I could do.’

Right before the raid, Lee Hyun-wook noticed everything. And it was concise and precise.

His cold voice echoed through the black smoke… As soon as I heard that voice, my prejudice against Lee Hyun-wook disappeared and I found myself automatically trusting and following him.

“······Everyone shut up and listen only to what I say.”

Choi Seon-ah held her breath and listened to Lee Hyun-wook’s voice.

Not only her, but everyone else here.

“We can’t see anything, but our enemies can’t see us either. It will only be for a moment.”

“······.”

“Ahn Min-tae goes to the front, puts up a shield, and blocks the kobolds from approaching. Their stingers are useless if they are properly covered.”

“yes.”

Ahn Min-tae, who was standing next to Lee Hyun-wook, gave a small answer and took two steps forward.

The closer his broad shield got to the enemy, the larger the area his squadmates were protected from.

“But Corporal Lee Hyun-wook, are you sure you want to move forward now?”

Ahn Min-tae noticed that Lee Hyun-wook had already moved forward considerably.

“Okay, I’ll go and turn off the gas valve and you just stand there.”

“······yes? “Is this for real?”

Ahn Min-tae was surprised and asked back.

However, Lee Hyun-wook really began to walk forward without answering.

“······ Corporal Lee Hyun-wook?”

Again, there was no answer.

Even his shadow, which had been vaguely casting over the smoke, penetrated deep into the smoke and soon disappeared from sight.

“Oh, I’m going crazy…”

Ahn Min-tae swallowed dry saliva and raised the shield to the tip of his chin.

“uh? “Corporal Lee Hyun-wook, did you really go forward?”

“Okay, we’ll just wait calmly for now.”

“ah······.”

When Lee Hyun-wook’s back, which they had been relying on, disappeared, the squad members fell into fear again.

And all kinds of thoughts started to come to mind, and it felt like I would soon hear Lee Hyun-wook’s desperate screams from the black smoke.

But what I hear coming from somewhere…

Keck! K-ek!

It was just a roar that wasn’t human.

And after a while…

“uh? “I’m starting to see ahead!”

Junmo Park said.

And there was really black smoke, and I started to see something beyond the faintly secured view.

“That looks like a kobold.”

To be exact, there were a total of 7 kobold corpses.

Each of them had a greatsword embedded in their head.

“Look there! Corporal Lee Hyun-wook is here!”

Hyunwook Lee was standing right near the manhole where black smoke was coming out. And there was something broken and scattered at his feet.

It looked like a piece of pottery, but it was a kind of ‘medium’ used by the kobold warlock to create this black smoke. That’s exactly what I said when I said I’d close the valve.

he looked this way.

“Park Jun-mo, come this way.”

“yes!”

At Lee Hyeon-wook’s hand gesture, Park Jun-mo quickly ran forward.

“Shoot all lightning magic into the sewer immediately.”

“Oh yeah! All right!”

Park Jun-mo took out the wand that was hanging from his belt, slowly caught his breath, and swung the wand into the sewer.

Pa-jik!

Blue electricity shot from the tip of the wand.

“Pour it all over.”

“yes!”

Pa-jik! Pa-jik! Pa-zi-zig!

Then three more rooms exploded.

“I used a little more force at the end so I only got 4 hits…”

“Okay, that’s it.”

A total of 4 bolts of lightning magic lit up the inside of the sewer in blue light.

Sewage was flowing at the bottom of the sewer, and an electric current spread deep into the depths along the sewage.

Stand- stand- stand- stand-

Then…

K-e-e-e-e-e!

“Wow crazy!”

A scream of pain came from deep in the sewer.

The remnants of kobolds hiding in the sewage were swept away by the current.

However, Park Jun-mo’s lightning skill did not do enough damage to kill the kobold…

Empty! T-uh!

“uh!”

They opened manhole covers here and there and started jumping out.

K-ek! K-e-e-e!

“Uh huh! All that power! “Fire suppressing fire!”

Sergeant Choi Seon-ah instinctively shouted, but instead of raising the muzzle, the squad members reflexively looked at Lee Hyun-wook, who raised the muzzle at the same time as Sergeant Choi Choi ordered.

Only then did all the gunmen stand up.

Ta-da-da-da-dang!

As sporadic aimed shooting continued, the remnants of the kobolds who had jumped out with electric shock were helplessly swept away by the hail of bullets and fell to the ground.

K-E-E-E…

“Corporal Lee Hyun-wook! After all, you can’t break through the barrier with a rifle alone!”

“Yes, we will finish it off with personal weapons!”

Lee Hyun-wook threw away his rifle and pulled out the Cloud Sword from behind his back.

Then he ran into a kobold.

Unlike the others, he was wearing a black robe.

‘It’s a kobold warlock.’

That guy was an elite monster.

Keek ke-leuk!

He was knocked down after being hit by Lee Hyun-wook’s 15 aimed shots.

The bullet didn’t pierce his skin, but it hit straight in the chest, breaking several ribs.

While he was clutching his stomach and groaning, unable to come to his senses…

Char-evil!

Lee Hyun-wook swung his sword and cut off the guy’s entire right wrist.

At the same time, the M9 bayonet was fired and hit the guy in the abdomen.

Big-e!

He stepped back and cast a spell with his left hand.

A green ‘magic circle’ appeared on the back of his hand.

Huh!

At that moment, Lee Hyun-wook’s body rose into the air and soared to a height of 2 meters in an instant.

“·······Ku!”

It was gravity control magic.

‘If it continues like this, it will soar up to 10 meters in an instant and then fall to its death!’

But it wasn’t Lee Hyun-wook who was suffering.

He put ‘rigidization’ on his legs.

blah-that-enemy!

My feet were hardened.

At that moment, he used his ‘control power’ and pulled his feet, which had turned into metal, towards the floor.

While suppressing the vertical rise, I bent my waist and swung my right foot towards the guy’s head.

B-Billion!

hit!

The power of Gunhwabal, in which Kang Chehwa was planted, was considerable.

Wow!

The guy fell over and hit his head on the flower bed.

It seemed like his cervical spine had already broken, but as soon as he landed, Lee Hyun-wook grabbed the great sword with both hands and drove the ‘cloud sword’ into the guy’s heart.

Phew!

It was a solid finish.

And at that moment, a message appeared before my eyes.

– ‘Cloud Sword’ absorbs the blood of elite monsters!

‘This is how we grow this potential weapon.’

It absorbs the black water from the clouds and emits ‘water mist’. However, if you absorb a ‘significant amount’ of elite monster’s blood instead of water…

– An unknown aura rises from the sword of the cloud. (11%)

As the gauge fills up like this, ‘potential’ is finally released.

Lee Hyun-wook plunged the Cloud Sword into the guy’s heart and began scanning the ‘metal’ all over the guy’s body.

‘There’s something inside the body.’

I could feel the small, smooth texture of metal inside his ribs.

pulled it hard.

Cheop!

The object protruded through the wound in the chest.

Hyunwook Lee caught it.

– Obtained the ‘Devil’s Medal (Inferno)’.

“What is this… coming from here?”

A truly unexpected item popped out.

The Necromancer, the leader of the evil army that destroyed Busan…

One of his main items came into Lee Hyun-wook’s hands first.