Steel-Eating Player - Chapter 15

15. Unconventional Proposal, and Vacation – 3

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The day of the first vacation since returning has dawned.

As soon as I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a system message.

– congratulations! New ‘skills’ are given by satisfying special conditions.

[Skill Information]

– Name: Breath Room (Fire)

– Grade: D

– Effect

1) Body furnace: Metal absorption becomes faster. (+50% ~ 250%) As the furnace efficiency increases, the pain inflicted on the body increases.

2) Fire Breath: You can store some metal in the breath room and fire it with ‘breath’. (1 time per 3kg)

* The skill level improves when the hidden conditions are met.

By completely absorbing the Devil’s Medal (Inferno), new internal organs called ‘internal furnace’ and ‘breath room’ were formed.

“after······.”

With this, the pain that had been bothering him for two days seemed to have disappeared.

In addition, I gained some decent skills, so I felt like I could go on vacation refreshed.

‘The timing was great. ‘I’ll be able to swallow a lot during this vacation.’

Naturally, delicious food was a staple in soldiers’ vacation plans.

One of the rules of a successful vacation was to eat as many things as possible that were inedible in the so-called priest food army.

It may be a little different, but Lee Hyun-wook also made a lot of plans to eat.

‘I spend almost all of my time during this vacation soaking up metal.’

Even Lee Hyun-wook could not properly estimate how much he would be able to grow during his 4-day, 3-night vacation. But it would be incomparable to what it had been up to now.

“Manage Ahn Min-tae’s squad well. Keep working out with them.”

“Yes, don’t worry, get some rest.”

“Oh, and not just exercise, but also combat training and chemical, biological and radiological training.”

“Um, you mean the gas mask…?”

“So, what would have happened if I hadn’t used my gas mask properly during the last battle?”

“Ah… I understand. “It’s annoying, but I’ll do it from time to time.”

The reason I mentioned the gas mask was because there was a reason.

Soon there will come a time when we will have to wear a gas mask.

“Park Joon-mo, you are especially good at ability training. “Your abilities are useful.”

“yes! All right! “Thanks to Corporal Lee Hyun-wook, I realized it!”

“Don’t pay lip service.”

“It’s real!”

Park Jun-mo also has tremendous potential, like Lee Hyun-wook, as he has growth characteristics outside of his level.

However, the question was when the method for growth would be discovered.

After reporting to the administrative department, Lee Hyun-wook went down to the command and control room and received the ‘Mana Messenger’ for emergency contact with those who were leaving.

This beeper-like item is an object that can communicate through mana rather than radio waves, and was able to communicate even in radio wave disturbance situations caused by mana scattering.

– Level 3 Mana Messenger (Send/Receive: 3 times)

Of course, the number of times was extremely limited.

“uh! hi!”

At that time, someone welcomed Lee Hyun-wook.

It was Sergeant Choi Seon-ah.

“Loyalty. “Vice-platoon commander, is this your vehicle?”

“No, I’m on vacation too! First vacation since moving in! lol.”

Choi Seon-ah looked very excited. It was like a puppy going for a walk for the first time in its life. When he took off his bulletproof helmet and tactical vest, he looked much smaller, which was definitely not what a soldier looks like.

The two talked about this and that while waiting for the vehicle to depart.

Most of them were stories about the operation the day before yesterday.

“Actually, I didn’t know that Corporal Lee Hyun-wook would be such an amazing person. But why didn’t you come forward until now?”

It was a difficult question.

“Well, that’s the first time I noticed that too. That I can do this…”

“ah? Really?”

“yes. Until now, I hadn’t had a chance to fight, probably because I did what I was told to do.”

“and! He was a hidden genius!”

Genius······ Lee Hyun-wook smiled.

“no. It’s still not enough. Please take care of me in the future.”

“I really, really, really take good care of you! Still, Corporal Lee Hyun-wook is actually my older brother… no, he is older than me, has more combat experience, and I am stronger, so I think I have a lot to learn.”

“I will do my best to help the deputy platoon commander.”

“Hehe, thank you.”

Soon, a 15-passenger bus arrived.

“Those who are leaving, get on board quickly!”

Someone shouted and vacationers started boarding the bus.

There were 6 people in total.

“Driver, is this the only vacation you have today?”

“Yes, there are 6 people.”

An ensign who appeared to be a wizard player was sitting in the passenger seat, and a corporal holding a shield was dozing off in the back seat. It was a vehicle escort.

Soon the bus departed.

“Where is Corporal Lee Hyun-wook’s home?”

“I live in Suwon.”

“uh? Close to me! “I live on Mars.”

“Is that so?”

“ah! So where did you go to high school by any chance?”

High school… that was a question a 20-year-old would ask.

Meanwhile, the story of the two soldiers in the back was also heard.

“This guy in front of you is him, right? 1st company F-class hero?”

“……Does it seem right? Was it Corporal Lee Hyeon-wook?”

“Should I ask if the rumors are all true?”

“Ugh, you’re all trash. F-rankers will be weaker than us.”

They seemed to be soldiers from the headquarters company, but they were openly talking about Lee Hyun-wook.

Lee Hyun-wook didn’t care at all.

‘It’s strange to want it to be quiet.’

However, Choi Seon-ah also hesitated with a puzzled expression, as if she had heard the story. He probably felt like he should come forward and say something as the deputy platoon leader of the 2nd platoon, but he didn’t seem to have the courage to do so.

It was then.

“stop!”

Seontapja shouted like that

and kwa-ang!

Something flew in and hit the front of the bus and then

screamed!

The bus stopped suddenly.

“Wow!”

Choi Seon-ah’s body was about to float forward and fly forward, but Lee Hyun-wook caught her and made her sit down again.

“omg! “What’s going on?”

“······.”

Black smoke began to rise from the bus engine.

“uh? It won’t start!”

When Lee Hyun-wook looked out the window, it was still a mountain path halfway up Namsan Mountain.

“······What the fuck! hey! Raise your shield!”

When Seontapja shouted like that, the guard woke up and hurriedly raised his shield and struck the ceiling.

At the same time,

boom!

The window shattered and something heavy flew into the car.

In that split second, Lee Hyun-wook knew.

it was metal.

A lump of metal weighing about 3.5 kg

just before crushing the driver’s head.

– Hung!

Lee Hyun-wook stopped using ‘control’.

“Hick! ······Do axe?”

The driver panicked and buried his head in the steering wheel.

‘What’s going on?’

In my previous life, I hadn’t gone on vacation at this time, so I couldn’t remember exactly.

But suddenly, something in my memory flashed by.

Things I didn’t experience directly, but felt indirectly…

‘Yes, this is an incident where two people died.’

The so-called 2nd battalion bus raid case…

thud!

Something hit the automatic door of the bus.

thud!

The automatic door was tattered from the shock again.

“Damn it! What do we do?”

“We don’t have any weapons right now!”

When on leave, all weapons had to be stored in the battalion armory, so they were all empty-handed.

No matter how AMT it was, it couldn’t fight without a weapon.

Next moment…

Kwa-jik!

The automatic door was completely torn off.

And something huge stood tall behind it.

A muscular body measuring over 2m and a skeleton that seems to be twice as big as a human…

Ugh –

this monster was an Orc.

“Uh oh!”

“no!”

A large body squeezed through the crack in the door.

Orcs are medium-sized monsters with the grip strength to strangle a bear with their bare hands, and would easily break a person in half.

“Ugh…”

The guard raised his square shield and faced him, but he was overwhelmed by the intimidation and took a step back.

“Oh Dongjin! What are you doing! Don’t let that orc kid get in!”

Ensign Seontapja shouted.

He was making a phone call somewhere while crouching on the floor.

“No, how can I stop that by myself…”

The guards raised their shields in response in a crawling voice.

Thump – The left foot of

an average 190kg

oak tree landed on the bus, causing the bus to shake violently.

bang!

“Ahh!”

While there was a confrontation at the bus door, something broke the rear window of the bus and entered.

As expected, it was the Orc’s ‘throwing axe’.

“Ugh! It’s behind you!”

“omg! There’s one more in the forest too! “Find something that can be used as a weapon!”

It’s coming in from all directions.

It seemed impossible to escape, and it would have been crazy for a soldier to react.

Hyunwook Lee pulled Choi Seonah, who was sitting by the window, inside.

“It’s dangerous to be near the window.”

“Oh, but what should I do? “I will contact the sub-unit…”

“Yes, please do so.”

However, it was 10 minutes away from the unit. This time, the unit’s 5-minute standby group would not arrive on time.

‘If everything goes as planned, two people will die.’

Fortunately, one of them was already saved by Lee Hyun-wook.

By stopping the ax that came through the front window, the driver’s skull was prevented from being broken.

Lee Hyun-wook looked around.

‘······Three in total. They are Orc skirmishers.’

Orcs are a smarter race than kobolds.

Of course, he had a strong sense of ignorance rather than cleverness because he blindly believed in barbaric rules, but that did not mean he was stupid at fighting.

As all individuals were very skilled warriors, they were at the highest level in simple all-out warfare.

‘So, regardless of the player’s ability, it is impossible to engage in an all-out war against the Orcs with poor skills.’

Both the guard and the shipwrecker didn’t seem to have the skills to deal with the orcs.

Kwa-ang!

The orc’s ‘battle axe’ near the door struck the guard’s shield and a loud noise rang out.

“Ugh!”

The guard’s knees faltered.

As a counterattack, he thrust the sword in his right hand into the orc’s body, but…

Empty!

I was blocked in vain.

“Shit!”

I wondered if the next victim would be that bodyguard.

‘I need a weapon.’

Hyunwook Lee closed his eyes.

– Current controllable ‘metal’ weight: 5499g

‘······It’s an axe.’

I could feel the two ‘throwing axes’ coming through the front and rear windows.

Ung –

Lee Hyun-wook exercised control and lifted them up.

“Get behind the shield there.”

“······yes?”

Without explaining, Lee Hyun-wook simply grabbed the guard’s shoulder and pulled him strongly, causing him to fall backwards.

Immediately afterwards, an orc’s throwing ax flew through the gap that opened.

Per-billion!

It got stuck in the orc’s left shoulder.

I aimed the shot precisely at the head, but in that split second, the guy turned his body.

K-ah-ah-ah!

Still, it was a significant damage. The orc screamed and stepped back.

“Let’s borrow that shield.”

“Oh yes…”

“Please give me a sword too.”

“I’m here.”

Lee Hyun-wook walked out of the bus, holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right.

‘Yesterday, the battalion commander told me that he wouldn’t be able to deal with even an Orc level…’

When eating at the executive cafeteria, Lee Hyun-wook’s combat power was highly rated as C grade, but he clearly limited it to only dealing with small monsters, and that it would be unreasonable for only orcs to appear.

That was probably an accurate judgment.

If we only look at the skills that Hyunwook Lee has ‘shown’ so far.

‘······I can’t help it, but I guess I should raise his expectations a little more.’